Chapter 13 Heart in Turmoil

Brother Liu also expressed his surprise: "It was just here a moment ago."

However, he promised to pass on the message, so Ling Wei went back first.

Back at the hotel, Ling Wei began providing video guidance.

Fortunately, my junior colleague has good professional skills and did a decent job with basic maintenance, so the seedling condition is relatively optimistic.

Not long after, there was a sudden, urgent knocking on the door.

Ling Wei opened the door and was surprised to find You Xingye standing outside—his breathing was unsteady, and his forehead was covered in sweat, as if he had just finished strenuous exercise.

Ling Wei was a little confused, and since she happened to have the voice synchronization device in her hand, she typed a question:

"Hoshino-sensei? Is there something you need?"

Unexpectedly, those words seemed to have triggered something.

You Xingye raised his head, his eyes filled with grievance, and stared intently at her.

"What...what were you doing just now?" There was a hint of bitterness in his voice.

You could tell he was in a bad mood, but for Ling Wei, her studies were always more important than men.

She had no time to ponder his emotions, nor did she have time to explain. She simply replied, "Busy," ["If it's not too urgent, can we talk about it when I'm done?"]

He was about to close the door when he said that.

But someone grabbed the doorknob.

The force was immense, causing Ling Wei to stumble.

She was getting a little angry: What's wrong with this person? He just showed up out of nowhere, didn't say anything, and wouldn't let her close the door. What does he want?!

You Xingye just pursed his lips tightly, his fingers gripping the doorknob so hard that his knuckles turned white.

He lowered his head, and Ling Wei couldn't see his expression, but she could feel a heavy sense of despondency enveloping him.

The phone was still playing on speakerphone, and the junior brother couldn't wait and called out "senior sister" several times.

Ling Wei sighed and let go of her hand: If you want to be a door god, then be one.

She turned and went back into the house, not noticing that You Xingye raised his arm as if to pull her, but then clenched his fist and slowly lowered it.

Seeing her return to the frame, her junior colleague quickly asked, "Won't this be too wet?"

“Clatter.”

The door was closed.

Ling Wei glanced at it and continued answering her junior brother's question: "[Do a moisture content test and control the value within...]"

After finishing the task, the junior brother made a solemn pledge to Ling Wei: if there were any problems with this batch of promising young talents, he would answer to her with his own head!

Ling Wei hung up the phone, feeling both amused and exasperated, and stretched her stiff body.

Thinking it was time for lunch, I prepared to go out.

As soon as I opened the door, I was startled by the figure leaning against the opposite wall.

In that short moment, his eyes became noticeably bloodshot. He managed a weak smile when he saw her and asked, "Want to go eat?"

Ling Wei blinked slowly and nodded.

You Xingye remained silent the entire way, leaving Ling Wei equally bewildered.

She sighed softly: "Fine, during my break, I'll be your confidante for once."

Yu Xingye walked forward with his head down, when suddenly he felt his sleeve being gently tugged.

He turned around, and there stood the girl who had made his heart ache, belatedly raising her phone: "Are you angry?"

He was more than just angry! He practically wanted to run the phone down and kill the man on the other end!

He was just curious why Ling Wei was on the phone for so long, but when he got closer, he heard a male voice telling her to "take off your clothes" and "don't resist!"

These young boys nowadays are utterly shameless!

He actually said those kinds of things to Ling Wei... What made him even more devastated was that Ling Wei seemed to be playing along with him.

The thought of this made his blood boil, and he longed to find that person immediately.

But seeing Ling Wei's innocent expression, he wanted to question her, but couldn't find a reason to do so.

After all, her feelings had nothing to do with him.

Thinking about this makes my heart ache again.

He simply turned his face away stiffly and replied in a low voice, "No."

He didn't expect Ling Wei to comfort him, but when she actually nodded and stopped asking questions, You Xingye still felt a tightness in his chest.

This feeling of pent-up frustration reached its peak when Ling Wei received a phone call saying she wanted to pack food to take back to her room to eat.

In despair, he packed up his own things as well, lied that he hadn't brought his room key and it was inconvenient to go to the front desk, and forcefully squeezed into Ling Wei's room.

He sat down angrily at the other end of the sofa, determined not to leave today!

He wanted to see if this "young couple" could continue their sweet phone conversations!

Ling Wei glanced at him briefly, but couldn't understand his baffling actions.

The call came from my junior colleague. He had gotten a few steps mixed up and called back to confirm.

When it came to professional questions, Ling Wei was extremely focused and answered in great detail, even going over the process with her junior colleague.

By the time the call ended, the food was cold.

She then noticed Yu Xingye across from her—he hadn't touched his chopsticks either, but his expression was no longer bitter and resentful; instead, the corners of his mouth were upturned, his eyes were bright as he looked at her, and he exuded a pleasant aura.

"That person just now... was he your junior brother?" he asked, raising his voice.

Ling Wei nodded.

Yu Xingye's lips curled up higher and higher, and he asked in a light tone, "Were you discussing your studies before?"

Ling Wei continued to nod.

Yu Xingye let out a long sigh of relief, then suddenly burst out laughing.

He covered his mouth, but a smile had already crept into his eyes.

"It's alright, it's alright now. The food's gotten cold, I'll go heat it up for you."

Ever since Xia Man discovered her brother's awkward thoughts, she has been completely ignited with her love of watching a drama unfold.

On set, Xia Man flitted around Ling Wei like a butterfly, calling her "brother" fluently and trying every trick in the book to make her laugh.

Although Ling Wei thought he was exaggerating a bit, she was also infected by his enthusiasm and her eyes would crinkle with laughter from time to time.

Yu Xingye was "focused" on reading the script not far away, but his peripheral vision kept drifting towards that corner.

Seeing Xia Man's hand "accidentally" resting on Ling Wei's chair back, and seeing Ling Wei pat Xia Man's arm when she was amused...

He gripped the edge of the script so tightly that his knuckles turned white, a nameless fire surging within his chest.

Finally, as Xia Man leaned closer to Ling Wei once more, lowering her voice as if to say something, her face bearing that ambiguous smile that only the two of them understood—

"Cough!" A sudden cough interrupted Xia Man's words.

Xia Man and Ling Wei looked up at the same time.

You Xingye had appeared beside them at some point, his face somewhat gloomy. His gaze swept between the two of them before finally landing on Xia Man's face: "Xia Man, are you free? The props team is short-handed to move things, go help them out."

"Huh? Oh... okay, bro!" Xia Man immediately stood up straight, his heart leaping with joy: He's in a hurry! He's in a hurry!

He deliberately looked back every few steps, mouthing "we'll talk about it later" to Ling Wei. Only after Ling Wei nodded did he run away in a flash.

You Xingye remained standing still. Ling Wei looked at him with some confusion, as if to ask: Is something wrong?

When You Xingye met her clear gaze, the impulse he had felt earlier instantly cooled, replaced by an indescribable irritability and guilt.

He avoided her gaze, his voice sounding awkward: "It's nothing... The director is urging me, so I just wanted to see if you were ready."