Chapter 49:

It was afternoon when the two arrived at Zhou's house. Zhou Mingxuan was a little dissatisfied with Zhou Chenxi's behavior of sneaking out without saying hello.
However, in the afternoon, the guests arrived earlier one after another. Zhou Mingxuan was busy with socializing and did not have the energy to take care of him.
Zhou Chenxi and Lu Ji were caught between the guests and walked slowly to the security guard to stop.
"Please show me the invitation card." The security guard said to them mechanically before he could look up.
"Friday!" Zhou Chenxi snapped his fingers in front of him and motioned him to look over, "This is the guest I invited over. I would like to introduce you to Lu Ji, the president of the Lu Group."
Before he finished his words, the guests next to him looked sideways.
Lu Ji of the Lu Group?
Lu Ji actually came today?
Zhou Xin is going to cooperate with Lu's or something?
Join forces, what else is there?
The heads of other companies and the big bosses who want to come to discuss business with Zhou Mingxuan are all drumming up.
Lu Ji gave a dry cough in the commotion.
Who would have thought that he was just an ordinary guest invited by the protagonist's brother today.
On Friday, I took a closer look. Isn't this the young master who just slipped out in the morning and didn't have time to come back for lunch?
He hurriedly said: "Little Master, Aunt Zhang just came to you and said that you didn't eat lunch, so let her do something to cushion her belly."
Zhou Chenxi waved his hand: "I have eaten at noon, then let's go in first!" After he finished pulling the landing cum, he walked in.
Only then came to mind on Friday, what did Young Master Gang say?
Is that the guest he invited-Lu Ji from the Lu Group? ?
The other guests were also confused. Mr. Lu was actually invited by the second young master of the Zhou family. So what is the relationship between Mr. Lu and the Zhou family brothers?
Zhou Chenxi walked all the way to introduce Lu Ji. When he saw the bodyguard Zhao Yiqianer in the garden, he wanted to introduce Lu Ji grandly (Zhao Yiqianer said: I don’t need to introduce me to know him, thank you!), he saw that Zhou Chenxi came back, and the housekeeper who hurriedly welcomed him would also I gave a grand introduction to Lu Ji, and when I saw Aunt Zhang who came to ask Zhou Chenxi if he was hungry, she gave a grand introduction to Lu Ji.
Almost gave Lu Ji a row of noodles throughout the Zhou family.
Normally, Zhou Chenxi has nothing to do at home under such banquet occasions. There are people who should be busy, and he is at best a mascot.
Before Zhou Mingxuan's birthday, Zhou Chenxi wanted to help. He walked to the garden and was rejected by Zhou's mother, walked to the kitchen and was rejected by Aunt Zhang, and walked to the door to welcome guests and was rejected by the housekeeper. Zhou Mingxuan was discussing business with the guests, but Zhou Chenxi couldn't talk, so he could only hide in the room and watch. He didn't come down until his brother called him.
Today he finally has something to do.
The elder brother’s guest is his brother’s, and only Lu Ji is his guest. He must take good care of Lu Ji.
Zhou Chenxi and Lu Ji walked through the garden without seeing Zhou's mother. Aunt Zhang brought up a bowl of dim sum, and Zhou Chenxi handed it to Lu Ji first.
He had a meal with Lu Ji at noon. If he gets hungry for a while, Lu Ji will be hungry too!
Lu Ji was a little funny and felt that he had been treated extraordinary.
Aunt Zhang had no choice but to bring another bowl of dim sum to Zhou Chenxi.
The two were turning on the small stove, Zhou Mu came in from the back garden.
"So many people came so soon?" Zhou Mu whispered.
She is wearing a beautiful dress and has just finished looking at her newly bought rose flowers in the backyard.
It seems that Mingxuan has managed Zhou Xin very well in the past two years.
Mother Zhou thought so, and saw the little son who was standing in the corner eating.
"Mom!" Zhou Chenxi waved.
"Chenxi, where did you just go?" Zhou Mu came over as she said, and suddenly saw Lu Ji standing next to Zhou Chenxi.
