After the dinner, Li Zhao said goodbye to everyone in the crew and got on the bus for the return trip.
Da saw that Li Zhao had been silent, so he asked, "Zhao Zhao, you suddenly went out for so long during dinner. Did something happen?"
"When I went to the bathroom, I met Xu Bei and chatted with him for a while."
Dake: “…”
Will this “chat for a while longer” lead to a more intense fight?
"Wait." Li Zhao saw the flower shop on the side of the road. He asked Dake to stop the car and got out wearing glasses and a hat.
The flower shop is not big. A woman in her twenties or thirties is sweeping branches and leaves on the ground, and a little girl with braids is sitting at a small table for customers to rest, doing her homework.
Seeing Li Zhao coming in, the woman quickly put away the broom and mop: "Welcome."
The store was filled with flowers. Li Zhao was dazzled by the flowers and plants and didn't know what to buy.
"Sir, who do you want to buy flowers for?" The woman smiled, "Elders, friends, or lovers?"
"I..." Li Zhao pulled his hat down, "The one I like."
The shop owner saw how shy the visitor was and knew it was a story of secret love: "Does she know your feelings?"
Li Zhao shook his head.
The owner was clearer: "Baby's breath, sunflowers, daisies are all fine."
"Also, does she usually like plain or bright flowers?"
"It should be more plain and elegant." Li Zhao said confidently, "He doesn't like flowers with too bright colors."
The shop owner made a bouquet of daisies and baby's breath and put it in Li Zhao's hand: "I wish you a smooth confession."
Li Zhao used his mobile phone to scan the code and paid: "Thank you."
When Dake saw Li Zhao getting into the car holding a bouquet of flowers, his eyes popped out of his head in shock. He was indeed a matchmaker. Whoever he became his assistant to would start dating him.
He kept it to himself all the way and didn't ask Li Zhao who the bouquet of flowers was for. In fact, he already had a vague guess in his mind, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.
After sending Li Zhao into the villa gate, Daka took out his cell phone and called Luo Rong.
"Brother Luo, Zhao Zhao...maybe they are in love. We need to be prepared for public opinion."
He thought Luo Rong would be angry or ask him what happened, but Luo Rong's tone was unusually calm: "Assistant Cao has already told me about this. We have already made several emergency public opinion plans."
Dake was a little confused. Should Cao Jia also interfere in Zhaozhao's love affairs?
However, when he thought about the identity of Zhao Zhao's suspected love interest, he felt relieved instantly.
It's not scary if this incident gets out, but I'm afraid that the big shots will use Zhao Zhao as a sacrifice to save their own face. I hope... the person Zhao Zhao likes will not do such a thing.
When Li Zhao was not at home, Yan Ting liked to sit on the sofa and wait for him to come back. When he heard the familiar footsteps outside the door, he knew that Zhao Zhao was back.
The door opened, he turned his head and saw the flowers in Li Zhao's arms at first sight.
My heart suddenly sank into an icy cave.
Who gave the flowers to Zhao Zhao?
A man or a woman, Zhao Zhao is holding this bouquet of flowers so solemnly, does she like him?
He took a deep breath and wanted Zhao Zhao to throw away the bouquet of flowers without letting him see it. But he just stood up and said as if nothing had happened: "Zhao Zhao, are you back?"
"Yeah." Li Zhao nodded and walked up to him holding the flowers. "Does this bouquet of flowers look good?"
Yan Ting stared at the flowers for a few seconds: "Beautiful."
"For you." Li Zhao stuffed the flowers into Yan Ting's arms and coughed dryly: "I passed by a flower shop last night and saw a mother taking care of her daughter alone in the flower shop, so I bought a bouquet. Apart from you, I don't know who else to give the flowers to."
"Thank you." His cold heart felt like he was soaking in a hot spring. Yan Ting felt a little dizzy. "I like it very much."
"As long as you like it." Li Zhao looked at the ceiling and the floor, but was too embarrassed to look at Yan Ting. "I'm going to take a shower, you go to bed early."
"Mr. Li, aren't you going to have a midnight snack?" The housekeeper saw Li Zhao running upstairs. In the past, when Mr. Li came back, the first thing he would do was to ask him if there was anything delicious at home. Why was he so strange today?
He turned his head to look at Yan Ting, and saw that he was holding a bouquet of flowers in his arms. He smiled and said, "Sir, these flowers...are they given to you by Mr. Li?"
