Chinese Entertainment: Directors Start with the Fairy Sister

Stealing fragrance and jade, such is the joy!

At the entrance of Liu Yifei's villa, with the lights on on the second floor, it seemed as if he was giving little Liu a kiss right in front of Liu Xiaoli.

It was absolutely amazing!

The next day, Liu Yifei and her daughter returned to Jiangcheng.

Zhao Yanxi also took a car back to her hometown, where she paid respects to her parents and then visited the place where she had lived in her previous life.

Whether it was a dream come true or a change of time and space, Zhao Yanxi could not be found in the places where she should have been in the original timeline.

After returning from her hometown, Zhao Yanxi went straight to Jiangcheng.

......

The day before Lunar New Year's Eve, Zhao Yanxi arrived in Jiangcheng.

After receiving the news, Liu Yifei looked at Liu Xiaoli and her grandmother with a guilty conscience.

"Grandma, Mom, I'm going out for a walk later. I might not be back for dinner tonight."

Liu Xiaoli glanced at the still-lit phone in her daughter's hand, not wanting to say anything; but her grandmother was more concerned: "Qianqian, where are you going? Do you want your brother to come with you?"

"No need, no need!" Liu Yifei waved her hands repeatedly, "A friend is looking for me, I'll show him around!"

Watching Liu Yifei hurriedly put on her coat and leave, Zhou Wenqiong asked curiously, "Sister, does Qianqian have any friends in Jiangcheng?"

"I don't know either, that brat didn't tell me!"

She didn't want to gossip about a relationship that wasn't truly committed to.

Although Zhou Wenqiong was a little surprised, she didn't think much of it. She just turned to look at "Grandma Liu" and said, "Mom, we were originally going to make dumplings at home since Qianqian was home."

"Sissi doesn't come back to eat here anymore, so shall we go out to eat? Let's go to that restaurant we used to frequent; I've been craving that fish head soup all these years abroad!"

"Sure!"

......

"Sissi, your outfit... is quite unique!"

Although seeing her sweetheart was something to be happy about, Zhao Yanxi couldn't help but laugh when she saw Liu Yifei's outfit.

Her black cotton-padded jacket was so bulging it looked like an inflated bread, completely covering her chin.

However, she incongruously paired it with a gray mini skirt, from which two legs tightly wrapped in thick black pantyhose extended, and she wore a pair of wide, mid-calf printed boots.

The contrast between the top and bottom makes it look exactly like a clumsy little penguin trying hard to keep up with the trend.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yifei blinked, puzzled, and twirled slightly in front of him. "I feel quite warm, and the dress looks nice too."

"I've never seen you wear this padded jacket before. Is it new?"

"Yeah, I bought it when I went shopping with Changchang and Liangliang last time. It's super warm and cheap too~"

"Yes, that's good too. With a mask on, no one will recognize you," Zhao Yanxi nodded seriously.

"What do you mean?" Liu Yifei reacted, gesturing wildly, "You're saying I'm dressed badly?"

"No way, you look good in anything!" Zhao Yanxi said decisively.

"Well, it just doesn't feel quite right~"

"Oh, that's normal. Boys and girls have different tastes. My mom said this outfit looks great on me."

Zhao Yanxi said she couldn't understand her family's inherited aesthetic sense.

"Beautiful...it must be beautiful! Beautiful Miss Liu, could you show me around Jiangcheng?"

"Come on, let me take you flying!"

......

Zhao Yanxi was no stranger to Jiangcheng; the cherry blossoms at Wuhan University were quite beautiful.

Although there was a traitorous leader who produced many scoundrels and traitors, the majority of them were normal patriots who used their knowledge and abilities to create a better future for their motherland.

Liu Yifei took Zhao Yanxi to Hubu Alley, the first stop on their tour of Wuhan.

This is not only a place to have breakfast, but also a place to experience the ancient charm of Jiangcheng.

Wandering through narrow alleys, walking along cobblestone paths, passing through old-fashioned doors, and watching the power lines crisscross overhead, the chaotic feeling of the old and new intertwined is itself a unique landscape.

Marshmallows, candied hawthorns...

Before the roasted chestnuts were fully cooked, Liu Yifei pulled Zhao Yanxi and squeezed towards the stall selling three-delicacy bean curd sheets.

She was pointing at the golden, crispy egg skin and quietly explaining the glutinous rice and filling inside to Zhao Yanxi;

A young girl next to her, who was taking pictures with her phone, suddenly stopped what she was doing and looked at Liu Yifei with a suspicious gaze.

Despite wearing a mask and with the brim of her hat pulled low, her striking eyes and overall demeanor still gave her away.

The girl hesitated before stepping forward, her voice trembling with suppressed excitement: "Excuse me... are you Liu Yifei?"

