As an artist, and a popular artist in the public eye, she is destined not to be able to fall in love as casually as ordinary people. She has to be careful to test the waters before every contact.
Xia Yitong—Teacher Lu, are you available to answer the phone
Lu Yinbing—I’m on the set, it’s not very convenient.
Oh. Xia Yitong thought, feeling a little disappointed, but she understood. She was in a rare free time now. She would be really busy after filming began, no, after she finished this drama, with endless notices and scripts to attend. The entertainment industry was like a broad and radical river, and everyone was rowing against the current. If they didn't move forward, they would fall behind.
The remaining three months are her last free days this year. Being able to concentrate on studying how to perform a play well in the crew is a blessing for an actor rather than a star. Xia Yitong is no exception. As a star, she has too many things to consider. She has to set an example for her fans; she has to pay attention to her own personality and not do anything that will ruin her personality; she has to create profits for the company and take herself to the next level.
It would be nice if she could just act, but... but there were too many buts, she couldn't be so willful.
Xia Yitong cheered up - Then just type, I'm in the hotel, no work is scheduled for today.
Lu Yinbing—Okay.
Lu Yinbing—Wait a minute, Qin Hanlin asked me to go and rehearse the play. After I finish work, I will go back to the hotel and call you.
Xia Yitong - Good [Heart]
Lu Yinbing locked his phone, threw it to Xiaoxi, and hurried out of the makeshift shed.
After a short break, we started shooting again.
Xia Yitong lay on the bed for a while and felt that she couldn't just sit there doing nothing and wait for Lu Yinbing to finish work. It was too decadent. She was not such a lazy person before.
Before she left, Lu Yinbing gave her her copy of Borges's Book of Sand. Xia Yitong moved the chair to the right position, sat in front of the window and began to read. The pages of the book turned one by one, and the rustling sound disturbed the motionless sun outside the window, which then gradually went westward.
Under the setting sun, Jiuzhaigou at dusk is as beautiful as a dream.
Xia Yitong pulled herself out of the book and saw the beautiful scenery in front of her. She immediately recorded it with the camera and sent it to Lu Yinbing, still without any captions.
She went out to find Fang Hui for dinner, and after dinner she quietly returned to her room, and pulled out a folder from her computer called "Classic Movie Collection", and carefully studied the performance methods of the older generation of actors, watching for a while and then stopping for a while, trying to put herself into the performance. Sometimes she frowned, sometimes she frowned, and three hours passed unknowingly. During this time, Lu Yinbing replied to her once, but went back to work without saying a word.
At 9:30 in the evening, Xia Yitong glanced at her phone, and went to the bathroom in her pajamas to take a shower. When she came back, she was greeted with a surprise, Lu Yinbing - I'm done with work, I'll be back to the hotel soon, wait for me.
Lu Yinbing—I’ve arrived at my residence, where are the people
Lu Yinbing—I'm going to take a shower first. I'm all sweaty. Looking forward to your reply.
The last message was two minutes ago. Xia Yitong hurriedly replied to her—Yes, yes, yes, I just went to take a shower, Teacher Lu.
Lu Yinbing didn't reply.
Xia Yitong sent her another message—Teacher Lu, Teacher Lu, Teacher Lu, Teacher Lu.
Lu Yinbing said she was going to take a shower and she would not take a break to check Weibo or something like that. She missed Xia Yitong's late reply. When she replied again, Xia Yitong was so anxious that she almost scratched the sheets.
Ding Dong—
Lu Yinbing—Okay.
Xia Yitong - [groundhog screams.gif] She was extremely anxious. She would not be as anxious now as if she had waited for four or five hours before.
Lu Yinbing - [Groundhog screaming.gif]
Xia Yitong - Teacher Lu.
Lu Yinbing—Teacher Xia.
Xia Yitong—Why did you suddenly call me like this
Lu Yinbing—Because you called me that.
Xia Yitong—I’ve always called her that.
Lu Yinbing—It’s not the same now, are you sure you don’t want to change your name
Xia Yitong—Don’t you like it? If you want me to call you something else, I’ll change it.
Lu Yinbing—It’s okay, I don’t mind. Besides, the way you call it is different from others.
Xia Yitong's face felt slightly hot. What... what was it that her words were different from others... what was she calling... how was she calling... Her thoughts seemed to be rushing in a bad direction, out of control like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins.
Xia Yitong was almost dying of shame at her own imagination.
Ding Dong—
Lu Yinbing—are you busy
Xia Yitong tried hard to hold back her blush and replied, "No, I went to get a glass of water."
Lu Yinbing—Oh, are you available to answer the call
Xia Yitong - convenient.
