What appeared in front of Yunxi's eyes was an exquisite face that was hard to distinguish between male and female.
On the other person's left ear, she was still wearing a ruby earring as a gift for her eighteenth birthday.
The person in front of her is Chu Li, her best friend who grew up with her.
Chu Li raised his hand and pinched her face: "I don't even recognize my husband anymore. Is it itchy?"
Yun Xi did not dodge, but stretched out his arms affectionately, wrapped around the other person's waist, and put his face under Chu Li's neck.
"Let me know if you are having an affair with a wild woman behind my back!"
Chu Li reached out and hugged her, with an affectionate look on his face, "How could it be? I only have a soft spot for my wife."
The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
Such jokes have become commonplace for the two of them.
Due to special reasons, Chu Li had been dressing up as a boy since she was a child. When Yun Xi first sat at the same table with her, he thought she was a boy.
At that time, Yunxi had just come out of the mountains. She couldn't speak Mandarin well and couldn't read English. She was often ostracized by her classmates. Only Chu Li generously helped her out.
Later, when Chu Li had her first menstrual period and soiled her pants, Yun Xi took the initiative to take off her school uniform for her, then jumped over the wall and ran to the supermarket outside the school to buy sanitary napkins for her.
From then on, she realized that Chu Li was also a girl like her.
The unbreakable friendship between the two girls started from that day.
When I was in junior high school, my classmates often joked about the two of them and said they fell in love prematurely.
Neither of them explained. In order to help Chu Li cover up, they deliberately called each other "husband and wife", which has become a common refrain over the years.
Focused on the joy of meeting old friends again, Yunxi didn't notice Tang Zining secretly taking pictures with her mobile phone in a car not far away.
Looking at the photo of Yun Xi and Chu Li embracing each other intimately on his phone, Tang Zining twitched the corners of his lips coldly.
Yunxi, Yunxi, if you dare to step on two boats and eat from the bowl while occupying the pot, then I will let you capsize the boat!
The intuition developed on the battlefield for many years in his previous life made Yunxi feel that something was wrong, and he subconsciously looked around.
Noticing her gaze, Tang Zining quickly shrank his head.
Seeing this, Chu Li touched her arm doubtfully: "What are you looking at?"
Yunxi looked away, "I always feel like someone is peeping."
"Don't worry, I was very careful when I came here. There was no paparazzi following me!" Chu Li pulled up his mask and hugged her shoulders affectionately, "You won't be able to recognize me when I cover it up like this, and the paparazzi certainly won't be able to recognize it either.
.Let’s go, let’s talk in the box.”
Yunxi looked around again and found no trace of paparazzi taking photos.
Or maybe she is too sensitive.
Withdrawing her gaze, she turned around and walked into the door of Jiuxi Restaurant with Chu Li.
The two came to the private room and waited for the waiter to finish serving the food. Chu Li took off his mask and took off the cap on his head.
"What's been going on with you these past few days? I can't get through my phone calls and I don't reply to my WeChat messages. I thought you just disappeared!"
"Stop talking about me." Yunxi poured her a cup of hot tea, "You spoke so urgently on the phone, what happened?"
In his previous life, he was sent to the army by Tang Si, and there was relatively little information in the army.
For a long time, Yunxi had no way to contact the outside world, so she could not fully understand what happened to Chuli during this period.
"Don't mention it." Chu Li's delicate brows knitted together, "The company arranged for me to work for a CP with a newly signed female artist. I didn't agree, and now they are threatening to hide me."
"If you are not very popular now, they are not destroying their own business."
"You don't understand, that person is Huayu's daughter, the chairman's daughter." Chu Li raised his hand to cover his forehead, "Damn, I'm so annoyed. I don't know why the other party fell in love with me!"
"Does the other party want you to be their son-in-law?" Yun Xi teased with a smile.
"Don't mention it!" Chu Li gave her a look, "If it's a fake CP, do I need to be so anxious?"
