The birth of an actor

Chapter 78 Fan Huazhu

An Xin was overwhelmed by the sheer number of books in the Beijing Film Academy library; there were even videotapes—the kind of "Beijing Film Academy teaching materials" they had created themselves.

An Xin was quite familiar with these videotapes, after all, actors in later generations were often "selected for the Beijing Film Academy's teaching materials".

Unfortunately, that thing can only be viewed in the library and cannot be rented.

After taking a few books and saying goodbye to Lu Shiyu, he rushed back to the "Princess Pearl" film crew before noon.

When I got back, Fan Bing was dozing off on the sofa in the dressing room.

Anxin discovered that she really could sleep a lot.

And the quality of my sleep is really good.

They don't need separate beds or locations; as long as they have free time, they can fall asleep in just a few minutes.

He didn't ask where the others went.

The girl couldn't fit on the sofa by herself, so he sat down at her feet and picked up a rented book, "The Theory of Performance," to read.

As she watched, Fan Bing seemed to realize something was wrong and groggily opened her eyes.

After glancing at An Xin, she suddenly turned around and rested her head on his lap, I don't know what she was thinking.

"..."

Anxin's lips twitched.

I thought to myself that this girl is becoming more and more like someone who doesn't consider herself an outsider.

Did I agree? You said you'd use it, so I did.

But he didn't say anything, letting her take advantage of him.

Less than two minutes later, the girl on his lap sat up, looking speechless.

"Ugh……"

"...What's wrong?"

"I couldn't sleep well, my neck hurts. I think I have a stiff neck..."

She pounded her trapezius muscles in pain, glanced at An Xin, and without paying attention to which books he had rented, said:

"If we get off work early tonight, shall we go take a shower?"

Anxin was taken aback:
"Why are you thinking about taking a bath?"

"It's time to scrub off the grime; it's been a month or two since I last did. I just had someone massage my neck; it feels stiff and uncomfortable."

"Is there a public bathhouse nearby?"

"Yes, Grandpa Ye told me that he doesn't actually go to the park to walk his bird every afternoon, he goes to the public bathhouse. He even explained the rules for bathing here, like what to do about hard or soft water..."

"……Row."

Upon closer reflection, An Xin realized that he probably hadn't taken a bath in two or three months.

Although you can shower in a hotel or pour basins of water over yourself in your dorm, it's been a long time since I've had the chance to scrub my back.

"Ouch, it hurts so much... Hey, can you massage it for me?"

Okay. Where?

"this."

The girl had her back to him and pointed to the location of her trapezius muscles.

Anxin didn't pay much attention at first and put her hand on it.

But as soon as I pinched it, I immediately felt a softness.

To use a milder term, it was incredibly delicate.

To put it in a vulgar way, "so delicate it could be broken with a touch" wouldn't be an exaggeration.

The delicate and soft touch made him momentarily dazed.

At that moment, the girl's soft moan "Mmm~" aroused a long-lost heat within him.

So he simply let go.

"Hey, hey, don't stop! Keep pushing, it's okay, I can handle it!"

"I……"

Anxin opened her mouth, but didn't say anything. She just pulled up her collar and pinched her skin through the clothes.

“Ouch…”

"Shut up! Do you want people to misunderstand?"

"Oh dear... what's the misunderstanding?"

"...Don't speak!"

"It feels so good, why can't I say 'ouch'? Hmm... Hey? Why did you stop?"

"You can ask the lady at the bathhouse to give you a massage tonight."

"Wait...where are you going?"

"To the restroom."

Anxin rolled her eyes at her, annoyed, and left the dressing room.

"……nerve."

Fan Bing was speechless, and rolled her eyes while massaging her shoulders.

Clearly, at less than sixteen, she couldn't understand what the subconscious expression of pleasant comfort meant to a mentally sound "old man."

Anxin doesn't want to be labeled as having a fetish for liking children.

Moreover... with a man and a woman alone in this dressing room, and various noises coming from inside, it's easy for them to have all sorts of wild thoughts.

He may not care, but why should a fifteen-year-old child be burdened with undue worldly scrutiny?

……

By the time the afternoon work was finished, it was already past seven o'clock.

After the two starving children finished their dinner in the cafeteria, Fan Bing eagerly pulled him home:

"Hurry up, go back and take a shower."

"Where are you two going?"

Lin Xinru, who happened to be walking out of the cafeteria in front of the two, looked shocked.

An Xin rolled her eyes speechlessly, nudged Fan Bing's head, and said:
"Let me be clear, otherwise people might misunderstand... We're going to the public bathhouse, are you coming?"

Amidst Fan Bing's enthusiastic nods, Lin Xinru thought for a moment, then shook her head and declined.

"I'll just shower at the hotel. Are you staying together?"

"No, we live in the same alley."

Where is that alley?

"..."

Forget about feeling at ease, even Fan Bingbing was speechless.

Sometimes you have to admit that Ruby Lin is quite adorably silly.

Especially those eyes, they're so clear when they're being silly.

The three chatted about the differences in language environment between a hutong and a hutong, and then parted ways at the entrance of the Beijing Film Studio. After watching the two of them leave together on a motorcycle, Lin Xinru's eyes showed a hint of curiosity.

Are these two really not dating?

