Chapter 206 I'll help you clean it up
I watched Xia Anruo squatting on the side of the road, finding a larger ant hole, lighting the firecracker, and then skillfully stuffing it into the ant hole. With a bang, she gave the ants a warm good night greeting.

"Did you also play with firecrackers when you were a child?" Chu Ze asked curiously.

Judging from the method he used, he doesn't look like a novice. He's a repeat offender.

He used to do this when he was a kid.

Fish pond, bird nest, pigpen, mouse hole, chicken coop...

That’s right, he was chased away by Brother Ji because of this.

You deserve it.

Hearing Chu Ze's words, Xia Anruo raised her head and said helplessly: "Why do you always think of me as an alien isolated from the world?"

"The emperor's golden hoe. We were poor and ignorant before." Chu Ze spread his hands.

"Not only have I played with it, but when I was a kid I also used firecrackers to fry fish in the pond in my yard." Xia Anruo raised the corners of her mouth proudly.

Chu Ze was amused by Xia Anruo's expression: "It seems that regardless of rich or poor, human interests are the same."

They are all so wicked.

At the beginning of man's life, his nature is evil.

It was not until Xia Anruo had finished a box of firecrackers that she clapped her hands in satisfaction, still feeling a little unsatisfied.

"Do you want me to buy you a few more boxes?" Chu Ze smiled when he saw this.

"It's enough to have fun. I haven't played for a long time." Xia Anruo shook her head. "Aren't you going to take me to see the night view of Ancheng?"

"I thought you were going to blow up an ant nest all night."

Chu Ze smiled and stretched out his hand. Xia Anruo put her hand in his palm and let Chu Ze lead her, passing through tall buildings, alleys, empty streets, and finally stopped at the wide riverside. The river breeze was blowing and the moonlight was charming.

"Have you ever felt that since you grew up, you seem to have nothing to look forward to during the New Year?" Xia Anruo said while looking at Jiang Jing.

"Indeed, when I was young, I looked forward to the Chinese New Year because I could eat delicious food, didn't have to do homework, and could play to my heart's content without anyone caring about me. After I grew up, I lost these expectations, and the Chinese New Year felt more like a formality." Chu Ze nodded and agreed.

As time goes by, the atmosphere of these traditional festivals is becoming less and less.

"But this year is different." He suddenly changed the subject.

Of course Xia Anruo understood what he meant immediately, and raised the corner of her mouth: "Is it because there is a beautiful woman to accompany you to celebrate the New Year this year?"

"Yes, and she's a great beauty, a big star." Chu Ze laughed exaggeratedly, and then sighed, "In the past, I could only dream of having a big star girlfriend, and she would come to my house to spend the New Year with me."

"Then you don't have to dream now." Xia Anruo said softly.

"Yes." Chu Ze looked up at the moonlight, his vision gradually becoming hazy. "In fact, I still feel a little unreal from time to time. Sometimes I am afraid that I will wake up and this is all a dream. After waking up, everything will disappear and become nothing."

Listening to Chu Ze's melancholy tone, although Xia Anruo didn't know why he thought so, she could also understand this feeling of worry and loss.

She moved her feet and leaned against Chu Ze, fiddling with his fingers with her jade fingers, inserting them little by little between his fingers, slowly closing them, and interlocking their fingers.

"What about now? Does it feel more real?" she asked softly.

Chu Ze felt the warm and smooth little hand in his hand. He lowered his head and looked at Xia Anruo's bright face under the moonlight with his deep eyes. The river breeze blew past, causing a few strands of hair to flutter in the wind.

"Yes, but it's still not enough." He smiled.

"What about this?"

Xia Anruo hugged him and buried her face in his chest.

Chu Ze hugged her slender waist instead: "It's still almost there."

"That……"

Xia Anyuo wrapped her arms around Chu Ze's neck, raised her head and kissed Chu Ze's lips.

call out--!
Snapped--!
Accompanied by a loud bang, flames shot up into the sky one after another and bloomed in the night sky, turning into brilliant and dazzling fireworks, echoing throughout the city.

Under the cover of night as in daylight, the figures of the two kissing passionately became the most romantic scenery by the river.

After an unknown amount of time, the two separated their lips and looked at each other with a smile.

Chu Ze glanced at his phone and it was already past twelve o'clock.

"We have been kissing from last year to this year, for a whole year." Chu Ze joked.

Xia Anruo leaned against him, looked at the fireworks, and murmured to herself: "One year is not enough, at least a lifetime."

……

After the new year.

The post-production of Fights Break Sphere has been completed, and the review process was also smooth, passing the review in less than two months. The next step is to schedule a release date and then promote it.

