After Cannon Fodder A Accidentally Marked the Cold Film Queen - Chapter 7

Zhu Songning’s heart skip a beat, shamefully.

The sky was heavily overcast, looking as if it could rain at any moment. In front of the all-matte-black car, the storm was brewing. A staff member’s umbrella, caught by the wind, tumbled across the front of the car, followed by a flash of red cutting through the gloom, and then a head of long, flowing, snow-white hair.

Shen Qingyu stepped out of the car.

The trainees around Zhu Songning collectively gasped.

Only the head director’s eyes lit up with the sight of the celebrity.

“Let’s give a warm welcome to the final mentor of Youth Trainee 2—the Triple-Gold Film Empress, Shen Qingyu!”

Shen Qingyu’s face was inherently cool and refined, with translucent skin and a pair of pitch-black pupils. Now, with a head of silver-white hair, cascading like a waterfall, it added a sense of fragility to her inherent coldness. The black suit dress she wore beautifully outlined her paper-thin figure, making her so stunning and eye-catching that she didn’t look real, but rather like a deity descending.

[??? I take back what I said earlier about no one in the domestic entertainment industry being able to overshadow this mentor lineup.]

[Ahhhhhh! It’s actually Film Empress Shen? The white hair is too beautiful… Which vampire queen left the house (crying)]

[My Yu-Yu wife is so hot today~ Shisha shisha~]

“Hey, are you a fan of Film Empress Shen too?” a trainee beside Zhu Songning nudged her arm. “Your eyes are glued to her.”

Zhu Songning: “…No.”

If I told you Film Empress Shen is my wife, would you believe me?

Haha.

Her expression remained calm and collected, but her soul had already been gone for a while.

Save me!!!

Who can tell me what is going on?!

How come Shen Qingyu is also participating in this show? The book didn’t mention it!!

[The book didn’t write it, so you don’t know what to do?]

[The bug you created, you fix it yourself.]

The System laughed wildly in her mind.

Zhu Songning: “…”

She only booked a luxury suite after completing a mission? Was she destined to never enjoy life?

In the blink of an eye, Shen Qingyu was getting closer and closer to her.

Until the familiar beauty stopped in front of her.

“Hello, student. May I borrow a pen?”

The white-haired beauty leaned forward, a very restrained distance, but Shen Qingyu’s hair was excessively long, draping across Zhu Songning’s chest.

The Omega looked at her with a smile.

The cameras on the set immediately turned to focus on the two of them.

Zhu Songning’s body stiffened: “I’ve bitten this pen. Director Shen, perhaps you should ask the production team for a new one to sign with?”

She had thought she was the last one to walk the red carpet, so she hadn’t paid much attention to the details.

“The production team shouldn’t be short of pens.”

Shen Qingyu was surprisingly agreeable today, nodded, and walked away.

Only that faint fragrance lingered on the tip of Zhu Songning’s nose.

And a silver-white strand of hair that had somehow wrapped around the button on her collar.

Zhu Songning lowered her head to untangle the hair, then looked up to see the envious gaze of the trainee beside her.

Zhu Songning raised an eyebrow subtly, asking with her eyes: What’s wrong?

“You’re so lucky, you actually got to speak with Film Empress Shen.”

The trainee commented, her wolf-tail haircut and ear stud sparkling.

“Don’t be envious.” Zhu Songning glanced at the prominent “No. 2” badge pinned to her chest. “If you were last place like me, you could too.”

“…No need for that.” The No. 2 trainee seemed to choke on her words and extended her hand. “Hello, I’m Luo Chuanhe, A-rank Alpha from Huanle Media.”

Zhu Songning smiled and shook her hand: “Individual Trainee, Zhu Songning.”

As soon as their hands touched, a sudden gasp of surprise erupted from the crowd.

Zhu Songning followed everyone’s gaze.

She saw Shen Qingyu retrieving a signature pen from the production team, but instead of signing the signature wall, she accurately found the spot where Zhu Songning had signed moments earlier.

