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China is indeed vast, and even Qiu Ruolan often reflects on how much effort she put into bringing Autumn Wind to Taiwan back in the day.
Autumn Wind wonders if Guan Xiu had told Qiu Ruolan her address when she asked to be adopted, which is why it took two years for her to find her.
Perhaps she needed one year and eleven months to contemplate whether she should take in Autumn Wind.
One year and eleven months is not long; what takes longer is the time needed to truly accept each other after making the decision to adopt Autumn Wind.
And now, for Autumn Wind, the longest thing is her longing for Qiu Mowen.
Autumn Wind asks Leo, "How can I shorten the distance between Hangzhou and Beijing?"
He took a while to respond, "I googled it. The flight from you to Ervin takes about two hours, similar to the trip from Taipei to Taichung."
Two hours, one hundred and twenty minutes, seven thousand two hundred seconds—each second feels like torment for Autumn Wind.
In November, Hangzhou is brightly lit by seven o'clock. The cold wind beats against the insulated window, and Autumn Wind can hear the sound of vehicles rushing by outside. After ending the call with Leo, she stands alone by the window. To her disappointment, this room's window faces the back and offers no view of the night scene—only distant residential buildings that look ominous, like blind people wearing sunglasses, serious and silent as they watch her.
Autumn Wind waits until midnight. Before going to bed, she can't help but glance at the address Leo sent her for Qiu Mowen along with that eleven-digit phone number.
In the dark, Autumn Wind presses this number with a mix of determination and trepidation. She imagines various scenarios: when the call connects, she might hear Qiu Mowen's magnetic voice on the other end; perhaps there will be a girl playfully scolding him nearby, or maybe he will be surrounded by a cacophony of laughter and music that makes it hard for him to hear.
Soon enough, Autumn Wind hears a response on the other end. All her imaginings vanish as a cold female voice comes through: "Mobile All-Time Communication reminds you that the number you dialed is turned off." Her heart races like wild horses but suddenly feels restrained; without any prelude or warning, everything falls flat.
Autumn Wind rolls over and shoves her phone under her pillow. Two streams of cold liquid flow from her eyes, merging together on the pillowcase. Her body instinctively curls up as the air conditioning blows softly; it's warm, yet Autumn Wind can't help but hug her legs tightly as the chill wraps around her mercilessly, leaving her no choice but to curl up in bed.
When you feel disheartened, do not trust your ears; when you are elated, do not trust your eyes; when sadness strikes suddenly, please take a moment of silence. You have enough time before the next moment arrives to consider whether your emotions are right or wrong.
Thus, in the following moments, Autumn Wind keeps searching for various reasons to justify that cold voice: he must be asleep; his phone must be out of battery.
But another voice quickly emerged: "Sorry, the user you are trying to reach is currently unavailable."
Autumn Wind felt that her trip to the mainland had suddenly lost direction.
Until Autumn Wind fell asleep, the girl in the next bed had not returned.
To make herself feel better, Autumn Wind began to guess what the girl sleeping in the next bed looked like, her age, and her name.
The light from the bedside lamp faintly reflected on the white sheets, resembling a snowfall. Just thinking about snow made Autumn Wind start to miss certain things buried deep in her heart.
Due to the confusion in Autumn Wind's mind, sleepiness finally overtook her. Just before falling asleep, she received a message from Qiu Feng through an app. Qiu Feng kept reminding Autumn Wind not to be deceived by Zhou Ringuo's current appearance; this was definitely not his true nature. "By tomorrow at the latest, he will reveal his true self. Just wait!"
Unfortunately, the prophecy was soon proven correct.
When Autumn Wind knocked on his door at 9 o'clock, Zhou Ringuo, awakened by the noise, instantly shouted a string of curses through the door. Autumn Wind had seen artists behave like this towards their assistants, but when it happened to her, she couldn't help but freeze for a moment.
While her body was stiffening, Autumn Wind knocked harder on the door. "Mr. Zhou, it's time to get up! You're going to be late!"
"Damn it!" Zhou Ringuo's curse floated out from the gap in the door. However, while alarming security, Zhou Ringuo finally opened the door.
Once the door was opened, Zhou Ringuo unleashed another round of curses that lasted only a few seconds. It was a strange scene; you could clearly see Zhou Ringuo's arrogant face instantly transform into a somewhat stiff but kind expression.
"Oh, it's Autumn Wind! Look at you! I wasn't really angry at you; don't be mad! Don't be mad!" Zhou Ringuo reached out and gently patted Autumn Wind on the shoulder.
"Um, it's fine. But hurry up and get up! Don't be late!" Autumn Wind felt a bit confused and gently shook off Zhou Ringuo's hand from her shoulder. After saying this, she rushed toward the elevator as if escaping. "Ah, it seems everyone is gathering downstairs. I'll check on you first; we'll have breakfast together later!"
