Chapter 13 Zhou Jinbai, please marry me.
In the end, nothing happened. Su Li was mentally prepared, but Zhou Jinbai still stayed away from her. He had a sore throat and was afraid of infecting Su Li with the cold, so he was just joking with Su Li.
He told Su Li to calm down, "I was just joking with you, go to sleep. Since my proximity makes you unhappy, I won't do it again in the future."
Su Li didn't say anything. Hearing that he was able to retreat when faced with difficulties, Su Li felt a little relieved. She got up, turned on the light, poured a cup of boiling water and handed it to him, asking him to drink more hot water.
The weather is cold and there is a thick layer of snow outside.
Zhou Jinbai got up, drank a cup of hot water, and then lay down again. He asked Su Li to go upstairs and rest, and not to stand on the ground, as it was very cold.
Su Li asked him if he was still feeling uncomfortable and whether he wanted to take medicine. Zhou Jinbai just closed his eyes and shook his head.
Seeing that he didn't say anything more, Su Li turned off the lights, used the light from her mobile phone to illuminate the kang, and lay down again.
No one spoke, and they were at a distance.
Zhou Jinbai's voice was a little hoarse as he spoke softly, "The road to the entertainment industry isn't easy. I can only help you so far. I hope you can persevere on your own in the future. Having a career you're passionate about is a good thing; it's better than relying on a man."
Su Li still thanked him, "Thank you."
Zhou Jinbai didn't answer. After a while, he continued, "A career is more reliable than a man. Now that you've gotten out of your marriage, don't rush to find a partner. Even if you want to get married again, you have to keep your eyes open."
Su Li nodded and said nothing more.
The two of them remained silent all night. The next day, Zhou Jinbai really left. He packed up his things and left the film and television base. Zhang Qingchi drove to see him off.
Teacher Lin Youqin did not leave. She had to supervise the production of the drama, so she did not go to see Zhou Jinbai off. When Zhou Jinbai left, he asked them to take good care of Su Li.
Zhang Qingchi came back at noon. Everyone was having lunch when he came back. He asked Su Li to get ready because he would meet Lin Youqin and Huang Sijing in the afternoon. He wanted her to rehearse her scenes with Chen Yusheng. Both actors would have their acting skills tested.
Su Li agreed. After Zhou Jinbai left, she was not so scared anymore. She didn't know what was going on in her mind, but she couldn't let go when Zhou Jinbai was around.
As an actor, she had never been like this before, and she didn't know what magic Zhou Jinbai had.
Su Li and Chen Yusheng successfully passed the assessment of teacher Lin Youqin. Chen Yusheng originally thought that Su Li was just a vase and had no acting skills, which might waste a good work. However, after listening to her thoughts on the characters in the play and her live performance, he felt that he was superficial.
Su Li's acting skills are remarkable, but she is not very famous. You have to search online to know what dramas she has acted in. The best resource is that she played a tragic supporting role in a family ethics drama on a certain satellite TV station. Otherwise, her other works are all web dramas.
And there are no particularly popular ones.
Maybe it's because she is not famous that no one noticed her. As for why she was invited to be the female lead in such a good work this time, there is no way of knowing. Some popular actresses with higher status than her only played supporting roles and acted alongside her.
Fortunately, she has some strength, and Chen Yusheng looks at her with admiration.
When the filming officially started, a start-up ceremony was held. The crew paid homage to their ancestors, and teacher Lin Youqin also sent words of blessing on Weibo. Netizens all wanted to see who the heroine was. Teacher Lin Youqin asked everyone to be patient and wait for the heroine to meet everyone, and then they would meet her naturally.
Lin Youqin knew that Su Li was Zhou Jinbai's daughter-in-law, but she didn't know who Zhou Jinbai's son was, so her relationship with Su Li quickly improved. She often gave Su Li guidance on her acting skills, and she was not stingy in telling Su Li how to act.
Su Li felt that Lin Youqin was a nice person, not arrogant, and easier to get along with than Huang Sijing.
She has tried very hard to show off her acting skills, but each scene has to be shot at least several times. Huang Sijing pursues the beauty of the shots and pictures, and he has to do it again if there is something slightly inappropriate.
He is also a very dedicated person.
Some bigwigs in the industry pursue perfection in everything, so Su Li can only obey them.
