After Marrying the Cold Omega in Secret - Chapter 55

Whether it was the alcohol or shyness, Chi Ye’s cheeks were burning hot, already flushed red.

She neither confirmed nor denied Chu Jin’s words.

Chu Jin naturally took it as tacit agreement.

Although things were already at a critical point, Chu Jin’s mind still maintained a last shred of sobriety. She said softly, “Wait, let’s take a bath first.”

Washing up before the act is good for the body.

“The wound on my foot has healed too.” Chu Jin’s expression was hazy, her lips still curved in a smile. She tucked a strand of hair behind Chi Ye’s ear, her tone indulgent: “Shall we take a bath together?”

Chi Ye swallowed and nodded slightly, her voice muffled: “Okay.”

Having gotten an answer, Chu Jin prepared to get up. However, before she could even prop herself up, she fell sideways.

The intense drunkenness robbed her of her last bit of consciousness.

Chi Ye found it strange – how did she suddenly fall over like that? She quickly got up to check on Chu Jin lying on her side.

Motionless, breathing steadily.

A “?” rose in Chi Ye’s mind.

Asleep?

How could she fall asleep in this situation?!

Her usually cold expression was filled with shock for the first time, her heart a mix of emotions.

At this moment, she was filled with regret. If only she had known not to give her so much alcohol. Who knew Chu Jin would drop the ball at such a crucial moment.

–

When Chu Jin woke up, she was alone in the room.

She rubbed her aching head, taking a long while before sitting up.

Looking around, she realized she was lying in Chi Ye’s bed, wearing the nightgown she had changed into before drinking last night. The collar was loose, revealing a glimpse of spring scenery.

She pressed her temples, trying to search for memories of last night in her brain, but no matter how hard she tried, her memory cut off after they went up to the rooftop.

She could only recall what happened during dinner. As for later, she only vaguely remembered a few fragments.

They seemed to have kissed.

On the rooftop, in the hallway, and on this bed…

Suddenly another scene flashed in her mind – herself pressing down on Chi Ye, saying softly that she would use her fingers to make her feel good.

!!

The more Chu Jin thought about it, the more shocking it seemed.

It was even unbelievable!

Drinking really does more harm than good!

Isn’t this just drunken debauchery?!

She then decided to stay away from alcohol in the future. This stuff was even harder to control than her pheromones during her susceptible period.

Most crucially, she couldn’t remember whether they actually did it or not afterwards!

Chu Jin patted her forehead, taking deep breaths to calm herself down.

But at least Chi Ye wasn’t here now, so she had some buffer time.

Chu Jin picked up her phone from the bedside table and opened it to find it was already 11 am.

There was also a message from Chi Ye on the screen.

It was sent at 8 am.

It was a voice message, brief and in her usual cold tone.

[I’ve gone to the company. Contact me if anything comes up.]

Chu Jin listened to it several times but couldn’t discern any emotion, nor could she deduce from this whether they had done it last night or not.

Her fingers hovered over the keyboard hesitantly for a long while before finally typing two short words: [Okay.]

After thinking for a moment, she added a cute emoji.

After sending the emoji, unexpectedly the other party replied immediately:

[Go downstairs later for some hangover soup. I’ve already asked the housekeeper to prepare it.]

This time Chi Ye typed the message, making it even harder for Chu Jin to judge her tone.

However, this kind of thoughtful care showed that Chi Ye still cared about her very much.

Chu Jin speculated silently.

Leaving for the company at 8 am meant she must have gotten up very early, yet she still remembered to prepare hangover soup for her. This indicated that even if they really did it last night, her performance must have been quite good.

Otherwise, why would Chi Ye be so warm and caring?

After a series of reasonable deductions, Chu Jin replied with a thank you and sent a heart emoji, conveying a hint of intimacy.

But there was no further response from the other side.

Chu Jin waited for a while, guessing that Chi Ye must have gotten busy, then returned to the main page and opened the chat with her assistant Feng Pei’er.

She found the day’s schedule that had been sent to her.

Chu Jin’s heart suddenly tightened.

It had been sent last night, but she was too drunk to see the message at the time. Chu Jin anxiously skimmed through it quickly, but fortunately there were no arrangements for the morning. She was only asked to go to the company at 3 pm.

It said there was a special acting class arranged for her to learn, and she could also practice the script for next week’s audition.

