After A Secret Marriage Agreement With A Rival Omega - Chapter 36

Chapter 36

“Let’s run again, just for us at this moment.”

Jian Jixing had no idea what she was thinking.

Or maybe she wasn’t thinking at all.

She just felt that Sheng Ruxi’s mouth was impossible to shut. She just kept rambling on about things Jian Jixing didn’t want to hear.

She wanted Sheng Ruxi to be quiet for a few minutes, and this was the only way.

But Sheng Ruxi immediately tried to dodge and refuse.

Jian Jixing pinned Sheng Ruxi against the car door. They were both equally stubborn. Sheng Ruxi was still angry from before. She couldn’t break free, so she tried to turn her head, but Jian Jixing held her chin.

Outside, hurried footsteps approached. Jin Yue, with a look of determination, came over to find Jian Jixing: “Director Jian, Director Jian, I’ve thought it through. Why don’t you teach me—”

When she saw the two figures between the cars, her expression instantly froze.

Sheng Ruxi, provoked by the sudden change, bit Jian Jixing’s lip. The skin broke, and the taste of blood came. She wanted to break free, but Jian Jixing seemed not to feel any pain at all. She held Sheng Ruxi’s waist tightly and didn’t even turn her head. Her voice was cold and deep. “Get out.”

Her pheromones instantly became a barrier, rejecting anyone who came near. Jin Yue felt an intense stinging sensation, not even daring to smell it. She held her breath and fled with a pale face.

She just hoped that what she had just seen was a delusion—

It was terrifying.

Sheng Ruxi and Jian Jixing kissing was even more terrifying than them being at odds.

Between the two cars.

Sheng Ruxi clearly felt the change in Jian Jixing.

This was not a good place. People could come over at any time. Jin Yue was an alpha, so it was fine that she was scared away, but what if another omega came? How could she be so oblivious?

Besides, what was Jian Jixing so angry about? What had she done wrong in this situation? Who wanted her to teach a kissing scene—the more Sheng Ruxi thought about it, the more wronged she felt. Even though the person was gone, she was still struggling.

Jian Jixing loosened her grip a little, and Sheng Ruxi’s hand hit her body, but Jian Jixing didn’t retreat at all, allowing Sheng Ruxi to vent her emotions.

“I don’t need you to teach me. Go away.” Sheng Ruxi was angry. Her face, along with her ears, started to turn red, a sign of her true feelings. Jian Jixing held her with one hand, her dark eyes deep and bottomless, and just stared at her.

She stood there, unmoving, watching Sheng Ruxi, until she saw Sheng Ruxi’s eyes getting watery. She sighed for the second time, as if she really didn’t know what to do with Sheng Ruxi. She said in a low voice, “That wasn’t my intention.”

She was the first to give in. Jian Jixing closed her eyes. In the shadows, she also felt her pheromones leaking out, completely uncontrollable.

What self-control? What inability to sense pheromones? As long as she was in front of Sheng Ruxi, everything was over.

There was still blood on her lip, from where Sheng Ruxi had bitten her, but Jian Jixing didn’t bother to wipe it.

Sheng Ruxi was already in a fit of rage and couldn’t listen to anything. “What wasn’t your intention? You’ve said so many confusing things, and I don’t understand a single one.”

“Method acting, huh? Asking me to film a kissing scene, huh? Why don’t you tell me one truth?” Sheng Ruxi was the type to easily cry when she got emotional and felt wronged. She was only a little wronged at first, but when she heard Jian Jixing apologize, her sense of injustice went from 10% to 100%.

Tears came instantly, welling up in her eyes, and her voice became choked up. “Tell me!” she said, poking Jian Jixing’s chest with her finger.

With her eyes blurred by tears, she only knew the general area and didn’t know where exactly she was poking.

Jian Jixing suppressed her body’s reaction and lowered her voice even more, not wanting Sheng Ruxi to hear the obvious change. “I was the one who wanted to kiss you. Do you understand?”

Did Sheng Ruxi have to hear this? Jian Jixing couldn’t understand. Sheng Ruxi had these big, beautiful eyes, but she couldn’t see anything.

She lowered her head, wanting to deepen the kiss, but Sheng Ruxi turned her head away again.

“How can I be sure you’re telling the truth?”

Finally, Sheng Ruxi’s tears fell. “I really hate how stubborn you are.”

She was just in the car to get something, and somehow, she managed to anger Jian Jixing. On the way here, she had even thought about calling Chu Wu to get to know Jian Jixing better.

She had thought their relationship would improve, but she just ended up getting angry with Jian Jixing.

