Chapter 78
The next day, when Yin Mu opened her eyes, it was already bright. She lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling for a while, thinking about how she came back last night.
Oh, I seem to have drunk too much, and Chen Qinglin sent me back.
It's already this late, he should have gone to work.
Thinking this, Yin Mu propped up her upper body and saw her bag on the bedside table. She leaned over and pulled the bag over, taking out her cell phone and charging it first.
There were several messages on WeChat, some sent by Li Yan last night, and some sent by Yin's mother and Chen Qinglin this morning.
Yin Mu turned over and lay back on the bed, replying one by one in order.
"Just woke up. Did you go to work?"
"Wake up and get ready for breakfast."
"Sorry, I went to bed as soon as I got home last night and didn't check the news."
Mother Yin quickly replied, "You're just being perfunctory again. I sent you a message an hour ago and you're only replying now. You just woke up, didn't you? Did you stay up late again yesterday?"
Yin Mu was afraid that she would force him to go home again, so he quickly explained: "I went out to eat with some high school classmates yesterday and came back a little late, so I just got up."
Mother Yin was skeptical: "Really?"
"Of course it's true, I swear!" Yin Mu said it solemnly, and repeatedly assured that she had not stayed up late in the past few days and went to bed early and got up early every day. Only then did Yin's mother let her go and urged her to get up and eat something.
Yin Mu finally managed to deal with Yin's mother and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Before he put down his phone, Li Yan also replied: "Really? I'm glad you got home safely. I was worried when you didn't reply."
Yin Mu couldn't help but feel guilty and apologized again: "I'm sorry."
"It's okay." Li Yan said, "Besides, Chen Qinglin is here to take you there, so it's not my turn to worry."
Yin Mu was stunned for a moment, and before he could figure out how to respond, Li Yan asked again, "You like Chen Qinglin, right?"
"It's good. It's a blessing to meet someone you like. Besides, I can see that he cares about you too."
Yin Mu stared at his message, and the memory of last night vaguely emerged in her mind. She remembered that Chen Qinglin said at the time that Li Yan liked her.
But that was all in the past, and they never mentioned it again, still getting along like ordinary classmates. Now, what does it mean that he said such misleading words? Isn't it too strange?
No, no, no, I just said it casually.
Yin Mu shook his head to get rid of these messy thoughts, his finger hesitantly fell on the screen, and he replied "hmm".
Li Yan asked: "Is it convenient for you now? Can I call you?"
"Um……"
The next second, Li Yan immediately called.
Yin Mu was startled and sat up reflexively. He took a deep breath before answering the phone: "Hello?"
Li Yan's voice sounded normal: "I hope it won't delay your work."
"How could that be? I have nothing to do right now."
Li Yan was silent for a few seconds and said, "Actually, typing is fine, but I just want to hear your voice."
This didn't sound right. Yin Mu subconsciously straightened his back and said, "It's okay. You can say whatever you want. I'm listening."
Li Yan responded, as if carefully organizing his words, and said slowly: "Since last night, my heart has been in turmoil, and my mind is full of you and Chen Qinglin together. I know that you have never had any interest in me from the beginning to the end, and there is absolutely no possibility for the two of us. So, I thought it would be good to just watch you quietly without disturbing you. However, when I really saw you being so intimate with someone else, it still felt very uncomfortable. I couldn't help but think how nice it would be if I was the one standing next to you, and what kind of person I would have to become so that you might like me. Then I persuaded myself to be calmer. I didn't know how many times I thought about it over and over again."
Yin Mu's throat was tight, and his voice was a little dry: "I'm sorry."
Li Yan chuckled: "It's not your fault, why should you apologize?"
"I didn't know you still cared about me... If I knew, I wouldn't keep appearing in front of you."
"Because it bothers you?"
"No." Yin Mu denied hastily, "That's not the case. What I mean is -"
"Okay, you don't have to explain. I understand what you mean. I was just joking." Li Yan paused and continued, "It's okay. It's good to be friends."
Yin Mu pursed his lips: "Yeah."
In the current situation, it seemed that nothing she said would be appropriate. It would be better to give each other some space and let time dilute everything.
"Anyway, thank you for listening to me," Li Yan said. "I thought I could keep these things to myself and never tell anyone, but I didn't expect that I overestimated myself. It's so hard to be so carefree."
Yin Mu could understand his feelings and consoled him, "It's okay, we are friends, we can talk about anything."
Li Yan smiled and pretended to be relaxed: "Anyway, I wish you and Chen Qinglin all the best. I hope you can be well, although I am a little jealous of Chen Qinglin."
Yin Mu smiled knowingly: "Thank you, you are such a good person, you will definitely meet someone you really like."
"Okay, I'll introduce them to you when we meet."
The two chatted for a while and ended the call.
Yin Mu exited the call interface, feeling that he had exhausted all his energy for the day. Tiredly, he threw away his phone, fell back on his back, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Now that’s great, I won’t be able to meet Li Yan without any reservations in the future.
She lazily lay on the bed for a while until her stomach growled with hunger. She slowly got up, went to the kitchen to find something to eat, and then sat down at the table to start working.
At noon, Chen Qinglin called. When Yin Mu saw that it was him, he couldn't help but think of his conversation with Li Yan, and an indescribable feeling arose in his heart.
She looked at Chen Qinglin's name for two seconds, put down the pen in her hand, curled up her legs on the chair, and answered the phone: "Hello?"
Chen Qinglin heard her voice was weak and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you so listless? Are you not feeling well?"
