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Chapter 118 The flustered, silly beauty

Fragrant Hills Serenade, in a living room brightly lit.

Meng Ziyi, who had been busy since returning home, finally presented his "achievements" to Chen Xiu.

"what is this?"

Chen Xiu looked cautiously at the bowl in Meng Ziyi's hand.

The contents inside look a bit like cement, but they are actually the secret face mask recipe of the silly beauty.

This whitening secret seems to be something every female celebrity has, but the effectiveness varies from person to person.

"Just lie there, you don't need to worry about anything else!"

Meng Ziyi pressed Chen Xiu down onto the recliner, and then, ignoring his objections, used the silicone brush in the bowl to apply the "cement" bit by bit to his face.

After it was finished, Meng Ziyi squatted down next to the recliner and chuckled as he looked at Chen Xiu, whose eyes were the only part of her body visible.

"Hahaha! You look just like an Easter Island statue right now!"

"Uh-huh……"

With her mouth covered in a face mask, Chen Xiu picked up her phone and started chatting with Sister Meng face-to-face on WeChat.

After sending the message, he gestured for Meng Ziyi to take a look.

Meng Ziyi put the bowl and silicone brush on the ground, took out his phone, and started checking messages.

"My lips are smeared with paper, could you please use a tissue to wipe them off?"

"Hahaha."

Meng Ziyi, holding her phone, laughed so hard she made a goose-like sound, but she still took out a tissue to wipe the face mask off Chen Xiu's lips.

"I was thinking of quickly applying the mask, but actually this mask doesn't need to be applied to the lips."

There seems to be about half left in the bowl.

Chen Xiu stared at the porcelain bowl on the ground and said.

Glancing at his feet, Meng Ziyi nodded: "Hmm! I cooked a bit too much."

"Let's switch places then."

Chen Xiu got up from the recliner and directly switched roles with the silly beauty.

Meng Ziyi often makes this face mask recipe for herself in private, so she naturally doesn't feel any fear of it.

Chen Xiu squatted down next to the recliner and, mimicking Meng Ziyi's earlier actions, slowly brushed the "cement" onto her face, omitting her mouth.

When the two cement-faced figures appeared together in the full-length mirror in the living room, Chen Xiu and Meng Ziyi laughed so hard they went crazy.

The two started by staring at each other and laughing, then made funny faces at each other to make each other laugh, and finally each took out their phones to take a picture of the scene.

The fun between couples is always simple and uncomplicated; the key is that both of them enjoy it.

Chen Xiu and Meng Ziyi squatted in front of the mirror, mouth to mouth, all four eyes glancing sideways at the mirror, looking like two Easter Island statues kissing...

"Snap!" *2
"Let me see first! Let me see first!"

As Meng Ziyi took back her phone, she didn't forget to push Chen Xiu's phone aside so she could look at the group photo first.

In the phone photo, two cement faces were pressed together, and then, echoing the image of a person in the mirror, they turned into four cement faces.

"Haha! Xiu-ge, you look so silly like this. Don't you take selfies often?"

While complaining about Chen Xiu, Meng Ziyi took a selfie.

Looking at the group photos on her phone, Chen Xiu agreed with her assessment: "I don't usually take many selfies."

"Come on, look at the selfie I took, and I'll teach you how to pose."

Meng Ziyi showed Chen Xiu the photos she had just taken, and then helped him pose for a selfie.

First, you have to look upwards at a 45-degree angle. Second, you have to abandon the habit of not looking at the camera when acting and look at the camera with deep affection... When she reached this point, Chen Xiu unilaterally announced that she was giving up the skill of taking selfies.

In response to this result, Meng Ziyi protested: "You're a celebrity now, how can you not know how to take selfies?"

“When we’re together, I’m pretty good at taking photos, but when I’m alone, I don’t have that need.”

Chen Xiu waved his hand, indicating that it was not a big problem.

Meng Ziyi pouted and thought about it for a moment, then realized that it was indeed true.

"Then from now on, I'll take your photos..."

"We'll talk about the future later. We're going to Shanghai in a few days. Aren't you going to make some preparations?"

Chen Xiu's skill in changing the subject remains as smooth as ever.

Meng Ziyi didn't think about it in detail and said bluntly, "What do we need to prepare? Can't we just prepare our luggage before we leave?"

"Hmm~, we joined the crew on August 20th. Aren't you curious why we went to Shanghai two days earlier?"

"why?"

The silly beauty blinked, still not understanding.

Chen Xiu stared at her for a long time, hinting, before finally giving up and revealing the answer.

"Last year, around this time, didn't I say I would arrange to take you home to meet my parents? Have you forgotten?"

The moment after saying that, Chen Xiu witnessed the limit of what Meng Ziyi's eyes could hold.

The silly beauty's peach blossom eyes widened to resemble two round apricots, her deep brown pupils slowly opening, and her petal-like red lips parted so wide they could almost fit an egg, clearly showing her astonishment... Chen Xiu stared at her for a long while, and in the end, it was Sister Meng who processed the information herself.

