"My acquaintance?" Ning Xiaofei asked doubtfully, "Who is it?"
Ji Mo whispered a name, "Xicheng."
"Ah?" Ning Xiaofei looked surprised, "No way, he...how could he be a judge?"
With Xicheng's temper and character, he doesn't seem like someone who would attend such an event.
Of course Ji Mo knew that the reason why Xicheng was appointed as the judge was because of Guyu. However, it was a secret between siblings, so of course he couldn't tell it casually.
"Xicheng's role as a judge is a selling point of the organizing committee, and it has not been publicized to the outside world yet. However, you also know that those reporters always like to create gimmicks, and it is inevitable that they will not write anything when the time comes... So, you have to be mentally prepared." Seeing Ning Xiaofei frowning and looking embarrassed, Ji Mo stretched out his palm and patted the back of her hand comfortingly like an elder brother, "I'm telling you this just to prepare you. You don't need to be too nervous. Just keep a little distance from him and don't give reporters any opportunities."
Ning Xiaofei raised her face and smiled gratefully at him, "Director Ji, thank you!"
"Don't be polite to me." Ji Mo retracted his palm and opened the restaurant, "Let's eat. The steak here is pretty good. I used to come here often."
The two chatted while eating. Ning Xiaofei asked him about the competition, and Jimo reminded her of some things to pay attention to on the stage, as well as some taboos in the competition.
The two were chatting happily, but they didn't notice that a diner across from them quietly caught the two of them in the camera.
Before she knew it, she had already eaten dessert. Ning Xiaofei looked at her watch and put down the silver spoon in her hand.
"It's getting late, I should go back."
Ji Mo also put down his cup, "Okay, I'll give it to you."
"No, I'll just take a taxi."
Ji Mo smiled, "Then I'll take you downstairs."
The two of them went downstairs together. Just as they reached the stairs and turned around, they heard an argument coming from the cashier.
"What nonsense are you talking about? My credit card limit is 500,000, how can I not be able to withdraw money?"
"Look at my face. I, Pei Ruoxi, look like someone who can't pay the bills..."
…
On the stairs, the terrain was high. Ning Xiaofei and Ji Mo turned their faces together and immediately saw Pei Ruoxi leaning on the front desk.
She was obviously drunk. She was always well-dressed and looked decadent. She was shaking a bank card in her hand...
Ji Mo frowned when he saw it was Pei Ruoxi.
"Xiao Fei, I won't send you off. You go back first!"
After saying that, he strode into the crowd and held Pei Ruoxi's arm.
"I'm sorry, I'm her friend. I'll pay whatever she spends."
"Ji... Ji Mo?" Pei Ruoxi glanced at him sideways and immediately pushed him away, "Don't worry about me... who wants you to worry about me... I have money..."
Ji Mo ignored her, just took out the money to help her hold the account, and grabbed her arm.
"Let go!"
Pei Ruoxi screamed, but he ignored her and took her out of the restaurant by holding her shoulders.
Ning Xiaofei followed him out from a distance and watched him stuff Pei Ruoxi into the back seat before hailing a taxi and leaving.
"Asshole, you... let me get out of the car..."
Pei Ruoxi was in the back seat, still cursing, and rushed over to open the car door. Ji Mo locked the door with his hand, started the car and drove away from the restaurant without saying a word.
After cursing and tossing all the way, until the car drove into the community where she lived, Pei Ruoxi gradually calmed down and allowed him to help her out of the car and take her upstairs.