Qin Hanlin gave a mysterious smile behind his back.
Xia Yitong had a subtle expression.
Laiying, who doesn’t know the truth: “Hahaha.”
The four of them, each with their own thoughts, took a car to a private restaurant and booked a private room, which was quiet and private, and even the waiter's movements made no sound. Qin Hanlin didn't know how to be polite at all, and he took the menu and ordered the first dish.
"Three signature squabs, raw fish soup with chicken bone grass, braised cuttlefish belly, wild pepper and mushrooms, rich mouth-watering chicken, grilled sea bass with fennel, grilled beef ribs with bean curd rolls, and mountain water old tofu," Qin Hanlin tapped the table with his knuckles and poked at the buffet menu on the iPad with his other hand. He smacked his lips with an unsatisfied look, as if the dishes were already in his mouth, and said, "Let's have these for now."
Laiying took the iPad and handed it to Lu Yinbing. Lu Yinbing was even more impolite. She came here to rip her off and ordered six main dishes including pan-fried codfish and mustard shrimp balls, black caviar, purple vegetable and beef rolls, etc.
Lai Ying didn't feel bad at all and handed the menu to Xia Yitong with a smile. Xia Yitong looked at the portions that had been ordered, enough for ten people, and felt distressed. He turned the menu directly to the cold dishes and carefully ordered cold jellyfish, lotus root with ginger juice, and a platter.
"Okay." She returned the iPad.
Laiying ordered some stir-fried seasonal vegetables, a bottle of juice and a bottle of red wine. After the waiter confirmed everything, he left and closed the door.
The four people sat at the round table, going clockwise, they were: Qin Hanlin, Lai Ying, Lu Yinbing, Xia Yitong. Lai Ying was supposed to sit between Lu Yinbing and Xia Yitong, but Qin Hanlin dragged her closer to him, and made faces at her crazily when the other two weren't noticing.
What was he hinting at? Lai Ying was completely confused.
Lu Yinbing had finished filming all the scenes of Jing Xiu when she was fifteen years old three days ago. She is now recovering her figure. Every time she eats, she feels like she can eat a cow, otherwise she would not have come to this dinner.
While waiting for the food, Laiying, as the host of the dinner, looked at the three people at the table and asked with concern, "How is the filming going? Is Xia Yitong doing well?"
If there were outsiders present, they would definitely think that her words were not thoughtful. There was obviously another leading actor at the table, and she stared at Xia Yitong and asked as soon as she came up.
But why would Lu Yinbing care about such a small matter? Friends don’t play any palace tricks. She smiled and said straightforwardly: "That’s good."
Xia Yitong lowered her head to unpack the dishes and chopsticks. After unpacking them, she scalded them with boiling water and pushed them to Lu Yinbing. Then she took hers in front of herself and repeated the process.
Qin Hanlin was sharp-eyed, and he immediately knocked on the bowl and shouted at Xia Yitong: "I'm reporting you for only scalding her bowl and not mine."
Xia Yitong paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Teacher Lu, this is easy for you, Director Qin, please wait..." She said it naturally, as if she had intended to help everyone heat the tableware.
Lu Yinbing interrupted Xia Yitong and squinted at Qin Hanlin: "Don't you have hands? Stop ordering my people around."
Xia Yitong felt a rush of heat in her ears and quickly turned her gaze towards the figure, gently shaking her head, meaning that she was joking and you shouldn't believe her.
Lai Ying opened her mouth wide when she heard Lu Yinbing say "my people", and then received Xia Yitong's hint. Her mind was completely confused. It felt like she had not had contact with these people for only a few months, and now she could not understand what they were saying.
They all hinted at her, what were they hinting at? Don’t they know that married women are stupid
Qin Hanlin argued with Lu Yinbing with a look of disdain: "What do you mean your person? She's not on the set now, you have no right to control her. Even if she is on the set, she is an independent individual. Why do you control her, you straight male cancer!"
"I'm helping my wife avoid unnecessary labor. I'm being gentle and considerate. How can that be considered masculinity?"
The more he called her "wife", the more outrageous it became. Xia Yitong blushed so much that she almost crawled into the ground. However, Lu Yinbing somehow figured out something that made him happy from this word, and he became more and more excited.
Laiying sneaked around Xia Yitong before the two of them started to fight, and asked in confusion with his pretty eyebrows knitted together, "I know they like to bicker, but what's going on with you two?"
Facing Laiying's sincere inquiring eyes, Xia Yitong laughed and said, "Teacher Lu is immersed in the play. Just treat me as a character in the play."
"That's not what I'm talking about." Laiying said.
Did she find out... This shouldn't be the case. I have been very careful and didn't even look at Lu Yinbing. Xia Yitong's heart was pounding. She swallowed her saliva calmly and asked cautiously, "Then which one are you talking about?"
"Gossip."
Xia Yitong's heart skipped a beat and she laughed dryly, "Where does this gossip come from?"
Laiying: "How did you two end up like this and live together for so long? I know Lao Lu, he doesn't like making friends with people. Looking back now, I find it incredible that I could be friends with her. Can you tell me how you hooked up with her?"