Liu Yifei's heart skipped a beat, but she reacted quickly, immediately denying it in Mandarin with a heavy Shanghai accent, deliberately making her voice soft and flat:

"Oh? No, no, you've mistaken me for someone else!"

As she spoke, she subconsciously shrank her face further into the bulging collar of her cotton-padded jacket.

Zhao Yanxi, standing nearby, immediately understood, suppressing a laugh, and seriously put his arm around her shoulder, using his Northeastern-accented Mandarin as a cover:

"Hey sis, what's going on? Someone mistook you for Liu Yifei again?"

As he spoke, he naturally pulled her closer to him, their posture as intimate as that of an ordinary couple.

The girl looked at the bulky-dressed girl in front of her, with a strange accent, being held in her "boyfriend's" arms, and then compared her to the ethereal "fairy sister" she remembered...

He was momentarily confused, and a look of apology crossed his face: "Ah... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I might have really mistaken you for someone else."

"It's alright!"

Zhao Yanxi waved her hand readily, then put her arm around Liu Yifei, who was still trying to play the role of an "outsider," and quickly merged into the surging crowd.

It wasn't until they had walked more than ten meters away that the two looked at each other and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Who taught you that accent? It's awful!" Zhao Yanxi teased in a low voice.

Liu Yifei playfully punched him, but her eyes and brows were full of smugness and excitement at escaping: "I spent several days learning Shanghai dialect from Hu Ge~ But luckily you caught it! You reacted quickly enough, Zhao."

"That's because of perfect teamwork."

Zhao Yanxi raised her chin smugly, squeezed her hand, and said, "Let's go, classmate who's 'not Liu Yifei,' what's our next stop for dinner?"

"Let me take you to try some of the local delicacies of Wuhan!"

Liu Yifei said with a smile, "Let me tell you, although this restaurant has been open for twenty or thirty years, most people don't know about it. My grandma used to always take us there to eat!"

"walk!"

......

Liu Yifei led Zhao Yanxi through a maze of turns and finally found a clean but old-fashioned little shop called "Wang Ji Fish Fresh" on the ground floor of a row of old residential buildings.

The storefront is small, but an enticing aroma wafts from inside.

"This is it!"

Liu Yifei led Zhao Yanxi into a small private room with practiced ease, lowering her voice and introducing the restaurant with sparkling eyes: "Their signature dish is 'Two Ways to Cook Bighead Carp.' The fish head is steamed with chopped chili peppers, which is incredibly spicy and delicious; the fish body is simmered with tofu in a milky white soup that's so fresh it'll make your eyebrows fall off! They also have lotus root sandwiches, pearl meatballs..."

She knew it all like the back of her hand. Zhao Yanxi looked at her rare, excited expression, which was full of the warmth of her hometown, and felt that she was more vivid and lovely than she had ever been in front of the camera.

He smiled and poured her some hot tea: "Now that you mention it, it seems we've come to the right place."

"Of course!"

......

Meanwhile, in another private room separated by only a wall, the atmosphere quietly froze.

Just as Liu Xiaoli, Zhou Wenqiong, and their group sat down, laughing and chatting as they prepared to order, a clear, slightly coquettish female voice easily pierced through the thin partition, striking everyone's eardrums:

"Yanxi...you should try this fish, isn't it incredibly fresh?"

That voice... it's so familiar!

Liu Xiaoli's hand, which was about to open the menu, suddenly stopped in mid-air, and Zhou Wenqiong's smile froze instantly, as if she had been frozen in place.

Grandma, who was leisurely sipping her tea, looked up in confusion. Even Uncle Liu's family, who had been chatting, stopped talking and looked in the direction of the sound with surprise.

"That voice," Uncle Liu broke the silence first, his tone full of surprise and doubt, "sounds...so much like Sisi?"

Zhou Wenqiong unconsciously leaned forward slightly, listening intently, her face filled with disbelief: "No way? Didn't she say she was going out with a friend? Could it be that this 'friend'...?"

Her words came to an abrupt end, leaving a blank space that sparked endless imagination.

Grandma's reaction was more direct. Instead of being angry, a curious and expectant smile appeared on her face. She turned to the side, trying to catch more of the sounds from next door.

On the other side of the wall, Liu Yifei, completely unaware of the impending "storm," carefully picked up a piece of the smoothest fish belly and gently placed it into Zhao Yanxi's bowl, her eyes crinkling with anticipation.

However, at that very moment, the curious little boy from the uncle's family had already nimbly pushed open the sliding door between the two private rooms, which was not locked.

The little guy peeked in and immediately spotted that incredibly familiar profile. His eyes widened, and he shouted in a clear, surprised voice:

"cousin?!"