The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 197 Gift
"We need to look at this issue rationally."

The floor lamp was on in the study. Lu Nanting put down his water glass and slowly turned another page of the photo album.

The dried sea buckthorn fruit in the cup has been soaked and expanded. When held up to the light, it is brownish-yellow and has a very unique veil-like texture.

Gu Lanxi sighed deeply, and started missing home again.

"If you can't even be objective, how can you talk about being rational?"

She clearly left without saying goodbye because she felt extremely uncomfortable seeing that man surnamed Yang's preference for sons over daughters, and was afraid of saying something inappropriate or showing a bad expression and being photographed. But now, she has been packaged as a moral exemplar who "did good deeds and left without seeking reward."

This made her feel even worse.

When the two chatted privately, they inevitably talked about the issue of favoring sons over daughters.

Gu Lanxi believes that a person's ability and future are not determined by gender. It is wrong that boys are naturally more favored by their parents and girls are naturally neglected simply because of their gender.

However, Lu Nanting said that, objectively speaking, the long-term existence of a phenomenon indicates that it has its own rationality.

"During the agricultural era, men generally possessed greater strength and were better suited for physical labor. A family with more men meant more labor, which ensured the family's livelihood. Furthermore, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, after the policy of 'dismissing all other schools of thought and exclusively honoring Confucianism' was implemented, Confucianism became the core ideology of most subsequent feudal dynasties. Ideas such as 'men are in charge of external affairs and women are in charge of internal affairs' and 'of the three unfilial acts, the greatest is to have no offspring' were passed down from generation to generation. It seemed that not having a son was terrible and would lead to being looked down upon. Over time, this naturally fostered a preference for sons over daughters."

Lu Nanting looked at her intently:
"Anyway, there are many reasons, but in the end, people are all self-interested. When doing things, they will naturally strive in a direction that is more beneficial to themselves. Whoever controls the discourse has the final say, don't you think?"

"I understand the logic. Sigh, let's not talk about this anymore."

Gu Lanxi interrupted him directly.

"How's your day going?"

"It's alright. It's just that I have to drink a lot of herbal tea to protect my throat every day, and the taste isn't very good."

"I'll make you some herbal tea when I get back. I know several recipes, all of which are family heirlooms."

"I misremembered. Actually, the taste was alright. You don't need to bother. I have a gift for you when you come back!"

"Oh? It's not a holiday, what kind of gift is it?"

"Why do you need to pick a day to give a gift? Just give it whenever you want!"

Lu Nanting has been recording songs in the studio for the past few days, and he usually goes home on time. When the two talk or video chat, Gu Lanxi calls back whenever she has a spare moment.

She had another scene to film tonight, and she was half-reclining in a chair, wearing headphones, chatting casually with Lu Nanting while waiting for her turn.

If the filming goes smoothly, it should be her turn in about half an hour.

"What a coincidence! I also prepared a gift, and I will bring it over when I get home."

Lu Nanting frowned: "You don't need to prepare a return gift."

Gu Lanxi snorted and said with dissatisfaction, "The things I sent you were custom-made. I placed the order a long time ago, okay? They were just finished yesterday, and they contacted me to ask when it would be convenient for them to deliver them to my door. I thought it would definitely be when I was home! Otherwise, if they knocked on the door, well, you go and pick up the goods, what am I supposed to deliver?"

"Wow~ what is that thing? Why is it taking so long?"

You'll know when the time is right!

The actors' waiting area was full of people, and staff members passed by from time to time, so she naturally wouldn't reveal too much personal information.

She plans to finish work tomorrow night and then catch a plane.

I arrived home late at night. The day after tomorrow morning, Zhang Wei delivered the goods to my door. The day after tomorrow afternoon, I went to get my makeup done. In the evening, I walked the red carpet. After that, I went back to the film crew early the next morning to film for two days. From the film crew, I flew directly to Xiamen to attend the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.

Lu Nanting knew her schedule, but didn't mention it on the phone.

"So what do you want to give me?"

You'll see when the time comes!

"Hmph, fine, don't tell me then."

"Baby, you're so bossy!"

"Speak properly!"

"Yes, boss!"

Gu Lanxi still has some time to rest. She's been busy with work these past two days, and then that incident happened, so she's in a bad mood and just wants to look at him a bit more to cleanse her eyes.

The two exchanged meaningless remarks while staring at each other without blinking.

Gu Lanxi suddenly stared at his bluish-purple hair and said, "I still think you look better with black hair." Lu Nanting stood up, found a mirror, and looked at himself: "It's time to get a haircut, the roots have grown quite long."

Seeing that he pretended not to hear, Gu Lanxi stopped talking.

She never interfered with Lu Nanting's freedom of dress, nor did she care what jewelry or makeup he wore.

Perhaps because she had just been to the hospital and seen too many patients, she now only hoped that Lu Nanting would stay healthy.

"I know you're worried about the health risks of hair dye. But often it's for work. Changing my makeup and styling style requires me to first transform my image, which takes time."

"Sorry, I was just saying it offhand."

She dyed her hair pink a while ago for acting.

There's really no need to bring this up suddenly.

Lu Nanting smiled, made a heart shape with his hands, and then, to appease her, sent her a photo:
"I just saw an old photo in the super topic, it's really interesting, do you want to take a look?"

Before she could agree, Lu Nanting sent it over.

Gu Lanxi could tell when the photo was taken at a glance.

It was a variety show concert.

When Lu Nanting first debuted, he attended many such events.

Because he himself is not good enough to support a solo concert.

When Lu Nanting burst onto the scene, he made his debut on the Starlight Annual Meeting, attracting hundreds of fans to switch allegiances and gaining more than eight million followers on Weibo overnight.

His domineering nature blocked the path of too many people, and after that, his rivals ganged up to buy negative trending topics for several months in a row.

Some say he bought his songs, some say he uses his rich kid status to grab resources, and some criticize him for lacking talent...

At the time, the Lu family opposed his acting career, so even though they knew he was being framed, they ignored it completely.

That variety show concert was held when he was being attacked the most.

Although with his background, even if he's been attacked like that, he still won't lack resources, the light sticks of the fans at the scene say it all.

Red, green, blue, purple...

When each artist goes on stage, the corresponding support color lights up in the audience.

Only when he went on stage did he silently turn around and carefully look at every side of the stands, but he couldn't find a single trace of orange-red.

Just as he was about to sing, a bright orange-red light appeared firmly in front of the stage.

Love fearlessly, I'm here!

In an instant, as if injected with a stimulant, Lu Nanting was in exceptionally good condition that night.

From then on, Hei Zi gave him a nickname: Lu Xiaoqiang, the Invincible.

The little dragonflies were moved and, for the first time, stood up to defend him.

From then on, orange-red became his only support color, and the little dragonfly was never absent, no matter the time.

Is this person you?

As soon as he stepped off the stage, he called Gu Lanxi, but she refused to answer.

No matter how he asked, she stubbornly denied it.

The two were video chatting when Gu Lanxi's gaze shifted away in a second, immediately giving her away.

"You're not answering the phone because you're afraid it'll be too noisy and I'll hear you?"

Gu Lanxi immediately cut off the video.

When Lu Nanting called again, she simply turned off her phone.

Who brought this up out of nowhere?
It's so embarrassing!
When they realized I wasn't writing anything, my comments dropped by 90%.

Oh my god! That's terrifying!