As long as she hadn't discovered that she had a crush on Lu Yinbing, Xia Yitong's brain would work faster than anything else. She immediately smiled mysteriously, stroked her long hair with her hand, and said proudly, "She's just too charming, there's nothing I can do about it."
Laiying turned around and called out, "Old Lu."
Lu Yinbing: "What's wrong?"
"Xia Yitong said—"
Xia Yitong quickly pulled her and begged in a low voice: "I was wrong, I shouldn't have boasted."
Laiying: "Oh, it's okay."
Lu Yinbing was interrupted by her and lost interest in arguing with Qin Hanlin. He shifted his attention to Xia Yitong and Lai Ying and narrowed his eyes: "What are you secretly saying about me?"
Xia Yitong blurted out: "Teacher Lu, you are so beautiful!"
Lu Yinbing lowered her head to drink water, her eyes curved, and she accepted the compliment very naturally.
Laiying: “…”
This flattery was quite servile. Did Xia Yitong get promoted by flattery? No, Lao Lu was not that kind of person.
Laiying was so curious that she was scratching her head. At this moment, the door of the private room was knocked and a waiter came in pushing a cart with rice and dishes. Laiying had to swallow the questions in her stomach and start eating.
Since they were all family, Lu Yinbing didn't put on airs when eating. She ate without being rude, even dignified, but very quickly, eating all the food before it even landed in her bowl.
Lu Yinbing was chewing a shrimp ball in her mouth, her eyes fixed on the wild mushrooms in front of Xia Yitong. Xia Yitong put the mushrooms into her bowl.
"rich… "
Xia Yitong used the serving chopsticks to pick up the most tender leg meat of the delicious chicken for her.
"fish."
The fresh and tender sea bass meat with the bones removed was put into the spoon.
"Tofu."
The tofu and the soup were served in a delicate small bowl and placed to Lu Yinbing's left hand.
"Thank you." Lu Yinbing finished the meal without even raising his head.
Qin Hanlin: “…”
I silently took out my cell phone and sent a message to Mr. Zhan: I was eating out and was fed a mouthful of dog food. This world is a dangerous place.
Mr. Zhan replied: I will visit you in class in a couple of days, just eat your meal.
Laiying had put down her cup and chopsticks for a long time, looking at her pair of good friends with a complicated expression. Yes, she didn't know why she used the quantifier "a pair", but it was unexpectedly very appropriate.
Xia Yitong stared at Lu Yinbing, and she felt a hundred times happier watching her eat than eating herself. She looked up and met Lai Ying's inquiring gaze, and immediately raised her glass and said, "Sister Lai Ying, you are too far away from me, so it is not convenient for me to pick up food for you. The beef rolls and shrimp balls are very delicious, you should try them."
Xia Yitong turned the turntable to her. Lu Yinbing stuck her chopsticks into the shrimp ball plate and watched the food that was about to reach her mouth fly away. She immediately put down the chopsticks, and the chopstick holder made a slight sound when it hit the celadon chopstick holder. Only Xia Yitong heard it.
"I'll get it for you later." Xia Yitong coaxed in a low voice.
"No."
"Sister Laiying and Director Qin haven't eaten a single bite yet."
"No."
Xia Yitong pressed the dial and turned to the chicken bone grass raw fish soup in front of her. Xia Yitong took her clean soup bowl and used a spoon to remove the floating fat on the surface. The milky white fish soup and the melt-in-the-mouth fish meat were mixed together. She filled a small bowl and temporarily comforted Lu Yinbing: "Drink a few sips of soup and take a break. You can eat the meat later."
Lu Yinbing, who had fried the half-fried noodles, brought the bowl of soup to his mouth and drank from it with a spoon, quietly without making any sound.
Xia Yitong looked at her and smiled, his eyes so focused as if she was the only one left in the world.
The strange intuition in Laiying's heart became stronger and stronger. He looked at Qin Hanlin next to him. Qin Hanlin had a look of "I knew it a long time ago" in his eyes. In a flash, Laiying understood it.
She stretched out her left thumb under the table and raised her right thumb as well, with the two fingers facing each other and bending downwards at the same time. She raised her eyebrows, and Qin Hanlin nodded heavily at her.
The two reached a consensus, and then looked at Lu Yinbing as if he were a fool.
Let the fool be stupid for a while longer, maybe the fool will have good luck.
Ever since he knew that Xia Yitong had feelings for Lu Yinbing, Lai Ying's heart was filled with gossip. If a good friend was going to be gay, and the person being gay was still a good friend, it would be unreasonable for him not to get involved.
Lai Ying booked another room in the hotel where the two of them were staying. Lu Yinbing had invited her warmly, but Lai Ying learned her lesson and would rather die than sleep in the same bed with her again.
Lu Yinbing seemed to have something to do. As soon as she returned to the hotel, she sent Xia Yitong back to the room, while she stayed with Laiying, saying that she wanted to reminisce about the past.
It just so happened that both of them had something important to discuss with each other.
They looked at each other, and Lu Yinbing spoke first. She had been very depressed all night, and she said seriously, "Laiying, I'll tell you a big secret."
Laiying asked, "What?"
Lu Yinbing took a breath, looked into her eyes, and said seriously: "Xia Yitong, there is someone you like."
Laiying sat cross-legged on the bed, not at all surprised, and said with a smile: "You?"