During the casual conversation, Lin Youqin asked Su Li, "Why hasn't Old Zhou had a wife yet? You're close to him, but haven't you noticed that he has someone he likes?"
Lin Youqin's husband has been dead for several years. Fortunately, her two children are both successful, sensible, and care about their mother very much.
Su Li didn't know what she meant by asking this question, nor did she know how to answer. Just like Zhou Zexi said, the fewer people knew about their relationship, the better.
Su Li didn't want to say it, but Lin Youqin whispered, "Don't hide it from me. I really want to understand him. I've known him for a few years, but I don't really understand him. He told me about your relationship with him, but I don't know who his son is."
Su Li, "..."
It seemed that this Lin Youqin was truly extraordinary, having actually been able to learn about their relationship from Zhou Jinbai. Su Li felt mixed emotions for a moment, but still didn't dare ignore her. "Actually, I don't really know much either. Old Zhou doesn't usually talk to me and is very cold."
Lin Youqin understood, "Then he has never brought a woman home?"
Su Li shook her head, "I haven't seen it."
Lin Youqin nodded, "It seems that he is indeed a good person, but unfortunately, I don't dare to take action."
Su Li, "..."
Su Li was having lunch at the time and tried hard not to spit out a mouthful of noodles.
Under Huang Sijing's lens, the heroines are all stunning, and he is very good at integrating the scenery and characters.
Under his lens, Su Li is even more stunning. She is beautiful, and even without makeup, she gives people a sense of natural beauty.
Every time Huang Sijing finished filming Su Li, he would discuss it with Lin Youqin, "We've found the right person this time. She really fits the heroine of the novel. Look at how beautiful she is even without makeup, like a pure lotus in a turbid world."
Lin Youqin sighed, "She is indeed the woman that capitalists are attracted to."
Huang Sijing asked who had taken a fancy to her, and Lin Youqin shook her head, "No one."
Later, when she contacted Zhou Jinbai from time to time and mentioned Su Li's work on the crew, Lin Youqin sighed, "I really envy your son, Old Zhou. He is the most blessed man in the world. How did you find that daughter-in-law of yours? She's amazing."
Zhou Jinbai smiled but said nothing, neither talking about her nor mentioning her.
Su Li stayed at the film and television base in northern Shaanxi for almost two months and finished filming all the winter scenes that Qin Hao had filmed before he left his hometown.
The heroine Qin Hao has a scumbag husband who doesn't love her and only wants to squeeze out her value. She met the male protagonist after she got out of her first marriage, the one played by Chen Yusheng.
The heroine's life is more or less similar to Su Li's, but no one knows that she is divorced.
There are not many scenes with Chen Yusheng, and the most important scenes for the two are after they enter the city.
The scenes after entering the city are in the summer, and they are going to shoot at the Southern Film and Television Base, and they can basically finish the rest of the shooting at the film and television base.
Su Li is very studious and has a good temper and personality. She gives people a soft and cute impression. When she was not familiar with Chen Yusheng at the beginning, she called him "senior".
Later, after they became familiar with each other, he began to call him "Brother Chen" along with Huang Sijing.
Chen Yusheng quite likes her calling him Brother Chen. In the drama, she and Chen Yusheng have several kissing scenes, and Su Li decided to do them herself, so she no longer needs a stand-in!
Chen Yusheng is a little looking forward to these kissing scenes.
He asked Su Li if she had ever done a kissing scene. Su Li said that she definitely had. If she, an actress, had never done a kissing scene, she would be laughed at.
Her answer was affirmative. Chen Yusheng felt a little sour in his heart, but he didn't know what he was so sad about. Maybe he was jealous of the person who kissed Su Li before him.
But Su Li actually had no experience in kissing scenes. She had only kissed Zhou Zexi, and that was when they were husband and wife. She didn't know when they last kissed. It had been so long that Su Li had forgotten.
I originally thought that the harmonious and happy days would continue forever, but I didn't expect to meet Zhou Zexi's crew at the film and television base.
Zhou Zexi has started filming a new drama. The female lead is a first-line actress who is also good-looking and has won the Magnolia Award for Best Supporting Actress.
The two crews met unexpectedly. The director of the opposite team was Huang Sijing's student and ran to see Huang Sijing.
