Butler Liu felt that he was like a loyal minister before the emperor in ancient times, who always spoke honest advice, but honest advice is always unpleasant to the ears and the emperor did not like to hear it. Not only did he not like to hear it, he also rolled his eyes at him.

"I think I can give it a try," Emperor Lu said stubbornly.

Lu Yuanzhou was in a good mood when he woke up today, because he slept on the big bed where Chu Xiu had slept last night and managed to get five hours of sleep! But his good mood was soon ruined by a woman thousands of miles away!

Chu Xiu actually posted a photo of another man in the middle of the night and praised him for being handsome.

This simply doesn't make sense!

Lu Yuanzhou clicked on the picture with disdain and thought, isn't he just a chef? Isn't he just good at cooking? Can a chef make as much money as he does?

At the beginning, Lu Yuanzhou looked down on the wild man and despised him from beginning to end.

Later, he began to count his strengths, but after thinking for a long time, he found that apart from making money, he didn't seem to be able to do anything else, and then he became depressed.

For a woman who loves money, having this advantage is enough, but Chu Xiu is obviously not like that. It’s not that she doesn’t love money, but besides money, she seems to have many other pursuits, her acting career, her feelings, her life. In short, she is not a simple-minded woman who only knows how to love money.

In front of a woman like this, his mere advantage of being able to make money seems to have no advantage at all.

Although he still didn't quite understand why he had to fight for her attention, in fact, whether she liked it or not, whether she was happy or not, seemed to have nothing to do with him.

But ever since he tried so hard to get into her bed some time ago, her position in his heart seemed to be different from that of other women.

Perhaps it was because he had not yet succeeded in getting the opportunity to sleep with her that he was so resentful about it, causing many times, what he said and did seemed a bit strange.

But sometimes, his body is more honest than his mouth, and he himself can't control it.

After seeing the wild man's photo, he went downstairs early in the morning and told the housekeeper that he wanted to learn cooking.

Butler Liu has been in the Lu family for a long time, so long that he can talk back to him without being fired.

But no one could stop Lu Yuanzhou from doing what he wanted to do. After asking the cook for an apron, he went into the kitchen with a fearless attitude.

Butler Liu sighed behind him and followed him in.

"Uncle Liu, is this dish difficult to learn?" Lu Yuanzhou took out his mobile phone and clicked on a picture to show Butler Liu.

The handsome foreign guy in the photo is laughing with his eyes rolled up, looking quite handsome. He is holding a plate in his hand, which should be fried or pan-fried meat or something like that.

"You can't tell how to cook it from a photo like this unless there are instructions for the steps and ingredients," Butler Liu said matter-of-factly. "Sir, even if we knew how to cook this dish, you definitely can't learn it."

Lu Yuanzhou said unhappily, "Then what can I learn?"

Butler Liu thought for a moment and said, "Let's fry some eggs."

Lu Yuanzhou glared at him unhappily, "Are you humiliating me?"

Butler Liu said calmly: "Frying an egg is also a skill. If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."

Lu Yuanzhou felt that his housekeeper was a little lawless, so he said, "Okay, just fry the eggs."

A few minutes later.

Butler Liu: "The oil isn't hot yet, wait a minute."

Butler Liu: "The oil is smoking, put the eggs in quickly."

Butler Liu: "You got the wrong wok."

Butler Liu: "The eggs are burnt, turn them over quickly!"

Liu Guanjiu: "You can't tip the pot, it will fall... fall out."

…

Ten minutes later, Lu Yuanzhou walked out of the kitchen in a depressed mood. The kitchen ladies who were originally standing at the door and peeking at him immediately scattered.

Lu Yuanzhou felt that it was not Butler Liu who was humiliating him, but he himself was asking for humiliation!!

Butler Liu followed him and comforted him: "Sir, everyone has their own specialties. This just means that you are not suitable for the kitchen."

Lu Yuanzhou sat down at the dining table and said sullenly, "I really only know how to make money."

Butler Liu thought for a moment and said, "A chef with good cooking skills may not necessarily become a world-class chef, but as long as you have money, you can invite a top chef to your home to cook for you."

Lu Yuanzhou suddenly had an epiphany. It seems that money is more powerful!