A video request popped up. Wasn't it supposed to be a voice call? What was going on? Xia Yitong hesitated for a second with a question mark on her face, then picked up the call. The person on the other side of the video was a slightly flustered and bewildered face. Lu Yinbing seemed to be looking at the bottom of the phone: "I wanted to order a voice call, but I don't know why I pressed the video."
Xia Yitong didn't want to miss even a strand of her hair. She stared at the screen and said, "This is good. I miss you, Teacher Lu."
Compared to the awkwardness at noon today, the "I miss you" in the evening came out naturally, just like the river water finally flowing into the sea, naturally and without disguise.
Lu Yinbing was easily stopped from hanging up by her word "I miss you". He raised his eyes gently and looked directly at Xia Yitong's face. She looked like she had just taken a shower. Her half-dry long hair was loose and fell softly on the bed, making her face look like a lotus in clear water. Her eyebrows were gentle and her skin was shiny white. Just looking at her, he wanted to go over and kiss her on the face.
At the same time, Xia Yitong was also looking at her. Lu Yinbing had obviously just come out and had not had time to take care of her hair. She just wiped it casually with a towel and brushed it back randomly. It was messy but beautiful. Her beautiful and heroic face was dripping with water, flowing along the bridge of her nose to her chin. Two buttons on the collar of her pajamas were loose, and she was holding a white towel in her hand to wipe her hair. Her eyes were slightly narrowed, and she looked sexy and lazy like a wild female leopard.
Xia Yitong felt like she had been hit hard. Her heart was beating so fast that it could almost burst her blood vessels. She stared blankly, her face flushing at a speed visible to the naked eye. She thought... thought...
Xia Yitong's legs were intertwined, rubbing against the quilt beneath her unbearably.
Lu Yinbing saw her expression and thought she was dissatisfied. Then she saw her unkempt appearance through the camera on her side. Her expression changed slightly and she quickly said, "Wait a minute."
Lu Yinbing disappeared from the camera.
In the small hotel room, you can hear everything. Xia Yitong first heard the sound of running fast, the buzzing of the hair dryer, and the sound of running water from the faucet. In just three minutes, Lu Yinbing, who appeared in the camera, changed her original casual appearance. The whole person looked like she had been styled by a senior makeup artist. Her bangs were all gathered up, revealing a full and smooth forehead. Her long hair was blown back with a powerful hair dryer. Her facial features and facial contours without any cover not only did not reveal any shortcomings, but became more and more bright and beautiful. Her eyes, which were originally half-closed and lazy due to the water vapor, were completely opened, and the corners of her eyes were naturally raised, with a little peach blossom shape. The whole room could almost hear the crackling sound of electricity coming from her electric eyes.
Ninety-nine points!
Then Lu Yinbing carefully selected an angle and looked deeply into the camera. The overflowing electric current was transmitted to Xia Yitong along the invisible signal. Xia Yitong shivered uncontrollably and gasped. She was afraid that she had been seduced to death.
Very good, 100 points! Lu Yinbing was very satisfied with Xia Yitong's reaction.
But Xia Yitong was dying.
Lu Yinbing lowered her eyebrows shyly. The warm light made her already beautiful features even more gentle. She said modestly, "I just blow-dried my hair. Sorry for keeping you waiting for a long time, didn't I?"
Is this what you call casual? If she were to blow it seriously, Xia Yitong would have a heart attack even if she didn't have one.
Lu Yinbing waited for a long time without any response, and like a child who didn't get any praise, he urged gently.
Xia Yitong suddenly pointed the camera of her mobile phone downwards, blocking the view from Lu Yinbing and all her fiery gazes called "If I can't seduce you to death, I lose", and turned over from lying on her stomach to lying on her back on the bed, pressing her chest and gasping for breath, as if this could expel the heat that suddenly swept through her body.
Lu Yinbing: “???”
Did she make a mistake and get zero out of 100? No, she was handsome and beautiful. She spent two minutes styling her hair and spent the last minute looking in the mirror. Although her hair was usually designed by a stylist, she had seen pigs run even though she had seen pork, and she had also systematically learned some skills in this area. No matter how many mistakes she made, it wouldn't make people feel ugly, right
Teacher Lu, who died before accomplishing his mission, felt very hurt.
Lu Yinbing: “Hello.”
Xia Yitong held the phone farther away from herself to avoid exposing her breathing: "Hu...Hu...Hu..."
Lu Yinbing's somewhat depressed voice came out from the receiver: "If you don't like this, I won't do it like this next time. Don't hide from me. This is only the first day we're dating."
"I, I, I, I don't, it's not that I don't like it." Xia Yitong grabbed the phone in her hand, pressed the camera to the microphone, and was so anxious that she couldn't speak clearly, "I like it, I like it very much!"
"Then why don't you let me look at you, and you don't look at me either?" Lu Yinbing asked in confusion.
“I, I, I,” the voice trailed off, “…shy.”
Xia Yitong said so.