After Transmigrating, I Fell in Love with a Top-Tier Movie Queen - Chapter 102

The CEO, the Secretary, and the Getaway

Facing her boss’s gaze, Xin Meng bravely stated: “If we don’t leave now, you’ll get sunburnt. The Madam makes her living with her face, so we should be careful, right?”

Makes her living with her face!?

Lin Xin was silent for a moment and looked at Ye Linghua.

Ye Linghua could only grit her teeth and say: “She has a point. Get in the car.”

Lin Xin was puzzled. What do you mean ‘makes her living with her face?’ Haven’t I always relied on my talent? Seeing Ye Linghua turn, she had no choice but to follow.

Xin Meng, seeing them approach, eagerly stepped forward to open the door. Under her beaming smile, Lin Xin got into the car.

Then Xin Meng looked at Ye Linghua with anticipation. Before getting in, Ye Linghua said: “I’m holding this month’s bonus.”

Xin Meng was startled and asked: “…Why? On what grounds?”

Ye Linghua countered with a serious expression: “Do you know why I’m not docking your salary?”

Xin Meng froze, foolishly asking: “Why?”

Ye Linghua smiled faintly: “Because what you said makes sense; docking a salary is legally questionable. But when it comes to bonuses, the final right of interpretation belongs to the boss.”

Xin Meng: “…”

Ye Linghua: “The reason for holding your bonus is that I think you have no eyes.”

Xin Meng: “…”

Just as Ye Linghua was about to get into the car, she heard Xin Meng mutter: “It’s all bottled up inside.”

Ye Linghua’s breath hitched. Her movement to get into the car stumbled slightly. She turned back and glared at Xin Meng: “If you can’t speak properly, then drive properly.”

Xin Meng: “…Yes, President Ye.”

Lin Xin, who had watched the entire scene from inside the car: “…”

Escaping the Paparazzi

Once Xin Meng began driving the two toward the city, Lin Xin quietly asked Ye Linghua: “Where are we going?”

Ye Linghua held her hand, leaning against the window, and replied weakly: “A hotel.”

Lin Xin: “…” She blinked, then was startled, pulling her hand away in shock.

Ye Linghua looked at her quizzically. Lin Xin gestured back and forth with her hands. Ye Linghua finally understood, raised an eyebrow, and smiled: “What did you think I was going to do?”

Lin Xin: “…”

Ye Linghua was amused by Lin Xin’s speechless expression and laughed twice: “Mainly, we just ate crayfish, so it wouldn’t be good to eat another meal just to talk. A hotel is convenient for discussion, and it has good privacy.”

Lin Xin felt that her reaction had been a little over the top and was quite uncomfortable. Fortunately, Xin Meng quickly offered a distraction. She looked into the rearview mirror and said with a frown: “President Ye, there’s a car following us.”

Ye Linghua: “Lose them.”

Then, Lin Xin watched Xin Meng say a few words into her phone. Before long, other cars appeared and quickly blocked the trailing car. Easily and simply, the paparazzi’s car was intercepted.

Lin Xin’s eyes widened, shocked. What kind of devilish drama plot is this?

Her phone buzzed twice. She looked down and saw a message from Meng Keling: Don’t let the paparazzi catch you.

Lin Xin replied with trembling fingers: We lost them.

Meng Keling: ???

After a moment, Meng Keling sent another message: Good that you lost them. She didn’t say anything more, which frustrated Lin Xin.

Lin Xin: “…” Isn’t this woman even curious how we lost them?

Soon, the car entered the city and stopped in the underground parking garage of a hotel.

The parking lot was brightly lit. The car stopped in front of an elevator.

Ye Linghua opened the door and got out, with Lin Xin following. Perhaps noticing Lin Xin checking her messages, Ye Linghua asked with concern: “Did Sister Meng say anything important just now?”

Lin Xin replied with a complicated look: “No.”

“That’s good.” Ye Linghua didn’t press for details. Instead, she turned to Xin Meng and said: “I’ll take Xin Xin up; you can head back now.”

Xin Meng: “Very good, President Ye.” (＾－＾)V Holiday time.

After Xin Meng left, Lin Xin turned and followed Ye Linghua toward the elevator. As they approached, she saw a man waiting by the elevator door. He was a man with thick hair, wearing wire-rimmed glasses. Seeing her and Ye Linghua approach, the man quickly opened the elevator door and greeted them respectfully: “Hello, President Ye. Hello, Madam.”

Lin Xin: “…” She felt this title was strangely cringey.

Ye Linghua also smiled and greeted him: “Hello, President Lin. This was a sudden matter; thank you for the trouble.”

The man quickly smiled and said it was no trouble. He then led the two into the elevator. Along the way, Ye Linghua only exchanged a couple of simple pleasantries with the man named President Lin. Lin Xin noticed that throughout the conversation, the man was visibly tense.

