Chapter 430: Goodbye Jiangzhi (7,000-character update!)

Every time Lu Yan He meets He Yunlan and Liu Yiyi, he is very happy.

He likes these two from the bottom of his heart.

Because they both give him a feeling of being worldly but not snobbish, enthusiastic and pure.

And the most critical thing is that they can give up the halo of elite schools and the convenience of cities in a situation where they can also fight for a successful life in big cities, and return to such a place that is not developed, using what they learned, know, can, and are good at to help this place become better.

After dinner, full of wine and food, Lu Yan He prepared to return to the inn to rest.

Because they all drank some wine, He Yunlan called a local friend to pick them up and bring their luggage.

Still staying in the inn last time.

The room had already been reserved for them.

He Yunlan said: "I will take you to eat breakfast tomorrow morning, and then we will go to see Tongfu Inn."

Lu Yan He nodded and said okay, and said: "Brother He, you also rest early, thank you and sister-in-law for the hospitality, really happy to be able to taste sister-in-law's craft again."

He Yunlan smiled and patted Lu Yan He's shoulder, hugged him, and said in his ear: "Yan He, compared to everything you did for our Jiangzhi, what is this? Thank you, really thank you."

A sour feeling that is hard to describe surged in Lu Yan He's heart.

Actually, what did he do? He just did a few efforts of convenience in his work. He didn't make any sacrifices at all, but he received such sincere thanks from He Yunlan who really sacrificed a lot. Lu Yan He felt terrified, and at the same time a bit guilty, feeling that he didn't do more and think more usually.

"Brother He, you are too polite. Jiangzhi is a city worth being known by everyone," Lu Yan He said, "Especially the people here, it is because the people here are good enough that this city is good enough."

He Yunlan smiled.

He patted Lu Yan He's face and said: "Don't say anything else. I recognized you as a brother long ago and put you in my heart. I call you a brother, so I treat you as my younger brother. I don't have much ability, all my heart and blood are placed on this small city, but you can rest assured, little Lu, your crew, your play, come to film here, as a brother, I will definitely give you the most convenient conditions within my ability."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Thank you, Brother."

Lu Yan He used to be quite scared of such times. Seeing it, he would feel that such a situation and picture of pouring out hearts, especially two big men, is weird and cheesy.

But it really reached this time, especially after drinking some wine, people are not drunk, but the heart defense is like an iron lock being rusted, loosened, so some words that can't be said usually, cheesy words, words of direct expression of heart, like wheels, all said out.

After Lu Yan He arrived at the inn, he lay on the bed, looking at the ink-blue night sky outside the window, and the stars that were as bright as a ground of broken diamonds.

No human voice, only his own heartbeat and breathing gradually calming down.

His mind recalled the words he said with He Yunlan and Liu Yiyi at the dinner table last night.

Maybe this moment is really a bit on the head, he is actually thinking about a thing he didn't dare to imagine before.

What else can he do for this place in Jiangzhi? -

The next day, Lu Yan He woke up very early.

Mainly because he drank wine the night before, slept early, his head was dizzy, his sleep quality was good, and he had no dreams all night.

There was the sound of birds chirping outside the window, crisp like falling beads. Pushing open the window and looking outside, the morning mist was curling, decorating Jiangzhi city like a fairy's dream.

Lu Yan He stretched, went to get his mobile phone, and took a picture of this scene.

He sent it to Chen Siqi.

It's only 5:30 in the morning now.

Lu Yan He originally thought that Chen Siqi would still be sleeping at this point.

Who knew that Chen Siqi actually replied in seconds: I'll be there in ten minutes.

???

Lu Yan He was surprised.

He immediately went to wash his face, combed his messy hair, and went downstairs.

Zou Dong was also awake, practicing boxing in the courtyard of the inn.

"Yan He, are you going out so early?" Zou Dong collected his boxing.

"Brother Dong, morning, you practice yours, Siqi is coming soon, I'll go to the door to pick her up," Lu Yan He said.

Zou Dong nodded, watching Lu Yan He run out.

What made Lu Yan He even more surprised was that Chen Siqi actually drove over herself.

Her car drove from the morning mist, facing the sun piercing the clouds, and stopped in front of Lu Yan He.

Chen Siqi got off the car, one hand holding the car door, and showed him a smile that was a bit tired but still bright.

