After A Secret Marriage Agreement With A Rival Omega - Chapter 68

Chapter 68

◎ When it comes to the two words “Rong Rong,” all she thinks of are warm connotations. ◎

“…Forget, before?” Sheng Ruxi sat on the sofa in a daze, looking up and silently repeating the words in her heart twice, but her focus was misplaced.

“You mean, we don’t have to go to bed together anymore? Jian Jixing, Doctor Tang said we have to do it twelve times!”

Jian Jixing almost choked to death.

She almost ground her teeth and raised an eyebrow: “Sheng Ruxi, why aren’t you smart when you should be?”

She was just sad that their marriage was just a contract made out of spite, and now that she said they should forget about it and start over, all she knew was that they couldn’t go to bed together anymore.

Sheng Ruxi continued to press: “Well, tell me. Our pheromones are very compatible, and our physical condition has improved a lot recently… How can you just stop it when you say so? No way, the doctor will scold us.”

“Stop your weird associations. That’s not what I meant.”

Sheng Ruxi quickly glanced at her and said in a tiny voice: “Then what else could it mean…”

“I said I like you,” Jian Jixing laughed out loud in frustration. “Didn’t you hear a single word?”

She had to say those words for Sheng Ruxi to be satisfied, right?

Sure enough, Sheng Ruxi immediately calmed down, but it was only for that instant. Jian Jixing didn’t miss her bright, happy eyes.

She continued in a small voice: “Who knows if you really like me and aren’t just trying to humor me.”

Jian Jixing: “…”

Indeed, having a peaceful conversation with Sheng Ruxi required a certain amount of willpower. Jian Jixing took two deep breaths to suppress her impulse. “You can watch and see if my actions are perfunctory or sincere. We need some time to get to know each other.”

Sheng Ruxi blinked her eyes a couple of times. She went over Jian Jixing’s words several times in her heart. She was so excited she was about to jump up and almost pounced on Jian Jixing.

She knew it!

How could anyone not like her? It’s impossible.

Sheng Ruxi warned herself in her heart to stay calm. In an instant, she suddenly understood what Jian Jixing had said to her back in the pasture.

So it was true. When you like someone, so many insecurities would appear on their own. Just like now, even though Jian Jixing said she liked her, she was also worried, just like Jian Jixing was worried before, that it might only be temporary.

Sheng Ruxi’s voice was still very low. She pursed her lips and asked: “Jian Jixing, are you the one who’s drunk today?”

“I can say what’s in my heart without drinking.”

“…” Sheng Ruxi could tell that Jian Jixing was making fun of her low alcohol tolerance and lack of courage!

She was so angry that she didn’t say anything for a long time.

Jian Jixing chuckled. She couldn’t help but reach over and gently pinch Sheng Ruxi’s nose. “Speak?”

This wasn’t a negotiation. It was actually a request.

Sheng Ruxi still hadn’t said whether she would agree to her request and allow her to like her.

Sheng Ruxi parted her lips. Many words were about to rush out of her throat, but she swallowed them down several times.

She felt a rich and surging emotion washing over her rationality. Sheng Ruxi felt that getting old with the person in front of her would definitely be great. She even imagined a scene where she and Jian Jixing were arguing with white hair.

Sheng Ruxi cleared her throat, feeling Jian Jixing’s gaze on her was especially strong. She said: “Even so, even if… I was the one who fell in love with you first, since you like me now, you still have to pursue me!”

What was that? Jian Jixing laughed: “Of course, Sheng Ruxi, you are still a princess, and you always will be.”

Moreover, Jian Jixing not only wanted Sheng Ruxi to be a princess in front of her but also in front of everyone.

She would be her confidence.

Sheng Ruxi’s lips couldn’t help but curl up, but she still had to be stubborn one last time. “You used to hate this the most and said I was pampered.”

“That was me being blind and insensible.”

Sheng Ruxi felt that Jian Jixing’s current appearance was both new and gave her a thrill of bullying. She was getting addicted: “You also said I was hard to please and that no alpha would want to be with me.”

“…I will,” The boomerangs she had thrown out before were all hitting herself. Jian Jixing looked at Sheng Ruxi’s cunning eyes and said helplessly: “My dear, that’s enough.”

