Gu Bin felt his heartstrings plucked by a feather once more, never expecting this girl to trust him so deeply.
“You, are you going to shoot it or not?”
Seeing him staring at her without saying a word, Lin Xiyu’s ears turned slightly red, her expression somewhat unnatural.
“This matter isn’t urgent. We need to get our parents’ consent first.”
Gu Bin was clearly considering things more thoroughly: “You go home and change clothes first. I’ll talk with them, and we’ll contact each other by phone.”
“Okay.”
Lin Xiyu also felt her clothes were too eye-catching and was eager to change.
She took out paper and pen from her schoolbag and wrote down a series of phone numbers: “This is the public phone booth near my home. When you get through, ask my aunt to call for me…”
“You don’t have a phone at home?”
Gu Bin seemed slightly surprised when he heard about the public phone booth.
“No.”
Lin Xiyu didn’t find anything unusual about it.
None of her neighbors had installed phones either. When relatives and friends called, they’d ask her aunt to help call the person.
“Where do you live?”
Li Yan chimed in with a smile: “Is it also a courtyard house?”
“Number 9, Donghua Street.”
Lin Xiyu nodded: “Yes, all the houses on our street are courtyard houses.”
“What a coincidence!”
Li Yan’s eyes lit up with delight: “Can we come to your home for an interview and do some on-site filming?”
“Come to my home?”
Lin Xiyu hadn’t expected this request and was visibly taken aback for a moment.
“Let her go back and ask her family first.”
Gu Bin answered for her: “Such an important matter isn’t something she can decide alone.”
“Mhmm, yes.”
Lin Xiyu gave him a grateful look and smiled in agreement: “I need to ask the landlord Uncle Huang, and my grandmother, to see if they’re willing.”
“Alright.”
Li Yan agreed readily, borrowing her paper and pen to write down a string of numbers: “Let me know once you’ve asked. This is my pager number. When you have a definite answer, call me.”
“Okay, Sister Yan. I’ll be going now.”
Lin Xiyu tucked the note into her book, waved with a smile, and bid her farewell.
“Go ahead.”
Li Yan smiled and reminded her: “There’s lots of traffic on the road, ride slowly.”
“Alright!”
Lin Xiyu replied very obediently, but the moment she got on her bicycle, she forgot the advice and rode off like the wind.
“Ah well.”
Li Yan smiled helplessly, watching her figure disappear into the crowd before reluctantly withdrawing her gaze.
“Sister Yan.”
Gu Bin hadn’t left. Facing the camera, he revealed an exceptionally sunny, handsome, and flawless smile: “Can I take a look at the footage from saving the person this morning?”
“Sure.”
Who could refuse such a dazzlingly handsome guy?
Li Yan’s heart fluttered involuntarily a few times, and she agreed readily.
“This is the footage from saving the person by the moat this morning. The director said it’s excellent and can be used in the documentary without any editing…”
“And the little incident at the school gate with the invigilator is quite interesting too.”
“We plan to track her exam results, college applications, and follow through until her admission. Using the college entrance exam as a hook to attract young viewers…”
Li Yan pointed at the footage, growing more and more excited as she spoke.
A subtle gleam flashed in Gu Bin’s clear, bright eyes as he suddenly asked: “Without obtaining her consent, isn’t using the footage in your documentary without permission considered an infringement of rights?”
Li Yan: “……..”
Why did I suddenly find the handsome guy’s smile a bit creepy?!
Just as Gu Bin single-handedly secured a 10,000-yuan bravery award for Lin Xiyu, another distressing incident occurred at No. 9 Donghua Street.
Lin Xiyu’s aunt had gotten into a fight with her neighbor, Zhang Dafen.