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Chapter 181 Li Yitong Eating While Peeling Off the Wall

After finishing their meal, Chen Xiu sent a message to Meng Ziyi.

I learned that she was still eating out and wouldn't be returning to the hotel anytime soon.

Chen Xiu then returned to her rented hotel, checked her work information, and verified the Pinduoduo and Pinduoduo data that Huang Zheng had sent her.

He was busy until 11 p.m. before he finally left for the hotel where Meng Ziyi was staying.

Upon entering the hotel, I used my room card to access the elevator and went up to the floor where Meng Ziyi was located.

Chen Xiu arrived at the floor sign, confirmed the room number, turned into the corridor, and walked straight to the end when a furtive figure was very conspicuously crouching in front of the corridor wall.

The reason it was described as furtive was because the figure was wearing a hoodie, completely covered up, and could only be identified as a woman from her silhouette. Her hands were also constantly scratching at the wall…

Such a bizarre scene made Chen Xiu stop and begin to watch.

He wasn't a person who liked crowds, but the spot where this figure was crouching happened to be the only way to get to Meng Ziyi's room from the corridor, so he couldn't avoid it.

If I walk past him without noticing, he will definitely see me when I enter Meng Ziyi's room.

If the other party is an actor from the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" production team, it would be quite awkward.

After watching quietly for a while, Chen Xiu finally confirmed that what the other person was picking at was wall plaster that had oxidized to the point of turning yellow.

What's so fun about this thing?
With this question in mind, Chen Xiu casually pried a piece off the wall.

Holding it in my hand, looking at it from left to right, apart from the dust on my fingers, I really couldn't feel anything special about it.

Just as Chen Xiu was considering whether to go over and say hello to the other person, and then make up some excuse to send her away.

The figure crouching on the ground suddenly did something that made his eyes widen in surprise.

The other person carefully blew and wiped the scraped-off wall plaster clean, placed it in a plastic sealing bag, then crushed it into small pieces with their hands, dipped a portion of it in their finger, and put it straight into their mouth.

Pica.

These three words came to Chen Xiu's mind. Having lost all patience, he walked towards the other person.

Li Yitong, who was revisiting her childhood hobby, sucked on her fingers while feeling the mental pressure that had been relieved.

She hasn't peeled off the wall plaster in a long time; it's only because of the recent stress from filming that she did this...

Do you need this?

The sound that reached her ears made Li Yitong freeze in place.

She knew her fetish was very strange, which is why she wore a hoodie and came here to do it discreetly.

Keeping her body still, Li Yitong slowly turned her head, and then a pair of men's casual shoes came into view.

Looking up, she saw a pair of long, straight, strong legs, and a hand reaching towards her, the thumb and forefinger pinching a piece of yellowed wall plaster...

"Excuse me, I have to go now..."

Li Yitong hurriedly got up, preparing to leave before the other person could see her clearly.

However, the increased line of sight that came with getting up made her glance at the person who had caught her before she took off running.

Just that one glance made Li Yitong's foot, which had been about to step out, immediately stop in place.

She stared blankly at the person, her eyelashes trembling, and asked uncertainly, "Are you... Chen Xiu?"

"Huh? You could tell even though I was wearing a mask?"

Chen Xiu asked in confusion, "I'm already quite used to wearing a mask when I go out."

He was certain he had never seen the girl in the hoodie and mask before, so why was she able to identify him?

Upon hearing Chen Xiu confirm her identity, Li Yitong excitedly pulled down her mask.

"Hello, Mr. Chen, my name is Li Yitong, and I am the female lead in the TV series 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes.' It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Looking at this new version of Rong Meimei, and the slender fingers stretched out in front of her, Chen Xiu repeated the question without any reaction.

"How did you recognize me?"

"Um... I just caught a glimpse of you from afar, and you haven't changed your clothes yet."

Chen Xiu nodded silently, feeling that she would need to keep several sets of clothes in her car when she went out in the future.

If they recognize me, so be it. I'm not someone to be ashamed of anyway.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiu held up the piece of wall plaster she was holding in front of Li Yitong: "Do you need this?"

"Um, Mr. Chen, you saw it all?"

"If you crouch in the middle of the road, it's hard to see you."

"Ok."

Li Yitong pursed her lips and fell silent for a moment.

She knew her behavior was very strange, which is why she chose to do it at midnight when there were fewer people around. If she hadn't stayed behind, she could have slipped away even if she had been discovered.

Caught red-handed by Chen Xiu, Li Yitong felt somewhat embarrassed and didn't know how to explain her situation.

Not wanting to repeat the question a third time, Chen Xiu waved her hand at her.

Seeing this, Li Yitong realized what was happening and quickly took the wall plaster from Chen Xiu's hand.

"Thank you. Um, do you think I'm weird...?"

"Pica usually occurs in infancy and childhood. You probably don't do this often, right?"

Li Yitong quickly waved her hand to clarify: "No, no, I only do this occasionally because I'm under a lot of mental stress."

