Fog Returns to the Capital

Chapter 48 is not about asking you to hug me.
That moment.

Li Wu's gaze suddenly froze.

It's a whole box of colored diamond rough.

Rare and unique pink, flawless and transparent pure white, deep blue like the ocean, green diamond as fresh and natural as a plant... and yellow, red, purple, orange... almost every color imaginable is available.

Some of them even exceeded Li Wu's range of color perception.

Internally pure and flawless, with magnificent and dazzling colors, each diamond is a stunning and rare gem.

"Zhou Jinghuai, you're so handsome..."

Li Wu's eyes sparkled, and she couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Perhaps because she experienced very little light and warmth growing up, Li Wu really likes things that look pretty and sparkly.

It was bright and radiant. This filled her with joy, and she couldn't help but want to get closer.

Li Wu knelt on the carpet, gazing at the entire chest full of diamonds. The magnificent, dazzling light reflected in her eyes, making her dark pupils shine exceptionally bright.

All of a sudden.

Li Wu found it hard to look away.

She leaned on the coffee table and couldn't resist reaching out to gently poke the diamonds.

The movements were very careful and gentle.

It seems somewhat unbelievable that these numerous, beautiful stone-like objects are actually real diamonds.

the end.

Li Wu carefully picked up one of the diamonds, just large enough to hold in one hand. Afraid of dropping it, she gently cradled it in both hands.

Li Wu turned around and looked at the man who was still sitting on the sofa.

“Zhou Jinghuai, this one is so beautiful…” It’s her favorite purplish-pink color.

Her eyes crinkled into a smile, clean and pure, like a joyful little girl.

Zhou Jinghuai's dark, ink-like eyes gazed silently at her, his gaze slightly deepening. Then, he said calmly, "Didn't you say you liked diamonds before?"

The words fell.

Li Wu was suddenly taken aback.

What do you mean?
Just because she said she liked diamonds, even Li Wu didn't dare to have that thought in her mind.

next second.

Then Zhou Jinghuai calmly and slowly spoke for her.

"I'll give them all to you."

"Give them all to me?!"

After hearing what Zhou Jinghuai said, Li Wu was shocked to the core.

She looked at Zhou Jinghuai with some disbelief.

He paused, then looked back at the box full of colored diamond rough.

Even knowing Zhou Jinghuai's decisive and uncompromising style, Li Wu still couldn't help but confirm with him:
"You mean, all the diamonds here are for me?"

I heard her confirm again.

Zhou Jinghuai's gentle and refined demeanor showed no impatience whatsoever; he simply responded patiently, his voice calm and steady, "Yes, they're all yours."

Li Wu froze instantly.

After He Yanting gave her a pink diamond rough as a gift last time, she later looked up similar diamonds online to avoid being unaware of her own ignorance.

The one that He Yanting gave her alone was worth nearly nine figures.

This whole box looks like it contains at least a hundred...

Mind this.

Li Wu quickly and carefully placed the large, purplish-pink diamond she was holding back into the combination lock box.

Subsequently.

Li Wu turned to look at Zhou Jinghuai, her fair and delicate face showing a serious expression. "It's too precious, I can't accept it. Besides..."

“Mr. Zhou,” Li Wuqing’s voice was clear and distinct, each word deliberate and perfectly articulated, “you have already given me so much.”

So far.

What Zhou Jinghuai gave her was something she could never have had access to in her entire life before.

After listening.

Zhou Jinghuai's gentle and refined face remained calm and composed, revealing no change in expression. After a pause, he simply said, "Come here."

Li Wu was stunned.

Almost instinctively, she listened to him and slowly moved herself in front of him.

As you approach.

Zhou Jinghuai reached out and easily pulled Li Wu onto his lap.

Li Wu's expression remained blank.

She looked up at his perfectly sculpted, handsome face, and called out softly, somewhat flustered, "Mr. Zhou..."

“I prefer to hear you call me by my name rather than ‘Mr. Zhou,’” Zhou Jinghuai interrupted her calmly.

"..."

Li Wu didn't know how to answer, so she lowered her head slightly.

Calling him by his name was the most inappropriate thing she had ever done.

Zhou Jinghuai looked down at her, his eyes dark, and calmly asked, "Do you remember what I told you before?"

Hear the words.

Li Wu's heart skipped a beat, and she looked up at him.

Li Wu remembered most of what Zhou Jinghuai had said to her. But strangely, Li Wu knew which of those words he was asking now.

Li Wu nodded slightly, repeating his words almost verbatim, "You said—"

"Don't think about it, just accept it."

It was after she first signed that unique contract that was made possible by him. It was something he had said to her when she was contradicting herself.

"You have a great memory," Zhou Jinghuai smiled and praised her.

That moment.

For some reason, a bittersweet feeling suddenly welled up in Li Wu's heart.

