After Transmigrating, I Fell in Love with a Top-Tier Movie Queen - Chapter 55.2

Several times, she felt Lin Xin covering her with a light blanket, the tips of her hair brushing her face as she leaned over, causing a slight tingling itch. The accidental touch of fingers when Lin Xin tucked in the blanket. The faint fragrance left behind after she stood up and left.

These moments were like the finest aphrodisiacs. Several times, Ye Linghua almost couldn’t resist pulling her closer to lie down with her.

But Ye Linghua was an extremely rational person. Even though she had fantasized about it countless times, she never acted on it.

…Ye Linghua’s expression stiffened.

She hadn’t completely refrained from acting. She had kissed her on the night she left.

Thinking about it now, Ye Linghua could still remember that softness, and the tremor that traveled from her lips deep into her heart.

This memory, which should have been forgotten long ago, was vividly imprinted in the deepest corner of her mind, every detail perfectly clear.

Ye Linghua slowly opened her eyes. The scenery outside had changed from the roadside trees to the airport parking lot.

The driver walked to Ye Linghua’s side, opened the door, and then quickly retrieved her luggage from the back seat.

Ye Linghua took the luggage. The driver asked: “Boss, when will you be back?”

New Year’s Day was a three-day holiday for the company. Ye Linghua didn’t want to disturb her staff’s rest, so she said: “It’s fine. Enjoy your holiday. I’ll take a car back myself when the time comes.”

The driver nodded but still said: “My phone will be on. You can call me anytime if you need anything, Boss.”

Ye Linghua chuckled, nodding: “Okay, go off work early today.”

She then pulled her suitcase toward the departure hall. All the way, her phone kept buzzing, and finally, it rang.

Ye Linghua picked up the phone, annoyed: “What’s going on?”

Walking from the parking lot to the departure hall, the road was covered in white snow, making it hard to push the suitcase. It left two deep tracks in the snow.

Xing Yan’s anxious voice asked: “Where are you?”

Ye Linghua: “My flight is at 10 AM. You all started screaming and shouting in the chat at 7 AM. What time is it now? Why are you so anxious to find me?”

Xing Yan: “We’ve arrived! Boarding time is almost over, so we’re rushing!”

Ye Linghua gave a low, charming laugh. If she wanted to, her voice could easily be captivating.

Even her skeptical tone now held a steady calmness: “I don’t think so, do you? Are you guys hiding something from me?”

Xing Yan yelled dramatically: “What the heck! Do you think I’m that kind of person?”

Ye Linghua: “You’re the most likely one out of everyone.”

Xing Yan loudly burst into tears and hung up.

Fortunately, she was the group’s designated loudmouth, so even her intentional over-the-top crying wouldn’t seem too strange.

As soon as the call ended, Xing Yan shivered and said: “Damn, she’s too sensitive.”

Tāng Qiáozī sat on her suitcase. Her features were round, giving her a generally cute look. Wearing a short white down jacket and a pumpkin hat, she asked innocently: “So, we’re hiding it from her. Are we going to get beaten?”

Next to her, a delicate-looking woman, who was Yè Fāng (Poisonous Celery) on Weibo, was adjusting her long hair and casually said: “She generally doesn’t hit people.”

Behind her, a woman in a red down jacket with long black hair draped behind her looked like a sweet, gentle sister. Wēn Zé not only looked gentle but had the personality to match. Hearing Yè Fāng’s words, she smiled slightly and said: “Unless it’s something really outrageous.”

And so, the only one wearing a black leather jacket, looking like a dominant older sister but being the most honest and meek—Shī Tōngqí—spoke up: “Don’t say that. What if we really do get beaten later?”

Yè Fāng immediately threw a punch, confidently declaring: “Don’t worry, I’ve trained too.”

Tāng Qiáozī ridiculed her mercilessly: “We’ve all trained, but you’re at the bottom of the class! Can the last-place student beat the first-place student?”

The group mocked, exposed each other’s weaknesses, and comforted one another all at once. Lin Xin stood not far from them, watching their unrestrained antics, feeling a degree of envy.

Suddenly, Xing Yan shouted: “Ye Linghua is here!”

Lin Xin and Meng Kelin turned from the crowd queueing to board. It was hard to spot her when she was immersed in the crowd.

However, Ye Linghua’s friends were all standing at the opposite end of the crowd, waving at her.

Lin Xin also secretly turned to look. She saw Ye Linghua with her black coat draped over her left wrist, pulling her suitcase with her right hand. She walked toward them, responding to her friends with a helpless expression.

She looked composed, stylish, and elegant.

Even the way she walked with long strides was particularly handsome—a breathtaking handsomeness.

Seeing the familiar face, the long-lost smile, the Ye Linghua she had longed for day and night—she was finally here!

