On the first day back to her hometown, Xue Haoyue locked herself in the room and pulled the curtains tightly to block the sunlight outside. She slept all day and didn't even come out for lunch.

The two elders of the Xue family knew that their daughter was busy with work and had very little rest time, so they did not knock on the door to disturb her sleep.

In the evening, the aroma of food from various restaurants floated from the alleys of the town. You could smell it when you close the doors and windows, which successfully aroused Xue Haoyue's greed and woke her up from her sleep.

Her whole body was soft, her brain was still confused, and the light was dim, which made her look empty for a moment, and she couldn't tell where she was.

Until the parents were whispering to each other outside the door, Xue's father deliberately lowered his voice, mixed with concern for his daughter: "Will you get hungry if you sleep for so long? Go and see if she wakes up?"

Xue's mother nodded and said in a low voice: "I'll come out after sleeping well, don't wake her up. I see that this child has lost weight again when he comes back this time. Go and make some delicious food for her."

When Xue's father heard this, he blew his beard and glared: "Look at what you said, when did my daughter come back? Did she see that she had eaten well? She was as thin as a bamboo pole and was yelling to lose weight."

Xue's mother patted him: "Worry, don't wake up the child..."

Before he finished speaking, the door in front of him opened. Xue Haoyue was wearing a light beige home clothes and rubbed her messy long curly hair and stood inside the door: "Dad, mom, what are you talking about?"

Xue's mother glanced at her husband, and she said not to talk at the door of her daughter's room, would she wake her up?

"Have you been sleeping well?" Xue's father asked with a smile.

"I'm sleeping well." Xue Haoyue took off her hands from her hair and pressed them on her stomach. Her delicate and beautiful facial features wrinkled and said coquettishly, "Do you have anything to eat? My stomach is hungry."

Xue's father paused, looked at Xue's mother, suppressed his surprise, and said hurriedly: "Yeye yeye, you sit down and wait for a while, and dinner will be ready soon."

The ingredients were all ready. Xue's father entered the kitchen and made a table of dishes in less than an hour, including braised hairtail, braised eggplant, fried shrimp with green beans, scallion with white cabbage, and a soup made of small crispy meat, all with all the colors and aromas.

Xue Haoyue knew very well about her father's cooking skills. In his early years, he was a well-known chef in the town. He took care of other people's business and funerals. Later, he retired because he was not good at his waist and couldn't stand for a long time. He only made soup for his wife and daughter at home.

Xue's father pointed to the dishes on the table, afraid that she would not eat too much oil, so he explained: "I didn't even add too much oil to the dish, so I put more oil when frying hairtail. Don't worry, I won't gain weight."

Xue Haoyue rolled up her sleeves and feasted, and most of the braised hairtail fish entered her stomach. The two elders were stunned and thought she was released from the hungry prison.

"Eat slowly, there are still many dishes." Xue's father felt so distressed that he pushed a few dishes to her.

Xue Haoyue waved her hand and signaled that she could get it. Anyway, she is no longer a female star now, so she doesn't have to care about her figure. She eats whatever she wants.

After she had almost finished her meal, Xue's mother asked, "How many days are you here to stay?" As usual, she never stays for more than three days every time she goes home.

Xue Haoyue licked her lips, hooked a grain of rice dipped in the corner of her mouth into her mouth, got up and served another bowl of rice for herself, and mixed the sauce of braised eggplant with oil into the rice.

The two elders of the Xue family glared again and their chins dropped.

"Well, I forgot to tell you that I will stay for a long time when I come back this time, and I don't know how long it will take." Xue Haoyue scooped a spoonful of rice and ate it in her mouth, puffed her cheeks and said, "I don't want to do it anymore, so I terminated the contract with the company. Didn't my cousin tell you?"

The two elders shook their heads.

Xue Haoyue looked at them, and the expected interrogation session did not come, but her parents were very happy, especially Xue's father, who slapped his thigh and said, "Your mother and I have long wanted you to leave the circle. What kind of company is arranged so many jobs every day and don't have holidays on New Year's Eve. It's too inhumane. Look at you, you're skinny and bone-skinned. It's so good to stay in your hometown. There's beautiful mountains and rivers, there's no hustle and bustle of big cities, and there's not that much pressure. If you stay at home for a few months, you'll definitely keep you fat and fat."

In fact, there is another reason I didn’t say that every time news about Xue Haoyue came out on the Internet, the comments were always accompanied by unsightly words, saying that her resources were too good and she gained favor from the financial owners by sacrificing her beauty.

