The wooden window in front was high, so the line of sight was broad. Under the mist behind the tea plantation, you can see the tea plantation and the distant mountains. In the empty room, the wooden windows are wide open. The cool breeze is slow in the morning, and the air convection is also clean and fresh.
Mei Yaozhi sat on the hard carpet, sleepiness in his big eyes. His posture was casual, in sharp contrast to Liu Qianxiu, who sat upright before him.
There is a low table between the two people, with tea sets on the table, and a woman in Hanfu is performing the tea ceremony. The Longjing tea that has just been picked has a delicate green tea fragrance. The tea from the purple clay pot pours into the teacup, and the fragrance curls.
Mei Yaozhi takes another look at Liu Qianxiu. He was a highly self-disciplined and restrained person with a terrifying routine. Sitting this way, he watched the mist in the distant mountains gradually washed away by the sun. He seemed surrounded by a layer of immortal celestial air, incompatible with the world.
Yeah, it’s just out of place.
“Get up so early and drink tea at the tea house.” Mei Yaozhi took a cup of tea and drank it in one sip. The delicate fragrance went straight down his throat, making him less sleepy.
When the tea finished brewing, the woman withdrew back. Mei Yaozhi also straightened his body and began to talk about business. He handed the document to Liu Qianxiu and said, “The person you asked me to check it out last time.”
There was a crisp sound from the paper file bag, and Liu Qianxiu reached out and took it.
There is little information, only three pages up and down, but the content is very trivial and detailed. Mei Yaozhi briefly described it to Liu Qianxiu.
“The Mu family in Chengxi was engaged in cloth and tailoring. During the Republic of China, the family was prosperous and flourished in the 1980s. After the Mu family’s old lady passed away, Mu Yatang took over the Mu family’s business, but now it is not as good as before. Mu Wan followed her mother’s surname. Her Mother, Mu Qijun, became pregnant before she was married. To conceal this news, the Mu family said that Mu Wan was adopted by Mu Qijun. But she actually was born from her. The Mu family felt that Mu Wan had ruined their family tradition, so she was in a very unfavourable situation in the Mu family, especially after Mu Qijun’s death. Later, she moved out of Mu’s house as soon as she became an adult. Now, she has no contact with the Mu family.”
Mei Yaozhi recalled a small coincidence, then poured another cup of tea and said to Liu Qianxiu: “I used a trustworthy network of connections to find out the man who let Mu Qijun get pregnant before marriage, namely, Mu Wan’s father. Hey, it’s a coincidence that he is also...”
“Song Kangze.“ Liu Qianxiu said it lightly after reading the last page of the document.
Mei Yaozhi was taken aback and surprisedly said, “You really know him.”
Liu Qianxiu took out the second page of the document, which contained information about Mu Wan’s father. He looked down and said little.
“Then you asked me to check her because of her father?” After Mei Yaozhi finished speaking, Liu Qianxiu raised his eyes to look at him, noncommittal.
Mei Yao knew that he couldn’t understand Liu Qianxiu’s thoughts. He was like a pool of water, crystal clear to the bottom, but he couldn’t see how deep the pool was or what was at the bottom.
Without further questioning, he told Liu Qianxiu: “She is now an 18-line actress and some roles are quite hard to perform. If you want to help her, it’s just a matter of moving your fingers...”
Before Mei Yaozhi didn’t finish his word, his mobile phone rang. He glanced at it, got up, and said, “It’s time for me to go.”
Tapping his finger on the file bag, Liu Qianxiu saw him get up and said flatly, “Thank you.”
“What are you polite?” Mei Yaozhi smiled carelessly, remembering something before leaving. He tapped his head with his finger and said, “The old lady knows that I am looking for you this morning, and she let me tell you to come home with me for dinner in the evening.”
The old lady of the Mei family is Mei Yaozhi’s grandmother and Liu Qianxiu’s grandmother. Liu Qianxiu bent her lips, nodded, and said, “Okay.”