Yunxi's smile froze: "Does the other party really like you?"
"Not only is she attracted to her, she's also fucking crazy. A few days ago, we went out to participate in a variety show together. You know what she did, she put sleeping pills in milk tea for me. Fortunately, I only drank mineral water recently to lose weight, and milk tea was given to me.
I only found out after giving it to my assistant. Otherwise, I don’t know what the consequences will be now. Yunxi, I came out to you this time just to ask you to help me save the day and pretend to be my girlfriend."
Yun Xi's expression also became serious, "Can't we terminate the contract?"
Not to mention that she promised Tang Si not to fall in love, even if she really pretended to be a couple with Chu Li, would the other party really give up just because Chu Li had a girlfriend?
"You think I don't want to?" Chu Li said with a sad look on his face, "I signed a five-year contract, and it's only less than two years now. The liquidated damages are 30 million, and my total net worth now is only a few million."
Yunxi was speechless: "You also sign this kind of overbearing clause?"
"It's like this in the industry, how can a young newcomer get a good contract?" Chu Li leaned back in his chair with a look of despair, "You also know that the reason why I signed the contract was not for money, but just because I wanted a chance to play music.
That’s all, I didn’t expect it to be this situation at all. If I had known it, I would rather not have signed the contract.”
Yunxi took a deep breath and stared seriously into her friend's eyes.
"Chu Li, listen to me and terminate the contract!"
In his previous life, Chu Li was exposed by the entire Internet because he was framed as a "sleeping powder".
Such an optimistic girl suffered from severe depression and finally had no choice but to put on a dress and jump off the building to commit suicide to prove her innocence.
When he learned the news, Yunxi was still in the army and didn't even have the chance to pay his last respects to his friend.
Later, Yunxi returned to the imperial capital and helped her find out the truth.
Although she avenged her friend, that person would never come back to life.
Thinking about it now, maybe it was because Chu Li stayed in Huayu and was unwilling to accept the company's arrangements that he was framed, which triggered this series of disasters.
Thinking of all the things in his past life, Yunxi clenched his fists under the table.
In this life, she will never let her friend suffer such injustice again, and she needs to commit suicide to prove her innocence.
"Don't worry about money, I'll figure it out."
"But, thirty million, where are you going to get it?"
"It doesn't matter, I can borrow it from my third brother. Tens of millions is nothing to him." Yun Xi stretched out his palm comfortingly and covered the back of Chu Li's cold hand, "After you terminate the contract, we can start working on our own.
Room, when the time comes, you can play music however you want, and you won’t have to look at anyone’s face anymore.”
"Yunxi, thank you!" Chu Li said with a moved face, "Tell Mr. Tang that I will make money and pay him back as soon as possible, and I will pay him an interest higher than that of a bank."
If she could escape the control of the company, with her current fame and strength, it would not be difficult to make money.
The worst is, if you accept more commercial performances, it will be a little harder at most, but that is better than being exploited and controlled by the company.
"We are just a couple, what should we thank you for?" Not wanting to worry the other party, Yunxi winked at her and put on a teasing tone, "Your wife and I are going to starve to death, let's eat!"
The two finished lunch together, and Chu Li covered himself tightly again and left.
Yunxi walked back to school and turned on her phone at the same time to calculate the money she could use.
Tang's father regarded her as his own, and Tang Si was always generous in spending money.
Over the years, the two of them have given her pocket money, red envelopes for New Years, holidays, and birthdays, totaling several million.
In addition, she treats others, writes books, and sells perfume... The total amount of money she earns is almost 20 million, and now she is still short of 10 million.
Yunxi was still thinking about how to prepare the ten million when her phone vibrated slightly and received a QQ message.
Seeing the information on the phone screen, Yunxi raised the corners of her lips.
It's really hard to find a place without wearing iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.
I was worried that I didn't have enough money, so the money... just came to my door.