Chapter 046

Under the dim light of the garden lamp, the man was wearing a neat white shirt and loosened his dark blue tie.

With his suit jacket casually draped over his wrist and his other hand holding a cell phone, he strode towards Yan Xi.

The moment Yan Xi turned her head, the girl's surprised face was reflected in Zhou Yanci's light-colored pupils.

He walked forward and flicked Yan Xi's head, "Are you stupid?"

Yan Xi covered her forehead with her hands, "...Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Yanci raised his eyebrows, "Wasn't it fun to call me 'Zhou Yanci' just now?"

Yan Xi shrank into a small ball, "I just saw that you were not at the old house, so I acted a little arrogantly. I won't dare to do it again in the future, I won't dare to do it again..."

Zhou Yan smiled, "I didn't say anything. Besides, you are an employee of Xingyao, not mine." He suddenly approached Yan Xi, "You can call me that."

The warm breath filled her ears, Yan Xi felt her skin numb and tingling, and her heart beat much faster.

She took a deep breath and shook those strange thoughts out of her mind.

"Zhou..." Yan Xi paused, "Didn't you go to the apartment? Why are you back to the old house?"

Zhou Yanci held his shoulders and neck, stretching his neck. "I haven't been sleeping well recently. Didn't someone say they would give me a massage so I can sleep better at night?"

Yan Xi immediately pressed her finger joints and said, "Of course! I learned a whole set today, I guarantee it will be useful!"

"Give it a try."

Zhou Yanci strode into the lobby and sat on the armchair. Yan Xi followed closely behind him, took out a tablet and placed it on the table, fiddling with his five fingers.

A video was playing on the tablet. It was a massage tutorial. Zhou Yanci just glanced at it and didn't pay much attention to it. However, his eyes stayed on the title of the video - "How to Help Your Husband Relax His Shoulders and Neck".

His eyes flickered slightly and the corners of his lips curled up.

Yan Xi massaged Zhou Yanci's head yesterday. This area does not require much strength, as long as the finger techniques are correct and the acupoints are remembered.

Today I need to use some strength to massage my shoulders and neck.

Yan Xi often hangs out in the library, and running 800 meters usually takes her half her life. Therefore, although it was a pressing action, to Zhou Yanci, it looked like a caress.

He suddenly realized that Yan Xi's massage was not relaxing at all. Instead, he was nervous because he didn't know where Yan Xi would press next, and all the nerves in his body were tense.

His chest rose and fell, and Zhou Yanci's breathing became heavy.

Yan Xi had no idea how Zhou Yanci felt. She repeated the movements in the video with her hands and calculated her luck value in her mind.

Theoretically, if Zhou Yanci didn't stay up late last week, he would have gained a "health index". In other words, as long as Zhou Yanci is healthier and stays away from the red line of sudden death, his luck value will be higher!

From this perspective, there is more than just one way to urge him to go to bed early!

Should massage help?

Maybe eating right?

Another physical check-up to rule out any ailments or something?

As he thought about it, he found more things he could get out of Zhou Yanci.

Yan Xi was so busy planning that she didn't even notice the charging cable under her feet. When she reached for the tablet on the table, she accidentally -

"ah--!"

Zhou Yanci quickly stood up and saw Yan Xi fell to the ground. Her ankle was scratched red under her nightgown, and blood was oozing from several fine scratches.

Zhou Yanci's brows darkened and he picked up Yan Xi.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness made Yan Xi scream. Afraid that she would fall, she quickly hugged Zhou Yanci's neck.

Zhou Yanci placed Yan Xi on the armchair, knelt in front of her and checked the wound on her ankle.

The wound was not big, about the size of a coin.

But Yan Xi's skin was very white, and the dark color stained with blood was particularly obvious against her fair skin.

Zhou Yanci took out the medical kit, sat next to Yan Xi, and put Yan Xi's feet on his lap.

The touch of the cold fingers made Yan Xi shiver.

"Mr. Zhou, it's just a scratch on my skin. It doesn't hurt. There's no need to make such a fuss!"

But Zhou Yanci turned a deaf ear to her and took out a cotton swab and iodine to help her treat the wound.

Yan Xi became even more nervous and retracted her feet uncomfortably.

"Don't move." Zhou Yanci grabbed her ankle.

Yan Xi: "I didn't mean it. I'm just afraid of itching..."

Zhou Yanci carefully used a cotton swab to pick away the dirt on the wound, "Then you bear with it, I'll try to be quick."

"oh……"

Yan Xi carefully shrank her head.

Although she said that, seeing Zhou Yanci holding her ankle, Yan Xi was always afraid that he would suddenly pinch her.