A few years ago, when Xue Haoyue was unknown, it was a little better. As she became popular, the fire continued to be popular, and countless dirty water was poured over.

When they saw it, their daughter was bleeding from their hearts. Their daughter, who was holding it in the palm of their hands, was criticized for no reason. They felt distressed, but they could not stop the mouths of so many people.

Every time she called, Xue Haoyue would report good news but not bad news. She would always say it was okay, and she also comforted them that there were black fans who proved that she was very popular.

But they just want her to be happy and don’t care whether she is popular or not.

Over time, the family stopped paying attention to the news online. If you want to know her recent situation, you call to care. If she doesn’t have time to answer the phone, she calls her assistant.

Xue’s mother nodded: “What your father said is what I want to say. It’s good to be in my hometown, we can take care of you.”

Xue Haoyue pinched her cheek and couldn't help laughing and crying: "In less than a few months, I have a prone to fat. If I don't lose weight deliberately, I can get fat in ten or half a month."

Xue's father kept this in mind and tried to make delicious food for her every day. He even spent time studying the roast goose sold in the restaurant, and the taste of the food was almost the same as the one sold.

Xue Haoyue gnawed her plump and tender goose legs and gave her a thumbs up to her father: "Chef Xue, you can open a restaurant to compete with the roast goose restaurant in the town."

Xue's father was amused and laughed.

The sun was shining in the afternoon. After dinner, Xue Haoyue changed into clothes for going out, and rode her bicycle slowly through the alley. After making a lot of money, she bought a villa in the imperial capital and a house for her parents in the city. The old couple was unwilling to live in the city, but they still lived in the town.

A light golden warm light scattered on the mottled path. In the narrow alley, no matter how lively it is, it is quieter than the city streets. Every household is guarding the old houses that have been for decades and living their own lives.

Xue Haoyue did not wear a mask or sunglasses, nor did she feel any burden, so she went out along the alley.

"Hey, Haoyue?! Is it Haoyue? When did you come back?" A girl poured a basin of water on the ground at the door, staring blankly at the beautiful woman on the bicycle.

Xue Haoyue pinched the handbrake and stopped the bicycle. She tilted her toes, turned her head and smiled and replied, "I have been back for several days and haven't been out at home."

The girl is her high school classmate. They are not in the same city in college and can only meet during winter and summer vacations. Later, she entered the entertainment industry and had less contact with her friends. She never returned to her hometown during festivals. She usually comes and goes in a hurry when she comes back occasionally. In short, the two have not met for several years.

The girl said "ah" and said with a smile: "How long have you been here? I'll get married at the beginning of next month. Do you want to be a bridesmaid? The female star is a bridesmaid for me, so she is very proud of her face!" After pausing, she held the basin and tilted her head, "You are so beautiful, I'm afraid that I, the bride, will be compared by you."

Xue Haoyue burst out laughing: "I have time. If you don't dislike me, I will come and help."

"Why would you like to joke with you? You can't be too happy."

The two chatted at the door for a while, and Xue Haoyue rode her bicycle away and went to the flower shop to pick two bouquets of flowers. But she was recognized by the boss and the customer in the shop and it took a long time to get out.

She was surrounded by signing a bunch of names, and finally squeezed out the flowers she bought, put them into the basket in front of the bicycle, and she kicked and ran away quickly.

As soon as she got home, Xue Haoyue smelled the aroma of food. Maybe her father was studying something to be studied, and she was inspiring to carry forward the cause of "raising pigs".

She found two beautiful vases to clean them, put half a bottle of clean water, trimmed the bouquets and put them in. Just as she was about to take a break, Xue's father came out of the kitchen with his long chopsticks in his hand, and pinched a small fish in his other hand: "Hurry, the fried fish that just came out of the pot is fragrant and crispy, and you don't even need to vomit fish bones."

Xue Haoyue: “…”

She felt that the meal she had had for lunch had not yet digested.

I thought so in my heart, but she rushed over and caught it the next second. The fried fish was fragrant and crispy, and it was really delicious. Let's talk about weight loss and other things later.

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Xue Haoyue has not turned on her phone these days after she returned home. She subconsciously didn't want to see any work-related news, even if she had terminated her contract casually.

It was late at night, and the windows that opened with a gap blew in and the breeze was blowing in. The curtains were gently fluttering. The only thing sneaking in from the window was the light moonlight, no colorful neon lights, and no noisy car whistle.

The sound of the kitten in the alley meowing is so clear.

