He invested in the development of the White Rose series of skin care products for her, designed a rare diamond bracelet for her, and made a White Rose desk lamp for her. She resisted all the surprises and touches.
She also resisted his two sincere confessions.
She even resisted him and drove for two days to come to the northwest to see her.
But she is not immune to his hug.
She used to like being in his arms and being held tightly by him, and it turned out that she still liked it now.
Min Xi still remembers the first hug in their lives. After getting the marriage certificate and coming out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, before getting in the car, he hugged her, a very light hug.
After two years of marriage, the last hug he gave her was at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau. After he got the divorce certificate, he hugged her before she got into her car.
After the car drove out that day, she burst into tears.
It seemed like the tears could never stop flowing, flowing from the Civil Affairs Bureau all the way home.
Min Xi pulled herself back to her thoughts, clutching his black and grey sports jacket in her hand. When Fu Yanzhou hugged her just now, she raised her hand to push him away, but then somehow she ended up grabbing his clothes but didn't push him away.
The clothes on his side were wrinkled into a ball by her grasp.
When he hugged me today, all the grievances I felt after being apart for a year came flooding back to me. Min Xi thought she could control herself, but suddenly tears burst out.
After separation, I still love you but feel sad.
I have been trying hard to forget.
But I still miss him.
Fu Yanzhou hugged her tighter. The person in his arms' shoulders kept shaking, and she cried silently and restrainedly.
He pressed his lips to her forehead and said in a nasal voice, "I'm sorry. My bad."
Min Xi's nose was blocked, as if by something, and he could only breathe through his mouth.
The more I tried to hold back, the more I couldn't stop crying.
She knew that it wasn't his fault that he didn't fall in love with her before the divorce, but she couldn't help feeling sad. During the entire winter in Paris, she often went out without taking anything with her, and would think of him while walking on the streets.
Fu Yanzhou hugged her with one hand, felt his pocket, but found nothing, then he touched her down jacket pocket, but found no tissue.
He put his arms around her shoulders and carried her to the front of the car. There were tissues in the car, so he took a few and stuffed them into his arms.
Fu Yanzhou raised his head and looked away. The wild camels were slowly walking away.
Min Xi took the tissue to wipe her tears and snot, and secretly adjusted her breathing. Her nose was still blocked, but the tears finally stopped falling.
The clothes on his chest were wet with tears and snot.
She wiped her own tears and then wiped his clothes.
Fu Yanzhou: "It's okay, no need to wipe it, it will dry in a while."
Min Xi got up from his arms, turned his head to look in the direction the camel left, and let out a long sigh. After crying for a while, I no longer felt so depressed.
Fu Yanzhou took a large-capacity thermos from the car. She rarely drank soda water after the weather got cold, so he prepared a cup of warm water in the car.
Unscrew the lid of the cup and pour it into the cup for her.
Min Xi took it and found the water temperature was just right, so he drank it all in one breath.
"I'm going to get busy." She handed the cup lid back to him.
Fu Yanzhou asked her to wait a moment. Her eyes were red from crying and the tears wouldn't go away for a while.
"I have sunglasses in my car. I'll find a pair for you."
Min Xi: "No, I have it in my bag."
She waved and strode towards the filming base.
The driver was the only one in the business car. Min Xi found his sunglasses and put them on, then took out a silk scarf from his bag and wrapped it around his neck, doing his job of "sun protection".
The ultraviolet rays in the northwest are strong, so it is not surprising to wear sunglasses.
The second version of the long shot was now being filmed. The director and Sheng Jianqi were staring at the monitor with frowns on their faces, not noticing that she was standing next to them.
By the time Sheng Jianqi turned his head and saw her, Min Xi's voice had almost adjusted.
"Didn't you ask Mr. Fu to come over and sit with you?"
"He's not coming. Don't worry about him."
Min Xi's voice was the same as usual, clear and cold yet with a hint of casualness.
She changed the subject and asked with concern, "How was the version we just filmed?"