After confirming the cooperation with the cosmetics brand, the two parties quickly finalized the contract. Zhao Xue even flew to Xicheng and took Chu Xiu to meet the other party's person in charge.

The person who contacted them was the woman they met at the party that day, the person in charge of the Greater China region, named Ellie. She was said to be in her thirties, but looked very young.

After signing the contract, Ellie enthusiastically invited them to dinner. While chatting at the table, Chu Xiu found out that the reason Ellie chose her was because of her neutral outfit that day.

"This season, our main focus is neutral nude makeup, and many products are centered around this theme. When I saw you that day, I found you very suitable. You looked very handsome and cool that day. I think you should appear more in this image, and you will probably attract a lot of fans!"

Chu Xiu smiled, thinking that this could be considered an unexpected success.

However, her agent Zhao Xue later analyzed the situation for her, and every word made sense. "First, your image does fit their ideal. Second, your popularity on the Internet is rising rapidly. In addition, you starred in "The Beauty's Wrath". Once the drama is released, it may become a hit. By then, your ability to bring in goods will definitely be much stronger than it is now. Brand owners are very smart. If they sign you now, they don't have to pay a high price. If they want to sign you next year, they may not be able to sign you even if they pay a high price."

After listening to this, Chu Xi raised her eyebrows and asked Zhao Xue, "Sister Zhao, do you think so highly of me?"

Zhao Xue smiled and said, "I didn't dare to say it so confidently before, but now you have Mr. Lu to support you. Things are different now. You will definitely become famous."

Chu Xiu added: "Will Sister Gu Rou be very angry about this endorsement?"

Although it was an accident, judging from the results, she did steal Gu Rou's resources.

Speaking of Gu Rou, Zhao Xue's expression became a little stiff, and she said, "This matter is not something you can decide. Her temper comes and goes quickly. She will figure it out in a few days."

When she said this, Chu Xiu understood. Gu Rou must be very angry. She was probably still questioning Chu Xiu's ancestors.

Chu Xiu said, "Next time we meet, I will have a good talk with her. We are both under your care, so we should get along well."

Zhao Xue nodded and said, "It's best if you think so."

After finishing her work and arranging a date for taking promotional photos, Chu Xiu rushed back to the crew without stopping. The filming of the TV series has been quite intense recently. As the heroine, Chu Xiu has a very heavy workload and it is common for her to stay up late to film.

Lu Yuanzhou still sent a bouquet of flowers to Chu Xiu every day, taking turns sending roses of different colors. In the first few days, Chu Xiu would transfer money to Lu Yuanzhou every day just to make him angry, but later she felt that this behavior was childish and stopped.

The other people in the crew were looking forward to the arrival of roses more than she was, because in the end, most of the flowers were distributed to them.

Chu Xiu had just signed the endorsement contract and received a big bouquet of white roses when she returned to the crew. She was in a good mood, but she remembered that she hadn't been in touch with Lu Yuanzhou for a while. The two of them were in a cold war and neither of them was willing to bring up the subject first.

But looking back, it seems that there wasn't much of a conflict. It was just that the two of them had different opinions when discussing something.

Chu Xiu felt that once she met Lu Yuanzhou, she seemed to become a little childish.

After thinking for a while, she took out her phone, held a white rose and took a selfie in front of the camera, then sent it to Lu Yuanzhou, "Today's flowers are very beautiful."

Not long after the photo was posted, Lu Yuanzhou replied: "Were the flowers you sent before fake?"

Chu Xiu: ...

Why was she being rebuked when she tried to reconcile after so many days of cold war? Shouldn't he just praise Hua and then praise her, and then the two of them would happily reconcile?

Chu Xiu was about to get angry and retort, but she saw Lu Yuanzhou retracted his words and sent another one, "Is it okay? Have you lost weight?"

Chu Xiu: ...

Did he realize that he had said the wrong thing and quickly changed his words to make up for it? But she had already seen that sentence!!

So should we reconcile or not?

After hesitating for a while, Chu Xiu decided to be magnanimous and pretend that she had not seen the withdrawn message.

Chu Xiu replied: "I will lose weight when I join the crew, and the director thinks my current state is good."

Lu Yuanzhou hesitated for a long time before replying: "Oh."

