Chapter 062

Zhou Qingyu didn't know how long she had slept.

She felt like she had a very long dream. In the dream, she could not control herself and often did some incredible things, but she could not change anything. Sometimes she was an experiencer, and sometimes she was a bystander. Her soul was withdrawn, and she watched her every move calmly.

She said, wake up! Look at the stupid things you have done! You don't feel ashamed, but I do!

But the uncontrollable self is still addicted.

It was as if someone had coated her world with a layer of sugar, and as long as she did this, she could feel 100% sweetness. And those unbearable things were also melted away in the sugar.

Zhou Qingyu felt that this was probably what it meant to "do something with great pleasure".

Just like she couldn't understand before, why would someone indulge in a love that ended in failure? They were humble to the point of dust, their love was bitter to the point of acrimony, and bystanders were worried about them.

But for those who have experienced it, no matter how badly he treats himself, as long as he is willing to look at her, it is sweet.

"Will you love him as much as I do?" the other self asked Zhou Qingyu.

Zhou Qingyu squatted down and looked at the girl who looked like her. She was so beautiful. No matter she was angry, sad, or indifferent, she was always breathtakingly beautiful.

Zhou Qingyu stroked her face and said, "I can't."

She was so sad that she cried, "Why can't you be like me? I really like Brother Yubai!"

Zhou Qingyu sighed, "Because I like you more than him!"

When arriving at Haicheng Airport, Zhou Qingyu opened her eyes.

She felt a tear slip from the corner of her eye, and the tear accidentally flowed into her mouth. Although it was a salty and bitter liquid, Zhou Qingyu tasted sweet.

The sweetest candy in the world is no more than this. My body feels as if it has been freed from its shackles, and I feel more relaxed than ever before.

Without knocking, the door of the room was pushed open and Pei Yubai walked in.

"Qingyu, we've arrived in Haicheng! My car is parked outside, pack up and let's go to Pei's house now!"

Pei Yubai couldn't wait to get Pei's 3% shares. The heavy money would only feel good when it was in his own pocket.

Zhou Qingyu had nothing to pack, so the handsome male flight attendant helped her carry her suitcase.

When I stepped out of the plane, the sky was pitch black. Far away from the city center, the night sky was like a canvas painted with black paint, without even a satellite.

"It's very late." Zhou Qingyu said.

Pei Yubai: "Yes, so we have to hurry!"

"I'm tired. Let's talk about going to Pei's house tomorrow!"

Pei Yubai's face suddenly changed, "Qingyu, didn't we agree on this before? You already disappointed Grandpa last time, are you going to disappoint Grandpa again this time? You are such a sensible person, how can you not figure it out?"

"sensible?"

Zhou Qingyu looked at Pei Yubai and smiled sarcastically, "Pei Yubai, what misunderstanding do you have about me? When did I become sensible?"

Zhou Qingyu stretched lazily and said, "If you want to go, go by yourself. I want to go home."

Pei Yubai's face became even more embarrassed. He had already sent a message to Pei's father, saying that Zhou Qingyu would go back to the Pei family with him later to apologize to the grandfather, and the Pei and Zhou families would sign a new marriage contract.

The Pei family already knew about this and had prepared a dinner for Zhou Qingyu, but now she said she couldn't go?

Zhou Qingyu ignored him and looked around, "Xixi? Where did you go?"

"Here, here~"

Yan Xi squeezed forward with her computer bag in her arms. The gangway of the private jet could only accommodate two people walking side by side, so Yan Xi was left behind for a moment.

Zhou Qingyu glanced at Pei Yubai and said, "Move aside, you are blocking Xixi."

Pei Yubai's face looked even worse.

Yan Xi smoothly got to Zhou Qingyu's side, and Zhou Qingyu took her arm and said, "Are you hungry? I am hungry, but I haven't thought about what to eat."

Yan Xi licked the corner of her mouth and said, "I'm hungry too. I want to eat crab meat dumplings!"

"The one from your school?"

"Yes, that one is authentic, a 20-year-old brand!"

Zhou Qingyu thought about it. She seldom ate this kind of low-quality street food, but she had eaten it a few times when she went to see Yan Xi during the holidays.

"It tastes good, but your school and the old house are in opposite directions, right?"

"Yes." Yan Xi agreed disappointedly.

Zhou Qingyu looked behind her, "Pei Yubai, are you driving?"

