Internet moguls are being held hostage by the entertainment system!

Chapter 402 Three Girls at the Same Table, Chen Xiu's Past
"Brother Xiu, Sister Xiaoxiao, here are your chopsticks!"

"Thank you."*2
After washing their hands, they went to the dining table, took the chopsticks, and sat next to Su Xiao, with Meng Ziyi on the other side and Chen Duling to Meng Ziyi's left.

The four sat down, and on the table were Chen Duling's specialty, Fujian cuisine.

With her hair styled like a potted plant and claiming that she only wore lipstick and didn't consider it makeup, Meng Ziyi showed an unusual excitement about Su Xiao's visit.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, why did you bring a gift when you came over for dinner?"

As she spoke, she glanced at the Cartier gift box on the chair.

Su Xiao quickly set out the tableware, looked up at Meng Ziyi, and smiled, "When visiting someone's home, how can you come empty-handed? I'm giving a necklace; the size doesn't matter."

"oh oh."

Meng Ziyi smiled and nodded, then gave Chen Xiu a meaningful look.

Although she didn't lack jewelry, she was still very happy to receive the gift.

Upon receiving her look, Chen Xiu immediately understood: "Sister Meng, I've already arranged to meet you tomorrow with the gift I prepared."

"Really?"

"laugh!"

Su Xiao covered her mouth and chuckled, glancing at Chen Xiu with a teasing look: "I didn't expect you to say something like that."

"Ahem, it's about keeping up with the times!"

Chen Xiu picked up her chopsticks and ate some food to cover up her embarrassment.

Meng Ziyi, thinking about her gift for tomorrow, also noticed his embarrassment and thought: Sister Xiaoxiao and Brother Xiu grew up together, she must know a lot of things I don't know, I can ask her, hehe...

However, after teasing Chen Xiu, Su Xiao did not continue her attack. Instead, she took a look with interest at Chen Duling, who was wearing a high ponytail and trying to make her presence as inconspicuous as possible.

"Dudu, your dad and Uncle Chen are classmates, right?"

"what?"

Chen Duling's body trembled, and she looked at Su Xiao blankly before slowly nodding.

"Yes! They are classmates."

"Your grades must be pretty good, right? Or are you rebellious like Xiaoxiu?"

"Eh??"

Meng Ziyi stared at Chen Xiu, whose expression had frozen, with bright eyes, then looked at Su Xiao, thinking: This meal today was really interesting!
Chen Duling was puzzled as to why Su Xiao would suddenly ask her this question. After thinking for two seconds, she chose to answer normally.

"My grades are passable, not too bad."

"So you secretly changed your college application and went to study acting."

"No! I studied aerospace engineering in college, Chen Xiu modified it himself..."

"Brother Xiu, that was a really smooth move!"

Meng Ziyi teased Chen Xiu, while secretly hoping that Su Xiao would say more.

Seeing that the topic had turned to her, Chen Xiu coughed twice and said, "Yes! I did ask for leave to take the entrance exam for the Beijing Film Academy, and nothing happened. The teacher just said I was good enough."

"Isn't it always like this?"

Meng Ziyi blinked twice and asked curiously, "Do I have to sing to pass?"

"If you're good-looking, you can get it done just by showing your face."

Chen Xiu praised both herself and Meng Ziyi in one sentence, and the silly beauty happily agreed that the words were true!

Su Xiao quickly rolled her eyes at Chen Xiu, then turned to Chen Duling: "Dudu, since you majored in aerospace engineering in college, why did you become an actress halfway through?"

"Forehead……"

Chen Duling originally wanted to use the excuse of "information exposure and the relevant departments not hiring her", but when she met Su Xiao's dark and deep eyes, she instantly felt uneasy.

"Well, I feel that I really enjoy performing, and I just happened to have a good starting point, so I wanted to give it a try. Anyway, I can start my master's degree anytime."

"You think the same way I do!"

Su Xiao looked at Chen Duling with surprise and her tone was sincere, without a trace of teasing or mockery.

Chen Duling's mouth was slightly open, her rabbit teeth were faintly visible, and her eyes were full of confusion. She obviously did not expect Su Xiao to react this way.

Last Spring Festival, she visited Chen Xiu's home and saw Chen Xiu and Su Xiao alone together, which made her guess that their relationship was unusual.

So when Chen Duling learned that Su Xiao was coming to visit, she even thought of the tragic love triangle between Su Xiao and Meng Ziyi.

However, as soon as Su Xiao arrived, she first gave Meng Ziyi a gift and then whispered a few intimate words to her...

This opening made Chen Duling realize that her reasoning was completely wrong, and that Su Xiao's level was not that low.

Thinking of this, Chen Duling immediately lowered her profile and planned to hide her feelings for Chen Xiu. But what she feared most came true: Su Xiao approached her directly.

But why did the topic change so quickly after just a few sentences? Chen Duling felt her brain wasn't quite working properly.

Su Xiao looked at the little rabbit with a smile in her eyes and said, "When I was about to graduate from university, I actually received a graduate offer from Caltech. At that time, Xiao Xiu said that she had started a company and wanted me to help her."

"..."

Chen Duling looked on in surprise, finding it hard to believe that someone would give up an offer from a prestigious university to work for a small company. Although that company later grew into an internet giant, who could have predicted that at the time?
Meng Ziyi was also surprised: "Sister Xiaoxiao, you're amazing!"