Sheng Jianqi shook his head, unscrewed the water and drank it, saying, "Not very good. Not as good as the one published in Japan, where I took a photo of a few wild camels at sunrise."
Min Xi just saw those camels on the side of the road, walking slowly towards the east towards the sun.
Sheng Jianqi was not particularly satisfied with the Japanese publication, and he leaned back in his chair in frustration.
Min Xi: "What you are watching is the silent version. After post-processing and adding the advertising slogan, the effect will definitely be better than it is now."
Sheng Jianqi: "I watched the audio version, it was just average. You weren't there just now."
The director turned around and discussed with the person in charge of the advertising company: "Boss Yu, how about changing the slogan and trying it out?"
President Yu smiled bitterly and thought to himself, it’s easy for you to say that.
The final version of the advertising slogan is already the sixth version.
This seemingly simple advertising slogan requires countless brain cells to come up with.
Their company is responsible for all the advertisements of Shengshi Auto, and they have had a very pleasant cooperation over the years. Sheng Jianqi is satisfied with the advertising ideas and slogans of other models, but he is not satisfied with the idea of this new energy off-road vehicle.
Mr. Yu thought for a while, and suddenly looked at Min Xi. The advertising concept was shot based on her copy, and it was of course not harmonious when matched with other advertising narrations.
"Director Min, why don't you dub the part in your proposal and see how it turns out. If it's good, you can authorize that part of the text to us and go back to complete the authorization contract."
Min Xi said cheerfully: "No problem, let's try it first."
Advertising companies often purchase the copyrights of photos and artworks as advertising materials. They will also seek authorization for some good copywriting ideas.
The director called the staff in the team and asked Min Xi to read the copy to the staff.
Min Xi still remembers how he felt when he typed those words.
“In a dream.
On the way to find.
At the end of loneliness.
Find yourself in the endless confusion. Sheng Shi…” She also added the model of the off-road vehicle to complete the narration.
When Sheng Jianqi first saw this passage in the project plan, he was quite moved. Today, when he heard Min Xi read it out in person, he was even more deeply touched.
He said to Min Xi: "It's a bit like a portrait of me."
He had been confused and lonely in his relationship, and at one point he almost couldn't get out of it.
When he first took over Shengshi Automobile, he was confused and even felt it was boring because the automotive industry was not something he liked.
Today he sat here and drove the Shengshi SUV to the Gobi Desert, and found that taking over Shengshi Automobile was not as bad as he had imagined.
Min Xi smiled, this was also a portrayal of herself.
She was touched. She didn’t know whether it was because she had cried and let go of her worries, or because the bleak and desolate Gobi Desert made her feel hopeless, but the camel still moved forward.
Anyway, at this moment, she felt more relaxed than ever before.
There was more filming in the afternoon, so they had lunch at the filming base.
Sheng Jianqi asked Min Xi to call Fu Yanzhou over and have a simple meal. The director travels all over the country all year round and has all kinds of cooking utensils, as well as people who specialize in cooking. No matter how difficult the conditions are, they can still have two hot dishes.
Min Xi didn't agree immediately: "I'll go over and take a look, maybe they have prepared lunch."
It takes five or six minutes to walk from the filming base to the roadside.
Fu Yanzhou was sitting in the car looking at documents. The signal was bad and the video session was disconnected halfway through and he couldn't connect no matter what he did.
He felt a figure approaching from the corner of his eye, and he looked up suddenly. Min Xi was walking towards him, wearing a pair of sunglasses and a silk scarf around his neck.
He still remembers this scarf clearly. At home in Shanghai, she used this scarf to cover him from the display table.
Fu Yanzhou put the documents on the armrest, opened the door and got out of the car.
Min Xi asked casually, "What are you and Uncle Chen going to eat for lunch? Are you going to eat with us?"
Fu Yanzhou: "No, I brought a bucket of noodles."
“…”
He added, "I'll make you tomato and shrimp wontons. I have all the ingredients."
The off-road vehicle driven by Uncle Chen has been modified and has a built-in refrigerator. In order to make this trip to the northwest, he also bought an outdoor windproof stove and various small pots.