This is Lu Ji's Lu Ji?
Mother Zhou's heart moved, but she still said, "This is...?"
"This is Lu Ji." Zhou Chenxi solemnly introduced Lu Ji again.
Zhou Mu said politely: "Hello."
Lu Ji put down the dessert bowl and shook hands politely with her: "Hello."
As expected to be the person in charge of the Lu family, he is extraordinary.
Zhou Mu thought this way, and noticed the dessert bowl that Lu Ji had just held in her hand.
The guests' afternoon tea is almond walnut crisp, with green tea and coffee to choose from.
Zhou Chenxi didn't like to eat these. Aunt Zhang specially prepared fermented rice for him, saying that he was afraid that he would be hungry in the afternoon, and now there is a bowl in Lu Ji's hands.
Mother Zhou smiled and said: "Chenxi, take care of the guests, I will go and chat with other elders first."
Zhou Chenxi is very responsible: "Of course."
Zhou's mother left, and soon Zhou Mingxuan also appeared.
He had just finished discussing business with someone, with a serious face and a neat suit. Next to him was a middle-aged man wearing a suit like him, wrinkled on his forehead, and holding two documents in his hand.
The two of them stepped out of the study room on the first floor. Zhou Mingxuan shook hands with the other party: "Please feel free to have afternoon tea and snacks in the living room, as well as the Mingqian Longjing that I specially sent to Hangzhou to buy. You can taste it, but the hospitality is not good. Please forgive me."
"You are polite." The middle-aged man turned and left with a smile.
Zhou Mingxuan raised his head and saw Lu Ji standing next to Zhou Chenxi.
Lu Ji: "..."
Zhou Mingxuan: "..."
Zhou Mingxuan sorted out his expression secretly, and said to Zhou Chenxi in the past: "Chenxi, where did you go before?"
"Brother?" Zhou Chenxi turned around and said, "I'm going to pick up Lu Ji. He has never been to our house. I'm afraid he will get lost."
Nonsense.
Zhou Mingxuan thought to himself, if an adult opens a navigation system, there are still places that can't be found in the world?
Even if you can't find it, you won't come back to pick up a personal lunch?
Having said that, Zhou Mingxuan still had a serious expression on his face, and he stretched out his hand and shook Lu Ji gently: "Hello, Zhou Mingxuan."
"Hello, Lu Ji."
The moment Lu Ji was about to withdraw his hand, he suddenly felt Zhou Mingxuan exert a little effort.
Lu Ji: "..."
"Oh right!" Zhou Chenxi didn't notice anything, and suddenly remembered, "Brother, Lu Ji brought you a gift. Would you like to see it now?"
There are not so many guests who need to socialize.
If you open the gift now, it means that Zhou Mingxuan pays enough attention to this guest.
This kind of banquet with commercial purposes is courteous, and there is a special place in the living room for stacking gifts.
Every year on Zhou Mingxuan’s birthday, that corner in the living room will be full. In fact, those gifts are all very expensive. Zhou Mingxuan can’t take everything apart. At most, the housekeeper will clean them up after the birthday. Make a list to Zhou Mingxuan, and he will follow the list of gifts for the same type of banquet in the future. Nothing special, basically all enter the storage room.
As for returning gifts, the housekeeper and secretary will make arrangements.
The only gift Zhou Mingxuan would take down at the banquet was from Zhou Chenxi.
Zhou Chenxi is the most special to him, his brother, no matter what gift Zhou Mingxuan gives, he wants others to know.
Neither parents have this treatment.
Moreover, at Zhou Mingxuan's age and status, it would not be appropriate to open his parents' gifts on the spot.
Lu Ji's gift is not special anyway, but it seems to be very meaningful in Zhou Chenxi's heart.
Zhou Mingxuan had to agree.
Zhou Chenxi then pushed the landing and asked him to get the present.
Lu Ji walked to the place where the gifts were piled up and took the gifts he had just put down.
