Porcelain to Porcelain

Although the scandal between Song Xueqing and Zhou Hongxun had a certain appeal to the public, no one was pushing it behind the scenes. The news about Zhou Hongxun appearing in front of Song Xueqing's boudoir was repeatedly reported, and soon fell silent.

After a few days of silence in the scandal, Wu Haiping's birthday came.

Xie Pu knew very well that Lu Qiu's play was not arranged for two days before and after Wu Haiping's birthday.

"The Love of Ghosts" wants to catch up with the National Day schedule, and the shooting schedule is tight.After the crew returned to Shanghai, Lu Qiu had to go to the studio to catch up with the show during the day and night, so he didn't get enough sleep. On Wu Haiping's birthday, he slept until nine o'clock and didn't wake up.

Just after nine o'clock, Lu Qiu was woken up by a phone call from Zhou Hongxun.Zhou Hongxun went to the villa where Wu Haiping held his birthday early in the morning.The villa was purchased by Zhou Hongxun as a gift to his mother after Feixun was successfully listed.It was just renovated last summer.

The university taught by Professor Xiao is far away from the villa, which is not as convenient as Xiao's house. Professor Xiao and Wu Haiping usually live in Xiao's house, and they only go to the villa for a short stay during the holidays.When entertaining relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year, they are all in the villa.

"Hello!" Lu Qiu's eyes were sleepy.

"Why can't you pay back? What time is it?" Zhou Hongxun felt a little unhappy when he heard Lu Qiu's voice that he had just woken up.

"My phone is on a timer, so I won't be late." Before going to bed last night, Lu Qiu set the wake-up time at 09:30.

Half an hour to freshen up, up to 10 minutes on the road, and you can definitely arrive before eleven o'clock.It is relatively early to go to the banquet at 11 o'clock, and the general guests will not come until around 30:[-].

"Get up, come early and greet the guests for me." Zhou Hongxun urged.

"I don't need me to entertain guests, do I?"

"Stand next to me, and remind me of the negligence."

"Okay, I'll be right over."

"Don't forget to bring the gift for my mother."

"Then how can I forget."

The more Zhou Hongxun talked, the more anxious Lu Qiu felt when he saw his in-laws.

Zhou Hongxun hung up the call after he felt that he had said everything he needed to be instructed.

Lu Qiu couldn't stay in bed anymore, so he put down his phone and got up to go to the bathroom.

It’s good to be young. The dark circles under the eyes from tiredness disappear without a trace after a night’s rest. The skin on the face is as smooth as a boiled egg with its shell peeled off. It is radiant and energetic.

Facing the mirror, Lu Qiu himself was in a happy mood looking at this face. No wonder Zhou Hongxun had to hug and gnaw every day before getting up.

Putting on the dress, before going out, Lu Qiu stood in front of the mirror and looked himself up and down again, and couldn't find anything inappropriate, so Lu Qiu took the gift paper bag and went downstairs.

At a quarter past ten, Lu Qiu drove to his destination.

The villa that Zhou Hongxun gave to his mother has gardens in the front and back, and the area is very large.This kind of land-wasting villa will only be built in the past few years. When the housing price rises in the future, luxury and luxurious residences will not be approved.

Lu Qiu parked the car beside the road outside the villa, and after showing the invitation card to enter the gate, Zhou Hongxun greeted him from inside.

"I'm late?" Lu Qiu found that many guests had already arrived in the garden.

"It's not too late, these are relatives, some of them came yesterday." Zhou Hongxun led Lu Qiu inside.

"Where is auntie?"

"She's on the second floor. Qian Guojun arrived one step earlier than you." Qian Guojun had already obtained the tacit consent of Wu Haiping and Professor Xiao.

"Xiao Ya is here?" Lu Qiu's scalp tingled, the last person he didn't want to see here was Xiao Ya.

"Xiaoya is not here, she is entertaining relatives in the backyard."

Lu Qiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Hongxun squeezed Lu Qiu's hand. "Don't worry, even if Xiaoya thinks of something, she won't publicly embarrass us."

Xiao Ya didn't recognize that Lu Qiu was Lu Qiusheng, and before Lu Qiu gained Wu Haiping's favor, Zhou Hongxun didn't want to expose it.

"Are you sure?" Lu Qiu didn't quite believe it, Xiao Ya gave him the impression of being arrogant and domineering.

"Being siblings for more than 20 years, I can be sure of this."

While talking, the two went up to the second floor, where Wu Haiping and Qian Guojun were the only ones on the second floor.

Lu Qiu stepped forward and presented a gift box: "Auntie, happy birthday! I wish you good health and happiness!"

Wu Haiping happily accepted the gift box. "Come and come, what's the cost?"

"I bought it for filming in Hong Kong, I hope my aunt likes it."

Wu Haiping unwrapped the package, and inside was the imperial green pendant.

"Oh, this color is really good, I like it very much."

It could be seen that Wu Haiping really liked Lu Qiu's birthday present.

"Guojun, did you discuss it with Lu Qiu?" Wu Haiping suddenly turned to Qian Guojun.

"Ah?" Lu Qiu didn't understand what it meant.

