At this moment, Lou Xiaolou regretted very much that she had sat next to this female compatriot. If she had switched seats with her good friend, she would definitely not be so busy dealing with things as she is now and unable to concentrate on eating.
It's not that she didn't think about telling the other person that she already had a partner, but the idea was dismissed as soon as it came up. The other person didn't do anything, and it was awkward for her to open up. What if the other person just liked her and wanted to make friends? Although the behavior was a bit ambiguous, there is a kind of people in the world called straight women. Straight women are straight and don't recognize their relatives. They will kill anyone who stands in their way, and their fighting power is almost as strong as a goose.
She prided herself on being gentle, considerate and understanding. Between the great embarrassment that would occur after the matter was exposed and the small embarrassment now, she chose the small embarrassment. Anyway, they would probably not meet again after tonight. She also had a time limit for returning home at night. It was now eight o'clock in the evening, and she still had two hours before she had to go back. She could just endure it for two hours.
If you can be patient, you will have peace. If you can take a step back, you will have a broad horizon. Lou Xiaolou smiled as she drank juice. You must be patient and take a step back. As an old man, you must be steady.
While the fourth good friend was still trying to find an excuse to strike up a conversation with Lou Xiaolou, Lou Xiaolou had already raised her glass and said to Laiying who had introduced her: "Teacher Lai, this glass is for you." There was no need to say thank you, and Lou Xiaolou was too lazy to think about it. Anyway, Laiying picked up the glass quickly and drank half of it in one gulp.
At the moment, there was chaos everywhere and no one paid attention to what the two of them said or did. Lou Xiaolou took the initiative to stand up, walked around the two people and came to Laiying, hooked her shoulder, and seemed to be talking and laughing in a low voice. Laiying also responded, laughing from time to time to meet the occasion.
If someone who is chatting enthusiastically nearby gets closer to them, they will find that what they are talking about is not funny at all.
Lou Xiaolou: "Is the singer next to me straight or gay?"
Laiying: "That's Xia Yitong's friend. I don't know him very well."
Lou Xiaolou: "She seems to want to pick me up?"
Laiying: "Watch your wording. Are you itchy again?"
Lou Xiaolou: "Anyway, my wife is not here."
Laiying looked at the blind spot on her face and smiled, "Hey, Xiaozhuang, you're here too. Did the guard ask anything?"
Lou Xiaolou felt horrified, and his skin tensed up reflexively. Although he knew that the other party would not come, he could not resist the strong desire to survive. Lou Xiaolou: "If you do this again, I will be angry."
Laiying: "Call me sister."
Lou Xiaolou has always been flexible and considers moral integrity as nothing. She said sweetly, "Sister."
Laiying: "Wait a minute, I'll ask for you."
Lou Xiaolou: “Okay.”
Lou Xiaolou ate her sumptuous dinner calmly under the "harassment" of her fourth good friend. In fact, the short two hours passed easily because Lou Xiaolou had quickly become friends with everyone else with her unique communication skills. Except for particularly tricky topics such as reminiscing about the childhood of a few people in a specific circle of friends, she could join in on other topics and chat with great interest.
Laiying from the other side also found out the answer she wanted.
I'm straight, but not absolutely.
Laiying said: "These are not absolutely Xia Yitong's original words. She thought Su Han - Su Han was Xia Yitong's former manager, who was straight and had been straight for many years, but suddenly became gay. And her assistant was also a steely straight woman. She even asked for marriage when she woke up. Of course, it's a bit exaggerated, but generally speaking, that's what happened."
Lou Xiaolou: “… This means that singer x might suddenly become gay.”
Laiying nodded.
Lou Xiaolou: "Okay, if she wants to flirt with me, no, pursue me, she has to go through you, so give her some advice and don't cause any trouble for me."
Laiying said sinisterly: "Hehe."
Lou Xiaolou: "Sister, I beg you."
Laiying: “… Got it.” There was no fun in teasing her. Xia Yitong was still more fun to tease. But Xia Yitong had grown up now and looked more and more like Lu Yinbing. She no longer had the upper hand.
Alas, the waves behind are pushing the waves in front out, and she, the wave in front, is about to die on the beach.
