Chapter 18 Chapter 18 "Chen Jingzhou, are you in love with me...
Local health center.
Chen Jingzhou was not seriously injured, but he had to wait until the person woke up and check again before leaving.
The staff went back first, leaving only her and Liang Quan in the ward.
He Chuxi sat on a red plastic stool at the end of the bed, clasping her hands together, and looked straight at the person on the bed.
Liang Quan said, "Miss He, you should go back too. I'll just stay here."
"It's okay." He Chuxi asked softly, "Brother Xiao Liang, why is he afraid of the dark? What medicine is he taking? Is he sick?"
Liang Quan also looked at the person lying quietly on the bed. After a long moment, he sighed, "Ms. He, I don't know much. I just know that he takes some sleeping pills. Mr. Chen always has trouble sleeping."
"As for being afraid of the dark..." Liang Quan hesitated again, then finally said, "I heard Uncle Wang say that when Mr. Chen was a child, he was often locked in a dark room by the nanny. They kept him locked in for one or two hours, three or four hours, and sometimes even an entire night... Mr. Chen was too young at the time to resist or tell his wife."
After following Chen Jingzhou for two years, he never saw him have any close friends, nor did he have any social life outside of work. After filming, he would go home and serve him with roses.
Miss He is the only exception.
Every time Miss He came, he would pick roses in advance and ask the chef to prepare her favorite dishes in advance.
I don't like socializing and don't care about work, but if Miss He is around, then nothing is a problem.
He could see that they had been arguing and having conflicts recently, so Mr. Chen was unhappy most of the time and his medication dosage increased sharply.
Xiao Chen doesn't like people gossiping about him, but if saying a few more words can ease the relationship between them, then what does it matter if he gets scolded?
He Chuxi was shocked and couldn't speak for a long time with her mouth open. "Anything else?"
Liang Quan thought that since everything had been said, he decided to just tell everyone everything he knew.
The more she spoke, the heavier her expression became.
Liang Quan left and closed the door as her eyes, staring at the bed, gradually became dazed.
The conditions in the clinic were average. Outside the ward, there were occasional hurried footsteps and shouts, including a child with a fever, a man who vomited blood after drinking, and various night emergencies.
He Chuxi stood up and stood by the window, but it was extremely quiet outside. The empty parking lot was left with only a lonely figure under the street lights.
After standing for a while, I turned around and found that he had woken up.
Their eyes met in the air, without dodging or a ripple, quietly intertwining into an unsolvable thread.
If it were half an hour ago, she would have scolded him.
Why didn’t you confirm with the production team whether she had returned before leaving?
Why would you go to such a dangerous place alone?
No brains?
But now I can’t say anything, all my words can only be reduced to a sigh.
She asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
The person on the bed shook his head slightly.
"Thank you for coming to me."
The man might not be fully conscious yet, and he was just looking at himself with his eyes open.
He Chuxi walked out and said with a smile: "It's too late now, I have to go back first, you wait until the doctor finishes the examination before coming back."
"He Chuxi." The voice was low and hoarse, without any strength.
She didn't look back, the door opened and closed.
......
When she returned to the filming location, the cabin had become quiet late into the night, and she, who had been in chaos, had returned to normal.
The lights in the girls' room were off. Sister Dou heard the noise and straightened up, whispering, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, Teacher Chen will be back soon."
"That's good. Go take a shower and go to bed. Tomorrow is a long day."
"Um."
After washing up and lying down, there was a burst of rustling noises in the boys' room opposite, and then the sound gradually died down.
He Chuxi opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling, unable to sort out the tangled thoughts in his mind.
I didn’t sleep all night, so I got up early in the morning to put on makeup. I applied two more layers of foundation to barely cover my dark circles.
When they went out, everyone was already having breakfast. Chen Jingzhou was there too. After their eyes met briefly, they each moved away. He Chuxi sat down next to Dou Qian.
The staff didn't gossip much, so what happened last night was just an insignificant episode to everyone. No one mentioned it again today, and no one made any connection to it. At most, they just sighed that Chen Jingzhou was a true character.
The camera followed, and the director explained, "Today we have only one mission - picking oranges. Everyone, get ready."
"Director, can we have an extra meal tonight?"
"No problem. At this time in the afternoon, you can arrange a small team to go shopping for groceries and cook."
"Okay."
After breakfast, they set off and arrived at the orchard in groups of two. He Chuxi chose Jian Yuan, Chen Jingzhou and Jiang Xinran.
It was all real work, and they finished at around six o'clock when they got home. After a hard day's work, He Chuxi just wanted to lie down after dinner.
But the boys still had some strength. Jiang Xinran got a ball from somewhere and wanted to go to the village basketball court to play. Chen Jingzhou didn't want to go, so he dragged him away.
Sister Dou also made a dessert. After taking a shower, the three girls sat in the living room, eating dessert and chatting.
He Chuxi was basically holding on, and yawned several times to avoid the camera.
They came back around ten o'clock, and the man who was bouncing the ball glanced at her and lingered.
