After hanging up Lu Xuan's phone, Du Yuanzhe saw Xia Ningmi's car. He got in the car and found that Cheng Yu was still driving.

"Assistant Cheng is also a driver?"

Cheng Yu explained, "Something happened at Huang's hometown, and he asked the president for a long vacation. It will take some time for him to come back."

Du Yuanzhe suddenly realized: "I was wondering why I always saw Assistant Cheng driving in the past few months."

Xia Ning asked: "When will you go back?"

Du Yuanzhe said, "The day after tomorrow afternoon. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. I probably won't be able to go home this time."

Xu Cheng had agreed to take a New Year holiday before because Du's company was the largest investor in the film. This time, Du's company did not invest. Du Yuanwen's threats and inducements were useless to Wu Jiazhong, and he was determined to spend the New Year on the set.

Du Yuanzhe said with a headache: "I have to comfort my mother in advance."

Xia Ning said: "Let your brother help you."

"That's a good idea. My mother knew she couldn't force the director, so she just gave up."

Du Yuanzhe looked at Xia Ningmi intently and said, "Qiqi, do you want to spend the New Year with me?"

Xia Ningmi didn't hesitate at all and nodded, "Okay."

Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "Why did you agree so quickly? I'm living in a village house now. The environment is very ordinary, and all the furniture is old. It doesn't have any advantages except that it's warm."

Xia Ningmi said, "We've video chatted so many times, it's not like I haven't seen it before."

"That's right."

Du Yuanzhe felt that his brain was not working well.

Cheng Yu sent them back to Huahu Apartment and drove away.

The two returned home. Aunt Wu was very happy to see Du Yuanzhe back. She asked him what he wanted to eat and she would make it for him later.

Du Yuanzhe sat on the sofa and said comfortably, "Home is still the best."

Xia Ning handed him a can of Sprite and asked, "Did you get hurt while filming?"

Du Yuanzhe opened his Sprite and took two sips, then said, "No, the crew has done a good job with safety measures."

Of course, it also has something to do with the fact that there aren't many dangerous scenes being filmed right now. Once there are too many explosions, it would be more dangerous. But all these scenes require the actors to show their faces, so it's impossible to use a body double.

Xia Ningmi said: "My mother called me a few days ago."

Du Yuanzhe frowned subconsciously: "What does she want to do?"

"It's about Zhou Heng. She wants me to snatch Dingsheng Furniture away and not leave any for Zhou Chenlang."

“Isn’t Dingsheng Furniture just a small company?”

Logically speaking, Xia Yiyao should look down on her.

Xia Ningmi said: "She just doesn't want Zhou Chenlang to inherit the company, and she also wants all of Zhou Heng's efforts to go to waste."

Du Yuanzhe looked at her: "What do you think?"

Xia Ningmi said calmly: "That's her idea, it has nothing to do with me."

Of course she couldn't listen to Xia Yiyao.

Du Yuanzhe said: "She must be very angry. It's been so many years, and your mother still hasn't let it go."

Otherwise there wouldn't be such great hatred.

"She cares about her reputation. Zhou Heng made her a laughing stock. She will hate Zhou Heng for the rest of her life."

Du Yuanzhe shook his head, not commenting on Xia Yiyao's behavior, and said, "I just received a call from Lu Xuan. He said that the family of the driver who caused the accident is asking Zhou Chenlang to write a letter of apology. It suddenly occurred to me that you are also qualified to write a letter of apology. If they run into a wall with Zhou Chenlang, will they come to you?"

Xia Ning frowned. She really didn't know about this. She said, "I'll let the security guards pay attention."

Xia Ningmi has always lived between the company and home, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the community. Now her main concern is to prevent her family from causing trouble at the company.

Du Yuanzhe sighed: "In the end, the most hateful person is the driver who caused the accident. It would be fine if he just went to jail, but he also had to implicate his family."

......

