Although Li Xiaoheng really wanted to continue feeding dog food with Tao Mu, but the nature of their work did not allow them——Tao Mu had to go back to the police academy for training, and if possible, Tao Mu also wanted to foster a friendly relationship with the other bigwigs in the crew. Li Xiaoheng had more things to do in Hong Kong this time. In addition to visiting Tao Mu, he also needed to investigate the investment environment of Hong Kong.

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Due to the impact of the global economic crisis, the Hong Kong stock market was also affected by mini-bonds, and the economic situation was very sluggish at one point. Xiaoheng Capital had been shorting in the international market before, and naturally, Hong Kong had not been spared. But this time, Li Xiaoheng brought the negotiating experts of Xiaoheng Capital, not for shorting, but for several acquisitions.

That night, Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu talked about the details of the acquisitions in the hotel for the entire night. Based on his memories from his previous life, Tao Mu gave several key data points for the acquisition case given by Xiaoheng Capital, as well as a few secrets that may not be noticed now, but were well known in the industry in later generations to help with the acquisition case. Assistant Jiang also sat and listened on the side, recording Tao Mu’s suggestions one by one, in preparation of having the investment department investigate it all later. If it could be confirmed that what Tao Mu said was true, then the details of the acquisition plans would have to be adjusted.

After talking until two o’clock in the middle of the night, Li Xiaoheng pressed Tao Mu to sleep. He knew that Tao Mu had sensitive nerves, and would wake up with the slightest sound when he was sleeping. So he took the negotiating team and Assistant Jiang to the next suite to continue the meeting.

Because no one disturbed him, Tao Mu’s sleep quality was not bad. When he was sent back to the police academy by Li Xiaoheng the next day, he was in good spirits.

Before getting out of the car, Tao Mu glanced at the gossip paparazzi squatting at the gate of the police academy and couldn’t help but think of his poor response to the nightclub matter.

“What’s the matter?” Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu, who frowned slightly, and asked with a light smile, “Can’t bear to part from me?”

“No, I was just thinking about how my brain circuits got short-circuited.” Tao Mu pocketed the photo of Li Xiaoheng close to him. Just as he was about to get out of the car, he heard Li Xiaoheng ask, “Are we going to have dinner together this evening?”

According to the agreement between the crew and the police academy, the A-list stars who have come to the police academy to experience life in the past few days would definitely eat and live in the police academy. Some entertainment media would also be stationed at the police academy, responsible for taking photos and writing news. If it was before the relationship between the two was confirmed, Tao Mu would definitely choose to participate in the activities with everyone. First, it would allow him to integrate into the collective life as soon as possible, and second, he could build a good relationship with everyone. The most important thing was also not to give the gossip paparazzi a chance to write random things, lest some people speculate that Tao Mu did not get along with the crew, or that he was acting like a bigshot and preferred to be alone.

But now, Tao Mu looked at CEO Li’s purposefully pitiful expression, and couldn’t help complaining: “I found out that you also love acting.”

Li Xiaoheng said innocently: “My expression comes from the bottom of my heart, and it is an uncontrollable instinct. What could I do?”

Quite the smooth-talker!

Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng helplessly, and couldn’t help but smile: “Okay. After training this evening, I’ll call you.”

Li Xiaoheng immediately answered, “I’ll come pick you up.”

Tao Mu nodded, and because there were gossip paparazzi staring at him outside, the two did not make any intimate moves. After getting out of the car, the paparazzi who were guarding the gate of the police academy immediately surrounded them and asked while taking pictures, “CEO Tao asked for leave yesterday to serve as a tour guide for CEO Li? I heard that you two toured together in Hong Kong and went to many temples to burn incense and pray for blessings. Can I ask what you were praying for?”

“I heard that Xiaoheng Capital came to Hong Kong this time to acquire several established companies. CEO Tao, as a partner of Xiaoheng Capital, what do you think about the current investment environment of Hong Kong?”

“CEO Tao is a businessman and an actor, how do you usually balance these two identities?”

“How would you rate the other actors in the same crew as you?”

“I heard that you don’t get along with Yan Sheng, is it true?”

“I heard that film king Yan has an ambiguous relationship with a newcomer in the crew. And that newcomer and CEO Tao are good friends. What do you think of the relationship between the two?”

