After Marrying the Villain, I Became Popular

I don't know if it was because the sun was too bright in early summer, but Xia Wan's ears were still faintly hot until I got out of the car.

He bought a can of iced Coke at a convenience store near the school, pulled the tab open with one hand, raised his head, and took a few sips.

The early summer sun hit his eyelashes, he squinted unconsciously, and the cold liquid slid down his throat, gradually calming his agitated heart.

The phone vibrated in his pocket. It was Cui Xiaoheng, his manager in Langqiao.

Cui Xiaoheng is a very gentle girl who always speaks softly.

"Mr. Xia," Cui Xiaoheng asked, "There will be a very important art exhibition in two days, can you provide some more works?"

Xia Wan has been busy with other things recently, so she doesn't have much time to draw.

Even if I occasionally find time to graffiti one or two pieces, they are all passed on to the video website.

Hearing this, he pondered for a moment and asked, "How much do you need?"

"Two pictures should be enough." Cui Xiaoheng said, his voice was a little softer, and he asked again, "Do you think it's okay?"

She also knew that this request was a bit overwhelming.

After all, creation is different from other industries. It takes time, opportunity, inspiration and the collision of many other elements to produce good works.

Two paintings can sometimes be completed in a few days, but sometimes it can take a year or two to complete.

No one can say no to this kind of thing.

"Didn't you hand in two pictures a while ago?" Xia Wan was a little puzzled, "Isn't it appropriate?"

His cooperation with Langqiao is based on a commission system. Once the work is sold, he will receive the final payment from Langqiao.

But so far, except for the final payment for the first work provided at the time of signing the contract, there has been no movement.

It stands to reason that the two paintings that were handed in later should still be on the covered bridge.

With so many contracted painters in Langqiao, he doesn't think four of his works can be released in one exhibition.

"Those two pictures." Cui Xiaoheng couldn't help laughing, "Ms. Xia's painting skills are so good, one of them was taken away by our big boss on the day it was delivered."

When she said this, she suddenly felt: "My God? You haven't received the final payment for this painting all this time, have you?"

Xia Wan smiled: "Yes."

"Sorry, my fault," Cui Xiaoheng hurriedly apologized, "Because there is no record of this transaction in the system, I forgot to hand in the receipt."

Accompanied by her voice, there was a slight knock on the keyboard on the opposite side: "I will arrange it for you immediately."

"Thank you." Xia Wan smiled and thanked.

"By the way, there is another picture..."

Xia Wan drank coke slowly, listening to Cui Xiaoheng while walking.

In fact, after the release of the new sample booklet, many regular customers have taken a fancy to that work.

It's just that Xia Wan is still a newcomer, and the price can't be raised for the time being, so Li Yue suppressed the painting and wanted to wait until after the exhibition to officially hang it up.

Before signing the contract, Xia Wan had already done an in-depth understanding of the covered bridge.

In terms of creating painters, Langqiao has rarely borrowed a set of methods from the entertainment industry, so their business can expand rapidly far beyond their peers.

It is even more unique in creating star painters.

Since she chose to cooperate, Xia Wan naturally believed in the other party's decision.

"In this way," he hesitated, "it may take a week for two pictures, is that okay?"

"Yes, yes." Cui Xiaoheng said happily, but he did not hesitate to praise, "Mr. Xia is really amazing."

The little girl had a super sweet mouth, which made Xia Wan laugh unconsciously.

Langqiao has a wide range of businesses, with branches all over the world. It cooperates with countless established painters and young painters. If you want to squeeze into high-end exhibitions, your works must be extremely competitive.

This requires Xia Wan to create two top-notch works within a week.

A week is really short, and summer evenings don't have that much inspiration to offer.

After thinking about it, he decided to take out his previous works and make reasonable use of them.

In the dormitory, it was the same as usual, Su Tang was wearing earphones and was chasing the rich and powerful dramas, but Shen Xing hadn't come back yet.

Fu Ling is a child with relatively average family conditions in the dormitory.

He had no parents since he was a child, and was raised by his grandparents, so he was also the one who received the most business manuscripts among the four in the dormitory.

At this moment, he is concentrating on drawing the manuscript.

"You're back." Hearing the sound, Fu Ling rubbed his stiff neck and turned around.

