Chapter 27
Wen Ningshu followed the voice and went towards Shen Huai, only to find that he had returned without her noticing.
Because Su Xingyao had deliberately hurt Shen Huaixi several times when she just came back, since then this adopted son somehow developed the illusion that they would drive him out if they had a biological son, so whenever he mentioned Su Xingyao, he was very cautious and sensitive.
Given this situation, Wen Ningshu and Shen Liangyu both agreed that unless there were special circumstances, they would try not to bring up anything about Su Xingyao in front of Shen Huaixi.
Now that the adopted son suddenly appeared, the two of them stopped talking tacitly and no longer talked about Su Xingyao's childhood.
Wen Ningshu, who was in a low mood, quickly gathered her emotions, smiled and stood up to greet Shen Huaixi.
"Xiao Xi, why didn't you call me in advance? Have you eaten? I'll ask Aunt Liu to make something for you."
Shen Huaixi nodded perfunctorily to Wen Ningshu, "I ate it."
After saying this, his eyes couldn't wait to look towards Shen Liangyu.
"Mom and Dad, did you know that Xingyao is on TV? He is really amazing! I just heard the news on the road, and hurried back to tell you!"
Shen Huaixi, with a sincere smile on his face, took out his mobile phone and handed the interview video to Shen Liangyu.
"Dad, have you seen this? Xingyao is very popular now. He has been a hot topic. He has dominated Weibo for a few days. Now netizens are discussing him."
The fact that Su Xingyao was in the entertainment industry was originally a minefield for Shen Liangyu.
Shen Huaixi now deliberately mentioned that many people were discussing him, and even wanted to show him the video, which was simply dancing wildly in his minefield.
Shen Liangyu, who was very angry after hearing these descriptions, didn't even bother to take a look at the video that Shen Huaixi mentioned. After a cold snort, he just walked away with his hands behind his back.
After walking a few steps, he still put on a stern face and scolded him, "Don't be happy for him, he is just embarrassing himself."
Shen Huaixi's smile froze on his face when he saw his father leave angrily, and he looked at his mother a little aggrieved.
Then he discovered that Wen Ningshu was actually distracted.
If it were in the past, the other party would have come to coax him the first time, and then scolded his father softly, telling him not to take it to heart.
However, this time, he waited for nothing.
This subtle difference made Shen Huaixi very uncomfortable.
He quickly turned around and walked to the other person.
But he saw that the other party was looking at him again.
However, the blind kindness in her eyes was completely gone, and instead, she revealed an indescribable emotion.
For a moment, Shen Huaixi thought that the other party saw through his intention just now...
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Shen Huaixi walked up to Wen Ningshu with a panicked look on his face and spoke carefully, "Did I just say something wrong?"
After hearing these words, Wen Ningshu seemed to have returned to normal a little.
"No, your dad is just like that. Just ignore him." Wen Ningshu forced a smile but didn't want to mention anything else in front of Shen Huaixi.
She rubbed her temples and said tiredly, "I'm a little tired after staying up late last night. I'm going to rest first. Aunt Liu will make you something to eat later."
Speak of the devil and he will appear.
Wen Ningshu had just mentioned Aunt Liu when she hurried out of the room.
"Young Master, you're back. Why didn't you tell me you were coming back? It's raining outside, and your coat is soaked. I'll go get you a coat."
What is obviously different from the Shen couple is.
Seeing Shen Huaixi return home, Aunt Liu's face was filled with uncontrollable surprise.
It was not enough to ask about Shen Huaixi's well-being, she was busy running around, with him in her eyes and heart.
Wen Ningshu looked at Aunt Liu, but since she had always treated Shen Huaixi like this since childhood, she didn't think there was anything wrong.
After giving a few simple instructions, she went upstairs.
But when she was halfway there, she couldn't help but turn around and her eyes fell on Shen Huaixi.
Wen Ningshu was standing right now and could only see Shen Huaixi's back.
However, in her mind, she couldn't help but recall the scene of the other party mentioning Su Xingyao in front of Shen Liangyu.
Reason told her that Shen Huaixi had liked this since childhood, and had no reservations in front of them. When it came to Su Xingyao, she would just say whatever she thought of.
But for some reason, Wen Ningshu always felt that this scene looked a little weird...
It seems as if every sentence is deliberate.
*
The recording of "Let's Travel Together" ended two days ago.
However, because many local media and official departments in Qingshan City found Su Xingyao for interviews, he was forced to postpone his trip home for two days.
After completing all the interviews here, we learned that Su Xingyao was alone, so the government department specially sent a car to take him to the airport.