Pei Yubai was instantly surprised and asked him if he was driving. Was he going back to Pei's house with him?

"Of course!"

"That's just right. I want to eat the crab meat steamed buns from Haidamen. Go buy me two buns, and hurry up. This thing won't taste good if it gets cold."

Pei Yubai's mouth twitched. He was the second young master of the Pei family, and he was running errands to buy crab meat steamed buns? Was he a boyfriend or a delivery man?

But he knew that he and Zhou Qingyu had not officially reunited yet, so he could only be patient and asked, "Is it okay to leave this to the assistant?"

Zhou Qingyu looked at Pei Yubai deeply, "For this kind of thing, of course you have to buy it yourself to show your sincerity. Why, you are only willing to talk to me about getting back together, but you are not willing to do such a small thing for me?"

Pei Yubai was choked and unable to refute.

Considering that the two of them haven't reconciled yet, at this critical moment, he can't let it go to waste. After a moment, Pei Yubai gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go!"

The night was as dark as ink. Pei Yubai left first. Yan Xi watched him get into the Ferrari. The roar of the sports car filled the night sky, and the roar gradually faded away.

Only when the Ferrari disappeared from sight did Yan Xi heave a sigh of relief and look leisurely towards Zhou Qingyu.

"I just forgot one thing. The school gate was recently renovated. All the small stalls and vendors are gone. The boss who made crab meat dumplings has also closed down!"

Zhou Qingyu hadn't thought of this. She often filmed in Hengcheng in the past and didn't often go to Ocean University.

But she didn't show any regret at all, and her tone was very matter-of-fact. "What does that have to do with me? That's Pei.

"I just want to eat what I want to eat! Even if the boss is closed or becomes a vegetable, Pei Yubai has to find a way to wake him up and make it for me!"

How come there is food that Miss Zhou wants to eat but is not available in her world?

Does not exist~

——

The Lu family's plane also landed at Haicheng Airport and arrived a few minutes earlier than the Zhou family's plane.

Leaving the private airport, Lu Beiyu and Ye Luoyi walked in front, Zhou Qingyu and Yan Xi walked behind, and the two groups walked towards the terminal one after the other.

It was already eight o'clock in the evening, but there were still many people in the terminal. Passengers coming and going were on international flights, and there was also a large group of fans waiting at the airport gate holding light signs and cheering sticks.

Ye Luoyi is a first-tier female artist. She had many fans who saw her off at the airport several times before. As for other artists in the program team, they did not have as high traffic as her, and they did not have many fans who came to pick them up at the airport.

Ye Luoyi instinctively treated the fans in front of her as her own. Seeing them waving bouquets and cheering sticks with all their might, her dissatisfaction that had accumulated for more than a week finally subsided, and she smiled sincerely.

She took out her powder puff and lipstick and touched up her makeup.

As she got closer to the fan group, Ye Luoyi's smile became even brighter. She wanted to show her best side to her fans.

She was about to greet the fans when she saw the fans in the front row holding up signboards, looking past her and screaming like crazy—

"Ahhhh! Zhou Qingyu! I like you! Here, here!"

"Wife, wife, you look so beautiful today too!"

"Look here, wife! Look here!"

"Miss, can you give me an autograph? Woohoo, I really like you!"

Ye Luoyi's smile froze.

Her assistant quickly explained, "Sister Yiyi, we have had a bad reputation online recently, and we came back with Zhou Qingyu and the others. Director Sun said that being too high-profile would lead to marketing accounts digging up our dark history, so he asked the fan club to cancel the airport pick-up... Sister Yiyi, don't be sad!"

Ye Luoyi clenched her fists.

She understood that Sun Qi did the right thing.

Before coming to Hancheng, Pei Yubai's apology and confession were already known to everyone.

Today’s second apology in Hancheng was not broadcast live, but there were fireworks all over the sky and a special confession video. Many people shared these photos on the Internet.

Sun Qi was right when he said to keep a low profile.

However, when she found out that those people were actually Zhou Qingyu's fans, Ye Luoyi was still very unwilling. She couldn't show it in public, but she dug her fingernails into her palms and scratched them.

Zhou Qingyu was surrounded by fans and signed autographs for each of them one by one.

——She is a frequent visitor to the airport, but this is the first time she has been greeted by so many fans.

Zhou Qingyu smiled and put away the pen when she saw Ye Luoyi turned around and left. "That's it. Wu Liao actually found so many professional fans this time. I'm so tired of signing. You guys just do it for show. You can still get the balance by using my airport photo."

