Chapter 59
In Xu Qingzhou's memory, Chi Jun was always a person who loved to joke.
He might share an apple as punishment with a girl after losing a game at a party, which could very likely result in them kissing, and he doesn't shy away from singing a duet with a girl.
She seems to have never had a clear bottom line when it comes to matters between men and women, so her words and actions inevitably leave some room for imagination for girls.
At this moment, Chi Jun is probably still joking, just like before.
However, in the smile in his deep gaze, there seemed to be a seriousness that was hard to ignore.
Xu Qingzhou couldn't tell whether he was joking or using the joke to say something else.
Even though it was unclear, that look still made Xu Qingzhou's heart race and his rhythm go haywire.
A cold wind swept in gusts, and Xu Qingzhou lowered his eyes.
She got up from the flower bed, took off the down jacket she was wearing, and returned it to Chi Jun.
Chi Jun didn't say anything. He stood up, put his clothes back on, and while adjusting his hat, he looked at Xu Qingzhou and asked:
"Any more orders? Do you want to go home?"
The cold wind howled, whistling through the bare branches.
Even the hair was flying everywhere.
Xu Qingzhou extended his cold fingers from his sleeve and pulled out paper and pen:
No more orders, please reply.
Before I could even write the words "home," my phone, which was in my pocket, suddenly beeped with a notification that an order had been accepted.
Her fingers paused, and she glanced awkwardly at Chi Jun.
In reality, you only earn a few dollars for each delivery, but a delivery driver's salary is accumulated from these tiny amounts of money earned from each delivery.
Xu Qingzhou was holding her pen, about to change her mind and say to Chi Jun, "Why don't you go back first? I'll finish this delivery and then go home," but Chi Jun had already turned around and gotten on his electric bike, turning back to look at her.
"Get in the car."
Xu Qingzhou: ?
Seeing her standing there uncertainly, Chi Jun tilted his head:
"Come on, take me with you to deliver food."
Xu Qingzhou looked at him, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.
*
The winter night was cold, but sitting on the back of the electric scooter with Chi Jun blocking the wind in front, Xu Qingzhou didn't feel so chilly.
The last order was very close.
The customer was probably too lazy to leave the community, so the takeout they ordered was from a barbecue restaurant across the street from their community.
As Xu Qingzhou parked her electric scooter downstairs and was about to go upstairs with the takeout bag, Chi Jun suddenly stopped her.
"I'll go."
Without waiting for her reply, he took the bag from her hand and strode into the building.
Xu Qingzhou stood still, watching Chi Jun stand at the elevator entrance waiting for the elevator, and then glanced back at her.
Under the dim light of the corridor lamp, he smiled at her.
Xu Qingzhou also slightly raised the corners of his mouth, but his fingers unconsciously fiddled with the left handlebar of the electric scooter.
I came out of the back gate of the community around nine o'clock.
After his stomach rumbled for a while, Xu Qingzhou realized that he had forgotten to eat dinner because he was too busy with orders.
Chi Jun had obviously heard the noise as well.
The electric scooter came to a slow stop. He braced himself on the ground and turned to look at her.
"There's a convenience store right here, would you like some oden?"
Xu Qingzhou looked around. This neighborhood was relatively remote. He used the front gate when delivering food, where there were still a few shops. But across the street from the back gate, there was only a river. The shops at the bottom of the neighborhood were all closed, making it look dark and gloomy, with only the streetlights shining forlornly.
Xu Qingzhou looked at the only 24-hour convenience store that was lit up on his left and nodded.
There was only one small table in the convenience store, which was currently occupied by someone working overtime with a laptop.
Chi Jun and Xu Qingzhou had no choice but to buy food and eat out.
Xu Qingzhou doesn't eat much; he only took a little oden.
Chi Jun didn't eat much that evening. Right now, he had a salted egg yolk rice ball in his hand, so he casually sat down on a roadside flower bed, tore open the packaging, and started eating.
The vegetation in the flower bed was stunted, appearing bare and pitiful in the cold winter night. Chi Jun sat by the flower bed, eating rice balls bite by bite, occasionally looking up and exhaling, his breath dissipating like smoke in the cold air and being dispersed by the cold wind.
Xu Qingzhou knew that Chi Jun had accompanied him to deliver takeout tonight, and had even personally delivered the takeout upstairs.
He wanted to show himself through his actions that he did not look down on the food delivery industry.
But now, watching him sit by the flower bed, eating rice balls in big mouthfuls, just like other deliverymen who squeeze in their deliveries.
Even though he himself wasn't doing well, Xu Qingzhou still felt a pang of heartache welling up from the bottom of his heart—
Someone as pampered and noble as Chi Jun shouldn't be like this.
He shouldn't have lived in the same mire as her.
Why aren't you eating?
Suddenly, Chi Jun's question came from beside her.
Xu Qingzhou paused for a moment, lowered her eyes, and continued to eat her oden in small bites.
He patiently waited for her to finish eating, then the two of them got on the electric scooter and drove through the dark night toward the rented courtyard.
*
When Xu Qingzhou got home in the evening, he took a shower first.
As Chi Jun took off his coat, he glanced at his phone.