Sheng Ruxi raised her chin proudly: “My liking you is my business. Your liking me is my business. We’ll keep them separate. I won’t go easy on you.” This meant she wouldn’t let Jian Jixing get her easily.

Jian Jixing found it more and more fun and nodded: “Of course, I said you are a princess.”

“Jian Jixing, but I still think it was more fun when we used to argue. It feels so weird for you to just go along with me,” Sheng Ruxi even shivered her shoulders. “What do I need to do?”

Unconsciously, Sheng Ruxi’s emotions had completely calmed down. All her attention was on Jian Jixing.

“Don’t do anything. Just don’t hide from me,” Jian Jixing looked at Sheng Ruxi and reached out to tuck the hair that was hanging down behind her ear. “Your existence itself is worthy of being loved, not just by me.”

Sheng Ruxi’s eyes didn’t even blink. She stared at Jian Jixing. The sourness and numbness in her heart burst out instantly, making her limbs feel weak. She had just said a second ago that they would keep things separate, but this second, all she wanted to do was burrow into Jian Jixing’s arms and hug her.

This was the first time she had seen a clear desire in Jian Jixing’s eyes.

A desire for love and warmth, no longer masked by a casual and calm demeanor.

This is good.

Sheng Ruxi held back for two seconds but couldn’t help it. She bent her legs onto the sofa and, with a familiar movement, nestled into Jian Jixing’s arms, putting all her weight on her and letting Jian Jixing protect her waist and back.

Jian Jixing felt like she was holding a soft, big doll that also smelled good. Her body had already been ready to welcome Sheng Ruxi. Even if Sheng Ruxi was silent and didn’t say anything, her coming into her arms was a comforting power in itself.

“I know you’ve agreed, so I’ll state my terms.”

“What?”

Sheng Ruxi, who was in her arms, was as if someone had splashed cold water on her in the middle of a beautiful dream. She woke up and sat up straight.

“Jian Jixing, I knew it! I knew it! You—what terms do you want to take this opportunity to talk to me about?”

When she got angry, Sheng Ruxi’s beautiful eyes became even brighter and more captivating. Even with anger, it was the charm of an angry beauty, making it a pleasant sight.

Jian Jixing rubbed the back of Sheng Ruxi’s neck and said nonchalantly: “Since you’ve also agreed for me to like you, once I start, I won’t allow either of us to quit midway.”

“In other words,” Jian Jixing whispered in her ear, “it won’t end after one year of the contract, or after our treatment ends, or after the twelve times are complete.”

Slowly, Jian Jixing’s tone became serious. “Unless you fall in love with someone else, then we’ll end it.”

These words were spoken with particular seriousness. Sheng Ruxi was facing Jian Jixing at the moment and saw this solemnity clearly.

“We have a deal, Jian Jixing,” Sheng Ruxi said. “It’ll be as you say. As for me, it’ll be as I said before.”

Can’t learn to be good to herself? Then I will be good to you. This time, Sheng Ruxi added another item to her heart.

Jian Jixing said she didn’t need to do anything.

But Sheng Ruxi knew there was one more thing she could do.

That was to make Jian Jixing more and more certain about what she had.

“I find that when you say my name now, the feeling is different from before,” Jian Jixing said. “Say it again?”

She usually said it just fine, but now that she said it like this, it made Sheng Ruxi feel awkward. The simple name seemed to burn her tongue, making it so that she couldn’t say it for a long time.

Jian Jixing, however, held her and waited for her to speak. It was as if she wouldn’t let her go until she said it.

Sheng Ruxi felt that Jian Jixing had become even worse. She was already bad before because she liked to argue with her, but now her badness was teasing, like flirting, which was just as hard to resist.

“Jian Jixing.” Unable to be defeated by such an intense gaze, Sheng Ruxi admitted defeat and, in a very soft voice, almost a whisper, called Jian Jixing’s name. “Jian Jixing.”

Jian Jixing felt the flutter in her heart with every word Sheng Ruxi spoke. She held Sheng Ruxi’s waist.

Sheng Ruxi’s body tensed with every one of Jian Jixing’s movements, and so did her nerves. Jian Jixing’s straightforward and intense gaze was too rare. Sheng Ruxi’s heart was beating very fast.

“Director Jian,” Sheng Ruxi said again, the two words lingering on her tongue for a long time.

