thefictionvixens Chapter 86 Xiaotian begins watching Zhen Huan
Chapter 86 Xiaotian begins watching Zhen Huan
Chapter 86 Xiaotian begins watching Zhen Huan
Lin Feng looked at Tian Xiwei standing at the door and said, "What are you doing standing at the door? Come in, it's windy outside."
Tian Xiwei then seemed to snap out of her daze, picked up her phone, and walked into the room. "Brother Feng, is Haochun giving you a foot massage?"
"Yes," Lin Feng nodded, "She said that when she was injured while practicing dance, her classmates would help each other massage the wounds, so they have experience."
"I can do that too!" Tian Xiwei picked up her phone and opened a video. "Look, I just found a tutorial online. It says that massaging the acupoints around your ankle clockwise can speed up blood circulation. I was going to come over and massage it for you too."
"Our little corporal, you're so protective of me?"
"Of course!" Tian Xiwei handed her phone to him. The doctor on the screen was demonstrating. "Brother Feng, look, there are even diagrams here."
Liu Haochun walked over and tugged at Tian Xiwei's arm: "Weiwei, massage isn't something you can learn just by watching tutorials. You have to master the pressure. You've never had a massage before, so let me teach you."
Tian Xi hesitated for a moment, then squatted down and placed her small hand on Lin Feng's ankle, just like Liu Haochun did.
"Be gentle," Liu Haochun said, holding her hand. "Use your fingertips to massage, don't scratch with your nails."
"Oh." Tian Xiwei obediently did as instructed, but as she massaged, she felt awkward, especially when she saw Liu Haochun standing next to her staring. Her eyes darted around, and her fingertip suddenly traced a line on the sole of Lin Feng's foot.
"It tickles!" Lin Feng abruptly pulled his foot back, looking at her with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. "Tian Xiwei, you did that on purpose, didn't you?"
"Haha! Feng-ge, you're still so ticklish!"
"Weiwei, stop fooling around." Liu Haochun gently patted her back. "Brother Feng's foot isn't healed yet."
"Okay." Tian Xi stuck out her tongue and put her hand back. This time she behaved herself and pressed down seriously, but her pressure was sometimes light and sometimes heavy.
Liu Haochun watched from the side, occasionally adjusting her hand gestures: "Use a little more force here—yes, just like that."
The two of them, one teaching and the other learning, actually did a pretty good job.
"Okay, that's about enough." He pulled his foot back and stretched his ankle. "Feels much better, thanks, Haochun."
"Aren't you going to thank me, Xie Haochun?" Tian Xiwei immediately pouted in dissatisfaction. "I pressed it for ages too!"
"Thank you too," Lin Feng pinched her cheek, "especially thank you for tickling my feet earlier, so I knew I hadn't lost consciousness yet."
"Oh dear, I just didn't mean to!" Tian Xiwei began to defend herself. "Who told you to have such ticklish feet!"
Liu Haochun smoothed things over, saying, "Weiwei just wanted Brother Feng to relax a bit."
"That's right!" Tian Xiwei nodded quickly.
Lin Feng looked at them and said, "Once my foot is better," he cleared his throat and deliberately dragged out his words, "I'll take you to the most famous crayfish restaurant nearby. We'll get two pounds each of the thirteen-spice, garlic, and spicy crayfish."
"Wow! Really?" Tian Xiwei's eyes lit up instantly.
"Also," Lin Feng said, looking at Liu Haochun, "didn't Haochun say he wanted to see the art museum in Jiangcheng? Let's go together then."
"And one more thing," Tian Xiwei leaned closer, counting on her fingers, "I want to buy that rabbit plushie I saw last time, the extra-large one!"
"purchase."
"Haochun wanted to buy new clothes, right? Buy them too!"
"purchase."
"Then I still want to buy it—"
"Buy them all," Lin Feng interrupted her with a smile.
"Long live Brother Feng!" Tian Xi jumped up excitedly, almost bumping into the edge of the bed, but Liu Haochun pulled her back.
"Alright, it's getting late," Lin Feng said, glancing at the time. "You two should go back and get some rest; you have filming tomorrow."
"Brother Feng, you should rest well and not move around too much," Tian Xiwei said as she walked to the door, then turned back to remind him.
