Chapter 77
A trace of curiosity and nervousness suddenly arose in her heart.
Had she ever appeared in Ji Fengxue's life when she was eighteen?
She took a deep breath, slowly opened her eyes, and began to read, word for word, without missing a single one.
July 3rd, Sunny, Hot to Death
Today was the same devilish training as always, but the cameras seemed to rarely film me in the practice room. I watched the replay of last week's variety show, and it was all clips of me dissing people. The production team really knows how to play.
I was so angry I wanted to hit someone, so during lunch break today, I snuck out of the villa for a bit.
But I never expected to have a "chance encounter" in just this short while.
I hadn't gone far when I saw a film crew shooting nearby, so I had to change direction. I finally spotted a big tree and was running towards it when I saw someone standing behind it.
Just as I was about to find another spot, that person actually fainted on the spot!
I thought, isn't this a bit too early for a staged accident? But upon closer inspection, it seemed like something had really happened.
I ran over and saw that she was quite pretty. Isn't this Ji Fengxue?
I patted her face and called her name, but she wouldn't wake up. Remembering the first step of first aid, chest compressions, I tried pressing, but she still wouldn't wake up. Applying pressure to her philtrum didn't work either, though it's possible I wasn't pressing hard enough.
Actually, I could have given her artificial respiration, but in TV dramas, at this point, the unconscious person would immediately wake up, leading to an awkward situation.
So, I decided to hand her over to the doctors and let them deal with the awkwardness!
To be honest, what happened next, though not my intention, was really embarrassing to talk about.
I was trying to be helpful and send her, but it was difficult for me to carry her alone, especially since she was unconscious. I helped her up and turned to squat down, but she just fell straight to the ground.
It looked like it hurt.
I tried again. This time, I managed to get her arms around my shoulders from behind. Just as I bent over to stand up, I bumped into her stomach, and she lost all strength and fell back to the ground.
If anyone saw this, they'd accuse me of murdering the movie queen!
I had to act fast. I lost count of how many times she fell, but in the end, I managed to carry her on my back, struggling all the way. It was really damn difficult.
She had no strength at all. After walking a couple of steps, she would slide to the side, scaring me into following her direction, walking in a serpentine manner.
Doesn't Xia Linxia have any dignity!
I was exhausted. It was so hot, I couldn't help but curse at her, "Don't let me see you again next time, or I'll knock you down every time I see you."
Not long after I said that, she seemed to move! I instinctively wanted to see her expression, but then I turned my head back. Could she have heard my harsh words!
I quickly turned my head back. Just as I was nearing the film crew, I saw Xiao Yuran coming to find me. She was startled when she saw the person on my back: "Why are you with her? Why is she covered in grass leaves?"
I said, "Maybe she was crawling on the ground and got them."
Xiao Yuran: "There's also a bump on her forehead, a big one."
I said, "Mosquito bite, maybe."
Xiao Yuran: "Then why is her hair so messy?"
I said, "Birds messed it up, probably. What did you need me for?"
Xiao Yuran: "Your boss is here. The director asked me to find you."
If Sister Yuan found out I snuck out, she'd definitely be angry. I quickly put her down. Seeing that manager coming, I quickly slipped away: "Wait here for her agent, I'm going back to the dorms! Please, please don't say I carried her back!"
Heaven knows, I really didn't intend to murder anyone.
July 15th, Breezy
What the heck! Why is Ji Fengxue visiting our dorms! Could she have found me? But I didn't leave any evidence back then.
How should I explain this?
That I saved you, and then accidentally made you fall even harder? Several bumps on the back of my head, a big bump on my forehead, intellectual decline, or disfigurement, wasn't it all unintentional?
Who would believe this?
Sigh, I'm worried.
However, she didn't bother me until she left, nor did she look at me more than a few times. Maybe she really didn't find me, so she might have just come to visit.
It's just that I didn't expect her to admire Xiao Yuran. Tsk, her taste isn't as good as her script selection.
