Su Yanxi agreed, saying he would wait for Xiao Xie to release his collection of works.
After receiving the award at the Beijing Academy of Drama and returning home, it was already evening. Su Yanxi carried Nubi to the backyard and looked at the large patches of golden yellow scattered on the ground, feeling a sudden pang of melancholy.
It's September, autumn has arrived again. The trees in the backyard have turned yellow, and the leaves have begun to fall; as the bleak and cool autumn wind blows, he feels as if he has returned to that afternoon seven years ago.
He stood in the courtyard, watching the setting sun gradually disappear in the autumn wind, and quietly expressed his emotions for a long while.
Behind him, the shadowy figure of a dog slowly approached.
The man took careful steps and finally came to a position just an arm's length away from him. Just as he was about to excitedly reach out and hug him, he suddenly turned around.
"What?" Su Yanxi raised an eyebrow. "Trying to scare me?"
Caught red-handed, the cunning dog scratched his head, wagged his tail, and came up to his beautiful wife: "Why are you scare me? I clearly wanted to give you a surprise."
"You suddenly appearing behind me, are you sure it's a surprise and not a shock?" Su Yanxi snorted irritably, "So cunning."
"What cunning scheme? Honey, why are you using all sorts of derogatory terms to describe me?" Bie Yunzong affectionately hugged his wife, then pulled her and the cat she was holding into his arms and rubbed against her. "Aww, I love you the most today, honey!"
Nubi got a mess of fur from being rubbed against her, and she flicked her tail in disgust, trying to jump out of Su Yanxi's arms.
Su Yanxi let go, watching helplessly as her cat son shook himself off and jumped onto the cat tree to start licking his fur.
"You're disgusting, even Nubi would find you repulsive."
Bie Yunzong retorted sharply, "I'm the one who dislikes it. Doesn't it ever think about who feeds it?"
Su Yanxi chuckled again, poked Bie Yunzong's chest, and asked her nemesis husband, "Don't you notice anything different about me?"
"What's different?"
My beautiful wife's eyes are so gorgeous! They're so sparkly and bright, even more beautiful than my cat son's eyes, which are sometimes round and sometimes pointed. You'd be drawn in just one glance.
When his wife asked him that question, Bie Yunzong quickly looked her over and checked for any differences from her usual appearance.
"Did your wife get a haircut?" Luckily, Bie Yunzong was quick-witted enough to notice the difference after observing his wife so often! "It looks great, just like she didn't cut it at all!"
Unable to tell if it was a compliment or an insult, Su Yanxi rolled her eyes speechlessly and held out both hands to show the backs of her hands: "They also did my face and hands. Before leaving the styling studio, the stylist did my makeup."
"It was done by a new stylist; I've never used this person before. Does it look good?"
"Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!" Bie Yun nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, staring at his wife's lips, which were coated with a little shimmering lip gloss, with a lecherous gaze. "Your lips look delicious."
Chapter 110
"Pervert." Su Yanxi unconsciously pursed her lips, then asked, "Why don't you ask me why I dressed up so nicely today?"
"Oh, why are you dressed up so nicely?" Bie Yunzong obediently went along with his wife's words.
But he could answer that question himself. As soon as he finished asking, he immediately replied with a grin.
"Because we're going to the Beijing Theatre Academy campus to get your straight-A student status back, right?" Bie Yunzong perked up, happily picking up his wife and spinning her around. "Great! My wife got what's rightfully hers back!"
Su Yanxi understood that his nemesis was in a good mood, but he couldn't stand being picked up and spun around every time.
He's 25! Although he has a small frame, isn't very tall, and has a low BMI due to dieting, he can't be picked up and spun around like a child, can he?
"Alright, alright, stop shaking me. You're making me dizzy." Su Yanxi struggled to get out of Bie Yunzong's arms and sighed softly, "But husband, I feel a little strange. Maybe it's because so many years have passed, and I no longer care about this award, so... I don't seem to be that happy?"
"Hmm, I understand how you feel?"
Bie Yunzong pulled his wife back into the inner room and sat her down on the sofa to prevent her from catching a chill in the evening autumn wind.
Sometimes, the word "compensation" feels so pale and powerless to me. What can compensation, really make up for?
"So what if the government compensated Dad? He still suffered years of wrongful imprisonment. The school is now compensating you with a bonus and medal, but the cheers from back then were already enjoyed by Qi Xiang'an. Your disappointment and resentment at losing the straight A's award are already—"
Before he could finish speaking, Su Yanxi suddenly leaned forward and sniffed, swallowing the rest of Bie Yunzong's words in a kiss.
The kiss was short, but so sweet that Bie Yunzong felt as if he had eaten a mouthful of honey.
After a brief kiss, Su Yanxi released her husband's lips and naturally wrapped her arms around his neck.
“You’re absolutely right, and your explanation is very good, but that’s not what I meant.”
"I just want to say that the title of 'A' student has become less important to me. Because compared to this honor, I have more important people and more important things to do."
Su Yanxi tilted her head and looked at Bie Yunzong tenderly.
"Perhaps the autumn wind was too bleak, and the golden sunset reminded me of that hesitant evening. I realized that I was looking at the same sunset and feeling the same autumn wind, but my situation was completely different from then."
"And the person who changed my destiny is you."
"Thank you, Yunzong."
Bie Yunzong likes Su Yanxi, who is aloof and untouchable like a snow lotus in the Tianshan Mountains; he also likes Su Yanxi, who blushes when teased by a shy topic, but still tries to control the situation with gritted teeth.
