Mr. Zhou Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore!

Have you attended your nine-years of compulsory education?

Everyone stood in a row and listened to Zhuang Jingle’s introduction to the rules of the game.

After listening for a while, Chenxi understood that it was actually a tourism variety show that didn’t require much effort. It was a bit hard to be a host as the show was called 《Red Carp and Green Carp》, and the guests were called “tourist carps”. Zhang Jingle’s face turned green while reading it (tongue twister-ish). He looked mournfully at Lu Ji, probably wondering why his own boss would take this kind of work for him.

Want to have a good time? He must be the host.

However, after the show was broadcast, Zhuang Jingle would probably thank his boss for his wisdom, it was really funny that he couldn’t pronounce any of the hosts words.

While others were laughing at Zhuang Jingle, Zhou Chenxi didn’t relax his vigilance on Luo Xinghe, he planned to stay away from him the whole time.

The place they were currently in was a small town, and they needed to take a bus to enter the village together. There was an ancient village within the village, which had just been included in the UNESCO directory. This time coincides with the tourist year, taking advantage of summer vacation and peak tourist season. The tourists come out to play nonstop, and the scorching sun can’t destroy their enthusiasm.

When Zhuang Jingle finished reciting the host speech, the bus had arrived and everyone got on one after another.

Before getting on the bus, the director’s team distributed a pamphlet to each of them to introduce the village.

All in all, Zhuang Jingle was a teen idol (fresh meat), and was not very good at controlling the scene. After getting in the car, he hurriedly explained the contents of the booklet again on account of letting the audience understand.

Fortunately, he had a good voice, but still the guests were not very interested in it, and after getting in the car, they began doing their own things.

Ren Qian was still on set yesterday and hadn’t slept almost all night. He closed his eyes as soon as he got in the car and his head toppled.

The little flower Shao Yunyi had been redoing her makeup since he got in the car. Luo Xinghe was very respectful, but he still couldn’t help but yawn.

There were four rows of seats in the car. Zhuang Jingle occupied the first row as the host, and the second row was reserved for the sponsor’s father Lu Ji. Ren Qian and Shao Yunyi consciously went to the third row to sit on two sides, and the fourth row was occupied by Luo Xinghe who took it.

Zhou Chenxi got in the car a bit slower as it took him a while to put the overweight luggage up on his own. After getting in the car, everyone had already selected a position. Zhou Chenxi fell behind, staring at the position next to Luo Xinghe. Hesitating, Zhou Chenxi panicked and sat down beside Zhuang Jingle when he heard the driver urging them to “sit down and start the car.”

But this seat did not belong to him. According to his position, he had to walk to the last row and sit with Luo Xinghe.

Curse the hierarchy in the entertainment circle.

Zhou Chenxi muttered in his heart, slowly opening his backpack and muttering to himself, “Ah, did I forget to bring my teacup?”

Then he kept digging out his backpack and watching everyone’s reactions secretly.

He originally expected to dig out his backpack for ten minutes, following Jingle without giving up his seat, hoping that they would have been on the road by then but he heard Zhuang Jingle next to him saying, “This time the bus is expected to drive more than an hour!”

Zhou Chenxi was hit by lightning from a clear sky! (a bolt from the blue)

He didn’t expect this ride to take so long, it would be useless for him to dig out a hole in his backpack!

The plan failed, Zhou Chenxi stood up dejectedly and resigned to walk in Luo Xinghe’s direction when the driver suddenly hit the brakes.

With a crash, the people in the car shook. Zhuang Jingle, who was still standing next to the seat, almost knocked his head, not to mention Zhou Chenxi, his face paled in shock for an instant.

He stubbornly held the seat next to him, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind when suddenly he heard Lu Ji yelling at him in front, “Zhou Chenxi!”

Zhou Chenxi turned his head with a pale face in reaction to Lu Ji’s voice, “Lu, President Lu…you called me?”

