Du Yuanzhe didn't know what color Xia Ningmi liked, so he bought all the colors recommended by the shopping guide.

Xia Ningmi saw the box of lipstick in front of her and showed a complicated expression for the first time.

Du Yuanzhe looked at her: "Don't you like it?"

Xia Ning pointed at the lipstick and asked, "How long do you plan to let me use this lipstick?"

Du Yuanzhe said: "It's up to you. Use it whenever you want."

Xia Ningmi was helpless: "Don't buy so many in the future, just buy one."

"But I don't know what you like?"

“I like lipstick shades that match my skin tone.”

Du Yuanzhe nodded: "Okay, I'll remember it."

Then he looked at Xia Ningmi's face, remembered something from the past, and asked, "You were so angry at that time because I didn't buy you a gift, right?"

He still remembered clearly the time when Xia Ningmi got inexplicably angry.

Xia Ning closed the box and said calmly, "I don't remember."

Du Yuanzhe laughed: "Don't deny it so quickly, I haven't even told you which time it was."

Xia Ning looked at him intently: "So, you didn't buy me a gift more than once?"

Du Yuanzhe's expression froze instantly.

Xia Ningmi calmly put away the gift: "I'm hungry."

Du Yuanzhe subconsciously walked towards the kitchen, but stopped halfway, turned around and looked at her and said, "You almost fooled me. Don't change the subject. You were just angry that time because I didn't buy you a gift. I obviously guessed it right, but you still denied it."

Xia Ningmi's expression remained unchanged: "So?"

"What?"

"What is your purpose in bringing this up?"

Du Yuanzhe could not see any trace of shame on Xia Ningmi's face, and said bluntly: "Qiqi, I exposed the lie you once told, can't you give me a little reaction?"

Xia Ningmi raised her eyebrows: "Is it necessary to respond to such a trivial matter?"

"It's a small matter?" Du Yuanzhe was not convinced: "I couldn't sleep all night because of you. You didn't even explain clearly who you liked, but said some vague words, leaving me to guess."

Du Yuanzhe became more and more excited as he spoke: "You were obviously the one who liked me first, but you never chased me. It was all because I fell into your trap."

Xia Ning asked: "Do you want me to chase you?"

"Not really."

"So what do you want to do?"

"I think..." Du Yuanzhe paused, a wicked smile appeared on his lips, and he approached Xia Ningmi: "You are trying to change the subject again, Qiqi, answer me honestly, what was the reason why you refused to admit that you were angry at the time?"

Xia Ning looked at him and asked, "Are you digging up old grudges?"

Du Yuanzhe said: "As long as you are willing to tell me, it can be regarded as a revisit of the past."

Xia Ning couldn't hide, so she could only say, "I don't know why I suddenly got angry, I just suddenly felt bad. At that time, I wasn't sure if that feeling was love, I just had a strong possessiveness towards you."

"My mother and Zhou Heng's story made me realize that possessiveness and love are not the same thing. Before I figure this out, I don't want you to know too much."

At this point, Xia Ning looked at Du Yuanzhe with a playful look in her eyes: "But I didn't expect that you would think so much and be so sure that I like you."

Self-suppression is the most deadly!

Du Yuanzhe never thought that he would be the one to be embarrassed in the end.

Du Yuanzhe coughed and said, "Well, I'll go cook for you."

Xia Ningmi watched him leave, a smile flashing in her eyes.

If it weren't for Du Yuanzhe's imagination, it would probably take a long time for them to be together, because Xia Ningmi's possessiveness of Du Yuanzhe was too strong, and that possessiveness would seriously interfere with her progress in determining what kind of feelings she had for Du Yuanzhe.

......

At 8 o'clock in the evening, "The Cottage" will be broadcast on time, also synchronized with the online channel.

Du Yuanzhe looked at Xia Ningmi and said, "Qiqi, what's so good about the variety show? Why don't we go out for a walk?"

