About the past

During the two years when Chu Xiu was popular, the number of scripts sent to her could become a small mountain. Fortunately, Lan Hua was a principled agent with high requirements for scripts. She would not reject all scripts. Usually, she would screen them first, cut off two-thirds of them, and then send the scripts that she thought were acceptable to Chu Xiu. Even so, there were still many scripts sent to Chu Xiu. There was no way. Chu Xiu's popularity and ability to make money were both among the best in the circle.

Since she starred in two or three hit TV series in succession, Lu Yuanzhou's investment in Chu Xiu has become more and more unscrupulous, as if he has no bottom line. He gives the crew whatever investment they want without blinking an eye.

However, Lu Yuanzhou's wealthy and foolish behavior made many investors very jealous. For two consecutive years, Chu Xiu was the most profitable female artist, and the investment in her had not yet been lost. Everyone wanted this kind of investment that was sure to make a profit.

As her popularity and workload increased, she naturally had less time for her family. Chu Xiu took on two dramas a year, and at most she had two months to rest. Throughout the year, Lu Yuanzhou almost always stayed with her on the set.

In the past, when people saw Chu Xiu and Lu Yuanzhou appear together, they would watch excitedly, especially when Chu Xiu won the Feitian Award. The two of them walked the red carpet together, and fans were excited for a long time. Their names could be seen on the hot searches for two consecutive days.

But later, as the two of them appeared together more and more, people got used to it and would at most say, "Look, they are showing off their affection again."

By the summer, Chu Xiu finally had a two-month vacation. Lu Yuanzhou arranged his work and took Chu Xiu on vacation abroad.

Chu Xiu is very famous in China, so it is not convenient for her to go out. If she wants to have a relaxing and happy time, she can only go abroad.

However, before the trip, the two decided to go to Southern California to visit the two elders of the Lu family and stay there for a few days. They had not seen each other for half a year since the Chinese New Year.

Mother Lu is a gentle and warm person. No one will feel uncomfortable when getting along with her. Chu Xiu had injured her hand before, so she came here to live for a while. She was soon conquered by Mother Lu's gentleness and naturally regarded her as her own mother.

On the first day, before the two of them had adjusted to the time difference, Lu's mother held a small party and invited nearby relatives and friends to have dinner together, and to welcome Chu Xiu and Lu Yuanzhou.

Among the friends who came was the doctor who had performed rehabilitation on Chu Xiu's hand at the time, so the topic of conversation naturally revolved around Chu Xiu's hand.

"The scar looks lighter now." The doctor asked, "Did you have scar removal?"

Chu Xiu nodded, then looked down at her hands, but soon her hands were grabbed by Lu Yuanzhou, who held them tightly, preventing her from looking.

Mother Lu said: "When I first saw her injuries, I was almost scared to death."

Lu's parents felt both distressed and grateful for Chu Xiu's injury. This injury was like a medal, recording her deeds of saving Lu Yuanzhou in the face of danger.

Chu Xiu smiled and comforted her, "It's all right now. I don't feel anything now."

Mother Lu suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, by the way, I wanted to ask you something recently, but I always forgot to ask. What was the name of the murderer behind the car accident? Sheng...what?"

"Sheng Yi." Lu Yuanzhou said.

"Yes, it was him. If he hadn't bribed the driver, this disaster wouldn't have happened. Fortunately, it was discovered in the end and he didn't get away with it." Mother Lu still gets angry every time she talks about this.

Lu Yuanzhou didn't like hearing about this person either, and asked her, "Why do you mention him?"

"I want to ask, what is the relationship between Sheng Jie and him? Are they brother and sister?" asked Lu's mother.

Chu Xiu asked her in surprise, "Mom, do you know Sheng Jie?"

Mother Lu said: "Recently, a girl named Sheng Jie suddenly appeared in the Chinese community in Southern California. I heard that she was from a wealthy family and grew up in the South City."

Chu Xiu said, "That should be her. Ever since Sheng Yi went to jail, Sheng Jie took the family's money and ran away from home. I didn't expect that she would end up in Southern California."

Lu Yuanzhou sneered, "She should add "once" before "rich lady", "former rich lady"

Mother Lu said: "After bullying my daughter-in-law, she dares to come to Southern California. Let me see how I will deal with her!"

Chu Xiu glanced to the side. This mother-in-law looked kind, but she didn't expect that she could be so fierce when she protected her children!

About being sick (soon after Chu Xiu won the Best Actress Award)

Once, Chu Xiu was caught in the rain while filming and later caught a cold and had a fever. The director was so scared that he quickly gave her three days off.

Chu Xiu calculated the time and found that Lu Yuanzhou had not been to the crew for a while. He should come in the next few days. So she called Lu Yuanzhou and said with a strong nasal tone, "I have a bad cold these days. You should not come to avoid being infected."

Lu Yuanzhou asked hurriedly: "Is it serious?"

Chu Xiu said nonchalantly, "It's not too serious. I'll just need an IV drip for three days."

Mainland China: …

Lu Yuanzhou was negotiating a business deal at the moment and had intended to wait until the deal was over before going to see Chu Xiu. However, when he heard her say on the phone in a pitiful but sensible voice that she was sick and asked him not to go, how could he sit still? After hanging up the phone, he called the supervisor to a meeting, and then assigned the work and asked several supervisors to take over the business. He then turned around and picked up his phone to book a flight ticket.

He was busy trying to catch the plane, while Chu Xiu was lying on the bed sighing.