Tao Mu looked at the paparazzi in front of him with a half-smile. If it weren’t for the latter questions, Tao Mu almost thought that these gossip paparazzi had changed their careers to do financial reporting instead.

“No comment.” Tao Mu casually dispatched the paparazzi who were guarding the gate.

Although the crew of “Black and White” wanted to promote the film, Tao Mu was still not interested in gaining attention through revealing a scandal, particularly a low-end publicity model like revealing a same-sex scandal. Even more so, he was disinterested in being the whistleblower.

The group of paparazzi reporters looked at Tao Mu who walked into the police academy with bitter faces, but they didn’t dare to follow because of the luxury car parked behind him.

Li Xiaoheng was the founder of Xiaoheng Capital and the eldest son of the Li family in Beijing. With such an identity, the Hong Kong gossip tabloids were afraid of causing trouble, so naturally they dared not talk nonsense when reporting. So even though Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu spent a whole day strolling around, praying to God and worshipping Buddha, chartering a yacht to go to sea, riding a ferris wheel together, and staying in the same hotel room at night, anyone with a discerning eye could see that something was up. But those gossip paparazzi still didn’t dare to reveal too much for gimmicks. They just published a few photos of the two of them touring together, waxing poetic at the personal friendship between Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu, and teasing the two bosses for being unexpectedly superstitious. Listing examples of the temples most prosperous in Hong Kong and by the way, guess at how much of an impact Li Xiaoheng would make on his visit to Hong Kong this time.

And even like this they didn’t dare to put it on the front page, just put it on the inner page or the second page of the newspaper. When Director Xu and several other actors saw the newspaper, they also teased that there actually came a day when Tao Mu would not make the headlines. Only Shen Yu felt envious after seeing these reports.

“I also really want to go out and play.” Shen Yu looked at Tao Mu, who had just returned from outside: “I’ve been in Hong Kong for so long, and I’ve stayed at the police academy for training this whole time, and there’s no time to go out for a walk. Mu Mu, did you and Mr. Li have fun?”

“Yeah, it was very fun.” Tao Mu just confirmed his relationship with Li Xiaoheng, and was in a very good mood. Seeing Shen Yu was not as upsetting as before. He even had the patience for a casual chat: “The claypot rice was good. The morning tea was also delicious.”

When Director Xu heard these words, he laughed and said, “Tao Mu, you sure know how to eat. Our morning tea in Hong Kong is very famous. But you ate it in a hotel which is not authentic. I will treat you to Hong Kong’s oldest and most authentic Cantonese restaurant when I have a chance. The shrimp dumplings, spare ribs and chicken feet are especially delicious.”

“Then I’ll thank Director Xu in advance.” Tao Mu replied with a smile. He didn’t have many vices in his life, but eating was the most important.

Shen Yu’s eyes lit up and turned to look at Yan Sheng. He also wanted to have morning tea.

Yan Sheng frowned slightly without a trace. Recently, there have been frequent gossip paparazzi reports of his close relationship with Shen Yu. Because the two have collaborated on a film before, it could be understandable that the relationship was a little closer than others. But if they were close enough to play and have morning tea together, there was no guarantee that those gossip paparazzi would come up with some sensational headlines for the sake of sales. They were not Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng after all.

Although China passed the same-sex marriage bill. However, the domestic public opinion environment was still relatively conservative, and Yan Sheng’s acting career was currently on the rise. He didn’t want any unfavorable rumors to spread at this critical juncture to jeopardize his position.

But he couldn’t reject Shen Yu with such a clear attitude either.

In these brief seconds, Yan Sheng thought a lot. However, in the eyes of everyone, Yan Sheng just pondered slightly, and then said: “The crew will start to film soon. We should focus on filming. Xiao Yu, haven’t you been worried that your poor acting skills will drag everyone down? We can use this time to train well and prepare, and when the crew starts filming, you can also impress everyone.”

Shen Yu hesitated for a while, but finally nodded obediently. He also hoped that after the crew started filming, he would perform better than before.

Tao Mu glanced at Yan Sheng in surprise. This kind of response was not the same as what he remembered of the other’s compliant attitude towards Shen Yu in the previous life.

