[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.
杜元聞笑了：“今天正好沒事，一會兒跟我去健身房，我教你幾招防身術。”
杜元哲不接這茬，扭頭告狀道：“媽，哥說不過我就要動手。”
陳蓉珊自然護着小兒子道：“元聞，別欺負你弟弟。”
杜元聞道：“媽，有些事您不知道，現在這粉絲啊特別瘋狂，就喜歡偷偷跟蹤明星，今後元哲名氣越來越大，肯定少不了這種瘋狂的粉絲，我提前教他幾招也是為了他好。”
杜元哲立刻拒絕：“用不着，我有保镖。”
杜元聞幽幽道：“打鐵還得自身硬，保镖不可能二十四小時保護你。”
陳蓉珊被說得松動，道：“元哲啊，你大哥說得有道理，多跟你哥學幾招。”
陳蓉珊這個保護傘倒戈，杜元哲瞬間蔫了。
趙之夢握起拳頭作話筒狀，憋笑道：“元哲，我想采訪采訪你，是什麽給你的勇氣對于挑釁你哥這件事，你屢戰屢敗還能堅持下去？”
梁靜茹！
杜元哲在心裏默默回答，然後低頭喝粥沒理會幸災樂禍的趙之夢。
杜元聞假模假樣勸道：“老婆別這樣，好歹給小弟留點面子。”
趙之夢點頭：“我聽老公的。”
杜元哲一點也不想搭理這對落井下石的夫妻，風水流輪轉，這個場子他一定找回來。
但風水輪流轉那是之後的事，今天杜元哲被杜元聞在健身房折騰了一上午。
為了不給杜元哲告狀的機會，杜元聞沒留下一點明面上的傷痕，但杜元哲渾身都是疼的，不動都疼，一動更疼，
這不公平！
他們之間的力量太懸殊了！
杜元哲躺在健身房的毯子上，給劉旭打電話：“劉哥，我想學武。”
劉旭問道：“你又發什麽瘋？”
杜元哲冷哼道：“我想練出一身武功，然後把我哥打得跪地求饒。”
“那你繼續想吧。”
杜元哲很不滿意：“你就這麽不看好我？”
劉旭無奈道：“你明天就要進組了，哪有時間讓你練武，先拍好這部劇吧。”
杜元哲想想也是：“那我先韬光養晦，等拍完這部戲再說。”
“我明天一早去接你，你記得把行李收拾好。”
杜元哲還在想他該練什麽，随口應道：“我知道了。”
......
下午
杜元哲道：“媽，我得回花湖公寓那邊收拾東西，今晚就不回來了，明天直接進組。”
陳蓉珊點頭：“記得明晚回家住。”
杜元哲道：“好。”
他拿着車鑰匙出門，街上已經有個別店鋪開門，明天就是走親戚的時候，到時候買禮物的人肯定不少，基本上所有店鋪都不會錯過這個賺錢的機會。
花湖公寓
杜元哲開門走進去，夏凝覓正坐在客廳。
再次見面，兩人的關系已經發生翻天覆地的變化。
杜元哲道：“明天進組，我回來收拾東西。”
夏凝覓擡眸看他：“我記得你之前說晚上會回來住？”
杜元哲臉色一僵：“我答應了我媽回家住。”
夏凝覓淡淡道：“所以在我們需要更加了解對方時，你反而打算回家住？”
杜元哲解釋道：“主要是我初二就進組，我媽不樂意，我為了安撫她就說晚上會回去住。”
夏凝覓不說話。
杜元哲忙道：“我就回家住半個月，到時候我就以老宅離劇組太遠為由搬回來住。”
夏凝覓這才勉強滿意，道：“你決定就好。”
杜元哲松了口氣，緊接着道：“你為什麽對我還是這麽冷淡？”
夏凝覓皺眉：“我對誰都這樣。”
“可我是你準男朋友，我和別人不一樣。”
夏凝覓問他：“應該怎麽不一樣？”
杜元哲沉吟道：“最起碼你應該對我多笑笑。”
【我記得她笑的時候特別甜】
夏凝覓垂眸：“我不會笑。”
杜元哲瞪大眼睛：“騙人，我看你笑過。”
夏凝覓認真道：“但我不記得，不記得自己怎麽笑的，也不記得該怎麽笑。”
杜元哲愣住。
夏凝覓：“讓你失望了，你的要求我做不到。”
杜元哲連連搖頭：“是我不了解情況就瞎提要求，都是我不對。”
“不笑也挺好的，今天我哥還說我笑得跟個二傻子似的，讓我以後少笑。”
夏凝覓擡頭看他，杜元哲下意識沖她笑笑。
“确實很傻！”
杜元哲：“......”