"Hey! You, you, why didn't you say so sooner?!"

Covered in cement, Meng Ziyi was so anxious that he started pacing around the pillar in the living room, and his pace continued to increase.

As Chen Xiu watched her leave, she explained, "Aren't I telling you now?"

"There are only three days left! How can I possibly prepare?"

"Actually, there's no need to prepare anything. I'm just taking you back for a meal. It just so happens that Professor Chen and Director Zhao's days off are scheduled for the same day, and then they'll be going back to their respective units."

"Even meals need to be prepared properly!"

Meng Ziyi stopped walking around the pillar, took two steps forward to Chen Xiu, and said righteously, "Do you know how important first impressions are! If your uncle and aunt don't like me, then in the future..."

“I’ve already shown them your photos, and they didn’t say they didn’t like them.”

"Well, I need to get ready too! This outfit isn't quite right, and those platform shoes don't look formal enough..."

Seeing Meng Ziyi start her rambling, Chen Xiu put her arm around her shoulder, looked into her eyes and said, "Sister Meng, relax, it's okay!"

"How could nothing be wrong? Three days to prepare is far too little!"

"Have you forgotten that when I first met Sister Qian, you only told me 30 minutes in advance?"

Chen Xiu's casual remark had a surprisingly good comforting effect.

Meng Ziyi's initially flustered expression suddenly froze, then was quickly replaced by embarrassment. Her toes, which were on the carpet, unconsciously began to pick at the woolen fabric.

"At that time, Sister Qian knew I was going to pick you up and was worried about my safety as a novice driver, so she drove me to the airport to pick you up. I only found out when I was about to leave that you were already on the plane."

"Sister Qian is very thoughtful."

Chen Xiu silently gave Meng's mother a thumbs up in her heart and continued to comfort her, "Don't be too nervous. I've already told my parents. It's just a simple meal. If you mind, we can eat at a hotel..."

"No need! We'll eat at home, we won't go out!"

Meng Ziyi's swift refusal made Chen Xiudu begin to think that her earlier nervousness was a facade.

Seeing Chen Xiu's strange look, Meng Ziyi reluctantly lowered his hand: "I just felt that going to a hotel for the first meeting was a bit odd, like a blind date."

"Ah, that's true."

Chen Xiu nodded, then took Meng Ziyi's hand and walked towards the bathroom.

"We'll have to see each other sooner or later anyway, so don't overthink it! Should we wash this off our faces?"

"Yes, yes, yes, my face is getting dehydrated from going too long!"

Remembering that she still had a face mask on, Meng Ziyi grabbed Chen Xiu and hurried towards the bathroom.

Compared to the challenge of eating three days later, the current problem of facial dehydration is obviously more serious.

After washing their faces, the two then got into the bathtub.

The large bathtub, which housed Chen Xiu and Meng Ziyi, did not feel crowded.

With a headscarf tied around her forehead, Sister Meng took a bath and still managed to ask Chen Xiu about his parents' preferences.

"Brother Xiu, what do your uncle and aunt usually like to do?"

"My dad likes reading, and my mom likes playing mahjong. Are you going to give them books and mahjong sets?"

Meng Ziyi bit her lip, her face showing a moment of hesitation, before finally shaking her head: "Giving these two things seems a bit inappropriate, doesn't it?"

"They wouldn't mind if you gave it to them."

"forget it!"

Seeing Sister Meng troubled by her own thoughts, Chen Xiu reached out and dab some foam onto her face: "If you just visit normally, my parents will like you."

"why?"

“My dad won’t interfere with my choices. He thinks that as long as I like it, that’s fine. My mom thinks about the same thing, but she likes you because you’re so innocent.”

Upon hearing this assessment, Meng Ziyi glanced at Chen Xiu with a pout and raised her eyebrows, then her eyebrows shot up.

"Were you just saying I'm not smart?"

"No! I just said you're naive, not stupid."

Chen Xiu shook her head in denial with a straight face, as if there were some difference between the two words.

Meng Ziyi thought about it carefully, and perhaps because he felt that the word "simple" sounded somewhat cute, he chuckled.

"Brother Xiu, do you think things would be better if I asked Sister Qian to come to your house with me?"

"I'm not sure if it will get better, but I feel that calling Sister Qian now is a bit too fast."

Chen Xiu carefully advised, saying that bringing Meng Ziyi home for dinner was still considered a visit between boyfriend and girlfriend, but if Meng's mother came, the situation would be completely different.

Meng Ziyi, realizing his mistake, felt that his suggestion was too unreliable and immediately blushed deeply.

However, her blush was quite intense.

Even through the misty vapor, Chen Xiu could still see the blush rising beneath her fair skin, coupled with the silly beauty's shy expression and darting eyes...

Chen Xiu slowly moved to face Meng Ziyi, their eyes meeting: "Sister Meng, how about we play in the water together?"

"Playing in the water? Let me dry myself off first...mua~"

(End of this chapter)