Chapter 40
Chapter 40
Shu Yao didn't take the phone call seriously, it was just another string of numbers added to the blacklist.
The next day, after sending his grandmother on the plane, Shu Yao went back to pack up and prepared to move back to Lishui.
As Shu Yao was bending over to fold clothes, she suddenly heard Chen Ye ask beside her, "When was this delivered?"
She looked up and saw that the cabinet door was wide open and the quilt inside was placed steadily and very conspicuously.
Shu Yao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head calmly: "I don't know, maybe grandma put it in there."
Shen Ye looked at it without any doubt.
Shu Yao's heart beat faster involuntarily.
She didn't even fold the last T-shirt and stuffed it directly into the luggage bag.
Shu Yao walked out of the bedroom first and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that lying was a very difficult thing.
Without grandma at home, downstairs seemed unusually quiet.
She had only lived in Shen Ye's house for a short period of time, but when she left, she seemed to have developed a sense of belonging to this place that was unfamiliar to herself.
As if sensing that his owner was about to leave, when she was carrying her luggage bag downstairs, Little Biscuit came running over, wagging his tail, jumping up, and pulling at her pants with his two front paws as if to keep her.
Shu Yao squatted down, patted its head and comforted it: "I'll come see you again in a few days, be good."
Biscuit whimpered, and when she reached the door, it followed, its dark, wet eyes staring at her.
Shu Yao stopped again and when he turned around, Chen Ye next to him took out a toy ball from somewhere and threw it into the door. Little Biscuit seemed to have a muscle reaction and turned around quickly and ran back to the living room.
The door was closed with a bang.
“…”
Although it was cruel, Shu Yao's reason told her that this was probably the most effective method.
She originally wanted to take a taxi back directly, but Chen Ye said that he had a driver and she didn't need to worry about it, so she accepted the kindness.
Seeing that the car had stopped at the door, Chen Ye helped her put the luggage bag on the passenger seat. Shu Yao opened the back seat and got in the car with a bag of snacks.
I bought it at the supermarket on the first day I arrived. I didn’t finish it, and thinking that Chen Ye didn’t like it, it would be a waste to leave it here, Shu Yao took it with him.
After a while, Shen Ye also got into the back seat and said to the driver in front, “Drive.”
Shu Yao glanced at the driver's beautiful peach blossom eyes through the rearview mirror.
Look familiar?
She leaned forward and finally saw the driver's face clearly: "Zhou Jinghuai?"
Zhou Jinghuai sneered.
Chen Ye took a lollipop from the snack bag on Shu Yao's thigh and unwrapped it leisurely: "You were the one who said you wanted to take a ride."
Shu Yao also took one and scratched the wrapping paper with his fingernails, but he couldn't get it open after two attempts.
Seeing this, Chen Ye took it naturally, unwrapped the paper and handed it to her. The whole process was so smooth as if he had done it many times before.
Shu Yao put the lollipop into her mouth, but her attention was on Zhou Jinghuai, and she even forgot to say thank you.
"You're going to Lishui? Do you have a job?"
"No." Zhou Jinghuai said, "It's been a while since I last had a vacation. I just happened to be resting these few days. I heard Chen Ye say that Lishui is very beautiful, so I stopped by to have some fun."
"Oh." Shu Yao was grateful to Zhou Jinghuai for reminding him that Shen Ye was unhappy, so he said politely, "I'm quite familiar with that place. If you encounter any problems, you can contact me."
Zhou Jinghuai glanced at Shen Ye’s cold face through the rearview mirror and chuckled, “Definitely.”
But Shu Yao was just being polite.
As the car squeezed into the traffic flow, she quietly looked at her phone in the back seat.
Shen Ye took a bag of donuts from his pocket: "Want to eat?"
Shu Yao shook his head: "I don't want to eat sweet things anymore."
Shu Yao and Chen Ye themselves could not realize how different the sound of their voices was from when they spoke to outsiders.
However, Zhou Jinghuai recognized it immediately.
Are you flirting here?
He couldn't help but interrupt: "How about we stop by the roadside and buy you two a deck of cards? I see you two have a lot of free time."
“…”
play cards.
Shu Yao was still allergic to the word "playing cards". When he heard this, his hand shook and the chocolate in his hand fell to the ground.
Shen Ye laughed muffledly and leaned forward.
When he leaned over, his hair touched Shu Yao's smooth thighs, like a feather brushing gently, bringing a tingling sensation.
He picked up the chocolate, threw it into the bag, and looked at her red ears with interest.