Fifteen minutes later, Autumn Wind waited for Zhou Ringuo in the lobby. The two hurriedly had breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Just as they stood up in the lobby, a car sent by the television station arrived to pick them up.
On the way to the television station, Autumn Wind messaged Qiu Feng: Zhou Ringuo is acting strangely, like a fake good person.
Qiu Feng's reply carried the tone of an old artist: It's so easy to be near the dead.
Such bloody words made Autumn Wind shiver. Autumn Wind was sure that such gruesome comments could only come from gentle mother Qiu Feng for two reasons: either she was on her period or she had argued with Xiao Yuan.
Autumn Wind took a deep breath and forced a smile, but had to admit that for the rest of the time, Autumn Wind remained highly tense. Considering that Autumn Wind was Taiwanese, the television station ultimately decided to assign an assistant to Zhou Ringuo.
The assistant was a boy with long hair named Gang, who had just graduated from high school. Upon learning that Autumn Wind was from Taiwan, he respectfully bowed and said, "Please take care of me!"
Autumn Wind thought to herself, I'm not Japanese. "You don't have to be so polite! We're all the same!"
Gang remained respectful, and his deference towards Autumn Wind drew a scoff from Zhou Ringuo. "Hmph, who would have thought an assistant could be so courteous!"
Gang was quick and efficient, completing Zhou Ringuo's tasks promptly and well, which gave Zhou Ringuo another opportunity to tease Autumn Wind. Gang was an enthusiastic kid; when bored, he eagerly taught Autumn Wind how to make friends on several popular websites: "Remember to follow me!" After helping Autumn Wind register, he gently tapped on her phone screen while occasionally flipping his hair.
To Autumn Wind's surprise, she found Qiu Ruolan and Qiu Feng's profiles. Qiu Feng's page was filled with posts about Yusha and Phoebe, while Qiu Ruolan's profile had many selfies of her with wide-open eyes, creating a strange feeling as if she were peeking at a star she had admired for a long time.
They finished the first recording at eight in the evening. As they wrapped up, it began to snow; the snowflakes were quickly swept away by the wind. The television station provided all employees with matching down jackets, and both boys and girls huddled like robots in the car back to the hotel.
The elevator ascended quickly to Autumn Wind's floor. However, as soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she noticed a curvaceous girl standing in the hallway.
This season in Hangzhou was particularly cold. A few people from the production team were northern natives who couldn't help but curse the weather as they got out of the car. But upon seeing this scene before them, everyone unconsciously widened their mouths.
In such a lamentable season, the girl stood there with bare legs, wearing only a red down jacket that barely covered her backside, exposing her smooth, white, long thighs.
The girl paced back and forth in front of Autumn Wind and Zhou Ringuo's room. Seeing this, Zhou Ringuo quickly stepped forward to greet her.
Wow, this is what they call true feelings being revealed! Autumn Wind thought, as all the colleagues had entered their own rooms, so Autumn Wind quickly fumbled in her bag for the key card to open the door.
Meanwhile, Zhou Ringuo was still standing at the door, continuing to chat enthusiastically with the beautiful woman, showing no intention of opening the door. What is going on here? Wouldn't it be more comfortable to go inside, sit on the bed? Autumn Wind continued to think, then pretended she saw nothing and slipped into her room.
After closing the door, Autumn Wind took off her down jacket, turned up the air conditioning, and quickly brought her computer onto the bed after putting on her slippers. Just as she pressed the power button on the computer, before the screen lit up, there was a knock on the door—an urgent knock.
Autumn Wind had left her slippers under the table and was feeling lazy about putting them back on. She tiptoed in her slippers, wobbling like she was on stilts as she walked to the door. Standing outside was that sexy girl from earlier.
The red down jacket had been removed and draped over her left arm. Her left hand was elegantly posed with fingers arched like an orchid, and a rose tattoo adorned her wrist. The hollow design at her waist revealed her slim figure, and the deep V neckline almost made Autumn Wind drool; she looked just like someone who had just walked off a red carpet.
Seeing Autumn Wind's stunned expression, she felt quite pleased with herself, a smirk forming at the corners of her mouth as she swayed into the room. Autumn Wind, already unsteady on her feet, was pushed against the wall by her exaggerated movement.
Once inside, she casually tossed her down jacket onto the icy bed next to Autumn Wind's and took off her shoes. Then she struck a sexy S-curve pose: "I'm Shaolan, last season's champion!" She glanced lightly at Autumn Wind: "Are you a contestant too?"
"No, no, I'm Mr. Zhou's assistant!" Autumn Wind waved her hand and sat down on the bed.
"You don't look like a contestant! Hey, can you get me a glass of water?" At that moment, Autumn Wind was crawling into bed like a snake. She blinked in confusion as to why Shaolan would make such a request.
Shaolan changed her posture: "Aren't you an assistant? What's wrong with getting me a glass of water? Besides, this room is supposed to be mine alone; you’re just an assistant? Why are you staying with me? I really don't know what the organizers were thinking!"
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