"I'll just go out to grab something to eat later." Tang Xue glanced at Lin Xiaoxiao's hand. "I have a class this afternoon."
Lin Xiaoxiao frowned. "I'll tell Sister Bingbing that you shouldn't go today. As for that acting class..." Lin Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "I can rehearse with you."
"You'll rehearse with me?" Tang Xue raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm." Lin Xiaoxiao tightened her grip on Tang Xue's sleeve. "Although I'm not a professional, I can still help you with your lines, right?"
In the end, Lin Xiaoxiao was a little unsure of herself. She hadn't formally studied this, but the thought of having already rehearsed with Tang Xue last time gave her a bit of confidence.
Tang Xue had already worked hard enough today, and Lin Xiaoxiao felt a little sorry for her when she thought about her going to the company for acting lessons later.
"Alright, it's settled then. I'll call Sister Bingbing." Lin Xiaoxiao's tone was very domineering and resolute.
Tang Xue was stunned for a moment, but seeing the person who had just been so domineering now looking at her with fear in his eyes, she finally softened and smiled, "Okay, then I'll go make another dish."
Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up instantly, and she happily picked up her phone to go find Bai Bing.
"You brat, where did you take Tang Xue? I called her cell phone, but it's off." Before Lin Xiaoxiao could even make the call, Bai Bing called first.
Lin Xiaoxiao moved the phone away from her ear a little bit. "We're at home now."
"Why did you run home? I'm telling you, isn't this development a bit too fast? In broad daylight, instead of going to work, why did you bring someone home? Can't you do things at night?"
Upon hearing Lin Xiaoxiao say that they were at home, Bai Bing had one question after another. At this moment, Bai Bing really wished she could turn into electricity and appear next to Lin Xiaoxiao immediately to satisfy her desire to gossip.
Lin Xiaoxiao sighed and rolled her eyes. "Sister Bingbing, can't you be a little more innocent?"
"Ahem!" Bai Bing coughed lightly. "Tell me, how did you abduct this person—no, how did you bring him home? What happened?"
"It's nothing serious. I got a little injured and just got back from the hospital. I've troubled Tang Xue for so long today, so I just wanted her to rest at home this afternoon."
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't hide her injury. After all, it was on her forehead, and she had cut her hair short, so her hair couldn't cover the wound. Bai Bing would find out sooner or later.
"You're injured."
Lin Xiaoxiao heard a loud thud, like the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and quickly said, "It's just a minor injury, I didn't even need stitches, don't worry."
"How did you get injured?" Bai Bing rubbed her waist.
"Sister Bingbing, are you alright?" Lin Xiaoxiao was a little worried; the sound from the other side just now suggested that the fall was quite severe.
"I'm fine." Bai Bing sat down in the chair. "How did you get hurt?"
Lin Xiaoxiao sighed, "Lin Yu came over today."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. "How did he get in?"
"I..." Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't continue.
"Alright, I understand." Bai Bing sighed. "You should be more careful. I'll handle this."
"Okay." Lin Xiaoxiao responded, "By the way, Director Li said he would be coming for an audition today, so please have Sister Bingbing entertain him."
Logically, since Li Zhen came to audition, she should have gone over to make her presence known, but she didn't want Tang Xue to worry, so she naturally chose the former over Tang Xue.
"Alright, don't worry about this anymore. Just focus on recovering. But you've definitely won Tang Xue's favor this time. It seems like you're not far from winning her heart."
Bai Bing hung up the phone as soon as she finished speaking, giving Lin Xiaoxiao no chance to argue.
Lin Xiaoxiao held her phone, speechless. She realized that her image in Bai Bing's mind was truly impossible to erase.
After lunch, Lin Xiaoxiao kept her promise and started reading the script while Tang Xue was tidying up. Her serious and hardworking appearance was just like when she was taking the college entrance examination.
When Tang Xue finished tidying up and came to the living room, she saw Lin Xiaoxiao holding the script and looking at it seriously.
To be honest, Tang Xue didn't really want Lin Xiaoxiao to act with her. Lin Xiaoxiao was still injured, and she wouldn't drag a patient along to act with her.
The reason I agreed to Lin Xiaoxiao's request was that I was worried about leaving her alone at home. I was afraid she would run away after I left.
"Stop reading the script, go back to your room and lie down for a while. I can read the script by myself." Tang Xue walked to Lin Xiaoxiao's side and placed her hand on her script.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked up, "How can I do that? I promised you, I can't go back on my word."