"Haven't you forgotten yet?" Chen Ye leaned close to her ear, smiling and asking in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Will your ears turn red every time I mention it in the future?"
Shu Yao did not refute, but gently touched her thigh with her right hand under the cover of the bag.
This time, it doesn't seem to be because of the cards...
It was an hour's drive, which was not fast, especially since Shu Yao had just eaten lunch before getting on the bus. He fell asleep in a daze halfway through the journey.
She didn't know if it was because her grandmother's recent return had brought too much pressure, but she had been having some strange dreams intermittently.
In the dream, in order to avoid being exposed in front of her grandmother, she and Chen Ye were performing an intimate drama in the living room.
The two of them huddled in the corner of the sofa, her head resting on his shoulder, driven to sleep by the boring TV series.
Chen Ye, however, acted as if he had discovered a new toy, sometimes curling up the hair on the side of her face, and sometimes poking her face with his fingers.
Shu Yao was a little annoyed and was about to push him away, but then she remembered that her grandmother was right next to her. So her anger was instantly extinguished, and she punched his chest coquettishly: "Hubby, stop it~"
"What did you say?"
A sudden question seemed to come from far away, and Shu Yao suddenly woke up. When he opened his eyes, he saw Chen Ye's face only a few inches away from him.
His fingers were resting on her cheek, and he was staring at her with burning eyes, with an ambiguous look in his eyes.
Shu Yao realized what he had said and his heart began to beat faster.
"Huh? What what?" She looked away and looked out the window, pretending to be dumb. "We're here, get off."
Shen Ye snorted and withdrew his hand.
The two of them had a tacit understanding and neither of them was the first to open the car door.
Except for Zhou Jinghuai who arrived for the first time.
Sure enough, as soon as he got off the car, an old man in his sixties or seventies came over to collect the parking fee.
Shu Yao sighed helplessly and began to search his pockets to see if there was any cash.
She had seen with her own eyes that some tourists found their tires punctured when they returned because they were unwilling to pay parking fees. After all, she had to live in Lishui for a long time, and offending local residents because of a small parking fee was not a smart choice.
But before she found the cash, Zhou Jinghuai had already started chatting with the old man outside the car.
The car door was closed, and Shu Yao couldn't hear what the two were talking about, but looking at the smile on the old man's face, it seemed like he had met a kindred spirit.
After a while, the old man patted Zhou Jinghuai on the back, turned around and left without taking the money.
Shu Yao:?
She pushed the door open and got out of the car, and asked curiously, "What did you say to him?"
"Nothing." Zhou Jinghuai pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose and smiled as brightly as the wind and moon. "The uncle said that his son and I look a lot like each other and asked me to go to his house for dinner tonight."
“…”
On the way back to the studio, looking at the tall figure in front of him, Shu Yao secretly asked Chen Ye: "Do you think that if I burn an ancient tree, can it reveal his true form?"
Shen Ye: “What?”
"I once read 'In Search of the Gods,' in which a spotted fox cultivated and became a scholar. The scholar was elegant and graceful, as white as jade, with graceful movements and a charming look. I think the last three lines describe Mr. Zhou particularly well."
"What does this have to do with Gu Mu?"
"A scholar debated with a famous scholar, leaving the scholar speechless. Furious and humiliated, the scholar used a thousand-year-old tree to force the scholar to reveal his true form."
Chen Ye suddenly turned around and stood in front of her, his tone sounding a bit sarcastic: "You have been paying attention to him all the way, how about giving you his WeChat ID?"
"..." Shu Yao instinctively recalled the last time she accidentally sent him an emoticon after getting drunk.
Sure enough, every time it was a boomerang.
She blinked and said calmly, "I already have it."
Shen Ye narrowed his eyes: “He is a fox, what about me?”
Shu Yao deliberately poked him: "You look more like a puppy now."
"Well, I'm a puppy." Chen Ye pretended to move forward, "If the puppy is unhappy, it will bite people."
Shu Yao raised her hand and covered his mouth without thinking.
For a moment, both of them were stunned.
His lips were pressed against her palm, and in the blink of an eye, his gaze was fixed on her, making Shu Yao feel that he looked familiar.
Oh yes.
This is the look Biscuit gives when he wants to eat something.
She retracted her hand and felt her palm getting hot.
"Hey! What are you two doing?" Zhou Jinghuai found that the two people had not caught up with him, so he turned around and asked in a loud voice.
Something vaguely floating between the two of them was suddenly punctured and dissipated into the air.
Shen Ye gritted his teeth secretly.
