My Wife Is a Superstar (Ning Tan)

Chapter 525 Within Reach

Hearing Tang Jing’s framing put Ouyang Qing in a much better mood. “If he says that he can’t accept me, then you should leave it at that. Don’t give him cause to look down on me! Never mind that Nan Chen doesn’t think well enough of me, you can’t allow Nan Xing to do that as well,” Ouyang Qing said.

“Rest assured that no one would be looking down upon you with you being the young heiress that you are,” Tang Jing replied comfortingly. “Then when will you go and see Nan Xing?”

“Obviously, the sooner the better. However, I don’t have any means of reaching him. Could you try extending an invitation on your end? Then, I’d go meet with him to try and sound him out.”

Tang Jing was somewhat reluctant to meet Ouyang Qing’s gaze when she said this because she was worried that the latter might catch on to the fact that she was merely using her to get close to Nan Xing.

Truth be told, Tang Jing was merely pricked by her own guilty conscience. With Ouyang Qing’s emotions all over the place, she was really in no state of mind to over-analyze anything.

“I could, but what if he declines to meet?” Ouyang Qing was still a little worried.

“My guess is that he’d agree. Tell you what. Why don’t you pass me his contact straight and let me give that a shot instead,” a cautious Tang Jing proposed.

Initially, she thought that Ouyang Qing would require some time to consider, but instead, the latter assented to it quite readily.

“Okay, you go ahead and ask him out. At least that way, I won’t come away embarrassed should he refuse,” Ouyang Qing stated.

Pride could very often prove the downfall of many, even with someone as sharp as Ouyang Qing. For the sake of her own dignity, she had even managed to overlook Tang Jing’s obvious designs.

“Okay, then I shall go meet with this Nan Xing on your behalf.” Tang Jing was positively thrilled.

The next day, Tang Jing and Nan Xing convened as scheduled.

It was not like Nan Xing was obliging to just anyone, for he had women in Flower City who were interested in dating him lining up from end to end. His willingness to meet with Tang Jing stemmed from his understanding that the latter was the one who drove to lure the paparazzi away from Ouyang Qing.

Nan Xing had seen the photo featuring Tang Jing leaning against the luxury car and found that to be quite intriguing.

Pretty women were not an uncommon sight to Nan Xing, who had mostly grown weary or even sickened by those heavily made-up aesthetics popularized by online influencers.

well-read and intelligent beauty like Tang Jing came across to him as much more

sentiment was merely an absence of dislike

rooted in an interest in listening to what

Tang Jing did make a concerted effort to doll

but she understood that her own

and with her hair bundled up. Decked out in a suit, she looked less like

in his appreciation for beauty—a most astute move from a

took the initiative to greet him. “We’ve met before, but I’m

“I certainly do remember you, Ms. Tang, as you’re quite

you for this, Mr.

on her part, for most others would generally address him as either “Master Xing” or “Mr.

in novelty, because being hailed as a “young master” was something that came to Nan Xing through his familial connections. Literally,

“Mr. Nan” was even more commonplace since any male individual

of a hereditary status and was, in itself,

Nan Chen hailed the former as “Mr. Chen.” Addressing Nan Xing as “Mr. Xing” was

need not be explicitly stated, and subtlety might, at times, be even more effective in communicating one’s own

his good looks; a direct approach

of language

decipher the intentions of another. The added perk of receiving

Xing’s fondness for Tang Jing had

a seat, Ms. Tang.” Nan

to drink, it’s

men, and alcohol with women, so I’m going to opt for alcohol,” Nan

isn’t on the menu.” Tang Jing chuckled as

then. How about I treat you to lunch?”

time?” Tang

precisely what you’re here to

concealing her intentions, Nan Xing was equal to the task

soul. No matter how good one’s acting was, the eyes would

Xing decided he would give this woman a chance, just to see how far she would go

his belief that the purpose of Tang Jing’s overture must have had

since you are so obliging, Mr. Xing. Being able to dine with you must be the best thing to happen to me all

Nan Xing’s boisterous

was a very decent Japanese restaurant just a stone’s throw away from the café, with a pleasant

Japanese cuisine was lighter on the palate, the requirements for its ingredients were comparatively

unlike spicy hotpot, where the degree of freshness for anything would

attributes they were born with, turn out more or

that enamored with these sorts of milder flavors. He primarily chose this joint because he had thought rather favorably of the

claimed to only drink coffee in the company of men and alcohol in

he needed to be rational, so coffee made

he could not afford to be too rational with women. As more impulse and

Jing, too, was excited for

not exactly a habitual drinker because she had to be mindful of the highly educated

to be caught walking out of a nightclub looking drunk and

documented even once, the image she had spent years meticulously cultivating would easily

Nan Xing that she would be facing this day, and to her, he was

did not necessarily mean she was not capable

only reason she had almost never gotten drunk before was that she did

background,

just beyond her reach, but also beyond that of her wildest dreams. Yet today, she could dream and perhaps with a little luck,

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