"9:30AM, meeting."

"11:30AM, meeting over."

"11:35AM, in the office. Looking at your financial report."

"12:30PM, dinner. See photos 1, 2, 3, they are not as delicious as yours."

"1:30PM, meeting with the client. Negotiation topic..."

"4:00PM, back to the office. Working on documents."

"6:00PM, get off work. I'll drive to pick you up."

"6:30PM, stuck in traffic. Wanted to call you."

"7:30PM, I'm at the gate of your school, would you like some milk tea?"

“…”

From that day on, Tao Mu could receive at least 15 messages from Li Xiaoheng every day. On average, one to two hours per post. Report your daily schedule like a diary. If Tao Mu didn't reply on time, Li Xiaoheng would know that Tao Mu was busy, so he would wait patiently. If Tao Mu replied on time, Li Xiaoheng would call him immediately. Chatting for a few seconds——

The time we usually make phone calls is at noon or when we are stuck in traffic after get off work every evening. The content of the call was very mixed. From work to life and even to Tao Mu's acting class.

Knowing that Tao Mu was filming the final drama, Li Xiaoheng secretly suggested that he wanted to watch Tao Mu filming. As a qualified capitalist, Boss Li is particularly good at forming alliances when making demands. He successfully persuaded Mr. Song, Liu Yao, Meng Qi and Dean Tao, who also wanted to watch Tao Mu's final performance, to go as a family to watch Tao Mu's final performance.

Tao Mu would never refuse Mr. Song, his father Yao, and his father Xiao Qi, as well as Dean Tao, who had been exhausted recently and finally cheered up and said he wanted to watch him act. So Li Xiaoheng also got a ticket.

Song Ji.

Tao Mu was cooking seriously in front of the stove. Li Xiaoheng took off his coat and jacket, wearing only a shirt, and sat at the dining table looking at his laptop. Although the short selling in the international crude oil futures market has been almost dealt with. But Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng still don't want to miss the ups and downs of the international market. From international crude oil to various bulk commodity transactions, from the US financial market to the international banking and insurance industry, and the global manufacturing industry that has been affected by the financial crisis and is unable to continue.

The only difference from the previous situation is that now Mr. Li will take his energy away from the computer screen every once in a while, and use the trivial time to rest and nourish his eyes to pour a glass of water for Tao Mu and twist a towel or something. Occasionally, I would go to the old man and ask him what kind of soup he should drink since he often stays up late. Please ask the old man to teach him a few tricks.

At this time, Tao Mu would subconsciously raise his head and his eyes fell on Li Xiaoheng who was humbly asking for advice in front of Mr. Song. After a few glances, he continued to focus on the stoves in front of him.

Li Xiaoheng usually doesn't go over to chat while Tao Mu is cooking to distract him. But when he cooked a pot of health-preserving soup under the guidance of Mr. Song, he would serve the first bowl to Tao Mu and let Tao Mu evaluate his cooking skills.

The next few bowls would naturally be for Mr. Song and Liu Yao and his wife. Sometimes when Dean Tao came over, they would also share a bowl with him. Pack up the rest and take it home. It is said that it was given to parents to drink.

As the number of times soup was cooked increased, Li Xiaoheng purchased a new batch of ingredients for Songji under the pretext of wasting the ingredients. Of course, Tao Mu used the weekend to get these ingredients and got up early to accompany him to the farmers' market.

Then Li Xiaoheng continued to treat Tao Mu to dinner and movies on the grounds that it was too tiring for Tao Mu to accompany him shopping for groceries.

Although he said he wanted to pursue Tao Mu, Li Xiaoheng's presence was not strong in most cases. He would not be like those young men of eighteen or nineteen who did something sensational under the banner of pursuit.

Apart from reporting his schedule every day and picking up Tao Mu from school on time to go to Songji, the way they get along is almost the same as before the confession. The most that happened was that Li Xiaoheng really started to learn how to cook.

However, even though there was no change in their communication patterns, they rarely mentioned words related to love during their conversations. However, some people keenly noticed that the atmosphere between the two people was different.

Apart from Tao Mu, Mr. Song, who had never taught anyone else how to cook, silently taught Li Xiaoheng how to make soup. In fact, he didn't quite agree with Tao Mu being with a man. Song Daozhen has always been old-fashioned and dogmatic. He believes that men are born to marry, have children and continue their offspring.