Fans looked at each other in bewilderment.

The leading fan understood what was said and didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Miss! We are real fans! We are not fake professional fans!"

"Ah?" Zhou Qingyu was stunned. "Aren't you invited by Wu Liao?"

Zhou Qingyu used to have a bad reputation and few fans. She was worried that when she went to the airport, it would be too deserted and there would not be any fans to see her off, so she asked Wu Liao to hire a lot of professional fans.

And these things in front of me...are not fake, but real?

Zhou Qingyu was a little confused, holding the pen in her hand, neither moving nor letting it go.

My hands are sore and I don't want to sign.

But the fans in front of her were young, their clothes looked ordinary, and they didn’t look very rich. They came from so far away in the middle of the night to support her, and just wanted an autographed photo. If she didn’t give them any of that... Zhou Qingyu softened her heart.

She shook her sour hands and said, "It's so late, how are you going to get home? Won't your parents be worried?"

"It's okay!" The leading lady was very excited, "We can take the subway! Haicheng has very developed transportation, so going back won't be a problem!"

"Have you had dinner yet?"

"We'll go eat later! There's plenty of food at the airport!"

Zhou Qingyu frowned, "What delicious food is there at the airport?"

She took out her phone and made a call. Two minutes later, Zhou Qingyu returned to her fans. "There's a Japanese restaurant near the airport, owned by Zhou. It's open now. You can go there to eat. Show the boss my autographed photo and the meal will be free. After dinner, tell the boss your home address and she will call a taxi to take you home."

The fans' eyes widened. They had heard of that restaurant. They had just passed by it when they came to the airport and had been chattering about it. That Japanese restaurant was a buffet and cost 599 per person, which was expensive!

The eldest lady wants to treat them to dinner and send them home?

Woohoo, the young lady is so nice!

——

After settling the fans, Zhou Qingyu and Yan Xi took a taxi back to Zhou’s house.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening and she could have been home at nine o'clock, but Zhou Qingyu remembered that she and Yan Xi had not eaten yet, so she simply ate Japanese food with her fans and took a lot of photos.

When they came back, they were already very full.

According to Zhou's father's schedule, most of the lights in the old house have been turned off by now, and only a few garden lights in the garden are left on.

But tonight, Zhou's house was brightly lit.

Zhou Qingyu looked puzzled. Today was not a special day, so why was the old man not sleeping?

Yan Xi didn't understand either, so she just followed Zhou Qingyu obediently.

In the hall, Zhou's father sat on an armchair with the first episode of the variety show "Travel" playing on the screen in front of him. He yawned as he watched.

Zhou Yanci was reading a book nearby. Whenever Zhou's father saw a strange message, he would pull Zhou Yanci aside to ask, "These male viewers are so indecent! My daughter isn't even married yet! They're calling her wife!"

“…or maybe a female fan.”

"Then why do you call her your daughter? Do you think I'm dead?"

“…Those are probably mommy fans.”

"What's 'my sister killed me'? They want to kill themselves!"

"…it's just an expression of affection."

Father Zhou frowned: "The entertainment industry is really strange..."

When Zhou Qingyu and Yan Xi came back, they saw Zhou's father dragging Zhou Yanci to discuss——

"AWSL? Is it 'Love my Soviet Union'? Isn't the Soviet Union gone?"

Zhou Yanci: "...I think it should be 'Ah, I'm dead'."

Father Zhou was puzzled, "Why do these young people curse themselves like this?"

Zhou Qingyu tugged at Yan Xi's sleeve, "What are they doing? They look like a weird uncle and a weird old man!"

Yan Xi scratched her head and said, "I don't know either..."

Hearing the two voices, Zhou's father and Zhou Yanci looked up. Zhou's father's eyes lit up instantly, as if a father was happy to see his daughter return. Zhou Yanci's eyes also brightened briefly for a moment, but then they were covered with a layer of frost again, looking distant and indifferent.

Father Zhou scolded him, but he couldn't suppress a smile on his face, "You're back? Didn't you arrive at the airport a long time ago? Why did you come back just now?"

"I had dinner outside~"

Zhou Qingyu automatically ignored Zhou Yanci and went to Zhou's father's side. Seeing the projection screen in front of her, Zhou Qingyu was surprised, "Dad, you're still watching my variety show!"