"Oh, actually, in this situation, consulting a psychological counselor would be more helpful, but of course, I'm just suggesting it."

"Thank you. Um, how did you get in here?" After chatting for so long, Li Yitong finally thought of asking Chen Xiu why she was here.

For the safety and privacy of the actors, the production team of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" rented hotels by the floor, and many rooms were not allowed to be opened to the public, even if they were empty.

Chen Xiu glanced at her and said, "She came in."

"That's not what I meant. I meant to ask..."

"Someone from your crew gave me a room key, and then I came in. Got it?"

"Oh, I see, hehe."

Li Yitong smiled sheepishly. Based on what she had just witnessed during dinner, she naturally assumed that Jiang Jiajun was the one who gave Chen Xiu the room key.

Chen Xiu's ambiguous expression was also intended to make Li Yitong think in other ways.

After explaining the situation, Chen Xiu said directly, "You probably don't live on this floor, right? People usually go to a place further away when they want to carry out these kinds of private activities that they don't want to be discovered."

"I'll stay on the floor above."

Li Yitong awkwardly pointed upstairs, a strange feeling rising in her heart that she was being manipulated by Chen Xiu.

"Since that's the case, it's already very late, let's say goodbye here."

"okay."

Li Yitong nodded, turned around and walked out, but after only a couple of steps, she turned back, the corners of her mouth and eyes curving upwards.

"Mr. Chen, it's fate that we met. How about we add each other on WeChat?"

"Heh, meeting is fate. Are you practicing martial arts lines?"

Chen Xiu shook her head and politely declined, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm not used to adding strangers on WeChat."

"Uh, okay, sorry to bother you."

One act of initiative by Li Yitong resulted in her being left in an awkward situation where she dared not even turn her head back.

She had already guessed that her request would most likely be rejected, but considering that there was no one else present, Li Yitong decided to give it a try. If she could get in, tonight might be different.

Unfortunately, Chen Xiu refused.

After watching the brave girl enter the elevator and confirming that she wouldn't turn back, Chen Xiu went to Meng Ziyi's room and swiped her card to enter.

……

Back in his room, he thought about the whole process of his encounter with Chen Xiu.

Li Yitong licked her lips, picked up her phone, and sent a message to her "best friend on set," Meng Ziyi.

"Mengmeng, guess who I just ran into! Here's a hint: we met him together today."

After sending the message, Li Yitong waited for a reply.

Meng Ziyi's replies were always prompt in the past, but today, she waited for more than an hour, until she was almost asleep, before Meng Ziyi's reply finally arrived.

Who did you meet?

"Chen Xiu! I just ran into him in the hallway. He must have come to visit the set, but it got too late, so Director Jiang kept him there. You can't imagine how surprised I was!"

After sending this message, which was half boasting and half explaining, Li Yitong naturally assumed that Meng Ziyi's reaction would be stronger.

However, Meng Ziyi's reply was unusually bland.

"Oh, you've run into Chen Xiu."

Then, it was gone.

Seeing the message that went nowhere, and recalling his encounter with Chen Xiu at the hotel, Meng Ziyi's unusually calm reaction...

A flurry of thoughts suddenly popped into Li Yitong's head: Could it be that Mengmeng and Chen Xiu have a really bad relationship? Tsk, she's so clueless about social niceties, she might actually do something like that…

Downstairs in the room, the two people Li Yitong thought had a "bad relationship" were actually wearing pajamas and hugging each other.

Meng Ziyi pressed against Chen Xiu's chest, lowered his eyes and stared at him, puzzled, "Brother Xiu, how did you meet Li Yitong? She clearly lives upstairs!"

"She was peeling plaster off the wall outside your room, and I happened to see her when I came over..."

"Scratching off plaster from the wall?! She has this hobby?"

"Oh, yes."

Chen Xiu gave a vague reply. Although he wasn't familiar with Li Yitong, he didn't want to expose her secret.

Seeing Chen Xiu's indifferent reaction, Meng Ziyi guessed that he was unwilling to gossip.

Fortunately, she wasn't particularly interested in Li Yitong either.

"Hmm~~"

After a moment's hesitation, Meng Ziyi's eyes flickered, and he asked another question of concern: "Brother Xiu, how many days will you be staying this time you come to visit the set?"

"There's an important project that I need to personally oversee, and I'll be returning to Shanghai the day after tomorrow..."

Seeing the silly beauty's lips curl into a sharp smile, Chen Xiu stopped and reached out to help her smile: "I'll be staying in Shanghai for a month or two. You can come find me when you're not filming!"

"Oh, that makes sense."

Once Meng Ziyi realized what was happening, the corners of his eyes turned up again, and he chuckled.

Her scenes in the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" series were few and disjointed, with several days in between when she had no scenes to film, and this was quite common.

Since he wasn't well-known and had no acting opportunities, Meng Ziyi had no other commitments to attend to. Bored on set, he went to Shanghai to visit Chen Xiu, killing two birds with one stone.

(End of this chapter)