Chapter 023

[What? How did you buy the B&B? What happened? ]

[After returning from Zhou Qingyu's live broadcast room, when they were at the winery, Zhou Qingyu suggested staying at the winery, which was more comfortable than staying at a B&B. Director Yu disagreed. Yan Xi suggested renovating the B&B. Director Yu thought the B&B owner would not agree, so he agreed. Who would have thought that Zhou Qingyu would buy the B&B directly, and now no one can disagree...]

[My sister Zhou in the society, I am rich but I don’t talk too much! ]

[Zhou Qingyu had a great time traveling. Even if the program crew played tricks on her, she could use her "money power" to make her stay comfortable! ]

[I envy Yan Xi, I also want to travel with Zhou Qingyu! ]

Ye Luoyi tugged at her sleeves tightly, watching other people's rooms getting better and better, while the toilet in her own room was always clogged.

Su Lingling next to him exclaimed, "Oh my God, you guys are going to change to G's mattress? Their mattress is super comfortable, I also use this model at home!"

The leader smiled and said, "Ms. Zhou said that the comfort of the room is very important. We ordered eight mattresses, but since Ms. Ye said she doesn't need them, we will return the remaining two."

Su Lingling rubbed the mattress with both hands, feeling as if her body could sink into it.

Ye Luoyi grabbed her and pulled her back into the room.

The moment the door closed, Su Lingling complained with resentment, "Why are you and Zhou Qingyu being so stubborn? I also want to sleep on a soft bed, and I also want a clean toilet! Everyone else has them, but we don't!"

Ye Luoyi finally couldn't help it, and cracks appeared on her always gentle and dignified face.

——

The curtain of the night fell heavily, and the hustle and bustle of the city gradually returned to peace.

Inside the Royal Hotel, the soft and warm light formed a sharp contrast with the deep night outside the window. Through the half-open window, you can see the lights of the city twinkling like scattered stars.

Documents and a laptop were neatly placed on the mahogany table, and the light from the screen illuminated Zhou Yanci's focused face.

Zhou Yanci has been busy all day, but his work is not finished yet.

There was a gentle knock on the door.

"Come in."

Special Assistant Sun walked into the suite, holding a tablet that was shining with silver light in his hand.

"Boss Zhou, the eldest lady is on the trending search."

Zhou Yanci rubbed his temples in pain. Ever since Zhou Qingyu entered the entertainment industry, she has been on the hot search every other day. But when other celebrities are on the hot search, it is mostly good news, but she is the only one who has constant negative news.

Zhou Group has never helped Zhou Qingyu to remove the trending searches. Zhou's father wanted Zhou Qingyu to see the dangers of the entertainment industry as soon as possible and go home to be a rich lady. But Zhou Qingyu didn't buy it. Even though she was scolded by countless people on the Internet, she still refused to quit the circle.

"What did you get scolded for this time?" Zhou Yanci asked.

Assistant Sunter paused for a moment, his expression slightly strange, "This time I wasn't scolded, but I was praised."

"Being praised?"

Zhou Yanci felt very strange, he knew his sister very well, she was arrogant and willful, and it would be difficult for a person with this kind of personality to make it in the entertainment industry full of shrewd people, yet she could still be praised?

Special Assistant Sun didn't say much and showed the tablet to Zhou Yanci.

#Zhou Qingyu’s toes are so cute! #

#Zhou Qingyu’s elf ears are so beautiful! #

#Every strand of Miss Zhou's hair reveals charm and beauty#

#The eldest lady is beautiful and kind-hearted, who can not love her! #

Zhou Yanci took off his gold-rimmed glasses and rubbed his eyes.

He knew every word here, but when they were put together he had some trouble understanding them.

He looked at Assistant Sun blankly, "Is it popular in the entertainment industry to buy these trending searches now?"

If Zhou Yanci believed that these terms were natural hot searches, he would feel that it was an insult to his own IQ.

Special Assistant Sun: “…”

"Mr. Zhou, this is not bought, it is a natural trending search."

Zhou Yanci:?

Zhou Yanci was silent for a while. He clicked on those trending searches in disbelief and found that according to the data, these trending searches were most likely true.

There are also other flattering comments about Zhou Qingyu from netizens in the hot searches. Although it is hard to tell how sincere they are, at least they don’t seem bought.

