Huayu: When the director changed his major

Do you still keep in touch with your classmates from summer camp?

Cheng Xi raised his wine glass and asked casually.

“We haven’t been in touch. I only came here because I saw you were filming in New York and wanted to see how a big director works, so I thought I’d do some part-time work.”

Yuan Chenjing replied to Cheng Xi with her usual generous smile.

It seems that time has left no trace.

"I thought you were very talented and unique back then, but I never imagined you were this talented. Now you are definitely the most successful person in the class."

Cheng Xi smiled and said thank you.

Thinking of her childhood friend back in China, Cheng Xi couldn't help but ask:
"Do you still remember Gao Chunyang, who was always with me back then?"

"High in the spring sun."

Yuan Chenjing first showed a puzzled expression, then immediately changed her tone as if she were thinking and said:

"Oh, I remember, you two were always together back then, your relationship was like brothers."

"Yes, he's still the same as always, fair-skinned and chubby."

"Haha, I remember now, he was indeed very fair-skinned back then."

They reminisced and occasionally clinked glasses, and before long, as expected, Yuan Chenjing couldn't hold her liquor.

Cheng Xi personally escorted her to the presidential suite of a nearby hotel.

Feeling Yuan Chenjing's deliberate or unintentional lingering, Cheng Xi simply settled her on the bed without saying a word.

Cheng Xi sat half-upright on the edge of the bed.

I continued to tell her some stories from the summer camp.

Yuan Chenjing always agreed.

The sound gradually faded away.

Cheng Xi stopped only when she could even hear faint snoring, and finished speaking the last sentence:
"Actually, Da Chun was very dark-skinned back then."

outside the room.

He Kun waited patiently.

Since the boss didn't tell him to wait in the car, it meant he had to stay at his post.

Just then, he heard the door open.

He was a little surprised that his boss came out so quickly, all dressed neatly.

"He Kun, investigate Yuan Chenjing's father. He's from my hometown, the provincial capital."

"He used to be a member of the provincial CPPCC."

He Kun straightened his eyes and immediately replied:

"Okay, boss."

He Kun has been working in the bodyguard industry for many years, and many of his classmates who are veterans work in various public security, procuratorate, and judicial systems.

For them, investigating information about certain individuals is a very simple matter.

Cheng Xi, on the other hand, returned to the hotel where the film crew was staying.

As soon as I opened my bedroom door, I was immediately struck by how exhausted I felt.

This kind of fatigue is mental.

Cheng Xi hadn't felt this way in a long time.

Since his rebirth, although he has put a lot of strain on his body, he is always full of energy after a good night's sleep.

Mental fatigue is even less common.

Surrounded by so many top-tier beauties who provide emotional support, and with everyone else enriching themselves, they always have radiant smiles wherever they go, making it difficult to feel mentally burdened.

Moreover, as his position rose higher and higher, he felt that he could easily control any situation that arose.

Perhaps this is what power is.

The power to freely control oneself and others.

Power gives people a sense of security, making them unafraid of anything that might happen.

After entering the hotel suite, Cheng Xi found the table covered with fruit and thought to herself that the hotel's service was indeed excellent.

I wasn't home today, but I still asked the waiter to prepare it for me.

Let me take a bath first, then watch some TV, eat some fruit, video chat with Ermei, and then go to sleep.

Cheng Xi's room is the best room in the entire hotel.

The round bathtub here has a separate large inner room, and is located in a corner of the hotel's overall layout.

Although it's called a bathtub, it's actually about 15 or 16 square meters in size, and two or three people can lie down without feeling crowded at all.

In addition, the large floor-to-ceiling windows on both corners allow people to enjoy a hot bath while taking a look at the most vibrant night view of New York City.

It really makes you feel comfortable.

It has to be said, Americans really know how to enjoy life.

No wonder it's the evil capitalism.

Money can buy everything.

Cheng Xi certainly wouldn't let such a great place slip by.

He would often come to take a bath or invite Zhu Zhu to play a friendly water game together.

But today, when Cheng Xi took off her clothes, she had a bath towel draped across her shoulder.

As I walked toward the bathroom whistling, I seemed to hear intermittent human voices.

As Cheng Xi walked further into the bathtub area, she was immediately stunned.

There was someone in the bathtub, a woman, a young woman.

Cheng Xiao was very nervous while acting tonight.

After filming, Cheng Xi didn't come up to talk to him right away. Instead, he drank and flirted with an extra and a woman whose relationship with him was ambiguous.

Finally, he got into the car with her.

This made Cheng Xiao so angry that her nose almost crooked.

Doesn't that mean you have no appeal whatsoever, and are even less attractive than an extra?

I was planning to wear a swimsuit today so I could confidently chat with the boss after filming wrapped.

Maybe then the boss won't think of himself as a child anymore.

But judging from today's situation, Cheng Xiao knew that Cheng Xi wouldn't be coming back.

He got clung to by that gold digger.

Cheng Xiao tried to strike up a conversation, but Cheng Xi brushed her off like a fly.

This made Cheng Xiao even more unhappy. He directed all his resentment at that woman.

After returning to the hotel where the film crew was staying that night, I made an excuse at the front desk that I was helping the director get something urgently.

To be on the safe side, the receptionist still called Cheng Xi.

But the call went unanswered.

