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Scientific research shows that if you stay at home for more than three days during the holidays, you will become hated by everyone, no matter if you are a fairy or Pan An reborn.
Meng Shuyu thought that there would be crowds of people everywhere during the Golden Week, so he might as well sleep in and read a book, so he stayed at home for three consecutive days.
As a result, when she opened the bedroom door on the fourth morning, the first thing her father said was: "Are you not going out today?"
Second sentence: "Didn't you say you were in contact with someone? You haven't seen him/her for such a long vacation. Are you in an online relationship with him/her?"
Meng Shuyu thought to herself, yes, she is in a cross-border online relationship.
Amid the time difference, Zhou Jun seemed to have found a decent excuse for not replying to her messages in a timely manner these days. He had hardly paid any attention to her since landing in the United States.
It seemed like I chatted with her that night simply because I was bored on the plane and needed to kill time.
Yesterday afternoon, Meng Shuyu even spent half a day working at home. He made a plan for the October exhibition and sent it to Zhou Jun, thinking that he couldn't just ignore the work news.
In the end, Zhou Junli responded by saying: Let’s not talk about work during the holidays.
It's completely different from the overbearing president in novels who works 20 hours out of 24.
Maybe that's what geniuses do: they study when they should study, and play when they should play.
Meng Shuyu was already depressed about this matter. When her father brought it up, and then she looked at the WeChat message box that hadn't had any reply for ten hours, she felt like she couldn't stay in this family anymore.
Just then Chen Xing asked her to go shopping, so she packed up and went out.
At 10:30 in the morning, the two met at the entrance of the department store.
When Chen Xing saw Meng Shuyu's dejected face, she laughed happily: "Meng Shuyu, this is the first time I see you fail so badly in love."
"You're still gloating."
"Okay, it's not bad actually. You've only been in action for half a month."
"In the past, at this time point of half a month, even an iceberg would show concern for me."
"Otherwise, why were all those men eliminated by you? It means they were just paper tigers pretending to be cool. Only someone as patient as you can be is authentic." Chen Xing took Meng Shuyu's shoulder and led her towards the revolving door of the mall. "Gogogo, there is nothing that can't be solved by buying ten sets of clothes. If there is, buy twenty sets!"
Meng Shuyu frowned and sighed, "Even if I bought it, I wouldn't have the chance to wear it. I can't dress too ostentatiously in the company, and I can't date the people I want to date privately."
"Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared! If I don't buy it now, what will I do if I don't have a good-looking uniform to show off when I get a date?"
Meng Shuyu entered the mall listening to Chen Xing's inspirational words "If you don't work hard today, you will regret it tomorrow", but he was still a little uninterested.
But since we had agreed to go shopping, I couldn’t leave my sister alone, so I accompanied Chen Xing to visit each store.
At half past eleven, Meng Shuyu was sitting on the sofa in the counter waiting for Chen Xing to try on clothes. He got bored and took out his phone to check his Moments for a while.
As soon as I scrolled down, a post about Qin’s friends popped up at the top of the screen: [Picture] The correct way to spend the National Day holiday.
Meng Shuyu saw that the location was a hot spring resort in the suburbs of Nanhuai, so he clicked on the picture to envy them.
I didn't expect it until I saw it. I was so angry when I saw it.
The background of the photo is a mountain villa. Tan Qin was lying on a lounge chair and took a casual landscape photo. A stone table in the yard and a man's hand on the edge of the stone table were captured in the photo.
Meng Shuyu sat up straight.
Chen Xing just came out after trying on clothes. Seeing her look like she had discovered something new, she didn't even have time to look in the mirror and walked over to ask, "What's wrong?"
Meng Shuyu pointed at the phone screen and said, "Look, isn't this Zhou Jun?"
Chen Xing stared at the photo that Meng Shuyu had magnified to a blur for a full half minute: "You can recognize this half hand? You must be crazy."
"How could I not recognize him? His hands are very nice. And isn't this watch from the Vacheron Constantin Heritage series? Zhou Jun has one."
"He wears a Vacheron Constantin watch. I thought someone with his family background would wear a Patek Philippe."
"He is just much more low-key than other rich second-generations of the same level. Not liking to show off is the real style..." Meng Shuyu paused here, "Pah, this Vacheron Constantin is also worth 200,000 yuan, what qualifications do I have to say that he doesn't show off."
"Wait a minute, didn't you say he was in America?"
"That's right-"
Meng Shuyu opened the WeChat message list and saw that her conversation with Zhou Jun was still stuck on the "good morning" she sent more than ten hours ago.
He didn't even tell her that he was going back to Nanhuai. He had time to go to the hot springs with his brothers, but didn't have time to say good morning to her.
