Chapter Thirty-Five

  Jiang Chuan was dragged away by the sister of the props group to measure his arm length and height. Taking advantage of no one's attention, he quietly started to secretly touch the screws on the cage, basically stretching out his claws to touch once - someone passed by and retracted his claws - after the person left, he stretched out his claws again to touch once - so back and forth, until he felt that the fat on his paws was starting to burn and his whole body ached.

  Xiao Hei poked his head out from behind him and asked: "What are you doing?"

  He said with a stern face without turning his head: "Get out."

  Xiao Hei: *silence*

  At this time, a staff member came in to inform the people in the makeup room to go to the studio side and said that Director Jiang had bought afternoon tea from a very famous dessert shop that usually requires queuing in advance to buy, and asked everyone to go over and share together. At this time, most of the people in the workroom were young girls, and when they heard about desserts, their eyes lit up. Even Xu Qianqian, who was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, stopped playing with her phone and looked back - her assistant had a good eye for things and knew she wanted to go, but it wasn't easy for her to get up and leave, so she put on a smile and pretended to persuade in a voice that everyone in the makeup room could hear: "Sister Qian, Director Jiang is treating us to high-end afternoon tea! I've always wanted to try their desserts, but unfortunately, I couldn't queue up! If everyone goes over later, you'll be the only one left here and won't be able to catch up with the progress. Why don't you give us some face and come over with us? Even if you don't eat anything, just sitting there and chatting with us is fine!"

  As soon as the words fell, everyone in the dressing room who wasn't stupid realized what was going on. Although they were all thinking "who wants to chat with you", they had no choice but to put on a very enthusiastic face and chimed in: "Yeah, yeah, just come on."

  Xu Qianqian paused for about three seconds, and on the fourth second, she hooked up her red lips and smiled, putting down her phone on the coffee table by the sofa and said: "Okay, I don't really like sweets, but it's good to go with you guys and have some fun."

  One sentence casually created an image of being "mature enough" and "polite enough".

  The people around who saw the most difficult person to deal with solved it smoothly, also let out a sigh of relief, and walked out the door one after another, chatting and laughing. Jiang Chuan never liked sweet things, and even smelling that smell would make him feel uncomfortable, frowning and subconsciously wanting to refuse. As a result, he raised his head and saw Fang Yu in the crowd winking at him so hard that his eyes were about to cramp up, so he walked over and asked: "......do you really want to eat it?"

  Fang Yu thought for a moment, although he personally wasn't particularly fond of that dessert shop, but because Jian Ran liked it so much, whenever they came to G city, they would definitely make time to eat there once. One time, his assistant had something at home and asked for leave, so this task fell on his head. He tried to help queue up - the result was that he almost broke his legs before buying it, but Jian Ran, that stingy bastard, didn't even offer him a bite.

  This time it's like someone sent it to my doorstep... It would be a waste if I didn't eat it, thinking of this, Fang Yu nodded and said: "It's quite tempting."

  "Isn't that something little girls like?"

  Fang Yu: "Jian Ran also likes it."

  "He's just a little girl."

  Fang Yu: "......"

  A certain hamster who listened without missing a single word: “……”

  "Is this what Jiang Luocheng bought? Does this count as a meal that's been snatched up?"

  "Count... doesn't count!" Fang Yu muttered, then impatiently stretched out her hand and patted Jiang Chuan. "It's just a dessert, where did you get so many opinions? - Everyone has gone, if you don't go it will look very unharmonious, very arrogant, very unfriendly - In short, hurry up and leave, stop nagging."

  The agent Mr. Ren took a detour behind Jiang Chuan, pushing the helpless man out, while still able to hear Jiang Chuan's low voice protesting...

  "I really don't like sweets."

  "Afternoon tea, besides sweets there's also tea, if you don't like it then just sit down and drink the tea with a smile."

  "But when I smell sweets, I feel like vomiting."

  "Hold your breath, don't breathe out."

  "What if I throw up?"

  "I'm going to beat you to death, seriously, no joke."