Early in the morning, Su Xingyao dragged his luggage to the hotel's basement parking lot and quickly found the driver who came to pick him up.
The car started and drove out of the parking lot smoothly.
It was still early, and Su Xingyao, who was a little sleepy, lowered her head and took out her headphones to listen to some music.
As a result, when I looked up inadvertently, I found that there were a lot of people standing on the road not far from the hotel.
At first Su Xingyao thought there might be a traffic accident there.
As a result, the next second, he looked carefully and saw a long banner across the crowd far away -
"Thank you, Teacher Su Xingyao. Welcome to Qingshan again in the future!"
The driver in the front row also saw this scene, and hurriedly explained to Su Xingyao what was going on with a smile.
"Everyone heard that you were leaving, Teacher Su, so they came here early in the morning."
After saying that, the driver honked the horn. The people outside seemed to have received some hint and kept waving enthusiastically in the direction of Su Xingyao from a distance.
Although the number of people who came to see Su Xingyao off today was not as crowded as on TV, there were still quite a few who came. Many people were even afraid of missing the time, so they came to wait before dawn.
But before that, probably for fear of disturbing Su Xingyao, no one made any big noise. They just waited outside in a very orderly manner, hoping that Su Xingyao would give him their most simple greetings as soon as he came out.
Now that the other party's car finally came out, the situation at the scene became a little unbearable and everyone started shouting Su Xingyao's name.
The sound reached Su Xingyao's ears through the car window.
Upon learning that everyone was there to see her off, Su Xingyao quickly sat up straight and leaned against the glass to look at the people outside.
He had never been treated like this in twenty-three years.
To be exact, he had never faced so many people's overwhelming gratitude so directly.
This made him a little unsure of how to deal with it for a moment.
Looking through the rearview mirror, the driver saw Su Xingyao so surprised, so he slowed down and started to explain to him.
"Qingshan is a place with many talented people and beautiful scenery. It is an ancient capital with rich cultural heritage and many scenic spots in the city."
The driver sighed, "But no matter how hard our local tourism bureau tried, we just couldn't increase our popularity. Many people across the country haven't even heard of our place."
"But this time, you made everyone know about Qingshan. Qingshan has become popular all over the country, and we ordinary people are the ones who can feel the changes most directly, so the citizens are very grateful to you."
The driver laughed and said, "They must have heard from somewhere that you were leaving today, so they wanted to come and express their gratitude to you."
The driver's words shocked Su Xingyao.
"I didn't actually do anything. It was just a random move."
Su Xingyao didn't try to be modest; he just said what he believed to be the truth.
Although the local government has been emphasizing and thanking him, thinking that it was because of him that Qingshan became famous on the Internet.
But Su Xingyao knew very well that the most fundamental reason why Qingshan became so popular was due to the local government and the citizens themselves.
The government is friendly, good at listening to public opinion, and very efficient in rectifying problems once they are discovered.
The local people are also enthusiastic. They never turn a blind eye to problems but instead take the initiative to make corrections and maintain the local image.
And he is actually the most insignificant link.
The driver smiled disapprovingly when he heard this.
"But such an accidental action is the most important. Qingshan has been waiting for many years, but he never got it before."
After saying this, he looked at the common people outside and said, "Our business has been better than ever these days. Everyone is here to thank you sincerely."
Su Xingyao also followed the other person's gaze and looked outside.
At this time, the car just drove into the place where the crowd was the largest. Su Xingyao realized that the people not only held banners, but some people also held silk pennants and hand banners, which were all filled with their names.
In addition to these, everyone also brought all kinds of strange things.
I won’t mention the common things like milk, vegetables and fruits, but there was even someone holding a big rooster…
In a moment, Su Xingyao's car had driven in front of the crowd, and everyone waved at him excitedly.
Seeing that everyone was talking to him, Su Xingyao quickly rolled down the car window and waved to his fellow Qingshan folks outside.
The pedestrians waiting on the side of the road immediately became excited when they saw Su Xingyao in person.
“Ahhhhhhhh Teacher Su!!!”
"Thank you, Teacher Su!"
"Teacher Su, have a safe journey!"
"Goodbye, Teacher Su! Remember to come visit Qingshan City in the future."
Su Xingyao nodded and agreed after hearing this. "Thank you everyone. I will come back when I have time."
While Su Xingyao was saying these two sentences, several enthusiastic citizens had already stuffed the banners in their hands into the car through the window.
It is actually quite dangerous to chase cars like this. Su Xingyao was afraid that this would cause a traffic accident, so she quickly advised everyone not to do so.
Although the citizens were excited, they fortunately listened to advice. After being persuaded by several young people who automatically maintained order at the scene, they finally returned to the safety line with regret on their faces.
