236 “AV Shooting Guide” Chapter 235

218: Countdown

The man’s rolled Adam’s apple was particularly beautiful. Qiao Qiao stared at it and swallowed unconsciously.

“The taste is a bit weird.” Xie Zhi put down the cup, rubbed the corner of his mouth with the second knuckle of his index finger, and frowned, “Is it expired?”

Qiao Qiao thought on his feet and hurriedly covered it up: “No, right? I feel good drinking.”

“Yeah.” He didn’t dwell too much on the topic. Instead, he looked up at Qiao Qiao and smiled happily, “Why are you taking care of my diet today?”

Qiao Qiao recited what he had memorized before: “Drinking milk can supplement calcium, calm and soothe the mind, and can also fight stomach cancer…”

“Okay, okay.” Xie Zhi interrupted her, dumbfounded, “Who asked you this?”

He tapped Qiao Qiao’s chest: “I want to listen to the truth.”

The truth is that there is medicine in it.

Of course Qiao Qiao would not say that. She thought about it and said seriously: “I hope you are in good health.”

The too simple answer had a silly air, which successfully made Xie Zhi laugh. He rarely smiled so happily. Although the smile on his face usually did not diminish, it was just a habit. It was no different from Liang Jize’s cold face. It was just a mask that could not be taken off after being worn for a long time.

“You can talk, but this body is not mine, but you want to wish me good health.” Xie Zhi nodded his forehead, as if confused, “But it seems that you are right, I can’t even refute you.”

“Ah?” Qiao Qiao reacted blankly and hurriedly explained, “I didn’t mean that…”

“I know.” Xie Zhi finally stopped laughing, “I don’t blame you. You are right. Our days will be long in the future, so we should take care of ourselves. Since milk is so good, we will drink it every day from now on.”

In the next few days, whenever Qiao Qiao was brought milk, Xie Zhi would drink it.

He didn’t seem to be afraid of Qiao Qiao adding anything to it. He was probably confident that he could grasp every move of hers, teasing her like a tiger fighting a rabbit. He never thought that rabbits could also have fangs.

When he drank the third glass of milk, Xie Zhi noticed something strange.

His sleeping hours began to stretch strangely.

However, milk itself has a soothing effect, so Xie Zhi didn’t pay much attention to it. Besides, his sleep was lighter than the average person, so it wouldn’t be a bad thing to sleep more deeply and soundly.

There were only two packets of medicinal powder left, and Qiao Qiao had to hesitate for a long time before adding more ingredients.

Xie Zhi was not a bad person, not to mention the fact that he defended her from the knife. The two of them interacted in private more like friends than between the imprisoned and the imprisoned. It was much better than the feeling of walking on thin ice when getting along with Liang Jize.

But he… is the one who occupies the magpie’s nest.

Nowadays, Qiao Qiao likes to sit in the cafe for long periods of time in a daze. Facing Xie Zhi at home, she feels very guilty. Even if she is obedient to him as if to make up for it, it cannot alleviate it.Seeing Xie Zhi sleeping longer and longer every day, to the point where she could sometimes fall asleep even while reading on the sofa, she was going crazy with the struggle.

Is this really the right thing to do?

Some dark thoughts also emerged: Since nature has evolved such a thing as multiple personalities, there must be a reason for it, right?Existence is reasonable. Maybe this is part of natural elimination, and it is also consistent with the theory of evolution to replace the relatively weak-willed main personality with a more powerful sub-personality?

But reason is very clear that this is all sophistry and cannot even cross the basic moral threshold.

“Still a latte?”

“No, just black coffee.” Qiao Qiao pretended to take out his wallet.

“No need.” The female clerk stopped her with a smile, “You are a VIP of our store and you don’t need to pay the bill.”

“What? When did I become a distinguished guest?”

“This store has been bought by Mr. Xie. Mr. Xie has told you that you will be the only VIP. The whole store will only accept you.”

Qiao Qiao was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed that there was no customer in the store today, and she was the only one empty.

Black coffee was brought to her properly, and the waiter who loved to secretly roll her eyes was no longer there. She was replaced by a young girl whose service level had been improved by at least three levels. She even helped Qiao Qiao pull out a chair when she sat down.

Not to mention the quality of the coffee, after one sip, Qiao Qiao immediately understood that what this store used to sell was actually instant coffee.

Because the taste of freshly ground coffee beans is so unique.

She looked at this small coffee shop. All the furnishings inside were untouched, except for the coffee.She didn’t expect that Xie Zhi would even remember her casual complaint, and silently bought the entire store a few days later, just so that she could drink good coffee after taking a walk.

The bitter taste of black coffee does not linger too much on the tip of the tongue, but penetrates into the heart along the esophagus.

Returning to the villa with a heavy heart, Xie Zhi fell asleep leaning on the sofa again as expected.

