美滋滋

Ch72 - Not Bitter

After eating, Li Zhao sat on the sofa. Zhang Xiaoyuan stared at him and wondered how to speak. 

The hot topic related to Li Zhao was unexpectedly withdrawn shortly after it went up. Their team didn’t even have time to act. According to a general company’s thinking, they would definitely hype up this matter to try and enhance the audience’s sympathy and tolerance of Li Zhao.

Strawberry Entertainment was a mature company and definitely understood the benefits of this incident. However, the company didn’t do anything and even expressed that it would respect Li Zhao’s choices. The company would fully cooperate with the team’s work.

“The hot topic has been removed and you don’t have to care about the things online.” Any words were lacking at this time. “Rest early in the evening and after a few days, the heat will eventually disappear.”

“I know.” Li Zhao handed a bag of dried fruits to Zhang Xiaoyuan. “Eat while speaking?” 

Zhang Xiaoyuan, “……”

It seemed that Li Zhao really was unaffected if he was in the mood to persuade Zhang Xiaoyuan to eat.

“Schedule a talk show for me.” Li Zhao peeled pumpkin seeds. “Many people are concerned about my life and I can’t let them worry.”

“But…” Zhang Xiaoyuan really didn’t want Li Zhao to think about those days.

“The past must always pass.” Li Zhao put the peeled pumpkin seeds on Yan Ting’s palm. “Only when you let go of the past can you face the future.”

Zhang Xiaoyuan was slightly stunned before suddenly smiling again. Yes, that strong boy had grown up and was now stronger than ever.

“Okay.”

After discussing the talk show, Li Zhao sent Zhang Xiaoyuan away and sat back down next to Yan Ting. The pumpkin seeds in front of Yan Ting had been piled up into hills. They were all peeled by Li Zhao while he was chatting with Zhang Xiaoyuan. 

“Eat.” Li Zhao pulled out his phone. “You don’t know how hard it is to peel whole pumpkin seeds.”

Yan Ting wanted to say, ‘Next time, we’ll buy the ones without the shells.’

Then he saw Li Zhao’s toes and swallowed back the words. He grabbed a blanket to cover Li Zhao.

“I’m happy when eating pumpkin seeds.” Li Zhao leaned on Yan Ting. “If your mood isn’t good then it is easy to become old quickly.” 

Yan Ting didn’t speak.

“Still unhappy?” Li Zhao put down his phone and chuckled. “I’ve long forgotten the past. Why are you the one sulking instead?”

“10 years ago, I was 18.” Yan Ting rubbed his temple. “I could’ve helped you.”

“What silly words are you saying? We didn’t know each other at the time. You didn’t know me so how could you help?” Li Zhao patted his stomach. “I don’t have Doraemon’s pocket here to take out a door to any time and space.” 

Yan Ting reached out and rubbed Li Zhao’s head, as if coaxing a three year old child. “Then I’ll fill your pocket for you.”