Xia Ningmi saw through his guilty conscience at a glance: "What did you do on the show?"

"It's just work, but it's exhausting."

Xia Ning glanced at him: "It's better this way."

Soon the show started, and at the beginning several guests appeared one after another.

When Wei Lingling appeared, Du Yuanzhe secretly looked at Xia Ningmi, but Xia Ningmi remained calm: "You don't need to look at me, I know she is there."

Xia Ningmi knew who the guests were on the variety shows that Du Yuanzhe participated in.

After all the guests arrived, Han Jinghao chatted with them while Feng Mao and Yang Zhong cooked.

Watching everyone on the show start eating, Du Yuanzhe said, "When I was eating the halved noodles made by Teacher Feng, I was thinking that I must make it for you when I get home."

Xia Ningmi's eyes softened: "It's delicious."

"It's not as good as what Teacher Feng made. If I didn't have to pretend that I couldn't cook, I would definitely ask for the secret of making good halal noodles."

Xia Ningmi repeated, "I think it's delicious."

Du Yuanzhe was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course it would be best if Qiqi likes it."

After dinner, we played truth or dare.

Seeing Jin Ming saying that his goddess is Xia Ningmi, he said sourly: "I don't even know when you got a little fanboy."

Xia Ning asked back, "Isn't he a son?"

Puff——

Du Yuanzhe smiled: "Brother Jin is quite interesting."

Du Yuanzhe also found it funny to hear Jin Ming nervously say that Xia Ningmi looked like his mother.

Before his smile faded, he heard Xia Ningmi say, "You're quite protective of Wei Lingling."

Du Yuanzhe's face froze: "No, it's not true. I just have a disagreement with Zheng Xiao."

Xia Ningmi had already seen Zheng Xiao targeting Du Yuanzhe, and said, "I can help you deal with him."

Du Yuanzhe said: "Brother Liu has already made arrangements."

Seeing Zheng Xiao being punished to do push-ups, he said: "You have helped me. If it weren't for you, this part would not have been released, and I might have been deliberately blackened."

The show is still going on, and next a few people will go picking peaches together.

Du Yuanzhe complained: "The production crew really did everything they could to torture us. They treated us like donkeys and asked us to carry the peaches back by ourselves. If I hadn't insisted on exercising, I would have collapsed from exhaustion."

Xia Ningmi understood the program crew's intentions very well and said, "The audience likes to watch celebrities doing farm work, so the program crew must cater to the audience's tastes in order to increase ratings."

Du Yuanzhe shook his head: "If it's for filming, I have no objection, but this is just for the sake of gimmicks, it's meaningless."

Xia Ningmi said calmly, "Why is it meaningless? The stars can get popularity and pay, and the program team can get ratings. They all benefit."

Celebrities are not fools. If there is no benefit, how could they allow the program crew to mess with them?

Du Yuanzhe said: "That's right, participating in variety shows is originally for making money and increasing fame."

The show soon moved into the evening and a few people gathered together to sing.

After hearing the song Du Yuanzhe sang, Xia Ning looked at him and asked, "So you can sing?"

Du Yuanzhe straightened his back and said, "I was personally recognized by the Korean King of Pop as someone with singing talent. He wanted to take me in as his apprentice, but I didn't agree."

Xia Ningmi asked, "Do you have any plans to release an album? I can help you arrange it."

As expected of the company boss, the first thing she thought of was to help Du Yuanzhe maximize the benefits of his singing talent.

Du Yuanzhe shook his head: "I don't want to release an album."

He has no intention of dabbling in film, television and music.

Xia Ningmi did not insist: "It's up to you."

Du Yuanzhe said with a click of his tongue: "The production team is planning to completely disrespect Zheng Xiao."

The program crew released high-definition footage of Zheng Xiao's facial expression after Han Jinghao told him he was rapping like a pro. It was like a public execution.