In the past, when she called Jian Jixing this, it was always with a sarcastic meaning. Now it was different. The tone, the expression, and the slight change in posture, the previous tit-for-tat between them no longer existed.

“I think it sounds better when you call me by my name,” Jian Jixing said in a low voice. Many people called her “Director Jian.”

“Many people call you by your name, too.”

“Hmm… but there is one special title that no one else can call me. It just depends on whether you’ll call me that or not.”

This sentence was exactly to Sheng Ruxi’s liking. Her hands rested on Jian Jixing’s collarbone as she asked curiously: “What is it?”

Jian Jixing smiled without saying anything. Her gaze moved between herself and Sheng Ruxi, adding a bit of ambiguity.

Sheng Ruxi immediately understood. Her eyes paused, then widened slightly. An expression of shock followed by annoyance appeared on her face, making it incredibly vivid.

“Are you teasing me or flirting?” Sheng Ruxi pretended to pinch Jian Jixing’s ear, but she was always a person who was all talk and no action. In the end, she didn’t pinch it, but just gave it a gentle tug.

What other title could there be that only the two of them could use? Jian Jixing just wanted to hear her call her “wife.”

For someone who started courting on the first day, what was this if not flirting?

“I wouldn’t dare. I’m telling the truth,” Jian Jixing couldn’t help but laugh. “Whatever you want. You used to call me ‘wife’ to disgust me. Don’t you dare now?”

“Ahhh, Jian Jixing, stop talking!” Sheng Ruxi’s good acting skills were about to be completely broken by Jian Jixing’s behavior of bringing up the past. She used both hands to cover Jian Jixing’s lips. In a flash of lightning, she thought of something.

“I’ll just call you Rong Rong. Your nickname sounds good, and no one else knows it.”

Sheng Ruxi’s hands let go.

She thought Jian Jixing would just say okay, but she didn’t expect Jian Jixing’s eyes to become a little cold for a moment, but then she laughed at herself: “I actually thought about changing my name to this nickname before.”

Sheng Ruxi was sharp: “…You don’t like your name?”

“I liked it when I was younger and didn’t understand anything. Later, when Huai Xi was born, I had a rebellious period and disliked my name very much.”

Sheng Ruxi understood Jian Jixing’s unresolved issues. She had always wanted Jian Jixing to trust her and tell her all the sadness and emotions she had in her heart.

Now that she found Jian Jixing wanted her to overcome her mental barriers, she couldn’t be happier. She nodded seriously and listened.

“Huai Xi’s name is full of hope, but mine isn’t. That’s what I thought at the time,” Plus Jian Yanxuan was especially strict with her daughter. During that special period, both of them didn’t pay enough attention to Jian Jixing, and Jian Jixing went through a period of self-loathing.

“No, Jian Jixing, Jian Jixing, Jian Jixing, listen to me.”

Sheng Ruxi’s soft palm landed on Jian Jixing’s cheek without any politeness. She squeezed, turned, and rubbed, then she leaned in with a smile in her eyes: “I heard Leta and Little Dove talking to you before, asking if your name meant ‘lonely star.'”

Jian Jixing’s face was squeezed out of shape by Sheng Ruxi’s not-so-strong force. Her lips also pouted. She spoke unclearly: “Isn’t it…?”

“Of course not!”

Sheng Ruxi squeezed again, making Jian Jixing wince. It was as if she wanted her to remember this way. Her voice was firm: “The meaning of a name is interpreted by people. In my opinion, you are the morning star.”

Jian Jixing’s gaze froze.

“The morning star, do you know? It’s the brightest Venus in the sky at dawn. It’s the brightest,” Sheng Ruxi was afraid she wouldn’t understand and continued to explain. While explaining, she emphasized the words “the brightest.”

The brightest or not, could it be brighter than Sheng Ruxi’s eyes at this moment?

An impulse crashed into Jian Jixing’s chest, making all parts of her chest feel numb and sore until that numbness broke through its confinement and came to the surface.

Her heart, her eyes, her palms, her limbs, her gland, and even every single strand of her hair… all gathered into one single purpose.

She wanted to hold her in her arms.

“Do you know?” Sheng Ruxi didn’t hear Jian Jixing’s reply and thought Jian Jixing was still immersed in her sad memories and hadn’t come out yet. She leaned in worriedly.