Although the items were not delivered, Su Xingyao received a lot of verbal promises.
A big brother raised the loudspeaker he carried with him and shouted to Su Xingyao, "Teacher Su, come to my house next time to eat barbecue. It's always free!!"
The other little girl was not to be outdone and jumped up to say goodbye to Su Xingyao.
"Teacher Xiao Su, my fruit salad is always free! Wait for you to come back to Qingshan next time!"
“So is my grilled fish!”
“Eat as much ice jelly as you want!!”
"The same goes for fruit... Come back next time..."
No matter how far away you are from someone, there will always be a farewell.
The car drove farther and farther away, and Su Xingyao could no longer hear what everyone was saying.
He turned around and looked at the blurred figures of the people behind him, but he couldn't calm down for a long time.
For celebrities who have a huge fan base, this kind of scene is actually nothing. They often experience airports being jammed so hard that they can't move.
However, for Su Xingyao, who has always been surrounded by negative news and has no fans on the entire Internet, this is the first time that she has felt the love and kindness of so many strangers so closely and directly.
After knowing that this world is a fictional world, he actually became indifferent to many things.
He doesn’t care about life or death, or what others think of him.
The only thing he cares about is the dream he made with his friends when he was a child.
So even if his fans and haters in the entertainment industry are scolding him, he will still go on variety shows and film on TV.
Since I don’t know whether I can find the other person, I can only try my best to stand higher and get more exposure.
He worked hard to do what he wanted to do, and also wanted his friend to see him no matter where he was in the country.
But this trip to Qingshan made Su Xingyao feel the different meanings and values of being a public figure.
His parents used to constantly pua and suppress him, thinking that as a star he was just like the actors in ancient times, which was not only worthless but also shameful.
Although he did not agree before, he made many compromises and concessions out of consideration for his parents' feelings.
But it's not really necessary, is it?
Su Xingyao lowered her eyes, looked at the banner in her hand, and clenched it tightly.
After saying goodbye to the people of Qingshan City, Su Xingyao boarded the plane back home.
After more than two hours of flight, we finally arrived at the airport.
This time when Su Xingyao came back, she did not bother the Lu family driver to come all the way to pick her up. Instead, she took a taxi directly back to the Lu family villa.
He had just swiped the code to open the door when he saw Sunset, who had heard the footsteps a long time ago, sitting at the door and wagging his tail at him.
And Coral, who was usually aloof, lowered her voice for a rare time and started to act coquettishly in front of him.
Su Xingyao squatted down and quickly checked all the cats and dogs.
"Long time no see, Little Sunset Little Coral."
When Coral heard this, she raised her paw and gently patted Su Xingyao's sleeve in protest, then meowed again.
Su Xingyao immediately changed her words, "I saw your video when I was recording the show."
He smiled and changed the order of the names very carefully, "Little Coral, Little Sunset, you are so cute."
Her name was finally in front of the sunset, and Coral wagged her tail contentedly and took Su Xingyao home.
Luo Ri didn't notice anything and his mind was only on Su Xingyao.
Seeing Coral leaving, it hurried to follow. After walking two steps, it ran back to Su Xingyao, opened its mouth and was about to bite the suitcase handle, trying to help Su Xingyao reduce some of the "burden".
"It's okay. I can pull it myself. It's not heavy."
Su Xingyao explained to the dog, then followed the cat and dog towards the living room.
A few minutes later, when he stepped into the living room on the first floor, he unexpectedly found Lu Jiuxu at home.
Not only was he at home, he was also sitting upright on the sofa watching TV.
I don’t know if I heard a sound or if my perception is super strong.
As soon as Su Xingyao stepped in, Lu Jiuxu turned around and looked at him.
Before Su Xingyao spoke, Lu Jiuxu greeted him a second earlier, "Teacher Su, you're back."
The clean and magnetic sound is particularly pleasant.
Lu Jiuxu stood up and walked towards Su Xingyao.
Suddenly hearing such a new name from Lu Jiuxu's mouth, Su Xingyao took two seconds to adapt.
In his impression, Lu Jiuxu had never called him formally.
When they first met, they politely called each other Mr. Su and Mr. Lu.
But after being together for so long, Su Xingyao felt that their relationship could now be considered friends.
But when he realized this, he also found that Lu Jiuxu had not called him Mr. Su for a long time.
But the other party didn't actually call him by his full name because it seemed too unfamiliar.
But as for Lu Jiuxu calling her Xingyao or Susu so intimately, with Lu Jiuxu's personality, Su Xingyao was 100% sure that the other party would never call her that easily.