The stage of eating crabs has ended. Lu Yinbing was immersed in chatting with some of her childhood friends. Although she saw Laiying coming over and whispering to Xia Yitong, she didn't take it seriously. After Laiying left, she followed Laiying's eyes and found that he was talking to Lou Xiaolou again. Her heart skipped a beat: Has she been exposed
Xia Yitong drank by himself, looking very leisurely, but there was a hint of inexplicable mocking smile in his eyes when he looked at Lu Yinbing.
Lu Yinbing: “…”
It’s over, she finally knew who the other person was.
Xia Yitong: "Lu..."
Lu Yinbing immediately turned around and said, "xx (my childhood friend's name), what did you just say to me..."
Xia Yitong curled her lips helplessly. Well, if Lu Yinbing didn't want to talk about this, then forget it. It wouldn't be appropriate to talk about it in public. But it was the resource emperor's small building that aroused her interest.
Judging from his appearance, he doesn't look like someone who specializes in this kind of work. It's true that you can't judge a person by his appearance.
Xia Yitong wanted to spend some time with Lou Xiaolou, so she naturally had plenty of opportunities. Although Lu Yinbing had told her to talk less to him, now that she had confirmed the reason, it didn't matter whether she said a few more words or a few less.
After dinner, the cups and plates were in a mess, with the bowls and dishes placed randomly on the table, waiting for someone to come and clean them up tomorrow. Some people washed their hands, some rinsed their mouths, ready to fight until dawn.
More than a dozen people sat in a row, and Laiying still acted as the host: "Since it's a party, there must be a theme, otherwise we won't know how to spend the time tonight. Let our host come up with a theme for our carnival tonight."
The microphone made of rolled paper was handed to Lu Yinbing, and everyone turned their expectant eyes to the organizer of the party.
In the eyes full of expectation, Lu Yinbing opened his thin lips and said with a smile: "Let's have a talent party. How about everyone take turns to show their talents?"
There was a moment of silence at the scene. After the silence, I don’t know who made the first boo, and then boos came one after another.
Qin Hanlin had a complicated expression: "I thought I would never hear the term talent show again after graduating from high school. I was too young."
The expressions of the others were only more complicated than Qin Hanlin's.
"Me too."
"When I was a kid, every time there were guests at home, my mother would ask me to recite poems and English words for them, like apple, banana, watermelon... Can I improvise a poem called "Ploughing in the Midday Sun"?"
"Wow, it's so dirty in the middle of the day."
"There are actually people who are talking about this joke. How can it be so boring?"
"Nothing can be as boring as the theme of a talent show, hahahaha."
Everyone laughed at Lu Yinbing's proposal. Lu Yinbing said angrily, "Is this really okay? You've hurt my young heart."
Lu Yinbing's childhood friend took the lead in clapping, not sparing his laughter: "Except for Director Qin, you are the oldest person here. Excuse me, how can you be so shameless at your age?"
Lu Yinbing called his childhood friend's name and said, "Come on, let's duel."
My childhood friend immediately took two steps away: "I won't fight you in a one-on-one duel."
Lu Yinbing: "Talent show, making friends through martial arts, which of these two themes do you choose?"
After pondering for a while, Fa Xiaoyi said: "... then the talent show is more popular, at least it's not so bloody." Fa Xiaoyi grew up with Lu Yinbing and knew that the other party's fighting power was far beyond what he could resist. He decisively saw the times and acted bravely.
Shang Youxuan stood up for her idol and expressed her loyalty in time: "It's okay to make friends through martial arts. I can be Lu Shen's thug." When it came to the talent competition, Shang Youxuan had to perform either beating people or typing. Anyway, she had to do one of them.
Xia Yitong, the real girlfriend, was not willing to be outdone: "I think her talent is pretty good." She has many talents, and she can show off in front of Lu Yinbing. Yay, the plan worked.
Laiying, as Lu Yinbing's best friend, rarely stood on the same side as the others this time. Instead, she said, "Let's go back to basics. We are not in school now. There is no need to be nervous. It doesn't matter if you can't sing or dance. You can do whatever you can. Spitting also counts, as long as you don't spit on people's faces."
After everyone laughed for a while, they actually accepted the proposal with pleasure.
When friends get together to have fun, the important thing is to have fun, not the form. It’s a talent show, so just have it. Everyone is basically top talent in their respective industries, so how can they not have some skills
After everyone agreed to the talent show, Laiying added his own rules: "I suggest that the talent show be turned into a talent competition. After the show, everyone will vote. The first place winner can choose any three people present to make a request. As long as the request is not excessive, the other party must agree. It is valid tonight; the second place winner can choose any two people, the third place winner can choose one person, and so on. There will also be a number of encouragement awards, and rewards... We will discuss it later. Any questions?"
