Hong Kong Bauhinia Garden Villa - "Xueman, are you really sure that you will only invite Director Chen alone tonight?" ”

Looking at Li Xueman, who had become a good girl, Qi Qingsi's heart was very pleased. Unexpectedly, the last conversation actually improved the relationship between her and her daughter, which she did not expect. Now when Li Xueman sees her, he occasionally has a smile on his face, and although this smile seems a little reluctant, it is enough to make her feel happy.

"Hmm!" Li Xueman replied softly.

“……”

Regarding Li Xueman's decision, Qi Qingsi was quite surprised. In the past, every year when Lixue was over, Qi Qingsi would hold a lively banquet, and its momentum was by no means weaker than the party of the gambling king Stanley Ho's daughter.

This time, Qi Qingsi originally planned to hold a more lively banquet than in previous years, but when she said her thoughts, she was strongly opposed by Li Xueman. However, after listening to Li Xueman's opinion, Qi Qingsi was sincerely pleased, the previous banquet was lively, but how many of them came to celebrate sincerely? Is this child finally mature?

Without those hypocritical polite words, maybe just a simple life would be more real!

The sky was fading, and the villa was brightly lit.

Li Xueman sat alone on the sofa, his elbows on his thighs, and his white and tender palms propped up his chin. If it was this day in previous years, I am afraid that this hall would have been noisy and boiling, but the quiet atmosphere today has made this girl have a few different feelings in her heart. Turning his head to look at the time from time to time, Li Xueman's little brain kept turning.

"Well, that stinky director looks careless, I guess it's hard to guess what gifts people like, but no matter what he sends, I'll like it......"

muttered softly, Li Xueman's heart was full of anticipation for Chen Xuanting's arrival, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Suzuzu~~~"

At seven o'clock, a clear doorbell suddenly rang.

Lixue suddenly looked happy, jumped up from the couch like a spring, and ran happily towards the outside door. After opening the door, Li Xueman walked out and glanced left and right a few times, but he didn't see half a figure, and he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, could it be that the bell just now was just an illusion? Li Xue was slightly disappointed, and when she turned around and was about to close the door, her heart moved, and a sly smile quickly flashed on the corner of her mouth.

Slowly taking two steps forward, Li Xueman turned around surprisingly quickly.

At this time, Chen Xuanting had come out of nowhere, and his expression was a little stunned, obviously he didn't expect Li Xueman to make such a move.

saw Chen Xuanting's unexpected appearance. Li Xue walked up to Chen Xuanting triumphantly: "Hmph, I already knew that you would come to this set!" ”

"Ahem, it's so easy for you to find out, it's really boring!" Chen Xuanting shrugged his shoulders and laughed helplessly.

"I don't have any creativity, I won't play this kind of scary trick when I am five years old......" Li Xueman despised Chen Xuanting first, but quickly smiled and stretched out a tender palm at Chen Xuanting.

"What for?" Chen Xuanting looked at Li Xueman with a confused expression.

"What a gift!" Li Xueman unceremoniously threw a roll of his eyes at Chen Xuanting.

"Oops, sorry. I came in such a hurry that I forgot about it for a while! Chen Xuanting smiled apologetically.

"Did you forget?" Li Xue glanced at Chen Xuanting's body in disbelief, and saw that his expression didn't seem to be fake, but he didn't care much. In her mind, it doesn't matter if you give a gift or not. The important thing is that the person does not come! "Hmm, you actually forgot such an important matter, but for the sake of you being so punctual, I will forgive you for the time being!" After speaking, Li Xueman also patted Chen Xuanting's shoulder with a smile.

According to this little girl's previous performance, Chen Xuanting thought that she would at least show a fierce demeanor after listening to her words, but she didn't expect Li Xueman to react like this, so that Chen Xuanting, who was about to tease this little girl, secretly shouted out his mistake, touched his nose a little depressed, and sneered: "Of course I won't forget such an important matter." I was kidding you! ”

"Wow, you're lying to me! Take it out and take a look......" Li Xueman flashed her eyes a few times, and she didn't shy away from sprinkling coquettishness on Chen Xuanting.

Chen Xuanting couldn't bear it. Hurriedly took out a boxy gift box from behind a cluster of potted plants by the door and brought it to Li Xueman.

Seeing such a big box, Li Xue asked in surprise, "What's inside?" ”

Chen Xuanting smiled and said, "Just open it and take a look." ”

Glancing at Chen Xuanting, Li Xueman tore open the outer packaging of the box with strong curiosity............ "Wow! ”

Li Xueman, who was squatting on the ground, screamed in surprise.

There are four books neatly placed in the box, "The Condor Heroes" and Jin Yong's autograph on the title page, and then look at the publication date is the front page of this novel!

You must know that Jin Yong's fame in Hong Kong is not ordinary, when he wrote this "The Condor Heroes", he personally selected several sets of the front page and signed them for the collection of good friends. It can be said that it is extremely precious.

This set of books was still asked for by Chen Xuanting from the music saint Huang Zhan. Huang Zhan and Jin Yong are known as one of the four great talents in Hong Kong, and it is not surprising that there is such a set of books.