"No." Qian Guojun glanced at Zhou Hongxun, smiled slightly, and categorically denied it.

Wu Haiping put the pendant on the table, next to the gift box from Qian Guojun.

"Guojun gave you an emerald bracelet, which matches your pendant just right." The color is almost the same.

"Hey, what a coincidence." Lu Qiu tilted Zhou Hong to inquire, and must have communicated with Qian Guojun in advance.

"The guests are coming, Hong Xun, follow me." Wu Haiping stood up. "Guojun, drink tea with Lu Qiu here."

Obviously, Wu Haiping treats Qian Guojun closer than Lu Qiu.

Zhou Hongxun raised his eyebrows: "Mom, Guojun and Lu Qiu are not outsiders, let's go down and greet them together."

Qian Guojun understood and said with a smile: "What Hong Xun said is true, there are many people here today, let's go down together."

"Okay, I'll trouble you later." Wu Haiping nodded in agreement without thinking too much.

Qian Guojun only waited for Xiao Ya to let go, he was the son-in-law of the Xiao family.Wu Haiping and Professor Xiao already regarded him as half of their own family. As for Lu Qiu, Wu Haiping thought that his son had a deep friendship with Lu Qiu, so he didn't treat Lu Qiu as an outsider.

In some respects, Wu Haiping is very careless.

Wu Haiping went downstairs first, and Qian Guojun followed her. Before going out, she turned around and winked at Zhou Hongxun and Lu Qiu.

Lu Qiu waited for the two to walk away, and said, "Hong Xun, your mother..."

Zhou Hongxun interrupted: "My mother has always had a crush on you."

"In the future, when we know about us..." Knowing that his son is gay, his favorability will definitely change.

"I have a good impression, and it is easy to accept us."

"Hey, what if you don't accept it?"

Zhou Hongxun looked out of the window, and said calmly: "There is really nothing I can do, and I can only make her unhappy."

There was helplessness in the voice, and Lu Qiu felt a little sad when he heard it.

Zhou Hongxun turned his gaze back and said in a low voice, "Brother Qiu, let's work hard together, huh?"

Lu Qiu's mouth was dry, and he nodded indiscriminately.

"Brother Qiu, you must be persistent in this matter. Look at Guojun, he has never given up on chasing Xiaoya for six or seven years."

"He succeeded?"

"Almost, Xiaoya has softened his attitude towards him recently."

"How could Qian Guojun fall in love with Xiao Ya? The two have completely different temperaments." Lu Qiu felt sorry for Qian Guojun, married a tigress, and had a happy married life.

"Guojun likes it."

Lu Qiu shrugged and made a strange face, Zhou Hongxun curled his mouth and raised his hand to pinch Lu Qiu's face. "They are complementary, we are made in heaven."

Lu Qiu's back went numb, and he hurriedly pushed Zhou Hongxun downstairs, but if he didn't go downstairs, he wondered what nasty things Zhou Hongxun would say.

Downstairs, guests other than relatives and friends arrived one after another.Lu Qiu stood beside Zhou Hongxun and greeted him together.

At 11:30, the crowd at the gate of the villa was a little commotion. Lu Qiu looked over and saw Lu Ya and Du Zhiwen.

"You invited Du Zhiwen?" Lu Qiu became angry.

"No." Zhou Hongxun pursed his lips tightly.Lu Ya is Xiao Ya's favorite female star, and Wu Haiping sent invitations to her stepdaughter early.

"Your mother asked?"

"Impossible." Wu Haiping was not familiar with Du Zhiwen.

"Who is that?" Lu Qiu snorted, "Could it be that this guy is cheeky and uninvited?"

Soon, Lu Qiu knew who Du Zhiwen was invited by, because Xiao Ya greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Damn, your stepsister is really disgusting." Lu Qiu hated Xiao Ya even more.

Zhou Hongxun's complexion was a little bad. "Brother Qiu, don't talk about Xiaoya like that. Xiaoya doesn't know what Du Zhiwen is like. I will remind her in private later."

Lu Qiu snorted and swallowed the things in his mouth together.

"Hi, Hong Xun, brother, Lu Ya and I are late." Du Zhiwen came over to say hello as if nothing had happened.

Zhou Hongxun maintained his etiquette, but Lu Qiu just nodded indifferently.

"Brother, Zhiwen was invited by me." Xiao Ya frowned, surprised that Zhou Hongxun's attitude towards Du Zhiwen was alienated.Logically, this shouldn't be the case.

"It's an honor for Mr. Du to come." Zhou Hongxun had to give face to his step-sister and Du Zhiwen in the presence of everyone.

Du Zhiwen turned his gaze to Lu Qiu: "Brother, how is the progress of the new play?"

"It's okay." If it was in the wild, Lu Qiu would really like to have a fight with Du Zhiwen.

Xiao Ya looked at Lu Qiu with dissatisfaction. Why is Du Zhiwen a guest invited by herself? The host didn't care about it yet, but someone who is also a guest gave the guest a face. What kind of tutor is this?

"My brother seems to have misunderstood me. Hey, I have already explained to Hong Xun about the filming of "Farewell My Concubine." Du Zhiwen looked apologetic.