Everyone knew that Huang Sijing was here, and they came here because of his reputation. The extras also ran to the crew where Su Li was.
Su Li, who originally didn't want to see Zhou Zexi, still met him without any warning.
When Zhou Zexi learned that the heroine of "The Merchant Daughter of the Qin Family" was Su Li, his face changed instantly.
He glanced coldly at Su Li who was with Chen Yusheng, then turned around and continued to greet Huang Sijing with a smile.
After chatting with a group of big men, Zhou Zexi saw Chen Yusheng leave Su Li. He smiled and said to everyone, "I'm going to go see the female lead."
Su Li was sitting aside memorizing the lines for the next scene when an uninvited guest suddenly stood in front of her. When she raised her eyes, she saw Zhou Zexi's face, which was still handsome but no longer attractive.
Su Li treated him as air and ignored him.
Zhou Zexi sat in the seat where Chen Yusheng had just sat, a playful smile on his lips, his voice very low, "How did you get this resource? So many big guys gathered together? Don't sleep with Huang Sijing just for such a resource, Su Li."
Su Li suppressed her nausea and whispered back, "If I have to sleep with you, it's Teacher Lin Youqin. It's not his turn yet."
Zhou Zexi, “…”
Su Li stood up to leave, but Zhou Zexi stopped her in a low voice, "You don't want to see me so much? You used to want to see me every day."
Su Li felt a sinking feeling in her heart. "That was in the past. It won't happen again now. Since Mr. Zhou has a new love, please stop appearing in front of me and disgusting me."
Zhou Zexi asked her to sit down and said, "Talk to me. I found that I only started to miss you after divorcing you."
Su Li stopped him, "If you want to play the game of reconciliation, I can tell you clearly that there is no chance."
Zhou Zexi asked, "Even if it's my family's money, it can't change your mind?"
Su Li said, "I want a human being to love me, not an animal."
Zhou Zexi, “…”
Su Li scolded him unconsciously, but Zhou Zexi didn't get angry. He said, "Su Li, I'll let you know that you are a clown."
Su Li didn't take it seriously and didn't want to say a word to him. She took the script and left.
A few days later, she saw Zhou Zexi with a girl, who was none other than Yang Enru, who looked innocent but was actually a bitch.
Perhaps to disgust her, Zhou Zexi would bring Yang Enru past her from time to time, and Su Li pretended not to see anything.
Since they were divorced anyway, Su Li was glad that Zhou Zexi didn't bother to pay attention to her when he was eating shit outside, otherwise she would be so disgusted that she would vomit.
She thought Zhou Zexi's actions were disgusting enough, but she didn't expect there was something even more disgusting. That night, she was sleeping in the middle of the night when her cell phone suddenly vibrated. She picked up the phone in a daze and pressed the answer button. She heard Zhou Zexi's panting and a woman's moaning from the other end.
Zhou Zexi seemed to be still busy. He asked Su Li, "Do you miss me, honey? You need someone to love you so much, what will you do without a husband? Only I can satisfy you. Do you know what I'm doing now?"
Su Li was originally very sleepy, but she woke up when she heard the noise over there. She was stunned in the darkness for a moment.
Zhou Zexi panted and felt disgusted with her, "I used to treat you so roughly, have you forgotten?"
Su Li gritted her teeth and said, "Zhou Zexi, you are really disgusting."
Zhou Zexi chuckled, "How disgusting is that? But my baby said I was great. When I was having sex with you, didn't you think I was great?"
Su Li was so angry that her fingers were shaking. She said, "Acting with you is really tiring. Being a human being is hard enough, and I have to cooperate with you in bed. This is how I honed my acting skills. Without your dad, you're not even worth a rag."
Su Li hung up the phone after cursing, but Zhou Zexi kept calling, so she simply turned off the phone.
After cursing and turning off the phone, Su Li felt her heart breaking inch by inch. She really didn't expect that she would like such a beast before.
It turns out that you can't judge a person by their appearance alone. The reason she was deceived by Zhou Zexi at that time was probably because she regarded him as her idol and had a filter for him. Otherwise, if she thinks about it now, how good could someone be who slept with her after knowing her for only a week?
Su Li sat on the bed wiping her tears, feeling disgusted and angry.
