"Qiqi, next time we go abroad, the paparazzi in China are too clingy and we can't get rid of them no matter what we do."

"Recently, a guy has been harassing me, asking me to cooperate with him to complete tasks. I am not a great man who can save the world. What does the fate of others have to do with me?"

"Qiqi, I will protect you. I will definitely protect you."

"Qiqi——"

Du Yuanzhe sat up suddenly, his forehead covered with cold sweat.

He looked down at his hands. In the dream just now, his hands were covered with blood, her blood.

Du Yuanzhe got up and opened the curtains. It was already bright outside.

It was clearly just a dream, but why was it so real, as if it had really happened?

"System, don't you have anything to tell me?"

Du Yuanzhe waited for a while but received no answer.

Since the system came into being, it has rarely spoken. He used to think this was a good thing because it gave him more freedom, but now he has doubts and feels that the system is deliberately avoiding some issues.

Perhaps he could find the answer in Wang Lianxuan and the Luck Plundering System. Even if he couldn't find it, he could still exchange it with the system and get the answer he wanted.

The scene in the dream was too real. He couldn't bear to see Xia Ningmi get hurt in the slightest.

Du Yuanzhe went into the bathroom to take a shower, opened the door and walked out, and found Xia Ningmi was already in the living room. She seemed to be busy with something and didn't even notice Du Yuanzhe came out.

Du Yuanzhe did not disturb her. He called the hotel and asked them to send up breakfast. After breakfast arrived, he called Xia Ningmi to eat.

"Aren't you here to have fun? Why do you still have work?"

Xia Ning said, "Suddenly there is an urgent document. Cheng Yu and the others can't handle it, so I have to make the decision."

Du Yuanzhe asked, "Still no news from Jiang Chelin?"

Xia Ningmi nodded: "Now he is either going to work at the company or protecting Lingling. He is very busy all day. Wang Linxuan's originally scheduled exhibition has been postponed, but the venue has not been cancelled. I just got the news that Wang Linxuan has officially moved into the Jiang family's old house."

Du Yuanzhe was surprised: "In what capacity?"

Xia Ningmi said: "Master Jiang did not give an accurate answer, but just said that Wang Linxuan was smart and filial, and moved into the old house to accompany him and relieve his boredom."

Du Yuanzhe smiled: "Master Jiang is working so hard to create a good reputation for Wang Lianxuan. It seems that he has not given up on bringing Wang Lianxuan and Jiang Chelin together."

Xia Ningmi said, "It will be Mr. Jiang's birthday in a while. It should be very interesting. Do you want to join in the fun?"

Du Yuanzhe saw that the atmosphere was getting lively and did not mind going there, so he said, "Of course I will go. If possible, I don't mind adding fuel to the fire and seeing what Mr. Jiang's attitude towards Wang Linxuan is."

Xia Ningmi asked, "Shall we go together then?"

"I guess not. I have to go with my brother."

Du Yuanzhe paused and said, "Let's not talk about our relationship for now. Let them find out slowly by themselves and give my mother some time to accept it."

It was not until now that he remembered that Chen Rongshan was a little afraid of Xia Ningmi and had once said that whoever married Xia Ningmi would be unlucky.

Now the loser she mentioned has become her own son. I don’t know if Chen Rongsan can accept it.

Xia Ningmi of course remembered the conflict between her and Chen Rongshan. She didn't think there was anything wrong with having a conflict with her future mother-in-law. She said, "Your mother has very little experience and is easily deceived. You'd better pay more attention to her."

Du Yuanzhe's mouth twitched: "Don't use such an arrogant tone in front of my mother, otherwise she will accuse you of disrespecting your elders."

Xia Ning frowned: "Do you want me to give in to your mother?"

Du Yuanzhe shook his head: "That's not what I meant. My mother loves to save face. You just need to prevent her from losing face in public. It doesn't matter what happens in private. It's our family's business after all."

Xia Ning said: "I won't take the initiative to cause trouble."

Du Yuanzhe breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Xia Ningmi didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, Chen Rongsan was afraid that she would definitely not get close to her, and there would be no conflict between the two of them. As for what would happen in the future, she didn't have time to think so far ahead now.

Besides, Chen Rongshan already has a daughter-in-law with whom she gets along well, so it wouldn’t matter if the next one doesn’t have a good relationship with her... right?

......

After breakfast, the two went to the store that Du Yuanzhe mentioned yesterday, which had a variety of Hanfu.

Xia Ningmi finally chose a moon-white dress with a gauze top on the outside. Her hairstyle was done by the makeup artist in the store. It was not complicated, just the kind that is commonly seen on the Internet nowadays, with a hairpin fixing her long hair smoothly behind her shoulders.

Du Yuanzhe chose a light blue dress. The store was well prepared, even with waist ornaments. He put on the whole set, looking like an ancient nobleman.