Zhou Qingyu knew that she was ticklish, so she liked to tickle her suddenly.

Yan Xi pursed her lips, feeling scared and worried, but she didn't dare to say anything. She simply didn't look at her ankle, and her eyes drifted to other places to divert her attention.

Her gaze finally fell on Zhou Yanci's face.

The light in the hall fell, illuminating Zhou Yanci's profile, his facial features were deep and handsome.

Yan Xi rarely had the opportunity to see Zhou Yanci from this angle. After all, Zhou Yanci was too tall, and there was almost no chance for him to look down at him. Moreover, being so close, he could even see the fine hairs on Zhou Yanci's skin clearly.

Yan Xi feels that she has resistance to handsome men and beautiful women.

Being with a stunning beauty like Zhou Qingyu for many years has raised her aesthetic threshold a lot. Others would yell at Shen Xinghe, "Husband is so handsome," but she can admire Shen Xinghe's beauty while reading a few SCI papers.

Quite calm.

But when looking at Zhou Yanci, Yan Xi felt that the immunity that had been trained by Zhou Qingyu suddenly went out of control.

She heard her own heartbeat.

Zhou Yanci noticed the gaze in front of him and suddenly looked up at Yan Xi.

At that moment, Yan Xi turned her face away.

…

By the time Zhou Yanci finished cleaning the wound, Yan Xi had already fallen asleep.

She had been worrying about Zhou Qingyu's birthday party these days and hadn't slept well for several nights. Now that she had some free time, her mind was empty and she fell asleep without realizing it.

Her breathing was even and long, and she was sleeping soundly.

Liu Hai's hair fell down and fell on her small nose. Zhou Yanci reached out and tucked her hair behind her ear.

Then, he picked up Yan Xi like a princess and walked towards the room.

A man's embrace was much more comfortable than the hard armchair. Yan Xi felt the softness of the human body and unconsciously snuggled into Zhou Yanci's arms.

She was a small ball, like a curled up kitten, still mumbling, "Zhou Yanci... don't die..."

Zhou Yanci paused, a slight smile appeared on his face, "Well, I will live well."

——

After carrying Yan Xi to bed, Zhou Yanci left the room.

As soon as I went out, I saw Zhou Qingyu who got up at night.

Zhou Qingyu was sleepy, with a Minions eye mask on her forehead, and her hair was messy, like a chicken's nest.

When she saw Zhou Yanci, she ignored him and continued walking forward.

After taking two steps, Zhou Qingyu suddenly stopped and quickly returned to Zhou Yanci's side.

She looked at Zhou Yanci, then glanced at Yan Xi's room, "Why did you come out of Yan Xi's room? What did you do to her?!"

Zhou Yanci frowned, "What's in your head?"

Zhou Qingyu was very worried and rushed to Yan Xi's room to check.

Zhou Yanci stopped her, "Don't go, she's asleep." After thinking for half a second, he said, "You should go to bed early too."

"Oh!" Zhou Qingyu stopped, "Okay, then I'll go to sleep."

Sleepiness overcame Zhou Qingyu's remaining rationality, and she quickly returned to her room and lay down on the comfortable big bed.

Until the moment she closed her eyes, she suddenly woke up.

"That's not right! I will sleep just because Zhou Yanci tells me to? Why should I listen to him?"

——

The next day, dawn.

As soon as Yan Xi woke up, she saw the system jumping around like crazy, and showed the latest reminder: [Zhou Yanci's health index increased, Zhou Qingyu gained 0.3 points of luck, and the current luck value is 29.9 points]

Yan Xi was extremely excited.

"What happened yesterday? How come my luck suddenly increased by 0.3!"

The system reviewed the plot of last night: [It’s nothing. After you fell asleep, Zhou Yanci carried you back to the room. That’s it…]

Yan Xi scratched her hair, still unable to figure it out.

Could it be possible that letting Zhou Yanci carry her back to the room would increase her wealth so much?

Then she will definitely ask Zhou Yanci to carry her back to her room every day from now on!

Come to think of it, I am still short of 0.1 luck value, and tonight is Mr. Pei’s birthday banquet.

Yan Xi stood up swiftly.

She is going to Xingyao today. The development of "Bottom Line" is good, and several advertisers have come to sponsor it. Shen Xinghe has also made some progress. Some crews have seen his potential and have already given him scripts.

Shen Xinghe is an artist, under Qiao Yan's management. Qiao Yan will always check with Yan Xi about the script, as she thinks Yan Xi has a good eye for drama.

Yan Xi sent a message to producer Xu, who said that they would give a reply regarding the casting of the third female role before six o'clock tonight at the latest.

