Ji Xiaoli had to admit that for a moment, she was completely dumbfounded.
Damn it!
No matter how much money she spent, her good - luck points wouldn't increase anymore. So why did the system still try to take away her good - luck points?
Wait, something was wrong... It seemed that these good - luck points were useless anyway.
After all, a new week had come. The old good - luck points were just accumulated and served no other purpose...
Thinking like this, Ji Xiaoli asked nervously, "So, how many good - luck points count as one analysis?"
【66,666 good - luck points count as one time~】
【Dear, do you want to do it?】
Ji Xiaoli: …
Ji Xiaoli: Forget it.
...
The shooting that day was generally very successful.
Zhong Canxi got into the character very quickly, and there were no problems with several scenes.
After Panda Min shouted "Cut" for the last time, they wrapped up.
"Xiaoli," Li Songyuan walked towards her. "Do you want to go for dinner?"
"No, no."
Ji Xiaoli waved her hand repeatedly. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Zhong Canxi had left alone.
The direction he left was, of course, towards the hotel.
"Hmm? Are you in a hurry to go back to school?" Li Songyuan frowned and asked. "Aren't you all in your senior year and in internship? It should be quite relaxing, right?"
It was really relaxing.
But what was bothering her now was not her studies, but...
She had a hotel room to go to.
"Cough, cough, cough," Ji Xiaoli quickly coughed twice, grabbed her coat and was about to leave. "I've made an appointment with my mom for dinner. I'll leave first."
With that, she was about to rush away.
However, her attempt to cover up had long been seen through by Li Songyuan at a glance. He stood still, his eyes darkening slightly.
"Xiaoli."
"Do you still remember the question I asked you last time?"
Ji Xiaoli stopped in her tracks.
Could it be the question he asked when he sent her back to school that day?
— Do you have someone you like?
Li Songyuan: "Remember to tell me when you have an answer."
Thump, thump, thump. Ji Xiaoli's heart suddenly started beating very fast. After mumbling a couple of responses, she rushed away.
Hilton Hotel.
Ji Xiaoli took a deep breath in front of the room door before finally swiping the key card to open it.
Inside the room, the sound of gurgling water was coming from the bathroom.
Ji Xiaoli tightened the strap of her backpack. Her heart tightened suddenly, and involuntarily, some inappropriate images popped into her mind...
Whoosh—
Zhong Canxi had pushed open the bathroom door and walked out.
There were still drops of water on his strong and delicate chest. He only had a white bath towel wrapped around his lower body. It was so seductive that Ji Xiaoli's face burned.
This was the first time she had seen a boy dressed so "lightly" up close.
And this boy was the idol she had been a fan of for three years...
"Sit down."
Zhong Canxi was very calm. After saying that, he turned around and picked up the red wine on one side to pour a glass.
Ji Xiaoli looked at his shoulder blades, and her heart beat even more violently.
"Zhong Canxi, about that thing..." Ji Xiaoli couldn't sit still anymore. She grabbed the strap of her backpack and stood up.
"I know." Zhong Canxi's eyes dimmed a bit. He turned around with the wine glass in his hand. "Sit down."
As if in a trance, Ji Xiaoli sat down.
"Do you want to drink?"
Ji Xiaoli took the glass blankly.
Ah...
He was too close to her. The heat from his body was radiating towards her...
No, no. If this continued, she was going to have a nosebleed.
Ji Xiaoli lowered her head in shame and took a sip of the wine.
"Actually, Xiaoli— it's okay for me to call you this, right?"
Ji Xiaoli shook her head like a rattle.
Zhong Canxi pursed his lips slightly and looked down at the top of Ji Xiaoli's head. "Xiaoli, I know about you. You're different from me. You're very lucky."
"At just twenty - one, you have rich parents. Even if you don't work hard in your life and just live off your parents, your life will still be at a level that others can never reach in their lifetime."
Ji Xiaoli stopped sipping the wine.
Somehow, this glass of wine tasted a bit bitter.
"But— you're so hard - working. God also takes good care of you." Zhong Canxi sighed, his tone full of emotion. "Buy a lottery ticket, and you can easily win 60 million. The first book you wrote was also successfully sold for the copyright. Now you've even become a screenwriter and invested in this drama yourself."
Ji Xiaoli suddenly looked up and met Zhong Canxi's deep but sad eyes.
"Zhong..."
"Xiaoli, sometimes I think that if I could get just a little bit of your luck, I might not be living like this. But..."
Zhong Canxi smiled bitterly. "There's no such 'if'."
Ji Xiaoli tightened her grip on the glass. Suddenly, she felt a strange feeling in her heart. "Zhong Canxi, you... are a very, very good person. You will become popular again, and I will definitely help you."
Hearing this, Zhong Canxi's smile became even more bitter. "Yes, I know you will help me."
Know?
"You want to keep me, right?"
Keep him?!!
"For how long? One year? Two years? Until I become popular again or until you get bored?"
Ji Xiaoli:???
Her heart suddenly started beating very fast. Tao Tao's words suddenly popped into her ears inappropriately— Why don't you just confirm this rumor and keep him! You can afford it anyway!
"Forget it. It doesn't matter. Ji Xiaoli, from now on, I'm yours."
Zhong Canxi said calmly.
Ji Xiaoli was extremely shocked. She quickly stood up. "Zhong Canxi, I—"
"Sit down."
Zhong Canxi pressed on her shoulder and forced her to sit down. "Is it today? Or..."
With a soft sound, the bath towel around Zhong Canxi's waist had already fallen.
Ji Xiaoli was so scared that she quickly closed her eyes and pushed her hands against his chest.
"No! Calm down! There's no fate between us. It's all because of my money! No, no!"
She started babbling in excitement.
Ji Xiaoli gritted her teeth and pushed him away forcefully. "Anyway, I don't mean that! I just meant it as a joke. I don't want you to..."
She couldn't explain it clearly!
The best policy was to run away!
With a bang, Ji Xiaoli rushed out of the room.
Zhong Canxi sat alone on the edge of the bed, his expression gradually turning gloomy.
After a long time, he let out a long breath and picked up the bath towel on the ground.
...
The moment Ji Xiaoli walked out of the hotel, she suddenly felt a sense of relief as if she had survived a disaster.
It was so close! She was almost taken advantage of!
No, she was almost a bad woman who kept a young lover!
Just then, the system slowly gave a prompt: 【Congratulations, player, for cutting off the love entanglement and not being captured by the bad romantic fortune~】
Ji Xiaoli couldn't help rolling her eyes and coldly sneered, "Thanks to your reminder."
【You're welcome. The player exchanged it with 66,666 good - luck points, which is very fair.】
Thinking of this, Ji Xiaoli couldn't help grinding her teeth and felt heart - ache for her good - luck points.
When the system proposed to exchange the analysis of romantic fortune for a sky - high amount of good - luck points that day, Ji Xiaoli was completely against it.
But later, she still gave in.
After listening to the system's analysis, she became dejected again— Damn it! Where was there any good luck in this world!
It was just the undeniable fact— There's no fate between us. It's all because of my money!!