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Chapter 215 Hot Bar: Little Fellow Villager, Do You Regret It?

"Mr. Chen, um, Mengmeng had some symptoms of food poisoning yesterday..."

Hearing He Jiong's report call, Chen Xiu looked up at Meng Ziyi, who was lying on the sofa, holding a fruit bowl, with his legs crossed, eating blueberries with a contented expression.

"Oh, she has food poisoning."

"Yes, she seemed pretty listless when she got home after the recording today..."

Looking at that dangling, fair and delicate little foot, Chen Xiu thought: This condition couldn't be better.

However, He Jiong made the call with good intentions, so he responded normally.

"Teacher He, thank you for taking care of me on the show. I think there should be no problem with the meaning of the words."

"That's good. In that case, I won't bother you any longer."

"Well, that's troublesome."

"You're welcome."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xiu silently sighed in her heart: He Jiong's emotional intelligence is still not a problem.

As Chen Xiugang slowly walked to the sofa and leaned back, Meng Ziyi had already picked out the largest blueberry from the bowl and raised it directly above his head.

After sucking the blueberry into her mouth, Chen Xiu raised her hand and ruffled Meng Ziyi's hair.

"Teacher He called to say you have food poisoning?"

"Uh...yes, yes, yes!"

Meng Ziyi, who was stunned for only two seconds, nodded repeatedly. Perhaps feeling that her expression was not quite realistic, she clutched her stomach and cried out in pain as soon as she finished nodding.

"Ouch~, I felt a little better when I came back, but now my stomach is hurting again."

"Let me touch it."

As she spoke, Chen Xiu placed her hand on Meng Ziyi's flat stomach.

The two already understood each other perfectly, and Meng Ziyi, with her face flushed, didn't protest against his intimate gesture.

After touching her for a while, Chen Xiu suddenly used her other hand to lift Meng Ziyi's chin, making her look up at her from the sofa.

"Hmm~, what's wrong?"

"Your intestines are very quiet, without any of the discomfort or movement you would experience after food poisoning."

"You, you, how do you know about this?"

"Have you forgotten what my mother does?"

Chen Xiu lowered her head and kissed Meng Ziyi, whispering something in her ear.

"When I was a child, I didn't want to go to school, so I would pretend to have a stomachache, and that's how my mom cured me..."

"Puch~"

Meng Ziyi turned around and laughed repeatedly.

When the laughter subsided, Chen Xiucai went to bring that bright smile back to her face.

"Why are you faking illness when you're perfectly healthy?"

"Hehe, I'll pretend to be sick so I can eat less of what Teacher Huang cooks in the future! And then, I can use that as an excuse to trick you into being a guest on the show."

"Hmm? Are you sure I'll go, since you're being so honest?"

"Because there's a reason you absolutely have to go!"

Seeing Chen Xiu approaching with a puzzled look, Meng Ziyi reached out and grabbed his face, pulling it down. She smacked him a few times before explaining why she had to go.

Is Wang Zhonglei going to be a guest on "Back to Field"?

Chen Xiu looked at the clueless beauty who kept nodding with a strange expression, thinking: You're using all your intelligence on me, pretending to be sick and then trying to find out the identity of the next guest...

Despite the complaints, now that Chen Xiu knew Wang Zhonglei was going on "Back to Field," she naturally wouldn't let Meng Ziyi deal with him alone.

The next episode of "Back to Field" will be filmed at the end of the month, which is also a few days before the start of filming for "Qin King's Battle Song".

By then, Chen Xiu had basically finished all the work she needed to do, and Wei Feng and director Lu Yang were keeping an eye on things related to the film crew.

Lu Yang was mainly responsible for the court drama and the love story between Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun in "The Song of Qin King Breaking the Enemy's Formation", which accounted for 30% of the series. The war drama accounted for 70%, which was personally handled by Chen Xiu.

Since the film crew doesn't need to look after her, Chen Xiu can finally free up some time.

"Alright! I'll call He Jiong later and ask him to be a guest star."

"real!?"

Meng Ziyi chuckled as he stood up, turning around to stare at Chen Xiu with a look of surprise.

When Chen Xiu nodded in confirmation, she even raised her hand and clapped, as if she had suddenly received a gift she had always wanted, to express her excitement.

After clapping, Meng Ziyi, feeling that her actions might affect Chen Xiu's work arrangements, became embarrassed and awkward again.

"Um, Xiu-ge'er..."

Why are you suddenly like this?

"Hmm, I'm afraid I might interfere with your work schedule."

"It won't be that bad. I'll definitely handle everything." Chen Xiu shook her head, indicating that she didn't need to worry.

Meng Ziyi knelt on the sofa, pursed her lips, and then suddenly raised her right index finger to indicate that she had thought of a good idea.

"Hey! Xiu-ge, do you want to advertise on 'Back to Field'? Like you advertised on 'Love O2O' last year, to promote Douyin."

"The two shows are different in nature. 'Love O2O' is about online games and romance, and is aimed at urban young people, so it is more suitable for Douyin promotion. 'Back to Field' focuses on a slow pace, so it is more suitable for mobile phone brands and food brands to advertise."