Mr. Pei’s birthday banquet started at exactly six o’clock in the evening.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Xi finally finished the work of Xingyao. Unfortunately, she didn't gain any luck points throughout the whole day. She could only rely on "Crazy".

After finishing work, Yan Xi called Zhou Qingyu. She planned to stay with Zhou Qingyu from now on to prevent her from being bullied by Pei Yubai again.

Zhou Qingyu's sweet voice came from the other end of the line, "Xixi, I'm here with Brother Yubai, do you want to come over?"

Damn it!

"Wait for me! I'll be there soon!"

Yan Xifeng rushed out of the Xingyao office building at lightning speed and met Fang Yue and Qiao Yan who were coming back from buying milk tea. They greeted her warmly.

Yan Xi no longer cared about it and quickly left Xingyao.

Fang Yue: "This guy, is he in a hurry to reincarnate?"

Qiao Yan took a big sip of milk tea and asked, "Why do I feel like she's rushing to kill someone?"

Yan Xi really wants to kill someone now.

In the taxi, she urged Producer Xu to produce results while making preparations for the second one.

The tablet she carries with her contains information about the project department. She needs to screen out projects that can make money. If Zhou Qingyu is not selected, she will have to quickly get Xingyao to sign a project that can also make money.

Unfortunately, good projects are hard to come by.

The entertainment industry rarely produces any dark horses in a year.

Yan Xi sighed. In fact, she was just short of 0.1 luck value. If time wasn't so tight, this wouldn't have happened.

"Tongzi, if it really doesn't work, let's just tie up Qingqing and let her miss the birthday party!"

【！ ！ ！】

[Host! Wake up! ]

——

The community where Pei Yubai lives is called Shui'an Lindi.

This is one of the best real estate properties in Haicheng, not far from Zhou Qingyu's apartment in the city.

Zhou Qingyu was changing clothes in the cloakroom while Pei Yubai was answering the phone in the living room.

"We need to re-audition for Crazy? What a joke! We are the investors! We can't even decide on the role of the third female lead?"

Producer Xu on the other end of the phone said tactfully, "Boss Pei, the one who proposed to replace him was Xingyao."

Pei Yubai frowned, "Zhou Qingyu is the director of Xingyao. Who can overturn her decision?"

"That's what they say, but the real investor is Zhou Group, and the person in charge appointed by Zhou Group is... Yan Xi. Zhou Qingyu's words don't count, only Yan Xi's words count."

Producer Xu is an old fox. If he can push the responsibility onto others, he will never take it on himself.

Besides, it was Yan Xi who wanted to change people in the first place, so he was right.

Pei Yubai narrowed his eyes. Yan Xi, he kept hearing this name recently, which made him annoyed.

The doorbell rang outside, and the servant led Yan Xi into the living room.

Pei Yubai's frown deepened. This project was very important. If Ye Luoyi could play the third female role, it would be much easier for her to break into the film and television industry in the future. The benefits it would bring to Tianhui would also be immeasurable.

He walked quickly to Yan Xi and asked, "It was you who asked Hulian Entertainment to change people?"

Yan Xi was originally angry because Producer Xu did not announce the results, and now she was too lazy to practice Tai Chi with Pei Yubai.

"It's me. Why? Do you have any opinions?"

Pei Yubai's face turned pale, "You are an outsider, what do you know! If it wasn't Yiyi, would it be given to someone else?"

Yan Xi looked at him with contempt, full of provocation, "How can it be a bargain for others? The person I recommended is Qingqing!"

Yan Xi glanced at Pei Yubai's phone and saw that Producer Xu had not hung up the phone yet, "Oh, Producer Xu told you that Ye Luoyi was not selected!"

"That's right, she didn't perform as well as Qingqing, so it's only natural that she lost!"

Pei Yubai found it ridiculous. How could Zhou Qingyu act better than Ye Luoyi?

"It's likely that you used your investment to threaten Producer Xu! Even if Yiyi didn't get the role, Zhou Qingyu couldn't either!"

Yan Xi sneered, "How can Qingqing be impossible? This role requires someone who can play the cello, and Qingqing can. This role is about a proud and arrogant young lady, and Qingqing can do it too. But what does Ye Luoyi have? All in all, Qingqing is much more suitable than Ye Luoyi!"

"Oh, Mr. Pei, you don't know that Qingqing can play the cello, do you? Why are you so indifferent to your fiancée? Where are you thinking about her?"

Pei Yubai was furious. Since he became the CEO of Tianhui, no one dared to talk to him like this for a long time. Even in the company meeting, Pei Hanli had to give him some face.