The next moment, she was held tightly in an embrace.

“Hey—” Although surprised, Sheng Ruxi didn’t refuse or feel scared. She knew that Jian Jixing would never let her get hurt.

“So this is why my name sounds so good when you say it,” Jian Jixing’s slightly hoarse voice was in her ear. “I should thank you for giving it a new meaning.”

She spoke very slowly, and since she was right next to her ear, Sheng Ruxi could hear her very clearly. When her voice was hoarse, it made her earlobe tingle, and half of her body felt like a tiny current was running through it.

Their actions were so intimate. Even Jian Jixing’s thank you felt like an affirmation. Sheng Ruxi only knew that she had done a small thing. She didn’t know that Jian Jixing would be so serious about it, making her feel that she was being cherished by her.

My God.

Does she still need to learn how to court someone? Jian Jixing just needs to be herself—

“Rong Rong.” Sheng Ruxi awkwardly reached out and stroked Jian Jixing’s back. She could finally gently call Jian Jixing’s nickname.

She really thought Jian Jixing’s name was very, very good.

She was the morning star, and she could also be approachable, with warmth. When it comes to the two words “Rong Rong,” all she thinks of are warm connotations.

She said softly: “Your name and nickname are the best, and so are you.”

Sheng Ruxi looked up and met Jian Jixing’s gaze from a very close distance.

In Sheng Ruxi’s eyes, Jian Jixing even saw the golden dust that the sunlight behind them sprinkled in the air, one by one, as if they were the stars in Sheng Ruxi’s eyes.

She had never seen such bright stars in the daytime.

Sheng Ruxi was no longer wearing her pajamas but a dark green long dress with a wide skirt. Such a rich color on Sheng Ruxi could completely highlight her.

Her attractiveness emanated from the inside out. No matter who Sheng Ruxi looked at, they couldn’t escape.

When Jian Jixing leaned in, Sheng Ruxi had already closed her eyes. Before they could touch, the doorbell rang.

Gu Shengci was outside yelling: “Jian Jixing, open the door for me! Open it now! I know you’re in there.”

The atmosphere was instantly ruined. At this moment, Jian Jixing wanted to hang Gu Shengci up and beat her. She wanted to ignore her, but she couldn’t.

Sheng Ruxi also looked down as if she had suddenly woken up. Jian Jixing could only sigh inwardly. She let Sheng Ruxi get down from her lap, tidied up her dress, and then opened the door.

When Gu Shengci came in and saw Sheng Ruxi sitting on the sofa, she was stunned: “Huh?”

Jian Jixing had a cold expression. Gu Shengci realized that she seemed to have done something wrong and said hesitantly: “How was I supposed to know you two were staying here…”

Jian Jixing’s suite was always where she stayed alone before.

Gu Shengci was almost dead tired from following Jian Jixing all day. She wanted to rest, but Yan Fuzheng’s script still needed her to follow up, so she came back with Jian Jixing.

She thought Jian Jixing would go to meet with her team when she came back. Who knew she was here dating!

She was angry, but she still greeted Sheng Ruxi and then said with a smile: “This is the first time I’ve seen Jixing in such a hurry. She just ran away from the meeting when people still had things to say. She didn’t do her work well and now I have to clean up her mess.”

They were going to talk about the movie. Sheng Ruxi also heard the teasing in Gu Shengci’s words. Without waiting for Jian Jixing to turn around and ask her, she said: “Hurry up and go.”

“Don’t listen to her nonsense. It’s not true,” Jian Jixing asked, “Wait for me to come back? Do you still want to go to that crew?”

“I already had my manager push it back for me. I’m resting for these two days,” Sheng Ruxi said. “I’ll… I’ll give you my temporary schedule later.”

Jian Jixing said: “Just tell Manwen what you want. If you need any arrangements, find her. I’ll be back later.”

Sheng Ruxi clearly felt that Jian Jixing was making time to see her in the middle of her busy schedule. She felt very valued.

She had said she wanted to give Jian Jixing a sense of security, but in fact, just as Jian Jixing had said to her before, she really didn’t need her to do anything.

Jian Jixing was still looking back into the room as she walked to the door. Gu Shengci grabbed her and pulled her away: “I give up. She’s right here. It’s not like she’s going to disappear. Are you bewitched?”