At first, Huang Zhan refused to cut his love. Later, Chen Xuanting agreed to write three songs for him in exchange. Huang Zhan reluctantly gave it to Chen Xuanting.

Chen Xuanting took this precious set of books and borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, which was regarded as a gift from Li Xueman.

Chen Xuanting smiled and said, "How is it, do you like it?" In fact, there is no need to ask this sentence, just looking at Li Xueman's expression, Chen Xuanting knows that she must love the gift she gave very much, and she is slightly relieved in her heart, it seems that this gift is really the right one.

Sure enough, Chen Xuanting's voice disappeared, and Li Xueman nodded again and again: "I like it!" Like! How do you know I'm going to like this? ”

"Didn't I come to your house before, I sent you into the room, I saw a set of "The Condor Heroes" on your bedside, and it was very old, I guess you must like this set of books, so I gave you this gift this time!" Chen Xuanting said with a smile.

"You're so well focused! But the reason why I read this book is because I want to film, don't I want to play Guo Fu? If you're not familiar with the story, how can you play a good role?! ”

Now that "The Condor Heroes" is about to start, the little girl Li Xueman has also worked hard.

"Hehe, you're such a good actor! It deserves a compliment! Chen Xuanting scratched her nose.

Seeing Chen Xuanting's affectionate behavior, Li Xueman remembered the scene of howling and crying in front of Chen Xuanting that night, and couldn't help but blush, glanced around slightly shyly, and suddenly kissed Chen Xuanting's cheek like a dragonfly.

"You ......" Chen Xuanting couldn't help but be stunned, this was the second time that Li Xueman had made such an intimate sneak attack on him.

"Thank you for the gift, good director!"

"......" Chen Xuanting wiped his cheeks a few times, a little crying and laughing.

"Hee-hee, there's no lipstick on it!" Seeing Chen Xuanting's actions, Li Xue blushed and laughed, "Don't think about it, my action just now is very pure!" ”

"You girl, you can't do this again!" Chen Xuanting glared at Li Xueman, and flicked his fingers on her head angrily.

"Ouch!"

Li Xueman screamed in pain, like a child who had done something wrong, pitifully looking at Chen Xuanting with those dark eyes. Although he knew that this little girl was pretending to be pitiful, but looking at her situation, Chen Xuanting still couldn't bear to blame her, so he had to smile bitterly and pick up the gift box and put it under his armpit, stood up and said, "Okay, let's go in!" ”

"Yay!"

Li Xueman jumped up with a cheer, grabbed one of Chen Xuanting's arms and walked inside

From this gate to the inside of the villa, there is a distance of dozens of meters in between. On the way, Li Xueman was very excited, but Chen Xuanting walked a little tremblingly. The two little pigeons on Li Xueman's chest kept rubbing on Chen Xuanting's arms, although the soft touch was quite comfortable, but Chen Xuanting was very embarrassed in his heart, and he didn't pull out his arms several times, so he had to let Li Xueman hold them.

Li Xueman didn't seem to realize the ambiguity of the posture between the two at all, and it wasn't until he walked into the hall that he let go of Chen Xuanting and took the box from his hand.

Chen Xuanting breathed a sigh of relief, swept his eyes, but didn't see Qi Qingsi's shadow, and couldn't help but feel slightly strange: "Li Xueman, where is your mother?" Chen Xuanting's heart was faintly glad, fortunately she wasn't there, if she saw Li Xueman hugging herself, although she wouldn't say anything, her impression of herself would probably drop a notch.

As soon as the voice fell, the little girl didn't answer, and Qi Qingsi's graceful figure walked out of a side door next to her, but at this time, her slender fingers were wet, and she also wore an apron around her waist, looking like a housewife. Seeing Chen Xuanting, Qi Qingsi smiled, "Director Chen, you're here!" ”

"Ms. Qi......"

Is it a bit too rusty and too restrained to call Qi Qingsi like this now? As soon as such a thought popped up in Chen Xuanting's mind, he saw Li Xue pouting and saying, "Director Chen, everyone is so familiar, why do you still call my mother 'Ms. Qi'?" ”

Qi Qingsi looked at Li Xueman softly. smiled and said to Chen Xuanting: "Speaking of which, Director Chen, I'm older than you, I think you might as well just call me Sister Qing, and we'll have to work together in the future, right?" ”

"That's good! Sister Qing, you can call me Ah Ting directly in the future! ”

Chen Xuanting smiled and nodded, since Qi Qingsi said so, Chen Xuanting also pushed the boat down the river unceremoniously. After Li Xueman heard the words of the two, he suddenly flattened his red and tender lips for some reason. It's just that. Qi Qingsi and Chen Xuanting didn't notice Li Xueman's strange look.

"Well, Ah...... Ting, you sit down and rest first, the meal will be ready soon! Qi Qing Siying smiled, then turned his head to Li Xueman and ordered, "Xueman." You talk to Director Chen, and Mom goes back to the kitchen......"

"Oh!"

