After A Secret Marriage Agreement With A Rival Omega - Chapter 46

Chapter 46

◎ If you want them, why don’t you take them off yourself? ◎

Although it seemed intimate, Jian Jixing didn’t actually make substantial contact with Sheng Ruxi’s ear. The hand on her waist released its strength the moment she pulled Sheng Ruxi back.

Sheng Ruxi didn’t care about the tickling on her ear or how many people were watching. She pinched Jian Jixing’s ear with two fingers and said, “You’ve got some nerve. Who told you to come here on horseback in that state?”

It was strange. She had told Aiyetala to watch Jian Jixing. Her wounds wouldn’t heal overnight. Wasn’t it fine for her to stay there? Why did she have to come?

This made Sheng Ruxi forget her embarrassment about seeing Jian Jixing. She immediately looked at Jian Jixing’s legs and saw that she had changed into the pants she had prepared for her.

They looked very thick, which was good because it was cold here. The next second, she started to wonder if wearing such thick pants would hinder the healing and ventilation of the wounds.

Sheng Ruxi’s expression was unpredictable. Jian Jixing only understood the first half. She patted the thick soft cushion on the side of Qiao Qiao: “It’s fine. It’s well-protected.”

She pulled Sheng Ruxi behind her and saw Zou Xinjie, who wanted to walk over but was stopped by Gu Shengci. She raised her eyebrows slightly and just said to the accompanying supervisor, “Thank you for your trouble.”

Sheng Ruxi saw them open the fence and realized that Jian Jixing had really come here for a reason.

For some reason, after the fence was opened, she felt the wind from the bottom of the cliff was even stronger, hitting her face.

Sheng Ruxi couldn’t help but step back. A warm hand came to her back, supporting her firmly.

Sheng Ruxi turned and saw Jian Jixing’s focused and calm profile.

Jian Jixing turned her head: “Are you scared? You’ll have to stand here later, so be careful.”

Was she scared?

Sheng Ruxi didn’t know.

She was more curious about what Jian Jixing was thinking when she used to sit here, and why she could sit in such a dangerous place.

Sheng Ruxi remembered when she used to argue with Jian Jixing, she was told that her mind was empty and that she only thought about extravagant things.

Now it was different. Sheng Ruxi didn’t want to think about it, but those things just came into her mind.

One of the most difficult questions in the world was to figure out what another person was thinking.

She shook her head, making her attention go back to the filming.

While they were waiting for the drone’s flight altitude to be coordinated, Xie Ruizhang finally found a moment to go to Jian Jixing: “Director Jian, are your legs better today? With me here, what are you still worried about? I think you should rest early.”

Jian Jixing said, “Are the shots for Blue Lake all set? Did you make the two changes I asked for?”

“…Uh, they’re done.” Xie Ruizhang immediately felt that she had said too much. She didn’t even notice that the atmosphere between Sheng Ruxi and Jian Jixing was different from usual. She changed the subject and said, “Ruxi was very angry yesterday. Did your family know you were hurt, Director Jian?”

What did she mean?

Zou Xinjie was once again thunderstruck and looked at Jian Jixing in shock. Did she mean what she thought she meant?

Jian Jixing raised an eyebrow calmly: “Oh, she knows. She was very worried about me and didn’t hang up the phone until very late.”

What nonsense was she talking about? Sheng Ruxi held back the urge to pinch Jian Jixing in front of everyone, and her tone changed: “If she’s so worried about you, why didn’t I see her come and take care of you?”

Xie Ruizhang chuckled dryly. She naturally knew that Sheng Ruxi had let Jian Jixing into her room last night. The core team members here were all Jian Jixing’s people, so of course, they wouldn’t say anything.

But Xie Ruizhang couldn’t understand how Jian Jixing and Sheng Ruxi could have gotten together. Sheng Ruxi seemed to be unaware that Jian Jixing was married—the only thing she could think of was that Sheng Ruxi was really going all out for the female lead role in Jian Jixing’s new movie.

After all, she hadn’t heard any news from Jian Jixing yet, and she didn’t know who would be chosen in the end.

But listening to Sheng Ruxi’s tone, she didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with this, which was too… was this still the same young lady who wouldn’t let herself be wronged at all?

“Director Jian, are you… are you married?” Zou Xinjie stammered.

Seeing Jian Jixing nod, she immediately turned to Sheng Ruxi: “Do you know?”

Jian Jixing made a mysterious gesture to Zou Xinjie to keep quiet and smiled: “Don’t tell anyone.”

“I know. So what? You see, Director Jian has never made it public, and she told you not to tell anyone,” Sheng Ruxi even leaned closer to Jian Jixing. “That means Director Jian and her wife don’t have a good relationship. Maybe they’ll get a divorce one day.”