"Then, Douyin's current development direction is to improve the quality of content. Sister Xiaoxiao is already doing this, and it's quite effective so far. As for promotion, we can just continue to rely on the second round of broadcasts of 'Love O2O'."

To encourage the dim-witted beauty to use her brain more, Chen Xiu explained the logic here very clearly.

However, seeing Meng Ziyi tilting her head and deep in thought, Chen Xiu felt it was better not to make things difficult for her by challenging her with projects she wasn't good at.

"Alright, stop thinking about it. Go take a shower first!"

During the three days of filming, Meng Ziyi only did a simple wash and did not take a shower in the Mushroom House.

Now that she's home, the first thing she should do is take a good shower, but for some reason, when Chen Xiu saw her at home, Meng Ziyi clearly hadn't taken a shower yet.

Upon hearing Chen Xiu's greeting, Meng Ziyi opened his arms to him and explained why he hadn't taken a shower immediately.

"Brother Xiu, carry me to the bathroom together."

"Yeah, that's okay."

Although he had studied and practiced tactics with Reba for three days, Chen Xiu still had plenty of energy.

He reached out and picked up Meng Ziyi, and the two walked towards the stairs...

……

Inside the study at Wanliu Academy.

Wearing a bathrobe, Reba sat in the same chair Chen Xiu often sat in, smiling as he flipped through the "Zizhi Tongjian" that he usually read.

When you like someone, you'll always try to get closer to them in terms of hobbies and habits.

At first, Reba couldn't understand the classical Chinese stories in "Zizhi Tongjian" either, but as long as you put your heart into it, you will definitely reap the rewards.

During the months she spent filming "Wolf Warrior 2" in Africa, she brought a copy of "Zizhi Tongjian" with her.

When she's not filming and is staying in the hotel, she'll look up meanings on her phone and browse through them. Although she gets sleepy at first, she gets used to it.

Now, his grades are good enough to read without a mobile phone.

I carefully read the story in the "Tang Annals" about Li Shimin's pacification of Luoyang, his refusal of Li Yuan's concubines' demands for money, and his plan to distribute the spoils of war to those who had made contributions.

Reba couldn't help but recall nestled in Chen Xiu's arms, his tone and expression as he earnestly explained things, and those thick, warm chest muscles...

Thinking of this, Reba's cheeks flushed with a rosy glow, and her hands began to gently rub the leather on the chair.

Yesterday, she and Chen Xiu discussed it here...

There was a time when Reba also thought about squeezing out Meng Ziyi and making herself truly the top dog.

However, the more she learned about Chen Xiu, the more she realized that the possibility of this happening was becoming increasingly slim.

Chen Xiu wasn't the kind of man who would do anything for a woman. Reba realized this a long time ago. She felt that if Meng Ziyi wanted to break up with him one day, Chen Xiu wouldn't have any major emotional fluctuations.

Will Meng Ziyi take the initiative to break up?

The moment the question popped into Reba's mind, she subconsciously hoped that Meng Ziyi would one day have a mental breakdown and bring it up.

Then, she quickly realized that even if Meng Ziyi wasn't very bright, he probably wouldn't act impulsively in this kind of situation... Only a fool would break up with Chen Xiu!
With this in mind, Reba quickly thought of the fool Nezha.

These past few days, she's been spending time with Chen Xiuwen and hasn't had a chance to contact her fellow villager. Now that she has some free time, she can go and ask her.

Picking up the phone from the table, Reba found the WeChat account she hadn't contacted in years. Although they hadn't been in contact, their Moments posts were still visible, so there was no possibility that the WeChat account had been taken over by someone else.

After careful consideration, Reba edited a seemingly simple yet profound text.

"Nezha, how have things been going with work and life lately?"

Reba thought she would have to wait a long time to receive a reply from Nezha, or she might not receive a reply at all.

However, the truth is that Nezha not only replied, but also replied very quickly, and the content of his reply is quite worthy of examination.

"My work has been going well lately, and my life is going okay, but I still haven't had a boyfriend."

Who asked about your boyfriend?
Did I mention my boyfriend in the message I just sent?
Reba shouted in her heart, but quickly typed out the words.

"Oh, so you're not looking for a boyfriend because of work, or do you just not want to?"

"No, actually I've always had someone I liked, but we broke up because of some misunderstandings, and I'm still trying to get them back..."

Reba stared blankly at the message on her phone, thinking: I only played a 3 to test you, and you immediately threw in four 2s?
Before Reba could even think of how to reply to this provocative message, Nezha on the other side had already begun a barrage of messages.

"Baba, how did you end up switching from Jiaxing to Datang?"

"Does Datang still sign new artists? I think they only sign newcomers and not veterans in the industry."

"What has your boss Chen Xiu been up to lately? Is his new movie about to start filming? Where are the filming locations?"

"Don't tell anyone what I'm telling you. I'm only telling you this because I consider you a friend. And please, please don't tell Chen Xiu..."

Reba pouted, because in her opinion, the last message could be translated as: You absolutely must tell Chen Xiu about me!

(End of this chapter)