Huayu: Live a carefree life

Friday, Hongqiao Airport.

"I'm going back to Beijing first. You focus on preparing for your role. I'll come see you when I have time." Lu Jie comforted Wang Churan, who was hugging him tightly. "Who said I'm always bothering her and preventing her from preparing for her role? Hehe, why are you suddenly so reluctant to let her go?"

"You're so annoying!" Wang Churan rolled her eyes, then buried her head in Lu Jie's chest again and murmured, "If... if I miss you, can I come to the capital to see you?"

"Haha, come on if you want to roll your eyes at me." Lu Jie smiled smugly. "Sometimes you roll your eyes in a really cute way, I like it."

Wang Churan resisted the urge to roll her eyes again and pinched Lu Jie's waist lightly.

"Who likes rolling their eyes at you? It's all because of you... Ugh, never mind! You go inside now, I need to go back to my script. I can't embarrass my sugar daddy!"

Lu Jie pinched her plump, collagen-filled cheeks. "Hey, good to know! I'm off~ Come find me if you miss me!"

"Okay, I'll go. Bye!"

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Hongqiao Airport, VIP Lounge for the Beijing-Shanghai Express Line.

Lu Jie was chatting with his assistant and bodyguards, occasionally replying to messages from the girls.

"Xiao Lu?" a slightly surprised female voice rang out.

Lu Jie looked up at the sound of the voice, and upon seeing the other person, he gave a charming smile. "Hello, Sister Qian, what a coincidence!"

"Hey, what a coincidence." The woman called Sister Qian was a very well-maintained beauty. She glanced at the people around Lu Jie and sat down in the empty seat next to him with great familiarity. "Are you in Shanghai on business?"

"Yes, Sister Qian, it's been a week already." Lu Jie smiled and nodded. "If I had known you were in Shanghai, I would have definitely wanted to meet up with you."

"Hey, I just got off the plane at Pudong Airport, but I have to go to Hongqiao Airport first before I can get back to Kunming." Sister Qian looked utterly defeated. "I brought back a lot of stuff, it was such a hassle, and it really hurt my back."

Lu Jie had a very good impression of this woman from Northeast China whom he had met in the early stages of his business. He smiled and coaxed her, "Sister Qian, you're not old at all. It's Uncle Meng who looks quite anxious standing next to you."

"Hehehe, don't let your Uncle Meng hear you say that." Women are always happy to be complimented on their youth, and Sister Qian is no exception. "Let me tell you, next time you can't call me Sister Qian in front of your Uncle Meng. Last time his face almost twitched from holding it in. Oh my god, it was so funny."

"That won't do. I can't bring myself to call you Aunt Qian. It would make you sound too old. Let's just call each other by our own names." Lu Jie was bored anyway, so he continued to chat with Sister Qian.

Sister Qian's eyes narrowed into crescents with delight. "Then why don't you, Xiao Lu, take the loss and call him 'brother' too?"

"I can't even bring myself to say that, it's obviously a generational difference."

"Haha, you!"

After the joke, Lu Jie remembered that Sister Qian had mentioned going back to Chuncheng in their previous conversation, so he kindly reminded her, afraid that she might get carried away and miss her flight, "By the way, Sister Qian, weren't you going back to Chuncheng? Why are you here on the Beijing-Shanghai Express Line? Did you get on the wrong flight?"

"That's right, I was planning to go straight back to Chuncheng, but when I was getting around to the transfer, my precious daughter said she missed me and insisted that I go to Beijing to see her." Sister Qian's eyes lit up when she mentioned her daughter. "Speaking of which, Xiao Lu, you haven't met my daughter yet, have you? Well, when you came to Chuncheng to discuss cooperation, she happened to be studying in Beijing."

As she spoke, Sister Qian pulled out a photo of herself and her daughter on her phone and showed it to Lu Jie. "Look, my daughter Meng Ziyi, isn't she pretty?"

"She really is beautiful. The main reason is that you and Uncle Meng are a perfect match, a match made in heaven. Although Uncle Meng's hair is white, his features are still there. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been interested in her in the first place." Lu Jie thought Meng Ziyi was indeed beautiful after looking at her photos.

The woman from Northeast China was naturally talkative, and she became even more so when talking about her daughter. "How about I introduce you two? Xiao Lu, you were born in '95, right? My daughter was too, but she's actually a few months younger than you, born in December '95. She changed her age to be a year older so she could start school earlier, and now she's arguing with us about it every day. She's an actress, you know. She just finished filming a TV series last month, playing the female lead. But when she told me that the series was about two men falling in love, it gave me goosebumps. Xiao Lu, what are people thinking these days? How can they still make such rubbish? Don't they find it disgusting?"

"Oh, you're right. I feel disgusted just hearing you mention it." Lu Jie wasn't just saying that; he genuinely loathed it, and thinking about it made him shudder.

Lu Jie roughly recalled the various film and television materials he had recently studied, "Filmed last month? Could Xiao Meng be acting in 'The Untamed'...?"

"Yes, yes, that's the name. You know him, Xiao Lu?"

"Well, to be honest, Sister Qian, I have some investments in film and television now, and I have a very good relationship with Tencent. Tencent invested in 'The Untamed,' and I heard them talking about it during dinner."

Sister Qian's eyes lit up even more, and she thought to herself that she should introduce Ziyi to you, but she didn't mention it again to avoid annoying people. Anyway, she had Lu Jie's contact information, and there was plenty of time.

"Xiao Lu, I just wanted to ask you something. This kind of thing... um, my daughter says it's called a BL drama. Is there a market for it? To be honest, we even spent some money on the role of Xiao Meng."

"I haven't really researched this, but since Tencent has invested, they must have done market research, so there should be an audience," Lu Jie replied after thinking for a moment. "There are all kinds of people in this world now, it's just that you and I don't have access to them."

Sister Qian nodded silently, "Yes, that makes sense."

The two chatted for a while longer before a flight attendant from the VIP lounge came to announce boarding.

Lu Jie and Sister Qian were both in business class, but they were quite far apart, so they didn't continue their conversation.

After landing at Beijing Capital International Airport, Lu Jie even had his bodyguard help Sister Qian with her luggage. Goodness, it was really big and heavy. The bodyguard almost strained his back. I don't know how she got it in Pudong. I can only say that this Northeastern woman is really something else.

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"What? You said you didn't drive? Then why would I need you to pick me up? Can't I just take a taxi myself?" On the phone, Sister Qian launched into a tirade of Northeastern accents. "Don't just stand there like an idiot. I saw you. Turn around, see me? Hmm, flirt with me."

"Sister Qian~ It's Friday today, and my license plate is restricted..." Meng Ziyi rushed over and hugged Sister Qian. She had a slender figure and bright, three-dimensional features. Lu Jie thought she was even more beautiful in person than in photos.

Although Sister Qian was being sarcastic, she still doted on her daughter. "You should have told me about the license plate restriction earlier. Come on, let me introduce you. This is Lu Jie, my business partner with your father. Little Lu, this is my daughter, Meng Ziyi."

Lu Jie flashed a charming, handsome smile. "Hello, Miss Meng, I've heard Sister Qian praise you quite a bit along the way."

Meng Ziyi then noticed that there were other people around, and quickly tidied her disguise. "Hello, hello, I'm Meng Ziyi. Qian... Wow, handsome guy, you're so handsome!"

Lu Jie was both amused and exasperated by her sudden high spirits. This girl seemed a bit infatuated, what was going on?