Yan Ting was silent for a few seconds: "Ask the florist tomorrow how to keep the bouquet fresh longer."
The butler responded with a smile.
Yan Ting returned to the room with the flowers, stared at them for several minutes, silently took out his mobile phone, searched online for how to take still life photos, and then took a photo of the bouquet.
Outside the cinema, Qin Xiao listened to his girlfriend complaining about how terrible and illogical the movie was, without a single word of rebuttal.
"And that so-called noble son, he acted like a big monkey. Zhao Zhao's noble son in the movie "Storm Rises" was truly unparalleled in the world." Lu Wenwen sighed, "If I had known that this movie would be so bad, I might as well stay at home and write about mysterious CEOs and handsome stars."
Qin Xiao: “…”
Ever since Lu Wenwen started writing about the mysterious president and the handsome star, she has been inspired and wants to write 10,000 words a day. Even her boyfriend Qin Xiao cannot stop her from writing.
After opening the car door for his girlfriend, Qin Xiao turned around and opened the driver's door. He took out his cell phone and took a look at it. He was stunned.
[Yan Ting: [Picture]. 】
Seeing this filtered photo of the bouquet, Qin Xiao suddenly laughed.
Li Zhao really pulled the gentleman back from the edge of the cliff.
"What are you laughing at?" Lu Wenwen leaned over and asked, "You look like you just ate some candy."
"Yeah." Qin Xiao put away his phone: "I got some candy."
Lu Wenwen widened her eyes in disbelief: "You actually know what it means to eat candy. I thought you were an old antique."
"Lu Wenwen, for the sake of Li Zhao's autographed photo, I advise you to think more before you speak."
"I was wrong. You keep pace with the times and are a trend-setter of the times." For the sake of an autographed photo of her own child, Lu Wenwen can be unprincipled.
The next day, Yan Ting received another gift, a color book called "The Story of Flowers".
He was a little puzzled. Could it be that Zhaozhao had become interested in knowledge about flowers?
On the third day, Li Zhao bought two pairs of slippers with two boys standing hand in hand on them.
Yan Ting understood, these are brother shoes.
On the fourth day, Li Zhao bought two more sets of teacups. On the teacups were two little kids in diapers, one on the left and one on the right, bending over and pouting, looking very adorable.
Day 5, Day 6…
Li Zhao would bring a gift for Yan Ting almost every day after coming back from filming. Yan Ting was privately a little worried. Did Zhao Zhao encounter any problems recently?
After finishing a play, Liu Fen saw Li Zhao sitting beside her with his head down, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong with you? You look so sad?"
"I sent couple cups, couple shoes and flowers, but my friend's brother didn't react at all." Li Zhao took a few sips from the water cup, "Does this mean that he doesn't have any intentions towards my friend in that way?"
"Sincerity can move mountains, and love can't be rushed." Liu Fen almost laughed out loud, "Maybe the other person is just naturally slow to react, you just need to hold on for a while longer."
Hearing the word "you", Li Zhao's cheeks turned red: "Sister Fenfen, you know everything?"
"Hahahahahaha." Liu Fen couldn't hold back any longer and laughed out loud on the spot, "Now everyone knows that I have a friend who is equal to me. You are still too young."
"I also feel that I am too young and I don't have a house or a car. Maybe that's why he treats me as his younger brother." Li Zhao calculated his current assets. He had enough for the down payment to buy a house in Beijing, but it was difficult to buy a house in a good location.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the distance between Yan Ting and I was like the distance between the earth and the moon.
"You realize the gap is too big and you don't dare to continue liking him?" Liu Fen asked.
Li Zhao shook his head: "The main reason why you feel you are not good enough and choose to retreat is because you don't love enough."
As long as you are thick-skinned, you can get your man.
It’s just face, he doesn’t want it anymore!
Money can be earned slowly, and houses can be bought slowly, but there is only one Tingting. If she is pursued by someone else, it will be too late for him to cry even if he wants to.
"So what?" Liu Fen felt that she might not be able to keep up with the way young people think.
"I decided to give him my salary card to let him know my sincerity." Li Zhao's current net worth is not low, but his team is very strict about advertising endorsements, and he does not want to let fans empty their wallets just because he endorses a certain product.
Although the pear fans verbally treated him like haters, Li Zhao knew that they were very kind to him and would not let him suffer any injustice.
He felt sorry for the wallets of such good fans.
Li Zhao currently has only three endorsements: Cangxing Automobile, Cangshi Watches and an old domestic toothpaste brand.
