"Weiwei."
Daniel, who was playing ball outside, suddenly ran back panting,
"Come out and play ball, volleyball. You can jump up and smack the ball into Su Yang's face."
Qin Wei raised her eyes to look at him. Daniel's face had several ball marks on it.
So he's come asking for help.
Qin Wei refused.
"Why?"
Daniel insisted,
"You can do it, I've seen you play ball, you can!"
Qin Wei made excuses:
"My back hurts."
"Why?"
Daniel still didn't give up,
"You haven't been doing inversion therapy recently, and you're so young, why does your back hurt?"
Su Yang also walked in, took some mineral water from the fridge, threw a bottle to Daniel, and started chugging from his own bottle.
Qin Wei was gradually losing patience:
"Because last night I was driving my..."
Daniel interrupted her, continuing:
"Driving?! No, Qin Wei shouldn't say that word, once I said to Su Yang, do you want to go driving together tonight, and Su Yang told me not to say that word, that word's not good, you can't just go driving with anyone."
Su Yang: "No, Daniel, don't talk nonsense! What Qin Wei said about driving is fine, it depends on the context!"
Daniel lowered his head in thought, slowly digesting Su Yang's words:
"So it's the literal meaning right? So she can drive, I can't, OK, so why does driving make your back hurt, why?"
Qin Wei: "Where do you get all these whys from? Why do you ask me why?"
Daniel tilted his head, feeling he couldn't quite understand Qin Wei's words anymore:
"Why can't I ask you why? Why can't you tell me? Is it a secret? I've driven with Su Yang before, what about you? Who have you driven with?"
Qin Wei was dizzy from his rambling:
"Because I drove for too long, too fast, it was uncomfortable and I had to concentrate, too tiring. And I don't know what Su Yang told you...I've lost track now...but I meant car, motor vehicle...I don't need to talk to you about this stuff, anyway I just don't feel like playing I'm tired."
Su Yang coughed a few times, signalling Daniel to shut up, but the other didn't get the hint.
Daniel pondered:
"I understand what Su Yang meant now, I shouldn't drive, you can drive, so are you a good driver? Qiao, is she a good driver?"
Su Yang put his arm around Daniel's shoulder:
"Let's go Daniel, you can pelt me with volleyballs instead, I'll let you smack me three times, but you have to promise me to never mention those two words again.
I don't want to hear your Mandarin anymore, please shut up, good boy, I'll buy you a '100,000 Whys' book later OK?
And you can say 'driving', but you shouldn't casually talk about driving...forget it, I shouldn't have taught you Internet slang, if one day I have no friends left, it'll be retribution for teaching you Mandarin."
Finally Daniel's attention was diverted, and he started asking Su Yang again:
"What's 100,000 Whys? Does it have 100,000 'whys' in it? Why do you want to buy it for me? Why?"
Qin Wei watched their retreating figures, shaking her head helplessly:
"Looks like his Mandarin teacher is still alive, even taught him how to ask questions."
There weren't many people Qin Wei admired, Daniel was one of them. His Mandarin level was extremely unstable, but he never gave up trying to speak it.
The director wanted to capture their most authentic daily lives, so didn't make too many demands of them in the afternoon. But seeing the two outside endlessly playing ball, while the two inside sat on the sofa reading comics without saying a word, the director felt anxious.
What's there to see in this?! The viewer numbers will start dropping soon!
But so far they hadn't, no matter if they were broadcasting indoors or outdoors, the viewer numbers kept rising, and the bullet screen comments were even more amazing, everyone was just chatting away.
Bullet comments——
【What comic are those two reading? Does anyone know?】
【It's in the CP fan club, go take a look yourself】
【The mint flowers in Qiao's glass, is drinking like that tasty?】
【Yes tasty, sweet and fragrant】
【Was that mousse cake my older sister bought tasty? The one she was photographed with after work?】
【Very sweet, go buy it sisters!】
...
The director was confused. Weren't they all saying to immerse yourself in the CP, you had to ship a CP? Why was the vibe in the livestream like this? It was like some gardening platform.
After asking the staff around him, he finally understood. CP fans were afraid of going overboard and making the celebs uncomfortable, so they shipped couples hardcore in fan clubs and group chats, but kept things peaceful and static in front of the celebs themselves.
In the evening the crew delivered ingredients, and the four of them went into the yard to barbecue.
Qiao was very cooperative, eating a couple mouthfuls, but she mainly ate the vegetable salad Qin Wei made.
After the meal the four of them sat on the living room sofa watching movies, there was a projector in the homestay, so after turning off the lights it felt quite like being in a cinema.
It was just the audio equipment was far worse than at home.
Daniel even brought out lots of snacks the crew prepared from the fridge for everyone to eat.
Qiao and Su Yang didn't eat a bite, but they could hear Qin Wei and Daniel constantly tearing packaging.
Qiao whispered in her ear:
"That's enough, you eat things you shouldn't be eating every day, have some shame..."
"Oh..."
Qin Wei slowly turned her head, leaning in so close their noses nearly touched.
Qiao sniffed:
"Why do you smell like alcohol??"
"There's vodka jelly in the fridge, I took it out. Don't eat it Qiao, it's not good for injured people..."
Daniel heard and took the initiative to explain to her, he'd eaten quite a lot himself and was starting to feel tipsy, even hiccuping repeatedly...
"You ate it?"
Qiao asked Qin Wei.
Qin Wei hummed softly, putting both arms around her neck, nearly whispering in her ear:
"Mm..."
"F*ck..."
Bullet comments——
【Just now...did that silly treasure Qin Wei swear again...too dark couldn't see clearly...】
【Then...should we judge her morally?】
【Hm? Celebrities shouldn't swear in public right? 】
【Uh...how awful?】
【Emm...】
【She swore when saving someone today too...she said f**k...】
【Then...let's not judge for now...pretend we didn't hear】
【OK!】
【OK! +11111】
When the movie finished, Daniel contentedly clapped his hands clean of food residue and stood up saying:
"Great movie! Delicious snacks, *burp*~ I'll turn on the lights!"
Qiao shouted:
"Don't turn on the lights!"
In the darkness, aided by the dim light of the screen, Su Yang and Daniel looked puzzledly at Qiao.
Qiao also felt she was being unreasonable, so tried her best to make up for it:
"I mean...it's late, time to sleep, two bedrooms total, Weiwei and I in one room, you two in one room...turning lights on and off isn't environmentally friendly! Leave it like this, go back to your rooms and rest!"
So saying, Qiao pulled Qin Wei, stumbling and bumbling back to the bedroom in the dark, leaving Su Yang and Daniel staring blankly at each other.
Daniel pointed to their bedroom in shock:
"I can't even believe Qiao could say so much Mandarin all at once, before this I always thought she grew up abroad too, that's why she was so quiet...turns out her Mandarin is so good!"
Su Yang sneered and laughed loudly:
"How can you judge anyone else's Mandarin?? It's late, I'll take the bedroom, you take the sofa."
Daniel shook his head, grabbing Su Yang's arm:
"No! Su Yang, I want to sleep with you!"
