After Transmigrating, I Fell in Love with a Top-Tier Movie Queen - Chapter 103

Moonlight and Milk Tea

Moonlight covered everything. The distant sea was tranquil, occasionally kissed by waves against the rocks. Sitting on a wicker chair in the Sky Garden, one could faintly hear the sound of the ocean.

Lin Xin leaned back against the chair, bathing in the moonlight. On the small glass table in front of her sat a cup of sweet milk tea.

After Ye Linghua refused to take things further, they asked room service to bring up dinner.

After dinner, Lin Xin suddenly wanted milk tea. Ye Linghua didn’t mince words with the hotel owner, calling directly to ask someone to buy it.

Soon after, a server delivered it. It was from a famous milk tea shop in the city. The location was not close to the hotel, but the delivery was very fast.

Lin Xin was shocked at the time. Checking the time, she realized the person must have left immediately after the phone call, without daring to delay for a single moment!

Immediately, Lin Xin curiously asked her: “Who was that man?”

“He’s the owner of this hotel.” Ye Linghua helped insert the straw into her drink, then smiled and said: “The hotel business isn’t great and needs some financing. And I just happen to be in that line of work.”

Lin Xin suddenly understood, then quietly asked: “So, are you planning to invest?”

Ye Linghua nodded: “Yes.”

Lin Xin immediately felt that their stay tonight was too expensive. Ye Linghua saw through her thoughts at a glance and reassured her with a smile: “The project isn’t too bad, and the investment won’t be a loss.”

Lin Xin mumbled: “If it won’t be a loss, the owner wouldn’t need to look for secondary investment after being open for so long, would he?”

Ye Linghua chuckled and didn’t argue. Lin Xin added: “Actually, we could just pay ourselves. That way, we don’t owe anyone favors.”

Ye Linghua could only explain: “The situation is different. Two major events just broke this afternoon. Weibo crashed so badly that the paparazzi are definitely following closely. Before we arrived, the hotel owner had already brought people to sweep the entire hotel and personally guarded the underground parking lot. Before we even set off, the hotel had stopped accepting any new guests.”

Lin Xin was stunned, realizing she hadn’t paid attention to any of that.

Ye Linghua smiled and said: “The owner wanted to show his sincerity, and we just happened to need that sincerity. Besides, I’m serious when I say it won’t be a loss. The city recently announced a new policy. If this hotel holds out for another year or two, it will start making money.”

Although Lin Xin didn’t understand, she naturally trusted Ye Linghua. Moreover, she didn’t know much about these matters, so once she knew Ye Linghua wouldn’t lose out, she stopped worrying about it.

Because she was bored and Ye Linghua had to deal with some temporary work, Lin Xin took her milk tea out to the balcony.

The view from the Sky Garden was beautiful, with occasional cool breezes. Lin Xin sat on the wicker chair on the balcony and messaged Meng Keling to report that she was safe.

Lin Xin: 【Ye Linghua and I are at a hotel. We’re safe. Ye Linghua’s people intercepted the paparazzi halfway and blocked them. Don’t worry!】

Meng Keling: 【I heard.】

Lin Xin was momentarily confused: 【Heard? Heard from who?】

Meng Keling: 【The paparazzi themselves! Now you’re being portrayed online as a domineering CEO archetype.】

Lin Xin was even more bewildered: 【What do you mean ‘domineering CEO?’】

Meng Keling: 【What do you think? Who sends eight cars to block people halfway? The news is all over the internet.】

Lin Xin choked. She didn’t know what to say, as Ye Linghua’s actions truly fit the image of a domineering CEO.

The Dominatrix CEO’s Secret

“What’s wrong?”

Ye Linghua opened the glass door to the balcony and asked, seeing Lin Xin frown. Lin Xin looked up, seeing that Ye Linghua had already showered and changed into creamy-white silk pajamas. In her hand, she held two stemmed glasses, the red wine inside swaying gently as she walked.

Facing the silvery moonlight, Lin Xin recalled Meng Keling’s words about the domineering CEO and couldn’t help but laugh.

Ye Linghua’s mood brightened in response. She asked her: “What are you laughing about?”

Lin Xin murmured and laughed again: “Sister Meng said everyone online is guessing how much net worth I have.”

Ye Linghua placed a wine glass in front of her, then sat down across from her, assuming it was about the events of the afternoon. However, she curiously asked: “Why isn’t anyone guessing it’s me?”

