If her confession fails, she and Tang Xue will truly become strangers.
Bai Bing paused for a moment, then gently patted Lin Xiaoxiao's shoulder. "Don't be discouraged. Since you're scared, we can slowly boil the frog in the water."
"Hmm?" Lin Xiaoxiao tilted her head to look at her. "Boiling a frog in lukewarm water?"
“Yes, like boiling a frog in lukewarm water.” Bai Bing emphasized again, “Since you’re afraid of becoming strangers with her, then we won’t confess. Just continue to treat her well as you always have.”
We need to change our approach now. First, let her get used to your presence in her life, let her get used to your kindness, and make sure your presence is in every corner of her life, to the point where she thinks of you whenever she sees something.
"And then? Move her?" Lin Xiaoxiao immediately lost interest; being moved is not the same as love.
"Since you can't pursue her openly, you'll have to be more subtle."
Bai Bing shrugged. "You said it yourself, Tang Xue is very smart. Perhaps one day, she will realize something from your actions. When that time comes..."
If she chooses to remain silent, it means she has no feelings for you; if she speaks out, doesn't that mean she's fallen for you?
After much thought, Bai Bing felt that this was the only reliable method. Since Lin Xiaoxiao didn't want to become estranged from Tang Xue because of the failed confession, this was the only option.
"Hmm." Lin Xiaoxiao gave a very perfunctory reply, not very enthusiastic. What's the use of slowly boiling a frog in water? Cheng Yi has already crushed her to the ground.
"Cheer up!" Bai Bing slapped Lin Xiaoxiao on the back. "What are you doing? You have no energy at all."
"I'm sick." Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Bai Bing with a resentful gaze. "Isn't it normal to feel listless?"
Bai Bing seemed to only then remember that Lin Xiaoxiao was sick. "Alright, go and rest."
"I just had a nap and I feel much more energetic. I don't want to sleep anymore." Lin Xiaoxiao said, propping her chin up, but she didn't look energetic at all.
"Tang Xue's matter can't be rushed, so don't put pressure on yourself. I'll sound her out for you in a while."
Bai Bing was already figuring out what kind of reason to use to get Tang Xue's views on homosexuality.
"Sister Bingbing, please don't do anything reckless!" Lin Xiaoxiao was getting anxious. If Tang Xue guessed something, she would really be devastated.
Bai Bing rolled her eyes at Lin Xiaoxiao. "Do I look like the kind of person who lacks tact? I was just testing Tang Xue's views on homosexuality, not telling her that I like her. Why are you so nervous?"
Lin Xiaoxiao loosened Bai Bing's clothes. "You said it yourself, Xiaoxue is very smart."
"Alright, I know what I'm doing. Besides, shouldn't you have a little more faith in me?" Bai Bing pinched Lin Xiaoxiao's cheek. "Am I really that unreliable in your eyes?"
"No," Lin Xiaoxiao grabbed Bai Bing's hand, "I'm just scared."
Lin Xiaoxiao looked rather pitiful. Bai Bing ruffled Lin Xiaoxiao's hair and said, "Don't worry, I'll help you."
Bai Bing has been watching variety shows lately and has a few that she thinks are suitable, but she doesn't plan to tell Lin Xiaoxiao about it now. She plans to give Lin Xiaoxiao a surprise later.
When she puts the two of them together, their feelings will surely grow stronger. Although Tang Xue is currently living with Lin Xiaoxiao, Tang Xue needs to be away filming for several months at a time.
Although Lin Xiaoxiao can visit the set, if they're not together every day, there's not much time to develop their relationship.
"Thank you, Sister Bingbing." Lin Xiaoxiao didn't have high expectations for Bai Bing's words.
"Don't be so polite with me. How are you feeling now?" Bai Bing touched Lin Xiaoxiao's forehead.
"The fever should have gone down by now." Lin Xiaoxiao moved her neck. "I don't feel as tired anymore."
"That's good." Bai Bing smiled. "By the way, did you tell Tang Xue when you got back?"
Lin Xiaoxiao scratched her hands. "I sent her a message after I got back."
"Did something happen between you and Tang Xue?" Lin Xiaoxiao's reaction was really suspicious.
Bai Bing initially thought that Lin Xiaoxiao chose to come back and trouble her instead of Tang Xue because she didn't want Tang Xue to suffer so much from taking care of her. But now, Bai Bing had a feeling that things weren't so simple.