Uncle Chen joked that he was keeping up with the fashion at his age by going on a self-driving tour and cooking for himself. Yesterday on the way from Beijing to the northwest, when it was time for lunch, there was no village or restaurant nearby. They had no choice but to set up the stove and cook their own meal.
Because his cooking skills are not very good, Fu Yanzhou suggested eating instant noodles for lunch today.
Fu Yanzhou said he would make the tomato wontons that he would make for Min Xi. Uncle Chen’s cooking skills were not good, but he felt that Fu Yanzhou was even worse than him.
I was a little worried that the tomato wontons would be messed up.
Min Xi opened the car refrigerator and saw that there was enough food for four people.
She replied to Sheng Jianqi that if Fu Yanzhou didn't go over to eat, she wouldn't go back either, so there was no need to leave any food for her.
Uncle Chen set up the stove and started to boil water. He boiled a full pot, half for instant noodles and the other half for making wontons.
The fire was not big and there was a sizzling sound at the bottom of the pot.
Min Xi had nothing to do, so he put his hands in the pockets of his down jacket and looked around to see if there were any camels.
Fu Yanzhou called her, "Xixi, come here."
He stood in front of the big red SUV. Min Xi walked over slowly. She was wearing sunglasses and was not afraid to look him in the eye. She looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?"
Fu Yanzhou gestured to her: "Loosen your down jacket. I'll carry you to the roof. The roof is high and the view will be different."
He found a blanket from the trunk and spread it on the roof, only half of it, and gave her the other half to stand on and look out into the distance.
"It's not easy to come here, and I don't know when I will come next time. I want to see it and have no regrets."
Min Xi hesitated for a moment and decided to sit on the roof of the car to take a look.
The down jacket had a double zipper, and she pulled the bottom zipper up until it did not affect the movement of her legs.
Fu Yanzhou spread the blanket and secured the folding ladder.
Min Xi climbed up the ladder to the roof of the car. The car was nearly two meters high, and the Gobi Desert looked even more magnificent from above.
With a wide field of vision, she spotted a few camels, too far away to tell whether they were heading this way or ahead.
After standing for a long time and feeling unstable, she slowly squatted down and sat on the luggage rack, which was covered with a thick blanket so it was not too uncomfortable to sit on.
Fu Yanzhou opened the camera and took a few pictures.
She was wearing white clothes, black sunglasses, and sitting on the roof of a red SUV. The colors matched and were eye-catching.
The view from the roof is good, but the wind is also strong.
Min Xi felt the cold wind for a few minutes and planned to go down.
It is easy to go up but difficult to go down. In order to maintain an elegant posture, she sat down and moved towards the folding ladder. After finally reaching the side of the car, she hung her legs down.
At this moment, she and Fu Yanzhou were face to face. She was sitting on the roof of the car overlooking him, while he was standing in front of the car looking up at her.
She didn't know when the zipper of his sportswear was unzipped. She didn't think much about it and motioned to him, "Stand aside for a moment." He was standing in front of the side ladder, blocking her way down.
She was not mentally prepared at all. Fu Yanzhou raised his hand, grasped her waist and pulled her down.
Min Xi lost her balance and fell directly from the roof of the car into his arms, and Fu Yanzhou caught her steadily.
After she calmed down, Fu Yanzhou put her on the ground. He lowered his head and kissed her on the face: "It's okay. I won't be unable to catch you."
'Thump, thump,' her heart beat several times.
Min Xi forgot how he stood up and how he walked to the folding dining table.
There were two small folding tables in total. Uncle Chen and the bodyguard were eating instant noodles at another table, and she sat down at the table with the stove.
There were washed tomatoes on the table. Fu Yanzhou took out wontons and shrimps from the refrigerator, as well as a packet of special concentrated tomato sauce. This brand of tomato sauce was recommended to him by his father-in-law.
Min Xi took out his cell phone from his pocket and pretended to look at it to pass the time.