"You didn't sleep all night, did you?" Xia Wan was taken aback by the huge dark circles on his face, and hurriedly took a closer look. Not only that, his eyes were also covered with red threads.

Hearing this, Fu Ling hugged Xia Wan's waist, and buried her face in his arms: "I am so envious of you, you can marry into a rich family, and you can become famous by eating, but my clients will only treat me Pick and choose."

"What's wrong?" Xia Wan laughed and rubbed his head.

"Cough." Suddenly, there was a light coughing sound from the door, and Shen Xing walked in with his bag on his back.

As usual, he glanced at the two tightly hugging with a cold face.

"The cold-faced Hades is here." Fu Ling whispered, and then let go of Xia Wan's hand.

"Wanwan," he raised his hand and rubbed his tired eyes, "help me see what's wrong with this painting."

Xia Wan bent down, looked closely at the screen, and then operated a few strokes back and forth on Fu Ling's hand-painted board.

"Damn it!" Fu Ling exclaimed, "You are simply a stroke of genius."

Fu Ling already thought that his painting was perfect enough, but Xia Wan casually expanded a few lines, and the layout of the whole painting seemed to be completely different.

Fluid and natural, it feels comfortable physically and mentally at a glance.

Not much better than the original.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Hearing the exclamation, Su Tang quickly took off the earphones and looked over with wide eyes.

puff.

Shen Xing finally couldn't hold back, and gave a short laugh.

"Smile." Su Tang snorted coldly.

"Even if you laugh a fart, there must be echoes, right?" Shen Xing was not angry, and leaned lazily on the chair, "My new store has opened, and I invite everyone to dinner at noon."

"Wow!" Fu Ling cheered up immediately, even the huge dark circles under his eyes couldn't stop his radiance, "What store?"

Shen Xing thought for a while: "There are all kinds of styles, do you want to try it?"

"Yes." Fu Ling made a decision.

"I might be busy for a while at noon." Xia Wan hesitated as she sorted out the second-hand oil painting paper that she had never used.

"You don't even want to eat?" Fu Ling was very surprised, "You have changed, Wanwan."

Xia Wan swallowed, and unconsciously looked at Su Tang.

"I don't want to eat." Su Tang snorted and turned his face away.

"My brother is not here." Shen Xing smiled, "Besides, eating and drinking his food, but trying to exploit him, can you still vent your anger?"

Fu Ling didn't quite understand whether Su Tang went or not had anything to do with Shen Xing's brother, but he raised his hand out of conscience for the king's meal: "Yes!"

Seeing Su Tang hesitating and resting his chin, he secretly poked and glared at Xia Wan.

"Then... go." After thinking for a moment, Xia Wan compromised without principle.

Sure enough, after agreeing, I felt much more comfortable.

Xia Wan breathed a sigh of relief, and pushed Su Tang again: "Go, go, our dormitory is indispensable."

"Isn't '1' there?" Su Tang raised his finger and pointed at Shen Xing, followed by Xia Wan pushing him hard on the head.

"Oh!" Fu Ling never understood the situation and moved his eyes back and forth on Su Tang and Shen Xing, which was very meaningful.

Su Tang was annoyed by him, he hesitated for a moment: "Where are we going?"

At the same time, Shen Yan sneezed twice.

Huo Yu raised his eyes from the thick stack of reports and asked, "Have you caught a cold?"

"No." Shen Yan was also a little confused, "I don't know how good my health is."

Huo Yu snorted and continued to look down at the report in his hand.

"If you keep buying at a lower price," Shen Yan said, "Huo Peixue should have found out."

Huo Yu tapped the table lightly with his knuckles, and said indifferently: "Sooner or later."

"How are the shareholders of the Huo Corporation going?" Shen Yan asked.

"There are a small number of people who are willing to transfer shares, and the amount is very small," Huo Yu said. "It's a bit difficult overall, but it's also expected."

He raised his eyes and smiled as he spoke: "When Huo Lin's net is collected, it shouldn't be much worse."

"Not much difference is bad." Shen Yan said, "Thinking about it now, when your parents were still there, our Shen family should also get some shares to come in."

"Who can predict the future?" Huo Yu smiled, and said, "You have helped me a lot."

"I'm not helping you in vain." Huo Yu seldom said such polite and warm words, Shen Yan was not used to it for a while, and said awkwardly, "I also have benefits."

