Chapter 46 - Mingming
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Wu Pei’s three-storey villa is her favorite mix-and-match style.
With heavy classical decoration as the background, with bright and dignified soft decoration, the design elements are very delicate and generous.
The restaurant is a fusion of European style and modern style. The lighting above the wooden dining table is scattered, which enhances the sense of space.
Approaching the meal time, the food all over the table exudes heat and aroma, and just looking at it makes one’s index fingers move.
It is not difficult to see that it is the handwriting of Shiji.
Because of this large table of dishes, most of them are what she likes to eat.
Ye Liuying was also really hungry.
She glanced casually, and sat down on the velvet chair.
Shen Xingzhou took a seat opposite Ye Liuying and took the initiative to hand her the tableware, “Shiji has changed the chef, you can taste it.”
Zhong Yi’s little thought was so stupid, he didn’t want to hide it from her.
“Zhong Yi asked you to come?” Ye Liuying didn’t answer, and picked up a new set herself.
“I guessed it.”
For the sake of the long-term, Shen Xingzhou did not choose to frame Zhong Yi, “Zhong Yi’s cleverness is not used for ideas.”
Ye Liuying didn’t want to talk to Shen Xingzhou very much, and after asking such a question, she ate on her own.
She didn’t talk much when she was eating, and she didn’t want to talk anymore when she had Shen Xingzhou.
It was quiet in the restaurant.
Shen Xingzhou hadn’t eaten with Ye Liuying like this for a long time.
Even if she looked cold, he was no longer so resistant.
Shen Xingzhou has thought about it a lot these days, and the details from their acquaintance have gone through many times in his mind.
Looking back now, he did do a lot of shit, but he was never so sure of his feelings for her.
But she was very different from him.
Shen Xingzhou raised her eyes to look at Ye Liuying, her brows raised by the excessively hot gaze.
“Speak up if you have something to say.” She didn’t want to communicate with Shen Xingzhou, especially when the two of them had already spoken up.
Gu Fan was right.
She does have a prejudice against him.
But that was also the prejudice he gave her.
Ye Liuying thought that Shen Xingzhou was proud, and when she left, she never thought that he would turn back.
Although he had been stubbornly chasing her before.
She thought it was a passing interest and thought this time would be different.
It turns out she was wrong.
“Just suddenly wanted to understand something.”
Shen Xingzhou was used to Ye Liuying’s attitude recently, and it felt very similar to when they first met.
It’s just that she looks more ruthless now.
Ye Liuying looked at Shen Xingzhou and said nothing.
“I’ve been wondering how the two of us got to where we are today.”
Shen Xingzhou smiled, but the smile in his eyes was very light, “You said I don’t like you, but when did you take me seriously again?”
“You don’t like me, and you expect me to be serious about you?”
Ye Liuying clenched her fists and said as calmly as possible, “I think you are dreaming.”
“I wish I was dreaming.” Shen Xingzhou sighed softly, his tone much lighter, “You are not so fierce in the dream.”
“Then go back and dream.”
Ye Liuying got up from the dining chair and didn’t want to look at Shen Xingzhou again.
“Ah Ying.” Shen Xingzhou followed her and grabbed her wrist.
He moved quickly, and the strength in his hand could not allow her to break free, “Is it so annoying that I like you?”
She said she never thought she liked him.
In fact, she was resisting this matter from the bottom of her heart.
Shen Xingzhou had never felt that he had failed like this.
He even wanted to prove to him how much he liked her, and he was crying stupidly when he thought about it later.
So these days he didn’t know how to face her.
But none of this could stop him from liking her.
He started to move when he heard that she was back, and after getting the address from Zhong Yi, he came eagerly.
Shen Xingzhou was no stranger to this kind of thing.
As soon as he meets her, he will become unwilling to himself, which is the consciousness he has long had.
It’s just that they were in such a bad situation now that Shen Xingzhou never expected.
Maybe it’s not a bad thing for him to break up.
“…” Ye Liuying pursed her lips and didn’t answer.
Is this question difficult?
no.
The difficulty is how to make Shen Xingzhou give up.
“Then I’ll chase you again, okay?”
He can go after her again, if she wants to.
Shen Xingzhou thought humbly, “Didn’t you say that the purpose of our being together was not pure? Not this time.”
Ye Liuying’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and she looked up at Shen Xingzhou in surprise.
During the more than two months together, she was familiar with his various tones and demeanors.