"understood."
The two closed the door, and their voices echoed in the hallway. Lin Feng lay on the bed, touched his still slightly hot ankle, and couldn't help but laugh.
As soon as Tian Xiwei returned to her room, the smile on her face vanished. She threw her phone onto the bed, her joy completely replaced by resentment and anger, unlike her earlier happiness in Lin Feng's room.
She sat on the edge of the bed, hugging her knees and staring blankly. The image of Hao Chun squatting on the ground massaging Feng Ge's feet when she opened the door just now was still haunting her.
"Green plums are not as good as those that fall from the sky—" she murmured to herself, recalling a line she had read in a novel before, which made her heart ache even more.
She and Feng had known each other for so many years, playing together since they were toddlers, and she thought she must be unique in Feng's heart.
After Ke Haochun arrived, Feng Ge seemed to treat her very well, writing scripts tailored to her, and even—
"Last time you said you wanted to be Brother Feng's wife," Tian Xi said, biting her lip. She hadn't thought about it carefully then, but now the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.
No way, Feng Ge is hers! Ever since they were kids, when Feng Ge played her husband, he's been hers! Nobody can take him away!
She grabbed her phone, opened the browser, and typed rapidly on the screen: "How can Qingmei defeat the unexpected?"
The page popped up with a bunch of results, such as "stay true to your original intention and move the other person with sincerity", "show your unique advantages and let him get used to your presence", and some people said "show weakness appropriately to arouse the protective instinct".
Tian Xiwei became more and more anxious as she read on. All of these statements were too general. Could you provide something more specific?
As she scrolled down, she suddenly saw a comment: "I suggest watching 'Empresses in the Palace,' to learn how Zhen Huan rose from a lowly concubine to Empress Dowager. That's textbook-level!"
"The Legend of Zhen Huan?" Tian Xi frowned slightly. Her mother used to watch it every day, but she always felt that the characters' conversations were too convoluted and boring. She opened the video app, searched for "The Legend of Zhen Huan," and clicked download.
She pumped her fist at the screen, "I, Tian Xiwei, will never lose!"
As the download completion notification sounded, Tian Xiwei clicked on the first episode, took a deep breath, and watched Zhen Huan's first appearance in the palace on the screen.
It was past 7 a.m. when Lin Feng was still playing on his phone in bed when he heard a knock on the door. He went to open it and thought it was Liu Haochun, but he saw Tian Xiwei standing at the door with a plastic bag in her hand.
"Brother Feng, breakfast!" Tian Xi waved the bag in her hand. "I specially bought some pork buns and soy milk."
Lin Feng paused for a moment, then stepped aside to let her in.
"What are you doing—" Before he could finish speaking, Tian Xiwei rushed into the bathroom, picked up his toothbrush, squeezed on toothpaste, and poured a glass of warm water onto the table.
"Brother Feng, hurry up and wash your face and brush your teeth, the steamed buns are getting cold." Tian Xiwei pushed him towards the bathroom.
Lin Feng stood in front of the mirror, staring at the toothpaste on his toothbrush, completely dumbfounded.
"What are you daydreaming about?" Tian Xiwei walked in with a steamed bun in her hand. Seeing that he was still standing there, she waved her hand in front of his eyes. "It'll get cold if you don't eat it soon."
After washing up, Lin Feng sat down and took a bite of a steamed bun, but something felt off. He watched Tian Xiwei sitting in the chair opposite him, resting her chin on her hand and watching him eat.
"Why did you suddenly bring me breakfast today—" Lin Feng asked.
"Huh?" Tian Xi blinked, as if she didn't understand. "Didn't you hurt your foot? I thought it would be inconvenient for you to go downstairs, so I bought it for you."
"By the way? You've never been this convenient before."
Tian Xiwei scratched her head and lowered her voice, "Isn't it because your injury is related to me?" She looked down and picked at her fingers, "After all, you were carrying me when you got injured that day, Brother Feng. I felt bad about it and wanted to take good care of you."
"Alright," she said, pushing the soy milk towards her. "But we still need to eat. You bought two portions, right?"
"Mmm!" Tian Xiwei immediately picked up her own portion and started eating, but her eyes secretly glanced at him. Seeing that he didn't ask any more questions, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
During a break from filming in the morning, Raymond Lam sat in the director's chair, looking at Tian Xiwei not far away, and felt something was off.