Father Zhou looked away, "Recently, many friends have asked me to get your autograph, and they also said that you performed well in variety shows, so I came to take a look."

Zhou Qingyu smiled, "If you care about me, just tell me directly!"

Then, she glanced at Zhou Yanci and asked, "You're watching it too?"

Zhou Yanci fiddled with the book "A Brief History of Time" in his hand. "I'm reading."

Zhou's father sneered, "Do you believe him? He was reading page 13 when he was sitting next to me. It's been so long and he's still reading page 13!"

Zhou Yanci: "..."

"Uncle, we have prepared a gift for you on this trip!" Yan Xi spoke at the right time to ease Zhou Yanci's embarrassment.

The matter of the gift also diverted Zhou's father's attention. He rushed forward happily, wanting to see what gift Zhou Qingyu bought for her.

Zhou Qingyu took three boxes when she left, and when she came back she took four. The fourth box was full of various souvenirs.

"Dad, this is for you, a Tai Chi fan. You always play chess in the yard, so this thing will be good for fanning yourself!"

The Tai Chi fan is not expensive, but to Zhou's father, it is Zhou Qingyu's gift from heart. He doesn't show it on his face, but the corners of his mouth are raised again.

Zhou Qingyu flipped through the suitcase. "This is a Goryeo porcelain vase. Uncle Yu, don't you like flower arrangement? This is for you! This handkerchief is for Aunt Zhang, and this small framed painting is for Chef Xu..."

week

Whisper prepared gifts for everyone in the old house.

The same goes for Yan Xi. She has lived in the old house for a few days and will continue to live there for the next few days, probably until the school starts. She has also prepared gifts for everyone.

Everyone was happy, receiving gifts made everyone happy.

Only Zhou Yan declined the invitation with empty hands.

Zhou Yanci didn't feel surprised. Given his relationship with Zhou Qingyu, it would be strange for Zhou Qingyu to give him a gift.

He just glanced at Yan Xi, and when Yan Xi's gaze turned to him, he quickly turned his head away.

Yan Xi knew that Zhou Qingyu hadn't prepared a gift for Zhou Yanci. She had cufflinks in her pocket that she had bought before, and she wanted to take them out, but Zhou Yanci didn't even look at her tonight, and was obviously still angry about what happened on Yunbai Mountain. Yan Xi felt that it was inappropriate.

System: [Yes, host, I feel it too, my brother is in a very low mood! ]

[I can't even breathe next to him! 】

"Let's wait until there's no one around!" Yan Xi thought.

The main reason is that Zhou Qingyu didn’t prepare a gift for Zhou Yanci. It’s a bit strange that she took it out now. Maybe Zhou Yanci misunderstood it again!

The gift distribution session was over and everyone was playing with the gifts they had received, and no one noticed Zhou Yanci.

Father Zhou: "It's getting late, go to bed!"

Yan Xi quickly took out the documents she had prepared earlier, "Wait, there's one more thing!"

Everyone looked at Yan Xi.

Yan Xi: "Xingyao has made good profits recently. Director Wu and I have discussed it and decided to donate a portion of it to charity. It can offset taxes and also help build the company's image."

"In the past, Qingqing's charity donations were all for mountainous areas. This time, we changed it to funding medical laboratories so that they can do better research and development."

Zhou's father praised, "For an entertainment company like Xingyao, reputation is very important. You have done a great job."

Zhou Yanci also nodded. In his opinion, Yan Xi's behavior was reasonable. A positive corporate image would do more good than harm to the company. Zhou Group also spent a lot on charity every year.

"Yes!" Yan Xi said obediently, "Because this time we funded a medical laboratory, they have a project with the hospital and gave us a lot of medical examination packages. I arranged one for each of Xingyao's artists and staff, but there are still some left. Why don't we go with the people from the old house?"

The servants in the old house were very happy to hear this. A physical examination in a big city hospital would cost a lot of money, so of course they would be willing to do it for free.

Zhou Qingyu asked, "Should I go too?"

Yan Xi said coquettishly, "Of course, everyone from Xingyao is going there, just cooperate with me!"

Zhou Qingyu shrugged, "Okay, I have nothing to do tomorrow anyway." She automatically ignored the promise she had made to Pei Yubai to consider going to Pei's house tomorrow.

Father Zhou nodded, "Then let's go together."

As he gets older, his physical examinations have changed from once a year to once every six months.