Jian Jixing’s voice was gentle: “I have no such plans.”

Although she had been in the industry for a while, Zou Xinjie’s worldview was still greatly shaken. Gu Shengci almost laughed out loud and watched the new couple’s performance from the side.

They were really acting the part.

Xie Ruizhang said, “I just got a message from the county that Uncle Qin is fine. His family is so excited and wants to give you a banner… I told them not to come and bother you, considering you don’t like that kind of attention.”

Jian Jixing nodded.

Ignoring the outrageous things Xie Ruizhang had said to her before, she was trustworthy when it came to getting things done.

Xie Ruizhang added, “The Ganoderma lucidum has been airlifted and should arrive at the address you want in three hours.”

When she mentioned Ganoderma lucidum, Sheng Ruxi’s ears perked up. She let out a soft laugh, and it was hard to tell what emotion it was.

Jian Jixing cleared her throat: “It’s all set up. Let’s start filming.”

Zou Xinjie and Sheng Ruxi had a good rapport while filming before, but this time, there were many retakes. Xie Ruizhang could tell that her state was not right. She went to Zou Xinjie and said, “Xiao Zou, what’s wrong with you? Are you nervous because Director Jian is watching?”

Jian Jixing sat in a chair on the side and glanced at her slowly. But it was just a glance. Sheng Ruxi came over and pushed Jian Jixing’s head forward: “Do you want to fall again?”

Jian Jixing almost choked: “When would I fall? I won’t, as long as you don’t come and sit on me.”

Sheng Ruxi: “…” She was speechless at Jian Jixing’s train of thought. Although she had shown her affection, it didn’t mean she could tolerate Jian Jixing’s nonsense. She lowered her head: “I think you should go back. Your presence here is seriously delaying the filming.”

“What did I do?”

Sheng Ruxi said, “Zou Xinjie was scared by what you said just now. Didn’t you notice?”

“Who was the one who went along with me just now? Who was the one who said the word ‘divorce’? You can’t accuse me like that.” Jian Jixing looked up, the corners of her eyes curving up slightly with a hint of a smile. “I told you, I haven’t forgotten what you said last night. I want to ask you something after you’re done.”

“I haven’t forgotten” and “I can’t forget” were only a few words apart, but their meanings were completely different. Sheng Ruxi, who had wanted to get angry and scold her, now couldn’t. She noticed the seriousness hidden under Jian Jixing’s joking tone.

Sheng Ruxi’s eyes were dazzled by the smile at the corner of Jian Jixing’s eye. She leaned down and pinched Jian Jixing’s cheek, then poked her on the shoulder, and then looked at her left leg and arm.

“How are you today?”

Jian Jixing said, “Thanks to your good care yesterday, I guess I can take off the bandages and move freely tomorrow.”

“Can’t you change your habit of joking?” Sheng Ruxi poked Jian Jixing’s cheek again. “It’s really annoying to listen to.”

Jian Jixing said, “I heard you can’t touch a tiger’s whiskers.”

“What would happen?” Sheng Ruxi knew that Jian Jixing was about to tease her again. Of course, she wouldn’t fall for it. She reached out and touched it anyway. Sheng Ruxi put both hands on Jian Jixing’s face, pulled them outward slightly, and said proudly, “See? I can touch them.”

She didn’t expect Jian Jixing to take advantage of the close distance to reach out and put both hands on Sheng Ruxi’s cheeks. It was like kneading a soft white dough. She rubbed it up and down twice, then squeezed it together in the middle.

A dumbfounded Sheng Ruxi appeared in front of her, her exquisite features becoming round and more than a little cute.

“I can indeed touch them. It’s not a tiger after all. It’s made of cotton,” Jian Jixing chuckled, feeling the delicate texture in her palms. “The experiment is complete. The tiger’s whiskers are very comfortable to touch.”

“Jian Jixing!” Sheng Ruxi quickly stepped back. All she could think of was that Jian Jixing was calling her a tigress. How could she squeeze her face like that? It would make her ugly!

The harmonious atmosphere between her and Jian Jixing disappeared in just two seconds. Xie Ruizhang quickly yelled, “Action, action!”

Sheng Ruxi walked away furiously. Jian Jixing found it amusing. She pulled her chair a little farther away. She no longer sat in front of the monitor. From a distance, she could only vaguely see Sheng Ruxi’s head and profile.

She couldn’t see Zou Xinjie standing next to Sheng Ruxi. She felt the shot looked much more aesthetically pleasing.

Xie Ruizhang was good at her job. Her one obvious flaw was probably her lack of aesthetic sense.

Thankfully, there was only one retake this time. Zou Xinjie finally finished the shot of her standing with Sheng Ruxi.