August 9th
Tonight's performance, my group got second place for the first time. Before the performance, the online votes were similar to Xiao Yuran's group!
It's all Ji Fengxue's fault for posting on Weibo to cheer for Xiao Yuran!
She pulled a bunch of passersby to vote for Xiao Yuran, boohoo.
If I had known, I would have just knocked Ji Fengxue out last time.
I'm so angry! This is a disgrace! Ji Fengxue, you just wait!
Ji Fengxue pursed her lips, and after a long time, she supported her forehead and laughed, amused and annoyed.
No wonder she felt sore all over and had a bump on her head when she woke up in the hospital back then. The reason was here.
It turned out that the passionate person really existed, but she just didn't discover it in time.
Perhaps she could have opened her eyes a little earlier to see this helpful young girl, but her head was knocked dizzy, causing her to miss these few years.
Thinking of this, she chuckled again.
"What are you laughing at?" Fang Xingyan asked.
Ji Fengxue looked up after a long while.
Fang Xingyan was stunned for a moment, frowning slightly: "Why are you crying?"
Ji Fengxue was also stunned. She touched the corner of her eye, which was a little wet, and said with a laugh: "Tears of joy, perhaps."
Hearing this, Fang Xingyan's frown relaxed: "What good news?"
"I found a long-lost friend," Ji Fengxue didn't know how to bring up the matter, nor how to express her emotions about it. It felt like a huge surprise of finding something lost, or perhaps a bit of regret, but mostly relief.
The person she had always wanted to treat well turned out to be Xia Linxia, it had always been Xia Linxia.
This twist of fate had made them miss five years of connection. But after going through twists and turns, they still met and got to know each other in another way.
Fang Xingyan listened to her disjointed words: "So?"
"Mom, I miss my girlfriend."
"..."
Just then, Xia Linxia sent her a message about starting work. Without thinking, she made a call. The other side answered immediately.
There was also a few seconds of silence.
Xia Linxia then weakly asked, "Why are you calling me? Did something happen?"
Ji Fengxue smiled and walked outside: "No, I just wanted to hear your voice."
"That's good, that's good." Xia Linxia breathed a sigh of relief, "How is your mother?"
"Much better, she can eat normally now."
"Okay..." Xia Linxia hesitated, wanting to ask when she would return, but felt it wasn't appropriate, and stammered, "Then you should rest early."
Ji Fengxue looked at the sky outside: "It's only nine in the morning."
"Oh."
Ji Fengxue chuckled softly. She heard someone calling her name from the other side and said, "You go film first."
"Then you..."
"Yes, I'm thinking of you."
"..." Xia Linxia suddenly perked up and grumbled, "I didn't ask you that!"
After hanging up the phone, Xia Linxia handed her phone to Xiang Huaimeng, who asked curiously, "Why are you blushing?"
"I'm not! Go, go, go, stay aside."
Xiang Huaimeng pouted: "You're simply lawless, you need to be disciplined. Only Teacher Ji can handle you."
Hearing this, Xia Linxia glared at her again: "Why do you keep mentioning her? Are you looking to switch artists?"
"It's okay for the official to set fires, but not for the common people to light lamps? Who is it that keeps looking at chat records on their phone?"
"Shut up!" Xia Linxia said angrily, turning to go film.
During lunch, Qiu Xingzhou put a boiled egg in her bowl. She dazedly picked it up and took a bite, biting into a mouthful of eggshell.
"Ptooey, ptooey." Xia Linxia quickly spat it out, "You're harming me."
"..." Qiu Xingzhou was speechless, "How innocent am I? You're truly heartless, unfilial daughter. You're spacing out, eating the shell, and blaming me."
Xia Linxia didn't have much appetite, so she started peeling the egg.
Qiu Xingzhou said, "Look at you, Teacher Ji just left for a few days, and you're already this absent-minded."
"Brother doesn't need to talk about brother. You have as many pockmarks on your face." Xia Linxia scoffed, "When Brother Duan left last time, who was it that was moping for days?"
Qiu Xingzhou choked: "That's why they say we're father and son."
