After A Secret Marriage Agreement With A Rival Omega - Chapter 64

Chapter 64

◎ I have a pair of eyes that only favor you. ◎

Jian Jixing only paused for a moment before the voice on the other end changed to Manwen’s.

“Director Jian, I’m so sorry. I didn’t keep a good eye on Miss Sheng…” The food was sent up only after Manwen had checked it. That glass of cocktail looked just like a bubbly water to pair with the meal. It had two small mint leaves floating on top.

It smelled as harmless as plain water. Who would have thought it was a high-alcohol drink?

Jian Jixing said: “It’s not your fault.”

The person serving it might not have been able to tell, but the person drinking it could always taste it. Sheng Ruxi wanted to get drunk.

“So now…”

“Don’t let her run around,” Jian Jixing said in a deep voice. “I’ll be right back.”

If she didn’t go back now, Sheng Ruxi, with her drunken cravings, might actually do something like make her sleep outside.

Sheng Ruxi was holding a wine glass. The wine bottle next to her was already half empty. She looked at Manwen, who had finished the call and returned, and gave her a smile.

“Don’t you have your own winery? This wine doesn’t taste good enough.”

Although the hotel was of a good standard, asking for a winery was too much… Manwen ignored the unreasonableness in Sheng Ruxi’s drunken rambling and replied with a good temper: “No, we don’t.”

Seeing Sheng Ruxi’s toes about to step on the soft sofa, Manwen quickly went to help her. The alcohol was getting to her more and more. Sheng Ruxi thought she had been talking to Manwen all along, and she felt even more dizzy. She let Manwen help her down and lie diagonally on the sofa.

Her arms and legs were all hanging limply. Every part of her body was relaxed.

This was almost impossible when she was sober.

She didn’t know how long she had been lying there. With her eyes closed, she could only vaguely hear Manwen saying something and wiping her face with a damp towel.

“Sheng Ruxi.”

Someone else called her. The voice was like a dream. Sheng Ruxi touched her face and said indistinctly: “You don’t have to worry about me…”

“Who shouldn’t worry about you?”

Jian Jixing had already told Manwen to leave. As soon as she entered, the pheromones that Sheng Ruxi had held back for a long time rushed out and filled the entire room.

Only a few lights were left on in the room, and there was a faint scent of red wine. Sheng Ruxi was sprawled softly on the large sofa, like a kitten curled up there. Her body temperature was hot, and the alcohol vapor was rising from her body, mixing with her pheromones to form a unique feminine fragrance.

An enticing fragrance.

And the instigator of this was now completely unaware, like a flower waiting to be picked.

Jian Jixing picked up Sheng Ruxi by the waist and took her to the bed: “You’re drunk. Do you need something to sober you up?”

“It’s you.” Sheng Ruxi heard the voice, opened her eyes and looked, recognizing that it was Jian Jixing. But she didn’t know if she thought this was reality or a dream. Her voice was very floaty: “No, I’m not drunk.”

When she was picked up, Sheng Ruxi’s hands couldn’t hold onto Jian Jixing’s neck and hung down weakly.

Jian Jixing didn’t know how well Sheng Ruxi could hold her liquor. Sheng Ruxi’s body temperature was clearly rising, but her face was still pale. She was clearly not the kind of person whose face gets red easily. But this kind of person was more likely to have an alcohol overdose that couldn’t be excreted.

She didn’t know when she had changed into a silk dress. The soft pleats were gathered below her abdomen. Jian Jixing glanced at it. When she was about to put Sheng Ruxi on the bed, Sheng Ruxi suddenly started to whimper.

“I’m not drunk. I said I’m not drunk.”

Jian Jixing hadn’t said anything yet. When she let go and looked up, she saw that Sheng Ruxi’s eyes were red. The next second, hot tears rolled down.

She didn’t want to be put on the bed. Jian Jixing was stunned for a moment. Before she could wipe Sheng Ruxi’s tears, the person had already turned her head to the side and pressed it into the pillow.

Even without seeing it, she knew Sheng Ruxi was crying. For a moment, Jian Jixing didn’t know if Sheng Ruxi would drown in her own tears or suffocate from being muffled by the pillow. She picked Sheng Ruxi up again.

Sheng Ruxi was still crying, but after being in Jian Jixing’s arms, she just nestled there obediently. Her eyes were very wet, and so were her eyelashes. Even some of the hair by her ears was wet into small clumps by her tears.

“Is it Jian Jixing?” Sheng Ruxi’s voice was so weak that Jian Jixing felt she was about to fall asleep. She replied: “It’s not Jian Jixing.”

“Then who is it?”

“Your wife who doesn’t want to sleep by the door.”

While holding Sheng Ruxi, Jian Jixing sent a message to Manwen on her phone, asking her to send over a hangover pill.