When it was time to move to Blue Lake, after the shot was over, Sheng Ruxi’s face turned cold toward Zou Xinjie. Zou Xinjie felt very uncomfortable. She still had things to say to Sheng Ruxi and wanted to grab Sheng Ruxi’s hand.

“Don’t,” Sheng Ruxi said, turning her head as if she had eyes in the back of her head. “Filming is already annoying enough. Why do you always have to pull stunts like this?”

“You’re nicer to Director Jian than you are to me, and I didn’t do anything!” Zou Xinjie couldn’t take it anymore. She had been watching Sheng Ruxi the whole time she was with Jian Jixing.

She watched Sheng Ruxi worry about Jian Jixing and playfully mess around with her. She even let Jian Jixing knead her face. How could a proud person like Sheng Ruxi lower herself like this for anyone, just for the female lead role in a new movie?

If Sheng Ruxi wanted to make a new movie and wanted a good script, she could spend money and get her one.

“Not doing anything is still doing something. You were out of line when you said that,” Sheng Ruxi frowned impatiently. “You should stick to your duty as my colleague and just finish the filming.”

Sheng Ruxi really disliked this kind of behavior of bringing personal emotions into work. She was already being very lenient by not scolding Zou Xinjie.

Zou Xinjie was angry after being spoken to like that, but she still cooperated well with the filming at Blue Lake.

However, the crew on set wasn’t having such a good time.

Once the camera started rolling, Sheng Ruxi and Zou Xinjie’s faces were filled with a longing for freedom, facing the beautiful scenery. As soon as Xie Ruizhang called “cut,” the smile on Sheng Ruxi’s face would instantly disappear without a trace.

Zou Xinjie held her anger in until the Blue Lake shots were finished.

Xie Ruizhang wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Her stress level has been immense since Jian Jixing came. She always felt that at any moment, she would be criticized by Jian Jixing in front of everyone for not filming well enough.

She was worried and heartbroken when she saw Jian Jixing’s injured state, but when she thought about going up to her and having to deal with Jian Jixing’s work arrangements, she felt exhausted and backed away.

At this moment, Xie Ruizhang was even envious of Sheng Ruxi. How could this girl always argue with Jian Jixing so fearlessly?

As soon as they were done filming, Sheng Ruxi couldn’t wait to get Jian Jixing to finish work and go back with her. But they still had an official live stream at night. After dinner, Sheng Ruxi urged Jian Jixing to go to the medic to change her dressing.

So, when the live stream started, only Sheng Ruxi and Zou Xinjie were in front of the camera.

When Jian Jixing wasn’t around, Zou Xinjie was happy again. The live stream was supposed to be for the two of them anyway. Why did Jian Jixing have to get involved? Zou Xinjie, who had been looking forward to it, was a little shaken when she saw the comments from fans flooding the live stream.

[Ah! I’m here on time! Who else re-watched the clips of them after the live stream ended last night?]

[Where’s Director Jian??? I’m just here to watch her and Xi Xi bicker. It’s my electronic side dish.]

[Is Director Jian right there? Why didn’t she wait for her before starting the explanation?]

[You guys are all weird. You must be planning something big for us / anticipating]

But Sheng Ruxi was acting abnormally. Usually, she had the sharpest eyes. She would definitely mention any comments about Jian Jixing. But today, she didn’t even make a sarcastic remark and just started the live stream, explaining the herbs they were going to talk about.

Zou Xinjie was happy at first, guessing that Sheng Ruxi’s cold shoulder to her wasn’t all about her and that she was also annoyed with Jian Jixing.

But slowly, she noticed that something was off.

Because of Sheng Ruxi’s repeated ignorance, the fans’ questions grew more and more frequent, and their anticipation for Jian Jixing became even stronger.

It wasn’t until fans started sending gifts and Jian Jixing appeared not too far away that Sheng Ruxi stopped her explanation of saffron, which was out of character for her.

“Sorry, I forgot to tell you that Director Jian got a little hurt, so she went to change her dressing and couldn’t be in the live stream on time.”

Zou Xinjie’s eyes widened in shock—what was Sheng Ruxi doing?

Needless to say, the fans immediately went crazy, asking why, how Jian Jixing was doing, and who was taking care of her.

Oh, wow.

This wasn’t in the script.

Watching Jian Jixing walk closer, the smile on Sheng Ruxi’s face became more and more deliberately gentle. She chose the comments she could see clearly to reply to.

“Yes, because she also went to experience picking Ganoderma lucidum. Why? I don’t know either. Director Jian just likes extreme sports. Is it serious? Well…” Sheng Ruxi’s eyes were like a torch, staring at the screen. After seeing a familiar user ID, she said clearly, “Of course. I don’t know why she had to go. I don’t know who will receive this special gift. Director Jian’s feelings are too strong. I don’t know if the person who receives the gift can handle it.”

