"Hua Xuanhe said he found you a role in a movie," Xie Yunzhou said casually.
"He told you that?" Shi Xi looked over.
Xie Yunzhou had no choice but to confess, "Hua Xuan asked me about you and asked me to persuade you to go to Yanjing."
Shi Xi slowly drank the water, her mind racing with thoughts.
"Are you thinking about Hua Ruoling?" Xie Yunzhou asked.
"Hmm." Shi Xi nodded, half wistful and half worried, "Back then, the wrong identity led to Hua Ruoling almost killing Gu Yinuo. If I go back to the Hua family, will I encounter the same situation?"
Xie Yunzhou's eyes darkened slightly. "I'll go back with you."
“I’m not afraid that Hua Ruoling will target me.” Shi Xi leaned back in her chair and looked into the distance. “I’m just afraid that the Hua family will protect Hua Ruoling and do something else.”
I am not Gu Yinuo; I am not as kind as her and willing to issue a letter of understanding.
But what if Hua Wenying begs me to forgive Hua Ruoling, or Hua Xuanhe tells me to let bygones be bygones...?
Xie Yunzhou hadn't expected Shi Xi to think so much, and looked at the girl with heartache, "Then let's not go back."
“If I don’t go back, they will keep harassing the people around me,” Shi Xi said helplessly.
Xie Yunzhou was silent for a moment, then suggested, "How about we go abroad? Go overseas to relax."
Shi Xi shook her head, "I still have work to do!"
Xie Yunzhou took the girl's hand and said, "I'll go to the Hua family with you. We'll visit the Hua family elders once a month, but we won't interact with them much, okay?"
Shi Xi thought about it and agreed that it was indeed a good idea. "Okay."
She did feel more at ease with someone by her side.
Xie Yunzhou smiled slightly and said, "Perhaps Hua Ruoling has learned her lesson and won't do anything to you."
Shi Xi took a deep breath. "That's for the best."
She didn't want things to get so tense with her family.
*
When Shi's mother learned that Shi Xi was going to the Hua family, she immediately began to buy her gifts.
Shi Xi lay on the sofa, eating sunflower seeds, petting the cat, and watching TV. "Mom, I'm going to meet my relatives, not to propose marriage. Do I need to bring so much stuff?"
"How can you talk like that? That's your own mother's house, the Hua family! What if they look down on you if you don't bring something nice?" Shi's mother said, and asked the aunt to bring out the wine that Shi's father had treasured.
"It would be such a waste to give that wine away. Why don't we drink it ourselves?" Shi Xi sat up straight after hearing this.
Shi's mother glared at her.
Ning Yu returned from outside and saw the living room piled with things, her eyes filled with doubt.
What does Mother take stock of when it's not a holiday or festival?
"Ning Yu is back?" Mother Shi explained, "Xi Xi is going to the Hua family, and I'm looking at what to bring her!"
“I’ll go there myself,” Shi Xi added.
Shi's mother: "Don't talk, just lie down."
Shi Xi continued lying down and said to the cat, "Zhouzhou, you can't be like your grandma and give all the good things to outsiders. We should keep the good things for ourselves, understand?"
Zhouzhou: "Meow~"
The mother of the hour, who was being mocked: ...
When Shi's mother saw Ning Yu, she seemed to remember something and said, "Ning Yu, the festival is coming soon. I'd like to send some gifts to Brother Ning and Sister Ning. What would they like?"
Ning Yu was about to say no, but Shi Xi interrupted her.
Shi Xi said, "Send some bird's nest, donkey-hide gelatin, and cordyceps. Also pack some cigarettes and alcohol, but don't send tea, they don't drink tea. And don't send red wine either, but send two cases of Moutai."
Mother Shi: "Alright, alright, I'll do whatever you say."
Seeing this, Ning Yu could only silently accept it, saying, "Thank you."
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