[Lu Xuan, this bastard, can't even speak clearly. Is this what you call a surprise? It's more like a shock.]
After Du Yuanzhe came back to his senses, he couldn't help but complain about Lu Xuan. This guy was simply putting him on the fire.
Xia Ningmi's gaze fell on him again.
Du Yuanzhe said awkwardly: "I really didn't arrange it that way."
【It's all because Lu Xuan is such a rip-off】
Speak of the devil and he will appear.
Lu Xuan called at this time.
"Yuanzhe, are you setting off the fireworks I gave you?"
Du Yuanzhe turned on the speaker to prove his innocence and said through gritted teeth: "How dare you say that? Who asked you to give me fireworks like that?"
"You took it all yourself," Lu Xuan said jokingly, "So, was the woman touched? Did she give herself to you? You have to thank me."
Du Yuanzhe didn't even dare to look at Xia Ningmi, cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "What bullshit are you talking about? I already said we're just friends, I'm hanging up now."
Putting down his phone, Du Yuanzhe glanced at Xia Ningmi and said, "Lu Xuan is like this, always talking nonsense. It's as if he doesn't have a brain."
Xia Ningmi put out the incense in her hand, walked towards the co-pilot and said, "Go back."
Du Yuanzhe had a bitter face. He clearly just wanted to come out for fun, how did it turn out like this?
He put the remaining fireworks into the back of the car, then got back into the car and headed back to the city. The two of them didn't speak a word along the way, and soon returned to Huahu Apartment.
Du Yuanzhe spoke again: "You heard it too, it was all Lu Xuan's fault."
Xia Ningmi sat in the car and turned to look at him: "So what if it's you, so what if it's not you, why do you have to explain it over and over again?"
Du Yuanzhe was stunned: "I'm just afraid that you will misunderstand me."
"I didn't misunderstand!"
Bang--
Xia Ningmi unbuckled her seat belt, closed the car door and left without looking back.
......
Du Family Old House
When Du Yuanzhe returned home, Chen Rongshan and three others were still playing mahjong. He walked in with a look of disgust.
Du Yuanwen asked, "Didn't you go out to play? Why do you look like that?"
Du Yuanzhe slumped on the sofa, his eyes dull as he said, "Nothing."
Zhao Zhimeng smiled and said, "You don't look like everything is fine. Are you heartbroken?"
Du Yuanwen continued: "I think it's more like someone dumped him."
Chen Rongshan played a twenty thousand note and said, "Nonsense, Yuanzhe is so outstanding, how could he be dumped!"
Seeing that he was still listless, Du Yuanwen took the initiative to bring up the topic, saying, "The servants said that they just saw someone using fireworks to express their love. Not only did they set off several heart-shaped fireworks, but they also used fireworks to write their love. If you are really heartbroken, you might as well learn from them."
Du Yuanzhe's ears twitched, and he sat up and said, "Brother, how can you be sure that she is confessing her love? What if she is just setting off fireworks for fun?"
"It's fine to play with the fireworks, but the words behind them are also for fun? This person is too idle. If there is a person of the opposite sex around him, wouldn't it be a misunderstanding?"
Du Yuanzhe's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "So what if it's a misunderstanding?"
Zhao Zhimeng explained to him, "When setting off fireworks that clearly convey a confession of love, the opposite sex around him will naturally think that he likes him. If that person neither confesses nor explains, it means that he really likes her but may not want to say it now for various reasons, but the person he likes will understand his feelings through the fireworks. If that person explains, it means that he doesn't like the opposite sex around him, and he explains because he doesn't want her to misunderstand him."
"If the person of the opposite sex likes him, she will just want the misunderstanding to continue, rather than clear it up. So, sometimes the existence of a misunderstanding can also represent a person's thoughts."
"Also, the premise of all this is that the person setting off the fireworks is not a scumbag."
Du Yuanzhe listened in a daze: "It's just a firework, why are there so many twists and turns?"
Du Yuanwen saw this and laughed, "It seems that you really haven't been heartbroken. You can't even understand a girl's mind, so you can't fall in love."
Zhao Zhimeng rolled his eyes at him and said angrily, "Has someone forgotten what he used to look like?"
