Chapter 35: Just want his body?
Su Li certainly knew what this "other good stuff" in Zhou Jinbai's message was. Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she accused Zhou Jinbai of being indecent in the WeChat message.
He rarely talked about such things openly, even if he and Su Li were in love, he would never do so.
But today he teased her on WeChat. Su Li felt that although Zhou Jinbai was not serious, he also had a little bit of human touch. Otherwise, Su Li always felt that Zhou Jinbai was not a human being.
No matter how loving he was with her, his behavior was not like that of a normal man.
He was right at her fingertips, right beside her, but she felt that this person was very far away from her. Even when they were making love, she felt that Zhou Jinbai was not hers.
This sense of disparity always made her feel dazed, especially after seeing his influence in the business world, which made her feel that she could not get Zhou Jinbai.
She also didn't know when her attitude towards this person changed. She had no idea what would become of them in the future and could only cherish the short time they were together.
Although her parents noticed that she was showing signs of being in a relationship, they didn't dare to think about Zhou Jinbai. After all, Zhou Jinbai had been Su Li's father-in-law for three years, and Su Li had called him dad for three years. Even if he had a bad character, Zhou Jinbai would not be so outrageous as to do anything with Su Li.
Besides, Su Li was quite afraid of Zhou Jinbai. When she was married to Zhou Zexi, Su Li often complained that Zhou Jinbai was not like a human being and looked very scary.
But in fact, no one knew what kind of person Zhou Jinbai was. Even though his car was parked outside Su Li's house, the two elders did not dare to doubt his relationship with Su Li.
Yu Luo was still wondering why Zhou Jinbai would look for Su Li. Su Li had already divorced Zhou Zexi. Logically, Zhou Jinbai, as a father-in-law, should have avoided suspicion, but why would he take the initiative to look for Su Li?
Su Quan was much calmer. He told Yu Luo not to overthink things. "Based on my understanding of Zhou Jinbai, he probably feels that Zhou Zexi owes Zhizhi, so he cares more about her. Besides, Zhizhi is his junior and has been married to his son. Even if Zhou Jinbai is shameless, he won't conflict with his son. He should be at peace with himself. He's a decent person, as evidenced by Zhizhi and Zhou Zexi's divorce."
Yu Luo felt relieved when she heard her husband say this. "That's right. Even if Lizhi is naive, Zhou Jinbai shouldn't be either. I'm just overthinking it. Even if something happened between them, there's no possibility for them to be together. He's so much older than Zhizhi, he should have some dignity."
So the two elders have no way of knowing who Su Li is dating. Anyway, Su Li said that she recently took on an endorsement and will be very busy. She has to take photos and promotional videos, and probably won't have much time at home.
Seeing that she was fine, the two elders went home with peace of mind.
Su Li rested for a day and then had to go back to work officially. Zhou Jinbai said goodbye to her after get off work in the afternoon and went directly to Jiangshan Film Studio. Su Li prepared dinner for him.
Seeing his figure appear in the small park in front of the villa, Su Li stood at the door and smiled at him. Zhou Jinbai walked towards her with a cold face and a handbag in his hand.
Su Li thought he had brought something valuable and was about to take it from him, but Zhou Jinbai said, "Don't look at it, it's my slippers."
Su Li took it and took a look. She saw a shoe box inside. She lowered her eyes to look at his feet and saw that he had changed into another pair of shoes. She asked with a smile, "Are you being laughed at?"
Zhou Jinbai's expression remained calm. "Well, now everyone in the company knows that I have a woman, and she even likes to buy me cartoon slippers."
Su Li asked him to come in and eat. "What's the big deal? Isn't it normal for a normal man to have a woman around him?"
Zhou Jinbai nodded, "Indeed, so when will this woman marry me?"
Su Li walked in, threw her handbag at the door, and went to the kitchen. "Do you want to get married so much?"
Zhou Jinbai followed her footsteps and said, "I dream about living with my wife."
Su Li's heart tightened, "Who is your wife?"
Zhou Jinbai leaned against the kitchen door and looked at her, "What do you think?"
