The supermarket is just opposite Huahu Apartment, so the two of them don't need to drive at all.
Du Yuanzhe led Xia Ningmi by the hand into the elevator, looked at the two figures reflected on the elevator wall, and said, "We have lived together for so long, but the number of times we go out together is very few."
Xia Ning glanced at him: "You should think about who is either leaving too early or waking up too late every day."
Du Yuanzhe was hit by a blow.
"I'm definitely not as self-disciplined as you. Brother Liu once said that you are a boss who works harder than your employees. There is always more money to be made. Aren't you afraid of working yourself sick?"
Xia Ningmi: "For me, the only difference between when I get off work and when I leave is the change of my work location. I go to the hospital for regular checkups. I take better care of my body than anyone else."
"Is Xia's company really so busy that the company's president has to work until the early morning every day? Why isn't my brother that busy? He travels abroad with his eldest sister-in-law every year and gets off work no later than 8 o'clock every night, and most of the time he gets off work on time."
Xia Ningmi said, "I am so busy because I have only been the president of Xia Corporation for a short time. In the early stage, I have been dealing with internal issues of the company and familiarizing myself with all the businesses involved. Xia Corporation also has overseas markets. In the first two years after I took over Xia Corporation, I had to go on business trips abroad almost every month."
“The workload has been gradually reduced this year, and I am preparing to expand the secretariat. It will be much easier for me if I have people from the secretariat to help me screen and process documents.”
Xia Ningmi paused and said, "We can also go out for a trip every year."
Du Yuanzhe's eyes flickered: "I didn't ask you to promise this either."
Xia Ning glared at him: "You mentioned Du Yuanwen specifically for this, right?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "I just want you to have more time to rest... Of course, it would be better if you could go out and travel."
[It's nice to have a girlfriend who can see through your thoughts at a glance. Many things don't need to be made too obvious.]
Next, Du Yuanzhe walked to the supermarket with Xia Ningmi while enthusiastically discussing with her which countries had better scenery.
Xia Ning asked him, "Why are they all from abroad?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "We both have special identities and are easily recognized in China. We travel to relax, and being disturbed by others will affect our mood."
Xia Ningmi nodded, agreeing with what he said.
......
Because it was almost noon, there were quite a few people in the supermarket. Du Yuanzhe pushed the shopping cart and walked through the sensor door with Xia Ningmi. The front section sold all kinds of clothes and jewelry, and the fresh food area had to go inside.
As soon as they walked in, they saw a young couple also shopping in the supermarket. The girl was sitting in a shopping cart being pushed by her boyfriend.
Du Yuanzhe looked at Xia Ningmi.
Xia Ningmi said calmly: "I can't possibly do that."
Du Yuanzhe also thought it was impossible. He couldn't imagine Xia Ningmi sitting in a shopping cart like a child. If Xia Ningmi really did that, he would be scared.
Du Yuanzhe said: "I didn't ask you to do that. We are a couple. Don't you think you are too far away from me?"
Xia Ning looked at the distance between the two people, which was less than a fist, and raised an eyebrow: "Too far?"
Du Yuanzhe said confidently: "Other people's girlfriends all hold their boyfriends' arms."
Xia Ning felt helpless and held his arm: "Can't you just say it directly?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "I am testing whether you can guess my thoughts every time."
Xia Ning turned her head to look at him: "Generally speaking, only people who want to make mistakes will keep trying."
Du Yuanzhe laughed: "What mistake could I make? This is a lie."
Xia Ningmi didn't hear his true feelings, so she just believed what he said was true.
The two walked into the fresh food area, and Du Yuanzhe quickly saw the seafood and asked, "Is there any seafood you want to eat?"
Xia Ningmi shook her head: "Eating seafood is too troublesome, I rarely eat it."
Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "I also find it troublesome and some seafood meat is very rare, but it is quite delicious to eat it occasionally. Let's have a seafood feast for lunch today."
"Oh, by the way, you like to eat fish, and sea fish is also seafood. But what we usually eat is freshwater fish, which is not considered seafood."
Xia Ningmi looked at the fish swimming in the pond and said, "I went to school."
Du Yuanzhe said: "This is not something you learn just by going to school. I only started to pay attention to these things after I started liking cooking."
Normally, no one would think about the relationship between fish and seafood, as long as they taste good, that's all that matters.
Xia Ningmi was watching all kinds of live seafood crawling there, while Du Yuanzhe was choosing the seafood to buy. If you want to buy fresh seafood, you have to use snacks.
When he buys shrimps, he will check each one to make sure it is fresh before putting them into the bag. The same goes for other seafood. After he has selected them all, he will have the staff weigh them and seal the bags.