The next day came after the singing, and Du Yuanzhe suggested going to the town to sell peaches.

When Xia Ningmi saw him hiring a villager as a driver, she praised him, saying, "That's a smart move."

Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "It just occurred to me that this way we don't have to pay in advance. After all, we don't have a penny in our pockets."

Xia Ning said, "You actually have a more convenient way. You don't need to go to the town to sell the peaches. These villages must have government support for growing peaches. They have channels to sell a large number of peaches. Since you don't care about the price, you can sell them to the villagers at a low price."

This way, they don't have to rent a car or go to town, they just need to pick peaches. In order to buy more peaches from them at a low price, the villagers may even help them pick peaches.

If they really do this, they will be fleecing the program crew.

Du Yuanzhe sighed: "Fortunately you didn't participate in the show, otherwise the program team would definitely be devastated."

With Xia Ningmi's intelligence, no matter how the program team tortured them, she could always find loopholes and defeat the program team.

Seeing that the program crew even broadcasted the part where someone asked them to perform a program, Du Yuanzhe said: "I actually don't understand people like them. They make themselves look like schizophrenia."

Xia Ningmi said: "The better your life is, the more uncomfortable people like this will be. Don't pay any attention to them."

Du Yuanzhe laughed and said, "Then I think I can piss them off to death."

People like them who use celebrities as a means of showing off while looking down on them are not very broad-minded. Especially since Du Yuanzhe has caused them so much trouble, they will definitely pay close attention to Du Yuanzhe and wish that Du Yuanzhe would commit a crime and be banned one day.

Just like Xia Ningmi said, the better Du Yuanzhe lives, the more uncomfortable they will be.

......

Most of the program has already been aired here, and the next part is the trip to the racecourse.

Du Yuanzhe asked, "Qiqi, do you have a horse farm?"

Xia Ningmi nodded: "Yes, Grandpa likes riding horses very much, so he built a horse farm specifically for him. Now it is managed by a special person."

Du Yuanzhe's eyes lit up: "Can you ride a horse?"

Xia Ningmi: "I learned it from my grandfather."

"Then let's go to the racecourse some other day."

"good."

Du Yuanzhe looked at himself and saw that he had beaten Jiang Chelin in horse riding, and said, "I dare not say anything about other aspects, but in horse riding, Jiang Chelin can never beat me."

Xia Ningmi saw that the two had been talking for a long time and asked, "Can Jiang Chelin be calm and peaceful with you?"

Du Yuanzhe said: "He said harsh words at first, but he has been tortured by Mr. Jiang recently. If he doesn't calm down, he will only torture himself."

"This already means that he recognizes you."

Du Yuanzhe turned his head to look at her: "Qiqi knows Jiang Chelin very well?"

Xia Ningmi raised her eyebrows: "If I say I understand you very well, will you be jealous?"

Du Yuanzhe snorted coldly and quickly kissed her on the lips: "You are right next to me, I can kiss you whenever I want, I won't be jealous of some irrelevant people."

Xia Ning said, "Jiang Chelin is too proud. He doesn't want to deal with people he doesn't agree with, and he won't flatter. I remember when he was in high school, he was robbed by a senior. He would rather be beaten black and blue than hand over the money. His pride won't let him bow to anyone."

Du Yuanzhe still overestimated himself. When he heard Xia Ningmi talking about Jiang Chelin's past, he felt particularly uncomfortable and said in a muffled voice: "You know a lot."

Just at this time, the TV drama was broadcasting the part where Feng Mao and others were gossiping about Xia Ningmi and Jiang Chelin, which made Du Yuanzhe feel even more uncomfortable.

Except for a few insiders, no one thought that Xia Ningmi would fall in love with Du Yuanzhe. In the eyes of outsiders, they were not a good match at all.

Xia Ningmi continued, "This matter spread throughout the school. From then on, I knew that Jiang Chelin had a fatal flaw."

