Chapter 061
A farewell barbecue should have been a happy occasion, but Su Lingling felt that, except for her and Yaozu, the other guests were acting strangely.
The barbecue party was only halfway through when Lin Ranran came downstairs dragging her suitcase. She and Chu Mo were on an international flight and had to leave early.
Lin Ranran took the initiative to walk in front of Yan Xi.
Before she could even open her mouth, Zhou Qingyu provoked her, "What are you doing? You're about to leave, and you still want to cause trouble?"
Lin Ranran looked at Zhou Qingyu with hatred and fear.
If there is no Zhou Qingyu, what is Yan Xi!
Lin Ranran didn't dare to show it even though she was thinking this. She still remembered the cold look Zhou Yanci gave her. Zhou Qingyu was somewhat similar to Zhou Yanci, with amber eyes like poisonous snakes hiding in the dark.
Lin Ranran looked at Yan Xi, took a deep breath, and bowed 90 degrees. "Yan Xi, I shouldn't have exposed our relationship on the show. Besides, it was me who spread rumors online about you bullying your classmates... I'm sorry!"
Yan Xi glanced at Lin Ranran and said calmly, "I understand."
She didn't want to forgive Lin Ranran, just a casual response. Anyway, Lin Ranran and Chu Mo were just flying guests, and they wouldn't see each other again after returning this time.
Lin Ranran really didn't like Yan Xi's attitude. She and the Lin family were tortured by Zhou Yanci, but Yan Xi downplayed it, making her look like a joke.
After all, she was young, so Lin Ranran couldn't help but said, "Yan Xi, do you know why I hate you? It's because of your attitude! You are obviously the beneficiary, why do you always make it my fault?"
Yan Xi looked at Lin Ranran suspiciously.
Lin Ranran knew that there was no live broadcast and Zhou Yanci couldn't see it, so she naturally became bolder. "You stole my identity as the daughter of the Lin family and left me alone and helpless! Do you know what kind of life I lived in the orphanage during those years?"
"Even when I returned to the Lin family, my mother always talked about how good you were! If I had received such a good education since childhood, how could I lose to you!"
Zhou Qingyu was not convinced, "Lin Ranran, what's wrong with you? Can you blame Xixi? It's obviously your own nanny who has a problem..."
Yan Xi grabbed Zhou Qingyu and looked at Lin Ranran again.
She paused for a moment, "Lin Ranran, you are right. I am a vested interest in the matter of the real and fake daughter. But I was not the one who swapped the child, so I don't owe you anything. I owe the Lin family."
"Do you think you and Mrs. Lin teamed up to drive me away? No, the day I left the Lin family, I gave your father 10 million."
Lin Ranran's eyes widened. Ten million? She didn't even know about this!
"As for why Madam Lin always compares you with me..." Yan Xi sneered, "Can you blame me for this? Even if I wasn't there, Madam Lin would still criticize you. She wants to scold you."
"Lin Ranran, get it clear, it's you who's dwelling on the past, and it's you who's treating me as an imaginary enemy. There's no competition between the two of us, and no conflict of interest."
"But," Yan Xi raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Why don't you think about why Madam Lin helped you drive me away?"
"Adopted daughters also have inheritance rights, and Mrs. Lin happens to have a son."
Lin Ranran took two steps back in shock.
Yan Xi's words revealed another truth, something that Lin Ranran had never thought about.
——Mrs. Lin is trying to sow discord between her and Yan Xi.
She let Lin Ranran indulge in the pain of being a real and fake daughter, and she forgot that the one who was really competing with her for interests was not Yan Xi, but her half-brother Lin Sibo.
Yan Xi saw that Lin Ranran understood what she said, "Let me give you one more sentence, Lin Ranran. In the fifteen years I have been in the Lin family, Madam Lin has never praised me."
Since Mrs. Lin has never praised Yan Xi, how could she praise her and belittle Lin Ranran now? The meaning behind this is self-evident.
Lin Ranran felt her mind was in a mess.
She originally thought that Mrs. Lin disliked her only because she was poorly educated and could not compare to Yan Xi. But now it seemed that something even more terrifying was to come.
She didn't bother to argue with Yan Xi and hurried out with her luggage.
Chu Mo followed behind Lin Ranran, listening to her arguing with Yan Xi.
The way he looked at Yan Xi changed from being merely attracted by her appearance at first to revealing a bit of admiration.
Beautiful and smart.
A girl like this is more suitable for him.
Before leaving, Chu Mo looked at Yan Xi reluctantly.
The blind date that Zhou Qingyu arranged for Yan Xi yesterday made Chu Mo realize that Yan Xi is still single and not with Zhou Yanci.
