After Transmigrating, I Fell in Love with a Top-Tier Movie Queen - Chapter 56.1

Looking at Lin Xin so close, gazing up at her, the look of adoration in her moist eyes…

Ye Linghua closed her eyes, thinking she should steel her heart and reject Lin Xin’s request. Even if they were going to Ocean Park together, even if they were on the same plane now, she still ought to refuse…

Ye Linghua: “Okay.”

However, her mouth was too honest.

Ye Linghua: “…”

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Lin Xin smiled happily.

Shī Tōngqí once again burst into song: “The Ferris wheel creaks and turns, The scenery here is just right, The sky is beautiful, The ground is beautiful, And there’s a group of happy friends.”

Ye Linghua, already irritated, turned and shot a look at Shī Tōngqí, then complained to the flight attendant who delivered the soda: “It’s too loud. Can you kick that person to economy class?”

The flight attendant looked troubled: “…About that…”

Ye Linghua really wanted to get rid of Shī Tōngqí and asked: “Is he disturbing the other passengers?”

Shī Tōngqí chuckled: “It’s just us on this flight today.”

The flight attendant nodded: “Miss Xing booked all 12 seats in first class.”

This indirectly revealed that Xing Yan had booked the ticket for Lin Xin.

Ye Linghua: “…”

Xing Yan immediately defended herself: “Don’t slander me! You guys added this flight for New Year’s Day, and there were first-class seats left over. I only booked the remaining empty seats because we’re regulars. I didn’t charter the whole first class.”

Her implication was that the tickets were sold, she didn’t know who bought them, but she only booked the empty seats. So, Lin Xin buying a ticket beforehand had nothing to do with her.

The flight attendant just smiled, not arguing. The customer is always right.

Ye Linghua was now one hundred percent certain that her reunion with Lin Xin was orchestrated by her friends.

Looking at Lin Xin, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time, Ye Linghua was, of course, delighted. However, short-term joy always led to long-term pain.

This current happiness corresponded to future sadness.

Did Lin Xin love Zheng Lanwen? If she did, why was she looking for her under these circumstances? Ye Linghua didn’t want to overthink it anymore. After agreeing to Lin Xin, she simply returned to her seat, closed the door to rest, but couldn’t fall asleep no matter what.

Meanwhile, Meng Kelin and Lin Xin both breathed a sigh of relief that the reunion had ended peacefully.

Meng Kelin never imagined that Ye Linghua was not concerned with whether Lin Xin was after her money, but with whom Lin Xin truly loved.

The Flight Attendants’ Room Assignment

The journey was made particularly interesting by Ye Linghua’s friends. While Ye Linghua was a very serious person, her friends were notably silly.

Lin Xin wondered if Ye Linghua was constantly annoyed…

Yè Fāng clutched her chest and told Lin Xin: “Annoyed? This woman practically treats us like we don’t exist and often doesn’t reply to our messages!”

Xing Yan laughed heartily: “It’s fine! We often chat in the group. Unless it’s important, she rarely shows up. We’re used to it.”

Tāng Qiáozī said: “She probably has our group chat on silent.”

Shī Tōngqí honestly admitted: “I secretly looked at her phone. It’s really on silent.”

Ye Linghua, alone in her seat, rolled her eyes after staring at the cabin ceiling for a while: “I haven’t fallen asleep yet.” Also, if you’re going to talk bad about me, can you at least find a different place than right next to me?

Immediately, the group of friends dispersed and ran off.

At 3:30 PM, they arrived in Gǎngchéng.

This trip was different from her previous visit, where Ye Linghua had come to work with Lin Xin. This time, she was here for pleasure.

Due to Lin Xin’s profession, they hadn’t had a proper tour of Gǎngchéng when they were working.

Ye Linghua turned back and saw Lin Xin and Meng Kelin following behind them, large scarves wrapped around their necks, which made Lin Xin’s face look even smaller.

Seeing Ye Linghua look over, Lin Xin held her breath, her small face looking especially fair and delicate in the cold air, completely captivating.

Ye Linghua: “…”

Seeing Ye Linghua stare at Lin Xin, Xing Yan asked: “What are you looking at?”

Ye Linghua took a deep breath and slowly turned her gaze to Xing Yan.

Xing Yan: “…You should go back to looking at what you were looking at before.”

Yè Fāng and Tāng Qiáozī gave Xing Yan a look of contempt, but Xing Yan didn’t feel spineless at all.

Ye Linghua stopped looking at them and walked out with a cold expression.

