Chapter 33: Television News

  When they returned home, it was already past four in the afternoon. Tang Xiao Sheng, Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang cooked dinner together.

  Guo Xiang is in charge of rinsing the rice and then putting it into a pressure cooker to steam white rice. After rinsing the rice, she starts washing the vegetables and tomatoes.

  Little Dragon Girl picked up the kitchen knife, mobilized the inner strength of "Jade Maiden Heart Scripture", and made her own "Jade Maiden Kitchen Knife Method". With a few quick cuts, she efficiently chopped the pork ribs, then began chopping cabbage and tomatoes.

  After cutting the pork ribs, she put them in a pot to start simmering. Then, she started stir-frying the greens, unfortunately her cooking skills were not great, luckily Tang Xiaosheng was by her side guiding her, otherwise the greens would have been overcooked and turned into black salty vegetables.

  Tang Xiaosheng not only had to teach Little Dragon Girl how to cook, but also had to kill the carp and prepare it for a steamed dish that night. Actually, he preferred braised carp in soy sauce, but considering Little Dragon Girl liked light food, he changed his mind and decided on steaming instead.

  After struggling in the kitchen for more than two hours, dinner was finally ready: braised pork ribs soup, steamed carp, stir-fried greens and tomato scrambled eggs.

  There's both meat and vegetarian dishes, fish and meat, vegetables and soup, quite a sumptuous feast.

  At seven o'clock in the evening, three people sat around the dinner table in the living room, watching TV while having dinner together.

  "Dragon girl, eat fish meat." Tang Xiaosheng saw that Little Dragon Girl's chopsticks had not moved the carp, so he picked up a piece of fish meat for her.

  "Pass it to me, I don't like eating meat." Little Dragon Girl explained softly.

  The Ancient Tomb Sect emphasizes a clear mind and few desires, which has had a significant impact on Little Dragon Girl. She seems to have become a vegetarian as well. However, Tang Xiaosheng noticed that she looked slightly pale due to stomach problems over the past two days, so he explained: "Not eating meat is not good, it's easy to be malnourished."

  "I really don't like eating meat." Little Dragon Girl repeated softly once again.

  Tang Xiaosheng paused for a moment, put down his chopsticks and said: "Since Long'er doesn't eat meat, I won't eat it either." Then he turned to Guo Xiang and said, "Xiang'er, this carp and the pot of ribs are all yours tonight."

  Guo Xiang blinked her eyes and put down her chopsticks, pouting: "Big brother doesn't eat meat, I won't either."

  So the three of them just stood there, staring at each other, with no one making a move.

  Two minutes later, the scene remained unchanged.

  Two minutes later, Little Dragon Girl also felt embarrassed because she affected Tang Xiaosheng and Guo Xiang's meal, so she compromised: "Okay, I'll eat some fish."

  "That's right, you shouldn't be picky." Tang Xiaosheng said with a serious tone, then turned to Guo Xiang and said, "Xiang'er, you should eat too. Be careful when eating fish, don't let the bones poke you."

  "Uh-huh. Big brother, your leg is still injured, you should drink more pork bone soup."

  "Alright."

  The three of them then picked up their chopsticks again and continued eating dinner in the warm atmosphere. Just as they were eating, they heard a piece of living news being reported on the TV in the living room:

  "Let's take a look at the next report. If you picked up 1 million yuan, how would you deal with it? Last night, a young man was on his way home from work and passed by He Ping Road in our city when he found a black luggage bag. The bag was filled with 100-yuan bills, worth a total of 1 million yuan. Afterwards, he immediately reported to the police and handed over the 1 million yuan."

  "Our reporter had a brief interview with this young man who picked up the gold and returned it, in the afternoon. It is understood that his family situation is not good, he is just an extra actor, but after picking up one hundred thousand yuan, what he wanted to do first was to report to the police. In this society where material desires are rampant, how many people's eyes have been blinded by interests? Fortunately, in our city, there are still people who maintain a pure heart..."

  ……

  Here is the translation:

  "Here's another piece of good news. Just an hour ago, a small truck drove into our city's orphanage and delivered 200 sets of high-end children's clothing to the orphans there. Coincidentally, at the same time, our city's nursing home also received a private donation of 200 sets of elderly clothing, bringing the warmest gift this winter to the seniors."

  "The children were all very happy after receiving the clothes, as if they were celebrating the New Year. In addition, the director of the nursing home said that this was the largest material donation received by the institution in three years, and many elderly people were very grateful to the kind donor."

  "Our reporter, after repeated inquiries, found that the 200 sets of children's clothing and 200 sets of elderly clothing were all directly supplied from Walmart. However, it is unknown who donated them. According to a female service staff at Walmart, the donor seemed to be a Mr. Tang..."

  ……

  At this point, Guo Xiang giggled and said in a childish voice: "Big brother, the TV is talking about you!"

  Tang Xiaosheng didn't expect the news to come out so quickly, and after a pause, he reminded, "Long'er, Xia Bai has always had people monitoring us, be more careful in the future."

  Xiaolongnv nodded: "Xiabai won't do anything to me, I'm actually more worried about you. Xiabai probably won't give up like this, in the future you must be even more careful."

  "Don't worry, I've got it under control." Tang Xiaosheng changed his tone and said, "Let's drop it, let's eat."

  XXX

  At the same time, Xia Bai in the Egret Hotel also saw the news report. Unlike Tang Xiao Sheng, he watched the news with a gloomy face.

  Last night, he ordered two subordinates to scatter tacks on the road home of Tang Xiaosheng, causing Tang Xiaosheng's bicycle tire to burst. Then, he let his subordinates put 1 million yuan on the road, thinking that Tang Xiaosheng would pick it up and prepare to use it as a handle to threaten Tang Xiaosheng. Unexpectedly, Tang Xiaosheng actually handed over the 1 million yuan to the police and even received an "Integrity Model" award for it.

  Today, Xia Bai learned that Long Xiaoxue (Little Dragon Girl) was going shopping, so he ordered his bodyguards to secretly pay for her in advance, wanting to win her favor. Unexpectedly, Tang Xiaosheng bought 200 sets of children's clothing and 200 sets of elderly clothing in the name of Long Xiaoxue, sending them to an orphanage and a nursing home, and was highly praised by the media as a result.

  For two days, Xia Bai lost over a million yuan, while Tang Xiao Sheng didn't lose anything and instead gained money, benefits, fame, and even got to take home a beautiful woman.

  Xia Baiyue felt more and more resentful in his heart, he had never been so stifled before. In fact, the loss of over a million yuan was nothing to him, what he couldn't swallow was this breath.

  Heavily, Xia Bai said to the bodyguard behind him: "You go find twenty people immediately, I want one of Tang Xiaosheng's legs."

  The bodyguard was taken aback and asked in a low voice, "Chairman Xia, are you really going to do this?"

  Xia Bai Dao said: "You just do it. Remember, do it neatly and efficiently."

  Bodyguard: "Understood. Chairman Xia, when do we make our move?"

  "The sooner the better."