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Scavenger's response was always so timely:
"Yep, I've been pretty idle lately, so I randomly selected a bunch of works to display. I'm planning to hold an oil painting exhibition after a while, are you interested in submitting a few pieces? I can organize an exhibit just for you in a separate hall."
Ever since following Jiang Moxi to Yan City, Scavenger had been bored to death.
So, he took the civil service exam and even became the director of a cultural center!
Only for a small fraction of time did he appear near Jiang Moxi's school in his true Scavenger identity.
Jiang Moxi promptly remembered those terrifying years dominated by painting and replied immediately:
"Thanks, but I refuse."
Consequently, Scavenger bombarded her with messages.
"What a waste of your fantastic talent for painting if you don't show it off!"
"I think having just one hall for your exhibit is an insult to your work. How about I turn the entire cultural center into a personal exhibition for you!"
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"By the way, don't you need money? With your former name, a casual piece of your work could sell for tens of millions. Why not give it some thought?"
Reading this last message, Jiang Moxi's gaze stalled.
Her former name...
Unless someone woke up, she would forever just be Jiang Moxi.
After giving it some thought, she finally sent Scavenger this directive: "Jiang Weiwei has two works included in your photography exhibition. Please take those two pieces down."
Good artworks can also take the lead in a positive way.
But what kind of lead could Jiang Weiwei, who turned scheming into an art form, possibly have?
It would have been fine if it was just one or two behind-the-scenes maneuvers, but now she even had her sights on the formula for Skin Relaxing Pills.
Did she really think Jiang Moxi was made of mud to be molded at her whim?
Soon after, Scavenger replied: "Okay, I'll have someone take them down right now."
By this time, the birthday banquet had also begun.
Yu Man and Jiang Guosheng were arranged to sit at the main table with Du Yuke, and Fu Yiming and Jiang Weiwei were even placed right next to the two elders.
As for the others, they were also seated fairly close to the elders' table.
Jiang Moxi's corner had only some high-level executives from the Jiang's company and Li Tinglu, who wasn't very keen on mingling.
Li Tinglu wasn't like Jiang Sibei or Jiang Yuqing, who paid a lot of attention to dressing up; she had a cute short haircut, wore a white basketball jersey, and was bare-faced.
Her androgynous attire and straightforward, carefree personality matched her looks.
Seeing Jiang Moxi struggling to pick up crispy pork skin several times without success, Li Tinglu directly picked up two pieces and placed them in Jiang Moxi's bowl.
"Tell me what you want to eat, and I'll get it for you."
"Thanks." Jiang Moxi enjoyed the crispy pork skin that Tinglu had picked for her.
But it would have been better if she didn't have to use chopsticks at all.
Back in the Liang family that had mistakenly embraced her, they valued males over females, even refusing to let her eat at the table, so she had never used chopsticks.
Later, at the orphanage and in the Feng Family, and even with Xuanming, they had accommodated her by providing a fork.
As a result, she made a fool of herself when she was brought back to Jiang's Old Mansion by Jiang Guosheng and Yu Man for a family meal.
She still remembers that day, unable to find a fork, she just ate with her hands and was scolded harshly by Jiang Guosheng and Yu Man.
Old Madam Jiang, Du Yuke, still feels embarrassed about her way of eating until now.
Every time there was a banquet, they would specifically remind her to use chopsticks...
At this moment, Li Tinglu saw a large plate of crabs at the table, took one for herself, then asked Jiang Moxi.
"Do you eat crabs? I can peel them for you."
Jiang Moxi's eyes darkened slightly at the sight of the plate of crabs.
In fact, when she was with the Feng Family or Xuanming, she did eat crabs.
But what she ate was always peeled by someone else, with the crab meat and roe arranged neatly on the plate.
The first time she had unpeeled crabs at the Jiang's, she just picked them up and nibbled, turning into a laughingstock.