Huo Yu smiled lightly, and said nothing.

He knew better than anyone else that compared to that benefit, Shen Yan paid far more than that.

Huo Yu read the documents at hand, and the two had a long discussion on some controversial projects.

At this time, Shen Yan's phone vibrated, and a news was pushed out.

Shen Yan clicked on the news, and then smiled lightly.

"It's getting late," he said to Huo Yu, "Let's go, go to my new restaurant for a meal."

The Shen family is flourishing everywhere in restaurants and hotels.

Originally when Shen Xing said that their new store opened, Xia Wan thought it would be similar to the Japanese food and hot pot restaurant he had been to with Huo Yu before, but unexpectedly it was a comprehensive entertainment place similar to the Imperial Capital.

The decoration inside is luxurious and there are many projects. After looking at the huge guide board on the first floor for a while, Xia Wan found that the top two floors are the restaurants.

As soon as Fu Ling entered, he immediately turned into a quail.

He followed closely behind Su Tang and Xia Wan, and the words that he couldn't finish talking all the way were lost.

I don't know if it's because of the promotional activities on the first day of opening or because the Shen family's reputation is really good. There are many customers who come to eat in the store. When they arrived, there were already many people waiting for their meals on the top floor.

Fortunately, Shen Xing had already reserved a box.

Four people entered the box, Shen Xing pushed the menu to Xia Wan and the three of them.

After entering the confined space, Fu Ling finally recovered.

He and Xia Wan put their heads together, and ordered mandarin fish with pine nuts, charcoal-grilled steak, braised corn, and two green vegetables, and then passed the menu to Su Tang.

Su Tang opened the menu, eyelids drooping, and announced a list of dish names without repeating:

Steamed soft-shelled turtle, emperor three meals, roast suckling pig, braised South African abalone in oil, bird's nest with rock sugar blood, Buddha jumping bridge, truffle foie gras, wolfberry shark's fin soup...

Good guy!

Xia Wan secretly sighed, this is really for revenge.

After he closed the menu, Shen Xing nodded slightly to the waiter waiting at the side: "Two more bottles of good wine."

"Tangtang," Fu Ling's mouth twitched when the waiter left, "Isn't this too wasteful?"

"Shen Er," Su Tang looked sideways at Shen Xing, "You finish your pot."

Shen Xing: ...

While waiting for the food to be served, Xia Wan couldn't help but get together with Su Tang and Fu Ling again.

"I don't dare eat soft-shelled turtles," Fu Ling whispered to Su Tang, "You eat it yourself."

"Do you dare to eat Wanwan?" Fu Ling asked Xia Wan after muttering.

Xia Wan shook her head.

"As if who would dare to eat it?" Su Tang raised his hand to his mouth, "I just think it's expensive."

Shen Xing on the other side smiled lightly: "I will eat."

"The soft-shelled turtle is great tonic. I heard that eating it will make you angry." Fu Ling raised his eyes and said to Shen Xing.

Shen Xing didn't speak, just glanced at him with a half-smile.

Fu Ling pursed her lips, not knowing what Shen Xing meant.

After a while, Shen Xing smiled slowly: "Just let it out."

Su Tang was shocked, and immediately raised his hand to cover Fu Ling's face: "Protect our roommate."

The phone vibrated on the table, and Fu Ling hurriedly got out from under Su Tang's claws. Looking at the news just pushed, he couldn't help but let out a "wow".

Xia Wan and Su Tang rushed over and stared at Su Tang's phone screen together.

The movie "Guanlan" changed roles and Zhou Shu was out.

There are a few photos on the screen, from the point of view it should be a candid photo.

Zhou Shu and a middle-aged man went from getting in the car, to kissing, to returning to the love nest together.

Fu Ling tapped the screen with his fingertips, pulling up the news content.

While watching, he sighed: "Damn, it's so satisfying, my male god has finally been wronged."

Netizens’ comments under the news are even more enthusiastic.”