Yan Sheng also looked at Tao Mu and said, “I heard Director Xu say that Mr. Tao has done a lot of research on the role of Zhou Yuanting. You also suggested that during filming, fight scenes should be used to reflect the character’s inner transformation. My role is also an undercover cop, and there are quite a lot of fight scenes for me as well. If there’s an opportunity, I would love to discuss it with Mr. Tao. “

Tao Mu smiled and said, “There will be plenty of opportunities.”

Wang Jinsheng and Luo Daming looked at each other and smiled, they thought it was very interesting. It looked like this time filming would be very fun!

The film crew of “Black and White” would start filming on June 6th. Considering that Tao Mu was still a student of Beijing Film, the crew allowed Tao Mu to delay for half a month until the summer vacation to join the crew. However, the launch conference was still to be attended.

The day before the launch press conference, all the actors of the cast of “Black and White” all arrived. Xu Musen fulfilled his promise, and sure enough, he treated the whole crew to have breakfast at a well-known Cantonese restaurant.

Because she had met Tao Mu before, Fang Ruoti sat next to Tao Mu very familiarly after entering the private room. She also didn’t forget to joke: “CEO Tao is indeed that man who causes a storm in the entertainment industry. I thought before that my encounter with CEO Tao in the nightclub would definitely make headlines, and I was so frightened that I asked Sister Ying to contact the gossip tabloids to suppress the photo of my smeared makeup look. Only to find that when the news was published, no one cared at all. I even wondered whether I have become too old and lost any beauty, so my charms were no longer attractive.”

Tao Mu smiled and said, “Teacher Fang can just call me Tao Mu directly. Teacher Fang doesn’t have to doubt that you are the goddess of the screen in the eyes of all men. Whenever and wherever you appear, you are always radiant and beautiful.”

After a pause, Tao Mu also teased: “Even if your eye makeup is smeared, there is still a kind of charm to it.”

“I said before that you mainland men are very unromantic.” Fang Ruoti gave Tao Mu an eyeroll: “You are like this, so is Yan Sheng. It’s so boring.”

Hearing Fang Ruoti mention his name, Yan Sheng shook his head with a wry smile: “I’ve always been boring. I’m so very sorry.”

Shen Yu, sitting next to Yan Sheng, was a little lost and nervous. He also wanted to join the conversation. But he never liked such occasions. When he used to be with the Shen family, because his parents, his elder brother and sister doted on him very much, they wouldn’t force him to do things he didn’t like. People who wanted to make friends with him would also take the initiative to find conversation topics, so Shen Yu didn’t have to worry about what to say.

Not anymore. He must take the initiative to integrate himself into everyone.

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After thinking about it for a long time, Shen Yu quietly encouraged himself, raised his bubble milk tea, stood up, and said seriously, “Teacher Fang, I also really like your acting. I grew up watching your movies since I was a child.”

As soon as the voice fell, the whole room suddenly fell silent. Fang Ruoti almost lost composure and showed a hideous expression on her face.

What do you mean by that!!! Are you saying I’m old??? F**k you!

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After coming out of the Kwun Yam Buddhist Temple, Li Xiaoheng insisted on having a candlelight dinner. Tao Mu simply didn’t want to speak to him anymore: “It’s noon, have what candlelight dinner. Besides, I don’t like western food either.”

“Then what do you like to eat?” Li Xiaoheng just felt that Tao Mu finally agreed to his pursuit, so he should spend some effort on making some romantic gestures. Only in this way could he express how much he cherishes Tao Mu.

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Tao Mu had always been particular with food, and was very picky about what he ate. Since they have come to Hong Kong, of course they must eat authentic Hong Kong food: “Let’s go to a Cantonese restaurant.”

The first meal after the official relationship was to be at a Cantonese restaurant? Li Xiaoheng raised his eyebrows and was not satisfied.

“Isn’t that too casual?” At this moment, Li Xiaoheng even had a sense of accomplishment that was even more satisfying than when he signed a business deal worth tens of billions in his senior year all by himself. In order to match this mood, Li Xiaoheng even wanted to rent a luxury cruise ship to have candlelight dinner out at sea, and stop at Victoria Harbour to watch the fireworks at night. After dinner, he also wanted to reserve an entire amusement park, ride the ferris wheel with Tao Mu, and stop at the highest point to enjoy the night view of Hong Kong.

