CHAPTER 457: CHAPTER 406 ARE YOU CONAN?

From the photo, it looks as if it was taken from a window. There’s a red bell tower, and the time on it is exactly now.

Surrounding the bell tower are villas, suggesting this is a villa district. So, is she at home now?

Although Bai Chengxi doesn’t often use his Moments, he has tens of millions of Weibo followers. When he posted the picture asking netizens to help identify the location of the bell tower in the photo, it immediately drew tens of thousands of replies.

He scrolled through the answers and finally confirmed that this is the Red Mansion Villa District in Aus City.

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Zhuo Yuqing woke up from a nap, habitually grabbed her phone to check, and found a variety of bizarre answers,

She scrolled all the way to the end without seeing Bai Chengxi’s name, sighing with some disappointment. In fact, the reason she posted this Moments update was to catch Bai Chengxi’s attention, which was a little trick often used by young girls.

After posting it, she received no phone call from him, no message, no reply; he seemed to have vanished without a trace.

Zhuo Yuqing tossed and turned in bed, feeling restless. She tossed her phone aside and grabbed her laptop to browse entertainment news.

During the festive season, there weren’t many headlines, but Zhuo Yuqing still noticed a piece of news about someone signing with Chengguang Entertainment.

Su Yingluo was once a sensation across the nation,

With a cash cow like Su Yingluo, Bai Chengxi’s Star Motion should have tried to sign her unreservedly. Why would they give Chengguang Entertainment such an opportunity? This seemed illogical.

At the start of her career, she was affected by a plastic surgery scandal, but later a certification of no cosmetic surgery from a plastic surgery hospital gradually calmed the matter down.

Su Yingluo belonged to that type of woman with a graceful aura; not breathtakingly gorgeous but someone who naturally made people feel at ease and curious to keep looking.

Just as Zhuo Yuqing was about to look for other news, her phone suddenly rang. Seeing the familiar caller ID, she became so excited that her hand trembled,

Almost in a panic, she leaned over the bed head and stretched her arm trying to pick up the phone, afraid that if she delayed even a second, he would hang up.

"Hello." Because of her nervousness and haste, Zhuo Yuqing’s voice was breathless.

After a while, the voice on the other end said slowly: "Open the window."

"What?" Zhuo Yuqing was puzzled and did not understand what he meant.

"Open the window." Bai Chengxi repeated.

Zhuo Yuqing blinked, slowly realizing, but she still got out of bed according to his request, pulled the curtains aside, and pushed open the window.

Outside in the yard was a huge banyan tree, and under it, Bai Chengxi stood wearing a black coat, with his hands in his pockets. His khaki trousers made his legs look long. He looked up at her; his gaze was dark but with a hint of shimmer.

Zhuo Yuqing was suddenly reminded of a comic she read in her younger years. The protagonist of the story stood just like this under the winter sky, gazing deeply at the heroine approaching.

Though there was no heavy snow, though there was no deep affection,

She did not realize that this feeling is actually called yearning.

"Bai Chengxi." Zhuo Yuqing leaned on the window, waving her hand vigorously at him, "It’s cold outside, come on up."

"Come down here." Bai Chengxi did not move, "I’ll wait for you."

"Okay." Zhuo Yuqing shrank her neck, turned around, and found a beige coat to put over her pajamas, then ran downstairs thump thump thump.

The maid was cleaning in the living room and seeing her rush, couldn’t help but remind her: "Miss, take it easy."

"Got it." Zhuo Yuqing left behind two words and had already dashed out the door.

The maid shook her head, wondering what was making the young lady so hurried.

Zhuo Yuqing pushed the door open and headed straight for the banyan tree. Bai Chengxi was still there, leaning against the tree trunk and smoking, his chiseled face looking even more handsome and captivating through the swirls of smoke.

Hearing the breathless panting, he extinguished his cigarette; then, lifting his head, he saw Zhuo Yuqing hurriedly running over, her forehead slick with a thin sheen of sweat.

"Why run? In the morning when I told you to jog, I didn’t see you this eager." Bai Chengxi took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, "Wipe it off."

Zhuo Yuqing took it over. He liked to use the blue and white checkered handkerchief, which was from a foreign luxury brand, and he seemed to have bought a whole box of them.

There was a faint scent of cologne on the handkerchief, which smelled really good.

"How did you know where I live?" Zhuo Yuqing was very curious; she had never told him where she lived. Aus City was so big, how on earth did he manage to find out?

"You posted a photo." Bai Chengxi replied indifferently.

"What photo?" Could it be that he found this place through a photo?

