Becoming the Comfort Alpha for the Aloof Movie Queen - Chapter 70

She liked being teased by her.

Liang Ruojing felt her face heating up belatedly.

She was already twenty-three, yet she still called her “Sister.”

Would Sister Tanqing think she was being childish?

Liang Ruojing explained stumbling over her words, “The senior I’m sharing a room with just came back, and I was afraid she would hear your name.”

Ming Tanqing drew out her words, adopting a tone of sudden realization. “So you’re in a room with Liu Lanshi. How hardworking.”

“I’m not!”

With just one sentence from Ming Tanqing, Liang Ruojing nearly spilled everything that had happened at the guesthouse that day.

She hurriedly reported the room assignments, only to hear the faint chuckle of the Omega on the other end of the line.

Liang Ruojing’s ears turned red instantly. She said aggrievedly, “Sister, you’re teasing me again.”

Ming Tanqing denied it lightly, “I am not. Weren’t you the one who wanted to play up a ‘CP’ (couple) dynamic?”

Liang Ruojing also felt she was strangely silly; even though she was being teased, she was still happy.

She even wanted to chat for a few more minutes.

The hallway was full of eyes and ears, so she clutched her phone and headed downstairs, walking all the way to the backyard of the guesthouse.

It was sparse, dark, and secluded enough.

However, someone else had the same idea.

Before Liang Ruojing could get close, she smelled the strong, mixed scent of cigarette smoke.

In the pitch black, a red dot floated in the air.

A male voice drifted over with the wind along with an Alpha’s pheromones.

It was Xiao Yi, and he was on the phone.

“Brother Li, that Omega is annoying as hell. And there’s that ‘nobody’—I don’t know who they talked to to steal my screen time. Did you report it to the program crew?”

Liang Ruojing found it funny.

Was she the “nobody” who stole the spotlight?

Xiao Yi cursed a lot, mostly at Wen Nan. Liang Ruojing felt increasingly uncomfortable listening and turned to leave.

Just then, another sentence from Xiao Yi reached her ears.

“What does Liu Lanshi even count for? Just a mere Omega. Who knows how hard she works behind the scenes? That kind of Omega is the most despicable.”

Liang Ruojing’s footsteps stopped.

She couldn’t help but let her phone screen light up; Sister Tanqing hadn’t hung up the phone, so she might have heard it.

The faint light in the corner quickly caught Xiao Yi’s attention.

He quickly extinguished his cigarette and shouted a few words nervously and loudly.

When he walked over and saw Liang Ruojing’s face, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“Oh, it’s you.”

Liang Ruojing rarely had a cold face, but now she glared at Xiao Yi expressionlessly.

Xiao Yi laughed nonchalantly. “You got the screen time, so who are you giving that ‘orphan’ face to?”

As he spoke, he suddenly seemed to realize something. “Is it because of that Omega, Liu Lanshi? Don’t tell me you’re trying to build a persona for your ‘CP’ in front of me.”

Liang Ruojing curled the corners of her mouth contemptuously, her eyes filled with pity as she looked at Xiao Yi. “Xiao Yi, was it written in your script to play a fool?”

Xiao Yi took a step forward in anger.

Liang Ruojing released a bit of her pheromones and said leisurely, “Right above us is Brother Lu’s room. You’ve been sucking up to him all day; don’t you know his daughter just differentiated into an Omega?”

“Guess if he heard what you just said?”

“Moron.”

Xiao Yi’s face turned white and then green, and he scurried away dejectedly.

It wasn’t until the sound of footsteps completely disappeared that Liang Ruojing picked up her phone again and said with concern, “Sister, don’t listen to that moron’s words.”

Ming Tanqing naturally wouldn’t care; someone of Xiao Yi’s status wouldn’t even be able to see her.

But hearing Liang Ruojing’s nervous tone, she wanted to tease her.

“Is that so? You don’t think I’m just a ‘mere Omega’?”

Liang Ruojing lowered her voice for fear of being overheard, but her tone was exceptionally firm, as if announcing a fundamental truth.

“I think you are the best in the whole world.”

Ming Tanqing didn’t respond, only urging her a few seconds later, “Go back and rest quickly.”

Liang Ruojing thought of the flower hairpin she had bought and wanted to claim some credit.

On second thought, she decided it would be better as a surprise, so she agreed with a “Good,” hung up the phone, and returned to her room.

After showering, Liang Ruojing changed into her pajamas and got into bed.

