HuaYu14: Female celebrities are going too fast.

Zhou Xun put on that moon-white brocade robe, tightened the belt, and his entire demeanor changed drastically.

In Meng Ziyi's words, he's so handsome, has a great physique, is so domineering, I like him so much, I want to have his babies!

Zhou Xun walked to the full-length mirror, stood there, and looked exactly like a young prince.

He turned slightly to the side, looked at his waist belt in the mirror, and frowned slightly:

"The waist belt is a bit tight."

Ding's mother stepped forward, tightened the belt, and muttered, "Just loosen it by half an inch here."

Meng Ziyi stood there, still clutching the sleeve of the light blue dress in her hand.

Her gaze seemed to be captivated by Zhou Xun, and she stared at him without moving.

She suddenly remembered the description of Yang Kang's entrance in the script: "Yang Kang appeared, dressed in white with a folding fan, handsome and dashing, attracting the attention of young girls all over the city."

"Ziyi." Li Yitong poked her waist.

"Huh? I'm drooling?"

Meng Ziyi realized what was happening and subconsciously wiped the corner of her mouth.

Li Yitong gave her a disapproving look and pointed to her skirt:

"You weren't drooling, you just held your clothes upside down!"

"oh oh."

Li Yitong sighed, took the clothes from her hand and handed them to the clothing assistant beside her, then said to Aunt Ding:

"Aunt Ding, let's bring out the outfit Mu Nianci wore for the martial arts contest to choose a husband. With Teacher Zhou Xun here, we can see how the two of them look standing together."

"right."

Ding's mother was adjusting Zhou Xun's waist belt, calling to her assistant without looking up.

Meng Ziyi took the clothes and rushed into the fitting room as quickly as possible.

After the curtain was drawn, she leaned against the wall, cupped her burning cheeks in her hands, and took a deep breath.

"Calm down!" Meng Ziyi told herself. "You are a professional actress."

"You just need to stand next to him so the costume team can see how the outfit looks. It's not a big deal."

"You've taken so many acting classes at the Beijing Film Academy and worked with so many male actors, and you've never been timid at all."

She secretly cheered herself up, then slid down the wall like a deflated balloon and squatted on the ground.

"But that guy outside isn't just any actor; he's Zhou Xun!"

A gentle voice came from outside the curtain: "Ziyi, do you need any help?"

"No need!" Meng Ziyi immediately stood up straight and began frantically taking off her clothes. "It'll be done in a minute!"

A few minutes later, she changed her clothes, but did not go out immediately.

Meng Ziyi held her phone, fiddling with her hair, thinking to herself:

"No matter how handsome Zhou Xun is, I can't lose out. We have to look like a perfect match standing together!"

She tidied herself up carefully, and only when she felt it was about right did she pull back the curtain and come out.

Zhou Xun's gaze fell on the fitting room, where Meng Ziyi walked out, grinning with two rows of snow-white teeth.

The hem of her skirt swayed gently at her ankles, and a pale yellow silk sash was tied around her waist.

Aunt Ding went up to her and helped her adjust her posture: "You two stand together and take a look."

Meng Ziyi nodded, obediently walked to Zhou Xun's side, her ears turning red, looked up at him, and said with her mouth full:

"...How about it? Don't we look like a couple standing together?"

Fearing she might be too direct, she added, "I was just asking to see if I have a good sense of camera presence."

Zhou Xun looked down into her eyes, smiled, and said, "We were always meant to be a couple, weren't we?"

Meng Ziyi froze abruptly, her cheeks burning, and she instinctively avoided Zhou Xun's gaze.

"What...what did you say? Who's your partner? I'm talking about the play."

"I was just talking about the play!" Zhou Xun replied with a smile.

Ding's mother took a few steps back, squinted, and examined it for a few seconds:

"Alright, the effect is good! Zhou Xun, go try on that black outfit too, it's for the action scenes."

……

Zhou Xun spent an entire afternoon taking measurements and doing a simple fitting.

"Alright, we've tried on most of the clothes. Thank you all for your hard work today."

Ding Ma's words signaled the official end of today's body measurement.

Zhou Xun took out his phone and glanced at it; it was already 6:30.

"Let's go grab a bite to eat."

"Great!" Meng Ziyi was the first to respond. "I've been trying on clothes all day and I'm starving. Consider this a treat for you!"

