Li Yining: "...wasn't that considered stargazing last time?"

Huo Shen laughed, pinched her face and said, "I'm just teasing you."

Li Yining glared at him and said, "Where are we going? We are sneaking out of the hotel, we won't be discovered, right?"

"will not."

Huo Shen said calmly, "It doesn't matter what happens."

Li Yining thought about it and it seemed so.

If you have discovered it, admit it. If you haven't discovered it, just continue to avoid it.

Huo Shen shook her hand and whispered, "Will you come with me?"

Li Yining nodded without hesitation, "Follow."

Huo Shenqian smiled and pulled her to the other side.

There was already an SUV parked on the side of the road, and two people got in. Li Yining was no longer surprised that such a roadside car belonged to Huo Shen. This man always had bodyguards around him, so it was easy for him to get a car.

After getting in the car, Li Yining didn't ask Huo Shen where he was taking him.

Anyway, just trust him.

What's more, if you don't ask, there seem to be more surprises.

Looking at the scenery passing by outside the car window, Li Yining pushed his hair, which was messed up by the wind, behind his ears.

Late at night, there weren't many cars on the roadside, but there were many people at the night market not far away, and both sides of the street were filled with people.

She stared at those people, feeling an indescribable emotion.

Thinking about this, Li Yining turned and looked at Huo Shen.

The man was looking at the road ahead intently. He was always like this when driving, steadier than anyone else, and he didn't seem to have the intention to rush forward. He never scared Li Yining.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but laugh.

Huo Shen raised his eyebrows, and after hearing her voice, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Yining shook his head, leaned back in his chair and said, "I just suddenly felt that this ordinary life is quite interesting."

She pointed and said, "I want to eat at a roadside stall, too."

Huo Shen laughed and glanced at the car. "I'll find a place to park."

"good."

After parking the car, the two got out.

Night market stalls are always the busiest, opening from around 8 or 9 in the evening until 4 or 5 in the morning.

When he was in college, Li Yining would occasionally go out for supper with his classmates. At that time, there were college students everywhere, so the atmosphere was not much different.

But it was different from now.

She lowered her head, looked at her hands interlocked with Huo Shen's, and the corners of her lips twitched upwards.

Before this, Li Yining had never thought that there would be a day when he would be able to walk hand in hand with the person he loved at the night market, and that person would be Huo Shen.

A man who used to be detached from worldly affairs.

Huo Shen glanced at her sideways and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Li Yining blinked and said, "Will you go and queue up to buy it for me?"

Huo Shen pressed down the brim of his hat and said, "Of course."

Li Yining didn't say that her surprise was fake. When the two of them went to "pick the moon" before, no one knew them and no one would notice them, so it was okay for them to be more intimate. But now there are so many people here, she really doesn't feel at ease.

"I'll go."

She looked at Huo Shen's face, which could be recognized anywhere, with a hint of disgust.

Huo Shen naturally heard it, he laughed and rubbed Li Yining's head, "Do you dislike me?"

Li Yining denied it shyly, "I didn't."

She blinked and whispered, "I just feel that you are too down-to-earth now, and I feel a little uncomfortable."

Hearing this, Huo Shen looked at her unexpectedly and asked, "Aren't you the same?"

Li Yining was startled.

Yes. She seems to be getting more down-to-earth.

When she first came here, she still maintained the arrogance and indifference of the original owner, but gradually, she returned more and more to her own personality and living habits, and seemed to be getting closer and closer to her former self.

Originally, Li Yining would definitely not want to go to the night market and eat the unhealthy and unhygienic food there. She might even have never eaten it since she was a child. But she thought differently and was very eager to do so.

Thinking of this, Li Yining couldn't help but look up at Huo Shen.

Did Huo Shen already realize something?

Or has he always had the feeling and was just waiting for me to confess?

As a man of such intelligence, it is impossible for him not to notice the changes in his own personality, attitude, and some of his ways of doing things, which were obviously inconsistent with the original Ningning.

Looking at the man standing on the side, his face was shrouded in the moonlight, and his pupils were deep, like a pool of spring water, which made people involuntarily fall into it.

