Chapter 102 This is a unique treasure (3K, plus 552)
The park was silent late at night. The moonlight was like water, gently falling on the quiet path. Chu Ze and Xia Anruo walked side by side quietly for a while.

"When did you arrive in Shanghai?" Chu Ze asked first.

"yesterday."

"Then why didn't you tell me?" Chu Ze wondered.

"Why should I tell you?" Xia Anruo turned her head and looked at him in confusion.

Chu Ze couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

Indeed, who is he to Xia Anruo? Xia Anruo has no obligation to tell him about her itinerary.

"So what do you mean this time? Are you trying to give me a surprise?" Chu Ze asked.

"No." Xia Anruo shook her head in denial.

Chu Ze was stunned for a moment. He knew that if Xia An knew that she would attend the Qidian Annual Meeting, but she still chose to conceal it, it meant that she must have a purpose.

If it wasn't to surprise him, then why did she keep it secret?
"I just want to take this opportunity to put some pressure on the lazy author." Xia Anruo explained.

"..."

The pressure is really high and the blood pressure is up.

But Chu Ze certainly couldn't believe this.

He felt that Xia Anruo was simply being arrogant.

No, I didn't mean to give you a surprise, I just wanted to put some pressure on you!
Now I understand.

The secluded path in the park was quiet and there was no one in sight. Only the occasional chirping of insects and the sound of vehicles in the distance could be heard.

"I didn't expect that there is such a quiet place in a big city like Shanghai at night." Chu Ze was a little surprised that Xia Anruo could find such a place.

"When I came to Shanghai before, I often came here to relax. There are not many people in this park late at night, so I don't have to worry about anyone recognizing me." Xia Anruo said.

"Why are you still wearing a mask if no one is around?" Chu Ze looked at Xia Anruo's tightly covered face. She was so beautiful but he couldn't see her face. It was really uncomfortable.

"Just in case." Xia Anruo explained.

"Take it off."

"why?"

"She's so beautiful, isn't it a waste of her beauty to wear a mask every day?" Chu Ze chuckled.

This sentence made Xia Anruo's bright eyes blink.

"Besides, the lighting here is not good, and someone may not recognize you." Chu Ze explained again.

Xia Anruo thought about it and felt that it made sense. She used her slender fingers to push the hair behind her ears, hooked the strap and took off the mask.

Her pretty profile was slowly exposed in the moonlight. She grabbed the brim of her hat and took it off, then shook her long, straight black hair.

A gentle breeze blew towards her, lifting her bangs. Her delicate and smooth forehead was exposed under the mottled shadows of the trees, but it did not affect her stunning and flawless face at all.

“It’s really stuffy wearing a mask.”

Breathing the fresh air in the woods, although the cool February breeze was still very cold on her face, the refreshing and relaxing feeling made Xia Anruo feel very comfortable.

"What are you filming?" She turned her head and suddenly found Chu Ze holding his cell phone facing her.

"Taking secret photos of beautiful women." Chu Ze said without any concealment.

"Is it possible to talk about secretly taking photos with a clear conscience?" Xia Anruo was full of questions about Chu Ze's self-confidence.

"You should be used to it as a celebrity."

“Habit does not mean liking.”

"So I deleted it?"

"Wait a minute, let me see if it looks good first."

Xia Anruo did not nod directly, but walked to Chu Ze first, looking down at her photo on Chu Ze's phone...

In the photo, her head is tilted to one side, her hair is fluttering, and her beautiful profile looks hazy and beautiful under the moonlight.

"Your photography skills are pretty good. Even the candid photos look so good?" Xia Anruo was a little surprised by herself in this photo.

"It has nothing to do with me. I'm only responsible for pressing the shutter button. Good-looking people always have natural beauty in any photo." Chu Ze shook his head.

"Not bad, not bad." Xia Anruo was very pleased with Chu Ze's rare compliment.

"Do we still need to delete it?" Chu Ze asked.

"I allow you to keep it." Xia Anruo waved his hand generously.

"Can it be used as wallpaper?" Chu Ze asked again.

Just take a picture without any beauty filter and it will become a beautiful wallpaper.

If you are good-looking, you can do whatever you want without having to worry about the shooting angle.

"If you want to be one, then be one. There are so many people who use my photos as wallpapers, and you are not the only one." Xia Anruo didn't care about it at all.

"But this photo is different from the others." Chu Ze said.

"What's the difference?"

“It’s unique in the world right now.”

The photo in Chu Ze's hand is the only one in the world that records the beautiful scenery that only the two of them could see just now.

This is a one-of-a-kind treasure.

"You, what do you mean?" Xia Anruo stuttered at Chu Ze's words.

"It's nothing, I'm just saying, don't get me wrong."

Chu Ze shrugged and didn't say much. He just put away his phone and continued walking along the path.

This kind of deep and quiet environment late at night is quite suitable for young couples to have a tryst.

"Are you still busy next?" Chu Ze asked again.

"I'm going to record the Spring Festival Gala the day after tomorrow, and then there are various other programs. I probably won't be able to take a break until New Year's Eve." Xia Anruo couldn't help but frowned and sighed.

