HuaYu14: Female celebrities are going too fast.

Bai Mengyan grabbed Zhou Xun's arm and ran into the elevator.

She breathed a sigh of relief only after the elevator doors were completely closed.

Bai Mengyan released Zhou Xun's hand and leaned against the elevator wall, the blush on her face still lingering.

She explained to Zhou Xun, "I usually get along quite well with them, it's just... they like to talk nonsense, don't take it to heart."

Zhou Xun leaned against the elevator wall on the other side, looking at her: "I didn't take it to heart."

"That's good."

The elevator reached the ground floor and the doors opened.

Bai Mengyan was one step ahead and went out first.

Zhou Xun followed behind her, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Why are you running?"

"I didn't run away," Bai Mengyan argued.

"At that speed, you could run 100 meters in under 10 seconds."

Bai Mengyan turned around and glared at him: "Then should I go and participate in the Olympics to win glory for my country?"

Zhou Xun pretended to think: "It's not impossible, we can still bring back a gold medal."

"Zhou Xun!!" Bai Mengyan pouted and glared at him.

I have to say, her expression right now is quite cute.

"I'm not going to say anything more." Zhou Xun laughed. "What are we going to eat tonight?"

"There seems to be a new Japanese restaurant that just opened around here. I've heard it's good. Should we go try it?"

Haha: Why do you always take me to eat at roadside stalls? I'm done with love.

Zhou Xun glanced at her: "With your meager salary, after this meal, you'll be starving this month, won't you?"

"Don't underestimate me, I don't drink the northwest wind, I drink the noble southwest wind."

Zhou Xun was amused by her cute appearance: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

As soon as Zhou Xun and Bai Mengyan sat down at the Japanese restaurant, a waiter came over with the menu.

Bai Mengyan glanced at the menu; salmon sushi was 30 yuan per piece.

"How much is 'a regular'?" she asked.

"There's only one," the waiter explained.

Bai Mengyan pursed her lips. 30 yuan for a piece of sushi? That's robbery!

She glanced at the waiter, waved to Zhou Xun, and then used the menu to cover their faces.

"This is a rip-off establishment, let's go to another one."

"Thirty yuan for a piece of sushi, that's really ripping you off." Zhou Xun lowered his voice, playing along with her act. "But are you sure if we stand up and leave now, the shopkeeper won't chase us down?"

Bai Mengyan blinked her big eyes.

"...Then you cover me, I can run fast."

The waiter was still standing beside me, maintaining a professional smile.

Zhou Xun didn't let her continue. He took the menu from her hand, spread it on the table, and said to the waiter:

"One set meal for two, plus a separate serving of sea urchin sashimi."

Bai Mengyan kicked him under the table.

After the waiter left, she gritted her teeth and said to Zhou Xun, "Are you stupid? I saw that set meal, it cost 1280."

"I know."

"You know that, yet you still order?"

Zhou Xun calmly poured her a glass of water and handed it to her: "It's on me, you just need to eat."

"No way!" Bai Mengyan waved her hand. "A rice ball costs 30 yuan. I'll shorten my lifespan if I eat it."

"It's salmon sushi, not rice balls," Zhou Xun corrected.

"A piece of fish on a rice ball is still essentially a rice ball," Bai Mengyan said righteously. "My monthly salary isn't even enough for three full meals here."

"I have enough," Zhou Xun laughed, crossing his two index fingers. "My paycheck can buy me ten full meals here."

Bai Mengyan was extremely envious: "So being an actor is this lucrative!"

"Making money is average."

Bai Mengyan no longer cared about whether the meal was expensive or not. She placed her hands on the table, cupping her face like a blooming flower.

"All you've been telling me about before is theory. When are you going to give me some practical experience?"

"Every time I saw you before, you were exhausted like a dog."

Zhou Xun took a sip of water. "We'll talk about it when you have more free time."

Bai Mengyan thought for a moment: "I don't have any filming tomorrow morning, but I have one in the afternoon. I'm free all day the day after tomorrow."

"Then let's do it the day after tomorrow," Zhou Xun said. "I'm wrapping up filming tomorrow anyway."

"You've wrapped up filming another movie?" Bai Mengyan asked enviously. "How many movies have you acted in now?"

"The third part," Zhou Xun said, "You want to learn acting, do you have a place to do so?"

Bai Mengyan shook her head: "I share an apartment with others, so it's not very convenient at home."

"Why don't you come to my place?" Zhou Xun suggested. "I have a living room there, and it's spacious enough."

Bai Mengyan looked up at him, as if to say, "I've already seen through you."

Are you trying to show off your wealth here?

Zhou Xun smiled and explained, "It's my friend's house, not mine."

"Your friend?" Bai Mengyan paused for a moment. "You two are very close, aren't you?"

"We've already slept together, how could it not be good?" Zhou Xun nodded: "Not bad."

"Would it bother him if I went?"

"It's nothing." Zhou Xun shook his head. "She went to Zhejiang to film a movie."

"Alright then." Bai Mengyan smacked her lips, seemingly lost in thought.

"Should you come by yourself, or should I come pick you up?" Zhou Xun asked.

"I'll go by myself, otherwise those people will start talking if they see me."

"Okay." Zhou Xun sent her an address. "When you get here, send me a message and I'll let you know."

The meal arrived in less than 30 minutes. The portion wasn't large, but the taste was pretty good.

Bai Mengyan didn't stand on ceremony with Zhou Xun and didn't say a word. She just kept stuffing food into her mouth, and before long, there was only an empty plate left on the table.

Zhou Xun had only eaten half of her meal when he saw her smacking her lips, looking unsatisfied and not full. He said, "If you're not full, you can order some more."

"My treat."

Bai Mengyan waved her hand and wiped her mouth with a napkin: "No need, I'm full."

"Are you sure? The speed you were going just now was like you hadn't eaten for three days."

"That's because it tastes good," Bai Mengyan said matter-of-factly. "I usually eat delicious food pretty quickly."

Zhou Xun chuckled and didn't say anything more. After finishing what was on his plate, he called the waiter over and ordered a few more servings of sushi.

Bai Mengyan glared at him: "Why did you order again? I said I'm full."

"You're full, but I'm not." Zhou Xun smiled at her. "I'll eat mine, you can just watch."

Bai Mengyan pouted and ignored Zhou Xun.

When the food arrived, she looked at the tempting-looking salmon sushi and swallowed hard.

"How about we eat something together?" Zhou Xun said.

"Tch. I, Bai Mengyan, would rather starve to death than eat this..."

"Fine, don't eat it then."

"Ah...it smells so good."

When it came time to pay the bill, Bai Mengyan insisted on splitting the bill.

Zhou Xun glanced at her. She only had a pair of aces on her, and now she wanted to play another card?

"No need, I promised to treat you. You can always treat me next time."

After leaving the Japanese restaurant, Zhou Xun called her a car.

"It's getting late, you should go home soon."

Bai Mengyan turned to look into Zhou Xun's eyes and asked the question that had been bothering her for a long time:

"Zhou Xun, why are you willing to help me?"

Zhou Xun pondered for a moment, then said:

"Perhaps I see a reflection of myself in you."

"In the past, I struggled alone, and no one was willing to hold an umbrella for me. Now I want to hold an umbrella for others."

Bai Mengyan nodded, revealing her little tiger teeth, and turned to get into the car.