“How cheesy!” Tao Mu couldn’t help laughing. He felt that the corners of his mouth never stopped twitching in laughter since Li Xiaoheng began speaking: “Mr. Li, you should think about changing your career to be a comedian.”

“If you are interested, I could learn.” Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu with a warm smile. He never took his eyes off Tao Mu’s figure: “Do you think I should learn to be the leading role or the supporting role in the comic dialog?”

“You should learn stand-up comedy.” Tao Mu stood in front of the Kwan Yum Buddhist Temple and looked around: “Is there any delicious Cantonese restaurant nearby?”

Li Xiaoheng stretched out his hand, and the assistant who had been waiting in the car immediately handed over a tablet with the travel guide they just made, including the most famous hotels, restaurants, western restaurants and Cantonese restaurants around Kowloon. The types of Cantonese restaurants were also divided below what kinds of famous dishes each one was good at.

“These are all good, what do you want to eat?” Li Xiaoheng handed the tablet to Tao Mu.

Tao Mu smiled and said, “How about the sorrowful rice?” (TN: sorrowful rice= basically bbq pork on rice)

“It’s unlucky.” Li Xiaoheng shook his head and vetoed: “Let’s eat claypot rice. We don’t have any children anyway.” (TN: claypot rice=steamed rice with dried duck

“Claypot rice isn’t referring to cooking a young child…..” Tao Mu was speechless: “What’s up with you. I think you are the auspicious one.”

“It depends on how you understand it.” Li Xiaoheng spoke nonsense with a particularly clear logical thinking: “Claypot rice, the homophonic sound is to cook a young child/animal. Do you like kittens or puppies?”

“You want to raise one?” Tao Mu raised his eyebrows: “I like both very much. But I don’t have time to take care of it.”

Of course Li Xiaoheng knew that Tao Mu liked small animals. He knew everything Tao Mu liked. So asking this question was not to make Tao Mu have to make a choice.

“Then we’ll get one of each.” Li Xiaoheng said with a smile: “We now have both son and daughter all at once.”

“You are a bit fast-paced.” Tao Mu laughed. After a pause, he asked again, “What type are you going to raise?”

Li Xiaoheng said with a particularly strong desire to survive: “I listen to you.”

“How about a husky and a ragdoll?”

An angel and a devil! Li Xiaoheng agreed without hesitation: “No problem. When you return to Beijing on Monday, we will go to the pet store to choose a son and daughter.”

“We have to buy a dog kennel and cat climbing frame.” Tao Mu was feeling quite eager. He actually quite liked cats and dogs. But he never had the chance to raise one in his last life. Because Mrs. Shen was allergic to fur, the Shen family never raised them. Later, Tao Mu was kicked out of the Shen family and lived with Zhuo Yan. Zhuo Yan was scratched by a cat and bitten by a dog when he was a child, so he hated them, and Tao Mu was not allowed to keep one. At that time, Tao Mu also joked that Zhuo Yan was a person who was hated by cats and dogs.

Noticing that the corners of Tao Mu’s mouth fell slightly, Li Xiaoheng raised his brows with keen awareness: “What did you think of, why are you unhappy?”

“Did you put an emotion recognition feelers on my face?” Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng in disbelief: “It’s that obvious?”

“It’s called being attentive.” Li Xiaoheng first held up two fingers in front of Tao Mu, and then pointed them at his own eyes: “These are called piercing eyes, and at the negotiating table, I rely on these eyes to judge what the opponent’s thinking.”

Li Xiaoheng’s assistant sat in the co-pilot’s seat, watching their boss and their boss’s wife stand on the street and chat for half an hour. He couldn’t help but exchange looks with the driver.

When was it going to be over! Before they even had lunch, they were already stuffed with dog food, and their stomachs were almost bursting now.

And you want to raise a cat and dog like this, that’s just animal cruelty!

He was complaining secretly to himself, when he heard their boss continue to coax: “Don’t worry about not having time to walk the dog. I will have Ah Zhe go to the house every night and take our son and daughter out to get some fresh air.”

Jiang *all-round handy assistant* Zhe stuck his head out of the car window with an expressionless face, looked at their boss who now disregarded the lives of his subordinates now that he had a wife, and said faintly, “I want a raise.”

Li Xiaoheng directly agreed: “Double the salary.”