He Chuxi blocked it with the action of drinking water.
The next day, they were divided into two groups, one group selling goods live, and the other group taking oranges to the streets to sell.
This time, she and Chen Jingzhou were assigned to a group, responsible for live broadcasting in the shed at the entrance of the orchard, plus a talkative Sister Dou.
Since we had no experience in sales, the program team said it took about an hour to finish teaching us the process and sales talk.
The live broadcast officially began. Because of the presence of traffic star Chen Jingzhou, the number of people in the live broadcast room instantly exceeded 100,000.
Sister Dou took the lead in introducing oranges, but unexpectedly, tens of thousands of orders were sold before she finished the introduction.
The situation was unexpected, and the program crew quickly took control of the situation and controlled the quantity of goods.
Sister Dou responded quickly: "Everyone is so enthusiastic. Thank you for supporting the fruit farmers. However, we have limited staff here. To ensure that everyone can enjoy these delicious oranges in time, we limit each person to one order."
"Let's chat first." Sister Dou turned to Chen Jingzhou, "Jingzhou, do you like oranges?"
The man, at work, was in full business attire, smiling faintly at the camera and replying, "I like it." Without waiting for Sister Dou to ask again, he continued, "My nickname is Chengcheng. My mom said she especially loved eating oranges when she was pregnant with me. As a child, I didn't like any other fruit but oranges."
He Chuxi was surprised when she heard this, but she quickly put away her surprise and looked at the man who was smiling gently on the big screen.
Chengcheng...Chen Jingzhou must have been the apple of his parents' eyes when he was a child. How cute must be a little boy with such a nickname.
"Where's Chuxi?"
Sister Dou turned to ask her, and He Chuxi came back to her senses, "I like it too, but I always thought peeling oranges was troublesome and I didn't want to do it. Now it's just right. Our orange is as easy to peel as a tangerine. It's so friendly to me."
“This is indeed, convenient and delicious.”
The amount sold in just over ten minutes of the live broadcast far exceeded the local inventory. After that, we basically chatted intermittently. At the end of an hour, everyone left work early and went home.
The team that went out to the street had not returned yet, and Sister Dou had gone somewhere. For a while, only she and Chen Jingzhou were left in the pavilion in the courtyard.
In the past two days, they have not spoken a word in private except for their communication in front of the camera. Now there is no one else around and there are cameras. To outsiders, it is really "awkward" for the two of them to sit like this three or four seats apart.
Finally, the director had to whisper, "Teacher He, Teacher Chen, do you want to chat?"
He Chuxi: "What are you talking about?"
"Um, how about going to the kitchen and getting dinner ready?"
That's fine, it's better than awkward conversation.
But when she entered the kitchen, she discovered another problem. She was a novice in cooking, and the young master next to her was a master who had never cooked before.
He Chuxi asked stiffly: "Can you cook?"
The man answered directly: "No."
He Chuxi turned to the director for help, but the director thought the material was very good and nodded silently for them to continue.
She had no choice but to look for work everywhere.
She definitely couldn't handle the meat dishes, but she could still wash and cut the vegetables and prepare the onions, ginger, and garlic. She found two cloves of garlic and gave them to him. "Teacher Chen, could you please peel these?"
Chen Jingzhou took it, looked at her twice and started to work.
He Chuxi went to cook, then washed and cut the vegetables to be stir-fried in the evening. She also called Brother Fu to ask him what he needed to prepare in advance. She followed his instructions and marinated the beef and chicken wings first.
When he finished, he turned around and found half a head of garlic left. He peeled the garlic carefully as if he was serving his master.
When I walked over and took a look, I saw that the garlic in the small basket was clean, without any damage or excess coating.
She was really impressed. If she asked this young master to cook, it would probably take three or four hours.
"Let me help you."
The two stood side by side, the closest distance they had been in the past two days.
Chen Jingzhou turned off the microphone on his waist and whispered, "I'll be waiting for you in the assistant lounge at 11 o'clock."
He Chuxi didn't respond.
He added, "I have something to tell you."
She threw a small piece of peeled garlic into the basket and smiled gently: "Teacher Chen, you are peeling it too slowly. We don't need to be so meticulous."
Chen Jingzhou glanced away, his eyes gradually dimming.
Sister Dou came back, and the street-going teams also arrived home one after another, leaving the two of them with no space to be alone together.
Jiang Xinran walked into the kitchen without even washing his hands, climbed onto his shoulders, and said with a big smile, "Brother Zhou, let's go play ball."
Chen Jingzhou glanced at the hand on his left shoulder and frowned slightly, but he didn't push it away. He was half-dragged to the court.
A few older boys were so engrossed in playing ball that they forgot to eat. It was only at 8 o'clock that they sat down to eat.
After eating, everyone went back to take a shower. He Chuxi also took a shower and put on a facial mask early to prepare for bed.
Sister Dou came in from outside and asked, "Why are you going to bed so early today?"
"Yeah, I'm sleepy."