"You asked me why I disliked Jiang Chelin before. This question is actually ridiculous. In my opinion, Jiang Chelin is stupid. His family background has made him extremely proud. This kind of proud and tough character can become his fatal injury as long as it is slightly exploited by others."

"I don't like stupid people."

Du Yuanzhe felt better, but he also felt that there was something wrong with what he said, so he said, "You seem to have also thought I was stupid?"

Previously, in order to help the crew of "The Voice of China" get rid of their grievances, Du Yuanzhe willingly let himself be drunk by them. At that time, Xia Ningmi scolded him for being stupid.

Xia Ning said: "Your stupidity is not fatal."

Du Yuanzhe was somewhat dissatisfied: "Just because of this?"

Xia Ningmi approached him, looked into his eyes and asked, "What do you want to hear?"

Du Yuanzhe sniffed the familiar fragrance so close to him and felt inexplicably hooked.

He put his arms around Xia Ningmi's waist, leaned over and kissed her lips, using action instead of answering.

At this time, the TV series was coming to an end and everyone was having dinner. They agreed to get together again when they had time.

Du Yuanzhe deepened the kiss little by little, easily prying open Xia Ningmi's teeth, and the two of them gradually immersed themselves in it.

At this moment, the cell phone rang.

The ambiguous kissing sounds in the living room disappeared instantly.

Du Yuanzhe answered the phone with annoyance at being interrupted: "Hello?"

Liu Xu wondered: "What's wrong with your voice?"

Du Yuanzhe coughed and said, "Nothing, what's the matter, Brother Liu?"

Liu Xu said: "Director Wang contacted me and asked us to take some TV series that are about to be broadcast into consideration and not to be too harsh on Zheng Xiao."

Du Yuanzhe frowned: "Did Zheng Xiao ask Director Wang for mercy?"

Liu Xu said: "That should be the case, otherwise Director Wang would not have suddenly intervened in this matter."

Du Yuanzhe said: "We can't just let Zheng Xiao's attempt to discredit me go, but we have to give Director Wang face. Brother Liu, you can continue to contact the marketing account to post on Weibo, but we don't care whether it becomes a trending search or not."

Liu Xu immediately understood what Du Yuanzhe meant and said with a smile, "I understand."

Zheng Xiao has more than one rival, Du Yuanzhe. There are many people who hope that he will be on the hot search list. They can save money and give Wang Ligang face at the same time.

After hanging up the phone, Du Yuanzhe wanted to continue the kiss that had just been interrupted, but just as he started the kiss he heard the phone ringing, and a hint of coldness flashed in Xia Ningmi's eyes.

This time it’s Xiaopang.

Du Yuanzhe asked impatiently: "What's wrong?"

Xiaopang said, "Brother Zhe, You Yingxue has snatched two endorsements from Wei Lingling."

Du Yuanzhe sat up straight immediately: "How did she do that?"

He didn't expect that he would reap rewards just by reminding Xiaopang to pay attention to You Yingxue.

"She didn't know how to get the two endorsement managers to change their minds at the last minute and choose her as the spokesperson."

"In addition, someone from Huanxing Entertainment saw You Yingxue and Wang Lianxuan meet privately several times."

It’s Wang Lianxuan again!

Du Yuanzhe thought about it and called Jiang Chelin.

Du Yuanzhe said: "Jiang Chelin, Wang Lianxuan pulled You Yingxue to deal with Fu Lingling. You Yingxue is an artist of your company. She grabbed two endorsements at once."

Although they have broken up, Du Yuanzhe is very clear that Jiang Chelin will not ignore Wei Lingling, and Jiang Chelin is more suitable to handle the entertainment affairs.

Jiang Chelin obviously didn't know about this. He just said "I know" and hung up the phone.

"Finished?"

Xia Ningmi's faint voice rang out.

Du Yuanzhe had just nodded when Xia Ningmi pushed him down on the sofa, and the words he hadn't said were stuck in his throat.