"Ah?" Lu Xia dodged Xia Lu and tried to touch her paw, but Xia Lu insisted on touching her. The two of them circled around the table. When she heard Lu Yinbing calling Lu Xia, she stretched out her hand and made a stop gesture for Xia Lu to move forward. She stood in front of the bookshelf and asked, "Which one?"
"That... One Piece." Lu Yinbing said. One Piece was first serialized in 1997, when Xia Yitong was only four years old. She probably didn't have time to read it. Later, her family experienced a major change, and she no longer had the opportunity to read these miscellaneous books. Not to mention when she grew up. Half of her life was spent following her footsteps. How could she still read comics like those ordinary young people? So in her eyes, this masterpiece that has been popular for many years and has countless fans is just a sentence "the one with a skull on it." Lu Yinbing, who had a happy childhood and had various out-of-print comics at home, guessed it as soon as she heard it, and the glance just now directly confirmed her guess.
Should I let Xia Yitong watch some anime to make up for the past loss? She seems to be living too seriously every day. Lu Yinbing thought so, and selectively ignored Xia Yitong's four-t hard drive in his mind. What's so improper about watching movies? Can adults watching movies be considered improper
She didn't follow Xia Yitong and call the cartoon with the skull, but directly said the name. Although the other party just started kindergarten and didn't know two of the three words, he could still distinguish what she said. In the long run, it can train their literacy skills and their interest in actively learning to read.
Lu Xia bought a complete set of "One Piece", but he did not put all of them on the bookshelf. He only put one book on it, which was very eye-catching. It saved Lu Yinbing the trouble of asking Xia Yitong for confirmation.
Xia Yitong glanced at Xia Lu, who was still circling around her sister with a smile on his face, and reluctantly looked away.
With Xia Lu's memory and brain, she should have long forgotten that she had ever caused such a disaster. Only when the torn pages of the book were exposed in front of her would she wake up from her current romantic smile.
Her own mother dug a gigantic hole for her and watched her jump into it with a smile on her face.
Xia Yitong had no intention of pleading, let alone saying it. In this regard, she and Lu Yinbing stood on the same side. Children should not be spoiled. It's okay to be a little spoiled, but principles should not be lost.
With Lu Yinbing's hint, Lu Xia found the copy of One Piece with a skull on the cover. He showed no impatience towards his mother's thirst for knowledge. Instead, he walked over with the book in his arms and told Lu Yinbing the story of One Piece in an earnest childish voice.
I read the first volume, when the story just began.
Xia Lu was jumping and clapping beside them. She didn't like reading, she just liked to play around, but she liked listening to stories. No matter whether it was Lu Yinbing or Xia Yitong, she was the one who got into the story the most. But she had never reacted so excitedly before. It was obvious that she liked her sister more than her two mothers. Whatever her sister said sounded good to her. She was really pretty.
Lu Xia was annoyed by her and asked her to be quiet several times. Xia Lu raised her index finger to shush herself and asked her mother and mommy, who were already very quiet, to be quiet as well. Lu Yinbing smiled at her silly second daughter, and Xia Lu also smiled at her, showing a row of small white teeth.
Xia Lu looked at his mother Xia Yitong, and Xia Yitong also forced a smile on her lips, as if it was a smile.
My child, you are going to be in big trouble, do you know that
Of course Xia Lu didn’t know, but of course she found out soon enough.
Lu Xia couldn't understand the words in the book, so she only described the scenes at an exceptionally fast speed, and soon she had turned half of the book. "He left..."
Lu Xia turned a page and saw a folded piece of paper lying quietly in the middle of the book. Where there should have been content, there were jagged tear marks instead.
Lu Xia: “???”
Lu Yinbing looked at Xia Lu and his smile became even brighter.
“…” Xia Lu’s smile froze on his face, and his eyes moved around from top to bottom in panic.
Is this the book my sister was talking about
Why did some memories suddenly come to me? While my sister was away, I played with her book and randomly opened a page. I wanted to grab it and throw it up, but the book was too thick and the paper was too brittle. With a tearing sound, I
Lu Xia was still immersed in anger and sadness about her book being torn. Xia Lu wanted to sneak away while she wasn't paying attention, but it was this action that aroused Lu Xia's suspicion.