[There are so many Zhou Shu plays this time. I used improper means to squeeze out other well-selected actresses, and turned around and acted like a victim, pouring dirty water on Sun Yingdi. The Lord is the cow. 】

[Is the threshold for financial sponsors so low now?Isn't that Huo Lin's uncle?Can anyone tell me what he has? 】

[Zhou Shu's third-rate appearance, with his low-end style, matches a middle-aged bald old man. 】

【Grass!I always thought that she was next to Huo Lin, hahaha, didn't you say Huo Lin before? Didn't Huo Lin have to talk about it?It's the funniest news of the year, bar none. 】

[Sun Yingdi will never collapse his house, he has a good background, looks good, and keeps a low profile and does not act like a monster. 】

[I heard that Sun Baijiang's family also relied on the Huo family to make a fortune. This time, he offended Huo Lin's uncle's love. I don't know if his family's business will be affected. 】

[How much is Sun Yingdi's annual film salary, even if the family loses business, he is not afraid...]

【…】

Fu Ling swiped a few lines and put his fingertips on the input box contentedly.

【Sun Baijiang I love you, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...'

Seeing where he had been, Su Tang said "ah," endlessly, and clicked send for him casually.

"Hey!" Fu Ling was indignant, "I haven't finished writing yet."

Half of the food was on the table, and Xia Wan quietly withdrew from their camp.

As soon as he picked up the chopsticks, Su Tang pulled him again: "Have you noticed that it is already summer, but Zhou Shu and Li Sheng in the photo are wearing autumn and winter clothes."

"Does it matter?" Fu Ling asked.

Su Tang is worthy of being a child from a wealthy relative's family, with excellent observation and thinking skills.

"Stupid." He poked Fu Ling with his finger, "Think about it, Zhou Shu and Sun Baijiang happened in the summer, Sun Baijiang couldn't know in advance, could he? He could travel back and take photos of them before wearing them back? "

"That's not necessarily true." Xia Wan couldn't help complaining silently, didn't he just slip into a book?

"Yes." Fu Ling was stunned, his face full of doubts, "Then why are they wearing autumn and winter clothes? Could it be that they are playing for fun?"

He said while denying himself: "That's not right, isn't it better to wear as little as possible when playing cross-dressing?"

Su Tang helped his forehead helplessly, and then looked at Xia Wan, only to see that Xia Wan was holding a sea cucumber in his mouth and biting it.

Su Tang: ...

"Cough!" Su Tang coughed heavily.

"Why?" Xia Wan looked at him, still chewing.

"The top of your head is about to glow green, and you still care about eating." Su Tang poked his puffed cheeks resentfully.

"What's none of my business?" Xia Wan wondered.

"Why do you think they wear autumn and winter clothes?" Su Tang felt that he was also worried about the happiness of his roommate.

Xia Wan held his chin, and after a while he suddenly realized: "Could it be that the photo was taken before?"

"BINGO!" Su Tang finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the roommates are still saved, and he continued to guide, "Then why do you think that someone would take pictures of them early? And why did they secretly take pictures of them?"

Xia Wan frowned deeply.

This thought really made him think of something.

"Do you suspect that Huo Yu broke the news?" Xia Wan was taken aback by her own thoughts.

"I didn't say that." Su Tang said, "But either Sun Baijiang has been keeping an eye on the Huo family's movements, or Sun Baijiang is defending Huo Yu, and Huo Yu is secretly releasing information to the media to defend Sun Baijiang, or else this It’s hard to explain the situation.”

"But you said there was a green light on my head." Xia Wan was indignant.

When several people were discussing enthusiastically, Shen Xing finally put down the soup bowl in his hand and turned on his phone to look at it.

"Eh? Su Tang," Shen Xing said suddenly, "I won't confiscate your love letters anymore?"

"Why?" Fu Ling showed a look of gossip.

"Because my partner may be stupid," Shen Xing said slowly, "I'm afraid that he will become my sister-in-law in the future, and my partner will suffer."

"Ah?" Fu Ling reacted for a moment, and finally understood what Shen Ling said.

He wailed: "It turns out that I am the only single dog in our dormitory?"

This meal was a little absent-minded in the summer evening.

Photos of Zhou Shu and Li Sheng kept flashing in his mind, accompanied by Su Tang's questioning from time to time.

On the way to the bathroom, he opened the window at the end of the corridor to blow some air.

The wind in early summer was neither too cold nor too hot, accompanied by intermittent beeps from the elevator not far away, which made his slightly confused mind finally clear up.

He looked down at the small beetle-like car under the tall building, and the rows of paulownia trees whose leaves swayed in the wind, and couldn't help laughing.