She wished she could draw a clear line with Jian Jixing right now, back to how they were when they first got married. That way, she wouldn’t be stuck here, angry, yet still unashamedly craving Jian Jixing’s kiss.

She was always so awkward, unable to put herself in the right position. Was she just treating Jian Jixing as a bed partner? She had done so before, but now, something else had entered the mix, making her feel both sour and bloated inside, difficult to explain.

She wanted to get closer to Jian Jixing, but for some reason, she also wanted to hurt her. Instead of being at odds with Jian Jixing, she was at odds with herself.

Sheng Ruxi fell silent. Jian Jixing also stopped, just watching the person in front of her. Perhaps the crew members were all held up by Jin Yue, because no one came over now.

Sunlight filled the space next to the two cars, and flowers were everywhere. But between these two cars, there were only shadows, where the light couldn’t reach.

Jian Jixing’s hand was on Sheng Ruxi’s cheek, wiping away her tears. “I just wanted you to unblock me.” She gently stroked the area around Sheng Ruxi’s scent gland. “Sheng Ruxi, can we get along well?”

She lowered her head, as if to kiss her, but she stopped and was about to pull away.

Sheng Ruxi turned to face her. Just as Jian Jixing was about to leave, she tightly grabbed Jian Jixing’s collar with her fingertips and kissed her.

Her face was still wet, and with her delicate skin, she was just like this person, illogically pressing her face against Jian Jixing’s cheek.

Sheng Ruxi’s tongue pressed on the wound on Jian Jixing’s lip, not knowing if it was to comfort or to seduce. Her movements were a little clumsy.

Jian Jixing was caught off guard and froze. In the next moment, she held Sheng Ruxi’s shoulders, pulled her away, and said, “Wait.”

Jian Jixing stared into her eyes. “…We can’t do this here.”

Sheng Ruxi didn’t make a sound. Her lips were wet. She just looked at her, her eyes as if they had been washed by rain.

Once Sheng Ruxi’s pheromones also started responding to her, Jian Jixing was afraid that Sheng Ruxi would be the one to suffer.

She took a blocker patch from her pocket and stuck it on Sheng Ruxi’s scent gland. Jian Jixing felt her head getting a little hazy. The moment Sheng Ruxi kissed her, she wanted to do it right here.

She could have just pinned Sheng Ruxi down here and bit her.

This was a moment to mess with Sheng Ruxi. She could make Sheng Ruxi feel awkward, embarrassed, and annoyed, make Sheng Ruxi beg her not to continue here because they could easily be seen… But Jian Jixing didn’t do that this time.

Jian Jixing didn’t want to understand why. She just knew that Sheng Ruxi’s crying was bothering her.

“We need to talk. I don’t want to fight with you.” Jian Jixing straightened up and let go of Sheng Ruxi. “Let’s talk back at the camp. We’ll go in the same car.”

**

On the way back, Sheng Ruxi and Jian Jixing sat together in the back seat of Lao Zhang’s car. Neither of them said a word. Ayilata was in the front seat.

Xie Ruizhang and Jin Yue were in the minivan and didn’t even say hello to Jian Jixing. The car windows were tightly closed, as if they were afraid of seeing something they shouldn’t.

After getting in the car, Jian Jixing gave herself some time to calm down. She and Sheng Ruxi both remained silent. When Ayilata got in the car, she felt the strange atmosphere. To lighten the mood, she said, “Jin Yue was acting weird just now. Anyone would think she saw a ghost in broad daylight. She was shaking.”

Jian Jixing: “Mm.”

Ayilata: “…Didn’t she go looking for you? You didn’t see her?”

Jian Jixing: “No.”

Ayilata: “Oh. …And, Miss Sheng is…” From the rearview mirror, Ayilata saw Sheng Ruxi’s still red eyes.

Jian Jixing: “She’s fine.”

It was obvious she wasn’t fine, but Ayilata didn’t dare to say anything and pretended that nothing had happened.

As soon as they arrived at the camp, Sheng Ruxi went straight into her tent without even giving Jian Jixing a look.

Jian Jixing followed her in but was kicked out in a few minutes. She gave a cold glance at the crowd, who were pretending to be busy but were all staring at her. “What’s there to see? Go do what you’re supposed to do!”

Everyone knew that Director Jian and Film Queen Sheng were fighting again, and it was a serious one.

Yu Miaolan sighed. …Didn’t everyone just say their relationship had improved? How did it go back to square one overnight?

Jian Jixing temporarily threw herself into work, calling Xie Ruizhang and others to start refining the storyboards for the next part.

Xie Ruizhang’s face was a mask of pain. “Is it necessary to do this so early? Director Jian, do you really not rest at all?”