"What's going on? Director Cheng is busy filming and doesn't have time to answer the phone. What if this delays things?"

The front desk manager noticed that the young actress was very pretty and that she was a girl who was usually very close to Cheng Xi.

I heard he's some kind of relative of Cheng Xi.

Moreover, if you see the same surname, you basically assume she's a niece or something.

So after two unsuccessful phone calls, he gave the room key to Cheng Xiao.

This made Cheng Xiao, who had succeeded, secretly admire his own cleverness.

I've finally gotten the room key.

I'm going to enjoy Cheng Xi's private presidential suite for a while, and then I'll safely leave tomorrow morning.

Nobody will know, hehe.

Even if I found out, would Cheng Xi hit me?

You definitely won't want to part with it, right?

So there's nothing to be afraid of.

She had visited Chengxi's suite with Sister Zhu Zhu before, and had always longed to see the huge room and the large bathtub inside.

Cheng Xi knew how to enjoy life; he had such a nice room, but Zhu Zhu didn't even have one.

Little did she know, this was the hotel's most luxurious presidential suite, one of only two in the entire hotel.

After Cheng Xiao arrived at Cheng Xi's room, she immediately called the service hotline and ordered red wine, fruit platter, and other items.

Enjoy a relaxing bath.

Let's also take a look at what's special about Cheng Xi's room.

Speaking of this, Cheng Xiao also felt embarrassed.

This is the boss's room, so I'm probably much faster than Xiaotian and Zhou Ye.

So while taking a bath, I put on a face mask and started a video call with the other two kids on my phone.

Such a great opportunity, it would be a shame not to show it off.

As soon as the video started, Tian Xiwei and Zhou Ye were extremely surprised.

Tian Xiwei: "Xiao Xiao, this bathtub is so big, where are you? Where's the boss?"

Zhou Ye: "Cheng Xiao, you're so lecherous. You're video chatting with us without wearing any clothes on."

Cheng Xiao chuckled proudly:
"I'm in the water, you can't see me. Let me tell you, this is..."

As Cheng Xiao spoke, she looked around, her expression full of secret interest, which piqued the interest of the two children.

"But what? Tell me!"

"This is Old Cheng Xi's room!"

After saying that, he waited for the two of them to look extremely surprised.

Sure enough, Tian Xiwei was stunned when she heard this, her mouth agape, unable to react.

Upon hearing that it was Cheng Xi's room and that Cheng Xiao was taking a bath, Zhou Ye immediately jumped up and shouted:

"Impossible! How could Cheng Xi let you take a bath in his bathtub? Xiao Xiao, who are you trying to fool! Cheng Xi loves me the most!"

Cheng Xiao, however, said with a smug look on his face:
"Believe it or not, Cheng Xi would like someone like you with an A cup. He's much older than me, and his taste is definitely not like yours."

The three boys are usually sharp-tongued, but they don't mean any harm.

They are both very clear about each other's situation.

If Cheng Xiao had said that normally, Zhou Ye wouldn't have thought much of it.

But at this moment, it was indeed unusually jarring.

"Cheng Xiao, you bomb, don't come back. If you do, I'll defuse your mine."

The more irritable Zhou Ye became, the more exhilarated Cheng Xiao felt.

Among the three members of TFBOYS, Jay Chou was vaguely considered the eldest, and she was also the one who had been with the boss the longest and was the one the boss liked the most.

And he would always subtly flaunt it in front of her and Tian Xiwei.

This made it hard for Cheng Xiao not to feel jealous.

Today, the balance of power is different. Although it was all a facade, and I only told half of what I meant and hid the other half, I still felt very satisfied to see Zhou Ye's angry face.

This is what they call sisterhood or best friendhood.

I'm worried that my best friend will suffer, but I'm also worried that she'll actually find a rich and handsome husband!
That's worse than killing your best friends.

Tian Xiwei also realized what was happening at this moment.

"Xiao Xiao, are you serious? What are you doing in Cheng Xi's room?"

When Cheng Xiao heard Xiao Tian ask what he wanted to do, his face turned even redder.

Because she knew what the ambiguity she was giving was.

"No, nothing. There's a bathtub here, so I just wanted to take a bath."

"But I'm going to have some red wine with Cheng Xi later, after we finish drinking..."

As she spoke, Cheng Xiao picked up a glass of red wine and raised it for the two little ones to see.

This further enraged Zhou Ye.

I want to end the video call now.

Cheng Xiao realized she had gone a bit too far with her act, so she quickly and guiltily changed the subject, saying:
"Let me tell you, there's a gold digger tonight, she says she used to be Cheng Xi's classmate."

"Then after filming, I drank with Cheng Xi and then clung to her and wouldn't get down."

"Finally, I saw Cheng Xi pull that gold digger into his car with my own eyes. That gold digger pretended to be pitiful and innocent, and even cried. I was so angry when I saw it!"

Zhou Ye: "How could Cheng Xi do this? He can't even recognize a gold digger! They're all after Cheng Xi's money!"

Tian Xiwei, however, was not focused on this aspect and asked:
"Hey, Xiao Xiao, is that woman pretty?"

"Uh, what's so interesting about it? Can anyone be as pretty as Dilraba?"

"Yes, yes."

"That's good!"

But just as the three of them were chatting, Cheng Xi walked in whistling.

Cheng Xiao also heard the noise and turned towards the door. (End of Chapter)