Don’t worry, there is still a long way to go.
——
After Lin Ranran and Chu Mo left, the tense atmosphere in the villa was restored a lot. Director Yu didn't want to spoil everyone's fun, so he invited the staff to have a barbecue together.
"Lubeiyu! Hurry up and pick up the skewers! They're burnt!"
Su Lingling screamed in surprise and quickly put out the flames on the skewers with a drink.
I woke up from a dream in Lubei Island and found that the skewers I had just grilled were all burnt, turning into black charred pieces, which looked very ugly.
Su Lingling teased, "Lu Beiyu, I didn't expect you also like to eat melons!"
The mood in Lubei Island is particularly complicated.
He ignored Su Lingling and walked quickly to Yan Xi, "Sister Yan Xi, can we talk?"
——
In the backyard of the villa, there is no one here.
A breeze blew by, and the swimming pool sparkled, reflecting the shadowy figures of Yan Xi and Lu Beiyu.
Lu Beiyu approached Yan Xi and asked cautiously, "Sister Yan Xi, after leaving the Lin family, did you find your family?"
He had previously thought that Yan Xi had a new family after she left the Lin family and returned to the Yan family. But just now he heard what Lin Ranran said, Lin Ranran was an orphan before, so Yan Xi was most likely an orphan as well.
Yan Xi: “No.”
Lu Beiyu said excitedly, "Sister Yan Xi, can you give me a strand of your hair? I'll go back and do a DNA test. Maybe we are siblings!"
Yan Xi refused, "No."
Lu Beiyu was stunned and didn't react for a long time.
"Why not? Sister Yan Xi, you are the same age as my second sister, and you look a lot like Sister Wan Ning! You are very likely..."
"Lu Beiyu, why don't you understand?" Yan Xi looked at Lu Beiyu, "I don't want to do a DNA test because I don't want to find my family back."
Lubei Island was stunned and opened his mouth, not understanding.
How could anyone not want to find their family? They are blood relatives!
Yan Xi sneered, "Lin Ranran was an abandoned baby, thrown into a trash can shortly after birth. So I am a child abandoned by my parents. Since they didn't want me at the beginning, why should I go looking for them? Am I a despicable person?"
Lu Beiyu explained in a flustered manner, "No, Sister Yanxi, it was Dad's business rival who deliberately lost you! It's not that Mom and Dad don't want you! Mom and Dad were also very sad to know that you were missing!"
"Stop!" Yan Xi stopped Lu Beiyu, "First of all, I'm not your sister, you don't have to talk to me like this; secondly, it's been so many years, I'm an adult, and we've been strangers for twenty years anyway, so let's continue to be strangers."
Lu Beiyu was so anxious that tears welled up in his eyes. "But Mom and Dad have missed you so much these years! If you hadn't been lost, Mom wouldn't have adopted Sister Luo Yi as her goddaughter. She just missed you so much..."
"Then why didn't they find me before!" Yan Xi yelled out loudly, with tears in her voice, "They missed me so much and couldn't bear to leave me, why didn't they find me before I gave up!"
Lu Beiyu was speechless, "This world is too big."
It’s not that we don’t want to, it’s just that the world is too big and we haven’t found it.
Yan Xi smiled bitterly, "Yes, you know, this world is too big."
Yan Xi wiped away the tears from her eyes, "Actually, before I knew that Lin Ranran had abandoned her baby, I also tried to look for her family."
Lu Beiyu suddenly raised his head and looked at Yan Xi expectantly.
"I have met many 'parents' and done many DNA tests. But every time I found hope, I was disappointed."
"Over and over again, how many times did I do it? I don't even remember. This world is too big. There are 1.4 billion people in the country. It's not easy to find relatives who are related to me by blood."
Yan Xi looked at Lu Beiyu, "Twenty years old, allergic to mangoes, orphan... this is just a coincidence. 40% of the world's population is allergic to mangoes to varying degrees, and there are a lot of twenty-year-old girls. I just happen to have similar conditions to your sister, but I'm not."
Lu Beiyu was unwilling to give up, "But I still want to try!"
Even though I know that hope is slim, even though I understand that hope will lead to disappointment, Lu Beiyu still wants to.
"But I don't want to." Yan Xi rejected him again.
Lu Beiyu and Yan Xi were in a stalemate for a long time, so long that Yan Xi became impatient. Lu Beiyu had no choice but to leave the backyard disappointed.
Yan Xi did not leave. Her eyes were red. She did not want Zhou Qingyu to see her ferocious appearance, so she stayed by the swimming pool for a long time.
The system popped up: [Host, you are lying. ]
This is an affirmative sentence.