But she had hardly seen him like him now.
It’s impossible to say nothing.
Ye Liuying saw Shen Xingzhou several times recently, but it was actually very different from before.
Especially today.
He looks like he’s getting close to the right answer.
The relationship between them is simple and simple, complex and complicated.
Ye Liuying sometimes feels that she is very hypocritical. She always acted like she didn’t care about him, but in fact she couldn’t really care about him.
Therefore, Ye Liuying really felt a little shaken when she heard Shen Xingzhou say this.
Shen Xingzhou didn’t let go of his hand, and he didn’t have any extra words, just looked at himself so stubbornly.
“Are you hiding something from me?” Ye Liuying lowered her eyebrows, her eyes stayed on the skin they touched, and she asked without answering.
“…” Shen Xingzhou was stunned by Ye Liuying’s words.
There was one thing he didn’t tell her, but he wasn’t quite sure, and didn’t want to tell her so rashly.
“Sooner or later I’ll tell you.”
Shen Xingzhou lowered his eyebrows softly and said almost begging, “Wait a minute, eh?”
His thumb rubbed her wrist, and a numb touch came from her wrist.
Ye Liuying was not satisfied with his answer, and suddenly withdrew her hand, “But I don’t believe you, Shen Xingzhou.”
“There are too many problems between us, and we torture each other even when we are together.”
She did like him, but her liking was not enough to support her being with him.
Trust, respect, love.
Three simple words, but more difficult than anything else.
Just like she had mistakenly thought that he liked Xue Ning, or even Lou Yushu.
Will there be no such person in the future? No, just more or less.
“Not torture to me.”
Shen Xingzhou had the urge to tell her the truth, but his reason did not allow him to do so, and he didn’t want her to be happy for nothing, “And this matter is really different.”
“It has nothing to do with feelings, really.” Shen Xingzhou couldn’t help but raised his hand and pressed Ye Liuying’s shoulder, “Ying, can you give me another chance?”
An opportunity to pursue her again.
An opportunity to continue liking her.
An opportunity to stand by her side.
It was also the opportunity that Shen Xingzhou lacked the most.
He is not good at coaxing people, and he is doing his best for her.
Shen Xingzhou looked down at Ye Liuying’s light brown round cat eyes.
The clarity and transparency there made him fascinated.
I want to see myself in her eyes.
Think of it like this for a lifetime.
“…” His textured bass had an inexplicable over-electric effect.
Ye Liuying did not go to see Shen Xingzhou.
She thought for a long time before slowly opening her mouth: “Only this time.”
“If it doesn’t work, we can just get together and leave.”
“You don’t want to come to me again.”
“Can you promise?”
Ye Liuying remained calm under such circumstances. She had to admit that she was selfish, and she wanted to see what he could do for herself, as well as the appearance of his memory loss and the embarrassment of him completely disappearing into her world.
“Okay.” Shen Xingzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
He involuntarily took her in his arms and turned around, smiling until his teeth were lost.
“Let me go.” Ye Liuying was a little dizzy, and left him by beating on Shen Xingzhou’s chest.
A bit of embarrassment crept across her face, and she glared at Shen Xingzhou, “Playing a hooligan will deduct points, and if you do it a few more times, you won’t take any chances.”
“Sorry for not holding back.”
Shen Xingzhou raised his right hand and swore, “It won’t happen next time.”
He’s always been like this, he said it nicely, but there was no apology on his face.
“Wash the dishes before leaving.” Ye Liuying left the restaurant with a cold face.
She regretted it as soon as she let go.
After seeing Shen Xingzhou’s reaction, he felt even more regretful.
After Ye Liuying left Shen Xingzhou behind, she returned to the room irritably.
She didn’t know when he left, and she didn’t wake up until Wu Pei knocked on her door.
“You’re back?” Ye Liuying was a little embarrassed, and when she saw Wu Pei when she opened the door, she reached out and hugged her.
“You haven’t seen each other for a month, and have you learned to throw your arms around?”
Wu Pei touched Ye Liuying’s small head with one hand, and wrapped his arms around her slender waist with the other, “Ah, Ah Ying, have you lost weight again?”
“…It seems to be.” Ye Liuying said sullenly, leaning on Wu Pei’s shoulder.
She has no appetite recently, and Gu Fan also asked her to lose at least five pounds.