Du Yuanwen immediately shut up.
Du Yuanzhe collapsed on the sofa again, and finally realized that he had done something wrong. He explained it over and over again, which must have made Xia Ningmi feel that he was trying his best to distance himself from the relationship between them.
Especially since he told Lu Xuan that he and Xia Ningmi were just friends.
Du Yuanzhe's face was full of regret. Why was he so rude?
Chen Rongshan thought her younger son was hurt by her older son, so she consoled him, "Yuanzhe, don't listen to your brother's nonsense. Given your conditions, there are many girls who are willing to date you."
In her mind, love is casual, and it doesn't matter who you talk to. She hopes Du Yuanzhe will talk about more love affairs and not hang himself on that female star.
Chen Rongshan continued, "Mom knows a few very good girls. Can I introduce them to you?"
Du Yuanzhe stood up and said helplessly: "Mom, I'm already troubled enough now, please don't make things worse for me."
After saying that, he went upstairs to his room.
The remaining few people looked at each other.
Du Yuanwen said softly, "He looks like this now. The more I look at him, the more he looks like he's been heartbroken."
Chen Rongshan thought of Wei Lingling and smiled: "It's just a breakup. It will be fine in a few days."
Du Yongliang also said: "He joined the group in the second year of junior high school. When he gets busy, he won't be able to take care of anything else."
Chen Rongshan nodded: "Yes, that's it."
It's best to forget about that female star completely.
After Du Yuanzhe returned to his room, he threw himself on the bed, took out his cell phone and opened Xia Ningmi's conversation box. He wanted to type but didn't know what to say.
After hesitating for a long time, Du Yuanzhe finally said "I'm sorry".
The next second, Xia Ningmi called.
Du Yuanzhe was so scared that he almost threw his phone away. He let out a long breath and then answered the call.
Xia Ning asked him, "What do you mean?"
"What?"
"Apologize to me for what?"
Du Yuanzhe explained: "I just said something wrong and I feel I should apologize to you."
Xia Ningmi continued to ask: "What did you say wrong?"
Du Yuanzhe lowered his head and said softly, "It's what I have been explaining before. I just think that I should explain it clearly if it's not something I did. I didn't think too much about it, and I didn't think of severing my relationship with you."
"You don't have any thoughts of cutting off the relationship? Then what are your real thoughts?"
"I......"
Du Yuanzhe didn't know what to say, nor did he know what he was really thinking. His mind was in a mess.
Xia Ningmi took a deep breath and finally confirmed one thing.
She doesn't understand matters of the heart, and Du Yuanzhe understands even less than she does.
Xia Ningmi slowed down her tone and said, "Du Yuanzhe, do you think I like you?"
Boom——
A bomb exploded in Du Yuanzhe's head, shocking him.
Xia Ningmi actually asked directly.
Without waiting for Du Yuanzhe to answer, she continued, "I don't understand feelings, let alone what love is. I asked myself if I like you, but I couldn't get an answer. I wanted to wait until I figured out what I was thinking before talking to you about this."
"Now I realize that you understand emotions even less than I do, Du Yuanzhe. I have changed my mind."
Du Yuanzhe subconsciously asked, "What?"
Xia Ningmi said calmly, "Relationships are a matter between two people. One person can't figure it out. You have to help me figure it out."
Du Yuanzhe didn't understand, so he asked carefully, "Can you explain it in more detail?"
Xia Ningmi said: "From today on, we are no longer boyfriend and girlfriend."
Du Yuanzhe: "And then?"
He knew very well that Xia Ningmi had not finished speaking.
Xia Ningmi continued, "You will be my boyfriend-to-be from now on, a real boyfriend-to-be."
Only if they like each other can they become a couple. They haven't reached that stage yet, so they are just prospective boyfriend and girlfriend first.
This word was inspired by Du Yuanzhe.
Du Yuanzhe seemed to have returned to the day when Xia Ningmi forced him to live with her. She had the same tone, saying those terrifying words in the calmest tone.
She still didn't give him the chance to choose, but Du Yuanzhe felt a sense of relief as if a knot in his heart had been untied, and all the confusion in his heart disappeared.
