Chapter 23 The big hands pressed her slender waist tightly.
After Zhou Jinbai left, Su Li felt a little lost. She didn't know why, but she felt like she had no motivation to do anything.
Although he said he would come to see her when he was not busy, Su Li felt that it was not a good thing for Zhou Jin to run around all day. He was old and should just stay at home.
Growing up, no one had ever thought about her like this. Even during the year when she was in love with Zhou Zexi, Zhou Zexi did not put his work on hold to visit her because of her. On the contrary, she would take advantage of her free time to visit Zhou Zexi.
For the first time, she experienced the feeling of being truly loved by someone. Zhou Jinbai was considerate in everything he did. She didn't know whether it was because he was older and more considerate of other people's feelings, or because he really liked her.
Su Li didn't know. She only knew that after Zhou Jinbai left, she missed him a little. Not because of his performance in bed, but because of him as a person. Whenever she thought of that stern face, her heart would beat faster for no reason.
She thought she wouldn't fall in love with anyone so easily again. Zhou Zexi made her fearful of marriage, so even though Zhou Jinbai said he wanted to get married with her and get a marriage certificate, she was still hesitant, and even wondered who was being bound by a marriage certificate.
If she doesn't get married with Zhou Jinbai, then it won't be a big deal if they have a little quarrel and separate for a while. If she gets married with Zhou Jinbai, then she will be bound by marriage again. What if Zhou Jinbai changes after marriage?
She thought a lot, and later, when Zhou Jinbai didn't mention marriage on purpose, she didn't mention it either.
Although I miss Zhou Jinbai a little, I still have to do what I have to do.
After her kissing scene with Chen Yusheng was shelved, Chen Yusheng also stopped performing kissing scenes. He told Huang Sijing that since Su Li wanted to use a body double, he would also use a body double, which was fair.
Everyone thought he was just taking revenge on Huang Sijing, but they didn't know that Chen Yusheng really liked Su Li.
Every day when he and Su Li were joking around on the set, Chen Yusheng looked particularly gentle and cheerful. Otherwise, he was the same no matter which crew he was in. He took his work very seriously. Apart from that, he never played around with actresses.
But this time he particularly enjoyed being with Su Li, and there was a tenderness in his eyes that had never been there before.
Even when he quarreled with Huang Sijing about the kissing scene, Su Li would comfort him a little and his anger would disappear.
Zhang Qingchi and Chu Zhining both saw it and had their own thoughts.
Su Li was not particular about details and kept calling Chen Brother all the way around, making Chen Yusheng dizzy.
Chen Yusheng himself is also good-looking. Even though he is in his thirties, he is still in good shape and looks more energetic than a guy in his twenties.
The trending search about Chen Yusheng acting like a big shot on the set was eventually removed by Chu Zhining. He didn't know who wanted to mess with Chen Yusheng, but the reputation Chen Yusheng had built up over the years couldn't be destroyed overnight.
It was the first time that Chu Zhining saw Chen Yusheng looking so worthless. In the past, no matter which crew he was in, Chen Yusheng would be unhappy as long as a female actress approached him.
But this time he took the initiative to approach Su Li, and always had a smile on his face.
After observing for a few days, Chu Zhining asked Zhang Qingchi, "Boss Zhang, when did your company sign this new person?"
Zhang Qingchi thought for a moment, "About three years ago, when she had just graduated from university, she submitted her resume to my company herself."
Chu Zhining asked, "You haven't produced a decent work in three years?"
Zhang Qingchi smiled, "How can we give her any resources? The artists who make money in the company don't even have good scripts to take on."
Chu Zhining clicked his tongue and said, "Then why this time?"
Zhang Qingchi answered nonchalantly, "This time, I suddenly saw her development prospects."
Chu Zhining said, "I think she likes our Brother Chen very much."
Zhang Qingchi glanced at him, "So?"
Chu Zhining replied, "After this drama is finished, Brother Chen has another drama to shoot. He's in need of a female lead, but he hasn't decided yet. You can let her try."
Zhang Qingchi said, "Let's wait and see. If this drama is successful, then I will naturally put in the effort to support her. If it's mediocre, I won't keep putting the effort into her."
This is the truth. This drama was originally created to please the financial sponsor Zhou Jinbai. If he was willing to support Su Li, then Zhang Qingchi would give him this face. After all, as a person who has lived for more than 40 years, this is the first time he has done such a willful thing, spending money to support a newcomer with no achievements, and making him a big IP right from the start.
It is still an IP that most people cannot get. If it were not for the relationship between Lin Youqin and Zhou Jinbai, Zhou Jinbai might not have obtained the IP adaptation rights.
But it's also tragic. Lin Youqin must have liked Zhou Jinbai to give him this opportunity. Zhou Jinbai said he would support his daughter-in-law, but in the blink of an eye, Su Li became the person in Zhou Jinbai's bed.
