Chapter 77
For the AnLing CP fans, they had been waiting for Qin Cong’an’s birthday for a long time. On such an important day, there would definitely be a big candy, right?
Or, a knife.
In the family photo that Xu Ling had posted last time, she and Qin Cong’an were next to her grandma, which was seen by everyone as an official announcement.
The next day, Qin Cong’an had also posted a photo of the two of them, with brilliant fireworks in the background. Only a stinky couple would take a picture like that. And the thought that it was Xu Ling’s family who had helped take the picture made it even more incredible.
And at first, Qin Cong’an had posted a photo of just the two of them, but a minute later, she had edited it into a photo of the three of them, holding a little girl who had been censored with a rabbit sticker.
It had a bit of a “the more you try to hide it, the more it shows” feel. Everyone suspected that Qin Cong’an had done it on purpose. She rarely posted on Weibo and had never edited a post before. Given her cautious personality, it didn’t seem likely that she wouldn’t have noticed such a big “problem.”
The CP fans were really having a New Year’s celebration, reveling for a while. But after all, there was no real official announcement, so many people were still unsure.
Finally, it was Qin Cong’an’s birthday in November. They would see if Xu Ling would do anything.
On this day, Xu Ling had a work schedule, recording a show at a TV station. While getting her styling done backstage, Xu Ling was constantly refreshing the logistics information on her phone.
She had asked a friend abroad to buy a set of the 200th anniversary hardcover commemorative edition of The Dark Room, and also a set of couple’s jewelry, absolutely beautiful. She could imagine how much more beautiful it would be on Qin Cong’an.
However, the logistics for both gifts were stuck, not moving at all. Xu Ling had called, but there was still no news.
It was over. The gifts probably wouldn’t arrive today.
Then what? Xu Ling sent messages to a few SAs to see if there was anything else she could buy today, but after looking until her eyes were blurry, she didn’t feel anything, nothing like the ones she had seen before.
Time flew by, and she still hadn’t chosen anything. It was time to go to the studio to start recording the show.
After the recording, Xu Ling and a female idol, Ren Yingmeng, returned to the backstage. Because during the recording just now, Xu Ling had taken a liking to Ren Yingmeng’s necklace and wanted to know more about the series.
“This is my own jewelry. I bought it from an independent designer. I’ll send you her account. You can also have her customize something for you. She does a really good job.”
“Okay!” But it was too late to customize anything now. But she would add her first. She could definitely use it in the future. It wasn’t like this was the only birthday she would be giving Qin Cong’an a surprise. She was going to give her many surprises.
Ren Yingmeng got her phone from her manager, came to Xu Ling’s backstage room, and added her on WeChat.
As soon as Qin Cong’an pushed the door open, she saw the two of them scanning a QR code. She glanced at Xu Ling’s phone screen, then at Xu Ling’s face. This expression, she wanted to applaud.
Ren Yingmeng was also startled by her sudden appearance. Qin Cong’an’s aura and low pressure made her freeze for a moment. After she sent the friend request, she smiled at her. “Hello, senior. I’m Ren Yingmeng.”
“Hello.” Qin Cong’an also gave a faint smile, then retracted her gaze and didn’t look at the two of them, walking to the sofa and sitting down.
Qin Cong’an’s attitude was fine, but Ren Yingmeng still felt an extreme awkwardness. She quickly said to Xu Ling, “Then I’ll be going now.”
“Okay, thank you.” Xu Ling saw her out, closed the door, and even locked it. She looked at Qin Cong’an with wide eyes. “What are you doing here?”
“How else would I have seen such a wonderful expression on your face?”
Being idle at home was boring, and because of the special day of her birthday, she felt even more bored. Although Qin Cong’an hadn’t cared much about birthdays before and hadn’t had any expectations, this year, probably because of Xu Ling, she was very curious to see what surprise she would give her.
The result was indeed quite a surprise.