"Young Master Zhou, something happened suddenly," Lu Ji politely handed over the gift and said, "I couldn't prepare any expensive gifts. I will find a time to visit alone another day."
"Okay, I just want to talk to you," Zhou Mingxuan accepted the gift with a smile, "Mr. Lu doesn't have to be so polite, since we all know each other, there must be opportunities for cooperation in the future. We will then..."
He opened the box, his expression suddenly stiffened.
Seeing that his brother's expression seemed wrong, Zhou Chenxi quickly said, "I picked this tie clip together with Lu Ji. Does my brother like it?"
"Oh..." Zhou Mingxuan sighed meaningfully and looked at the tie clip on Lu Ji's chest.
It is better not to open this gift if it is opened.
Zhou Mingxuan gave a "tsk" in his heart. If I remember correctly, the tie clip on Lu Ji's tie is the same brand as the one in his hand.
Lu Ji probably didn't have the leisurely love and Zhou Mingxuan wearing a couple style. After thinking about it, he knew why Zhou Chenxi disappeared at noon.
"Brother, do you like it?" Zhou Chenxi still looked at him expectantly.
This expression was exactly the same as his usual expression when he bought gifts for Zhou Mingxuan. Zhou Mingxuan reluctantly put the lid back: "I like it."
He said to Lu: "Mr. Lu, please feel free to entertain you. There are still a few elders. I'll go and say hello to them first."
Lu Ji said politely, "Excuse me."
Zhou Mingxuan took the gift and left. Zhou Chenxi sighed and said, "Brother has a good impression of you."
Lu Ji couldn't laugh or cry, and didn't see how Zhou Mingxuan had a good impression of him.
However, Zhou Mingxuan really loves his brother when he is the older brother.
Many people took the opportunity to get close to Lu Ji, but because Lu Ji was not the protagonist today, he only stood with Zhou Chenxi. Everyone didn't understand the situation, so they just greeted a few politely. Zhou Chenxi was so bored that he suddenly said to Lu Ji, "Let's go upstairs, Lu Ji."
Lu Ji raised his eyebrows: "Can you?"
"Of course you are my guest, what's wrong with that."
From the moment he entered the house, Lu Ji felt that he was covered by Zhou Chenxi. The first time he attended this kind of banquet, he did not need business experience and was not surrounded by a large number of people. He could even be called idle.
Zhou Chenxi led the landing towards the stairs and saw a painting hanging on the wall near the restaurant.
Zhou Chenxi followed his vision and found that it was the family portrait he painted when he was a child.
Four stick figures, two of them have expressions like this "=_=", a lady with long wavy hair raises the corners of her mouth, and a boy with the shortest light linen and short hair with this expression" : D".
Emotional paintings are simply soul paintings.
Lu Ji curled his eyes: "The painting is really good."
Zhou Chenxi blushed with his praise, and dragged his wrist upstairs: "Oh, don't look, don't look!"
Two people went upstairs.
Zhou's mother saw their interaction on the side. It happened that Zhou's father came down from the other side of the stairs. Zhou's mother greeted him, took his arm and said: "Before we were worried about the youngest son's lifelong affairs, and worried that he would work outside alone. No one takes care of it, do you think we think too much?"
Father Zhou said, "Lu Ji? He doesn't look so gentle on the surface, but it depends on the son's own opinion. I think Ming Xuan is more anxious than us."
Zhou's father and Zhou's mother looked at Zhou Mingxuan together.
Zhou Mingxuan raised his head and glanced towards the stairs while talking to the elders who came to congratulate him on his birthday.
He noticed that his parents were watching him, he coughed dryly and took a sip of water from the cup on the side.
Zhou Chenxi opened the door of his studio to show Lu Ji, which was filled with various paints and easels.
"Look, this is where I paint," Zhou Chenxi said proudly. "What I used to do was fishing for three days and two days on the net. Only if I persist in painting for the longest time, my dad will spare me I’ve been in this studio, but I still like to paint in the room because I’m lazy, so I can lie down after painting.

