The two of them deliberately chose a weekday afternoon to go out. Fortunately, there were not many people, otherwise Lu Xia and the others would probably be regarded as crazy. When paying the bill, the cashier was busy chatting with her boyfriend. She looked at the payment receipt, glanced at the two people wearing hats, and turned back to the mobile phone screen.
They also had dinner outside. While waiting for the food to be served, Lu Yinbing couldn't wait to fiddle with the DV according to the instruction manual. This thing is even simpler than a video camera. As someone who has been working in this field for many years, he has seen pigs run even if he has never eaten pork. The battery was pre-charged to 50%. After Lu Yinbing turned it on, he started filming eagerly.
She held the camera in one hand and pointed it at Xia Yitong: "Come on, introduce yourself."
Xia Yitong covered her face with one hand and used the other hand to block the camera: "Put it down first, I'm not ready yet."
"You can also film the preparation process. Don't be shy. Come on."
Xia Yitong still refused and lay on the table with her face buried in her arms.
Lu Yinbing simply changed the direction and aimed the camera at herself, then she moved closer to Xia Yitong. Lu Yinbing's smiling face and Xia Yitong's black hair were reflected on the screen. Lu Yinbing was a novice and her hands were not very steady, but nowadays all cameras have anti-shake function, so the effect was okay.
"Hello, audience friends. Since my girlfriend is too shy, I'll introduce her. This is Xia Yitong, one of the Eight Fairies who came down from heaven. It is said that when she was born, her seven elder sisters were weaving clouds for her in heaven, the one twenty-four years ago... Were you born during the day or at night?"
Xia Yitong buried her head: "In the evening."
Lu Yinbing continued: "On that night 24 years ago, an auspicious omen fell from the sky, and even the Milky Way turned into a rainbow of colors..."
Xia Yitong pulled out a hand and poked Lu Yinbing's waist from under the table.
Lu Yinbing dodged for a moment.
Xia Yitong said in a voice as soft as a mosquito, "Stop filming."
"Why?"
“There’s too much drama.”
Lu Yinbing smiled while holding the DV, and really put it down and stopped filming. He sat next to her and chatted with her. After a while, the dishes came and they ate and chatted.
Their chats were all about business and personal matters. Xia Yitong mentioned that she heard Shang Youxuan say during their last meal that she was going to be the female lead in this TV series. On the one hand, it was because Qiao Tong needed a ratings guarantee for her first film, and Xia Yitong was the best choice. Hundreds of millions of dollars had been invested, and she would not be reluctant to part with Xia Yitong's high salary of tens of millions. Another reason was actually because of Qiao Tong herself. Since the release of "Breaking Snow", Shang Youxuan's loyal fan had been whispering in her ear more than once about how good-looking Lu Yinbing was, and that he wanted to go one, two, three, four... After watching the show ten times, Qiao Tong was extremely jealous, but she didn't watch many domestic movies and TV shows. She went abroad when she was in her teens, and she could only remember some people who had long since retired from the entertainment industry. She had no place to praise them, so she decided to go all out and targeted another protagonist in the show, Xia Yitong. Shang Youxuan praised Lu Yinbing, and she praised Xia Yitong. Over and over again, she developed feelings for him. The more she watched Xia Yitong on the big screen, the more she liked him. If she had to turn her favorite book into a TV show, she would naturally choose a protagonist she liked, not to mention that her mother was a loyal auntie fan of Xia Yitong, so she had the best of both worlds. The last factor was Qin Mu's instigation.
Xia Yitong remembered that during the Chinese New Year this year, Shang Youxuan asked her to sign a postcard for Qiao's mother. It seemed that the surname was Mu. Lu Yinbing didn't know this. When she heard it, she threw a green bean into her mouth and sighed, "The investor's own mother is your fan. God really deserves you to be famous."
Xia Yitong felt like she had been on a rocket ride in the past year since she met Lu Yinbing. Seeing blockbuster movies like this one after another, it felt unreal and she stared at the water in the glass.
How could Lu Yinbing not know her? She was like a little mouse who was almost lost after being given a little sweetness. She was worried about gains and losses and felt as if she had fallen into a trap. She looked at her sideways and said leisurely: "Do you feel like you are dreaming?"
Xia Yitong nodded vigorously and turned his head, but his brain hadn't figured it out yet and he looked stupid.
Lu Yinbing pushed the green bean dish in front of him away, tapped the edge of the bowl with chopsticks, and said, "A person's life is always full of ups and downs. How long have you just reached your high point? You feel like you're going to fail. Besides, I'm here to protect you. You'll only climb higher and go further in the future. You might as well worry about me instead of yourself."
"What are you worried about?"
"When can I win an award at the Cannes Film Festival?" Lu Yinbing tilted his head and smiled, "I want to win this right now, it's frustrating."
"I guess..." Xia Yitong nodded seriously, "This time next year."
Lu Yinbing sneered and threw a green bean at Xia Yitong, but he didn't want to hit her in the face, so he threw it at the plate in front of her.
"Wait until I find a humanities film to take on." Lu Yinbing's calculations went on smoothly, with a bright smile in his eyes. "I won't take on movies until I find a suitable film. I plan to play a cameo role in your new TV series, and invite some old friends. Then I'll have a legitimate reason to stay in the crew for a long time."
