Under meals

Chapter 19 The Wife

Tao Mingzhuo felt his heart was like a tiny bead threaded on a thread.

And the existence of Jing Ci is like a hand that can fiddle with this bead, so the ups and downs of Tao Mingzhuo's mood all depend on his every word and deed.

In the end, Tao Mingzhuo didn't ask Jingci who the man on the phone was, because he realized a little irritably that he didn't have any position to ask this question.

However, he still really likes me.Tao Mingzhuo thought.

When I was working in other places, I still missed me, and bought such a precious paint as a gift, and the first thing I did after getting off the plane was to come to me.

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned for a while, lowered his head, and carefully opened the outer packaging of the paint.

In fact, he was still a little bit reluctant to use it, after all, paint was used less once.So Tao Mingzhuo finally decided that he wanted to paint something special and commemorative.

At the beginning, he planned to draw the first game character he independently designed when he first joined the company.

However, Tao Mingzhuo had just made a shape hastily, and looked at the canvas for a while, but still felt that there was something wrong.

After a while, he took a deep breath and raised his hand again.

Tao Xue passed by the studio door and saw Tao Mingzhuo carefully daubing on the canvas with a scraper.

Tao Xue took a closer look at the canvas and said "Ouch".

The demonstration paintings that Tao Mingzhuo usually draws for guests are mainly landscape paintings with simple lines.

But this time, Tao Mingzhuo painted a portrait that can show his own style and skills, and it is... a man's profile.

She is a picturesque, delicate and handsome beauty, his eyes seem to contain a pool of gentle and clear water, his hair is messed up by the wind, biting a cigarette, he raised his eyes, as if looking at the canvas someone outside.

Tao Xue felt that the person in the painting looked familiar, but couldn't tell for a while.

Spotting Tao Xue standing at the door, Tao Mingzhuo rarely showed a panicked expression, as if he was covering the canvas with his body with a guilty conscience: "Follow, draw whatever you want."

"I've seen it all, why did you draw a handsome guy today?" Tao Xue asked casually, "And this time the drawing is so detailed, is there a prototype?"

Then Tao Xue saw her younger brother's face blushed suddenly: "No, it's an original character, and I've said it all, I'm just drawing casually!"

"Why are you shouting so loudly?" Tao Xue looked at him inexplicably, "I'm not a fool, I can't tell if you draw casually or seriously?"

"Don't stand there when you're done painting, and go and sweep the hall for me," she said.

Tao Mingzhuo has always been able to quarrel with Tao Xue, and now that Tao Xue is pregnant again, he dare not say a word back.

Before leaving, Tao Xue saw Tao Mingzhuo took the painting off the easel and carefully placed it in a corner.

Tao Xue stared at the painting for a while.

She thought about it, and felt that such a beautiful work would definitely attract many guests, so she decided to ask someone to frame it and put it in the middle of the studio.

Tao Mingzhuo and Jing Ci still maintain this kind of special fan-friend relationship.

In fact, Tao Mingzhuo's next plan has been put on hold for a long time, but for some reason, he has no interest in picking it up again, and he has lost the firm mentality of wanting to draw a line with Jingci at the beginning.

Forget it.Tao Mingzhuo said to himself, anyway, it’s just eating, one person eats, two people eat too, what difference can there be?

After getting off work on Monday, Tao Mingzhuo cleaned up the table and prepared to go downstairs to meet Jing Ci for dinner.

As soon as he stood up, he saw Yang Kening who was sitting in a daze at the work station, who was out of his mind.

This kind of scene is rare, because Yang Kening is always the one who runs the fastest after get off work, so Tao Mingzhuo was stunned for a moment, and asked: "What's going on, what's going on with you?"

"Xu Yi ran away." Yang Keying murmured, "What's the point of my life? Life is nothing but nothingness..."

Tao Mingzhuo felt that Yang Keying, who was talking to him now, was no longer herself, but an empty shell without a soul.

He thought about it for a while, and then realized that Yang Kening was referring to going to the manga exhibition to cosplay her beloved character.

Yang Kening has always been obsessed with another game produced by the company in the early days. This game has not invested much, and is more feminine and plot-oriented. In fact, it is not as good as the project team they are currently in. The development prospects are not as good.

But there are many loyal players, and Yang Kening is one of them.

The role she wants to cosplay this time is a beautiful female vampire. Tao Mingzhuo and Xu Yi were tortured by her for a long time before they had to agree to play her two sons in the game plot.

