A Top-Tier Green Tea Actress Enters a Dating Reality Show - Chapter 40

“Wife, are you sure?” Meng Ziqing blinked her eyes and asked again.

“Are we really going to the room?” she asked innocently.

The cool and chic young girl was being stroked on the back of her neck by the cool and aloof Yujie. She resembled a tabby kitten that had been causing trouble and was now picked up, her pure black, bright eyes, full of innocence, nonetheless infused with a hint of wildness.

She was a wild cat whose lifeline had been seized but who refused to submit.

“I-am-sure,” Qin Yue confirmed, word by word. Her cool, delicate eyes gazed at her indifferently. Qin Yue was already fair-skinned, and she hadn’t suffered altitude sickness on the plateau.

However, this made her complexion a shade paler, and her clear, blue-lake eyes now looked deep and somewhat obscure.

The aura emanating from her seemed ready to swallow Meng Ziqing whole.

Of course, she genuinely wanted to drag Meng Ziqing into the room and devour her alive.

After all, Meng Ziqing really was asking for a lesson.

Meng Ziqing wrestled with her thoughts under Qin Yue’s gaze, then obediently nodded, taking Qin Yue’s hand that was resting on the back of her neck. “Alright then, let’s go, Wife.”

Surprise flashed in Qin Yue’s eyes. This level of obedience and easy-goingness was unlike Meng Ziqing.

Why is she so obedient today? Wait a minute… that’s not right!

Suddenly, Qin Yue seemed to realize something, and the look in her eyes changed.

The next second, Qin Yue, having figured out the reason, watched as Meng Ziqing pulled her over to speak to one of the cameramen.

Meng Ziqing: “We’re going back to the room to eat. Remember to have one cameraman follow us to film.”

One of the five cameramen raised a hand, “I’ll do it…”

Another staff member, holding a live broadcast pole, came over, “I’ll handle the live stream.

Ahhh, so excited! Meng Fairy and the cool sister alone together!

I’m genuinely going numb from Meng Fairy’s constant ‘Wife’ calls. I really want to see how they flirt with each other in a bit—

You know, Meng Fairy and Qin Yue are the kind of people who can kiss on camera. They treat us like family!

Hiss-gasp, hiss-gasp, even though I haven’t seen it yet, I’ll go ahead and hiss-gasp.

The live stream chat was cheering for their upcoming alone time, but didn’t notice Qin Yue’s slight change in expression when she saw the live broadcast staff member.

Qin Yue pressed her thin lips together.

Meng Ziqing smiled and thanked the cameraman and the staff member with the live broadcast pole, “Thank you for the trouble.”

The cameraman and staff member quickly replied that it was their job.

“Then let’s go together,” Meng Ziqing said. She pulled Qin Yue to walk, but Qin Yue didn’t move.

Meng Ziqing turned her head, her eyes curving into crescents. She squeezed the warm, smooth feeling of Qin Yue’s hand in hers, her tone as obedient as before, “Didn’t we say we were going to the room to eat? Why aren’t you moving, Wife?”

Qin Yue turned her face away, speechless, feeling a knot of frustration stuck in her chest: “…”

Go where? What kind of alone time is it with two people plus two staff members in the room?

They sit while they stand, and they kiss while they film?

A trace of annoyance flashed in Qin Yue’s lowered eyes. She pressed her tongue against her teeth, trying hard not to get angry.

In the elevator going back up to the room, Qin Yue and Meng Ziqing stood in the center. The silver-white, blurred elevator walls vaguely reflected the silhouettes of four people.

“You did that on purpose,” Qin Yue whispered into Meng Ziqing’s ear, her breath carrying a hint of anger.

Meng Ziqing had already considered that it was morning, and unlike the evening when there’s a fixed end time for the broadcast, daytime filming staff stick close to the guests, except when they go to the restroom.

For them to go to the room to eat, the audience in the live stream would see it as a CP moment. But for them personally, it wasn’t like that at all.

Anything she wanted to do to Meng Ziqing would have to be done in front of the cameraman and the staff member.

Even though she had lived in France since childhood and was influenced by its native romantic and open atmosphere, Qin Yue had zero interest in this kind of on-camera flirtation.

This deceitful fox. A wave of dark frustration spread through Qin Yue’s mind.

“What’s wrong, Wife?” Meng Ziqing said with a cheerful, playful grin. “I thought you remembered. I didn’t realize you forgot.”

“It’s fine by me, Wife. I’m your wife, after all. Once we’re in the room, I can accept anything you want to do to me.”

Meng Ziqing curled her lips and spoke, her eyes full of affection. Her voice’s tail rose with a slight tremor, her low, soft tone laced with ambiguity, like a small hook that tugged at one’s heartstrings.