The toothpaste endorsement was accepted two days ago. The price Li Zhao offered was not high. After finishing the filming this afternoon, he went to sign a formal endorsement contract with the brand.
The brand was very surprised. They were the ones who begged Li Zhao to be the spokesperson, so logically Li Zhao should have taken the opportunity to ask for a high price. In recent years, due to the influx of foreign brands into the domestic market, the market share of their toothpaste has become smaller and smaller, especially among the young consumer group, where they have almost no foothold.
As a long-established domestic toothpaste brand with decades of history, they are facing the fate of being acquired by other brands. Asking Li Zhao to be the spokesperson was already a helpless move. In fact, they knew very well that it was unlikely that Li Zhao would accept the endorsement.
How could a popular artist who is on the rise be willing to lower his price to take over a toothpaste brand that others think is only used by old people?
However, to their surprise, Li Zhao responded to them very quickly and automatically cut the endorsement fee in half on the grounds of supporting domestic brands.
When everyone at the toothpaste factory heard the news, they were almost crazy with joy, especially the boss of the toothpaste factory. He asked his secretary to customize a poster of Li Zhao that very day and hung it on the wall of his office.
After lunch, the toothpaste factory owner and his secretary arrived at the agreed place early. After seeing Li Zhao in person, he couldn't help but sigh that he was indeed a handsome star that so many people liked.
The terms of the contract were fair, but in the end the two sides had a disagreement over the endorsement fee. Li Zhao insisted on giving the toothpaste owner a 50% discount, but the toothpaste owner insisted on paying the original price. After some wrangling, the two sides almost got into a quarrel.
In the past, artist management companies would desperately raise prices, and brands would try to lower prices, but here, the situation is the opposite.
In the end, both sides took a step back and the endorsement fee was reduced by 20%.
After both parties signed the contract, the boss couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Li, I'd like to ask why you insist on giving our company a discount on the endorsement fee."
"Nine years ago, a child in the welfare home where I worked was seriously ill, and your company donated 200,000 yuan. Since then, every year your company has provided free toiletries to the welfare home where I work, and bought new clothes and stationery."
"I didn't give you a discount." Li Zhao smiled. "This is a thank you fee."
The boss was stunned. Nine years ago, his father was the owner of the toothpaste factory. His father would support some children and welfare institutions every year. Later, his father’s health failed, so he inherited the toothpaste factory.
The toothpaste factory has not been doing well in recent years, and he actually doesn't want to continue supporting welfare institutions like his father did, but for the sake of reassuring the old man, he still does what his father wants.
In fact, this little money is just a piece of cake for their family.
He never thought that his father's kindness would help him at this time.
"Thank you." The boss was silent for a long time and thanked Li Zhao.
My father is right, we should be kind.
"I should thank you." Li Zhao smiled, "I like your brand of lemon-scented toothpaste the most. I wish us a pleasant cooperation."
The boss shook hands with Li Zhao and said, "It's a pleasure to work with you."
A day later, Li Zhao received a screenshot of the donation record from the toothpaste owner. Li Zhao donated all the money he got from the discount.
Li Zhao looked at the screenshot and smiled.
After finishing the filming and returning home, Li Zhao took Yan Ting to have a midnight snack together.
"Tingting, let me tell you, the director of our crew is actually afraid of his wife." Li Zhao observed Yan Ting's expression, "He even had to report to his wife before inviting us to dinner. I just found out today that all his consumption cards are managed by his wife."
Yan Ting nodded and listened.
Li Zhao fumbled in his pocket for a long time before finally taking out the card he kept saving his money on: "Tingting, can I, can I discuss something with you?"
Yan Ting put a few pieces of vegetables into Li Zhao's bowl: "What's the matter?"
"Can you help me manage the card?" Li Zhao held the chopsticks with a little force. "I eat at home every day, and I don't have much to spend money. You are more stable than me, and I feel at ease when I leave my money with you."
Yan Ting stared at Li Zhao for a while and said, "Okay, when you want to spend money, tell me."
Li Zhao felt a little depressed when he saw that Yan Ting looked calm and didn't seem to be thinking about anything else.
Tingting seemed very straightforward and didn't think about anything else at all.
He was abused by his adoptive parents when he was young and grew up in an orphanage when he was young. He had never been in a normal family, so when he found out that he liked the man Yan Ting, he did not feel too much rejection. Instead, he subconsciously felt that it would be great to spend his whole life with Tingting like this.
But Tingting is different from him.