Only Zhou Yanci showed no interest. "I have to go to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development tomorrow to discuss the first phase plan of Zijin Garden, so I won't go."

Father Zhou asked: "Has the design been confirmed?"

Zhou Yanci: "Yes."

Father Zhou nodded and said, "Then you should work hard on this project and pay attention to it."

Everyone was chatting about tomorrow's physical examination and travel gifts. Zhou Yanci felt that he was out of place in this environment, so he turned around and walked towards the room.

The system jumped wildly beside Yan Xi: [Host! What should we do! Although Jay Chou and the eldest lady are also in the plan, our core is my brother! ]

[If he doesn't go, our medical checkup plan will be ruined! ]

Zhou Yanci had already left the hall, and Yan Xi hurried after him.

"Mr. Zhou!"

Zhou Yanci had a banquet.

He turned around and looked at Yan Xi.

Yan Xi trotted over to him and said, "A physical examination is to take responsibility for your body. You make so much money, but you don't live a good life. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

Zhou Yanci sneered, "You are too caring. Why are you so concerned about my health?"

Yan Xi touched the tip of her nose awkwardly, "Are you going tomorrow?"

Zhou Yanci said coldly, "No time."

Having said that, he turned and left.

Yan Xi frowned, her eyes full of worry.

The system comforted him: [Host, I just checked and my brother hasn't been staying up late lately. His work and rest schedule is pretty healthy. He has a physical checkup every year and had one at the beginning of this year. There shouldn't be any problems, right?]

Yan Xi sighed, "Now that Qingqing has escaped the control of the plot, under normal circumstances, Ye Luoyi and Pei Yubai cannot achieve the achievement of slapping the villain female supporting role in the face... I'm just afraid that there will be other variables!"

——

At the same time, Pei Yubai came to Zhou's house.

A thin layer of sweat broke out on his back. He left his suit jacket in the car and came to the front door of Zhou's house with two small baskets of crab meat.

The security guard stopped him without hesitation.

Pei Yubai raised the takeaway bag in his hand and said, "This is what Qingyu wanted to eat. I bought it specially for her!"

The security guard did not receive the message from Zhou Qingyu that Pei Yubai was not allowed to come, so he called the internal phone.

After a while, Zhou Qingyu's lazy voice came from the receiver: "Hello——"

"Qingyu! I am Yubai!"

Pei Yubai said quickly, "I bought the crab meat cage you asked me to buy!"

Zhou Qingyu raised the last part of her voice, "Is it the one in front of Haida University?"

Pei Yubai's throat rolled, and a hint of unnaturalness flashed across his eyes. "Of course! I waited in line for a long time before I bought it!"

Zhou Qingyu sneered, "It's so late, I've already had dinner, you can eat by yourself."

The smile on Pei Yubai's face froze.

Zhou Qingyu couldn't see his expression through the phone line, but the security guard saw the blue veins on his forehead, which were very penetrating.

After a while, Pei Yubai calmed down and continued to persuade Zhou Qingyu in a gentle voice, "Forget it if you don't want to eat. I'll pick you up tomorrow and we'll go visit Grandpa together!"

"No way!" Zhou Qingyu said cheerfully, "I'm going to have a physical examination with Xixi tomorrow!"

Pei Yubai gripped the microphone tightly until his knuckles turned white.

The security guards were afraid that he might crush the microphone into pieces with one force.

Pei Yubai almost gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll pick you up the day after tomorrow."

"We'll talk about it when the time comes." Zhou Qingyu did not give a definite answer.

Pei Yubai refused to give up. Everything was fine in Hancheng today, so why did Zhou Qingyu change her mind as soon as she returned to Haicheng?

It must be something that Yan Xi and Zhou Qingyu said that caused her attitude to change!

Pei Yubai suppressed his anger towards Yan Xi and continued to coax Zhou Qingyu, "Qingyu, since you can't accompany me to see Grandpa, I can only apologize to him first. But the resources we agreed on in Hancheng before can't be postponed any longer!... After all, one day's delay means one day's loss for Tianhui. It doesn't matter if you don't have time. Qiao Yan also understands these things. I'll go find her tomorrow?"

Zhou Qingyu sat in the bathtub, waiting for the liquid filled with flower petals and foam to submerge her thighs.

She laughed, and her voice was as beautiful as the spring breeze in March, but it also carried the frost and snow of December.

"Pei Yubai, we haven't reconciled yet, but you're thinking about my family's resources? Do you like me or those resources?"