So what if Huo Yu did it?

In fact, that had nothing to do with him at all.

Su Tang and the others didn't know, but he himself knew very well that he and Huo Yu were acting.

and……

He also never thought of being serious with Huo Yu.

He took a deep breath and turned to leave, but bumped into someone else.

Xia Wan hurriedly raised her head, and was about to apologize when she realized that Huo Lin was standing behind her.

"What a coincidence?" Huo Lin looked down at him.

Xia Wan didn't speak, she bowed her head and was about to leave.

Huo Lin moved along with his movements, and stood in front of him again.

"Wan Wan." Huo Lin called his name, "Can't you even talk to me now?"

Xia Wan's face turned cold: "Of course not."

"No way," Huo Lin said, "If you take ten thousand steps back, if you are married to Huo Yu, then you should be considered half of the Huo family, right?"

"I can't afford to be your Huo family," Xia Wan smiled lightly, "After all, I'm married, and your family still wants Huo Yu to go on a blind date."

Huo Lin was so blocked that he choked and had nothing to say.

He went out to drink with a few partners today, and he was praised by others for his high spirits along the way. He didn't want to be crushed into the mud as soon as he met Xia Wan.

But he himself was unlucky, every time he saw Xia Wan, his heart became more frizzy and unspeakably uncomfortable.

"I've watched all your live broadcasts." Huo Lin paused for a moment and changed the subject, "It's very cute."

"If you are really nice to me, you shouldn't tell me," Xia Wan said, "in case I think you might be watching the next live broadcast, and I will feel sick."

"Xia Wan!" Huo Lin seemed to be stabbed by this sentence, "You will regret your choice sooner or later."

"Are you going to say that too?" Xia Wan raised her hand and plucked her ears, "My ears can hear calluses coming from your words, can you come to something practical and say goodbye to the past. "

His expression straightened: "Don't say that Huo Yu and I won't regret it, but we really regret it. Pigs with four legs are hard to find in the world, but people with two legs abound. You, Huo Lin, are not the only one. and……"

He elongated his voice: "Even if you are really the only one left, I also hope that everyone can be in the southern hemisphere and the northern hemisphere, and it is best not to see each other forever."

Seeing that Huo Lin's face was getting uglier, Xia Wan didn't dare to provoke him too much.

He raised his hand and pushed on his chest: "Good dogs don't get in the way."

The next moment, Huo Lin grabbed his wrist and pushed him towards the corner.

"You must still like me," Huo Lin said, "that's why you hate me so much."

Xia Wan: ...

He couldn't help regretting that he shouldn't waste his tongue on people who don't understand human speech.

Xia Wan struggled hard, but Huo Lin's strength was too strong, he quickly pushed Xia Wan to the corner of the window sill, and bent down to him.

Huo Lin has a strong alcohol smell, unlike Huo Yu, who always has a faint woody aroma and tobacco smell intertwined, making people feel at ease and comfortable.

"Huo Lin," Xia Wan said coldly, "You are obscene."

Huo Lin paused, then leaned down again: "What obscenity? We are emotionally entangled."

With the sound of speaking, his breath swept over Xia Wan's nose, making Xia Wan feel sick: "Why don't we go down and open a room, and I will divorce the Qiu family..."

The elevator dinged again, taking advantage of Huo Lin's distraction, Xia Wan raised her knee fiercely, and quickly pressed her against Huo Lin's body.

Huo Lin couldn't avoid it, and bent down with a muffled grunt.

And as his body bent down, Xia Wan caught off guard and met a pair of extremely cold eyes.

The next moment, Huo Yu strode over.

Xia Wan didn't even see how Huo Yu made the move, but she heard Huo Lin's scream and hit the wall of the corridor. Even the murals hanging on the wall were shaken slightly.

Xia Wan reversed the ferocity of raising her knees to attack someone's vitals just now, and threw herself into Huo Yu's arms, her eyes blushing.

"Husband," he said in a trembling voice, "he bullied me."

Huo Yu hugged him into his arms, and kept stroking the back of his head and back.

Xia Wan took a deep breath, the scent of roses was entangled with the scent of ebony, very light, there was no smell of tobacco today, but his heart was inexplicably settled.

"Shen Yan," he heard Huo Yu's voice and thought in the top of his head very coldly, "Tune the surveillance and call the police."

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