Su Li denied it, "I don't know, it wasn't me anyway."
Zhou Jinbai tutted, "You just covet my body, but you can't give me a name."
Su Li, "..."
Zhou Jinbai turned and walked towards the restaurant. "In that case, I won't stay over here often in the future. I'll go back to stay tonight."
Su Li snorted, "Whatever you want, it's fine for me to live alone."
Zhou Jinbai really couldn't do anything with her, "Why not learn something else, what a scumbag girl."
Su Li, "..."
Oh, in Zhou Jinbai's eyes, she has now become a scumbag.
But she really couldn't marry Zhou Jinbai, or she would be scolded to death.
During the meal, Zhou Jinbai asked about her parents' reaction at home today. Su Li told the truth, "My parents found out that I brought a man home and asked me who I was dating. I didn't dare say it was you. They told me to be careful and not to be deceived again."
Zhou Jinbai didn't say anything, but lowered his head and ate his rice.
Su Li looked at him and asked, "Will you lie to me?"
Zhou Jinbai then looked at her and said, "What are you trying to trick you into? To trick you into money or sex? If it's to trick you into money, I don't need it. If it's to trick you into sex... I can consider it, but I've already got it in my mouth, so it can't be considered a trick."
Su Li said, "Things will change after marriage. Just because you treat me well now doesn't mean you will treat me well after we get married. Zhou Zexi was very obedient to me before we got married, and I thought I was the one he loved the most. But not long after we got married, he probably had other women in his bed."
Zhou Jinbai nodded, "It's right to be cautious. In your eyes, Zhou Zexi and I are the same kind of people."
Su Li retorted, "I didn't say you and he are the same kind. Maybe you are better than him, but I don't know how much better. I may want to have a child in the future. If you are still able to do it by then, I will have one with you."
Zhou Jinbai, "..."
Su Li deliberately angered him, "I'm afraid that when I want to have a child, you won't be able to have one. That would be a pity, Uncle Zhou."
Zhou Jinbai's expression didn't change. "No regrets. Someone has to pay for your happiness. Even if it's not me, it will be another man."
Su Li said solemnly, "I can't get married again unless I meet someone who loves me very much, but there is no such person in this world. All men are the same."
Zhou Jinbai looked at her without saying a word. He didn't know what kind of person he was in Su Li's eyes.
Even if she maintained this kind of relationship with him, Su Li didn't believe his heart. Did she really think he was only interested in her beauty?
Zhou Jinbai felt discouraged, but he thought, let's just take it one step at a time. As long as he was still alive, there would be no other woman in his heart, but Su Li would not believe it.
It is indeed not easy for a woman who has been betrayed by marriage to trust marriage again. In that case, she should give up marriage and just talk about love.
This also meant that they would not have children, and Zhou Jinbai came to his senses in an instant.
Why do you want a child? Just raise her as a child.
There was no need for children between them.
Zhou Jinbai's emotions were always stable. He was too lazy to get angry with Su Li. He was only irrational in bed.
Otherwise, he is usually very emotionally stable. Su Li feels that being with him is not that tiring. Young people will get angry with each other if there are any misunderstandings, and they will quarrel over trivial matters, but Zhou Jinbai will not do that.
It may also be because he is older and has richer life experience, so he is particularly tolerant of Su Li's temper and will not get angry at her unintentional words.
Just like the matter of having a child, if any young and energetic man brought it up to her and was rejected by her, he would definitely feel unhappy and would be angry with her in the blink of an eye.
But to Zhou Jinbai, it seemed as if nothing had happened. He didn't even mention it. He continued to do what he was doing. He didn't look angry at all and treated her the same way as before.
The next few days were spent shooting promotional videos and photos. Su Li rarely stayed at home and the door of Jiangshan Film Studio was locked. The promotional video had just been shot and the promotion of Whale Zhihua's new product was completed. After the promotional video was released, the brand began marketing activities on major online platforms and offline.
In the past few days, Su Li also attended activities and interacted online and offline. Her Weibo account was taken over by Zhang Qingchi Studio, so she no longer needs to manage her Weibo account herself.
