After Xia Yitong added the other party as a friend, she forgot about the matter.
She had added the other person on a whim because of Lu Yinbing, and she regretted it as soon as the other person agreed. She was relieved that he was not available. Moreover, thinking back, it always felt weird and uncomfortable to discuss such a private topic as sex with a stranger.
After tidying themselves up, the two went downstairs. Xia Yitong drove the car while Lu Yinbing looked for food based on the map.
"What do you want to eat? Chinese or Western food?"
"casual."
"Then I'll decide." Lu Yinbing was still having trouble choosing, "Chinese food? I feel like the Chinese restaurants here aren't that good, I might as well buy the groceries and let me cook. I'm tired of Western food, they all taste the same."
"Let's eat hotpot." Xia Yitong said casually.
Anyway, when you don’t know what to eat, it’s always a good idea to go out for hotpot.
Lu Yinbing: "Chongqing hotpot, shabu-shabu mutton, Chaoshan beef, game hotpot, mixed hotpot?"
Xia Yitong: "Let's go for Chaoshan hotpot. I'll try the authentic shabu-shabu next time I return to China."
Lu Yinbing paused and said, "Okay, it's quite far away." She still wanted to eat mutton hotpot, but what Xia Yitong said made sense. She had eaten so many copper pots since she was a child, and it was difficult to find a Beijing copper pot that suited her taste. Relatively speaking, the more unfamiliar beef hotpot was better. The lower the expectations, the less disappointment.
"How long does it take to drive?" Xia Yitong asked.
"Almost an hour." Lu Yinbing replied.
"Let me eat some candy first." Xia Yitong said, "The candy is in my pocket, help me get it."
Lu Yinbing took out two lollipops from her pocket, unwrapped them, and gave one to Xia Yitong. Xia Yitong held the "Lu's Lollipop" in her mouth and asked, "When did you plan to open a candy factory?"
"My New Year's gift to you?" Lu Yinbing asked with a smile, "How is it? Are you moved to tears?"
"No, am I someone who cries easily?" Xia Yitong asked back.
Lu Yinbing: "Yes, you have always been." She answered without hesitation. From the past to now, how many times has she cried in front of him? And every time she cried, she didn't just shed a few tears, but cried until her heart was broken.
Lu Yinbing said, "Let's not talk about the distant past. Just think about what happened two days ago at the airport. Didn't you bite me while crying? It was caught on video clearly. Look at my shoulder, it's bleeding from your bite and has already formed a scab." As Lu Yinbing spoke, he took off his coat and showed Xia Yitong the wound.
Xia Yitong was busy driving and had no time to look at her. She was still frightened by the accident she had almost had on the road the night before. She immediately said in a hurry, "Hurry up and pull up your clothes!"
Lu Yinbing said "Oh" and put on his coat again, which he had hardly taken off in the first place.
Xia Yitong exhaled heavily.
Lu Yinbing didn't dwell on the crying, and answered Xia Yitong's first question: "It was quite early, right? When you gave me the candy just now, didn't you say that you bought it from the store in your small county town? I had an idea at that time, so I gave the candy wrapper and asked someone to go to your orphanage..."
Lu Yinbing told the story in detail without deliberately omitting anything. This matter was not difficult to accomplish. In the early stage, she hired others to do it, and she was the one who personally came in to negotiate the business later.
Her voice was lower than usual, and sounded better. "I went to see the boss of the candy factory. He was a middle-aged man in his fifties, honest and loyal. As soon as he saw me, he called me by my name from the movie, and we became friends. The boss asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I wanted to buy his factory and continue doing this business. He didn't believe me, saying that the factory was on the decline and would go bankrupt soon. He asked me to tell the truth, what exactly did I want to do? Do I want to make a movie?"
Xia Yitong asked: "How did you make him believe it?"
Lu Yinbing said, "I gave him the contract and promised not to use the factory for other purposes for fifty years. Guess what happened?" Before Xia Yitong could say anything, Lu Yinbing answered himself, "He said I was stupid. This broken factory is not profitable. It's not good in this way or that way. You must not buy it. Have you been deceived by someone?"
"And finally?"
"at last… "
The two talked all the way, and when they mentioned that when the old factory manager sold the factory to Lu Yinbing, he put forward a condition, hoping that Lu Yinbing would lay off the employees later to give them enough time to find new jobs, which made them sigh.
Lu Yinbing: "I didn't fire them. I increased their wages and paid for all their insurance. Finally, the factory director gave me a bag of flower seeds, which I planted around the factory."
"When you return home, I'll take me to see it." Xia Yitong looked intently at the road in front of her, trying to make her tone casual and not let Lu Yinbing notice that she was nervous.
No matter how much she told herself that she didn't need to rush to persuade Lu Yinbing to return to China, her time was counting down. One month, no, it was less than a month now. There were still 27 days left before she had to return to China to continue her work. She couldn't close her eyes and ears and not think about what would happen after 27 days.
"Okay." Lu Yinbing understood the implication of her words, but Xia Yitong pretended not to care, so she also pretended not to understand.
Both of them are extremely outstanding actors and they can use their talents in this kind of situation with ease.
The atmosphere in the car was still relaxed, as if nothing had happened.