He has been very confused these days. He doesn't know what's wrong with him. He also doesn't understand whether he likes Xia Ningmi or whether it is a normal reaction after knowing that the opposite sex likes him.
Because of his confusion, he became a little hypocritical and not decisive at all. Du Yuanzhe didn't like himself like this.
Just as Xia Ningmi said, he didn't understand feelings, and couldn't figure out the boundaries of liking and liking someone, and he needed someone to help him figure this out.
They all need each other's help.
Du Yuanzhe looked out the window, feeling more relaxed than ever before, and smiled softly, "Then you are my girlfriend-to-be."
At this moment, the sound of New Year's countdown came from the TV downstairs.
three!
two!
one!
Du Yuanzhe said, "Happy New Year, my future girlfriend!"
Xia Ning was stunned for a moment, then responded, "Happy New Year, my future boyfriend!"
......
New Year's Day
Du Yuanzhe woke up at seven in the morning. When he got up and went downstairs, he found that only Du Yongliang was there.
"Dad, why are you alone?"
Du Yongliang asked, "They haven't woken up yet, what are you going to do?"
Du Yuanzhe was wearing a black sportswear and said, "The weather looks good, so I want to go out for a run."
Du Yongliang nodded: "That's right, young people should be more energetic."
The Du family manor was big enough, so Du Yuanzhe didn't need to go out. It was enough for him to run around the manor.
After running for half an hour, I came back and found that breakfast was ready. Chen Rongshan and others had already come downstairs and were sitting together eating.
Du Yuanwen saw that he looked refreshed and said jokingly, "It seems that you have been relieved of all your worries."
Du Yuanzhe sat down and took a bite of the bun: "Sleeping not only relieves worries, but also improves beauty. Brother, sleep more in the future, so that people won't say that you and I are not like brothers."
Du Yuanwen raised his eyebrows: "It seems that sleeping can reduce one's intelligence. Some people don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is when they wake up from sleep. They don't want pocket money anymore, right?"
Du Yuanzhe smiled proudly and said, "I have two movie paychecks now, you can't threaten me anymore."
Although the second generation of rich people have no worries about food and drink, they are still happiest when they make their own money.
Du Yuanwen: "You've really grown wings!"
Du Yuanzhe made faces at him, acting as if he was not afraid of him at all.
Du Yuanwen smiled and said, "I have nothing to do today. Come with me to the gym and I will teach you some self-defense techniques."
Du Yuanzhe didn't respond, and turned around to complain, "Mom, if my brother can't win, I'm going to take action."
Chen Rongshan naturally protected her younger son and said, "Yuanwen, don't bully your brother."
Du Yuanwen said, "Mom, there are some things you don't know. Fans are particularly crazy nowadays. They like to secretly follow celebrities. As Yuanzhe becomes more and more famous in the future, there will definitely be such crazy fans. I taught him a few tricks in advance for his own good."
Du Yuanzhe immediately refused: "No need, I have bodyguards."
Du Yuanwen said quietly, "A good ironsmith must be strong himself. A bodyguard cannot protect you 24 hours a day."
Chen Rongshan was softened by what he said and said, "Yuanzhe, your elder brother is right. Learn a few more moves from him."
When Chen Rongsan, the protective umbrella, turned against him, Du Yuanzhe instantly wilted.
Zhao Zhimeng clenched his fist to make a microphone and said with a stifling smile, "Yuanzhe, I want to interview you. What gave you the courage to provoke your brother? You have been defeated many times but still persisted?"
Fish Leong!
Du Yuanzhe answered silently in his heart, then lowered his head to drink his porridge and ignored Zhao Zhimeng who was gloating over the misfortune.
Du Yuanwen pretended to persuade her, "My dear, please don't be like this. Please give me some face."
Zhao Zhimeng nodded: "I listen to my husband."
Du Yuanzhe didn't want to pay any attention to this couple who were taking advantage of his misfortune. Things would change, and he would definitely get his revenge.
But things will change in the future. Today, Du Yuanzhe was tortured by Du Yuanwen in the gym for the entire morning.
In order to not give Du Yuanzhe a chance to complain, Du Yuanwen did not leave any visible scars, but Du Yuanzhe felt pain all over his body. It hurt when he was still, and it hurt even more when he moved.