【自己作的孽，我忍了】
客廳裏總共有一大兩小三個沙發，夏凝覓坐的是中間那個大的，如果是以往杜元哲肯定會選小的坐，但現在他們關系有了變化，他應該可以坐在她旁邊吧？
于是，杜元哲擡腳走過去，毅然決然地選擇坐在夏凝覓左邊......的小沙發。
【慫死我算了，坐她旁邊這麽難做到嗎】
夏凝覓擡頭看他，沒想到坐個座位他也能糾結。
杜元哲被看得不自然，道：“那個，我沒聽說過準男女朋友，但我聽說過準未婚夫妻，我覺得兩者都差不多，就是處于磨合期，感覺磨合夠了就可以轉正。”
夏凝覓搖頭：“我們不是磨合，而是弄明白對彼此的感覺是不是喜歡，當我們明白的那一刻，自然而然就知道我們今後會是什麽關系。”
喜歡就會在一起，不喜歡就會分開。
不會有第三種可能！
杜元哲問道：“那我們應該怎麽做？”
夏凝覓打開筆記本，點開一個文檔，道：“我已經做了計劃。”
“計劃？”
見夏凝覓一臉認真，杜元哲心有不安地拿過筆記本。
《确認內心情感計劃書》
一眼看去全是字，再看下面顯示的總頁數，足足有十五頁。
杜元哲嘴角抽搐：“你竟然把這個當課題做了，還做了計劃書？”
“這有什麽不對？”
夏凝覓理所當然道：“想要徹底解決問題，就得提前做好計劃，即便中途有意外發生，也不會影響大方向的發展。”
杜元哲無奈道：“可這個和解一道數學題或者完成一項學術研究不一樣，感情的事最是捉摸不定，也沒有固定答案，喜不喜歡一個人只有心知道，我們想要知道的得問心。”
夏凝覓問他：“你知道怎麽問心？”
“......不知道。”
“還不是廢話！”
“可也比你做計劃書靠譜，只要是個正常人，就不會把戀愛問題做成計劃書。”
夏凝覓面色一冷：“你說我不是正常人？”
“我不是......”
“也對，連笑都不會的人，自然不是正常人。”
杜元哲恨不得扇自己一巴掌，他又說錯話了，站起身道：“我不是那個意思，我就是随口吐槽，絕對沒有說你不好的意思。”
夏凝覓垂眸不看他。
杜元哲一陣愧疚，歉然道：“對不起我說錯話了，我認罰好不好，你說什麽我做什麽。”
夏凝覓還是不說話。
“要不這樣，你喜歡吃甜口的菜，我一會兒給你做一桌你愛吃的菜，行不行？”
夏凝覓這才願意搭理他：“這是你的事，不用問我。”
杜元哲松了口氣：“我去看冰箱的菜能做什麽。”
轉身剛走了幾步路，他突然覺得有點不對勁。
【夏凝覓是這麽脆弱的人嗎？我怎麽感覺自己被套路了】
夏凝覓面色不變地将文檔叉掉，杜元哲說得有道理，這份計劃書暫時用不着了。
......
晚上吃完飯後
兩人都坐在沙發上，還是在讨論準男女朋友的事，但依舊沒有結果。
杜元哲道：“我們兩個本來就不懂，再讨論也讨論不出什麽，我們應該問問懂的人。”
夏凝覓靠在沙發上，道：“你負責找人。”
夏凝覓的交際圈都是商場的合作夥伴，不适合問這個問題。
杜元哲下意識想問劉旭，又覺得劉旭好歹是他經紀人，這種事還是先瞞着他比較好。
杜元哲選擇打給路軒。
“路軒，談過戀愛沒有？”
路軒被這個問題問笑了：“開玩笑，我初吻在小學就沒了。”
杜元哲皺眉：“那種不算，我是問你有沒有談過印象深刻的？”
路軒點頭：“我大學的時候談得就很深刻，我還思考過該怎麽讓我爸媽接受她，只可惜還是分了。”
杜元哲面色一喜：“那你是怎麽知道自己喜歡她的？”
“她漂亮啊。”
杜元哲一愣：“就這？”
“不然呢，我就喜歡長得好看的。”
“你不關注她的性格嗎？萬一你們性格不合呢？”
“想這麽多幹嘛，先追到手再說，不合适就分手呗，這又不是什麽大事。”
杜元哲臉色一黑：“你洗洗睡吧。”
随後就挂了電話。
夏凝覓皺眉：“你找的人怎麽這麽不靠譜！”
杜元哲抿嘴：“我忽略了一件事，那幫家夥沒幾個會真心談戀愛的，不過我還有個人選。”
說完，他看了夏凝覓一眼。
夏凝覓瞬間猜到他在想什麽：“衛菱菱？”
杜元哲點頭：“論感情真摯，衛菱菱和蔣澈霖絕對夠真也夠刻骨銘心。”
夏凝覓沖他示意：“問吧。”
杜元哲撥通衛菱菱的電話，那邊很快接了電話。
“元哲？你怎麽想起給我打電話了？”
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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