Du Yuanzhe was very pressed for time this time as he didn't have much time left after filming the commercial, and he also had to go home to visit his family. If you counted carefully, he didn't spend that long with Xia Ningmi.

When leaving, Du Yuanzhe hugged Xia Ningmi and said reluctantly: "Qiqi, you have to come quickly."

They had already agreed that Xia Ningmi would go to the crew to spend the New Year with him.

Xia Ningmi nodded.

After getting on the plane, Xiaopang finally had the chance to ask, "Brother Zhe, is President Xia coming to the crew?"

"Yes, spend the New Year with me."

Liu Xu said: "You haven't made it public yet, so what's the reason for President Xia to spend the New Year with you?"

Du Yuanzhe was stunned: "I forgot about this."

He instantly wilted, and his wish to spend the New Year with Xia Ningmi was shattered.

After getting off the plane, Du Yuanzhe called Xia Ningmi immediately and said, "Qiqi, I forgot that we haven't made it public yet. You can't spend the New Year with me."

Xia Ning said calmly: "Okay."

Du Yuanzhe asked hopefully, "Do you have a solution?"

"Just keep it to yourself."

Du Yuanzhe's eyes lit up: "Yes, Jiang Chelin used to do this often, and it worked very well."

Issuing a gag order is a unique skill of a domineering president. If Jiang Chelin can do it, his Qiqi can definitely do it too.

Du Yuanzhe became energetic again, waiting for Xia Ningmi to come and spend the New Year with him.

After returning to the crew, Du Yuanzhe continued filming. He was most afraid of filming a summer scene in the middle of winter. Fortunately, this movie was not one of them. They were filming in winter. The actors were all wearing cotton clothes, and the next crew needed snow. However, the entire crew waited for a month and there was no snow. If it still didn’t snow after the New Year, they would have to use fake snow.

Fortunately, their luck was not too bad, and the first snow came on New Year's Eve.

Wu Jiazhong happily gave everyone half a day off, praying for heavier snow. What he needed was the feeling of heavy snow covering the mountains and forests.

Xia Ningmi arrived on the day when the first snow fell.

Du Yuanzhe and his group returned to the courtyard. As soon as they opened the door, they saw Xia Ningmi standing under the eaves.

She was wearing a long white down coat, and she stood there, detached and isolated.

Except for Liu Xu and Xiaopang, everyone else in the team was stunned, wondering why the president suddenly appeared here.

A smile appeared on Du Yuanzhe's face and he walked towards Xia Ningmi.

Liu Xu turned around and said to them, "Be careful with your words and actions, don't say anything that shouldn't be said."

Before anyone could understand what Liu Xu meant, Du Yuanzhe had already walked up to Xia Ningmi and asked, "Are you here alone?"

"And Cheng Yu."

"Are you waiting for me?"

"I didn't know you were coming back at this time."

Du Yuanzhe said unhappily, "Can't you just lie to me?"

Xia Ningmi reluctantly said, "I'm waiting for you."

Du Yuanzhe smiled and took her hand and went into the house.

The people outside were already stunned.

"He he he, they..."

Liu Xu reminded again: "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."

The others immediately shut their mouths, but their eyes lit up frighteningly.

It turns out that the previous rumors were true.

It turns out that his boss and the president are really a couple.

That’s great. I can enjoy some candy nearby from now on. This is real candy.

The main house has three rooms, and the middle one is used as a living room to receive guests. Du Yuanzhe and Xia Ningmi sat in the living room and looked at the snow outside. "I heard that it is a very romantic thing to watch the first snow with the person you like."

Du Yuanzhe had only heard of the first snow meme, but didn't know much about it. He only knew that this meme was quite popular.

Xia Ningmi said calmly: "There is nothing different."

Du Yuanzhe smiled: "I think so too."

As long as he was with Xia Ningmi, he felt good, and the snow did not make him feel any different.

"But that could be the reason why we stay indoors. How about going out for a walk?"

Xia Ning refused and said, "It's too childish. I won't do it."

