The production crew today was the same as usual, and didn’t act differently just because the second male lead would be joining them today.
The main male lead Zhao Sizhou was surrounded by girls whose faces were worshipful as they listened to him talk about his glorious history in the entertainment industry. Jia Qingqing and Ning Xueluo’s relationship had recently been getting better, and they were cheerfully talking about the diamond bracelet her dad had bought her.
It was only Ning Xi who was on tentherhooks. After all, she had a lot of scenes with the second male lead, and the quality of his acting would have a huge impact on her.
Jia Qingqing played with the sparkling diamond bracelet around her wrist, a scornful look on her face. "Sister Xueluo, look at how she’s waiting so eagerly! She actually believed the director’s words; does she think that if she waits like that, a
Ning Xueluo said helplessly, "You, don’t always pick on Ning Xi. She has the most scenes with the second male lead, it’s natural that she would be more concerned than we are!"
"Hehe, yes, so many kissing and bed scenes! Luckily I didn’t take the role from the start, otherwise who knows how much I would be taken advantage of!" Jia Qingqing rejoiced. She then looked admiringly at Ning Xueluo. "Sister Xueluo, you are still the luckiest, your boyfriend is so handsome, your partner is also so handsome…"
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At that moment, Director Guo Qisheng’s excited voice could be heard at the studio entrance —
"Come, come, everybody come here! Our second male lead who is the actor for the miracle doctor Sun Huanqing is here! Come and greet him!"
There was hardly any response from the crew. Zhao Sizhou didn’t look like he wanted to stand up at all; the girls were still gathered around him, scrambling to have him read their palms.
Jia Qingqing made a dismissive sound and didn’t even bother to look outside. Ning Xueluo touched up her makeup before getting up and saying persuasively, "We should greet him, we are all colleagues, after all."
Reluctantly, Jia Qingqing followed her out.
Ning Xi had naturally flown over at the very beginning and was craning her head to take a look. In the next second, her whole body felt like she had been struck by the Ninth Heaven God of Lightning.
The guy beside the director was…
That eye-catching golden hair… she couldn’t deceive herself that her eyes were mistaken, even if she wanted to…
Why would the second male lead be that guy…
This. Is. Not. Real…
At the entrance, the production assistant Xiao Li suddenly screamed as if he was being murdered. "Ah— ahhh…"
Jia Qingqing furrowed her brow. "Are you crazy?! What are you shouting about?"
As soon as she spoke,, out of the corner of her eye, she saw the man behind the director at the entrance…
"Ah…" She couldn’t help screaming either.
"What’s wrong?" Ning Xueluo asked.
"Jiang… Jiang Muye! Sister Xueluo! It’s actually Jiang Muye!" Jia Qingqing excitedly pinched Ning Xueluo’s arm.
"What?" Ning Xueluo followed her gaze.
The director was walking ahead with a cheerful and hospitable attitude. Following next to him was a blonde man in trendy shorts and a T-shirt. Hands in his pockets, his face showed his special brand of yuppie arrogance, and when he smiled, he showed his very cute canines…
Jiang Muye… the second male lead was actually Jiang Muye…
Even Ning Xueluo was astonished at this outcome.
The girls who had been around Zhao Sizhou earlier now rushed the entrance like hungry wolves:
"Wowww! Jiang Muye! Is it really Jiang Muye? Am I going blind? Quick, somebody pinch me!"
"My god! He really is sex on legs! He’s crazy handsome! So handsome my legs are weak! I heard he even has granny fans! Even eighty-year-old grandmothers can’t escape!"
"No one stop me, it’s so hard to meet the real person, I must sleep with him! A life where I can’t sleep with Jiang Muye isn’t any different from the life of a salted fish!"
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Chapter 68: Very Angry, But Keep Smiling
Ning Xi slept all the way to the next morning, and woke up naturally.