Assistant Jiang immediately smiled like a flower: “Boss, don’t worry, you just entrust the young master and young lady to me, and I will take care of them like I do my ancestors.”

Tao Mu immediately shook his head: “No need. You just need to take care of them like you would take care of your own son.” These days, people are not as careful when taking care of ancestors as taking care of sons.

Li Xiaoheng smiled lightly: “Don’t fool around anymore. Let’s go eat.”

As a result, the first meal after the two formally established their relationship was a Cantonese restaurant. Tao Mu ordered a bowl of claypot rice, a bowl of steamed noodles, two roasted pigeons, and finally a bowl of coconut milk sago. Li Xiaoheng’s order was similar to that of Tao Mu. Just replaced the sago with jelly.

After lunch, the two went to worship at a few more temples. That night, Tao Mu still ended up letting Li Xiaoheng rent a yacht to go out to sea, and Li Xiaoheng personally made a candlelight dinner, consisting of fried heart-shaped steak with poached eggs, and even the pizza was made into a heart-shaped model. It was truly cheesy to the extreme.

But before eating, Tao Mu still took advantage of Li Xiaoheng’s inattentiveness and took several photos with his mobile phone. A new folder was also created to save these photos.

In truth, Li Xiaoheng noticed Tao Mu’s sneaky movements, but he didn’t break the illusion. He just thought their Tao Mu looked so awkward and cute. Extremely cute.

After the two of them finished their meal, they stayed at sea to watch the fireworks. The night was full of stars, the sky and the surface of the water was the same color. The small yacht was left floating between the sea and sky, swaying with the waves of the seawater. The splendid fireworks exploded overhead, reflecting between the water and the sky, the whole world was full of brilliance, and even the night appeared to be washed in beautiful color. The yacht that floated between the sea and the sky, from a distance, seemed to be enveloped in a glass cover.

Li Xiaoheng was inspired, and he held Tao Mu’s hand and said with a smile, “I think we should make a custom crystal ball after we go back.”

The fireworks that bloomed, the rolling sea water, the yacht floating on top, and the two people sitting on the deck.

“Your collecting habit is really becoming to my tastes more and more.” Tao Mu smiled.

Li Xiaoheng pretended to give a gentleman’s bow: “My pleasure.”

After watching the fireworks, the two drove the yacht back. After landing, they went to the amusement park to ride the ferris wheel. The night view of Hong Kong was really beautiful, especially near Victoria Harbour.

When the ferris wheel reached the highest point, Li Xiaoheng sat next to Tao Mu, took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the two of them.

“I propose that we take a photo together every day and save it. When the two of us are old, we will have a lot of memories. When we get bored in the future, we can take out these photos and look at them together. Compare to see who has the better memory. What do you think?”

Tao Mu imagined the scene following Li Xiaoheng’s words. Two old men with silver white temples sat side by side in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows that fully let in the sunlight, basking in the warm rays, looking at photos and competing on memory power. The sun shone down warmly on the body, and the warm heat made one sleepy. So the two of them lay on the rocking chair and fell asleep.

Tao Mu came back to his senses, looked at the silhouette reflected on the glass window, and said with a smile, “Okay.”

After a pause, Tao Mu recalled one thing: “But we are so busy right now that we don’t have time to take pictures together every day.”

Li Xiaoheng said, “You could photoshop it. Your photography skills are so good that they have even become popular in the entertainment industry. You must remember to photoshop me to look more handsome.”

Tao Mu laughed and suddenly said, “You’re so clingy.”

“We’ve only been together for less than a day, yet you already dislike me?” Li Xiaoheng leaned over to Tao Mu, and his dark eyes stared into Tao Mu’s eyes softly: “Mr. Tao, we are now legal boyfriends. So I have to ask for one thing.”

“Every night, we have to make a phone call for at least an hour.” Li Xiaoheng listed one by one: “And it has to be a video chat, you have to say goodnight before hanging up, and blow an air kiss. This is my right as your boyfriend.”

Tao Mu lowered his head and chuckled, agreeing to each one.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoheng took another mile: “Whenever you are free, send me a text and say you miss me. Okay?”

Tao Mu nodded: “Okay.”

Li Xiaoheng: “If there’s a chance to wear couple’s clothes together, we should, okay?”

Tao Mu continued to nod: “Okay.”