This is not fair!
The power disparity between them is too great!
Du Yuanzhe lay on a blanket in the gym and called Liu Xu: "Brother Liu, I want to learn martial arts."
Liu Xu asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Du Yuanzhe snorted coldly: "I want to learn martial arts and beat my brother to his knees and beg for mercy."
"Then keep thinking about it."
Du Yuanzhe was very dissatisfied: "You don't think highly of me?"
Liu Xu said helplessly: "You will be joining the crew tomorrow, there is no time for you to practice martial arts, just finish filming this drama first."
Du Yuanzhe thought about it and agreed: "Then I will keep a low profile for now and wait until I finish filming this movie."
"I'll pick you up early tomorrow morning, remember to pack your luggage."
Du Yuanzhe was still thinking about what he should practice, and replied casually: "I know."
......
afternoon
Du Yuanzhe said, "Mom, I have to go back to Huahu Apartment to pack my things. I won't be back tonight and will go directly to the crew tomorrow."
Chen Rongshan nodded: "Remember to go home tomorrow night."
Du Yuanzhe said: "Okay."
He went out with the car key. Some shops on the street were already open. Tomorrow would be the time to visit relatives and friends, and there would surely be many people buying gifts. Basically, all shops would not miss this opportunity to make money.
Flower Lake Apartment
Du Yuanzhe opened the door and walked in. Xia Ningmi was sitting in the living room.
When they met again, their relationship had changed dramatically.
Du Yuanzhe said, "I'll join the group tomorrow and I'll come back to pack my things."
Xia Ning looked up at him: "I remember you said you would come back to stay at night?"
Du Yuanzhe's face froze: "I promised my mother to go back home to live."
Xia Ningmi said calmly: "So when we need to get to know each other better, you plan to go back home?"
Du Yuanzhe explained: "It was mainly because I joined the group in the second year of junior high school. My mother was not happy about it, so I said I would go back home to stay at night to appease her."
Xia Ningmi said nothing.
Du Yuanzhe said hurriedly: "I will go home and live for half a month, then I will move back on the grounds that the old house is too far from the crew."
Xia Ningmi was only then reluctantly satisfied and said, "It's up to you to decide."
Du Yuanzhe breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "Why are you still so cold to me?"
Xia Ningmi frowned: "I treat everyone like this."
"But I'm your future boyfriend. I'm different from others."
Xia Ning asked him, "How should it be different?"
Du Yuanzhe groaned and said, "At least you should smile at me more."
[I remember she was very sweet when she smiled]
Xia Ning lowered her eyes: "I can't laugh."
Du Yuanzhe's eyes widened: "You're lying. I saw you smile before."
Xia Ningmi said seriously: "But I don't remember. I don't remember how I laughed, and I don't remember how to laugh."
Du Yuanzhe was stunned.
Xia Ningmi: "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I can't do what you asked."
Du Yuanzhe shook his head repeatedly: "I made demands without understanding the situation. It's all my fault."
"It's good not to laugh. Today my brother said I laughed like an idiot and told me to laugh less in the future."
Xia Ningmi looked up at him, and Du Yuanzhe smiled at her subconsciously.
"It's really stupid!"
Du Yuanzhe: "......"
[I endured the evil I had done]
There were three sofas in the living room, one big and two small. Xia Ningmi sat on the big one in the middle. If it were in the past, Du Yuanzhe would definitely choose the small one, but now their relationship has changed, so he should be able to sit next to her, right?
So, Du Yuanzhe walked over and resolutely chose to sit on the small sofa to the left of Xia Ningmi.
[I'm so scared, is it so difficult to sit next to her?]
Xia Ningmi looked up at him, she didn't expect that he could be so tangled just sitting on a seat.
Du Yuanzhe felt uncomfortable being looked at, and said, "Well, I haven't heard of prospective boyfriends and girlfriends, but I have heard of prospective engaged couples. I think both are similar, they are just in the adjustment period, and when they feel they have adjusted enough, they can become formal couples."
Xia Ningmi shook her head: "We are not trying to get used to each other, but to figure out whether we like each other or not. The moment we understand, we will naturally know what our relationship will be like in the future."