Yan Xi sniffed, "How could I be lying?"
[I can check the records. You didn't stop looking for your family after you found out that Lin Ranran abandoned her baby. You stopped after you found out that this world is a novel.]
[Host, you don't want to drag down the Lu family, right? ]
Yan Xi didn't say anything. The system turned into a ball of light and floated beside her. Yan Xi deliberately turned her face away and didn't look at the system.
The system ignored Yan Xi's evasion and continued to speak: [In the novel, the brother will die because he is the eldest lady's backer; you will become a vegetable because the eldest lady's luck was extremely bad at the time, it was a negative number, but you still chose to help her.]
[So, before your luck value reaches 100 points, anyone who treats the young lady well will not have a good ending.]
[If you were the youngest daughter of the Lu family, the Lu family would definitely stand on the side of the eldest daughter. Then the Lu family would not end well. ]
[Host, although you were fierce just now, I know that you are protecting the Lu family~]
Yan Xi argued, "You are an artificial idiot, what do you know?"
"If I were the daughter of the Lu family, I would be the only one who would die. When I die, the connection between the Lu family and Qingqing would be severed. How could I have any feelings for the Lu family? I just want to live longer."
The system jumped around Yan Xi: [Oh! It's almost the same~ Anyway, it's the same reason. You are not disappointed in your family! ]
[Host, there is a solution! ]
Yan Xi realized what the system was going to say and immediately interrupted it, "It's time to go back."
She's been away for too long, she has to go back.
Yan Xi stood up and walked towards the lawn in front of the villa.
The system followed Yan Xi silently, watching her back.
——【Actually, as long as you don’t help the young lady, you won’t become a vegetable, and the Lu family will be fine.】
But the system didn’t say.
It knows that its host would not do that.
——
When Yan Xi and Lu Beiyu returned to the barbecue party, Lin Ranran and Chu Mo were gone.
When Su Lingling saw the two of them, she remembered what Lin Ranran had just said to Yan Xi and was shocked. "Yan Xi, you are not the lost daughter of the Lu family, are you?"
Ye Luoyi immediately looked at Yan Xi and wrinkled the hem of her skirt with her fingers.
Yan Xi looked helpless, "Come on, you guys have read too many novels! How can there be such a coincidence?"
Ye Luoyi breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Lingling sighed, "If you were the little daughter of the Lu family, I would still watch you slap Lin Ranran in the face. How boring!"
Zhou Qingyu looked back and forth between Yan Xi and Lu Beiyu. She suddenly remembered that she had asked Yan Xi if she was still looking for her parents in Licheng.
Yan Xi said she didn’t want to look for it anymore.
So, it’s not that she is not the youngest daughter of the Lu family, but that she doesn’t want to look for her anymore.
Besides, the two of them just chatted for a while and there was no DNA test, so how could they know whether it was true or not?
Zhou Qingyu didn't interrupt. Sometimes she didn't know what Yan Xi was thinking, but Yan Xi was smart. Zhou Qingyu thought it was normal for her to not understand. If she couldn't figure it out, she shouldn't think about it. She just respected it.
Yan Xi sat next to Zhou Qingyu, who gave her the skewers that Park Baoyuan had just grilled, and then patted her on the shoulder.
The barbecue party was quiet for a while, but soon became lively again.
Especially Yaozu, as a carefree Samoyed, he was happier than anyone else, wandering around the crowd with his big furry tail shaking, trying to get the skewers given by some kind-hearted person.
Seeing how pitiful the animal looked, Zhou Qingyu asked the food truck to bring some edible cream for animals to share with Yaozu.
Yaozu's eyes lit up and his tail wagged with joy.
Suddenly, it bumped into Ye Luoyi while jumping.
Ye Luoyi screamed and her phone fell on the grass. The screen lit up and Zhou Qingyu saw the ambiguous text messages between Ye Luoyi and Pei Yubai, dated today.
Ye Luoyi immediately picked up the phone.
But Zhou Qingyu's expression had changed.
The good mood at the banquet was gone. Zhou Qingyu was furious. She rushed to Ye Luoyi and pointed at her nose. "Ye Luoyi, how can you be so shameless? You know about the relationship between me and Brother Yubai, and you are still pestering him?"
"I didn’t!"
Ye Luoyi argued, she clutched the phone tightly, "You...didn't you agree to get back together with Mr. Pei? You two have already broken up!"
Zhou Qingyu became even angrier, "That was just a little quarrel between lovers!"
