Chapter 291: The Mother's Intuition

When Chen Nuo walked toward Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli had just finished a phone call and also wanted to go find Liu Yifei for a chat.

As she came out of the house, she happened to see Chen Nuo's back as he walked to Liu Yifei's side.

At this moment, Liu Xiaoli was actually still thinking about that phone call just now.

However, after that completely unreserved slap from Chen Nuo, Liu Xiaoli was stunned, her mind went blank, and she directly forgot about Chen Jinfei's call to the back of her mind.

Liu Yifei let out a startled cry from the slap, instantly waking up from her sleep, and as she turned her head in alarm,

Liu Xiaoli also used the swift, agile pace unique to a dancer to flash back into the house in an instant.

She pressed her body tightly against the wall, as if she had seen something incredible and was terrified of being discovered.

Her eyes stared blankly ahead, and her mind could be said to be replaying that scene from just now frame by frame.

Even though she was at most ten steps away, everything had been captured perfectly by her eyes.

However, Liu Xiaoli still dared not believe it was real.

One question after another swirled in her mind like sparks jumping from a bonfire, leaving her heart in a tangled mess.

Chen Nuo actually slapped Xixi's butt?

How could Xixi be slapped by him, and by what right did he slap Xixi's butt?

Why was he so casual when walking over, and why was the slap so natural, not even looking like the first time he had done it?

A more terrifying conjecture suddenly popped into Liu Xiaoli's mind:

What exactly is the relationship between Chen Nuo and Liu Yifei?

In Cannes, and during these nights in Palm Beach, she would occasionally go out of her room at night to pour a glass of water, and occasionally she would hear some faint, strange sounds.

At that time, she didn't think much of it, thinking it was the sound of the wind, but now thinking about it carefully,

What kind of sound was that exactly?????

This thought was truly too terrifying.

Liu Xiaoli leaned against the wall, taking deep breaths for perhaps two minutes, before her mood calmed down just a tiny bit from the volcanic eruption.

However, it was only a tiny bit.

Just recalling that slap, landing mercilessly on her own daughter's butt.

In a little while, there would probably be a red five-finger print on those tender, white buttocks that she herself hadn't even had the heart to hit.

Liu Xiaoli still had a feeling of gnashing her teeth.

At the same time, she also wanted to know,

When did all of this start?

Could it be that right under her nose, these two people had already developed to this point?

Where is the source?

Suddenly, Liu Xiaoli caught a glimmer of inspiration.

Where else could it be?

Before going to Hubei, Liu Xiaoli was certain that the relationship between the two was absolutely just friends.

And after returning from Hubei, things were a bit off. Xixi's entire lifestyle had changed.

Not only did she play computer games all day, but she also started obsessively messing around with tarot cards.

Careless, truly careless.

How could she have been so blinded by greed at the time?

Clearly, she had also come through that age of burning passion,

Now, just imagining it, she knew that a pair of young, lonely man and woman in their early 20s, under the same roof, with no media interference and no outsiders meddling, living together day and night for a month,

How could it be possible for nothing to happen?

Unless one of them had extremely strong self-control and a sense of propriety.

But, they are both men and women in their early 20s, who could do that?

As long as Liu Xiaoli thought about what Liu Yifei and Chen Nuo might have done together during that month,

Her mood was both painful and sour, and there was also a kind of resentment after being deceived and kept in the dark.

Being taken advantage of was certain, but were safety measures taken?

Had they caused any scandals involving human life without her knowing?

Xixi, why didn't you tell Mom?

Could Mom ever harm you?

In matters like this, as someone who has been through it, Mom would definitely stand on your side and help you.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiaoli finally calmed down completely.

She had watched "Mother," and the impression was very deep.

In it, that Kim Hye-ja went as far as murder and arson to help her son escape guilt.

And she, Liu Xiaoli, for Xixi's sake, would absolutely do no less than Kim Hye-ja.

At this moment, the conversation between the boy and girl outside the house finally turned from noise into recognizable Chinese sentences, entering her ears.

