A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Chapter 144 The Question of Liking

"????"

Fan Bingbing was clearly a little confused, and she was more at a loss when faced with Li Mu's beckoning.

The reason is also very simple.

She was dressed too casually.

She wore slippers, baggy jeans, and a white T-shirt with a blue cardigan on top.

Emphasizing a casual and comfortable feel.

With the baseball cap and mask on his face... he was truly unremarkable.

And... she hadn't even washed her hair.

After removing her makeup on set, she returned to the hotel and kept packing her things... At that moment, she had absolutely no regard for her appearance.

And so... in this private and comfortable space, she spotted Brother Li, his white teeth practically glowing in the sunlight...

No!

Why is he back?

Didn't you say you were busy?

Didn't they say I'd be getting on the bus tomorrow and wouldn't be back until the day after?

he……

Why is he back?!

Suddenly, a strange heat shot from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head, leaving her momentarily at a loss.

Li Mu was speechless, thinking to himself, "Why don't you hurry up and get on the bus?"

So he waved again:

"Get in the car, quickly."

"Well……"

Her first reaction was to shake her head...

No no no.

Looking like this... I can't get on the bus.

I can't show my face to anyone!

But just then... perhaps because the Audi had been blocking the entrance for too long, a short beep sounded.

Fan Bingbing turned her head and saw that there was another car queuing up behind the Audi... and she could vaguely see a bunch of passes on the windshield.

Her lips twitched...

But at that moment, he couldn't care less about anything else; he quickly opened the car door and got in.

"Quick, move forward a bit."

"Why move? Just come to my place for dinner."

Li Mu rolled his eyes, stepped on the gas, and the Audi sped off like a big rat.

"Hey, no! Don't!"

Fan Bingbing quickly intervened:

"I...I haven't put on makeup yet, and I haven't changed my clothes..."

Why are you changing clothes?

Li Mu glanced at her speechlessly and said:

"I'm also baking stew in the oven."

"Oh dear, please don't... How can I face you like this!"

"It's not like I haven't seen you before..."

As he spoke, he had already driven the car away.

"oops!!"

Fan Bingbing felt a sense of despair and unconsciously covered her face.

"Why are you back! You should have told me sooner! Where were you taking me?"

"Go back to my place. Tonight there are six dishes and a birthday cake. Don't come back until you finish them."

"what?"

She paused for a moment, then suddenly realized:

"You're lying to me!? Wait! Why did you suddenly come back!?"

Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?

"...Let's tell the truth first."

"The truth is, I really didn't want to squeeze into a sleeper car for more than 20 hours on the 8th, especially a hard sleeper upper berth. So I just flew back."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Fan Bingbing subconsciously turned to look at Li Mu:

"And what about the lie?"

The lie is that it's your birthday today, you have to celebrate it eventually.

"Well……"

For a moment, she couldn't tell what was real and what was fake.

Based on her understanding of Li Mu, a lie might seem more like the truth, while the truth... is the lie.

He... has never been a pretentious person.

So, without realizing it, she turned her head back and looked ahead.

After a few seconds of silence, he asked:

"When did you get back?"

"When I texted you this afternoon, I had actually already landed. I wanted to surprise you with a big meal, so I went to buy groceries beforehand, and I only contacted you after everything was almost done. Who knew... you wouldn't come down? Haha, isn't my excuse pretty clever?"

"..."

Li Mu was somewhat smug, pleased that he had successfully "tricked" her.

But Fan Bingbing did not respond.

I don't even know what to say anymore.

Just then, as the sun set, Li Mu suddenly saw a patch of green.

So, out of curiosity, I asked:

"A new ring?"

Fan Bingbing's attention instantly shifted to her hands.

On her left index finger, a bright green ring had appeared without her noticing.

Upon hearing this, her eyes immediately lit up, and she spread her five fingers:

"Is it pretty?"

I have to admit... she is indeed very fair-skinned.

Her face was white, her neck was white, and her hands were also very white.

So white that you could even see the blue veins.

And it was this fair complexion, paired with a circular ring that changed from dark green to light green in the sunlight, that instantly made the whole person look vibrant and full of life.

"Beautiful, is this a jade ring?"

"No, it's jade. Wow...it's so expensive, this ring costs over 30,000 Hong Kong dollars."

"Just bought it?"

"Yes, I went shopping with Sister Zhang and Sister Ding. We went to a jewelry store and I immediately fell in love with this ring. I tried it on and they both said that jade looks good on me... They said I have fair skin, and the only flaw is that I'm a bit thin."

"It really is quite beautiful."

"Hehe, this is my first time wearing jade. Sister Zhang bought a jade necklace for 170,000 yuan, and it's quite beautiful. But it's too expensive; I can't afford it."

"How was your trip to Hong Kong?"

"That's great! I just found out that Sister Zhang goes there almost every ten days or so. She has a company there, I think it does auctions. But I didn't ask for details... But she seems to really like my taste. I recommended that jade necklace to her, and that's why she bought it. It really looks good on her... She even asked me to go shopping with her again next time."

Audi has clearly made no move to change his mind now; what's done is done. So, she decided to stop worrying about her casual attire.

She started chatting excitedly with Li Mu.