Their room had two single beds.

Yu Feng was leaning against the headboard, wearing glasses and reading.

Liang Ruojing caught a glimpse of the cover and guessed she was reading a script.

An actor like Yu Feng would never lack roles to play; not only did she need a good script, but the director, production team, and co-stars all had to pass muster.

Liang Ruojing thought of her own dismal film invitations and couldn’t help but feel a bit melancholy.

Yu Feng calmly turned a page and suddenly said, “Liang Ruojing, that flower hairpin you bought during the day—is it also a gift for your ‘Sister’?”

Liang Ruojing froze and answered truthfully, “Yes.”

Yu Feng closed the script; she was preparing to sleep.

The lights in the room were turned off.

Her voice suddenly emerged from the darkness again.

“How much was it?”

“90.”

Yu Feng let out a laugh. Perhaps it was Liang Ruojing’s imagination, but she heard a lot of ridicule in it.

“That’s nice. She will definitely like it.”

Liang Ruojing pondered that sentence all night.

Yu Feng was a top-tier actor with a meticulous grasp of emotions.

Liang Ruojing believed she hadn’t misheard; Yu Feng was indeed mocking her.

Because of what?

The fact that she called her “Sister”?

Or the flower hairpin she bought?

Or perhaps the price of the hairpin?

Liang Ruojing obsessed over it until the next day when the tasks were announced.

They were to be divided into three groups. In previous episodes, it was decided by drawing lots.

But perhaps because something went wrong yesterday, the program crew decided to assign them.

Liang Ruojing and Liu Lanshi were assigned to one group to go to the farmland on the mountain behind them to harvest vegetables.

Although Xiao Yi still managed to latch onto Lu Chengwen’s coattails, his expression was very ugly.

Lu Chengwen was usually gentle, but his coldness toward Xiao Yi this morning was obvious.

Harvesting vegetables required farm tools, and everything in the guesthouse was managed by Wen Nan.

When Liang and Liu received their tools from the staff, Wen Nan saw they weren’t suitable and went to the warehouse to find new replacements for them.

“Here. Pay attention to the force when hoeing the ground, and keep your feet far away,” Wen Nan instructed.

Liang Ruojing was slightly surprised.

Wen Nan’s personality was very cold; she hadn’t expected her to be so meticulous.

On the way up the mountain, Liu Lanshi helped clear her doubts.

“Our room is next to Brother Lu’s. We heard it too.”

Liang Ruojing thought back for a few seconds before remembering the incident with Xiao Yi. She explained, “I didn’t know you were listening.”

Liu Lanshi saw her concern. “What are you worried about? Even if it was for your ‘persona,’ at least you had the heart to do it. There are plenty of Alphas who can’t even be bothered to pretend.”

The two of them found the farmland according to the signs set by the program crew.

Fearing the celebrities wouldn’t be able to keep the plants alive, the crew had planted easy-to-care-for vegetables like white radishes and potatoes.

However, while these vegetables were easy to plant, they were difficult to harvest.

One person had to use a hoe to dig up the earth, and then they had to reach into the soil to pull them out.

As an Alpha with superior physical strength, Liang Ruojing was responsible for hoeing the ground.

Although this task was exhausting, Liang Ruojing looked at the damp soil from yesterday’s rain and suddenly felt that Liu Lanshi’s task was even more grueling.

To her surprise, Liu Lanshi wasn’t pretentious at all. She put on gloves and started digging directly.

Liang Ruojing was a city girl born and raised in Yanjing. Although she had plenty of life experience, this was her first time doing farm work.

After only ten minutes of hoeing, she was drenched in sweat. To make matters worse, the sun had come out, making it both exhausting and hot.

Liang Ruojing looked up and wiped her sweat with her sleeve.

She didn’t know how the program crew would edit “CP” chemistry out of such dusty and disheveled footage.

“Your posture is completely wrong. If you keep hoeing like that, you’ll tire yourself to death.”

Liu Lanshi suddenly stood up and said helplessly to Liang Ruojing, “Give me the hoe.”

Liang Ruojing handed it over hesitantly.

Then, under the shocked gaze of the city girl, Liu Lanshi—the “Cloud Fairy” known to fans for her gentle and elegant demeanor—carried the hoe and hoed the ground with extreme proficiency.

After Liu Lanshi finished a patch, she turned to look at Liang Ruojing:

“Do you see it clearly now? There’s a problem with your point of exertion.”

