Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 6: Calculating Sister Jiang's Feelings
Lu Kuan soon realized how hard it was to earn these few thousand dollars. He accompanied Zhou Xun and Jiang Qinqin shopping from 4:30 to 7:00, and the two showed no intention of stopping. The little Taoist priest was already a little exhausted.

If the two female sales clerks of Yageo saw this scene, they would be angry in their hearts, saying that he was so timid and still acted like a gigolo, he would be kicked out by a rich woman sooner or later!

"Sisters, can we take a break and have a meal? You still have to go to Suzhou to film tomorrow!"

Zhou Xun looked at his watch and smiled, "I didn't realize how fast time flies. I'll buy your sister Jiang a few more pieces of underwear and then I'll go."

"What are you talking about!" Jiang Qinqin blushed a little, slapped Zhou Xun in an angry look, and glanced at the little Taoist priest who looked calm.

The humidity in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai is quite high, so clothes are difficult to dry on a normal day, especially with the recent continuous drizzle, which requires a hair dryer to dry for a long time.

The main purpose of Jiang Qinqin taking Zhou Xun shopping tonight was actually to buy underwear.

"Let's go!"

Jiang Qinqin seemed to feel that it was a bit embarrassing to have a man who was 6 or 7 years younger than her waiting outside for her to buy underwear, so she picked up a few pieces at random and dragged Zhou Xun out.

"Give it to me." Lu Kuan took the bag of clothes as usual.

Jiang Qinqin glared at him and said, "Hurry up and leave. I'll get it myself."

Zhou Xun chuckled at the side: "Little Taoist priest, you made the female Bodhisattva's face red."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Jiang Qinqin slapped her best friend's butt. Although there was little flesh, it was still trembling.

The wind was biting cold outside, but the road was wide enough for the two of them to wait at the door and then drive to pick them up.

"What would you like to eat?"

Jiang Qinqin was surprised: "You talk like you're a landlord. Aren't you from Maoshan? How can you know Wuxi?"

"I know a little bit about worldly affairs."

Lu Kuan recalled the time in his previous life when he was invited to Wuxi to serve as a judge in a model competition. He could still vividly remember the beautiful entertainment he had with several young models after the competition.

"I'm tired of eating big meals. How about going to a snack street or something?"

Zhou Xun's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Okay!"

She has a figure that allows her to gain weight no matter how much she eats, which is unique among female celebrities. At least she is much more unrestrained in her diet than Jiang Qinqin, who tries to lose weight every day.

Lu Kuan drove to Chong'an Temple, a snack street built in the downtown area with a long history.

"Haha, you actually found it, you're amazing, little Taoist." Jiang Qinqin got out of the car fully armed again, and was very surprised at his familiarity with the route.

"This place is very famous. I've heard of it even in the mountains."

The three of them walked inside, avoiding the crowds. Today was Saturday, and the snack street was quite crowded.

Lu Kuan's tall and straight figure stood in front of the two actresses to clear the way, making them feel safe.

"This little Taoist priest would actually be a good bodyguard." Jiang Qinqin covered her mouth and whispered to Zhou Xun behind him.

"Qinqin, are you lonely?" Zhou Xun teased her best friend.

"Oh, I know. You touched him when you were stretching his clothes just now. How did it feel? That muscle is so strong... Tsk tsk!"

Jiang Qinqin raised her eyebrows: "Go away, you are always hanging around with Li Yapeng and making fun of me." Zhou Xun is 27 years old this year, and Jiang Qinqin is one year younger than her. It is not popular for female stars in this era to have secret marriages or secret relationships. Both of them have been through a lot, so there is a lot of explicitness in their words.

"Do you want to eat these?" Lu Kuan couldn't hear what the two people were chattering behind him, and pointed to the plum blossom cake, Wang Amei's candied taro and Ding Aliu's duck blood vermicelli soup on the right.

"Xiaolu, is there a place to sit?" Jiang Qinqin was not as interested in snacks as Zhou Xun. Sichuan girls have strong tastes and are not used to sweet things like those in Suxichang.

Lu Kuan used his height advantage to search for a while and said, "There should be a Gongdelin restaurant up ahead that specializes in vegetarian food. Let's buy some and bring them over."

Several people were enjoying their rare leisure time. Lu Kuan was drunk at the wine table 24 hours ago, and if it weren't for Li Yapeng's beating incident last night, Zhou Xun and Jiang Qinqin would have been filming non-stop for several months.

Life is not easy, Xiaolu sighed, touching the more than 7000 yuan in his pocket. Lu Kuan planned to contact his senior brother in Beijing first and ask him to register a consulting company in Peking.

This is mainly to avoid legal risks.

Next, an entertainment industry wall hanging that knows your life and death for three hundred years is about to appear.

The three of them found a corner to sit down in the lobby of Gongdelin. The two actresses were still fully armed, but they just slightly untied their scarves and began to enjoy the food.

Zhou Xun was very hungry. He held a piece of Cai's egg pancake in his left hand, stirred Huishan tofu pudding with a spoon in his right hand, and couldn't stop praising it.

"Xiaolu really knows how to find a good place, it's delicious!"

Lu Kuan smiled and heated up two sets of tableware for them. He also picked up a dish of double mushroom flying swallow and started to eat it. Looking at Jiang Qinqin opposite him who kept pouring chili oil into her bowl, he thought that Shancheng was still the strongest.

The three of them ate for a while and felt a little relieved of their hunger.

Jiang Qinqin looked at Lu Kuan across from her and smiled, "Lu Kuan, without your Taoist robes, your words and demeanor reveal nothing of your true self."

Zhou Xun had been suspicious for a long time: "Yeah, I seriously suspect you are a fake Taoist priest. It seems that your living habits are exactly the same as those of a normal person."

He can drive, recognize the roads, and find his way to the snack street. His every move and gesture does not seem like that of a Maoshan Taoist priest living in the mountains.

"Don't be fooled by the Taoist priests in TV dramas and novels."

Lu Kuan explained, "People like us all practice at home. Apart from our normal studies, we're no different from ordinary people. After all, I graduated from high school, and one of my senior brothers even got into college a while ago."

"But he left the Daoist sect very early on, so he's an exception."

In short, Taoist is just a profession, not an exclusive identity.

"So, what you said in front of Director Zhang today, are they all true?" Jiang Qinqin was a little skeptical.

I was a little surprised to see that he could point out that the crew was suspended because of Li Yapeng, but now seeing Lu Kuan taking off his Taoist robe and completely blending in with ordinary people, it seemed that the mysterious filter had been removed.

"Whether it's true or not, you'll know in a few days."

Lu Kuan looked at the two people who were still a little confused and smiled: "You two sisters have spent a lot of money today. I will calculate it for you. Just ask."

Zhou Xun and Jiang Qinqin looked at each other. One of them bought clothes and the other bought shoes, which meant they had bought a gigolo together.

"Let's calculate the relationship!" Jiang Qinqin put down the spoon with a dazed look in her eyes and told the little Taoist priest two horoscopes.

Lu Kuan laughed inwardly. This man should be Zhang Xiaozheng from “The Legend of the White-Haired Witch”. Could it be that they haven’t broken up yet?

(End of this chapter)