She was thinking about how to take revenge on this scumbag, but she couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time. She couldn't be as disgusting as Zhou Zexi.
She cried for half the night, and forced herself to sleep because she had scenes to shoot the next day.
The winter in Hainan is not cold, it is very warm.
Su Li adjusted her emotions and ignored Zhou Zexi, the scumbag.
While there was still time in the morning, she wanted to call her mother. Whenever she felt wronged, the first person she thought of was her mother.
After opening WeChat, I suddenly saw Zhou Jinbai's WeChat.
Su Li opened the dialog box and found that the chat content was still from two or three months ago.
Zhou Jinbai really never contacted her again since he left that time.
Su Li didn't think about him. She knew very well that there was no possibility for her and Zhou Jinbai.
But for some reason this morning, she suddenly missed Zhou Jinbai.
With her slender and pretty fingers, she opened his chat box, edited the message for a long time, but deleted it without sending it out.
I originally wanted to call my mother, but canceled it because of Zhou Jinbai.
Su Li remembered how Zhou Zexi disgusted her last night.
If I had known, I would not have rejected Lao Zhou. Zhou Zexi disgusts her so much. If she slept with Zhou Jinbai, Zhou Zexi would definitely go crazy.
In Zhou Zexi's life, Zhou Jinbai is the most important person.
Su Li relieved the discomfort in her chest and got up to wash up.
She has been avoiding Zhou Zexi these two days and doesn't want to see him.
About two days later, Huang Sijing suddenly said that he wanted to take a day off because he had to go out for something.
Lin Youqin and Zhang Qingchi were about to leave the film and television base, and Su Li didn't know what they were going to do.
Assistant Liu Xiaoyuan whispered to Su Li, "What else can we do? Of course, we should go and accompany the sponsor. Otherwise, who else can make these people stop what they are doing?"
Su Li was stunned. "Supporting father?"
Liu Xiaoyuan said mysteriously, "It's Zhou Jinbai, whom I met last time in northern Shaanxi. To be honest, he's much more charming in person than in the media photos. But I remember that Mr. Zhang seemed to have arranged for you to meet him?"
Su Li, "..."
Liu Xiaoyuan pointed at the crew across from him and said, "Zhou Zexi's production has also stopped. I guess everyone with some status is going to see him. I heard there's a grand charity gala going on."
Su Li immediately contacted Zhang Qingchi and told him that she also wanted to join in the fun.
Zhang Qingchi told her not to join in the fun. "Before, when there was a chance, I let you seize it, but you let it slip away. Now Zhou Jinbai is no longer interested in you, and you're trying to show off in front of him again. Su Li, what are you thinking?"
Su Li tried to hide her mistake, "Nothing, I just want to go. I'm going to get tired of staying at the film and television base every day."
Zhang Qingchi, "..."
He looked Su Li over and said after a moment of silence, "Alright, I'll give you a chance. I need a female companion. Go change your clothes."
Before leaving, Su Li asked, "Don't you have Teacher Lin Youqin with you? Why don't you have a female companion?"
Zhang Qingchi sneered, "With my status, how can I be a male companion for Teacher Lin Youqin? She would have gone to find Lao Zhou a long time ago."
Su Li, "..."
It seems that Lin Youqin really likes Lao Zhou.
Su Li went to change her clothes. Since the weather here was warm, the first thing she did after arriving here was to buy a skirt and high heels to match it.
She changed into a beige long dress, put on light makeup, and blew the ends of her long hair into waves. She reached out to gather her hair and applied cherry-colored lipstick, making her skin look whiter than snow and glowing.
When Zhang Qingchi saw her, he was stunned and exclaimed in amazement. Even though he saw her often, he couldn't help but praise her, "This work of art in this world really shouldn't be cheap to any man. Su Li, you are beautiful on your own, which is fine."
Su Li ignored him and got into his car.
She didn't specifically ask where Zhou Jinbai was, but instead asked Zhang Qingchi, "Are there many rich people?"
Zhang Qingchi was driving in front of him. "They're all rich guys. What? You want to hook up with one? You don't even like rich guys like Lao Zhou, but you like those ugly ones? You don't like handsome ones?"
Su Li, "..."
