I Am Rich

55

The surrounding area was so quiet that she could hear her own blood flow back.

From a distance, the sound of footsteps and voices were approaching.

"It's not that late today, last time it was straight after three o'clock in the morning." 

"Wow, so your crew is even later than us......"

Qi Chengyan glanced in the direction of the voice, and stopped teasing her, "Get in the car, I will take you back to——"

But before he finished speaking, the person in front of him suddenly hugged him. Two thin arms wrapped around his waist, hugging tightly, with a hint of interdependence.

Qi Chengyan was startled, his heart suddenly softened into a mess.

"Xiaowu…"

Guan Zhiyi fluttered in his arms, her thoughts running wild.

Even so, she also knew someone was coming, hence she let go of him after a few seconds. She just stood in front of him, tilting her head and looking at him, "Is this okay?"

Qi Chengyan was stunned, and only said, "It wasn't quite enough, but now that someone is coming, I reluctantly should be satisfied with it."

"Oh."

"Go in first."

Qi Chengyan led her to the passenger side and opened the car door for her to sit in before the outsiders approached.

The set was quite close to the hotel, it only took ten minutes' drive away, Guan Zhiyi wanted to stay with him a little longer, however, the hotel soon appeared before her eyes.

The car drove to the hotel's underground parking lot. The two sat in the car, did not immediately leave.

At this time, Guan Zhiyi felt a magical and delicate feeling. The person next to her has become her boyfriend. She thought about how she was alienating him not long ago. Not long ago, she had a secret unrequited love with him. Not long ago, they were still 'brothers and sisters' who were close neighbors…

"Can I tell Sister Yun about this?" Guan Zhiyi asked after a moment of silence.

Qi Chengyan turned his head to look at her,"Why not?"

Guan Zhiyi was a little embarrassed,"When other artists were in public relationships before, she said it would interfere with their work. I didn't know what she'd thought about me getting together with you."

"Don't worry, she won't think much."

Guan Zhiyi glanced at him,"I guess she didn't dare to have any thoughts, after all, you are her boss."

Qi Chengyan smiled,"What about you, what do you think?"

Guan Zhiyi: "Actually, I don't really care about this. I'm an actress. I just need to act well. I think even if my fans know that I'm in a relationship, it won't matter. It's just that ......"

"What?"

"You also know that the people on the Internet are rabid, there are so many people who want to blacken me. I don't want you to be targeted and attacked by those boring people because of me."

Qi Chengyan raised his lips, "Worrying about me?"

"Of course, weren't you getting cursed to death last time.”

"Don't worry, I won't take those things on the internet to heart."

"But I will take it to heart, I don't like it when people just defame you as they please." Guan Zhiyi frowned and said, "So it's better that only our own people know about this matter for the time being, since we just got together, and you're not from the circle, we don't have to specifically go on the Internet to confess."

"Well... you're right." Qi Chengyan leaning on the steering wheel with one hand, said quietly, "However, are you sure you dare to let your own people know?"

Guan Zhiyi was stunned and just as she wanted to say why would she not dare, suddenly it occurred to her that this "own people" didn't just refer to the staff circle, but also people from their two families.

"......"

Qi Chengyan saw her stiffened in place, could not help but to pinch her face,"Don't know how to say it?"

"I'll think about how to tell them......I feel like my brother is going to blow up."

Qi Cheng Yan said, "It's okay, I'll find time to properly talk to him."

Guan Zhiyi immediately felt terrified,"Wait, wait, let's just go together. I'm still filming now...should we wait until I'm finished? I'll think about how to tell him in person, so that he can accept it easily."

"You think he'll have a hard time accepting it?"

Guan Zhiyi clasped her fingers,"For sure, think about how he usually sees both of us as? If he suddenly knows about this now, he will definitely scold me."

Qi Chengyan was silent for a moment and slowly said, "It shouldn't be scolding you, it's scolding me."

"......"

The two of them talked for a while, because Guan Zhiyi still had to shoot tomorrow morning, Qi Chengyan let go and let her go upstairs to rest.

