Flower Lake Apartment

Du Yuanzhe put the dessert he just bought on the table and said, "I heard from Xiaopang that Zhou Heng went to the company to look for you?"

Xia Ningmi opened the bag and found only a piece of cake inside. A hint of disappointment flashed across her eyes.

Du Yuanzhe said with a smile: "If I let you buy it yourself, you would complain that it has too much calories, and if I buy it for you, you would complain that it is not enough."

Xia Ningmi cut a small piece of cake and said, "It's been half a month."

Du Yuanzhe didn't understand what she meant for a moment. After a moment's pause, he finally understood and said, "I'll tell my mom when I get home tonight."

After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "You're not even my girlfriend yet, but you're already controlling my return home time. Isn't that too early?"

Xia Ningmi said calmly: "You don't have to listen."

"Listen, I didn't say I don't want to listen. You haven't told me about Zhou Heng yet."

Xia Ningmi continued to eat the cake: "I didn't see him. Today, the security guard at Jincheng Garden told me that someone asked him about me. Zhou Heng must have gone there to wait for me."

Du Yuanzhe smiled wickedly: "Then let him wait."

After watching her finish the cake, I asked, "Are you still eating takeout today?"

Xia Ningmi nodded.

Du Yuanzhe said: "It's not good for your health to always eat takeout."

Xia Ning looked at him and said, "I ordered takeout from the hotel."

Hotels are naturally different from small workshops, and for a hotel chosen by Xia Ning, there is no need to worry about hygiene issues.

Du Yuanzhe: "But it's definitely not as good as the food I cook at home. Even if I move back home, I can't cook every day. How about we hire a nanny who is only responsible for cooking for us?"

Xia Ningmi said calmly, "I don't think there is any difference between the food cooked by a nanny and that cooked in a hotel. The only difference is the cost."

Du Yuanzhe was puzzled: "Why don't you want to hire a nanny?"

In the past, Xia Ningmi lived by herself in Jincheng Jiayuan and did not hire a nanny. She either ate at the company or ordered takeout.

Xia Ningmi avoided answering and just asked, "Are you sure you can hire a nanny with your status?"

Du Yuanzhe was speechless. He could continue to let Aunt Wu cook for him, but once Aunt Wu came, Chen Rongsan would know that he and Xia Ningmi were living together. Their current relationship was not suitable for the Du family to know.

"Forget it, if you don't want to hire me, then don't hire me."

In fact, ordering takeout from the hotel is the same as eating out. For a wealthy person like Xia Ningmi who only has a bunch of numbers in his bank card, ordering takeout is obviously more convenient.

Du Yuanzhe said, "Remember to eat later. I'm going back to the old house and will come back to live here tomorrow."

Du Family Old House

Du Yuanzhe came back early today and had dinner with his family. After dinner, he slumped on the sofa and said, "I'm so tired lately."

Chen Rongshan immediately felt distressed and said, "I told you to have a good rest for a day, but you didn't listen."

Du Yuanzhe said: "It's mainly because my home is too far from the crew, and I spend too much time on the road every day, which makes me get up early every day and not get enough rest."

Du Yuanwen raised his eyebrows and looked at him. He knew that Du Yuanzhe couldn't stay at home anymore.

Chen Rongshan could also hear it and said unhappily, "You just don't want to go home and spend time with your mother."

Du Yuanzhe said hurriedly, "I definitely didn't mean that. I really didn't get enough rest. I had to go to the crew at six o'clock every day for the past half month. You know this."

Chen Rongsan still looked unhappy.

Du Yuanzhe continued, "Mom, it's not like I won't come back. I will definitely come back to stay for a few days every once in a while. I miss you too."

Chen Rongshan sighed, feeling sorry for her son, and said, "Remember what you said."

"I will definitely remember that."

Du Yuanwen walked over and winked at him: "What on earth is out there that makes you want to run out?"

Du Yuanzhe remained calm: "Brother, what are you talking about? I just want to sleep a little longer."

Du Yuanwen looked at him meaningfully.

Chen Rongshan said, "Since you are going back to live here, let Sister Wu continue to come over and cook for you."

Du Yuanzhe's heart skipped a beat and he refused, "No, Mom. I've basically been eating at the crew these past few months, which means I go home for dinner. There are restaurants all around the neighborhood, so I won't get hungry anyway. Don't let Aunt Wu run back and forth."

Chen Rongshan asked suspiciously, "Yuanzhe, are you hiding something from mom?"

Du Yuanzhe shook his head calmly and said, "Mom, there's no need for me to stop Aunt Wu from going. Lu Xuan has been looking for me for dinner from time to time recently. Sometimes the crew shoots until very late and I don't get home on time. Aunt Wu can't always wait for me. I don't feel comfortable letting her go home alone if it's too late."

Chen Rongsan thought about how Du Yuanzhe had been returning home very irregularly recently and had not been home for dinner several times, so she reluctantly believed his explanation.

