This road is truly long and arduous.
To be fair, she lived a very laid-back life in the first half of her life, and this personality hasn't changed much here.
She only felt a slight sense of urgency at the very beginning when she learned she only had three months left, and that sense of urgency disappeared completely afterward.
The main problem is that no one gives her a goal, and she spends half her time in the hospital.
I'm just... lost.
While waiting for Xu Qingzhu to return home that day, Liang Shi made three plans, namely Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C.
A: Keep taking a relaxed approach and do the tasks slowly.
B: Started sending flowers and gifts, picking her up and dropping her off at get off work, and frequently creating contact with Xu Qingzhu.
C: Create a bond with Xu Qingzhu—have a baby.
She eliminated A and C without hesitation, and there was no need to choose B either.
She can't be a stumbling block on Xu Qingzhu's road to success. Anyway, when she's desperately trying to prove herself through acting, if someone suddenly appears and sends her flowers every day, invites her to dinner, and takes over her like crazy, she'll want to smash that person to death. Forget about liking that person, she'll be lucky if she doesn't hate them.
Liang Shi felt that C's suggestion was too vulgar and not the behavior of a gentleman.
Plan A seemed to be the most suitable for her, but... if she continued to be so passive, she was afraid that she might die one day.
Based on her deduction, the time when she could discuss divorce with Xu Qingzhu would definitely be after the original owner of the body disappeared.
In other words, we have to wait until her luck value accumulates to 80 or 100.
Previously, she had wanted to gain Xu Qingzhu's favor by investigating Xu Qingzhu's parents. Since Xu Qingzhu was extremely busy, all she could do was try to gain favor from the sidelines without disturbing her work. However, the investigation was interrupted, and she once again hit a bottleneck.
Every day I think about cooking a meal for Xu Qingzhu, but she's too busy to come home.
As Liang Shi sat on the sofa, engrossed in a book, Xu Qingzhu returned.
She had just walked over when she saw Liang Shi reading a book, but the book was upside down.
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
"What are you looking at?" Xu Qingzhu asked.
This sound pulled Liang Shi back from his wandering thoughts, and he answered without hesitation, "Reading."
Xu Qingzhu looked at the book in her hand with a quiet gaze, her eyes saying—Do you think I believe you?
Liang Shi looked down and realized that he was holding his book upside down.
...
She immediately moved the book back to its original position, but didn't look at it again. She simply closed the book, stood up, and asked, "Have you eaten?"
Xu Qingzhu asked, "Does eating a piece of bread count?"
"You only had a piece of bread for dinner?" Liang Shi frowned. "Bread doesn't count as a meal..."
Before she could even voice her denial, Xu Qingzhu said, "She ate only one loaf of bread all day."
Liang Shi: "..."
She stopped in her tracks as she walked toward the kitchen, turned around and saw that she was exhausted and had slumped in the spot where she had just been sitting. She had grabbed a cushion and put it under her head, her long hair was loose at her sides, and the top two buttons of her white shirt were undone, revealing a large expanse of her collarbone, which was soon completely covered by her hair.
Liang Shi's heart softened as he looked at him, feeling a deep sense of empathy.
In the past, when she was too tired from filming, she would come back in this state. In a scene that was particularly emotionally demanding, she might have to do it more than twenty times because of a mistake by her co-star. Each time she had to have the same explosive power, and she was generally not in a good state.
After going back, I just want to stay home alone and not talk to anyone.
But Liang Shi still couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "Does he really think he's made of iron?"
Xu Qingzhu chuckled softly upon hearing this, her voice low, "Did you think I couldn't hear you?"
There were only the two of them at home, and there were no other foreign objects making noise.
You can hear people talking.
Liang Shi didn't refute, "I'm just saying this for you. If you ruin your health now, what will you do later? There's still some time before the new product launch."
Xu Qingzhu rubbed her ears. "I know, you sound like an old woman."
Liang Shi: "..."
She poked her head out from the kitchen doorway and said, "Just consider it me being nosy."
But less than two minutes later, he brought Xu Qingzhu a bowl of steaming white porridge and said, "Get up and have a bowl of porridge to fill your stomach first. I'll go heat up the rest for you."
Xu Qingzhu reluctantly sat up and reached for the bowl with both hands, only to burn her fingers.