Lu Ji’s face was dark, and his expression didn’t look good at all, “Have you attended your nine-year compulsory education?* Do you know the traffic rules?”

 *first grade of primary school to third grade of junior high compulsory education

Zhou Chenxi’s whole person was motionless.

Although he didn’t know what happened, Mr. Lu’s expression was so terrible that it seemed it was indeed his own fault!

Lu Ji patted the position next to him, “Sit down, fasten your seat belt!”

Zhou Chenxi stiffened and turned around. After the car stabilized, he sat down beside Lu Ji.

Lu Ji leaned over. Zhou Chenxi didn’t know what he was going to do and closed his eyes in fright. A light and pleasant scent floated from the end of his nose. Then there was a ‘click’ sound from his waist. He helped him to buckle his seat belt.

“Will you stay down?” Lu Ji asked him.

Zhou Chenxi opened his eyes and sat upright obediently, “Yes!”

So nervous, it felt like he was being scolded by a teacher!

“And you,” Lu Ji was relieved, and moved his gaze to Zhuang Jingle, in the front row, “Is there anything you can’t wait to say?”

The director in the shotgun seat quickly turned around and winked at Zhuang Jingle.

Zhuang Jingle said quickly, “Yes boss!”

Turned around quickly, sat back in his position, and buckled his seat belt nervously!

Perhaps it was the superiors who were used to it. The expression on Lu Ji’s face had always been faint, but the whole person seemed to have a kind of magic. When his dark black eyes look over, people couldn’t help but listen to him.

As soon as Zhuang Jingle sat down, the three people in the back row let out a sigh of relief.

Great, don’t listen to him chanting sutras!

 *to help him from his sea of suffering

As soon as everyone in the car calmed down, the atmosphere became inexplicably harmonious. The sun outside the window was a bit dazzling. In fact, Zhou Chenxi had gotten up early in the morning, and he didn’t have much rest during this time.

Although Zhou Chenxi was unlucky, he was blessed with a lot of money since childhood.

As the youngest master of the Zhou family, Zhou Chenxi was born with much less pressure than Zhou Mingxuan.

Zhou Mingxuan was the eldest son and needed to inherit the family business to help the Zhou family manage the company.

Zhou Chenxi didn’t need to. He was able to go to an art academy. He also had no burden to go into the entertainment industry. Although he had suffered in the entertainment industry, as long as he returned to Zhou’s house, who wouldn’t respectfully call him, “Young Master Zhou?”

Zhou Chenxi still remembered that when he was a child, he painted the wrong answer sheet once in the exam, and failed the test by more than 50 points. He was afraid to go home because he remembered that his brother had scored more than 90 points in the exam before, and was fifth in the class. Beneath three people, he was punished by his grandfather to kneel in the garden of the Zhou family’s old house. His kneeling lasted more than an hour, and they told him “If you fall behind next time, you don’t need to enter the house again.”

This was how Zhou Mingxuan grew up. Zhou Chenxi thought that his family would punish him like his brother, but they didn’t.

After seeing his grades, grandpa comforted him, “It’s just a wrong answer card, don’t be sad, you will definitely do well in the exam.” Mom made him a delicious butter cake, the servants at home comforted him, and even his brother put him in his arms and promised him to buy him his favorite toy if he succeeded in the exam next time.

Zhou Chenxi clearly remembered everything when he was a child. He was like precious porcelain, held by his family in fear of falling, delicate beyond belief.

The dazzling sunlight kept shining on Zhou Chenxi’s eyes, and he was so sleepy that they couldn’t help but droop.

Without even knowing what he was dreaming of, one hand was clenched into a fist.

Unconsciously, the person next to him seemed to move, and Zhou Chenxi felt the light on his eyelids dim.

Zhou Chenxi’s furrowed brows gradually loosened, as he found a comfortable position, falling asleep with long breaths.

