Chapter 58: 1990: A Family by the Spring, Chapter 58: If You Look Again, Your Eyeballs Will Stick to Her

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Protagonist:

Lin Xiyu

"Hey, snap out of it—keep staring and your eyeballs will stick to her."

A hand abruptly appeared before his eyes, waving back and forth, blocking his line of sight.

Guben shifted slightly, a flicker of displeasure rising, but the hand's owner seemed oblivious to how obtrusive he was right now, continuing to wave without stop, testing his patience.

"Get out of the way!"

Guben's patience ran out, and he slapped the hand away in annoyance.

"The task you assigned me, I've already completed."

Wang Fan chuckled, handing him a slip of paper, and tossing him an ambiguous glance on the side: "This is the list of students from our class who agreed to participate in the event. The boys are short four, twenty-two in total; the girls are nearly complete, seventeen people. Only Lin Xiyu, for some reason, isn't on the list. The reason, you figure it out, you savor it slowly......."

"No one told her?"

Guben frowned, took the list, and looked it over from top to bottom. Sure enough, he didn't find Lin Xiyu's name.

Wang Fan smirked: "Zhang Xiaoqian notified everyone, yet somehow left her out. Don't you understand?"

"Is the time set?"

Guben wasn't in the mood to deal with him.

"Next Wednesday."

Wang Fan did his job dutifully: "I asked Sister Yan. Before next Wednesday, the preliminary recording should be about finished."

"Go book the train tickets."

Guben nodded: "Lin Xiyu, I'll tell her myself."

"You really want her to go?"

Wang Fan raised his eyebrow in surprise: "This time you're not worried about openly opposing Zhang Xiaoqian and getting roasted over the fire?"

Guben scoffed: "We've already graduated. What's there to worry about?"

"Her father is the Vice Mayor, you know."

Wang Fan, enjoying the show and stirring up trouble, laughed and goaded him: "The Mayor's daughter, eh. Your mother's pick for a future daughter-in-law."

"It's not a feudal society anymore; arranged marriages aren't done."

Guben flicked his fingers, giving him a sharp rap on the head.

"I'm just reminding you......."

Wang Fan considered himself his best buddy and felt it necessary to remind him: "Your mother is very proud and won't tolerate the slightest defiance. If she really wants to break you two up, she'll surely think of every way to tear you apart......."

"Quit yapping and get to work."

Guben didn't like what he heard and waved him away.

"Got it, I'm going now, won't be an eyesore anymore."

Wang Fan tossed his head in a showy way, straddled his bright red motorcycle—just as eye-catching as its owner—and roared away from the filming site.

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"Sister Yan, could you do me a favor?"

By Heihu Pool, Lin Xiyu took advantage of a break in filming to pull Li Yan aside and whisper to her.

"Sure, what is it?"

Li Yan agreed readily.

"Something came up at home. Could I get part of my bonus in advance......."

Lin Xiyu gathered her courage and spoke of her family's urgent need for money.

"I can't make that call."

Li Yan knew the inside story and looked at her with considerable sympathy: "Wait for me, I'll go ask Director Du."

"Thank you, Sister Yan."

Lin Xiyu thanked her sincerely.

"Thank what? No need to be polite with Sister Yan."

Li Yan pretended to be annoyed, holding the microphone as she walked toward Director Du.

"What did you say to her? Being so mysterious......."

Guben stood not far from the two of them and caught the gist on the wind.

Seeing Li Yan leave, he deliberately pretended not to have heard, hands in his pockets, swaggering over coolly.

"No, nothing......."

Lin Xiyu saw it was him, her eyes flickered, and she subconsciously avoided his gaze.

Last night, after returning from the bathhouse, her grandmother had nagged her for a long time, until she reluctantly agreed to have no further contact with Guben, and only then did she stop.

Tossing and turning all night, unable to sleep, when she got up in the morning, her mood was still rather low.