If you like each other, you will be together. If you don’t like each other, you will separate.
There is no third possibility!
Du Yuanzhe asked: "Then what should we do?"
Xia Ning opened her notebook, clicked on a document, and said, "I have made a plan."
"plan?"
Seeing Xia Ningmi's serious expression, Du Yuanzhe took the notebook with trepidation.
《Identify Your Inner Feelings Plan》
At first glance it's all words, and then looking at the total number of pages displayed below, there are a full fifteen pages.
Du Yuanzhe's mouth twitched: "You actually took this as a subject and made a plan?"
"What's wrong with that?"
Xia Ning said as a matter of course: "If you want to completely solve the problem, you have to make a plan in advance. Even if there are accidents in the middle, it will not affect the overall development direction."
Du Yuanzhe said helplessly: "But this is different from solving a math problem or completing an academic research. Matters of the heart are the most unpredictable and there is no fixed answer. Only the heart knows whether we like a person or not. We have to ask our conscience if we want to know."
Xia Ningmi asked him, "Do you know how to ask your conscience?"
"......have no idea."
"That's just nonsense!"
"But it's more reliable than your plan. Any normal person wouldn't make a plan about love."
Xia Ningmi's face turned cold: "You said I'm not a normal person?"
"I am not..."
"That's right. Someone who can't even laugh is definitely not a normal person."
Du Yuanzhe wanted to slap himself. He said the wrong thing again. He stood up and said, "That's not what I meant. I was just complaining. I definitely didn't mean to say anything bad about you."
Xia Ningmi lowered her eyes and didn't look at him.
Du Yuanzhe felt guilty for a moment and apologized, "I'm sorry I said the wrong thing. I admit my guilt, okay? I'll do whatever you say."
Xia Ningmi still didn't say anything.
"How about this, you like sweet dishes, I'll cook you a table of your favorite dishes later, okay?"
Xia Ningmi was willing to pay attention to him: "This is your business, no need to ask me."
Du Yuanzhe breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll go see what I can do with the vegetables in the refrigerator."
After turning around and taking a few steps, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
[Is Xia Ningmi such a fragile person? Why do I feel like I've been tricked?]
Xia Ningmi crossed out the document without changing her expression. Du Yuanzhe was right. This plan was not needed for the time being.
......
After dinner in the evening
Both of them sat on the sofa, still discussing the prospective boyfriend/girlfriend issue, but still no results.
Du Yuanzhe said: "We two don't understand it in the first place, and we won't get anything out of it by discussing it. We should ask someone who knows."
Xia Ning leaned on the sofa and said, "You are responsible for finding people."
Xia Ningmi's social circle consists of partners in the shopping mall, so it is not appropriate to ask this question.
Du Yuanzhe subconsciously wanted to ask Liu Xu, but he felt that Liu Xu was his agent after all, so it would be better to keep this matter secret from him for the time being.
Du Yuanzhe chose to call Lu Xuan.
"Lu Xuan, have you ever been in love?"
Lu Xuan laughed at this question: "Just kidding, I lost my first kiss in elementary school."
Du Yuanzhe frowned: "That doesn't count. I'm asking if you've ever talked about something that left a deep impression on you."
Lu Xuan nodded: "I talked about it deeply when I was in college. I even thought about how to make my parents accept her, but unfortunately we still broke up."
Du Yuanzhe's face lit up: "Then how did you know that you like her?"
"She's beautiful."
Du Yuanzhe was stunned: "That's it?"
"Otherwise, I just like good-looking ones."
"Don't you care about her personality? What if your personalities don't match?"
"Why think so much? Just get her first, and then talk about it. If it's not suitable, just break up. It's not a big deal."
Du Yuanzhe's face darkened: "Just go to bed."
Then he hung up the phone.
Xia Ning frowned: "Why is the person you are looking for so unreliable!"
Du Yuanzhe pursed his lips and said, "I overlooked one thing. Few of those guys are willing to truly fall in love. But I still have a candidate."
After saying that, he glanced at Xia Ningmi.
Xia Ningmi instantly guessed what he was thinking: "Wei Lingling?"
Du Yuanzhe nodded: "In terms of true feelings, Wei Lingling and Jiang Chelin are definitely true enough and unforgettable."