"... I'm truly furious!"

"My foot slipped, and I accidentally put my hand in the wrong place, can you not be so petty?"

"You accidentally... Chen Nuo, you get over here!"

"Hey, hey, hey, talk if you want, but don't use your hands."

Listening to these words, Liu Xiaoli became even more certain of her thoughts.

If there was really nothing going on, based on her understanding of Liu Yifei, being slapped on the butt by a man, it couldn't be this reaction,

This isn't anger at all, this is flirting!

There can be no mistake.

Her Liu Xiaoli's apple of her eye since childhood,

The actress who played Wang Yuyan, Zhao Linger, Little Dragon Maiden, and Shancai,

The dream lover of countless men in both China and Japan,

The 22-year-old girl named Liu Yifei, nickname Xixi, had probably become someone's nameless, unofficial underground girlfriend.

Does she really think Xixi is the motherless scapegoat at the end of the movie?

Sorry, you're not the only one with a mother; she has one too.

Liu Xiaoli's thoughts raced.

She felt that the most urgent task now was to figure out the man's true intentions, to clarify whether Chen Nuo's feelings were real or fake, and whether he was just playing around or serious.

If it were someone else, she definitely wouldn't think this way.

Liu Xiaoli even dared to say that as long as it wasn't this man in front of her, she wouldn't think this way.

But it just had to be him.

Liu Xiaoli quickly stretched out half her head and peeked toward the poolside.

She saw Liu Yifei chasing Chen Nuo around the pool.

The boy was wearing a loose white T-shirt, running in front against the wind, the thin fabric clinging to his front, revealing the vaguely visible contours of his muscles.

Similarly, under his black shorts, there was a pair of well-proportioned, powerful long legs, making it impossible for that silly girl to catch up no matter how she chased.

Moreover, while running, his mouth wasn't idle, and he said with a smile: "Almost caught me, eh, just a little bit, tell me, are you angry?"

Liu Xiaoli quickly pulled her head back and sighed.

If he were just handsome and had a good body, and could make girls happy, it would be simple.

But there's more!

Just like what Chen Jinfei said on the phone just now, in these five or six days, there were only two pieces of news in the country.

The first one, it exploded.

The second one, he took it.

Exploded without notice, took it as soon as he said he would.

These are the two hottest topics in the country recently.

It can even be said that the heat of the second one is higher than the first!

It's not that the second one is a bigger deal than the first, but because there's too much talk about the first one, the news just posted would suddenly disappear.

The second one wouldn't encounter such a ghostly thing.

Even though someone has already put Chen Nuo on the position of the current number one male actor in Asia, and shouted for him, "I just ask, who else is there?"

This post is still standing firmly at the top of the Mop hot post list. It's been almost four days, the number of replies has reached over 30,000, and there is no sign of it disappearing.

Besides this, including forums like NetEase Entertainment, Sina Entertainment, Tencent Entertainment, Xici, and Tianya, it has almost become the one-man show of those crazy "Nomi" fans.

Whenever a passerby couldn't stand the arrogant faces of these people and said a couple of words like "a prodigy might not be great when grown," those brats, brainless fans, and hooligans who popped out of nowhere would attack anyone they caught.

"Find another one, just one, I beg you. Don't just talk, find another one exactly the same across the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan."

"Do you want me to help you calculate which year Uncle Ge won Cannes?"

"What, our Nomi fans bragging for a while makes you unhappy? If you have the guts, give your real address, let's meet face to face, whoever is afraid is a coward."

Even if it's arrogant and vulgar to this extent, it's always there, absolutely never disappearing.

Even on some campus forums, such as the internal BBS of the Beijing Film Academy, even more extreme remarks are safe.

Someone took screenshots of various hot posts and posted them on a Sina blog, presumably to stir up discord between the two top art colleges in the country.