This time, Zhou Qingyu's reputation really improved.

Zhou Yanci was silent for two seconds, "Xingyao changed its PR team?"

Xingyao is a subsidiary of Zhou Group, and Zhou Qingyu holds the largest share. Due to her efforts, Xingyao has been losing money for years, and now the public relations team is all here to clean up the mess for Zhou Qingyu.

Zhou Yanci felt that Xingyao's public relations team was very average, but remembering his father's determination to force Zhou Qingyu to quit the entertainment industry, he did not think about reforming Xingyao's public relations department.

Now it seems that the new public relations team of Xingyao has made an indelible contribution to planning the second-hand luxury goods lottery and using the money earned from the winery for charity.

It seemed that Zhou Qingyu had spent a lot of money, but in fact, those second-hand luxury goods of hers were useless if just thrown in the warehouse, and the 10 million yuan she got from Ye Luoyi had a capital of only 1 million yuan.

In other words, this time the PR team spent one million dollars to give Zhou Qingyu a great turnaround, making her impression among passers-by much better.

The family portrait in the wine cellar is also very interesting. Zhou Yanci remembered clearly that the family portrait should be hung on the bedside of the master bedroom of the castle, otherwise who would hang a family portrait in the wine cellar as a decorative painting?

"Mr. Zhou, the PR person for Xingyao has not been replaced," Special Assistant Sun said respectfully, "I checked their work today. They cooperated with the young lady and guided her speech appropriately. But whether it was a raffle or charity, it was all the young lady's own behavior."

Zhou Yanci was puzzled, "Has Zhou Qingyu become smarter?"

"Ah, this..."

Assistant Sun complained in his heart: You are her biological brother after all, even if you have the same father and different mothers, you are still her biological brother! Do you have to mock your own sister like this?

But thinking about the fact that Zhou Qingyu used to feed the Star Glory resources to Tianhui and Pei Yubai, President Zhou was right, the eldest lady was indeed not smart and was in love with the brain!

When Zhou Yanci saw that Special Assistant Sun couldn't explain it either, it was as if Zhou Qingyu was just lucky and inexplicably became popular and became a hot topic.

He found all the live broadcasts of Zhou Qingyu's participation in variety shows and quickly browsed through them.

Although the variety show was recorded for only two days including the day of departure, the video volume was still very large because it was a live broadcast. Zhou Yanci looked up the peak data of the discussion about Zhou Qingyu on Weibo and looked at them together.

In a few minutes, he saw the clue.

Yan Xi.

This "best friend" who was almost invisible in the variety show played an important role in several important events of Zhou Qingyu.

Zhou Qingyu was forced to apologize, but she sprained her ankle and cried out in pain, which prevented Zhou Qingyu from apologizing. She then managed to find out the truth of the matter and forced Ye Luoyi to apologize instead.

The plane tickets were not booked, and Yan Xi was going to separate from Zhou Qingyu, but she pretended to be "stupid" and let Zhou Qingyu use the private plane.

Zhou Yanci was sure Yan Xi was pretending. Yan Xi was going to work for Zhou Group in the future, and Zhou Yanci had paid attention to her grades. Yan Xi was studying at Haicheng University, and during her studies, she went abroad with her tutor to attend academic forums many times. Would she be so stupid as to buy a map that she would never use? With an IELTS score of 7, did she need a translator?

These lies were so fake, but Yan Xi looked innocent and harmless and spoke softly, so everyone around her believed them.

Zhou Yanci pulled the progress bar and soon reached the luxury goods lottery segment. Everyone's attention was on Zhou Qingyu and those luxury goods, but it was Yan Xi who proposed the lottery.

Afterwards, Ye Luoyi invited everyone to go to the winery. Zhou Qingyu clearly didn't want to go, but Yan Xi said she wanted to go.

"Extorting" Ye Luoyi of 10 million yuan would definitely be criticized in the future, but Yan Xi did not let Zhou Qingyu take the money, but donated it to charity instead.

In this series of operations, it seems that Zhou Qingyu was the main person behind it, but in fact it was Yan Xi who fueled it.

