I Can't Be Refined with You

Bo Yanqi put away his phone and stopped replying to Qi Si's messages.

Qi Si stared at his phone for a long time, but no reply came from the other side.

Bo Yanqi watched through the livestream as Qi Si's expression gradually shifted from eager anticipation to puzzled confusion.

Then, after a brief bout of disappointment, he pulled himself together again.

He rolled out of bed in one swift motion.

Bo Yanqi glanced down at his own phone. No new messages had come in from the other side either.

For some reason, Bo Yanqi felt a faint sense of disappointment.

But it was only a tiny bit. It was quickly buried beneath other emotions, so quickly that Bo Yanqi himself did not notice that momentary abnormality.

Qi Si was quite accepting of the fact that the person he openly liked did not reply to his messages.

It was not the first time, anyway.

Compared to the original owner, Qi Si truly could not be considered lovesick.

If the person he liked did not reply, then so be it. They were all adults with their own things to do. No one could possibly hug their phone twenty-four hours a day.

Not to mention that they had not even confirmed their relationship. Even if they had, he could not demand that the other person reply instantly no matter when or where.

So Qi Si did not dwell on the lack of a reply. He put away his phone and prepared to do his own thing.

Everyone watched as Qi Si suddenly put away his phone, turned around, opened the door, and walked out.

The moment he left, the PD assigned to follow him immediately trailed after him.

Qi Si turned back and asked the PD behind him, "Where's Zhou Linzhe?"

The PD did not speak, merely pointing toward the village entrance.

"He left the village?" Qi Si sounded somewhat excited.

The PD immediately shook his head, indicating that Qi Si had misunderstood.

"Then what's he doing at the village entrance? Is there work there?"

Naturally, the PD would not answer Qi Si's question. He was only responsible for filming and could not give the guests too much help, or it would count as cheating.

Qi Si was not disappointed when the PD did not answer.

He turned on his heel and headed toward the village entrance. He wanted to see exactly what Zhou Linzhe was doing.

When he reached the entrance, he discovered that there was no work there that could earn money at all.

Nor did Qi Si see Zhou Linzhe at the village entrance.

"Didn't you say Zhou Linzhe was at the village entrance? Where is he?" Qi Si turned back and asked his PD.

The PD shook his head, indicating that he did not know either.

The livestream viewers could not help complaining.

[Young master! You lay around in your room for so long. Even if Zhou Linzhe came by, he would have left by now!]

[Exactly! It's not like he doesn't have things of his own to do. How could he possibly wait around here for you?]

[So what did Zhou Linzhe go do?]

[I came over from Zhou Linzhe's stream. He's still at the village entrance, at the little convenience store not far ahead.]

[What's he doing at the convenience store? I'm going to take a look!]

Although Qi Si could not see the livestream comments, he did spot the little convenience store some distance away at the village entrance.

"So there's a convenience store here? I really didn't notice it when we came in earlier."

The store was not directly facing the village entrance and was somewhat out of the way. Unless someone deliberately looked for it, they generally would not notice it.

When everyone entered the village, they had been tired and hungry and only wanted to get to their destination as quickly as possible to rest. Who would have paid attention to what was around the entrance?

Qi Si arrived at the convenience store entrance.

Several middle-aged women sat outside, holding sunflower seeds and peanuts as they chatted about everyday matters.

The moment they saw Qi Si approach, they stopped talking and curiously looked him over.

Qi Si was fair and clean-looking, clearly a child raised in the city. Naturally, he could not be compared to children from the countryside.

Most rural children ran wild, climbing trees and working in the fields every day, and their skin was usually rather dark.

Even the fairest children were not as pale and tender as Qi Si.

His face looked as though water could be squeezed out with a pinch.

When the women saw Qi Si enter the convenience store, they could not help huddling together and whispering.

"This young man's here to film a show too, right?"

"Look at that person carrying the big thing behind him. He definitely is!"

"Oh my! These big stars really are good-looking! They're completely different from the kids around here, all fair and tender!"

"Exactly! This one looks even more pleasant than the one who went in earlier!"

"I wonder if this kid has someone already?"

"Why not ask him later?"

"What? Are you thinking of introducing your daughter to him?"

"Why not? My daughter isn't bad-looking either, and she's a college student! How is she not good enough?"

The women thought they were speaking quietly, but in reality, they were not quiet at all.

Qi Si could hear every word clearly even after entering the store.

He awkwardly rubbed his nose.

Never mind whether his brother would agree to him marrying a girl from here—even if his brother did, Qi Si himself could not agree.

The gender was wrong. This marriage was never going to happen.

The store owner was a somewhat plump middle-aged woman. She was stunned for a moment when Qi Si entered.

Once she saw the PD behind him carrying a camera, she immediately realized that he was also there to film the show.

Her face instantly broke into a broad smile.

"Kid, what would you like to buy?"

"Hello, Auntie. I'm not buying anything. I just wanted to ask whether a young man about my age came by?"

The owner immediately understood who Qi Si meant.

"You mean that young man who came to film with the production crew, like you?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Qi Si hurriedly nodded. "Did he come by? What did he come here for?"

"That young man said he wanted to work for me! Look, isn't he unloading goods over there?"

Qi Si followed the direction of the owner's finger and saw Zhou Linzhe squatting in a corner, organizing the shelves.

"Thank you, Auntie!"

Qi Si walked over to Zhou Linzhe and looked down at him as he busied himself on the ground.

"Well, if it isn't the second young master? What's the second young master doing here?"

Zhou Linzhe glanced up at Qi Si, who was asking a question he already knew the answer to. "Are you blind? Can't you see?"

Qi Si merely raised an eyebrow and did not get angry.

It was obvious that the young master's temper had flared up. He had gotten irritable from working.

"Hard work! Second young master, you're working far too hard! How can they let you do this kind of work?" Qi Si pulled him up from the ground.

Zhou Linzhe frowned. "Do you need something?"

Qi Si looked at Zhou Linzhe with a sincere expression. "I just feel sorry for our second young master. How can you be made to do such rough work? Come on, come on, go rest somewhere. I'll do it!"

As Qi Si spoke, he took the work from Zhou Linzhe's hands.

He crouched down, copied Zhou Linzhe's earlier movements, and began arranging the shelves.

The owner poked her head out from afar for a look, unable to understand what the two youngsters were doing.

Zhou Linzhe was also dumbfounded for two or three seconds.

Once he came back to his senses, he immediately tried to snatch the work from Qi Si.

"What are you doing? If you want to work, go find your own!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Aren't I just worried that you're working too hard? Why can't you appreciate good intentions?"

"Heh. Are you sure you're helping me for free? The money counts toward mine?" Zhou Linzhe sneered.

Qi Si grinned. "Of course... not!"

"Get lost, get lost, get lost!" Zhou Linzhe lifted a hand to shoo away the shameless Qi Si.

"Hey! Zhou Linzhe! Zhou Linzhe, let go! We can discuss this! You... hey! Let go!"

Zhou Linzhe had no intention of letting go. He only stopped after directly throwing Qi Si out.

Pointing at Qi Si's nose, he snapped, "Don't make me hit you!"

Qi Si glared. "Aren't you known as the most refined second young master of the Zhou Household? Why are you so crude?!"

Zhou Linzhe looked at Qi Si and sneered. "I can't be refined with you at all."

Qi Si: "...Then I'll go find Lin Weiwei."

With that, he turned around as though he were about to leave.

"Stop!"

With his back to Zhou Linzhe, Qi Si curled his lips into a smile, triumph flashing in his eyes.