Li Xiaoheng: “If there is any misunderstanding, don’t hold a cold war, you must discuss it with me immediately. No matter what happens, you must believe me. Is that okay?”

Tao Mu nodded repeatedly: “Yes.”

Li Xiaoheng: “We will grow old together.”

Tao Mu’s eyes felt a little hot, and he repeated, “We will grow old together.”

Li Xiaoheng chuckled lightly and held Tao Mu’s hand: “In the business world, everyone must talk about the spirit of the contract. Since you have agreed, you must not regret it.”

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Tao Mu didn’t say a word this time, leaning forward and wrapping the other in a bear hug.

Li Xiaoheng chuckled and hugged back his lover who had just thrown himself into his arms willingly, and said warmly, “I will also do all the things you just promised me.”

“Tao Mu, our contract is established.”

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The heart thumped, as if a mallet had hit the drum, making a loud bang. The shock made Tao Mu’s vision dizzy and his ears ring, as if his body resonated with the vibrations.

The buzzing sound continued until Li Xiaoheng handed the cylindrical container of inscribed bamboo sticks to him: “I heard that Wong Tai Sin’s predictions are very effective. Shake one out, and we’ll ask the master to help decipher it.”

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Tao Mu subconsciously took over the cylindrical container. He had also heard that the predictions here were particularly effective. When he came to Hong Kong for filming in his last life, he actually asked about his blood relatives. It was a pity that his luck was not good in his last life, and all he got was an inferior fortune stick. However, Wong Tai Sin’s predictions were really effective. Finding oneself utterly betrayed and isolated, seeking the road to disaster and death, all of it had been fulfilled.

Tao Mu held the cylindrical container and stood still. He wasn’t sure what he would draw for this life. Wong Tai Sin’s golden statue sat on the altar. The incense was lingering, and the aloof immortal loomed in and out of view behind the swirling incense, making it difficult to see its expression.

Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu’s nervous countenance, his hands trembling slightly while holding the container, and urged with a chuckle, “Go on.”

“Yeah.” Tao Mu replied in a low voice. When he looked down at the container, he was surprised to find that there were only half of the bamboo sticks inside. There should have been a hundred bamboo sticks numbered, but now there were only twenty or thirty sticks left. No wonder he felt it sounded very loud when he shook it just now.

“You——” Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng instinctively, and intuitively believed that a certain someone was doing something again.

Li Xiaoheng smiled and said: “People in the world believe in ghosts and gods, mostly because they want what they want, but they are worried that they can’t accomplish it. So they have to rely on a higher power. But I am different. I am confident that I can get what I want, and I believe I have the ability to protect what I want to protect. If you are not confident, then it is useless to ask God. So why not ask God for half and ask me for the other half.”

The gentle but firm eyes stared straight at Tao Mu, neither dodging nor wandering, just like the feeling that Li Xiaoheng had always given people.

Tao Mu subconsciously clenched the container in his hand, his palms sweating slightly in nervousness: “The bamboo sticks inside are all superior fortunes?”

“Your luck is not bad.” Li Xiaoheng did not answer Tao Mu’s words directly, but smiled: “I just had a discussion with God. I will protect you and keep the base, and the rest is entirely up to you to ask for your fortune.”

So this was half asking God and half relying on you?

Tao Mu looked down at the container. How could there be such a person, when asking for a fortune, they insist on taking out the inferior and mediocre bamboo sticks first. It was clear that he did not believe in a higher power, how could there be such a domineering person.

“You’re too unruly, God will be angry.”

“God won’t.” Li Xiaoheng replied with a smile: “God is originally there to bless the world. That’s why his predictions are very effective. Then he must know that I have the ability to protect you. So you just need to ask him for peace of mind.”

Tao Mu looked hesitant.

Li Xiaoheng asked, “You don’t believe me?”

He stretched out his hand, took the container from Tao Mu’s hand, got up and put the dozens of bamboo sticks he had pulled out one by one. He then went to Wong Tai Sin’s golden statue and knelt down: “I, Li Xiaoheng, have not believed in a higher power all my life. But today, I ask you to bless Tao Mu so that he could be safe and happy and have a smooth life.”