Jian Jixing calmly shook off Gu Shengci’s hand: “It’s not good for me to say anything to a lonely person like you.”

“…You’re really sick. Are you the same person who used to argue with Sheng Ruxi all the time?” Gu Shengci was already in a frenzy, and now she had to listen to Jian Jixing show off her affection. She felt like killing someone. “You’ll be fine once Chu Wu comes back.”

It was fine until she mentioned her. Jian Jixing’s face turned cold, which startled Gu Shengci.

Jian Jixing remembered that Sheng Ruxi had said she was still calling Chu Wu late at night. She felt that she also needed to call her and greet her.

Although Gu Shengci was a well-known investor in the industry, there was still a whole investment company behind her. Investing in a movie required many considerations.

The company wanted Jian Jixing to continue her previous success and shoot a commercial film.

Jian Jixing’s attitude before was ambiguous. She didn’t say yes or no. But this time at the meeting, she was uncharacteristically firm and said she was not going to shoot a commercial film and wanted to shoot an art film.

If Jian Jixing’s status in the industry wasn’t high, the executives in the meeting would have all flipped the table and left.

Jian Jixing was casual, which was tough for Gu Shengci, who had to argue for her. After all, she was afraid that if Jian Jixing was unhappy, she wouldn’t let her company invest in the film.

The company’s compromise was that the lead actor had to be a popular idol. This was also a difficult thing for Gu Shengci. Who didn’t know that Jian Jixing was picky with her casting and that no one could really get her attention?

Gu Shengci sat back in the conference room feeling her life was hard. She glanced over and saw Jian Jixing recording a voice message.

She leaned in and listened. Jian Jixing was asking: “Manwen, what is she doing?”

Who?

Gu Shengci continued to listen.

Manwen’s voice message came back quickly: “Miss Sheng is watching a movie. The jewelry has been delivered. She’s very happy but said there’s no way to choose from so much jewelry.”

Jian Jixing said: “Then don’t choose. Just keep them all.”

Gu Shengci: “!”

After Jian Jixing sent the message, she looked at her phone. Sheng Ruxi hadn’t contacted her. She probably thought she was working and didn’t say anything. It was Jian Jixing herself who wanted to know what Sheng Ruxi was doing and was eager to ask Manwen.

After getting Manwen’s reply, Jian Jixing put down her phone. She looked up and saw Gu Shengci staring at her with a sullen expression.

She was confused.

Gu Shengci said: “If you have so much spare money with nothing to do, why don’t you just give us a bonus?”

Jian Jixing thought she was being redundant and said with a smile: “I actually have a lot more money and can shoot it myself without going through the company.”

“Alright, alright, you just know how to use that to talk. If you really want us to successfully push this project forward, why don’t you just go back and talk to your family? It would be faster,” Gu Shengci sighed.

When Jian Jixing changed careers to become a director, her family didn’t stop her. But Jian Jixing was young and arrogant at the time and didn’t want any help from her family. She went through a difficult period. After she became famous, more people learned about her background and knew that the Jian family had acquiesced that she would still go back to inherit the family business.

Her relationship with her family was not close, and it was rumored that her family disliked her for being in this industry.

Neither the Yan family nor the Jian family could be offended, so there were not many companies that dared to produce Jian Jixing’s films. They were all at the top level of the industry, and Jian Jixing had to go through all the procedures and didn’t use any connections.

Jian Jixing had already heard the content of the meeting countless times. It was all market analysis. Her ears were about to get calloused from listening.

This wasn’t the first time she had been distracted, but it was the first time she had been distracted because she was thinking about Sheng Ruxi.

It was more comfortable for her to argue with Sheng Ruxi for two hours than to stay for two hours listening to these good investors prove who had commercial value with countless PowerPoint presentations.

Her phone buzzed. She opened it and saw a picture Sheng Ruxi had sent her. On the projection screen, it was a screenshot from her movie.

It was a high point in the plot of Jian Jixing’s first art film, Moss. It was a very sexually tense bed scene.

Jian Jixing remembered that Sheng Ruxi used to not care for her art films and said she didn’t understand them.

Little Green Bean: [Image]

Little Green Bean: [Director Jian, why are the bed scenes shot so well? Can I ask for some pointers?]