Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 268: Old Friends, New Path (asking for monthly ticket)
The high-speed train was speeding along, and Chen Huanhuan touched up her makeup several times while sitting in the second-class seat. She lost her job and finally gritted her teeth and left that disgusting company. However, it was almost the end of the year and the economic situation was not very good, so she planned to look for a job after the new year.

This time she went to find Li Xiang.

She took out the note Li Xiang gave her and read it several times. More than a year ago, it was still an unknown small mountain village. However, since Li Xiang went back, it has undergone earth-shaking changes. Now it has become a well-known Internet celebrity tourist attraction in China, and there are five giant pandas.

Li Xiang's career in his hometown was booming, and he was almost a 50 million-dollar internet celebrity. She happened to be unemployed and had some free time, and was feeling depressed, so she came to find Li Xiang to hang out and relax.

When she finished applying matte lipstick for the third time, they finally arrived at the small county town. Chen Huanhuan stood up, wrapped the plaid scarf around her neck, put on her beige coat, picked up her luggage, and got off the car.

As there was still some time before the return home rush, the small county station was deserted with few people. When she exited the station and came outside, a tall figure in a black windbreaker waved at her neatly from a distance and walked quickly towards her.

"Is this Sister Huanhuan? I'm Lei Xiaohui. Brother Xiang asked me to pick you up." Lei Xiaohui took the 26-inch suitcase with one hand. Her high ponytail swayed regularly behind her as she walked. She tucked her army green overalls into her Martin boots. She had long legs, a slender waist, a strong figure, and a heroic demeanor. "Brother Xiang is giving a report on rural revitalization at the county CPPCC. Let me take you to Zuixianlou first."

"Thank you."

Chen Huanhuan subconsciously tugged at the hem of her coat, looking at the other person's profile, which was still rosy and full of collagen in the cold wind. On her wrist was a very unique sports watch, which was the limited edition that Li Xiang's live broadcast room had held a lucky draw to give back to fans a few days ago.

The heroic and beautiful face of the girl in front of her made Chen Huanhuan feel a little inferior and ashamed. After all, although she felt that she was quite good-looking, came from a big city, and dressed fashionably, but for some reason, she was much worse than Lei Xiaohui, a girl from a small county.

She knew Lei Xiaohui and knew that this girl was one of the anchors under Li Xiang. It seemed that there were two others who were prettier than Lei Xiaohui, one named Yao Yao and the other named Zhao Xueqing, not to mention the national goddess and top actress Luo Feifei.

Well, it seems that there is also a childhood sweetheart, who is also very beautiful, named Jiang Caier, but she hasn’t appeared in the live broadcast room or video for a long time. I heard that she went to school and is a high school student.

"Oh, no wonder he remained indifferent despite my repeated hints to him. Instead, he couldn't wait to resign and return home. It turns out there are so many beautiful women in his hometown." Chen Huanhuan sighed.

Lei Xiaohui seems to be more beautiful than what she looks like in the video.

In the past, when Chen Huanhuan watched their live broadcasts, she always felt that their looks would be compromised because of the beauty filter or makeup. Unexpectedly, the real people gave people a greater impact.

As for hearing that Li Xiang went to the county political consultative conference to make a report, Chen Huanhuan was not surprised at all. After all, Li Xiang had the rank of major. In just one year and half a year, he had achieved what he has today. Whenever Chen Huanhuan thought about it, he felt that he was still his former colleague.

When they worked together before, Chen Huanhuan thought Li Xiang was amazing, but was he only slightly better than herself? How did he suddenly take off?
"You are so beautiful, little sister." Chen Huanhuan praised sincerely.

"Thank you, thank you." Lei Xiaohui smiled, then took Chen Huanhuan into the car, and chatted with Chen Huanhuan while driving towards Zuixianlou.

Chen Huanhuan is only about four years older than Lei Xiaohui. They are of similar age and have many common topics.

They drove a Mercedes-Benz business car to the Chinese restaurant, which was luxuriously decorated. The restaurant owner seemed to be an old acquaintance of Li Xiang. He came out to greet them personally and was very polite. He took them to the best private room on the third floor.

Chen Huanhuan once again secretly sighed that Li Xiang was doing really well here.

The environment is elegant.

The moment I pushed open the carved wooden door, the sweet aroma of pork elbow in rock sugar mixed with the scent of Sichuan pepper hit me. The bright red and oily mapo tofu was bubbling in the blue and white porcelain plate, and the snow-white tofu cubes were sprinkled with scarlet pepper powder. Next to it, on the gilded doucai plate were slices of husband and wife lung slices, and braised beef offal was soaked in red oil, sprinkled with fragrant white sesame seeds and trembled slightly... There were already six or seven dishes on the table.

