"Actors?!"
"Actors?!"
In the courtyard, upon hearing the little girl's story, Xiao Feng and Wang Lubo couldn't help but exclaim in unison.
"Yes." The little girl nodded affirmatively, "I've told you everything, the rest is up to you two to figure out."
With that, she turned and went inside.
Xiao Feng and Wang Lubo stared at each other, neither speaking first.
After a mont, Xiao Feng advised, "I think maybe we should just let it go. She pursued you earlier, and you didn't cherish it.
You can't expect her to hang on to the sa tree, can you?"
"I was just sulking with Chen Feihu at the ti, I actually don't dislike Chen Xiuxiu," Wang Lubo said with a frown.
Xiao Feng shrugged, "That's sothing you should say to Chen Xiuxiu, it doesn't do any good telling ."
"No way! I must throw a wrench in this one," Wang Lubo said through gritted teeth. "Feng, you have to help !"
"How can I help you?" asked Xiao Feng.
Wang Lubo replied confidently, "Can you just stand by and watch your buddy's wife get snatched away by soone else?
No, right?"
Xiao Feng rubbed his nose and coughed dryly, "First, Chen Xiuxiu isn't your wife.
Second, you haven't even t that actor, how do you know he's a fraud?"
"Just say if you're going to help or not?" Wang Lubo demanded impatiently.
Xiao Feng slightly furrowed his brow, "What if I don't help?"
"If you don't help, I'll bash my head against the ground and die right here, do you believe it?"
"I... damn..."
Faced with Wang Lubo's shalessness, Xiao Feng had no temper left.
"Fine, fine, but before I help you, let's finish the work first." Xiao Feng nodded helplessly.
"With those words, I can rest easy, brother!" Wang Lubo laughed heartily, instantly reinvigorated.
...
By evening, the work in the courtyard was finally finished.
After several hours of laboring, even Xiao Feng felt a bit of soreness in his back, but Wang Lubo seed full of energy, not showing a hint of fatigue.
Just then, the little girl and Chen Xiuxiu exited the door.
Before departing, Chen Xiuxiu, as usual, seed to ignore Wang Lubo and only greeted Xiao Feng before getting into the car.
"Feng, shall we go too?" Wang Lubo asked eagerly.
"No rush, we know the place, it's fine if we're a bit late," Xiao Feng said, stroking his chin, "I just find this whole thing rather peculiar."
"What's peculiar?"
Xiao Feng shook his head but didn't reply.
Wang Lubo paced anxiously beside him but dared not rush him.
Long after, Xiao Feng slowly said, "Anyway, let's first et this actor."
"Off we go!" Wang Lubo sprinted to the car, opened the door, and gestured for Xiao Feng to get in first.
However, Xiao Feng walked back to the villa and erged wearing a different outfit.
Wang Lubo found it sowhat puzzling but focused more on Guomao Square, so he didn't ask further.
Halfway, Wang Lubo received a voice ssage.
Upon opening it, the little girl's hushed voice asked, "Fat Bo, have you set out?
Xiuxiu and I are already here."
Wang Lubo felt deeply touched, despite being constantly bullied by her, she was looking out for him at crucial tis.
Seated in the back, Xiao Feng noticed all this and imdiately understood the little girl was still sulking with him.
But now wasn't the ti to consider that, he'd send so small gifts later to make ands.
"Bozai, what's your plan?" Xiao Feng inquired solemnly.
Wang Lubo was montarily stunned, then replied without thinking, "I don't have a plan, Feng, you plan for . You say it, and I'll do it, point and I'll go!"
"I can help with other things, but for this, you have to decide yourself." Xiao Feng shook his head, declining.
"Then let's sabotage the performance first," Wang Lubo suggested, turning his head, "Feng, do you have any good ideas?"
Xiao Feng mused, "If it's simply to sabotage the performance, there are plenty of ways, like..."
He then motioned Wang Lubo to lean in closer.
This and that, that and this.
After hearing Xiao Feng's plan, Wang Lubo slapped his thigh and exclaid, "Brilliant!
Feng, you're full of ideas!
Knowing you, Xiao Feng, I might have used up all my luck in this lifeti."
Xiao Feng got goosebumps and retorted irritably, "Forget the nonsense, get on with it."
"Got it!" Wang Lubo responded confidently, "An actor?
Heh!
We two brothers will play directors this ti and set it all up."
Upon reaching Guomao Square, they saw a stage being set up for a performance, with "testing, one, two, three" blaring from the sound system, like testing equipnt.
The vehicle slowed down and parked in the paid lot. Xiao Feng gestured for the driver to wander off and dismissed him.
"Let go scout things out; you stay here waiting," instructed Xiao Feng.
Wang Lubo reminded, "Be careful, don't let Xiuxiu see you.
If she spots you, she'll surely know I'm around too."
Xiao Feng smiled slightly, pulled out a piece of light yellow paper, and turned around to start busying himself.
"Feng, what are you doing?" Wang Lubo asked, puzzled.
Not long after, as Xiao Feng turned his face back, Wang Lubo widened his eyes in shock and exclaid, "This!"
Xiao Feng, now with a different face, smiled, "It's the Disguise Technique."
"Amazing!" Wang Lubo said, filled with wonder, "Can you disguise too?"
"It's useless." Xiao Feng patted Wang Lubo's belly with the back of his hand, "With all that flab, no matter what face, Chen Xiuxiu can recognize you."
Wang Lubo's expression grew somber, "True, then you go ahead, Feng, I'll wait for your news here."
Seated inside the car, he watched Xiao Feng's departing figure and finally understood why Xiao Feng changed clothes before leaving.
"Feng has foresight!" Wang Lubo praised.
...
Xiao Feng got out of the car, left the parking lot, and passed by a reflective glass, looking at his completely unfamiliar face, he couldn't help but feel sothing peculiar.
If he had to describe it, it felt like breaking free from constraints, unrestrained, making him want to unleash himself!
The logic was simple; it was as if he'd changed into another person, another identity.
Thus, the things he'd usually feel embarrassed to do, the things he wouldn't dare do upfront, he could now try experiencing without accountability.
For instance, streaking naked...
Just as this thought sprouted, Xiao Feng hurriedly snuffed it out.
Although truly running naked wouldn't reveal his real identity, he shouldn't abandon his bottom line, it must be upheld.
Walking while observing, Xiao Feng arrived near the performance stage and began searching for the little girl and Chen Xiuxiu amidst the crowd.
After wandering around, he finally spotted them.
They were inside the barrier, sitting with a man in his twenties.
The man was portly, only slightly slimr than Wang Lubo by... one or two hundred pounds?
His appearance was very amusing, or rather, endearing.
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