After Transmigrating, I Fell in Love with a Top-Tier Movie Queen - Chapter 45

Lin Xin walked Meng Kelin to the front gate of the yard. The driver who came to pick her up was the only driver in the company. Since the studio was just starting out, they tried to save money on unnecessary expenses.

So, the driver was also responsible for picking up and dropping off people in the company besides Lin Xin.

Meng Kelin got in the car. When she saw Lin Xin still standing by the car, her heart warmed. She couldn’t help but say to her, “I’ve thought about Ye Linghua a lot. It’s plausible that she has friends in the investment circle, but I later asked someone about that restaurant. The person behind the scenes is not an ordinary person.”

Lin Xin blinked, as if she didn’t understand.

Meng Kelin gave a helpless smile and concluded with one sentence. “Ye Linghua is probably not a simple person.”

Lin Xin still blinked her big eyes.

Meng Kelin sighed and stopped talking about Ye Linghua. She knew Lin Xin didn’t want to hear it. Remembering something else, Meng Kelin changed the subject. “Speaking of which, Zheng Lanwen contacted me.”

Lin Xin was shocked and turned to look at Meng Kelin.

When Meng Kelin saw her reaction, her heart sank. She tentatively asked, “You want to see her?”

Lin Xin quickly shook her head. “No, why did she contact you?”

Meng Kelin: “She didn’t say. She just said she wanted to see you. I didn’t agree. She’s popular now and has a pretty big temper. She ranted on the phone, saying I was overstepping.”

Lin Xin couldn’t imagine the usually calm and composed Zheng Lanwen shouting on the phone.

Meng Kelin: “The way she was talking, she was saying she wanted to apologize to you for leaving so decisively. I really have to thank her. If it weren’t for the song Dusk and the investment Ye Linghua helped you get, you wouldn’t be where you are today, and a simple ‘I’m sorry’ wouldn’t be enough. Anyway, I scolded her and hung up the phone.”

Lin Xin’s delicate brows slightly furrowed. She didn’t understand what Zheng Lanwen’s intention was in apologizing at this point.

Meng Kelin: “Did you block her number?”

Lin Xin nodded. “I did.”

Meng Kelin was relieved and told the driver to leave.

Lin Xin turned and went back to the villa. She looked at her watch. It was already 7:00 PM. She couldn’t help but look at the stairs. The area where the light hit was empty, but for some reason, Lin Xin felt a sense of lonely desolation in that empty space.

Shaking off this inexplicable emotion, Lin Xin turned and went to the kitchen. Before Ye Linghua came downstairs, she would make dinner.

Because Ye Linghua had a wound on her face, she didn’t dare to prepare anything spicy. The meals she had prepared for the day were all light.

Because of the recording and talking with Meng Kelin all day, she obviously didn’t have time to buy fresh ingredients today. Zhu Fang had been with Meng Kelin these past few days, so Lin Xin was a little out of her element. But these were things that should have been taken care of by Ye Linghua, the personal assistant. But Ye Linghua was never good at this.

It seemed very common for her to forget to buy ingredients for a day or two.

Because there wasn’t a lot of ingredients, Lin Xin decided to simply make some noodles.

Fortunately, there were still some things in the freezer that Ye Linghua had bought when she was feeling lazy. Lin Xin wasn’t a spoiled young lady from a wealthy family, so she wasn’t picky about food. As long as it tasted good, she could accept it.

It was only in the past few years that her living standards had gone up, and the housekeeper she hired was a good cook, so her food had become more high-end.

Because of what Meng Kelin had said before she left, Lin Xin was a little curious. Although she didn’t care about Zheng Lanwen and didn’t want to have anything to do with her again, it was precisely because they had reached a dead end that Lin Xin was curious about why she had come back.

Lin Xin made dinner absentmindedly. When she saw the two bowls of clear noodles with poached eggs, char siu, and some vegetables floating in them, her mood finally improved.

She walked to the bottom of the stairs and looked up at the second floor.

She was surprised to find that the lights in the hallway on the second floor were off. There was no light coming from the bedroom either. Was Ye Linghua’s bedroom door closed?

Lin Xin walked up a few steps, held the railing, and shouted, “Ye Linghua?”

The sound traveled up the spiral staircase. When it reached the second floor, it entered an empty space and echoed.

