Xia Zhiyi waited until all her friends had finished packing before formally saying goodbye to everyone again, and then got into the car that Fu Chi had come in.
Fu Yunyi almost thought he was going to be abandoned by his uncle.
Fortunately, Fu Chi's driver quickly reminded him that the car picking him up was behind them.
Well... anyway, he wasn't allowed to ride in the same car as Fu Chi.
Fu Yunyi: "..."
Although he felt somewhat oppressed being in the same car as his uncle—not that he disliked being with him, but rather that he was genuinely afraid to misbehave in front of him—but...
but!
Fu Yunyi watched Fu Chi's car drive away, his eyes filled with resentment. "I'm really starting to doubt Xia Zhiyi's identity."
Gu Zhiyuan was startled by Fu Yunyi's inexplicable wild idea, but after looking at Xia Zhiyi, then at Fu Chi, and finally at Fu Yunyi, he thought it was nonsense.
Fu Chi and Fu Yunyi are both good-looking. Because of their blood relation, Gu Zhiyuan could find some similarities between Fu Yunyi and Fu Chi in their eyes and brows.
But Xia Zhiyi didn't; at least his face definitely wasn't that of Fu family.
To this, Fu Yunyi: "..."
I was just saying it casually, and you actually took it seriously and wanted to refute me.
Hearing Fu Yunyi's slightly aggrieved words, Gu Zhiyuan, while stuffing their packed luggage and the local specialties they had received into the trunk, said to Fu Yunyi, "If you really have doubts, you can always get a blood test done with Xia Zhiyi when you get back. Alright, get in the car. Our flight is this afternoon, and we still need to take a car to the city. Don't keep your uncle waiting."
Fu Yunyi: "To my face you only dared to call me 'Uncle Mr. Fu,' but now you're calling me 'Uncle'."
Gu Zhiyuan: "It's not like you'd dare call him by his name to his face."
Fu Yunyi: "That's different."
Gu Zhiyuan: "If you're not leaving, I'm leaving."
The two playfully got into the car, said goodbye to the remaining friends who were going to take the minibus arranged by the production team down the mountain, and finally left.
As Xue Ranran waved, she asked Qin Yue beside her, "By the way, are Teacher Xia and Brother Fu leaving together? Are they going back together?"
Qin Yue paused for a moment, then, recalling what she had overheard, smiled and said, "Maybe it's on my way."
Xue Ranran didn't think much of it. She was finally done filming and felt relaxed and even a little excited. She was happy at the thought of going back to get some rest. She turned around, cupped her younger brother's face, and kissed him. "Come on, I'll take you on a ride in one of the passenger cars on this mountain. It's so much fun!"
younger brother:...
Then, on the way down the mountain, I got so carsick that I vomited uncontrollably.
On the other side, Xia Zhiyi turned on the phone she had retrieved, but before she could even use it, she received a call from her sister, Xia Wanyi.
He gestured to Fu Chi, answered the phone, and heard his sister's cheerful voice. "You've finished recording, are you coming back?"
A smile unconsciously crept onto Xia Zhiyi's lips, and her tone was very gentle. "Hmm, sister, were you on the phone the whole time, or did you just happen to call at this time? I just packed my luggage, and my phone wasn't on."
"So it's like we're telepathically connected, we just happened to be there at the same time." Xia Wanyi said with a smile, "Did the production team provide your return ticket? Was it by plane, high-speed rail, or regular train?"
Xia Zhiyi: "Airplane, sister, did you watch the live broadcast? I invited a friend to be a guest on the show, right? Fu Chi. I'm with him now, on my way to the city. It'll take a few hours. Our flight is at 5 PM."
Xia Wanyi: "Oh, I see."
Hearing that Xia Zhiyi had someone with him, Xia Wanyi stopped talking to her younger brother. After briefly confirming that Xia Zhiyi would be home that night, she told him to leave a light on for him and then hung up the phone.
After he hung up the phone, Fu Chi finally spoke, "No need to be so late."
As Xia Zhiyi opened her social media app to quickly scan the messages from the past two weeks, she hummed in confusion.
Fu Chi calmly said, "We'll take a private jet back."
Xia Zhiyi paused slightly in his fingertips. A few seconds later, he looked up at the man sitting beside him and smiled, "Wow! That's very convenient, isn't it? I should have told my sister to save some dinner for me."
They were supposed to arrive at the airport at 3 PM, but the production team booked their tickets for 5 PM to account for any unforeseen circumstances that might cause delays, and to give everyone more time to spare.
However, if it's a private jet, there's no need to worry so much. After arriving at the airport, you can board the plane directly and depart. If Xia Zhiyi can get home around 6 PM, just in time for dinner.
Fu Chi: "I've made dinner reservations."
Xia Zhiyi: "Hmm? So you've already prepared everything."
Fu Chi nodded slightly. "I would like to ask you to do me the honor."
Xia Zhiyi's eyebrows and eyes curved into a smile.
Um?
Private jets are a bit much, aren't they?
That's no exaggeration.
He already lived in a fictional world, so even if Fu Chi said he would take him home by helicopter, Xia Zhiyi wouldn't think it was an exaggeration.
He accepted it well.
Rather, after accepting that she was originally just a character in a novel, Xia Zhiyi's perception of the world became quite Zen-like.
Then, as the two were about to leave the town, their black sedan was targeted by a staged accident at an intersection.
Xia Zhiyi: "..."
Fu Chi: "..."
Xia Zhiyi tilted her head slightly, looked out the window, and sighed softly.
In the first few days after the show started airing, he went to the police station several times for various reasons, and he had a vague premonition. So he didn't take on any of the tasks that required going down the mountain and gave them to Wang Chengran and the others.
Now... just as expected.
He seems to be developing a tendency towards becoming prone to accidents.
Seeing that people were starting to gather around, and the person who had staged the accident was lying in front of the car, the driver naturally didn't dare to drive away directly, and the car was stuck there.
Xia Zhiyi opened the car door and got out, saying to Fu Chi, "I'll go take a look."
Seeing that Fu Chi was also unbuckled his seatbelt and about to get out of the car, Xia Zhiyi reached out to stop him and said, "Don't get out of the car yet."
Fu Chi is clearly a wealthy man, and in the eyes of someone who would stage an accident for extortion, he's like a gold nugget, so they might just pester him and cause even more trouble.
As Xia Zhiyi walked towards the front of the car, she muttered to herself, "Judging from this, we should have tried to get Fu Yunyi to ride in the same car as us."
The male protagonist is definitely luckier than them.
Then Xia Zhiyi saw the person who had staged the accident.
Xia Zhiyi's eyes widened slightly. "Huh?"
The driver, standing to the side, was also a bit flustered. "Oh, little girl, you... you... you're so young, how come..."
Xia Zhiyi reached out and pulled up the little girl who was lying on the ground, her eyes vacant, seemingly playing dead. Her pupils contracted slightly. " Song Zhen?!"
Isn't this the villainous female supporting character from the story? Why is she here?