Mei Yaozhi also smiled and said, “Then I’m leaving. Oh, my dear mother, I usually haven’t had any tea in the morning. This is the first time I had a bellyful of tea...”
Before dawn, Mu Wan came to the photography base to shoot. This time, she was filming a war scene in which she played a military doctor. The scenes were blasting from dark to daybreak, and Mu Wan was choked with ashes.
It’s already daybreak, and the war scene shooting is over. She will make a sacrifice scene later, even if the filming of her role is finished.
She went back and forth to treat illnesses and save people. Mu Wan’s body lost her strength, and her back hurt. While the film crew was resting, she sat in a trench made of sacks and played Plants vs. Zombies.
The sunflower was not planted when her mobile phone shook, and a text message appeared at the top of the screen.
(Liu Dao Chang: Where are you?)
Mu Wan’s heart was shocked. She immediately opened the text message interface, tapped the keyboard, and replied to the message.
(Mu Wan: Filming at a photography base.)
After sending it out, Mu Wan’s teeth bit her lower lip and smiled, but she took a bite of ashes. She laughed and spat out two times, then returned one message.
(Mu Wan: How about you? What are you doing at home?)
He should be home now because he doesn’t have to work on Sunday.
Liu Qianxiu did not answer her question, but he returned another text message.
(Liu Dao Chang: I have an appointment tonight.)
With a smile on her face, Mu Wan understood what he meant. She shrank her back. Her small shoulders were slender and narrow, like a small tabby cat hiding in a corner. Suddenly, someone sat down next to her, choking on the dust. She coughed twice, and her mobile phone screen was dirty again.
“Mu Wan, look at that man. He’s so handsome!” Gao Mei sat beside her and pulled Mu Wan to let her look forward, “Is it an actor? It’s impossible. With this face, I would know if he’s an actor.”
Mu Wan felt a little sad, so she didn’t respond to Gao Mei, staring at her mobile phone screen to reply to the text message. Seeing that Mu Wan ignored herself, Gao Mei merely held Mu Wan’s face with her two fat hands, making her look toward the handsome guy.
“Hey...” Mu Wan’s small face crumpled into a small ball, her eyes swept randomly, and finally, she froze in front of her line of sight.
The smell of firearms and dust in the blasting scene is very nasty. Thick fumes billowed, and dust filled the sky. The man was standing there, wearing light-coloured clothing, with his body pure and meaningful. His eyes were light, clean, and cold. He looked independent from the rest of the world.
Mu Wan’s heart beat fast. She watched for two seconds and stood up from the trench.
Liu Qianxiu stood there, looking at Mu Wan from a distance. Her small face was dirty and dusty, with only one pair of eyes, which were still apparent and translucent. She was initially in disbelief when she saw him and then felt slightly flustered. She raised her hand and wiped the dust on her face. After wiping it for a long time, only a little piece of the cheek on the left showed the original whiteness.
She couldn’t clean it until the end, so she gave up and ran over from the trench. Her slender figure was agile and quick. She ran up to Li Qianxiu and looked back and forth at him several times as if she didn’t know for sure. After confirming finally, the corner of her eyes curled.
“What are you doing here?” Her voice trembled. She had just wiped her face, and her movement was too hard, so her face was a little red.
Liu Qianxiu looked at her quietly and said: “I don’t have time at night.”
“Huh?” Mu Wan was slightly confused. Her lips closed somewhat, and she nodded, “I know. I received your short...”
“Shall we have lunch together?”
The words in her throat stopped abruptly, and Mu Wan raised her head, her eyes brightened.
The author has something to say:Liu Daochang: Do you know what it means not to send you home?The relationship between the two has begun to change~
Thanks for the chapter! And so we finally know why the FL's family treat her and her mother so badly. It's understandable, even if it's not condonable :/
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Finally they are going to the next step 🤩
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