There was a feeling that their relationship was unusually close. The motorcycle sputtered all the way back to Jishuitan. Fan Bing checked the time and said:

"I'm going back to get something. Wait for me at the door."

"Ah."

Anxin responded and went back inside to pack a bag of clean clothes, soap, towels, and other items. She waited at the door for a few minutes and then saw the girl wearing slippers.

Aren't you afraid your feet will get cold?

"Hehe, it's okay, it's not far ahead, let's go."

She walked out of the alley with a sense of relief, saying as she went:
“I need to get a good scrub today, it might take a while, so don’t rush to come out. I heard from Grandpa Ye that you have a big pool over there where you can soak, and after you’re done you can find someone to play chess, get cupping done, and have a drink of something… Gao Sui. Anyway, stay a little longer, I’ll have someone call you when I’m done.”

"Row."

Anxin responded with a soft "yes".

Upon reaching the alley entrance, Fan Bing left a message saying "Wait for me," and then slipped into the convenience store.

When he came out less than a minute later, he had a small bag of Yili milk powder and an empty beverage bottle in his hand.

Why buy this? Are you calcium deficient?

"No, I'll use it to wipe my body later. I want to take a milk bath!"

"Wait a minute..."

Anxin was completely stunned.

Staring blankly at the five-cent packet of milk powder in her hand, he was utterly dumbfounded.
"What...do you want to do?"

"Take a milk bath, huh?"

"...How do I wash it?"

Although Anxin had already figured out what she meant, she was still stunned by the girl's thought process.

Fan Bing, with an expression that seemed to say, "You're such a country bumpkin," said:
"Didn't you see I asked for a bottle? Pour the milk powder in, add some hot water, and then wipe your body with it."

? ? ? ? ?

Anxin was dumbfounded.

"Which father taught you to take a milk bath like this?"

"How else can we wash? There are no bathtubs in our women's bathing area. Besides, even if there were, they would make me mix it with baby formula."

"No... I mean, who told you that you can take a milk bath with baby formula?"

Anxin said, taking the bag of milk powder and looking at the ingredient list.

I was surprised to find that there was a line of small print below the "Yili Milk Powder" text: "Strawberry Flavor".

This isn't milk powder at all; it's clearly flavoring powder.

The ingredient list even includes "white sugar"!

"Lin Xinru told me. Haven't you noticed? Her skin is amazing. I asked her how she does it, and she told me that every morning when she goes to the hotel for breakfast, she fills a mineral water bottle with hot milk, puts it in the refrigerator, and then uses it to wash her face and body after get off work..."

"..."

Anxin really didn't know what to say.

It's one thing for Taiwanese compatriots not to understand local gang rules, but you, an uneducated junior high school student, are also trying to join in the fun?
"Sis, let's talk about this... Is it possible that they used milk in their milk bath?"

“I know I should use milk, milk is definitely better. But I can’t afford it, a monthly milk subscription costs forty yuan. So I’ll just use milk powder, isn’t milk powder just milk with the water removed and the nutrients left?”

"...The problem is, this isn't baby powder, it's strawberry milk!"

"Is there a difference?"

"Nonsense! One is a dairy product, and the other is a beverage, don't you think?"

"They're all milk, what's the difference?"

"...Can't you see the word 'strawberry'?"

"I see. Aren't strawberries nice? You'll smell nice after you wash. I'll let you smell them in a bit."

"..."

Anxin's lips twitched.

In the end, they were defeated and turned back.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Wait where you are."

He ran into the convenience store and asked the owner:

"Is there any milk left today?"

"There are two bottles, both in the refrigerator. How many do you want?"

"One bottle, the glass bottle will be delivered to you shortly."

"Okay, the milk is one dollar and fifty cents, and the bottle is one dollar as a deposit."

After paying the money with peace of mind, Anxin walked out carrying a bottle of milk.

He walked up to Fan Bing and handed it to her in a rather irritating manner:

"Here, Yang Guifei, use this."

"Oh, no need, why waste that money? This is morning milk, it's not fresh anymore, and it's still selling for one yuan and fifty cents a bottle."

"It's better than you using that seasoning powder. Besides, I've been thinking..."

"What?"

“Starting tomorrow, you give me five yuan a day and I'll tutor you. I'll tutor you starting from junior high school subjects. That way, when you become famous, people won't know that you can't even do addition and subtraction and have no common sense at all.”

"Uh……"

Fan Bing paused for a moment, then quickly shook her head:

"No way, I'm just not cut out for studying! To be honest, when I was at home, I couldn't even solve my nephew's fifth-grade word problems. Hey, can you even solve those kinds of problems? It's like a cage with a bunch of chickens..."

"Anti-pornography and anti-illegal publications campaign?"

"No, it's not about cracking down on pornography and illegal publications... it's just putting a bunch of chickens and a bunch of rabbits in a cage together."

Is it 0 or 1?

"Huh? What does that mean? They asked me to count how many feet there were..."

"Ugh……"

Hearing her make such a simple chicken-and-rabbit problem sound so complicated, Anxin sighed helplessly.

People say that fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls are in the most beautiful season of their lives, hence the poetic description "flowering girl".

But the person next to me...

Despite being in the prime of her life, her intelligence is like that of a pig.

Let's just call her Flower Pig Girl.

Fan Dahua Pig...

"Ha~"

"What are you laughing at?"

"fine."