Chapter 144: Buying Her a Gift

"What's the gift for returning home?" Lu Qingye turned around, his deep eyes filled with doubt.

Even though he traveled frequently and had been to many countries, he had never prepared for these.

He didn't know what other people's business trips were like. Some of them might just come for fun, but Lu Qingye was really working. He would buy a ticket back home after he was done and would not consider anything else at all.

"Aren't you going to bring a gift back for your wife? You've been working for over a month since your wedding, leaving your wife alone for so long. She may not say anything, but she must be upset in her heart..."

The assistant's voice became lower and lower, worried that his excessive talk would upset Lu Qingye.

“…” Perhaps touched by his words, Lu Qingye fell into deep thought.

If this was bought for someone else, the assistant could run errands for Lu Qingye, but the person he wanted to give the gift to was Meng Chuyuan, his wife.

After all, it is the first gift to be given to each other after marriage. No matter how busy he is, he can't be so perfunctory that he doesn't even have time to choose a gift.

The assistant sensed a hint of hesitation in his voice and gently advised, "Why don't you go take a look? If you don't see anything suitable, it's not too late to go back."

"Yeah." Lu Qingye didn't know whether he was annoyed by his assistant or he had such an idea in his heart. Just when the opportunity came, he agreed.

Maybe the workload today was not that heavy, which made him look more approachable.

There are many high-end custom stores abroad. Lu Qingye wandered around for a while, still struggling with what to give as a suitable gift.

Suddenly, he walked to the door of a scarf shop, which gave him a direction to choose from.

After two or three seconds of thinking, Lu Qingye finally walked in.

He had never been to this kind of women's store before, so the moment he stepped in, his expression became rather reserved. It wouldn't be called nervous, but the feeling was really indescribable.

Seeing a customer coming in, a foreign woman walked towards him from the tailoring area.

When the woman saw that he had an extraordinary temperament and was a man with both masculinity and gentleness, her eyes lit up.

Few men come to the scarf shop. Usually they are accompanied by female companions. However, Lu Qingye came alone, and his assistant stood in the blind spot at the door of the store waiting.

The woman's facial expression was still filled with amazement as she spoke in authentic American English: "Sir, are you going to buy a scarf for your girlfriend?"

Lu Qingye said elegantly: "I'm buying it for my wife."

Hearing Lu Qingye's response, her expression became more complicated, but in an instant, she quickly got back into the mood and enthusiastically and seriously introduced their silk scarves to Lu Qingye.

After more than ten minutes of conversation, after confirming that he wanted to send Meng Chuyuan a customized silk scarf, Lu Qingye suddenly couldn't say how to prepare it. The material, color and style of the scarf put him in a dilemma.

Perhaps because he hesitated for too long, the woman couldn't help asking, "What are your wife's characteristics?"

In an instant, Meng Chuyuan's figure suddenly appeared in Lu Qingye's mind.

He savored it carefully and said casually, "She has long hair, a small face, is pretty and loves to smile..."

Lu Qingye didn't know whether these could be considered features or whether they would be helpful for this customization, so he roughly said everything he could.

The woman listened to his description, wrote down the useful things, and at the same time imagined what the wife Lu Qingye was talking about looked like.

When Lu Qingye realized he had no more words to say, the woman asked again, "What color clothes does your wife usually like to wear?"

He and Meng Chuyuan didn't meet many times before their marriage. In his impression, she seemed to wear everything, which was difficult to define.

Unlike him, who wears a suit and tie every day.

Lu Qingye was silent for a while, then he suddenly took out his cell phone from his pocket and opened the photo album.

"Let me show you the photos." Fortunately, Lu Qianling sent him photos last time, which came in handy at this time.

He took out the photo, pointed at Meng Chuyuan and said, "This is my wife."

"Your wife is very beautiful." The woman carefully observed Meng Chuyuan's dressing style and took note of it. "Okay, you can pick her up at the store in about ten days."

Lu Qingye said gently: "Thank you."

After completing the order, Lu Qingye finally came out of the store.

The assistant was standing outside the door, shivering, with his hands hidden in his sleeves, his neck tucked into his collar, and jumping up and down at the door of the store.

Seeing Lu Qingye coming out, he immediately came up to him with a smile: "Did Mr. Lu buy a gift for his wife?"

