This was the first time Zhou Ye had cried in front of him...
Yu Wenliang was at a loss for a moment, not knowing what to say or do to make her stop crying. He could only force a laugh to ease the atmosphere, then shamelessly bent his head and craned his neck to see if she was really crying:
"Are you crying?"
"No..."
Zhou Ye's voice trembled as she pulled her hat lower, not letting Yu Wenliang see her face.
"Don't be stubborn. If you're stubborn, it means you really are crying!"
Yu Wenliang quickly pulled out a few tissues and handed them over, but Zhou Ye, with her head down, didn't see them.
He started Acting mischievous, hooking the baseball cap on Zhou Ye's head, trying to make her reveal her true face.
"Let me see? Real tears or fake?"
Zhou Ye dodged while batting away his 'evil' hand, tears streaming down her small, oval face:
"I told you, I'm not crying!"
"I just got spicy..."
Zhou Ye quickly stuffed two pieces of fatty beef dipped in chili into her mouth, then, as if proving her innocence, pointed to her slightly red, food-stuffed mouth: "It's too spicy, so spicy that I'm crying!"
"Is that so?"
Yu Wenliang deliberately took away her dipping sauce, "Then I'll get you a lighter one, without chili."
"Don't..."
"Don't you not eat spicy food?"
"Even though I can't eat spicy food, I like the feeling of being made to cry by it, is that not allowed?"
Zhou Ye stubbornly snatched back the dipping sauce, wiping away her tears while burying her head in her food, only to start crying again from the spice.
To prove she wasn't moved to tears by me, she chose to eat a lot of chili to make herself cry?
Anyone who could come up with such a silly idea must need a master at home to help them...
"Eat slowly, don't choke. No one's fighting you for chili."
Yu Wenliang chuckled, teasing her, which made Zhou Ye tap him with her chopsticks before he stopped.
The two ate and ate.
Yu Wenliang wasn't even full yet.
Zhou Ye, full from the chili, began poking the bubbles in the hotpot with her chopsticks, casually bringing up old scores:
"Hey? Didn't you go eat Sichuan cuisine with that busty girl?"
"Huh?"
Yu Wenliang didn't react for a moment, asking loudly: "Busty what?"
Zhou Ye's cold face instantly turned red. She lowered her head, covering her face with her hat, "Why are you so loud!"
Only then did Yu Wenliang realize that in their Hui City, 'busty girl' referred to a girl with a very large chest.
"Oh, you mean Xiao Tian?"
"Who else?"
Zhou Ye suspected he was teasing her again, rolled her eyes, and said sourly: "You can eat so much spicy food, and you love spicy food so much, why didn't you go eat Sichuan cuisine with her? Such delicious Sichuan cuisine, if you go late there's no seat~"
Could it be that besides being unhappy about the small mistake in her Acting?
Was Zhou Ye also envious and jealous of her large chest?
Or perhaps...
Yu Wenliang wiped his mouth, threw the crumpled tissue on the table, and asked with a smile: "Are you jealous?"
"Get lost!"
Zhou Ye picked up the tissue and threw it at Yu Wenliang, then crossed her arms, feigning indignation: "You said I was narcissistic, but you're clearly the most narcissistic, aren't you? I can't stand you anymore~"
Putting on an act again?
Yu Wenliang's gaze rested on Zhou Ye's white short-sleeved shirt, only seeing her snow-white collarbones.
Crossing her arms couldn't even create a shape? Compared to that... you really should be jealous of Xiao Tian's large chest!
"I didn't go eat with her, I specifically came to have hotpot with you."
"Of course, because, in my heart, you're more important."
Yu Wenliang explained.
Zhou Ye kept a straight face, pursing her lips to control her expression, not letting him discover she was secretly pleased.
"I thought..." Yu Wenliang stopped mid-sentence, not finishing.
"Thought what?" Zhou Ye's secret pleasure was cut short, and she asked with some dissatisfaction.
"I thought you were sad because of a small mistake in your Acting, which is why you hid in the dorm and didn't go out to play..." Yu Wenliang probed, watching Zhou Ye's expression as he spoke.