  ……

  The voices of the two gradually faded away, and finally accompanied by the sound of "bang" closing the door, the conversation was completely locked out - at this moment, the originally lively and bustling dressing room suddenly became quiet, leaving only two hamsters forgotten in their cage. They stuck to the acrylic board for a while, calming down after a long time, and finally recovered from the sadness of hearing the name of their favorite dessert shop but not being able to eat it. Thinking that they had almost been able to eat matcha-flavored chocolate cookies before something happened and they missed out on them, the hamsters who only had sunflower seeds and fruit as entertainment in life were simply heartbroken.

  The most important thing is that the cookie wasn't poisonous, and it was so cheap that Fang Yu, a single-celled organism with no taste, got away with it, which is simply a waste of heaven's resources.

  Just then, Xiao Hei's voice suddenly came from his upper left side: "Everyone has gone, huh."

  That voice was right next to him, as if it had sounded in his own ear - Jian Ran's body shook violently, and he suddenly turned his head, only to find that this big guy with light footsteps had somehow appeared behind him. At this moment, he stood behind Jian Ran with a "hairy chest and back" posture, stretched out one of his long legs and claws, and pressed it against the acrylic board, trapping a certain milk tea between his chest and the acrylic board.

  Wall slam.

  Jǐn rán:“…………”

  becomes:

  Quietly:"............"

  "Ah! What's going on?!?!"

  "What's with getting so close!!!! Get out of here!!"

  Xiao Hei retracted his claws, turned around lazily and went to the water dispenser to drink some water. While drinking, he glanced at the fluffy milk tea with that annoying corner of his eye: "Now that no one is here, it's a good opportunity to escape, what are you still doing standing there?"

  A single sentence awakens the mouse in the dream.

  Finally realizing that wanting to make a long-distance dash to his own dressing table without being caught might not have a better opportunity than now, he let out a loud cry of "Heaven helps me!" and almost jumped up to the high floor, twisted open another screw, quickly unscrewed it with his hands and feet, and then he heard a "creak" sound.

  The long-lost Statue of Liberty is calling out in a voice.

  He twisted and turned with joy, using his hands and feet to roll out of the cage - aiming directly at the soft cushion on the sofa next to the table. He lifted his butt and swung his elbows, preparing for a perfect standing long jump and free fall. Suddenly, he felt something was off, turned his head, and saw little Black leaning against the edge of the cage, looking like it couldn't decide whether to come out or not... Jian Ran froze, still holding the pose with his butt high in the air, and subconsciously said: "It seems like someone on this floor is raising a cat..."

  Xiao Hei turned his head and seemed to have unexpectedly swept a glance at him.

  "If you can eat it, then you are a hero for the people."

  Xiao Hei let out a soft snort of laughter.

  "Ha ha, you're so silly!"

  Suddenly, with a thrill, it slipped under its feet and fell to the ground in a high-pitched posture, landing on the soft cushion of the sofa with a thud. After bouncing several times, it finally came to a stop in the middle of the cushion, lying flat on its stomach with all four limbs stretched out. The hamster was quiet for a few seconds, and just as Xiao Hei hadn't heard any movement for half a day, he walked to the edge of the table, lowered his head to observe, and saw that the hamster had finally slowly gotten up, shaking its butt and muttering to itself, seemingly cursing something.

  Under the gaze of a black-bellied cat squatting on the table, a chubby milk tea awkwardly climbed down from the cushion, pulling on the sleeve of an unknown person's jacket on the sofa, and slid all the way to the carpet in a sorry state. Finally, it landed on its back with its face up, which probably hurt it, and it stiffened for ten seconds on the carpet before flipping over with its four paws...

  Then resolutely walked towards the dresser in the corner without turning on the light.

  It took him almost an hour, during which he tried various methods, hit a brick wall countless times, and was frustrated countless times. Finally, he found the correct way to climb onto the dresser - when he stepped on the un-closed cabinet with one paw finally resting on the dresser table, he let out a long sigh, feeling as if he had just climbed Mount Everest.