Lin Xin froze. She walked up a few more steps and continued to shout, “Ye Linghua, dinner’s ready.”

There was still no response. In the quiet environment, it was as if no one else was in the villa besides her.

She thought about it seriously. Had a person as wonderful as Ye Linghua really existed?

Lin Xin’s heart sank, and she was annoyed at her own inexplicable thought. Of course, Ye Linghua had existed. She remembered every moment Ye Linghua had been by her side.

Even the heart-pounding moments and the intoxicating gentleness had made her fall for her several times.

Thinking this, Lin Xin quickened her pace and ran upstairs.

She shouted, “Ye Linghua! What are you doing? I’ve already made dinner! You’re an adult. Why aren’t you answering?”

Hoping for a quick response, she didn’t even have time to turn on the lights in the hallway.

In the dim environment, without waiting for her eyes to adjust, she relied on her memory to find Ye Linghua’s bedroom.

The light from the room was slowly seeping out from the crack under the door. In the dim hallway, this little bit of light was like the morning light behind a mountain.

Lin Xin’s panicked heart suddenly calmed down. She grabbed the doorknob and calmed her ragged breathing from running.

Then, she changed her panicked expression to a calm one. Only then did she open the door. The harsh light made her squint.

Instinctively closing her eyes, she heard a light laugh from the bedroom.

Even without seeing, Lin Xin knew that Ye Linghua was slightly curving her eyes like a bright moon in the sky or a clear spring. The corners of her lips were curved like the warm sun in winter or the fresh flowers in spring.

It made people yearn for her.

Lin Xin’s eyes adjusted to the sudden light, and she could see Ye Linghua standing by the desk. It was just as she had imagined. How beautiful this person was. Even with a gauze bandage on her face, it couldn’t hide her radiant and captivating smile.

“What are you looking at?” Ye Linghua was looking at Lin Xin. Her affectionate almond-shaped eyes always looked full of love when they looked at people.

After spending a long time together, Lin Xin had to keep telling herself that Ye Linghua was just a personal assistant who loved to smile. Only then could she stop herself from narcissistically thinking that Ye Linghua really had feelings for her.

But when Ye Linghua really showed her feelings, it made her feel so flustered.

Lin Xin calmed her panicked heart, put on a smile, and her eyes sparkled under the light, like the finest gemstones.

Ye Linghua felt that she was probably a collector who was obsessed with collecting. To possess a gem like that, she would be willing to pay any price.

Lin Xin: “I called you, but you didn’t answer.”

Although it was a simple statement, Ye Linghua could hear the grievance in her voice.

In fact, she had heard Lin Xin calling her. But at that moment, she just wanted Lin Xin to find her.

In a relationship, Ye Linghua was willing to give, but if she never received a response, she would also become disheartened. Furthermore, the possibility that Lin Xin was just using her made her unable to see a future for them.

So, on a night like this, Lin Xin calling her name and searching for her with such anxiety seemed to make Ye Linghua forget all the setbacks.

Listening to Lin Xin’s resentful question, Ye Linghua just smiled gently and answered her, “I was writing a letter, so I didn’t pay attention.”

Lin Xin nodded in understanding. “Dinner’s ready. Do you want to come down and eat?”

Fearing that Ye Linghua would do something else, she added, “Otherwise, the noodles will get soggy.”

Ye Linghua chuckled. “Let’s go down and eat now!”

Lin Xin’s heart relaxed. Ye Linghua was still Ye Linghua. She turned and walked toward the door. Ye Linghua followed her from the desk.

When they got to the door, Ye Linghua suddenly reached out from behind her, past her cheek. The slight touch made Lin Xin’s heart tremble, but Ye Linghua just turned on the lights in the hallway.

The darkness was instantly gone, and the light shone on every corner of the hallway.

Lin Xin stood at the door. Ye Linghua was right behind her. She lowered her head slightly and whispered close to Lin Xin’s ear, “Why didn’t you turn on the lights when you came up?”

It was a simple question, but for some reason, it felt full of amorousness, making her heart tremble. The breath she exhaled on her earlobe felt warm, like the strongest aphrodisiac.

Lin Xin felt a tingle from her earlobe all the way down to her heart.

The embarrassing feeling made Lin Xin lower her head to hide her unnatural expression, but her fair neck was exposed to Ye Linghua’s eyes. Her skin seemed to be faintly pink.