When he arrived at Yin Garden, Zhou Jinghuai went out for a stroll without taking any rest.
Shu Yao boiled water in the electric kettle and looked at the clock on the wall for the fifth time.
Shen Ye finally couldn't help but ask: "Is someone coming?"
Shu Yao nodded: "I told you, the school girl that Tiantian introduced is called Li Sui."
Shen Ye was stunned for a moment before she remembered that she had indeed mentioned this matter yesterday.
This is the name, why does it sound familiar?
Before Chen Ye could think about it, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and a petite figure ran in at the right time.
Li Sui was wearing a denim sundress with a white T-shirt underneath. Her long chestnut hair was tied into a loose bun, making her look energetic and cute. She panted slightly, glanced at the time, and said with a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, fortunately, I'm not late."
Shu Yao smiled at her politely: "Hello, are you Li Sui? I'm Shu Yao."
"I know. Senior Sister Tiantian told me to just call you Sister Yaoyao. You're even prettier than I thought." Li Sui smiled, her dimples adorable. She talked so much that Shuyao couldn't find a moment to interrupt. "I used to work part-time as a live broadcast assistant, so I'm pretty good at video editing."
"Really?" Shu Yao said happily, "In addition to the live broadcast, I also want to edit some popular science vlogs about the production process and put them on the video website. Can you help?"
"Of course! We can post it on anything like X-Music or C-Station." Li Sui agreed immediately, then noticed there was someone next to him, "Hey? Who is this..."
After a few days of training, Shu Yao casually said, "This is my husband."
"It's my brother-in-law!" Li Sui seemed quite restrained in front of the strange man and bowed respectfully, "Hello, brother-in-law!"
There was no expression on Shen Ye's face. He nodded slightly and said "hmm".
Shu Yao explained for him: "Don't mind it, he just has a rather cold personality."
"It's okay, it's okay." Li Sui smiled and waved her hands. "It's better for men to be a little more indifferent. Unlike some men, they look decent and smile at everyone they see, but they are actually full of evil intentions."
Shen Ye didn't know what he was thinking about, and suddenly laughed.
At the same time, a meaningful teasing voice suddenly came from the door:
"Hey, click on me?"
*
Li Sui froze and didn't look back for a long time.
Zhou Jinghuai, waving a folding fan that he had bought from some souvenir shop, leisurely walked to Li Sui, looking a bit like an ancient romantic scholar.
He leaned sideways, his eyes focused on Li Sui's tense little face, which was covered with a smile.
"This person... looks familiar?"
Li Sui was silent for a moment, then a smile even brighter than before appeared on her face: "Hey! Brother, long time no see, why are you here?"
"Shouldn't I be the one asking you this?" Zhou Jinghuai stopped smiling and became so serious that Shu Yao felt a little strange.
Li Sui grabbed the straps of her denim skirt with both hands, looking a little nervous: "I, I'm doing an internship. I'll be Sister Yaoyao's live broadcast assistant in the future."
"I came to this unfamiliar place to do an internship by myself? My parents didn't say anything."
Li Sui opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing and lowered her head.
Zhou Jinghuai suddenly realized: "Oh, so you didn't tell them at all, right?"
Li Sui muttered softly, "I'm already old enough, there's no need to report everything."
Zhou Jinghuai sneered and looked at the two people in the front row who were eager to buy a few bags of melon seeds. "I'll take this kid away first. As for the internship..."
Li Sui jumped up and said, "I love this internship! Don't try to trip me up!"
Zhou Jinghuai pressed her head down, like the Five Finger Mountain pressing down on Monkey King: "Give me an internship contract. I've read it and it's fine. Then let her sign it with you."
Shu Yao was stunned when he heard this.
It wasn’t until the two of them quarreled and left the house that she reacted and asked Shen Ye: “I want to ask a question.”
Shen Ye sat on the armchair, his right hand resting on the back of the chair, his legs open, and a leisurely posture: "They are not siblings."
"No." Shu Yao asked, "He drove away. How are you going to get back later?"
Shen Ye: "..."
Chen Ye is this kind of person. If he comes, he will make the best of it. If he makes the best of it, he will be shameless.
So when he learned that the family driver was too busy to pick him up and Shu Yao offered to call him a taxi, the young master threw down a sentence about being allergic to public seats and fell asleep in the rocking chair.
Shu Yao thought, since they had already stayed together for several nights, one more night wouldn't be a big deal, so he didn't say anything more.
The design drawings were almost completed and it was already evening.