"No, what could have happened between us?" Lin Xiaoxiao curled her fingers slightly. "I caught a cold, and Xiaoxue has to film, so I came back because I didn't want her to work so hard."
Bai Bing raised an eyebrow and looked Lin Xiaoxiao up and down. "Under normal circumstances, your cold is much better now. Even if you stay, you won't cause any trouble for Tang Xue."
Rather, since you care so much about the relationship between Cheng Yi and Tang Xue, you should have wanted to stay and gather intelligence, but you didn't. You came back without even seeing Tang Xue.
Bai Bing narrowed her eyes and said with absolute certainty, "There's definitely something wrong. Tell me honestly, what happened?"
Lin Xiaoxiao's face twisted slightly. What the hell was there to explain? Just thinking about what might have happened last night made her want to find a hole and shove herself inside. She didn't want to mention it at all.
"Could it be that Tang Xue stripped you naked last night?" Bai Bing said jokingly. She meant it as a joke, but Lin Xiaoxiao's pupils were practically trembling after hearing it.
Seeing Lin Xiaoxiao's shocked expression, Bai Bing's smile froze for a moment. "I was just kidding!"
Lin Xiaoxiao lay on the table, holding her head in her hands, and her muffled voice reached Bai Bing's ears, "Pretty much." And it really was pretty much; apart from the last line of defense, it was practically naked.
Bai Bing swallowed hard, feeling a little dazed, but then she remembered that Lin Xiaoxiao had a cold and fever, and Tang Xue was probably wiping Lin Xiaoxiao's body.
Judging from Lin Xiaoxiao's reaction, could it be because Tang Xue didn't react at all after stripping her naked?
"Ahem! Um..." Bai Bing poked Lin Xiaoxiao's fluffy head, "Don't be discouraged. Tang Xue isn't interested in your body now, but that doesn't mean she won't be interested in the future."
Lin Xiaoxiao stiffened for a moment, then looked up and glared at Bai Bing. "Don't talk nonsense. Actually..." Lin Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment, "I was so feverish yesterday that I had no idea what happened."
I only found out when I woke up this morning that she had wiped my body. "Lin Xiaoxiao's face turned red as she finished speaking.
"Oh ho!" Bai Bing clicked her tongue in surprise. "So, Tang Xue stripped you naked while you were unconscious, and you didn't even know it."
"..."
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't want to talk anymore. What did he mean by taking advantage of her being unconscious to strip her naked? This sounded so strange!
"Hahahaha!" Bai Bing couldn't help but laugh out loud. She felt that Lin Xiaoxiao was really too pitiful. She was stripped naked by the person she liked, and she didn't even know what the other person was thinking.
If she had been even a fraction of her senses back then, and knew how Tang Xue reacted when she stripped her naked, she wouldn't be in such a state of confusion now. It's truly a case of things getting worse than they ever were.
"Poor child." Bai Bing patted Lin Xiaoxiao's head. "Why are you so pitiful?"
Lin Xiaoxiao: "...Thank you, but there's no need to comfort me like that."
"I don't have any good ideas about this either. You can't exactly ask Tang Xue how she reacted after she stripped you naked, can you?" Bai Bing said, then couldn't help but laugh again.
Lin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes. She had reason to suspect that Bai Bing was there to mock her.
"Hahaha, okay, okay, I'm not laughing anymore." Bai Bing coughed lightly and wiped the tears from her eyes. It really wasn't her fault; she wanted to hold it in, but she just couldn't.
"Sister Bingbing, I don't need you to take care of me here anymore. You should go back to work." Lin Xiaoxiao felt that if she continued talking to Bai Bing, Bai Bing would definitely vomit blood.
In order to prevent her condition from worsening, Lin Xiaoxiao decided to send Bai Bing to work.
"You're so heartless! You're treating me like a tool, using me and then throwing me away!" Bai Bing accused Lin Xiaoxiao of using her and then discarding her.
"Yes, yes, I have no conscience, you should leave now." Lin Xiaoxiao felt she had rolled her eyes too many times today, and she really couldn't roll them anymore.
"Call me if anything happens." Bai Bing pinched Lin Xiaoxiao's ear. "I'm going to work now."
"Okay." Lin Xiaoxiao obediently replied.
Lin Xiaoxiao seems to have recovered quite well now, so there's no need for Bai Bing to stay any longer. "I'll bring you some food tonight."