So after filming the variety show this time, the other party blurted out the four words "Little Su Teacher"...
Although Su Xingyao was a little surprised when she heard it, she felt that everything seemed just right.
even……
better.
In fact, many people have called him Teacher Xiao Su these days.
But for some reason, Su Xingyao felt that Lu Jiuxu's shout was different from everyone else's.
During the few seconds when Su Xingyao was distracted, Lu Jiuxu had already walked in front of him.
The other person was wearing a pair of thin silver-rimmed glasses today.
He still looked as handsome as he did a few days ago, but a little more gentle than usual.
Noticing Su Xingyao's gaze, Lu Jiuxu raised his hand and took off his glasses.
"I was just looking at a document on the computer and forgot to quote it."
Realizing that the other party was explaining the origin of the glasses to her, Su Xingyao's first thought was that she felt a little regretful that she didn't have time to take a closer look at the handsome guy's new look.
But he still couldn't help but praise the other person, "But you look pretty handsome like this."
——"Boss, is this scale accurate?"
Just after Su Xingyao finished praising someone, she heard a very familiar voice reaching her ears.
Following the sound, he looked towards the big TV screen.
Then he discovered that the program broadcast on TV was the satellite edited version of "Let's Travel Together" that he had filmed a few days ago.
The person standing in the center of the TV screen at this moment just happened to be me...
The first thing I saw when I got home was my variety show being broadcast on the huge TV...
Su Xingyao forgot all other thoughts and looked towards Lu Jiuxu involuntarily.
At this moment, there was a big question mark in his mind.
He was very curious. Would a business luminary like Lu Jiuxu actually watch this kind of variety show to kill time in his spare time at home?
In his impression, Lu Jiuxu didn't seem to have seen these things before.
As Su Xingyao was thinking, Lu Jiuxu's attention was also attracted by Su Xingyao who was hitting the ghost scale on the screen.
After he finished reading this paragraph, he looked back at Su Xingyao, his eyes as deep as a pool were tinged with a smile, "Teacher Su is really amazing."
Su Xingyao lowered her eyes slightly after being praised, and asked the other party, "Were you watching this variety show just now?"
"Yeah, I've been watching for a while."
Lu Jiuxu's frank attitude made Su Xingyao feel that she was making a fuss out of nothing, so she joked, "I thought you usually read financial news and read various documents in your free time."
Lu Jiuxu sneered, "Well, it's actually pretty much the same as you said."
After saying that, he made his expression a little more serious and added.
"But it would be a shame if you missed Teacher Su's first variety show."
Would it be uneconomical?
Su Xingyao raised her eyes and met Lu Jiuxu's smiling yet serious gaze.
He didn't understand why this was not a good deal.
After all, if you miss it, you can always look it up online, or even watch the replay on TV...
When Su Xingyao thought of the words "replay on TV", she looked down at the time on her mobile phone, then looked at the TV again.
“Is this a live broadcast?”
It's only four o'clock in the afternoon, and the show should be broadcast at 8 o'clock in the prime time.
Lu Jiuxu's answer was the same as Su Xingyao expected.
“I watched the replay.”
Su Xingyao's eyes widened slightly.
So Lu Jiuxu took the time out of his schedule to watch the replay?
Just as Su Xingyao made this guess, Lu Jiuxu spoke in a soft voice.
“I watched the live broadcast yesterday, too.”
It's a bit like talking about a very ordinary thing, but it also seems to have a sense of seeking credit.
Su Xingyao, who didn't understand, asked: "?"
"You watched the live broadcast and then watched the replay again?"
Seeing Su Xingyao's stunned look, Lu Jiuxu couldn't help laughing anymore.
"I also want to learn some grocery shopping skills."
Su Xingyao suddenly realized...
Lu Jiuxu looked at the person in front of him, and in the face of the other party's half-believing and half-doubting gaze, he spoke casually and gave an extremely convincing reason.
"Aunt Zhang is back home. I have to learn from her."
"But since Teacher Su is back, would you be so kind as to give me live teaching at dinner tonight?"
Su Xingyao's eyes instantly curved into crescents when she realized that Lu Jiuxu, who was even more domineering than the other domineering CEO, was actually eager to enter the grocery shopping industry.
His interest was piqued and he immediately agreed.
"Of course!"
After the two of them agreed, Su Xingyao agreed to set off in ten minutes.
The reason why he didn't leave immediately was because he was planning to deal with the banners he had received in the past few days.
Su Xingyao was actually a little conflicted about these banners.
The cost of a silk banner is not actually high, but the thoughts behind it are extremely precious.
He had considered whether he should hang up like everyone else.
But I also feel that this is a bit too ostentatious.
