The person hurriedly responded upon hearing this, and it was only after a mont that he realized what Gu Xicheng was talking about. He couldn’t help but open his mouth wide in disbelief, and after a long while, as if he had found his own voice, he asked, "Young Master Gu, are you saying... Lu Jingchen’s wife is at Night City?"
Isn’t Lu Jingchen single? When did he get married? How co none of them knew?
Moreover, they had always heard that Lu Jingchen does not like the opposite sex getting close to him.
"Young Master Gu, when did Lu Jingchen get married?" the head of a certain company couldn’t help but directly ask the question that was on his mind.
Lu Jingchen has a significant influence in An City, and if he truly got married, there should have been so kind of movent, but other than news about Lu Jingchen being forced into marriage on the streets so ti ago, they had seen no other news about him, let alone any scandal.
Gu Xicheng poured himself another glass of water, glanced at the head of that company with a aningful smile on the corner of his mouth, and said in a tone that was neither warm nor urgent, "They’ve just obtained the marriage certificate. I guess it won’t be long before the wedding banquet is held. Just rember to give him a bigger red envelope at that ti!"
Everyone naturally nodded and echoed in agreent, "Of course, when the ti cos, we will prepare a generous gift as a red envelope for Lu Jingchen."
Gu Xicheng smiled lightly without a word, but frowned slightly as he looked at the girl on stage who was still a bit nervous. Suddenly, he took out his phone and directly called Lin Musen.
However, as soon as the call went through and rang twice, it was abruptly hung up.
Gu Xicheng looked at the hung-up call, his eyes narrowed, and he continued to call, only to be hung up again.
It wasn’t until the third ti when Gu Xicheng decided that if Lin Musen dared to hang up on him again, he would go over and give him a beating, that the call was finally answered.
Lin Musen on the other end of the phone was clearly woken up by his call and was in a terrible mood. The man, who was very grouchy upon waking up, almost gritted his teeth as he spoke, "Gu Xicheng, you better have a convincing reason for waking up, or don’t expect our company’s case to be resolved so quickly!"
Gu Xicheng’s displeasure improved a lot, and with a slight smile, he directly said, "What ti is it now and you’re already sleeping? What sleep? Co out and have fun!"
Lin Musen was angry, feeling an urge to smash his phone, and roared, "I’ve just returned from the airport, haven’t slept for a whole day and night. To hell with your fun, speak to the point, and if it’s not sothing important, you better be prepared to bear the consequences because I’m really sleepy now!"
He was truly exhausted. After getting off the plane at 6:30, going to the company, and by the ti he washed up and lay in bed, it was already 7:30. He always had trouble falling asleep, but was finally able to because of extre tiredness, only to be woken up by a call from Gu Xicheng.
Gu Xicheng, who was in a very good mood, picked up a glass of wine poured by soone beside him and drunk it all. As Lin Musen was about to explode, Gu Xicheng calmly entered the main subject, "I want to ask you sothing!"
"Speak!" Lin Musen tried his best to suppress his anger, gritting his teeth!
That tone gave Gu Xicheng the full impression that if the matter he ntioned was not important enough to disturb Lin Musen’s sleep, it was likely he’d be taken apart and reassembled.
Glancing at Song Qiao on the stage below, Gu Xicheng placed the wine glass on the coffee table and asked, "Is Song Qiao in desperate need of money?"
He had previously investigated Song Qiao and naturally knew Song Qiao was not the kind of woman who would frequently appear in nightclubs like Night City, so the only reason must be that she was in desperate need of money now.
Although the last thing Lu Jingchen lacked was money, Song Qiao gave him the impression that she definitely wasn’t soone greedy for money.
Moreover, a girl like Song Qiao made him very certain that she would not easily use soone else’s money, and would be less likely to trouble others.
So, it was very possible that Song Qiao was short of money and ca to Night City to earn it more quickly.
Lin Musen was silent for a mont on the other end of the phone, then finally asked, "Where are you right now?"
"The bar in Night City!"
Lin Musen lay on the bed with his eyes slightly closed, rubbing his temples, and after a while, he said, "I saw Song Qiao at the hospital when I was there with my mom!"
"Is she sick?" Gu Xicheng blurted out.