"Everyone knows Chen Nuo went to Cannes to shoot 'Mother,' and everyone knows Zhang Ziyi went to Hollywood to date. As a result, the first one said he'd take it and he took it, the second one said she'd strip and she stripped. From this, the debate about which school is higher between ours and the Central Academy of Drama can end."

"When Chen Nuo said the name of Beijing Film Academy on the podium again, even though I know every word he said was an advertisement, even though I understand that for those few words, Dean Zhang gave all his good looks to Brother Nuo alone. But I was still moved. People from the Central Academy of Drama probably won't understand this feeling. Because that batch of people who understand are almost 40, hahahahaha."

"Recently, the graduation play of the 2005 acting class is in rehearsal, and I took the time to sneak into the rehearsal room to watch for a while. To be honest, it's mediocre, nothing to see. How can this kind of trashy original work compare to the Central Academy of Drama's graduation play 'Love's Labour's Lost'? Only Brother Nuo, when he holds the two Best Actor trophies from Berlin and Cannes, would dare to say, 'I'll handle this.'"

In short, these interesting stories that became popular from inside the school to outside, were posted everywhere, and no one came out to gossip.

Actually, if this person were only young, handsome, had a good body, could make girls happy, and his acting career was visibly flourishing, Liu Xiaoli would also feel it's okay.

But he is more than that.

Chen Jinfei just now on the phone first said a whole lot of messy news about Chen Nuo in the country,

And finally stated his main purpose, saying that this time he came to the United States to inspect the market with a friend in the same industry, and it just so happened that the friend has a son who graduated from Yale and is doing very well in investment, blah blah blah.

The implication is, Sister Liu, didn't you say before that you still want Xixi to find a good family? Now the opportunity is good, he has seen Xixi's TV series and is very interested in her.

Liu Xiaoli refused immediately. Not cursing him out was for the sake of past relations.

What, haven't been in touch for a long time, and the first thing you do when you get in touch is introduce a partner? Aren't you in real estate? The economic crisis is about to collapse, did you change your profession to a marriage agency?

Seeing my Xixi just get a little popular, you brought a fire hose to put out the fire?

Waiting until Liu Yifei is a bit older and letting her marry into a wealthy family, Liu Xiaoli had this idea before.

However, ever since Liu Yifei exchanged 20 million for 2% of the shares of Huanxin Company, she never thought that way again.

Although 2% doesn't look like much, this is not other 2%, this is 2% of Chen Nuo's total annual income, and 2% of Fan Bingbing's 30-40% annual income.

Wealthy family?

Who knows who will be the wealthy family in the future.

Liu Xiaoli also doesn't know what's going on, she actually respected Chen Jinfei very much before.

After all, someone who has been on the Forbes rich list, whether for her or for Xixi, is undoubtedly a golden thigh.

When they opened a company together before, she was always obedient to him.

That time he confessed to her, if it hadn't been for Liu Yifei finding out and strongly opposing it with great emotion, even making a scene about running away from home, she probably would have agreed.

However, ever since Liu Yifei joined Huanxin Company,

Let alone Liu Yifei, she slowly didn't like to pay attention to this old friend.

Just like this time, the things Chen Nuo and Fan Bingbing are considering are letting Xixi go to the Venice Film Festival to win the Best Actress award of the three major European film festivals that all actresses dream of.

He is thinking about letting Xixi find a rich man to marry?

If there was no comparison, Liu Xiaoli might feel there's nothing wrong.

But now, whether comparing the pattern, the perspective, or the help to Xixi's life, it's simply heaven and earth!

If she, Liu Xiaoli, were a woman who clung to men, she wouldn't have risked everything to give Liu Yifei a brighter future in the first place. A path she wouldn't even walk, unless necessary, how could she let her own daughter walk it?

At that time on the phone, Chen Jinfei was still a bit relentless, "Sister Liu, this young man is really excellent, their family's business is very big, not only in China, they have quite a few properties in the United States..."

Hearing this, Liu Xiaoli couldn't help it anymore and asked directly: "Then does his family have a house next to Mar-a-Lago?"

