Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After Zu Qi and Weng Yuxiang chatted for a few words, Weng Yuxiang changed the topic to Xue Wanwan.
When it came to Xue Wanwan, Weng Yuxiang seemed to have endless things to say. She could talk about him continuously for three days and three nights from when Xue Wanwan got up in the morning to when Xue Wanwan fell asleep at night.
After a long time, Weng Yuxiang realized that she had talked too much, so she smiled sheepishly and said, “Then go about your business and I won’t bother you anymore.”
“Yeah.” Zu Qi suddenly thought of something and said, “By the way, I may not go back during the Chinese New Year. The director wants to finish filming in one go.”
Weng Yuxiang responded: “Be careful.”
After saying goodbye, Zu Qi hung up. After disconnecting the phone, he looked up and saw two sneaky figures reflected in the mirror in front of him. Seeing Zu Qi suddenly raise his head, the two people hurriedly turned their backs to him and pretended to whisper.
Zu Qi: “…”
Although he knew in his heart that Qiao Yang and Zhou Hai might have followed him in, Zu Qi still pretended not to know anything, walked over and raised his hand to pat the two people’s shoulders respectively.
“When did you come? There was no sound at all.” Zu Qi deliberately showed a surprised expression.
“We just came here not long ago.” Qiao Yang whispered guiltily. Even though he was so good at acting, he had a character that couldn’t hide his emotions in real life.
On the other hand, old Youtiao Zhou Hai’s face remained normal, and he said with concern: “We saw that you haven’t gone back, so we came out to look for you.”
After saying that, and after a pause, Zhou Hai asked softly, “Are you okay? Your face doesn’t look very good.”
“I’m fine.” Zu Qi touched his face subconsciously. He didn’t think he looked like something was wrong, but his cheeks were so hot that they were almost smoking.
When he thought that Xue Jue was already on his way here, he felt that his whole heart was being pulled, and he was so nervous that he couldn’t breathe.
He was about to meet Xue Jue…
Zu Qi wanted to turn into a bird and fly outside the restaurant immediately. All his thoughts had drifted away, and he became a little absent-minded even when talking to Qiao Yang and Zhou Hai.
The three people stood there and said a few words, then walked back together.
Zu Qi returned to the box, picked up his coat and mask, greeted Director Wang and Duan Kai, and left in a hurry.
After three rounds of drinking, the private room was very lively. Everyone was laughing and gathering in a group. So, few people noticed Zu Qi slipping out of the door – except for Qiao Yang and Zhou Hai who had been staring at Zu Qi.
“He’s out.” Qiao Yang said.
“I saw it.” Zhou Hai replied with a complicated expression. After enduring it again and again, he finally couldn’t help complaining, “If you ask me, Xue Jue did go a little too far this time. Isn’t it just that he didn’t receive a call? Why is he being so fussy?”
Qiao Yang sighed: “That’s why Zu Qi was so sad that he couldn’t even eat…”
After a moment of silence, Zhou Hai asked, “Then let’s chase him out?”
As soon as they made a sound, a girl who they didn’t know where she appeared from suddenly came to them and said in a sad tone: “I think we should tell Director Wang. Now that everyone knows about Zu Qi’s things, we can’t not do anything about it. We can’t let him stay alone in the hotel when the New Year is approaching.”
Qiao Yang turned his head and looked at the girl inexplicably.
When Zhou Hai next to him was about to speak, he was overtaken by the girl and she said, “When I went out to answer the phone just now, I saw Zu Qi taking a taxi back to the hotel alone.”
So Qiao Yang and Zhou Hai fell silent at the same time.
They had a tacit understanding of the miserable scene of Zu Qi sitting alone in the dark and secretly wiping his tears, and they suddenly couldn’t bear it.
After discussion, they decided that Qiao Yang would personally come forward to persuade Director Wang to change the location of the next event from the club next door to the KTV in the hotel.
….
The other side.
When Zu Qi walked out of the restaurant, he found that it had started to snow at some point in the night sky. The fine snowflakes were filling the dense night sky, making it hard to see clearly, and there was already a thin layer of snow on the ground.
The day after tomorrow was New Year’s Eve, and the weather was getting colder and colder.
Zu Qi had blown too much heater in the restaurant just now. So, now that he was walking forward in the cool night wind, he could feel the exposed parts of his face hurt.
Zu Qi only knew that Xue Jue had brought Xue Wanwan to find him, but he didn’t know where Xue Jue would go to find him. He remembered that he told Xue Jue the addresses of the filming studio and hotel.
At this time, the staff on the set would have already gotten off work, leaving only two or three on-duty staff standing guard. Moreover, there were no clear boundaries for the filming areas in the film and television city, so people who are not familiar with the road could easily lose their way.
And Xue Jue was a smart man, so he should go to the hotel to wait for him.
Zu Qi stood on the roadside and waited for more than ten minutes before finally booking a car on the mobile app. On the way back to the hotel, he continued to call Xue Jue.
Unfortunately, the other party’s phone still remained unanswered.
“It’s weird…”
Zu Qi suppressed his uneasiness and returned to the hotel. He went to the front desk to ask but was told that Xue Jue didn’t come to the hotel to see him at all.