“I heard this way of signing is quite popular recently.” Shen Qingyu bent down slightly and skillfully gave a wink to the camera. The barrage of comments instantly filled with adoring shouts.

Her signature overlapped with Zhu Songning’s from a few minutes ago. Their handwriting, one sharp and the other gentle, skillfully intertwined.

“Hmm? Want to ask why I dyed my hair white?”

Shen Qingyu’s gaze fell on the rapidly scrolling comment screen.

She wasn’t a trainee and didn’t need to be cut off from outside communication, so the director hadn’t blocked the comments.

She thoughtfully turned her head and glanced in Zhu Songning’s direction.

Her gaze cooled slightly when it swept over her and Luo Chuanhe’s clasped hands.

Zhu Songning immediately felt guilty and let go of their hands, but then instantly realized—

Why should I feel guilty?! There’s clearly nothing going on between the two of us!

Fortunately, Luo Chuanhe was currently too preoccupied to notice, the cool girl with the wolf-tail was trembling and softly shrieking: “Ahhhhhh, is Film Empress Shen looking at us?! I’m so nervous!”

Zhu Songning wanted to cover her ears, tormented by the noise: “…Control yourself.”

“Aren’t you excited to see Film Empress Shen? She’s beautiful, talented at acting, and aside from a slightly cold demeanor… but these, on her, all turn into advantages!”

Luo Chuanhe spoke with conviction.

Zhu Songning didn’t reply.

Cold demeanor?

Why hadn’t she felt it?

The Omega’s body temperature was indeed quite low, but she was soft everywhere else.

Shen Qingyu quickly withdrew her gaze, as if the earlier look had been an illusion, and continued to sign her name for the camera: “It’s because I always had black hair when filming before. Now that I’m going to be a girl group mentor, I dyed it.”

“As for why white—”

Zhu Songning remembered Shen Qingyu asking her questions yesterday and her heart clenched, gripping the corner of her shirt.

“I just suddenly wanted to dye it this color, there’s no other meaning.”

Zhu Songning hadn’t fully exhaled when she heard Shen Qingyu’s voice again—

“Oh? A little one at home likes this color? That counts as half a reason, I suppose?”

[A little one? Why have I never heard of Yu-Yu having a child at home?]

[Am I the only one who thinks the way Yu-Yu said “little one” was exceptionally doting?!]

[Hey, look there, isn’t Zhu Songning’s earlobe slightly red?]

[No wonder she’s wearing so many layers, she must really be sensitive to cold…]

In just a short initial appearance by the mentor and trainees, Youth Trainee 2 had almost dominated half of Weibo’s trending topics.

And half of those were related to Shen Qingyu.

#YouthTraineeGodlyLineup# #ShenQingyuYouthTrainee# #ShenQingyuWhiteHairedNobleVampire# #LuConghuanFromC-RankTraineeToMentor#

Zhu Songning also briefly appeared at the tail end of the hot search list thanks to her performance today.

However, the hashtag was a bit strange.

#MyFatedStomach-FriendlyTopAlpha1#

The director was very pleased, the director was all smiles.

She squatted on the ground with a megaphone, announcing the end of today’s live broadcast.

“Please prepare well, trainees. Tomorrow, we will have the first ranking evaluation and grouping for Youth Trainee 2. All trainees will be divided into four groups, led by their respective mentors, for the practice of the theme song.”

Four groups?

That means Shen Qingyu isn’t included.

Zhu Songning relaxed slightly.

Perhaps Shen Qingyu was just here to lend her name to the show and boost its popularity.

But she still couldn’t completely drop her guard.

With the director’s announcement to dismiss, she immediately embraced the self-awareness of an off-duty worker and swiftly vanished without a trace.

Lu Conghuan saw her and tried to follow, but then met Xu Zhe’s gaze and silently stopped.

On the other side.