Chen Jinfei was stunned on the phone, "Sister Liu, where did you say? Palm Beach's Mar-a-Lago?"

Liu Xiaoli said: "Yes."

Chen Jinfei suddenly laughed: "Sister Liu, you are joking. How is that possible in that place. The houses there are all held by those old money people in the United States, foreigners like us, even if we have money, we can't buy them."

Liu Xiaoli said: "I also remember it's like that."

People all say Chen Nuo broke Hollywood's racial wall, Liu Xiaoli was half-believing before.

But today, she only doubts one thing, is it definitely just Hollywood?

At least this mansion that Chen Nuo said he won by betting, could absolutely not be just ordinary Hollywood grade.

Hollywood's Beverly Hills is certainly luxurious, but compared to the center of Palm Beach, it's not the amount of money that's different, it's the status and grade.

Even if a star really mixed up enough to buy a house next to Mar-a-Lago, that would probably have to be at the level of Schwarzenegger or Stallone!

Chen Jinfei's words undoubtedly confirmed her past knowledge.

"Sister Liu, so what do you mean? I don't understand. Hehe, can you explain more clearly?" After hearing Liu Xiaoli's words, Chen Jinfei said with a smile.

Liu Xiaoli said: "In Chinese it's called Mar-a-Lago, what is the English name? I didn't know before. I only learned yesterday that it doesn't have an English name, it's called Mar-a-Lago. Mar-a-Lago, this is Spanish, meaning from the lake to the ocean."

Chen Jinfei said: "Sister Liu, what are you talking about?"

Liu Xiaoli said: "Mr. Chen, the young man you mentioned is indeed quite excellent, but he probably can't get Xixi a gold card membership for the Mar-a-Lago club, right? What I just said is what the customer service manager of the Mar-a-Lago club said when introducing it to Xixi."

When Liu Xiaoli said this, she actually didn't think much.

She just felt that Chen Jinfei's vaguely condescending sense of superiority and male chauvinism made her feel uncomfortable, so she wanted to use this to push back.

In fact, she succeeded, when Chen Jinfei hung up the phone, Liu Xiaoli dared to bet that his face must be very ugly.

However, she thinks now, the 100,000 USD membership fee is not high, but the key is that it can squeeze into that American upper-class circle limited to 300 people.

This intention really doesn't look like an ordinary friend, or a superior to a subordinate.

Saying it's a boss to a lover, or a man to a woman he owes a lot to? This is the right taste.

Liu Xiaoli finished the call, and coming over was just to chat with Liu Yifei about this matter.

But now, she changed her mind.

She took a deep breath, and her eyes became firm.

For her daughter's sake, she had to use some tactics.

Xixi, you don't understand men, then Mom will help you figure him out.

Chen Nuo was finally caught by Liu Yifei. She pushed him into the water, soaking his clothes, pants, and underwear.

Of course, it was on purpose.

Otherwise? With Liu Yifei's lazy and ignorant appearance, could she catch up to him?

You have to let the girl vent.

What's jumping into a pool?

Slapping Liu Yifei's semi-nude butt, as long as it's not jumping into a frying pan, even jumping into a septic tank, many men would probably want to trade places with him.

While Chen Nuo was soaking in the pool, pretending to complain helplessly, he couldn't help but recall that feeling just now.

Not to mention, the butt wasn't small, very elastic, and the feel was excellent.

It made him want to discuss with Liu Yifei, how about I jump into the pool ten more times, and you let me hit it ten more times?

Saying that, seeing Liu Yifei wasn't really angry, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he was glad that scene wasn't seen by Liu Xiaoli, otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to wash it off even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Speak of the devil, just as he thought of Liu Xiaoli, Liu Xiaoli came out of the house.

Seeing him in the pool with his clothes on, Liu Yifei standing on the shore smiling, Aunt Liu seemed to be stunned for a moment and asked: "What are you two doing?"

Liu Yifei panicked and quickly said with a smile: "Chen Nuo said he was a bit hot, I'm helping him cool down."