Only with his eyes closed, Qiao Qiao could see some traces of Liang Jize’s presence on his face.She imagined that in the deepest part of Xie Zhi’s consciousness, Liang Jize was sleeping in this posture. If no one called him, he would stay like this and never wake up.

She suddenly realized that being a bad guy also requires courage.

“Well…” The person on the sofa moved and slowly opened his eyes, “I fell asleep again?”

“Are you too tired recently?”

“A bit.” Xie Zhi coughed, “It’s very troublesome to deal with Liang Jize’s matter. I have the same face as him but I have to overturn everything he said one by one without being seen to have changed my mind. It’s not that difficult.”

He changed the subject: “You came back earlier than usual today.”

“Because the coffee tastes so good, I can’t wait to tell you.”

“You know?” Xie Zhi smiled.

Qiao Qiao sighed: “You don’t intend to hide it from me. But in the future, you should save some money and don’t do this kind of thing. You can’t afford to waste it if you have money.”

“This is not a waste.” Xie Zhi disagreed, “Besides, that store is not valuable.”

Qiao Qiao knew that he had no concept of money, but it was understandable. If she had opened her eyes and had Liang Jize’s assets at her disposal, she might be even more lavish than Xie Zhi.

“By the way, there is a bonfire music festival on the outskirts of the city tonight, shall we go and play?” Qiao Qiao took out the flyer someone else forced on him while walking, “Just relax.”

“Okay.”

Xie Zhi rarely refused anyone invited by Qiao Qiao.

The weather turned cooler and dusk came earlier than usual. The two of them arrived an hour earlier than the time printed on the flyer. Even so, they didn’t get a spot on the front lawn and could only watch from a distance.

This is also good, the surroundings are quiet, and the distant singing and human voices seem to be transmitted through a layer of mist, adding to the charm.

Qiao Qiao handed the milk to Xie Zhi.

“You don’t even forget to take it with you when you go out?” Xie Zhi took it helplessly, “I can’t even hide it for a whole day. I’m a little tired of it.”

Qiao Qiao was also tired of it, but she still took a big gulp to show an example: “Persistence will be effective.”

Someone lifted her chin, and Xie Zhi came over and rolled his tongue to remove a drop from the corner of her mouth.

“Let’s just drink it.”

“What does this mean-”

“Hush.” Xie Zhi pointed to the stage in the distance, “Let’s start singing.”

The plump and round female singer on the stage began to sing high notes, and the crowd below roared with cheers. The colorful lights reflected the sky, which was chaotic and full of fireworks.

“Do they look alike?” Xie Zhi pointed in that direction, “When we first met.”

“…So this is what I look like in your eyes?”

“It’s not the appearance, it’s the feeling.” Xie Zhi thought for a while, “You are so conspicuous in my eyes, like you are standing on the stage, like you are shining.”

“…”

“You must be curious why it’s you.” Xie Zhi smiled, “I didn’t want to tell you before because I was afraid you wouldn’t let me go. It doesn’t matter now, because Liang Jize can’t come back.”

“…”

“There is a theory that the sub-personality is the missing piece of the main personality. It’s like a cake with one corner missing.” Xie Zhi paused, “Of course I’m not, I’m the part of him that was forced to be separated when he got too involved in the drama. But I have integrated some ‘extra’ personalities, and one of them is——”

He hesitated, as if thinking about a suitable adjective: “It’s a very delicious part. It should be Liang Jize’s ‘love’, right? I had a few brief conversations with it, it was very verbose, and even persuaded me to give up the fight for control.”

“Can you still talk to it?”

“Of course personalities can communicate with each other. The brain is a very complex organ. I have communicated with each of the personalities I merged to a greater or lesser extent, not counting the shapeless personality fragments.”

“So… amazing.” What Qiao Qiao actually wanted to say was that he was so awesome, but he felt that it was not very elegant so he changed his words.

“Liang Jize also wants to get along with you normally, but he can’t.” A smile of schadenfreude flashed across Xie Zhi’s face, “His brain has long been in pieces. I really wonder how he dares to become an actor if he is so mentally unstable.”

“Maybe this is the only way to play a good role.”

“You are different.” Xie Zhizhuan stared at Qiao Qiao, “Expressions and words can deceive, but physical reactions cannot. Every time Liang Jize sees you, his pulse will speed up. If you look closely, you can see his dilated pupils. He likes you very much.”

“Impossible.” Qiao Qiao retorted subconsciously, “Why does he treat me like that if he likes me?”

“He can’t control it.” Xie Zhi lowered his head and kissed Qiao Qiao on the lips, “It doesn’t matter, I can control it.”

“…”

Later, Xie Zhi rubbed Qiao Qiao and fed him the remaining milk.

Fortunately, the two of them were in the back, so no one could see the mess they made.

At the end of the music festival, the organizers set off fireworks, which exploded in the sky layer by layer, beautiful and brilliant.

“Thank you for watching——”

Her shoulders sank, and the man rested his head on her shoulder and neck, already falling asleep.

“I’m sorry.” Qiao Qiao said softly.