Huayu: Starting from retirement, sweeping across the domestic entertainment industry

The next morning, sunlight streamed into the bedroom through the gaps in the curtains, while Li Ran was still fast asleep.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Liu Haocun poked half his head in. Seeing that he was still sleeping, he grinned mischievously.

She tiptoed to the bedside and pulled back the covers!

"get up……"

Her voice stopped abruptly.

Li Ran was startled awake by the sudden chill. She opened her eyes abruptly and was met with Liu Haocun's frozen face.

She was still holding onto the corner of the blanket with one hand, and covering her eyes with the other, but her fingers were wide open, and her doe-like eyes were darting around through the gaps.

"Hey! Why aren't you wearing any clothes!"

Li Ran paused for two seconds, then smiled.

He simply sat up and leaned casually against the headboard.

He was indeed shirtless, but he was still wearing a pair of dark-colored shorts on his lower body.

"It's comfortable to sleep naked," he said slowly, his voice hoarse from just waking up.

"Besides, aren't you wearing shorts? Isn't that what everyone in Northeast China wears?"

Liu Haocun glared at him through his fingers, a faint blush creeping onto his cheeks, but he remained defiant: "How can that be the same! Hurry up and get dressed! I ordered breakfast!"

After saying that, she slammed the door shut and her footsteps faded into the distance.

Li Ran sat on the bed, touched his nose, and smiled.

This little tea girl is covering her eyes but leaving a gap; she clearly really wants to see!

When he put on a white T-shirt and came out of the bedroom, breakfast was already set on the dining table.

Liu Haocun was sitting at the dining table, holding Taxue and feeding it egg yolk. Hearing footsteps, he didn't even look up.

"Come and eat, it's getting cold."

Li Ran sat down opposite her, picked up a fried dough stick and took a bite.

Liu Haocun looked at him and suddenly asked, "Were there any other people at Zhang Jingyi's birthday party yesterday?"

Li Ran paused, then looked up at her.

Liu Haocun met his gaze with a calm and even somewhat self-righteous expression.

Li Ran asked, puzzled, "Why are you asking this?"

"curious."

Li Ran smiled, a hint of amusement in his eyes: "You're not jealous, are you?"

Liu Haocun's eyes widened immediately, and his voice rose a little: "Li Ran, you're so narcissistic! Why would I be jealous?"

"Then why did you ask so clearly?"

"I understand my partners!" she answered quickly.

"We're about to start filming, so I need to know what my co-star has been up to lately, how he's doing, and whether it will affect filming..."

Li Ran interrupted her: "Then your 'understanding' is a bit too deep."

He put down the fried dough stick, leaned forward slightly, and looked at her: "Who goes to their co-star's house every day?"

Liu Haocun was stumped by the question.

She opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but couldn't find the words.

Looking at her expression, Li Ran suddenly asked seriously, "Liu Haocun, do you like me?"

Liu Haocun remained silent and did not speak.

She just looked at him; his doe-like eyes, usually brimming with liveliness and playfulness, suddenly became very deep, like a bottomless lake.

Li Ran didn't look away; he had been waiting for this opportunity.

This little tea girl is acting very strangely.

From the day of the audition, she always gave him a feeling of being neither close nor distant.

She knows how to flirt, how to get close, how to stay overnight at his house, how to hug Ta Xue and make it call her "Mommy," but when it comes to actually saying something, she always just glides away lightly.

It's good to get to the bottom of this today.

Liu Haocun remained silent for a long time.

Then she suddenly laughed, a laugh that was different from her usual laugh, carrying a hint of helplessness and self-deprecation.

"Li Ran," she said, her voice a little softer than before, "don't look at me with that look of affection you have for a dog."

She paused for a moment: "Aren't you afraid I'll turn the tables on you if you try to use your good looks on me?"

Li Ran was not led astray by her.

He looked serious and said, word by word, "I'm not joking with you."

Liu Haocun looked at him, then suddenly opened his eyes wide. His already round, deer-like eyes were now mostly black, with the pupils filling the rest of them.

It's a bit creepy.

"Li Ran," she began, her voice suddenly turning cold, "do you think I'm particularly easy?"

Li Ran paused slightly, then shook his head.

Is it casual? Compared to Bai Zhou Jie's straightforward approach of "washing clean and smelling nice" right off the bat, Liu Haocun has always been very tactful.

She can flirt, but she never crosses the line; she can get close, but she also knows when to back off.

That's why Li Ran wanted to find out.

"The feeling you give me," Li Ran said carefully, "is that you've always wanted to flirt with me, but you don't want to take responsibility."

Liu Haocun paused for a few seconds before slowly speaking, "What if I really like you?"

She raised her eyes and stared at Li Ran.

"After all, I told you from the beginning that I was here to steal hearts."

Li Ran knew it was time to make things clear.

"What if I told you," he slowly began, "that I'm with Zhang Jingyi?"

Liu Haocun's expression froze for a moment.

She quickly regained her composure and looked at Li Ran with a complicated expression.

"So she confessed her feelings to you yesterday?"

Li Ran nodded.

Through this confirmation, he has learned some things.

Judging from the complex look in Zhang Jingyi's eyes when she mentioned Liu Haocun yesterday, and Liu Haocun's current behavior, he was certain that the two women must have talked about something.

"You agree?"

Li Ran nodded again.

Liu Haocun lowered his head and didn't look up to speak for a long time.

Li Ran just watched her quietly.

When she looked up again, her voice no longer carried its usual joking tone, but rather a faint sadness.

"Then... do I still have a chance?" Her voice was soft, but Li Ran heard it clearly.

Although Liu Haocun loves to play the role of a tea connoisseur, he is not the kind of person who would break up others to benefit himself.

Li Ran suddenly didn't know how to answer.

Just then, a "beep" sounded from the door.

The door opened.

Hu Lianxin walked in carrying a takeout bag and bent down to change into slippers.

"Li Ran, I brought you..."

She looked up and saw two people at the dining table; the atmosphere seemed a little off.

Liu Haocun also looked up at her, his eyes filled with doubt, before turning to look at Li Ran.

Hu Lianxin stopped moving.

Both of them were puzzled. Who is this?

Li Ran sat there, watching this scene, his temples throbbing.

Done! ! !

He was so focused on dealing with Liu Haocun's matter that he completely forgot that Hu Lianxin was coming over today.

Both women were now looking at him with puzzled expressions, and Li Ran was at a loss as to what to do.

The living room was eerily quiet.

Only Ta Xue, unaware of what had happened, ran directly to Hu Lianxin's feet upon seeing her, circling around her as if to welcome her.

Seeing Ta Xue's reaction, Liu Haocun knew that this must be someone Li Ran knew.

They must have fed Ta Xue something, otherwise this "snobbish dog" wouldn't be so enthusiastic.

Seeing this, Hu Lianxin also walked over and looked at Li Ran.

"Brother Li Ran, do we have guests? Am I disturbing you?"

Li Ran had not yet spoken.

Liu Haocun looked at Hu Lianxin and asked directly, with a hint of sarcasm, "Are you Li Ran's girlfriend? How do you know his house password?"

"But just now, Brother Li Ran clearly said that his girlfriend is Zhang Jingyi, and I happen to know her too..."

"She doesn't look like her sister at all!"