A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

I got off work on the 29th.

After clocking in, Li Mu went straight to the market, bought a bag of vegetables, and carried it home.

As soon as I opened the door, I heard my girlfriend making noises:

"Sissi, the first thing you need to do if you want to be an actress is to be thick-skinned. No matter how many people are around you, just pretend they don't exist. You have to give yourself enough detachment to better enter the character's inner world..."

Sissi?

Li Mu glanced at his girlfriend, while Fan Bingbing, sitting in front of the computer, also saw him and pointed to her phone.

So, Li Mumo silently walked into the kitchen.

Dumplings on the way up, noodles on the way down.

Tonight, we're making dumplings.

My girlfriend is going back to Beijing tomorrow to attend a meeting about the script for the film "A World Without Thieves," and her aunt and uncle are also bringing Fan Chengcheng over to prepare for kindergarten. She's been slacking off in Guangzhou for almost half a month and has had enough rest; it's time for her to get busy.

Upon arriving at the kitchen, he took out a piece of meat with a 3:7 fat-to-lean ratio and placed it in a stainless steel basin. Then he took out a cleaned grouper.

The grouper had already been thoroughly cleaned by the fishmonger at the market; the meat and bones had been separated, cut into strips, and even the skin had been removed.

He started making rhythmic noises with two kitchen knives in his hand.

This grouper was quite large, and when the fishmonger heard this man with a non-local accent ask to "cut it into strips," he looked at him with an expression of utter waste.

If they knew he wasn't just cutting it into strips, but planning to mince it, they'd go crazy.

That's a grouper! You loser!

Steam it, drizzle with soy sauce, and it'll be delicious and sweet.

Unfortunately, my girlfriend wanted fish dumplings.

Only then did Li Mu learn that in her hometown of Yantai, there was a type of large dumpling made with mackerel filling.

A couple of days ago, she kept saying she missed home and wanted to eat certain things. Li Mu asked Uncle Fan for advice, and after getting a general idea of ​​how to make them, he tried making them himself. And you know what? They tasted really good! One plate of dumplings wasn't enough; today he planned to let his girlfriend eat her fill.

While Fan Bingbing was chopping the filling, she finished her phone call and came to the kitchen door:

"Sissi has joined the production team."

"Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils?"

"No, it's *The Story of a Noble Family*. It's a film starring Chen Kun and Dong Jie. The director is Li Dawei, who also directed *Hero Zheng Chenggong* in 2000, which won the Huabiao Award for Outstanding Film…tsk tsk."

Li Mu hadn't seen any of the films or TV series "Zheng Chenggong," but he knew about the Huabiao Awards.

Winning an award proves that this director is indeed quite talented.

But hearing his girlfriend's sigh behind him, he asked:

"envious?"\

"Of course I'm envious. Remember what I told you? Her path ahead is bound to be incredibly smooth. I'm not envious that she got this role, it's just a feeling of nostalgia... If I'd had this kind of opportunity when I was a newcomer, I would have been a star long ago."

"Why doesn't she go and film 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'?"

"It hasn't even started yet. Chen Jinfei's idea is to let her get familiar with the camera first, to practice in this TV series... Wow, practicing in Chen Kun and Dong Jie's show, that's a bit too extravagant. Liu Yifei's name is probably going to be known throughout the film and television industry from now on."

"clatter!"\

Li Mu suddenly paused in his chopping of the filling.

Turning his head, he saw his girlfriend's face filled with sighs and regret, and his eyes widened:

"who?"\

"What?"

"Whose name did you just mention?"

"Sissi."

"No, Liu... what is that?"

"Uh... oh right, you didn't know, she changed her name. She used to be called Liu Qianmeizi, but now she's called Liu Yifei. People who didn't know her previous name would definitely think it was a Japanese name. I suggested it to her, and Sister Liu agreed, so she changed it."

"...?"

Li Mu paused for a moment, then calmly turned around:

"Oh, that's not bad, it sounds nice. Alright, I'm chopping meat right now, you can go outside, or it'll hit you."

"Um."\

The girlfriend left, unaware of the turmoil raging within her boyfriend.

The reason was simple; he remembered perfectly well that the most direct reason for their breakup was... the rumored affair between the Frowning Guy and Liu Yifei.

The gist of what he said was, "I had a rumored relationship with Liu Yifei, and we were photographed together. She broke up with me, and I thought to myself, 'How dare you break up with me?'" and so on...

no……\

So, it turns out that Sisi is actually Liu Yifei?!

? ? ? \

"I" am rumored to be having an affair with... a friend's niece whom I've practically watched grow up from childhood?

? ? ? ? \

But the question is... is Sissi pretty?

It looks pretty good.

But he didn't feel anything.

Besides, how could there be any feelings? How could you possibly have feelings for a girl you've watched grow up?

? ? ? ? ? \

What's wrong with that guy with the furrowed brow? Is he seriously ill?

His eyes were filled with absurdity.

His gaze fell on the minced fish on the cutting board, and in a daze, it seemed that what was on the cutting board wasn't minced meat at all, but his girlfriend's heart.

"!"

He suddenly jolted awake and quickly came to his senses.

Forget it, forget it, I can't ponder it, I can't think about it too deeply, it's indescribable.