"It's not that exaggerated. There were many factors involved at the time. If I had gone to Caltech, I might have stayed there to do research... It's fine as it is now."

Su Xiao casually shifted her shoulders, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Chen Xiu, who was drinking soup with her head down, indicating that she did not regret her decision.

Chen Duling stared blankly at Su Xiao, then thought of Su Xiao's willingness to leave Didi with Chen Xiu and create Douyin, and suddenly felt that her level was far inferior to Su Xiao's.

Seeing Su Xiao's indifferent attitude, Meng Ziyi only thought she was cool, and then nudged Chen Xiu, who hadn't said a word, with his elbow.

"Brother Xiu, why did you ask Sister Xiaoxiao for help in the first place?"

"Because I can't find anyone else!"

Chen Xiu looked up at Su Xiao and responded with her eyes.

If things had followed the trajectory of her previous life, Su Xiao would have gone to Caltech to study and do research, and then her mother would have retired and gone to take care of her, and she really might not have come back.

Anyway, Chen Xiu remembered that before her rebirth, Su Xiao hadn't returned, nor had she gotten married...

Meng Ziyi pursed her lips and frowned, feeling that the topic and atmosphere were a bit strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why.

Seeing the change in her expression, Su Xiao first smiled at Chen Xiu, then changed the subject, saying, "Xiao Xiu, do you still remember what happened between you and Xiao Yu in junior high school?"

"Don't say it..."

Chen Xiu's raised hand in refusal instantly escalated the topic's appeal.

Meng Ziyi didn't even have time to think about what that strange feeling was, and hurriedly asked, "Sister Xiaoxiao, what did he do in junior high school?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Duling quickly put down her chopsticks, transformed into a student attentively listening to the lesson, and stared at Su Xiao.

Seeing that the topic had been successfully shifted, Su Xiao glanced at Chen Xiu and smiled, "Xiao Yu is a year older than Xiao Xiu. They went to the same school, and then my younger brother started junior high school a year earlier."

“When boys go to junior high school, it’s inevitable that they will bump into each other. After a while, the teacher asked Xiaoyu to call his parents. At that time, my parents were too busy with work to go.”

"I don't know why, but Xiaoyu stopped mentioning it later. It wasn't until he was in the second year of junior high and Xiaoxiu was in the first year that his parents were called in again. My dad went there and found out that Xiaoxiu had impersonated someone to handle those calls in the first year of junior high. They even changed the parents' phone number to Grandma Chen and asked her to help cover for them."

"Aha???"

Meng Ziyi stared wide-eyed as she carefully examined Chen Xiu's face.

It's no wonder she was so surprised, mainly because this was so different from Chen Xiu's usual persona.

Chen Duling was also surprised, but she quickly realized the flaw: "Sister Xiaoxiao, Chen Xiu is a year younger than your brother, how could he impersonate a parent?"

"Oh, you'll have to ask him about that."

The three women looked back, and six pairs of eyes were fixed on Chen Xiu.

Under such gazes, Chen Xiu picked up her bowl, silently took a bite of rice, and said, "I still miss the time when Xiao Yu called me uncle. It was worth writing this family drama."

"Heh heh heh heh!" *3
The three girls burst into laughter. Even Su Xiao, who knew the whole story, couldn't help but chuckle when she saw Chen Xiu say those words in such a serious tone.

After laughing, Su Xiao suddenly looked at Chen Xiu with admiration.

"When the matter was exposed, Uncle Chen also found out. He was a typical old scholar, so his reaction to this kind of thing was naturally intense."

"That was the first time I saw Xiaoxiu being beaten. Even Aunt Zhao couldn't stop her. No matter how Uncle Chen asked, Xiaoxiu kept saying that he had thought of it himself and that Xiaoyu had been deceived by him."

“Actually, these things would be clear if the parents and teachers communicated, and there was no need to hide them. But Xiaoxiu just refused to admit it until my parents came to our house and persuaded her to stop.”

When the boy brought up the old story again, Chen Xiu chuckled a few times.

Su Xiao adjusted her glasses and gave the ending of the story: "It was after that incident that Xiao Yu, who was a year older than him, always listened to him, but she was always defiant."

“After all, I am his uncle, and Aunt Ruan is happy to acknowledge me as her younger brother.”

"Cough cough, no, she's not willing."

Su Xiao gave a cold warning, and Chen Xiu also stopped making such a rare witty remark.

After hearing Chen Xiu's story, Meng Ziyi's eyes shone with admiration. She felt that Chen Xiu had never changed from childhood to adulthood; he was always willing to take responsibility!
"Sister Xiaoxiao, is there anything else? Xiu-ge is so handsome, there's no way he's never been in a relationship, right?"

"Hehe, when he and Xiaoyu were in high school..."

"Let's not talk about this anymore!!"

"Tell me, tell me! I want to hear it!!"

Dinner passed quietly amidst Su Xiao's narration, Chen Xiu's cooperation, and the support of Meng Ziyi and Chen Duling.

The atmosphere among the four was harmonious, filled with laughter.

After the meal, Chen Xiu got up and took Su Xiao away, intending to drive her home himself.

Watching the two leave side by side, Chen Duling seemed to have something to ask, but Meng Ziyi took the initiative to speak, resting her chin on her hand and saying, "Sister Xiaoxiao is such a nice person, I feel very happy to be with her!"

"Ok??"

"Dudu, I'm also very happy to be with you."

"Oh, me too..."

(End of this chapter)