Lin Xin’s heart suddenly constricted. Although they hadn’t been separated for long, it felt as though she had gone through the hundred flowers of spring, the scorching sun of summer, the decay of autumn, and the snowy white of winter.

Thinking closely, she realized they hadn’t been apart for that long.

Ye Linghua didn’t notice Lin Xin. She met up with her friends halfway and the group headed to the VIP lounge, where the flight attendants would handle everything.

Lin Xin turned back, pretending to be in line. Meng Kelin huddled behind Lin Xin. Seeing Ye Linghua again, Meng Kelin realized that this Ye Linghua was so different from the one in Yòuchéng! She grew worried that Ye Linghua would truly think she and Lin Xin were after her money.

Why did she have to be rich?

It makes us look so ill-intentioned.

Ye Linghua and her friends boarded the plane easily, as they were regulars.

Xing Yan had booked the airline they flew most often because its first class was the most comfortable, with enough space, strong privacy, and seats that could be adjusted to lie flat.

Once they boarded, they each found their seats. The plane taxied quickly and then took off. Once they reached cruising altitude and the plane stabilized, Ye Linghua adjusted her seat, intending to lie down and rest.

Some people were already up and moving in the cabin, but fortunately, the first-class cabin had few people, and everyone had their own space, so the noise didn’t bother her much.

Ye Linghua lay down on the makeshift bed, pulled the blanket over herself, put on an eye mask, and prepared for a good sleep.

Although the flight from Běichéng to Gǎngchéng was not long—only five hours—Ye Linghua hadn’t been sleeping well lately. She kept dreaming of Lin Xin’s dissatisfied voice and the sight of her frowning at her.

This kind of thing was incredibly tormenting!

Ye Linghua placed her hands on her abdomen, her consciousness slowly sinking. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard Meng Kelin’s voice: “I want a cup of water.”

Although Meng Kelin was over 40, she had taken good care of herself and looked only in her early thirties. However, as birth, aging, sickness, and death are natural laws, fine lines still appeared around her eyes over time.

As a senior who had been with Lin Xin for 20 years, Meng Kelin had remained single.

Last summer, while chatting with Ye Linghua, Lin Xin had sat leaning against the back of the living room sofa, hugging a cushion, and looked at Ye Linghua saying: “She has been with me for so long. For a long time, I thought she didn’t get married because of me.”

Ye Linghua asked her: “Why do you say that?”

Lin Xin: “She used to have a boyfriend, but I was in the critical stage of building my career then, and Sister Meng was rushing me to succeed. The man didn’t want to wait anymore and broke up with Sister Meng. Ye Linghua, I will definitely take care of Sister Meng in her old age.”

Since then, Ye Linghua paid special attention to Meng Kelin. In Lin Xin’s heart, Meng Kelin’s position was unique.

Ye Linghua also treated Meng Kelin differently and always remembered her voice.

Through the eye mask, Ye Linghua’s eyelid twitched restlessly. A voice in her heart told her: Dreaming of what you think about daily. How could it be Meng Kelin’s voice? If it’s Meng Kelin’s voice, does that mean Lin Xin is here too?

“I want soda.” That light, airy voice, like a mountain stream in the deep summer.

If Ye Linghua was hesitant about Meng Kelin’s voice, she would never mistake Lin Xin’s voice.

Suddenly ripping off the eye mask, she opened her eyes, her gaze, filled with brilliant starlight, fixed on the ceiling of the cabin.

In her mind, Xing Yan’s unusual phone call from the morning replayed again and again.

“You’re on a diet; why are you drinking soda! You can’t.” Meng Kelin’s voice.

“I want to drink it! Why should I diet when I’m traveling!” Lin Xin’s voice.

Ye Linghua took a deep breath. Already suspicious, she couldn’t help but quietly mutter: “Acting for me?”

Then she got up and pushed open the partition. At the same moment, Lin Xin emerged from her own suite.

Ye Linghua finally realized that Lin Xin’s seat was arranged right next to hers!

The two seats were not far apart. Lin Xin stood there, her back to Ye Linghua. That slender figure finally overlapped with the figure she had longed for day and night.

Ye Linghua felt all the surrounding noise fade away. This person was the only color in this black-and-white world.

Her heart, which had been beating steadily, was instantly revitalized, beating powerfully and faster, quickly transmitting the surge of excitement throughout her body.

Perhaps feeling Ye Linghua’s intense gaze, Lin Xin turned to look.

Ye Linghua couldn’t help but stare. The face she could only see in her dreams and on her phone was finally before her again.

But thinking of the disgust Lin Xin had shown her that night, Ye Linghua forced herself to suppress her emotions. Her expression was utterly indifferent, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

Lin Xin felt guilty under her indifferent expression and calm gaze.

Her eyes couldn’t help but dart around, but still remembering to see the act through, she pretended to be surprised and called out: “Ye Linghua!”