But it was only much, much later, when Li Wu recalled this past event, that she slowly came to understand.

From the very beginning, he generously provided her with top-tier resources and everything she liked.

It's just that she needed it, and he could give it to her without hesitation.

A stone or a diamond? In his eyes, there was no difference.

—Because these material things have never caught his eye.

……

Since filming for "Dream Returns to Dust" has wrapped up, the company and agent are still looking for new scripts for Li Wu.

With more free time, Li Wu can dedicate more time to studying.

The house, which is nearly a thousand square meters, is actually huge, but Li Wu's activity area is usually limited to a few specific areas.

One reason is that she's lazy; a single room can take her quite a while to walk around.

Furthermore, she was actually afraid of touching something she shouldn't have. Especially Zhou Jinghuai's study, she didn't dare to go near it at all.

That day.

Li Wu was kneeling on the carpet, intently working on her homework while leaning over the coffee table.

At first, she wrote quickly and finished the answer in no time. It wasn't until she reached the third sub-question of the last major problem that she encountered a significant amount of calculation. She calmed herself down and became completely absorbed in the task.

They couldn't spare even a fraction of their attention to anything else.

Zhou Jinghuai, who was supposed to be on a business trip, returned early that day for some reason.

Li Wu was so engrossed in her work that she didn't even notice Zhou Jinghuai walking up behind her.

It was not easy.

As Li Wu wrote down the last number, before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, she heard two words fall softly from above.

"wrong."

"what!"

Li Wu screamed in fright, and even threw the pen in her hand far away.

"You scared me to death!"

When Li Wu turned around and saw Zhou Jinghuai, her face showed both surprise and joy. "Why are you back?"

However, upon realizing something, Li Wu immediately deflated.

While asking Zhou Jinghuai how long he had been back, she quietly reached behind her back onto the coffee table and secretly hid the test paper behind her back.

Zhou Jinghuai stood behind her, in an almost condescending posture.

So naturally, he took in all of Li Wu's little actions.

But Zhou Jinghuai just patted her head and said, "Go pick up the pen."

"Oh……"

Li Wu was still in shock, somewhat dazed. She instinctively listened to Zhou Jinghuai and reached for the pen she had thrown.

The distance is not far.

Li Wu straightened up, bent over the coffee table, and tried to reach out and pick it up.

But she was always a little short of the pen, and Li Wu tried several times. Her fingers reached forward little by little, trying to touch the pen.

She was wearing a white nightgown that day, which wasn't actually that short.

But as she leaned over the coffee table, the smooth hem of her skirt rose up as well.

She reached forward little by little with her fingers, and the fabric was faintly visible. Her slender, supple waist seemed to sag, and her buttocks were pert and upturned.

Zhou Jinghuai glanced at her a few times.

He then reached out and took off his suit jacket, casually draping it over the back of the sofa.

By the time Zhou Jinghuai turned around again, Li Wu had already picked up the pen.

She looked up at Zhou Jinghuai, a hint of confusion in her clear eyes, and handed him the pen in her hand. "Here, I've retrieved it..."

Zhou Jinghuai looked at her calmly.

There was a few seconds of silence.

Zhou Jinghuai took the pen from her hand and gave a faint "hmm".

At that time, Li Wu did not notice anything amiss.

Because Zhou Jinghuai's expression was indifferent, and his gaze towards her was calm and without any ripples.

Until that evening.

She was in the same pose...

...Her eyes were misty and blurry, tears streaming down her face...

……

She wished she could travel back to that time period immediately.

In that case, she would definitely stand up properly and pick up the pen.

……

Zhou Jinghuai gently explained the solution to the last sub-question to Li Wu. The problem was that the range of values ​​for the second question was incorrect, so after Zhou Jinghuai's explanation and a little thought, Li Wu understood.

However, the computational workload is quite large.

While Li Wu was engrossed in calculations...

Zhou Jinghuai picked up her test paper and glanced at it.

Surprisingly.

Except for the last two sub-questions in the main question and the last multiple-choice question, all the rest were correct.

So when Li Wu finished calculating the result and was about to ask Zhou Jinghuai...

Look up.

She happened to run into his gaze.

Confused, Li Wu spoke softly, a little timidly, "I've already calculated it..."

Zhou Jinghuai glanced at it, gave a low hum, and said it was right.

The tension I felt while awaiting judgment vanished instantly.

A smile spread across Li Wu's fair and delicate face, and she said some nice things, "You're the best teacher. I understood as soon as you explained it."

Zhou Jinghuai glanced at her.

Then, Zhou Jinghuai spoke, "Lili."

Li Wu liked it when he called her that; it felt subtly intimate. It was a feeling she never got when other people called her those two words.

So almost as soon as Zhou Jinghuai finished speaking, she immediately responded, with a hint of playfulness, "What's wrong? What's wrong? Lili, whom you called, is here~"

Hear the words.

