A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Early on the morning of the 16th, Li Mu packed his things and boarded a plane to Yanjing.

But he also had a train ticket to Yanjing.

He bought the plane ticket himself, but the train ticket was reimbursable.

His company reimbursed him for the expenses, so he went to collect the award.

But the train was too slow, so he chose to take a plane.

Then, before 11 a.m., they had already arrived in Yanjing.

This time, it was Xiaomi who picked me up. My girlfriend needed to go to the company; she said it was to work on a script.

"Brother Li."

"Hmm, long time no see. Here, a sausage."

After receiving the box from Li Mu, Xiao Mi smiled happily and said:

"Thank you, Brother Li."

"You're welcome, let's go."

The two got into the car together.

But Li Mu didn't chat much with Xiaomi; instead, he was messaging the school beauty, Chen Yi.

"I just got off the plane, campus belle! How many people are with you this time?"

The book club is starting this month, and Chen asked him if he was free to attend on the 19th.

Li Mu happened to be in Yanjing.

His vacation is from the 16th to the 20th.

I'm going to work on the 21st.

After all, it takes a whole day to travel by train from Yanjing to Guangzhou.

"Counting you in, it's four of us. Everyone else is busy, so it's just the four of us."

"who?"\

"The actress, me, you, the hacker."

"The professor can't come?"

"He can't come; it seems he has to prepare for some kind of exam."

"OK, I'm fine with that. The afternoon of the 19th?"

"Yes, you can come earlier. The actress wants to eat your cooking. See what you want to make that day, and she'll prepare the ingredients in advance."

"Okay, I'll think about it and send her the ingredient list."

"OK."

"By the way, wanna play ball?"

"I can't schedule a date. I'll be joining a production soon, so I need to get into character quickly."

"The Girl in the City?"

"Yes, I am the heartthrob from 'Pink Lady'."

"I'm your investor, so you'd better speak to me with some respect."

"Okay, Mr. Li, the campus belle and heartthrob salutes you."

Inside the carriage, Li Mu let out a soft chuckle.

I have to admit, chatting with Chen was quite enjoyable.

After putting down his phone, he asked Xiaomi:

"How are things? Busy lately?"

Xiaomi was a little surprised, but after realizing that Brother Li was asking her, she smiled and said:

"It's alright, my sister's been in Yanjing lately, so I'm not too busy."

"How's the script for that movie 'A World Without Thieves' she mentioned coming along?"

"It seems my sister has already quit."

At this point, Xiaomi glanced at Li Mu, seemingly trying to determine if Brother Li was angry.

Unfortunately, I couldn't figure it out.

Brother Li's expression was unusually calm, as if he hadn't asked the question himself.

So, Xiaomi thought for a moment and said:

"My sister had dinner with Sister Bingbing a couple of days ago. I didn't join them; after I dropped her off, only Sister Bingbing and her sister Li Xue were in the private room. Then my sister asked me to leave. After dinner, when I picked her up to go home, I overheard Sister Bingbing say, 'You really not going to take the role? That's Director Feng's film, what a pity.'"

"What did your sister say?"

"I said I'm not answering anymore, I don't want to compete with you, Bingbing."

"...Hmm, is there anything else?"

"That's all. These past few days, my sister has been going to Chengcheng's school, or just staying home... reading scripts. She hasn't gone out much."

"..."\

Li Mu was somewhat speechless, thinking to himself, "Are you pretending I didn't hear you let something slip?"

Still reading the script?

She was clearly playing a game.

As for the matter of "A World Without Thieves," he breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

but……\

"Is the script still called that?"

"right."\

"Do you know what story it is?"

"I'm not sure, but it seems to be a police investigation story, right? Brother Li, didn't you ask your sister?"

"No, I'll ask later."

After saying that, Li Mu fell silent.

Then, Xiaomi drove him all the way to the Kempinski Hotel in the city center; he had a card for that place.

After checking into a hotel room and putting our luggage down, Xiaomi and I headed straight to my girlfriend's house.

Today, Uncle Fan personally cooked a celebratory feast for him.

I definitely have to go.

So he carried a box of dried tangerine peel and a box of fish maw to the door.

Upon arriving at the residential area, Xiaomi politely took her leave:

"Brother Li, I'm leaving."

"Aren't you going up?"

"No."

Li Mu didn't insist on keeping him. He smiled, waved, put on his baseball cap, and quietly walked into the elevator.

After quickly arriving at the floor, she knocked on the door. When the door opened, Zhang Chuanmei smiled:

"Little Li's here, come in quickly."

"Auntie. This is Xinhui tangerine peel, twenty years old. It's especially good when brewed with tea. This is fish maw, for your health."

"Oh, why are you being so polite?"

Zhang Chuanmei accepted the gift as she spoke.

This is a child's heartfelt gift, and has nothing to do with the price.

Of course, genuine 20-year-old aged tangerine peel is definitely not cheap.

Yes.

"Xiao Li, come help."

Fan Tao called out from the kitchen.

"They're here."

Li Mu quickly washed his hands and went into the kitchen.

