Chapter 176: The Lawyer Who Specializes in Studying People

"Faster! Faster! Did you train for nothing, Zhou Yi!"

"You talk a good game, but you're not the one moving."

To get the kite as high as possible in the shortest time, Zhou Yi, whose bicycle was practically smoking from the pedaling, dared not let go with both hands again; while controlling the handlebars with one hand, he also kept responding to Sun Yanzi, who was filming.

Sun Yanzi, holding the DV and chuckling, watched Zhou Yi circling the flower bed plaza until the kite reached its theoretical peak, at which point the Zhou Yi in the DV finally stopped the bike and, slightly out of breath, walked while pulling the kite string.

"How was it? Isn't this method much faster than your way?"

Zhou Yi, calming his chaotic breath, raised a finger to point at the "swallow" soaring in the sky and said proudly, "With your method, it probably wouldn't even have been up by the time filming started."

"Yes, yes, yes, give it to me, give it to me."

Nodding like a pestle pounding garlic, Sun Yanzi readily admitted her shortcomings and hurriedly asked Zhou Yi for it.

Zhou Yi gave it to her.

Sun Yanzi, pulling the kite string, looked up at herself flying in the sky, happy like a child.

Zhou Yi, standing in place and calming his breathing, pressed his lips together, feeling a bit thirsty. Just as he prepared to walk back to find a bottle of water, he saw that a bottle had actually been left at the spot where Sun Yanzi had previously stood.

"I didn't drink it."

Sun Yanzi, so happy at work for once, noticed Zhou Yi's movement and shouted loudly.

Zhou Yi raised his right hand and made an OK gesture toward her.

It was the first time he had seen Sun Yanzi this active; rare indeed.

The director nearby, who had turned the lens to film behind-the-scenes footage, was also very satisfied; he felt that the behind-the-scenes material shot today alone could be edited and put into the main MV.

With a little editing, the emotion that gradually warmed up step by step in the game after their first meeting could perfectly fit into the main storyline of the MV's lyrics.

As someone who had been there before, he could see that these two were absolutely not in a relationship; otherwise, there would absolutely be no signs in their interaction that seemed like they were just playing around but actually still carried a hint of being somewhat distant in their actual conversations.

However, if these two actually started dating someday, he wouldn't find it strange at all.

Sun Yanzi was visibly very trusting of Zhou Yi, her state was very relaxed, and she didn't mind intimate contact with him; even when Zhou Yi broke her safety distance, she had almost no reaction, instead continuing to play around with him.

This was enough to show that Sun Yanzi subconsciously did not dislike Zhou Yi, and was even likely to have a certain degree of affection for him.

"It's so good to be young."

Adjusting the baseball cap on his head, Director He, recalling his own youth, could only sigh with this one remark.

Only among the young would there be this kind of chemical reaction starting from zero and moving step by step toward ambiguity; at his age, it was all direct, with none of this vagueness.

"You have at most fifteen minutes left."

Zhou Yi, pulling out his phone to check the time, sat cross-legged on the lawn and acted as a human alarm clock.

"Don't be such a killjoy; we've only just started and you're already announcing the time."

Sun Yanzi, complaining with her words but pulling the kite while her body walked step by step toward him, prompted Zhou Yi to raise an eyebrow upon seeing this: "Not playing anymore?"

"Do you know when the happiest moment of flying a kite is? For me, it's the instant the kite is flown to its highest point."

Sun Yanzi, sitting beside him, reached out to tug the kite string, looked up at the sky with clear and pure eyes, and said, "I loved flying kites when I was little, but as I grew up, I had less and less time to do it, causing me to miss that feeling more and more, especially after I went to Taiwan."

"I always felt like a kite floating outside, wanting to go home, but the wind blew harder and harder."

"Don't say that to me; say it to Boss Zhou or Chen Zeshan." Zhou Yi, drinking water tactically, gazed at the railing outside the studio, ruining the mood.

"What? So many people want to hear my complaints but can't, okay?"

Rejected, Sun Yanzi not only didn't get angry; instead, a brighter smile appeared on her face: "Can't you just friendlily agree with me?"

"No, because I have no research or interest in kites."

Zhou Yi, screwing the cap back on, turned his head to look at her, shrugged noncommittally, and said, "Lawyers usually study people."

"For example?"

"You are being pretentious."

"Well, you really hit the nail on the head; you don't leave me any face at all."

Sun Yanzi let go of the kite string, letting the kite fly higher; there was no embarrassment in her eyebrows and eyes at being exposed; instead, she asked with interest, "Then how do you think I should change?"

"Why change?"

Zhou Yi chuckled lightly, interlaced his fingers behind his head, and lay comfortably on the lawn looking up at the sky: "Have you seen me change?"

"Looks like you haven't changed." Sun Yanzi pressed her lips together: "Although I don't know much about the old you yet."

"Congratulations, you got it right, but there's no reward."

The woman pulled the kite back again, immediately showing disdain: "So stingy."

"This isn't called stingy; it's called being thrifty."

Zhou Yi shook his leg contentedly; Sun Yanzi, seeing this, poked him with her toe: "Stop shaking your leg; my mom says it shakes away wealth."

"Is there such a superstitious saying in Singapore?"

"Did you forget my ancestral home is Guangdong?"

"The cultural customs are passed down quite thoroughly; you took them all over, right?" Zhou Yi laughed: "Do you guys worship the Old Man or carry the God of Wealth?"

"I've heard of it, but my family doesn't..."

Recalling her life in Singapore, Sun Yanzi lost her initial melancholy and chattered nonstop.

The kite still floated in the sky, but the handle was firmly grasped in her palm, even though she hadn't pulled it much.

This time, Zhou Yi didn't argue with her; instead, he occasionally asked her a few strange questions about Singapore, leaving Sun Yanzi at a loss.

The depressed emotions suppressed and hidden for over half a year were gradually shaken out by Zhou Yi's one weird and quirky question after another.

When Sun Yanzi suddenly realized her personal venting session had turned into a Q&A session related to him, the break time was almost over.

She originally just wanted to vent her inner bitterness; how did other emotions get drawn out and vented along with it?

"Time is about up; we should go back and continue filming the MV."

In her daze, Zhou Yi's voice pulled her spirit back.

The man, patting his butt as he stood up, tossed the mineral water in his hand; seeing the kite in the sky plummet in a straight line due to the lack of pulling, he kindly reminded, "Remember to compensate if the kite gets broken; this is a prop for the crew."

——?!

Before she could react, Sun Yanzi suddenly felt darkness cover her eyes—the kite plummeted straight down and landed over her face…

But this time, Sun Yanzi did not scream or shout.

Instead, she raised her hand, removed the kite from her face, lifted her gaze toward the man's retreating back, and a faint, unusual emotion crept into the corners of her eyes.

When had Zhou Yi noticed?

She thought carefully, and the most likely moment was when she had mentioned missing university life in the library.

"A lawyer who specializes in studying people…?"

Standing with the kite in hand, Sun Yanzi stared at Zhou Yi's departing figure, looked down at the kite, and a peculiar smile touched her lips: "Not bad, huh?"

ps: Too hungry, had a late-night snack, burp, wrote late.

One more chapter.

(End of Chapter)