Lin Youqin actually thought that Zhou Jinbai, who was so cold-hearted, was trying to support his daughter-in-law.
This matter was hidden so deeply that Zhang Qingchi didn't even know that Su Li and Zhou Zexi were married. Although they were divorced, it was really surprising that Su Li was still with Zhou Jinbai.
This matter must be kept secret. If it gets out, Su Li will not be able to continue in the entertainment industry.
You will be drowned in spit.
Zhou Jinbai and Su Li also understood this, so when they could be together, they would stay together, and when they couldn't be together, they would quietly separate.
This is what I think in my heart, but how can I put it down easily once I pick it up?
When Zhang Qingchi has nothing to do, he will go to Zhou Zexi's crew and talk to him from time to time.
Most of their conversation revolved around Zhou Jinbai. One day, Zhang Qingchi suddenly asked Zhou Zexi, "Su Li is an artist under my management. This time, she's taking on the leading female role and working with Chen Yusheng. What do you think?"
Zhou Zexi raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, "Uncle Zhang, what do you want to say?"
Zhang Qingchi was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice and asked, "When did you get divorced?"
Zhou Zexi narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, "Did my dad tell you?"
Zhang Qingchi didn't answer directly. "Don't worry about who told me this. I just want to know, since you chose to get married, why did you get divorced again? Was it the last time when the scandal was at its worst?"
After a moment of silence, Zhou Zexi told him, "She will remarry me sooner or later. She still likes me."
Zhang Qingchi understood, "It seems that this is really your problem. Your father is such a clean man, how could he have a son like you?"
Zhou Zexi got angry when he heard this, "Uncle Zhang, what do you mean?"
Zhang Qingchi smiled and said, "It's nothing special. I'm just having fun. But I have something to tell you. She will never remarry you in this lifetime."
Zhou Zexi, “…”
Zhang Qingchi sighed, "Since we've missed it, let's end it. Don't make it so ugly, otherwise you'll suffer in the future."
Zhou Zexi didn't believe it. "She's never really mad at me, and this time is no different. Within a year at most, she'll definitely change her mind."
Zhang Qingchi, "..."
It's really interesting, a father and son fighting over a woman.
burst.
Half a year can be considered fast or slow. Su Li doesn't like long-distance relationships, but the nature of her job means that everyone she's in a long-distance relationship with is in a different place.
Zhou Jinbai will take the initiative to contact her and send her messages after he returns this time. The messages are nothing more than asking her to wear more clothes as it is cold, not to catch a cold, and to be careful when filming.
She could only video chat with Zhou Jinbai before going to bed.
Otherwise I'm very busy during the day. It's better to be busy so that time passes quickly.
Su Li didn't want to act coquettishly with Zhou Jinbai. She felt that she should be a sensible person. Even if she missed Zhou Jinbai, she didn't want him to run all the way to see her, so she kept it to herself.
But after a long time, she felt uncomfortable and asked Zhou Jinbai not to come, but Zhou Jinbai really didn't come.
When the Chinese New Year was approaching, she still hadn't seen Zhou Jinbai, and she started to get angry.
He didn't reply to Zhou Jinbai's messages, nor did he call him.
The crew had a few days off for the Chinese New Year, from the 28th day of the 12th lunar month to the 3rd day of the 1st lunar month. Her parents had already called to urge her to go home.
Chen Yusheng asked her where she would spend the New Year. Su Li thought about it and decided to go home to be with her parents.
It just so happened that Zhou Zexi's crew was also on holiday. Su Li and Liu Xiaoyuan were checking in at the airport when they suddenly saw Zhou Zexi, who was wrapped tightly.
Without Yang Enru by his side anymore, Liu Xiaoyuan's eyes widened. She excitedly grabbed Su Li's arm and whispered, "Su Su, it's Zhou Zexi!"
Su Li glanced over there, then looked away, "I see."
When she was talking, Zhou Zexi happened to see her. After picking up the plane ticket, he walked towards Su Li. He didn't greet her deliberately and just sat down not far from her.
Liu Xiaoyuan grabbed Su Li's arm nervously, causing it to hurt. Su Li was too lazy to look at Zhou Zexi. She opened her phone and glanced at Zhou Jinbai's WeChat with an indifferent mood.
She hadn't replied to Zhou Jinbai's messages for almost a month. He was the one who sent them all, and all the questions he asked were irrelevant. Su Li felt that since he was not around, it was useless to say anything.
She didn't speak to Zhou Zexi, who turned his head to look at her.
"go home?"
Su Li didn't reply, just got up and left.
Liu Xiaoyuan was just about to ask Su Li to reply when he saw Su Li pulling her suitcase to check in.
