Du Yuanzhe's laughter didn't stop until the end of the call.

Xia Ningmi looked at him as if he were a fool: "Is it so funny?"

Du Yuanzhe said: "There aren't many opportunities to laugh at my brother, so I won't let it go if I get the chance."

This laughter has nothing to do with technique; it's all about emotion.

Xiaopang said, "Brother Zhe, Director Wu has strict requirements. If you want to go back to attend the Young Master's one-year-old celebration, you have to ask Brother Liu to go and negotiate with Director Wu as soon as possible."

Du Yuanzhe nodded: "Talk to Brother Liu later."

There is still half a month left, so don't be too anxious.

Cheng Yu looked at the mahjong in front of him and asked, "Are you still playing?"

Du Yuanzhe hesitated and said, "Let's try a different approach."

They had been beaten so badly that they no longer had any confidence in defeating Xia Ningmi.

Ten minutes later

Du Yuanzhe looked at the tall building made of mahjong in front of him and said, "You should know that there is a game called drawing blocks. Today we will play drawing blocks. We have dice. Whoever points the smallest number will draw."

Cheng Yu's mouth twitched, and he whispered: "President, isn't this game a bit..." childish.

Only children would play this.

Xia Ningmi had a blank expression on her face. She had known for a long time that Du Yuanzhe could not think of any complicated games.

But Xiaopang was very happy and eager to try, "Who goes first?"

Du Yuanzhe said: "We two will go first."

He could see that Xia Ningmi and Cheng Yu were not very interested.

The two of them threw the dice together, and they got a three and a five. Du Yuanzhe had the lowest number.

It has just begun, so it doesn't matter who comes first. Du Yuanzhe calmly draws out a mahjong tile, and the high-rise pattern remains unchanged.

Xia Ningmi sat on the sofa, watching two people, who were sixty years old in total, playing extremely childish games. The expressions of the two became more and more solemn, and their seriousness was touching.

Cheng Yu was bold enough to ask, "President, is Second Young Master Du always like this?"

Xia Ningmi nodded.

Cheng Yu was a little surprised: "Mr. Du usually looks quite stable."

I didn't expect that he was so childish in private.

Xia Ningmi's eyes were gentle. She liked everything about Du Yuanzhe, including his naivety, and was willing to accompany him in his naivety.

If Xiaopang wasn't here today, Xia Ningmi would play this game with him.

The two people playing the game over there had reached the final moment. Du Yuanzhe's luck was obviously worse. He lost three times in a row when throwing the dice, and the tall building collapsed in his hands.

Du Yuanzhe said: "Fortunately, I don't like gambling."

Depending on his luck, he might lose everything.

Xiaopang asked, "Brother Zhe, do you still want to play?"

Du Yuanzhe turned his head to look at Xia Ningmi and waved, "Qiqi, lend me some luck."

Xia Ningmi walked over and asked: "How do I borrow it?"

He pulled her to sit down, held her hand and said, "Just borrow it like this."

"Xiaopang, let's continue."

Xiaopang looked at the two of them, swallowed nervously, and subconsciously wanted to admit defeat, but when he saw the look in Xia Ning's eyes, he swallowed his words back and obediently rebuilt the tall building.

Still play mahjong with smaller points.

Du Yuanzhe threw out six points with just a casual throw, and more than once. Seeing Xiaopang taking away the mahjong tiles again and again with a bitter face, Du Yuanzhe was very happy.

But he didn't dare to say anything, for fear of scaring away the luck he had borrowed with great difficulty.

It was not until the high-rise building collapsed in Xiaopang's hands that Du Yuanzhe stopped suppressing his excitement.

"Hahahaha, Qiqi is indeed my lucky star."

He held Xia Ningmi and turned around twice.

Xia Ning hugged his neck, smiling: "It's just a game."

Du Yuanzhe: "Winning or losing the game is also important."

Cheng Yu, who was standing by, touched Xiao Pang's arm and winked at him. The two of them left quietly without disturbing the two people who were sticking together.

Xia Ningmi kissed his lips: "As long as you are happy."

The two looked into each other's eyes, and the suppressed emotions burst out at once. Du Yuanzhe hugged Xia Ningmi tightly and kissed her hard, greedily plundering her breath. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became ambiguous.

......

The snow fell for a day and a night, and when we woke up the next day, the world outside had turned into a silvery white.

Du Yuanzhe looked at the whiteness, tightened his down jacket, and said, "Alas, winter is really not a good time to film."

He wanted to hold Qiqi in his arms and take a nap, but the reality was that he had to get up at six o'clock and go to the crew to film after dinner.

A group of people walked on the snow. Because the snow was too thick, they left footprints one by one. At a glance, they could see that there was a path on the ground made by footprints.

Liu Xu asked: "Yuanzhe, how many days will President Xia stay here?"