Lin Xin rested her chin on her hands, gazing at her with fascination, and asserted: “They probably are, but there’s no definite evidence. They just always assume celebrities are rich, that I am rich.”

Ye Linghua smiled, also leaning on the table to narrow the distance between them. She reached out and played with Lin Xin’s hair, teasing her: “That’s not wrong, Boss!”

Lin Xin was choked again, knowing Ye Linghua was referring to their original relationship. She couldn’t help but blush and said: “You worked beside me for so long, and I barely heard you call me ‘Boss’ a few times.”

Ye Linghua genuinely paused to think, then replied: “Perhaps even back then, I already had impure intentions, which is why I preferred to call you Xin Xin. $(^▽^)”

It wasn’t impossible that she harbored impure intentions even before she realized it herself.

So, she reasonably called her “Xin Xin,” reasonably fell for her, and after only a brief period of internal conflict, reasonably went ahead and confessed.

Thinking back on the past, which was just last year, it hadn’t been long, yet she couldn’t help but feel nostalgic for those early days.

Lin Xin glared at her: “You knew all along!”

Ye Linghua was delighted by the glare. Her joyful laughter in the night sounded like a melodic piano piece, relaxing and captivating to anyone who heard it.

Immersed in the moonlight, the two sipped the expensive wine and chatted casually.

Time flowed quickly in this pleasant atmosphere until it neared 11 PM, signaling they would soon retire for the night.

Ye Linghua looked down at the stemmed glass in her hand, rubbing the base thoughtfully.

Lin Xin asked her, puzzled: “What’s wrong?”

“You said you only ever held hands with Zheng Lanwen, right?” Ye Linghua asked with genuine confusion: “Why?”

Lin Xin widened her eyes. Is that a decent question to ask? Should she say she had no charm? That Zheng Lanwen hated the sight of her?

However, Ye Linghua remarked with a sigh: “I tried putting myself in her shoes, and I realized I’m not even as much of a gentleman as she was. After all, once I realized my feelings for you were impure, I was thinking all sorts of inappropriate things every day. If I were Zheng Lanwen, wouldn’t I have kissed you on the first day of marriage… Hiss, do you think Zheng Lanwen might be impotent?”

While Lin Xin had no idea why Ye Linghua suddenly came up with this random thought, her feelings at that moment couldn’t be described as mere speechlessness.

She stared deeply at Ye Linghua, then said cruelly and coldly: “You’re not much better.”

She booked a hotel room only to have a purely platonic chat. How did she have the nerve to mock others?

Ye Linghua choked, quickly changing the subject: “…Let’s talk about the ‘domineering CEO’ thing!” Saying this, Ye Linghua actually pulled out her phone and entered the Super Topic, ready to see if anyone had dug up her CEO identity.

Lin Xin leaned in to look with her and was surprised to see Ye Linghua expertly navigate into the Rising Star Super Topic.

Lin Xin stared at her in shock, thinking: This person ships us? She looks so respectable, but she’s actually a CP fan.

However, just as Lin Xin finished that thought, she noticed something unusual in Ye Linghua’s followed list when she backed out.

It took her a moment to realize that Ye Linghua was indeed a CP fan, but she hadn’t followed Rising Star; she had followed the News Super Topic (Xin-Zheng).

So, this person is…

Lin Xin was utterly shocked, her eyes wide as she looked at Ye Linghua, her voice trembling: “You’re actually a News CP fan? You’re a CP fan of me and Zheng Lanwen?”

Ye Linghua was dumbfounded by her: “…What kind of insane talk is that?”

Lin Xin was still in shock, muttering wildly: “…The first time you came to find me, could it have been to confirm if the News CP was real?” That’s why she came looking for me, even though we weren’t familiar with each other.

As someone in the industry, Lin Xin wasn’t completely clueless about CP fans; after all, she had a few CPs floating around herself!

But Lin Xin’s shocked appearance still left Ye Linghua speechless. Finally, she stood up, sighed, and remarked: “…Your imagination…”

Then, she chose to use her mouth to silence Lin Xin’s wild conjectures. Otherwise, if she let her continue, she might end up being labeled a News CP fan who infiltrated her life just to ship them.

Meanwhile, the phone resting on the table displayed a new Weibo post, accidentally discovered by a fan:

【Speaking of, I just searched for the mermaid tail necklace online and discovered that Big Shot Ling also posted about it before!】