Xue Haoyue took out her cell phone from the drawer, pressed the lock screen button on the side with her fingers, and turned on the phone.

As expected, various text messages and WeChat messages jumped out one after another, and there were missed calls. She swiped her fingertips to open the screen and stared at the pile of small red dots on the communication software.

She hesitated for a while and clicked on WeChat first. Many artists from the same company sent condolences. They must have heard of her termination of the contract. The text message was also a concern for some friends in the industry.

As for the missed call... the latest call was called before dinner today, and the caller Yan Bei.

She also heard about the death of the crew, and Yan Bei went to deal with it. Now he finally remembered her?

Before her thoughts drifted away, the cell phone in her hand rang, which scared Xue Haoyue in her contemplative thoughts. She looked down and saw who else could it be if it were Yanbei?

She bit her lower lip and hesitated for a long time. She pressed the green button a second before the phone automatically hung up. After answering, she was silent for a while, alienated and polite, "Mr. Yan."

"You are finally willing to answer my phone."

"...Is there anything you have to do?" Xue Haoyue grabbed the corner of the quilt. That night, the memories of the courage to confess their love poured into her mind again. She tried hard to suppress the sourness and shame of making a comeback. "I have paid off the liquidated damages, and the Finance Department should have received them."

Yan Bei didn't want to talk to her about the liquidated damages, so he pondered for a moment, his voice was low: "Did you choose to quit the entertainment industry because of me?"

As long as he is the president of Jiarui Entertainment, as long as Xue Haoyue is still in this circle, even if she switches to another agency, she can still be involved with him, so she might as well leave the circle?

Xue Haoyue's tone was plain: "No."

"That……"

As soon as Yan Bei said a word, Xue Haoyue intercepted him: "It's meaningless to say these things now. Mr. Yan, it's my own reason for me to leave the circle. I have been thinking about it for a long time, but my personality is still not suitable for staying in this circle. I'm very tired, really tired."

Yan Bei paused and suddenly couldn't say a word.

The two of them were silent across the phone. The cry of a kitten came from outside. Xue Haoyue came to her senses and stared at the patterns on the quilt and said lightly: "I'm going to rest, let's hang up."

Before the other party could respond, Xue Haoyue hung up the phone.

Yan Bei fell into deep helplessness towards the phone screen where the call ended. Xue Haoyue's attitude was very obvious. She didn't want to talk to him too much, and the return to the entertainment industry was not within her consideration.

Yan Bei put his forehead on his back and pondered for a long time, and called Song Yu, but no one answered.

He sighed heavily and called again. This time it was quickly connected. Song Yuyu was surprised: "Why do you, a busy man, have time to call me?"

Yan Bei pulled his lips and asked casually: "What are you doing?"

Song Yu glanced at the person beside him and pushed down the golden-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. His cold face was full of kind fatherly love: "What can I do? I'll be with my wife at home. I'm preparing for pregnancy recently, and she's not in a good mood."

Yanbei: “…”

"If you have something, you say, she is playing games." Song Yu talked to Yan Bei, but his attention was all on Meng Jianwan's side. The woman's slender and fair legs pressed on his thighs. The screen of the mobile phone held in her hand came over, her thumb slid quickly, and she focused on fighting in the game map.

Yan Bei resisted the discomfort of being stuffed with dog food and said, "Do you know the actress Xue Haoyue in my company?"

Hearing the three words Xue Haoyue, Meng Jianwan's ears stood up, and his eyes floated over with a little gossip, and his energy was no longer concentrated. When Song met her interested, he simply turned on the hands-free: "I know."

"She has left the circle, I want to coax people back." Yan Bei's voice gradually lowered, and it seemed difficult to speak, "Isn't this inexperienced? I remember you are the best at coaxing women. When Zhou Laosan had a cold war with her girlfriend for a month, it was your idea that the two of them had reconciled."

Song Yu understood, exchanged glances with his wife, and said meaningfully: "The third brother can use a bitter trick. Can you hold your face off?"

Yan Bei was slightly stunned: "Bloody, bitter meat plan?"

"I'm sorry, Xue Haoyue has left the circle and has more than just a female star in your company. Just make another famous. Why are you so nervous?" Song Yu paused and asked tentatively, "Do you like her?"

"Not sure." Yan Bei pressed his eyebrows and sighed, "Maybe a little."

"That's what you like." Song Yu said, "What are you waiting for? If you like, go after it. What's the use of just sighing? Wherever she is, you can go, softly and hard to soak."
To be continued...