Liu Xiaoyuan smiled at Zhou Zexi slightly awkwardly, then stood up and followed Su Li.
On the plane, Liu Xiaoyuan asked her, "You don't seem to like Zhou Zexi very much. He's a top star, Susu."
Su Li hummed without any emotion, "The top stream is his top stream, it has nothing to do with me."
Liu Xiaoyuan, “…”
Well, looking at Zhou Zexi, she was about to faint with excitement, but Su Li was so calm.
Zhou Zexi also didn't expect that the person who once held him in the palm of his hand couldn't even look at him now.
He felt frustrated and sent a message to Zhou Jinbai while waiting for the flight.
[Dad, let's go to Su Li's house during the New Year.]
Zhou Jinbai didn't reply to him until half an hour later.
【She went home?】
[Yeah, I just met her at the airport. I miss her a little bit.]
Zhou Jinbai never responded again.
Su Li's first stop after arriving in Beijing was not her parents' home, but her mansion in Jiangshan Film Studio.
Because it was late, she planned to wait another night before going to see her parents.
It was past eleven o'clock in the evening when she got home. She was too lazy to clean the house. She closed the doors and windows and went upstairs to take a shower.
The winter in Beijing is really cold. Since the heating was not turned on, she set the air conditioner temperature to 30℃ and covered herself with the quilt for a while before she felt warm.
She was a little tired, so she threw her phone away and prepared to go to sleep, when she suddenly heard the sound of a car entering the yard downstairs.
She had to get up and open the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows to look outside, only to see a familiar black Porsche parked under the street light outside the courtyard gate.
Su Li's heart skipped a beat. She picked up her phone and took a look. Sure enough, Zhou Jinbai had sent a message.
[You didn't even tell me you were coming back. You ignored me for a month. Do you not want to see me or do you regret being with me?]
[Lizhi, I'm at the door. Come down and open it.]
Su Li's originally dead heart suddenly started beating again, and she felt nervous and angry.
【I didn't ask you to come, get lost.】
Zhou Jinbai leaned against the car door, wearing a black coat. He looked up at her bedroom window and lowered his eyes to reply to her WeChat message.
"You young people are all so fickle-minded? Why are you angry with me?"
After seeing this, Su Li thought about it and realized that yes, that was why she was angry.
Since she has decided not to care about Zhou Jinbai and doesn't want him to affect her mood and emotions, why should she be angry?
It's inexplicable. I never planned to be with him for a long time.
Su Li thought about it and realized that since she didn’t plan to be together for a long time, there was no need to be angry. If she didn’t like him that much, why would she be angry?
Su Li didn't reply to him. She waited for a while and went downstairs to open the door for him.
Zhou Jinbai parked the car in a secluded place at the door and did not drive into the yard.
Watching her come down, he smiled helplessly, took off his coat and put it on her thin body. Su Li struggled twice and refused.
"What are you doing here so late? How did you know I was back? Did Zhang Qingchi tell you?"
Zhou Jinbai remained calm and looked at her gravely for a few seconds.
"Are you going to let me stand in the yard and talk? It's going to snow."
Su Li looked at him twice, then turned and went back to the house.
Zhou Jinbai locked the courtyard door again, followed from behind, and locked the door to the hall after entering.
Su Li turned around and looked at him, "You're not going back?"
Zhou Jinbai walked up to the second floor with ease, "What are you going back for?"
Su Li, "..."
Seeing Su Li standing there motionless, Zhou Jinbai walked down the stairs a few steps, walked towards her, hung his coat on his arm, and opened his arms to hug her.
"You have to let me know why you're angry."
Su Li's little face looked extremely aggrieved. She didn't know why she was angry. She had clearly told Zhou Jinbai not to visit her all the time, but when he didn't visit her, she became unhappy instead.
As expected, being spoiled makes one fearless. She had never treated Zhou Zexi like this before, for fear that Zhou Zexi would be angry.
Now, knowing that Zhou Jinbai dotes on her, she has learned to act unreasonably.
Although she knew that she was being unreasonable, Su Li just didn't want to feel that she was wrong.
She was still standing there motionless, and when Zhou Jinbai picked her up, she struggled to stop him.
Zhou Jinbai is tall and strong, so it is not easy for him to hold her in his arms.
He ignored Su Li's struggle and held her slender waist tightly with his slightly cold hands.
He lowered his head and rubbed her forehead with his chin. "You blame me for not visiting you for so long? But you said you were busy and asked me not to go."
Su Li was furious. "I told you not to go and you didn't go. Then I told you not to look for me, so why did you still come?"
Zhou Jinbai paused, "Are you really angry about this?" He helplessly kissed the hair on her temples, and said in a doting tone, "Okay, okay, I was wrong. I'll make amends to you tonight, okay? You little thing, you have such a hot temper."
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