After finishing speaking, before Tao Mu could react, Li Xiaoheng had already closed his eyes and shook the container. When a bamboo stick fell out, Li Xiaoheng picked up the bamboo stick and asked the monk responsible for explaining the fortune——it was a superior fortune.

“Look.” Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu with a warm smile: “Wong Tai Sin also believes that I can keep you safe and happy and guarantee you a smooth life.”

At this time, it was noon, and the warm sunlight of early summer, shining in from the outside, enveloped the outline of Li Xiaoheng with a layer of light. It reflected in Tao Mu’s eyes, causing them to feel too hot. Tao Mu then lowered his head, took the superior fortune that Li Xiaoheng asked for in his hand, and looked at it over and over for a long time. Li Xiaoheng said with a smile: “The predictions here are indeed effective, why don’t you ask for one too.”

“No need.” Tao Mu held the bamboo stick, raised his head and looked into Li Xiaoheng’s eyes: “I believe it.”

Seemingly aware of Tao Mu’s intentions, Li Xiaoheng smiled slightly, and reached out to hold the other half of the bamboo stick: “It’s good that you believe me. At least I won’t let you be disappointed.”

Then, he slowly took the bamboo stick from Tao Mu’s hand. It was as if Tao Mu’s heart was pulled out of his chest as well. A big warm hand wrapped Tao Mu’s right hand within, which was clenched into a fist. Li Xiaoheng asked the priest: “This is the first time I’ve asked for a fortune in my life. The fortune is very good, and I think it’s very meaningful. I dare to ask the master, could you give me this bamboo stick?”

The incense of Wong Tai Sin Temple was strong, and the fortune-telling was effective. There were often pious men and women coming in to ask for their fortunes. However, it was rare to see people who wanted to take the bamboo stick with them after asking for a fortune like Li Xiaoheng.

However, when people in the world pray to God and worship Buddha, they were originally seeking peace of mind. Although Wong Tai Sin was effective, after all, he could not bless all the pious men and women in the world. Just like Tao Mu, he was clearly a person who had an untied knot in his heart, and was unable to free himself from the demons in his heart. But if someone was willing to give everything to protect his safety and happiness, even high-ranking immortals were willing to fulfill the wish of a person with such a sincere heart.

So earlier, when Li Xiaoheng proposed to him that he wanted to resolve his companion’s worries with a good fortune, the priest did not stick to the formality, but agreed with a smile. Now Li Xiaoheng wanted to keep the bamboo stick, the monk thought about it and agreed as well.

However, the priest did not expect that a person like Li Xiaoheng, who clearly did not believe in higher powers, actually proposed to donate one million yuan worth of incense money after asking to keep the bamboo stick. The priest glanced at Li Xiaoheng with some surprise, and then looked at Tao Mu. Immediately, he realized that even people who don’t believe in higher powers in this world would rather believe in it when it involves the person they care about the most.

Just now he had teased others for asking for peace of mind from a higher power. Now he himself was feeling worried about gains and losses.

The priest secretly ate a melon, but did not point it out.

Tao Mu also asked for a heart-purifying talisman and a scripture copied by the head Daoist priest of Wong Tai Sin Temple himself. As for Li Xiaoheng, he took Tao Mu and the bamboo stick he kept as a souvenir, and the two left the Wong Tai Sin Temple contentedly.

Li Xiaoheng also said: “…..After I go back, I will keep this top fortune with the crab crackers together. They are all very meaningful.”

Tao Mu was too lazy to complain about Li Xiaoheng’s bizarre hoarding habit. Don’t know if it was psychological or something else. He felt that after coming out of the Wong Tai Sin Temple, his whole person was indeed much more energetic. Refreshed.

“…..If we want to visit all these temples, this evening might not be enough.” Back in the car, Li Xiaoheng looked seriously at the temporary temple tour guide made by his assistant, smiled and said, “But you want to visit them, we can take it slow.”

Tao Mu held the Daoist scriptures and the heart-purifying talisman that he had asked for from the Daoist priest, and placed them in the safe with great piety and care: “Let’s go buy a brush and ink first. From tomorrow onwards, I will copy the scriptures every day and become pious bishounen.”

What the hell was a pious bishounen?

Li Xiaoheng chuckled, and had the driver drive to an antique shop where one could buy brush, ink, paper and inkstone: “Did you learn calligraphy from Mr. Song?”