"Why did you get up so early today?"

"Slept early yesterday," Lu Yan He explained, "What about you? Why did you get up so early?"

"I didn't get up early, I didn't sleep at all," Chen Siqi said, "Work ended very late yesterday, I thought I'd just drive over and sleep here."

Lu Yan He suddenly realized.

"You are driving while tired."

Chen Siqi: "It's okay, I know my situation. If I'm really sleepy, I'll park the car on the side of the road and sleep."

Lu Yan He: "You just have a hard mouth."

"Find a place to eat breakfast first, I'll make up for sleep after eating breakfast," Chen Siqi yawned, the morning light falling between her eyebrows and neck, hooking out agile lines.

Lu Yan He suddenly realized that Chen Siqi seems to be getting more and more beautiful? The appearance doesn't seem to have changed much, but there seems to be something on her body that has changed a lot. A kind of fullness like a peach approaching maturity. Realizing this, Lu Yan He's cheeks suddenly turned red. This thought was involuntary, but it also made him a bit panicked, worried about being seen by Chen Siqi.

Originally, Lu Yan He was prepared to eat breakfast with He Yunlan at 8 o'clock in the morning, but Chen Siqi was busy making up for sleep after eating, so Lu Yan He accompanied her to find a breakfast shop that opened very early on the street.

Chen Siqi ate a bowl of noodles, and Lu Yan He wanted a bowl of bean curd soup.

"You eat so little?"

"Wait a while, I have to eat with Brother He, made an appointment with him last night."

"Oh," Chen Siqi ate a bowl of noodles very quickly, "I'm really too sleepy, I won't accompany you to see Tongfu Inn in the morning, you go yourself. If I don't contact you at noon, you don't have to worry about me, wait for me to sleep until I wake up naturally."

Lu Yan He smiled and nodded.

"Good."

Chen Siqi was full, lazily stretched.

"Going to sleep."

In the morning, He Yunlan took Lu Yan He to see Tongfu Inn.

This inn is completely built in imitation ancient style, without anything modernized.

Lu Yan He said: "This is really what I imagined."

Regarding the appearance of Tongfu Inn, Lu Yan He had described it in great detail, and even drew a sketch for them.

Including the layout of the inn, and what style it is.

When Lu Yan He recalled these, he was actually very surprised. Because he didn't expect that a play he watched many years ago, when recalling these things unrelated to the plot, would be so clear.

Some plays really walked into our memories and lives.

Lu Yan He turned Tongfu Inn inside and out.

"Haven't done more specific layout, the main structure has been made," He Yunlan said, "Look, does it meet your requirements?"

"Very consistent," Lu Yan He nodded, his eyes flickering, "This is the appearance of Tongfu Inn I imagined."

He Yunlan smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, grabbing the construction right of this Tongfu Inn from many tourist cities, He Yunlan knew that he was rubbing against human feelings. If it weren't for Lu Yan He's care, Jiangzhi, whether from geographical location or economic conditions, could not compete with other popular tourist cities.

After he got this project, it can be said that he used all the power he could use to build this inn. Every link was stared at personally, card details. He Yunlan didn't want to finally get such an opportunity, but couldn't meet Lu Yan He's requirements.

There was no layout in the inn, only simple table and chair settings.

However, even so, Lu Yan He could already correspond to the Tongfu Inn in his memory under the current conditions.

Lu Yan He felt an inexplicable touch. This touch might be similar to a wanderer who has been away from home for many years suddenly eating a authentic hometown dish. At the moment of entrance, through the stimulation of taste buds, various memories came one after another, telling you along the limbs and bones where you came from.

In order not to disclose this inn to the public before the official broadcast, and for the filming to be relatively smooth, of course, the most critical thing is for the possibility of further development and building a large-scale live-action Qixia Town in the future, Tongfu Inn is built in the suburbs, sparsely populated.

Because in the script, the environment of Tongfu Inn and Qixia Town is a relatively Jianghu, relatively rough environment, not so beautiful, so outside Tongfu Inn, a courtyard was built first, surrounded by courtyard walls, and "urbanization" treatment was done inside.

Lu Yan He became more moved as he watched.

"I suddenly regret not leaving a role for myself in *My Own Swordsman*, so I could film here," Lu Yan He sighed deeply, a bit regretful.