He looked at Lu Qingye with anticipation, and people who didn't know would think that the gift was bought for him.

Lu Qingye gave him a cold look and said in a cold voice, "Assistant Yang, you've been a bit noisy today."

“…”

——

In the afternoon, the program team did not carry out any projects. They also gave everyone 200 yuan in funds and asked them to go to the town to play and come back to gather at a certain time.

After the funds were distributed, the director held up a small megaphone and said to everyone earnestly, "Everyone can spend the funds however they want, anywhere they want. Let's gather here before five o'clock. Do you understand?"

Ting Jiu covered his cheeks in shock and almost cried out in excitement: "Someone come and pinch me and tell me I'm not dreaming."

Qi Zhen held the funds the director had just given him and asked a more serious question: "Does this fee include our dinner?"

Director: “That’s understandable.”

Their main life every day was food, so they worked hard to complete their tasks in order to eat better. Suddenly, there were no tasks to do, and they were given 200 yuan to go out and play. Everyone was confused.

[After such a hard time for so many days, the production team suddenly gave us some candy. We are still a little uncomfortable hahaha]

[Xiao Jiujiu is my latest happiness, you are not dreaming]

[Qi Zhen's brain is pretty quick! I haven't even thought about dinner yet.]

I think with these two hundred yuan, Sister Meng and her threesome can come up with something different.

The director suddenly developed a conscience, which is commendable.

Meng Chuyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said in a flat voice: "Two hundred yuan is more than enough for dinner."

However, she always felt that this activity was not as simple as it seemed, but she couldn't tell where the problem lay.

Their location was not far from the town, only three to five minutes' walk away. They were let out to move around freely, and the program crew took this opportunity to edit the video.

In fact, when the director planned this activity, he had already planned the whole thing.

Wait for them to come back later, find out which group spent how much money, and then repay them according to the proportion.

"Sister Chu Yuan, let's go to the other side of the river to eat beef noodles later?" After each group went their separate ways, Ting Jiu had already thought about what to eat for dinner.

Last night, when they were out for a walk after eating hotpot, they found a shop across the street that was doing a booming business and it was selling beef noodles.

Meng Chuyuan glanced at him, looking useless, and said disdainfully, "It's not even three o'clock in the afternoon, and you're already thinking about eating."

Lu Jinsen: "Where are we going? We can't just keep wandering around until five o'clock and then go back, right?"

"Then find something to do."

The afternoon is not as lively as the evening, but there are many tourists visiting the town, and most of them are holding up their mobile phones to take pictures.

Liao Jiake happened to know that there was a film crew filming nearby, so she wanted to take her sister to visit a friend.

"Yanyan, my friend Xu Huanning is filming here. Do you want to come with me to take a look?"

There is a modern drama being filmed here. There were leaked photos of them on the Internet before. The heroine and Liao Jiake played college roommates, so she wanted to go over and say hello.

Liao Jiayan said with some resistance: "Your friend, it's not appropriate for me to go, right?"

"It's okay, we'll just go say hello and leave, it won't take much time."

"..." Because the two of them couldn't act separately, Liao Jiayan had no choice but to compromise with her in the end.

When the two arrived at the set, they were filming.

"Sister Keke, why are you here?" Xu Huanning's assistant recognized Liao Jiake and brought the two sisters to the rest area.

Liao Jiake: "I'm recording a show here, and I happened to hear Huan Ning was there, so I came to see her."

"Then you might have to wait a while. Sister Ning just changed her clothes and came out. She's already filming."

[Does Xu Huanning often play the role of Coco's best friend?]

[I know this actress, she's pretty, but her resources aren't great, and she always plays the female lead's best friend]

[The drama is popular but the actress is not. I think Xu Huanning is the one I’m talking about. I heard that she is currently starring in a drama and is partnered with a very popular male actor.]

Half an hour later, Xu Huanning finally finished her scene with the male lead.

"Sister Keke, please sit down for a while. I'll go see Sister Ning."

Liao Jiake: "Go quickly."

The assistant quickly ran towards her holding an umbrella, and then said to Xu Huanning, "Sister Ning, Liao Jiake is here."

Xu Huanning had just finished acting hand in hand with the male actor. Now she had a smile on her face, still savoring the warmth in her hand.

Suddenly hearing the assistant say this, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, and she asked quietly: "What is she doing here?"