Du Yuanzhe walked up to Xia Ningmi and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Xia Ningmi said: "The world you see is different depending on where you are."
Du Yuanzhe laughed: "You can see some enlightenment from looking at a pile of seafood."
Xia Ningmi said, "No matter how hard they struggle, they can't get out. Being cooked is their fate. They can't change it. Do you think we can change it?"
The smile on Du Yuanzhe's face disappeared. He looked at the lobsters that kept crawling and said, "We are different from them. They are at the mercy of others, but we are not."
"Sir, your stuff."
The staff handed the sealed seafood to Du Yuanzhe.
Du Yuanzhe held Xia Ningmi's hand and said, "Let's go. I'll go back and make you a seafood feast."
Du Yuanzhe bought some things needed for cooking and went home with Xia Ningmi.
......
Du Yuanzhe was busy in the kitchen. Xia Ningmi stood at the door of the kitchen and watched him prepare seafood. She asked, "Wang Linxuan is a very important person?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "Her current importance has exceeded her original position. She has messed up many things."
"Qiqi, since she can change so much, we can also change our own destiny."
Xia Ningmi said calmly: "I just want to know who is influencing this world."
No one should be above the masses. It is not a good feeling to be manipulated and applauded by others.
Du Yuanzhe had always believed that the author of the novel was responsible for all this, but now the plot is obviously no longer developing according to the novel, but he did not find any signs of the plot being forcibly corrected.
Perhaps once this world is formed, it is no longer under the control of the novelist.
Du Yuanzhe said: "We will know it eventually."
The answer lies in the system in his body and the luck-plundering system.
It's a pity that this broken system in his body is always dead, otherwise he could try to get some information out of him.
Although it was a seafood feast, because there were only two of them, Du Yuanzhe only made three dishes - braised shrimps, steamed crabs and oysters with garlic, and finally a shrimp and crab porridge.
Du Yuanzhe placed all the dishes on the table. He first helped Xia Ningmi cut off the legs and claws of the big crab, then opened the crab shell and handed it to her, saying, "Try it. Is it delicious?"
Du Yuanzhe dealt with the cut crab legs and crab claws, took out the crab meat inside, took a big bite, and felt very satisfied, it was fresh and tender.
Xia Ningmi also finished eating the big crab.
Du Yuanzhe said: "As expected, if you don't eat it for a long time, it will taste delicious. We can make it once in a while in the future."
Xia Ningmi didn't have a big appetite, so Du Yuanzhe finished most of it by himself.
Xia Ningmi looked at him and said, "Are you eating one meal as two?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "There is too little meat in the seafood. It looks like I ate a lot, but in fact I just ate enough."
Xia Ning looked at the way he touched his belly and raised her eyebrows: "Did you just eat?"
"That's a little exaggerated."
Du Yuanzhe had no movies to shoot and no scripts to read. After dinner, he had nothing to do, so he said to Xia Ningmi, who was about to finish her work, "Shall we go play some games?"
Xia Ningmi shook her head: "I still have work to do, go find someone else."
Du Yuanzhe immediately thought of Lu Xuan.
As a result, when Lu Xuan heard that Du Yuanzhe wanted to play games with him, he subconsciously recalled that tragic experience and rejected him without hesitation.
Du Yuanzhe looked at the hung up call and was unable to react for a moment: "Is this guy in a hurry to reincarnate? He hung up so quickly?"
Xia Ningmi reminded him, "He is afraid of being cheated by you."
Du Yuanzhe called Xiaopang again. Xiaopang wanted to play with Du Yuanzhe, but he didn't know how to do it because there was no PUBG game on his phone.
Du Yuanzhe thought of the experience of taking Xia Ningmi to play games in the beginning, and his heart trembled. He quickly said that Xiaopang didn't need to accompany him.
Du Yuanzhe sighed and looked at the last option in the message on his phone: "I hope Brother Liu can do better."
The call was connected, and Liu Xu's smiling voice came over: "I was just about to call you."
Du Yuanzhe asked, "What's the matter, Brother Liu?"
"The premiere press conference for 'Legend of Yun Lan' is scheduled for June 8th. Fortunately, you finished filming 'The Voice' ahead of time, so we don't have to worry about running back and forth. You should have a good rest these few days. I am selecting variety shows for you. After the premiere press conference, you can go on a few variety shows to promote the show."
When Du Yuanzhe heard that Liu Xu was busy, he felt embarrassed to ask Liu Xu to play games with him, so he had to hang up the phone.
His group of relatives and friends were completely wiped out.