Guan Zhiyi unbuckled the seat belt, "Then, you're going back tomorrow, right?"

"Um."

Guan Zhiyi nodded, feeling a little bit reluctant in her heart.

"I'll see you again some time later."

"No need, you are also very busy. It's very troublesome to come and go." Guan Zhiyi thought for a moment, "My grandparents will hold a golden wedding anniversary in a while, I will take a day off to go home then."

Qi Chengyan hooked his lips, "You're telling me to look forward to this banquet?"

"No, what I mean is....."

"It's asking me to be obedient and wait for you." Qi Chengyan held her hand, "Okay, I'll wait for you."

Around the parking lot light is not good, but he still can clearly see a faint redness on Guan Zhiyi's white skin.

"Then I'll go up first." She said in a rather hurried tone.

However, Qi Chengyan did not let go of her hand.

Guan Zhiyi: "What's the matter?"

"I'm leaving tomorrow, I won't be able to see you for a long time."

"Umm....."

"Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Guan Zhiyi thought for a moment,"What else do I have to say?"

Qi Chengyan himself didn't know what else to say, he was just reluctant to let her go, he took a deep look at her, "It's nothing, go back, and rest."

Guan Zhiyi nodded, turned to open the door, but stopped again when she put her hand on the car door.

Qi Chengyan looked at her, who was stopping there with some confusion. Just as he wanted to ask what happened, the girl in front of him suddenly turned around, in a lightning speed, she cupped his face and kissed him on the lips.

Probably nervous, she kissed so hard that they bumped into each other, and there was a crisp sound in the car.

"..."

"I don't have anything else to say, but there's something I want to do!"Guan Zhiyi quickly let go after speaking, turned around, and got out of the car, all in one go.

Qi Chengyan was exceptionally stunned. He looked at Guan Zhiyi who had run away, and it took him some time to regained his senses.

After a good while, he raised his hand and touched his lower lip, laughing softly.

_____

Guan Zhiyi didn't let Qi Chengyan come to visit the set again for a reason. The filming period for this movie was not long this time, so the schedule was very full every day. If he comes, there is really no time to accompany him.

Afterwards, Qi Chengyan was afraid of disturbing her, so he was only contacting her by phone every day and didn't come to the set again.

A month later, Guan Zhiyi's grandparents' golden wedding anniversary arrived. Guan Zhiyi had coordinated with the crew to take leave early on, so after filming the scene that morning, she bought a plane ticket and flew back.

The banquet was held at the old residence of the Guan family, the old man, Guan Hong, loves things to be lively so he invited many relatives and friends, the Qi family was on the invitation list.

The banquet is in the evening, but because the plane was delayed, Guan Zhiyi was already a little late when she got off the plane. Hence, she didn't come home and asked Guanxi to bring her a change of clothes to her grandfather's house, so she could directly change when she got there.

Her Grandparents love their grandchildren very much, they have always kept their rooms in the old residence, so that they can come and stay whenever they want. After Guan Zhiyi arrived at the old house, she entered the door quietly and went to Guanxi's room.

"Sister."

"Here you come,"Guan Xi glanced back at her, and was taken aback. "You dress so casually." 

Guan Zhiyi said, "I just dressed casually after filming and hurried to catch the flight. By the way, where's the dress I asked you to bring?"

"Open the first wardrobe, it's inside."

"Oh."

Guanxi brought her a small dress, and after she changed into it, she put on makeup using Guanxi's cosmetics, and then thought about going downstairs.

But Guanxi suddenly pulled her, "Lipstick, apply some more lipstick, it's too light."

Guan Zhiyi: "No need."

"Come here."Guanxi was extremely demanding about makeup and clothing that she grabbed Guan Zhiyi back in one go, "What are you hurrying for? The banquet's over, everyone is just chatting now. You're already late, what's so hurry that you can't even wait a few more minutes?"

Guan Zhiyi: "...I'm not in a hurry."

