Chapter 81 “He’s not that sentimental…
"What's there to be unaccustomed to?" Liang Qi replied. "I lived alone abroad for a while. I was busy and didn't have much time. It was normal to eat one meal a day, and it was cold food."
Shen Xiyu fell silent. She had no idea what Liang Qi was thinking. He brought up the sad days in the past just to make her feel distressed.
But the bad thing is that they both know in their hearts that Chen Xiyu just feels sorry for him.
"When did you return to China?" Shen Xiyu used a pair of chopsticks to stir the rice in the box, scattering it everywhere. He didn't know whether the mess was caused by the food or the beating heart in his chest.
"Less than a year, probably in the early winter of last year." Liang Qi looked at the woman opposite him quietly with his head lowered.
"Does Qin Yiyan know?" After the words came out of his mouth, Shen Xiyu realized that this question was stupid. Qin Yiyan rushed to go abroad after graduation. How could such a friendship be broken?
"My question was stupid. How could he not know?"
"Are you jealous of him?" Liang Qi teased her.
Chen Xiyu couldn't help but smile. He used to like teasing her in this way. After teasing her, he couldn't argue with her and could only be speechless.
Finally, shut her up with a kiss.
It has been a long time since we last had such days.
To be honest, Shen Xiyu had never considered what it would be like to meet Liang Qi again. Liang Qi understood her, and even though she subconsciously missed the past, she had deliberately avoided thinking about it.
If she couldn't get out of the past, the present and the future would only become more and more difficult. But she was human, and memories were like pervasive smoke, lingering day and night.
Otherwise, how can we explain why she, who is easily bored with the same thing, has worn the same ring for so many years?
"Why don't you say anything? Are you really jealous?"
"No." Shen Xiyu put down his chopsticks, not having much of an appetite today. "I just haven't contacted him in a while, so I just asked casually."
It was early autumn, midday, and the sun was scorching outside, making Shen Xiyu feel a little sleepy.
Liang Qi casually pulled the curtains next to her seat.
"Did you ever ask about me when you were chatting with others in the past?" Liang Qi asked casually.
Shen Xiyu was stunned for a moment, then he also teased him with his eyes curved, "Who is jealous of whom?"
"So it will?"
Shen Xiyu didn't expect that he would continue to ask questions.
"No, you don't know. In the two or three months before the college entrance exam, especially when you first left, they didn't dare mention your name in front of me. It wasn't a big deal at first, but they made the atmosphere tense." Chen Xiyu recalled that time, "But after being together for a long time and getting used to calling you, it's not so easy to keep silent. Every time they accidentally mentioned you, they would look at my face. It's quite funny when I think about it now."
It turns out that I can say these words and these things so easily.
"Really?" Liang Qi didn't smile. "Then will you still blame me?"
"How many times do you have to ask this question? Let's talk about it again." Shen Xiyu remembered something that happened so long ago that she thought she had almost forgotten it. "I promised your mother that I won't blame you."
Liang Qi was about to speak when someone knocked on the RV door.
"I'll go open the door." Shen Xiyu pulled out a chair.
After Shen Xiyu turned his head, Liang Qi frowned somewhat unhappily.
"Why are you here?" Outside the door was someone Shen Xiyu had not expected - Chu He.
He shook the lunch box in his hand and said, "It's been so long since we last met. I came to have dinner with you."
Shen Xiyu looked around nervously, "You're just standing at the door of my RV, aren't you afraid of being photographed?"
Chu He has a lot of traffic, and she doesn't want to see her name on the hot search list when she wakes up tomorrow morning.
"So you don't let me go in and take shelter." Chu He's tone was gentle.
Shen Xiyu didn't understand why he came here at this time.
"I have guests inside, I'll treat you to dinner later."
"I didn't bring an assistant this time. I drove here by myself." Chu He looked back and said, "It's so sunny. Please take me in."
"Go eat at Wade's." Shen Xiyu was a little annoyed. Liang Qi was still inside. If Chu He was allowed to go in as well, it would be disastrous.
If Chu He lets something slip again and lets Liang Qi know about their previous relationship, who knows how angry he will be because he is so petty.
"Director Wei is over there working on the script. You know his temper. Once the door is locked, he ignores everyone. How can I knock and open it?"
Seeing that people were already looking at them sideways, Shen Xiyu really didn't understand what was wrong with Chu He today.
She sighed in her heart. One by one, they were just looking for trouble for her. Don’t they have their own jobs?
"Come in quickly, before the paparazzi take pictures of you."
Shen Xiyu said this with gritted teeth, but Chu He pretended not to hear it and followed her in with a thick face.
Shen Xiyu turned around and saw Liang Qi leaning on the chair with a look that said, "I want to see who you bring in." He felt inexplicably guilty.
"Mr. Liang is here too." Chu He looked surprised. "Mr. Liang and Xi Yu are old friends? I haven't heard you mention that." He turned to Shen Xiyu and said the last sentence.
