"We'll take the Ha Eighteen, ha eighteen, pure text premiere," Gu Xiao said softly, turning his head and looking at Xia Xi Xi who was in a state of panic, having already chosen an escape route for her.

  Xi Xi nodded in response, tightly grasping Gu Xiao's sleeve as they walked out together. It was as if a drowning person had finally found a straw to cling to. She glanced outside and saw that unlike the bright lights and bustling atmosphere of "Fei Yu", the street was shrouded in a deep winter silence. The French plane tree at the entrance had already shed its leaves, and the neon lights hanging from the trunk only added to the desolation.

  "Xia Xi, stop right there." Chen Yan's voice was as domineering as ever, but with a hint of panic that was hard to detect. He had never expected things to develop to this point - Xia Xi's indifference, his own loss of control, and Gu Xiao's sudden appearance had all combined to shatter the perfectly planned surprise party into smithereens.

  Although he wanted to persuade her to stay, his stubborn self-esteem wouldn't let him lower his head, and all he could say was a seemingly threatening sentence: "If you leave with him, don't blame me for being impolite."

  "Oh?" Gu Xiao turned his head back, smiling carelessly. He knew Chen Yan's identity - the second son of the Chen family, who couldn't be trifled with. One word from him could decide whether he stayed or left "Fei Yu". But what did that matter? If Xia Xi was in danger, he would brave knife mountains and seas of fire to rescue her.

  In this apathetic world, it's rare to have a few warm-hearted people. Xia Xihe and Lu Dongqi's friendship is the most precious thing to him. Knowing that offending Chen Yan might cost him his job as a resident singer, he still stood by Xihe's side without hesitation.

  "It's not your turn to speak yet." Chen Yan retorted coarsely.

  "Then try it out." Xi Xi sneered, turning her head and slamming down the sentence, pulling Gu Xiao's arm and leaving the brightly lit room without any hesitation.

  Chen Yan gazed at the departing figures, clenching his fists in frustration. His tall figure stood at the edge of the lamplight, facing the darkness and silence, with his back to the light and noise. In this game, he had lost utterly, whether it was before Liang Qi or Xia Xi, he had been defeated without a shred of dignity left.

  How could someone as proud as him be willing to accept it?

  Xia Xi returned home, crawled into bed and fell asleep. She had a good night's sleep without any dreams. The next day when she woke up, she left all her worries behind yesterday. Her entanglement with Chen Yan was like a nightmare that ended in tragedy. She was exhausted, weighing every step, and had been deeply moved by his passion before, but all of this had come to an end.

  Xia Xi hoped for the dawn outside the window, turned over, and buried her face in the quilt again. Her body was afraid of the cold and didn't want to get up, but she had already woken up mentally. All stories will come to an end, whether it's a sad ending or a tragic finale. The page belonging to Lu Dongqi and Chen Yan has been turned over.

  She knew that the sun would rise soon, so she didn't rush to face the darkness, but what she didn't know was that this seemingly tragic ending was actually just the first hint of dusk in the sunset, and the real night had only just begun.

  When the phone rang, Xi Xi had already fallen asleep in her bed again. She answered the phone with a hoarse voice, and Xian's voice came from the other end of the receiver.

  "Caught a cold?" She heard Xi Xi's voice and asked immediately. Influenza is prevalent during this season, and catching a cold is indeed common.

  "No, I just woke up." XiXi poked her head out of the quilt, trying to make her voice sound more alert, cleared her throat, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her throat, as if it had swollen.

  Won't really be said, right? Approaching the New Year, if you keep your snot to welcome the new year, it's not very auspicious.

  "Is there something?" Xi Xi strained to make his hoarse and unbearable throat sound fresher, saying a sentence with great effort, and his face turned beet red.

  "Come out in the afternoon, I'll introduce you to someone." Xian's tone was not as calm as usual, and when she mentioned that person, her voice suddenly became gentle. Xi Xi, on the other end of the phone, seemed to see her mouth curve up slightly, a smile as lovely as peach blossoms in March.

  "Who?" XiXi asked.

  "What about you?" Xun Mei didn't answer, but instead asked back, her tone carrying a hint of shyness that was hard to detect. It turned out that even Her Majesty the Queen would have moments when she felt embarrassed.

  "Is it Cheng Mu? Haha, I've seen through you long ago." Xi Xi's hoarse voice didn't stop her from laughing heartily.