Zhou Ye turned her pretty face to the side, crossed her arms, and mumbled:
"That's what it was, okay."
"How could I possibly be jealous of you?"
"Hmph..."
Ah, yes, yes, yes.
You'd better not be.
Otherwise, when I get Xiao Tian's rewards in the future, I'll have to hide it from you, don't make it seem like an affair...
Yu Wenliang chuckled and comforted her:
"What's wrong with you? What's the big deal? Even the teacher praised you!"
"The teacher's just being high EQ. He only praised me to be fair."
"I performed so poorly, I don't know if I can adapt. I heard that film students get eliminated!"
Yu Wenliang angrily threw down his chopsticks.
"Bullshit! You acted well! Whoever says you're bad, I'll argue with them!"
Zhou Ye pursed her lips, her dark eyes looking at him speechlessly:
"Yu Wenliang, I didn't realize you were such a good actor?"
"I saw it all. You deliberately let the teacher discover me, that's why he praised me, right!"
"You were inherently more talented than me, and you acted better than me. That's a fact. The teacher praising only you is natural! I'm the one who shouldn't be emotional... I'm just very worried about myself, whether I'll be advised to leave the film program, or if I can even get into the Central Academy of Drama? Oh, no, Beijing Film Academy! Forget it... I might not even get into Nanyi."
What did Nanyi ever do to you?
Besides.
You're going to be a top-tier star in the future, I've already bet on you, how can you lack confidence?
Yu Wenliang looked into her beautiful eyes and said seriously: "We're new. It means there's room for improvement if we perform averagely at first. Even if we don't act well, we can practice more. At worst, I'll accompany you, and we'll improve together!"
"After all, me being here is also thanks to you."
"We'll go in and out together, like grasshoppers on the same bed!"
Hearing his resolute words, each one striking her heart, Zhou Ye, who was already prone to tears, felt herself about to cry again. She covered her eyes and said disdainfully: "Who wants to sleep in the same bed as you? It's called grasshoppers on the same boat, okay! You're so annoying..."
After speaking, Zhou Ye pulled out several tissues and hurried away.
Whether they'd sleep together in the future, that's hard to say, Yu Wenliang asked with a smile:
"Where are you going?"
"To the restroom!"
She's using all my lines!
Alright, alright, so you can use the 'restroom escape' trick too, huh?
She's definitely going to secretly shed some tears.
Yu Wenliang waited for a while before seeing Zhou Ye return from outside, standing at the entrance of the hotpot restaurant and waving at him.
"Is there no restroom inside the restaurant? Did she have to run to the mall's public restroom to cry? Afraid I'd catch her!"
Yu Wenliang muttered to himself, walking to the cashier at the restaurant entrance, ready to pay.
Over four hundred.
The cost of living in the Capital.
It's really damn expensive!
"WeChat Pay." Yu Wenliang hadn't brought enough cash, which was awkward.
"Hello, sir, that young lady already paid the bill. Didn't she tell you?" the waitress answered with a smile.
Yu Wenliang walked out of the hotpot restaurant somewhat surprised.
Zhou Ye proudly lifted her chin and playfully raised an eyebrow, looking much livelier than before.
"I tricked you, didn't I~"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes..."
"Just tell me if I tricked you or not. Only you can trick me into going to the restroom, but I can't trick you?"
Yu Wenliang mimicked Zhou Ye's stubborn manner, pursing his lips, and said in a high-pitched voice:
"I wasn't tricked at all. I thought of it long ago, okay~"
"Oh, really, you dare to mimic me?"
Zhou Ye swung the shopping bag hidden behind her back, hitting Yu Wenliang's back. He dodged several times but was finally hit.
"What's this?"
Yu Wenliang felt the shopping bag, it was hard, harder than him.
Zhou Ye's lips curved upwards. She opened the shopping bag as if showing off, and with both hands, took out an exquisite Jordan shoebox.
Yu Wenliang froze.
Zhou Ye smiled even more happily, handing Yu Wenliang the boy's favorite, the latest model sneakers:
"Ta-da!"
"Surprised, aren't you!"
"I actually went to prepare a gift for you. You definitely didn't expect it, did you? Hehe..."