Something is wrong. This Chu He must be a specialist. Shen Xiyu stared at him with an inquiring look.
He hadn't called her that in a long time, and he spoke so familiarly, even though he and she hadn't been in touch for a long time. Shen Xiyu couldn't help but suspect that he was saying it on purpose for Liang Qi to hear.
But what was his purpose? Shen Xiyu was very sure that everything had been made clear when they broke up, and Chu He had also had two girlfriends since then. She didn't think she was so charming that he would never forget her.
What did he do?
Liang Qi looked at Shen Xiyu deeply. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she actually saw the feeling of "I will settle the score with you later" in that look.
"Who are you?" Liang Qi didn't even stand up.
"Mr. Liang, you're a forgetful person." Chu He wasn't offended by his obviously impolite tone. "I heard from Director Wei that you and Xi Yu knew each other in high school. It's hard to believe that Mr. Liang has remembered this for so long."
"Eat quickly." Shen Xiyu pulled a chair, hoping to use the food to shut the two people's mouths.
Who would have thought that the three of them sitting at the same table would be so awkward. Chu He kept talking to Shen Xiyu, completely ignoring Liang Qi's presence. Liang Qi, on the other hand, stared at Shen Xiyu with a gloomy face.
I didn't have much of an appetite to begin with, and now it's even harder to swallow.
"Enjoy your meal, both of you." Shen Xiyu finally couldn't stand it anymore and simply threw the mess to them. Whatever they wanted to do, it was not her who invited them. "I'm going to go out and get some sun."
Without paying attention to the reactions of the two men behind him, Shen Xiyu really went out after he finished speaking.
I was originally planning to sleep in the RV for a while, but now there is no place to stay. The more Shen Xiyu thought about it, the angrier he became. It was his own territory, so why was he out here? He should have kicked those two people out.
Her original intention was to come out for some fresh air, but she didn't expect Wade to ask her to change the scene for a long time, and then started filming immediately. In her busyness, Shen Xiyu forgot about this terrible thing.
By the time she was completely free, it was already around five in the afternoon.
Shen Xiyu suddenly remembered that there were two living people sitting in her RV.
She walked over there in a hurry.
Sure enough, both of them left.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but when she saw the empty RV, she felt a little lost.
She wanted to take out her cell phone to send a message to Liang Qi. Today's reception was not good. She finally sat down and wanted to have a good chat, but Chu He interrupted the conversation.
I suddenly realized that I didn’t have Liang Qi’s new contact information. It was funny. We had met several times, but neither of us had thought of asking for each other’s phone number. We only kept in touch by chance.
Never mind, he might just be angry, leaving him there like that today. It's only natural for him to be angry.
I'll ask someone to get his contact information and then invite him to dinner.
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Shen Xiyu had nothing to do at home, so he just stayed and filmed the night scene for a while.
Although he was said to be watching, he was actually just chatting with Zeng Ke nearby. Tonight's scenes were relaxed, just some still life transition shots.
"Have you reconciled with Chu He?" Zeng Ke suddenly asked her.
Zeng Ke and the others had known each other for years. Wei De had initially introduced them, but over time, she'd become closer to Shen Xiyu. Wei De had once been drunk and spilled the beans about this, but fortunately, Zeng Ke wasn't drunk at the time. As soon as he started talking, she quickly covered his mouth. Everyone present was dazed and didn't delve into the matter.
Zeng Ke asked Shen Xiyu the next day. It wasn't that she was hiding it on purpose, but no one would talk about their ex every day.
"No." Shen Xiyu frowned, "Where did I hear that?"
"You better be careful," Zeng Ke reminded her. "Chu He blocked the door of your RV this afternoon, and many people saw it. Everyone on the crew knew it was your car. A young girl on the set tried to take a picture, and I scolded her."
Shen Xiyu became annoyed when he heard this. Chu He was simply looking for trouble.
"I don't know what's wrong with him today. He's stuck there and talking a bunch of nonsense. I was afraid too many people would see us, so I told her to go in quickly."
"You're confused." Zeng Ke shook his head in disapproval. "No matter what he says, as long as you don't let him in, the entire process of your conversation will be exposed to everyone. You can chat with him for a while, and you're not alone anyway. If someone asks you, just say you're discussing the play. You're the screenwriter and he's the actor, that's perfectly normal. If you let him in, wouldn't it give him more room to express himself?"
Shen Xiyu didn't say anything. She was a little anxious at the time. She couldn't tell Zeng Ke that Liang Qi was sitting inside. She was a little overwhelmed.
Zeng Ke saw that Shen Xiyu had remained silent, and then said, "I'm just reminding you. You definitely know better than me what to do."
"No." Shen Xiyu knew that it might be her expression that made Zeng Ke angry. "I know you're saying this for my own good. But I really can't figure out what Chu He is planning."
Zeng Ke laughed instead, "What's the point of calculating? I can't forget the old love."
"He's not the kind of person who's always in love."
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