After Lu Yinbing sent that message, Xia Yitong replied immediately: I will go back to my hotel room after dinner [shy]
A minute later, a new message came in. Lu Yinbing was dealing with hairy crabs, and her hands were dirty. She asked the person who was picking up the food to take a picture for her to see.
The screen was off, and Laiying asked, "Password?"
"765232." Lu Yinbing swallowed the crab leg meat in his mouth before speaking.
Laiying unlocked his phone, and a picture popped up on the screen. There were three dishes and a soup on the table, roasted eggplant, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, sweet and sour lotus root chops, and a corn and pork ribs soup. It was simple, but after adding a filter, it looked delicious and tasty, and it made one's mouth water just by looking at it.
Laiying handed her the phone and said, "You are right, but she eats too simply. She doesn't look like a popular young actress at all."
Lu Yinbing raised the corner of his mouth: "They are thrifty."
"It's not you who's saving money, but others. Why are you laughing?" Laiying said jokingly.
"Did I laugh?" Lu Yinbing tried to purse her lips, but her mouth widened wider.
"Your mouth is almost stretched to the back of your ears, and you still say you're not laughing?"
"Then just laugh. I'm laughing because this big crab is delicious. Isn't it okay for me to be happy when I eat a good crab?" Teacher Lu said one thing and meant another as always. "Well, give me a reply. My hands are not convenient."
Laiying replied in a cheerful tone: Okay.
Lu Yinbing: “…”
No, this is not her style, it will destroy her tall image in Xia Yitong's mind.
Laiying put her phone back on the table with a smile on her face. Her expression was clearly that of "I just replied like this, what can you do to me?" Lu Yinbing thought that he really couldn't do anything to her. Anyway, he had to go back to the room later, so he could talk to Xia Yitong then.
Xia Yitong replied immediately: I’ll eat then, muah.
The phone was still unlocked at this moment. Lu Yinbing glanced at it and said in advance: "Don't reply, I will talk to her myself."
Lai Ying retracted his claws that had just been half extended, and had a vague idea in his heart that Lu Yinbing had feelings for Xia Yitong in her heart, but she didn't know how much weight she had in his heart, and she didn't know whether his feelings for her were more of friendship than love, or love was better than friendship.
However, the answers to these questions did not come from Lu Yinbing, so Lu Yinbing did not know them, and naturally she did not know either. She only knew that she would have to continue to pay attention to this matter, not for gossip, but for the happiness of her two good friends.
She thought that Xia Yitong was sensitive and used to looking ahead and behind, and was timid, afraid of making a mistake and missing the goddess; Lu Yinbing, on the other hand, was careless and acted without scruples, and his unintentional actions often hurt people. Both of them had no experience in love. Many factors combined to create the current situation.
Someone has to break the deadlock.
Putting their phones aside, the two talked about serious matters - Lu Yinbing's relationship problems.
Laiying: "Since you asked sincerely, let's start from the beginning. When did you realize that you had strange feelings for Xia Yitong?"
Laiying rolled up a napkin and handed it to her mouth.
Facing the microphone, Lu Yinbing cleared his throat and said, "The first time was probably more than a month ago, when we were rehearsing at night."
"Playing against each other?"
"Right kiss scene."
Lai Ying was originally very calm, but upon hearing this unexpected thing, her burning gossip spirit immediately rekindled. She put the microphone directly in her face and asked excitedly, "Please, please describe the scene in detail."
"... That's enough," Lu Yinbing pushed her hand away, not joking with her, and briefly described her situation that night. This old thing had happened a long time ago, and Lu Yinbing had long forgotten it. But today, due to her random thoughts, it was dug out of her memory again.
Laiying frowned slightly and said, "Why didn't you doubt yourself at that time?"
Lu Yinbing said confidently: "I was being honest at that time. I was acting out of character. Aren't people allowed to act out of character for a while?"
"Okay, okay, you're the straightest. You're the straightest in the world. Even a steel pipe isn't as straight as you." Laiying said with a smile.
"It's not straight now! It's not straight at all!" Lu Yinbing snorted, "It's all your fault. What the hell is this big risk? Why don't you let me kiss you? I definitely won't bend to a young woman like you."
"Blame me, blame me." Laiying surrendered with a smile, turned on his phone to check the time, "It's getting late, let's not talk about this nonsense. I'll go through it all for you, and tell me if there's anything wrong."
Lu Yinbing pretended to listen attentively.
Laiying: "First, you always thought you were heterosexual. The evidence is that you have never liked a woman in all these years, or even had a slight attraction to one, right?"
"right."
"Have you ever liked a man? Have you ever had feelings for a man?"
Lu Yinbing thought about it and asked seriously, "Does my dad count? When I was a kid, I wanted to marry a man like my dad. My dad is very capable and treats my mom very well."
Laiying was silent for a while, took a deep breath towards Lu Yinbing, controlled his urge to hit him, and squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "No, count."
Lu Yinbing shrugged and said quickly, "No more. The others I've had feelings for were all because of filming needs. We'll say goodbye after the filming is over."
Laiying swallowed back a mouthful of blood, finally feeling a little relieved, and smiled like an old fox: "So, your straightness is Schrödinger's straightness. Before you fall in love, who can be sure that you are really straight? Speaking of this, I want to ask a more private question."
Lu Yinbing sank into the soft chair and thought carefully about Lai Ying's words. He felt that there was some truth in them. "Ask."
