NABC Chapter 58 Sleeping on the Floor
Chapter 58 Sleeping on the Floor
However, this sense of pride as the eldest sister as a mother lasted for less than five minutes.
After returning home, Li Yitong looked at her small single bed and fell into deep thought.
The bed wasn't big; it was more than enough for her to sleep on by herself, but Su Yu was over 1.8 meters tall, so there wasn't enough room for two people.
"I'll sleep on the sofa, just give me a blanket," Su Yu said nonchalantly.
"No, I'll make you a makeshift bed on the floor. You can chat with me for a while tonight."
She took two quilts and a straw mat from the wardrobe and spread them out on the floor next to the bed.
"Make do for one night, and go back to your fancy hotel tomorrow."
Su Yu wasn't picky. He helped her spread out the blanket and took a cushion from the sofa to use as a pillow.
The floor mats look quite decent.
"Okay, let's take a shower. I'll go first, wait for me."
Li Yitong took her pajamas into the bathroom.
Su Yu stood by the window, listening to the cicadas chirping outside, and felt as if he had returned to his childhood.
Not long after, the bathroom door opened, and a cloud of warm steam billowed out.
Li Yitong walked out wearing loose pajamas, her hair wrapped in a towel, her face still steaming, and her two long, fair legs swinging.
She crumpled the clothes she had changed out of into a ball and hugged them to her chest, then quickly stuffed something that shouldn't be in the living room onto the sofa under a cushion, before casually saying to Su Yu:
"Go wash up, I'll get you some clean clothes."
Su Yu quickly took a shower and changed into a T-shirt that Li Yitong handed him. It was a commemorative shirt given to her by the organizers when she went to a dance competition. The size was a bit big, but it was just right for Su Yu to wear as pajamas.
When he came out, Li Yitong had already turned off the lights, leaving only a small nightlight on the bedside table.
She was already lying on the bed, facing Su Yu, with her long legs wrapped around the summer blanket, looking at Su Yu with a reassuring expression.
After Su Yu finished drying his hair and lay down on the floor, she said softly:
"Are the lights off?"
"Shut it down."
With a snap, the room plunged into darkness.
Su Yu lay on his makeshift bed on the floor. The room was quiet, with only the occasional sound of a car passing by in the distance and the sound of another person breathing.
Perhaps it was the exhaustion of a day's journey, or perhaps it was the presence of familiar people by his side, but Su Yu felt inexplicably at ease, and soon after lying down, a wave of drowsiness washed over him.
"Su Yu." Li Yitong's voice suddenly rang out, tinged with sleepiness.
"Huh?" Su Yu suddenly came to his senses.
"You mentioned your movie, 'The Lost Tomb.' Were you worried about the dangers during filming? The places described in the novel are quite scary, like corpse beetles and forbidden women..."
"Idiot, that's a novel. Movies have special effects, or at the very least, stunt doubles. They're not going to actually send me into a tomb!"
"Oh." The room was quiet for a while, then Li Yitong suddenly sat up, turned over and sat on the edge of the bed, her two feet dangling in the air.
She was barefoot, her two little feet swaying gently in the moonlight, her toes pointing slightly downwards and then up again, as if dancing an invisible dance in the air.
"I can't sleep," she whispered.
Su Yu turned over and opened his eyes. He saw two little feet dangling in front of him. He was immediately wide awake and sat up, leaning against the bedside table as he looked at Li Yitong.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked.
Li Yitong swung her feet, turned her head, and looked out the window, as if she were looking at the moon outside, or perhaps at something much farther away.
"I heard you talking about those things today, like 'The Left Ear' and 'The Grave Robbers' Chronicles'..."
Li Yitong's fingers aimlessly traced the name ring on the bed sheet.
"Of course I'm happy for you, really, but you know what? Lately, I've been feeling more and more like I'm standing still."
Teaching those kids to dance every day, earning such a meager monthly salary—I even have to budget my taxi fare home—tell me, what have I been working for in the capital for so many years?
She turned to look at Su Yu, who remained silent for a few seconds before finally speaking:
"Xue'er, have you ever thought about entering the entertainment industry?"
"What?"
"In the entertainment industry, you know, we're so good-looking, we dance well, and we're not bad-looking either..."
"What do you mean by 'not bad'?" Li Yitong glared at him.
"It's really beautiful~" Su Yu corrected without changing his expression.
Li Yitong snorted and lowered her eyes.
She didn't answer immediately, but gently swung her feet, as if she was seriously considering the question.
"Isn't the entertainment industry a bit too complicated?" Her voice was hesitant. "I'm not from a professional acting background, and I don't know anything about acting."
"No one is born knowing how to act," Su Yu said.
"If you ask me, just when you dance, your stage presence is much stronger than many classically trained dancers."
Li Yitong felt a little embarrassed by his words and turned her face to the side so that Su Yu wouldn't see her expression: "Why say such nice things? I'm not paying you a salary."
"Oh, it's not certain yet who will drive for whom."
Li Yitong remained silent for a while.
"What do you mean?" she asked, her voice suddenly becoming much softer.
"I'll take you under my wing once I've made it big," Su Yu said half-jokingly.
"You just got on the bus, so make sure you're standing still first."
She playfully kicked Su Yu's shoulder and gently poked him with her toes.
"Come back to me when you're famous. I don't ask for much, just to be your personal backup dancer."
Su Yu grabbed her ankle and gently squeezed it. Li Yitong stiffened for a moment. She tried to pull her foot back, but her body betrayed her at that moment, and her ankle remained motionless in Su Yu's hand.
"real."
Su Yu added that this time his tone didn't sound like he was joking.
"Give me a little more time. Once I've established myself here, I'll come and protect you. Then, you can dance if you want, and act if you want~"
Li Yitong looked down at her ankle, which Su Yu was holding, and her heart was pounding too fast.
"Oh," she heard her own voice float out softly, "Hehe, I'll wait then."
Li Yitong pouted in the darkness, seemingly quite pleased with the answer, and even gave a secret, silly laugh.
Su Yu let go of her hand, and she quickly pulled her feet back under the covers.
"What if I get rejected?"
"What if we can't even go back to dance class by then?"
"Why go back? I won't let you go hungry if you stay with me. You'll eat takeout with me!"
"Pah!" Li Yitong laughed, suddenly realizing how silly she had been when she was nervous just now.
Yes, even if she can't act, Su Yu said he'd take her with him. She can stay by his side all the time, so what's there to worry about?
No, no, how could she have such a strange idea? Li Yitong shook her head.
"By the way, what's the name of that group in your show again? What's she playing? You mentioned earlier, the one..."