Liang Shi immediately put the bowl aside, knelt down in front of the sofa to blow on her fingers, and frowned as he said, "Why are you so reckless? They were just taken out of the microwave."
"I thought you wanted me to carry it," Xu Qingzhu said weakly, but still argued with her, "Who knew it would be so hot?"
Liang Shi blew on her finger, which was still red. "I'll go get you some ointment."
"It's nothing, no need," Xu Qingzhu said. "They're not even peeling, they're not that delicate."
Liang Shi glanced at it again and got up, but Xu Qingzhu grabbed his hand from behind, saying, "I already said I don't need it, I just want to eat something."
"Alright," Liang Shi said, "I just told you to use the spoon in the bowl to scoop it out directly."
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
She looked up. "Didn't you say you were going to heat up other things?"
“You can go after you finish eating,” Liang Shi said.
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
She silently picked up the spoon.
Xu Qingzhu ate quite quickly, she seemed really hungry, one bite after another, and soon finished a bowl.
Liang Shi asked her, "Do you still want to eat?"
She shook her head.
"I'll go get you some food," Liang Shi said. "Five minutes, okay?"
Xu Qingzhu paused for a moment, then said, "Liang Shi, I want to eat noodles."
"What kind of noodles?" Liang Shi asked.
Without a second thought, Xu Qingzhu replied, "Next."
...
The air froze in an instant.
Xu Qingzhu hadn't thought anything of it when she said those words, but when Liang Shi's expression changed, she suddenly realized something was wrong.
Xu Qingzhu slapped her forehead and explained, "I meant just regular noodles."
Liang Shi: "..."
She coughed softly, "I understand."
Xu Qingzhu: "?"
Do you really understand?
Liang Shi: "..."
That should be true.
//
Liang Shi made Xu Qingzhu a meat sauce noodle soup, which was ready in about eight minutes.
Xu Qingzhu had rested enough on the sofa, so she got up and went to the dining table to eat.
A bowl of steaming noodles, with wisps of steam rising into the air, adds a touch of warmth and comfort to the otherwise somewhat cold home.
Xu Qingzhu ate a few bites of noodles before asking, "What did you have for dinner?"
"Rice porridge and egg pancakes." Liang Shi asked, "Do you want some egg pancakes? I also have some pickled vegetables in the refrigerator."
Xu Qingzhu: "...How about a little?"
Xu Qingzhu didn't feel hungry before eating.
She worked non-stop at the company just to solve the problem with Zhou Yi'an's design draft.
It was finally resolved.
She couldn't possibly go to such lengths to make Sally, who had come all the way to help, and Lin Luoxi, who had put aside her personal studio, suffer. They had already come to help, which was already something to be very grateful for. If Zhou Yi'an were to be squeezed out of the main product position because of this, she might as well jump into the river.
Feeling wronged and angry all day, and having to constantly suppress her emotions, Xu Qingzhu didn't even feel hungry; she was so angry she felt full.
But after drinking Liang Shi's bowl of rice porridge, she suddenly felt that she could eat a whole cow.
So she not only finished a large bowl of noodles, but also ate a small plate of egg pancakes and half a jar of pickled vegetables that Liang Shi had made.
Each portion may not seem like much, but when combined, it's twice the amount she usually eats.
Liang Shi was quite shocked, fearing that she would get an upset stomach, so he gave her a bottle of yogurt to help with digestion before going to the kitchen to wash the dishes.
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
I don't know whether I'll feel more full or hungrier.
She nestled on the sofa, sipping her yogurt. After leaving Liang Shi, she told her, "Zhou Yi'an has come to our company."
Liang Shi: "?"
Liang Shi nearly dropped his phone in shock and immediately asked, "She caused trouble at your company?"
“No.” Xu Qingzhu laughed at her thought process. “She’s someone of status, how could she do something like this? She’s joined our company’s design department.”
"Then wouldn't that mean he'd be under your command?" Liang Shi frowned. "Can you control that?"
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
It's actually very difficult.
But Xu Qingzhu was displeased when she heard this. She pressed her temples and said, "If someone joins our company and becomes my subordinate, why can't I manage them?"
Although Liang Shi felt she was exaggerating, he was too embarrassed to call her out on it, so he replied perfunctorily, "You're right, we can teach her a lesson."
Xu Qingzhu: "..."