If he wasn't gay, he would be sorry for her being so pretty and sweet!
Seeing Meng Shuyu's face getting uglier and uglier, Chen Xing patted her on the shoulder and said, "Alright, don't say anything. I'll go with you to buy a battle robe and kill you!"
Meng Shuyu clenched his fingers around the phone.
Okay, you like to take a hot spring bath, right? If she doesn’t kill him today until he is in a panic and bleeding from all seven orifices, she would not be named Meng.
At six o'clock in the evening, Meng Shuyu and Chen Xing arrived at a hot spring resort in the suburbs.
Originally, the two were in a hurry and planned to come here without having lunch. Later, Meng Shuyu saw Tan Qin replied to his colleague on WeChat Moments, "Let's hang out in the evening, some people are catching up on sleep in the afternoon to adjust to the jet lag", so they were no longer in a hurry. After shopping, they had a good lunch in the city, went home to pack a few pieces of luggage, and then set off slowly.
After parking the car and checking in, Meng Shuyu and Chen Xing carried their luggage and went back to the room first.
Due to the temporary reservation, the first batch of large courtyards with swimming pools were no longer available, and only the small courtyards in the corners with relatively simple rooms were left.
But Meng Shuyu's purpose of this trip was not to enjoy himself, nor did he care about this detail. He went straight to the dressing room after entering the yard.
Chen Xing was mainly playing the supporting role tonight, so she didn't dress up much. After eating the dinner that was ordered to her room, she sat in the yard waiting for her.
At seven o'clock, Meng Shuyu finally opened the door and gave her a wink.
Chen Xing raised her eyes and saw that she had long black hair draped over her back. She was wearing a burgundy halter dress that outlined her undulating chest line, with a perfect gap at the side of her waist. Her two bare legs were so thin and straight that they glowed white in the moonlight.
"Fuck, Meng Shuyu, have you been reincarnated as a demon?" Chen Xing couldn't help but curse.
Meng Shuyu giggled and produced a semi-transparent short gauze from behind: "It still needs to be covered a little."
"Why are you hiding? Just kill them. Even if Tang Seng can get through the Kingdom of Women, he can't get through you!"
Meng Shuyu stretched out an index finger and shook it mysteriously: "Now we don't want him to see it, we want him to want to see it."
After tidying up and leaving the yard, Meng Shuyu and Chen Xing arrived at the hot spring area, only to find that the villa was much larger than they had imagined, with the number of hot spring pools and the flow of people not to be underestimated.
Meng Shuyu thought that the taboo of making a stunning appearance was to give advance notice, and he refused to contact Zhou Jun on his own initiative. In order to have this "chance encounter", he and Chen Xing walked around most of the villa.
"Meng Shuyu, ask him where he is," Chen Xing panted and sat on a stone by the roadside half an hour later. "What if they went to a private hot spring? They won't be found even if they look for it until dawn. Anyway, you've already hit the ball straight, he won't run away just because you're here. You can 'cross mountains and rivers for him but not see the scenery', sister, I really can't walk anymore."
"Okay." Meng Shuyu picked up the phone in a compromising manner, but felt a little conflicted when it came to sending a message to Zhou Jun. He opened his circle of friends without giving up.
The circle of friends that can be seen for a month is blank and nothing happens.
She held on to the last glimmer of hope and opened Tan Qin's circle of friends -
Tan Qin posted a selfie two minutes ago with the hot spring pool as the background.
Meng Shuyu enlarged the photo, looked at the sign by the pool, and pulled Chen Xing over.
At the end of the villa, Zhou Jun sat in the red wine pool with his upper body naked, and raised his chin towards Tan Qin opposite him: "Did you send it out?"
"It's good, it's good, such a fancy hot spring is not easy to find? Don't worry, it will be there in less than ten minutes..."
Before Tan Qin finished speaking, he heard a rustling sound. He turned around and saw two thief-like figures walking towards him.
Zhou Jun looked towards the source of the sound and saw Meng Shuyu passing by under the lamp. He also heard Tan Qin utter a low "grass", which seemed to express his feelings after seeing the scene concisely and powerfully.
"Hey, isn't this Assistant Meng and her friend?" Tan Qin pointed in the direction the two people came from and said to Zhou Jun in surprise.
Meng Shuyu raised his head from a low position, and his sight happened to fall upon Zhou Jun's half-naked body soaking in the wine-red hot spring. His feet seemed to be tripped by an invisible line, and he suddenly stopped.
"Hey, isn't this your General Manager Zhou negotiating with the department?" Chen Xing pulled Meng Shuyu and reminded her to stay calm.