Zhou Yanci leaned back on his office chair, Yan Xi's innocent face appeared on the computer screen. She stood beside Zhou Qingyu with a smile, not stealing the spotlight at all. If Zhou Yanci hadn't been analyzing the data, even he would have found it difficult to see Yan Xi's little movements.

——After all, many of her actions were logical, and Yan Xi had established a persona of "a clear-headed and stupid college student" for herself from the beginning, so no one would think of her.

Special Assistant Sun asked: "Boss Jay, Jay doesn't want Miss to be in the entertainment industry, is it not good for Yan Xi to do this?"

Zhou Yanci took off his gold-rimmed glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"It's Yan Xi's ability that made Zhou Qingyu popular again in the entertainment industry."

Although the Zhou family will not help Zhou Qingyu, they will not add insult to injury either.

Special Assistant Sun sighed, "Maybe the eldest lady will become famous, and then she can compete with you, Mr. Zhou, for the family property... Mr. Zhou, Yan Xi accepted funding from Zhou's company five years ago, and she is being trained to be a senior executive. With her help, the eldest lady may not lose to you."

Zhou Yanci chuckled softly and did not answer.

He flipped through Yan Xi's information, which showed her first-year graduate school final results. Whether it was her raw scores or thesis credits, she lived up to expectations and was ranked first in her grade.

"I remember that Haida University has an exchange program. Has Yan Xi signed up?"

"Yes, Yan Xi's grades are good enough. If nothing unexpected happens, she will go to Country M as an exchange student in her second year of graduate school for a year and get another degree. When Yan Xi joins Zhou Group in the future, she will be a dual-degree graduate student from Ocean University. With her overseas study experience, she can directly join your secretary's office."

Zhou Yanci tapped his fingers lightly on the mahogany table. The exchange students in Country M will start next week, and apart from the trip to Country F, "Let's Travel Together" still has two stops to record, which will take at least more than a month.

"I'm afraid she won't be able to get that degree."

——

Yan Xisi had no idea that someone had already been "targeting" her.

When we returned to the B&B, it had been renovated. The clean white sheets were spread out neatly and the soft down quilts were piled up fluffily.

The furniture in the room is all brand new. The wooden wardrobe exudes a faint pine scent, and the door handles have been carefully polished, smooth and textured. The dressing table next to it is simple but practical, and the mirror is clear and bright, reflecting every corner of the room clearly.

A bouquet of fresh flowers was placed on the small glass table in the corner, adding a touch of elegance to the entire room.

Zhou Qingyu lay comfortably on the bed, with every limb sinking into the soft mattress.

"This is what traveling is all about! The bed board gave me a backache yesterday!"

In fact, the B&B chosen by Director Yu is very good, and it is considered a mid-range B&B in Licheng. However, the eldest daughter was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and has never suffered from the hardships of life since she was a child.

Once the eldest daughter is unhappy, she will become ill-tempered.

This is exactly how she is in the novel. She clearly gave Xu Yangyang one million yuan, but Xu Yangyang embezzled most of the money and spent 50,000 yuan on a poor tour route, which resulted in Zhou Qingyu not eating well and not having fun. She took all her anger out on Xu Yangyang, and was criticized by fans as a fake best friend.

But in fact, as long as Xu Yangyang spends half of the money on traveling, Zhou Qingyu can live comfortably. If Zhou Qingyu is comfortable being taken care of, her temper will naturally improve.

Unfortunately, most people are short-sighted.

After resting for a while, Zhou Qingyu went to take a shower first.

Yan Xi opened her laptop to check her final grades.

There are no more exams for subjects after graduate school. Except for public courses such as philosophy and political theory, professional courses all require writing papers, so Yan Xi already knew many of the grades. This time her average score was the best in the grade, and the credits after writing the paper were not bad, so she could apply for a national scholarship.

The cell phone rang. It was my roommate calling.

"Xixi, have you read the notice in the grade group?"

"I just turned on the computer. What happened?"

"I saw you on the show, so I knew you didn't read the notice!" My roommate grumbled, "The exchange program is about to start, and our applications have been approved. Originally, school in Country M would start in September, but the instructor required exchange students to go to school during the summer vacation, so we only have one week left!"

Ocean University of China and many foreign universities have exchange student programs. Students can choose the school they want to study at. Yan Xi and her roommate applied to the same school.

In the novel, Yan Xi could not see her own perspective, she only saw the content of the novel.

