"Action!"
Chen Qing did not seem weak at all under Jing Xiu's gaze. She even had the leisure to smooth her long hair at the temples. Her movements were graceful. Her black hair tumbled in the air and fell on her green outer robe, like a lotus quietly blooming in the middle of the water. Jing Xiu then began to look at her appearance instead of just guessing the purpose of her visit.
"Your Highness."
Jing Xiu slowly poured herself a cup of tea and turned his eyes away from her. Not stopping her meant he tacitly allowed her to continue.
"Your Highness, at such a young age, you already know how to keep a low profile. Is there someone guiding you behind the scenes?"
Jing Xiu held the teacup, observing the tea leaves floating in it without roots, and said absentmindedly: "I am useless, but in order to save my life, there is no need to talk about keeping a low profile. Your Majesty is too kind. Your Majesty, you have martial arts skills and broke into my Jingxian Palace. I'm afraid you have bad intentions, right?"
"Your Highness, what are you talking about? I came here specifically to serve you."
"Join me?" Jing Xiu's expression was as if he had heard the funniest thing in the world. He said, "Your Majesty, look at my Jingxian Palace. Apart from me and my subordinates, there are only three or four maids and eunuchs. The rest are my chickens, ducks and other animals. Your Majesty, you are joking."
"If you don't have power, we can slowly build it up. As long as you have the heart to rule the world, I will help you ascend to the throne."
"Chen Qing, do you know what you are saying?" Jing Xiu's expression suddenly turned cold.
Chen Qing said calmly: "I am looking for a wise leader for the world. As long as Your Highness is willing,
Jing Xiu poured herself another cup of tea. Her movements were slow as if she was performing some kind of pious ritual. The sky outside the house gradually darkened, and the afterglow of the setting sun pressed down inch by inch. The zenith became very low, as if it was giving birth to some kind of predetermined destiny.
After a long time, her cold voice rang out in the silent room.
"Tomorrow at 11:00 p.m., bring your companions and come to me."
Chen Qing smiled faintly, without saying a word, he stood up and left.
The room fell silent again. Jing Xiu lowered his eyebrows and in a corner where no one could see, he slowly revealed an unfathomable sneer.
Shadow said anxiously: "Your Highness—"
Jing Xiu raised her hand to stop him: "Tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m., you go and lead the imperial guards here. As a concubine in the harem, you secretly met with outsiders and sneaked into the prince's bedroom at night. I want to see how Chen Qing can get away."
"Yes, Your Highness!" Shadow's face lit up with joy.
"You should step down too."
"yes."
Jing Xiu was soon the only one left in the room. She picked up the cup she had just been playing with with two fingers, stood up and poured the old tea into the flowerpot at the door, then looked into the distance. The camera zoomed out and cut out.
Qin Hanlin: "Cut, pass!"
The two leading actors walked out of the camera at the same time and went to the monitor to watch the playback with Qin Hanlin. Qin Hanlin smiled maliciously and said, "It seems that my idea of letting you two live together has worked very quickly. It's only been a few days and you two have already developed a tacit understanding."
Xia Yitong looked at Lu Yinbing. Lu Yinbing ignored Qin Hanlin, so Xia Yitong naturally didn't say anything.
Qin Hanlin was very sad: "Xiao Xia, I felt sorry for you for nothing. Now you are turning your elbow outward. It's really true that a girl can't be controlled by her father when she grows up. This world is unfair."
"See if it works. Do you want to shoot it again? Why are you talking so much nonsense? Have you ever raised her? You're such a cheap father." Lu Yinbing said impatiently.
"I will adopt her as my adopted daughter now!"
"Mimosa, why don't you pay homage to your godfather?"
Xia Yitong never got a word in about their nonsense, nor did she take it seriously. She just smiled indulgently and didn't respond.
"Godfather isn't a good word nowadays. Don't accept it. We have a good relationship. Let's not waste time on this nonsense." Qin Hanlin finished watching the replay and said deliberately, "This one is over. No need to do it again. I'm annoyed when I see you."
Lu Yinbing smiled and continued, "Then I won't come this afternoon."
"That would be great."
So Lu Yinbing really didn’t come to the set that afternoon…
Xia Yitong was extremely worried and rushed to ask the crew's coordinator. The coordinator said in confusion, "Teacher Lu asked for leave. It seems that something happened at home. She will take a flight this afternoon and will be back tomorrow night. Didn't she tell you?"
Facing the gossiping gaze of the coordinator, Xia Yitong pretended to be enlightened: "Hey! I remember now. Teacher Lu told me last night, but I was too busy this morning and forgot about it."
As soon as the coordinator left, Xia Yitong's pretending to be relaxed expression immediately turned into a depressed one.
Of course Lu Yinbing didn't tell her. She slept in the same bed with Lu Yinbing last night. Lu Yinbing didn't mention a word about her taking leave. They had their own lunch today and he left without even saying hello to her.
Xia Yitong's mind was filled with the words "Didn't she tell you?" from the coordinator, and then with the words "You are not irrelevant" from Lu Yinbing yesterday. The two words kept entangled in her mind, and she was in a trance. Fortunately, she was able to concentrate on filming and did not delay the progress.
