Chapter 131: A Big Lie She told a big lie...
Xu Qinghu is a person who never shows his emotions. Even when he is in love, he rarely reveals his true feelings.
Although she had been very nice to him before, Wu Xuan found it difficult to feel any deep affection from her.
Even after being together for several years, he would still get angry over trivial matters. Every time he saw her helpless and indulgent look, he felt that she loved him.
"From now on, there's no need to say those hurtful words," he said, holding Xu Qinghu's hand. "Even if we argue, don't bring up breaking up again."
"Yeah." Xu Qinghu raised his hand and touched his soft hair, and responded: "Don't mention it."
Wu Xuan stayed in the hospital for a week, and was then taken back to the old house by Grandpa Wu.
During this period, Xu Qinghu would disguise himself and go to see him after finishing filming every day.
She paused when accompanying Wu Xuan, and the time she spent with He Shengnian became noticeably less.
He Shengnian was a perceptive person. After hearing that she hadn't answered his calls several times, he went all the way to the film and television studio to see her. "Are you feeling very tired lately? Do you want to take some time off to rest?"
He looked at Xu Qinghu with heartache and said, "I'll take you abroad for a few days."
"My scenes are almost over," Xu Qinghu shook his head. "At this crucial moment, I can't hold the crew back."
He Shengnian looked helpless, "Then can you bear to ignore me?"
Xu Qinghu blinked and said teasingly, "Didn't I call you back after I was done?"
"It always feels like it's not enough," He Shengnian sighed softly. "You take your work more seriously than I do. It always makes me feel like you don't care about me enough."
"What about you?" Xu Qinghu asked him back, "Aren't you also a workaholic?"
He Shengnian laughed, "Looks like I need to balance work and rest from now on. I can't have two people at home who forget about time when they're busy."
Xu Qinghu smiled without saying anything and took him to a familiar restaurant for dinner. "How are you doing at the company lately? Are you under a lot of pressure?"
After He Shengnian returned to the He family, he was assigned to an important position and had to work until late every day. This is also one of the reasons why the two of them were rarely together.
"It's okay," He Shengnian said, handling the company's affairs with ease. "These are all procedures I was familiar with in my early years. They're not too difficult."
As a prominent family like the He family, He Shengnian has a heavy burden on his shoulders, but as long as he does not make fatal mistakes in important decisions, the glory of the He family will continue for a long time.
"By the way," he poured Xu Qinghu a bowl of chicken soup, "Grandpa's birthday is in two days. Can you take some time off? I'll take you back to the old house for dinner."
Xu Qinghu didn't agree immediately after hearing this: "I'll go back and check the schedule."
"There will be a party at home, and I'll introduce you to some acquaintances in the entertainment industry."
Xu Qinghu raised his eyes and smiled, "It's Grandpa's birthday, and there will definitely be many important people coming to the banquet."
"Besides my family, there are some business partners."
Xu Qinghu nodded, "Then I'll prepare the gift first."
"You don't need to come," He Shengnian said, "I've already prepared everything."
Xu Qinghu did not insist. After having dinner with him, they went back to the hotel together.
"You go back first," Xu Qinghu said, "I have an appointment with my assistant to come for a massage tonight. She is still waiting for me in the room."
He Shengnian didn't go upstairs with her after hearing that. He raised his hand and hugged her gently, "You've lost a lot of weight recently. Remember to take good care of yourself."
Apart from the unsatisfactory last meeting with the parents, the two of them usually get along very well. Logically, as long as things progress normally, their relationship should become closer and closer, but for some reason, he feels inexplicably uneasy.
Especially during this period, Xu Qinghu contacted him significantly less frequently. If he hadn't called her to ask, she would hardly share anything about the crew with him.
He Shengnian had been in love before, and it was always the other party who clinged to him, and he never had to worry about gains and losses. But after being with Xu Qinghu, he realized how obvious love and hate are.
He only thought about giving and supporting her and never asked anything of her.
Even when his grandfather asked him to stop Xu Qinghu from developing in the entertainment industry, he respected her wishes under pressure and even planned to introduce her to people in the entertainment industry so that she wouldn't have to work so hard.
He Shengnian was not sure whether their relationship was just like this, or whether he had a stronger possessiveness towards Xu Qinghu.
Perhaps, once they get married, this insecurity will disappear.
To this end, he wanted to bring her into the He family's social circle as soon as possible and solemnly announce her existence to the outside world.
This is very different from the official announcement during the dating variety show. It is possible to break up in a relationship, but entering the other person's social circle represents his attitude towards the He family.
He would never allow any accidents to happen in the relationship between him and Xu Qinghu.
After returning to the hotel, Xu Qinghu opened her phone and looked at the date. After Mr. He’s birthday banquet, it would be the Winter Solstice, which was her birthday.
The day with the shortest day and longest night in the year.
The blind girl she plays is about to be completed.
As for the birthday party, Xu Qinghu did not go to the He family, but was recuperating in the hotel because of a cold and fever.
After He Shengnian found out, he rushed to see her immediately after the banquet. Not only did he not blame her for being absent, he also personally sat by her bed and took care of her.
"It's so cold, why don't you keep warm?" He asked with concern. "You're so careless, and the people around you don't even remind you. I'll find you two new assistants tomorrow."