Laiying exhaled, feeling his heartbeat quicken due to excitement: "Have you ever seen an adult film?"
Lu Yinbing sat up straight abruptly: "What have you seen?!"
Laiying gestured and raised an eyebrow: "It's... an adult movie."
Lu Yinbing frowned slightly: "Is there any connection between this matter?"
"Yes." Laiying said, "Just tell me whether you have seen it or not?"
"I don't know if it counts as having seen it. I've seen some of it. Didn't I shoot a realistic movie before? I needed some resources for the plot." Lu Yinbing's eyes flashed with disgust. In her opinion, adult movies without plots were not worthy of being called movies. "I haven't seen it since then."
"Do you prefer men or women in it?"
“I don’t like any of them.”
Laiying cleverly changed the question: "Do you hate the men or the women in there more?"
"man."
"Ok, write down this answer and keep it in mind. Next, if you wanted to like Xia Yitong, why didn't you like her earlier or later but had to choose this time? Do you only like the feeling of kissing and not really like her, right?" This question was so easy to solve, Lai Ying thought to himself, no one could beat him.
"right."
Lu Yinbing looked at his friend's bright smile and felt an uneasy premonition in his heart.
"That's easy. Just find someone to try kissing you, right?" Laiying put his hands on his hips.
The hair on the back of Lu Yinbing's neck stood up, and he took a step back with the stool, and said in horror: "... You're not talking about you, are you?"
"I am a humble person, but I am willing to sacrifice myself for the greater good."
"Will your husband agree?"
"It's okay, I won't tell him. Egirl," Laiying licked his upper lip and smiled greasyly. He walked closer to her and said, "My kissing skills are much better than Xia Tong's. I guarantee that you will feel like you are in heaven."
Lu Yinbing turned his head and looked at the door, estimating the possibility of breaking out.
Laiying saw through her thoughts, put away his playful smile, and said seriously: "I know you are in trouble, but do you really not want to figure out how you feel about Xia Yitong? Are you going to keep avoiding her? If I were Xia Tong, I would break up with you in a few days."
Lu Yinbing was stunned by her last words. Three seconds later, he closed his eyes and said, "Come on!"
In order to maintain a good atmosphere, Lai Ying stopped talking and quietly approached her, gently caressing her cheek with his fingers. The moment Lu Yinbing's face was touched by her, her body immediately froze.
Laiying smiled silently and leaned over to kiss Lu Yinbing's lips.
He pressed against her very gently, but Lu Yinbing had no expression on her face and showed no reaction. Lai Ying came up with an idea and pinched her chin with his fingers, pretending to force her to open her mouth. Lu Yinbing finally couldn't bear it any longer and opened her eyes. He held her cheeks with both hands and pushed her back hard.
Laiying saw her expression and thought she wanted to slap him. This was dangerous, so he quickly shook her hand off and jumped back, clarifying, "Hey, I was just doing an experiment with you. I didn't even stick out my tongue."
Lu Yinbing's eyes were slightly cold. Even if it was just an experiment, it already made her very unhappy. It was precisely because she didn't stretch out her hand, otherwise the slap would have landed on Laiying's face.
"The second one, pass. You are not addicted to the feeling of kissing, you like the feeling of kissing Xia Yitong." Laiying finally added another weight to the scale of Lu Yinbing's love for Xia Yitong by "selling her looks", which was a great sacrifice.
Lu Yinbing nodded and agreed with a cold face.
Lai Ying, who felt that she was seriously frightened both physically and mentally, was at a loss for the third point. How could she tell whether it was because she was too immersed in the role and thus had emotional transfer? In the end, she could only tell Lu Yinbing to buy time: "Try your best to observe with your own identity, with your eyes and heart. Liking someone is a kind of joy that comes spontaneously from the heart, unconscious closeness, longing, and desire. It is completely different from being friends, and it is easy to feel. Also, Jing Xiu in the play feels both love and hate for Chen Qing, which is definitely not the same as your feelings for Xia Yitong. You are so smart that you will be able to tell the difference between the two very quickly. If you have any progress, remember to contact me."
While assisting, he also did not forget to praise Lu Yinbing. Laiying felt that he was very smart.
Lu Yinbing went out thoughtfully. Laiying looked at her from behind and murmured with a sigh, "If you two are together, the first person you should thank is me. Otherwise, I will break up with you two. Being a matchmaker is more tiring than filming a movie."
Don’t read gossip casually in the future. It’s not fun at all to get involved in gossip.
Lu Yinbing's room card was with Xiaoxi, and she was too lazy to get it, so she just knocked on the door.
"I'm coming." A voice came from inside. In less than two seconds, the door opened and Xia Yitong's face appeared in front of him, holding pajamas in her hands, as if she was about to go into the bathroom.
"Good evening, Mr. Lu."
"Good evening." Lu Yinbing looked at her beaming face and asked curiously, "Anything happy? Signed a new endorsement?"
"Nothing," Xia Yitong shook her head, smiled and ran away quickly, "I'm going to take a shower, Teacher Lu."
Like a little butterfly.
Lu Yinbing shook his head in amusement.
After closing the bathroom door, Lu Yinbing stood there, suddenly raised his hand and touched the corner of his mouth, frowned slightly, walked to the full-length mirror, and stared blankly at the woman in the mirror whose lips could not help but rise.
Liking someone is a kind of joy that comes naturally from the heart... right
The corners of the woman's mouth in the mirror raised even higher.
As if answering her: Yes.