Li Yining's eyes flickered. Being looked at by Huo Shen like that, he felt a little uncertain.

That night, the two of them didn't get to see the stars in the end.

After buying some food, Li Yining became a little absent-minded and not very interested.

Huo Shen naturally followed her instructions and returned to the hotel.

The room for the two was booked by the program team. The room next door was occupied by other artists and assistants. The two did not dare to be too conspicuous and naturally went back to their own rooms.

After returning to the room, Li Yining was obviously very sleepy, but he couldn't fall asleep at all.

I couldn't sleep.

She opened her eyes, stared at the ceiling for a moment, then rubbed her eyes with her hands.

She clearly felt that the atmosphere between her and Huo Shen had changed.

Even though Huo Shen didn't love her, for a moment she didn't know how to face this man.

She felt like she was seen through. But she had indeed deceived Huo Shen.

Fooled everyone.

Her inner shell had been replaced long ago, and she did not deny it at all.

So this is the most contradictory point for Li Yining. She likes Huo Shen and doesn't want to deceive him, but she is afraid to tell Huo Shen the truth. It would be fine if he doesn't believe it, but if he does, Li Yining is not sure what the ending will be.

Huo Shen has never been gentle in his attitude towards people and things. He has a cruel side. Although he has never shown it to Li Yining, she also knows his true character.

Li Yining didn't dare to think about what would happen when Huo Shen found out that he had lied to him for so long.

After all, she is selfish.

She doesn't want to lose everything she has now, so she is unwilling to face it. The cuckoo in the nest and unwilling to leave is exactly her.

selfishness.

Li Yining sighed softly, not knowing whether he should say it or not.

As she thought about it, she couldn't help but pick up her phone to take a look at the conversation between herself and Huo Shen.

Uncle Xu once secretly told Li Yining that Huo Shen actually hated WeChat and other such communications. He had always been the type of person who would rather make a phone call than send a message. But because of Li Yining, he gradually became willing to send messages and was willing to waste time chatting with her.

She stared at the conversation between the two. Huo Shen didn't say much, but whenever Li Yining brought up a topic, or a decision or tangled matter he couldn't make, Huo Shen would always take his precious time to analyze it for her.

It's not a bother at all.

As he watched, Li Yining became more depressed.

Shouldn't she be so selfish? Huo Shen also has the right to know.

Li Yining is really entangled.

This is probably the inherent selfishness of human nature. She admitted that she has it and it is quite strong.

Thinking of this, Li Yining sighed deeply.

She poked her phone, thought for a while, and sent a message to Jian Yuanyuan.

Is Li Yining asleep?

Jian Yuanyuan? How do you know I'm still surfing the Internet?

Li Yining guessed it.

What's wrong with Jian Yuanyuan? Why are you looking for me? Do you want to talk?

Li Yining

Jian Yuanyuan looked at her ellipsis, amused, and called her directly.

"Hahahahaha what are you doing? I really guessed it right. You want to talk to me?"

Li Yining actually wanted to deny it, but after thinking for a few seconds, he acquiesced.

"Yeah, do you have time?"

Jian Yuanyuan was a little surprised. "...There is definitely time, but I don't know what you want to talk to me about."

She couldn't help but guess, "Could it be that there is some new crisis in your relationship with Huo Shen?"

Li Yining said nothing.

Jian Yuanyuan took a breath and raised her voice, "Really? Did Huo Shen do anything to let you down?"

Li Yining paused and couldn't help asking, "Why don't you guess what I did to offend him?"

Without thinking, Jian Yuanyuan blurted out, "How could you... You didn't do anything out of line for Jiang Yuan before, but now it's even more impossible."

“………………”

"No, that's not what I meant." Jian Yuanyuan explained quickly.

"Round."

Li Yining didn't pay attention to what she said, but shouted seriously.

"ah?"

Jian Yuanyuan shuddered a little, "...You said I should be able to bear it."