She had once hoped that she could become her lover. After experiencing Jian Jixing’s high-intensity work for a week, she had a rude awakening and even had a headache. Would a workaholic like this really be able to fall in love?

Jian Jixing had never exposed her pheromones in front of the public. This level of self-control was truly terrifying! Xie Ruizhang used to think it was because Jian Jixing’s love for Chu Wu was unrequited, but now, it seems it wasn’t the case.

Jian Jixing said, “The person you brought in is unreliable. The next few storyboards need to be adjusted to reduce her screentime. This is extra work you’ve created for yourself. How dare you rest? Six hours of sleep at night isn’t enough for you?”

Xie Ruizhang suddenly felt a surge of hatred. The best way to lose the magic of a person is to make them your boss.

Jian Jixing was in a bad mood, and she became even more strict and demanding at work. She was reviewing the upcoming filming tasks at Snow Sheep Peak with Xie Ruizhang. She looked around and found that Jin Yue wasn’t there.

“Go find her for me.”

“I will! I’ll go right now. She wasn’t right when she first came back. She said she needed to rest for half an hour.” Xie Ruizhang immediately got up and fled.

As she left, Wang Renqing came over with a steaming pot of milk tea, breaking the stalemate in the tent.

She immediately saw the wound on Jian Jixing’s lip. It was fresh. She studied it for a long time as she poured the tea and couldn’t help but laugh. “Looks like you were up to some mischief.”

Jian Jixing glanced at her, stopped what she was doing, took a sip of the milk tea, and immediately frowned from the heat.

Wang Renqing said to the others, “Everyone, go take a break. I brought back a herd of yaks. Please help me with the milk.”

It was just an excuse, but everyone was grateful and fled. Jian Jixing put down her cup and looked at the tea leaves floating inside without saying a word.

Wang Renqing laughed again. Jian Jixing finally said, “Did you come here just to laugh at me?”

“No, I came to see how a couple argues. I find it very novel,” Wang Renqing said, sitting down next to Jian Jixing. “Your mouth, shouldn’t you put some iodine on it?”

“I don’t want to get poisoned,” Jian Jixing said. “Also, since when are we a couple? Stop talking nonsense.”

Wang Renqing: “Jixing, you didn’t get poisoned by licking your own mouth. What danger could a little iodine be?”

Jian Jixing heard that Wang Renqing was still laughing at her. She glared at her and didn’t say anything, completely losing her usual fighting spirit.

“Your mouth will get better. It’s a shame that you were bitten once, and you still did the same thing and got bitten a second time.” Wang Renqing had heard that the two had returned on bad terms, and even Ayilata kept shaking her head.

“Ayilata said you were angry because you were jealous, because the internet said Sheng Ruxi was treating you like a substitute for that…”

Jian Jixing: “Zou Xinjie.”

“Yes, like a substitute for that Zou Xinjie follow-up. You should know it’s impossible. What’s there to be jealous of?”

Jian Jixing said, “I’m not jealous of that.” What does she care about Zou Xinjie? Zou Xinjie didn’t even have a face in Jian Jixing’s mind. She was angry that Sheng Ruxi had blocked her so easily and wasn’t talking to her properly.

She paused and then said, “I’m not jealous, and we’re not in that kind of relationship.”

Only a ghost would believe you, Wang Renqing said. “Then think about what kind of relationship you and Miss Sheng have now.”

“…” This question really stumped Jian Jixing. Most of her current troubles also came from not being able to define her relationship with Sheng Ruxi. After a long silence, she said, “It has nothing to do with this.”

“I think you just don’t want to admit it. It’s not a bad thing to like her. Why do you have to be so conflicted?” Wang Renqing shook her head. “Do you know why I’m only asking you this question and not Miss Sheng?”

Jian Jixing looked down at her cup, silent. She suddenly wished Wang Renqing would stop talking.

But Wang Renqing had always been unable to hear her inner thoughts and said directly, “If Miss Sheng didn’t have a place for you in her heart, she wouldn’t bother taking care of you personally. Don’t forget, even Ayilata couldn’t tell that you weren’t feeling well. She was the one who noticed.”

Jian Jixing looked up and suddenly felt the wound on her lip sting from the heat of the tea.

“That Zou Xinjie. So what if she was really Miss Sheng’s ex? Do you care about these things?” Wang Renqing said. “Miss Sheng isn’t a little girl anymore, and she’s so beautiful. She must have had a lot of admirers. It would be strange if she didn’t have any exes.”

Jian Jixing thought for a moment and said, “I don’t care about that.”