Yan Xi is a poor student. Not only has she challenged him many times before, but now she is even ruining his plans!

Thinking about the 10 million he had lost before, Pei Yubai felt pained.

He raised his hand and almost slapped Yan Xi. However, the rich upbringing he had acquired after returning to the Pei family for more than a decade still made him stop in time.

Just then, the door of the cloakroom opened and Zhou Qingyu walked into the living room.

Pei Yubai took a deep breath. What was Yan Xi? Zhou Qingyu was the eldest daughter of the Zhou family. As long as he could control Zhou Qingyu, he could still play that role!

"Whisper..."

Pei Yubai walked towards Zhou Qingyu.

Yan Xi screamed from behind, "Ouch——"

She fell to the ground, covering her face pitifully, "Second Master, I just helped Qingqing get a role, why did you hit me!"

Pei Yubai:?

"ah--"

She cried out in pain again, pulling up the hem of her wide-legged white pants to reveal the wound on her ankle, "It hurts so much..."

Pei Yubai: ????? ????? ????

Pei Yubai looked at his hands and then at Yan Xi.

Damn it, he didn't even touch her!

Zhou Qingyu was wearing a high-end dress from House A. She hurried to Yan Xi, holding up the hem of her dress, and saw the shocking wound on her ankle.

——In the taxi, Yan Xi tore off the medical tape and used mineral water to wash away the traces of iodine on the wound. The wound had not yet scarred, and now it was even more shocking, and it was really heartbreaking to see.

"Brother Yubai! You are a grown man, why are you bullying Yanxi?"

Pei Yubai was confused, "I bullied her?"

Who is bullying whom?

Zhou Qingyu helped Yan Xi up and put her on the sofa.

Yan Xi's eyes were filled with tears. "Qingqing, don't blame the Second Young Master. I fell down by myself. The Second Young Master... The Second Young Master didn't do anything."

Pei Yubai nodded immediately, "That's what she said!"

Zhou Qingyu was so disappointed that they couldn't make each other stronger. "Brother Yubai, you are too irresponsible! If it weren't for you, how could Yan Xi have got this injury?"

Pei Yubai was going crazy. He also wanted to know why Yan Xi had wounds and why she suddenly fell!

Pei Yubai pointed at Yan Xi and said, "Zhou Qingyu, she is lying to you. Those wounds are all fake. Do you want to believe her and not me?"

Zhou Qingyu was startled, with a flash of hesitation in her eyes.

At that moment, Yan Xi's heart also began to wrench up.

She didn't know how forced the plot was. Maybe her trick barely worked on Ye Luoyi, but might not work on Pei Yubai.

Zhou Qingyu looked at Yan Xi. The red marks on her face were not obvious, but there seemed to be blood on the wound on her foot.

Most likely she fell to the ground and hurt her foot because she was trying to avoid Pei Yubai's slap!

Thinking of this, Zhou Qingyu became even angrier, "Brother Yubai, the wound is real! You've gone too far! Not only did you beat Xixi, but now you're slandering her! What kind of man are you!"

Pei Yubai: ???

Pei Yubai had never felt so wronged.

What Biluochun? The smell of green tea has flooded the entire apartment!

Pei Yubai was so angry that he didn't know what to say. At this moment, his cell phone rang. It was Pei's father calling.

"The birthday banquet is about to start, why haven't you come yet?"

Pei Yubai felt a lump of anger stuck in his heart, unable to calm down.

"I'll be there now."

He hung up the phone and returned to Zhou Qingyu.

When his eyes swept over Yan Xi, he glared at Yan Xi fiercely.

Zhou Qingyu couldn't help but frown when she saw this scene.

Pei Yubai: "Zhou Qingyu, this has nothing to do with me! Believe it or not! I'm going to the birthday banquet. Tonight's birthday banquet is very important. You deal with Yan Xi's matter and come here quickly!"

Zhou Qingyu was unhappy, but she also knew that tonight's birthday banquet was very important, so she replied in a muffled voice, "I know."

Pei Yubai put on a suit jacket and quickly left the apartment.

Zhou Qingyu helped Yan Xi up, "I'll take you to the hospital!"

——

Zhou Qingyu's nanny car was parked outside the community.

Xiao Meng was playing with her phone in the car out of boredom. Seeing Zhou Qingyu helping Yan Xi up, she quickly got out of the car and opened the door.

"What happened to Yan Xi? Is she injured?"

"Help people first."

Zhou Qingyu asked Xiao Meng to support Yan Xi. She lifted the hem of her skirt and took out a pair of scissors from the storage box on the door of the nanny car. With a "rip", she cut the long dress that dragged on the ground into a knee-length short one.

