weddingnovel Chapter 15 The hotel's soundproofing is terrible!
Chapter 15 The hotel's soundproofing is terrible!
"Mengyan, what are you doing here?"
Xu Lang opened his sleepy eyes and fixed his gaze on the girl in his arms, who was resting her head on his arm.
How familiar and lovely!
But why is she in my arms?
He was drinking straight from a bottle with Mao Xiaotong last night, clamoring to go to a hotel with her. How come he woke up to find out she's his ex-girlfriend?
I tried hard to recall everything from last night, but it seemed that my long hair was covering my face, making it impossible to see my features clearly.
But the intensity of the battle remains fresh in my memory.
Bai Lu rubbed her eyes, staring at the handsome face so close to hers, a sly smile spreading across her face as if she'd gotten away with something.
"Someone called last night saying they missed me. Do you think I wanted to come?"
Having said that, she lifted the blanket.
She moved her long, white legs, her bare feet stepping on the smooth floor, and walked unabashedly toward the bathroom.
Xu Lang hurriedly reached for his phone and opened the call log.
It turned out that I had made the call myself.
But he really had no recollection of it.
"No... how did you get in?"
Bai Lu stopped, turned around, and gave a mysterious smile:
"Guess what! You took care of me when I was drunk the day before yesterday, and I took care of you when you were drunk last night. We're even!"
After saying that, he went into the bathroom.
A moment later, the sound of rushing water could be heard.
Xu Lang smiled wryly, got out of bed, lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, looked out the window at the east where the sun had not yet risen, and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.
"The forest can be embraced, but the tree from before seems hard to leave as well."
"Perhaps... we need to find a new tree to truly say goodbye to the old one."
The words I spoke with Mao Xiaotong last night, our arms around each other, floated into my mind as I pondered them.
Mao Xiaotong seems like a good choice!
She's widely recognized as the epitome of sweetness among those born in the 85s, and more importantly, she seems to have feelings for herself as well.
Although I didn't have a deep relationship with her in my previous life, I knew about her background and reputation.
Whether their personalities are compatible still requires more interaction.
More than ten minutes later!
Bai Lu came out wrapped in a bath towel, with her long, wet hair draped over her shoulders, and a hairdryer in her hand.
He came up to Xu Lang and shoved it into his hand.
Xu Lang took the cigarette, stubbed it out, and went to the bedside, patting the edge of the bed. Bai Lu lay down on the big bed with ease, half of her head sticking out of the bed, her long black hair hanging down the edge of the bed.
Xu Lang plugged in the hairdryer, turned it on, and skillfully dried her hair.
The hairdryer hummed as the two chatted idly about their recent lives.
Bai Lu still planned to film a GG video, and jokingly asked Xu Lang for acting advice.
Xu Lang told her a few key points, but he didn't know if she listened or not.
Xu Lang asked her if she was interested in watching him film today.
His real goal was to get Bai Lu to appear in front of Yu Zheng and those directors, which might help Bai Lu enter the entertainment industry sooner.
But she refused, saying she had a tight schedule and couldn't get away.
Blow-dry your hair, and then the white dew will depart!
Neither of them mentioned their current relationship, still tacitly acknowledging their breakup.
Xu Lang walked into the bathroom!
When he finished getting ready and walked out of the hotel with Mao Xiaotong and her assistant, he could clearly feel that the two girls were looking at him strangely and their attitudes were much more distant.
This made him a little frustrated, but he didn't want to ask directly.
Upon arriving at the film set, Mao Xiaotong quickly immersed herself in her work. However, she seemed somewhat distracted today, frequently making mistakes and prompting the director to offer her stern "guidance" on several occasions.
"Xiaotong, what's wrong with you? You're completely different from how you were a few days ago!"
Director Lee Hye-joo walked over and carefully examined Mao Xiaotong, but Mao kept her head down, indicating that she would try her best to adjust herself.
Xu Lang was also helpless about her performance today. Despite his repeated guidance, she kept making mistakes, which seriously delayed the work progress.
