Mu Liangzhou, dressed in a splendid suit, looked disheveled as he walked through the woods. He sighed, "We're both men, why are you so lucky?"

Gu Yunzhen smiled on the phone.

"You believe in fate? Ha! You should just give up, lest you get angry and embarrassed after being rejected."

"...Are you even human?"

Mu Liangzhou was furious. He was already in such a miserable state, and this guy still had to pour cold water on him.

If he wanted to give up, he wouldn't be here today.

If he wanted to give up, he wouldn't have provided any convenience when she returned to China to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

Even if it was all his enthusiasm for the barbering business, he accepted his fate.

Who told him to only like her? His heart would only beat faster for her, like a tsunami, with towering waves, like a volcanic eruption, with scalding lava.

"I've decided she's the one for me in this life. Even if she keeps rejecting me, as long as she doesn't get married, I still have a chance!"

Mu Liangzhou was resolute in his words, and no amount of persuasion could change his mind.

Gu Yunzhen clicked her tongue: "Don't just talk to me like that, I'm not your boyfriend."

Mu Liangzhou paused for two seconds, then said aggrievedly, "She won't answer my calls."

Hearing his tone, Gu Yunzhen pulled the phone away a little, not wanting to offend her ears.

He glanced back at the room, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Just state your decision. What are you going to do?"

Mu Liangzhou fell silent again.

The silence lasted a bit longer, about five minutes, before he said, "Could you open the door for me?"

Gu Yunzhen's lips twitched twice.

"You can get into the residential area, but you can't get into the Shangguan family's house?" he teased Mu Liangzhou, while striding towards the door with his long legs.

When Gu Yunzhen saw Mu Liangzhou, she was surprised: "Did you roll around in the mud twice?"

Apart from his relatively clean face, Mu Liangzhou's suit jacket was covered in mud spots of all sizes, and his black leather shoes had turned completely yellow.

Do you have any extra shoes and clothes here? Can I borrow a set?

However, Gu Yunzhen gave him an idea: "I think it's fine for you to go in like this."

Mu Liangzhou didn't react, and frowned: "Are you crazy? This is my first visit to the elders in the new year, and you want me to leave such an impression? They'd never marry Shuangshuang to me."

Gu Yunzhen delivered a decisive blow: "Do you value your image or your wife?"

"Of course, it's my wife!" Mu Liangzhou answered without hesitation. Then, his pupils contracted: "You mean..."

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Yunzhen interrupted him: "I didn't say anything."

Mu Liangzhou rolled his eyes. Was he afraid that if he messed things up, he would make him take responsibility?

"That's settled then. Brother-in-law, could you please lead the way?"

He wiped the mud off his shirt with his hand, then smeared it on his face to make it even dirtier, hoping to make his self-inflicted injury act even more intense.

Mu Liangzhou followed Gu Yunzhen into the gate of the Shangguan family's old house.

Although he had made the decision, he was still nervous.

Gu Yunzhen, however, suddenly turned around and glanced at a large tree on the right.

I didn't see anyone.

Gu Yunzhen withdrew her gaze and led Mu Liangzhou toward the main hall.

A young girl behind the big tree patted her chest, terrified. Luckily, she hid quickly, or the photos on her phone would have been lost.

She was a relative of someone in the neighborhood who came to pay New Year's visits. She didn't expect to see the movie star Mu Liangzhou. She almost rushed up to ask him for an autograph and a photo, but he seemed to have fallen. She was worried that she would be refused if she went up to him, so she followed him from a distance.

The girl took two photos of her back, but wanted to take a photo of her face, so she kept following the actor.