Chapter 23 [23]
Not wearing
Lu Mingxiao has a strong sense of time, and since Luo Qingyue had made an appointment with him, she naturally had to abide by it.
On Saturday, she got up early, sat at the dining table, drank milk and ate a sandwich while flipping through her notebook to check the outline of the shooting content. When it was almost time, she called a car on her phone, took her equipment and went out to Starlight Water Pavilion.
In the back seat, Luo Qingyue sent a message to Lu Mingxiao, telling him that they had already set off.
When she arrived, Lu Mingxiao was standing by the roadside. The driver stopped the car in front of him.
Lu Mingxiao stepped forward and opened the back door. Luo Qingyue handed him a backpack containing the filming equipment: "Hold this for me."
Lu Mingxiao took it; it was quite heavy. Then he saw Luo Qingyue pick up the fruit gift box from the other side of the seat before getting out of the car.
This is the east gate of Xingguang Shuixie.
Lu Mingxiao used facial recognition to pass through the turnstile with Luo Qingyue. After passing the fountain at the entrance, he asked, "Didn't your colleague come with you?"
Why would I bring a light bulb to your house?
She felt guilty towards Feng Xuejiao, but this was indeed Luo Qingyue's true feeling.
However, what she actually said was: "She has to take the kids to extracurricular classes and help them with their homework, it must be so hard for her, but I can manage on my own."
Lu Mingxiao's lips curled into a slight smile: "Hmm, that's good."
"I think so too," Luo Qingyue thought to herself.
Continuing forward, after passing through a winding path, a slightly overweight man approached and greeted Lu Mingxiao. Then, looking at Luo Qingyue beside him, he said, "Your relative? She's quite pretty."
Lu Mingxiao explained that she was a friend's younger sister, and after saying goodbye, he introduced her to Luo Qingyue as "my neighbor who lives upstairs."
At this point, we should talk about the younger sister.
If you introduce her as an employee of Mingyue, given how fast people's imaginations run, it's impossible to explain it clearly.
Luo Qingyue expressed her understanding and turned to look at Lu Mingxiao: "Do I look that much like you? Why would you think we are related by blood?"
The weather was hot, and the sun was high in the sky. Luo Qingyue tied her hair up in a bun today.
Lu Mingxiao told her to walk to the side where there was shade from the trees, and then replied, "He probably just said it casually. He once mistook my dad for my brother."
Luo Qingyue exclaimed, "Wow! Your dad is so young!"
Lu Mingxiao: "He has a good attitude and doesn't have many worries. He seems more energetic than his peers."
This wasn't Luo Qingyue's first visit to the Starlight Water Pavilion.
As she passed the lakeside where willows drooped low, she pointed to the building ahead and hurriedly told Lu Mingxiao.
"This is the building I came to see before, on the fifth floor."
Lu Mingxiao also raised his hand: "My home is next door, on the eighth floor."
The Starlight Waterside Pavilion consists of luxurious single-level apartments, with the eighth floor being the highest floor.
Luo Qingyue suddenly felt regret and sighed deeply: "In the end, we were not destined to be neighbors."
Lu Mingxiao comforted him, "We're not far now, it'll be easy for me to give you a ride back."
The security here is similar to that of Guanjiangyue; you need to scan your face or swipe your card to enter the building.
Each apartment is on a separate floor, and the elevator can only take you to your own floor. Upon arriving at his apartment, Lu Mingxiao entered the code to open the door, waited for Luo Qingyue to enter, and then closed the door.
"I don't have any women's slippers at home, so you don't need to change. I won't be home tomorrow anyway, so I can ask the property management to come and clean them."
The air conditioner was on in the room, and the heat quickly dissipated.
Luo Qingyue responded and followed Lu Mingxiao into the living room, looking around at the furnishings.
The simple black, white, and gray color scheme exudes a calm and sophisticated feel.
It must have been renovated; the style is completely different from the fully furnished model apartment she was looking at.
The room was clean and tidy, with no unnecessary clutter in sight.
Thinking about how her things were scattered all over the place, leaving almost no room to walk, Luo Qingyue first felt ashamed, and then felt that it was too boring—lacking in warmth and looking cold, which she didn't like.
Lu Mingxiao asked Luo Qingyue to sit on the sofa first, then took the fruit to the kitchen, cut it up, and made it into a platter.
He took two forks, returned to the living room, sat down next to Luo Qingyue, placed the fruit plate on the coffee table, and handed it to her.
