Tea-flavored Romance

"Could it be that I really hit the nail on the head?" Ning Yuan was stunned. "You were..."

"You're so annoying, Ning Yuan," Ning Yiling said, annoyed. "How was I supposed to know even the fund..."

"It's green, it's green, your fund has turned green."

"you!"

"It's green, it's green, your fund is green." Master Ning turned into a merciless broken record, suppressing a smile, truly demonstrating what it means to kick someone when they're down.

"I'll kill you!" Ning Yiling broke down again, and was about to pounce on the hateful repeater in front of her to take it all down with her, but Lu Jiujiu quickly stopped her.

“Little Zero, calm down… The stock market is risky, invest with caution… My dad said he lost a lot of his allowance the other day…”

Ning Yuan: "..."

Ning10: "..."

Pocket money and one's physical condition regarding pocket money cannot be generalized... Never mind, those despicable capitalists...

"You have no idea how smug this girl was when she made a little money in the stock market," Ning Yuan said. "She even calmly and arrogantly asked me in front of me: 'Do you have enough for living expenses?'"

"Isn't this good? Brotherly love and sisterly respect?" Lu Jiujiu asked in confusion.

“I said it wasn’t enough, and she said: Oh, luckily I have plenty.” Ning Yuan said expressionlessly: “Don’t you think a girl like that deserves a beating?”

"Then go ahead and hit me." Ning Yiling said expressionlessly, "Go ahead and kill me, anyway I'm going to be eating instant noodles all month."

"Huh?" The young heiress exclaimed, seemingly utterly shocked by the idea of ​​someone living on instant noodles for a month. She quickly buried her head in her canvas bag, asking, "Do you need to borrow money? Is 50,000 enough...?"

Ning Yuan: "..."

Ning10: "..."

Where did you come from, you heartless money-borrowing machine? Your passive skill triggers and you become an ATM girl, huh!

"No need... I still have money on hand..." Ning Yiling pouted: "I don't have the means to leverage, so I won't lose everything."

"Yes, if you don't have pants, you still have skirts... Oh, sorry, I almost forgot you don't like wearing skirts..."

"you!"

Seeing that the two were about to start fighting again, Lu Jiujiu felt exhausted. She had to keep a close eye on the brother and sister to prevent them from killing each other.

Don't ask about human lives; if you do, something's wrong with you.

Life is tough, I sighed.

"Let's get back to what we were talking about... Ningyuan, you just said that Xiaoling could film that scene?"

"..."

Whether this idiot was deliberately plotting against him or just randomly setting a trap for him, Master Ning's expression changed slightly, and he began frantically giving Lu Jiujiu meaningful glances. Unfortunately, it was too late. Ning 10 hesitated for a moment, but finally managed to ask the question.

"What shot?"

Lu Jiujiu noticed Master Ning's despairing gaze and immediately lowered her head to innocently sip her milk tea.

"What kind of shot?!"

"It's nothing... Little Ling, but I have to say something to you. Although there's a saying that 'fierce yet cute' these days, you're so fierce, not cute at all. You'll have a hard time finding a boyfriend in the future. At least be gentler to your dear brother and smile more. You had such a sweet smile when you were little..."

"What kind of shot is that?!"

Master Ning started playing dead, and the pressure gradually shifted to Lu Jiujiu. The poor, naive little rich girl couldn't withstand the fierce yet adorable girl's gaze and stammered, "It's...it's nothing...it was just a shot of someone patting a leg..."

"What about it?"

"Specifically, it's... taking off your skirt..." Lu Jiujiu then covered her face and pretended to be dead: "I don't know anything else."

Ning Yuan: "..."

Your explanation sounds even more absurd than no explanation at all!

Ning Yiling remained silent for a moment, then clutched her chest with alarm, her voice filled with shock.

"Ning Yuan! You still say you're not a siscon?!"

"???"

"I'm not!"

"You're lying!"

"No!" Master Ning shouted angrily, "I intended to film that scene with a boy!"

Ning Yiling remained silent for a while, her eyes gradually becoming darker and more alert.

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"Let's not talk to each other anymore... I'm afraid people will misunderstand."

"??? You bury your rotten thoughts in the ground!" Ning Yuan said irritably, "I'm perfectly normal... Besides, I didn't plan to use you directly. Movie roles are very valuable. Only your sister Jiu Jiu, the investor, could get one... Everyone else has to get in based on their own abilities. Trying to get into the cast through nepotism is out of the question."

"Tch, if I wasn't afraid you'd run off with a huge sum of money to do pyramid schemes, do you think I'd want to watch you?"

Ning Yuan pursed his lips, too lazy to deal with his stubborn, arrogant, and fiercely cute younger sister. He looked at Lu Jiujiu in front of him and asked, "We'll shoot street scenes in other places first. As for the shots in the rooms, we'll need several different rooms... We'll rent a set with a piano later... Are you sure you don't want to play the female lead?"

Lu Jiujiu hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

"I think I'd better not challenge myself..."

“Alright, you’ll play another young lady then,” Master Ning said confidently. “Actually, I also think you’re not good at playing villains; you don’t have that fierce, charismatic quality that villains possess…”

"If you call someone a villain, then call them a villain. Staring at me like that, do you want to die?" Ning Yiling replied expressionlessly.

"What kind of film are you going to make? Why haven't I seen your script yet?"

“The true masters usually have their scripts right here,” Ning Yuan said, pointing to his heart with a mysterious expression.