Manwen said it was in the medicine cabinet and told her the exact location.

For this room that was rarely used, Manwen was much more familiar with it than Jian Jixing. These medications were often kept stocked.

Sheng Ruxi moved weakly in her arms twice, and then smelled Jian Jixing’s soothing pheromones. She finally became obedient.

“You’re not busy.” Sheng Ruxi seemed to have regained some strength. As Jian Jixing was looking for the hangover pill, she poked Jian Jixing’s chest with her finger.

“I’m done with everything.” Jian Jixing could only free her hand to grab Sheng Ruxi’s hand. She hugged the person to the sofa and made her sit properly.

As soon as Sheng Ruxi sat down, she leaned to the side. Jian Jixing helplessly picked her up and made her sit on her lap.

The sofa was wide, like a bed.

“Why are you helping me? You’re not even going to comfort the fans with me. Why?” Sheng Ruxi said a bunch of messy things. Her hot palms covered Jian Jixing’s hand that was holding the pill, and her face was wet.

She had to take care of this and that. The pill wasn’t taken out yet. Jian Jixing took a soft towel to wipe Sheng Ruxi’s tears. She felt that Sheng Ruxi was made of water. Otherwise, how could she have cried for so long?

Jian Jixing came back in a hurry, and her clothes were no longer neat, but she was completely unaware.

“Eat the pill first,” Jian Jixing coaxed her. “Be good.”

“…It’s bitter. I won’t take the pill.” Sheng Ruxi heard that she had to take a pill and cried even harder. She pinched a little of Jian Jixing’s collar with two fingers: “Are you Jian Jixing?”

“No, it’s not bitter.” Jian Jixing answered her compliantly. She was very worried that Sheng Ruxi would drink her brains out like this. She frowned, feeling very hot, and then realized that she hadn’t taken off her outer clothes.

Jian Jixing quickly took off her outer clothes and threw them aside. She held Sheng Ruxi’s waist: “How much did you drink?”

“Just a little.” Sheng Ruxi suddenly laughed. Her eyes were clearly still raining, but this smile made one’s heart soften.

“If you can’t drink, then don’t drink like this.” Jian Jixing felt a headache coming on and sighed again. But her hands were honestly holding Sheng Ruxi steady, letting Sheng Ruxi do whatever she wanted in front of her.

She went to wipe Sheng Ruxi’s tears, and Sheng Ruxi turned her head again. She was so disobedient… Jian Jixing held her chin, easily pinching Sheng Ruxi’s soft cheeks, which made Sheng Ruxi’s lips pout slightly, with a watery shine.

The pad of her thumb wiped away a rolling tear. Jian Jixing was utterly helpless. Her tone was one of not knowing what to do with her: “Sheng Ruxi, please stop crying, okay?”

Her crying made Jian Jixing feel that her coaxing skills were so clumsy. Just her being in front of Sheng Ruxi made her so sad.

Alcohol would magnify the desires in one’s heart and also intensify feelings of being wronged. Now that Jian Jixing was back, she really wanted to hear what Sheng Ruxi was thinking in her heart.

Sheng Ruxi just stared at Jian Jixing. She reached out and wiped her face, only then realizing that she had been crying so hard. Her gaze was fixed on Jian Jixing’s face, still trying to tell if this was real or fake.

“Who was crying?” She wiped her eyes and face. “It’s raining heavily in the film and television city today.”

It wasn’t raining anywhere today.

“Mm.”

“And then I caught some rainwater…” She paused. “You know, right?”

“I know.”

“You don’t know anything,” Sheng Ruxi said again. Her face, which had just been wiped, was wet again. “Jian Jixing is an annoying idiot.”

“That’s right. I thought you didn’t want to appear in front of the fans with me. I thought you were still blaming me for this,” Jian Jixing suddenly realized that Sheng Ruxi’s point of anger was different from what she had thought.

Without this drunken rambling, she would have never known.

Sheng Ruxi lowered her eyes and suddenly lunged at Jian Jixing, wiping her tears all over Jian Jixing’s clothes. Then she nestled in Jian Jixing’s arms, still sulking.

If this was a dream, could she bite Jian Jixing?

Just as Jian Jixing felt that Sheng Ruxi had calmed down, or rather, had sobered up a little and could take the pill properly, she was about to pour a glass of water when she heard Sheng Ruxi ask: “So you can come and comfort the fans with me?”

“Yes, if you need me to.”

“Do you have to add the second half?”

“I don’t have to,” Jian Jixing knew she had said the wrong thing again. “I’m sorry, Sheng Ruxi.”

“Do you have to apologize to me?”