Meng Kelin gave Lin Xin a look. Lin Xin was anxious: “I think she’s very angry.”

Seeing Lin Xin’s timidity, Meng Kelin stepped out to talk to Ye Linghua herself.

Catching up to Ye Linghua, Meng Kelin chatted casually: “Xiao Ye, why do you look so unhappy?”

Ye Linghua choked up and forced a stiff smile: “I’m not.”

When she left, she wrote a deeply affectionate letter, believing they would never see each other again, so she wrote down everything she wanted to say.

She never thought they would meet again in less than half a year.

She didn’t mean to treat Lin Xin poorly; she was just afraid that if she let her guard down, she would sink back into her feelings.

She had no grudges with Lin Xin or Meng Kelin, and their parting was amicable. Precisely because of this, she couldn’t bring herself to resolutely refuse them upon meeting again.

Meng Kelin “thought carefully” and then “suddenly realized”: “Is it because we never paid your last month’s salary?”

Ye Linghua choked: “…”

The friends behind her burst into laughter, even Wēn Zé, usually a gentle girl who rarely smiled widely, was bent over laughing.

Meng Kelin pretended to be innocent: “We notified you on WeChat, but you blocked us, didn’t you?”

Ye Linghua: “…”

Meng Kelin then asked: “Can you unblock us now?”

Ye Linghua silently took out her phone and removed Lin Xin and Meng Kelin from her blacklist.

Meng Kelin watched her finish the operation, then sighed in fake relief: “Oh, I knew you must have accidentally blacklisted us.”

At this moment, Ye Linghua almost wanted to have a frank conversation with Meng Kelin: Can’t we just be upfront?

It wasn’t an accident; it was entirely intentional.

But since Meng Kelin was willing to play the part, why should Ye Linghua call her out?

Meng Kelin was a person Lin Xin respected, and thus, she was an elder worthy of respect to Ye Linghua. Ye Linghua couldn’t be too excessive in front of an elder. After removing her from the blacklist, she obediently replied to Meng Kelin’s comment: “It was an accident.”

Xing Yan, being irritating, piped up: “Oh, so you didn’t receive any messages! No wonder you were staring blankly at your phone all day.”

That statement was 70% true and 30% false, but the “staring blankly at her phone” part was probably real.

Lin Xin secretly glanced at Ye Linghua, listening to Meng Kelin follow up on Xing Yan’s teasing: “Well, now it’s convenient. We’re all here, so you can tell us directly if you need anything. Oh, and I’ll transfer your last month’s salary to you now.”

Ye Linghua paused, then sighed in surrender: “It’s fine, no need.”

Meng Kelin: “One thing at a time. This is what you earned. Besides…”

Meng Kelin deliberately paused for a second, then suppressed a laugh and continued: “…We made millions on our first live stream a while ago.”

Yè Fāng, though she knew the truth, put on a dramatic show of shock, her eyes wide as if she were hearing this for the first time.

She exclaimed: “Really? Did you sell anything? Douyin live-stream sales are huge now!”

Meng Kelin agreed: “We linked a few products but didn’t sell much.”

Yè Fāng pretended to calculate: “Is that so? Then someone must have been dumping money, right?”

Ye Linghua: “…”

Yè Fāng: “Did someone send money?”

Meng Kelin glanced sideways at Ye Linghua, seeing her back stiffen. Meng Kelin suppressed her laughter and continued: “Yes, there was a very rich sister. Not only did she dump money, but she also didn’t even know to buy discounted Douyin coins.”

Ye Linghua: “…” Zero‘s account never displayed any gender information.

Amidst the playful banter between Meng Kelin and Yè Fāng, Ye Linghua could only walk silently out of the airport.

Tāng Qiáozī had a restaurant in Gǎngchéng and naturally had staff to meet them.

As Meng Kelin and Lin Xin followed them out, they saw three luxury cars slowly approaching. Meng Kelin counted on her fingers, wondering why there was an extra car.

She later found out that the first two cars were for passengers, and the last one had a dedicated person who came out to load their luggage.

Meng Kelin: “…” Seriously, do you need this for a multi-million-yuan car?

Ye Linghua got into the car first. Just as she sat in the passenger seat, she looked back and saw Meng Kelin, Lin Xin, and Xing Yan all settled in the back seat.

Ye Linghua: “…” She was speechless.

Although she understood Lin Xin and Meng Kelin’s intentions, she wasn’t sure if they were here to continue their friendship or to pursue a romantic relationship.

However, Ye Linghua really didn’t want to try again. But it was hard to refuse the person you liked attempting to get close to you.