Li Zhao suddenly thought that maybe Tingting didn’t like men at all.
Thinking of this, Li Zhao suddenly lost his appetite. The food on the table could no longer attract him.
"Why aren't you eating anymore?" Yan Ting was a little surprised to see Li Zhao put down his chopsticks. Zhao Zhao had only eaten one bowl of rice tonight.
"I don't have much appetite." Li Zhao wiped the corners of his mouth, and his whole body looked like a flower ravaged by the wind.
"Are you sick?" Yan Ting reached out to touch Li Zhao's forehead. His temperature was normal. "Are you too tired from filming?"
Li Zhao held Yan Ting's hand: "No."
Yan Ting glanced at the hand being held, but did not break free. He just said in a hoarse voice, "Don't you like the midnight snack?"
Li Zhao shook his head.
The two had no choice but to watch TV together on the sofa. More than half of the plot of "Tian Ge" had been broadcast, and today happened to be the wedding of Lord Xu, played by Li Zhao.
Yan Ting still remembers this scene. When he went to visit the crew, Li Zhao was filming this scene.
After post-production editing, the effect presented on TV is even better than the live performance. Especially the look in Li Zhao's eyes when he looked at the bride, which was so affectionate that made everyone believe that he loved this bride.
He will give her all his joys, sorrows, anger and happiness, and no one in the world will be able to get her again.
Yan Ting felt like he was going crazy, he couldn't stand Li Zhao looking at others with such eyes, but he didn't even have the courage to let Zhao Zhao understand his feelings.
If he told Zhao Zhao about his dirty thoughts, she would be eager to leave him.
He never dared to hope that Zhao Zhao would like him. Only in this way could he treat every day calmly and pretend that he and Zhao Zhao lived happily in this house and no one could separate them.
Even if all this was just an illusion he had imagined.
"Tingting." Li Zhao had no intention of watching what he played in the drama. His mind was full of how to make Tingting understand his feelings. If Tingting knew and hated him, could they still be friends in the future?
"What?" Yan Ting looked at Li Zhao calmly, but he was screaming and roaring in his heart, trying to tear off his disguise.
But he didn't dare.
"Something happened to me recently." Li Zhao lowered his head and played with his fingers. "I have a friend in the same circle who wants to confess to his friend, but he is afraid that his friend doesn't like him, so he came to me for advice. What do you think about this kind of thing... What should we do?"
Yan Ting's heart trembled. Zhao Zhao's friend was so similar to him.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: "Does he value that friend?"
Li Zhao nodded: "I value it very much."
Yan Ting was silent for a long time and shook his head: "He can't bear the pain of a failed confession, unless his friends like him too, otherwise..."
The smile on Li Zhao's face faded: "Otherwise, can I only hide this feeling in my heart?"
"This is the best choice for him." Yan Ting looked expressionlessly at the big screen, where Li Zhao and another woman were holding hands and looking at each other happily and affectionately. "If love is just a luxury, it is better to stay by his side as the closest friend. At least... I can be with him well without separation."
Li Zhao hesitated to speak. He looked at Yan Ting and lowered his eyelids slightly: "Oh."
"I'm going back to my room." Li Zhao stood up and took two steps, then turned to look at Yan Ting, "Tingting, if your friend confessed to you and you didn't like him, would you continue to be friends with him?"
"Except for you, I have no friends." Yan Ting's eyes were deep, and he looked at Li Zhao: "So no friend will confess to me."
"Oh." What if Tingting reluctantly agreed to his confession in order not to lose him as a friend?
He has many friends, but Tingting only has him. This is unfair to Tingting.
He couldn't bear to do it.
Yan Ting sat quietly on the sofa, not knowing how long he had been there. It was not until the two episodes of "Tian Ge" were finished that he moved from his stiff sitting posture.
Open your phone and click on Moments.
The first one was a public article forwarded by Qin Xiao, titled "Do you know all these flower languages?" Ever since Qin Xiao started dating, he has liked forwarding these strange articles.
He scrolled down and found that Li Zhao had also forwarded this article.
He clicked on the link and glanced at it casually.
[The flower language of white baby's breath: guarding love, loving you silently, even if you don't know, even if I can only be a supporting role in your life, I also hope you are happy. 】
The author has something to say: Baby Zhaozhao picked a bunch of flowers on the roadside and wanted to give it to Tingting.
Baby Tingting put a whole bag of cakes in her small backpack and wanted to give it to Zhaozhao.
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