The two of them started chatting about a recent social issue, talking about law and morality, justice and injustice, group violence and institutional flaws, and they kept talking until they reached their destination without feeling tired at all.
It was afternoon, and the two of them went into a Chinese hot pot restaurant. There weren't many people there, but in order to avoid being watched, they chose a private room. Three flower toes, beef tongue, dragon companion, spoon meat, tender meat, breast, brisket, etc. were placed on the table. Except for the five flower toes that they wanted to eat, which were out of stock due to limited supply, and the shacha sauce was not authentic, the hot pot was still satisfactory.
When Xia Yitong was picking up the last piece of beef brisket, she finally received a call from Fang Hui.
"Hello?" Xia Yitong dipped the beef brisket into the sauce and put it into Lu Yinbing's bowl, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lu Yinbing was still chewing the soft and tender beef brisket in his mouth. When he saw Xia Yitong suddenly frown, he quickly relaxed his brows and paused.
"You guys are here? Where are you staying? I'll check later to see if it's far from here."
Lu Yinbing asked with her mouth: Who
Xia Yitong responded with the same mouth shape: Fang Hui.
Lu Yinbing blinked, and a dangerous light flashed in his eyes: Is Xiaoxi following us
Just in time, it’s delivered to my door.
Xia Yitong nodded.
After hearing something from the other end, Xia Yitong looked up at Lu Yinbing and said, "It shouldn't be a problem. I'll ask her."
She pressed the receiver.
Lu Yinbing asked, "What do you want to ask me?"
Xia Yitong said: "Fang Hui and Xiao Xi came together. Fang Hui asked me to ask you if it would be convenient for you to entertain them and be responsible for cleaning and preparing three meals a day."
Lu Yinbing said strangely: "Isn't this their job?"
Xia Yitong coughed hard and explained, "There is still a difference. Xiaoxi asked for leave, and I gave Fang Hui a month-long vacation, neither of which was during working hours."
Lu Yinbing didn't care: "Just let them come. I don't want to cook, and it's troublesome to eat out."
Xia Yitong relayed Lu Yinbing's words, and Fang Hui relayed Xia Yitong's words to Xiaoxi. The matter was happily decided, and the only tangled point was that the cohabitation of two people might become a cohabitation of four people.
Xia Yitong lowered her eyes and thought again: Xiaoxi is Lu Yinbing's assistant and has a lively personality. What if she can help Lu Yinbing return to China to film? Comparatively speaking, it is not so important whether there are four people or two people. After all, there are more rooms for one person to sleep in the house, and the sound insulation is also very good, so there is no need to worry about privacy leaks. There are also two more laborers, although they are not free, they will probably be paid.
Lu Yinbing: "What are you stirring in the soup with your chopsticks? There's no meat left."
"Ah." Xia Yitong put the chopsticks on the bowl. "We're done. Do you want to take a break or pay the bill?"
"Check out." Lu Yinbing folded his arms and looked her up and down. "Why were you smiling so lasciviously just now?"
Xia Yitong: “…”
She protested for herself, and laughed before she could even put on an angry face: "What do you mean by lewd? I laughed with a righteous look, okay? You're the only one who dares to call me lewd. If I don't beat him up, he'll be left with a tearful face."
Lu Yinbing also laughed. Isn’t it? You are Sister Tong now in society.
Wearing a hat and sunglasses, Xia Yitong went out to pay the bill first, and then Lu Yinbing went out of the box after a few seconds and waited for Xia Yitong in the car. On the way back, Lu Yinbing drove, and Lu and Xia asked Fang Hui for her address and decided to pick them up and take them back to the villa.
Fang Hui and Xiaoxi were both unfamiliar with the place, so it was not appropriate to ask them to come to find him, especially since he had driven out today, and it happened to be that medium-to-large SUV, which was big enough to accommodate both people and luggage.
Fang Hui sent the address of the hotel. Lu Yinbing drove around for more than half an hour and stopped at the door of a Moroccan-style hotel. He checked the name and found it was correct. Xia Yitong called Fang Hui and soon two figures came out one after the other. The one in front was wearing a bright red sweater and was about 1.6 meters tall. He jumped out like a little sun. The one behind him held a large suitcase in each hand and wore a thin white windbreaker. He was half a head taller than the one in front and was calm all over.
Lu Yinbing tutted in disdain and said, "Xiaoxi is like a moron." Then he said with jealousy, "Look at your assistant again. There is no harm without comparison."
Xia Yitong smiled and did not expose her because she saw a little joy in Xiaoxi's eyes.
Xiaoxi was looking around not far from the car. Lu Yinbing pouted his lips in disdain again, as if looking at Xia Yitong, before pushing the door and getting out of the car. He was dressed in black, with an indifferent expression, and looked very handsome.
When Xiaoxi saw her, he pounced on her. With a bang, Lu Yinbing was pressed against the car door behind her with her back like a pancake.
"Teacher Lu!" Xiaoxi shook her head and tail at Lu Yinbing, saying excitedly, "I missed you so much!"
"I don't miss you at all." Lu Yinbing rolled his eyes, put his hand on Xiaoxi's back and patted her gently.