"Boss Li called earlier and said he would prepare a few dishes first, in case you guys were hungry. Eat the rest first and then order."

The hotel owner lifted the lid of the cloisonné stew pot, and the mellow aroma of Codonopsis pilosula chicken soup immediately wafted out: "This is the angelica lamb stew that Mr. Li specifically requested, Miss Chen, to drive away the cold, and there is also a crispy camphor tea duck that will be roasted fresh."

He pointed to a sign on the table with a QR code on it and said, "You can scan the code to order more food. Enjoy your meal."

Then the boss left.

The two girls sat down, Lei Xiaohui poured Chen Huanhuan a cup of hot tea and asked, "Sister Huanhuan, do you want to drink?"

"No, no, I don't drink."

"What about drinks? Or freshly squeezed juice?"

"No, this hot tea is good enough." Chen Huanhuan took a sip. It seemed to be jasmine tea. The temperature was just right, warm.

Chen Huanhuan said, "Don't we have to wait for Li Xiang?"

Lei Xiaohui shrugged: "He doesn't know how long it will take, Sister Huanhuan, let's eat first."

Seeing that Chen Huanhuan didn't move, Lei Xiaohui took the lead and started showing off her mouth.

Chen Huanhuan followed suit and ate as well, but couldn't help but ask out of curiosity: "Are you really his employee? Are you not related?"

She was thinking to herself, working in a big city, the employees just started eating even though the boss wasn't there. She had attended many dinner parties since she started working, but had never seen this before.

Lei Xiaohui chuckled and said, "Of course he's an employee."

Chen Huanhuan thought to herself, "Li Xiang is such a nice person."

After filling her stomach a little, Lei Xiaohui asked Chen Huanhuan to have more dishes. Chen Huanhuan said that the food was enough and she would not be able to finish it if she had more.

"Brother Xiang will also want to eat later. He has a big appetite."

"Then let him order it himself."

After waiting for about half an hour, Li Xiang finally pushed the door open and walked in. When Chen Huanhuan saw this tall and handsome boy, she was stunned for a few seconds. The main thing was that Li Xiang became more handsome than before.

It was already her crush, and now, it's even more of a crush.

"What's wrong, Huanhuan, don't you recognize me?" Li Xiang casually threw the CPPCC document bag on the armchair, took off his cashmere coat and hung it on the rack. The Patek Philippe watch exposed from his cuffs reflected the warm light of the palace lanterns, and he joked.

"I really don't recognize him anymore. He has changed so much!" Chen Huanhuan said faintly.

Then Li Xiang sat down, ordered a few more dishes, and chatted with Chen Huanhuan while eating.

Just chatting about recent developments and complaining about former colleagues from the previous company.

Especially now, that company has also become Chen Huanhuan's former company. After dinner, he took Chen Huanhuan to Lijia Village.

As for accommodation, the county town is a bit far away, and Li Xiang's house has many empty rooms, so Li Xiang suggested that Chen Huanhuan live in his house.

Chen Huanhuan: "..." How could I be reluctant? I was quite touched. If they were not very close, who would bring someone to live in their home?

"Oh my god, you built such a magnificent mansion, just like an emperor." Chen Huanhuan came to Li Xiang's house and was amazed by the Chinese-style villa of the local tyrant Li family. There were even small beasts on the eaves and brackets like those in the Forbidden City.

On the window lattice of the west wing is a gold-plated certificate of "Model Household for Rural Revitalization", and on the main door there are also "Home of Special Meritorious Contributors" and "Home of First-Class Meritorious Contributors".

Like everyone else in the outside world, Chen Huanhuan still doesn't know how Li Xiang got these two military merits. He just wonders privately whether he really caught a spy?
After arranging the room and putting away the luggage, Li Xiang took her to the backyard.

When Chen Huanhuan saw this garden that looked like an imperial garden, she couldn't help but gasp again.

Wintersweets bloom with beeswax-colored petals beside the Taihu stones, dotted with dark green camellia and crimson camellia. In the distance, a gosling peeking out of the strawberry greenhouse is playing with an orange cat, and a fiery red fox is curled up under the War Drum Pavilion chewing on an apple core. The most amazing thing is the bloodstone rockery group, whose natural patterns look like splashed cinnabar.

"You have a little hedgehog here? Uh, doesn't it hibernate?" Chen Huanhuan couldn't help but say in surprise when she noticed a little creature covered with thorns, holding a winter date and lying lazily on a stone to bask in the sun.

Li Xiang explained: "This little thing is gifted and is not afraid of the cold."

Chen Huanhuan was not sure if there were hedgehogs that didn't need to hibernate. She was not an expert in this area.

Erhuang was very sensible. He was afraid of guests and dogs, so he stayed away from them.

