Uneasy daily life

"These are the terms of the deal, and you have no room for backing out now!"

Teacher Bai smiled, exaggeratedly licked her lips with her tongue, and slowly bent down.

"?!"

The new actress instinctively tried to lean back, but her shoulders were pulled and she couldn't move. Shock, confusion, realization, and rejection flashed across her face. As she watched the other person getting closer and closer, as if they were about to have some intimate physical contact, the moisture on her lips and tongue seemed to evaporate, and she suddenly became parched.

"You...you...you...what kind of acting training is this?!"

"This is acting training, and we've already agreed on the conditions!"

Teacher Bai chuckled: "Good girl, I'll take very, very good care of you..."

Love you my foot, you pervert!

The new actress's fair and delicate face flushed with shame. She tried to struggle to no avail, then tilted her head to the side and met the secretary's wide eyes, her eyes revealing a pleading look that seemed to say, "Please help me."

The female secretary suddenly realized, and quickly covered her eyes with both hands. As long as she couldn't see, she wouldn't feel guilty!

The fingers quietly opened a crack, and curious eyes peeked out.

"A side profile is also acceptable."

Teacher Bai leaned closer, her breath like autumn wind rustling through leaves, painting them with an even more intoxicating crimson.

The new actress turned her head in a flash, meeting his gaze very close. She then twisted her neck in another flash, feeling a faint breath on her cheek. She turned her head back in a flash, and because they were so close, her hands unconsciously pressed against his chest.

"Mom, are they fighting?"

"That's something only couples do, kids shouldn't watch..."

A mother and daughter passing by exchanged a few words.

The new actress's resistance instantly surged, and she gritted her teeth and whispered in a panic, "Hey! You bastard, wait a minute, we're outside..."

"Oh." Teacher Bai turned her head and said, "Little friend, this is called the unspoken rule - you must study hard, improve every day, and be self-reliant and strong, otherwise you will become a plaything for bad people."

The mother's expression changed, and she warily pulled the little girl away quickly, leaving the two of them with a disdainful look.

"?" The new actress froze, saying in disbelief, "We clearly agreed on this! You..."

“Of course we’re a couple. I was just teasing the little girl.” Mr. Bai smiled slightly, his finger gently resting on the new actress’s chin. As their eyes met, he whispered, “I like you.”

Uh... there's really no way to do this, right?

For couples, a kiss is perfectly normal, right? But isn't the sequence a bit off? Shouldn't it start with a hand kiss, then a cheek kiss, then a forehead kiss, like that? Why does it feel like he's looking at my lips? The order and steps Koyuki mentioned aren't quite right, are they? Kissing is definitely before, but not within, any random poses... Hmm? He dares to kiss me today, what will he dare to do tomorrow? I can't even imagine! I must have brushed my teeth this morning, but I also ate breakfast and lunch, so maybe there's still a taste? It's just a touch of lips, he won't suddenly stick out his tongue or something—ahhh, I can't think of anything!

The new actress resisted with a mixture of reluctance and attraction, her eyes unconsciously closing tightly, her lips pursing together as if she wanted to lick her dry lips, but then she withdrew her tongue at the thought of leaving saliva. Her lips trembled slightly, becoming a little dry, like dried cherry blossom petals pouting outwards.

I didn't wear lip balm specifically for filming, and my lips are so dry. I really want to lick them. Is the wind too strong today...?

……

Hmm? Why haven't they kissed yet?

Feng Binhua quietly opened her left eye a crack.

The white figure was blowing cold air onto her lips, like a primary school student conducting an evaporation experiment.

Feng Bin and Hua opened their eyes instantly: "What are you doing?"

"I'm teaching you acting!" Bai Ying blinked and said, "Did you get it? Unconsciously, an irresistible emotion swells and spreads in your heart. You can't help but start to look forward, want to do something positive, and have aspirations and hopes for the future... When you are filled with this gentle joy, you are suddenly beaten by cruel reality! The huge gap makes disappointment more disappointment, fear more fear, and misfortune always chooses this moment, unexpectedly baring its fangs—and that's it!"

"Actors! Have you grasped this slow expansion, gradual brightening, and then breaking emotional cycle?! Go to the stage and shine, let the audience cheer for you..."

Angelina: "..."

It's quite obvious now. Feng Bin looks completely bewildered, and he might already be thinking about how to kill you!