Tao Mingzhuo didn't know much about the specific plot of the game, he just heard Yang Keying mention it a few times, but he felt that this girl was suspected of taking advantage of himself and Xu Yi in disguise.

However, at lunch today, Xu Yi suddenly apologized wildly to Yang Keying, saying that his mother forced him to go back to his hometown for the long vacation, so he couldn't make it to the appointment.

Yang Keying was about to pass away at that time.

"You can't do that." Tao Mingzhuo comforted her, "Besides, haven't I already agreed? It doesn't matter if one unfilial son is gone, isn't there another one?"

Yang Keying murmured: "What do you know, these two are indispensable, the essence lies in being in pairs, you don't understand my mood at all..."

Tao Mingzhuo didn't understand what she was muttering at all, and when he was about to ask, he heard a warm voice: "Good evening."

Tao Mingzhuo froze for a moment, raised his head, and met Jing Ci's eyes.

His eyes widened, and he looked down at his watch, only to realize that he had chatted with Yang Keying for a while without knowing it, and it was already past the time he and Jing Ci agreed to meet.

It is estimated that Jing Ci did not wait for her downstairs in the company, so she went upstairs again and found her.

Yang Keying was also taken aback for a moment, as if she didn't expect Jingci to appear here: "Ah! Mr. Jing, I'm sorry, is my voice too loud..."

Jing Ci shook her head: "It's okay."

Maybe it was because the melancholy expression on Yang Keying's face was too obvious, Jing Ci paused, and asked softly: "What's wrong?"

Jing Ci's expression was full of concern when she spoke, and she seemed to be a gentle and considerate listener.

In fact, Jing Ci may just want to be polite, but what he doesn't know is that the person standing opposite is Yang Kening with a different brain circuit.

Yang Keying was born a social cow, and she had nowhere to release her sourness. Looking at Jing Ci's gentle side face, her nose felt sour, and she vomited out the ins and outs of the matter in one breath.

Jing Ci just stood where she was, patiently listening to her talk.

In the end, he nodded and comforted Yang Keying, "I understand that it must be very hard for something that I've been looking forward to for a long time to suddenly come to nothing."

Yang Keying: "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

Tao Mingzhuo was gloating beside him.

But at the moment when Yang Kening finished speaking, Jing Ci silently raised her eyes and looked at Tao Mingzhuo who was trying to suppress her laughter.

Then he repeated what Yang Keying said just now in a very soft voice: "Three days?"

There was no special emotion in Jing Ci's eyes, he just stood there, looking at Tao Mingzhuo's face calmly.

Tao Mingzhuo's smile froze for a moment, his heart trembled inexplicably, and then he suddenly realized: "No, wait a minute, why is it three days?"

Yang Keying looked at him strangely: "Because the manga exhibition is in city A, we will go there during the short holiday next week, it will take one day to fly there, one day to go out to cosplay and shoot a film, and another day to fly back, so a total of three days .”

"I sent you the itinerary so many times before, you didn't read it carefully once, did you?" She asked suspiciously.

Tao Mingzhuo: "..."

Not to mention reading it carefully, Tao Mingzhuo didn't even click on it.

Yang Kening observed Tao Mingzhuo's face, and in an instant it turned into a crying voice: "Tao Mingzhuo, are you going to leave me too, you brat? I knew all of you stinky men were unreliable... ..."

Yang Keying was very emotional, and she didn't notice that she had unknowingly scolded her immediate boss who was standing aside.

Tao Mingzhuo felt that the gods of Da Luo couldn't save her mouth, and he had a splitting headache and said: "I advise you to be careful, I am not the only man present."

Jing Ci, who was standing beside her, seemed to smile slightly.

He wasn't angry at all, he just asked Yang Keying: "Which game character do you want to play?"

Yang Keying sobbed, and said the name of the game.

Jing Ci showed a clear expression: "Although I didn't participate much in the production of this project, I also heard that the enthusiasm of players for the second creation has always been very high. Looking at it now, it is indeed the case."

"My favorite character is Yulisu." Yang Keying said weakly, "This year is the third year she has been officially launched, so I just wanted to take a set of photos for her. A new character is her two sons, and I just want to make a family portrait, which is very commemorative."

Jing Ci said "Yes": "I know, Yin Si and He Lan, one is the biological child, and the other is the adopted son."

Yang Keying didn't expect Jingci to understand it so carefully, and immediately raised some spirits: "Yes, that's right, my original plan was to let Tao Mingzhuo be my own, and Xu Yi to be adopted."