Tao Mu nodded. In fact, what he learned from Mr. Song was not only cooking and calligraphy. Mr. Song loved to play when he was young, and he also liked engraving with gold and precious stones, so Tao Mu also learned a little as well. He was just not very good at it.

There was also a photo studio opposite the antique shop. When Tao Mu came out, he saw the sign of the photo studio, and his heart moved. Immediately, he dragged Li Xiaoheng into the door of the photo studio.

Li Xiaoheng was pressed against the chair by Tao Mu with a dumbfounded face, and looked at Tao Mu who was standing behind the camera, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: “Didn’t you already take a picture with your phone?”

“It’s not always good to bring a cell phone when filming.” Tao Mu explained seriously: “I have to carry an actual photo with me.”

Warding off evil spirits again?!

Li Xiaoheng sighed helplessly, and was about to speak when he heard Tao Mu say, “Didn’t you tell me to believe in you? Why, do you want to go back on your words?”

“Of course not.” Li Xiaoheng explained patiently: “I’m just worried that your crew has too many eyes. Seeing that you are carrying my pictures around, it will lead to bad guesses. It’s not good for your image.”

If there was room for explanation for mobile phone photos and screensavers, then carrying around a picture of him as a talisman when filming was too weird and intimate. Although Li Xiaoheng also wanted to display his affection in an open and honest manner, he had to consider Tao Mu’s status as an actor after all.

“I know very well in my heart.” Tao Mu replied while playing with the camera. Since he had promised Li Xiaoheng that he would seriously consider this relationship, he never thought of hiding it for the sake of his career. He’s not the kind of person who hides. Not in the previous life, and not in this life.

Without waiting for Li Xiaoheng to say anything more, Tao Mu solemnly assured: “I will put the photo in my shirt pocket.”

Wasn’t that the position closest to the heart?

Li Xiaoheng suddenly stopped talking. After Tao Mu finished taking pictures of him, he immediately stood up and took a picture of Tao Mu. He also wanted to put the other in the place closest to his heart.

“You also want to ward off evil spirits?” When he came out of the photo studio, Tao Mu’s slender phoenix eyes squinted at Li Xiaoheng.

The sight had Li Xiaoheng’s heart trembling, he said solemnly, “It’s to keep warm.”

Tao Mu was stunned for a moment: What the hell was keeping warm?

However, Li Xiaoheng did not have the intention to explain. He took Tao Mu back to the antique shop again, bought a jar of cinnabar, dipped it with a brush, and wrote the words “to ward off evil spirits” on the back of his photo.

“This way it’s easier for you to explain. Some people worship Buddha and others believe in Jesus. But you believe in capital.” Truly, our bigshot CEO Li has suffered. For fear that Tao Mu would be misunderstood, he actually came up with such an excuse.

Tao Mu was simply too defeated to even make fun of the othet.

Li Xiaoheng smiled and looked at Tao Mu, who was obviously much livelier than before, and told the driver to continue to the next stop at Kwun Yam Buddhist Temple.

Having become familiar with the routine, this time, big brother Li, who claimed to have only believed in himself in his entire life, was even more skillful than Tao Mu in his actions of praying to Buddha and asking for a fortune-telling.

Tao Mu watched Li Xiaoheng kneeling on the cushion with transfixed eyes, as he closed his eyes and put his hands together, praying solemnly in a low voice that only the two of them could hear: “Goddess of Mercy, I ask you to bless the person I love so that he could love me back, and accept my pursuit as soon as possible, and let me protect him for the rest of my life. Growing old together, our hearts connecting forever and always——”

“Yes!”

Li Xiaoheng suddenly opened his eyes and turned to look at Tao Mu: “I asked the Goddess of Mercy to bless the person I love to love me too, and accept my pursuit as soon as possible.”

Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng with a smile, and said softly but firmly, “I said yes.”

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“The person you love also loves you back, and is willing to accept your pursuit. I will keep you safe and happy all my life, and help you grow rich and prosperous.” Tao Mu thought about it and said, “And grow old together.”

It seemed that he seldom spoke such sappy words. Tao Mu pursed his lips uncomfortably, and said, “Although I am not the Goddess of Mercy. But do you believe me?”

Li Xiaoheng smiled and looked at Tao Mu firmly: “I believe you.”

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