Xu Lang had the most scenes with her, which meant he had to repeatedly reshoot scenes with her.
After the play ended.
The director was clearly annoyed, and without saying a word, he turned and went to the next scene.
Xu Lang pulled Mao Xiaotong to a corner and asked her what had happened, but she refused to say anything.
But Xu Lang had other shows to perform today, so he had to cancel.
This situation lasted for three days!
On set, everyone was baffled by Mao Xiaotong's sudden change.
Finally, on the fourth day!
Xu Lang couldn't stand it anymore, so he found his assistant and pressed him for the reason.
Assistant Xiao Wei stammered, her eyes scanning the surroundings to make sure everything was safe, before lowering her voice to ask:
"Xu Lang, how did Sister Xiaotong treat you these past few days? Didn't you really notice?"
Xu Lang frowned!
As a reborn person, he has experienced quite a few relationships and can be considered a veteran in the dating scene. How could he not understand Mao Xiaotong's feelings?
He still harbored thoughts of developing a deeper relationship with her, but her behavior these past few days had been very strange; she had become indifferent towards him.
The idea of further development was naturally abandoned.
"Sister Xiaotong... she likes me? But she hasn't told me, and I haven't rejected her. What did I do to offend her?"
He was completely baffled!
The two were only in the ambiguous stage, and had not yet made their relationship official, but the other person suddenly became indifferent to them.
It's my fault now?
The assistant bit her lower lip lightly, hesitated slightly, and stared at him:
"The night you and Sister Xiaotong got drunk, I arranged for you to go to a hotel. Did you... hire escorts?"
"The periphery?"
Xu Lang's mind went blank for a moment, and he almost laughed in anger.
In both his lifetimes combined, he had never even entertained such a thought.
"Who said that? Who the hell is spreading these dirty rumors about me?"
"Is it that grandson of Chen Xiang?"
His tone became sharp, tinged with barely suppressed anger.
The assistant quickly grabbed his hand and said:
"It wasn't him, he's already left the production team—"
"It was...it was because you made too much noise that day, we next door...we heard everything—"
"Uh..." Xu Lang was stunned for a moment.
Meng Ran recalled that the last time Bai Mengyan was drunk, he picked her up and the two of them went wild all night. The next day, he did hear the two women mention that there was a woman howling all night next door.
Unexpectedly, even though she was drunk and howled all night, Bai Mengyan was still heard.
No way—is the soundproofing in this hotel really that bad?
"Xiao Wei, I really didn't call her!" Xu Lang's attitude was very firm, and there was even a hint of disgust in his eyes:
"I'm afraid of getting sick; I really don't have that kind of fetish!"
Before Xiao Wei could say anything more, Xu Lang quickly changed the subject:
"So Xiaotong kept disconnecting because she misunderstood me?"
"Could you explain this to her for me? — Never mind, I'll go tell her myself."
When he arrived in the crowd, he couldn't find Mao Xiaotong. His assistant ran over and said that Mao Xiaotong had already returned to the hotel.
Xu Lang immediately went to the hotel booked by the film crew, his mind racing with thoughts of how to explain.
"Xiaotong, you may have some misunderstandings about me, and I need to explain clearly—that night, I didn't hire any escorts."
He tried his best to appear sincere.
Mao Xiaotong glanced at her assistant and knew that she had told Xu Lang about it, and that the assistant had already been persuaded by Xu Lang.
Only after receiving approval from his assistant did he dare to come here and explain things to himself.
He immediately adopted an indifferent attitude and said:
"You don't need to explain to me what you're doing; it's none of my business."
"Xiao Wei, I need to rest now. See the guests out!"
Xu Lang was kicked out just like that.
Unbeknownst to him, the moment the door was closed and locked, Mao Xiaotong grabbed his assistant's hand, his eyes lighting up:
"Xiaowei, what did he tell you? You brought him here... doesn't that prove we really misunderstood him?"