It was past ten o'clock, and Sister Dou, who had been taking care of her, turned off the lights early. When the room fell into darkness, she took out her phone and checked the time: 22:34
Work is not that tiring today. Some people are chatting in the courtyard, while others are playing the piano and exercising in the living room. It is very lively.
He Chuxi squinted for a while, but was not asleep. Then he looked at the time: 22:42
After another seven or eight minutes, Qi Yu came in quietly, and He Chuxi said, "I'm not asleep yet, don't worry about me."
"It's okay, you take a rest." Qi Yu relaxed his movements a little, "But they are still filming outside, they might disturb you."
"It's okay." He Chuxi pursed her lips and asked softly, "Who is it that's so energetic?"
"I believed them."
After Qi Yu answered this question, he went into the bathroom to find some clothes. He Chuxi looked at the wall opposite with decorations hanging on it and sighed silently.
Look at the time again: 22:50.
Waiting for Qi Yu to come out after showering, 23:06.
She put on her headphones and connected to the music, then turned off her phone, put it on the bedside table, and closed her eyes.
I didn't fall asleep, nor did I check the time, nor did I listen to the footsteps outside, trying to use music to lull myself to sleep.
......
I don’t know what time I fell asleep. I had many dreams intermittently and my head felt heavy when I woke up.
After getting ready and going out, I found that familiar figure was not among the crowd having breakfast.
He Chuxi sat down and picked up the porridge left for her. After taking two bites, she casually asked, "Why don't you see Teacher Chen?"
Jiang Xinran was puzzled, but he suppressed his doubts and replied, "Teacher Chen had other work arrangements and left early this morning."
He Chuxi was stunned for a moment, and then she took a long time to ask, "Are you coming back?"
"It seems that he won't reply."
"oh......"
After drinking a bowl of porridge, she slowly figured it out in her mind. It would be better to go back, otherwise it would be awkward to see him face to face every day.
I sold oranges for another day, spent the remaining day wandering around an ancient city next door and completing tasks, and the last day experiencing the local intangible cultural heritage.
After officially finishing the recording, He Chuxi arrived at Beijing North City International Airport at around 5:00 PM on Tuesday.
I took the VIP channel and when I arrived at the parking lot, the first thing I saw was his black Koenigsegg.
Chen Jingzhou has many cars, including business-oriented Rolls-Royces and Mercedes-Benzes, which usually come with drivers. Driving this car means he is the driver himself.
The figure in the black glass of the driver's seat was blurry, and she couldn't see what he was doing or whether he saw her.
He Chuxi stood there for half a minute before handing the suitcase to Xiaodie, "You go back first."
Xiaodie glanced at the car, nodded silently, picked up the box and left.
She calmed herself down, walked over, opened the passenger door and sat down.
The man glanced at her calmly and said in a cold voice, "Seat belt."
He Chuxi fastened his seat belt silently.
The moment the button was pressed, the car sped out and the roar of the engine almost broke my eardrums.
The black sports car accelerated out of Airport Boulevard and headed in another direction at the fork in the road, away from the city.
The speed was estimated to be 150 or 160, and He Chuxi felt like he was about to fly.
She tightened her grip, stared straight ahead, and asked calmly, "Where are we going?"
"Are you scared?"
"What am I afraid of? If we have to die, you and I will die together. Prince Tianyu will accompany me to hell. I'm the winner."
Chen Jingzhou chuckled, "You're such a scoundrel."
The car slowed down and finally stopped on a small hill in the suburbs.
What meets the eye is the city cluster in the distance immersed in the sunset glow. The clouds are low and the mist is swirling like an ink painting.
He Chuxi had never been to this place before, and was amazed by the scenery for a while.
No one got out of the car, no one spoke, just stared ahead quietly.
All those unresolved issues were put on hold.
When the sun disappeared into the skyscraper, the man unbuckled his seat belt, leaned over, held her face in his hands and kissed her.
He Chuxi didn't push away, but closed her eyes and endured it.
When was the last time we kissed? It was after the National Day holiday, when it was still autumn, and now it's almost spring.
He didn't linger for long, nor did he go deep. After a brief taste, he leaned against her forehead and asked in a low voice: "He Chuxi, what do you mean?"
The woman bit her lip.
"You're so cruel! I've been waiting for you all night." His big hands stroked her cheeks, his voice calm, as if demanding, "Didn't you say it was over? Why did you come back to find me? Why did you hug me? Why didn't you dare to see me?"
"Don't let your imagination run wild. It's meaningless for you to say this now."
"What's meaningful? Is it meaningful that you're fishing for me?"
He Chuxi laughed in anger and looked up: "I hooked you? It was you who haunted me, it was you who insisted on following me, it was you who did those inexplicable things, how dare you blame me?!"
Chen Jingzhou puffed his cheeks and smiled, still insisting on asking, "Why did you come to me that night?"
He Chuxi looked straight into his eyes, letting their emotions flow between them.
After a long pause, she raised her lips slightly and asked instead of answering, "I'm the one who should ask you, why did you drive there in such a hurry? Why did you go there even though you were so afraid of the dark?"
"Chen Jingzhou, are you in love with me?"
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