Liang Ruojing finally snapped out of it and begged Liu Lanshi to demonstrate twice more before she finally got the hang of it.

Recalling Senior Liu’s dashing posture just now, Liang Ruojing was overcome with curiosity and asked, “Sister Liu, did you learn this for a role?”

To work in the fields, Liu Lanshi had tied her hair into a bun. She had a gentle appearance and a quiet, elegant temperament; no matter how you looked at it, she didn’t fit in with a dusty farmhouse.

However, Liu Lanshi denied it while seriously digging for potatoes. “When I was a child, I often went to the fields with my grandparents. You get used to it the more you do it.”

It was an unexpected answer. Liang Ruojing gave a dry “Oh.”

Liu Lanshi was very frank and smiled. “Are you surprised?”

“I couldn’t tell.”

Liang Ruojing noticed the camera crew following them and asked, “Aren’t you afraid the program crew will broadcast this?”

Liu Lanshi curled her lips and said domineeringly, “They wouldn’t dare.”

Liang Ruojing worked in silence.

Over the past two days, she had tried her best to avoid having too much interaction with Liu Lanshi.

Although a certain “iceberg Omega” didn’t mind, Liang Ruojing had “Alpha Virtue” and minded a little.

If she hadn’t already signed the contract, she would have turned it down.

The two worked in silence, and the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

Liu Lanshi suddenly struck up a conversation: “Rather than that, I’m more curious how you knew Brother Lu’s daughter just differentiated into an Omega. He’s never posted about it on social media.”

Liang Ruojing continued hoeing. “Yesterday afternoon, a guest brought a child. Right after Brother Lu asked about the child’s age, he specifically asked about the differentiation status. The guest said she was an Omega, and he talked for a long time. He even made brown sugar poached eggs for the little girl.”

Liu Lanshi had also been there yesterday afternoon, but she only remembered it now after hearing Liang Ruojing mention it.

“You’re quite observant.”

The Omega stood up and threw the dug-up potatoes into the basket.

The basket was at Liang Ruojing’s feet.

Seeing Liu Lanshi approach, she reflexively took a step back.

It could be said she was very alert.

Liu Lanshi was amused by her. “Are you ‘Omega-phobic’?”

Liang Ruojing shook her head.

She was only afraid that a certain Omega named Ming Tanqing, whose pheromones were lilies, would mind.

They huffed and puffed for two hours before finally digging up the amount required by the program crew.

Seeing that Liu Lanshi was running out of energy, Liang Ruojing took the initiative to carry the majority of it and even let Liu Lanshi add several large radishes to her basket.

Liu Lanshi stepped forward and stood behind Liang Ruojing to help her organize the vegetables.

Liang Ruojing immediately thought that the program crew would edit this part and add some soothing music.

And then? Sister Tanqing would probably just comment on the crew’s editing style with a cold face.

Or, she might not even watch such a boring, slow-paced variety show at all.

Standing behind her, Liu Lanshi saw Liang Ruojing’s depressed and resentful face.

She couldn’t help but laugh and pointed it out: “What are you thinking about? Afraid the Omega you like will mind?”

Liang Ruojing was stunned.

Before she could react, Liu Lanshi added, “Relax. I have a lover. If she minds, I’ll help you clarify.”

For a moment, Liang Ruojing didn’t know which one to be more shocked by.

Sister Liu knew she had an Omega she liked.

Or that Sister Liu actually had a lover.

Liu Lanshi could be considered a top-tier star in the entertainment industry. Even Liang Ruojing was followed by paparazzi, let alone her.

Yet in the seven-plus years since her debut, not a single entertainment reporter had ever broken news of a scandal involving her.

Without waiting for Liang Ruojing to ask, Liu Lanshi took the initiative to answer her doubts.

“You’re not the only observant one.” Liu Lanshi glanced at the phone in the cameraman’s hand. “Next time, don’t set a private photo of someone else as your lock screen. It’s too conspicuous.”

After saying that, Liu Lanshi walked away carrying her own basket.

Liang Ruojing was left alone behind her.

She was a bit horrified.

She had set the photo taken on New Year’s as her lock screen, choosing the one where Sister Ming and she were making a “heart” gesture.

It seemed Sister Ming’s face wasn’t in it.

Liang Ruojing’s heart settled slightly.

She continued walking forward as a cool mountain breeze blew.

Liang Ruojing suddenly thought of something.

Did Ming Tanqing know all along that Liu Lanshi had a lover, which was why she didn’t mind?