Ye Linghua’s eyes darkened. The tone of her voice was also a little hoarse. “You didn’t fall on your way up, did you?”

Lin Xin felt that Ye Linghua was acting strange tonight, but she couldn’t pinpoint what was strange. She could only shake her head and quicken her pace toward the stairs.

Ye Linghua looked away, closed the door, and followed behind her.

Perhaps because of Ye Linghua’s unusual behavior tonight, Lin Xin couldn’t help but tremble when she heard the sound behind her. She was afraid that Ye Linghua would walk too fast and get too close, but deep down, she was so expectant.

Of course, until they sat down at the dining table, Ye Linghua acted like a gentleman and didn’t do anything else unusual.

The two of them sat across from each other. Although the noodles in front of them looked bland, they were chewy and flavorful. The vibrant green vegetables and the perfect poached egg made them both very hungry.

Ye Linghua took a bite of the noodles and praised sincerely, “You made these noodles yourself, didn’t you?”

Lin Xin’s face turned red. She whispered, “I couldn’t find any noodles, so I made them myself.”

Ye Linghua nodded and looked at Lin Xin with a smile. “Thank you for your hard work.”

Lin Xin: “…” That smile is so radiant and dazzling!!!

Lin Xin put down her chopsticks and touched her cheeks with her hands. They were so hot they were a little flushed.

She felt that Ye Linghua’s every move was becoming abnormal again. If she wasn’t just being a fool, was this person trying to woo her?

Thinking this, she secretly looked up at the opposite side. She didn’t expect to see that Ye Linghua had been watching her the whole time. Lin Xin’s face turned even redder when she was caught in the act.

Ye Linghua narrowed her eyes and asked, “Why are you hiding? Did I do something strange?”

Lin Xin shook her head like a rattle drum. She lowered her head, picked up her chopsticks, and quickly stuffed a bowl of noodles into her mouth.

Ye Linghua didn’t say anything more or expose her. She lowered her head and ate dinner with Lin Xin.

They ate in silence, so they finished quickly. The bottoms of their bowls were empty in no time.

Lin Xin got up to clean the dishes. Ye Linghua helped her.

Lin Xin: “You don’t have to.”

Ye Linghua: “My face is the one that’s hurt.”

Lin Xin was stunned. “Huh?”

Ye Linghua: “My hands are fine.” With that, she helped take the dishes to the sink.

Lin Xin then realized what she meant. She looked at the clean table and quickly went to the sink.

Together, they tidied up the kitchen in less than two minutes.

She looked at the time. It was past 8:00 PM. It was time to wash up and go to bed.

So, they turned off the lights on the first floor and went upstairs. Ye Linghua followed behind Lin Xin, stepping where Lin Xin had stepped, one step at a time, up the spiral staircase.

The staircase that usually felt very short seemed especially long to Lin Xin tonight.

The quietness of the night, the coolness of late autumn, and the passionate gaze behind her were all impossible to ignore. Lin Xin couldn’t help but pull her jacket tighter.

Ye Linghua raised her eyelids, revealing her dark eyes that seemed to contain a galaxy of stars. She looked at the figure in front of her and smiled softly.

When they got to the second floor, they walked to their respective bedroom doors. Lin Xin finally felt less suffocated. She turned to Ye Linghua and said with a smile, “Good night.”

But she saw Ye Linghua’s eyes on her. Lin Xin paused. Without thinking, she reached out and turned off the light in the hallway. The bright hallway instantly plunged into darkness, naturally concealing Ye Linghua’s ambiguous expression.

Lin Xin let out a sigh of relief. She put her hand on the doorknob. Click. The closed wooden door to the bedroom opened a little.

The light from the room squeezed through the small crack and fell on the back of her hand.

“Xinxin, I like you.”

In the quiet environment, this sudden confession was almost ignored by Lin Xin.

Lin Xin’s gaze was still on the light on the back of her hand. After a while, she realized what Ye Linghua had said. She looked at Ye Linghua beside her blankly. The light from the crack wasn’t enough to illuminate Ye Linghua’s face. She couldn’t see what kind of expression she had, which made her choose to confess in the dark of the night, in this quiet hallway, at this very moment before she was about to go to bed. It was clearly not the best time no matter how you looked at it!