2She slept so well last night, but something didn’t feel right. Why did a part of her tongue feel sore? Did she bite her own tongue in her sleep when she was dreaming…?
3To bite herself was really too vicious…
1Everything was as usual at breakfast.
3It seemed that Lu Tingxiao was going to work today; he looked refined in a business suit as he sat drinking coffee and reading a newspaper. He had on his typical cool and aloof expression, as if nothing had happened at all last night.
1Ning Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe she was being too sensitive?
2Lu Tingxiao might have some vague feelings for her, but surely not to the point of jealousy? Let alone being jealous of his own nephew…
15Lu Tingxiao’s expression looked normal, but Little Bun looked a little strange.
1Little Bun had been sullen the whole morning, as if he had been robbed of something.
7Ning Xi gave him a soup dumpling and asked concernedly, "Darling, what’s wrong? You’re not happy?"
Little Bun looked at his nonchalant dad, his expression becoming angrier, but remembering that Auntie Xiao Xi liked his smile the most, he tried hard to smile to show that he was fine.
7I’m very angry, but I must keep smiling!
28Only then did Ning Xi relax, and quickly finished her breakfast. "Then I’m leaving first. Enjoy your breakfast!"
The second male lead would be coming today, so it was better for her to arrive at the set a little earlier.
1Just as she was about to take her bag and leave, Little Bun suddenly went to her side, his small hands plucking at her clothes.
Ning Xi was confused. "What is it?"
Knowing she didn’t understand, Little Bun looked aggrieved and like he was about to cry, as if he had fallen out of her favor.
Ning Xi scratched her head and thought a long time, but still didn’t understand what she might have done wrong. At last, she could only look to Lu Tingxiao for help.
Lu Tingxiao glanced at her, and simply reminded her, "You forgot to give him a goodbye kiss."
2"Ohhh, sorry!" Ning Xi slapped her forehead as she finally remembered.
She didn’t know when it started, but they had a little routine where she would kiss his face everyday before leaving, and Little Bun liked it very much. Today, she was in so much of a hurry that she had forgotten.
Ning Xi didn’t leave until after she had hugged and kissed him.
Little Treasure waved goodbye to Auntie Xiao Xi. Then he turned to face his father, his face showing extreme anger, as if saying, "Don’t think that I’ll forgive you just because you helped me just now."
3Lu Tingxiao didn’t seem to notice his son’s furious glare, and sipped his coffee composedly. "Sorry, I don’t understand your expression. If you have something you want to tell me, open your mouth or write it down."
9Little Treasure immediately got even angrier after hearing that.
Even with Ning Xi’s help, currently he could only sometimes write down words and draw expressions or symbols, never writing sentences which were too long, to say nothing of speaking.
In the end, he furiously wrote one word on the tablet: "thief".
21Lu Tingxiao glanced at the word, and pretended to be puzzled. "What? Our house got broken into?"
23Little Treasure crossly puffed up his cheeks, lowered his head, and with a swish, wrote several words in Chinese: "You stole Auntie Xiao Xi last night!!!"
10Seeing the string of words in a grammatically complete sentence, Lu Tingxiao was finally satisfied. He lowered the newspaper to look at this son, and asked meaningfully, "Don’t you want Auntie Xiao Xi to be my wife?"
"Mine!" Little Treasure wrote on the tablet.
12Lu Tingxiao raised his eyebrow. "I regret to tell you that the both of you don’t match; you’re nineteen years younger than her, would you make a girl wait so many years for you to grow up?"
9Little Treasure buried himself in drawing a rotten egg.
3Seeing that realistic-looking rotten egg, a light smile appeared on Lu Tingxiao’s face. "But I’m speaking the truth, aren’t I?"
5After saying that, he paused, then continued in a very beguiling tone. "But it’ll be different if she were my wife, because she would be your mother."
6Mother…
Hearing this, Little Bun was stunned. He lowered his head silently, his face showing some struggle and hesitation…
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