Zhang Qingchi sighed, "But you don't have a chance. I found out that Teacher Lin Youqin likes Lao Zhou very much. When she heard that he was coming, she couldn't wait to meet him."
Su Li, "..."
Zhang Qingchi, "They are about the same age, so there will probably be sparks."
Hearing this, Su Li felt an uncomfortable and sour feeling in her heart, and she did not answer.
When we arrived at the venue, it was packed with people.
Because it was a gathering of bigwigs and also a charity gala, the media reporters on site were already in their positions.
Su Li followed Zhang Qingchi onto the red carpet. She was not very famous, so the media did not take pictures of her. Perhaps it was because she was good-looking that they gave her a shot occasionally.
But when Zhou Zexi entered the venue, the media reporters followed him and took pictures like crazy.
Zhang Qingchi sighed, "This is the power of top-tier influencers. If you become famous in the future, there will also be a group of people like this following you to take pictures."
Su Li took his arm and said, "I will try to be more popular than him."
After entering the first floor of the cruise ship, Zhang Qingchi said goodbye to her, "Go find a few people you know to hang out with first. Chen Yusheng is here too, go look for him, I'll go find Lao Zhou."
Su Li also wanted to find Lao Zhou, "Is he on the second floor?"
Zhang Qingchi shook his head. "No, he's on the third floor. He might not come down until the auction starts."
Su Li said "oh", let go of Zhang Qingchi, and walked around.
She felt it was too noisy inside, so she went to the deck to get some fresh air. The wind was a bit strong on the sea, so she wore a sleeveless long dress and walked up the stairs to the second floor.
The wind was stronger on the second floor, and it was a bit cold, so she went to walk around the cabin on the second floor and found that it was a restaurant and private room.
Su Li walked around and wanted to go to the third floor, but the third floor was probably full of big shots, so she didn't dare to go and went downstairs again.
Seeing Zhou Zexi again, Su Li felt disgusted by him and simply hid away again.
When I looked again after a while, Zhou Zexi was gone.
After waiting for more than half an hour, Zhang Qingchi, Lin Youqin and others came down, and Su Li knew that they had finished their talk.
The organizers began to enter the venue. Su Li didn't see Zhou Jinbai, so she avoided the crowd and went up to the third floor.
As soon as I went up, I heard Zhou Zexi's voice, "I saw Su Li. It seems she is here today too. I wonder where she is now."
Although she didn't hear Zhou Jinbai's voice, Su Li knew he was in that room, so she stopped.
After waiting for a while, I heard the familiar cold voice, "You go down first, so as not to be discovered. I will come down after the auction starts."
Zhou Zexi stood up and left obediently, "Okay."
Su Li turned and went into the bathroom. When she saw Zhou Zexi coming downstairs, she came out of the bathroom, walked to the door, raised her hand to knock, but retracted her hand.
She was a little nervous. What was she here for today?
She had rejected Zhou Jinbai before. If she took the initiative again at this time, wouldn't she be ridiculed by Zhou Jinbai?
She hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't dare knock on the door. She was about to give up. Although Zhou Zexi was disgusting, she wouldn't take such a risk.
After hesitating for a moment, he turned around to leave when he heard the person inside speak, "Who is it? What are you doing standing at the door? Come in."
Su Li's hands were sweating from nervousness, and she paced twice in her high heels. She finally mustered up the courage to open the door.
Zhou Jinbai was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and was looking at the organizer's evening party plan and procedures. When he looked up and saw Su Li pushing the door in, his fingers froze.
Then his cold eyes returned to normal and he asked without any emotion, "Why are you here?"
Su Li couldn't control her heartbeat. She stood at the door for a few seconds, then turned around, closed the door and locked it.
The sound of waves came from outside the window.
Su Li walked up to him in high heels.
He raised his cold eyes to meet hers, "What's wrong?"
Su Li swallowed, exhaled lightly, and said something extremely treasonous, "It was Zhou Zexi who wronged me, not me who wronged him. But he turned around and resented me and disgusted me. I can't swallow this."
Zhou Jinbai closed the business plan in his hand and said, "You come to complain to me, and want me to vent your anger for you?"
Su Li shook her head and calmed down. "Since he can disgust me, then I can disgust him too. He was the one who wronged me first, so I will be his mother. Zhou Jinbai, marry me. I want to see what he can do to his father."
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