Du Yuanzhe sighed: "I'll leave today."

Xiaopang was surprised: "Why are you leaving so early?"

"I have to film a movie and don't have time to accompany her. It's boring for her to stay here."

There was nothing fun in the village. It was snowing and the weather was getting colder, so there was nothing fun to do.

Liu Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

Since Xia Ningmi is here, he has to keep an eye on her all the time. If she is seen by others, he has to shut her up immediately because it is not as easy to shut up outsiders as it is for the people in their team.

When Du Yuanzhe was still filming, Xia Ningmi and Cheng Yu left the small village. Except for the people in Du Yuanzhe's team, no one knew that Xia Ningmi had been there.

Perhaps because he was very satisfied with Du Yuanzhe, Wu Jiazhong agreed to give Du Yuanzhe more rehearsals to free up a day for him to take a day off.

This made Du Yuanzhe very busy, but fortunately he had memorized all the lines in advance, thus fulfilling Wu Jiazhong's request.

Half a month later

Du Yuanzhe flew back to Yancheng early in the morning. He first returned to Huahu Apartment, and then went to the Du family's old house with Xia Ningmi.

When the two of them arrived, Chen Rongshan was talking to Zhao Zhimeng's parents. When they saw the two of them come in, the room was silent for a moment. Zhao Zhimeng walked towards them and said with a smile, "I thought you would arrive later."

Du Yuanzhe handed the gift box in his hand to Zhao Zhimeng: "I came back early this morning, for fear of missing Youyou's one-year-old celebration."

Xia Ningmi also gave Zhao Zhimeng a gift box.

Zhao Zhimeng said, "It would be enough for the two of you to give one portion each, why do you have to divide it so clearly?"

Du Yuanzhe said with a smile: "We haven't gotten married yet. When we get married, you won't have the chance to take advantage of us."

Du Yuanwen glared at him and said, "What do you mean by taking advantage of someone? He already has a girlfriend, but he doesn't have any composure at all."

Du Yuanzhe shrugged.

At this moment, Chen Rongshan coughed dryly.

Du Yuanzhe and Du Yuanwen looked at each other and immediately understood. They took Xia Ningmi's hand and walked to the elders: "Mom and Dad, Uncle and Aunt, this is my girlfriend Xia Ningmi."

Although his family already knew about it, he still formally introduced Xia Ningmi.

Zhao Zhimeng's sister Zhao Zhiqing almost screamed out in surprise. Although she was not a fan of celebrities, she liked to check Weibo. She knew both Du Yuanzhe and Xia Ningmi, but she didn't expect that the two would be a couple.

Zhao Zhimeng's parents didn't know about the entertainment industry, but they knew Xia Ningmi. Seeing that Du Yuanzhe had found such a capable girlfriend, they congratulated him and said, "My dear relatives, Yuanzhe has found a good daughter-in-law for you."

After such a long time, Chen Rongshan also knew that she could not persuade Du Yuanzhe, and she was no longer as resistant as before. Although she was still a little unhappy in her heart, she did not show it in front of him and smiled and said, "As long as he likes it, we as parents just hope that he is happy."

Du Yuanzhe held Xia Ningmi's hand tightly and felt happy. Although he said this to others, this was the first time Chen Rongsan had agreed.

Xia Ningmi looked at Du Yuanzhe and could feel his inner joy, and her eyes softened slightly.

Zhao Zhimeng has only one younger sister, and the ones who came this time were her parents and her younger sister.

After seeing Du Yuanzhe and Xia Ningmi, Zhao Zhiqing approached Zhao Zhimeng and whispered, "Sister, can you help me get an autograph?"

Zhao Zhimeng was surprised: "Don't you say you don't chase stars?"

Zhao Zhiqing suppressed his excitement and said, "But I like to watch the show. They are both very popular online. It will definitely cause a sensation when they make it public. Now that I have their autographs, it will definitely make countless people envious."

"Is that really an exaggeration?"

Zhao Zhimeng doesn't follow the entertainment industry and doesn't understand the craziness of fans, but he still agreed to his sister's request, but said: "You must keep the autograph well. You can't spread the news before Yuanzhe announces it himself."

Zhao Zhiqing nodded: "Of course, I'm not a paparazzi and I won't reveal other people's privacy."

She just likes to join in the fun, so when the two of them made their relationship public, she would go and join in the fun with her autographed photos.

After Du Yuanzhe and Xia Ningmi left the elders, Zhao Zhimeng walked over and said, "Yuanzhe, Qingqing wants your autographs."

"no problem."

Du Yuanzhe certainly couldn't refuse such a small matter, and Xia Ningmi had no objection either.

Zhao Zhiqing immediately handed over the paper and pen that he had prepared long ago.

Du Yuanzhe quickly finished signing and asked, "Is Qingqing my fan?"