Feng Bin and Hua suddenly stood up, grabbed Bai Ying's collar with both hands, and slammed their foreheads together.

I'm going to fucking explode at you!

The moment their foreheads collided, Feng Bin and Hua looked at her boyfriend's face, which was both incredibly infuriating and very familiar. Angrily, she tilted her head and, with an air of wanting to stamp her name, pressed her lips hard against Bai Ying's cheek.

Bai Ying: "?"

Angelina: "?"

Toyohama Kazuka: "?"

In the instant of silence and the utter bewilderment of the three, Feng Bin and Hua forcefully pushed the white figure away. Flustered and at a loss, she widened her eyes and shouted in a daze, "You perverted lecherous scoundrel! How could you do this to me?!"

"Huh? I mean..."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! sine sine sine sine -!!!"

He slapped and scratched wildly at the white figure, then followed up with a few kicks to the shins.

The fierce attack came and went quickly; Fengbin and Hana finished their fight and ran away, their figures disappearing from the park entrance in the blink of an eye.

"..." Bai Ying pointed incredulously in the direction she had fled, then turned to Angelina, "Too long to tell, she was the one who struck first, wasn't she?!"

Angelina was still in a daze: "Uh... I guess so?"

Bai Ying exclaimed in astonishment, "In this 'unspoken rule' scheme, the new actress takes advantage of the male teacher, refusing to pay and even beating him. It seems like an unspoken rule, but it's actually a honey trap?!"

"That... the episode with the Scarlet Theatre Company?"

Chapter Twenty-Three: There Won't Be an Earthquake!

"A humiliating disgrace..."

"Oh."

"What a shame!"

"Yes."

"To think that I've been deprived of my leading role and relegated to a supporting character on stage, becoming just a small part of a story told by stick figures?!"

Bai Ying clenched his fist and said indignantly, "This is too insulting! Defeat is not an insult, being defeated by a stick figure is the greatest insult!"

“Yes, yes, it’s a disgrace, a complete disgrace.” Angelina mumbled a few perfunctory words. “Next time, she must act in some weird play, to get revenge, to get revenge…”

Bai Ying turned her head and questioned, "9527, you seem to be disrespecting me less and less."

“I respect you very much.” Angelina’s gaze wandered, casually looking at the street outside the park, noticing a shop with a bright and cute decoration style. “If you buy me crepes, I will respect you even more.”

"Do I buy you things just to gain your respect?"

The white figure said with dissatisfaction, "That's it?"

Angelina sighed, rolled her eyes, and clapped her hands expressionlessly: "Oh, sir, you're so great!"

"Haha, not at all..."

Bai Yingyi laughed and reached out to pat Angelina on the shoulder.

Angelina's stern face suddenly contorted into a fierce expression, and she gasped, "If you take another picture, I'll hang you from a tree!"

Bai Ying nodded and reached out to pinch it.

"Ow-!!"

Upon arriving at the crepe shop, the menu lists a wide variety of ingredients and types of crepes.

There are various toppings to choose from, such as fruit, chocolate, eggs, ham, mushrooms, and cream. The flatbreads also come in many varieties, including savory, sweet, and fruit-based. The combinations are endless and delicious!

Angelina examined the crepes intently, pondering what type to pair them with.

"It looks a bit like the hand-pulled pancakes from my hometown." Bai Ying glanced at several beautifully photographed and adorable pictures of crepes, "but it looks more like a dessert?"

Angelina asked curiously, "What is this scallion pancake that you mentioned, sir?"

"A food made by spreading batter into a thin pancake, then rolling it up with ingredients such as lettuce, ham, fried egg, and pork tenderloin."

It sounds delicious!

“Oh, oh…” Angelina nodded, and said in a tone of a big spender, “I want a combination of fruit pasta, chocolate, cream, mushrooms and strawberries.”

"no problem."

The white figure shouted to the owner who was chopping vegetables and adding ingredients: "Boss! I want two servings of fruit noodles worth twenty push-ups, chocolate worth ten thousand meters of jogging, cream worth an hour of standing still, mushrooms worth a thousand high knees, and strawberries worth two thousand punches!"

Angelina's face turned pale, and she angrily raised her hand to slap the white figure: "Don't disturb my enjoyment of the food!"