"You're still injured." Tang Xue's gaze shifted to Lin Xiaoxiao's forehead. The wound on Lin Xiaoxiao's forehead had stopped bleeding, but Tang Xue could still vaguely see Lin Xiaoxiao's handkerchief stained red with blood.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she gently touched Lin Xiaoxiao's forehead with her fingers. "I'm sorry."
"It wasn't you who hurt me, so don't say sorry." Lin Xiaoxiao grabbed Tang Xue's wrist and made her sit down next to her.
"Let's stop thinking about those unhappy things and rehearse a scene. Which scene would you like to rehearse?"
Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes were dark and bright. Tang Xue could clearly see her own reflection in those eyes, as if there was nothing else in them but her own image.
"Xiaoxue?" Lin Xiaoxiao waved her hand in front of Tang Xue's eyes. "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, aren't you supposed to be rehearsing your lines?" Tang Xue snapped out of her reverie. "I'll go get the script, wait for me."
Tang Xue went back to her room to get the script. Lin Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, then took the script and followed her. When Tang Xue turned around, she saw Lin Xiaoxiao leaning against the door frame looking at her. "What's wrong?"
"Are you tired?" Lin Xiaoxiao stepped forward and approached Tang Xue. "You seem a bit listless."
"I'm fine." Tang Xue took a step back. "I was just thinking about something and was a little distracted. I don't feel unwell."
Lin Xiaoxiao frowned. "Are you still thinking about Lin Yu? I didn't expect him to come, and I even frightened you. It won't happen again."
Lin Xiaoxiao felt somewhat guilty. If she had been more thoughtful, this wouldn't have happened. Although Tang Xue wasn't injured, it was Lin Xiaoxiao who was hurt, but she still felt it was her fault for frightening Tang Xue.
Tang Xue's gaze towards Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly turned somewhat strange. "Why are you so good to me?"
Lin Xiaoxiao was a little confused. "We're friends, isn't it only natural for me to be nice to you?"
Tang Xue lowered her eyes. "Weren't you supposed to rehearse with me? Which scene did you just watch?"
"Minor Snow!"
"Hmm?" Tang Xue looked up, her eyes clear and a smile on her lips.
"No, it's nothing, let's rehearse." Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a pang of panic and looked down at the script she was clutching tightly in her hand.
Although she had agreed to help Tang Xue with her scenes, Lin Xiaoxiao was not a professional actress, so she was a little nervous at first. In addition, she felt flustered for some reason, and her mind went blank as soon as she saw Tang Xue's eyes.
"How about we call it a day? You should go back to your room and rest." After waiting for a while without any response, Tang Xue looked at the somewhat dazed Lin Xiaoxiao and reached out to touch her forehead. "Is your wound hurting?"
"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt." Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know why she was so nervous, but when she saw Tang Xue's face getting closer, her heartbeat quickened slightly, and she even subconsciously softened her breathing, as if she was afraid of disturbing the person in front of her.
Tang Xue had a very pleasant fragrance, like a snow lotus blooming on a snow-capped mountain, emitting a faint and delicate aroma.
Lin Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, a look of infatuation appearing on her face, and she subconsciously moved closer to Tang Xue.
She only snapped out of her daze when her lips accidentally touched that snow-white skin. Lin Xiaoxiao quickly backed away, "Yes, I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well. I won't be able to rehearse with you today. I'm sorry."
After saying that, Lin Xiaoxiao turned around and fled back to her room in a disheveled state.
Touching her cheek, she could still feel the warmth of that person's touch. Tang Xue's eyes were deep and dark, as if ripples were spreading across the stillness of the night.
Back in her room, Lin Xiaoxiao patted her face. Oh my god, she thought, "I was such a pervert just now. How could I not be able to resist smelling someone's fragrance for a while longer?"
Lin Xiaoxiao wondered what Tang Xue would think of her. She held her face in her hands, feeling a little troubled. But Tang Xue really smelled nice. Who doesn't like a pretty, fragrant young lady?
Lin Xiaoxiao rolled around on the bed a few times, and when she thought of her lips, the pale skin she had accidentally touched earlier, the tips of her ears turned red.
Tang Xue's skin was very smooth. Although it was only a fleeting touch, the wonderful sensation still made Lin Xiaoxiao feel a little reluctant to leave.
Sitting up, Lin Xiaoxiao patted her slightly flushed face, realizing that her reaction just now was really a bit too much. They were good friends now, after all. Smelling each other, touching each other, and accidentally kissing each other was probably normal, right?