This familiar sour taste. Xu Ling quickly said, “It’s not what you think! I just, just…”
Xu Ling hesitated for a moment whether to tell the truth. If she did, wouldn’t the surprise be gone?
“If you can’t make it up, don’t force it,” Qin Cong’an said leisurely. “Don’t delay getting off work. We don’t have much time today.”
“What do you mean, make it up? I just asked her to recommend a jewelry designer.” Just then, her phone vibrated. It was Ren Yingmeng who had sent the designer’s personal business card. Xu Ling showed it to Qin Cong’an.
“Oh, I see.”
Xu Ling looked at Qin Cong’an’s face and confirmed her emotions. “Are you sure you see?”
“I’m sure.” Qin Cong’an raised her hand and pointed to her own face, signaling for her to kiss.
Xu Ling chuckled and leaned over. Just as she did, she saw Qin Cong’an also turn her face. Just as their lips were about to touch, Qin Cong’an looked up at her and said, “So strange, Xu Ling. It’s true that I trust you, but it’s also true that I’m not happy. So contradictory.”
Xu Ling was stunned for a moment, then pecked her on the lips. “It’s not contradictory. It’s because you like me too much.”
A knock suddenly sounded on the door.
Xu Ling turned her head to look and was about to open the door when her wrist was grabbed by Qin Cong’an, and then the back of her head was held, and she was kissed deeply.
In the middle of it, the person outside knocked again, overlapping with the rapid heartbeat.
Qin Cong’an nuzzled Xu Ling’s nose and replied to her earlier words, “It seems so.”
Xu Ling was a little dazed from the kiss.
“Hurry up and open the door,” Qin Cong’an said, patting her thigh. But Xu Ling didn’t move. She had no choice but to get up, wiping the lipstick from her lips as she opened the door.
As soon as Ren Yingmeng, outside the door, saw Qin Cong’an’s face, she cried out in her heart, “My god.” It was really to die for. She looked at her manager in a panic. She had disturbed them!
But Ren Yingmeng’s manager didn’t know that Qin Cong’an’s lip color was very different from now and was just working very hard. “Hello, Teacher Qin. Hello, Teacher Xu. I came to ask if you could film a short dance challenge video for our Yingmeng’s new song?”
Only then did Xu Ling slowly come back to her senses. But after glancing at Ren Yingmeng’s eyes, her face turned bright red. She hadn’t even really processed what the other party was asking for. She was just thinking that Ren Yingmeng had helped her, so she nodded and replied, “Oh, oh, okay, okay.”
“Thank you so much. We’ll post it on…” The manager said a bunch more and looked at Qin Cong’an. “Does Teacher Qin want to join?”
“Sorry.”
“Okay, it’s fine. Then we’ll trouble Teacher Xu.” The manager had seen the clip of Qin Cong’an dancing and had thought of coming over to invite her to film a dance challenge when she heard Ren Yingmeng say she had run into her.
But she was also prepared to be rejected. It was also good to be able to film with Xu Ling. She had long arms and long legs, so it would definitely look good and attract a lot of viewers.
Xu Ling belatedly realized what she had agreed to. It was actually dancing. She didn’t know how!
At most, she had just danced randomly to the music in a lesbian bar before. As for this kind of choreography, she didn’t know it at all. Her coordination was zero, and her flexibility was negative.
And to make matters worse, Qin Cong’an was watching her learn from the side. Her foolish and ugly state was all seen.
…This twitching corner of her mouth, was she trying to laugh? Was she, was she?
Xu Ling was on the verge of a breakdown.
Ren Yingmeng was also a little dizzy from teaching Xu Ling. No, sister, how can you be so stiff? The difficulty has been lowered to the point where you can dance if you can breathe, and she can still step on her own feet.
It was a simple version of a dance that was less than 20 seconds long. Half an hour was not enough at all. They repeated it several times before they managed to film something that looked decent.
However, the most difficult move in the video was just a turn. The other moves were just hand gestures and walking back and forth a couple of steps. It looked like she had just finished walking a runway and turned around, and then the two of them had made a heart together. There was no rhythm to speak of, but at least it was on beat.