But we can infer that she in the novel should have received the notice at this time and then chose to study abroad. She was probably busy with her overseas affairs and had no time to watch Zhou Qingyu's live variety show, let alone know what happened to Zhou Qingyu in the variety show.

Zhou Qingyu must have felt helpless at that time, but she was busy with her studies and ignored her.

Yan Xi: "Chao Chao, you are still in school, right? I will apply to withdraw from the exchange program abroad. Please give it to the professor for me."

My roommate was very surprised, "You're not going? What a great opportunity!"

Yan Xi: "I have something else to do and can't leave."

My roommate thought of the variety show live broadcast and said, "Xixi, are you going to enter the entertainment industry? I watched your live broadcast, and you looked great in the camera! It would be great if you debuted!"

Yan Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "No, it's really something else."

After finishing the phone call with her roommate, Yan Xi sent another WeChat message to Zhou Yanci.

Five years ago, Zhou Yanci was 22 years old and was Zhou's father's assistant. Zhou Qingyu couldn't come up with 10 million yuan, so she asked Zhou's father for help. Zhou's father was the chairman of the group and was busy with company affairs. Of course, he would not show up in person. Everything was handled by Zhou Yanci. Yan Xi also added Zhou Yanci's WeChat at that time.

There was a flaw in the future labor training plan, and Yan Xi felt it necessary to send a WeChat message to Zhou Yanci to inform him.

In the presidential suite of the Royal Hotel, Zhou Yanci glanced at the WeChat content. Time is money, so he certainly would not waste time replying to Yan Xi's WeChat message, but instead made a phone call directly.

"Mr. Zhou," Yan Xi's voice on the other end of the phone was humble and polite.

Zhou Yanci pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and went straight to the point, "You should know that when we developed a training plan for you, you could join the Zhou Group right after graduation. Since you have experience studying abroad, you could have been placed in the secretary's office, in charge of the European and American markets. But now you don't have this experience, so you have to reconsider your position."

Yan Xi asked carefully: "What does reconsider mean?"

Zhou Yanci: "For example, you originally needed to work for Zhou for ten years, and half of your annual salary was used to repay debts. Now that you are not educated enough, your working period may have to be extended."

Yan Xi: “…”

Damn capitalism!

Yan Xi took a deep breath and said calmly, "Okay."

Zhou Yanci paused. He had a feeling that Yan Xi would agree, but when he heard her agree, he felt something strange.

"Why?" Zhou Yanci asked.

Yan Xi was startled, "Why why?"

Zhou Yanci: "Why do you want to help Zhou Qingyu?"

Others may not be able to see it and may think that Yan Xi's actions are intended to enter the entertainment industry, but Zhou Yanci sees that everything she is doing now is to reverse Zhou Qingyu's reputation in the entertainment industry.

Yan Xi knew that she couldn't tell Zhou Yanci the plot of the novel, so she changed her words, "Mr. Zhou, given the relationship between Qingqing and me, isn't it natural for me to help her?"

She has a long life ahead of her. If she wants to study abroad, she can apply for a school later. As for the money she owes to the Zhou Group, she still has more than 30 years before retirement. Who does she work for? Just extend it for a few more years.

But Zhou Qingyu only has one life.

Not to mention that if we can’t raise enough luck points, the Zhou family will go bankrupt, Zhou Qingyu will have to dig sweet potatoes, and even Yan Xi will become a vegetable.

However——

"Mr. Zhou, I remember that the contract we signed only stipulated that I must obtain a master's degree from Ocean University and then work for the Zhou Group for ten years. There was no other stipulation, right?"

"Isn't studying abroad just to put me in the secretary's office? Even if I'm not an exchange student, as long as I get a graduate degree, I haven't violated the rules!"

Zhou Yanci: "..."

I was careless. The girl was quite smart and she remembered the contract from five years ago clearly.

There was a knock on the door on the other end of the phone. Special Assistant Sun knocked on the door of the suite and told Zhou Yanci that there would be an international meeting in ten minutes.

"I have something else to do," Zhou Yanci remained calm even after being exposed by Yan Xi, "I'm hanging up now."

The phone was hung up and only a busy tone remained in the receiver.

Yan Xi glanced at the time on her phone. The live broadcast had ended long ago. It was already 11 o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Yanci is still working?