After sitting for too long, her waist felt sore and stiff, as if the joints of a machine had not been lubricated. She stretched and looked at Chen Ye who was sitting in a rocking chair not far away.
Counting it up, the young master has slept for three hours.
The "Chen" in his name means sleeping, right?
Perhaps sensing her inner complaints, the young master slowly woke up and lifted his eyelids. He checked the time and closed his eyes again, his voice filled with weariness: "Are you hungry?"
Shu Yao didn't feel hungry at first, but when he mentioned it, she realized that she was a little hungry.
The design drawing was still a little short of completion, and Shu Yao was too lazy to go out, so he ordered takeout.
After eating, Shu Yao was about to start making the bracelet, but when she looked at the live broadcast equipment on the table, she suddenly had an idea. She happened to have a helper with her. Why not try broadcasting it herself to get a feel for it before the cooperation with the platform was finalized and the platform didn’t know how to promote the stream for her?
Thinking so, Shu Yao did just that.
In order to pay attention to the situation in the live broadcast room, she occupied Shen Ye's mobile phone, and Shen Ye could only take a piece of paper and pen out of boredom, not knowing what to write on it.
The process of starting a live broadcast was very simple. After a while, the picture appeared on the screen of the mobile phone on the stand. The camera was aimed at the workbench. Only Shu Yao's hands were in the camera throughout the whole process.
Shu Yao basically ignored the existence of the camera and continued doing what he was supposed to do, except for occasionally looking at the comments on Chen Ye's phone.
But... there weren't any comments, and they all looked like familiar faces.
So poor that I only have money left: So beautiful! Woo woo woo baby is so capable!
Madam Shexiang: Support! Come on!
So poor that I only have money left: Come on, come on, come on, come on!!!
In addition to these two, there is another person among the three people in the live broadcast room whose name is unknown. His name is the default garbled code hejdh7463 after successful registration.
On her side, the live broadcast started without notifying anyone. It was obvious that these people were attracted by Chen Ye after he threw the live broadcast link into the family group.
Grandma and Mom, then the other one could be Shen Yu or Shen Yang.
Shu Yao thought that if she hadn't occupied Chen Ye's phone, there might have been one more audience member.
"So poor that only money is left" rewarded @花丝衬沾匠江岸 a luxury yacht, and I love him endlessly!
"Mrs. Shexiang" rewarded @花丝衬墨匠艺人Jiang'an with a luxury yacht, and she loves him endlessly!
…
After receiving three consecutive reminders of the largest reward, Shu Yao was so shocked that he quickly gestured to Chen Ye.
Shen Ye understood immediately, took his phone off-camera, and sent a message to the family group.
After a while, the reward reminder disappeared.
Shu Yao took a look and saw that the ID of the person ranked first on the list had changed to:
So poor that I only have money left (no spending allowed)
Shu Yao: “…”
Shu Yao live-streamed for about an hour, and when it ended, the total number of viewers was 56.
Since even if you click in and only watch for ten seconds before exiting, it will be counted in the total number of people, so there are obviously not that many people who watch from beginning to end, maybe only a few.
Shu Yao knew that if the path to promoting intangible cultural heritage was so easy, there wouldn't be so many craftsmen, and even survival would become a problem, so he had no choice but to change careers.
So she didn't feel frustrated.
Taking the phone off the holder, Shu Yao clicked on WeChat and saw the message that Chen Ye had just sent in the family group.
Chen Ye: [The reward platform will take half of the money. Please transfer it directly to me and I will collect it on your behalf.]
Director of Shen's Zoo: [ok]
Madam Shexiang: [OK]
Shu Yao: “…”
Even though I knew she wouldn't accept it, I still started the collection service.
This guy is such a dog, isn't he?
Shu Yao looked up at him helplessly. Chen Ye probably thought she was not finished yet and did not want to affect her, so he lowered his head and wrote and drew on the paper.
She sneaked over to take a look.
The pen strokes are sharp and the font is square.
It is said that handwriting reflects the character of the writer. She seemed to be able to feel the man's confidence and openness from his words.
The road to the future is right under your feet.
Don't be sad and don't be afraid.
…
Smiling in the face of danger,
Dreams coming true are not far away.
Take courage and move forward firmly,
A miracle will definitely happen.
…
Shu Yao was touched: "Are you doing this to encourage me? The poem is well written."
Shen Ye raised his eyes and said frankly: "This is the Ultraman theme song."
"..." Shu Yao returned the paper to him, "Oh."
It turns out that there is no man who doesn’t love Ultraman.
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