"Yitong, what about you?" Meng Ziyi asked, turning around.

Li Yitong looked up at her, smiled, and said, "I won't go. I have to video chat with my family tonight. You guys go ahead and have fun."

Meng Ziyi glanced at her with some surprise, but quickly smiled back at her.

She and Zhou Xun went alone; wasn't that a date?

"Then you should go back and rest early. We'll be back after we finish eating."

Zhou Xun glanced at Li Yitong and remembered a rumor about her.

Did she go back to eating wall plaster instead?

Li Yitong nodded to Zhou Xun, who returned the gesture with a smile.

The restaurant wasn't far from here, so Zhou Xun and Meng Ziyi didn't leave in the nanny car. Instead, they disguised themselves and left through the back door.

The night breeze was cool, but Meng Ziyi's face felt increasingly hot from the wind.

"Zhou Xun," she said.

"Um?"

"You just said in the fitting room, 'We were always meant to be together,' which startled me."

Zhou Xun's lips curved slightly: "I'm talking about the play. Yang Kang and Mu Nianci were originally a couple."

"I know." Meng Ziyi looked down at her toes. "But the way you said it sounded so real."

Zhou Xun did not respond.

The two walked in silence for a while, then Meng Ziyi spoke again:

"Zhou Xun, don't you think we look quite good together?"

Zhou Xun glanced at him sideways. Meng Ziyi didn't dare look at him, her eyes fixed on the road ahead, her ears red.

"They're paired up in the play," Zhou Xun said. "Mu Nianci and Yang Kang standing together definitely create a visually appealing scene."

Meng Ziyi's lips twitched, it was hard to tell whether she wanted to laugh or sigh.

There's a reason why you can act so well.

She didn't expect a reply from Zhou Xun after she finished speaking. She kicked at the pebbles on the roadside and just kept walking forward.

"Maybe he's just a straight man, focused solely on his career."

'I need to take the initiative again!'

She kicked the pebbles at her feet all the way to the restaurant entrance.

She chose a private restaurant, and the two of them went in and asked for a private room, ordering three dishes and a soup.

The dishes were served, and Meng Ziyi found another topic to talk about. She picked up a piece of food with her chopsticks and put it in Zhou Xun's bowl, smiling as she said:

"Try this, it's their signature dish."

Zhou Xun lowered his head and ate, then nodded: "Not bad."

"Right?" Meng Ziyi grinned, showing her pearly white teeth, and picked up another dish for him. "Try this too..."

Halfway through the meal, Meng Ziyi put down her chopsticks and looked at Zhou Xun:

"Zhou Xun, can I ask you a personal question?"

Zhou Xun chuckled and teased her, "You said it's a personal question, so can I choose not to answer?"

Meng Ziyi was stunned for a moment, her eyes crinkling: "Why don't you play by the rules?"

A normal person would say, "Go ahead and ask." Then I'll ask, and you'll answer.

Zhou Xun smiled, picked up a piece of green vegetable and put it in his mouth: "Then ask away, I'll answer selectively."

"You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

As Meng Ziyi spoke, she leaned forward slightly, bumping her body against the table and squeezing the things out again.

Zhou Xun glanced at it; it wasn't small, and it looked a bit bigger than Naza.

Meng Ziyi continued, "I'm asking you... do you have a girlfriend?"

"Can I choose not to answer?" Zhou Xun teased with a smile.

"No way!" Meng Ziyi punched his arm. "Do you have it or not?"

"Theoretically, there isn't one; in practice, it's all up to fate!"

Meng Ziyi's face lit up with joy, and then she puffed out her cheeks:

"Go with the flow? So you're single?"

Zhou Xun glanced at her but did not reply.

Meng Ziyi didn't ask any more questions. Instead of asking this "straight man," she might as well just win him over.

Meng Ziyi ate the meal with exceptional joy, as if she had stolen Zhou Xun's most precious possession.

After finishing their meal, the two parted ways in the hotel lobby.

Tonight is not a good time to make a move. Meng Ziyi believes that important things should be revealed at the right time.

After Zhou Xun returned to his room, before he could even take a shower, Nazha called him via video.

"I haven't taken a shower yet," Zhou Xun said.

The person on the other end of the phone had a sudden glint in their eye: "I can watch you shower!"