Chu Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Luckily she hadn’t messed up work because of alcohol.

It was almost lunchtime now, so she needed to hurry and get ready. Chu Jin quickly got out of bed. With Chi Ye not around, she habitually returned to her own room.

She hadn’t stayed in her room since coming back these past two days.

Chu Jin quickly took a shower, then went to the walk-in closet to find an outfit for today.

As soon as she entered, she sensed something different.

Chu Jin examined carefully for a while, her pupils constricting slightly as she suddenly realized!

How did so many clothes and bags get replaced with Chanel?!

It wasn’t like this when she left. Now at least two cabinets had been replaced with new items.

While Chu Jin was puzzled, her thoughts suddenly went back to many days ago – when she, Chi Ye and Qiao Man had a date together.

They went to do pottery together. Chu Jin helped Chi Ye color the cup, and in the end Chi Ye wrote two C’s on the bottom of the cup, symbolizing both their surnames. Then Chu Jin said they should have just drawn a Chanel logo, which would look better.

That was the only related incident she could think of.

So, just because of that one sentence from her, Chi Ye had replaced most of the clothes, shoes and bags with Chanel?

While Chu Jin found it unbelievable, she couldn’t help but feel a warmth in her heart.

In the end, she specially chose one of the new dresses Chi Ye had replaced, to not let her thoughtfulness go to waste.

After changing clothes and applying light makeup, Chu Jin went downstairs. She was about to go out after eating when she saw the driver had been waiting outside the gate for a long time.

Seeing Chu Jin, the driver quickly opened the car door for her and said respectfully, “Today Miss Chi instructed me to be on standby at all times. I’ll take you wherever you want to go, madam.”

Chu Jin had originally thought about not troubling Chi Ye and seeing if she could take a taxi to the company.

But then she realized that in this high-end villa complex, she probably wouldn’t be able to get a car until she was outside the main gate. And their villa was halfway up the mountain, so she’d have to walk quite a distance to reach the gate.

Just as she was worrying, she didn’t expect Chi Ye to have already arranged everything for her.

It was quite thoughtful.

It seems her performance last night must have been really good to have thoroughly won Chi Ye over.

Chu Jin sat in the back seat, a satisfied smile curving her lips.

This was Chu Jin’s first time coming to the company since signing the contract. Having gained popularity from the dating show, many people greeted her proactively when she arrived at the company.

Feng Pei’er arrived earlier than Chu Jin. After greeting her, she led Chu Jin towards the acting practice room.

Along the way, she held back again and again, her fingers clenched tightly. In the end, she still couldn’t help but ask Chu Jin quietly, “Sister Qin, are you and that Chi Ye really…on the show?”

Chu Jin glanced at her to see Feng Pei’er’s eyes full of expectation, waiting for her response.

Chu Jin’s expression was gentle as she replied tactfully, “If it were real, wouldn’t Sister Lu have chopped me in half by now?”

Although Liu Lu had never asked her about her relationship with Chi Ye from beginning to end, and there were no mandatory regulations in the contract, Chu Jin had never mentioned this matter. It wasn’t a small issue, so it definitely couldn’t be widely publicized.

Even to her exclusive assistant.

After all, they had only been in contact for a short time. The necessary boundaries and precautions couldn’t be lacking.

Feng Pei’er didn’t catch Chu Jin’s hint. Her expression was a bit dejected as she nodded, “That’s true.”

When Chu Jin arrived at the acting room, there weren’t many people yet. She took the script and roughly went over the audition scene. After finishing the acting class together, she asked the teacher for advice on a few emotional transitions in the performance.

Then she started practicing on her own. By the time she was done, it was already 7 pm.

She had just taken out her phone to check the time when she saw a message from Song Xunyu asking where she was.

So the two of them arranged to have dinner together.

They went to the night market street where they often ate during their university days.

There were many people eating here, coming and going noisily. No one would pay attention to who was who. Although the environment wasn’t as high-end, the atmosphere made people feel relaxed and more able to feel the simple fireworks of life.

After the last plate of crayfish was served, Chu Jin raised her phone and took a photo of the table full of delicious food to send to Chi Ye.

Chi Ye quickly replied:

[Where?]

Chu Jin couldn’t help but smile, her fingers quickly tapping the keyboard:

[What? Feeling hungry?]

