CH 73

Gu Nian only nodded and walked away after his response.

As soon as the girl had walked away, Zhu Hanyu immediately turned toward Luo Xiu and complained about his unfair treatment. “Brother Luo, she exploits me even more than Sister Ana does!”

Luo Xiu lowered his eyes and gave him a smile that wasn’t a smile. “It wasn’t that bad.”

“What do you mean by it wasn’t that bad?!” The little assistant showed him the screen of his cellphone that was covered with his notes. With tears streaming down his cheeks, he said, “I’ve taken three full pages of notes! And she wasn’t even done yet. She just might come by in the afternoon and have other ideas to share with me… Eh, speaking of, why does that sound so familiar…”

“You can take off first.”

“I can’t do that!”

The little assistant did not have the time to figure out what the familiar feel was all about. He quickly whipped his head around after hearing what Luo Xiu had just said. “Perhaps that was her plan after all. To wear me down so I will take off. That way there will be nobody standing between her and you!”

“… …”

Luo Xiu chuckled lightly; his eyes still lowered.

His long, slender, and white fingers holding onto the chopsticks and he was picking at his plate gently.

The little assistant finally noticed after he was done talking. Looking down, he asked curiously, “What are you looking at… eh? How come your serving of potatoes and ribs is all ribs?”

Luo Xiu stopped with his chopsticks and narrowed his eyes.

He could see it in front of his eyes again: As the girl nagged, frowned, and carefully supervised the little assistant in jotting down tips on staying healthy, she didn’t even need to turn her head to be able to precisely and instinctively pick out all the small pieces of ribs from her plate and move them over to his.

Most likely because he was a germaphobe, she even used a separate set of utensils when she did that.

Then the ribs started piling up in his plate. The girl next to him was busy like a little squirrel stashing away pine nuts. Except this was probably a foolish little squirrel who stashed all of its haul to someone else’s home.

Luo Xiu didn’t say anything and the little assistant started speculating all on his own. “It must be that little big sister who was dishing out food who gave you all the extra meat. Aye, too bad she didn’t know that you are planning on joining the temple this year and have not had red meat in a long…

“Huh?”

Gu Nian, who had returned after dropping off her tray, looked at the small pile of ribs that she had stashed up in Luo Xiu’s Styrofoam box and asked, “The ribs they made at this canteen is tender and flavorful. It’s really quite tasty. Do you not like them?”

Luo Xiu looked up at her and answered her question with a question. “You like them?”

Gu Nian nodded seriously. “Meat is a belief. To have a meal without meat is a like not eating at all.”

Luo Xiu chuckled.

The little assistant wasn’t very happy with her and rebutted her purposefully. “What kind of belief is meat? Both Buddhism and Taoism have rules against eating meat. No slaughtering of lifeforms is the true belief.”

Having said that, the little assistant turned to Luo Xiu to seek his approval. “Am I right, Brother Luo…”

The little assistant was expressionless when he saw the piece of rib picked up by the pair of chopsticks help between the slender fingers.

A few seconds later, the little assistant roared inside…

Boss!!

Do you still remember that you planned to join the Taoist temple shortly??

The fox demon was purposefully tempting you to break the rules. You must hold your grooooooound!!!

***

After lunch, the three of them went over to the filming studio. When they arrived, they still have a little bit of time left before Luo Xiu’s scene was up.

As such, they picked to wait in a remote corner inside of the lounge area for the actors. Gu Nian was somehow able to find a stool for herself and, squatting there next to Luo Xiu’s lounger, she started analyzing the parts of Yun Tan to him to great length.