They were still chatting about their shopping trip to Hong Kong, but Fan Bingbing seemed to suddenly remember something and asked:

"Brother Li, have you played that new game from NetEase?"

Li Mu was taken aback:

"game?"

"Yes, it's called 'A Chinese Odyssey,' and it came out on October 1st. Didn't you say you were interested in them before? I've been keeping an eye on it. As soon as they released the game, I downloaded it right away."

"I really didn't know about that. But..."

Recalling his conversation with Frowning Guy, he remembered that Frowning Guy had said that NetEase was revived by the game "Westward Journey".

So I became interested:

"How's this game?"

"I don't really know much about computers... you know, I'm not very tech-savvy. But I downloaded it and tried it out, and it... it's not very good. Maybe it's because my computer is too slow? The screen keeps crashing while I'm playing, and then I have to restart. And last night I was playing a game, and it suddenly disconnected."

I was disconnected for about fifteen minutes. I was almost leveling up, but when I logged back in, my experience bar had shrunk back to normal. People in the game said it was a rollback and they were all cursing NetEase... Anyway, it's been like this for the past few days. Either the screen suddenly disappears, or I get disconnected for no reason...

Li Muxin said, "Is that impossible?"

Is the experience really that bad?

Didn't Frowning Guy say that NetEase was revived by Westward Journey Online? With such a terrible user experience, how can it be revived?

He was somewhat puzzled:

"I haven't played it yet, and I've been too busy these past few days to keep up with their news."

"They're making quite a fuss, aren't they? Does that game name sound familiar?"

"A Chinese Odyssey? Isn't that Stephen Chow's movie?"

"Yes, they also hired Zhou Xingchi as their spokesperson."

"But it's not fun?"

"Anyway, I don't think it's very fun... but I still trust your judgment, Brother Li, so I'm going to stick with it. Maybe I just haven't figured it out yet~"

"I'll download a game and try it out when I get back."

"Hmm... why did you suddenly launch this attack out of the blue?"

"Ha~"

Li Mu chuckled softly, offering no response, but instead increased the car's speed.

……

"Wow, it smells so good."

As soon as Fan Bingbing entered the room, she immediately smelled a roasting aroma.

So she went straight to the kitchen, looked at the large bowl in the oven, and asked curiously:

"What are you doing?"

"French stew. Today's menu includes T-bone steak, butter lobster..."

After Li Mu named a dish, he immediately pointed to the refrigerator:

Your drink is in the refrigerator.

As soon as Fan Bingbing opened the box, she immediately saw two cases of Kirin beer.

He immediately beamed with joy:

"Hehe... Oh dear, why is this cake so small?"

"Can you finish the big one?"

"Hehe, okay."

Ignoring the cake in the refrigerator, she grabbed two cans of beer and went back into the kitchen.

"Want some?"

"I won't drink yet... Could you download a game for me? I'll check it out in a bit."

"it is good."

Fan Bingbing responded and took the beer to the laptop.

While waiting for the computer to boot up, she said:

"Brother Li, HAO123 is really great, I've been using it for the past few days. Has Li Xingping contacted you yet?"

"No, we just talked a couple of days ago. He's already rented a 50-square-meter office in Guangzhou and said he's setting up a new server."

"Yeah, it's really convenient to use. You don't have to type in the URL yourself. You can just click on whichever website you want to go to... Brother Li, don't you have my QQ account yet?"

Looking at the QQ icon on Li Mu's computer, Fan Bingbing asked.

"No, just log in to my QQ account and add me. Just log in directly; I've remembered the password."

"it is good."

Fan Bingbing directly clicked the QQ icon, looked at the page where the password had already been entered, and chose to log in.

About two or three seconds later, a "beep beep beep" sound came from the living room.

"Brother Li, you have news."

"Oh, who is it?"

"..."

Fan Bingbing didn't answer directly, but instead stared at the constantly trembling gray-white profile picture...

It was a female profile picture.

She frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said:

"Shall I take a look for you?"

"Let's see."

So, I clicked on the profile picture.

This person's ID was "茜茜" (XiXi), and after opening the chat window, she saw several messages:

Sisi: "Uncle Li, I've finished watching 'The Power of Actors'."

"Haha, thank you, Uncle Li. After reading this, I feel like I have a better understanding of this profession."

"My next book is 'The Fundamentals of Acting Theory'."

"hey-hey."

She glanced at the name, then at the three chat messages, and narrowed her eyes.

"Brother Li, it's that girl named Xixi. She must be the one who asked me last time what books actors read, right?"

"Yes, it's her, Liu Qianmeizi."

Li Mu answered casually.

Then I heard a counter-question:

"Japanese?"

"No, that's the name."

"Oh... I remember you said she was very pretty."

"Um."

Recalling the girl's innocent face, Li Mu replied:

"She is indeed very beautiful, but her mother is even more beautiful. The two are practically identical."

"..."

There was no sound from the living room.

A few seconds later, a figure appeared silently at the kitchen doorway, like a ghost, and looked at the man who was focused on preparing seafood:

"Brother Li, to be honest, I've never known what kind of girl you like."

Li Mu was taken aback, and subconsciously looked up, meeting those inquiring eyes.

What kind of girl do you like?

"Hmm, what kind of girl do you like?"

She asked again.

His gaze was intense.