He looked at Xia Ningmi and said, "Qiqi, why didn't you tell me that the press conference for "The Legend of Yunlan" has been scheduled?"
Xia Ningmi said, "You've already finished your mission. What you were worried about has not happened. It doesn't matter when you get the news."
Du Yuanzhe said: "Then you can tell me."
Xia Ningmi's hands were still typing: "If I tell you everything, what does your agent do?"
Du Yuanzhe thought so too, he should give Liu Xu a chance to play his role.
Du Yuanzhe lay on the sofa and sighed, "I really can't rest. I can't rest for a few days before I have to be busy again."
"After two years of stability, I will only take on one or two productions each year, leaving myself at least a few months of rest each year."
Career is only a part of life. You can't give up life completely for your career.
......
"Mom, if you need labor, you should ask my dad for help."
Du Yuanzhe had just rested for a few days when Chen Rongshan called him and asked him to do hard labor.
Chen Rongshan was choosing clothes and said, "I'm buying clothes for you, so of course I have to call you over."
Chen Rongshan still remembers preparing clothes for Du Yuanzhe to attend important occasions. She heard Du Yuanzhe say yesterday that he would attend a TV series press conference on the 8th, so she came to choose clothes for him today.
Du Yuanzhe said helplessly: "Mom, didn't you buy me clothes before? And this is just the premiere press conference. If I dress too formally, I will look weird."
Chen Rongshan was stunned: "No need to be too grand?"
Du Yuanzhe: "Yes, very few actors will dress up for the premiere press conference, and they may even wear costumes on stage, so there is really no need for you to buy clothes specially."
Chen Rongshan immediately lost interest and walked out of the store saying, "Then I won't buy it."
Du Yuanzhe breathed a sigh of relief.
"You go shopping with me."
Du Yuanzhe's face turned bitter: "Still strolling?"
Chen Rongshan said unhappily, "You've been busy filming for a few months and finally got a break. What's wrong with mom asking you to go shopping with me?"
"I am willing to go shopping with my mother."
Du Yuanzhe's face was instantly filled with smiles. He pushed Chen Rongshan forward and said, "I made some money from filming. Mom, buy whatever you want today. I'll pay."
Chen Rongshan smiled: "You always asked me for money before, but now you finally know how to be filial to your mother. I won't be polite then."
Du Yuanzhe said proudly, "You're welcome."
Chen Rongsan did what she said and really didn't bother to be polite with him. The two of them went shopping for the whole morning and bought a lot of things. Du Yuanzhe's hands were full of bags.
Finally he couldn't stand it anymore and begged, "Mom, can we take a break?"
Chen Rongshan was still not satisfied and said in disgust, "Don't you exercise every day? How come you can't stand it after just a short walk?"
Du Yuanzhe almost vomited blood when he heard this. He had been walking around for several hours, and this was called a while?
Chen Rongshan said, "Forget it, let's find a place to eat and then go shopping after dinner."
Still coming?
Du Yuanzhe's eyebrows jumped and he said, "Mom, Dad must be so lonely at home alone. How about we go home and have lunch with him?"
Chen Rongshan was thinking about where to eat, and said casually: "He went fishing and won't be back at noon."
Good guy, it turns out he is the only one doing the hard labor.
"This is a good restaurant. Let's go eat here."
Chen Rongshan pointed at the store on her phone.
However, it was a bit far from here, and they definitely couldn't walk there. Chen Rongshan called the driver to pick them up.
Du Yuanzhe first put the bags into the trunk, freeing his hands before getting in the car.
"I just asked you to go shopping with me, and look at how listless you are."
Compared to Chen Rongshan's energetic appearance, Du Yuanzhe did look a little depressed.
Du Yuanzhe leaned back in his chair to rest: "Mom, you have to ask your sisters for shopping. I really can't stand it."
Chen Rongshan glared at him: "Will you dare to do this if you accompany your wife shopping in the future?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "I plan to find a wife who doesn't go shopping."
For Xia Ningmi, shopping is just a waste of time. She has no desire to shop. The last time the two of them went shopping, they just walked on the street together, not like Chen Rongshan did, visiting one store after another.
However, Du Yuanzhe didn't feel tired when he accompanied Xia Ning to walk on the street last time, perhaps because the two of them were chatting the whole time.
Just now, when he went shopping with Chen Rongshan, Du Yuanzhe was just a tool, responsible only for carrying bags. Most of the time, he was waiting in the rest area for Chen Rongshan to come out after shopping. The waiting was too boring, and his whole spirit became listless, and his body also began to feel tired.
Thinking of this, Du Yuanzhe felt that he would not be tired even if he accompanied Xia Ningmi shopping, because when the two of them were together, he was always the one who talked the most, and would not let the time become boring.