“Then there’s no problem, right? Go tell Miss Sheng you don’t care about that, and everything will be fine,” Wang Renqing said with a smile, standing up. “Be brave. I don’t think Miss Sheng is angry with you.”

Jian Jixing was still frowning. It wasn’t just this one thing that confused her. She also couldn’t understand why the image of Sheng Ruxi’s tear-filled eyes was stuck in her mind.

She had seen Sheng Ruxi’s crying scenes. They were great. She was worthy of being a professional actress. She could have her eyes filled with tears and let them fall at the exact moment the director wanted. Jian Jixing just wondered, how much of Sheng Ruxi’s emotions were genuine when she was with me?

She realized that there seemed to be something else mixed into her relationship with Sheng Ruxi, and she couldn’t grasp it at all.

Instead of being angry about the trending topic about Zou Xinjie and Sheng Ruxi, she was angry because she was uncertain. When Sheng Ruxi held her hand that night, was she really holding her hand, or was she thinking of someone from the past?

Looking at the work schedule in front of her, Jian Jixing sighed, wrote down Sheng Ruxi’s name on a piece of paper, and started checking things off.

This was a list of things she had prepared for Sheng Ruxi. She knew that with Sheng Ruxi’s personality, she wouldn’t have brought much with her for the mountain trip tomorrow. She didn’t even bring an assistant. Naturally, Jian Jixing had to worry about these things herself.

“Director Jian!”

Jian Jixing was about to go find Sheng Ruxi, but Xie Ruizhang suddenly ran over in a hurry, her face sullen and anxious. “Director Jian, we have a huge problem! Jin Yue said… said… she’s not filming anymore.”

They were leaving to film tomorrow. She was suddenly refusing to film? This was a big taboo in the industry, but Jian Jixing didn’t say anything. She just said to Xie Ruizhang, “I’ll say it again. This is a problem you created, and you have to take responsibility for it yourself.”

Xie Ruizhang: “…” How can a person cause such a huge mess? She had no idea Jin Yue could be this absurd. She really just wanted to meet Sheng Ruxi and was leaving after she did.

“Why don’t we ask Sheng Ruxi to persuade her? After all… she’ll listen to Sheng Ruxi.” Although it wasn’t unheard of to replace an actor at the last minute, what if a new person came and delayed the crew’s progress even more because of the tight schedule? Xie Ruizhang still wanted to struggle and see if she could salvage the situation.

Jian Jixing’s eyes turned cold. “Do you think she’s worthy of acting with Sheng Ruxi in her current state?”

Xie Ruizhang fell silent. The scene that Jian Jixing had re-enacted that afternoon was already in her mind. It was clear who was superior.

Xie Ruizhang couldn’t help but complain. “I don’t know what Jin Yue is going crazy about. She’s been acting weird ever since she came back this afternoon. Her body has a mix of alpha and omega pheromones. She wasn’t fooling around outside when she went to find you, was she? Otherwise, why won’t that smell on her body go away? I asked her what happened, but she won’t say.”

“Replace her. Give me an answer by 9:30 tonight.” Jian Jixing said. “If you can’t find anyone, we’ll replace all your shots tonight, and you won’t need a co-star anymore.”

Xie Ruizhang: “…” Once again, she was completely disenchanted.

Jian Jixing left the tent and went to Sheng Ruxi’s tent. Little Pigeon was just coming over with a thermos. She stopped her. “Is she resting?”

Little Pigeon: “No, but she said if Director Jian came looking for her, I should tell you that she’s already asleep.”

“…Fine. Give me this.” Jian Jixing took the thermos from her hand. “I’ll deliver it. Here’s a list. Get everything ready according to it and give it to Sheng Ruxi tomorrow morning.”

Jian Jixing gave the crumpled piece of paper in her hand to Little Pigeon. Little Pigeon looked at it and understood completely.

Who is this person? She said she didn’t care, but behind the scenes, she had already prepared everything needed for the mountain trip tomorrow.

Little Pigeon gave her a look of amusement. Jian Jixing almost kicked her. What? Is this a time for any child to laugh at me?

When she went inside, Jian Jixing saw a lump on the bed, as if Sheng Ruxi was sleeping.

It wasn’t even time for beauty sleep.

Jian Jixing put down the thermos and awkwardly cleared her throat. “I brought you something to drink. Salty milk tea. I didn’t put the butter you don’t like in it. Want to try some?”

No one said anything.

“Sheng Ruxi, if you don’t talk, I’m going to talk, okay?” Jian Jixing was a little guilty, so she didn’t look too closely at the bed. She felt that in the next second, Sheng Ruxi would throw a pillow at her.

