Chapter 516: Missed Call

Pan Yan seemed to be in a daze on their way back.

He remembered what Xia Xibei had told him earlier. She said that she was going to do well, but he didn’t believe her.

And she had just given him a brutal slap in the face.

This was the first time Xia Xibei came on a show, so Pan Yan was afraid that she might slip up and leave a bad impact on her future career.

Although he hadn’t been watching over her throughout the entire recording, he had a good grasp on all that had happened on the show.

That was why he couldn’t recover from the stupefaction.

She was a piece of work, wasn’t she?! Just where exactly had she come from?

He was exhilarated, of course, due to having come across such a priceless treasure!

“You know martial arts, don’t you?” he couldn’t help but voice his doubt.

“I do,” Xia Xibei nodded plainly.

The techniques that she had practiced were similar to the Chinese martial arts here, so she wasn’t lying when she said she knew martial arts.

It only added to Pan Yan’s astonishment— she knew martial arts indeed!

“Looks like I can get you some action films in the future.”

“Sure,” Xia Xibei shrugged with nonchalance.

Pan Yan felt the urge to do so upon getting Xia Xibei’s consent.

If he wasn’t driving, he would have gone to scavenge resources for Xia Xibei.

Very soon, they arrived at her residential area, and Xia Xibei got out of the car when she reached home.

Before she left, Pan Yan reminded, “The security system here is up to the mark, but you still have to beware of paparazzi. The show will be aired soon, and you’ll no doubt become a sensation as long as the makers of the show aren’t idiots.”

The crew had been making the show for years, and their ratings had never been bad. They should be smart enough to know which parts to highlight to make the most out of the show.

Once Xia Xibei started to gain fame, paparazzi would be an inevitable nuisance.

As long as they managed to capture some photos, the stories could be fabricated later, and debunking scandals and rumors had never been an easy job.

“Alright, got it,” Xia Xibei nodded and waved him goodbye.

It was around three or four o’clock in the evening when she reached home, and Qiao Yanjue hadn’t come back.

A thousand thoughts began jostling in her mind while Xia Xibei rested on the couch.

After a while, she straightened herself and tapped her own face, “There’s nothing to fret about. Things will turn out just fine when it’s time!”

Then she remembered the corset that she wanted to give Tang Luo, and soon disappeared into one of the rooms.

She had furnished the room as a workshop with all sorts of tools and contraptions, some of which were modified by herself, as many of them did not belong to this world.

All the messed-up thoughts vanished from her mind once she started working.

Time kept ticking away, and it was already ten o’clock at night when she looked up at the clock.

She touched her growling tummy and came out of the room to make herself some instant noodles.

There were several missed calls when she looked at her phone.

After a moment of hesitation, she decided to call him back.

“Beibei, are you alright?” Qiao Yanjue sounded edgy. “Why didn’t you answer my calls?”

“I left my phone outside while I was working in the room, so I didn’t hear it ring,” Xia Xibei replied in a low voice.

“Great then. As long as you’re fine,” Qiao Yanjue heaved a sigh of relief. “Have you eaten?”

“Yea, I’m just about to go to rest. The past two days have been rigorous.”

Qiao Yanjue had wanted to say something more, but upon hearing her reply, he said, “Well then, have a good rest.”

“Alright.”

Xia Xibei shook her head after hanging up, clutching at her chest as she refrained from pondering over these things.

The next morning, she went to school on her own, 3before Old Chen came to pick her up.

Upon arriving at school, she was greeted with Tang Luo’s anxious face.

“The stuff…”

“I brought it,” Xia Xibei laughed. “Have you found the place?”

“Yes, I have.”