Sheng Ruxi felt very sad. Even though Jian Jixing was going along with her in both her words and actions, after hearing Jian Jixing’s apology, she didn’t feel any better. Her vision went from clear to blurry again.

She sobbed. She felt that her arms and legs were getting weak. She couldn’t even curl up. She felt cold and wanted to hug Jian Jixing tightly.

But Jian Jixing’s embrace had also become so cold for the first time, making her feel no warmth.

She couldn’t stand her messy thoughts after drinking. Once she started crying, she couldn’t stop. When her emotions came up, that urgent need for comfort was like bubbles uncontrollably floating to the surface.

Sheng Ruxi stopped talking and leaned against Jian Jixing’s arms, not even having the strength to move. Jian Jixing was getting more and more helpless with Sheng Ruxi and also with herself. She was annoyed at why she could never guess Sheng Ruxi’s thoughts and couldn’t make Sheng Ruxi truly open up.

When Sheng Ruxi was truly angry, neither being gentle nor tough would work. But Jian Jixing didn’t let go of Sheng Ruxi. She even brought the water with her. When they got back to the sofa, she didn’t hear her say anything, and she felt that something was wrong.

She lowered her head to look and found that Sheng Ruxi was pursing her lips and silently crying. She was so wronged but didn’t let herself make a sound.

It shouldn’t be like this. Sheng Ruxi was proud and brilliant. Even when she cried, she should do so openly, not with such a sense of grievance.

“Sheng Ruxi?” Jian Jixing couldn’t see Sheng Ruxi’s condition better this way, so she placed Sheng Ruxi on the sofa, leaning against it. She knelt in front of her: “If you keep crying, do you still want to have eyes tomorrow?”

Sheng Ruxi’s cheeks were still a cold, fair color. Only the corners of her eyes and the tip of her nose were flushed pink from crying. Her waterfall-like long hair was like soft satin under the light, scattered on her shoulders and behind her, covering her faint back and slender lines.

Although it was very inappropriate, at this moment, Sheng Ruxi was both delicate and alluring. Compared to the back of her neck, which was giving off sweet and sour pheromones, Jian Jixing wanted to kiss her more.

Would kissing Sheng Ruxi make her stop crying? She thought that this method had always been effective.

But Jian Jixing didn’t let herself do it.

She was afraid of annoying Sheng Ruxi even more and making her dislike her even more.

A little bit of caution that even she didn’t notice was present in all her actions. This was also the first time she had done these things for Sheng Ruxi.

Before, Jian Jixing thought she was a little different to Sheng Ruxi. Since she said she liked her, was there a little difference? Now Jian Jixing knew there wasn’t.

Sheng Ruxi had grown up with people surrounding her. Who didn’t treat her well? Who didn’t listen to her and treat her gently? What she had done was nothing. She wasn’t even the best at coaxing Sheng Ruxi. Sheng Ruxi didn’t even let her hear her crying.

Jian Jixing touched Sheng Ruxi’s cheek and then placed her hand on the side of Sheng Ruxi’s neck. Her pulse was fast. Not to mention the increasing pheromone scent in the room. Jian Jixing felt very hot. Even taking off her jacket was useless.

It was the pheromones at work. Jian Jixing didn’t want to take advantage of the situation, but the drunk Sheng Ruxi didn’t know how to restrain herself. She didn’t know that her pheromones were constantly luring her in.

Sheng Ruxi’s face was sliding down. Jian Jixing quickly went to support it and coaxed her: “Be good, okay? Let’s take the pill first. You can blame me, you can scold me. But you can’t do this to your own body. After you take the pill and sober up, won’t you have more strength to hit me?”

She held up Sheng Ruxi’s face. Her voice was as low as it could be: “Just take it out on me. Don’t use your own body.”

“You don’t like me. You’re only taking care of me like this because of our obligation to each other, right?” Sheng Ruxi whimpered and closed her eyes. She greedily absorbed the unique cold scent from Jian Jixing, letting her tears fall into Jian Jixing’s palm.

“You don’t like me at all anyway. You don’t like me at all. You won’t come to find me. You won’t…”

Her voice got softer and softer. Sheng Ruxi’s words were also stumbling. They were mixed with grievance and stubbornness.

She was sad because she was afraid that Jian Jixing would never have the possibility of liking her. If she and Jian Jixing were just a contract, when the contract ended, their bond would also end.

Sheng Ruxi was no longer willing to take another step. She still didn’t know how to make Jian Jixing take that step. So she and Jian Jixing had clearly reached a dead end.

“When you asked me before, didn’t I tell you that I just temporarily didn’t like you?” Jian Jixing wiped the corners of her eyes. Her voice was a little hoarse, but it sounded even better. “You really don’t have a good memory.”