Chu Xiu raised her eyebrows, thinking there was nothing to say, and was about to put away her phone, but Lu Yuanzhou sent another message, "There is a Michelin restaurant in Xicheng. I'll have someone send you something delicious?"

Is he trying to please her?

Chu Xiu imagined Lu Yuanzhou with a cool face typing on his phone that he wanted to send her something delicious. It was funny to think about it, but she still replied to him: "No, I'm used to the food of the crew. Eating too much will make me fat."

"You're not fat," he said.

Chu Xiu explained: "Being thin is photogenic."

Lu Yuanzhou: "Being too thin will make you ugly."

Chu Xiu: ...

They can end up chatting away, this is indeed the normal state of communication between the two of them!

But what Chu Xiu said was true. A few days later, the cosmetics brand arranged for her to shoot a fashion blockbuster, and the professional photographer deliberately exaggerated her physical condition.

"Your body is in perfect shape now. Being a little fat or a little thin is not good. The theme of this shoot is originality. There will be no excessive photo editing in post-production. The main point is that you have a neutral and A temperament."

Chu Xiudai nodded and joked, "What if I look too handsome in the photos? Then my fans will only be attracted by my neutral face, which will be terrible."

The photographer smiled and said, "That's not bad, you will have a lot more wife fans."

Chu Xiu: ...

The brand selected several sets of clothes for Chu Xiu, all of which were neutral, including casual wear and suits. Chu Xiu was taken to the lounge to change, and Ran Ran followed in to help. The assistant originally sent by the brand was also ready to lend a hand, but was politely declined by Chu Xiu.

Every time she arrived at an unfamiliar place, Chu Xiu always habitually looked around. This habit had existed before she traveled through time and has remained until now.

This lounge is very simple. Apart from two dressing tables placed side by side, there is a set of sofas. On the wall behind the sofa, there is an inconspicuous black hook.

Chu Xiu frowned and looked at the black hook for a while, feeling that something was odd.

Ran Ran put away the clothes she was going to change, and seeing her staring at a hook in a daze, she asked her, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"

Chu Xiu did not answer her, but walked straight to the sofa, took off her shoes, stood on the sofa, and looked at the hook from a close distance.

Ran Ran was confused by her action and followed her. "Is there any problem with this thing?"

After a while, Chu Xiu said, "This is a serious problem. This hook is a pinhole camera."

Ran Ran's face turned pale, and when she spoke again, her voice changed, "Camera...camera...camera? Is someone trying to secretly take a picture of you?"

Chu Xiu stood on the sofa, staring at the hook quietly, and said, "I just thought it was very abrupt. Why is a hook placed on the wall behind the sofa? It's not convenient for hanging things. If you want to hang a decorative painting, it's so small that it definitely can't withstand too much force."

Then she asked Ran Ran to cover it with a scarf.

Compared with her calmness, Ran Ran was already panicking. Fortunately, she discovered it in time. If she hadn't discovered it and continued to change clothes inside, she would definitely have been photographed!

Ran Ran said at a loss: "Sister, what should we do now? Should we call Sister Zhao? Or should we call the police?"

Chu Xiu said, "We need to call, but Sister Zhao is not in West City. Water from far away cannot put out a nearby fire. Let's first find the person in charge here to ask."

Ran Ran nodded quickly, turned around and prepared to go out.

"Wait, I'd better go find Mr. Ai first." Chu Xiu stopped her, then took out her cell phone, found the phone number of the brand manager Ai Li, called her, and said that a camera was found in the lounge of the studio and asked her to come over and deal with it.

Chu Xiu now completely distrusts those people outside, but the brand manager Ellie should be trustworthy. After all, she is the head of a major international brand and is a contracted partner with Chu Xiu. The success or failure of Chu Xiu's development in the next few years is related to the brand's reputation and sales. It is impossible for them to do such a despicable thing.

But the fact that the miniature camera was brought in and attached to the wall must have been done by someone in this studio. If we were to be rash and not find the person in charge, we might end up causing trouble.

Ellie took this very seriously and when she heard about it she said she would come over right away.

Chu Xiu pulled Ran Ran to sit on the sofa, and the two of them stared at the hook while waiting for Ellie.