Especially when Lin Xin secretly looked up at her, her eyes reflecting the worry of being rejected, which was more alluring than pitiful.

Ye Linghua took a deep breath, managed a smile for the three in the back, and then turned to face forward again.

Lin Xin blinked her big eyes and felt relieved.

Xing Yan saw this and finally felt reassured about her decision to bring Lin Xin to Ye Linghua.

Xing Yan knew she had acted presumptuously in this matter. They were all adults; couldn’t they make their own decisions? Even though they were close friends since childhood, they shouldn’t interfere with each other’s romantic lives.

Therefore, Xing Yan wouldn’t have dared to be so bold with anyone else.

But Ye Linghua was different; she was an iron tree! Iron trees don’t bloom!

It was bad enough that she didn’t pursue romance, but she was always lecturing them, the normal “peach blossom trees.”

Of course, that wasn’t the point. It was because of their deep bond that they rooted for Ye Linghua, never mentioned Lin Xin after she returned, and then helped guide her when she was lost.

They weren’t the closest by blood, but they were indeed family outside of blood relations.

So, while guiding her involved uncertain outcomes, they didn’t want their friend to die alone.

This was probably the meaning of a true friendship.

Xing Yan asked Meng Kelin: “If you don’t have too much to do on this trip, why don’t you stay for a couple more days?”

Ye Linghua silently cursed and chastised her busybody friend, watching the three in the back through the rearview mirror.

Meng Kelin smiled, holding back Lin Xin’s eager hand, and said: “We don’t have much to do!”

Ye Linghua didn’t want to get involved with them, but after so many years of being there, she had finally decided to participate in the plot to help Lin Xin get through the hardest years and achieve a successful career. How could she say she had no work now?

The Twilight exploded, and both the song and the person became famous.

Variety shows aired one after another.

The best-chosen TV drama script had finished shooting and would air in the winter break.

The battle with her annoying father had ended perfectly.

So, shouldn’t she capitalize on this momentum and go straight for the “Best Female Artist in the Entertainment Industry”?

Her focus should now be her career, so that even if she resumed her relationship with Zheng Lanwen later, she wouldn’t be devastated by heartbreak.

Although she knew, after the Lin Haiqi incident, that Lin Xin’s personality in relationships, especially with Zheng Lanwen, was somewhat tied to her childhood experiences. This character flaw had to be fixed.

Therefore, hearing that Lin Xin had no work recently, Ye Linghua was more anxious than Lin Xin herself: “When I left, weren’t there two or three piles of scripts on the table?”

She didn’t know much about the entertainment industry or whether there were any exceptional scripts. But, surely, out of so many scripts, there had to be one or two decent ones?

She had only filmed one drama. What about after it aired during the winter break?

Meng Kelin was comforted by her concern. At least, in her eyes, Ye Linghua still deeply valued Lin Xin. In this regard, she was far better than Zheng Lanwen.

Meng Kelin explained: “Many scripts were submitted, but it’s not just about whether the script is good or not. There are also subsequent issues with the crew, co-stars, funding, and so on.”

Ye Linghua didn’t understand and was a little worried: “If the good scripts don’t have major problems, don’t be too picky.”

The Lin Xin making a comeback now was different from the one who left the industry…

Meng Kelin: “Haha, thanks for your concern. We don’t have aspirations that are too high or too low. However, if we choose extremely poor scripts at the beginning, our reputation will plummet. It’s likely we’ll be trapped with those kinds of scripts forever.”

At this point, Meng Kelin couldn’t help but sigh: “As an actress, acting is the priority. But Douyin is developing rapidly, and many people in the industry are switching to live-stream sales. You need dreams, but reality has to support them! That’s why I’m focusing on building the Douyin account.”

Ye Linghua looked back at her, noticing a faint white hair amidst her black hair, and swallowed the words she was about to say.

No one cared more about Lin Xin’s future than Meng Kelin. Not even she was as dedicated as Meng Kelin.

Besides, Meng Kelin was right. Dreams require a foundation in reality. Simply put, pure affection without money wouldn’t be enough to sustain them for long.

A Hotel Room for Three

The car drove all the way to the North Gate of Ocean Park, which led directly into the hotel.

Meng Kelin and Lin Xin had never been to Ocean Park before, and they leaned out to look through the window. To attract tourists, the hotels here were designed in a classical castle style.

The car followed the directions and arrived at the hotel entrance.

Because of the castle style, the roof featured many circular shapes. The columns and exquisite arches gave it a solid, heavy feel.