Afterwards, Li Xiang took Chen Huanhuan to visit the scenic spot and bought two cups of milk tea, one for each person. Then Chen Huanhuan also met Yao Yao and Zhao Xueqing, but the two were busy and they just chatted briefly.

After Li Xiang and Chen Huanhuan left, Yao Yao whispered, "Is that my brother's ex-girlfriend?"

Lei Xiaohui shook her head: "I don't think so. Maybe she liked me before, but we probably didn't have sex." She went to pick him up and even had dinner with him. In fact, she could see that although Chen Huanhuan and Li Xiang were close, there was a sense of boundary between them. This sense of boundary was stronger than that between them and Li Xiang.

Zhao Xueqing blinked her eyes and thought, what are you two guessing? Are you going to be jealous? Brother Xiang didn't even eat these three pretty girls.

When entering the filming location of "Tomb Raider", Li Xiang talked about the situation during the filming. This movie will be released at the end of the year, and there are all kinds of small advertisements pushing it. Although he is only a supporting role in it, he is the "Dragon Knight", so the popularity is actually quite high.

In addition, in reality, he and Luo Feifei are really good friends. They often interact online, and some people jokingly call the "Fantasy" couple that they fell in love because of the drama.

Someone complained: "It's so funny. Xiaolongnu didn't fall in love with Yang Guo, but fell in love with Yin Zhiping."

Some people said: "There is nothing we can do. Yin Zhiping in this drama is too handsome. In real life, he is very rich and a major. I would like him too."

Every time Chen Huanhuan saw these comments, she couldn't help but secretly say, "I like it too."

"The steel wire used in the filming is still here. Do you want to try sleeping on a rope bed like Little Dragon Girl?" Li Xiang's magnetic voice brought Chen Huanhuan back to reality.

"Ah? No, if I go up there I will definitely fall flat on my face." Chen Huanhuan naturally didn't dare to try it.

Li Xiang performed it on the spot, not only was Chen Huanhuan surprised, but even the tourists nearby applauded.

Many people try, but few succeed.

After visiting the national style teahouse, national style pub, milk tea shop, the filming location of the movie The Return of the Condor Heroes: Tomb Raiders, and the second phase of the mountain shelter, the two interacted with the wild man actors at the Wild Man Slope and then went to the Giant Panda Zhushan.

Li Xiang introduced the five giant pandas one by one.

Chen Huanhuan had seen it online before, and watching it up close in real life, with Li Xiang even waving to the panda to come closer, was a completely different experience.

What surprised Chen Huanhuan was that these pandas were very smart and actually cooperated with Li Xiang's gestures. For example, when Li Xiang asked them to do somersaults, they did it on the spot; when Li Xiang asked them to swing, they did it on the spot.

Other tourists also gave instructions, but the arrogant birds ignored them.

"That panda's name is Huanhuan. Are you playing a prank on me on purpose?" Chen Huanhuan asked.

Li Xiang spread his hands, looking aggrieved: "This is really not my name. This panda cub was given this name when it was sent here. If you don't believe me, please look at its file."

As he spoke, Li Xiang took out his cell phone and pulled up Huanhuan's file.

It's properly organized, and the file number is GX2137. It contains date of birth, nickname, where did you live before, where do you live now, when did you get your name, weight at different stages of your life, photos, preferences, stool test results...no matter how big or small, everything is recorded.

The name "Huanhuan" was given to me at birth.

Chen Huanhuan's doubts were finally gone, and she joked, "That means my name is too common~"

"It's not ordinary. Even the national treasure has this name, which shows that this name is good, noble and auspicious."

"You have such a sweet mouth, just like honey." Chen Huanhuan thought to herself, if you had been so sweet-mouthed in the company before, you would have been very successful.

Li Xiang laughed and said, "In fact, my name is very common. If you search online, you will find many people with the same name. There are hosts, young dancers, diplomatic ambassadors to Eritrea, TV drama characters, and a girl named Li Xiang, a doctor of drama and opera..."

The "Xiang" in "loud" means "resonant". The name Li Xiang is really ordinary. Not only ordinary, but also not nice. His parents just hope that he will become a famous man in the future. In this life, Li Xiang has indeed done it.

After playing at Li Xiang's house for a few days, Chen Huanhuan also participated in some audition activities for the village evening show. When Li Xiang asked her about her future career plans, Chen Huanhuan didn't have any good places to go.

So, Li Xiang invited her to join "Eternal Night Media".

Chen Huanhuan shook her head. There were too many beauties here. She had no advantage and instead felt inferior.

Li Xiang suggested that she should be arranged to be the deputy manager of a jade jewelry store. If she did a good job, she could be solely responsible for the store's business in the future.

(End of this chapter)