When he came out of the private room, he put his phone on silent, just in case.
When he opened it, as expected, it was filled with a dense stream of messages, all sent to him by Amay.
Are you crazy? Rolly's still here, and you just ran away like that?!
[I'm speechless. You saw how Zhiyan was trying so hard to curry favor with Rolly, didn't you? And yet you just leave like that!]
[You know that Rolly is here today mainly to assess your qualifications and see if she wants to sign you, right?]
No matter how much you disdain fame and fortune, you should still accept what God offers you when He does offer it, right?
[Answer the phone! Xu Jun!]
...
There's a whole string of them above.
Chi Jun was too lazy to scroll up, so he just twitched his thumb slightly and replied with three words:
Arrived home
Almost instantly, Amay replied to the message.
[...]
There was only a string of ellipses, which probably meant he was utterly speechless.
Chi Jun didn't care and casually tossed his phone onto the bed.
What's with all this talk about celebrities? Let whoever wants to be one be one.
However, as the person who discovered Chi Jun, Amay certainly wouldn't watch him fall into such a slump. Firstly, she genuinely believed that Chi Jun's face was made for stardom, and it would be a disgrace to that face if he didn't enter the entertainment industry. Secondly, if the person she had personally helped became a star one day, she would feel very proud as well.
In the following days, she relentlessly continued to bombard Chi Jun with questions.
When Chi Jun didn't reply to her messages, she kept calling him until he answered.
After all, she was the one who brought him into the industry, and she had always taken good care of him. It wouldn't be right for Chi Jun to keep ignoring her. So when Amay softened her tone and asked him to have coffee, saying, "Even if a deal falls through, we can still be friends. I can't just disown her as a friend," Chi Jun hesitated for a moment, but still agreed.
However, when he arrived at the coffee shop as agreed and pushed open the door, he immediately saw Rolly, Amay's manager, sitting in front of him and smiling at him.
Chi Jun: "..."
*
With Lunar New Year's Eve fast approaching, many small private restaurants have already closed early, with customers going home for the holiday.
Xu Qingzhou received significantly fewer orders throughout the day.
That day, she stood in front of the cake shop counter, waiting for the owner to pack her cakes. The owner glanced at her every now and then while packing.
"Is Xiao Xu spending the Spring Festival here or going back to his hometown this year?"
Xu Qingzhou: [Right here]
Have you bought all the New Year's goods?
Xu Qingzhou: [Not yet, I plan to buy a little as a token gesture once I understand the situation.]
"You still need to buy New Year's goods, it's all about the festive spirit," the shop owner said with a smile, handing her the packaged cake. "This is your last order of the year, ride your bike carefully on the road. Happy New Year."
Xu Qingzhou smiled, waved to the proprietress, and carried the cake out the door.
The destination of this order is a milk tea shop.
Xu Qingzhou placed the cake down, checked the route, and set off on his electric scooter.
After winding and turning along the route for about 25 minutes, Xu Qingzhou saw the "Maxim's Milk Tea Shop" nestled among a group of shops and brought the car to a steady stop.
As I pushed open the door carrying the cake, the wind chimes by the door jingled crisply.
There weren't many people in the milk tea shop, and there were no waiters behind the order counter. Xu Qingzhou frowned in confusion and looked up, only to find a narrow staircase leading to the second floor along the right wall.
On the second floor, two girls were sitting at a small table by the wooden railing.
One of the girls was wearing a dark green apron and a baseball cap, and looked like a shop assistant.
The girl opposite had long, smooth chestnut-brown curly hair, fair skin, and beautiful eyes. In the instant she turned her head, she casually tossed her long hair, exuding charm and captivating beauty.
Upon catching sight of Xu Qingzhou carrying the cake, the girl's gaze lingered on her face for a second before she raised her hand:
"This way."
Her light, slightly husky voice is both sexy and cute.
Xu Qingzhou carried the cake upstairs.
The girl wearing a baseball cap stood up from the table and said, "Then I'll go downstairs."
The girl rested her chin on her hands, smiling as she looked at her.
"good."
Xu Qingzhou felt that this pretty girl looked familiar.
I feel like I've seen this somewhere before.
So when she placed the cake on the table, she couldn't help but glance at the girl a couple more times.
Unexpectedly, the girl's gaze was also fixed on her with a smile. Caught red-handed, Xu Qingzhou felt a little embarrassed. She lowered her head and, as usual, wrote "Enjoy your meal" on the paper. Suddenly, the girl spoke with a gentle smile:
"Your name... is Xu Qingzhou, right?"
Xu Qingzhou's pen suddenly stopped halfway through writing.
She looked up at the girl opposite her.
The girl extended her hand to her, smiling very friendly: "Hello, my name is Chen Mi, I'm an actress, perhaps... you've seen me in TV dramas."
actor.
Upon hearing those two words, Xu Qingzhou remembered.
She seemed to have seen the girl's postcards and celebrity stickers in the stationery store across the street.
The name "Chen Mi" was often mentioned by classmates.
"Would you like to sit down and have a chat?"
Chen Mi smiled playfully and tilted her head: "Your brother Xu Jun and I are friends."
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