Not mentioning the harmony of yin and yang is the right path. Just take the idea of ​​two men dating each other, it's not reliable in the first place. Even when young men and women are in love, there will be times when they break up and get back together. Even if you get married, if you don't have children, you can still get divorced at any time if you have a disagreement, right? Therefore, only by having children can a family be complete and stable. Children are the bond that connects both parents. But if Tao Mu is with Li Xiaoheng, he may never have his own children in this life.

Besides, Li Xiaoheng was born in a family like that. Would his family agree to let Li Xiaoheng marry a man? Their Tao Mu was originally an orphan, and he had never enjoyed the feeling of a normal family for so many years. Now that the gap between the two families is so huge, they are not a good match. If Tao Mu is wronged in the Li family, he will certainly risk his old bones to go to the door and ask for an explanation. But the key point is that the two children are married and living together. Are they going to argue about reason just out of spite?

So Mr. Song didn't say anything in front of Li Xiaoheng, but secretly held Tao Mu's hand and nagged him earnestly. Make things clear before you two develop feelings for each other. Grandpa is not forbidding you to find a man, but even if you do find a man, you have to find one who is of equal status and one you can control. In the future when we get married and live together, we won’t be afraid of being at a disadvantage even if we have a quarrel.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi thought so too. Knowing that Li Xiaoheng had started pursuing Tao Mu, Liu Yao sent Dahui to secretly inquire about Li Xiaoheng's character, whether his private life was messy when he was studying in Country M, whether his family had arranged an engagement for him, or even if they didn't, whether he had a daughter-in-law they had chosen. There is also the Li family's style of doing things. Are they the kind of family that would throw checks at others and insult them when they disagree with something?

"Our Mumu is such a good man. He founded Feixun.com when he was only 18 years old and made hundreds of millions of dollars by shorting oil. He is handsome and has a good personality. He can marry anyone he wants. Even if you really want to date someone named Li, you don't have to put yourself in a difficult position."

The couple didn't think as far ahead as Mr. Song. And get married and have kids and stuff. Their Tao Mu was only nineteen years old after the Chinese New Year. Even if they play for another ten years, they are not even thirty yet, so why are they in such a hurry? The ones who should be anxious are Li Xiaoheng and the Li family. If you can afford to wait, wait. If you can’t, find someone else.

"Just ignore him for three to five years." Meng Qi gave Tao Mu a move: "You don't plan to fall in love anyway, right? Men should focus on their careers. You should figure out your career first. What kind of man can't women find? Besides, you are an actor. There are all kinds of pretty girls and handsome boys in the entertainment industry. You can still play and make noise, unlike that Mr. Li, who can't even say ten sentences a day. He only thinks of pursuing you after work." Is he using their Tao Mu as a pastime?

Meng Qi was worried that Tao Mu was young and inexperienced, had never met many men, let alone men who were willing to treat him well. I was easily moved by Li Xiaoheng's pursuit. So he deliberately distorted Li Xiaoheng's actions. Let Tao Mu stay alert at all times.

"No matter if they are men or women, they are all cheap by nature. They won't cherish what they get easily. You've heard of sunk costs, right? How much he spends on you and how much he invests in you proves how much you are worth in his eyes. So don't believe the bullshit that fools young girls out there. If a man is unwilling to spend money on you when he is poor, and is unwilling to spend time and money on you when he is rich, then it proves that even if he has a crush on you, this crush is limited."

As a former hot shot in Ye Se, Meng Qi believed that he had a thorough understanding of the relationship between men and women. After these few words, a young boy who is not very worldly-wise would definitely be fooled.

However, Tao Mu himself was reborn, and he had his own unique views on the matter of feelings: "Li Xiaoheng shouldn't be that kind of person. I believe he should be sincere at this moment."

But Tao Mu had experienced the whole process of "true love turning into murderous intention" in his previous life. And more than once. So even if Li Xiaoheng really had the intention at this moment, Tao Mu didn't dare to believe it.

When Zhuo Yan pursued him, they went from being sincere to being enemies, just like they were experiencing the seven-year itch. How long can Li Xiaoheng's sincerity last?

Wait until the expiration date is over. Everyone can withdraw, Tao Mu is afraid that he can't withdraw.