The warmth of his lips when he kissed her just now seemed to still be there, lingering in her mind.
While she was distracted, a bowl of tomato and shrimp wontons was ready.
Fu Yanzhou handed her a spoon and said, "Taste it to see if it's salty enough."
Min Xi came back to his senses, put down his phone and picked up the spoon: "Thank you." He had only made simple breakfast for her before and his cooking skills were limited.
She tasted a wonton, swallowed it, and asked him in surprise, "Where did you buy the wontons?"
Fu Yanzhou told the truth: "I didn't buy them. I took some from your refrigerator. Dad allowed me to. And you don't like the wontons made by others."
Min Xi said “hmm” and lowered his head to continue eating.
Growing up, she only ate the wontons her father made.
Maybe she doesn't like eating wontons just because her father makes them. Later, her father added noodles to the wontons, and she learned that they were called wonton noodles.
It is an indescribable satisfaction to be able to eat the wontons made by my father in the remote Gobi Desert.
She took a picture of the small table and sent it to her father, "Dad, I got the wontons. 】
The signal was poor and it took a while for the photo to be sent.
It was not until the evening that her father responded to her message.
Is it cold over there? Wear more clothes. 】
Chasing the sunset, Min Xi drove the big red SUV towards the town. The cell phone vibrated on the armrest, but she didn't have time to check it.
Occasionally a vehicle would speed up from behind and quickly leave her behind.
She kept the original speed and met two groups of camels along the way, some heading east and some heading west.
Fu Yanzhou sat in the passenger seat, staring at the rearview mirror to help her see if there were any cars coming from behind.
As the sun set, the town came into view.
Min Xi felt like she had returned from the end of the desolate world to the mundane world of fireworks, and the person accompanying her was the person she had loved since childhood.
"Which hotel are you staying in?" Min Xi asked while waiting for the traffic light.
Fu Yanzhou said the name of the hotel, "The one you're staying in is full."
The two hotels are not far from each other, on the same road, about three minutes' walk away.
Min Xi stopped at the door of the hotel where he was staying and handed the car to him.
Fu Yanzhou walked from the passenger seat to her and said, "I'll pick you up at six tomorrow morning and take you to the place where we filmed today to watch the sunrise."
We will be shooting the car commercial for another day tomorrow, but there is no need to rush there early.
Min Xi wanted to refuse, but for some reason the words didn't come out of his mouth.
Fu Yanzhou watched her enter the hotel lobby, then he backed up and headed towards his own hotel. The signal in the small town is good, and he has to go to a meeting when he returns.
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Before going to bed at night, Min Xi received a call from his brother.
Min Ting asked her how she was doing and whether the clothes she brought were enough.
"That's enough."
Min Xi told his brother: "Fu Yanzhou is here too. He drove here from Beijing."
Min Ting knew that Fu Yanzhou had gone to the northwest. He heard from his aunt at home that Fu Yanzhou came to their house two days ago and brought some wontons.
Min Xi added: "He wants to drive back to Beijing with me."
We didn't take the highway on the way back. Instead, we crossed the Gobi Desert and took the desert road, and also took a detour to the grassland in late autumn. The whole journey was nearly two thousand kilometers.
Fu Yanzhou said that if she was tired, she could stay a few more days on the road, as the cities and towns along the way were all nice.
Min Ting: "Not bad. Haven't you always wanted to go on a road trip?"
"I thought you would object."
"Why would I object if someone accompanies you in eating, drinking and having fun?"
“…”
Maybe it was because I moved to a new place. After talking on the phone with Min Ting, I didn’t feel sleepy at all. I turned off the lights and didn’t fall asleep until half past twelve.
At 5:50 the next morning, Fu Yanzhou called her on time to wake her up.
"You can sleep for another five minutes."
Min Xi was still asleep, and said in a hoarse voice, "No, I'll get up right away."
After washing up and putting on sunscreen, she went downstairs. She only brought a down jacket on this business trip and appeared in front of Fu Yanzhou in the same outfit as yesterday.
