124 Catch Me If You Can (1/2)

This answer caused Luo Mingxin's teeth to pulse with pain, which travelled to his legs too. Even though he had been recovering for days and could stand and walk for a limited time, maintaining the same pose for an extended period could still put pressure on his broken leg. Luo Mingxin had taken a taxi to the bookstore, so that was fine, but he ran a bit too fast due to the shock earlier.

His legs that were only pricking with pain previously were now starting to ache. He glanced at Ye Shuang's table and saw the books that he was looking for. To make things easier on himself, Luo Mingxin took the seat beside Ye Shuang and flashed a smile, trying to hide the pain that he was experiencing and naturally picked up a book from the stack beside Ye Shuang. Instead of flipping through it, he turned to continue to study Ye Shuang. ”I still have no idea who you are… but cranial comparison‽”

Luo Mingxin touched his own face, and his expression shifted. ”…Who would have thought that I would one day be treated like a fugitive?”

Cranial comparison was a type of modern technique used for identification using cranial reconstruction and imagery superimposition. However, this was mostly done on the computer. Conducted with the naked eye‽ Needless to say, Luo Mingxin did not believe her one bit.

Ye Shuang thought about it and explained through this self-introduction, ”I'm the partner for your beloved big brother.”

”My big brother‽” Luo Mingxin was baffled. ”I'm a single child, what beloved big brother you're talking about… Wait, I think I understand now.”

Luo Mingxin sighed and face-palmed. He finally understood why the girl acted so friendly with him. If she was the partner of the Ye Shuang from his crew, then this was not that surprising. After all, that Ye Shuang was shameless enough to ask him to be a driver for a friend after having only met twice. Since they were partners, their way of thinking was probably the same.

Luo Mingxin could imagine that Ye Shuang telling her partner, ”Right, I saw that Luo Mingxin at the set today.”

And in the same tone, Brother Ye would say, ”Right, I saw a large cabbage being sold at the market this morning.”

Therefore, it was not hard to understand why the girl acted so naturally around him, like he was some kind of commoner. Luo Mingxin was caught in his thought, and Ye Shuang put her book down to continue his thread of conversation. ”Do you really think that your identity is that much better than a fugitive?”

”…”

”Either way, both identities need to run and hide… but at least, the fugitives are just running from the police, but you? If I scream right this moment, ”Celebrity Luo is right here”, do you not think the crowd would come in to swarm you‽ Their hands would be all over your body before you were saved, and you could do nothing because it is not illegal for them to do so…”

Luo Mingxin could not help but ask, ”Are you really my fan‽”

”Of course!” Ye Shuang said confidently.

F*ck, as if I would believe that!

Perhaps afraid that Ye Shuang would really scream his name or perhaps he considered Ye Shuang an acquaintance already, after a few more exchanges, Luo Mingxin decided to stay beside Ye Shuang to read the books. It was rare for him to find a beautiful lady who he could chat with without pressure, and on top that, she was reading the books he was interested in. In that case, why would he switch places to torment himself‽

Luo Mingxin had enough insight to discern whether someone was being phony or hypocritical. They were both beautiful people and shared the same interest. It was common for them to exchange ideas since they were reading the same type of book.

Luo Mingxin was a high-achiever in psychology and before he entered the entertainment business, he studied quite deep into this field. With the desire to teach and impress, he could not help himself from sharing a few tricks with Ye Shuang.

After some back and forth, the relationship turned from acquaintances into friends with a similar interest. After realizing the girl was not just reading these books for fun, Luo Mingxin excitedly dragged the girl to play the game of people-watching with her.

”You won't be able to learn anything from just reading—you have to experiment more. Look at these people that walk into the bookstore. Can you guess their occupation from their dressing and mannerism?” Luo Mingxin was as excited as a puppy.

”…I'm just here to study the relationship between expression and emotional management, did you misunderstand me somewhere‽” Ye Shuang sighed helplessly. Shouldn't this Luo Mingxin act more like a celebrity? Is okay for him to put his guard down like this‽