From the photo, it looks as if it was taken from a window. There’s a red bell tower, and the ti on it is exactly now.
Surrounding the bell tower are villas, suggesting this is a villa district. So, is she at ho now?
Although Bai Chengxi doesn’t often use his Monts, he has tens of millions of Weibo followers. When he posted the picture asking netizens to help identify the location of the bell tower in the photo, it imdiately drew tens of thousands of replies.
He scrolled through the answers and finally confird that this is the Red Mansion Villa District in Aus City.
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Zhuo Yuqing woke up from a nap, habitually grabbed her phone to check, and found a variety of bizarre answers,
She scrolled all the way to the end without seeing Bai Chengxi’s na, sighing with so disappointnt. In fact, the reason she posted this Monts update was to catch Bai Chengxi’s attention, which was a little trick often used by young girls.
After posting it, she received no phone call from him, no ssage, no reply; he seed to have vanished without a trace.
Zhuo Yuqing tossed and turned in bed, feeling restless. She tossed her phone aside and grabbed her laptop to browse entertainnt news.
During the festive season, there weren’t many headlines, but Zhuo Yuqing still noticed a piece of news about soone signing with Chengguang Entertainnt.
Su Yingluo was once a sensation across the nation,
With a cash cow like Su Yingluo, Bai Chengxi’s Star Motion should have tried to sign her unreservedly. Why would they give Chengguang Entertainnt such an opportunity? This seed illogical.
At the start of her career, she was affected by a plastic surgery scandal, but later a certification of no costic surgery from a plastic surgery hospital gradually cald the matter down.
Su Yingluo belonged to that type of woman with a graceful aura; not breathtakingly gorgeous but soone who naturally made people feel at ease and curious to keep looking.
Just as Zhuo Yuqing was about to look for other news, her phone suddenly rang. Seeing the familiar caller ID, she beca so excited that her hand trembled,
Almost in a panic, she leaned over the bed head and stretched her arm trying to pick up the phone, afraid that if she delayed even a second, he would hang up.
"Hello." Because of her nervousness and haste, Zhuo Yuqing’s voice was breathless.
After a while, the voice on the other end said slowly: "Open the window."
"What?" Zhuo Yuqing was puzzled and did not understand what he ant.
"Open the window." Bai Chengxi repeated.
Zhuo Yuqing blinked, slowly realizing, but she still got out of bed according to his request, pulled the curtains aside, and pushed open the window.
Outside in the yard was a huge banyan tree, and under it, Bai Chengxi stood wearing a black coat, with his hands in his pockets. His khaki trousers made his legs look long. He looked up at her; his gaze was dark but with a hint of shimr.
Zhuo Yuqing was suddenly reminded of a comic she read in her younger years. The protagonist of the story stood just like this under the winter sky, gazing deeply at the heroine approaching.
Though there was no heavy snow, though there was no deep affection,
She did not realize that this feeling is actually called yearning.
"Bai Chengxi." Zhuo Yuqing leaned on the window, waving her hand vigorously at him, "It’s cold outside, co on up."
"Co down here." Bai Chengxi did not move, "I’ll wait for you."
"Okay." Zhuo Yuqing shrank her neck, turned around, and found a beige coat to put over her pajamas, then ran downstairs thump thump thump.
The maid was cleaning in the living room and seeing her rush, couldn’t help but remind her: "Miss, take it easy."
"Got it." Zhuo Yuqing left behind two words and had already dashed out the door.
The maid shook her head, wondering what was making the young lady so hurried.
Zhuo Yuqing pushed the door open and headed straight for the banyan tree. Bai Chengxi was still there, leaning against the tree trunk and smoking, his chiseled face looking even more handso and captivating through the swirls of smoke.
Hearing the breathless panting, he extinguished his cigarette; then, lifting his head, he saw Zhuo Yuqing hurriedly running over, her forehead slick with a thin sheen of sweat.
"Why run? In the morning when I told you to jog, I didn’t see you this eager." Bai Chengxi took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, "Wipe it off."
Zhuo Yuqing took it over. He liked to use the blue and white checkered handkerchief, which was from a foreign luxury brand, and he seed to have bought a whole box of them.
There was a faint scent of cologne on the handkerchief, which slled really good.
"How did you know where I live?" Zhuo Yuqing was very curious; she had never told him where she lived. Aus City was so big, how on earth did he manage to find out?
"You posted a photo." Bai Chengxi replied indifferently.
"What photo?" Could it be that he found this place through a photo?
"Bai Chengxi, are you Conan? You’re amazing." Zhuo Yuqing couldn’t hide her excitent, as she had thought he was totally indifferent to her social dia, yet he had actually followed this clue and co straight here.