She became popular because of "Jing Zhihua" and "Chen Yusheng", and gained more than three million fans. She suddenly went from being an unknown little transparent person to a little pink with five million fans. If she works harder, her fans will soon exceed ten million. Once her fans exceed ten million, she can also prepare to be promoted to a higher level.
The ancient fantasy drama "Wangchuan" co-starred by Yang Enru and Zhou Zexi also met with everyone in the summer season. The female lead Yang Enru has won countless fans with her quirky and pure image. With the broadcast of the series and the continuous hot searches of film and television entries, she and Zhou Zexi once again dominated the hot search resources in the entertainment section.
She has over 10 million fans, and many people who used to hate her have become her fans. Only Zhou Zexi's fans are still attacking her.
Seeing Yang Enru become famous with the help of Zhou Zexi, Su Li would feel envious and jealous, but her life was not as up and down as before. She would just sigh that a man's heart can only be seen when he wants to give it sincerely. She and Zhou Zexi have been married for three years, and during these three years, she may never have seen Zhou Zexi's true heart.
For fear of affecting his career, he never had any contact with Su Li in public, and they had never even worked together. Even if there was an opportunity for cooperation, Zhou Zexi refused to appear in the same frame with her.
She admitted that she was insignificant and unworthy of standing beside Zhou Zexi, but her humble love had never let Zhou Zexi down. Now looking back on that time, she was really a complete love-brained person.
It is enough for a person to be stupid once in her life. If she falls in the same place again, it only means that she is hopeless.
After the promotional activities of "Jingzhihua" were over, Zhang Qingchi saw that she had received a script and didn't want to let her be idle.
Su Li has nothing to do and is happy to take on the script.
"The Merchant Daughter of the Qin Family" will probably be released during the National Day holiday. The producers are working overtime on the editing and production, with Lin Youqin and Zhou Jinbai serving as the general producers.
Su Li took on a new script, which was a Qing Dynasty palace fighting drama, adapted from real history, with a strong female protagonist and an excellent plot. After reading the script, Su Li thought it was pretty good.
The film and television base we are going to this time is Hengdian, where Chen Yusheng is.
The summer vacation season was basically dominated by Zhou Zexi, but the drama with the best reputation and the most frequent hot searches was "Forgotten River". Yang Enru finally realized her wish of becoming a hit through Zhou Zexi.
For a time, small peripherals related to "Forget River" were sold in the streets and alleys, and the drama production team also collaborated with a relatively well-known milk tea brand to achieve mutual wealth.
This drama is so popular that everyone from young to old is watching it, and even elementary and middle school students' notebooks are covered with stickers from the drama. It's so popular that the accessories used by the male and female protagonists are snapped up as soon as pirated copies are released. It's so popular that Zhou Zexi's photos are sold out and they can't even print more copies in time...
Yang Enru became the new national goddess. With the popularity of the drama, more and more olive branches were thrown to Yang Enru, and Zhuo Yu realized his wish of promoting a dark horse.
It was something worth being happy about, and Yang Enru was also very happy. Zhuo Yu invited everyone in the company to dinner, and Zhou Zexi was of course among them.
While everyone was congratulating Yang Enru on her sudden popularity, Zhou Zexi's expression remained dull and he did not look very happy.
Zhuo Yu and Yang Enru both noticed it, but didn't say it at first.
Later, after the party ended, Zhuo Yu arranged for Yang Enru to accompany Zhou Zexi, but Zhou Zexi refused.
No one knows what Zhou Zexi is thinking. Yang Enru feels the gap is a bit too big. Before, she and Zhou Zexi could talk about anything and had the closest relationship, but now Zhou Zexi doesn't let her touch him.
She tried to get closer and kiss him several times, but was pushed away by Zhou Zexi. He looked very impatient, and his handsome face seemed to be full of disgust.
Yang Enru didn't know what she had done wrong, and asked him aggrievedly, "Why are you suddenly so cold to me? What did I do wrong? 'Forgotten River' is a big hit, which should be a good thing, but you're not happy at all."