The focus of the comments completely shifted. Zou Xinjie controlled her facial expressions, trying to remain as professional as possible.

She always felt that Sheng Ruxi was scolding someone, but she had no concrete evidence.

“Ah, she’s here. How about you let her talk to you herself?”

Jian Jixing had just moved to the table. Sheng Ruxi made way for her, even letting her stand in the middle.

So, Jian Jixing saw a screen full of anxious questions and concerns.

In an instant, her injury became the most important thing.

Only then did Jian Jixing understand what Sheng Ruxi’s vague answers had meant. She subconsciously turned her head to look at Sheng Ruxi, her heart filled with both a bitter and surprised feeling. This was not how Jian Jixing would act, but she couldn’t blame Sheng Ruxi right now, nor did she have the standing to.

Sheng Ruxi didn’t even turn her head. She just gave a professional smile to the camera: “Why are you looking at me? Look how worried everyone is. Let them know you’re safe.”

Jian Jixing turned to face the camera. After thanking everyone for their concern, she said, “I’m fine. It’s just a few scrapes. Don’t you see I’m still standing here?”

After she finished speaking, Jian Jixing motioned to move on to the next step, which was to post the link so the live stream could end. But Sheng Ruxi didn’t move and didn’t look at Jian Jixing. She was thinking about Jian Jixing’s words “a few scrapes.” A few scrapes? If those were just scrapes, how many other wounds had Jian Jixing dismissed as just a small thing throughout her life?

Sheng Ruxi instantly became very unhappy. She didn’t like Jian Jixing talking like that. In her world, if something hurt ten times as much, you had to say it hurt a hundred times more. Even though she didn’t need to follow the saying “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” since she was the youngest, she also knew that the crying child got the softer, more, and tastier candy.

Jian Jixing was clearly not that kind of crying child, but Sheng Ruxi knew that Jian Jixing’s family was watching and said these things on purpose.

But Jian Jixing didn’t appreciate it.

Zou Xinjie was also anxious. She didn’t know what kind of tantrum Sheng Ruxi was throwing. She lowered her voice and said to Sheng Ruxi, “Stop messing around, Ruxi. She got hurt because she was trying to save someone, didn’t she?”

“Does the reason matter? What matters is the result, and the result is that she got hurt,” Sheng Ruxi said, grabbing Jian Jixing’s arm, not letting her leave. She smiled. “Everyone, for the sake of our Director Jian’s selflessness, remember to support us more. Come on, let’s post the link.”

Jian Jixing silently watched Sheng Ruxi. After the two of them were out of the camera’s view, the smile on Sheng Ruxi’s face froze, and she walked toward her room.

Jian Jixing grabbed her. It didn’t take much effort to stop Sheng Ruxi from moving.

“My dear, what are you mad about now?” she said. “You’re the one who hates bringing personal emotions into work the most.”

Sheng Ruxi frowned and looked at her: “Yes. So what? I was unprofessional today.” She admitted it.

Jian Jixing didn’t know what was wrong with her. She had said what she wanted to say and now she was upset. How could someone be so difficult?

“Then why are you getting mad at me?” Jian Jixing said. “I didn’t ask you to tell them about my injury.”

Sheng Ruxi smiled: “If I didn’t say it, who would know how selfless you are, Jian Jixing?”

“Stop being sarcastic.”

Jian Jixing’s hand froze. Sheng Ruxi quickly shook it off and went into her room.

But her door wasn’t locked, so Jian Jixing followed her inside.

Sheng Ruxi sat by the stove, not looking up at her. Jian Jixing felt that Sheng Ruxi was unusually quiet at this moment. She went over, put her hand on Sheng Ruxi’s shoulder, and lifted her chin to look at her.

“I wasn’t being mean… Why are you crying again?” Jian Jixing was stunned, and her voice softened.

“My crying has nothing to do with you!” Sheng Ruxi turned her head, not letting Jian Jixing see her. She took off her jacket and pants and went to lie on the bed. She didn’t invite Jian Jixing to rest with her. Jian Jixing just sat by the stove, not moving.

After a long while, Sheng Ruxi suddenly spoke: “Give me my pants back. I’m not letting you wear them anymore.”

Jian Jixing put the teacup she had just picked up back on the table. A thin stream of water from the spout dripped onto the back of her hand. “I’m wearing them. I can’t give them to you.”

Sheng Ruxi said, “Take them off and give them to me!”

“My hand is not well. You know that,” Jian Jixing’s voice was cool, but her tone was very gentle. She even let out a laugh she didn’t understand. “If you want them so badly, why don’t you take them off yourself?”