Luo Qingyue ate a piece of melon and looked at Lu Mingxiao, asking, "Have you seen Cheng Wang's video?"
“Yesterday morning, after you reviewed the video for Cheng Wang, he forwarded it to me immediately.”
Lu Mingxiao said, "The character portrayals are vivid and realistic, and the content is intricately linked. When I saw the last frame, I was left wanting more, wondering why it ended so quickly. Cheng Wang said he had a feeling that this video would definitely go viral, and the data should be quite impressive, right?"
Time was tight. After Cheng Wang posted his video, Luo Qingyue immediately started thinking about Lu Mingxiao.
She asked Feng Xuejiao to keep an eye on the data. Feng Xuejiao would report the number to her every thousand new followers. By the time she arrived at Lu Mingxiao's house, she had gained eight thousand followers, but that was still far from fifty thousand.
Lu Mingxiao's willingness to appear on camera was, in Luo Qingyue's view, undoubtedly a powerful trump card.
The importance was self-evident, and she wanted to make this video a success more than anyone else. So, she opened her backpack, took out a notebook with a shooting outline, and immediately introduced it to Lu Mingxiao.
"My inspiration for this photoshoot came from the questions your classmates asked you when you visited F University. They asked you how to become a high-energy person like you. Do you remember?"
Lu Mingxiao nodded: "I even debunked the online schedules that were circulating online."
The man in front of me is outstanding and can be presented from many angles.
Both are flesh and blood to her, and Luo Qingyue would feel heartbroken to have to choose one over the other.
When she was planning yesterday, she was a little hesitant, but then she saw a video online debunking fake schedules and had a flash of inspiration: "I will use your schedule as the theme for the video and name it 'A Day in Mr. Lu's Home Life'."
Since she had an idea, Lu Mingxiao naturally cooperated fully; however, he also made some requests.
"Cheng Wang's video is three minutes and forty seconds long, so mine should be at least twice as long to be reasonable."
Three minutes and forty seconds, doubled to six minutes and eighty seconds, or seven minutes and twenty seconds.
Luo Qingyue ate a slice of grapefruit and beamed with delight: "It's so long! I thought you would only allow me to film for two minutes."
Despite her surprise, she quickly regained her composure: "However, it's best to keep short videos under five minutes; if they're too long, viewers will lose patience."
Lu Mingxiao made the decision: "Then it's four minutes and fifty-nine seconds."
Luo Qingyue paused for two seconds, then smiled slightly: "...Okay."
The existing timeline all comes from the debunking videos. Luo Qingyue handed the notebook to Lu Mingxiao for verification.
Lu Mingxiao asked her, "What are your key points?" The content must have a focus, otherwise the filming will look like a diary entry.
Without hesitation, Luo Qingyue replied, "Making coffee and exercising."
What she likes to watch, the audience will probably not refuse either.
Lu Mingxiao suggested, "Let's add lunch. We'll eat later anyway, so we can take some pictures as material."
The aloof, domineering CEO transforms into a home chef—the contrast is striking. This is generating a massive amount of buzz; we need to capitalize on it!
Luo Qingyue's eyes sparkled with dazzling starlight. In her mind, there was nothing Lu Mingxiao couldn't do well. Although they hadn't discussed this aspect, she firmly believed that Lu Mingxiao's cooking skills were definitely not bad.
Lu Mingxiao asked Luo Qingyue what she wanted to eat and then ordered the ingredients on his phone.
While waiting for the delivery, Luo Qingyue took pictures of the materials for making coffee.
Lu Mingxiao's handsome face and beautiful hands, combined with her meticulous capture, make every frame look like a blockbuster film.
The editor will probably have a hard time editing this time. Luo Qingyue is both happy and depressed, with two completely different emotions overlapping on the same level.
Just as the coffee was ready, Lu Mingxiao's phone rang.
The property manager delivered the ingredients to the door, and he took them to the kitchen. Luo Qingyue also moved the tripod with her camera from the coffee bar.
Lu Mingxiao wore a dark blue shirt and khaki casual pants today.
He rolled up his shirt cuffs and stood in front of the kitchen counter processing ingredients with practiced ease.
Luo Qingyue dared not breathe, staring intently at the images captured by the camera.
After Lu Mingxiao finished preparing the ingredients, he turned around, went to the stove, and started a fire to cook the food.
The fragrance quickly spread throughout the open space.
Three dishes were served in half an hour, two meat dishes and one vegetable dish.