"By the way, when did you get here? Why didn’t you call ? I would have picked you up at the airport."
Bai Chengxi thought of the scene he had witnessed in the mall, and his face instantly turned a bit unpleasant.
Perhaps it was because he had been quiet for so long, Zhuo Yuqing noticed sothing was off and thought he was angry that she didn’t inform him about returning to Aus City. She lowered her head, sounding sowhat lacking in confidence, "Why don’t you co upstairs to sit? It’s cold outside."
"Aren’t you afraid of your parents seeing us?" Bai Chengxi’s slightly sarcastic tone made Zhuo Yuqing lower her head even more. Her feet, still in slippers, rubbed back and forth on the ground, her pitiful look made Bai Chengxi swallow back the words he was about to say. Was he pressing her too hard?
"They’re not ho." Zhuo Yuqing’s voice was even lower.
Bai Chengxi was just about to say no need, but suddenly heard soone say, "Miss, is this your friend? Please co in and sit, it’s cold outside."
It turned out to be a servant, who, fearing Zhuo Yuqing would catch a cold by running out, had followed her outside to check.
"Let’s go." Zhuo Yuqing gently tugged at his sleeve and looked at him sowhat pleadingly.
In the end, Bai Chengxi was defeated by her innocent gaze. It was already impulsive of him to co here, and he’d begun to regret standing below the building until he saw her. The self-reproach stopped only when he saw her. He never intended to go inside; the way she was sneaking around made it seem as if marrying him was sothing to be ashad of. Why should he shalessly push his way up and end up making her unhappy?
Once inside the Zhuo Family mansion, Zhuo Yuqing was also worried Zhuo Yao might suddenly co back, so she took Bai Chengxi to her room on the second floor.
When the servant heard the sound of them closing the door, she imdiately muttered to herself as if she had discovered a new continent, "My goodness, is Miss dating a boyfriend? She even brought him ho. I wonder if the lady would be happy to know about this? But if the master finds out..."
The servant shook her head in so fright, not daring to imagine any further.
As soon as Zhuo Yuqing entered the room, she locked the door, which imdiately drew Bai Chengxi’s discontent. Was she making him out to be such an embarrassnt?
Noticing his grim face, Zhuo Yuqing hurriedly poured him a cup of hot water, "Here, drink so hot water to warm up."
Bai Chengxi’s face was expressionless as he sat down on a sofa to one side and casually observed her room.
It was just like the room she stayed in in Aus City, filled with the air of a young girl everywhere,
The quilt on the bed wasn’t folded, and was ssily spread out, as if she had just gotten out of bed.
Thinking of his own sleepless night, Bai Chengxi felt an inexplicable anger.
As he got angry, his deanor turned cold and he didn’t take the water she offered, maintaining an unfriendly expression.
Zhuo Yuqing brazenly pushed the cup into his hands again. Seeing her flushed cheeks and her shiny big eyes, Bai Chengxi was unable to unleash his anger and finally took the water.
"Don’t be angry, okay?" Zhuo Yuqing sat down on the bed opposite him, "I didn’t an to not tell you on purpose."
Bai Chengxi watched her quietly, not saying a word, but he was clearly expecting an answer. He had co this far not to end up with nothing; he truly wanted to live a good life with her, so so issues couldn’t just be left unresolved.
"Actually, I’ve wanted to tell you for a long ti, I just couldn’t find the right opportunity." Zhuo Yuqing fidgeted with the bedsheet beneath her, looking at him with a hint of guilt, "About our marriage, I haven’t told my family yet. It’s not that I don’t want to introduce you to my family, but my dad has doted on since I was small, he disagrees with having boyfriends at this age, let alone getting married, so I’ve been looking for a chance to persuade him. He sotis has a bad temper, and I don’t want you to be scolded or aggrieved by him."
The more Zhuo Yuqing talked, the more she felt she was in the wrong. This issue was her problem, she hadn’t handled it well, and it had nothing to do with Bai Chengxi.
After a long silence, Zhuo "Fool, then how do you plan to explain it to your dad?"
Zhuo Yuqing felt wronged and vigorously shook her head, "I haven’t figured it out yet."
"This isn’t just your concern; it’s about both of us. It’s your responsibility to break the news to him, and my duty is to earn his approval, so," his smooth and magnetic voice was like music to the ears, calming down Zhuo Yuqing’s restless heart bit by bit.
For so reason, after hearing such a response from him, she suddenly gained more confidence, feeling like she wasn’t fighting alone anymore.
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