After watching the final cut, Xu Ling was silent for a long time. “Are you sure you want to post this? Or should I ask my manager?”
Yi Huai replied: [Yes. Beautiful, and silly. Post it.]
Xu Ling was hit with a blow. She saw them off and couldn’t stand Qin Cong’an’s gaze anymore. “…If you want to laugh, just laugh. I can take it.”
“I do want to laugh, because you’re so cute.”
“…You probably don’t like me that much. You’re crazy.”
Qin Cong’an laughed so hard she fell back on her shoulder, then looked up at Xu Ling’s defeated expression. But, it was really cute.
Xu Ling took off her hair accessory and put it away, preparing to get off work. Qin Cong’an suddenly took her hand.
Qin Cong’an even took out her phone and opened the camera, while her other hand made a C-shape.
Xu Ling laughed out loud. “What are you doing? I can tell you don’t know how. This is how you make a heart.” She pulled her thumb down a little and obediently made the other half, taking a photo of the two of them making a heart, with Xu Ling’s blue dress and Qin Cong’an’s jeans in the background.
Qin Cong’an really didn’t know how, but she was very satisfied with the result and posted it directly.
“Hey!” Her movements were too fast. Xu Ling couldn’t even stop her. “What do you mean by posting this? You just post this, and people will think that all I gave you for your birthday was a heart.”
“Oh? So what gift did you prepare for me?”
“…” Awkward. Xu Ling couldn’t take it out.
Qin Cong’an narrowed her eyes. “That expression again. You don’t have one, do you?”
“I do, I do.” Xu Ling took her hand. “We’ll talk when we get back.”
On the way home, the CP fans were already going crazy. They were all too familiar with these two hands. To make a heart and post it on her birthday, what was this? This candy was too authoritative!
Everyone started to identify who had taken the picture from the angle. When they saw that it was Qin Cong’an who had taken it, they were curious why she had taken this picture and posted it.
Could it be that the kind-hearted chef was just trying to feed them?
After a while, everyone saw Xu Ling, wearing the same dress, in another video, a dance video challenge with Ren Yingmeng. At the end, the two of them had made a heart.
Now, the truth was out.
[An An, I can smell the jealousy from the South Pole.]
[I’m dying of laughter. This is to directly cut off everyone’s desire to ship them with others, right? Okay, okay, I’ll only ship AnLing. I’ll never run away.]
[By the way, Lingzi’s video is really so rhythmic and has a face, and a figure too. So beautiful.]
[00’s fight scenes are so cool. I didn’t feel any lack of coordination. How did she dance like this?]
Qin Cong’an was also quite curious about this question. After returning home, she said, “I always thought you could dance. Your fight scenes are very smooth.”
“I can’t,” Xu Ling said, troubled. “I know the logic of the fight scene choreography. For example, if someone kicks me, I dodge. But the logic of dance moves, I just don’t get it.”
It was such a fundamental problem.
Just now, Qin Cong’an had learned it just by watching from the side. She made a few hand gestures. “This corresponds to the kite in the lyrics. This is love. This choreography also has a logic.”
Hearing her say that, Xu Ling found that it was true.
“You’re so amazing,” Xu Ling said, looking at her with starry eyes. “Can you dance for me again?”
“That one?”
“That one is too energetic and healthy. No.”
Xu Ling wanted something that was even more twisted than the one she had danced for her last time. After saying that, she swallowed, and was given a very disdainful look.
But Qin Cong’an satisfied her. There was a lot of interaction. She would reach out and touch her face, then pinch her neck and sway on her, and then lift her clothes.
After finishing the dance, Qin Cong’an sat on Xu Ling’s lap and asked her, “Is it my birthday today? Why does it feel like I’m giving you a gift?”
Qin Cong’an started to feel her up, searching every place that seemed like it could hide something. “Hurry up and take it out. You’re done for if you don’t have one.”