Fortunately, there is nothing delicious in the area of Lingnan, Ye Liuying is not good at cooking, and it is not difficult to lose weight.
“You can’t get fat by eating, why are you still eating thin now.”
Wu Pei couldn’t understand people like Ye Liuying, and only after he released them did he feel that something was wrong, “What’s wrong with you? Are you so unhappy when you see me?”
After she finished speaking, she also thought of something, and her forehead jumped along with it—
“Shen Xingzhou really came?”
There is no one other than Shen Xingzhou who can make Ye Liuying so out of state.
Wu Pei was their witness, but he really didn’t understand the divine operation of these two people.
“Zhong Yi told you?”
Ye Liuying hasn’t forgotten about this, so she naturally changed the subject and said, “What step have you two reached?”
“Harmful.”
Wu Pei had a headache when he mentioned Zhong Yi, “I can’t do anything about this guy, let’s do it for now.”
A good girl is afraid of entanglement with her husband, but the ancients did not deceive me.
“Have you got a meal yet?”
Ye Liuying dragged Wu Pei downstairs, “Would you like something to eat?”
“I haven’t eaten it yet.” Wu Pei hung on Ye Liuying and said reluctantly, “But I have to record the show tomorrow afternoon. Let me have a few bites of salad.”
Ye Liuying did not stop Wu Pei.
She followed into the kitchen, and realized that she had told Shen Xingzhou to wash the dishes.
It was just her angry words, and she didn’t take it to heart after she said it.
Seeing the clean table now, Ye Liuying couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.
There was no dishwasher in the villa, and Shen Xingzhou actually washed the dishes and chopsticks.
She had never seen him doing housework in her impression, although this was also because there was no shortage of servants there.
“Ah Ying, what did you eat at night?”
Wu Pei didn’t pay attention to these details, and went to prepare her diet meal familiarly.
She opened the safe door, and as soon as she looked up, she was surprised by the neatly arranged cold dishes, pork ribs with sauce, lotus root and peanut pork ribs soup, sweet soup… and cakes such as tiramisu.
Wu Pei suddenly felt itchy, God knows how long she hasn’t eaten these QAQ
“Why do you have so much delicious food left over?”
Wu Pei looked at the food in the refrigerator eagerly, and curled his fingers tangled, “It’s too difficult… I don’t want to eat duck with green vegetables…”
“You seem fat.”
Ye Liuying accurately found Wu Pei’s death point, and looked her up and down rudely.
Wu Pei: ? ? ?
“Ying, you have no heart!” Wu Pei angrily closed the refrigerator door,
“Come on.” Ye Liuying actively prepared Wu Pei for her weight loss fruits and vegetables, “Don’t you want to join the group for filming next month? Make a good impression on your male god.”
Wu Pei was completely discouraged, “I’m not very fat, am I?”
She lowered her head and pinched the little flesh on her stomach, sitting on the high chair in front of the Nakajima stage and watching Ye Liuying work for her.
“Are you still serious?”
Ye Liuying looked at Wu Pei’s pitiful appearance, and couldn’t help but raised her eyes and smiled.
“Isn’t that right?” Wu Pei raised his chin, “It’s not like you don’t know how much I admire Director Wei.”
“I’m just surprised that someone who looks at your face like you has such a long affection for Wei Tingxuan.”
Ye Liuying washed the vegetables and ran hot water for Wu Pei, “It stands to reason that Zhong Yi looks pretty good, why haven’t you been tempted?”
“Actually, I didn’t expect it. Well, it’s mainly because our Director Wei is an interesting soul~”
When Wu Pei heard her mention Wei Tingxuan, he also wanted to laugh a little, and he was overjoyed.
“Zhong Yi’s words…” Wu Pei tilted his head and thought for a while, then sighed silently in his heart, “He’s only a freshman this year, don’t you always jokingly ask me if he’s an adult? I’m afraid it will affect him.”
“Then is he an adult?” Ye Liuying deliberately eased Wu Pei’s mood.
Wu Pei glanced at her and smiled, “This month’s birthday.”
Ye Liuying gave a meaningful “Oh”, “Then I understand what you mean~”
“No, you don’t understand!”
Wu Peixi struggled a lot, “I love you the most!”
“The play is over.”
Ye Liuying frowned and handed over a plate of boiled vegetables.
She was very stingy and only added a negligible amount of salt and pepper, which looked tasteless.
Not to mention Wu Pei, she was a little hard to swallow even looking at herself.