"Did you do this?" Lu Xia blocked her way.
Xia Lu: "No, no, no, it's not me."
Lu Xia asked: "I'll give you another chance."
Xia Lu was too afraid to face her anger. Last night, her sister slept with her hand in hand, but now she was glaring at him with her dark eyes. She made up her mind: she would never admit it.
"It really wasn't me." Xia Lu looked at Xia Yitong for help, but Xia Yitong turned his head away and pretended not to see it.
Lu Xia looked at Lu Yinbing, who nodded and allowed her to proceed.
Xia Lu's nightmare began.
Lu Yinbing sat on the sofa eating fruit, and from time to time he would fork a piece of pear and feed it to Xia Yitong. Xia Yitong shook his head and looked at the figure of Lu Xia chasing Xia Lu not far away. There was chaos in the room, and he was in no mood to eat.
Lu Yinbing sang in the style of Peking Opera: "What a great play of sacrificing one's own relatives for the sake of justice."
Xia Yitong rolled her eyes at her.
Lu Yinbing whimpered, "I knew you didn't love me anymore. Now you're siding with those little bastards."
Xia Yitong: “…”
If she had ten thousand rolls of the eyes, she would definitely give ten thousand and one to Lu Yinbing.
"No, I just think they've been quarreling for long enough," Xia Yitong glanced at the time on her phone, "It's almost half an hour now."
"Do you think Lu Xia hit the opponent?" Lu Yinbing smiled.
"That's not the case." Xia Yitong said. Even though Xia Lu was young and her legs were very fast, Lu Xia chased her for such a long time but couldn't catch up with her. Except for the fight at the beginning, they chased each other for nearly half an hour.
"Lu Xia doesn't like to move around normally, so this is a good opportunity to train her physical fitness."
"… "
Lu Yinbing glanced at her sideways and said with a smile: "Do you admire me very much?"
Xia Yitong said nothing.
Lu Yinbing continued calmly, "Don't be so stubborn. Your eyes have already exposed you."
"Okay." Xia Yitong admitted, "I really admire you. You can even make use of this. You are worthy of being a children's educator."
Lu Yinbing sighed twice and laughed so hard: "I don't know why I get goose bumps all over my body when you call me like that."
"What doesn't give you goosebumps?"
While the two children were not looking over here, Lu Yinbing quickly leaned over and licked Xia Yitong's earlobe, and acted a little bit naughty: "No matter what you call me, I get goose bumps."
Xia Yitong also got goose bumps.
The old ladies secretly made a fuss, and seeing that Lu Xia was running out of energy, Lu Yinbing spoke up to stop the farce, showing the majesty of the head of the family and shouted, "Stop making trouble, come here."
Lu Yinbing didn't get angry often, but when she did, the two children would be silent.
Came here quickly.
Lu Yinbing first interrogated Xia Lu: "Did you tear up my sister's book?"
Xia Lu was still being stubborn just now, but she immediately became timid when she saw Lu Yinbing's face. Between making her sister angry and making her mother angry, she would definitely choose the former, so she nodded.
Lu Xia was about to leave, but Lu Yinbing stopped him in time: "You always want to hit people. Did I ever teach you to solve problems this way?"
Lu Xia lowered her head. Lu Yinbing knew without even looking that she was not convinced.
This child looks gentle, but in fact she is very stubborn. She is easy to talk to because she doesn't care about most things, but if she encounters something she cares about, she will hit people if she doesn't agree with them. For example, Xia Yitong, for example, her books.
"Xia Lu, apologize to your sister." Lu Yinbing ignored her and said to Xia Lu.
Xia Lu turned half of her body and said to Lu Xia: "I'm sorry, sister."
Lu Xia let out a sound from his nose.
Xia Lu's eyes turned red.