Today, he was the only one with a big red SUV; the car driven by Uncle Chen did not come.
"Uncle Chen isn't going?"
"They went over first."
Min Xi got in the car, and Fu Yanzhou adjusted the seat for her. "Sleep for a while, I'll call you when we get there."
The last time she watched the sunrise with Fu Yanzhou was on the Gold Coast. They watched the sunrise over the sea on a yacht. She was so sleepy that she took a nap in his arms before sunrise.
"I'm not sleepy." Min Xi adjusted the chair back by himself.
Actually, I was a little sleepy, but I held it in.
The SUV drove out of the town. There were no street lights on the road in the Gobi Desert, so she kept helping him watch the road.
After driving more than a hundred kilometers, the car had not yet reached the place where they stopped yesterday, but the east was gradually getting brighter.
Fu Yanzhou pulled over and said, "Just watch from here."
If we go any further, we will miss the brief sunrise.
He opened the trunk and took out the side ladder, "Go to the roof and take a look."
Min Xi thought about him carrying her off the roof of the car yesterday, and also about that kiss, and she rejected it reflexively: "No need."
Fu Yanzhou fixed the ladder again and took out two blankets this time, one to spread on the roof and the other to drape over her to block the wind.
Min Xi hesitated for a few seconds, and not knowing what bewitched her, she sat on the roof of the car again and wrapped the cashmere blanket around her shoulders. The pattern of this blanket was similar to the one he had on the plane, and both were customized according to her preferences.
The blanket blocks the wind, and I wait for the sunrise in warmth.
She had made up her mind that she would not go down the side step, but would slide down directly from the windshield and onto the hood. The hood was not high from the inside, and she was wearing sneakers today, so it was very convenient for her to get down.
Fu Yanzhou drank warm water and looked at her thoughtful expression, glancing at the hood from time to time.
He looked at his watch and saw that there were still about two minutes until sunrise, so he could barely make it in time. He screwed the bottle cap on, went to the trunk to find a duster and a clean towel, and carefully cleaned the hood.
Min Xi: "Don't wipe it. There will still be a layer of dust at night."
Fu Yanzhou: "Don't you want to sit on it and take pictures?"
Min Xi: “…”
She didn't want to take pictures, she wanted to slide down from the roof.
I couldn't bear it and said, "Don't wipe it, I won't sit on it." I just stepped on it, no need to wipe it.
Fu Yanzhou glanced at her, gave up on wiping the hood, and started wiping the windshield. "When it slides down later, pick up your down jacket. White ones get dirty easily."
“…”
Min Xi didn't expect that he would see through her, and she laughed.
She said, "No need to wipe, I won't slip anymore."
Fu Yanzhou stopped and put away his tools. He adjusted the camera, stood on the other side of the road, and took a photo of her on the roof of the car with the magnificent sunrise.
The sun rises, bringing a hint of warmth to the cold morning.
Min Xi turned to look at him and asked: "Didn't you see the sunrise?"
Fu Yanzhou was looking back at the photos and videos he had taken of her, and said, "I have seen them."
The sunrise was very short, and he watched the whole process on the video camera.
Fu Yanzhou put the phone in his coat pocket and handed it to her.
Min Xi stopped being shy, took off the blanket from her shoulders, held his wrist, and moved as close to the car as possible. This time, she cooperated with him and he carried her down from the roof of the car.
Time seemed to be pulled into slow motion.
Min Xi couldn't help but hold his breath, and his feet finally touched the ground. But before he could step firmly, Fu Yanzhou's kiss came down on him. She tried to hide backwards, but forgot there was a car door behind her and there was nowhere to hide.
He held her in his arms.
Fu Yanzhou hugged her tightly and kissed her lips gently.
Upper lip, lower lip, rubbing against each other.
Gentle yet strong.
Her breath was filled with his scent, and he pushed her teeth open.
The tip of the tongue touches the tip of the tongue.
Min Xi suddenly forgot where he was.
Unsteady on her feet, she clutched his coat tightly in her hands.
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