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't have any particularly close friends in the past, so she naturally didn't know how to maintain appropriate boundaries when interacting with others. That brief moment of close contact just now made her flustered.
He was also afraid that Tang Xue would think he was a pervert for secretly smelling her scent, so he hurriedly fled.
After calming down back in her room, she thought about it and realized that the contact she had just had was quite normal, even though she didn't have any close friends.
Even if she hadn't eaten pork, she'd at least seen pigs run, and she noticed how close other people were to their friends.
Even close best friends kiss, so why is she so flustered, making it seem like she's done something shameful? Although, although secretly snooping on other people's affairs is indeed a bit perverted.
Lin Xiaoxiao tugged at her clothes, feeling that it was very impolite to run away like this. She had clearly said that she would accompany the other party to rehearse, but she ran away instead.
Lin Xiaoxiao felt she should apologize to Tang Xue, but she wondered if her act of secretly smelling Tang Xue's fragrance had been discovered.
Lin Xiaoxiao felt a little guilty, although she convinced herself that this was a close gesture between good friends, which was normal and that Tang Xue would understand.
But her behavior just now really seemed a bit perverted. Lin Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and finally stood in front of Tang Xue's door.
"What's wrong?" Looking at the girl standing at the door, Tang Xue clasped her hands together behind her back, moved to the side, and put on the smile that Lin Xiaoxiao was familiar with.
But where Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't see, Tang Xue's hands were tightly clasped together, as if she was restraining something.
"Didn't I promise to rehearse with you?" Lin Xiaoxiao scratched her cheek and looked down at her toes. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have broken my promise. I'm not feeling unwell."
Looking up into Tang Xue's eyes, Lin Xiaoxiao's heart skipped a beat. She panicked and quickly lowered her head, her words becoming somewhat stammering, "I, I came here to, to rehearse with you."
"No need, you're injured, you should go back to your room and rest. It's getting late," Tang Xue said with a smile, her face displaying just the right amount of warmth.
"I'm fine." Lin Xiaoxiao was a little anxious. "Are you angry? I'm sorry, I don't know what was wrong with me at the time. I just smelled your fragrance and that's why I couldn't help but want to get closer to you."
I didn't mean to kiss you. Do you hate it when people are so close to you? I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to. Please forgive me, I promise I won't do it again.
Out of fear, out of fear that her relationship with Tang Xue would break down, Lin Xiaoxiao became somewhat incoherent.
She didn't know why this thought made her so panicked, but the mere possibility of being disliked by Tang Xue made Lin Xiaoxiao lose her composure.
When Tang Xue heard Lin Xiaoxiao say she had kissed her, a slight blush crept onto her face. But when she saw the helpless girl in front of her, who was almost in tears, she was shocked.
A pang of pity and heartache rose in her heart. With a soft sigh, she finally let go of the hands that had been tightly clasped behind her back.
"I'm not angry." Tang Xue said gently, patting Lin Xiaoxiao's head. "We're friends, so this kind of intimate gesture is perfectly normal."
Hugging and cuddling with friends is perfectly normal for me, so I'm really not angry.
"Hugs and kisses!" Lin Xiaoxiao looked up at Tang Xue. "Then, will they kiss you too?" Even though she was asking the question, she blushed first after asking it.
Tang Xue's hand on Lin Xiaoxiao's head froze for a moment. She coughed lightly before speaking, "Yes, they're all girls, isn't that normal?"
Heaven knows that while Tang Xue's expression was natural as she said this, the hand hanging by her side was gripping the hem of her clothes tightly, revealing her slight nervousness.
"Your friends all kiss you?" Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes widened. Although she had always told herself that it was normal for girls to be intimate, hearing Tang Xue admit it so openly made Lin Xiaoxiao feel a tightness in her chest.
"Hmm." Under Lin Xiaoxiao's gaze, Tang Xue nodded her head. The idea that her friend would kiss her was definitely nonsense.
Seeing that Lin Xiaoxiao was still bothered by what had just happened, Tang Xue could only say that, hoping that after hearing it, Lin Xiaoxiao would no longer be too bothered by the fact that she had accidentally kissed her.
Besides, Lin Xiaoxiao only accidentally touched her face, it's not like... Tang Xue's gaze swept over Lin Xiaoxiao's lips, and her earlobes quietly turned red.
Lin Xiaoxiao: "So, you're not angry? And you don't mind?"
"Mmm." Tang Xue fiddled with her hair, hiding her reddened ears.
"...I'm going back to my room. Goodnight."