The elevator ascended smoothly. After a chime, they reached the top floor. The elevator doors slowly opened, revealing a luxurious European-style carpet extending from the elevator door.

The man held the elevator door to prevent it from closing and clipping anyone, then said to Ye Linghua: “The top floor is empty, and all service personnel have been cleared out. Here is the key card. The room is on the right of the elevator. If President Ye has any needs, just call.”

Ye Linghua took the card and smiled: “Thank you.”

Seeing Ye Linghua smile, the man relaxed and seemed very pleased. After Ye Linghua led Lin Xin out of the elevator, he remained inside and said: “I wish you both a pleasant stay.” Then, he happily pressed the button to go down.

The Presidential Suite

Ye Linghua led Lin Xin out of the elevator. The right-hand corridor led to a grand, reddish-brown wooden door that looked very imposing.

Unlike ordinary hotel doors, this one looked heavy, exuding an air of composure and luxury.

Using the card to unlock it, Ye Linghua pushed open the heavy wooden door and led Lin Xin into the room.

The vast space, with its obviously high-end design, made Lin Xin realize at a glance that this had to be the hotel’s Presidential Suite.

While the Leisurely Courtyard filming location was a 5A-rated tourist spot, the city itself was only a third or fourth-tier city.

In this small place, the hotel’s Presidential Suite—which might not be occupied even once a year—was surprisingly clean and bright.

Lin Xin slowly walked around the room, which was so large that it couldn’t be explored completely in a short time. Opening the glass doors to the balcony revealed an sky garden twice the size of her own home. The circle of flowers around the perimeter was meticulously cared for and looked beautiful.

Accompanied by the sea breeze, she could occasionally smell the floral scent, giving her a momentary illusion of peace.

But it was a hot summer day. After staying outside for a little while longer, she started to feel restless from the heat. Lin Xin returned inside. The room had central air conditioning, and every corner was cool. The air conditioning had already been turned on before she and Ye Linghua arrived.

The owner was truly thoughtful in preparing for Ye Linghua’s arrival.

Lin Xin thought to herself. She walked to the liquor cabinet, opened the door, and found many expensive bottles of alcohol, many of which Lin Xin didn’t recognize. She remembered an instance where she stayed in a lavish suite with Meng Keling—it was an upgrade from a luxury suite, a rare indulgence—but she hadn’t opposed it.

In a Presidential Suite, many of the bottles of liquor cost more than the room fee. Meng Keling had told her that some bottles in such lavish suites could be worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. That scared Lin Xin off at the time, and it was the same now; she only looked and didn’t plan on drinking.

She wasn’t some socialite. To put it bluntly, she was a country girl who had miraculously transformed into a ‘fake phoenix.’

But while she was a fake phoenix, Ye Linghua was the real one.

Lin Xin was about to close the liquor cabinet door when Ye Linghua reached in and took a bottle, asking Lin Xin: “Take one if you want a drink!”

Lin Xin: “…I suddenly feel like a toyboy being kept.”

Ye Linghua laughed at her words: “You are a representative of independent and self-reliant women. Don’t belittle yourself like that.”

Ye Linghua took the wine and led Lin Xin to the tea lounge, saying: “Come sit over here! The view from the tea lounge is better.”

Lin Xin looked at her casual manner, the subtle air of nobility in her every move. She thought back to the past when she never gave it much thought, assuming it was simply her personal demeanor.

Who would have thought that this aura was truly created by mountains of money?

Her mind was swirling with random thoughts, but her feet unconsciously followed.

The Presidential Suite was large, featuring everything from a dining room to a living room to a tea lounge. This hotel was already the largest in this third-tier city, and this suite was usually kept closed because it was too expensive.

But it must be said, the view from the tea lounge was excellent. Although the city was small, the scenery was beautiful! Sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows, feeling the cool breeze, sipping a sweet-tasting tea, she could see half the city and the endless ocean.

Ye Linghua was skilled at brewing tea. Even before, when Lin Xin watched her, she found her movements graceful, like a sage detached from the mundane world. It was the same now. The sight of her lowering her gaze and seriously brewing tea made her seem otherworldly. The thought of wanting to be intimate with her, even having zero-distance contact, felt like desecrating a deity.

“What are you thinking about?” Ye Linghua didn’t even look up at her.

Lin Xin was startled. She certainly couldn’t reveal her messy thoughts, so she could only ask: “Speaking of which, I still don’t know what you do for a living?”

Ye Linghua finally looked up at her. Her cool eyes softened when they met Lin Xin’s. She smiled and countered: “I didn’t try to hide it, but you never thought to ask, did you?”

Lin Xin was taken aback. She only knew Ye Linghua was impressive, with equally powerful friends who deferred to her. This made Lin Xin subconsciously feel that Ye Linghua must be incredibly successful, no matter what she did.

Because of this, she didn’t know how to ask.