  "Invite Chen Yan to come along, I have four movie tickets here." Xuan Mei didn't refute and seemed to agree. She heard Xi Xi's loud voice and frowned, making a mental note to bring some cold medicine for her to take when they meet in the afternoon. She knew Xi Xi's temper, unless she was bedridden with illness, she would never take medicine. The seemingly sinister Xuan Mei was actually more considerate than anyone else.

  "No need to call, we've finally broken up completely." Xi Xi pretended to be calm and said this sentence with a relaxed tone, but her heart still skipped a beat.

  She silently mocked herself, clearly disliking it, yet still holding onto it in her heart. Humans are indeed creatures that easily form dependencies.

  "What's going on? Yesterday was fine." Xuan Qian asked, Xia Xi was confused and couldn't see her own heart clearly. As an outsider, she could see things clearly. These two people were both competitive and often quarreled, a standard loving couple.

  Perhaps in Xi's heart, there is a Lu Dongqi, but Chen Yan's every move was under her watchful eye. He had taken notice of Xia Xi, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed so readily when she threatened to expose the photos of him kissing at the bar that she had accidentally seen on his phone during class.

  "Nothing much, just finally relieved, feeling especially happy. What movie shall we watch this afternoon?" XiXi replied with a hehehe, seemingly unaffected by the mood.

  "Never mind, let's talk this afternoon, just the two of us, no one else." Xuan Mei replied, and after arranging a time and place, she hung up the phone without giving her a chance to argue.

  After drinking a lot of water, Xi Xi's throat felt much better when she met Xinmiao in the afternoon, but it produced a side effect - frequent trips to the bathroom.

  When she returned to her seat for the third time after using the restroom, she found Xun Miao standing next to her seat talking to two people. The winter sun slanted into the window-side table and chairs, and the small spoon in the plate reflected the warm light, making it dazzling.

  One of them was indeed dazzling, and it was Liang Qi, who had been with Chen Yan all day. The beautiful woman standing next to him looked familiar, and upon closer inspection, she turned out to be Shu Hua, the leading lady of the Provincial Station, who had hosted a party at "Fly on the Wall" last night.

  She really couldn't understand how the elegant and refined Shu Hua could be together with the unreliable-looking Liang Qi, although he had now dyed his hair black again and changed to a normal hairstyle, but in Xi Xi's heart, Liang Qi's image as a "red-haired fire chicken" was already deeply rooted and difficult to change.

  She hesitated for a moment and then went forward to greet him.

  "This is my cousin, Shu Hua." Xun Miao introduced her and carefully examined Xun Miao's eyebrows and eyes, which actually resembled Shu Hua's to some extent. Both were top-notch beauties, but Shu Hua had more experience and looked mature, while Xun Miao's temperament seemed colder.

  "Hello, Shu Hua and Mr. Liang." Xi Xi greeted politely and quietly stood beside Xuan Miao. Shu Hua didn't respond, and Liang Qi didn't want to interact with her, so she just remained silent.

  Because Shu Hua was present, Liang Qi's behavior became much more stable and he didn't tease Xi Xi as soon as he saw her like before. Instead, he stood quietly beside the beauty, displaying a gentlemanly demeanor.

  "How long will you stay this time?" Xuanmei was chatting with Shuhua, she rarely admired anyone, and her cousin was one of them. The top scorer in the province during the college entrance examination gave up the opportunity to attend a top university, instead studying broadcasting and hosting. After graduation, she also gave up the great opportunity to enter CCTV, choosing to join the provincial station. In less than three years, she became the leading actress, every step of hers seemed like a retreat, but in reality, she had weighed the pros and cons to achieve the best results, winning at every step.

  "He will be staying for a long time. This time he's back to host a talent show, and he has time to come over to my place to hang out." Shu Hua explained with a smile.

  " Audition activity?" Xi Xi became interested in this topic. If it's an audition, Gu Xiao should seize this opportunity well.

  "Hmm, it's for all music lovers, you'll know when the time comes." The activity hasn't started yet, Shu Hua didn't want to say more, and Xi Xi didn't ask further, she just silently remembered this matter in her heart, thinking that she would have a chance to tell Gu Xiao, and encourage him to participate.

  A few more pleasantries were exchanged, and then Shu Hua and Liang Qi bid farewell and left for another place.

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