Chen Rongshan didn't know her son's different treatment yet, so she joked, "You may have to be single for the rest of your life. There is no woman in this world who doesn't like shopping."
Her sisters are all more active in shopping than the others, and Chen Rongsan feels that she is relatively restrained.
Du Yuanzhe said calmly: "Mom, don't be so absolute. There will be one eventually. Maybe I can bring one home next year."
Chen Rongshan thought of Wei Lingling again and didn't want to continue the conversation, so she changed the subject and said, "We're already here, let's go in and have dinner."
This is a chain hotel with many branches in Yancheng. It focuses on high-end cuisine and services and is very famous in the upper class circles. The environment here is quiet and elegant, and many people like to do business here.
Du Yuanzhe asked for a private room. He asked Chen Rongsan to go in first to order food while he went to the bathroom to take care of some personal matters.
Chen Rongshan followed the waiter upstairs. Just as she reached the private room, she saw Xia Ningmi and her group coming up from another staircase. Their private room was right next to hers.
Chen Rongshan's face changed slightly. She wanted to pretend she didn't see it and go straight into the private room, but she was stopped the next second.
"I didn't expect to meet Mrs. Du here. What a coincidence."
Chen Rongshan secretly cursed this person for his lack of tact, but she forced a smile and said, "It turns out to be Mrs. Liu. Are you guys here to eat too?"
Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Old Liu and I played golf with Mr. Xia this morning. Since it's time for dinner, we invited Mr. Xia to come over for dinner. This restaurant is delicious. Old Liu and I have been here several times."
Chen Rongshan really didn't expect this Mrs. Liu to talk so much, so she could only continue to respond: "I also heard that the environment here is good, so I brought my son here to try it out."
After hearing this, Mr. Liu looked around and asked, "Is Mr. Xiao Du here too?"
Chen Rongshan shook her head: "It's my youngest son."
Mrs. Liu said, "I've heard that Mr. Du is a very handsome man. It's a good opportunity to meet him today."
Xia Ningmi suddenly said, "Since we all know each other, let's have dinner together later."
As soon as she opened her mouth, the scene suddenly became quiet, and then Mr. Liu agreed, "Mr. Xia's suggestion is good, Mrs. Du, please come along."
What a bullshit!
Chen Rongshan almost burst into swearing, implicitly cursing Mr. Liu for being shameless and only good at flattering.
Chen Rongshan wanted to refuse, but when she saw Xia Ningmi's indifferent eyes, she swallowed her words. However, she was unwilling to agree to it, so she said, "Yuanzhe will come over in a while. He may not be willing to eat with so many people."
Mrs. Liu advised, "Du Er is not young anymore. He can't be so shy all the time. He should meet more people."
Shy?
Shy of strangers?
Xia Ningmi thought of someone who couldn't stop talking, and a strange look flashed in her eyes.
Chen Rongshan didn't expect that one sentence would cause Mrs. Liu to misunderstand her, so she had to explain: "Yuanzhe is not..."
"Mom!"
Du Yuanzhe came over and saw Xia Ningmi there, and was a little surprised, so he asked, "What is this?"
Mrs. Liu was the first to speak: "This must be Mr. Du, he is indeed handsome and extraordinary. It is fate that we meet. Why don't we have dinner together?"
Du Yuanzhe looked at Xia Ningmi, whose expression did not change at all. He then looked at Chen Rongsan and found that she was winking at him.
Du Yuanzhe smiled secretly. He understood what Chen Rongshan meant, but he still agreed, "Okay, it will be more lively with more people."
With Du Yuanzhe's agreement, the matter was officially settled and the group walked into the private room.
Chen Rongsan glared at Du Yuanzhe before entering.
Du Yuanzhe blinked in puzzlement.
After entering the private room, Xia Ning paused and sat down next to the main seat.
President Liu saw her seat and said hurriedly, "Please take a seat, President Xia."
Xia Ningmi didn't move, and said calmly: "We are having a meal now, not discussing business. The people present are all elders, and I can't overstep my authority."
Mr. Liu felt a bit of a headache after hearing this and looked at Chen Rongsan.
Chen Rongshan's eyebrows jumped, and she immediately found a seat farthest away from Xia Ningmi and sat down.
Mr. Liu had a headache and said, "Mrs. Du is the most prestigious, so she should be the one to take the seat."
How could she not know that she had prestige!
There was no way she would sit next to Xia Ningmi even if she was beaten to death.
Chen Rongshan smiled and said, "I think this position is good. I'll just sit here."