“Hugs, kisses, or something else.”

Meng Ziqing’s tone was leisurely, her low voice, audible only to the two of them, was laced with ambiguity. “Wife, you can do anything to me, as long as you can overcome the two small, small psychological barriers of the cameraman and the live stream…”

She was provoking her now.

Meng Ziqing understood Qin Yue; she knew deeply that Qin Yue wouldn’t do anything too outrageous in front of the camera.

Furthermore, there were two people—the cameraman and the live broadcast staff. Even if one of them was incredibly lucky enough to have a camera malfunction, there was still the other person.

Qin Yue couldn’t just drag her into the bathroom the moment they entered, could she? She was the dignified RY Executive Officer; she had a huge reputation to uphold.

Qin Yue would not do that.

The cameraman’s lens wouldn’t break, and Qin Yue couldn’t drag her to the bathroom to do anything, so Meng Ziqing was now in a state of absolute confidence and fearlessness.

So what if they were going back to the room to eat? She’d go.

Not only would she go, but she would also provoke and flirt with Qin Yue.

Because she knew that until the live broadcast ended and the cameraman stopped filming at night, she would be safe!

Meng Ziqing was extremely confident. She had mind-reading, the live broadcast, and the filming. Qin Yue also cared about her reputation, so how could she possibly mess up?

Absolutely impossible!

“I need to find a way…” Qin Yue’s eyes grew deeper. If looks could kill, Meng Ziqing would have been devoured by her at least a hundred times over.

Meng Ziqing, having read Qin Yue’s mind, smiled even more happily. She tilted her head slightly and glanced at Qin Yue. Her high ponytail swung out a beautiful arc in the air. She wanted to see how her Jiejie would struggle and come up with a solution.

“Ding—”

Accompanied by a feeling of weightlessness as the elevator descended, the doors opened.

The moment Meng Ziqing stepped out of the elevator; she heard a burst of a child’s wailing in the corridor. The sound was extremely harsh, standing out in the somewhat empty hallway as exceptionally… ‘unique.’

“Ahhh, I don’t care, I don’t care, I want someone to come and play with me.”

“You’re all bad people! Stay away from me, ahhh!”

“Help! Someone’s kidnapping and trafficking children here, woo woo woo!”

“They’re murdering my husband!!”

Right next to Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue’s room, a child, who looked to be seven or eight years old, was rolling back and forth on the ground, throwing a tantrum like an eel. He was wailing and dodging the hands of the adults trying to catch him, and occasionally kicking his exasperated parent.

Who knows who taught him these things, but he was yelling all sorts of random nonsense.

“You little brat, what are you yelling about!” The man, who seemed to be the child’s father, blushed and looked ready to grab the kid for a good spanking.

“Guest!” The hotel staff, likely having received reports from other guests on the same floor, also hurried over, getting caught up in the family dispute, hoping to resolve it quickly and restore quiet.

The child’s wailing, the parent’s shouting, the waiter’s persuasion… the hallway instantly descended into chaos.

Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue’s room door was also blocked.

“Goodness, that’s impressive,” Meng Ziqing commented, slightly off-topic. “Yelling this loud without altitude sickness or oxygen deprivation. The brat is invincible.”

Watching gossip is human nature. Just as Meng Ziqing was about to stand aside and watch the drama, Qin Yue suddenly stepped forward.

She didn’t even have time to put down her tray and carried it as she charged into the chaotic scene nearby, like an overly enthusiastic citizen.

Meng Ziqing: ??

When did Qin Yue become so kind-hearted??

At that moment, Meng Ziqing’s gaze suddenly landed on the only breakfast item on Qin Yue’s tray—coffee.

The coffee, already less stable on a tray than when held directly, had a black-brown surface that swayed and sloshed with every step, looking far from steady or safe.

And now, as Qin Yue sped up, it became even more precarious. Some of the coffee had already splashed out, landing on the pure white tray, where it stood out sharply.

Meng Ziqing’s pupils contracted. She already knew what Qin Yue was going to do. In addition to not following guests into the bathroom, daytime filming doesn’t follow guests when they change clothes!

Qin Yue was trying to stain her clothes, and then force the cameraman and the live broadcast staff to stay outside the door.

The coffee is hot! She can’t splash it.

No, she couldn’t let this happen. An alarm went off in Meng Ziqing’s mind.

“Jiejie, let me help you.”

Meng Ziqing quickly handed her own tray to the live broadcast staff member to hold. She didn’t want Qin Yue’s clothes to be fine while her own got dirty and needed changing.

If she and Qin Yue were left alone in the room, it wouldn’t be just her clothes getting changed; she’d probably have her bones rearranged.