"A true warrior dares to face a protruding belly and stare directly at the number on the scale!"

"Hey! I don't have a belly at all!"

The boss, who was over forty, glanced at the girl who was throwing wild punches at the boy while he was busy working, and said with a smile, "As long as you can happily fill your stomach when you eat, that's all that matters. Leave the worry about how to maintain your weight to yourself in the future."

Angelina immediately chimed in, "Exactly!"

Bai Ying shook her head and sighed, "You must be the boss from now on."

Angelina looked at her boss and fell silent.

With strong, powerful arms and an apron that accentuated his belly, the owner, who was frying crepes, paused for a moment, then forcefully contracted his stomach, causing his chest to bulge slightly.

"The volume doesn't disappear; it just moves from here to there."

Bai Ying glanced at Angelina, shook her head and sighed, "In my eyes, I see the future you."

"Then I'll transfer my weight to you! Let's practice boxing! I'll start warming up and practicing boxing now!"

Angelina started punching the white figure's back repeatedly.

The two men picked up the paper bags of crepes and walked towards the other end of the street. The owner patted his belly and looked at the menu, lost in thought—would it be possible to attract customers by offering menus like '100 push-ups crepes' or '2 hours of gym crepes'?

……

……

The texture of a crepe is similar to that of a cake, soft and fluffy. When it comes out of the oven, the outer shell is still a bit thin and crispy. One bite gives you a double experience of crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The crispy and caramelized aroma, soft and sweet aroma and fruity fragrance are mixed together. Paired with the filling inside the crepe, it is like a multiple selection of sweet flavors that will firmly grab your tongue.

"Ah ah ah..."

Angelina ate her crepe with a happy expression, her steps light and quick.

"Ugh—it's so sweet!"

Bai Ying chewed two bites of the crepe, her expression contorted, and said in a sorrowful tone, "The fat explodes in my mouth, squeezing out oil and juices that flood my stomach. My teeth are smooth from chewing, and the sweet desire coats my heart. I deceive myself with beauty, and then firmly deceive others. Only the ever-expanding volume bears the real fruit..."

"Then you still eat?"

Angelina scoffed, ignoring Bai Yan's words, and continued eating her crepe. "I work so hard every day, what's wrong with having a little snack? Besides, the scale doesn't lie; my weight has been slowly going down for a while now—just like a joke is meaningless if it's not funny, weight is meaningless if you don't care about it!"

"Would you like it?"

Bai Ying handed over the crepe: "Where we come from, 'too sweet' is a derogatory term."

"No way!" Angelina glanced at the chipped crepe, her face full of disgust. "You've already taken a bite out of it, and you're giving it back to me? I don't want food that other people have eaten!"

Bai Ying casually chuckled.

"Then stop thinking about other people's boyfriends."

Angelina, biting into her crepe, paused, then turned to look at the white figure: "Who? You?"

"Me." Bai Ying proudly raised her head, took a bite of the crepe, and her expression twisted from the sweetness. "Hiss, the bitter taste is definitely more addictive."

Don't change the subject!

Angelina cautiously took two steps to the side, expertly flicking her hair: "I'm so sorry, I don't have those feelings for you. You might have misunderstood something—besides, isn't this cheating? You've had several girlfriends already, right? How dare you cheat on me? You scumbag, you'll get hit by a falling object!"

“I didn’t realize it,” Bai Ying said with a shrug. “She probably didn’t even realize what she was doing with the stick figure. She just wanted to do it, so she did it. That’s body-flow acting—believing in the natural behavior of the body driven by emotions. Such a performance is of course very realistic.”

“Oh, oh, oh—” Angelina drawled, “Toyohama offered a kiss, the officer just didn’t react in time.”

"She's clearly setting a honey trap!"

Bai Ying chuckled, "If I were to kiss you and then beat you up..."

Angelina looked around. Good! No unfortunate passersby, and she didn't see any security cameras or anything like that…

“From an acting perspective, you must be in a state of flow, right?” Bai Ying said with certainty. “To deceive others, you first deceive yourself. By deceiving yourself, you naturally demonstrate your superb acting skills.”

"That's right, that's right."

Angelina pouted and continued eating her crepe, making no attempt to hide her perfunctory attitude. "You think you can fool me with this?"

"You do not believe?"

"Trust, trust, trust."