Zhou Jinghuai glanced at her, a faint smile playing in his dark eyes.

He said, "I'm planning to find you a few teachers, what do you think?"

The words fell.

Li Wu's smile faltered for a moment. But then she smiled again, "Sure, I'll do whatever you say."

Previously, she would find and watch videos of teachers explaining things online.

……

the next day.

Zhou Jinghuai then found a teacher for Li Wu.

Li Wu originally thought that it would be enough to find a few good teachers to tutor her.

But that's not the case.

Three or four teachers will give trial lessons for each subject. In the end, based on Li Wu's opinion, only one teacher will be retained for each subject.

When Li Wu saw that Teacher Li, whom she had watched many of her lecture videos online, and a certain professor whose name was printed on the textbook, were also participating in the trial class.

Li Wu knew that Zhou Jinghuai hadn't just randomly found a few teachers for her.

At that time, Li Wu vaguely sensed that Zhou Jinghuai was paving the way for her.

……

The behind-the-scenes editing of "Dream Returns to Dust" has been completed, and offline promotional activities are also underway.

Li Wu attends every event, not only because she's the female lead, but also because she doesn't want her actions to negatively impact the drama in the slightest.

There happened to be a promotional event that afternoon.

early morning.

Zhou Jinghuai had changed his clothes and was just about to put on his tie when...

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the girl on the bed turn over groggily, her eyes still closed, and familiarly move closer to where he was sleeping.

The texture seems to be different from what I imagined.

She frowned in displeasure and couldn't help but bury her face deeper into that direction.

A sliver of morning light fell upon her fair and delicate face, making her unadorned skin look exceptionally tender, like the first, clean snowflakes.

At this moment, with her eyes closed and completely unguarded, she possessed a serene and innocent beauty.

Zhou Jinghuai paused for a moment.

Without any hesitation, he leaned down and kissed her.

"Well……"

Li Wu was half asleep, her consciousness fading.

She struggled to open her eyes only when she felt she couldn't breathe.

Upon seeing that handsome face so close to hers, all she could manage to utter were soft, muffled sobs.

Her body trembled slightly, and she wanted to hide under the covers.

Zhou Jinghuai, however, seemed to have anticipated her actions.

In just one second.

Li Wu was so shocked that she dared not move.

“Zhou Jinghuai…”

Having finally managed to speak, Li Wu, who was lying naked under the covers, blushed deeply in no time.

She dared not make a move, and pleaded softly with him, "Let go...please let go..."

"Let go of what?"

Zhou Jinghuai looked down at her, watching the captivating blush spread across her delicate face, and asked quietly.

She had just opened her eyes when Li Wu looked at him with misty eyes, which gradually welled up with two pools of water that looked like they were filled with honey.

Beneath the thin gray blanket, the snow-capped mountains were illuminated by his long, slender, and jade-like hands with distinct knuckles...

Take your time.

The snow-capped mountains also rose and fell in sync.

"You...you didn't have enough fun last night...?"

Li Wu's naked body trembled slightly. With a slight increase in pressure, her delicate voice also trembled.

"What do you say?"

Zhou Jinghuai looked at her with deep, unfathomable eyes, his tone of voice as calm and composed as ever.

He looked at me like that.

Li Wu was a little scared and turned over to try to hide on the other side of the bed, but he pulled her into his arms.

You're going to be late for the company!

Zhou Jinghuai looked at her puffed-up but actually soft little face, a slight smile flashing in his dark eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Then help me tie my tie, and I'll leave once you're done."

"..."

Li Wu looked at him with suspicion.

My gut feeling was that he wasn't so easy to talk to.

"Not tied?" Zhou Jinghuai asked.

“Yes…” Li Wu replied in a muffled voice, “Don’t blame me if I don’t do it well.”

Li Wu took the dark tie from his hand.

Using his right hand, he grasped the narrower side of the tie and prepared to put it around his neck.

Almost simultaneously.

Zhou Jinghuai suddenly loosened his grip on her waist and withdrew his hand.

He stood there, tall and handsome.

Last night was exhausting, and Li Wu had no strength left. She was only able to kneel on the bed with the help of his hands.

Zhou Jinghuai suddenly loosened his grip, and Li Wu's entire body went limp and fell downwards. She gasped in surprise and instinctively reached out to wrap her arms around Zhou Jinghuai's neck.

Her slender, white hands were soft and boneless.

Li Wu tightened her grip on Zhou Jinghuai's neck to keep herself from falling.

But at the same time, the two of them moved even closer. A familiar, cool, and elegant aura enveloped them, and Li Wu felt her heartbeat become a little erratic.

next second.

Li Wu heard a hint of mockery in his deep, pleasant voice—

"Lili, I asked you to help me tie my tie, not to hug me."

That moment.

Li Wu's face turned bright red.

(End of this chapter)