The more Tao Mingzhuo listened to her words, the more he felt something was wrong: "Who is who's son, can you make it clear?"

"You should be able to understand my feelings." Yang Kening ignored Tao Mingzhuo's existence, and continued to complain to Jing Ci with a sad face, "I have made appointments with photographers, but now one of them has run away, and the family portrait has changed." It has become two-thirds of the family portrait, where can I find someone who understands the role a little bit, and is an acquaintance I know to replace Xu Yi..."

The air was quiet for a moment.

Then Yang Keying suddenly raised his head and looked straight at Jing Ci's face.

Tao Mingzhuo immediately realized what this girl was going to do: "Don't—"

"Boss Jing!" Yang Kening spit out a long string of words without panting, "I know what I'm saying now sounds like I've taken the guts of an ambitious leopard! But I want to ask if you are interested in talking with me?" It's time to play my son... how about playing the role that Xu Yi originally wanted to play?!"

Jing Ci didn't seem to expect that Yang Keying would ask such a direct question, so she was taken aback.

It took him a long time to slow down, and he declined in a gentle voice: "Sorry, I have never been involved in photography and cosplay-related fields before, and I am not professional, so I may not be able to help you."

Yang Keying also seemed to realize how abrupt her words were.

She coaxed quickly: "Yes, I'm sorry, you must be very busy. I'm in a daze, so just pretend you didn't hear anything. I... Xiaotao and I should be able to take a good photo together..."

Tao Mingzhuo saw Jing Ci blink slightly.

Jing Ci's eyes briefly stayed on Tao Mingzhuo for a second, and then turned to Yang Kening. Tao Mingzhuo heard him say to Yang Kening gently: "But it's not impossible to try."

Yang Keying: "...!"

Tao Mingzhuo: "...?!"

Jing Ci said: "You can tell me the specific three days first, and I will ask the secretary to help me take a look at the itinerary for those days, and then give you an accurate answer."

Yang Keying was overjoyed immediately.

"It's the first three days of the long vacation!" Yang Keying's eyes lighted up again, "And I feel that you already have a good understanding of the character, so it's just a matter of posing when the time comes, and I can show you I’m directing, so don’t worry about acting badly! Thank you! Thank you even if you can’t make it in the end!”

With a slight smile on Jing Ci's face, he nodded.

"That's right." Jing Ci said, "If I remember correctly, these two characters are..."

Before he finished the second half of the sentence, Yang Keying replied comprehensibly: "Yes, that's exactly what you think!"

Then Tao Mingzhuo saw Jing Ci raise his eyebrows, and let out a soft "ah".

Tao Mingzhuo hesitated for a while, and couldn't help asking Jing Ci: "You... what are you talking about?"

Jing Ci looked at him, her expression became a little subtle.

Tao Mingzhuo saw that Jing Ci hesitated for a moment, as if he was thinking about a more euphemistic argument, and said: "When the two male characters were introduced, in order to increase the diversity of the plot and enrich the characters, in addition to family affection, The team ... also explored a new possibility in the relationship between the two."

Tao Mingzhuo didn't understand: "What's possible?"

Before Jing Ci could open her mouth, Yang Kening, who was next to her, rushed to answer, "It's love——"

Tao Mingzhuo: "...?"

Tao Mingzhuo suspected that something was wrong with his ears.

Yang Keying looked at him angrily: "Tao Mingzhuo! I knew it, you haven't read a single page of the information I gave you!"

She sighed, and then showed a regretful expression: "Because of the review problem, the relationship between the two is not directly stated in the main plot, but there are still many implicitly mentioned in the copy, and there are actually many details behind it. scrutiny."

Jing Ci nodded and commented: "It's a somewhat risky attempt, but judging from the enthusiasm of the players' feedback, the character creation is successful."

Tao Mingzhuo was in a state of complete aphasia: "..."

He couldn't help but secretly raised his eyelids, seeing Jing Ci standing opposite him with a calm expression, so he looked away in a panic, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Seeing Tao Mingzhuo's dumbfounded look, Yang Keying thought he didn't understand, so he said, "Oh, Mr. Jing's perspective is more like analyzing from the perspective of a businessman, let me explain it to you from the perspective of a player. Let me explain it plainly."

"You and Mr. Jing's cosplayers are fake brothers. Family affection is just an illusion floating on the surface. Their real emotion is actually an unforgettable love." Yang Kening said, "So if you want to correctly interpret the player's heart In fact, you only need to remember a very simple point—”

"You must always regard Mr. Jing as your wife." Yang Kening said earnestly, "Do you understand?"