Chu Ze doesn't need to worry about these things. Cao Dexing and the others are definitely more professional than him. The most he can do is to go and promote the work twice as the original author.

Not long after, the trailer PV was released online, and the news was overwhelming. The adaptation of "Fights Break Sphere", the most popular online novel in recent years, was scheduled to be released on May 17th. The costume drama star Wu Ge will lead the starring role, and An Ruo will sing the theme song.

The publicity and promotion is very strong, and it can be said that the producers have high hopes for this drama.

A special event promotion was also organized on the Qidian website, and all participating actors, including Xia Anruo, reposted the Weibo post. Such a large amount of traffic naturally pushed the drama to the forefront before it even aired.

"Wow, Doupo has a TV series. I can't wait to see it!"

"Oh shit, my favorite online novel is finally being adapted into a TV series. I hope it won't be a bad one."

"What kind of drama is this? Is it famous? Why are there so many big names in the cast?"

"Haven't you heard of Battle Through the Heavens? It's the most popular online novel."

"Oh, it's an adaptation of an online novel. That must be a bad drama. Don't watch it."

"They even invited An Ruo to sing the theme song, how can it be a bad drama? That would damage their reputation."

"Don't you know that bad movies have always produced great hits?"

The internet was polarized for a while, some were looking forward to it, while many were pessimistic.

After all, there are a lot of examples of online novel adaptations in the past, and they are all bad dramas, so it is difficult to expect others to look forward to them.

But no matter what, the popularity has been created, and its success or failure depends on the quality of the drama.

……

Wait until the day when Fights Break Sphere is scheduled to be released.

The sun sets and the lights come on.

Xia Anruo just returned to her apartment from another city in the evening with a small bag on her back. As soon as she opened the door, she found the room was pitch black.

"Aze?"

She called out, but no one answered. She turned on the light in the living room, but the room was empty and eerily quiet.

"Aze?"

She called out again, but still no response.

"Is this guy working overtime? He didn't even tell me in advance."

Xia Anruo muttered something, changed into her slippers, walked to the coffee table in the living room, put down her bag, and was about to call Chu Ze.

Snap!
There was a sound of a salute overhead, followed by a sky full of colorful ribbons falling from the sky.

Xia Anruo looked up in surprise and saw Chu Ze leaning half of his body out from the railing on the second floor, holding an empty salute tube.

"You scared me, what are you doing? I called you for a long time just now, why didn't you respond?" Xia Anruo said angrily. "I'll give you a surprise." Chu Ze smiled and walked downstairs with the cannon and poked her.

Xia Anruo snatched the cannon from his hand and poked it back: "You are scared, right? Even if your drama is going to be broadcast today, you don't have to be so excited."

"It has nothing to do with my drama. I'm here to celebrate for you."

"For me?" Xia Anruo was stunned.

"You didn't forget that it's your birthday today, did you?" Chu Ze said.

"Of course I didn't forget. I thought you forgot." Xia Anruo certainly knew her birthday. Even if she had forgotten, when she woke up today, she received a lot of birthday wishes from relatives and friends on her phone. It would be hard for her not to remember it.

The main thing is that today was the only day that she didn’t receive birthday wishes from Chu Ze on WeChat. Xia Anruo thought that this heartless guy had forgotten about it, but she didn’t expect this guy to give her such a surprise.

"I'm not such a heartless person."

As he spoke, Chu Ze carefully took out the big cake that he had prepared long ago from the refrigerator, brought it to the dining table, and then opened the cake box covering it...

I saw the words "Happy birthday to my dear Ruoruo" written on the cake with chocolate sauce and two little people drawn on it.

Xia Anruo came over with a look of surprise: "Did you buy this?"

Chu Ze nodded: "Yes, I ordered it a few days ago and it was just delivered today. You wouldn't believe me if I said I made it."

"Today I can pretend to believe it." Xia Anruo chuckled.

"Although the cake was not made by me, the words and the little people on it were written and drawn by me." Chu Ze said, pointing at the words on it.

"I was wondering why it was so inconsistent." Xia Anruo suddenly realized.

Chu Ze scratched his head: "I'm really sorry that the drawing is not good."

"Although it's incongruous, I like it very much. It's thoughtful. Sister will reward me with a kiss." Xia Anruo looked at the cake and imagined the scene of Chu Ze clumsily drawing on the cake alone. Her eyes sparkled and she took the initiative to kiss Chu Ze on the face.

Seeing this, Chu Ze moved his other face closer, and Xia Anruo gave him another MUA.

Then Chu Ze shamelessly pointed at his lips again. Xia Anruo pinched Chu Ze's old face lovingly, and then kissed him on the lips.