Fan Tao's first words were:

"If that brat ever says she wants dumplings with hand-chopped filling again, just call me, and I'll deal with her. That brat, so young, but with such a temper..."

"Uh... haha, it's alright, Uncle Fan. I also quite like dumplings with chopped filling. And those fish dumplings are really delicious."

Upon hearing this, Fan Tao pointed to the stainless steel basin next to the sink:

"Yes."

There are two mackerel inside:\

"It came frozen from my hometown. We'll have dumplings for dinner tonight, so you can try authentic mackerel filling. Even though it's frozen, it's okay."

"OK."\

Li Mu smiled and nodded, even feeling quite happy inside.

Although there's no sign of anything happening between them yet, as soon as they heard I was coming, they not only treated me to a meal at noon, but also personally made dumplings for me in the evening.

This treatment... even back in my hometown, no one would find fault with it.

So, after the two of them busied themselves in the kitchen for a while, the door opened again. Before they even saw anyone, they heard Xiao Fan's loud and boisterous voice:

"Dad, Li Mu... Ah, baby, you're here."

Upon seeing her boyfriend, the glamorous star, still wearing makeup, dashed straight into the kitchen.

In front of her father, she gave her boyfriend a big thumbs up.

Fan Tao was speechless.

But I didn't say much; it's a young person's business.

"Go wash your hands. Look at your face, it looks like a ghost."

"Hehe, yes, yes... Hey, does my makeup look good today?"

"Hmm, where did you go?"

"I took some makeup test photos. Have you seen 'The Wandering Swordsman'?"

"The one with Liang Yusheng?"

"Yes, I'll play Yun Lei."

"Is it settled?"

"I guess so... Dad, I'll let Li Mu see my recent costume fitting photos. You go ahead with your work, just call us when it's time to eat."

"Hey? Don't..."

Li Mu tried to struggle, but she had already grabbed him.

Fan Tao rolled his eyes.

"Mom, we're inside! Call us for dinner... Oh dear, Chengcheng, STOP!"

Seeing her younger brother rushing towards her, the older sister, who seemed to have turned her back on him, pointed a finger at him, and he was pinned to the spot.

"Go see what delicious food Daddy made for us!"

After saying that, under her brother's "Are you a dog?" look, she forcibly pushed Li Mu into the master bedroom and locked the door behind her.

Zhang Chuanmei's lips twitched after hearing the "clatter" sound.

I wanted to say something... but I just couldn't utter a word.

I just feel... speechless.

She even had the idea that it might be better for her and her husband to move out.

Li Mu, inside the room, was speechless, staring at the older woman who had locked the door:

"What are you doing?!"

As soon as Xiao Fan turned around, hands on his hips, he pointed at the bed with one finger:

"Take off your clothes."

"Get the hell out of here!"

Li Mu rolled her eyes at her, annoyed:

"Are you crazy? Dinner's almost ready!"

"Let's get this over with quickly, my period is coming."

Subtext: I've been feeling really restless these past few days.

But Li Mu completely ignored the conversation:

"Stop trying to appease them, this is outrageous!"

"Oh dear, you've finally learned how to use inverted sentences."

As she spoke, she started grabbing her boyfriend's clothes, intending to do it herself.

But Li Mu absolutely refused to give in:

"Hey, stop coaxing me! Let's eat! Let's go back to the hotel, okay?"

"How am I supposed to get to a hotel? Where are you staying? The Kempinski? Wouldn't I be exposed if I went there?"

"Then... the car is fine too!"

"Hey, why are you talking so much nonsense! Hurry up and take it off!"

"I won't take it off! Are you crazy... Ouch~~ Let go!"

Seeing her start pinching her own flesh, Li Mu knew he had to resort to his ultimate move.

Otherwise, I would have lost my virginity today.

So he steeled himself and scooped her up in his arms.

Xiao Fan thought he had given in, and smiled charmingly:

"Hehehe, you're one to talk..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Mu laid him flat on the quilt and began to unbuckle his belt.

Seeing this, Fan Bingbing also started to undress, but the next second, Li Mu grabbed a belt and used it to wrap her up in the blanket.

In no time at all, she was transformed into a caterpillar wrapped in a blanket. Then, Li Mu's belt bound the caterpillar tightly.

"Hey! You, surnamed Li! You..."

"Stay by yourself."

Li Mu gave a cold laugh, unlocked the door, and walked out.

"Li Mu!!! Are you trying to die! Nan...untie me! Untie me! I'll stab you to death, you believe me!"

"..."\

Outside, Zhang Chuanmei, sitting on the sofa, heard the noise, peeked out, and saw her daughter wriggling around on the bed like a maggot.

She paused for a moment, then leaned back on the sofa, casually waving to her son who wanted to go play with his sister:

"Erbao, come here."

"Mommy, sister, let's play?"

"Chengcheng, be good, don't play. Children shouldn't play with bugs."

\

"?"

Fan Chengcheng looked puzzled, then heard a "plop":

"Ouch!"\

"well."\

Zhang Chuanmei let out a long sigh.

What a terrible thing to do.