Liu Xiaoli thought, Xixi has really grown, this acting is really good, she said calmly on her face: "Don't mess around, it must be you being naughty again."

Liu Yifei said unconvinced: "How is that possible? If you don't believe me, ask, Chen Nuo, are you too hot, and went in voluntarily?"

Chen Nuo looked up in the pool, his position was just below Liu Yifei, in front of him were the girl's white lotus-like legs, and a white bikini.

I don't know if it's because the hip circumference is on the large side, the swimming trunks that weren't sexy looked a bit small, in short, the triangle area was a bit tight, and the peach-like outline was vaguely visible.

Damn.

He quickly turned his head and said to Liu Xiaoli: "100% voluntary. By the way. Auntie, I have something at school, I'm going to ask Qi Da to buy the nearest ticket back to China, you pack up your things in a while."

Liu Xiaoli didn't care where to go, she just wanted to know now, did Chen Nuo pull out... no, it's turning his face and not recognizing people.

She smiled and said: "Okay."

Then she wanted to follow the previous plan, saying Chen Jinfei wanted to introduce a boyfriend to Liu Yifei, to test Chen Nuo's reaction.

As a result, Chen Nuo continued: "About you being Liu Yifei's agent later, are you going to tell her yourself, or should I say it?"

Liu Xiaoli was stunned, before she could speak, she heard Liu Yifei shout in surprise: "What did you say? You want my mom to be my agent? No, I won't do it!"

So, maternal love is truly the greatest emotion in the world.

Liu Yifei, this ungrateful wretch, was unexpectedly strongly opposed to Liu Xiaoli being her agent, even though Chen Nuo had worked for a long time, and it was almost a falling out, the woman only reluctantly agreed to say: "Trial for one month."

At that time, Liu Xiaoli was so angry she almost said I'm not doing it.

However, it might have been possible before.

Now, that is absolutely impossible.

Liu Xiaoli thought that once she didn't do it, someone would probably do it big, so she decided to swallow this anger.

So, even if her heart was blocked, Sister Xiaoli had to show a smile to Chen Nuo in the seat next to her on the plane, saying: "Mr. Chen, recently someone said they wanted to introduce a partner to Xixi, I'm planning to let Xixi go meet him, what do you think?"

Chen Nuo was a bit surprised: "Liu Yifei's career has just started, talking about a partner? Sister Xiaoli, you aren't joking with me, are you?"

Liu Xiaoli smiled: "I know it's inappropriate, but when someone mentioned it on the phone, that young man is really quite excellent. I think Xixi, she's not young anymore, meeting, making a friend, there's no problem. But I am a person of the company now, I still have to respect the company's opinion, your opinion."

Look at this person, listen to these words.

Sister Xiaoli is Sister Xiaoli, whoever listens to this, must say it's appropriate and in place.

Think about her ignorant daughter again?

Chen Nuo couldn't help but sigh for Sister Xiaoli.

Yesterday time was tight, tickets were hard to buy, finally only bought five business class tickets for the next evening.

As a result, Liu Yifei was still sulking, grabbing that single seat.

This made Chen Nuo have to sit next to Liu Xiaoli.

Since Sister Xiaoli knows how to behave, Chen Nuo naturally wouldn't put on any boss's airs, and asked seriously: "How excellent? Very suitable for Liu Yifei?"

Liu Xiaoli saw his appearance, it was really hard to figure out the path.

Asking so seriously, is it pretending to be like this, but actually reluctant?

Or is it, wanting to know if he can use this to dump people?

She was conflicted in her heart, but said on her mouth: "It's my friend's friend's son. My friend is in real estate, and that young man's family is too. His father is in Guangdong in a real estate called Evergrande..."

"Pass."

Liu Xiaoli's words had just started, and she was interrupted, she was a bit secretly happy, and asked pretending to be stunned: "Pass? Mr. Chen, you think it's not okay?"

Chen Nuo looked at her seriously and said: "Yes, not okay."

(End of chapter)