Xia Linxia finished peeling the egg and took a bite when a flash of red caught her eye. Her heart skipped a beat, and she turned to look. She saw a woman in a red dress with her back to her, walking towards Chen Lianjie.
She suddenly stood up, dropped the egg in her hand, and ran. She felt like her heart was about to jump out of her throat. She patted the woman's shoulder and grinned, "Lao Ji."
When the woman turned around, her smile froze on her face: "Who are you?"
"Hello, I'm Ji Fengxue's body double."
"Oh." Xia Linxia returned dejectedly. She looked back at her. Their heights were similar, but that was the only similarity.
She suddenly really wanted to see the real Ji Fengxue. That person would definitely peel an egg for her personally, turn around with a helpless and beautiful smile when she patted her shoulder, patiently explain the script to her, and even "rehearse scenes" with her at night.
Although she was a bit embarrassed to admit it, it had only been a few days, but she really missed Ji Fengxue.
She wanted to call her proactively, but she was afraid the other person was busy taking care of her mother, so she could only check WeChat from time to time. She didn't even have an appetite for meals and wasn't used to sleeping alone. It was so cold sleeping alone!
In the afternoon, she had a few short scenes with the fake Ji Fengxue. She had never seen a body double before because Ji Fengxue rarely used one, except for nude scenes. There was a scene before where Lu Wuyi stood up directly from the tub after bathing, and this part was filmed by a body double later.
Now that Ji Fengxue was not around, they had the body double play a background role.
Xia Linxia looked at the person in front of her and couldn't help but drift off. Both were wearing red clothes with black hair, but why did they feel so different?
Her eyes were vacant, which caused the filming that afternoon to be quite unsuccessful. She was scolded by Chen Lianjie and felt a bit wronged.
As the sun set, she ate dinner absentmindedly, while also opening her chat history and smiling foolishly at Ji Fengxue's broccoli avatar.
"Hey, Linxia, look at the trending searches. An actress mentioned Teacher Ji." Qiu Xingzhou was browsing Weibo and stumbled upon some gossip.
Xia Linxia clicked on it. It was a third-tier celebrity being interviewed, mentioning that she had collaborated with Ji Fengxue on a drama before. Ji Fengxue was very patient and kind to everyone on set, which made her a little moved at the time. However, before she could confess, the filming was over.
After that, the third-tier celebrity and Ji Fengxue's names trended on hot search, along with the third-tier celebrity's upcoming movie.
It was clearly a marketing stunt, but Xia Linxia couldn't help but curse: "Holy crap! Do you really think I'm out of touch just because I'm on set?"
Two minutes later, netizens who were gossiping found that Xia Linxia had posted on Weibo, directly addressing the love triangle.
Xia Linxia v: I've never heard of your name from Lao Ji, excuse me, who are you? Considering you're a senior, I'll kindly remind you that if you have someone you like in the future, it's best to say it early. If you have to wait until they are in a relationship and have a partner to say it, it will damage your reputation! Translated, it means you have no shame, but Lao Ji and I do!
[Hahahaha, I love this kind of clapback! ]
[I've seen too much fake affection in the entertainment industry. Xia Linxia's direct confrontational temper is quite nice, hahaha]
[That's great, Xia, don't break up with Fairy Ji, lest you be targeted by these pests! ]
[That's too harsh, isn't it? Someone just mentioned it as a joke, no one really took it seriously.]
[Heh, what kind of innocent white lotus tone is that in the previous comment? I hope when a woman confesses to your boyfriend in front of the whole world, you don't take it seriously either, smiling jg]
[Xia Linxia, I hope you properly control your mouth and your fans. My sister mentioned it because she has already let go.]
[Ji Fengxue herself didn't say anything, and Xia Linxia jumped out to scold someone. I have a bad feeling, their personalities don't seem to match, and they might break up someday. Don't slap yourselves in the face when you're shipping them.]
[How do you know their personalities don't match? Are you their worm or have you installed surveillance cameras? A friend in the crew said Teacher Ji's mother had surgery, and she's by her bedside. Is it too much to be used for hype at a time like this!]