Lu Qiu sneered, who cares about filming?What I care about is the insidiousness of ruining other people's lives.

"Okay, it's all over. Be more manly. Don't hold on to small things." Xiao Ya looked at Lu Qiu dissatisfied.

Lu Qiu didn't want to see Xiao Ya, so he turned his face away, just facing Lu Ya.

Lu Ya showed an elegant smile. "Brother, I'm sorry, when you were in Hong Kong City, I happened to be in a hurry to film, so I didn't show the kindness of the host, sorry!"

"It's okay, it's important to catch up with work." Because of Sun Jiaxing's matter, Lu Qiu treated Lu Ya indifferently.

Knowing the reason, Lu Ya smiled and said nothing.

"Zhiwen, Sister Lu Ya, I'll take you to see my mother." Xiao Ya gave Lu Qiu a glare.Lu Qiu even talked coldly about Lu Ya, which made her even more dissatisfied.

"Okay." Du Zhiwen and Lu Ya followed Xiao Ya and left.

Watching the three go away, Lu Qiu turned and stared at Zhou Hongxun.

"Zhou Hongxun, I must take revenge on Du Zhiwen."

Zhou Hongxun pulled his face. "Am I going to let him go?"

Lu Qiu raised his chin: "Your stepsister is facing him."

"Xiaoya doesn't know Du Zhiwen's personality. If she knows, she won't." Zhou Hongxun patted Lu Qiu: "You should take more care of Xiaoya's rudeness."

"Why do I have to worry about her?" Lu Qiu was furious. Lu Qiusheng was just a selfish wretch who was not guilty of death, but died of fright at the police station because Xiao Ya was about to sue her.

Zhou Hongxun's complexion was also bad. "No matter how you say it, Xiaoya is still my sister."

"You just protect your weaknesses..." Lu Qiu wanted to accuse Zhou Hongxun of defending his weaknesses and almost sent him to jail to pick up soap, but he stopped in time.Pulling it off is likely to involve Pengci's release from prison.

Zhou Hongxun said in a low voice: "Brother Qiu, in this world, except for my mother, no one can compare with you. I only protect you more than Xiaoya." The implication is that Xiaoya's weight in his heart is far less than that of Lu Qiu. Heavy.

Thinking of Zhou Hongxun's help to him, Lu Qiu immediately felt guilty. "Forget it, for your sake, I won't care about Xiao Ya in the future."

Zhou Hongxun looked at the corners of Lu Qiu's mouth slowly rising. He didn't ask Lu Qiu to be close to his family, but only hoped that they could get along with each other in peace.

Xiao Ya led Du Zhiwen and Lu Ya to Wu Haiping, seeing the woman in the yellow dress beside Wu Haiping, her expression changed.

Wu Haiping also saw her stepdaughter, and her expression changed slightly. "Xiaoya, you brought Yingying Lu, right? Who is this?"

"Mom, this is Mr. Du from Hong Kong Xingchen Film and Television, brother's...business partner." Thinking of Zhou Hongxun's attitude, Xiao Ya finally added an attribute before the word "friend".

"Auntie, hello, I'm Du Zhiwen, I've known Hong Xun for a long time, and my father and Hong Xun are old friends."

Du Zhiwen has outstanding facial features, a good-looking talent, full of nobility, and a good conversation, Wu Haiping immediately fell in love with him.

"Oh, you are Du Zhiwen, I heard Xiaoya and Hong Xun mention you."

"Really?" Du Zhiwen was a little surprised.

"Xiao Ya, Hong Xun said that you are very good at equestrian skills." Back from riding a horse last summer, Xiao Ya mentioned Du Zhiwen twice at the dinner table, and Wu Haiping had a good memory.

"When I was studying in the UK, I studied with a champion equestrian coach for a while."

"Lu Ya, can you ride a horse?" Wu Haiping didn't neglect Lu Ya.

"I won't." Lu Ya smiled, her family background is ordinary, how can she play such extravagant sports.

"Oh, let me introduce you." Wu Haiping turned to the woman in the yellow dress beside her. "This is Song Xueqing, the best hostess of our Shanghai TV station."

"Nice meeting! Nice meeting!" Du Zhiwen looked a little scrutinizingly. The name often appeared together with Zhou Hongxun in the newspapers a few days ago.

"Miss Song is filming "The Love Between Humans and Ghosts", right?" Lu Ya knew Song Xueqing's name.Song Xueqing is known to everyone in Shanghai, but outside of Shanghai, the provinces that cannot receive Shanghai TV station are silent.Hong Kong City has not yet returned, and Song Xueqing is not well-known there.

Lu Ya remembered Song Xueqing because she cared about "The Love Between Humans and Ghosts".

"Yes." Song Xueqing was a little uneasy, she didn't know why Zhou Hongxun's mother favored her.

Lu Ya was very concerned about "The Love Between Humans and Ghosts", and chatted with Song Xueqing about this topic.Du Zhiwen is very good at talking, and he pleases Wu Haiping very much, and the two of them chatted warmly.

Xiao Ya stood aside with gloomy eyes.