Sisi is a friend's daughter.

Let's not even talk about staying far away... just looking at my girlfriend's behavior, I'll probably see quite a few young girls coming here in the future.

He cannot stop it, nor will he stop it.

But you can build a wall in your heart.

I'm being rumored to be having an affair with my friend's daughter? If this gets out, how am I supposed to face people in Weihai now?

Brother and Sister Liu, look up over there?

Goodbye.

Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

……\

A meal of dumplings with a mixture of fish and pork filling, and two cans of beer.

Little Fan ate with his mouth full of oil, clearly enjoying himself.

"Wow, this tastes so much better than my dad's!"

"Thanks, but if you can't speak properly, then shut up."

"Hehehe..."

Seeing her boyfriend's cowardly behavior, she laughed even harder.

The reason was simple: in the afternoon, she called her parents to tell them she was going back to Yanjing the next day. After chatting about life there, she mentioned that her boyfriend was going to make her fish dumplings that evening.

Dad asked curiously, "Do they grind fish for meat in Guangzhou?" Her answer was, "No, Li Mu chops it himself. I don't like minced fish; I prefer the firmness of chopped fish."

Upon hearing this, Fan Tao was speechless:

"You picky eater! You're always showing off, and now you're eating chopped food too! Doesn't Xiao Li get tired?"

She was quite happy.

Look, he was all hostile towards me when we first met, but now he's all protective.

I don't care!

I want the chopped filling!

"My mom and the others are coming on the 3rd. After they find a school for Chengcheng, Hai Ge and I will go to Xiaoshan. Before I start filming my next project, I need to finalize things at the processing plant."

"good."\

Li Mu responded.

"Um... baby, can you come to Yanjing to spend Qixi Festival with me?"

She shouldn't have mentioned it, because the mere mention of Qixi Festival immediately reminded Li Mu of Weiwei's invitation, and he shook his head:

"I can't be with you. Qixi Festival is on a Thursday, I have to work, and I also have to attend an engagement party at noon."

"An engagement party?"

Fan Bingbing was taken aback:

"Whose is it?"

"Zhang Wei."

"That...the pretty lady you mentioned? Your former supervisor's daughter?"

"Yes. Isn't it amazing? Last time I went to Director Zhang's house for dinner, Brother Bie asked her, 'Weiwei, when are you going to bring your boyfriend over so we can meet him?' Sister Weiwei didn't answer at all, and when Brother Bie went for his checkup this month, the two of them met, but they didn't mention marriage at all. Then yesterday, Sister Weiwei sent over the invitation. She's pregnant..."

"Wow, a shotgun wedding?"

"Of course! What else can you do? She's pregnant, she has to get married quickly. Otherwise, it wouldn't look good if she was heavily pregnant and unmarried, would it?"

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Xiao Fan's eyes were filled with emotion.

Then his eyes darted around:\

"Let's give it a try later."

Li Mu's mind went a beat slower:

"Try what?"

"Hehe, what do you think?"

Seeing the somewhat lewd look in her smile, Li Mu was stunned for a moment before he realized what she meant.

She rolled her eyes instantly:

"What, do we have to get married because of a pregnancy?"

"No, it's not that. It's mainly... uncomfortable. I didn't think much of it before, but after that incident in the car last time, I haven't really liked it."

"Hey sis, wake up! What? You want to play the 'many children, many blessings' card?"

"Hey, your aim is terrible, what are you afraid of?"

"Get lost."

Li Mu glared at her irritably, then sped up his eating.

No matter what, she's leaving tomorrow... I need to put some thought into it tonight.

"So...you can't be with me for Qixi Festival?"

"Hmm. Starting next month, we need to hear whether I'll win an award or not. And if I do, the company will definitely reward me. But nobody can guarantee when that reward will come, right? It can't be that they come looking for me and I can't find them. So…"

In fact, Li Mu never mentioned his current situation at work throughout the entire process.

There's no need. He feels he can handle it, and there's definitely no need to make his girlfriend grit her teeth with him... She can't keep things to herself, there's really no need for that.

He wanted her to be happy; putting everything else aside, at least when she was by his side, she wanted to be a carefree little pig who could have everything done for her.

No matter what troubles she has at work, he would always stop her from leaving the house the moment she stepped inside.

Li Mu didn't ask for much; he just wanted her to be happy.

So, I won't talk about those unhappy things.

As for Qixi Festival...

Since we've already missed Valentine's Day, one more won't make a difference.

She's an actress, so the two of them are destined to be apart most of the time.

If you pay too much attention to holidays and special days from the beginning, you'll feel like you'll be exhausted later on.

Therefore, the best approach is not to set the threshold too high.

So, upon hearing her boyfriend's words, Fan Bingbing felt a pang of regret, but she also knew... there was nothing she could do about it.

This time it was my boyfriend's fault for not being available, but on his birthday, or even Valentine's Day, I'm usually the one who's not available either.

A holiday cannot negate the feelings between two people.

The regrets of today can be made up for in the future.

She finished the last sip of beer, wiped the sweat from her nose, and a hint of allure appeared on her face:

"I'm going to take a shower and do my skincare now."

After saying that, he got up and left.

People, you know.

To put yourself in someone else's shoes is the heart of Buddha.