"Don't be polite to me, my relative...what?" Liu Qingli, who was talking about herself, suddenly became speechless. She looked at Mrs. Zhou in disbelief and stammered, "But, but, how did I hear that Master Zhou likes ——”
Mrs. Zhou interrupted her: "Can I not know my son's preferences? Mrs. Liu, don't be ridiculous."
The ladies who couldn't clearly see the situation started laughing. Let's just say that Liu Qingli, a country bumpkin who relied on her natal sisters to get into a wealthy family, how could she be on good terms with Mrs. Zhou?
"Mrs. Liu is making a joke again, hahaha..."
"This ability to make people happy is really increasing. I admire you even if you don't agree with anyone, Mrs. Liu."
Several people covered their mouths and laughed, and Liu Qingli's face became particularly ugly, in stark contrast to when she came. But after finally sitting here, if she leaves like this, I don’t know how long it will take to have this tea party with the ladies again.
Liu Qingli knew it must be Bai Xingyi's fault, so she couldn't blame anyone else and could only hold back.
Mrs. Zhou didn't know what Liu Qingli's purpose was at first, so she casually responded with a few words. Now that she knows, she can continue chatting with her sisters calmly.
"Mrs. Liu may have remembered it wrong. I accept your kindness. You should keep the food for yourself."
After Mrs. Zhou finished speaking, she stopped looking at her and got up to go to the bathroom. There were people nearby who wanted to talk to her. When Mrs. Zhou left, they winked at Liu Qingli.
"You and I switch places."
The circle was full of people who were unwilling to do anything for their own benefit. Normally, this person would not talk to her at all, but now he was giving away some benefits for a position, but Liu Qingli had no reason to disagree.
She sat at the edge of the flower hall under the gaze of others. When Mrs. Zhou came back, as if she hadn't seen her, she passed by her and sat back down in her seat.
Liu Qingli gritted her teeth with hatred, and her mood remained anxious until the end of the tea party. She took the bag and left in disgrace.
I went to the apartment to look for Bai Xingyi, but came up empty-handed. After asking the security guard, he learned that Bai Xingyi had not been home for several days.
As a result, Bai Xingyi sent the screenshot on time that night.
Liu Qingli looked at the screenshots and saw nothing unusual. She called Bai Xingyi's number to find out what was going on, but she couldn't get through after three attempts.
The angry Liu Qingli touched Bai Xingyi's work place early the next morning.
As soon as the people in the studio saw her, they knew that this person was Team Leader Bai's mother and asked people to call Ruan Qing.
Ruan Qing came quickly, greeted the person to sit down, and asked: "Auntie, why are you here?"
Liu Qingli also knew her and asked angrily: "Ruan Qing, do you know what Xingyi did? She didn't go home for several days and didn't answer her phone calls. She has to worry about the dead."
Listening to what she said, Ruan Qing had an idea. It seemed that Bai Xingyi didn't tell her about going out to scout the scenery.
Seeing the confused look on Liu Qingli's face, Ruan Qing thought for a while and felt that there was nothing bad to say, so he told her truthfully: "Auntie, it's like this. .”
After Ruan Qing finished speaking, Liu Qingli said angrily: "You didn't even bother to tell me when you went to scout for scenery. It made me worry about her!"
There was unconcealable anger on her face, which made Ruan Qing feel that it was not the case, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to explain to her:
"Auntie, Xingyi went out in a hurry. Maybe she didn't have time to tell you. Let me think about it...she should have gone to the mountains. The signal may not be very good. She will be back in a few days. Don't worry. Don't worry about her. .”
"Just cover it up for her." Liu Qingli glanced at her, snorted, picked up her bag and left without drinking any tea.
Ruan Qing touched her nose and looked at her back for a while, then remembered to send a message to Bai Xingyi.
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Nancheng, Qiuye Mountain.
There are critical flaws in the design idea. In order to submit the draft before the deadline, Bai Xingyi went to her inspirational place to shoot the scene.
It's autumn and the air is crisp. Just walking on the mountain trail makes me feel relaxed physically and mentally. Bai Xingyi brought a drawing book with him this time and drew while walking. From time to time he took out his mobile phone to take a few pictures, but the battery soon ran out.
I thought there was a temple on the mountain that had been renovated a few years ago and should have electricity.
Afraid that others would not be able to contact her, Bai Xingyi put away her notebook and walked along the mountain path to the top of the mountain.
She walked slowly, and when she reached the place, the sun had already risen directly above her head. Just as she was about to enter, a monk suddenly walked out of the temple and stopped her.
"Female donor, you can't enter here today. There are important people worshiping inside."
Bai Xingyi didn't listen and pointed to the words on the side, "Isn't it written free? Why are no people allowed in today?"
The monk leaned down slightly and explained to her good-naturedly: "The temple is private. The master's family is here today, so please cooperate with the donor."
Bai Xingyi immediately understood that someone had reserved the venue. She was surprised and a little embarrassed at the same time. Her mobile phone was out of battery and she was still hungry. However, she had not brought any food, and she had no strength to walk down the mountain. At the moment, she could only go to the temple to rest. She couldn't think of any other good place to go.
But seeing the monk's persistence, he didn't know what to do.
Bai Xingyi felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to leave and look elsewhere. Just when she was about to turn around, she was suddenly stopped by a voice.
"Miss Bai."
Hearing this familiar voice, Bai Xingyi turned around and took a look.
It turned out to be Zhou Si whom I met at the banquet that day.
Unexpectedly, she didn't expect to see him here. Bai Xingyi instantly remembered those chat screenshots, and was very embarrassed when she said hello: "Master Zhou, good afternoon."
Immediately he understood, "It turns out this is Master Zhou's house."
That's quite a coincidence.
Listening to her words, Zhou Si nodded to her: "Our family comes here every year to burn incense. I heard your voice when I came out, and thought it was an illusion. When I came out, I saw that it was really Miss Bai."
He asked curiously: "What is Miss Bai doing here?"
Bai Xingyi said he was here to collect information, and Zhou Si was confused. Bai Xingyi briefly explained his work to him, and the man suddenly understood.
"I see."
"I originally wanted to go into the temple to ask for a meal, but I didn't expect that a monk would stop me from entering."
Sensing her somewhat disappointed tone, Zhou immediately understood and said to the monk next to him: "This is my distinguished guest. I will take her in with me, no problem."
After listening to his words, the monk let him go and extended his hand to Bai Xingyi: "Female donor, please come in."
It took no effort. Bai Xingyi felt the benefits of connections, curved his lips and smiled, thanking Zhou Si.
Zhou Si took her into the yard and warned: "Today, everyone in the Zhou family is here to worship their ancestors. We have set up an altar and no one can come in or out at will to avoid damage. I can bring you in, but you can't mess around at will." Move around.”
Bai Xingyi was somewhat interested in offering sacrifices, but after hearing what he said, he stopped thinking about it.
She nodded to Zhou Si, "Thank you, Master Zhou, for your help. I'll just take a look and you can go do your work."
Zhou Si was really busy. After hearing this, he asked someone to take her to the backyard and walked forward.
The worship service is about to begin.