He really couldn't let himself act in any major role in this play. Because he had such a deep impression of this play, he couldn't imagine that he could replace any one of them, including Yan Xiaoliu.

He Yunlan said: "Our natural resources here are very sufficient. If you film, it is open to you at any time."

Lu Yan He smiled and nodded, saying: "Good, thank you Brother He, I have heard several people complain that filming in Jiangzhi is very difficult, there is a very difficult leader, and the requirements for the crew to film here are very harsh. I asked them, where is it harsh. They said, this difficult leader has to let the crew sign an environmental protection agreement, the compensation is very high, very scary. I said, then you let the crew not destroy other people's environment. They laughed, saying filming is possible to have no impact on the local environment."

He Yunlan said angrily: "All reasons, I said very clearly, what I require is that it cannot cause irreversible damage to our place. Some crews want to cut down a few trees in the forest so they can use the rocker arm, and some crews open their mouths and close their mouths to film the most beautiful pictures, and want to make some artificial transformations to some landscapes here. How can I agree!"

Lu Yan He: "It's okay, Brother He, don't be excited, I also think you did nothing wrong. Jiangzhi is such a beautiful place, it can't be damaged for a long time for a little immediate petty profit. Jiangzhi is getting better and better, take your time, it's quite good."

He Yunlan nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Only you will agree to those requirements of mine without hesitation."

"Because what I hate most is the behavior of hurting others for my own things," Lu Yan He said. "Moreover, I believe there is nothing in this world that must be done in a certain way. If they have to use a way to destroy the local environment to do it, it only shows that they are lazy and don't want to think about a compromise method."

The two finished watching Tongfu Inn, turned around nearby, and prepared to return to the city.

He Yunlan asked: "Is Siqi still sleeping?"

"Haven't contacted me yet, should still be sleeping. She didn't sleep all night yesterday, let's ignore her first," Lu Yan He smiled, "She told me before she slept that if she didn't contact me at noon, it meant she didn't wake up, let me not wake her up."

"You two are really hard," He Yunlan sighed, "Sometimes I see you suddenly live streaming at one or two in the morning, writing scripts."

"That's not it, that's purely because I had insomnia at night, couldn't sleep, so I just got up," Lu Yan He explained to himself with a smile, "I am not that hard-working. I admit I work hard, but to say I work hard for something, it seems to be the year of high school, for the college entrance examination, worked hard for a whole year."

He Yunlan: "Your experience is very legendary, don't you consider filming your story into a movie?"

"Ah?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

"Inspirational teenager, I think, there should be many people interested in your story, and it is an adaptation of a real case. Many parents want to take their children to see it, right?" He Yunlan said.

Lu Yan He fell into deep thought, was silent for a while, and said: "However, I feel my experience can't be replicated." "Who watches movies to replicate your skills of being admitted to Zhenhua University? They all want to feel the spirit of your hard work at that time," He Yunlan said.

Lu Yan He came back to his senses and said oh.

"I, I really haven't thought about it," Lu Yan He was dumbfounded, "I instead want to write your and sister-in-law's love story into a script and film it into a movie."

"Ah?" He Yunlan was stunned, his cheeks suddenly had some shy redness, "What is good about our story to film a movie."

Lu Yan He said: "It's true, I am very moved myself."

"Sigh, it's just moving myself," He Yunlan suddenly sighed with a sense of loss.

"Hmm?" Lu Yan He was a bit surprised.

He had never seen this side of He Yunlan.

He Yunlan said: "I and Yiyi are fine, actually it's my own choice, but sometimes looking at Xiaohu, he stays here with us, but Jiangzhi's educational resources are indeed not as good as other places. Now it's elementary school, it's slightly better. His mother and I can help him make up for some things that the school won't teach, take him to speak English, and let him have an English context. However, as he goes to junior high school later, and then high school, the difference in schools and the difference in environment will have an increasing impact on him. We are also considering whether I and Yiyi should take Xiaohu to Jiangguang to read junior high school. We can't delay him."

This is a very realistic problem.

Lu Yan He, who is so eloquent and good at finding angles to cheer others up, doesn't know what to say for

"Actually, there is another way: letting my parents take him to school in Jiangguang. But the kid is very stubborn right now; as soon as he hears he has to leave us to go to middle school, he refuses no matter what, and even deliberately fails his exams." He Yunlan's tone was also helpless.