“You were lying to me! Temporarily not liking me means you’ll never like me! It’s the same kind of dislike as when Wu Wu rejected you before.” Sheng Ruxi suddenly raised her voice. Her emotions were agitated, and the redness on the tip of her nose and the corners of her eyes became more obvious.

Sheng Ruxi wanted to struggle a little, preferably to kick Jian Jixing twice, but she failed. She still couldn’t use her strength. She just moved a little bit softly.

“Anyway, I called Wu Wu several times to find out about you. I even went to ask her at night. You definitely haven’t done that.” Sheng Ruxi said. The speed of her tears slowing down. When she spoke, she retaliated and opened her mouth to bite Jian Jixing.

The words that came after that were inaudible. Jian Jixing frowned. “Called her several times?”

Sheng Ruxi seemed to not have heard her question: “I went to the pastoral area on purpose when I was filming the promotional video. I wanted to try and get along with Zou Xinjie again. I wanted to know what the difference was between her and you. I also knew that Jinyue liked me…” She wanted to gather everything in her memory to clumsily express herself. It was because after doing all of this, she realized the difference.

Her feelings for other people were different from her feelings for Jian Jixing.

It wasn’t a temporary infatuation that would pass quickly.

It was a feeling that went deeper and deeper, and without her realizing it, it had already taken over all the soft parts of her heart.

She didn’t know when it started, but the name Jian Jixing no longer brought up her annoyance. It brought up other emotions and concerns.

She was worried about gaining and losing. She was also cautious and distressed. Why couldn’t Jian Jixing be the same as her? Why couldn’t she like her?

Jian Jixing held her breath and listened. She didn’t know what to think in her heart. She suppressed the inexplicable bitterness she felt when she heard other people’s names: “Then stop crying.”

She was not allowed to shed these tears for anyone else.

Her throat was uncomfortably tight. Sheng Ruxi swallowed with great effort. Jian Jixing saw it and brought water to feed her. Sheng Ruxi drank half a mouth, and the other half dripped into Jian Jixing’s palm, dripping down from between her fingers.

Sheng Ruxi rubbed her face against it. Jian Jixing was too slow to pull her hand away. Sheng Ruxi’s nose was wet from the moisture. She looked up: “Do you know? I used to be very impressed, very proud. How could I… test others like this… Tonight, tonight I’m going to call Wu Wu and ask her again…”

Jian Jixing didn’t have time to wipe her hands dry. She directly covered Sheng Ruxi’s lips, blocking all her words so she wouldn’t say anything about going to find Chu Wu or anyone else.

Her mouth was covered like this, and it was a little tight. She whimpered and opened her wet eyes in dissatisfaction.

Jian Jixing found Sheng Ruxi’s phone and threw it to the side. She lowered her head: “You still want to find Chu Wu?” She loosened her grip so Sheng Ruxi could speak.

“Yes, I do,” Sheng Ruxi said. She had stopped crying, but her voice was still heavily stained with a crying tone and hadn’t fully recovered.

“Why find her?”

“She’s gentle and smart, and she’ll comfort me.” More importantly, Wu Wu knew Jian Jixing better than she did.

Gentle, smart, and a good comforter. The few points Sheng Ruxi mentioned were indeed Chu Wu’s strengths. Clearly, Sheng Ruxi was just stating objective facts, but Jian Jixing felt that the name Chu Wu coming out of Sheng Ruxi’s mouth was both abrupt and jarring, not to mention the intimacy.

Even though she knew Sheng Ruxi was drunk and this might be complete nonsense, she still felt that the bitterness had turned into a tangible thing. Now it was so sour that her teeth hurt. She wanted to bite Sheng Ruxi and make her take back what she said.

There was no need for the hangover pill at all. Jian Jixing thought calmly. Her knees were still on the floor in front of Sheng Ruxi, but her upper body was straight. She looked at Sheng Ruxi a little condescendingly: “Then would you like that kind of person?”

Sheng Ruxi had said that her love was fluid.

Where would it flow to? Who would receive it? Jian Jixing didn’t know.

Sheng Ruxi looked up. The shattered, warm light was like stars, falling into her eyes.

She shook her head.

Jian Jixing really wanted to look through Sheng Ruxi’s eyes and understand her feelings. She couldn’t help but lower her head and saw Sheng Ruxi’s gently trembling eyelashes. They were like butterflies, slowly flying away.

“You like a lot of people,” Jian Jixing’s voice was exceptionally calm, stating a fact.

“Liking flowers, liking beauty, liking the stars in the sky, does that count? If it does, then yes. Liking is very, very easy.”

As Sheng Ruxi spoke, her hands, which had regained their strength, took the initiative for the first time that night and held Jian Jixing’s cheeks.

Her smile was incredibly gentle. She said: “But what can I do? I seem to have a pair of eyes that only favor you.”