"No, I'm fine." Yin Mu said, "Are you resting now?"
"Yeah, I'm having lunch. Have you eaten yet?"
"I'm not hungry. I was thinking of going to see Meng Yuan in the afternoon and having lunch and dinner at the same time. This way I can save dinner, which is perfect."
"So it's not my turn tonight?"
"Ah?" Yin Mu was stunned. "Wasn't it my turn last night?"
"It's different." Chen Qinglin said seriously, "I want to have dinner with you alone, just the two of us."
Yin Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Then wait for two days. You are tired enough from work. Go home early to rest after get off work."
"But I won't get tired of seeing you."
Yin Mu had never noticed him being so clingy before. He smiled and shook his head, saying, "It doesn't matter if you come two days earlier or later. I don't want to go out either. Just think of it as thinking about me."
Chen Qinglin sighed: "Okay, then you can rest first. However, if my interview goes well, can you do me the honor of coming out?"
"Hmm? You agreed to go for the interview?"
"Well, I can't let it go. I want to give it a try." Chen Qinglin said calmly, "If I can't even pass the interview, I'll just give up on it and never think about acting again."
"You don't have to be so absolute." Yin Mu said hurriedly, "If it doesn't work this time, there's always next time. Why bother putting such restrictions on yourself so early? - Ah, I'm not saying that you should let your guard down this time."
Chen Qinglin smiled: "I will try my best."
His laughter seemed to come along with the electric current, so close to his ears that Yin Mu's ears turned red with discomfort. He cleared his throat and said, "Then eat well. I won't talk to you anymore."
"Well, you should also take some rest."
Yin Mu agreed, hung up the phone, and swallowed his sigh.
Well, Chen Qinglin wasn't some naive kid anymore, so why should I worry? Besides, with his abilities, wouldn't a short skit be a piece of cake? I should have enough confidence in him.
Just as she thought and hoped, everything went incredibly smoothly. Chen Qinglin passed the interview and successfully got his first role since coming into this world.
The filming would inevitably delay his work, and he wanted to quit his job as a shopping guide, but the store manager was kind enough to allow him to take a week off and come back to work after the filming was over.
Yin Mu treated this as a small piece of news and mentioned it to his mother when he returned home for dinner. His mother was very interested and asked a lot of related questions.
Yin Mu had never been exposed to this kind of work, so he couldn't explain it clearly in a few words. He casually threw the question to Chen Qinglin: "Wait until he finishes filming, then you can ask him yourself. I have never filmed it before."
After hearing what she said, Yin's mother really started to think: "That's right, then let's invite him to dinner after the filming. We haven't seen each other for a while."
"OK."
"And there's that kid Mengyuan." Mother Yin frowned. "This company is really going too far. They won't let him go home for so long?"
Yin Mu pursed his lips and tried to explain to her as calmly as possible: "Why do you have to keep running back and forth? I'm tired too, okay?"
"Okay, then you can ask her when she's coming back and tell her I'll make her her favorite food."
"Okay, okay, I get it. You're biased, Mom." Yin Mu didn't want to arouse Yin's mother's suspicion, so he deliberately said it as if he was joking before, "I will definitely convey the truth, is that okay?"
Mother Yin pushed her head in an angry tone, "You little girl."
Yin Mu dodged with a smile and put down the chopsticks in his hand: "I'm full, you eat slowly."
She stood up and left the table, the smile on her face disappearing immediately. It was easy to say, but how could she conjure up a living person for Yin's mother?
Chen Qinglin went to the neighboring city to shoot and was very busy every day. He could only find time to contact Yin Mu. On the first day after he came back, Yin Mu made an appointment with him to have dinner at home.
The day he came back happened to be a Saturday. Yin's mother went to the supermarket early in the morning and bought a bunch of vegetables, fish, meat, etc. and started working in the kitchen. She also asked Yin's father, who was idle at home, to come to the kitchen to help.
Yin Mu leaned against the kitchen door frame, eating potato chips, and jokingly said, "Mom, why do I feel like you're welcoming a big star?"
"Look at what you're saying. I'm just being hospitable," Yin's mother continued, working on her work. "He's a young man with no relatives here, so as an elder, I'm showing some hospitality. There's nothing wrong with that, right?"
"Yes, yes, your love is boundless." Yin Mu said, "We should all learn from you."
Father Yin was peeling potatoes and muttered unhappily, "I think you want someone to be your son-in-law."
Mother Yin was displeased: “Huh?”
Father Yin surrendered immediately: "I didn't say anything."
Yin Mu was afraid that the fighting would draw him into the fight, so he wanted to turn around and slip away, but his mother called out to him, "Hey, wait a minute, help me peel a few cloves of garlic before you leave."
"……oh."
Yin Mu sat on a small stool, peeling garlic absentmindedly, wondering in his mind whether to go see Zhong Mengyuan in the afternoon or wait until the evening.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Mother Yin wondered, "Huh? Is Qinglin here?"
"No." Yin Mu was also confused. "Just now he said he was on the highway."
"Then who is here at this hour? —Xiao Mu, open the door."
Yin Mu agreed, clapped his hands and stood up. When he was almost to the door, he raised his voice and asked, "Who is it?"
No one answered. Yin Mu opened the door in confusion, and the first thing that caught his eye was a large bouquet of flowers.
“Surprise!”
The bouquet was moved away, and Yin Mu saw the person in front of him with a bright smile. His eyes widened in disbelief: "Dream come true?!"
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