Although his sleep lasted only over an hour, it was Zhou Chenxi’s most comfortable sleep in months.

In the past, he always had nightmares, dreaming that his family was badly hurt by him, dreaming that the Zhou Family would fall, and seeing Lu Ji standing on the ruins of them with a cold expression. From his arms he’d point a gun at him and say, “I want you to disappear from this world.”

The bus braked for a while, and Zhou Chenxi suddenly opened his eyes.

They had arrived.

Lu Ji was sitting with his computer, as if he were dealing with official duties. The curtains in the car were closed. No wonder the light wasn’t blinding him. He was wondering why he slept so comfortably in the first half of the journey. He now felt a little pain in his neck.

Zhou Chenxi rubbed his sore neck and got out of the car with everyone.

When they arrived at the ancient village, everyone needed to stay in an inn to wait for the program team to issue a task.

Everyone started carrying their luggage again.

A hand stretched over to help Zhou Chenxi directly carry his.

“My suitcase will be exchanged with yours.” Lu Ji said.

Just as Zhou Chenxi was about to refuse, the people from the program group on the side came over wittily, “Mr. Lu, we’ll pick up the luggage. Later, we’ll take a shot of a group of guests entering the village in the, no need to carry luggage as it will affect the beauty.”

Several big men came over and carried their luggage away, and Zhou Chenxi entered the village with everyone else.

The ancient village was really beautiful, there were a lot of historical parts along with the natural scenery far from the bustling city. The air was also very fresh, and everyone couldn’t help taking a deep breath after entering.

Before arriving at the inn, everyone read that the inn was built by the villagers themselves, which was regarded as a poverty alleviation project by the local government. The locals built their houses into farmhouses for tourists to rest.

The owners of the inn were a husband and wife and they left after leaving the key. It was estimated that they were arranged by the program team to go to other places. The entire inn had been packaged by the program team.

After everyone visited the inn, Zhuang Jingle issued his first task, “Make dinner together.”

They had already visited the kitchen just now, and because of rural tourism there was everything they needed, but they didn’t know if anyone could cook?

The director came over and explained, “Your suitcases have already been brought up to the second floor. You can pick the rooms yourself and come down to cook later.”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and hurried upstairs together.

The farthest room was reserved for the only girl. Zhuang Jingle wisely picked the room that was not very good, leaving four other people left.

The four rooms were lined up in pairs, Zhou Chenxi suddenly remembered that among the four of them, except for himself, the other two were in Luo Xinghe’s harem!

He faintly began to feel as if he was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Ren Qian went in to check one of the rooms, “It’s quite enjoyable. The balconies of the two rooms are connected. Luo Xinghe and I will live in these two rooms.

Zhou Chenxi: “…” So direct?

Sure enough, Lu Ji raised his head and glanced at him.

At the moment when the two men’s eyes collided, Zhou Chenxi suddenly became excited. Could it be that the Killing mode of the two male partners would be activated at this time?

Unexpectedly, Lu Ji just nodded, “Sounds good.”

Zhou Chenxi: “???”

Lu Ji picked up Zhou Chenxi’s luggage and turned around, “Are you going to sleep in the east or west?”

Zhou Chenxi mindlessly pointed to a door in front of him, “East.”

Lu Ji looked at the door which was obviously located to the west, and helped him put the suitcase in.

“Thank you.”

Zhou Chenxi came back to his senses, hurriedly followed behind to take his suitcase, and thanked him seriously? Hey, although Lu Ji always shoots at him in his dreams, when he met the real person, he felt that the other was not that bad.

After Lu Ji left, Zhou Chenxi closed the door, took out his lazy egg pillow from the suitcase, and hugged it while leaning against the head of the bed. Thinking that the world was in chaos, he asked himself, ‘Why didn’t Lu Ji fight with Ren Qian just then??’

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The author has something to say: 

Actor Ren: I’m just thinking about the beauty of adult relationships, don’t think too much about it.