"No one expected it," Xu Qinghu said a little aggrievedly, "He must have caught a cold while filming. Don't blame them."
"Assistants are the people who spend the most time with you every day. They must take care of everything, otherwise what's the point of having them work?" He Shengnian could hardly hide his anger.
"It's really okay," Xu Qinghu shook his hand, "I'll be fine tomorrow."
"Then you can't joke with your own body," He Shengnian helped her up and thoughtfully fed her a bowl of snow pear soup. "I'll stay here with you for the next few days."
Xu Qinghu lowered his eyelashes, "What about your job?"
“You can work online.”
"Forget it," Xu Qinghu smiled and shook his head. "You just returned to headquarters, so you should focus on your work first. I have an assistant and an agent by my side, and they will take care of me."
"You are more important." He Shengnian raised his hand and touched her forehead. Seeing that the temperature had dropped, his expression suddenly relaxed a bit. "No matter how busy you are at work, how can it be more important than the person I like?"
He looked at Xu Qinghu gently, his eyes deep and focused, as if the ancient glacier had turned into gurgling spring water, and his whole body exuded warmth.
Xu Qinghu subconsciously avoided his gaze and deliberately said, "Why are you suddenly so cheesy? I remember you weren't like this before."
"I didn't know I could care so much about someone before," He Shengnian said with regret as he looked at her soft face, "That's why I missed so many wonderful times."
Xu Qinghu coughed lightly: "Didn't we end up together?"
"But our first meeting wasn't perfect," He Shengnian said. "I've been thinking lately that if I had gotten to know you on the show, we would have had more unforgettable memories."
Xu Qinghu smiled, "Boss He is actually starting to become sentimental."
"Because I find that you are becoming more and more important to me." He Shengnian interlocked his fingers with hers, looked at her face which was slightly flushed due to the fever, and whispered: "I cherish the time we spent together and don't want to leave you with any bad memories."
Xu Qinghu held his hand in return and looked at his handsome face under the light. It was hard to imagine that he was the person in the book who helped the Qiao family cover up the truth.
Perhaps when she awakened, He Shengnian also changed.
He no longer has a fixed personality, is no longer unattainable and difficult to approach, but has become an ordinary man who falls in love.
After being moved, one begins to become soft.
"Do you care so much about my feelings?" Xu Qinghu murmured softly.
"You are the one who will spend the rest of my life with me." He Shengnian said with a smile: "If I don't care, who else can I care about?"
"What a contrast," Xu Qinghu wrinkled his nose and deliberately said to him, "You used to be a flower in the sky, and you ignored me."
"I won't do that anymore," He Shengnian said. "From now on, I'll do whatever you ask me to do."
"Then tell me a bedtime story." Xu Qinghu said, "I want to hear it."
He Shengnian was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect her to make such a request, but he still told her a fairy tale of Cinderella.
Unexpectedly, after listening to it, Xu Qinghu not only did not fall asleep, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.
"You're treating me like a kid. I want to hear something else."
He Shengnian thought for a moment and told another adventure story, which made Xu Qinghu unable to sleep even more.
She held He Shengnian's fingertips and said, "Since you can't sleep, I'll tell you a story. Do you want to listen?"
He Shengnian sat sideways upon hearing this, leaning against the headboard with her, and naturally held her in his arms, "You say."
"Just tell me a dark story." Xu Qinghu blinked and said with a smile: "You have to listen carefully, because I will test you later."
"good."
Xu Qinghu cleared his throat and said, "A long time ago, in a poor village, a girl and her grandmother lived together. Although life was hard, she dreamed of taking her grandmother to the big city when she grew up to change her own poor and embarrassing life."
"At the age of eighteen, the girl finally arrived in the big city. By chance, she got an opportunity to change her destiny: marry the most handsome prince in the world."
"In order to choose the most suitable girl for the prince, the elderly king is holding a city-wide selection. Any girl of the appropriate age is welcome to sign up."
"It was on that day that the girl hurriedly met the prince. He was dressed in a snow-white knight's garb, and his figure was tall and straight. He was like a big tree that could shelter from the wind and rain, and the girl's heart was instantly moved."
"She longed to win the prince's favor and escape her life of hunger and cold, so she put on beautiful clothes and told a big lie, saying that she was a noble lady from a neighboring country, fell in love with the prince at first sight, and hoped to dance with him."
"Meanwhile, her competition was with another true noblewoman. She easily saw through the girl's disguise. The cheap red dress and the greedy and humble gaze were all obvious evidence of her guilt. So she exposed the girl's true face in front of the prince, causing her to flee hastily like a clown. However, the noblewoman, thanks to her intelligence and wit, caught the prince's attention."
"If the story happened here, do you think the girl would give up?" Xu Qinghu looked at He Shengnian and asked with interest.
The latter frowned and said disapprovingly: "She's already been exposed, what else can she do but give up?"
Xu Qinghu smiled and said, "Fight for yourself again?"
He Shengnian couldn't guess where the story was going, but he still said, "Neither the prince nor the noble lady is stupid."
No matter how well a girl disguises herself, she will only feel ashamed in front of a real noble.
If the noble lady can see through her, why can't the prince?
Xu Qinghu was amused by him, "The story is not over yet."
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