  Just as he was about to find a place to rest and wait for Jiang Chuan, the sound of high heels echoed from the corridor outside - Jin Ran was slightly stunned, and when he heard the sound of the doorknob being turned, he almost subconsciously wanted to hide. He rolled around the dressing table in a flash and hid his small body behind a bottle of hair gel. Jin Ran cautiously poked out his head, only to see that the person who came back was actually Xu Qianqian.

  She seems to have come back for her mobile phone which she had left on the table.

  As she walked into the dressing room and saw her phone sitting undisturbed on the tea table, she clearly let out a sigh of relief - she was certainly not afraid of being stolen, this expression could only mean that there were some unknown secrets in her phone, but anyway...

  Get out of here with your phone!!!

  He was muttering to himself in his heart - but he didn't know if it was because he muttered too hard or got too carried away, he suddenly felt the bottle standing in front of him swaying slightly. The hamster's first thought that flashed through his mind was "no way", and then he saw the empty glue bottle being pushed by his round belly sway again before falling to the ground with a "clunk".

  The hamster was startled and retreated three steps in a row.

  At the same time, a loud and clear scream echoed from within the dressing room.

  Jin Ran's heart sank as he muttered "it's over" and lifted his head to see Xu Qianqian walking towards him, looking puzzled and curiously peeking around to see what had knocked over the makeup on her dresser. As she approached and turned on the light, Jin Ran was momentarily blinded by the harsh glare, but Xu Qianqian soon spotted a hamster crouched amidst the scattered makeup, its paws tightly clutching a brown paper bag.

  "What the... I thought I saw a ghost! It's just a hamster..." Xu Qianqian let out a sigh of relief, stretched out her hand to poke at Jianran, and made "tsk tsk tsk" sounds with her mouth. "Little hamster, little hamster, how did you get out? Ah, where did this bag come from?"

  "Thus:"

  Hair!!!!!

  Mind your own business!!!!!!!

  Get out of here!!!!!

  At this time, Xu Qianqian was not affected by the hamster's dismissive gaze. She simply stretched out her hand and easily pushed the hamster away, then picked up the paper bag - and with her hands covered in bright red nail polish, she dug out what was inside the bag.

  A delicate orange-yellow paper box with a ribbon tied around it, and the logo of a carriage printed on the box.

  "Really?" Xu Qianqian's eyes widened slightly, "How can there be such a thing here——"

  As she spoke, she casually pulled out the ribbon on the paper box and opened it. Inside the palm-sized box lay a wristband from a certain luxury brand that was extremely popular at the beginning of the year.

  Xu Qianqian hesitated for a moment, seemingly not expecting someone to casually leave such an expensive item in the makeup room gathering dust. For a while, she even suspected that it might be counterfeit - but the weight and metallic feel of the object in her hand subconsciously made her dismiss this idea. She pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and only then remembered that no one had used this dressing table because Yuan Jinyan had been using it before.

  And this ring, of course, was also left here by Yuan Jinyan before the accident and was completely forgotten.

  Xu Qianqian whistled.

  "Even if he wakes up, he should be busy dealing with the media and won't remember that he left something here." Xu Qianqian said with a smile, "Since we met by chance, I'll just take it without hesitation?"

  She picked up the ring and put it on her hand, and the female star was in a good mood to examine this "big cake" that fell from the sky under the light of the dressing table. Just as she casually threw the box with the untied ribbon on the table, suddenly, a fluffy shadow jumped up and hung on her wrist with an unexpected bounce height, biting hard!

  "Ah!"

  Xu Qianqian let out a sharp cry, subconsciously stretching out her hand to shake it off, but the hamster bit tightly onto the back of her hand, bright red blood quickly flowing down her pale skin. Xu Qianqian furrowed her brow fiercely, grabbing the hamster and pulling it off her hand with great force, the hamster letting out a "squeak" as she felt a sharp pain on her forehead, cold sweat breaking out...

  She raised her hand, just about to slam the hamster to the ground——

  Just then, a group of people's voices came from outside the door, and when they reached the entrance, one voice stood out: "Qian Jie, if you don't come back with your phone in half a day, we'll head back first, I even packed a chocolate cake for you!"