"Okay." Lin Xiaoxiao was as obedient as a kitten wagging its tail. Bai Bing couldn't help but pinch her cheek again before leaving under Lin Xiaoxiao's accusing gaze.
After Bai Bing left, the room became quiet. Lin Xiaoxiao returned to her bedroom, threw herself onto the bed, picked up her phone from the side, and glanced at it, but had not received any messages.
Sighing, Lin Xiaoxiao rolled around on the bed a few times. "099, what exactly happened yesterday?"
[I don't know, but the host should know that to avoid infringing on the host's privacy, I enter hibernation mode every night.]
099 hesitated for a moment, then said, "If the host needs it, I don't need to enter hibernation mode next time."
"...That's not necessary." She had only asked casually. Although she cared a lot about what happened last night, Lin Xiaoxiao was naturally unwilling to let 099 turn off hibernation mode because of it.
[Sorry, host, I can't help you with what happened last night.] 099 also felt pretty useless, unable to help with anything.
"No need to apologize." Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled. "I've already gotten used to you being a good-for-nothing. If you suddenly become useful, I won't be used to it."
That's going too far.
"Hahahaha!" After chatting with 099 for a while, Lin Xiaoxiao felt a little better. She wrapped herself in the blanket and prepared to go to sleep, hoping that she wouldn't think about so much when she was asleep.
Chapter 46
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Lin Xiaoxiao, fast asleep, and Tang Xue, who was focused on filming, were unaware that a topic related to them was rapidly climbing to the top of the trending searches.
A story titled "The Unspeakable Things About Lin Xiaoxiao, President of the Lin Group, and Her Artist Tang Xue".
It has to be said that these people have a profound understanding of how to capture people's curiosity. Just seeing such a title makes people want to click on it.
Although Lin Xiaoxiao, the president of the Lin Group, is a woman, and Tang Xue, an artist under her management, is also a woman, it is precisely because of this that they are more likely to arouse people's curiosity.
The topic, which was originally hovering at the bottom of the trending searches, is gradually climbing in the rankings, and netizens who have seen the topic are eager to leave proof that they have been there.
"This title is so irresistible, I just can't help but click on it."
"My God, what is this? Is this something I can see for free?"
"My goodness, this clickbait headline is really good at stirring things up! What does this prove? What does it really prove?"
"Perhaps this means that the CP I shipped has come true."
"What I'm really curious about is, what exactly does 'staying overnight in a hotel' mean?"
"I'm not saying this to be mean, but these entertainment reporters are just bored and have nothing better to do than bring up things like this to grab attention. What if you said you saw a man and a woman entering a hotel?"
Well, we can probably imagine what might happen, but isn't it normal for two girls to live together?
"I was thinking the same thing. What's wrong with good friends staying longer to chat after meeting up? Does it mean that these days, men and women can't stay in a hotel together, and even same-sex couples can't stay in a hotel together?"
"Have you forgotten that Tang Xue and Lin Xiaoxiao's relationship is somewhat ambiguous? In the end, who knows what those two are doing living together?"
"If you ask me, the relationship between the two of them is definitely not so innocent. As an artist under the Lin Group, how did Tang Xue get the role of Shen Xinyu? It was all thanks to Lin Xiaoxiao."
Everyone knows how popular the script for "I Want to Become a Demon" is, not to mention that the director of this drama is Li Zhen.
As it turns out, the drama didn't even have a casting call; Tang Xue was already cast beforehand. If you're saying there's nothing between them, I'm the first person who won't believe it.
"Tang Xue is an artist under the Lin Group, and Lin Xiaoxiao is the president of the Lin Group. They don't promote their own artists."
Are you suggesting they promote artists from other companies? Since you all know how popular this show is, you should understand that everyone wants to grab such a good opportunity.
"To the person upstairs who said it was pre-selected, I'd like to ask you a question: you said there was no casting for the role of Shen Xinyu, did you see that with your own eyes?"
"Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, isn't it obvious? If the role of Shen Xinyu was being cast publicly, then Tang Xue wouldn't stand a chance."
"Dude upstairs, you're really making me laugh to death. What the friend said before made a lot of sense."
As an artist under the Lin Group, what's wrong with the Lin Group promoting its own artists? Or are you, my friend, the kind of person who is exceptionally selfless, capable of giving away 9.99 million to others when you have 10 million?"