"What's wrong? Why are you sighing? Isn't it good to have such a full schedule?" Chu Ze said with a smile.

"I'm tired." Xia Anruo stretched and stretched his muscles.

She had been running around all the time these days, which made her physically and mentally exhausted, but the quiet atmosphere here made her relax a little. "Isn't this what being a star is like? Isn't this your dream?" Chu Ze was puzzled.

"Yes and no." Xia Anruo stopped and thought for a while.

"What do you mean?"

"My dream is just to sing, and being a star is just a way for more people to hear my singing," Xia Anruo explained.

"So you just want to focus on singing and don't want to participate in all kinds of messy activities?" Chu Ze roughly understood what she meant.

"You can say that, but it's obviously not realistic. The company won't allow you to do that."

"Then why don't you go out on your own? With your current fame, you can definitely start your own studio, right?"

If you work alone, you won’t have so many constraints.

"I think the contract hasn't expired yet."

"I don't think you are someone who can't afford the penalty." Chu Ze smiled.

"You can, but it's not necessary." Xia Anruo said.

The penalty for breach of contract is not a small amount of money, and even if you can afford it, it will be painful.

After all, she is rich, but not stupid.

"Actually, I'm quite curious about what your dream is?" When talking about dreams, Xia Anruo tried to understand Chu Ze for the first time.

"Me? A lazy dog ​​with no dreams." Chu Ze waved his hands.

Martin Luther King had a dream, but Martin Luther King did not.

"Then why do you write novels?" Xia Anruo didn't believe it.

"Because I can make money." Chu Ze's reason was simple.

"Isn't this your dream?" Xia Anruo chuckled.

"Yes, but I have made enough money, so I have no dreams now." Chu Ze spread his hands. His original intention has been realized, so he has no original intention now.

"Why not change your dream?"

"Do not want to."

“Life without dreams is boring.”

"But sometimes having no dreams is the dream that many people pursue." Chu Ze always says something inexplicably philosophical from time to time.

Being free of desires and demands is sometimes not a question of whether you want to or not, but a question of whether you can do it.

The burden of reality forces you to have desires and demands.

Xia Anruo thought about it and unexpectedly found it to be very reasonable. Neither of them spoke after that, but the atmosphere was unusually harmonious.

At the end of the tree-lined path leads to a small pond on one side of the park. Just as Chu Ze and Xia Anruo were enjoying the quiet atmosphere of strolling on the deserted path.

Not far away, a figure in a black down jacket appeared in their sight by the pond.

He held a pole in his hand and stretched it into the pond.

"Is that a person?" Xia Anruo asked.

"Could it be a ghost?" Chu Ze rolled his eyes at Xia Anruo's deliberate question.

"So what is he doing?"

"I don't know, it's like fishing."

"Why does he poke the rod into the water when he's fishing?"

“What new concept fishing technique could it be?”

Chu Ze was not sure either. After all, he had retired from the underworld for many years and had not been a fisherman anymore. He had no idea what level the current fishermen had evolved to.

But soon, Chu Ze noticed from afar that the man was carrying a bag on his back. It seemed a little familiar, especially the red line faintly visible on the edge of the bag connected to a pole.

Wait, it can't be...

A guess emerged in Chu Ze's mind.

Sure enough, the next moment, a crackling sound was heard.

Then several fish in the pond floated up with their bellies turned upside down, and the man scooped them up with a pole and put them into the bucket.

"Hey, he really caught it!" Xia Anruo pointed at the man in surprise. It was the first time she saw such a novel way of fishing.

"You call this fishing?" Chu Ze's face was full of question marks.

What is the new energy fishing method?

Zero on the left and fire on the right, will Thunder God help me?
If I release one kilowatt-hour of electricity today, will Buddha reward me with ten kilograms of fish?
"Isn't it?"

"This is electric fishing, it's illegal!" Chu Ze's angry voice rose several decibels.

As soon as the words fell, the man over there seemed to have heard the voice and looked over immediately.

Chu Ze took a look and suddenly realized something. He turned around and ran with Xia Anruo. Xia Anruo didn't even understand what was happening before Chu Ze dragged her a long way before she stopped panting.

"Why are we running? Isn't he breaking the law?" Xia Anruo was puzzled.

"What if he recognizes you if you don't run?" Chu Ze pointed at her face, indicating that she was not wearing a mask.

Upon hearing this, Xia Anruo subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch her cheek, but when she raised her right hand halfway, she found that her hand was tightly held by Chu Ze, and she could clearly feel the warmth from Chu Ze's palm.

In the cold winter, the warmth in the palm of her hand made Xia Anruo dazed for a moment.

"what happened?"

"Your hand..."

"Oh, sorry."

Chu Ze said this, but he had no intention of letting go of his hand.

No, you should let go if you are embarrassed.

Just as Xia Anruo was thinking this, Chu Ze actually let go.

Are you really relaxed?
For some reason, she actually felt a rare sense of loss in her heart. She didn't know if it was because she was expecting something that she shouldn't have expected.

(End of this chapter)