The comment section was in chaos. Xia Linxia only glanced at it briefly, her eyes stinging from "targeted by pests" and "personalities don't match, they might break up."
A sense of crisis suddenly surged in her heart. What was their relationship now?
On the surface, they were a loving couple; in reality, they were a contract couple. In a true sense, they were people in an ambiguous relationship.
She originally intended to seduce Ji Fengxue for a while so that Ji Fengxue would confess to her. But with her mother's sudden surgery, she probably wouldn't be in the mood to confess.
Then she would do it.
She couldn't wait any longer.
No matter the order, as long as the person was hers, she would just put in some effort to make Ji Fengxue unable to leave her after confessing!
Perfect!
As soon as Ji Fengxue returned, she would confess!
After finishing work that evening, she lay in bed early, contemplating whether to give a spoiler in advance.
No, no, she hadn't even figured out how to confess yet. Would just saying "I like you" be too cliché?
She searched on Baidu: The Hundred Most Beautiful Love Poems, Short Sentences from the Book of Songs Suitable for Confession, How to Confess to Make It Unforgettable?
And so on.
She read until her eyes were almost blurry before she managed to pick out a few cheesy Chinese and English poems to keep as backups.
She snuggled into her covers. Before going to sleep, she looked at WeChat again. The last message was still from that morning, and the other party was too busy to reply.
She turned off the light and prepared to sleep. After an unknown amount of time, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside. She turned over and continued to sleep.
Who knew the footsteps stopped at her door and made a slight noise. She suddenly opened her eyes, and various hotel horror attack stories flashed through her mind. She stared at the door, not daring to move.
The next moment, the door opened, and a blurry figure stood at the entrance. Just as she was about to shout, the light turned on.
The person at the door walked in, wearing a thin coat, with long curly hair falling behind her head, revealing a familiar, extremely familiar face. She was both surprised and delighted: "You, you, you, why are you back at this time?"
"I have something to find you for," Ji Fengxue closed the door and put down her handbag.
"What is it?" Xia Linxia sat up and rubbed her eyes.
The next moment, her vision was covered by a shadow.
She looked up in confusion, and suddenly her lips were covered by a pair of soft, slightly cool lips.
She looked up at the other person. This time, the other person didn't close her eyes but looked at her with a smile.
The kiss was brief, without any desire, but it was exceptionally devout.
"I wanted to kiss you," Ji Fengxue finished what she had just said.
Xia Linxia reacted belatedly, a blush creeping onto her face, and her body felt warmer. She mumbled, "In the middle of the night, you're being a hooligan."
Ji Fengxue smiled charmingly, took one of her hands, and Xia Linxia's heart skipped a beat. Her hand was too cold, so she quickly put her hand into the covers.
The stiff, cold hand finally felt a little relieved. Ji Fengxue sat on the edge of the bed, couldn't help but lower her head and kiss her again, then gently pulled away, resting her forehead against Xia Linxia's, and said softly, "I'm not being a hooligan, it's not a rehearsal, and it's not flirting. I just like you, so I wanted to kiss you."
Xia Linxia's body stiffened, and she suddenly pushed Ji Fengxue away, shrinking into the quilt, trying not to let out a laugh. A moment later, she suddenly sat up, muttering, "No, no, you've ruined my plan. Let me think, what was I going to say?"
"Hmm, what were you going to say?" Ji Fengxue asked.
Xia Linxia blinked her eyes. Looking at Ji Fengxue's gentle expression, all the grand vows and ancient poems she had in mind suddenly flew out of her mind.
She only deeply remembered the person in front of her, who had traveled through wind and snow, covered in starlight, to stand beside her and say she liked her.
She directly threw herself onto Ji Fengxue, wrapping her arms around her neck, and took the initiative to kiss her, still unable to avoid saying, "I just wanted to say, I like you quite a lot too."
Ji Fengxue responded gently.
Sooner or later, the moment of falling in love with you is always the right time.
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