Chapter 276: Chapter 276: Perfect Score in Life Skills Class

In the end, Long Hao got his way and took a seat at the Jiang Family’s dining table.

Lan Yuyan, who had rushed home for dinner, was confused and went to the kitchen to ask Yun Xie.

Yun Xie let out a cold chuckle. “You can think of it as Qinqin seeing a stray cat or dog on the street and kindly bringing it home for a few meals.”

Lan Yuyan understood immediately.

He stopped paying it any mind. After all, he had already looked into Long Hao’s background and wasn’t worried about him having ulterior motives.

’Just another suitor drawn to Qinqin.’ As for whether Jiang Qin would accept him, that was up to her.

Neither he nor the other males in the house would interfere with her choice.

After dinner, Long Hao lingered in the living room for a while before finally leaving.

As the villa’s main gate closed, Long Hao stood under a streetlight, feeling a loneliness he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

Inside the villa, Jiang Qin was also watching him from a second-floor window.

’Truthfully, I’m not completely unmoved.’

’It’s just not enough. I haven’t felt his unwavering affection yet, so he hasn’t won me over.’

’I’ll just have to let things take their course.’

….

For the next few days, Jiang Qin and Long Hao went to the company together. To hitch a ride, she even crashed his Flying Car into a wall right in front of them.

Long Hao said with great distress, “This is the only Flying Car I can drive in the Federation. It’ll probably take ten days to half a month to get it fixed now.”

Jiang Qin and the others didn’t call him out on his lazy acting, and they let him hitch a ride with them every day.

Yun Xie was practically becoming the family chauffeur.

Every day, he would drive the three of them to the same company, then wait for them in Jiang Qin’s private lounge.

To pass the time, he spent his days scouring the Dark Web for information.

After all, the bounty on his female master was still active.

***

Just then, as Jiang Qin was skillfully forming a hand seal, she heard the system’s voice for the first time in a while.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your Contribution Value has reached the intermediate level. You have been awarded a special gift package.]

’It’s finally here!’

Ever since her reputation value had been maxed out and converted into a Contribution Value progress bar, she had finally gotten another big gift package.

If it weren’t for the fact that she occasionally exchanged for some of Earth’s entertainment works or created things within the system, she would have forgotten the system even existed.

Although she was dying to go home and see the gift package, she managed to hold back.

After all, today was Catherine’s last day of class, and she definitely had to see it through.

Besides, after class, they were hosting a banquet for all the instructors.

So she was destined to get home late today.

…

Because they were holding a banquet to thank the instructors, they finished their classes before dark.

Then, they led the instructors to the banquet hall on Tianwen’s 88th floor.

Lan Yuyan, who had taken time out of his busy schedule, personally hosted the instructors.

After all, these people were valuable contacts for Tianwen Entertainment, and who knew how many more times they would need to hire them to teach their artists in the future.

Catherine and Jiang Qin were getting along very well. She was clinking glasses with her now, remarking with a sigh:

“If you weren’t about to join a production, I’d really love to ask you to go traveling with me.”

Jiang Qin smiled gently. “There will be other chances.”

Suddenly, Catherine had a great idea. “Actually, we don’t necessarily have to go out traveling. If you have a good script, I could make a cameo.”

Jiang Qin thought that was an excellent idea. She could even observe Catherine’s acting on set.

“But didn’t you already announce your retirement? Wouldn’t a sudden appearance cause you trouble?”

Catherine waved her hand dismissively. “If my fans found out, they’d only be happy.”

After all, at her age, she could have easily remained active in the entertainment industry for another twenty or thirty years. She had just grown tired of it.

Because she was so busy with filming, she hadn’t even known when several of her partners passed away.

By the time she got the news and rushed back, sometimes she was met with a body, sometimes an urn of ashes, and sometimes just a tombstone.

She didn’t even have a very deep impression of those partners.

For actors, it was all too common to develop feelings on set. Once those feelings faded, the two would realize they weren’t right for each other.

And that was how most of her partners had come into her life.

So, even up until their deaths, she and her partners never developed the kind of deep emotional bond that would make their parting a heart-wrenching separation.

This was also one of the lessons for females.

After all, most males, especially High-level males, tended to die young.

Those with power and wealth could extend their lives, but those in the awkward middle had no way to save themselves.

Although Catherine didn’t grieve for them, she felt incredibly guilty.

Some of her partners had died early because she couldn’t soothe them, and others because she didn’t have the time to, which led to their premature deaths.

So, for the sake of her remaining partners, she had resolutely decided to retire from the industry and never marry again.

She currently had only two partners left, and both were over a hundred years old.

All this time had passed, and while she sometimes missed her acting days, she had never considered making a comeback.

But just making a cameo wouldn’t be a problem.

After they made their agreement, they continued to chat about acting.

The reception was a great success, with both hosts and guests enjoying themselves thoroughly.

It was only after seeing everyone off that they finally left the company building.

A slightly tipsy Long Hao was still leaning against the back of a pillar by the entrance, all alone, as if he truly wanted to isolate himself from the rest of the world.

It wasn’t until he saw Jiang Qin that his placid eyes seemed to come alive.

“Neighbors, could I trouble you for a ride?

As you know, it’s very dangerous for a distinguished, single, and slightly drunk male to be walking on the streets.

After all…”

Long Hao looked at Jiang Qin and suddenly smiled. “After all, not everyone can be as composed as Qinqin in the presence of a male like me.”

Jiang Qin: …

“Ahem, get in the car.”

Long Hao obediently got in the car and sat down across from her.

Her spots to the left and right had already been claimed by her two partners.

Suddenly, a pair of hands reached over from her right and covered her eyes. Yun Xie’s somewhat lazy voice sounded by her ear:

“Don’t look. There’s something dirty over there.”

The “dirty thing” who had been staring intently at Jiang Qin—Long Hao himself—laughed in exasperation.

“Hmph, fine, don’t let her look. So petty.

Yun Neighbor, you must have failed your life skills class back in school. After all, instructors always stress that the first partner must be magnanimous.

If you don’t know what a first partner is supposed to do, I can send you a complete set of tutorials when I get back.”

Yun Xie chuckled. “But I heard someone never even showed up to check in for his life skills classes.

Otherwise, how could he not even know how to make a simple meat broth?”

Long Hao fell silent. Long Hao’s face darkened.

Two dunces were tearing each other down, and an opportunist saw his chance.

Lan Yuyan leaned in and whispered in Jiang Qin’s ear with a magnetic laugh, “Female master, I got a perfect score in my life skills class every year!”

Lan Yuyan, who had successfully earned two murderous glares, wasn’t fazed in the slightest.

He continued, “So, let me be the one to take care of you tonight.”

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