Gu Nian looked up with tears in her eyes, "Sss…. You don't need to be afraid of them. We can support ourselves. If they bully you, you can severe your ties with them. They couldn't do anything about it!"
"I will be fine but……"
Looking at the pair of brown eyes that looked to be born tender and sad, Gu Nian felt that her heart was about to melt. She asked immediately, "But what?"
"My brother likes to play pranks. Now that he had found out about you, he might come looking for you."
"Looking for me?" Gu Nian was taken aback a little and was immediately alarmed. "Is he the kind who wished that you have no friends at all?"
Luo Xiu didn't say anything.
Gu Nian's heart ached. She didn't even think it through when she said, "It's fine. Don't worry. I won't listen to a thing that he said! Even if he wants to see me, I won't even look over at him – I don't care who is on the other side, I will always, always be on your side!"
The emotions paused a little under Luo Xiu's eyes.
Like ripples stirred up by deceiving canvas, he let out a slight sigh in a little while and smiled, "Why do you trust me so, Gu Nian?"
"….."
Gu Nian, still in the your-enemy-is-my-enemy mentality turned around and looked into a pair of very, very dark and lake-like eyes.
The lake looked the same as the first time that she had seen them. It was forever tender and very indulging.
Gu Nian slowly recollected herself and her eyes curved. "That's a secret."
"A secret?"
"Mmhmm."
"And you can't even tell that to me?"
"……"
Being looked at intensely by the pair of eyes with disappointment in them, she was about to give up in less than 3 seconds. Luckily, immediately before she had lost all of her rationality, Gu Nian immediately looked away and took a step back.
She couldn't help but smiled. "No, no, no. That's against the rules. I won't tell you right now."
Luo Xiu dropped the subject and also smiled. "Then when will you tell me?"
Gu Nian thought about it some, "Next year. It will be part of my birthday presents to you. What do you say?"
Luo Xiu shook his head, "That's too long into the future. I can't wait that long."
Gu Nian hesitated, "How about a different holiday then?"
"Okay, Dragon Boat Festival then."
"Alright…… Huh?" Gu Nian stopped herself just in time. "Isn't Dragon Boat Festival today?"
Luo Xiu smiled. "Oh, you noticed. Can't you tell me today?"
Gu Nian hang onto her last struggle. "I, I am not ready today……"
"Alright."
Gu Nian was trying to come up with more excuses. His very agreeable answer made her paused and looked up.
Luo Xiu lowered his eyes and rubbed her on her head. "I'll wait for you to be ready."
"……"
Gu Nian stood there, dazed. Her cheeks started to turn pink slowly.
The atmosphere between the two were subtle and enchanting when a sudden voice abruptly sliced through the silence between the two of them ––
"Eh? Gu Nian? What are you doing on this floor?"
"!"
Gu Nian jumped away, startled, before she turned and looked into the direction the voice came from.
Director Lin looked at the two with a smile as though he was enjoying some sort of drama. "Are you two rehearsing on the 7th floor at this hour?"
Gu Nian's cheeks that were only pink began to turn red. "I, I, I, I, came to say goodbye to Mr. Luo Xiu!"
"Oh, is that so?"
Directly Lin had a do-you-think-I-bought-that look on him.
With her guilty conscience, Gu Nian quickly turned to look at Luo Xiu and said, "Well, I am taking off now. Our screenwriter team should be leaving shortly…… Perhaps we will run into each other in City K."
Looking at the longing and anticipating look in the girl's eye, Luo Xiu nodded, "Alright."
With her precious son's approval, Gu Nian's heart danced. With her discomfort from earlier along with the way that Director Lin was looking at the two of them, Gu Nian turned and ran without saying anything else.