Fog Returns to the Capital

Chapter 57 Later, Zhou Jinghuai gave it all to her.
"Do not be angry."

As he finished speaking, Zhou Jinghuai handed a green velvet folder to Li Wu.

"have a look."

"What is it?"

Li Wu reached out to take it, the tingling sensation still lingering on her body. Even the slightest movement seemed to send faint electric currents coursing through her.

She almost missed it.

Almost subconsciously.

Li Wu looked up at Zhou Jinghuai.

really.

When Li Wu heard Jing Huai's slight teasing glance last week, a thin blush crept onto her face.

I never expected you to be that kind of person!

Li Wu spoke angrily.

Her fair and soft body, unable to find any support, instinctively and skillfully leaned against Zhou Jinghuai.

"What kind of person?" Zhou Jinghuai smiled and let Li Wu lean against him.

Upon hearing this, Li Wu muttered a couple of understated hums, "He looks quite refined and gentlemanly, but in reality..."

The word "Li Wu" was not uttered.

However, when she looked up at Zhou Jinghuai, her bright, clear eyes held a meaningful look, as if she wanted Zhou Jinghuai to figure it out for himself.

Zhou Jinghuai smiled, lowered his head and kissed her cheek, "If you don't tell me, how will I know?"

His deep, smiling voice was like a gentle seduction, or an addiction.

Li Wu's heart pounded, and her heart itched. She simply couldn't suppress the urge to indulge.

She gave him a somewhat embarrassed glare, but it had no intimidating effect whatsoever. What was truly captivating, however, were her beautiful, clear eyes, which, no matter their expression, possessed an irresistible allure.

"I won't tell you anymore!"

Li Wu tried to distract herself by reaching for the document he had given her, asking, "What's this...?"

When you open it, it's in both Chinese and English.

When Li Wu saw the large characters in the center, his gaze suddenly paused.

She stared at it for a while. Even without Chinese, aside from some technical terms, she could generally understand it.

But she was still somewhat incredulous and read the key text again.

At last.

Li Wu looked at Zhou Jinghuai in surprise, her voice trembling with fear, "This...this is for me?"

"This is a manor located in Linshan."

Zhou Jinghuai said calmly, "Don't you like horseback riding? There's a private horse farm there. Once the horses you've selected are trained, we'll send them to the estate for you. You can ride them whenever you want."

Li Wu looked down, and just by looking at the bird's-eye view, she could almost feel the grandeur and magnificence of the manor.

In fact, it not only has a private horse farm, but also a private swimming pool, a golf course... and even a helipad.

Her gaze unconsciously fell on that spot, her fingers lightly tracing its path. "And the place where planes are parked..."

Zhou Jinghuai gave a low hum, "From now on, your private jet can be parked here."

He spoke of it casually, as if he were merely talking about a small toy owned by Li Wu.

"I don't even know if I'll be able to earn that in my next life..." Li Wu turned around and smiled at him, her tone mournful, with a hint of "the rich feast while the poor freeze to death on the road."

Hear the words.

Zhou Jinghuai raised his eyes and glanced at her.

Li Wu immediately shrank her neck, wishing she could bury her whole head back under the covers.

But Zhou Jinghuai didn't say anything else, only that, "If you want it, I'll give it to you later."

Actually, Li Wu didn't care much.

Because Zhou Jinghuai said this in such a casual tone. He probably just said it offhand.

But Li Wu didn't expect that.

Later, Zhou Jinghuai gave it all to her.

At the age of nineteen, Li Wu owned his first private jet.

……

Li Wu's second drama is also a collaboration with Shen Yichen.

—It's a big-budget fantasy drama. The male lead is Ji Qingfei, currently the highest-paid and most popular male actor in the industry.

none of them.

more importantly.

Ji Qingfei has won every award a male actor should receive in the film and television industry in just three years since his debut.

Even Li Wu, who once lived in such a backward and isolated town, had seen advertisements filmed by Ji Qingfei.

However, unexpectedly...

Xi Xun also starred in this drama. He played the second male lead, supporting Li Wu.

someday.

Taking a break on set.

Li Wu sat in a chair, biting a straw as she drank water from a large thermos.

Actually, she likes to drink all kinds of flavored water. But Zhou Jinghuai never drinks it, and if he does, he only drinks plain water.

After watching for a while, Li Wu silently made a rule for herself: to drink a large thermos of water every day.

It looks like there's still about half left.

Li Wu silently took a big breath, intending to "finish" it in two or three gulps.

That's it!
Xi Xun, who had been watching her from under the big tree nearby for a while, suddenly spoke up at that moment—

"Hey, who's that person behind you?"

"Cough-cough-"

Li Wu had just taken a sip of water when Xi Xun's sudden question made her choke.

Water had spilled on their clothes.

See this.

Xi Xun looked disgusted and scoffed at her, "Stupid."

Even as he said that, Xi Xun still patted his pocket, pulled out a small pack of tissues, and tossed it to her.

After wiping the water droplets from my lips and the water stains from my clothes.

Li Wu looked up and saw Xi Xun standing there lazily.

"I'm just purely curious, who could afford to do something so extravagant?"

Not only will the actors' salaries be three times higher than usual, but it's also said that the budget for this show has absolutely no upper limit.

The cast and crew were still full of big names, and even a three-time consecutive Best Actor winner made a cameo appearance in the series.

Promoting newcomers while diminishing one's own status is a major taboo in the industry.

But surprisingly, no one refused; almost everyone was eager to join.

This is more than just having money.

He also needs to be powerful, so powerful that everyone wants to do something for him wholeheartedly. Even if it means going through countless twists and turns, they still want to get some small favor from him.

—That may be a social class they can never reach.

otherwise.

His agent didn't push him to take on several well-made dramas as the male lead; it took a lot of effort for him to get the second male lead role in this drama.

He came again and again to play a supporting role to Li Wu.

But the person behind her could not be found out at all, not even a single rumor.

If that weren't the case, he wouldn't have been so curious as to ask her directly.

"..."

Li Wu had never told anyone about her relationship with Zhou Jinghuai.

Because of Zhou Jinghuai's identity.

Also because.

I knew perfectly well that nothing would ever happen in the end. So I never mentioned it in the first place, as if it had never existed.

As Li Wu was still trying to figure out how to gloss over the problem, her phone suddenly vibrated in her bag.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Wu pointed to her vibrating phone and smiled apologetically at Xi Xun, "I'll take this call first."

(End of this chapter)