Then, after the look of excitement, Lin Xin slowly broke into a smile.

For the one you love, crying is like a pear blossom bathed in rain, and smiling is like all the flowers blooming at once.

Ye Linghua’s heart melted when she heard Lin Xin call her name. Seeing her smile—a tempting smile like fresh flowers still carrying dewdrops after the rain.

“You’re here too?”

Ye Linghua: “…” I wish this acting wasn’t being used on me.

Despite this thought, Ye Linghua still nodded.

Then she glanced at a few seats not far away. The heads that had poked out quickly withdrew when they saw Ye Linghua looking over.

Ye Linghua had to turn back to Lin Xin, and under Lin Xin’s expectant gaze, she slowly spoke: “Miss Lin, how did you end up here?”

Lin Xin’s brilliant smile froze on her face. Staring at Ye Linghua, she was momentarily speechless.

Meng Kelin: “…”

Every friend who had retreated to their seat mentally cursed: You deserve to be single.

Ye Linghua had no choice but to turn away and look at the flight attendant nearby. The flight attendant, seeing Ye Linghua looking at her, stepped forward and asked: “Is there anything I can help you with?”

Ye Linghua said: “Get her some soda.”

The flight attendant nodded: “Of course.”

Hearing this, Lin Xin forced a smile and said: “Thank you.”

Ye Linghua just smiled: “You’re welcome. Are you going to Gǎngchéng for a recording?”

Lin Xin shook her head: “No, I’m going to Gǎngchéng Ocean Park…”

Ye Linghua looked at Meng Kelin in the seat next to Lin Xin, who indeed poked her head out.

Caught by Ye Linghua, Meng Kelin cleared her throat and then got up to greet her: “Ye Linghua! Where did you run off to? You left so suddenly, I was swamped.”

Ye Linghua wasn’t upset by Meng Kelin’s reproach. Instead, she offered a helpless smile: “My apologies.” Then she asked: “I asked someone else to replace me. Didn’t she go?”

Meng Kelin thought of the replacement housekeeper. She had come and stayed for a month, but Meng Kelin hadn’t made her follow Lin Xin as an assistant—something Ye Linghua should also know.

“Sister Meng, haven’t you been recording programs lately?” Although Ye Linghua guessed Lin Xin’s presence was related to her friends, Lin Xin had just made a comeback and was at a crucial stage. Why would she stop working now for a trip?

Meng Kelin swallowed the words she was about to say. The moment Ye Linghua used the title “Miss Lin,” she knew it wouldn’t be easy to get Ye Linghua and Lin Xin back to the way they were.

Therefore, she changed her initial statement and instead said: “We are! We’re building our Douyin account lately. I’m taking her to Ocean Park to play and film some content.”

Ye Linghua: “…”

Meng Kelin: “Right, can you help us out?”

Ye Linghua was stunned, opening her mouth…

Meng Kelin: “You’re not going to refuse me, are you? When you came to work for Lin Xin, she was the one who cooked for you. And I didn’t say anything.” Is that fair?

The refusal Ye Linghua was about to utter got stuck in her throat. The disadvantage of not completely breaking ties was that when someone asked for help again, she couldn’t coldly refuse.

But Ye Linghua didn’t want to fall back into that dilemma, so she stated firmly: “I have a few friends…”

However, her friends were utterly unhelpful. Before Ye Linghua could finish, they all popped their heads out of their seats like gophers.

Xing Yan spoke first: “Don’t worry about us. We’re adults; we can entertain ourselves.”

Tāng Qiáozī also told Lin Xin: “What a coincidence! We’re going to Ocean Park too. Since we’re going the same way, why don’t we go together?”

Yè Fāng was eager: “Exactly! Filming Douyin content, right? If you need more people, we can help!”

Wēn Zé: “Yes, yes. Ye Linghua’s friends are our friends.”

Xing Yan: “We’ll climb mountains,”

Tāng Qiáozī: “And brave seas,”

Yè Fāng: “We’ll do whatever it takes!”

Three comedians together were already loud enough.

Shī Tōngqí then chimed in, singing loudly: “Let’s row our double paddles, as the little boat pushes the waves…”

A vein slowly throbbed on Ye Linghua’s forehead. It was bad enough that Lin Xin was acting, but why were these five idiots joining in the fun!

“Shut up!” Ye Linghua shouted, almost grinding her teeth.

The clamor from her friends instantly retreated like a receding tide.

Ye Linghua then looked at Lin Xin and Meng Kelin, twitching her lips as she smiled: “Miss Lin, if you don’t mind, we’ll gladly help where we can.”

Lin Xin sensed the distance in Ye Linghua’s tone and guessed that the events of that night had indeed hurt her. This time, she didn’t rush forward to confess. Instead, after hearing Ye Linghua’s words, she replied gently: “Thank you. Then I’ll follow you.”