After leaving this store, in front of you is the ancient palace complex built in the film and television city. It looks very magnificent and is open to everyone for visits and check-ins. It is also a major tourist attraction in Jiangcheng that attracts tourists.

Du Yuanzhe stood tall, looked around and said, "Qiqi, let's go to the palace gate to take a picture of you."

Xia Ningmi walked to the palace gate, her hands hanging casually by her side, looking towards the camera with a cold and breathtaking look.

Snap——

Hearing the sound of the shutter, Xia Ningmi instantly retracted her gaze. She was still not used to looking at the camera for a long time.

Du Yuanzhe swung the photo until it was fully revealed. He murmured, "It's so beautiful."

"Qiqi, if you act in a costume drama, you don't need any acting skills at all. The audience will fall in love with you just by standing there."

Xia Ning glared at him: "You mean the audience only looks at the face."

"It's not that I only look at the face, but I tend to like people with good looks. It's not just netizens. Many people believe that looks are justice."

“Distorted values!”

Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "It's not abnormal. Most people like beautiful things. It's human nature. As long as we don't let beauty blind our minds, it's fine."

He hung the Polaroid camera around his neck again and wanted to hold Xia Ningmi's hand. Suddenly he remembered what happened yesterday and deliberately stretched out his hand and said seriously, "Miss Xia, can I hold your hand?"

Xia Ning glanced at him without saying anything, but just put her hand in his palm.

The two walked into the palace hand in hand, and Du Yuanzhe complained: "Do I have to tell you in advance if I want to hug you in the future?"

Xia Ningmi said: "Of course."

Du Yuanzhe: "Can you say hello to your subconscious reaction and don't count me in? Boyfriends should be treated specially, right?"

Xia Ning said: "You have already received special treatment. If anyone else gets close to me, they will be beaten to death."

"Are you serious?"

Du Yuanzhe turned his head to look at her, but found a playful look in her eyes.

"You're teasing me again. Don't joke about this kind of thing."

Xia Ningmi raised her eyebrows: "What's wrong with this?"

Du Yuanzhe coughed dryly: "I can't always say hello before getting close to someone."

[If you accidentally drop her to the ground when we're doing something more intimate, that'll be a lot of fun]

Xia Ning glared at him: "If you keep imagining things like this, you really should give me a heads up every time."

Du Yuanzhe quickly collected his thoughts and said, "I'm not thinking about anything."

The two of them toured the palace together, and Du Yuanzhe took several photos of Xia Ningmi. He found that Xia Ningmi was no longer resistant to his camera, but her aura would unconsciously turn on her.

Du Yuanzhe looked at the photos and said, "Qiqi, I find that you are very suitable to play a female general or a female emperor, the kind that emerges from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and whose aura alone can make all the ministers bow down to her."

Xia Ningmi ignored this. He always said that if she acted in such and such a way, it was a bit like an occupational disease.

The two of them returned to the palace gate. Du Yuanzhe couldn't find anyone to take photos this time, so he held the Polaroid camera in one hand and was about to get face to face with Xia Ning, but suddenly stopped and teased, "Should I be able to get this close to you?"

Xia Ning turned around and left: "No need to take pictures."

Du Yuanzhe quickly grabbed her and said, "It's just a joke, it's just a joke."

He held Xia Ningmi's hand, their heads pressed together, and Du Yuanzhe found the right moment to press the shutter.

"Wow, we are a perfect match, right? We are made for each other."

Xia Ningmi reminded: "Beauty can be born, but talent cannot."

"How is it impossible? Isn't that what a genius is?"

"Genius is just a person with great potential. If you don't learn, you won't have any talent."

Du Yuanzhe was stunned for a moment and said speechlessly: "Qiqi, I'm saying that we are a good match, what are you doing?"

Xia Ningmi raised her eyebrows: "Correct your grammatical errors."

Du Yuanzhe looked at her and suddenly realized: "Are you taking revenge on me for teasing you just now?"

Xia Ningmi's expression was calm, and there was no sign of anything unusual.

Du Yuanzhe couldn't help laughing and whispered, "Don't try to hide it. I already knew you were narrow-minded."

Xia Ning glared at him.

Du Yuanzhe laughed even louder. Thinking back to the times when Xia Ning had targeted him before, he realized that most of the time it was her who was taking revenge on him.

"Just laugh here by yourself."

Xia Ningmi left him alone.

Du Yuanzhe followed with a smile.

......

The two of them booked a flight for the afternoon and left after playing in the movie city for a morning. They bought the two sets of ancient costumes because Xia Ning was very greedy for money and didn't want anyone to wear the clothes she had worn.

Du Yuanzhe did not dare to remind her that this dress had been worn by someone else before, and changed the subject: "There is a very famous food street in Jiangcheng, where there are all kinds of snacks. Although it is not as lively during the day as at night, it is still enough for us to taste the delicacies of Jiangcheng. Let's go there for lunch."