Lu Yinbing didn't teach Lu Xia a lesson, but continued to say to Xia Lu: "It's your business whether you apologize or not, but it's my business whether I forgive you or not. I'll deduct one chocolate cake from you, and use the money I save to buy my sister a new book, exactly the same."
She winked at Xia Yitong, who came up to touch Xia Lu's little head and said, "Mom will take you there, and you can choose it yourself."
Xia Lu said "OK" sullenly, her eyes still timidly looking at her sister who ignored her.
Lu Yinbing said: "You made my sister angry, you are responsible for making her forgive you."
Xia Lu was about to cry again, but Lu Yinbing frowned at her and said, "In our family, crying children don't get candy, and crying can't solve the problem."
Perhaps frightened by her serious expression, Xia Lu's pursed mouth slowly retracted. Xia Yitong came out in time to play the good cop, half coaxing and half hugging her away from here.
Lu Yinbing's attitude towards Lu Xia was completely negotiating.
"Angry?" Lu Yinbing hugged her and sat on the sofa, the two of them sitting side by side.
"… "
"If you don't say anything, you agree." Lu Yinbing said, "Sister did something wrong this time, so I support you being angry, but I don't support you using this method."
"… "
"Violence can solve some problems, but it may break up the relationship between you and Xia Lu. Xia Lu is stronger than you. Do you think she can't beat you? But she has never won against you. Don't you think she is letting you win on purpose? Although she may not have this clear idea herself, her subconscious shows that she likes you very much."
"… "
"She didn't dare tell you that she was the one who broke the book, because she was afraid that you would be angry. The reason why she was afraid of you being angry was not because she was afraid that you would hit her, but because she didn't want to see you angry. If you were angry, your sister would be unhappy, and so would mommy and mum."
"… "
"I didn't mean to say that you shouldn't be angry. When your sister buys you a new book and apologizes to you, please be generous and forgive her, okay? For the sake of me and your mother."
Lu Xia jumped down from the sofa.
Lu Yinbing: “???”
Lu Xia picked up the half-read One Piece on the table, pursed his lips, relaxed, pursed them again, and whispered: "I didn't really mean to hit her, she just insisted on running away."
Lu Xia added: "She is more important than the book."
Lu Yinbing had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat: "… … … "
It turned out that all her efforts were in vain. If she had said this earlier, she wouldn't have to rack her brains to think of how to say it so that Lu Xia would understand what she meant and not think that she was biased.
From what happened in the past two days, Lu Yinbing roughly deduced the position of her mother Xia Yitong in Lu Xia's heart. Mother Xia Yitong was more important than Xia Lu and books were more important. She couldn't help but feel curious: "What about me?"
"What?" Lu Xia looked up at her with clear eyes.
"In your heart, how do you rank me, my mother, and my sister in terms of importance?"
Lu Xia fell strangely silent.
Lu Yinbing: “…”
Lu Xia still said: "..."
Lu Yinbing followed: "..."
The two looked at each other quietly for a few seconds. Lu Yinbing heard the sound of her heart breaking in her chest. She curled the corners of her lips stiffly and said, "I'll go see your sister."
Lu Xia's expression was obviously relieved: "Okay."
Lu Yinbing's heart, which had been broken into eight pieces, was instantly riddled with holes.
She looked up and wanted to ask the heavens, what had she done wrong? She was a great half-baked children's educator, she was conscientious and meticulous in educating her daughter, it could be said that she was no less than an actress, why did she get such a miserable reward.
It would be fine if she couldn't compare to Xia Yitong. After all, Xia Yitong had spent more time with them since the birth of the children. Moreover, Xia Yitong always played the role of a loving mother in front of them. She was naturally lovable by children. She was so happy that the children liked Xia Yitong that she couldn't contain herself. However, she couldn't even compare to Xia Lu, who was naughty and made Lu Xia angry all day long, and was awarded the glorious title of "the least important person in Lu Xia's eyes".
Lu Xia felt puzzled by the momentary look of frustration on her mother's face and did not think that she was the culprit at all.
She held the book and went to the toolbox in the drawer to find some transparent tape to stick the torn page back together. When she looked up, Lu Yinbing had disappeared from the living room.