Zhou Zexi sneered, "Why should I be happy? You're the one who's popular, and I'm just a runner-up. Even if you replaced me with any other actress, this drama would be a hit."
Yang Enru was silent for a moment, observing his emotions, "So you mean you don't want to be with me anymore?"
Zhou Zexi waved his hand at her and said, "I'm tired of playing with you. It's boring. Since you've become famous, don't get involved with me anymore."
Yang Enru, “…”
After saying that, Zhou Zexi stood up and left. As he walked, he called Zhuo Yu and said, "I have something to tell you."
Zhuo Yu asked him what was going on and if it could wait two days, but Zhou Zexi said no.
He thought Zhou Zexi was having problems, but the guy told him, "Find an opportunity to work with Zhang Qingchi Studio. I want to act with Su Li."
Zhuo Yu's eyes widened when he heard this. "Are you crazy? Zhang Qingchi and I have always been rivals, and Su Li is your ex-wife. She probably hates you to death, right?"
Zhou Zexi was in a depressed mood. "I want to win her back. I've been thinking about her so much lately that my heart is breaking."
Zhuo Yu, “…”
At that time, he was in Zhuo Yu's car, with his hands clasped together, "Old Zhuo, please, help me this time. If she is willing to remarry me, I am planning to quit the entertainment industry."
Zhuo Yu, “…”
Zhou Zexi sighed, "I didn't think she was good before. I always thought she was too clingy. I was away from home all year round, and she called me more than ten times a day, which was very annoying. But after the divorce, I found out that she is not naturally clingy."
Zhuo Yu lit a cigarette and asked, "Do you regret the divorce?"
Zhou Zexi said, "I had no intention of divorcing her. You asked me to take Xiao Yang with me, but she seduced me and I lost control of myself, so I did something that let her down."
Zhuo Yu thought for a moment. "If you ask me, since they're divorced, I think they should stop struggling and move on. Besides, I think her luck seems to have improved after the divorce."
Zhou Zexi was unwilling to accept this. If Su Li lived a miserable life after divorcing him, he might feel relieved. However, after divorcing him, Su Li not only lived a prosperous life, but also had an intersection with Chen Yusheng.
He saw the trending searches that day, and also saw Chen Yusheng's repost on Weibo. Su Li stayed on the trending searches for a long time that day, and gained millions of followers, all thanks to Chen Yusheng.
When he was in Hainan, he knew that Chen Yusheng liked Su Li, but he didn't expect that he would favor her so blatantly. He never tagged anyone on Weibo, but for the first time, he tagged Su Li on Weibo.
Zhou Zexi was so angry that he wanted to forward it, but was stopped by Zhuo Yu. Zhuo Yu asked him in what capacity he was forwarding it.
Did he want to paralyze Weibo so that others could dig out his dark history of being married and cheating on his wife?
After thinking about it, Zhou Zexi held back, but since then he often clicked on Su Li's Weibo to see her updates.
For the first time, he carefully read all of Su Li's Weibo updates. She registered her Weibo account after she met him. Many of her posts did not mention his name, but he knew they were all written for him.
He looked through it for a long time and his heart ached for a long time.
In the end, he found out who he loved, but it was too late. Su Li didn't give him any chance.
He could only ask Zhuo Yu to find him an opportunity. He needed a chance to get to know Su Li again.
He was stuck in this relationship with no turning point and couldn't get out of it, but Su Li seemed to be doing well and was not affected by him at all.
At first, Su Li's condition was indeed not good, but then Zhou Jinbai got involved. Su Li was busy dealing with Zhou Jinbai and forgot the pain Zhou Zexi brought her.
Seeing Zhou Zexi still shining in his circle, Su Li did not feel that it was fake, but was more moved by wondering how such an unethical person could do so well in the entertainment industry.
Now that the new drama has been released, it can become popular again. God is really unfair.
Zhuo Yu finally decided to help Zhou Zexi. He told Zhou Zexi, "I can help you, but if you quit the circle, then I won't help you."