Zhao Zhiqing said embarrassedly: "I don't chase stars, I just like to follow the trend and join in the fun."

Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "Your main task now is to study. It's good not to chase stars."

After Xia Ningmi finished signing, Zhao Zhiqing immediately put the signature away. This would be her capital for showing off in the future.

Zhao Zhimeng felt a little regretful after hearing what Du Yuanzhe said: "I should have set a goal for Qingqing just now. It's too easy for her to get an autograph so easily."

Zhao Zhiqing immediately took a step back cautiously and covered his signature tightly.

"Sister, the signature is mine."

Du Yuanwen smiled and said, "Don't worry, your brother-in-law is here, and he will definitely not let your sister snatch your autograph."

Zhao Zhimeng rolled his eyes at him and said, "Stop pretending to be a good person here."

Du Yuanwen was innocent: "Am I not a good person?"

Du Yuanzhe deliberately asked Xia Ningmi: "Qiqi, is my brother a good person?"

Xia Ningmi said: "Good people can't be businessmen."

"Hahahaha, brother, did you hear what Qiqi said?"

Du Yuanwen smiled bitterly: "Boss Xia, you are talking about yourself as well."

Du Yuanzhe said: "Qiqi didn't say she was a good person. Anyway, I like Qiqi, whether she is a good person or a bad person."

Du Yuanwen said unhappily, "Everyone knows that you like President Xia, there's no need to say it out loud."

Good guy, this guy stepped on his own brother to confess his love to his girlfriend, he is really a good brother.

After a while, Youyou, wearing a birthday hat and festive clothes, was carried out by the nanny. The first birthday party was about to begin.

The things for the one-year-old ceremony were not placed on the table. Chen Rongshan asked someone to spread a piece of cloth on the carpet, and then placed all the prepared items on it.

When everything was ready, Xiao Youyou was placed in the middle of the pile of things.

The little boy blinked his bright eyes, not caring about the things on the ground at all. He stretched out his hand towards Zhao Zhimeng and called in a baby voice, "Mom~"

Du Yuanzhe was surprised and asked, "Youyou can speak now?"

Du Yuanwen said, "She only knows how to call Dad and Mom, but not Grandpa and Grandma. Mom always calls Youyou an ungrateful person, even though she has been with Youyou the longest, yet Youyou won't call Grandma."

Du Yuanzhe laughed and said, "Mom is too anxious. Youyou is already calling dad and mom, so grandma must be not far away."

Zhao Zhimeng looked at his chubby son, his heart was so tender that he said softly, "Youyou, be good, pick something from the ground and give it to mom, okay?"

Although Youyou could only call Dad and Mom, he could understand what adults said. When he heard what Zhao Zhimeng said, he lowered his head and looked at the pile of things around him.

The others looked at him, wondering what he would catch.

Youyou didn't just grab something randomly, he seemed to have a goal in mind and stood up slowly. Although he still couldn't walk steadily, the little guy had a good balance and didn't fall down.

He took two steps, then slowly squatted down, picked up the diamond on the ground, stretched out his hand to Zhao Zhimeng and said, "Mom, Mom."

He couldn't express it yet, but everyone understood what he meant, which was to give the diamond to Zhao Zhimeng.

Du Yuanzhe said: "Youyou will definitely be a filial child in the future."

Tears welled up in Zhao Zhimeng's eyes. Only after becoming a mother did she realize how easily one can be moved by a child's sincere love. She walked over, picked up Youyou, and kissed him twice on his little face.

Youyou held Zhao Zhimeng's neck with her little hands. When she saw a few strangers in the house, she was not afraid but smiled at them.

"Youyou is such a good kid, not afraid of strangers at all."

After the week of catching the cat, everyone sat together to eat.

Du Yuanzhe ate the fastest. After he finished eating, he took Youyou from the nanny and said, "Youyou, uncle will play with you for a while."

Youyou is very unfamiliar with Du Yuanzhe. Du Yuanzhe has been filming for the past two months, and Youyou has long forgotten about him.

However, Youyou was not afraid of strangers and did not resist Du Yuanzhe holding him.

Du Yuanzhe held Youyou in his arms and sat on the sofa, and asked, "Does Youyou like watching TV?"

Youyou just clapped his hands.

The nanny at the side said: "The young master doesn't like watching TV, he likes playing with toys."

"Then bring Youyou's toys here."

Soon, Du Yuanzhe found that Youyou was very well behaved. After getting a toy, he would sit there and play by himself without anyone interacting with him.

At this time, Xia Ningmi came over and sat beside him.

Du Yuanzhe held her hand out of habit and said, "Youyou is very well behaved."

Xia Ning leaned against him and watched Youyou play with toys with him. She said, "Our child will be very well behaved too."

Du Yuanzhe smiled: "How do you know? What if he doesn't behave well?"