Chu Ze smacked his lips contentedly:

"Then light the candles and make a wish."

Chu Ze put small candles on the cake and lit them with a lighter, then ran over and turned off the lights with a click. The room instantly became dark, with only the faint light from the candles flickering.

"Hurry, make a wish." Chu Ze ran back.

"What wish should we make?" Xia Anruo asked.

"You're asking me this?" Chu Ze said with a smile.

Xia Anruo pouted and thought for a while before finally closing her eyes, clasping her hands together and devoutly making a wish for the two of them, then opened her eyes and gently blew out the candle.

pat!

The lights came back on, and Chu Ze clapped his hands: "Happy birthday, baji baji!"

"What did you wish for?" he asked.

"It won't work if you say it out loud." Xia Anruo said.

"Oh yeah, then just write it down and tell me, that way it won't be just talking."

"Are you stuck in a bug?" Xia Anruo rolled her eyes.

"Then let's not talk about it anymore. Let's eat the cake first."

Chu Ze picked up the knife and cut a large piece for himself and Xia Anruo respectively.

Normally, Xia Anruo seldom eats cake, and if she does, she only eats a small piece. It’s not that she doesn’t like it, but the calories in cream are too high. As a star, she still has to manage her body shape, otherwise she will easily gain weight if she eats too much.

However, the situation this time was special. Xia Anruo ate the large piece of meat that Chu Ze cut for her with relish, without any burden.

"Is it delicious?" Chu Ze asked.

"Delicious! This is the most delicious cake I have ever eaten in my life." Xia Anruo nodded.

"I can see that you've eaten so much that you look like a tabby cat." Chu Ze pointed at the cream on her lips, then used his fingers to scrape it off and showed it to her.

Xia Anruo's pretty face flushed, and she took a tissue and was about to wipe the cream off his hands, but Chu Ze withdrew his hand.

"It can't be wasted."

As he said this, he sucked the cream off his hands.

"..."

Xia Anruo blushed: "You are really hungry, you are not picky about food."

"What's so good about this? It's delicious. Want another piece?" Chu Ze cut another piece of cake.

"No, I'll get fat if I eat any more." Although Xia Anruo was very greedy, she still shook her head.

The large amount of calories she just consumed was enough for her to burn through exercise for several days.

"Okay, then let's move on to the next step..." Chu Ze put down the cake after hearing that.

"What else is there?"

Before Xia Anruo understood what was happening, Chu Ze chuckled, grabbed a handful of cream from the surface of the cake, and slapped it on Xia Anruo's fair face.

Xia Anruo was confused, but then she reacted: "Okay, you want to play this with me, right?"

"What? Hit me!" Chu Ze grabbed a handful of cream and put it on Xia Anruo's other cheek.

"Don't run, I'm going to smear you in the face."

Xia Anruo immediately became furious, grabbed a handful of cream and chased after Chu Ze to spread it on him.

A war is about to break out.

After a while, there was very little cake cream left on the table, only the bread crust, and all the cream went onto Chu Ze and Xia Anruo.

Xia Anruo's body was in a terrible state. Her originally pretty face no longer looked like what it once was, revealing only a pair of big KISS eyes. Her chest, pleated skirt, and thighs were all covered with Chu Ze's smears.

Especially today, Xia Anruo was wearing black stockings. Under the incandescent light, the black stockings glowed slightly, and bits of white cream seemed to spread on the delicate stockings, making them particularly eye-catching, as if containing endless temptation.

This scene always feels like something I’ve seen in an action movie.

It looks astringent and very erotic.

"You are wasting food." After the battle, Xia Anruo complained, panting and covered in cream.

"Aren't you having fun too?" Chu Ze shrugged, his face certainly didn't look any better.

"You were the first to start it." Xia Anruo glared at Chu Ze angrily, but when she saw Chu Ze's cat-like appearance, she couldn't help laughing, "Your mother probably won't recognize you in this state now."

"It's the same for you. It doesn't matter if you go out now. You don't have to worry about being recognized by fans." Chu Ze was also happy.

"If I go out like this, I'll be on the headlines tomorrow." Xia Anruo muttered, then reached out to wipe the cream off her stockings, but because there was cream on her hands, the more she wiped, the more smudges she got on them.

"It's all your fault. I can't clean it clean." She complained to Chu Ze.

"It's okay. I'm the best at this. I'll help you clean it up."

Seeing this, Chu Ze squatted down without saying a word, looking at the pair of round and straight long legs, the cream stuck to the thin black stockings, he leaned his head over, and then stretched out his tongue to lick it...

"?!"

(End of this chapter)