Lu Mingxiao served the dishes to the table, and Luo Qingyue took a close-up shot of it before turning off the camera and sitting face-to-face with him at the table.
Luo Qingyue ordered the pineapple pork ribs and salted egg yolk crab, while Lu Mingxiao chose a stir-fried vegetable dish.
Lu Mingxiao poured lemon water into the glass in front of Luo Qingyue, and Luo Qingyue thanked him: "I thought you would treat me to takeout, but I didn't expect you to cook for me personally."
Lu Mingxiao stood up and took a tissue from the coffee table: "Recently, I've seen a lot of reports about problems with takeout, so I thought it would be healthier to cook myself. I also wanted to test if my cooking skills had gotten rusty."
Luo Qingyue picked up her chopsticks and first took a piece of pineapple ribs. The taste was sweet and sour, and it was fragrant and tender.
"I finally understand what it feels like to want to cry when you eat something delicious." She pointed to the corner of her eye, "See? My eyes are wet. I'm so moved."
"Well, a little."
Lu Mingxiao replied cooperatively, "Then eat more. Filming is very mentally taxing, so you need to replenish your energy."
Luo Qingyue gave him an "OK" sign and picked up a piece of blue crab.
When was the last time you cooked?
"It must have been last year."
Lu Mingxiao replied, "That night, on my way back from the airport, I really wanted to eat instant noodles. When I got home, I cooked myself a bowl and added a lot of side dishes, such as luncheon meat, soft-boiled eggs, and sliced beef. I'm usually too busy to cook much."
"Lu Mingxiao, this toast is for you."
He had many things to worry about, and even took the time to contribute to her videos. Luo Qingyue raised her glass high, "I will not take this for nothing. Your videos will definitely be unprecedented and outstanding."
Lu Mingxiao clinked glasses with her: "Even more outstanding than Cheng Wang's?"
This guy... why is he going after Cheng Wang? First it was about comparing the duration, and now it's about the quality of his performance.
However, upon closer examination, Lu Mingxiao is the boss of Mingyue University, and his rank is higher than Cheng Wang's, so such a request is not unreasonable.
Luo Qingyue patted her chest and said to him, "Absolutely! I'll take care of it."
At 2 PM, Lu Mingxiao had a video conference, and Luo Qingyue went to his study with him.
Since it involved trade secrets, she filmed for a few seconds as a transition and quickly left, returning to the living room to sit on the sofa and continue to organize the next part of the filming.
An hour later, Lu Mingxiao came out of the study.
If I remember correctly, it should be time for the fitness segment.
He set up a simple gym in his home, about 20 square meters.
The space is fully equipped with facilities such as treadmills, dumbbells, and cable machines, making it a very well-equipped space.
Wearing a shirt is clearly not suitable for working out.
Lu Mingxiao took Luo Qingyue to the gym to set up the equipment, and went to the dressing room to change his clothes.
Working out is a regular thing for him, but this is the first time he's done it in front of a girl.
Ten minutes later, before he even left the dressing room, Luo Qingyue sent him a message.
【Crescent Moon】: Are you feeling conflicted right now?
Lu Mingxiao stood in front of the wardrobe and typed on his phone to reply to her.
[Lu Mingxiao]: I have no experience and don't know what kind of outfit is more suitable for being photographed while working out.
[Lu Mingxiao]: Perhaps, Director Luo, could give me some advice?
Luo Qingyue's message came back quickly.
【Crescent Moon】: There are many fitness bloggers online whose videos get a lot of likes. Haven't you seen them?
Lu Mingxiao gave a negative answer, his brows furrowing slightly, and asked her in return.
[Lu Mingxiao]: Have you seen it?
【The crescent moon】: Of course, it's especially exciting to watch before bed.
Lu Mingxiao's face was cold and expressionless.
[Lu Mingxiao]: So, the conclusion is?
Luo Qingyue sent a smiling emoji.
[Lu Mingxiao]: ?
【Crescent Moon】: I told you not to deduct my salary.
[Lu Mingxiao]: No.
【Crescent Moon】: Not wearing it is the most appropriate.
[Lu Mingxiao]: ...
[Author's Note]
Moon: A real man dares to show himself! [winking emoji][winking emoji][winking emoji]
Xiao: She watched other bloggers' fitness videos and made notes in her little notebook [dog head with rose in hand][dog head with rose in hand][dog head with rose in hand]
Cheng Wang: He's just simply jealous of me. [eating melon emoji] [eating melon emoji] [eating melon emoji]
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