“At the car, I took you down because I was afraid I would bite you there and wouldn’t be able to… The doctor said you can’t hold back.” Jian Jixing paused and said, “But I don’t want anyone else to smell your pheromones. You can see it as my selfish desire.”

Still, no one said anything. Jian Jixing waited for a while and then genuinely became anxious. The tent was so quiet. “Are you still angry? It’s my fault. I know you’re not doing it for the experience.”

Jian Jixing had already poured her heart out, but she hadn’t received a single response from Sheng Ruxi. She looked up and realized that the lump on the bed was a little strange.

It wasn’t moving.

She narrowed her eyes, went over, and pulled back the blanket.

There was no Sheng Ruxi. It was just a rolled-up blanket creating the illusion of a person “sleeping.” She had said all that for nothing.

Jian Jixing didn’t know whether to be angry or to laugh. She immediately went out of the tent and looked outside.

In the distance, a white horse was galloping through the land.

Sheng Ruxi was on the white horse, with Wang Renqing accompanying her from a distance. Not far away, Jin Yue was squatting on the ground, trembling.

Sheng Ruxi cracked her whip. “Get up. Didn’t you want Jian Jixing to teach you how to ride a horse? I’ll teach you. Is that a problem?”

Before she had seen Sheng Ruxi and Jian Jixing kissing, Jin Yue would have been happy to have Sheng Ruxi as her riding coach. But now, how could she dare? She pitifully huddled by the hay bale and begged, “Please let me go. I won’t say anything. I’ll just pretend I didn’t see anything…”

Sheng Ruxi pulled the reins, lowered her head, and smiled. “Even if you did say something, who would believe you?”

Jin Yue covered her head and couldn’t say anything.

She had already planned to have her assistant come and pick her up to go down the mountain, but Sheng Ruxi suddenly dragged her out of the tent and insisted on taking her for a few rides. The bouncing made Jin Yue feel nauseous.

Sheng Ruxi: “You couldn’t do your job and you said Jian Jixing loves hardship. She never does.”

Jin Yue had almost forgotten her words. She looked up at Sheng Ruxi. “You… you care about Jian Jixing? You’re doing this for Jian Jixing. Will she appreciate it?”

“I don’t need her to appreciate it. I’m happy to do it, and that’s enough.” Sheng Ruxi smiled and nudged the horse with her legs. She saw the person coming from afar and rode forward.

When Jian Jixing arrived, she saw Sheng Ruxi leaving Jin Yue behind. She didn’t even spare Jin Yue a glance. She just went to chase Sheng Ruxi.

“Sheng Ruxi, stop!” Jian Jixing shouted loudly. She didn’t know if Sheng Ruxi could hear her. “You can’t ride too fast or for too long—”

She was afraid something would happen and even forgot what she wanted to ask. Sheng Ruxi had already ridden far away, not in a straight line, but in large circles, like she was just meandering. She only slowed down on the last lap, allowing Jian Jixing to catch up. Her forehead was covered in fine sweat. “We should go back.”

Sheng Ruxi turned her head to look at her and smiled. “Okay.”

Only Wang Renqing, who was following them from afar, could see the whole picture. She shook her head and chuckled. She never thought Miss Sheng would have such thoughts. She was truly putting in a lot of effort to make Jian Jixing feel better.

What Jian Jixing didn’t expect was that after Sheng Ruxi agreed, she immediately stopped the horse, jumped off, and started running back to the tent area.

Jian Jixing was startled. She also jumped off immediately, ran a few steps, and finally grabbed Sheng Ruxi’s wrist. “Are you still angry with me?”

“Are you not angry with me anymore?” Sheng Ruxi asked her in return, slightly out of breath. “Why are you in such a hurry? If I fell off the horse, wouldn’t you laugh at me? Why are you rushing to pick me up?”

Jian Jixing was so speechless by her few words that she felt a stone was stuck in her throat.

Sheng Ruxi seemed to have already known that she wouldn’t get an answer. She smiled again and said, “Relax, Jian Jixing. No matter what kind of relationship it is, you don’t have to pressure yourself if you can’t figure it out.”

“Just like you and me right now.” Sheng Ruxi’s voice was soft, carried to Jian Jixing’s ear by the wind. She (proactively) took Jian Jixing’s hand, clasped it, and said, “I’ll take it that you care about me. Then I’ll forgive you, Jian Jixing… Hold my hand.”

Her hair was blown by the wind onto Jian Jixing’s cheek. Sheng Ruxi’s eyes were bright. She said, “Let’s run again, just for us at this moment.”