The Rebirth of a Top Star

The photo of the cute little puppy Song Shiyuan was placed in front of Shen Nanqiao, and Zheng Yiyi's words made her feel a little embarrassed holding the photo.

Indeed, just by looking at his face, you really can't tell that this is the "little puppy" that Shen Nanqiao casually mentioned.

Shen Nanqiao smiled awkwardly and didn't explain further. Since they had already walked over, she simply put her phone away.

Zheng Yi left shortly afterward, leaving only Shen Nanqiao and her staff at home.

With no one to banter with, Shen Nanqiao suddenly felt a sense of loneliness. She felt a little uncomfortable.

After sitting on the sofa for a while, Shen Nanqiao went back to her bedroom to change her clothes and get some exercise, as the production crew had just given her some instructions.

If you're not going out today, try to do some activities at home.

So Shen Nanqiao had no choice but to take out her yoga mat, which had been gathering dust for a long time.

Shen Nanqiao took it out from an inconspicuous corner, found an empty space to lay it down, and started practicing with a set that she had carefully selected from the internet.

Afterwards, Shen Nanqiao soaked her feet for health and wellness. She stayed on the show until 9 p.m. At 8 p.m., this dating reality show happened to be airing, and Shen Nanqiao took the opportunity to watch it to promote it.

Shen Nanqiao managed to keep her day between boring and interesting.

The show doesn't feature the same vibrant and colorful daily life as other guests, nor does it involve lying in bed, so it avoids causing viewers to feel bored.

Shen Nanqiao had a very good grasp of the size issue.

While Song Shiyuan and Shen Nanqiao were busy with their own work, Gu Leyi, whom no one paid attention to, was still struggling with her family.

Xu Youheng has already gone home.

Gu Leyi is still trapped at home. Although she is no longer bound by the marriage contract, she is still unable to go out.

This was a request made to her by her elders in the family.

In the words of his elders, "He grew up abroad without his parents' support. He's independent enough, but without anyone to nurture him, who knows what he'll achieve?"

Gu Leyi was furious when she heard this opinion.

She also tried her best to argue in the hall, "You all know what kind of person he is, how can you say such things?"

Gu Leyi is still a child at heart, and she always tries her best to protect the boy she likes.

Grandpa no longer wants to communicate with his granddaughter, who is impossible to reason with.

Gu Leyi's father was also helpless. He couldn't help but explain to his daughter, "You have to understand that people are complicated, especially families like this. What you see is what they want you to see."

But Gu Leyi wouldn't listen to a word of it.

Those who stayed at home could only sigh.

Unable to go out as she pleased, Gu Leyi got angry, turned around and went upstairs, refusing to communicate.

As Gu's father watched the departing figure, he saw the idiom "at a loss" in this grown man for the first time.

Even a CEO of such a high position has never been so stressed and worried about his work.

Gu Leyi lay on the bed, trying to clear her mind. Fortunately, her family didn't allow her to go out, but they hadn't gone so far as to confiscate her phone.

Gu Leyi's phone rang, and for a moment she thought it was Xu Youheng calling her, but she was a little disappointed after seeing the contact name.

Upon answering the phone, Gu Leyi spoke first, "Why are you calling me if you have nothing better to do?"

Gu Leqi chuckled nonchalantly on the other end of the phone, "Can't I call you if there's nothing wrong?" The Gu family members aren't particularly attached to their homes, so Gu Leyi hadn't received a call from her younger brother in a long time. That's why she was a little surprised to see the caller ID this time.

"Can you pick me up from the airport this afternoon?" Gu Leqi stated his needs directly, and Gu Leyi, who had been listless in bed, immediately sat up. "What, I'll go out to pick you up?"

"Is that not okay? I've already told Mommy."

"Don't copy your foreign ways. 'Mommy,' when is that?"

Gu Leyi glanced at the time; it was almost noon. Gu Leqi had said "afternoon" but hadn't given a specific time.

Gu Leqi was sitting in the waiting hall, lazily crossing his legs, and said to Gu Leyi, "Anytime is fine, anyway, I'm already here, I'll wait for you here and not go anywhere else."

Gu Leqi, who had just returned from abroad, only had a small bag that could hold electronic devices; he hadn't brought anything else back.

She sat there alone, waiting for her older sister to arrive.

Gu Leyi was happy, not only because her younger brother was back, but also because she had a legitimate reason to go out.

She quickly tidied herself up, stood up, grabbed only her phone, and prepared to leave. Only her father and mother were sitting in the living room, talking about something. Gu Leyi walked past them with an air of self-righteousness.

Sure enough, I was pulled back.

"What are you going to do?"

The mother didn't speak; instead, the father spoke, his tone unfriendly, perhaps thinking Gu Leyi was about to run away again. The mother, sitting to the side, reached out to stop the father, saying, "Leqi is back. I asked Leyi to pick him up."

"Huh?" Gu Leyi saw her father's surprised look and realized that her father didn't know that her younger brother had returned.

Suddenly I found it kind of funny.

The mother waved to Gu Leyi and held onto the father, preventing him from holding on any longer.

"Why didn't you tell me that Leqi was coming back?" Gu's father genuinely didn't know, and Gu's mother couldn't help but laugh. "What good would telling you do? Could it stop him from coming back?"

It wasn't that he didn't want his son to come back, but every time he came back, he would go to see his old friends, whom he called his best buddies during his son's rebellious phase.

He was always reluctant to let his son come back and fool around.

This is why, out of consideration for family ties, the family sent their youngest son abroad to study.

Mr. Gu sighed, "Do you think I want to take care of them?" His mother, who didn't speak, reached out and patted her husband's hand as a form of comfort.

When children grow up, it's time for parents to let go of the thread that has been pulling them along all along.

Gu's mother understood this principle well.

Gu Leqi sat alone in the lobby playing on his phone. He had to admit that things were great in China sometimes, like the incredibly fast internet speeds now, so he didn't have to get angry with his phone.

Gu Leyi arrived quickly. She didn't come in, but instead called her younger brother, "You little brat, where are you? Get out here right now!"

If you really count on your fingers, Gu Leyi hasn't seen him in a long time. The last time they were together was on New Year's Eve a few years ago.

Yes, my younger brother hasn't come home for Chinese New Year for several years.

His parents encouraged him to be independent, and he truly became independent.

Actually, there was a bit of spite involved. If his mother hadn't told him about his sister, he might not have come back at all.