They drove to the food court. The small stalls selling snacks basically open at around 5 or 6 in the afternoon. The ones that are open now are fixed stores, and some stores are also open during the day.

Du Yuanzhe and Xia Ningmi walked into a beef noodle shop and whispered to her, "I often see people complaining online about the lack of meat in beef noodles, saying that they can't sell a single cow in ten years. Today is a good opportunity to see how much beef there is."

They had other food to eat later, so they only ordered a small portion of beef noodles. When the noodles were served, he really looked for them and found that there were only three thin slices of beef.

Du Yuanzhe laughed and said, "I think it's still underestimated. With this thickness, it will take 20 years to sell out."

Xia Ningmi listened to his constant complaints and gave him a piece of beef: "If you like beef, go back and make more yourself."

Du Yuanzhe thought of the online jokes again and said with a suppressed smile, "Your words are not overbearing at all. You should have said that you would ask a star chef to use the most expensive beef to cook for me and I can eat as much as I want."

Xia Ning raised her eyes to look at him: "What are you thinking about all day long?"

Du Yuanzhe thought about it seriously and said, "I think about you most of the time."

Xia Ning was stunned for a moment, then passed him another piece of beef: "Go back and ask the star chef to make it for you. You can make any request you want."

Du Yuanzhe couldn't help but smile.

Xia Ningmi was actually very easy to understand. When she was happy, she would be very talkative. When she was unhappy, she would lose her temper or deliberately bully Du Yuanzhe.

After the two of them finished a small portion of beef noodles, most of the noodles went into Du Yuanzhe's stomach.

Not wanting to eat noodles anymore, the two of them went into a halogen shop, which sold all kinds of halogen products, including chicken, duck, pork, and various cold vegetables.

Du Yuanzhe ordered some duck wings and two chicken legs, and specially ordered two flavors: five-spice and spicy.

Xia Ningmi had never eaten such salty and oily halogens. She had only eaten carefully cooked food since she was a child. Even when she lived outside in college, she ate in restaurants. She had never paid attention to halogen shops like this one.

Looking at the oil still dripping from the duck wings, she felt greasy and said, "The duck wings are all yours. I'll just eat the chicken drumstick."

Du Yuanzhe did not force her. He really liked eating this kind of halved duck wings. He had never eaten them since he came to this world. He finished the duck wings in no time.

The salted food in this store is very tasty, spicy and fragrant, which suits Du Yuanzhe's taste very well.

When the two of them came out of the halogen store, they saw a fried chicken shop not far away. Du Yuanzhe asked, "Qiqi, have you ever eaten fried chicken?"

Xia Ningmi said, "I have eaten it."

Du Yuanzhe was surprised: "I thought you would stay away from this kind of junk food."

Xia Ningmi recalled, "When I was in high school, a classmate had a birthday. I treated the whole class to fried chicken. I only had that one time."

Du Yuanzhe asked: "Do you think it tastes good?"

Xia Ning shook her head: "Why is it coated with so much flour? Can't it be fried directly?"

Du Yuanzhe explained: "The purpose of coating the fried chicken with flour is to make it crispier and more juicy, but some businesses will coat it with too much flour, which affects the taste."

Xia Ning said: "I don't like this."

Du Yuanzhe nodded: "Then we won't go to eat."

He doesn't really like fried chicken either.

The two continued walking around the food court, looking for a shop that was still open. They soon saw a chicken platter restaurant. Unfortunately, the chicken platter was so large that even the small portion was too much for the two of them to finish.

Du Yuanzhe really likes the big plate of chicken soup noodles, and said: "I will make you a big plate of chicken when we get home. The belt noodles are especially delicious with the soup."

After walking for a while, they came to a barbecue restaurant, but unfortunately it was closed.

Du Yuanzhe recalled: "When I was a kid, I loved barbecue very much. I hoped that I could eat barbecue till I was full when I grew up. Later, when I became an actor, I spent my first salary on barbecue. I ate several hundred yuan. At that time, my total salary was only a little over a thousand yuan, and I ate nearly half of it in one meal."

"But then it was a disaster. Because I told my family that I had received my salary, my parents stopped giving me money that month. The remaining money was only enough for me to buy instant noodles. That was also the first time I experienced the taste of overspending."

"I'm actually quite lucky. Others had to start out as extras or dead characters, but I got a role with a visible face the first time I joined the crew. I was paid over a thousand dollars after filming a few scenes."

Xia Ningmi looked at him talking about the past, her eyes seemed to be shining. To her, there was no such thing as a thousand, and a thousand was not even a unit of measurement. But to Du Yuanzhe, this was his first film remuneration, and it was also the confidence that he could achieve barbecue freedom on his own.

Their pasts were very different, but now they walk side by side and have the same expectations for the future.