“Aying, you really have no heart…”
Wu Pei said that he was disgusted, but it was unexpectedly pleasant to eat, and he was used to it when he thought about it.
Ye Liuying was a little unbearable when she saw this.
She was about to say something, but heard Wu Pei ask: “By the way, why didn’t you bring back your hemp balls?”
“That’s the crew’s cat.” Ye Liuying also missed Ma Qiu a little after hearing that, “I was taken away by Director Gu.”
“Does Director Gu also keep cats in private?”
Wu Pei bit his fork and looked at Ye Liuying curiously, “I heard that he is more handsome than Director Xie, is that true? Please give me a chance to visit the class…”
Ye Liuying can appreciate Gu Fan’s charm very well.
Not only did she keep saying that the woman who admired Wei Tingxuan the most, she showed signs of mutiny in minutes.
“Gu Director said that this time it was a closed filming.”
Ye Liuying laughed and broke Wu Pei’s fantasy without hesitation, “Don’t talk about you, it is estimated that many people will not be able to get in.”
At this point she frowned oddly.
Can Shen Xingzhou come in?
Based on his relationship with Gu Fan, I really can’t tell.
Ye Liuying has already accepted her fate.
Her feelings towards Shen Xingzhou have always been complicated, and she is not sure whether her decision today is right or wrong.
But at least after trying this once, no matter what the outcome is, she can be relieved.
It’s just that she has always been curious, what is he hiding from her?
“I don’t care, you have to find a chance for me to see the true face of Lushan, the most beautiful director in the circle.”
Wu Pei acted coquettishly for a while without seeing Ye Liuying’s reaction, she stretched out her hand and shook it in front of her in confusion, “Huh? Why do you think you are so ecstatic?”
“…I’m thinking about what Shen Xingzhou lied to me…” Ye Liuying didn’t pay attention for a while, and muttered to herself.
“Ah?” Wu Pei’s shaking fingers were almost stiff.
She stood still for two seconds, and exclaimed, “What’s the matter with you two now? Zhong Yi didn’t tell me clearly, I thought you swept them both out of the house together?”
Ye Liuying couldn’t tell how it felt.
She took a deep breath and grabbed Wu Pei’s fingers, rubbing it in her hands unconsciously, “I just wanted to give him a chance…” She also gave herself a chance.
Although Shen Xingzhou is young and vigorous, she is not without any problems.
There is no simple who is right and who is wrong, the two of them have long been unable to tell.
Rather than having an embarrassing stalemate with Shen Xingzhou for such a long time, it would be better to settle it as soon as possible.
Being together may not be the best.
Not being together is no good.
“That’s good too.” Wu Pei thought about it for a while and knew what was going on.
Thinking of the confusion between Ye Liuying and Shen Xingzhou, she still couldn’t help sighing: “Shen Xingzhou looks real… I like you very much.”
Wu Pei said something similar a long time ago.
It’s just that what used to be “maybe”, “really” and “somewhat” has become a more positive tone.
Emotional matters are complicated and complicated, and simple and simple.
If we can be together just by liking each other, how can there be so many resentments and regrets in this world.
Wu Pei carefully looked at Ye Liuying’s expression.
Seeing her expression of obscurity, she became more and more sure of her guess.
“Oops.” Wu Pei cried out strangely, and grabbed Ye Liuying’s hand instead, “I’ll take you out to play tomorrow before you join the group?”
“Where to play?” Ye Liuying looked at Wu Pei suspiciously.
Going out with a legitimately popular female artist is a certain risk.
Especially after Wu Pei became popular because of the reality show, the age of the fans was lower than that of the famous people. It was the time of excitement and madness.
“I haven’t moved for a long time.”
Wu Pei blinked his eyes playfully, and said casually, “Just leave this kind of trivial matter to Zhong Yi.”
There is such a benefit in being close to young people.
Zhong Yi has money and leisure time, and he has no idea about the interesting places near Jiangcheng.
The only thing Wu Pei was worried about was that Zhong Yi’s carefulness was not enough in front of Shen Xingzhou.
“But do you mind if he provokes Shen Xingzhou as well?” Wu Pei urged worriedly, “If you mind, I’ll remind him.”
“No.” Ye Liuying thought for a while, but did not refuse.
The moment these two words blurted out, she actually felt a lot more relaxed.
Didn’t he say he wanted to chase her?
But you can’t use him to your heart’s content.