After thanking the receptionist, Zu Qi anxiously took the elevator back to his room and opened the door. The room was dark. He inserted the room card into the card slot and pressed the light switch twice.
But the scene before him was still covered in darkness.
The light that used to light up when pressed did not respond at all at this time.
Zu Qi originally planned to go to the front desk to explain the situation, but the next second he suddenly realized something, and his expression suddenly became subtle.
He took a step forward and closed the door slowly.
There was a sound of the door getting closed.
This was especially noticeable in the room which was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Zu Qi groped his way inside. Not far in front of him was a huge floor-to-ceiling window. The curtains made of tulle were pulled to the corners on both sides. The silvery white moonlight filtered through the clear and bright windows.
Then, Zu Qi’s feet paused as he seemed to hit something.
Zu Qi carefully probed with his toes. The next moment, he suddenly heard a “pop” sound, and two golden fluorescent lights quickly lit up in the darkness around him.
Like a lit fairy wand.
The two fluorescent lights quickly circled around Zu Qi, and then spread to the floor-to-ceiling windows. At the same time, streaks of warm yellow light lit up, quickly filling the entire room.
Zu Qi was so surprised that he thought the source of the light was all small fireworks. But when he got closer and took a closer look, he realized that these fireworks that looked like fairy wands were made of plastic, and the light inside could only be turned on after being stepped on.
Zu Qi: “…”
It’s really… good for the environment…
Just when he was feeling surprised, a tall figure suddenly appeared in his peripheral vision. Xue Jue came out of nowhere and quietly lit the candles on the three layer cake placed on a silver trolley.
Zu Qi looked at Xue Jue, who just put away the lighter and looked at him with lowered eyes.
“You’re here.” Zu Qi raised the corners of his mouth and couldn’t hide the smile in his eyes.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Xue Jue was still the same as in his memory, cold and calm, with no emotion or anger. Even in such a romantic atmosphere, Xue Jue was still as tense as a primary school student who had met the class teacher.
In Zu Qi’s impression, Xue Jue often wore dark suits, and rarely wore a white sweater with black trousers like today. The whole person was bathed in warm light, and even the resolute facial contours were much softer.
Although Xue Jue habitually maintained an indifferent expression, when his eyes touched Zu Qi’s, he couldn’t help but soften.
“How did you know I was here?” Xue Jue asked curiously.
Zu Qi blinked: “I guessed it.”
Xue Jue stared at Zu Qi’s face for a moment, observed it for a moment, and then pointed out the answer to the point, “Did you call my mother?”
“Yes.” Zu Qi admitted with a smile.
After finishing speaking, he walked towards Xue Jue, stretched out his two hands and gently hugged Xue Jue’s neck, buried his face on Xue Jue’s chest, took a deep breath, and his nose was suddenly filled with Xue Jue’s breath.
In fact, even if Weng Yuxiang hadn’t told Zu Qi about this, Zu Qi would have known that Xue Jue was inside when he opened the door.
Because Xue Jue always liked to use the same men’s perfume, Zu Qi was used to the smell of this perfume now and was also particularly sensitive to this smell.
Xue Jue was stunned and didn’t move for a while before slowly reaching out and hugging Zu Qi’s waist.
The two of them hugged each other tightly, and no one spoke to break the quiet atmosphere. It wasn’t until Zu Qi’s hands became a little sore that he lowered his hands, still leaning in Xue Jue’s arms.
Turning his head, Zu Qi noticed the luxurious cake on the cart.
So he straightened up suddenly: “Today is your birthday?”
“No.” Xue Jue pursed his lips. Seeing that Zu Qi really looked ignorant and couldn’t think of anything, he felt helpless and gritted his teeth for a moment, then he said calmly, “Think again about what day it is today.”
Zu Qi felt guilty.
He transmigrated into the original owner’s body for no reason, but he didn’t get any memory of the original owner at all. Even some basic information was collected from various places on the fly.
So he had no idea what day it was.
But seeing Xue Jue’s serious expression, Zu Qi secretly guessed that today should be a very important day.
“Our engagement anniversary?”
“…No.”
“The anniversary of our first meeting?”
“…No.”
“Your mother’s birthday?”
“…” Xue Jue’s face fell straight to the end, and at the same time, amused by Zu Qi’s answer, he wanted to laugh. The corner of his mouth twitched and he sighed in surrender, “Today is your birthday.”
Zu Qi was shocked: “Isn’t my birthday in the summer?” When he had just come to this world, at that time, he specifically checked the personal information about the original owner on the Internet.
“That’s the official date. In fact, your birthday is in winter.”
Xue Jue said, taking Zu Qi’s hand and bringing him to the cake. He looked at Zu Qi’s blank eyes like a deer, which suddenly felt a little confused. Feeling distressed, he couldn’t help but raise his hand and touch Zu Qi’s soft hair.
“You told me this yourself, don’t you remember?”
Zu Qi really didn’t remember. He instinctively wanted to shake his head, but then he thought that maybe the original owner had told Xue Jue, so he nodded again and said, “It seems that I have some memory of it.”
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