While talking, Zhou Chenxi led Lu Ji towards his room.
Lu Ji smiled and said, "What does acting mean to you?"
"Acting?" Zhou Chenxi thought about it seriously, "calculated as faith."
He summarized it in one word.
Only faith can make him persevere.
Lu Ji's expression softened.
Zhou Chenxi opened the door of his room and let Lu Ji in.
"Come in!" Zhou Chenxi said, "My room is comfortable. There is still time anyway. Let's sit for a while and wait until we have finished eating."
"Yeah." Lu Ji experienced this lazy guest for the first time, wearing an extremely restrained and exquisite formal wear, and looked a little out of place in Zhou Chenxi's warm-toned room.
Lu Ji loosened his tie and visited Zhou Chenxi's room.
Zhou Chenxi noticed his beautifully-lined wrists and clearly skeletal knuckles. After the tie was loosened, the slightly raised throat was clearly visible.
Zhou Chenxi was a little dry for no reason. He slid his eyes to the side and said, "Heat, take off your coat first, and put it back on later."
Lu Ji only unbuttoned the buttons, and the collar of his shirt opened slightly: "It's okay, you are too comfortable here, but I am a little restrained."
Zhou Chenxi didn't even dare to look at him anymore, and let Lu Ji sit casually.
His bed is beige, more than two meters wide, on which there are N lazy eggs who have been with him, and the floor is covered with fluffy carpets. Zhou Chenxi stood barefoot there, the whole person looked very soft.
"I'll pour you Coke, okay," Zhou Chenxi said nervously, "I stole several cans of Coke in my small refrigerator. My brother said that he is prone to high blood sugar if he drinks too much. You said he is only a few years old. To keep me healthy, my head is getting bigger!"
Zhou Chenxi spared no effort to relieve his tension, but Lu Ji felt that Zhou Mingxuan was quite good: "He is for your good."
Zhou Chenxi opened a can of Coke and handed it to Lu Ji. When Lu Ji saw a picture book he put on the table, it was very similar to the picture book he secretly painted himself when he recorded "Carp". Lu Ji hesitated. , Asked Zhou Chenxi: "Can I see that?"
Zhou Chenxi became more nervous and said, "No!"
He went over in a panic and knocked down the Coke he had placed on the table.
Turning out the bubbling liquid, Lu Ji's eyes were quick, and he rescued his painting book. By the way, he caught Zhou Chenxi, who almost tripped him with his left foot and right foot.
"I'm so stupid," Zhou Chenxi said in Lu Ji's arms, "almost fell on the ground again."
Lu Ji held his waist and said, "I haven't seen you fall on the ground. This is the first time, so you are not stupid."
Zhou Chenxi blinked round eyes and smiled: "Thank you for saving my picture album, but my carpet is dirty. I have to ask auntie to come up and change it."
Lu Ji said, "Before letting her come up to change the carpet, to thank me for saving it, can I see a painting inside?"
He emphasized "one piece" only because he wanted to see the original picture of the color painting Zhou Chenxi sent him.
"No." Zhou Chenxi said.
"Why?" Lu Ji asked.
Because there are too many you I have drawn in it. From the time I met you, the more I drew, the more I drew, the more I drew, the whole book was about to be filled, I don’t know how to show you.
Zhou Chenxi was thinking about what to say, and suddenly there was a knock on the door outside.
"Chenxi, your Uncle Cheng is here, go down and say hello to him..."
Zhou Chenxi's door was not closed. Zhou Mingxuan thought that he could come in, but he didn't think too much. When he opened the door, he found that his brother and Lu Ji were in the room in a very strange posture.
Zhou Mingxuan: "..."
Lu Ji: "..."
Zhou Mingxuan looked at the hand that Lu Ji placed on Zhou Chenxi's waist, and the collar that he was okay just now, now buttoned wide.
The blue veins on Zhou Mingxuan's forehead lightly jumped, and said to Zhou Chenxi: "Zhou Chenxi, come with me."
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