He worked overtime on the plane until late at night yesterday, and continued to work overtime when he arrived in Licheng. With this intensity of work, if not him, who would die suddenly?

"I decided to be a good person again!" Yan Xi made up her mind.

System:?

What do you want to do?

An hour later, Zhou Yanci ended the international meeting and his cell phone lit up with messages from Yan Xi.

Zhou Yanci opened WeChat and saw a string of chicken soup messages sent by Yan Xi——

"Ten Dangers of Overwork and Overtime!"

"27-year-old man died suddenly in the office due to suspected overwork!"

The whole process of a young person's sudden death

"I'm bald, but I'm not stronger because I'm dead"

Zhou Yanci who is working overtime:?

After the chicken soup, Yan Xi sent a WeChat message: [Mr. Zhou, you are not young anymore, go to bed early, or you will die before I go to work at Zhou's! ]

Zhou Yanci: ????? ????? ????

Yan Xi was speaking the truth. After all, in the novel, Zhou Yanci died before she could live to see him marry into the Zhou family.

Special Assistant Sun glanced at the WeChat content and grinned, "Oh! After the last tainted milk incident, the eldest lady and Yan Xi knew they couldn't beat you, so they started to use metaphysics! Mr. Zhou, Yan Xi is definitely cursing you!"

Zhou Yanci:?

Is this how you understand it?

——

In the B&B, Yan Xi looked at the screen full of chicken soup about sudden death and closed her phone with satisfaction.

With so many chicken soup reminders, Zhou Yanci shouldn't stay up late, right?

Although she is not familiar with Zhou Yanci, and Yan Xi has already realized that Zhou Yanci, as an evil capitalist, will exploit her surplus value in the future, Yan Xi is a good person and she still hopes that Zhou Yanci can live longer.

The bathroom was hazy with mist, and Zhou Qingyu's graceful figure was revealed through the frosted glass. She had almost finished washing up, and it was Yan Xi's turn.

Just at this moment, Zhou Qingyu's cell phone rang.

The caller ID shows "Pei Yubai".

heitui! unlucky!

Yan Xi cursed inwardly. Zhou Qingyu heard the ringing sound and called out from the bathroom, "Xixi, is that Brother Yubai? Please answer the phone for me and tell him I'll be there soon~"

Yan Xi answered the phone, "Second Master Pei, this is Yan Xi. Qingqing is taking a shower and will be out soon."

"Okay, I understand." Pei Yubai's voice was a little hoarse, as if he was suppressing his anger.

Pei Yubai must be feeling bad for wasting 10 million. He called Zhou Qingyu at this time, most likely to scold her.

Yan Xi's eyes rolled. Seeing that Zhou Qingyu was about to come out, she deliberately turned on the speaker and chatted with Pei Yubai, "Second Young Master, you contacted Qingqing at this time because you must have seen the Red Cross's Weibo post thanking Qingqing, right?"

Pei Yubai choked. He didn't expect Yan Xi to chat with him. He responded tiredly, "Yes."

Yan Xi's voice was full of joy. "Then you must have called to praise Qingqing! Oh, I really envy you for having such a beautiful and kind-hearted fiancée! I don't know how many lifetimes you have accumulated to be so lucky!"

Pei Yubai: "..."

Zhou Qingyu came out wrapped in a bath towel, "Is it Brother Yubai?" She could not hide the joy in her eyes.

"Yes!" Yan Xi handed the phone to Zhou Qingyu, "Second Young Master knew about your donation and thought you were very kind! He called to praise you!"

"Really!" Zhou Qingyu happily answered the phone, "Brother Yubai, I'm done with my bath~"

Pei Yubai was confused.

Praise, what are you praising? He is so angry now, and you still want him to praise Zhou Qingyu?

But Zhou Qingyu turned on the loudspeaker, and next to her was the cunning Yan Xi.

Pei Yubai tried hard to suppress his anger and swallowed all the scoldings, "Qingyu...you did a good job today!"

"Really?" Zhou Qingyu's face turned red like a ripe apple, "I think so too!"

Pei Yubai: "..."

He gritted his teeth, "Yan Xi is still with you? I have something I want to talk to you alone."