She consciously asked Lu Yuanzhou to stay away, but deep down she really wanted Lu Yuanzhou to suddenly appear in front of her and give her a surprise.

When people get sick, they become irrational.

She was in extreme confusion and fell asleep in a daze. When she woke up, she found a man lying next to her.

Familiar breath, familiar embrace, Chu Xiu's mood instantly brightened up, and he still ran over.

As soon as Chu Xiu moved, Lu Yuanzhou woke up and naturally wanted to kiss her on the mouth. This was a habit he developed after getting married.

Chu Xiu didn't think too much about it and let him kiss her. Then she remembered that she was still running a fever, so she quickly broke away from his embrace and said, "Don't mess around. What if I infect you?"

Lu Yuanzhou said disdainfully: "I exercise regularly and rarely catch a cold throughout the year. What's the big deal about a kiss? I still want to kiss you deeply." After that, he fixed Chu Xiu's head with his big hands, lowered his head and kissed her deeply and domineeringly.

That night, the two of them couldn't fall asleep because they had slept too much during the day, so they just lay on the bed and chatted.

Lu Yuanzhou said: "I heard that if a woman has a fever, it will be very hot in there."

This didn't sound like a serious topic, so she couldn't help but ask, "Where did you hear that?"

"It's when I'm socializing and listening to other people chatting," Lu Yuanzhou explained.

Chu Xiu said with disdain: "Who are these people you know? You're talking about this at a social gathering!"

Mainland China: …

After a while, he said, "Baby, I want to try it."

Chu Xiu glared at him, "Are you a beast?"

"I'll just stay inside and not move."

"hehe."

In the end, Chu Xiu, who was still in good spirits, let Lu Yuanzhou succeed. He really did as he said, he just went in and didn't move, but this made Chu Xiu uncomfortable, so she could only urge him on.

After three days of vacation, Chu Xiu recovered from her cold and went to film in high spirits.

Lu Yuanzhou was lying in bed at the hotel, calling Assistant Du. His voice was weak, as if he had been hollowed out by a fox spirit. "Du Song, I'm sick. I have a bad cold. I have to postpone my return for a few days."

…

About the baby (Two years after the couple got married, one month after returning from a vacation abroad.)

Chu Xiu has been feeling strange about her body lately. She feels very sleepy and hungry. She doesn't even feel like filming. She just wants to eat and sleep all day.

Chu Xiu thought about it and felt that it was probably the aftereffect of the holiday. She had gotten used to being mentally relaxed and didn't want to move much. She wanted to stay in the holiday state forever.

She mentioned this to Lu Yuanzhou, and Lu Yuanzhou said that if she didn't want to film, she could go home and rest, and go film when she wanted to. With his current net worth, they would not be able to spend it all even if they spent their whole lives on eating, drinking and having fun.

"Then you have to leave some for the next generation. Are you planning to end the Lu family business with your generation?"

Lu Yuanzhou disagreed, "I don't want children. We will live like this for the rest of our lives. That's fine."

Chu Xiu disagreed and said, "A family without children is an incomplete family. We must have children!"

Mainland China: …

Chu Xiu added: "You must have two!"

Lu Yuanzhou said: "One is enough, two is too many!"

This was the first time after the two got married that they had a disagreement and the conversation ended unpleasantly.

Another half a month passed and the crew was going to go out for a scene. Chu Xiu was having a snack while lazily watching Ran Ran packing her luggage. When she saw her stuffing two packs of sanitary pads into her backpack, Chu Xiu came to her senses.

"Am I going to have my period?" She actually asked Ran Ran about her own period. It seemed that she had gone stupid during the holiday.

Ran Ran said, "Your menstruation has always been very irregular. I remember that this time it should have come half a month ago, and it has been delayed for so many days."

Chu Xiu stared. Her period was delayed for half a month, but she didn’t even remember it!

Combined with the abnormality of her body, she quickly said to Ran Ran: "Something bad has happened! Go buy me two pregnancy test sticks quickly!!!"

Ran Ran was startled, and after she understood what she meant, she ran out to buy it.

Then Chu Xiu checked and found out that she was really pregnant!!!

Lu Yuanzhou came from South City at night. In order to give him a surprise, Chu Xiu waited until he entered the house before saying, "Congratulations, you're a father now!!"

Lu Yuanzhou opened his eyes wide, looking terrified, and said, "How come there is one!!!"

He hadn't enjoyed enough of their sweet world of two, but they accidentally became a family of three.

Chu Xiu narrowed her eyes at him and said, "What's your attitude? Do you not want a child?"

Lu Yuanzhou hesitated and said implicitly, "Isn't it a little early to have a child now?"

Chu Xiu's face darkened instantly. "I'm already pregnant, do you want to..."

Lu Yuanzhou knew that she had misunderstood, so he took out his mobile phone to show her the web pages he had recently browsed.

"Techniques for having children..."

"A few things to keep you away from birth accidents..."

"Parenting Tips..."

After reading this, Chu Xiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Don't scare yourself."

Lu Yuanzhou said: "Giving birth to a child is so risky, I would rather you not take the risk."

Chu Xiu was so moved that her eyes became wet.

A year later, Lu Yuanzhou took a month's paternity leave and also attended a half-month training course for the sake of his baby.

After the birth of his first baby girl, Lu Yuanzhou seldom went out for social events. He went to get off work and came home on time every day, and then went home to play with his eldest princess, no matter how childish she was.

Later, the baby was so cute that Lu Yuanzhou was completely conquered. He followed his daughter like a little puppy all day long, calling her "baby" all the time!