Xia Ning gestured to him: "Ask."
Du Yuanzhe called Wei Lingling and the call was answered quickly.
"Yuanzhe? Why did you think of calling me?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "I have something to ask you."
Wei Lingling smiled and said, "Why are you so polite? Just ask directly."
"I want to know, how did you know that you liked Jiang Chelin?"
Wei Lingling fell silent in an instant.
Du Yuanzhe apologized, "I know your relationship with him is strained now, but I really want to understand what it means to like someone."
Wei Lingling asked: "Don't you like President Xia?"
Xia Ningmi listened and looked at him.
Du Yuanzhe felt a little uncomfortable and said, "But I'm not sure if I like her or not."
Wei Lingling understood what he meant, and after a moment's silence, she said, "I got together with Jiang Chelin because my mother needed money for medical treatment. At that time, we were just doing business. In fact, I don't really know what love is. Maybe when you realize that you have put that person in your heart, that's when you fall in love with him."
"For example, when you see beautiful scenery or delicious food, you want to share it with him immediately. That means you like it."
Du Yuanzhe looked at Xia Ningmi.
Xia Ningmi shook her head.
She didn't notice the beautiful scenery, nor did she think any food was particularly delicious.
Du Yuanzhe also shook his head: "I haven't traveled recently, and I haven't eaten any food that's delicious enough to share."
Wei Lingling choked: "I'm not talking about traveling... Never mind, I'll think of something else."
"Although Jiang Chelin is usually very annoying, he is very touching when he is considerate. I had period pain and wanted to drink brown sugar water, but there was no brown sugar water at home. He drove out in the rain to buy some. When he came back, half of his shoulder was wet. He is a very particular person, but he didn't say anything at that time. And on my birthday, he would fly back from abroad to celebrate my birthday."
After that, Wei Lingling was silent for a while, and then she said in a low voice: "Yuanzhe, I suddenly realized that if you want to know whether you like someone or not, you can only leave it to time. You may have a good impression of many people, but you will only like one person. If you don't know now, it doesn't matter. Time will tell you whether that person is in your heart."
It will also tell you whether that person is right for you!
"Everyone starts out ignorant. There is no experience in love, only practice."
When Xia Ningmi heard this, she suddenly thought of Xia Yiyao and Zhou Heng.
They are both perhaps the failures in practice.
Du Yuanzhe nodded: "I think I understand."
Wei Lingling adjusted her mood and said with a smile: "Ms. Xia is a role model in the hearts of many women. If you really like her, you must work harder and don't hesitate and dare not do anything."
Du Yuanzhe looked at Xia Ningmi and nodded with a smile: "I know."
After hanging up the phone, Du Yuanzhe concluded: "According to Wei Lingling's experience, love is accumulated from little things. We have not experienced much before, so we are not sure how we feel about each other."
Xia Ningmi nodded: "Then just do as she said and leave it to time."
Du Yuanzhe agreed: "Let's not study this matter specifically in the future, just let it go."
[Don't come up with any more plans]
Xia Ning stared at him: "Are you disliking my plan?"
Du Yuanzhe's heart skipped a beat: "How is that possible?"
[It's so scary, how does she know what I'm thinking]
Without waiting for Xia Ningmi to say anything else, Du Yuanzhe stood up and said, "I have to go to the group tomorrow, I'll go back to my room and pack my things first."
Xia Ningmi watched him leave and her mood became better.
She initially thought that listening to one's inner voice was useless, but now she finds it very useful.
Second floor, Du Yuanzhe's bedroom
Since I go home every day, there isn't much I need to pack. I just need to prepare some medicines and a few clothes, in case something unexpected happens and I need to change clothes, I always have something to replace.
I didn't think I had much stuff at first, but in the end I filled up an entire suitcase.
No matter what, everything is ready, and they will start filming the new drama tomorrow. This is his first time playing the leading actor, and he must give himself and the director a satisfactory answer.
Lying on the bed, Du Yuanzhe breathed a sigh of relief.
Did I forget something?
An inexplicable thought flashed through Du Yuanzhe's mind, but he couldn't remember it after thinking for a long time.
Never mind. I guess it's not a big deal.
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