Everyone: "No problem." This seems to be more fun than a simple talent show.
Laiying: "Okay, I declare that the competition officially begins."
The first person to go on stage was the host Lu Yinbing. Lu Yinbing performed a playing card magic trick which was pretty standard. Although no one knew how he cracked it, it wasn't very amazing either. After a very enthusiastic round of applause, the second person went on stage.
Xia Yitong whispered to ask Lu Yinbing for his opinion.
"Do you want to chat with Miss Lou for a while?" Lu Yinbing's eyes were originally looking at the center of the crowd, but when he heard this, he looked at Xia Yitong.
Xia Yitong nodded.
What else could Lu Yinbing say? Everything was exposed. It wouldn't make any difference if she said a few more or less. Xia Yitong thought she should just let her go.
Lou Xiaolou sat on the edge of the sofa, and his fourth friend sat on the other side. Xia Yitong patted his fourth friend's shoulder and sat in his fourth friend's seat under the other's slightly reproachful gaze.
"Hello." Xia Yitong looked straight ahead, but she knew Lou Xiaolou could hear her.
"Hello, seeing is believing." Lou Xiaolou replied without even looking at her.
These words sounded familiar, the same as what he said when greeting Lu Yinbing in the kitchen just now.
In that instant, Xia Yitong understood that the person next to her was completely different from her harmless appearance.
"Let's get to know each other again." Xia Yitong turned around and extended her hand. "Hello, Xia Yitong."
"I've long heard of your name, Lou Xiaolou." Lou Xiaolou also turned sideways, shook her hand, and acted as if they were formally getting to know each other.
Xia Yitong: "It's a very unique name."
Lou Xiaolou: "No, my family just picked it up casually."
Xia Yitong: "I heard from Sister Ying that you were the one who woke up Teacher Lu before."
She used such a literary word as "awaken" just to avoid embarrassing Lou Xiaolou if she said it too bluntly, but she didn't expect that the other party really burst out laughing: "Awaken, hahahaha, Miss Xia is really an interesting person."
Xia Yitong's mouth twitched, and he wanted to say that it was obvious that you were more interesting.
Friends Four, who had already walked around but were keeping an eye on what was happening here, saw Lou Xiaolou smiling so happily and cast a curious look at him.
Lou Xiaolou: "Miss Xia, you're overthinking it. I used to do a side job for a while, but I don't do it anymore. But thinking about that time makes me miss it."
Xia Yitong: "What am I thinking about?"
Lou Xiaolou tilted his head and hummed, his eyes showing an innocent look that made it impossible to dislike him no matter what: "Think about what I do, do I always have a bunch of things in my head that need to be harmonized?"
Xia Yitong: “…”
Lou Xiaolou: "It's not just you. When your teacher Lu saw me just now, I think 70 or 80 trains ran through her mind in an instant. It was only because she was able to hold herself together and pretend that she remained calm."
It has to be said that the words "your teacher Lu" pleased Xia Yitong very much. Xia Yitong didn't say anything. She was thinking about what Lou Xiaolou said, and comparing it with Lu Yinbing's reaction just now. According to her understanding of Lu Yinbing, Lou Xiaolou should have guessed it almost right.
Lou Xiaolou continued to laugh and said, "A micro-businessman who sells movies on a network disk, people of your status should have never seen one before, isn't it very novel?"
Xia Yitong nodded honestly.
Lou Xiaolou laughed even more happily: "Don't talk about you, I was also very curious about how I came up with this idea at that time. I am really a strange person, hahahaha."
Xia Yitong waited for three seconds. There was still no sign of her stopping smiling. She was sure that the other party was deeply immersed in his admiration for her and could not extricate himself.
Xia Yitong: “…”
Lou Xiaolou restrained his expression: "… Sorry, sorry, it reminded me of my youth and I lost my composure."
When they were young? Xia Yitong carefully examined the other person's appearance. He looked to be only about twenty-four or twenty-five, a few years younger than her. How could he talk about his youth in front of her
But she didn't ask the other person's age, which was not important to her. Xia Yitong asked: "Do you still have resources in this area?"
