From Runaway Bride to Global Queen
Chapter 226: Feng Siyu’s Invitation

Chapter 226: Chapter 226: Feng Siyu’s Invitation

Qiao Xin’s abnormal behavior persisted until she took action and snatched a project from Qiao Yi’s hands.

"Could it be that Qiao Xin changed just to take revenge on me at work?"

Qiao Yi couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed, she thought Qiao Xin had truly learned and become smarter, but it turned out that Qiao Xin was just finding a new way to continue being foolish.

She doesn’t even think about the fact that although she is now a daughter-in-law of the Lu Family, the marriage between her and Lu Ming is nothing but a sham; her biggest reliance is still the Qiao Family.

Yet Qiao Xin actually snatched a project from the Qiao Family, and specifically the one Qiao Yi was handling; Qiao Yi couldn’t understand her actions at all.

Qiao Yi couldn’t figure it out, and Lu Yanchuan was even more baffled. The two of them stayed silent for a while and then put the matter of Qiao Xin out of their minds.

Let her be, if she stole the project, so be it. We could just snatch it back if needed.

Qiao Xin was not going insane as Qiao Yi suspected; Qiao Xin was just confused and couldn’t handle seeing Qiao Yi and Lu Yanchuan being so sweet and publicly displaying their affection, which made her impulsively snatch Qiao Yi’s project.

However, once the project was in her hands, Qiao Xin sobered up.

She is still a daughter of the Qiao Family, she shouldn’t be harming her own family’s interests.

But now that the project had already been taken, even if she returned it now, the damage had already been done, and Qiao Xin’s regret was useless.

People always lament their own misfortune when they see others happy.

The poor think of their hardships when they see luxury cars; a homeless person thinks of their misery when they see a happy family of three; and Qiao Xin, seeing Qiao Yi and Lu Yanchuan together, thought of Lu Chen, whom she deliberately cast aside.

So many days had passed, he must have let go of her by now?

After all, she left so decisively and resolutely; Lu Chen must certainly hate her by now.

Every time Qiao Xin thought of Lu Chen, she would distract herself with work, but today she didn’t want to do that.

She took a bottle of red wine from the liquor cabinet and completely abandoned the complex wine tasting process, pouring one glass after another down her throat.

After a bottle of red wine, Qiao Xin’s vision was already blurry. In her blurry vision, she seemed to hear someone knocking at the door. She staggered to the door, and upon seeing the visitor, she burst out laughing.

It appeared she really was drunk, experiencing hallucinations, otherwise how could she see Lu Chen at her own doorstep?

"I really am drunk, I need to sleep..."

Qiao Xin didn’t even close the door and was about to go to sleep when she turned around and fell forward.

Amidst a dizzy whirl, Qiao Xin did not hit the ground but was pulled into a cool and refreshing embrace.

"You’ve just been discharged from the hospital, why did you drink so much?"

A familiar voice, a familiar embrace; Qiao Xin briefly sobered up only to irresistibly sink back again.

Lu Chen held the half-asleep, half-awake Qiao Xin, the smell of alcohol on her making him frown, then he closed the door with his back hand before carrying her into the apartment.

There was only Qiao Xin in the apartment, and the table still had the wine she was drinking. Lu Chen didn’t recognize what it was, but seeing how drunk Qiao Xin was, it was definitely strong.

Drunk people can’t be reasoned with; it took Lu Chen an enormous effort just to manage to get Qiao Xin onto the bed, and before he could even stand up, she grabbed him by the neck.

"Please don’t go... don’t go..."

"Alright, I won’t leave, I’m just going to tidy up."

Lu Chen was half-lying on Qiao Xin; the warmth emanating from her body was almost burning his face.

He, still a young man in his twenties, filled with youthful vigor, lying atop the woman he adores, who feebly tugs at his clothes; Lu Chen dared not let his gaze wander, fearing he might see something he shouldn’t.

"Hmm..."

Qiao Xin murmured ambiguously, rather than letting go of Lu Chen, she held him even tighter.

Lu Chen’s arms trembled under the strain; after being entwined by Qiao Xin’s legs, he completely gave up resisting and let his hands rest on her waist.

Qiao Yi, unaware of what was happening here, had received an invitation from Feng Siyu the day before, inviting her and Feng Siyu to participate in a reality show together.

The show is called "Come On! Friends!" and it is a competitive reality show.

The show features three permanent celebrity guests, and each episode invites two additional guests. These five must each invite a friend to join them on the show.

Of course, the invited friends aren’t necessarily their personal friends; there’s scripted content arranged by the directorial team involved as well.

However, Feng Siyu, being one of the top female singers in the country, with significant status and wealth, is destined not to accept any scripted scenarios. On this show, she could likely bring her housekeeper to the recording, and it probably wouldn’t be an issue.

As one of the three permanent celebrities, her participation in the show sparked much speculation.

Being one of the most mysterious female singers in the industry, who would Feng Siyu possibly invite to join her on the show?

Some even made a list of the celebrities most likely to be invited by Feng Siyu, mostly those she had previously collaborated with; they couldn’t dig up information about any non-celebrities.

And the invitation Qiao Yi accepted was for the first episode recorded by Feng Siyu.

Generally, shows like these have an unwritten rule: they prefer not to invite non-celebrities.

The first reason is that non-celebrities lack a sense of variety show dynamics, and the resulting show’s quality wouldn’t be as high as with celebrities.

The second reason is that non-celebrities appearing on camera could greatly impact their personal lives if not handled properly.

Due to numerous past incidents, everyone tends to be extra cautious about this.

But this time, the non-celebrity friend that Feng Siyu invited truly stunned the show’s team; this individual is well-known throughout Capital City!

If they could really get this person to come, their ratings would surely skyrocket!

After receiving the invitation from Feng Siyu, Qiao Yi got a call from the production team of "Come On! Friends!", who expressed sincerely that if Qiao Yi agreed to participate, they were willing to offer favorable conditions.

"Feng Siyu and I are very good friends, I will definitely accept her invitation; as for the conditions, please just take good care of Yuanyuan on the show."

Everyone knows how to say nice things; as long as the appearance fee is right, everything else can be treated like it’s just hot air, forgotten quickly.

Besides, even if the show’s team hadn’t reached out, Qiao Yi would certainly have accepted Feng Siyu’s invitation.

After all, she couldn’t turn down an old friend’s request!