Yan Xi looked at Zhou Qingyu pitifully, "Ah? Second Young Master, are you trying to kick me out? It's so hot outside the corridor. I'll die of heat without air conditioning."

Pei Yubai's mouth twitched. Licheng is located in the temperate marine climate zone. There is no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. The temperature is moderate. How hot can it be at night!

Pei Yubai suggested: "You can visit other guests' rooms!"

Yan Xi snapped her fingers, "That makes sense! I can go to Teacher Ye's room! Tell Teacher Ye that you and Qingqing are chatting on the phone and showing off your love, and I will stay away for the time being! She will definitely agree!"

“No, no, no!”

Pei Yubai was shocked. Wouldn't his relationship with Zhou Qingyu be exposed? How would he and Ye Luoyi develop their relationship? He only told Ye Luoyi that Zhou Qingyu liked him and was pursuing him, but he never said that they were engaged!

Zhou Qingyu thought for a moment and said, "I'd better go out."

She got up, put on her slippers, and prepared to go out.

"Qingqing, are you going out? There are mosquitoes outside! Look at your skin, a large rash will appear when bitten!" Yan Xi moved to the phone and said loudly to Pei Yubai, "Second Master, you are the best man in the world who dotes on his fiancée. You won't let Qingqing go out and suffer, right?"

Pei Yubai: "..."

So, it’s hardship to make a phone call in the corridor for a while?

But Pei Yubai has the image of a good man in front of the Zhou family and Yan Xi. He still needs Zhou Qingyu now, and he doesn't want Yan Xi to instigate and ruin Zhou Qingyu's impression of him.

Forget it, I've already given her the 10 million. I'll wait for Zhou Qingyu to return home and then ask her for other resources as compensation.

"Qingyu, there's nothing else to do, so don't go out. Aunt Feng just said she missed you and asked me to talk to you on the phone."

There was a burst of noise from the other end of the phone, and soon, a middle-aged woman's voice appeared, "Qingyu, are you having fun abroad?"

"Aunt Feng?" Zhou Qingyu smiled, "I'm so happy! I'll have a chance to ask Brother Yubai to bring you here to play."

"No, no, as long as you young people are happy, I'm just worried about Yubai and I'm embarrassed to call you. You know, Yubai likes you very much, but he just doesn't know how to express it. He just picked up the phone and was afraid of calling you too late, but he also wanted to hear your voice, so he hesitated for a long time!"

Zhou Qingyu's face flushed, and she clasped the bedside cabinet with her hands shyly, "Brother Yubai cares about me so much!"

Aunt Feng said gently: "Of course, I raised this child. How could I not know how much he cares about you? He just can't speak and doesn't know those sweet words. But Qingyu, you have to believe that Yubai loves you very much. He works so hard now so that he can marry you in a more glorious way in the future!"

Zhou Qingyu's eyes were slightly red, and she nodded vigorously

"Yes, I know that everything Brother Yubai is working hard for now is for our future!"

The two chatted for a few more sentences. Zhou Qingyu was very happy and laughed a lot because of Aunt Feng's coaxing. Finally, she said good night to both of them and hung up the phone reluctantly.

Lying on the bed, Zhou Qingyu's face was filled with indescribable joy.

Yan Xi asked curiously, "Who is Aunt Feng?"

"Aunt Feng is the Pei family's nanny,"

Zhou Qingyu thought that a nanny was insignificant and never mentioned it to Yan Xi. "Mrs. Pei is partial and only cares about Pei Hanli. She never cares about Brother Yubai. Brother Yubai was raised by Aunt Feng. Although she is just a nanny, Brother Yubai already treats her as a relative."

"oh……"

Yan Xi was also lying on the bed, deep in thought.

It's normal that Mrs. Pei only cares about Pei Hanli and not Pei Yubai, because Pei Yubai is not her biological son.

In the novel, when Pei Yubai returned to the Pei family, his mother also returned with him as a nanny. I think it was Aunt Feng.

The lights in the room were turned off, moonlight poured in through the glass windows, and Zhou Qingyu fell into a sweet dream.

Suddenly, Yan Xi's sneer was heard in the quiet room.

No wonder Pei Yubai treated Zhou Qingyu so badly, but Zhou Qingyu was still so devoted to him. It turned out that there was a real PUA expert behind Pei Yubai!