Ye Luoyi didn't want to be at a disadvantage in front of Zhou Qingyu, and she didn't want to be called a mistress. She straightened her back and said, "Zhou Qingyu, we are all adults, be realistic. There is no such thing as a small fight. Breaking up is breaking up! Since you mentioned the breakup, you are strangers with no relationship. What does it have to do with Xiao Pei and I?"
Zhou Qingyu was so angry that her face turned blue.
She seemed to have returned to the past. She loved Pei Yubai to the point of being crazy, but she could only watch him and Ye Luoyi hype up their relationship, and her heart was always sad and miserable.
Is she wrong?
Shouldn't she have rejected Pei Yubai?
She should have agreed to get back together with Pei Yubai on the plane!
It was already dark, and the endless night enveloped the cold city.
At this moment, a bunch of fireworks rose into the air with a "biu" sound, and then exploded with a "bang"!
The gorgeous fireworks painted the night sky colorful, and the lonely night sky turned into a feast of flowers. The fireworks vie with each other to bloom their fleeting beauty in the sky.
Everyone was stunned by the background sound of "bang bang bang".
Only Zhou Qingyu became even angrier. She turned to look at Director Yu and said, "Yu Jizhong! Why are you setting off fireworks at this time? Are you crazy?"
Director Yu looked innocent and said, "It's not me!"
The last bunch of fireworks shot into the air, and after blooming vigorously, the flames exploded "pop" and turned into a string of words.
Director Yu's eyes lit up, "Miss! Look at the fireworks! Look at the fireworks!"
Zhou Qingyu didn't understand, but instinctively raised her head and looked at the brilliant night sky.
Then, she saw a line of words that could not be ignored amidst the brilliant fireworks:
"Zhou Qingyu, I love you."
Everyone was stunned, not only Zhou Qingyu, but also the guests and staff present.
The sky is filled with brilliant fireworks, dazzling and eye-catching.
Not far away, Pei Yubai, wearing a hand-made black suit and holding flowers in his hands, came walking on the stars.
He walked to the barbecue party, knelt on one knee in front of Zhou Qingyu, his eyes sincere and affectionate.
"Whisper, don't be angry."
"Please forgive me, okay?"
In such an overly romantic scene, the explosion of fireworks made everyone's rationality leave their brains. Everyone seemed to have forgotten the unpleasant incident at Haicheng Airport and instinctively started to make a fuss.
"Promise him! Promise him!"
This is true for everyone.
Except Yan Xi and Ye Luoyi.
Yan Xi narrowed her eyes, "Tongzi, why do I feel this scene is so familiar!"
The system jumped up angrily: [How can it not look familiar! This is the design of the apology between Pei Yubai and Ye Luoyi in the novel! Fireworks all over the sky, isn't it moving to death? ]
[It was clearly the highlight moment of the male and female protagonists, but Pei Yubai actually used it on the eldest daughter! ]
Yan Xi snorted coldly, "Knowing that Qingqing had no time to record a variety show, he deliberately ignored her for a few days, and then came to see her on the last day, and made it so romantic. Pei Yubai's trick of suppressing before promoting is quite clever!"
The system said, "You know, he has Feng Meiyu as his military advisor!"
Pei Yubai's plans were all good.
Without waiting for Zhou Qingyu's consent, Ye Luoyi slapped her in the face!
Ye Luoyi held up her phone, shaking with anger, "Pei Yubai! What do you mean? Didn't you just tell me that you and Zhou Qingyu were just having a casual affair?"
Pei Yubai dodged his gaze, "Yiyi, stop it, we are just hyping up our relationship! That's all marketing! I am serious about Whispering!"
Ye Luoyi felt cold all over.
Pei Yubai's words pierced her heart like a needle. She felt like her breathing was held back and pain overwhelmed her inch by inch.
Everyone at the scene was looking at them, as if they were watching Xiao Chou and her jokes.
Ye Luoyi shed a tear, turned around and left.
Su Lingling and Lu Beiyu were also shocked by the situation and hurried forward to comfort Ye Luoyi.
The stage was returned to Pei Yubai and Zhou Qingyu. Pei Yubai ignored the red marks on his face and looked at Zhou Qingyu again.
"Whisper, let's make peace, okay?"
Zhou Qingyu is so happy now!
Not only did Ye Luoyi not say anything after being slapped in the face, but Pei Yubai also did not leave her. This was the best ending she could think of!
Yan Xi is right, men should be left alone~
The atmosphere was just right, and with other people cheering around, Zhou Qingyu almost wanted to agree to Pei Yubai.
Yan Xi stepped forward and whispered, "Qingqing! Didn't we agree to get back together after returning to China?"
Zhou Qingyu hesitated, "The atmosphere is good now!"