Lin Xin almost thought she was hearing things. Even without seeing, she still looked at where Ye Linghua was standing and asked uncertainly, “What did you say?”

“I said…” Ye Linghua didn’t get annoyed. Instead, she said again, “I like you.”

Lin Xin: “…”

Lin Xin stood there without any reaction.

Ye Linghua was very calm. She asked again, “Xinxin, do you like me?” After thinking that “like” was too heavy, she rephrased it. “Are you willing to like me?”

Lin Xin: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Ye Linghua’s expectant eyes darkened. She stared at Lin Xin for a while and then took a step forward, standing in front of Lin Xin.

The sudden closeness made Lin Xin’s heart jump. But she was quickly captivated by the sudden pressure and the sweet fragrance that came from her.

Ye Linghua wrapped her arms around Lin Xin’s waist and pulled her into her embrace.

Just as she had expected Lin Xin not to accept her confession, Ye Linghua also expected Lin Xin not to push her away.

The warm bodies and soft skin touching each other felt like an electric current, making them both tingle.

Lin Xin’s heart started to beat faster. The blood in her body rushed to her oxygen-deprived head, making her face flush. Her eyes, filled with affection, looked at Ye Linghua.

She didn’t know how tempting she looked at that moment. She was like a peach with raindrops on it. Just looking at her made Ye Linghua want to take a bite.

Ye Linghua recalled the several times she had crossed the line tonight and had gotten the response she wanted. If she had gotten a response every time she got close to her, then even if she didn’t say it, she must like her, right?

Ye Linghua, let’s try it once! What does it matter if you’re being used?

Can you afford to lose? What a joke? Is Ye Linghua someone who can’t afford to lose?

The dim environment was always suitable for all kinds of ambiguous atmospheres. The gazes that were intertwined seemed to be able to form a thread.

Their heads were getting closer and closer. Their red lips were almost touching, and their breaths had already intertwined.

But the woman in front of her asked politely, “Lin Xin, can I?”

The low and hoarse question, like a temptation, seduced Lin Xin to slowly nod her head.

At that moment, the red lips pressed down. It was a gentle probe at first, and then it deepened little by little. Unlike Ye Linghua’s gentle nature, her kiss was domineering.

Her tongue slowly passed through, prying open Lin Xin’s pearly teeth.

The sweet saliva was intertwined on their tongues. The sound of their kiss and the lustful atmosphere became more and more intense.

Ye Linghua felt Lin Xin’s trembling response and her slightly weak body.

Getting this kind of response, Ye Linghua’s eyes also slowly became hazy.

She pulled Lin Xin even tighter into her embrace. Perhaps it was the external force that made Lin Xin sober up at that moment.

She suddenly used her hands and pushed Ye Linghua away. With the force of the push, Lin Xin also backed up and bumped into the door behind her.

At that moment, the light from the room suddenly shined out, illuminating Ye Linghua’s somewhat shocked expression.

Lin Xin reached up and wiped the water from her lips. She said in embarrassment, “This, this is just a normal physiological response.”

Ye Linghua was stunned. She looked at Lin Xin and asked calmly, “So, you’re saying you’re only responding to me physiologically?”

They didn’t go any further, so what was with the “physiological”? But Lin Xin’s actions had already clearly expressed her rejection.

Lin Xin looked away and didn’t respond. She just said, “From now on, don’t call me Xinxin.”

Ye Linghua blinked. The light on her eyelashes fell, and her eyes lost their sparkle. But Ye Linghua didn’t lose her composure because of this. She just lowered her eyes and hid all the emotions in them.

Under Lin Xin’s almost unfriendly request, she agreed. “Okay.”

After that, there was silence, which made Lin Xin suddenly regret saying too much. But… it was too fast.

At that moment, she had almost nodded without a second thought to agree to be in a relationship.

But, it was still too fast.

She was scared.

“Go to sleep, Lin Xin.” Ye Linghua went back to her bedroom door. She turned and looked at Lin Xin, as if all the embarrassment was a small matter. She said to Lin Xin with a comforting smile, “Go to sleep, and you’ll forget all about it.”

Lin Xin nodded frantically and hid in her bedroom. Before she closed the door, she heard Ye Linghua say sincerely in her unique gentle voice, “I’m very sorry.”

Bang! The door closed, shutting out the apology.