If Laiying knew her plan, I wonder if she would change her mind.
Xia Yitong asked softly, "You really don't want to answer it?"
Lu Yinbing looked at her and said with certainty, "I really won't answer it."
Xia Yitong became cautious and asked, "Teacher Lu, does being in love with me affect your work?"
Lu Yinbing looked at the chandelier above his head and said, "It may have some influence."
Xia Yitong bit her lip and said "oh". She wanted to say something but stopped herself.
Lu Yinbing looked at her troubled expression and said, "Since I started dating, my desire to make money has increased a lot. Is this considered an influence?"
Xia Yitong blinked.
Lu Yinbing threw another bean at her, hitting her right on the arm with great accuracy: "Just focus on your own drama. You have nothing planned. Did you win the Best Actress award? Stop worrying about me. Can't you control my filming? Can't I just win an award now? I won't take any commercial films. If the last time, "Breaking Snow" wasn't directed by Qin Hanlin, do you think I would take it?"
Xia Yitong looked at her twice, then quickly lowered her eyes and ate her meal, a little scared. Seeing this, Lu Yinbing changed her tone and said gently, "Don't I want to change my career earlier? So I can be with you earlier."
"We're already together."
"That's different." Lu Yinbing said.
The atmosphere between the two of them froze subtly. After a long while, Xia Yitong said, "Teacher Lu, I don't want you to be like this."
"What?"
"Because I changed your life plan."
Lu Yinbing said nothing.
Xia Yitong held the spoon handle with her fingers, paused, and continued: "I watched your show before. You said you wanted to act until you were 35 years old, and wanted to try all kinds of movies. You like acting and like to enjoy every feeling of life in the play. I don't want you to have any regrets in this film industry because of me. No matter who you are or what you do, I love you. I love you who follows your heart."
"I am also very free-spirited now. People's ideas will change. I said before that I wanted to play the role until I was 35, but now I only want to play the role until I am 32." Before Xia Yitong could speak, Lu Yinbing said, "If it weren't for you, even if it wasn't for you, I would only want to play the role until I am 32."
Xia Yitong looked down at her bowl, pressed the spoon into it, and said as if she breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. I don't want you to make sacrifices for me."
"I know. There are still four years left," Lu Yinbing said, "I promise you, in these four years, I will live as willfully as before, follow my own ideas, and will not change because of anyone."
Lu Yinbing understood her. When she first knew that Xia Yitong had sacrificed so much for her, her first thought was not to be touched, but to be terrified and guilty. If you really love someone, you would hope that she is a towering tree, receiving the sun and rain, and growing wildly according to her own temperament; you would hope that she is a wild horse on the grassland that is never tamed, running wild as much as she wants. You just want to watch her from a distance, and never change your direction for yourself.
But some changes are made willingly, like the leaves falling from the trees and branches breaking, or the fierce horses bending their knees and heads bowing, she feels happy for this kind of change. The feeling of the sun shining through the clouds into her heart, the feeling of brightness and warmth, the satisfaction of smiling even in her dreams, is incomparable to anything else.
That's not called sacrifice, it's called I'm willing to do it for you.
Xia Yitong was like this, and so was she.
So they all used the same attitude to comfort each other, not wanting to put any psychological burden on each other.
The two smiled at each other, the air was filled with honey, and they stretched out their arms to put food into each other's bowls.
Xia Yitong put down her chopsticks and looked at Lu Yinbing again. Lu Yinbing looked at her with a dangerous look and slowly raised her chopsticks, pretending to hit her. Xia Yitong held her head with both hands to block the vital parts first, and hurriedly said, "Business, where should I go to practice martial arts?"
"Practice martial arts?" Lu Yinbing repeated the word, and then she remembered that in the new TV series, Xia Yitong played a female knight who traveled the world. She had to participate in martial arts training first to strengthen her muscles and skills, otherwise her fighting would not look good. She frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Time is a bit tight. I guess we will have to suffer a lot. How about I take you to find my master?"
"Your master?"
"Ten years ago, I found a master to learn swordsmanship in order to play Xia Pianpian. He taught me swordsmanship for half a year." Lu Yinbing asked, "What weapon does your character usually use?"
"knife."
"Are swords a family?"
"have no idea."
The two looked at each other for a while, and Lu Yinbing took out her cell phone from her bag and said, "Wait a minute, I'll call Master."
The line was connected. Lu Yinbing propped up his head with one hand, looked at Xia Yitong, and said gently, "Hello, are you at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan? I'm looking for Zen Master XX. Is he in the temple now? ... My last name is Lu. I'm a disciple of Mr. Li Xiuyi. Is he with Zen Master XX?"
Xia Yitong opened her eyes wide in surprise: What's missing? Less, less, less, Shaolin Temple? !
She didn't know what was said on the other end, probably something like "wait a moment". Lu Yinbing held the microphone with his hand and raised an eyebrow at her: "Don't you know that all martial arts originated from Shaolin?"
Xia Yitong was completely stunned, and said in a daze: "... I know."
Wait, is she going to stay in Shaolin Temple for the next three months? ! !