"You will be amazed by my talent then."

Chapter 44: Lu Jiujiu, the Perpetual Motion Princess

"Tch, all you do is brag." Xiao Ling rolled her eyes, expressing her disdain for Ning Yuan's unfounded confidence: "Even professionals don't dare to say they're guaranteed to win an award, but you're already using your prize money to pay off your debts."

“This brat is not worth discussing anything with,” Master Ning retorted. “What’s the difference between a person without dreams and a salted fish?”

"The difference is that a salted fish has a chance to turn its life around, but you don't."

"..."

Ning Yuan ignored this useless girl who had nothing to offer except her face and legs, and turned to Lu Jiujiu to instruct her, "Then it's settled, everyone will be free this weekend, I'll call you then."

“Oh~” The young rich woman nodded obediently and suggested, “You don’t actually need to rent room decorations, I have some at home.”

"The one by the river?"

“No, it’s the one closer to the city center.” Lu Jiujiu thought for a moment, “It seems like no one has lived here for a long time. I’ll go clean it later.”

"That's not really appropriate," Director Ning said, his face contorted with embarrassment. "Why don't you just skip the cleaning and use the crew's money to hire a cleaning service?"

"Isn't the money in the production crew's account her money?" Ning 10 suddenly retorted.

Lu Jiujiu nodded thoughtfully: "If I do the cleaning, can the cleaning service fee be considered my salary?"

"..."

“You could say that…” Looking at the girl in front of him with an expression that seemed to say, “Strange ways of making money have increased,” Master Ning had a string of old jabs stuck in his throat, unable to utter a word. He thought to himself, “The thought processes of rich people are indeed a bit different from normal people…”

Why is this rich woman always thinking about making her own money? Holy crap, is this the initial model of the perpetual motion machine?

Newton must be turning in his grave... Oh no, making money wasn't Newton's business.

“Now that we’ve saved money on renting locations, the cost of our film has been reduced even further.” Ning Yuan calculated on his fingers and said confidently, “Lu Jiujiu, don’t worry, the cash flow return on your investment is very high, and most importantly, you’ve gained the friendship and goodwill of a young film master. This is a truly profitable investment.”

"Let me ask you something first... is that 'early childhood film master' referring to you?" the girl asked cautiously.

"...It's me."

"Phew..." Lu Jiujiu breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "I believe you!"

"..."

I feel like after this idiot confirmed it with a question beforehand, all the subtle emotion that was originally contained in my "I believe you" was completely wiped away...

Trust between people is so fragile.

Master Ning gazed at the gray sky, ignoring Ning 10's merciless mockery beside him, and waved his hand, saying, "Alright... let's end the meeting here. I'll contact you again when we start filming the main scene..."

He stood up, grabbed his unfinished milk tea, and left the shop with the two girls. The two schools were not far apart; after crossing a long street of snacks, they reached the east gate of Ning 10 and Lu Jiujiu School.

"Let's go, I'll take you back to school."

"It's not like I don't have legs, why would I need someone to carry me?" Ning 10 said no, but her body betrayed her and she followed. They chatted and teased each other along the way, and soon arrived at the school gate.

"Bye-bye~" Lu Jiujiu waved goodbye to Ning Yuan vigorously. Ning Yuan thought for a moment and called out to Ning Yiling, who was turning away with a tense little face.

"Ning Yiling, wait a moment."

"What?" Ning Yiling's face remained cold, and even in this expressionless state, there seemed to be a unique kind of beauty. Ning Yuan pouted and said irritably, "Do you have enough living expenses? Don't starve to death if you try to force yourself to stay alive... I don't want to go to the girls' dormitory to collect your corpse."

"Mind your own business." Ning Yiling turned her head, leaving Ning Yuan with a delicate profile: "Anyway, you won't starve to death. You should take better care of yourself. Don't end up bankrupt and ending up in a pyramid scheme... I don't want to be part of a pyramid scheme to handle your funeral arrangements."

"I already told you it's a dream, not some pyramid scheme!" Ning Yuan was furious. "Fine, fine, let you starve! You unlucky kid..."

Oh well, what can I do about having such an unlucky sister... I'll just bring her breakfast for a few days, so she doesn't really starve to death.

Stock trading, a genius girl? Pshaw! You're nothing but a cunning leek that's been exploited. Even if you turned a few thousand yuan of your New Year's money into hundreds of thousands, you were just a particularly sturdy leek among those cunning schemers. Aren't you just like me now?

Oh no... Can someone write the word "misery" on my leg? Not only do I owe a rich girl a debt, but now I also have to support a useless little sister...

Oh right, and that little vampire Jiang Manyue keeps taking advantage of me... Damn it. Can't she learn from Gu Xihua? Look how loyal she is, helping me out as a wingman without even asking for gas money.

The arrival of a useless younger sister made our already meager living expenses even more difficult...

Ning Yiling snorted coldly, seemingly too lazy to argue with Ning Yuan. After turning around, her expression tightened for a few seconds, as if she couldn't suppress her feelings, and a sweet smile appeared on her lips.

Hmph, a good-for-nothing like you thinks you can help me out? Fine, fine... since you still have some conscience, I'll use some of my savings to lend you a little money... so you don't end up selling yourself because you can't pay it back!

Wall Street, your emperor is back!

……

If Ning Yuan could hear his younger sister's last words, he would definitely scoff and then silently translate them into a way that a normal person could understand:

Wall Street, your韭菜 (leeks/retail investors) have grown well again!