Xia Yitong had just coaxed her daughter when Lu Yinbing threw herself into her arms, covering her heart and crying in pain.
Xia Yitong was shocked and wanted to take her to see a doctor. After finding out the whole story, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. However, she didn't mock her. Instead, she comforted her seriously: "But you are always the one I love the most, and you are the most important to me. The children can only come after you."
Lu Yinbing’s howling ended just like that.
Yes, no matter what, the most loved and important thing to them is always each other, and this will never change.
Lu Yinbing nestled into Xia Yitong's arms, smelling the fragrance in her arms, and hummed softly, "Those two little bastards."
Xia Yitong touched her head gently with her eyes curved in smile.
That afternoon, Xia Lu pestered Xia Yitong to go out and buy comic books for her sister. Xia Yitong went with her, and Lu Yinbing stayed at home with Lu Xia, who placed her in the least important position in the family of four.
An hour and a half later, Xia Yitong brought Xia Lu back, and they bought books and a big bouquet of beautiful roses.
"For you." Xia Yitong held the flowers and put them into Lu Yinbing's arms.
“???” Lu Yinbing hugged Hua, a little confused.
"Last night," Xia Yitong reminded her, "you said you were suffocated and no one gave you flowers. I'll give you flowers. Dear Teacher Lu, you will never be suffocated in my heart."
Lu Yinbing said with sweet eyes: "I can't tell whether it's a compliment or criticism."
"You will never get tired of being in the eyes of others." Xia Yitong added.
"That's more like it." Lu Yinbing smiled and kissed her lips, in the children's indifferent eyes.
Lu Yinbing, who never gets discouraged, finally received the long-awaited good news half a year later, in April of the following year, three years after she finished filming the movie "See", which was translated into Chinese as "See" by the French director.
At the Cannes Film Festival, which will open in May this year, "See" has been shortlisted for the main competition unit, and Lu Yinbing, the leading actress in the film, has also been shortlisted for the Best Actress candidate list.
She was finally just one step away from her dream.
Lu Yinbing wanted to say something, even if it was a lie, she was so calm that she couldn't say it. In fact, this was her second time to be nominated. The first time was seventeen years ago, when her works were booming. She was nominated for a feature film, but unfortunately she missed the trophy in the end.
At that time, she was just over 20 years old, and she won a series of very prestigious domestic Chinese film awards. She was determined to win the Best Actress Award at Cannes. Now, she seems quite naive. Whether she can win an award depends not only on her ability, but also on luck. She was lucky back then. If we talk about her ability, Lu Yinbing now looks down on her. No matter how talented a person is, she is just a newcomer. She has a natural aura that is unstoppable, but she does not have the sense of drama and skills that can only be formed through continuous accumulation.
But now, she still believes that she is bound to win this time. It's not that she thinks she has the strength to sweep away the other finalists, but an inexplicable intuition.
The intuition is "It's my turn now."
The opening ceremony of the film festival was held in Cannes, France on May 20, which is a good day in China. Lu Yinbing spent a month preparing for the trip. The suitcase was placed in the room early. Every day, he would look at it, put something in it, take it out the next day, put it in on the third day, and take it out again on the fourth day.
Xia Yitong once suspected that she had some mental problems. She was just shortlisted and she was like this. If she really won the award, would she go crazy on the spot? But she would not disturb Lu Yinbing. Although she was cheerful every day, she actually started to suffer from insomnia at night. She even had nightmares about not winning the award for several days. She was completely two different people during the day and at night.
Xia Yitong counted the days one by one, hoping that this day would come sooner, hoping that Lu Yinbing could put down her worries sooner, and naturally hoping that she could win the prize successfully.
Thanks to the Bodhisattva’s blessing, she suddenly believed in Buddhism and often recited it in her heart.
On May 16, the family of four, including Xue Yao, boarded an international flight to the place where their dreams blossomed. It's not that no one was taking care of the two children at home, but if they really won the award, Lu Yinbing hoped that the children could also come with her to witness her glory.
This is hers, and it belongs to all of them.
Cannes, here she comes.