Lou Xiaolou: "Well, you want it?"
"No, I want to... share what we have." Xia Yitong leaned close to her ear.
Lou Xiaolou: “Huh?”
After she finished speaking, Xia Yitong felt a murderous aura coming from her right. It was her good friend No. 4. Xia Yitong could guess what was wrong with her. When love came, no one could stop it. Not to mention that there were so many gay people around her, just like cutting leeks and performing an opera, she made the wrong choice for this person, Xia Yitong thought.
As a person in the lesbian circle, coupled with her unique skills in identifying people, this Miss Lou is 100% taken. Evidence one, she doesn't drink; evidence two, she doesn't spend the night outside; evidence three, she frequently checks her phone; evidence four, she smiles sweetly from time to time; evidence five, she doesn't envy two couples showing affection in front of her at all; evidence six, Xia Yitong's intuition.
If each point is barely sufficient as direct evidence, then all of them together form a complete chain of evidence.
You can't touch someone who's already in a relationship. Xia Yitong thought that after Lou Xiaolou came back, she would talk to her best friend alone and ask her to give up this idea as soon as possible.
"Exchange what you have?" Lou Xiaolou had already reacted quickly at this moment, looking up at her. Finally, her face, which had never even smiled for any reason but revealed a calculated attitude, showed genuine surprise, "Are you a fellow traveler?"
Xia Yitong was speechless and hurriedly clarified: "Half, you are profitable, I am not." What the hell? What do you mean by fellow travelers? Lou Xiaolou sells resources. At most, she is self-sufficient and enriches her physiological and theoretical knowledge, okay
Lou Xiaolou: "When I gave it to your teacher Lu, it was also free."
Xia Yitong: "That's not what I meant."
Lou Xiaolou: "Okay, okay, I get it. I'll sell it for money, and you can do it for free."
Xia Yitong groaned, feeling that something was wrong, but she didn't know what it was. After a moment, she realized that these two sentences meant the same thing. This Lou Xiaolou's unreasonable and unreasonable arguments and his ability to mislead others were exactly the same as Lu Yinbing's.
What do you mean by free? She didn't spread it at all!
Lou Xiaolou appreciated her ignorant moment and laughed again. This time, the laughter attracted everyone who was watching the talent show. Lou Xiaolou applauded and shouted, "Good!"
This time I had a big laugh and it was successfully resolved.
Xia Yitong felt that she had met an equally powerful opponent and was ready to fight. She was careless just now and accidentally fell into such a simple language trap.
Just when she was about to fight back, the other party uttered a string of English words and asked, "Have you heard of this website?"
Xia Yitong nodded. Of course she had heard of it and was a member of the website.
“I’m a member.”
It seems that this exchange of information is real. Lou Xiaolou was surprised again, but the surprise was fleeting. She warmly held Xia Yitong's hand and said, "You have my WeChat, right? Let's chat on WeChat when we get home. Any time after 9 am or before 10 pm is fine. It depends on the weekends."
Xia Yitong wanted to ask why, but she thought it was inappropriate, so she shut up. She just lamented that this person's lifestyle was even more elderly than her and Lu Yinbing's. I heard that health preservation is popular now, and many young people have started drinking wolfberry tea. I guess this Miss Lou is the same.
Lou Xiaolou did not hide it and said frankly: "My parents are strict, there is nothing I can do."
Xia Yitong smiled and echoed, "You are really strict."
Lou Xiaolou also smiled, but had no intention of talking more about her other half.
While they were talking, my friend performed a dance and won the applause of the crowd. She also performed a whistle song that she learned while filming in the crew. She performed it very well.
Laiying, who finished the performance and became the host, called out, "Who's next? Lou Xiaolou, you come."
Lou Xiaolou stood up leisurely, looked around and said with a smile: "I don't have any talent, can I show you how to knit a sweater?"
Everyone: “…”
It was obvious that Laiying had not expected this direction. He was stunned for a moment and said, "...Okay, but we don't have yarn and needles here."
"It's okay, I brought it myself." Then everyone saw Lou Xiaolou smile slightly and take out knitting needles and a ball of yarn from the bag she brought.
Everyone: “…”
They have been through thick and thin and have seen everything, but at this moment they feel like their worldview has collapsed. What kind of person would put something like this in a brand-name bag? ! !