He no longer had the strength to commit suicide by jumping off the building.

Even if there is no love in this life, he will just stay with them and call them Grandpa Yao Dad, Xiao Qi Dad and Dean Tao, and he can still live a good life.

"I don't think what Xiao Qi's father said is necessarily true. Even if a rich person is willing to spend time and money pursuing you, once he gets you and wants to break up, he may not be able to part ways amicably due to the sunk costs." And sometimes it's not just a matter of sunk costs.

"So don't worry. I won't agree to Mr. Li's pursuit. It's just that I haven't figured out how to reject him yet. Let's wait and see."

Even if you refuse, there is a possibility of becoming enemies due to a disagreement. But it can't be delayed too long. Otherwise, others can still accuse him of playing with feelings and deliberately finding a backup. Tao Mu had experienced too much of this kind of thing in his previous life, and he had psychological trauma. There is a solution too.

It's all about habit.

Li Xiaoheng obviously didn't know that his actions could be deliberately misinterpreted like this by Tao Mu's father Xiao Qi. What he didn't know was that Meng Qi's words further strengthened Tao Mu's determination not to have a relationship.

The road to chasing his wife is long, and the most fruitful result of all Li Xiaoheng’s efforts is his ever-improving cooking skills. As a result, the Li family members had not had any midnight snacks for more than half a month, and their faces had become visibly plumper.

On the other side, Tao Mu, who had been busy with the final drama, finally had his final performance.

The final drama of Class 1 of the Performance Department in 2008 was "Modern Version of Flowers as Matchmakers". That’s right, as soon as you hear the name you will know that this script was carefully adapted and given to you as a gift from Du Kang.

In fact, when they first saw this topic, all the students in Class 1 of the Performance Department of 2008, except Tao Mu, refused. Although everyone is not as burdened with idol baggage as Tao Mu, who among the young people of 18 or 19 doesn't want to perform in a high-end show? It’s fine that the school doesn’t allow younger students to perform classic plays. You said we should write a script ourselves and adapt a crosstalk.

Who wants to perform a crosstalk on the final performance stage of their first semester? If the news gets out, won’t it be hard to find a partner?

In this regard, the later director Du Da insisted that this was not an adaptation of Errenzhuan: "Can you have a little culture? A little quality? A little basic understanding of Chinese local opera? That's called Pingju! Do you understand Pingju? The difference between it and Errenzhuan is equivalent to the difference between me and Tao Mu, and we're still missing Wen Bao!"

"Huh???" Wen Bao, who had been sitting next to them and eating melons, was annoyed: "What do you mean?"

"I'm talking about head! Height!" Du Kang compared his hand with Tao Mu's and said very tactfully: "It's a very vivid and clear rhetoric."

Bullshit! Wen Bao immediately quit. He pounced on him and started beating him up.

Tao Mu carefully read the script adapted by Du Kang. How should I put it? Although the name and theme are a bit vulgar and funny, the content is actually very innovative and of high quality. And it’s better than the original scripts that most students in the class came up with.

Tao Mu felt that it didn't matter whether the script was adapted from Pingju Opera or not. In terms of the plot and characters alone, the characters are rich and the content is complete, with both highs and lows. As expected of a future great director, he has shown his talent in just a few attempts.

Anyway, Tao Mu himself likes it very much. I kind of want to act. So with Tao Mu's help and persuasion, the students in Class 1 reluctantly agreed to Du Kang's script.

But everyone was secretly spreading rumors that Tao Mu must have become addicted to being tortured by Du Kang during the final exam. He actually wanted to act in such a weird script.

For this, screenwriter, director and guest-starring student Du Kang expressed his deep satisfaction. In order to reward Tao Mu for his artistic appreciation, Du Kang decided to give the important role of the male protagonist Wang Zunqing to Tao Mu.

"Is that Wang Junqing?" Don't think Tao Mu hasn't read the original work. He went to see the movie after reading Du Kang's adapted script.

"Yes, that's ZUN. The artistic expressions are different, so the feeling of reciting the lines is naturally different. That's how we recite the lines!"

Tao Mu: "..." Okay! You are the director and you have the final say!

So when Li Xiaoheng accompanied Mr. Song and others to sit down at the Beijing Film Academy's Art Center, he had no idea what kind of show he would be watching. And what kind of Tao Mu is.