Du Yongliang didn't say anything. His son would become wild as he grew up. It was normal for him to want to live outside. He couldn't ask as many questions as Chen Rongshan. Besides, Du Yuanzhe had already lived outside for three years, so there was nothing to worry about.

The matter was finally settled and Du Yuanzhe breathed a sigh of relief.

......

After finishing work, Du Yuanzhe said, "Let's go back to Huahu Apartment."

Xiaopang didn't ask much, just said: "Brother Zhe, when will I pick you up tomorrow?"

Huahu Apartment is indeed closer to the crew than the Du family’s old house.

Du Yuanzhe said, "Six-thirty, but not too late."

When they arrived at Huahu Apartment, Du Yuanzhe got out of the car and went upstairs, while Wu Xing continued to take Xiaopang home.

Xia Ningmi is already at home.

Du Yuanzhe remembered that Xia Ningmi would not come home until around 11 o'clock every day last year, and said, "You seem to get off work a lot earlier recently."

Xia Ningmi said: "I brought my work back."

"Since you can go home to work, why did you come home so late before?"

Xia Ning looked at him without saying anything.

Du Yuanzhe responded and said with a smile, "I understand, because I am here now, right?"

Xia Ningmi said, "Our relationship has changed. If we still don't see each other every day like before, what's the point of changing it?"

Du Yuanzhe shook his head helplessly.

[Can't you just say "for me, make me happy"?]

Xia Ning pursed her lips, her eyes fell on the document, and she said calmly: "You can also say it's for you."

Du Yuanzhe couldn't help but smile when he heard what he wanted to hear. He walked up to her and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"no."

"Then I'll make it for you. I'll make your favorite sweet and sour fish."

Xia Ningmi nodded: "It's up to you to decide."

Xia Ningmi looked at his back and could clearly feel his happy mood.

He is easily satisfied!

Noticing that she was in a much brighter mood, Xia Ningmi thought that she was also easily satisfied.

"The meal is ready. Come and taste it to see if my cooking skills have deteriorated."

Xia Ningmi picked up a piece of fish first and said, "It still tastes the same as before."

Du Yuanzhe smiled: "That's good, you should eat more."

"By the way, did I tell you that I met He Chen on the set a few days ago?"

Xia Ningmi shook her head.

Du Yuanzhe told her in detail what happened that day and said, "He Chen is really funny. Yu Qingxue hasn't agreed to be his girlfriend yet, but he already considers himself her boyfriend, complaining about this and that being too intimate. Director Zhu was so angry that he almost had him kicked out."

Xia Ning asked, "Are you helping that actress out?"

[This focus is a bit strange]

Du Yuanzhe shook his head: "I just can't stand He Chen's behavior, but he's not a bad person. He won't do anything to Qingxue. There's no need for me to help her out."

Xia Ningmi said, "No matter what, He Chen caused a scene on the set because of Yu Qingxue. If you hadn't spoken up to help him out, many people would have blamed Yu Qingxue for this."

Du Yuanzhe suddenly realized: "No wonder Yu Qingxue came to thank me specifically afterwards."

At that time, he was only thinking about attacking He Chen and didn't think too much.

Xia Ning frowned: "What else did she do?"

Du Yuanzhe said: "Just thank me and that's it."

Xia Ningmi's expression softened.

Du Yuanzhe noticed her facial expression change and asked, "Don't you want me to get close to Yu Qingxue?"

Xia Ning was stunned for a moment, then said frankly, "I have a strong possessiveness for my things."

Du Yuanzhe didn't feel uncomfortable after hearing this, and said thoughtfully: "That's why you said at that time that you wanted someone who was special only to you."

Xia Ningmi nodded and said seriously, "You'd better think it over. If you can't do it, tell me in advance and we'll end this relationship."

Du Yuanzhe looked a little unhappy.

「You can’t just say that you will make me do it even if I can’t do it. Where is that powerful Xia Ningmi?」

Xia Ningmi's eyes flickered: "Do you believe it?"

Du Yuanzhe was unable to react for a moment: "What?"

Xia Ning said: "I was just lying to you. You must do what I ask."

"You're always like this, not giving me a chance to choose."

Du Yuanzhe was mumbling complaints, but a smile appeared in his eyes.

[Xia Ningmi must care about me very much, so I will do what she says reluctantly]

[It's just special for her, it's easy to do]

Xia Ningmi lowered her eyes, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised into an imperceptible arc.

It’s a pity that Du Yuanzhe didn’t see this scene.

After dinner, seeing Xia Ningmo was about to sit down to work, Du Yuanzhe said, "Don't rush to work, let's play games for a while."

Xia Ningmi returned to the sofa and sat down, then took out her cell phone and opened the game.

Du Yuanzhe said: "I just finished my meal, I am full of energy, I can definitely take you to eat chicken."

"Shut up!"

Du Yuanzhe has a crow-mouthed physique when playing games. If he says this, he will definitely get into trouble, but he just can't control his mouth and won't admit that he has a crow-mouthed physique.