…… Watching Qi Qingsi's figure leave quickly, Chen Xuanting also sat down on the sofa, and suddenly said strangely: "Li Xueman, is your mother cooking tonight?" ”

Li Xueman fell beside Chen Xuanting with a "tom", and said with a smile: "Of course, you will be blessed for a while, my mother used to be a chef and studied cooking for a few years!" Alas, I haven't eaten her food in a long time. I don't know if her craft has regressed now......"

"Huh?"

Chen Xuanting looked in the direction where Qi Qingsi disappeared with some disbelief.

Wait twenty minutes, though. Chen Xuanting came to the table and saw the table full of exquisite delicacies. The surprise in my heart quickly turned to admiration, saying that I hadn't tasted it yet, but just smelling the fragrance was enough to make people salivate. Sure enough, when Chen Xuanting ate the first bite of the dish, he was out of control, and he couldn't wait to swallow his tongue in his stomach.

Li Xueman's eating appearance is not better than Chen Xuanting's at all, and in the first ten minutes, her cheeks have been bulging. Barely deflated. There are no expensive birthday cakes tonight, and there are no dazzling birthday gifts. It was just a simple dinner, but it made Li Xueman enjoy the fun that he had never had before.

Among the three, it was Qi Qingsi who performed the most elegantly, and every dish was tasted lightly. Looking at Chen Xuanting and Li Xueman, who were feasting, the smile on Qi Qingsi's face never faded, and he felt that there was a happy atmosphere everywhere in the room, and there was a few strange warmth in the depths of his heart.

It's been years since I've seen my daughter smile like this, and it would be nice if time stood still in this moment! Qi Qingsi sighed, and couldn't help but turn her eyes to look at Chen Xuanting, this was the first time she had looked at this man who had changed her daughter so carefully...... A pair of bright eyes flashed under the thick sword eyebrows, two thick lips were inlaid under the straight nose, and the face was well-defined, handsome but with a reassuring gentle atmosphere...... After a long time, Qi Qingsi was shocked by the voices of the two of them, but he couldn't help but feel a little blushing in his heart because he had been staring at a man for so long. Secretly glanced at Chen Xuanting and Li Xueman, and seeing that they didn't realize that they were out of shape, Qi Qingsi breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't know that her current state was similar to that of a little woman............ Happy times are always short-lived.

By the end of dinner, Lisman's eyes were already drunk. Just now I saw Chen Xuanting drinking as easily as drinking water, and the little girl actually learned from Chen Xuanting to drink nearly two glasses of liquor. Although this is not the first time she has drunk, her amount of alcohol is nothing compared to Chen Xuanting, but as soon as the cup is put down, she becomes what she is now.

When Li Xueman stood up, his body swayed, as if he would fall down if he was blown by the wind. Qi Qingsi was very distressed when she saw it, and hurriedly held her up, and said lightly: "This kid knows that he can't drink so much wine, and he still wants to be so strong." Qi Qingsi also drank a lot of wine in the back, and there was a faint layer of red floating on his cheeks, which looked very delicate.

Chen Xuanting smiled: "It's rare to be happy!" ”

"yes, I've never seen her so happy before as she is today." Being touched like this, Li Xueman simply closed her eyes and collapsed into Qi Qingsi's arms. Gently brushing the broken hair in front of Li Xueman's forehead, Qi Qingsi raised his head and looked at Chen Xuanting, his tone was full of sincere gratitude, and said, "Ah Ting, thank you!" Thank you for helping Xue Man so much! ”

"Sister Qing, why do you say thank you, we are not outsiders!" Chen Xuanting laughed casually, but then found that the sentence was easy to misunderstand, and hurriedly explained, "Uh, Sister Qing, I mean to say, I was cultivated by Ligo, and you have helped me so much - if it weren't for you, my Thunder Pictures wouldn't have survived this difficult time......"

"Poof!"

Seeing Chen Xuanting's somewhat embarrassed demeanor, Qi Qingsi couldn't help but smile, it was like a hundred flowers blooming, and the whole room added a bit of color to it, "Okay, you are not only a great talent cultivated by Lilao, but now you call me sister again, of course you are not outsiders!" Hearing Qi Qingsi say this, Chen Xuanting didn't feel a little ashamed, she didn't think crookedly, but she thought too much.

After a pause, Qi Qingsi smiled and said, "Ah Ting, can you help me send Xue Man back to the room, I'll clean up this table first......"

"Good!"

Chen Xuanting happily took Li Xueman from Qi Qingsi's hand and helped her out of the dining room.

When I got outside, I saw that Li Xueman was already asleep, and I picked her up and walked towards the bedroom on the second floor............... This night, Qi Qingsi had endless words, as if all the words that had been hidden for several years poured out in this short period of time, until she finally fell asleep unconsciously, and Chen Xuanting took off the identity of the listener. After picking her up and sending her into the bedroom, Chen Xuanting left the villa. At that time, it was already twelve o'clock in the evening.

The next day, thanks to Qi Qingsi's help, Thunder Pictures' first film "Across the Seas" could finally premiere.

Of course, there must be a premiere before the premiere.

On February 1, 1992, on the day of the premiere, Chen Xuanting led the main creative team of "Across the Seas", director John Woo, actors Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, and Zhong Chuhong attended the celebration together.

(To be continued)