After returning home, Yu Man gave her a thorough scolding, saying she was indeed raised in the countryside, without any sophistication, only capable of embarrassing herself...
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Thinking of those things, Jiang Moxi suddenly lost her appetite.
"I'm full, I'm leaving first."
She put down her chopsticks.
"Maybe say goodbye to them before you go?" Li Tinglu pointed to Du Yuke's table.
Actually, she was also particularly annoyed by those old folks' rigid rules, but she knew that if she didn't do as they wished, she would be scolded bloody.
So she generally still tried to act somewhat according to their wishes, to save her own skin.
But upon Li Tinglu's reminder, Jiang Moxi only glanced twice at that table.
She saw Jiang Tairan and Du Yuke both looking at Fu Yiming and Jiang Weiwei with faces full of affection.
And Jiang Guosheng and Yu Man were also chatting and laughing with them, all enjoying themselves harmoniously.
So she said to Li Tinglu with a smile: "No need. I'd get scolded if I go over anyway, might as well slip away now."
Li Tinglu immediately gave Jiang Moxi a thumbs up, "Go on, hero!"
Jiang Moxi waved her hand and then left the Jiang's Old Mansion without looking back.
And she didn't know that although Fu Yiming was chatting and laughing with Jiang Tairan and the others, his attention had been on her all along.
These past few days, he had been working quietly to get his hands on the Skin Relaxing Pill that was in Jiang Moxi's possession.
He had asked Jiang Weiwei to search Jiang Moxi's room, trying to "borrow" the Skin Relaxing Pill.
But Jiang Moxi's room, except for a laptop that looked like it was picked out of a pile of trash, and a few change of clothes, had nothing else.
So, he set his sights on Jiang Moxi's backpack.
The places where Jiang Moxi could keep things were limited to that few.
If she didn't trust storing the Skin Relaxing Pill at home, then she could only carry it with her.
From that moment on, Fu Yiming had been planning how to get close to Jiang Moxi's backpack.
Now that Jiang Moxi had left early, he had other plans...
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Jiang Moxi left the Jiang's Old Mansion, intending to head to the nearest subway station to take the subway to her part-time job at Night Color.
As night fell, the traffic heading to the suburbs had obviously thinned out.
Jiang Moxi walked a long distance and only saw one motorcycle.
Moreover, this motorcycle was strange; even though it was heading deeper into the suburbs, it turned back after encountering her.
Soon, the bright headlights illuminated Jiang Moxi's figure.
Her eyes were dazzled by the light, and she was momentarily unable to open them.
She only heard the sound of the motorcycle, coming from far and getting close, speeding over.
As the vehicle whizzed by, Jiang Moxi's backpack was pulled.
She gave the rider Liu Er a cold glance, seeing triumph gleaming at the bottom of his eyes!
As if challenging her: "Stealing your backpack is just too easy!"
So, Jiang Moxi immediately grabbed one of the straps of her backpack and with that momentum, leapt onto the back seat of the motorcycle...
"Holy shit!"
Liu Er never imagined that this girl could be so audacious.
She actually followed the strap and got on his motorcycle.
"Stinky girl, get down!" He tried to shake the front of the bike, hoping to throw Jiang Moxi off by swaying the bike.
But Jiang Moxi fiercely punched his shoulder.
Those seemingly simple strikes made it painful for him to hold onto the handlebars.
And Jiang Moxi took the opportunity to retrieve her backpack and made as if to toss him off the bike.
"If you throw me off the bike, you'll fall too!"
Did a weak and delicate girl really think she could defy gravity?
Liu Er was dead sure, yet saw Jiang Moxi not hesitating at all, taking his helmet and throwing him off.
After rolling a few times on the ground, Liu Er raised his head only to find that Jiang Moxi had already put on the helmet and was speeding away on his motorcycle...
Liu Er was dumbfounded; did he just try to rob someone, and end up having his equipment confiscated instead?