"And you’re even laughing this happily?" Huo Jincheng obviously couldn’t be checking Weibo every second, so he only asked after seeing Lu Xingzhi with her head down playing on her phone for a long time.

"See for yourself." Lu Xingzhi opened Weibo for him, especially that post by Liu Xuehan, which was already number one on the hot search.

When Huo Jincheng saw the Weibo, his expression was truly hard to describe.

If you call her stupid, she’s got a bit of a brain; if you call her smart, this is real stupidity.

His Zhi Zhi’s current popularity didn’t lose to any top star in the entertainment industry, and might even be higher.

Her fanbase covered a very wide demographic.

If Liu Xuehan were smart enough, she wouldn’t have deliberately taken such an ugly photo of Lu Xingzhi today.

She could’ve easily been in the shot herself and also taken a normal photo of Lu Xingzhi at the same time.

That way, people would only think she didn’t dare shoot Lu Xingzhi directly, afraid of being caught in the act, so she used a selfie to express it.

"Ugly people make the most trouble." That was Huo Jincheng’s genuine assessment.

Lu Xingzhi smiled. She wasn’t going to sympathize with Liu Xuehan; after all, this was all trouble she’d brought on herself.

A perfectly fine girl, not bad-looking, a student at the Film Academy—if she just focused on honing her acting and shaping her image, she’d become popular sooner or later.

But she just had to take another path.

Lu Xingzhi now wondered whether Liu Xuehan’s so-called crush on Gu Jin Yan was also because she wanted Gu Jin Yan to single-handedly make her famous.

They didn’t waste their time on Liu Xuehan. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

As soon as they got off the plane, someone was there to pick them up.

This was someone Huo Jincheng had arranged in advance.

The two of them went straight to a beach hotel. It happened to be peak tourist season in H Province, and it was a good thing it was Huo Jincheng; otherwise, it would’ve been very hard to book a hotel at this time.

"This place feels amazing!" When Lu Xingzhi arrived at the hotel, she leaned over the balcony. "The sunshine is so comfortable!"

"As long as you like it." Then it hadn’t been in vain that he’d brought her here specially. "If you’re not too tired, you can change clothes and we’ll go walk by the sea. Tonight we can have some seafood."

"Okay!" Lu Xingzhi promptly changed into a beach dress and put on a straw hat and sunglasses.

Half her face was covered. She and Huo Jincheng went out openly; Huo Jincheng also put on a pair of sunglasses. Most people on the beach were dressed like this, so they didn’t really draw attention.

"Do you like it here?" Huo Jincheng asked.

"It’s pretty good. Spending the winter here is actually quite nice." Lu Xingzhi walked hand in hand with Huo Jincheng along the beach.

"If you like it, we can buy a place here. A sea-view apartment. Then every winter we can come over." Huo Jincheng was already thinking about this.

"No need. We’d only come once a year; it’s really unnecessary. And it’s not like I’ll have time to come every year." That would be too wasteful.

"All right then." Huo Jincheng didn’t bring it up again.

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Things were all romantic and cozy on their side, but it was a different story for Liu Xuehan.

They had just learned that all their suppliers had broken their contracts, their goods had issues, and everyone was demanding returns.

The business was also being suppressed.

"How could this happen? Brother, what on earth is going on with the company?" Of course Liu Xuehan didn’t want anything to happen to the company; after all, her current comfortable life was all supported by the money the company made.

"I’ll go ask Jin Yan. I think he might know something."