Yan Xi and Xiao Meng gasped.

Xiao Meng might not know, but Yan Xi knew it very well: the white halter-neck high-end dress from House A cost 1.3 million RMB.

Zhou Qingyu didn't care and threw the cut hem of her skirt into the back seat of the car.

"That's more convenient. Let's go to the hospital!"

Xiao Meng drove to the public hospital closest to Shui An Lin Di.

On the way, she asked Zhou Qingyu, "Sister Qingyu, aren't you going to Mr. Pei's birthday banquet today?"

Zhou Qingyu did not deny it. "Bring Yan Xi to bandage her before you go. It's okay if you're late for a while."

Yan Xi was worried. It seemed that Zhou Qingyu was still going to the birthday banquet. Without luck, she couldn't resist the control of the plot.

The nearest Haicheng Hospital to Shui'an Lindi is about half an hour's drive away. Producer Xu just sent a message to Yan Xi, saying that after comprehensive consideration, he and Director Wei were most satisfied with Zhou Qingyu's performance. The legal department was working on the contract, and the electronic contract would be sent to Qiao Yan in an hour at the latest.

In other words, Yan Xi will have to delay for another half an hour.

Next to him, Pei Yubai called Zhou Qingyu, urging her to come to the birthday banquet as soon as possible.

Yan Xi took the opportunity to pat Xiao Meng on the shoulder and whispered, "Drive slower!"

Xiao Meng asked in a low voice, "You are not injured, this is inappropriate, right?"

"It's better to delay it for a while. Go to the birthday banquet later. The less persecution you suffer from Pei Yubai, the less it will be. It's better for them to stay together less!"

Xiao Meng agreed with this. She didn't have a good impression of Pei Yubai.

What was supposed to be a half-hour drive took Xiao Meng almost an hour.

When Zhou Qingyu helped Yan Xi to the hospital, the birthday banquet was about to begin.

But Yan Xi followed the spirit of delaying for as long as possible and walked very slowly, muttering, "Ouch, it hurts, it hurts so much, be gentle, don't walk so fast..."

Xiao Meng also cooperated, "Sister Qingyu, Yan

Xi looks very uncomfortable! Slow down! Slow down! "

Finally, Zhou Qingyu got a wheelchair and pushed Yan Xi to the clinic.

Yan Xi was still screaming in pain. Zhou Qingyu was anxious and pulled the doctor to Yan Xi's side.

"Doctor, please come and see how she is!"

The young doctor also looked nervous. Wearing a mask, he picked up the tool and lifted up Yan Xi's trouser legs for a careful examination.

Then, he frowned, "You really should have come faster."

Zhou Qingyu's heart suddenly tightened: "Is it so serious?"

The doctor put away the food and said seriously, "Yes, go a little slower, her wounds have healed."

Zhou Qingyu: ???

Yan Xi and Xiao Meng looked guilty.

Zhou Qingyu was stunned for two seconds, frowned and said coldly, "What a quack! Do you know how to treat illnesses?"

…

The doctor pouted unhappily.

Is he wrong? It's just a scratch, it can be fixed by applying iodine!

If Zhou Qingyu wasn't pretty, he would have been angry.

The doctor patiently took out iodine and a cotton swab and applied medicine to Yan Xi.

While applying the medicine, he couldn't help but discover that the wound was not a new one.

He glanced at Yan Xi with the corner of his eye, and seeing that Yan Xi avoided his gaze guiltily, he didn't say anything more.

While the doctor was applying medicine to Yan Xi, the system suddenly popped up: [Host! Producer Xu has sent the contract to Qiao Yan! Qiao Yan has already signed the electronic signature, the contract is effective! ]

At the same time, the system issued an official reminder: [Ding, got the role of Lihua, the third female character in "Crazy Xia Dong", Zhou Qingyu gained 2 points of luck, and the current luck value is 31.9 points]

[When the luck value exceeds 30 points, the intermediate achievement is unlocked and Zhou Qingyu can get rid of the plot control for 24 hours. ]

Yan Xi's heart was beating wildly with excitement, and she turned her head to look at Zhou Qingyu.

Zhou Qingyu thought she was in pain and held her hand, "What's wrong?"

Yan Xi swallowed her saliva, suppressed her excitement, and spoke word by word, "Qingqing, don't go to the birthday banquet, okay?"

The clinic was so quiet that even the ticking of the pendulum could be heard.

Yan Xi stared at Zhou Qingyu closely, not daring to breathe.

Zhou Qingyu looked at her and frowned as always——

"Aren't you talking nonsense? You are injured like this, of course I have to accompany you!"