And it doesn't seem appropriate to put it in someone else's home...
Just when he was hesitant, Lu Jiuxu helped him solve the problem.
The other party directly hung all the banners he received in the most central location in the collection room on the third floor.
Looking at his own banner now placed in the same room with Lu Jiuxu's extremely expensive collections, Su Xingyao always felt that something was not right.
"Wouldn't it look a bit out of place?"
"No, it's quite suitable."
After saying that, Lu Jiuxu pointed to the most conspicuous position in the living room to Su Xingyao while walking downstairs.
“It’s actually pretty good to hang it out.”
This sentence immediately made Su Xingyao recall the contents of the brocade that the Qingshan Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau later gave him.
Then he quickly waved his hand to refuse.
He would never dare to put the four characters "Miraculous Hands Bring Back Spring" in a place where customers could see them...
*
After dealing with the silk banner, Su Xingyao and Lu Jiuxu went to buy groceries.
However, there is no vegetable market nearby, only a large supermarket.
Neither of them is the kind of person who follows formalities. If they really want to go to the vegetable market, they have to take a long detour. Su Xingyao will not do such an excessive behavior, and Lu Jiuxu is the same.
After parking the car, the two walked towards the supermarket.
“Although supermarkets are more formal than street vendors, there are still some rules to follow when buying vegetables.”
Su Xingyao picked up the bag and waved it at Lu Jiuxu, "Some bags are actually not light."
Although Su Xingyao knew that Lu Jiuxu's grocery shopping was probably just a joke between friends, he still seriously told Lu Jiuxu his experience during the grocery shopping process.
After talking about the bag problem, Su Xingyao pointed to the fish in the fiberglass in the fresh food area to Lu Jiuxu.
"When the fish is taken out, it will contain a lot of water, but many supermarkets weigh the fish and water together, without including the water in the bag."
After saying this, Lu Jiuxu took the dishes he had just chosen to weigh.
The shopping guide was very enthusiastic. When weighing, he took out the vegetables first and removed the weight from the bags before starting to weigh.
As for another customer who was buying fish next to him, the shopping guide also pierced the bag with a needle and poured water into it before weighing it.
Seeing the skilled operation of the shopping guide in the supermarket, Lu Jiuxu slightly turned sideways and whispered to Su Xingyao, "It seems that this store is more honest."
Su Xingyao also smiled and nodded, "No wonder the business is so good."
You don't need to buy much food for a meal for two people.
After Su Xingyao picked three dishes according to the two people's tastes, she quickly returned to the parking lot with Lu Jiuxu.
On the way back, they passed a square.
The square was very lively and there were quite a lot of people gathered there.
But one of them was a little empty.
Su Xingyao looked over there and found a dozen young people learning to skateboard.
For many people, skateboarding was a cool and desirable thing when they were young.
Before Su Xingyao was overwhelmed by the pressure of life and her adoptive parents, she also naively yearned for the cool scene of herself skating on it.
Although the memories have faded now.
But those unfulfilled dreams from childhood will still give you a moment of longing and yearning when you accidentally see them when you grow up.
When Lu Jiuxu stopped at the red light and looked towards Su Xingyao out of habit, he saw a hint of emotion in the other's eyes when he saw those young and flamboyant skateboarding boys.
Twenty minutes later, the two returned to the villa.
Su Xingyao entered the kitchen and began to teach Lu Jiuxu how to cook.
But what surprised him was that the other party actually had some basic skills.
"Mr. Lu, you have some talent for cooking."
Lu Jiuxu smiled faintly, "I also knew how to cook when I was a child."
Having someone to help will make things more efficient.
Soon, Su Xingyao's stir-fried green pepper, pork, vinegared cabbage, and corn stewed pork ribs were ready.
After returning home, Lu Jiuxu did not continue watching the replay of "Let's Go Travel Together", but casually clicked on a news channel.
Afterwards, with the serious voice of the evening news host, Su Xingyao completed her first experience of dining alone with Lu Jiuxu.
Although Lu Jiuxu is wealthy, he does not have the problems that rich people have.
After finishing the meal, she cleaned up the dishes and put them in the dishwasher for washing.
He had just put the plates away when his cell phone rang.
Lu Jiuxu took a look and didn't answer the call immediately.
"Give me a few minutes."
After explaining things to Su Xingyao, he turned on the dishwasher and walked towards the villa gate.
Three minutes later, when Su Xingyao saw Lu Jiuxu again, she discovered that he had two brand new skateboards and two sets of protective gear in his hands.
Lu Jiuxu looked at Su Xingyao and raised one eyebrow.
"Teacher Xiao Su, let's go out and play."
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