After work, Fang Wei looked at Xia Yitong, who looked unhappy, and could guess why with her toes. Since joining the crew, Teacher Xia has always been in a state where when he is happy, he wants to go to heaven, and when he is sad, he is like an old turtle that sinks to the bottom of the water and does not move.
"Teacher Xia, you can finally turn the air conditioner to 24 degrees tonight." Fang Wei tried every way to tease her.
"oh."
"Sister Su Han said she would come to the crew to see you in the next two days."
"oh."
"If Teacher Lu didn't contact you, you could have taken the initiative to contact her." Fang Wei couldn't stand it any longer and reminded her in a low voice, "You are the one pursuing her now, why are you always so passive? What if Teacher Lu is angry with you? You haven't seen her for the whole afternoon and you didn't even ask about her."
Xia Yitong stopped immediately and thought that Lu Yinbing might really be such a person.
Fang Hui's words seemed to give her a shot of adrenaline. She opened WeChat, found Lu Yinbing's conversation window, typed a long line of words, and then deleted it, leaving only the last four words plus a punctuation mark.
Are you home yet
She showed the screen of her mobile phone to Fang Wei, who nodded with a complicated expression, thinking it was not bad.
Xia Yitong turned on the sound and vibration of her phone and kept it in her hand at all times, glancing at it nervously every ten seconds until she returned to the hotel. The message was still lying there quietly. Xia Yitong long-pressed the message and the "Withdraw" option popped up. She clicked OK, but could not withdraw it because the time limit had exceeded. Xia Yitong stared at her phone in a daze.
Fang Hui: "Maybe he's on the plane. You know flights are always delayed. If he was delayed for two hours before boarding, he should be on the plane now. There's nothing wrong with him. Why don't you give Teacher Lu another call and see?"
"I understand. You can go back to your room first." Xia Yitong lowered his head.
"Xia...Okay, stop imagining it. Send me a WeChat message if you have anything to say."
Xia Yitong took her phone into the bathroom to take a shower, turned up the volume, and suddenly turned off the shower head, wiped her fingers with a towel, and pressed the home button, but there was no message on the screen. Then she tried two or three times and finally unlocked the screen, but there was still only one message in the conversation box, and no response. She returned to the main interface, and there were no notifications for calls, text messages, or QQ.
The shower started again, and the phone rang at the same time. Xia Yitong turned off the water and found that it was not an illusion. But she was a little afraid to check the caller ID on her phone.
…
As for Lu Yinbing, the flight was indeed delayed for two hours. When Xia Yitong sent her a message, she was resting in the first-class cabin of the plane. She got off the plane very low-key and walked quietly through the VIP channel. No one noticed that the great actress Lu appeared at the Capital Airport.
Lu Yinbing was only wearing a pair of sunglasses and stood five steps away from the elevator entrance of the underground parking lot and waited for a while. A black Bentley slowly drove over. The driver rolled down the window, recognized the license plate and face, and Lu Yinbing opened the door and got in.
The Bentley finally drove into a detached villa in a high-end community in City B. It was located in the huge city center, covering an astonishingly large area, with a quiet environment and lush vegetation, like a natural summer resort.
Lu Yinbing was put down. He opened his arms and took a breath of the cool night air. The fatigue he felt after taking the plane and the car was instantly reduced.
"Xiao Bingbing!"
She comes again! Lu Yinbing felt a chill on his back and was about to run!
At this moment, her waist suddenly tightened, and a pair of soft arms tightly wrapped around her waist, holding her up, with her feet in the air. The man said with great distress: "You have lost weight again, my little Bingbing."
As he spoke, he rubbed his face hard against her hair.
The veins on Lu Yinbing's forehead were throbbing, and he gritted his teeth and warned for the umpteenth time: "Don't call me Xiao Bingbing, I'm not yours either."
"Okay, Bingbing."
Damn you...
Lu Yinbing struggled hard. She was diligent in training and it was easy for her to break free from a woman. But in this man's arms, she was like a sheep in a wolf's den, and she had no power to resist.
"Mom! Help!" Having no other choice, Lu Yinbing could only call for his mother in grief and anger!
Upon hearing this, Mother Lu rushed out of the house immediately, with a look of gloating on her face. She pointed at the man behind Lu Yinbing and shouted without any fierceness: "Shu Yao, let go of your cousin."
Liang Shuyao then let go of her hand, and Lu Yinbing quickly jumped three steps away, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Liang Shuyao laughed loudly, her laughter was hearty and her teeth were as white as a wall scraped with white paint.
Under the moonlight, one could clearly see that she was a woman with deep eyebrows and eyes. Her facial features were not delicate, but when put together, they were unique and very attractive. Her hair was slightly longer than her shoulders, but her height was really impressive, at 180cm, and her legs were even longer. Lu Yinbing, who was 172cm tall, looked like a little chicken in her arms.
Liang Shuyao, female, 29 years old, is a darling of the fashion industry and an internationally renowned model.