Only children would deliberately go out in the snow.

Du Yuanzhe didn't insist: "It seems quite stupid."

"The director gave us half a day off. Since we have nothing to do, how about we make dumplings together?"

Xia Ning sighed helplessly: "Can't you think of something more reliable?"

“Is it bad to make dumplings?”

"I can't."

"I can teach you."

“I don’t want to learn.”

Xia Ningmi has no interest in cooking at all.

Du Yuanzhe could only think of something else to do, and said, "How about we play mahjong? There happens to be a set of mahjong here."

Xia Ning thought this one was a little more reliable and said, "Okay."

Du Yuanzhe immediately asked Xiaopang to take out the mahjong, and then added Cheng Yu to make exactly four people.

Du Yuanzhe briefly introduced the rules of the game to Xia Ningmi, and then they started playing.

It is worth mentioning that Du Yuanzhe’s mahjong skills are not very good. Xiaopang and Cheng Yu have only played it a few times and are slightly more familiar with it than Xia Ningmi.

This is equivalent to four rotten chess pieces. No, it should be rotten mahjong pieces.

Because their level was too low, after Xia Ningmi became familiar with the rules of the game, winning or losing was no longer a suspense, and no one could beat Xia Ningmi.

Du Yuanzhe said thankfully: "Fortunately we didn't gamble, otherwise we would have lost a lot."

Xiaopang frowned and looked at the cards in front of him, trying to figure out which one to choose. He hesitated and chose a one.

Xia Ning said calmly: "I won."

Cheng Yu said helplessly: "How many times have you given the president a card?"

Xiaopang said aggrievedly: "I don't want to either."

Du Yuanzhe smiled bitterly and said, "Qiqi, you are too powerful. You should fight with my mother. We are no match for you."

Cheng Yu heard this and asked, "Is Madam Du good at playing mahjong?"

"That's pretty impressive. Playing mahjong is a traditional Chinese New Year activity in my family. I guess they are playing it right now."

Just as he finished speaking, Chen Rongsan's video call came in. When Du Yuanzhe answered the call, he happened to see the mahjong table.

"I knew you were playing mahjong."

Chen Rongshan also saw Xia Ningmi next to Du Yuanzhe and frowned slightly, but she didn't say anything. She just cared about Du Yuanzhe: "Did someone make dumplings for you?"

Du Yuanzhe nodded: "Yes, the director has arranged it, someone will come to take it away soon."

"That's good. If you don't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, it won't feel like the New Year. But don't just eat dumplings, you have to have the New Year's Eve dinner as well."

"Don't worry, Director Wu will make the arrangements."

The food for the crew is really amazing. Wu Jiazhong is willing to spend money on the food and has signed contracts with several hotels to have them deliver meals to the crew on time.

We specially found a big hotel for this New Year’s Eve dinner to fully satisfy everyone’s appetite.

Chen Rongshan was very satisfied and said, "This director of yours is much better than the previous one. I hope to work with more directors like him in the future."

Du Yuanzhe held back his laughter. Xu Cheng was already on Chen Rongsan's blacklist, and she still remembered him.

Speaking of Xu Cheng, Du Yuanzhe thought of the movie that had already ended its release. "Surfaced" was released for a total of three months, so it was postponed for two months. This is usually the case for movies with high box office.

The final box office reached 3.3 billion, making it the undisputed box office champion during the National Day holiday, as well as the box office champion of police and gangster films in recent years, and it also broke many records.

Thinking of the movie, Du Yuanzhe kindly spoke up for Xu Cheng: "Director Xu is still very capable, and many people want to work with him."

Chen Rongshan had been in the super chat for such a long time that she knew Xu Cheng to some extent, but she still didn't like him, so she changed the subject and asked, "What are you doing?"

Du Yuanzhe pointed the camera at the table and said, "We were playing mahjong out of boredom, but we were too bad at it, so 70-70 was the winning number all the time."