"Bai Chengxi, are you Conan? You’re amazing." Zhuo Yuqing couldn’t hide her excitement, as she had thought he was totally indifferent to her social media, yet he had actually followed this clue and come straight here.

"By the way, when did you get here? Why didn’t you call me? I would have picked you up at the airport."

Bai Chengxi thought of the scene he had witnessed in the mall, and his face instantly turned a bit unpleasant.

Perhaps it was because he had been quiet for so long, Zhuo Yuqing noticed something was off and thought he was angry that she didn’t inform him about returning to Aus City. She lowered her head, sounding somewhat lacking in confidence, "Why don’t you come upstairs to sit? It’s cold outside."

"Aren’t you afraid of your parents seeing us?" Bai Chengxi’s slightly sarcastic tone made Zhuo Yuqing lower her head even more. Her feet, still in slippers, rubbed back and forth on the ground, her pitiful look made Bai Chengxi swallow back the words he was about to say. Was he pressing her too hard?

"They’re not home." Zhuo Yuqing’s voice was even lower.

Bai Chengxi was just about to say no need, but suddenly heard someone say, "Miss, is this your friend? Please come in and sit, it’s cold outside."

It turned out to be a servant, who, fearing Zhuo Yuqing would catch a cold by running out, had followed her outside to check.

"Let’s go." Zhuo Yuqing gently tugged at his sleeve and looked at him somewhat pleadingly.

In the end, Bai Chengxi was defeated by her innocent gaze. It was already impulsive of him to come here, and he’d begun to regret standing below the building until he saw her. The self-reproach stopped only when he saw her. He never intended to go inside; the way she was sneaking around made it seem as if marrying him was something to be ashamed of. Why should he shamelessly push his way up and end up making her unhappy?

Once inside the Zhuo Family mansion, Zhuo Yuqing was also worried Zhuo Yao might suddenly come back, so she took Bai Chengxi to her room on the second floor.

When the servant heard the sound of them closing the door, she immediately muttered to herself as if she had discovered a new continent, "My goodness, is Miss dating a boyfriend? She even brought him home. I wonder if the lady would be happy to know about this? But if the master finds out..."

The servant shook her head in some fright, not daring to imagine any further.

As soon as Zhuo Yuqing entered the room, she locked the door, which immediately drew Bai Chengxi’s discontent. Was she making him out to be such an embarrassment?

Noticing his grim face, Zhuo Yuqing hurriedly poured him a cup of hot water, "Here, drink some hot water to warm up."

Bai Chengxi’s face was expressionless as he sat down on a sofa to one side and casually observed her room.

It was just like the room she stayed in in Aus City, filled with the air of a young girl everywhere,

The quilt on the bed wasn’t folded, and was messily spread out, as if she had just gotten out of bed.

Thinking of his own sleepless night, Bai Chengxi felt an inexplicable anger.

As he got angry, his demeanor turned cold and he didn’t take the water she offered, maintaining an unfriendly expression.

Zhuo Yuqing brazenly pushed the cup into his hands again. Seeing her flushed cheeks and her shiny big eyes, Bai Chengxi was unable to unleash his anger and finally took the water.

"Don’t be angry, okay?" Zhuo Yuqing sat down on the bed opposite him, "I didn’t mean to not tell you on purpose."

Bai Chengxi watched her quietly, not saying a word, but he was clearly expecting an answer. He had come this far not to end up with nothing; he truly wanted to live a good life with her, so some issues couldn’t just be left unresolved.

"Actually, I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time, I just couldn’t find the right opportunity." Zhuo Yuqing fidgeted with the bedsheet beneath her, looking at him with a hint of guilt, "About our marriage, I haven’t told my family yet. It’s not that I don’t want to introduce you to my family, but my dad has doted on me since I was small, he disagrees with me having boyfriends at this age, let alone getting married, so I’ve been looking for a chance to persuade him. He sometimes has a bad temper, and I don’t want you to be scolded or aggrieved by him."

The more Zhuo Yuqing talked, the more she felt she was in the wrong. This issue was her problem, she hadn’t handled it well, and it had nothing to do with Bai Chengxi.

After a long silence, Zhuo "Fool, then how do you plan to explain it to your dad?"

Zhuo Yuqing felt wronged and vigorously shook her head, "I haven’t figured it out yet."

"This isn’t just your concern; it’s about both of us. It’s your responsibility to break the news to him, and my duty is to earn his approval, so," his smooth and magnetic voice was like music to the ears, calming down Zhuo Yuqing’s restless heart bit by bit.

For some reason, after hearing such a response from him, she suddenly gained more confidence, feeling like she wasn’t fighting alone anymore.