Du Yuanzhe was unconvinced: "I'm definitely not wrong this time."

Xia Ning looked at him and said, "If you lose this game, I will teach you judo."

Du Yuanzhe was a man who would not accept the loss: "I'll shut up."

After they landed, they went into the house to search for supplies. They searched four houses in a row, but only Xia Ningmi found a level 2 suit and a spray gun. Du Yuanzhe only had a level 1 helmet. They had been in this position before, and had never been so poor.

That was all, the two of them couldn't find a car nearby, so they had to run to the next location. Before they got there, they were caught up by a jeep, and the two guys shot them dead with just two shots, so fast that Xia Ningmi didn't even have time to fight back.

Looking at the two people's boxes on the screen, Xia Ningmi looked at Du Yuanzhe indifferently.

Du Yuanzhe smiled awkwardly and said, "You have to think like this, these two people cried to death when they saw how poor we were."

They didn't have even a bottle of medicine on them, just a few bandages.

Xia Ningmi said, "Don't talk anymore."

Du Yuanzhe nodded.

[I don’t believe I can change my luck by not speaking]

In the next round, the two of them jumped to this place again. Du Yuanzhe picked up a 762 rifle as soon as he landed. After searching a house, he was already equipped with a second-level suit plus a rifle and a bolt action sniper.

Xia Ning was even more amazing, as she actually picked up a set of level three armor, and both guns came with complete accessories, making them fully equipped.

Du Yuanzhe: "......"

【This is just a coincidence】

Then the two of them drove to occupy the point. As the circle became smaller and smaller, the two of them killed three or four waves of enemies, and they always stayed in the circle without having to move at all. In the end, they were even the center point. Even if they stopped fighting and just competed with them for medicine, they had a good chance of winning.

However, the two of them were still alert to their surroundings. By the final circle, there were only three teams left. The other two teams were in the same direction. They happened to run into each other when they wanted to enter the circle. When they realized that they had the same goal, the two sides immediately started fighting.

Du Yuanzhe and Xia Ningmi were watching the battle from the side. Seeing that the winner was about to be decided, Xia Ningmi stared at that side closely. The team on the right defeated the team on the left after losing one person.

But before the man standing there could take medicine to recover his health, Xia Ningmi shot him away. It was obvious that the man had won by a narrow margin, and only a trace of blood was left.

The words "Good luck, let's eat chicken tonight" appeared directly on the screen.

[Is this a win?]

Du Yuanzhe felt that this game was played too easily and there was no sense of urgency throughout.

Xia Ningmi gave Du Yuanzhe a meaningful look.

Du Yuanzhe still refused to admit that he had a crow mouth.

[It just happened that I was lucky this time]

Du Yuanzhe said: "Let's continue playing."

The two of them played for two hours and only ate the chicken that one time. Afterwards, they would always die for various reasons. However, without Du Yuanzhe's crow's mouth, the two of them at least did not die in a miserable way.

Xia Ningmi still had work to do, so she opened her notebook and started working.

Du Yuanzhe also took out the script to review and memorize tomorrow's lines in advance.

After a while, Xia Ningmi got up to make coffee. Du Yuanzhe asked, "Are you sleepy now?"

Xia Ningmi shook her head: "No."

"Then why are you making coffee? Drinking too much of it will stimulate your nerves."

Xia Ning said: "I'm used to it."

Du Yuanzhe walked over and snatched the coffee cup, saying, "Then from today on, get used to not drinking coffee at night."

Xia Ning frowned.

Du Yuanzhe looked at her and said, "I have listened to you so many times, why can't you listen to me once?"

Xia Ning tried to compromise and said, "Give me the cup, I'll go get some water."

Du Yuanzhe then returned it to her and said, "I will supervise you from now on. You are not allowed to drink secretly."

Xia Ning said calmly: "I will do what I promised."

"I hope so."

Du Yuanzhe read the script until half past eleven and decided to go back to his room to sleep.

Xia Ningmi was still carefully checking the files on her computer. Du Yuanzhe said, "It's getting late. We can deal with the rest tomorrow when we go to the company."

Xia Ningmi said without even looking up: "I'll finish reading this."

Du Yuanzhe walked over and covered the screen with his hand.

Xia Ning looked at him.

"From now on, whenever I'm at home, you must go to bed before midnight."

Xia Ning frowned: "Let me finish reading this first."

"It's just one document. No one is forcing you to finish reading it now. You always forget the time when you are working. You are said to read only one document, but you will definitely not read only one document."

Du Yuanzhe had lived with her for several months after all, and was very familiar with her daily routine. As long as no one reminded her, she could work until one or two in the morning and get up at seven o'clock the next day to go to work as usual.

Xia Ning couldn't persuade Du Yuanzhe, so she had to close the notebook.

"Don't work secretly when you return to your room, or I'll get angry."

Du Yuanzhe did not forget to remind him again.

Xia Ningmi replied again: "I will do what I promised."