After hearing the truth about the twist of fate from her mother, Su Yanxi, who is particularly vulnerable and pitiful when the autumn wind blows, is especially endearing when she recalls the scene of their first meeting. This is what makes her even more endearing.
I love it, I love it. I love everything about my wife, no matter what.
“Yanxi, you shouldn’t thank me for this.” Bie Yunzong smiled brightly at his beautiful wife. “In my opinion, this is what you deserve. As for me, I just gave you the very best of everything.”
“Yes, you gave me the best of everything.” Su Yanxi cupped the big dog’s face in her hands. “You are cheerful and straightforward.”
"Hmm~"
"You are handsome and tall."
"Um!"
"You sleep like a twisted rope."
"Huh?" Bie Yunzong was taken aback. "Shouldn't you be praising my skills in bed?"
"You also love to act spoiled. Others cry, make a scene, and threaten suicide, but you cry, make a scene, and then try to get into bed." Su Yanxi used the gentlest tone to scold with the harshest words, "In front of me, you are a complete pervert."
Bie Yunzong clicked his tongue: "Shouldn't you be praising me? Why are you criticizing me?"
"Anyway... honey, I really feel so lucky to have you." Su Yanxi kissed Bie Yunzong on the cheek again. "You won't let this luck go to waste and turn my good fortune into misfortune, will you?"
Su Yanxi didn't explicitly mention that Bie Yunzong had been coming home late and acting strangely lately, but Bie Yunzong, who had shared a bed with Su Yanxi for many years, could tell from his own intuition.
"Of course not." Bie Yunzong wrapped his arms around his wife's waist. "Wife, you'll understand after a while. I promise you, I will absolutely not let you down."
"Is that so?" Su Yanxi chuckled.
He's that kind of person, conflicted and torn. He can be mentally prepared on one hand, allowing others to go out and socialize freely, and on the other hand, he can hide at home, secretly brooding and getting angry at himself.
He would be displeased and have a dark face because Bie Yunzong came home late, but he would soften his heart because of a bouquet of white roses and the soft, coquettish act of his nemesis dog. In the end, he would put aside all his temper and say to Bie Yunzong: Come here.
He's hard to fool, but easy to coax.
He gently rested his head against Bie Yunzong's chest and whispered, "Then I believe you."
That evening, before Xiao Xie sent the portfolio to the stylist, Su Yanxi had already called the TOPISSUES store to arrange Xiao Xie's outing.
Not for any other reason than that Bie Yunzong held his hand tonight and said "You are so handsome" to him no less than thirty times.
The aesthetic sense of a lecherous person should be 100% infallible.
After that day, Su Yanxi stopped worrying about Bie Yunzong's whereabouts. Although she still felt uneasy, out of trust and commitment to her husband, she stopped speculating about her nemesis's strange behavior in any suspicious way.
The rumor crisis that Qi Xiang'an almost ignited with a single sentence was resolved by Zong hope and his partner's strong seven-year relationship, becoming an amusing anecdote that no one would mention again.
At least, Su Yanxi believes it is something that "no one mentions anymore".
In mid-September, the crew of "Red Flower" was ready to go and, after several rest periods, began the second and final phase of filming.
Chapter 111
Filming proceeded smoothly, and Chen Yongyan, the new actor who replaced Cheng Zhuo, truly demonstrated exceptional acting talent. Su Yanxi found every scene with the new second male lead to be smooth and effortless.
But it doesn't seem to be going so smoothly.
As filming progressed, Su Yanxi became increasingly familiar with Chen Yongyan. Through his keen observation, he noticed that something was amiss with Chen Yongyan.
Bie Yunzong, who also noticed something was wrong, told Su Yanxi directly and bluntly after the filming ended, with a dark expression on his face.
"Wife!"
The black-faced dog glared angrily at his wife, as if he were furious to the extreme. The way the stinky dog gritted its teeth made Su Yanxi want to throw him a chew toy.
"I think the new second male lead—!"
He likes you!
Author's Note:
Dog: Honey, this time I'm the one who doubts you!
Su Su: I'm not someone who's driven by basic human desires, so why should I be suspected?
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#46 Suspected that she drove me away and was having an affair with the new second male lead?
"You like me?"
Su Yanxi put down the soup in her hand, frowning in confusion.
"Where did this strange conjecture come from?"
"Intuition!" Bie Yunzong pulled up a chair and sat opposite his wife, placing his hands on the small table. He said sternly, "The way he looked at you on set!"
Bie Yunzong imitated Chen Yongyan's gaze when acting with Su Yanxi, exaggeratingly moving his eyes up and down.
"Like this, like this. Glancing up and down, eyes rolling around, constantly scrutinizing you. Don't you find that strange?"
"Pfft—" Su Yanxi was amused by the stinky dog's imitation and almost spat out the soup in her mouth. "You, you don't make me laugh when I'm eating."
He pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth, and while doing so, kicked his nemesis under the table in the knee, retaliating for his grudge.
"That's just normal eye acting, full of emotion and meaning! How can your acting be so exaggerated and ridiculous?"
"Tsk, what's so funny? That's just how he is!" Bie Yunzong, who wasn't formally trained in acting, was convinced that his imitation was flawless. He rubbed his knee, which his wife had touched, and muttered to himself, "You're so protective of him, you're not actually having an affair with him, are you?"
"What are you saying?" Su Yanxi's tone changed abruptly, and she slammed down the bowl and spoon, the porcelain clinking together. "Don't be so lenient, you've got some nerve."
Bie Yunzong shrank back timidly, still daring to retort in a low voice: "I... I was just saying it casually. You used to suspect me of cheating all the time, so what, can't I suspect you for once?"
"Oh, you still want to try it?"