Yan Xi: "But you have to think long-term! Don't you want to be with Master Pei for a long time?"
Zhou Qingyu paused. Although she wanted to get back together, long-term relationship was more important!
Zhou Qingyu gritted her teeth and looked at Pei Yubai, "Brother Yubai, I see your intentions, but I'm not completely calm yet! I... I can't agree to you now!"
Pei Yubai was shocked. He had done so much and even murdered Ye Luoyi in front of her, and she still felt that it was not enough?
But Zhou Qingyu didn't say it too absolutely. Pei Yubai could feel that Zhou Qingyu's tone was much softer than that time at the airport.
That means there is hope!
He couldn't anger Zhou Qingyu now, so he could only go along with her. Even though Zhou Qingyu didn't agree to get back together, Pei Yubai still forced a gentle smile.
"It's okay, as long as it's you, I'm willing to wait for you no matter how long you wait!"
——
After the barbecue party, the trip to Country H ended and the guests returned home on their own.
Ye Luoyi left one step ahead. She couldn't stay in Hancheng any longer and boarded the plane back to Lubei Island early.
Later, other guests also arrived at the Cold City Airport.
The Pei family has a private plane, but it belongs to Pei Hanli, and Pei Yubai is not qualified to sit on it. He came here on a national flight. Fortunately, when he was going back, Zhou Qingyu said that he could go back with them.
The two of them clearly haven't reconciled yet, but on the way back, Zhou Qingyu couldn't help but hold Pei Yubai's arm.
Pei Yubai also felt Zhou Qingyu's attention to him, and the smile at the corners of his eyes deepened.
During this period, Sun Qi contacted Pei Yubai and discussed work matters with him.
Pei Yubai deliberately explained to Zhou Qingyu, "There are too many things to do in the company... I also took time out of my busy schedule to come to you."
Zhou Qingyu asked worriedly, "Is it because I cut off the resources?"
Pei Yubai nodded helplessly.
Zhou Qingyu whispered, "I didn't expect Qiao Yan to act so quickly. When we return to China, I will let Qiao Yan give you all the resources of Zhou Corporation, okay?"
Pei Yubai was overjoyed, "Okay!"
"Oh, there's also the birthday banquet," Pei Yubai continued, "Actually, at the birthday banquet, Grandpa wanted to announce our engagement and set a date for the wedding, but it was a pity that you didn't come."
Zhou Qingyu was very nervous. "I, I don't know! I'll go find Grandpa when I get back and we can discuss the wedding date, okay?"
Pei Yubai rubbed Zhou Qingyu's hair and said, "It's okay. As long as you are still willing to marry me, that's enough."
It takes about two hours to get back to Haicheng from Hancheng.
Pei Yubai said he had to work, so he separated from Zhou Qingyu temporarily and went to the study alone.
——Since Zhou Qingyu has agreed to return the resources to him, Tianhui’s work will have to be rearranged, and he will definitely give Ye Luoyi the resources that should be given.
After flying in the air for an unknown amount of time, Pei Yubai left the study because he was thirsty and saw Yan Xi in the living room.
His eyes suddenly turned cold. He poured himself a glass of whiskey and deliberately sat opposite Yan Xi.
"I heard that Whispering wants you to be the VP of Xingyao?"
Yan Xi looked up at Pei Yubai and said, "Second Master Pei is well-informed."
"Unfortunately, Qingyu has already promised to give me all the resources of Zhou Corporation. Xingyao is destined to be a rotten stall!"
Pei Yubai crossed his legs and raised his chin to look at Yan Xi, "You, what's the point of accompanying Qingyu for so long? As soon as I show up, she comes to me again!"
"In her heart, I am much more important than you after all!"
Yan Xi smiled, "Is the Second Young Master showing off?"
"I'm not bragging, this is all true."
Pei Yubai sipped his whiskey proudly. "Yan Xi, do you think I don't know what you mean? Don't you just want to cling to Zhou Qingyu? That's all you have. You still want to fight me? Dream on!"
Pei Yubai firmly believed that as long as he returned to China, Zhou Qingyu would definitely return the resources to him, the engagement would continue, and the lost Pei shares would be returned.
Yan Xi did not refute Pei Yubai.
The plane flew steadily in the air, passing through large patches of floating clouds. In the distance, the stars twinkled and gradually became farther and farther away.
The moment the private plane flew over the border of Country H, the system popped up -
[Ding! Change Zhou Qingyu's fate as the control group in the variety show. Zhou Qingyu's luck value increases by 5 points. The current luck value is 60.2 points.]
[The luck value exceeds 60 points, the stage achievement is locked, and Zhou Qingyu completely breaks free from the control of the plot. ]