[At the Changning Road night market. I’ll bring you here to eat sometime.]

Before she could get a reply from the other side, Song Xunyu tapped her glass with chopsticks.

The crisp sound brought Chu Jin’s attention back.

Song Xunyu warned, “What’s going on? You’re not putting down your phone even when you’re with your sister. If this continues, I’ll have to punish you with a drink.”

Hearing the words “punish with a drink”, Chu Jin quickly put down her phone. “I just got drunk yesterday. I can’t drink today.”

“Drank with your wife?” Song Xunyu winked. “You little lovebirds are quite romantic.”

Chu Jin glared at her, peeled a crayfish and stuffed it in her mouth. “If you keep this up, I won’t help you get Feng Yuwei’s autographed photo anymore.”

“Hey hey hey!” Song Xunyu quickly gave in, taking the initiative to refill Chu Jin’s tea. “Sister Qin, how can you be so impulsive? I was just joking with you.”

“Come on, have some water to moisten your throat.”

Only then did Chu Jin smile with satisfaction.

“By the way, has it been confirmed that Feng Yuwei will play the supporting female role?” Song Xunyu continued to ask.

To keep Chu Jin from getting nervous, Liu Lu had told her that there was a supporting female role in “Indulgence” who likes the female lead, which would be played by Feng Yuwei.

Because Feng Yuwei was very suitable for that role, even though she was a popular young actress, she could only play a supporting role in this script.

This highlighted that director Su Chenxiao didn’t look at the actors’ status at all, but only chose roles according to who was suitable.

As for Chu Jin, it was because of her appearance at the pool party in the variety show that caught Su Chenxiao’s attention.*

Somehow he found out that Chu Jin happened to be an actress. At that time, Su Chenxiao had already decided that she was the destined Wen Qin.

Chu Jin nodded, “Yes.”

“That’s awesome. As expected of my Sister Qin.” Song Xunyu gave a thumbs up. “Although you’ll steal my Yuwei’s spotlight, I still support you the most in my heart.”

Song Xunyu got more and more excited as she spoke, “I have a feeling that this drama will definitely be a big hit, and you will become a big star in one leap!”

Chu Jin quickly stopped her exaggerated praise: “It’s still up in the air. I haven’t even auditioned yet.”

“I don’t care.” Song Xunyu shook her head, ignoring her words.

Then the two of them started to feast. Chu Jin had only eaten lunch at noon and was very hungry now. Everything tasted exceptionally delicious.

“This restaurant is really good,” Song Xunyu said, putting a spoonful of fried rice in her mouth and smiling with narrowed eyes. “You should bring your Chi Ye here to eat sometime.”

Speaking of which reminded Chu Jin that Chi Ye still hadn’t replied to the message she sent earlier.

Thinking of this, Chu Jin’s eyes darkened almost imperceptibly, but it quickly dissipated as she said nonchalantly, “She’s too delicate. She probably can’t handle this kind of food.”

“That’s not necessarily true. Maybe for your sake, Miss Chi would be very willing.”

Song Xunyu’s eyes rolled, as if she suddenly thought of something. The corners of her mouth curved into a meaningful smile.

Chu Jin had already guessed what she was going to say.

She was surely going to ask for gossip again.

Song Xunyu leaned closer to Chu Jin, lowering her voice mysteriously and saying, “That script is so intense. When you and Chi Ye act together, don’t let the fake become real.”

Chu Jin glared at her: “Don’t talk nonsense.”

“I’m just reasonably concerned,” Song Xunyu raised her eyebrows. “By the way, after drinking last night, did you take advantage of the alcohol to do anything?”

Chu Jin: “…”

She wished she knew what they did.

Chu Jin: “I don’t remember.”

“Blacked out?” Song Xunyu was a bit surprised. Then she frowned, “I told you to practice drinking with me more often, but you wouldn’t listen. Now you’ve been drunk under the table.”

“Sigh~ How embarrassing.”

Faced with Song Xunyu’s mockery, Chu Jin’s face turned a bit grim. She defended herself dissatisfiedly: “Although I blacked out, I have a feeling…”

“My performance last night was very good!”

The smug smile had barely faded from Chu Jin’s lips when she heard a voice behind her continue her words.

The tone was cold, with a hint of annoyance.

“The performance was indeed very good. You slept like the dead.”

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