"Brother Feng, Huang Chengzi is saying, 'Tan Song, are you stupid?' Should her tone be a little disdainful or concerned?" Tian Xiwei walked over with the script, her voice softer than usual.
Raymond Lam pointed to the lines: "This is about saying one thing but meaning another. On the surface, he seems disgusted, but actually he's worried about him falling. Try raising the pitch at the end of your voice a little."
"Oh, okay." Tian Xi nodded slightly.
Not far away, Liu Haochun opened her script. In a few days, she would also be joining the crew. After Feng Ge joined the crew next month, she would be able to play a couple with Feng Ge. Just thinking about this made her cheeks feel a little hot.
"Haochun, what are you looking at?" Tian Xiwei suddenly walked over, holding a bottle of chilled mineral water. "Here, it's hot."
Liu Haochun paused for a moment, then took the water: "Thank you."
"Are you watching 'My Huckleberry Friends'?" Tian Xiwei leaned closer to look at her script. "The character Yu Zhouzhou is so good, both gentle and brave."
"Huang Chengzi is also very cute," Liu Haochun said with a smile. "You portrayed her very well."
Tian Xiwei was about to say something more when she saw Lin Feng waving at them, so she had no choice but to give up: "Brother Feng is calling us, let's go."
Over the next few days, Tian Xiwei fully embraced the "virtuous and domestic" approach, bringing breakfast in the morning, remaining quiet and unassuming on set during the day, and never tickling Raymond Lam's feet when giving him a foot massage at night.
Lin Feng found it strange at first, but he gradually got used to it. Once, Tian Xiwei peeled an orange for him and handed it to him. He couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Tian, do you want something from me?"
"No." Tian Xi blinked and popped an orange segment into his mouth. "I just feel that since you've taken care of me for so long, it's my turn to take care of you."
On June 23, Liu Haochun was restless from the morning onwards, and even his meals were not in his focus.
"Don't be nervous," Lin Feng patted her shoulder, "Your academic studies will definitely be fine."
"But I'm still scared," Liu Haochun's voice trembled slightly, "What if I get a lower score?"
"No way," Tian Xi patted her chest confidently. "We all know how hard you worked in the months leading up to the exam, Hao Chun. You'll definitely pass!"
At noon, Liu Haochun took a deep breath and entered his admission ticket number. Lin Feng and Tian Xiwei leaned over, and the three of them squeezed in front of the screen.
"They're out!" Tian Xiwei suddenly shouted.
The score on the screen was a full thirty points higher than the admission score!
"You passed! Hao Chun, you passed!" Tian Xiwei hugged Liu Hao Chun tightly, jumping up excitedly. "I knew you could do it!"
Liu Haochun froze for a few seconds, staring repeatedly at the numbers on the screen, pinching herself before she could believe it was real. "Did I really pass?"
"Really!" Lin Feng smiled and handed over a tissue. "Congratulations, soon-to-be college student!"
Liu Haochun took the tissue: "Thank you, Brother Feng, thank you, Weiwei." She had been looking forward to this day for so long. Ever since she decided to take the entrance exam for the Beijing Film Academy, she had been preparing and was always worried about not passing. Now she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's my turn!" Tian Xi rubbed her hands together, her eyes glued to her phone. "My score is due at one o'clock, why is it still so long!" Tian Xi was restless.
"Eat first," Lin Feng put a chicken leg into her bowl. "You'll have the energy to wait for good news if you're full."
"I can't eat." Tian Xi shook her head slightly, her eyes still fixed on her phone screen. "What if—what if I don't pass?"
"Impossible," Lin Feng said confidently. "You exceeded the passing score so much in both the first and second mock exams, there's definitely no problem."
He had already asked around to find out the rankings of the two students in their majors. Tian Xiwei and Hao Chun were both in the top five. As long as their academic scores met the minimum requirements, their admission was a sure thing.
Finally, the time was up. "Brother Feng, lose for me!" she said, handing her phone to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng took the phone, quickly entered Xiao Tian's information, and the screen switched instantly.
"How much?"
Looking at the score on the screen, Lin Feng said, "Tian Xiwei, you're really something."