"No!" Lin Musen flatly denied and said, "It’s not Song Qiao who is sick. It’s Song Qiao’s grandfather who has heart disease and is staying in the hospital. Apparently, he needs surgery soon!"
Gu Xicheng’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the girl on stage and asked, "Does it require a lot of money?"
"I heard that Song Qiao’s grandfather needs 500,000 for surgery!" This was sothing he had asked Song Qiao’s attending doctor about; it so happened that his own grandfather had also been treated by that doctor. Since the doctor knew his identity, he naturally told him. Lin Musen then asked, "Could it be that Song Qiao is now in Night City?"
Gu Xicheng leaned back on the sofa, surrounded by noisy sounds, but since they were in a private room, the soundproofing was especially good, making it seem relatively quiet. The atmosphere below was already very lively, with many people even starting to wave their hands.
Gu Xicheng glanced at the situation below and humd in acknowledgnt!
"Did you tell Jingchen?" Lin Musen was completely awake now, suddenly sitting up straight.
Gu Xicheng picked up a glass of water from the coffee table, playing with the glass in his hand, and said, "I told him, yes. About the matter of Song Qiao’s grandfather needing surgery and the 500,000; should we tell Jingchen as well?"
Now that the two of them were married, if the old folks from the Lu Family found out that Lu Jingchen’s wife ca to a place like Night City to work for money, it would likely stir up a storm of fury and blood.
And the most unlucky one would naturally be Song Qiao.
He’d only t Song Qiao twice, no... including this ti, it was three.
But his impression of Lu Jingchen’s wife was not bad, at least Song Qiao was not like other won who approached Lu Jingchen with an agenda!
...
The business in Night City was very good, and with today being the weekend, the number of visitors to Night City was especially high. All around were young n and won, each dressed in expensive clothing, evidently at least well-paid white-collar workers in An City.
Song Qiao was not making her debut as a host for the first ti. During her studies, she had participated in school galas and personally served as a host, so she already had so experience.
However, it was her first ti being a nightclub host, in front of these people, and most importantly... this was a fairly well-known bar in An City.
Perhaps it was because she was a new face to them; after just getting on stage and having the house bands play a few songs, soone suggested that she perform a show.
So even blatantly demanded her to perform a striptease, which caused Song Qiao, who never had very thick skin, to go pale. One person even offered 100,000 for her to dance a striptease.
One hundred thousand... This was a significant amount for Song Qiao. If she had this money, it would already make up a quarter of the funds needed for her grandfather’s surgery.
Holding the microphone at the center of the stage, with the spotlights on her, her fair skin, combined with her naturally beautiful features and the figure-hugging red sleeveless dress she wore, gave off a regal aura.
Taking the microphone in front of her, she declined the man’s request directly, "Sorry, I am just a nightclub host, I don’t accept other types of performances!"
Although she was in desperate need of money, she had her limits; she would absolutely not sell her body for money. Faced with so custors’ unreasonable demands, she naturally refused.
The people below all stared at her with naked eyes, and quite a few snickered at her words, seemingly finding it laughable that Song Qiao was making a joke.
After all, the people who work in Night City, especially nightclub hosts, how could they stay uninvolved in such activities?
Night City’s managent was quite strict. Although these people really wanted the woman on stage, facing the earlier demand for Song Qiao to dance a striptease, the majority were very hopeful that she would accept.
Night City also had a rule: staff who declined could not be forced. If soone truly insisted on making trouble, they might very well be banned from Night City for life.
The requirents to spend in Night City were not high, but the status of a Night City mber was indeed hard to co by.
"Linyuan, isn’t that your beauty over there?" In a corner booth of the bar, a few young people who appeared to be of similar age were drinking and chatting. Upon Gu Linyuan’s return, one of them pointed it out to him imdiately.
Gu Linyuan frowned slightly, not understanding his words, but right at that mont, Song Qiao’s voice rang out, causing him to freeze and turn around abruptly, his eyes intensely focusing on the girl in the red sleeveless dress under the spotlight on the stage.
Today, he had originally co to Night City to discuss so matters with friends, but he stepped out to take a call from his mother, which took a whole half an hour to settle.
Therefore, he missed Song Qiao coming onto the stage, and when he ca in, he hadn’t noticed her on the stage either.
"Wait here for !" The man’s expression suddenly beca somber, and after a brief instruction, he quickly started walking towards the stage.
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