Rationally speaking, letting He Yunlan's parents take him to school in Jiangguang was the most perfect solution. It would allow He Yunlan and Liu Yiyi to continue working and living in Jiangzhi, while also ensuring the quality of Xiaohu's education.

However, life is not rational, and the relationships between family members, or between parents and children, are even less so.

Trying to reason this out with an eight-year-old child is, in itself, unreasonable.

Faced with the reality of the situation, Lu Yan He didn't know what to say for a moment.

Sometimes, Lu Yan He has to face a world filled with such vast gaps and stark differences.

His own sense of satisfaction is not the satisfaction of this world.

The world is very big, and he may not have the ability to change it. But at least for people like He Yunlan and Liu Yiyi, whom he has met in his real life, he hopes to do his utmost and contribute his own strength.

In the afternoon, after finishing lunch, Lu Yan He returned to the inn to find Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi had just finished washing her hair and was sitting by the window, lying on a rattan chair, her black hair swaying in the breeze like water weeds in a stream.

"You woke up early?"

"Just woke up." Chen Siqi put down the iPad in her hand and said, "You finished eating with them?"

"Yeah, finished." Lu Yan He asked, "Did you eat lunch?"

"Not yet. I saw a place with very good reviews for rice noodles online. Once my hair dries, I'm going to go eat there."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Do you have any plans for the afternoon?"

"No, I'm staying here for two days to take a vacation." Lu Yan He smiled. "The biggest advantage of a place like Jiangzhi is that although it has become quite popular, because the transportation is indeed inconvenient, the total number of tourists is still not high. I walked around with Brother He this morning and basically didn't get recognized."

"The population density here isn't high, and since you're wearing sunglasses, as long as people aren't very close, of course they won't recognize you." Chen Siqi said, "Being able to stay here for two days and take a vacation is indeed very comfortable."

"Yeah." Lu Yan He nodded. "I'll come stay for a few days whenever I have time in the future, especially when I'm rushing to finish a manuscript. I feel that writing here would definitely keep my thoughts flowing."

Chen Siqi laughed.

"I advise you not to be too optimistic. I know too many writers who often say things like that—renting a house by the sea, looking at the ocean every day to feel refreshed and have ideas pour out, or locking themselves in a hotel, cutting off all contact with the outside world to write without distraction. Actually, it's all fake." Chen Siqi said, "If you can't write, you can't write; no environment is of any use."

Lu Yan He couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Alright, you're right."

In the afternoon, Lu Yan He accompanied Chen Siqi to eat the bowl of rice noodles she wanted, and the two of them wandered around Jiangzhi.

The most attractive thing about the city of Jiangzhi is that it has many small shops, each different from the others. Some are bookstores where you can see many old books published thirty or forty years ago that you might not find anywhere else. Others are local clothing and accessory shops; whenever Chen Siqi passed by such shops, she would always go in to take a look and browse, never missing one.

When they were tired of walking, they would sit down at a roadside cafe to have a cup of coffee.

Because there weren't many people, if they were occasionally recognized, everyone would just chat and laugh for a while before waving goodbye.

This feeling is extremely rare.

When they were walking around four or five in the afternoon, they suddenly passed by a middle school.

"Hmm?" Chen Siqi looked at the school inside the walls.

"This school looks... quite old. Like it was built twenty or thirty years ago and hasn't been renovated."

Unlike many renovated middle schools, the iron railings next to the gate of this school were even covered in vines, the greenery as dense as a forest.

And inside the school gate, a few scattered students in school uniforms were spread across the spacious playground.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi both stopped at the same time, staring blankly at the school before them.

Lu Yan He said, "Actually, if we could film 'Love Letter' here—"

Before Lu Yan He could finish his sentence, a crisp bell suddenly rang out in the campus.

As if a seal had been broken, in an instant, the sound of noisy human voices spread out from the campus before them.

It was as if some formation had been activated.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi both snapped out of their trance, looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly left the school gate before the students could swarm out.

They entered a small alley next to the school, where there were many small shops. They went into one of the bookstores. The owner sitting at the entrance glanced at them; against the light, he couldn't see what they looked like, only that they were a man and a woman. He assumed they were a student couple from the school next door, smiled, said nothing, and lowered his head again.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi walked further inside. On the bookshelves, there were only two types of books: one was young adult romance novels, and the other was fantasy adventure novels; the target market was very clear. However, as they continued to walk deeper, to the very back, there were quite a few slightly more serious books.