Zhou Zexi said, "As long as you help me win back my wife's heart, I will naturally repay you. You know my father is Zhou Jinbai, a well-known big boss in the Beijing circle."
Zhuo Yu said nothing more and went to see Zhang Qingchi the next day. He said he had a good script and wanted to find an actress from his studio to work with. Zhang Qingchi asked him who he liked. Zhuo Yu didn't hide it and directly named, "Su Li."
Zhang Qingchi laughed when he heard this, "Then you're late. Su Li has accepted a new drama, the one with the palace fighting IP that's been going viral online recently. I've already secured it for her, and she should be joining the cast soon."
Zhuo Yu said, "She can take on two dramas at the same time, since the film and television bases are all in the same place."
Zhang Qingchi refused. "Old Zhuo, what are you talking about? As an actor, how can you overlap roles? You should give others more opportunities. To be honest, Su Li will not lack resources in the future."
Zhuo Yu spread his hands. "'Forget River' has been a huge hit recently. That's Zhou Zexi's influence. Could it be that he still can't tempt you?"
Zhang Qingchi smiled. "How's Chen Yusheng? Don't worry, his influence is no less than Zhou Zexi's. They're two actors from different backgrounds. Zhou Zexi has a lot of fans, so his dramas' popularity is nothing. Some dramas are truly popular, but for others... who knows if they're just fake."
Zhuo Yu, “…”
Zhang Qingchi didn't give him this face. Zhuo Yu felt like he'd been slapped in the face. He went back and raged at Zhou Zexi, "That bastard Zhang Qingchi has always been against me. Look at the dramas this summer. Several of his artists have dramas airing, which has diverted a lot of traffic. And you let me go and humiliate myself? I knew he wouldn't give me a chance, not even a chance."
Zhou Zexi didn't say anything, just asked, "Did he say Su Li got a new drama? Going to Hengdian?"
Zhuo Yu warned him, "Don't bring personal feelings into work, or you'll take a break."
Zhou Zexi shook his head, "I can't rest for a moment, I want my wife."
Zhuo Yu, “…”
Zhou Zexi is also preparing to join the crew in order to go to Hengdian to find his wife.
Su Li was actually quite emotional. She had planned to find Chen Xinyi when she had time, but she was too busy. After finishing the Jing Zhihua matter, she would join the crew.
No one told Shen Xinyi what was going on. No one answered her phone calls or replied to her WeChat messages. She was very anxious.
Li Manman and Zhang Xianwei easily made an appointment. The three of them had a meal and talked about Shen Xinyi's situation. Li Manman told her not to look for Shen Xinyi anymore, "You should just focus on your work. You are in different circles. She doesn't want to pay attention to you, so why do you always look for her?"
Su Li felt uncomfortable and said nothing. She told them that she would be busy and would not have time to come back. The two friends said they would say hello to Shen Xinyi on her behalf.
After having a drink with two friends, Su Li felt heavy-hearted and took a taxi home.
When she returned to Jiangshan Film Studio, she saw Zhou Jinbai's car in the yard and knew that Zhou Jinbai had come.
It was already evening and the lights in the house were on. Su Li didn't actually drink much, but she felt uncomfortable and in a bad mood.
She entered the villa without saying a word and saw Zhou Jinbai sitting on the sofa in the living room waiting for her. Su Li didn't even change her shoes. She walked towards Zhou Jinbai and hugged him.
Zhou Jinbai smelled a faint scent of alcohol on her, hugged her gently, and spoke softly, "Have you been drinking?"
Su Li hugged him and nodded, "Yeah, I drank a little. I haven't been in a good mood recently. I will leave the capital in two days. Will you miss me?"
Zhou Jinbai asked back, "Why would I miss you? You don't miss me, and you don't like me. What's the point of me missing you?"
Su Li hugged him and acted coquettishly, "If you want me, you have to come to see me. If you don't come to see me, I will run away with another man and don't want you anymore."
Zhou Jinbai asked quietly, "Aren't you afraid that people will discover my presence?"
Su Li shook her head. "They don't know you. They're not from the Beijing circle. I'll hide you. You can come secretly."
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