For instance, if you grasp the opportunity during the Spring Festival Galaâs branch venue, you have it; if you hesitate, you wonât know when the next chance will be.
Lifeâs choices⦠sometimes they can be pretty helpless.
But all in all, the three of them, including the people around them, are moving in a positive direction. Thatâs enough; gains and losses will only lead to pain.
He is a pragmatist, focusing only on the present.
After waiting for about half an hour, Pei Muchanâs video call came through. After connecting, he saw her weaving through the crowd, likely having just left the studio.
They chatted briefly before hanging up, waiting for her to return to the hotel before she called again.
âDid everything go smoothly today?â
âYeah, it went pretty smoothly.â Pei Muchan nodded as she packed her things, with her suitcase laid open on the floor, âWe finished recording everything this evening; Iâll be leaving soon.â
Xu Qingyan, following the camera, caught a glimpse of her intimate wear in the suitcase and couldnât help but look away.
âWhy the rush?â
âSomething happened here; there was a breakfast delivery at the door this morning.â Pei Muchan spoke calmly, her voice betraying no hint of urgency.
âHm, then what?â
âI didnât order it. He Xiu always did, but we specifically canceled the breakfast the night before the recording.â Pei Muchan finished packing her clothes, âBut the next day, there was a breakfast outside the door of both my and her rooms.â
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingyan was taken aback for a few seconds, his pupils constricting.@@novelbin@@
âSomeone deliberately left it there?â
âSeems like it. At noon, there was even a boxed lunch sent over from the director team.â Pei Muchan continued to pack her luggage, her voice somewhat elusive in the room.
âI didnât eat it, nor did I let He Xiu eat it; in any case, weâre leaving right after the recording.â
âWhere are you now? Have you bought your plane ticket?â Xu Qingyan began to feel anxious. Normally, it could be a coincidence or a misunderstanding, but he couldnât afford to take that risk.
âI bought a ticket last minute; Iâll be taking a taxi in five minutes.â Pei Muchan seemed to sense his mood and reassured him, âItâs nothing, thereâs a direct route from the hotel to the airport.â
If it had been Xu Qingyan dealing with this situation, he wouldnât have been afraid at all. He would even spend money to find out what was going on, and if there was foul play involved, he would make sure to uncover it.
But if something like this happened to Pei Muchan, and he was so far away and without friends in Xiangnan, then he would be quite powerless.
Without figuring it out, he couldnât just call the police, although it wasnât an optionâ¦
This was also why Xu Qingyan had decided to start a film and television company; songwriting didnât make much money. In many respects, it fell short; facing situations like this left him at a loss.
Whatâs the use of having money? Itâs nothing but a wealthier family.
He had to get onto the poker table, become one of the big sharks of capital, and have his own influence. Possessing a gem incurs crime; if he couldnât even protect the person he cared about, what was the point of accumulating wealth?
In that moment, he even thought about making money fast, a large sum of it. Then heâd rally the young and strong of his southern clansmen village, get them insured, and start making money.
Being taken advantage of while having money, should they not band together rather than waiting to be hit?
Beat the hell out of them, let them learn a lesson they wonât forget.
Xu Qingyan quickly calmed down, âCan you keep your phone on from now on? Iâm heading to the airport now, Iâll be in Xinghai to pick you up.â
âNo need, I have work tomorrow.â Pei Muchan comforted him, whooshing as she lifted her suitcase, âIt might be an overreaction, and Iâm leaving now anyway.â
âI can take a leave of absence, donât worry about it.â Xu Qingyan cut in.
In reality, these past few days the director team was very busy, with the end of the month approaching. There was too much to handle, even Gan Wenchang could only squeeze out a day to take leave.
In a few days, at the start of January, the central broadcast van would arrive at the Changâan branch venue.
Actors from all over would start arriving at the branch venue one after another, preparing unified rehearsals with the central broadcast team; they might rehearse three to five times in total.
From around January 20th until the beginning of February, which is the Eve of the Lunar New Year.
But time is like a sponge, thereâs always some to be found when squeezed.
He didnât know if there would still be flights at this hour, but he spoke up anyway. Fortunately, he managed to buy a ticket, hailed a cab, and rushed to the airport, with Pei Muchan doing the same.
Their flights took off at different times, with approximately the same duration; Pei Muchan would arrive first.
On the way, there were no issues on Pei Muchanâs end. She packed up and left the hotel in a taxi, using her Bluetooth headset to keep the conversation going with Xu Qingyan.
Not until she was nearly boarding the plane did they finally hang up, after several hours of back and forth.
Xinghai.
Pei Muchan was the first to get home, while Xu Qingyan didnât arrive until almost dawn.
Knowing that Pei Muchan was safe, he didnât go through the underground parking to sneak in, but instead immediately headed upstairs. He started calling her from the gates of the complex.
He looked up at the dimly lit complex and said.
âCome downstairs, pick me up.â
âOkay, got it.â
Actually, from the moment Pei Muchan boarded the plane, the safety alarm had already been lifted. If it were someone else, they might already be relaxing, perhaps even having booked their return ticket.
He didnât relax, instead, he first contacted Gan Wenchang to cover for him there. Most work-related issues were recorded by him, and Gan Wenchang could handle them following the process.
Gan Wenchang was confused, âBoss, whatâs this about⦠waking people up in the middle of the night?â
âIâve got something going on, just got to Xinghai,â he said.
âWhat?â For Gan Wenchang, sleep was suddenly out of the equation as he rubbed his eyes in bed, âWe just had dinner together this afternoon, where are you saying you are now?â
âXinghai.â
âArenât we still before New Yearâs eve? Damn, dude, did you just time travel?â Gan Wenchang life questioning, âYou mean to say, you are in Xinghai?â
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