The bell at the door rang, and someone else came in.

"Boss, has the new issue of 'Jump Up' arrived yet?!" a very crisp girl's voice asked.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi were taken aback; they didn't expect to run into readers of 'Jump Up' here.

The boss said, "Not yet, it probably won't arrive until tomorrow or the day after."

"Oh, why does it take so long." Although the girl who came to buy 'Jump Up' didn't get what she wanted, she still walked further inside. "Ruoruo, do you want to go to my house to do homework later? My mom won't be back until nine tonight."

Another girl's voice, filled with a bit of excitement, rang out, "Really? That's great."

The moment this voice sounded, Lu Yan He's heart skipped a beat.

This voice...

A breeze blew in, and the white gauze curtains were lifted into mid-air.

The sunset wove through the white gauze curtains, shifting the light and shadows.

This scene suddenly overlapped with the one in his memory.

Lu Yan He turned his head to look over with some confusion.

Through the bookshelves, he saw two girls.

One was clearly excited, very lively and spirited, holding her friend's hand and flipping through something on the bookshelf.

The other was more delicate and quiet, but her personality was definitely not the shy, sheltered type; the smile on her face was like a flower covered in morning dew—fresh, beautiful, and possessing the vitality of early morning.

After Chen Siqi noticed Lu Yan He looking at the two girls, she followed his gaze with some surprise.

The slightly careless girl was holding a book in her hand, pointing at something on it to show the girl beside her.

The girl beside her, who had a ponytail and a plain face yet looked spirited and serene, leaned against her friend's face and laughed along, her eyes curving like crescent moons.

Chen Siqi understood immediately.

Okay, the chosen lead actress for 'Love Letter' has appeared.

Fortunately, at least the faces of the two of them couldn't be faked, so they wouldn't be mistaken for scammers.

However, when they suddenly appeared in front of the two girls, the way the two girls widened their eyes was as if they had seen a ghost.

When the livelier girl let out a scream, the bookstore owner immediately asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Not knowing what he thought it was, when he rushed over, he was still holding one of his shoes in his hand.

"Am I not dreaming?"

The girl named Zhang Ruozhi gently swatted her friend's hand away.

"You pinch yourself, yet you pinch my arm!" Zhang Ruozhi chided.

Liu Lingmeng's large eyes were still looking at Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi, who were sitting across from them, in disbelief.

"This is too incredible." Liu Lingmeng said, "I even dreamed of running into you guys last night; how did it suddenly come true? Which Bodhisattva heard my prayers?"

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi both laughed.

This girl named Liu Lingmeng was too interesting.

However, although Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi didn't communicate, they both knew that the reason they were sitting here with these two girls was because of the girl named Zhang Ruozhi.

Zhang Ruozhi didn't look like the girl in 'Love Letter' from his memory; Zhang Ruozhi had a very, very small oval face, with features so exquisite they looked like they had been measured with a ruler. But the feeling she carried was as if she had been carved from the same mold as the girl in 'Love Letter'.

When she smiled, she was a bit quiet and a bit shy, but there was a spirited, pure look in her eyes like a little deer.

Chen Siqi explained, "The two of us are here for a vacation. We've both been to Jiangzhi before, did you know that?"

"I know, I know." Liu Lingmeng nodded immediately. "Everyone says you're the one who made our city popular. In the last two years, tourists have been coming in one after another."

The latter part of this sentence was said to Lu Yan He.

Zhang Ruozhi also looked at Lu Yan He inquisitively with her signature curious eyes.

When Lu Yan He saw this look of hers, he only had one feeling in his heart: too similar, truly too similar.

Liu Lingmeng looked at Lu Yan He with some confusion, thinking to herself, why does Lu Yan He keep staring at Zhang Ruozhi?

That look seemed to have some other intention.

She looked at Chen Siqi again.

Clearly, his official girlfriend was sitting right beside him, yet he didn't hide his interest in Zhang Ruozhi at all, and Chen Siqi actually wasn't jealous or petty in the slightest, letting it be as if she hadn't seen it.

What is going on here?

Liu Lingmeng's brows furrowed subconsciously.