Meng Ziqing ran towards the spot, shouting for them to stop fighting, but her eyes were fixed only on the precarious coffee in Qin Yue’s hand.

That wasn’t just coffee; it was clearly her life.

“Wuwuwu, Jiejie, save me!” The brat, powered by his own mischievous strength, scrambled up from the ground, broke free from the restraints of his parents and the hotel staff, and rushed like a small cannonball toward Qin Yue, whom he saw as the most beautiful person in the entire scene.

Everyone is a face-con, especially children. To the brat right now, his mom, his dad, and the hotel staff urging them to be quiet were all bad people with ugly faces. He wanted to find the big sister, he wanted to play with the big sister!

“No!” Meng Ziqing cried out. Looking at the coffee, a small part of which had already spilled from Qin Yue’s hand, the panic in her eyes was more genuine than ever before.

But it was too late.

It was too late!

The next second, the brat lunged and hugged Qin Yue’s thigh. Qin Yue took a step back due to inertia, her calf muscles, toned from years of training, tensed up, barely stabilizing her body. However, the coffee she was holding spilled everywhere, both front and back, because of the sudden movement.

The black-brown liquid slowly steamed, flowing down from the woman’s palm, along her wrist, soaking the white shirt and creating an irregular patch of brown against her skin, with hints of the red from the scalding underneath.

Besides her sleeves, the woman’s body and hair were not spared. Large coffee stains dotted her shirt, clinging to her, revealing semi-transparent skin, which was also red from the scalding. Wet strands of hair stuck to her snow-white cheek, giving her cool, delicate eyes a touch of seductive glamour, but mostly a sense of dishevelment.

The brat was also affected by the coffee, which poured over his head, making him instantly cry out in pain from the scalding.

Meng Ziqing’s mind buzzed. She stepped forward, quickly took off her jacket, and put it over Qin Yue.

“What’s wrong with you, kid? You just run into people?” Meng Ziqing knew Qin Yue had intended it, but she subconsciously scolded the wailing brat on the floor, “How are you taught at home? Bumping into people so carelessly! What if she were pregnant, and you made her lose the baby with that bump!”

“Miss, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry.” The brat’s parent was quite polite. Without even looking at the crying child, he quickly came over to apologize. “I’m truly sorry to both of you. I’ll definitely discipline this rebellious son later. Your friend has been splashed with coffee. Why don’t I accompany you to the hospital first? It would be bad if she was scalded.”

Meng Ziqing wanted to speak, but Qin Yue stopped her. “I’m fine. No need to go to the hospital. The coffee was only warm, and the redness will subside on its own shortly.”

The parent hesitated, “Why don’t you give me your WeChat…”

Qin Yue was firm: “I’m really fine. If I were hurt, I wouldn’t hold back. It’s better for you to attend to your child first.”

She raised her hand, and the redness genuinely had reduced significantly within those two minutes. “I just get red easily due to my constitution, it’s nothing serious, it appears easily but also subsides quickly.”

“Alright then…” The brat’s parent finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Are you really sure you don’t need to get checked?” Meng Ziqing was still a little worried.

“No need…” Qin Yue shook her head. She then turned to the program’s cameraman and the live broadcast staff and said, “You two wait for us at the door. I won’t eat breakfast now; I’ll go in to change clothes and have Meng Ziqing put some medicine on the burn.”

In this situation, the cameraman and the live broadcast staff naturally agreed completely, expressing their understanding.

Not only that, but the audience in the live stream chat also felt this was reasonable and normal.

Wuwuwu, I was so scared just now. The cool sister is so pitiful.

I really hate that brat. Thank goodness the cool sister is okay.

It’s such a pity we won’t see Meng Fairy and the cool sister’s alone time on the live stream. It’s all the brat’s fault!

An encounter with a brat like this is coincidental yet common, so while the audience in the live stream chat found it regrettable, they understood.

The audience understood, the cameraman and live broadcast staff understood, everyone understood. The only one who didn’t understand was probably Meng Ziqing.

Meng Ziqing stood with a blank expression as Qin Yue opened the room door for her, her thoughts starting to snap back from the worry about Qin Yue’s injury.

She looked at the program staff, who were dutifully standing guard on both sides of the door like two bodyguards, and then at Qin Yue, who was looking at her with a hint of a smile in her eyes.

Meng Ziqing: “…”

The hand holding the tray was trembling.

She… she didn’t understand!

How did the cameramen just stop coming in, leaving them alone?

Meng Ziqing looked at the open door, thought of her arrogant remarks in the elevator ten minutes ago, and her eyes were filled with speechless despair.

Looking at the room felt like looking into a tiger’s den.

Now, it was truly over.