Mahjong is Ms. Chen Rongshan's strong point. She snorted coldly, "Every time I ask you to play mahjong with me, you are always reluctant. If you had been more serious and learned from me before, you wouldn't have lost so badly."

Du Yuanzhe complimented, "That's right, mom is so amazing. If I learn from her, I will definitely be a great student."

Chen Rongshan felt very comfortable and the smile on her lips deepened.

At this time, Du Yuanwen and his wife appeared in the camera. Zhao Zhimeng asked, "Why are you the only one talking? Where is President Xia?"

Du Yuanzhe immediately turned the camera to focus on Xia Ningmi.

Xia Ning looked at the two of them: "Mr. Du, Mrs. Du."

Zhao Zhimeng smiled and said, "There are two Madam Du here. Just call me sister-in-law, as President Xia and Yuanzhe do."

Du Yuanwen said hurriedly: "If that's the case, we might as well do it together."

Du Yuanzhe pretended to be dissatisfied: "You are taking advantage of Qiqi."

Du Yuanwen said, "What are you talking about? We are all family from now on, and it is only a matter of time before we change our names."

As he said this, he glanced at Chen Rongsan implicitly.

Chen Rongshan was looking at the mahjong in front of her, as if she didn't hear what Du Yuanwen was saying.

Du Yuanzhe looked at Xia Ningmi, and seeing that she didn't say whether she agreed or not, he changed the subject and asked, "Where's Youyou?"

"He is sleeping. Children just sleep a lot."

"Youyou is almost one year old, right?"

Zhao Zhimeng nodded: "There is still half a month left, do you want to come back to see Youyou's ceremonial ceremony?"

Du Yuanzhe was a little distressed: "I would like to, but Director Wu will definitely not agree to my request for leave for this reason."

"You can make up another reason."

"We'll see when the time comes. If there aren't many scenes, I'll ask Director Wu to concentrate my scenes and shoot them the day before."

The one-year-old ceremony is a big event for a child at home, so of course he will go back if he can.

Zhao Zhimeng invited, "I hope President Xia can come too."

Xia Ningmi didn't refuse, but just said: "I will go with Yuanzhe."

The implication was that if Du Yuanzhe didn't go back, she wouldn't go either.

Zhao Zhimeng said happily: "It's been a long time since we've had a good time together. This is a good opportunity to have some fun."

Du Yuanzhe asked: "Will you invite other people?"

"Just a few of us, plus a few people from my mother's side."

Zhao Zhimeng's parents' home is not in Yancheng, and Du Yuanzhe has only met her people a few times. Usually, Du Yuanwen would occasionally accompany Zhao Zhimeng home to stay for a few days.

Du Yuanwen suddenly asked curiously, "Mom, what did Yuanzhe catch when he was a child?"

He was young at that time and had no memory of Du Yuanzhe's grabbing the week-old thing.

When Xia Ningmi heard this, she looked at Du Yuanzhe. She was a little curious about this.

Chen Rongshan recalled: "Yuanzhe grabbed a lot of things at that time. He was interested in everything and wanted to touch everything. However, according to the rules of the Zhou-Zhua ceremony, he grabbed the Nine-Linked Rings because he didn't put it down after picking it up."

Du Yuanwen laughed: "It seems that the Grasping the Weekly Ceremony really can't be taken seriously."

Du Yuanzhe knew what he wanted to say and wanted to interrupt him, but Du Yuanwen said it anyway: "Nine Links represent intelligence and wit. After all these years, I still haven't seen any intelligence in you."

"Mom, my brother is deliberately belittling me, and you don't care about him?"

Du Yuanzhe complained directly to Chen Rongshan.

Chen Rongshan glared at Du Yuanwen and said, "Your brother grabbed a book that year. Originally, this had a good meaning, but before we could praise him, he sat on the table and started reading the book. People even suspected that we didn't let him eat enough."

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Du Yuanzhe laughed very loudly, making no effort to hide his ridicule for Du Yuanwen.

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