She had acted with Liao Jiake twice, both times playing supporting roles for Liao Jiake. Now that she finally got married, Xu Huanning felt that her chance had come.

This was the first script she had received in which she played the female lead, and it was only the eighth episode of the series when Liao Jiake appeared in their crew.

This is not good news for Xu Huanning.

Assistant: "She happened to be recording a show nearby and came to see you."

Xu Huanning scoffed, "Are you here to see me, or are you attracted to my role?"

Outsiders don’t know what kind of person Liao Jiake is, but Xu Huanning knows it very well.

Before she met Liao Jiake, she was still an 18th-tier female artist. She had not signed with any agency and had to fight for all the roles on her own.

Xu Huanning had originally been cast as the female lead in a web drama, but just two days before filming began, she received a call from the crew saying that a suitable candidate had already been chosen for the role and that she didn't need to come.

Xu Huanning was young and stubborn at the time. Before the crew started filming, she kept asking questions to the director for a long time. One time, Liao Jiake happened to be nearby and seeing how enthusiastic she was about filming, she asked the director to give her a role.

In this way, she went from being the leading actress to one of Liao Jiake's best friends.

Knowing that Liao Jiake was still broadcasting live, Xu Huanning adjusted her facial expression and walked over with a spring breeze.

Xu Huanning came to the rest area and gave Liao Jiake a hug when she saw her approaching. "Keke, it's been so long since we last met. You've lost weight."

Who isn't an actor?

It is obvious that Liao Jiake has gained several pounds after marriage, but Xu Huanning is still being polite.

When the director of the show heard that Liao Jiake was there, he didn't even watch the newly filmed footage and ran straight to the lounge area. He said that their crew was short of actors and asked if she was interested in a guest appearance.

"Can I?" Liao Jiake asked uncertainly, "But I haven't been in a crew for a long time. I'm afraid I won't be able to act well."

"You're too modest." The director was still trying to secure an opportunity for himself: "But the role is a little small, don't be disgusted."

[Keke just wanted to visit an old friend, and unexpectedly got the opportunity to guest star, hahahaha]

[You are still too modest. Child stars who debuted are already veteran actors, and you still say such things.]

[Two beauties, three pairs, I really love it]

The director also called Xu Huanning over: "Huanning, talk to her and ask her to stay and help out for a cameo appearance."

“…” Xu Huanning almost rolled her eyes.

She was not happy at all. Although she was still the heroine, it was quite annoying to have Liao Jiake make a guest appearance.

Xu Huanning hesitated for a moment, but finally said against her will, "Stay, there are many of your fans here."

On the other hand, Meng Chuyuan became a boatman in order to take a boat ride and sightseeing the town.

The man in charge of the town's boats looked at Meng Chuyuan's thin arms and legs with a look of deep doubt in his eyes: "Girl, can you row a boat? You have to use a lot of force to move this boat."

"Boss, I can do it." Meng Chuyuan said confidently, "If you don't believe me, let me get on the boat and I'll row you around for a try."

At this time, Lu Jinsen stood up and said, "Boss, she can't do it. I can replace her."

Seeing how persistent she was, the boss finally gave in.

He brought Meng Chuyuan to the docking station, and just then a boat returned.

After the tourists left the boat, the boss called the boatman ashore and asked Meng Chuyuan to take over.

A new group of tourists quickly bought tickets and boarded the boat. When they saw that the boatman was a young woman, everyone was stunned.

She was wearing a straw hat and holding the oars. She suddenly raised her hand and waved, looking at the tourists on the boat with a smile.

Lu Jinsen acted as a photographer nearby, and Tingjiu also sat on the side of the boat, waiting to depart.

Meng Chuyuan: "Welcome everyone to this beautiful little town. Leave the rest of your itinerary to me. I will take you to see the sights and relax."

The tourists on the boat were quite excited to see them in person and took pictures of them with their mobile phones.

When Meng Chuyuan first started paddling, it took a lot of effort to push away the waves and the boat began to move slowly.

After a while, Meng Chuyuan mastered the sailing skills and it finally seemed less difficult.

Meng Chuyuan raised her head and saw that everyone's eyes were on her: "Don't look at me, look at the scenery outside."

Suddenly, a woman spoke boldly: "Sister Meng, can you sing a song?"

Meng Chuyuan said: "I charge for singing."