Zhu Songning collected her luggage but didn’t leave immediately for the dorms arranged by the production team.

She took a detour and waited on the inevitable path to the mentors’ accommodation.

Waiting for a rabbit.

Finally, the figure with the white hair appeared in her line of sight.

Grabbing the wrist, pulling the person inside, closing the door.

The actions were seamless.

By the time Shen Qingyu reacted, she was already inside the utility closet.

Her adrenaline immediately surged, but as she smelled the familiar Alpha scent, she gradually relaxed.

The utility closet wasn’t lit, with only a small window letting in weak light.

Shen Qingyu tilted her head back: “Ningning?”

“Don’t call me that.”

Zhu Songning’s expression was smiling, her tone friendly, yet it gave off a sense of danger. The white glove clasped Shen Qingyu’s cold wrist. “Why did you come?”

“Do you find it amusing to tease me?”

The Alpha’s eyes narrowed dangerously.

The original plot never featured Shen Qingyu becoming a mentor; this could only be her own decision.

But… why?

Why would she come?

What exactly is she here for?

Shen Qingyu felt a sense of crisis, like being stared at by a predator, but this feeling brought her not fear or panic, but a thrill of being watched.

She blinked slowly: “Ningning, are you perhaps misunderstanding something?”

“My participation in this show is also at someone else’s request. I didn’t mean to chase after you.”

“What kind of person do you take me for? I have so many announcements every day, I’m very busy too.”

Shen Qingyu was pressed against the door, yet her expression was surprisingly pleased.

In the moment Zhu Songning was contemplating the reliability of her words, the beauty frowned slightly, turned her head, and looked down at the wrist she was tightly restraining, letting out a soft “hiss.”

“You hurt me.”

Zhu Songning’s cheek was gently brushed by her white hair. She stared blankly at the silver-white hair and that pitiful, yet flawless, half-profile. For a moment, she suddenly couldn’t utter any harsh words.

She sighed, released her hand, and her attitude softened.

Stepping back a few paces, the Alpha’s oppressive aura was quickly withdrawn.

“I’m sorry.”

“You don’t need to be so resistant towards me.”

Shen Qingyu lowered her head and rubbed her wrist. In Zhu Songning’s eyes, the wrist was slender, white, and delicate, with faint red marks. That glaring color reminded her how easily the Omega’s body left traces, just like that night.

“After all, we are married.”

“It’s just an agreement.”

Zhu Songning spoke.

“When you need me to step forward and help you get back your shares, I will be there.”

“But at any other time,” she forced her gaze away from Shen Qingyu’s face, “we should maintain a certain distance.”

“Since you are here at someone’s request, let’s each do our own thing and not interfere with one another.”

She still had to take revenge on that couple in this show.

The C-position should belong to someone more capable, not someone with connections.

Like her.

As for Shen Qingyu—

It’s best to stay far away and have no contact.

That would be the safest way.

Good for both of them.

Having said what needed to be said, Zhu Songning turned to leave.

This was still a filming location, and her prolonged stay with Shen Qingyu could easily be discovered and cause suspicion.

Shen Qingyu’s voice came quietly: “…As you wish.”

Finally, it’s been sorted out.

No more heart-pounding speculation like in the previous days.

Zhu Songning carried her suitcase with a light step, walking towards the trainees’ dormitory.

Since the initial evaluation was tomorrow, the current dorm assignments were based on the preliminary rankings.

She was No. 101, the last place, graded F, and stayed in the worst-conditioned six-person room.

But it didn’t matter; after tomorrow, she would bid farewell to this place.

Everything was moving in a positive direction.

Tomorrow would be a new, beautiful day.

The moment she pushed open the dorm room door, the System, which had been silent in her mind, suddenly spoke.

A cold electronic current pierced her eardrums—

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering Mission Two! Please interlock hands and fingers with the target person! Time limit: 24 hours!]

Zhu Songning’s step into the room abruptly stumbled over the door frame.

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