Huayu: This top star doesn't play by the rules.

Seeing that Tian Xiwei was so decisive, Zhang Ruonan had no choice but to take the menu. After ordering a vegetable platter and two or three snacks, she handed the menu back to Chen Chao.

Without even looking at the menu, Chen Chao simply asked the waiter to add about ten more dishes before finishing his order. After all, he had eaten at this restaurant many times and naturally knew which dishes were delicious.

When the pot was served, the copper pot contained a milky white broth, with red dates and goji berries floating on top. Steam rose up, enveloping the faces of the four people.

As a girl from Sichuan and Chongqing, Tian Xiwei is quite skilled at making hot pot. She picks up thin slices of meat with her chopsticks, dips them in the pot for seven or eight seconds, rolls them in the spicy dipping sauce, puts them in her mouth, and then squints her eyes to savor them.

"Hmm~ It still doesn't feel as good as Chongqing hot pot." After a moment, Tian Xiwei opened her eyes and sighed with some disappointment. But then, as if she had thought of something, she looked up at Chen Chao with bright eyes and said, "Teacher Chen Chao, if you have time to go to Chongqing, I'll take you to eat authentic Chongqing hot pot."

"And Wenzhou too. If Professor Chen Chao has time to go to Wenzhou, I'll take you to eat authentic Wenzhou cuisine." Hearing Tian Xiwei's words, Zhang Ruonan couldn't help but glance at her before speaking up as well.

Chen Chao picked up his cup, took a sip of his drink, and looked at the two girls in front of him through the rising steam from the copper pot. He smiled and said, "Okay, I've got it all in mind: Chongqing hot pot and Wenzhou cuisine."

As they ate hotpot and chatted, towards the end of the meal, Tian Xiwei hesitated for a moment before finally gritting her teeth and asking, "Um... Professor Chen Chao, can we add each other on WeChat?"

"Yes, of course." Hearing Tian Xiwei's words, Chen Chao did not refuse, but nodded with a smile and reached into his pocket to take out his phone.

Seeing that Chen Chao had agreed, Tian Xiwei quickly took out her phone and opened the WeChat QR code. Zhang Ruonan, who was sitting next to her without saying a word, also quickly took out her phone and opened the WeChat QR code.

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The next morning, Tian Xiwei and Zhang Ruonan took their valuables and prepared to return to school to ask for leave. As for the rest of their luggage, they left it in the hotel room that Chen Chao had rented for them.

When the two were leaving, Chen Chao, who happened to be free and had nothing to do, came with his manager to see them off and also called a car for them to go to the airport.

"Teacher Chen Chao, we'll be going now." Carrying a small backpack that obviously couldn't hold much, Tian Xiwei suddenly turned around after taking a few steps, her ponytail drawing an arc in the air, and waved vigorously at Chen Chao.

"Goodbye, Teacher Chen Chao." Standing next to Tian Xiwei, Zhang Ruonan raised her voice slightly as she spoke.

Watching the taxi drive away from the hotel and disappear into the traffic at the intersection, Chen Chao and Ji Ran turned around and went back to the hotel together.

As they walked, Ji Ran chatted with Chen Chao. "These two girls are quite interesting. By the way, Yi Laoshi just messaged me saying that he has finished writing the plot outline for 'Never Lost Love.' I've forwarded the file to your email. Take a look later."

"Is he really that efficient?"

"He said that when he got home last night, he listened to your songs and inspiration suddenly came to him, so he quickly completed the plot outline." Ji Ran shook his head with a smile. He was also very surprised when he first heard the news.

"By the way, I've already talked to Su Wan. She will be in charge of styling the two girls during the filming. I've already approved a budget for her specifically for this purpose. After all, they're coming to film our music video, so we can't let them wear their own clothes on camera."

The two entered the elevator. Chen Chao leaned against the elevator wall, watching the floor numbers jump up one by one, and suddenly said, "Brother Ji Ran."

"Um?"

"Thank you, I'll need your help again in the future."

Pushing up his glasses, Ji Ran didn't reply with "It's my duty" until the elevator doors opened. After escorting Chen Chao back to his room, he turned and strode away, sending messages to Yi Laoshi as he walked to continue communicating about the upcoming MV shoot.

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The campus was somewhat deserted on the weekend. The snow on the playground was swept to both sides of the track by the filming crew, forming snowdrifts about half a person's height.

Looking at these snowdrifts, Chen Chao, a southerner who was also on set, felt a little restless.

The lockers in the school building corridor were locked neatly, and the blackboard still bore the writing from the last Chinese class before the holiday. It was Li Shangyin's "Untitled," which ended abruptly with the line "It is difficult to meet and difficult to part."

After staring at the blackboard for a while, Yilaoshi turned to the camera director and said, "Film this in later, put it in the background, and blur it."

Just then, with Su Wan's help, Tian Xiwei changed into her custom-made school uniform, put on makeup, and came out. She wore a white shirt and a dark blue pleated skirt, and her high ponytail swayed gently with her steps.

As she walked through the corridor, sunlight streamed down from the side, casting a thin halo of light on her face.

"This is what youth feels like." Looking at Tian Xiwei's appearance, Yi Laoshi couldn't help but sigh, and then quickly got into work mode, "Come on, let's go through the positions first."

The scenes filmed on campus were very simple; it only showed Tian Xiwei carrying her textbooks as she walked out of the classroom, through the corridor, and across the playground.

But she filmed those few shots several times without getting them right, because a guy frolicking in the snow had completely captured her attention.

Watching Chen Chao playing in the snowdrifts, laughing carefree and full of childlike joy, Tian Xiwei suddenly felt a sense of disillusionment. Her impression of Chen Chao was more of a handsome, gentle, humble, and polite man, who sometimes even transformed into a cool and aloof heartthrob.

But this silly... childlike side of hers is something she has never seen or even imagined before, and it's hard for her to accept for a while.

Yi Laoshi, who also noticed this scene, sighed helplessly, walked to Ji Ran's side, and whispered a few words to him.

Then, the guy who was having a great time playing in the snow was punished.