Du Yuanzhe looked at the two people sitting in opposite corners and no longer had the heart to watch the excitement. He became as troubled as President Liu.
Mr. and Mrs. Liu looked at each other and had no choice but to leave the main seat vacant and choose to sit next to Xia Ningmi. Du Yuanzhe of course sat next to Chen Rongshan.
The table was not small, and there were several seats between him and Xia Ningmi.
Mr. Liu picked up the menu and handed it to Xia Ningmo: "Mr. Xia, would you like to order first?"
Xia Ning said, "I can do anything. It's up to Mr. Liu to decide."
Mr. Liu looked at Mrs. Liu, who smiled and said, "Second Master Du is the only young man here, so I think we should let Second Master Du order the dishes."
Mr. Liu thought this was a good idea: "I think it's OK."
Du Yuanzhe's expression suddenly turned ugly: "Mrs. Liu is not right. I remember that Mr. Xia is the same age as me."
Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment, then slapped her forehead and said, "I always talk about business with Mr. Xia, and I almost forgot his age."
Mr. Liu said, "Mr. Xia is very capable. We old guys are very respectful to him, but we dare not treat him as a junior."
[After all, I am still the only one who is shorter than you]
Du Yuanzhe felt very uncomfortable, but if he insisted on arguing with Mr. Liu and his wife about these things, it would seem that he was being unreasonable.
Du Yuanzhe had no choice but to take the menu and order some dishes, not forgetting to order some of Xia Ningmi's favorite dishes, and then asked, "Mom, do you want to order a few more?"
Chen Rongshan glanced at the dishes he ordered and shook her head, saying, "That's it."
After the waiter left, Chen Rongshan smiled and said, "I didn't expect this kid to remember my taste. He knew I liked sweet dishes, so he specially ordered a few."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the two people present changed subtly.
Xia Ning glanced at Du Yuanzhe.
There was a flash of surprise in Du Yuanzhe's eyes.
[Mom and Qiqi have the same taste? ]
Mrs. Liu praised him generously, "The Second Young Master is really filial. He is unlike that rascal in my family who stays away from home all day and doesn't even care whether Old Liu and I have eaten, let alone remembering our tastes."
Chen Rongshan laughed even happier when she heard this: "Yuanzhe doesn't come home often, but he's very thoughtful. Whenever he's free, he'll take the initiative to go shopping with me. I can't stop him."
Du Yuanzhe didn't dare to look at Xia Ningmi and lowered his head to hide his embarrassment.
Xia Ningmi thought of someone who kept mumbling that he didn't want to be a laborer when he went out this morning, but Chen Rongsan called him several times to urge him, so he had no choice but to go.
Listening to Chen Rongsan's boasting, a smile flashed across her eyes.
While waiting for the food, Chen Rongshan showed off her son and Mrs. Liu supported him. Du Yuanzhe wanted to find a hole to hide in all the time, until the waiter came in to serve the food and relieved his embarrassment.
Du Yuanzhe hurriedly said, "Mom, you must be hungry after walking around all morning. Eat more."
Chen Rongshan then stopped talking and drank some water to relieve her dry mouth.
The turntable on the table is automatic, and you need to stop the turntable by hand when you come across a dish you want to eat.
Du Yuanzhe has been keeping an eye on Xia Ningmi. She would not touch the turntable and would only pick up the dish that happened to be in front of her. If she came across a dish she did not like, she would not pick it up.
Du Yuanzhe didn't want her to be hungry in the end, so while eating, he secretly paid attention to the turntable in front of her. When the dish she liked was in front of her, he stopped the turntable from turning.
Xia Ningmi saw the dishes stopped in front of her, raised her eyes to look at Du Yuanzhe, picked up some dishes and put them in the bowl.
Right under Chen Rongshan's nose, the two of them formed a tacit understanding and ate while one took a turn.
Du Yuanzhe would eat anything as long as there was meat. Besides, there was definitely nothing he didn't want to eat among the dishes he ordered. He was full soon and focused on helping Xia Ning to find the dishes. He only retracted his attention after she put down her chopsticks.
Mr. Liu asked, "Mr. Xia, are the dishes here to your taste?"
Xia Ningmi nodded calmly: "Very good."
Mr. Liu smiled and said, "As long as Mr. Xia is satisfied."
After finishing the meal, the group separated.
Du Yuanzhe continued to accompany Chen Rongshan shopping, but because he was satisfied Chen Rongshan's desire to show off her son at noon, the two of them only shopped for an hour before Chen Rongshan let him go.
Du Yuanzhe didn't expect Chen Rongsan to be so happy. He felt very guilty and secretly memorized Chen Rongsan's taste and promised not to forget it in the future.
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