Li Yining chuckled, and her depressed mood was relieved a lot because of her two sentences. She pinched her brow and asked in a low voice, "Do you think I have changed a lot?"

"…Is there a trap waiting for me to fall into?"

“Probably not.”

Hearing this, Jian Yuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good. Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Just wanted to ask."

Jian Yuanyuan was silent for a moment, and said honestly, "It would be a lie to say that you haven't changed, but I think your change is good now. You are much easier to get along with than before. It's not that you were not easy to get along with before. You were also good before, but you were not very good at listening to advice. As long as you make a decision, no one can stop you, even if it is wrong-"

She paused, then spoke out loud and clear.

"To be honest, sometimes I feel like you've become a different person, but that's only sometimes. You're still you, Li Yining, who can be a little arrogant, proud, and a little short-tempered sometimes."

After saying this, Li Yining remained silent for a long time.

Jian Yuanyuan tightened her grip on the phone and asked weakly, "...did I say something wrong?"

Li Yining: "No, you are quite right."

"and you--"

"Just a casual question."

Li Yining lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment before asking, "Let me ask you a hypothetical question."

"good."

"If you have a crush on someone and you have a secret with him, and he knows you have a secret but doesn't know what it is, will you tell him?"

Jian Yuanyuan: "…"

She was silent for a moment, then whispered, "If this is a secret you want to keep and he didn't ask directly, then you don't have to tell me."

"But isn't this just cheating?"

Jian Yuanyuan chuckled and couldn't help asking, "Silly Ningning, you must have gone crazy because of love. Even if you are a couple, you are allowed to have secrets, okay? As long as it's not cheating or other things that violate morality and conscience, who doesn't allow secrets? Huo Shen has secrets too."

"ah?"

Jian Yuanyuan: "…I'm just giving you an example. If you ask him about his relationship with Cheng Yang, I don't think he would be willing to tell you."

As the confidant sister tonight, she said seriously, "A secret doesn't mean you can't tell it, it's just that you don't want to tell it. It becomes a secret when you hide it, but that's not called cheating, understand?"

"……oh."

Li Yining sighed.

"Mrs. Huo, do you have any questions?"

Li Yining's eyes flashed. "I don't know for now."

Having said that, she still didn't know how to face Huo Shen.

This secret of hers is fundamentally different from whether Huo Shen is willing to talk to her about it.

After hearing her say this, Jian Yuanyuan didn't know how to persuade her.

She thought about it and said domineeringly, "Don't think too much. Get some sleep and you'll be fine tomorrow."

"……Um."

However, after waking up from sleep, Li Yining and Huo Shen did not feel better.

However, it wasn’t because the two of them had a quarrel when they met after getting up.

Huo Shen went back in the middle of the night.

When Li Yining woke up the next day, there was a message from a man on her mobile phone.

He said that there was something urgent at the company and he would not go home with her.

Li Yining watched and immediately called Huo Shen, but no one answered.

After thinking about it, Li Yining decided not to worry about it anymore.

After breakfast, she and Xiaoyu went to the airport to return to City A.

Huo Shen did not go home for the next two days. He heard from Uncle Xu that there seemed to be some serious problems in a branch company abroad.

After listening to it, Li Yining nodded silently and took note of it.

For some reason, Huo Shen's trip abroad seemed to give her some time to think.

It would allow her to think carefully about how to face Huo Shen. The problem that night was whether to pretend nothing happened or to face it bravely.

In the next few days, Li Yining didn't contact Huo Shen much. The two of them still chatted every day, mostly saying good morning and good night. Occasionally they would say hello and ask if he had eaten.

Huo Shen's chat was pretty much like this, the only thing that changed was Li Yining.

She was tangled.

Amid the confusion, he naturally spoke less, and he really wanted to be quiet for a while and think carefully. Naturally, he was not as enthusiastic as before when replying to Huo Shen.

The problems that arose in the overseas branch were quite serious, resulting in Huo Shen not appearing in the recording of the second episode of the variety show.

After the second episode of recording was completed, Li Yining started filming a new drama.

She never expected that the male lead she would be paired with would be Jiang Yuan.