But as a matter of fact, she couldn't be more hurried.

The wind is blowing beneath her feet, and her heart is full of joy, just because she wanted to see someone.

Only after Guanxi finished fixing her makeup did she finally willing to let her go downstairs.

Grandfather and grandmother are the main characters today, so of course, Guan Zhiyi naturally followed Guan Xi to find them first. The two people were chatting with other elders in the hall. Seeing their little granddaughter arrive, they pulled her and talked for a while. 

In the end, he said, "Young people play with young people, Xiao Wu, your brothers are in the backyard, go find them."

"Sure." Guan Zhiyi got up, "Grandpa, grandma, I'll go there first."

"Go, go." As he said this, he showed off with his friends beside him, "You see, my little granddaughter, she's so amazing now, she shot a drama called "Dawn and the Wild" and it's really beautiful... "

"This little girl is really bright and beautiful, ah, I wonder which family youngster would have such a blessing."

"Hahaha, right, right, however, I have to carefully evaluate them, I can't just do it casually."

"That's only natural."

The conversation behind her faded away, and Guan Zhiyi walked towards the road to the backyard. On the way, the maids come and go, some with snacks, some with red wine. When they saw Guan Zhiyi, they politely called Miss Wu to her.

"Where is my brother and others?"

The maid said, "They are just ahead, turn left and you will arrive."

"Okay."

In the backyard, long white tables were set up, full of delicious snacks.

When Guan Zhiyi walked out, she saw a group of people gathered before her eyes, about eight or nine people, dressed in suits and formal clothes.

She saw Qi Chengyan at the first glance. He hadn't seen her yet, he was currently talking to the person next to him, with a faint smile in his eyes.

Guan Zhiyi took a breath and felt a little nervous for some reason. This was the second time they met after they established their relationship…

"Look who's here, isn't this our family's Xiaowu." Suddenly, someone waved at her.

The person who waved was her second brother, Guan Ziyu, and as soon as he greeted her, a group of people over there looked over. Thus, Guan Zhiyi met Qi Chengyan's gaze, and flames flashed by from a distance.

But with all the people watching, especially her several brothers, she didn't have the nerve to fix her attention on Qi Chengyan, so she just walked past him and obediently greeted everyone.

Guan Yuanbai looked at her: "Why are you so late?"

Guan Zhiyi said, "There's a slight delay with the flight."

Guan Ziyu: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm glad you're here."

Guan Zhiyi said, "Why are you all gathered here? What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing much, we're just placing a bet."

"Placing a bet?"

"Yeah." Guan Ziyu laughed, "Aren't several of us currently single, so we're now guessing about who will be the last person to find theirself a partner. Come, come, Xiaowu, you also come and guess who it will be, ah, I'll give you a special multiple choice to refer to, is it your brother Guan Yuanbai, or is it this young master Qi."

Guan Zhiyi glanced at Qi Chengyan, who happened to look and smiled meaningfully at her.

Guan Zhiyi's heart thumped and quickly looked away.

Guan Yuanbai dismissed this, "Guan Ziyu, how more bored can you be."

Guan Ziyu: "You're just afraid you'll be crushed by others and lose face, that's why you're not playing!"

"How can I be the most crushed?" Guan Yuanbai said indistinctly, "No matter what, Cheng Yan is the last."

Qi Chengyan slightly raised his eyebrows, "Really?"

"Don't you think so?"

Guan Ziyu said, "Come on Xiaowu, vote one, which one do you choose?"

All eyes were shining, waiting for an answer, Guan Zhiyi glanced at Qi Chengyan.

She slowly extended her index finger, and then gradually...pointed to Guan Yuanbai.

After a few seconds of silence, the crowd burst out laughing.

"Hahahahaha Yuanbai! Even your sister doesn't believe in you ah hahahaha."

The corners of Guan Yuanbai's mouth twitched slightly, "Guan Zhiyi?"

Guan Zhiyi felt a guilty conscience,"Brother, I, I just pointed blindly."