Ye Linghua skillfully poured boiling water over the tea leaves. Steam rushed upward, carrying waves of tea fragrance. Even though Lin Xin didn’t know much about tea, she could tell this tea was special. The aroma cleansed the restlessness in her heart.

Lin Xin: “I was too embarrassed to ask before.”

Ye Linghua followed her lead: “Then let me reintroduce myself.” She offered a gentle, refined smile: “My independent start-up story wasn’t a lie. I did initially start a venture capital firm with some borrowed money from a few friends. I started my fortune with venture capital. In four years, I won’t claim to have done exceedingly well, but I don’t think it was too bad either.”

Lin Xin asked tentatively: “You mean ‘risk investment?'”

Ye Linghua nodded: “Yes.”

Lin Xin: “Is the risk high?”

Ye Linghua laughed: “They are all start-ups or developing companies; the risk is extremely high.”

Lin Xin remembered Ye Linghua saying she had also lost money when others asked her, and couldn’t help but ask: “So, when you said you also lost money…”

Ye Linghua nodded: “High risk, high reward. I don’t have omniscient power and can’t achieve 100% accuracy, so there are naturally times when I lose everything.”

Lin Xin immediately felt a pang of sympathy, but Ye Linghua’s next sentence was: “But generally speaking, I usually invest correctly, and the returns are not low. For example, last year, I invested in a company in the United States, and the return was 60 times within 11 months.”

Lin Xin: ” Couldn’t she have just said that in one sentence?

Lin Xin didn’t understand venture capital and didn’t grasp the meaning of 60 times. But judging by Ye Linghua’s boastful tone, it must be an extraordinary achievement.

She thought about many people in the industry who invest their earnings and then fail, eventually returning to acting. But she also knew that those who succeed in investment often retire backstage.

From then on, they lived better lives than those who worked hard filming, simply living off the dividends.

By the same logic, as long as one company allows Ye Linghua to earn a massive profit… Ye Linghua said she usually invests correctly. That’s absolutely incredible!

If that’s the case, couldn’t I just invest with her?

No, no, no. Lin Xin shook her head. I’m not interested in her money, why am I thinking about this?

“Are you done asking?” Ye Linghua sounded a little surprised. Lin Xin quickly nodded.

Ye Linghua chuckled softly and said: “Since you’re done asking, it’s my turn.”

Lin Xin froze, looking at her with wide eyes and asking incredulously: “You ask? Ask me? Ask me what?” Didn’t we already make everything clear?

Ye Linghua reached up and pulled out the necklace. The mermaid tail pendant dangled in front of Lin Xin, making Lin Xin’s face instantly flush red. Only then did she realize.

…The matter of the mermaid tail necklace still hadn’t been fully explained.

Ye Linghua: “Why did you buy it and give it to me? Since you gave it, why did you hide it? Since I found it, why didn’t you explain it? Since you like me, why did you reject me? Miss Xin Xin, do you know how heartbroken I was when you rejected me?”

The questions came one after another. Lin Xin hadn’t even figured out how to answer the previous question when the next one arrived. In her confusion, Ye Linghua stood up. Leaning over the table, she bent down toward her, reaching out to cup her chin…

The distance between them was extremely close. Their lips slightly touched as they spoke, creating a wave of numbness. Her eardrums seemed to pick up the sound of her own heartbeat, making Ye Linghua’s questions less distinct.

“And how heartbroken was Miss Xin Xin after I left?” The final syllable vanished as their lips met in a deep exchange.

It was only then that Lin Xin realized Ye Linghua didn’t need any answers.

She wanted to scold her, but could only feel the soft grinding on her mouth. Her pearly teeth were easily pried open, and their sweet saliva intertwined. It felt as if her internal organs were being stirred up by her. Her nostrils were filled entirely with the other’s scent. All she could think about was going further and further…

Not until Ye Linghua slowly pulled back the distance between them did Lin Xin’s hazy vision see that Ye Linghua was equally flustered. She reached out and smoothed Lin Xin’s slightly messy hair, saying in a husky voice: “I understand how you feel, Xin Xin. I know you like me, which is why you gave me the necklace. I also know you were afraid to send it to me, which is why you hid it. I also know you were afraid of a new relationship, which is why you rejected me. But in the future, let’s not hurt each other like this again.”

Lin Xin’s mind was a blur from the kiss. She could only nod emphatically.

Ye Linghua asked her: “Do you have anything else to say?”

With her brain still fuzzy, Lin Xin blushed and whispered: “I only ever held hands with Zheng Lanwen at most…”

Ye Linghua: “???” Huh?

Lin Xin’s face grew even redder: “So, I don’t know how to do anything else. If you…”

Ye Linghua’s mind went blank. She covered Lin Xin’s mouth: “Don’t say it, or I really will lose control.”

Lin Xin blinked, as if asking: Can’t you lose control?

Ye Linghua: “…” I want to, but I can’t.

Meng Keling: ” My fist is clenching.