"It's okay if you don't behave."

"I think it doesn't matter whether you are well behaved or not, as long as you are healthy and happy."

Xia Ningmi said: "According to your understanding of happiness, the child should not be happy."

Du Yuanzhe believes that children should have a relaxed and happy childhood and there is no need to put too much pressure on them.

But in elite education, even children need to learn a lot.

Xia Ningmi obviously did not intend to raise a child according to Du Yuanzhe's idea.

Du Yuanzhe raised his eyebrows: "The child hasn't even been born yet, are we going to have a disagreement over the child's education?"

Xia Ning said calmly: "No, you will definitely listen to me."

"Qiqi still understands me."

Du Yuanzhe knew that he was not as knowledgeable as Xia Ningmi, so he would not interfere with Xia Ningmi's education of the child, as long as she didn't go too far.

No one can become a genius all of a sudden; one has to take it step by step.

Thinking of Xia Ningmi's past as a genius, Du Yuanzhe gave her a shot of precaution in advance, saying, "Qiqi, you also know that I'm not very smart. If the child is affected by my genes, don't think the child is stupid."

Xia Ningmi's lips curled up: "No."

Two people were talking here, and people in the restaurant were discussing them on the other side.

Zhao Zhimeng looked at the two intimate people and said, "Yuanzhe and President Xia are really a good match."

Du Yuanwen felt the same way. Xia Ningmi, who was beside Du Yuanzhe, no longer had the coldness that once made people afraid to approach her.

Mother Zhao smiled and said, "It looks like we will be able to drink at Yuanzhe's wedding soon."

Father Zhao: "Not so fast."

Mother Zhao said, "I see Yuanzhe has proposed marriage, so I estimate it will only take one or two years."

Hearing this, Du Yuanwen and his wife felt a jolt in their hearts and subconsciously looked at Chen Rongsan, but saw that Chen Rongsan looked normal and did not look surprised.

She noticed the looks of the old couple and snorted in her heart. Her eyes were not blind. She had noticed the huge diamond ring on Xia Ningmi's right hand the moment she entered the room.

Anyway, she couldn't do anything. Du Yuanzhe could do whatever he wanted. Chen Rongsan didn't intend to care anymore.

Chen Rongshan, who had a broken jar mentality, did not show much emotion when she saw the diamond ring in Xia Ningmi's hand.

Zhao Zhimeng turned his eyes and said with a smile, "I have to talk to Yuanzhe some other day and ask him what he thinks. If he really wants to get married in the next one or two years, my family can prepare for him in advance."

Du Yuanwen agreed: "Huahu Apartment is too small. It's okay to live here now. We will move into a new house after we get married."

It takes time to decorate a new house, and it's not too early for them to start preparing now.

Du Yongliang said: "Please choose a good house for Yuanzhe, don't let others look down on him."

Du Yuanzhe is going to marry Xia Ningmi. In the whole Yancheng, there is no other person who has such a rich dowry. The Du family no longer expects the betrothal gift to surpass Xia Ningmi's dowry, but at least Xia Ningmi should see the sincerity of the Du family.

As a result, the topic of conversation naturally turned to preparing a betrothal gift for Du Yuanzhe, and the discussion became more and more heated. Chen Rongsan could no longer maintain her aloof attitude and joined in the discussion.

Du Yuanzhe didn't know all this.

......

After celebrating Youyou’s birthday, Du Yuanzhe returned to the crew that night, and he had to continue filming early the next morning.

Wu Jiazhong's crew is not that closed. Occasionally, some Reuters videos will be leaked online. With Du Yuanzhe's traffic blessing, it can be regarded as free publicity for the crew.

As March came, the weather became warmer, but Du Yuanzhe and his team were still filming a winter scene. He just hoped that the weather would warm up more slowly.

After finishing work and returning to his residence, Du Yuanzhe received a call from Lu Xuan just after taking a shower.

"Yuanzhe, you definitely can't guess what happened to the driver who caused the accident."

Du Yuanzhe was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was talking about the man who hit and killed Zhou Heng.

"What's wrong?"

"Hehe, Zhou Chenlang has sent a letter of apology."

Du Yuanzhe was shocked: "Really?"

Lu Xuan nodded: "Sure enough, pestering and beating worked. The driver's wife brought her two children to beg Zhou Chenlang all day long, kneeling and kowtowing, and Zhou Chenlang finally relented."

Du Yuanzhe frowned, he felt that something was wrong.

He was sure that Zhou Chenlang was not someone who would be held hostage by morality; he was not that soft-hearted.

Moreover, the person who died was not someone else, but his own father. Not to mention that Zhou Chenlang was not a soft-hearted person, even if he was really easy to talk to, it was impossible for him to forgive the enemy who killed his father.

It was obviously impossible, but it happened.