Meng Shuyu calmed himself down and was dragged by Chen Xing to walk up the remaining steps: "What a coincidence, Mr. Zhou is here to discuss the department, you guys are also here for vacation."
"Coincidence?" Zhou Jun's eyes were fixed on Meng Shuyu, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Meng Shuyu originally wanted to admit that it was "unfortunate", but after all, Tan Qin was there, so it was difficult to say those words. He could only wink at Zhou Jun to signal him to save some face.
"Yeah, what a coincidence." Zhou Jun nodded as if he understood.
"Since we have met by chance, can we go into this pond?" Meng Shuyu winked at Zhou Jun.
Tan Qin gestured: "Please, please, please. Meeting is fate. You two can leave at will."
Meng Shuyu glanced at Zhou Jun, and seeing that he had no intention of objecting, he slowly stepped on the stones and walked into the water.
"It is fate indeed," Chen Xing stood on the shore without moving, "Boss Tan, I didn't even have time to thank you for accompanying me to the police station last time, and today we just happened to meet again, so why don't I buy you a couple of drinks?"
"That's great. I'm just tired of soaking in the bath." Tan Qin stepped onto the shore, put on a bath towel, and walked out with Chen Xing.
The two of them quickly walked down the stone steps, leaving behind a few embarrassing conversations—
"Why did you and Mr. Zhou choose such a remote pool?"
"There are many girls to flirt with in crowded places, and there's no peace and quiet even in the hot springs, so we came to this corner, what about you guys?"
"Oh, us too. We are scared because we were hit on last time!"
The conversation gradually faded away and the pool became quiet, with only the sound of sand being rustled by the wind through the treetops.
Meng Shuyu looked at Zhou Jun who was standing still like a mountain opposite him, and adjusted his sitting position a little uncomfortably.
The hot spring pool was only two meters in diameter. One person sat on one side, and there was a round plate with tea floating on the center of the pool, making the feeling even more crowded.
She and Zhou Jun were about one meter apart at this moment.
The hot steam was rising and it seemed as if even our breathing was connected.
Meng Shuyu brushed the wet hair stuck to his back and casually said something to start the conversation: "A lot of girls are chatting with you tonight?"
Zhou Juan picked up the teacup on the round tray, took a sip of tea, and then slowly said, "Almost."
"Luckily I'm here," Meng Shuyu supported himself on the stone seat with both hands, "Now that I'm in your pool, no one will bother you."
"Indeed." Zhou Jun looked at her, his eyes seemed to say - after all, having one is already annoying enough.
Meng Shuyu coughed lightly and whispered, "You are quite disloyal. You didn't even tell me that you were returning to your country."
"What did I say? Why did I ask you to come find me?"
"Look, even if you don't tell me, I can still find you."
Zhou Jun nodded: "It's amazing."
Meng Shuyu fanned the air with his hands and pointed at the teacup on the surface of the pool: "It seems a bit hot, can I have a sip of your tea?"
Zhou Jun raised his hand: "Whatever you want."
Meng Shuyu picked up a new teacup with the mouth facing downwards, poured himself a cup of flower and fruit tea, and drank it in small sips. After finishing one cup, he found it delicious, so he poured himself another cup.
In a blink of an eye, I saw Zhou Jun looking away.
"What are you looking at?" Meng Shuyu put down the teacup, followed his gaze, and saw the moon in the sky between the mountains.
"The moon is more beautiful than me?" Meng Shuyu asked with a wrinkled nose.
“Isn’t it pretty?”
"It's beautiful, but I want to know, who is more beautiful, the moon or me?"
Zhou Jun turned around and looked at her.
Look at the clear moonlight flowing around her, melting the pool of red wine into milky white.
After a moment of silence, the person on the other side laughed: "No need to say more, I already know the answer."
"If the moon is more beautiful than me, you don't need to think about it for three seconds." Meng Shuyu relaxed, leaned against the wall of the pool and looked at him with a smile, and her feet soaked in the water swung leisurely for a few times.
"If you like to think so, just think so." Zhou Jun picked up the teacup on the tray again.
Meng Shuyu opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but held it back.
After he finished his cup of tea, she licked her lips and told him: "I'll tell you a secret, what you just drank was my tea."
Zhou Jun lowered his eyelids and looked at the disk.
"It's okay. I'll give this cup to you." Meng Shuyu waved his hand generously, "But if you drink my tea, you have to answer a question for me."
Zhou Jun raised his eyebrows.
Meng Shuyu came forward, stared at him and blinked: "Is this tea sweet?"
The author has something to say: Don’t ask, it’s so sweet that it makes him confused.