During this time, someone knocked on the door and asked Chu Xiu if she had changed her clothes. Ran Ran followed Chu Xiu's instructions and told the person that Chu Xiu felt uncomfortable in her stomach and had diarrhea, and asked them to wait a moment.

It dragged on for nearly 20 minutes. Chu Xiu felt that if she dragged on any longer, someone outside would definitely say that she was being a diva. Fortunately, Ellie arrived before the photographer got mad.

When Ellie entered the lounge, she called the photographer over. The two have been good friends for many years and Ellie trusts each other very much.

The four people gathered around the hook on the wall to study it for a while, and it was the photographer who went up to pick it off.

The photographer studied the camera in his hand and said, "I really don't know when this was put up there. I didn't notice it. I went in and out of the lounge two or three times this morning and didn't notice it!"

Ellie glared at him. "You're too slow to react. But you should have surveillance here, right? Can you check it out?"

The photographer said: "Yes, there are, but the surveillance only captured the corridor, not the lounge. After all, people often come to take pictures."

Chu Xiu asked: "Is it to secretly take photos of the people who came to take photos earlier?"

The photographer said, "There was definitely no one there two days ago. At that time, I was talking about buying a painting to hang. Yesterday, I was out and not here, so naturally no one came to take pictures. Today, you came."

Chu Xiu nodded, "So this is directed at me."

Ai Li asked Chu Xiu: "Have you offended someone? If someone takes a video of you changing clothes and posts it online, they will definitely make up a thousand stories to discredit you."

Chu Xiu thought about it and realized that she had offended someone recently, and offended two people at that.

"I don't know." Chu Xiu said.

"Or, let's call the police," said Ellie.

The photographer tried to wave his hands and said, "Sister Ai, it's not easy for me to open this studio. If people knew that I had cameras here, who would dare to come here to take pictures in the future? There hasn't been any substantial loss yet, why don't we investigate it ourselves first?"

Finally, Ellie decided to check the surveillance first to see if she could find out who entered the lounge and placed the camera.

However, after they watched the surveillance footage, they were very disappointed. There were quite a few people coming in and out of the lounge in the morning, and they were all familiar employees. There were no outsiders. The surveillance footage could not capture the situation inside the lounge, so they didn't know who did it for a while.

Ellie sighed and said, "It seems that we need to focus on checking those who have entered the lounge."

The photographer nodded. "It's a big project."

Chu Xiu said: "It's best to leave this kind of thing to professionals."

Ellie nodded and said, "I'll go ask if there's any more reliable detective agency."

"Is there a memory card in this camera? Can it read the card?" Chu Xiu asked.

The photographer turned over and over again, and said helplessly: "I'm used to using big cameras. I really don't know much about this kind of small camera!"

Ellie took the hook from his hand and said, "I'll take it to someone to study it."

After chatting for a while, they still felt they had no clue and had to stop for the time being.

Ai Li said to Chu Xiu, "Let's not shoot today. I'm really sorry that this happened. It's my fault for not supervising strictly enough."

Chu Xi said, "If it was directed at me, I would have caused you trouble."

The photographer said, "Today I will have someone check this studio inside and out to see if there are any other places that have been filmed.

On the way back to the hotel, Ran Ran was about to call Zhao Xue to tell her what happened today, but Chu Xiu hung up the call as soon as she made it.

She said to Ran Ran: "Forget it, don't call."

Ran Ran was puzzled and asked her why she didn't tell Zhao Xue, after all, she was the agent.

Chu Xiu thought of the people she had offended recently, and wondered if this matter was really related to Gu Rou, would Zhao Xue still favor Gu Rou? ?

Chu Xu ordered, "In short, don't tell Sister Zhao about this for now, and don't tell anyone else. Keep it to yourself, and keep it secret! Wait and see if Boss Ai can find out anything."

After listening to this, Ran Ran nodded vigorously.

It snowed heavily in Xicheng these days, and there happened to be some snowy shots in "The Beauty's Wrath". Director Guo was extremely excited and felt that God was helping them.

"I was worried that there wouldn't be much snow here this year, but it turned out to be this heavy. I heard it will last for two days. The props team should quickly set up the street scenes. We have shot several important shots!" Director Guo said excitedly.

As the heroine, Chu Xiu had the most scenes in the snow. After shooting the snowy street scenes for three consecutive days, she gloriously collapsed. She started to have a fever in the afternoon and it lasted until the evening. The temperature was over 39 degrees. There was no other way but to send her to the hospital for an IV drip.

After several bottles of injections until late at night, Ran Ran asked for a bed for her, and Chu Xiu lay on the unfamiliar bed, waking up and falling asleep.

Afterwards, as the fever subsided, I became more energetic and could not sleep.

She watched the drip herself and moved to let Ran Ran sleep beside her. The girl was already tired after taking care of her all day. As soon as she lay down, she began to snore softly.

Chu Xiu didn't feel sleepy for a while, and she was bored sitting there, so she played with her mobile phone with one hand.

When she opened WeChat, she found that Lu Yuanzhou had sent her a WeChat message at 10:30 in the evening, asking her if she had returned to the hotel to rest.

Since Chu Xiu softened her attitude and took the initiative to make peace, the two of them would send messages from time to time. During the day, Chu Xiu was busy acting and Lu Yuanzhou was busy working. Every day, they only had some time to chat before Chu Xiu went to bed.

So these days, Lu Yuanzhou would choose to send her messages around 10:30 pm.

Chu Xiu glanced at the time on her cell phone. It was almost two o'clock in the morning. She didn't know whether Lu Yuanzhou was asleep or not.

But before, Lu Yuanzhou often sent her messages in the middle of the night, without caring whether she was asleep or not. Thinking of this, she decisively opened the chat box and replied to his message, "I haven't returned to the hotel yet, I'm outside."

As soon as the message was sent, Lu Yuanzhou quickly replied, "Why haven't you slept yet? Is there a late-night show?"

Chu Xiu thought for a moment, took a photo of her left hand on which the IV drip was being administered, and sent it to Lu Yuanzhou. "I had a fever in the afternoon, and it just subsided. The director gave me two days off."

Lu Yuanzhou: "Are you sick? In the hospital?"

Chu Xiu: "Yes, I'm getting the injection. I'll go back to the hotel after it's done."

Lu Yuanzhou: "Ran Ran is with you?"

Chu Xiu: "There is also a driver."

Lu Yuanzhou: "If you are sick, take a good rest and don't play with your phone."

Chu Xiu: "I slept too much before, so I don't feel like sleeping now."

Lu Yuanzhou: "So what do you want to do?"

Chu Xiu: "I don't know. I'm playing with my phone."

After a while, Lu Yuanzhou called her. His magnetic voice came slowly and gently from the other end. He said, "Playing with the phone is detrimental to your health. Don't play with it."

“That would be boring,” she said.

Lu Yuanzhou cleared his throat and asked, "Shall I read to you?"

Chu Xiu was stunned for a moment. He actually thought of reading to her. Did this straight man change his personality? ?

"Then you read it."

Lu Yuanzhou paused for a moment, cleared his throat again, and then began to read: "Looking at the domestic economy, the overall macroeconomic operation is stable, and the growth structure has improved. Although the growth rate has slowed down, it remains in a reasonable range..."

Chu Xiu: ...

I really shouldn't have expected too much from him!

However, the content of the recitation was not very good, but the voice was still very nice. In the dead of night, the magnetic and low voice sounded somewhat gentle.

Is it her illusion? ?

The next morning.

Butler Liu got up on time at 6 o'clock today as usual. As soon as he walked to the stairs, he saw Lu Yuanzhou wearing light casual clothes, sports shoes, a down jacket, and carrying a backpack in his hand.

Are you going on a long journey?

"Where are you going, sir?"

Lu Yuanzhou walked downstairs briskly and said, "Let's go to West City."

Butler Liu asked, "How many days will you be gone?"

Lu Yuanzhou said, "It depends on the situation." Then he walked out.

"Sir, you don't eat breakfast?"

"I'll eat on the plane." Before he could finish his words, he opened the door and went out.

Butler Liu: ...

After being depressed for almost a month, Mr.'s steps are so brisk that he is almost splashing out! It seems that Xicheng is really a good place!

The author has something to say: Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution~