Becoming the Comfort Alpha for the Aloof Movie Queen - Chapter 78 

Is she even afraid of bathing alone?

Ming Tanqing didn’t speak. Her long eyelashes trembled, and combined with the faint redness at the corners of her eyes, she gave off the impression of a lily swaying in the wind and rain—fragile, yet without losing her beauty.

However, the lily before her was exceptionally stubborn.

Liang Ruojing noticed that the hem of her clothes had been crumpled from gripping.

She asked again, “Sister Tanqing? Are you scared?”

Ming Tanqing glared at Liang Ruojing, feeling shy and embarrassed by the soft, teasing smile in the Alpha’s eyes.

“…No.”

Liang Ruojing tried her best to stifle a laugh and made a feigned motion to turn away.

“Is that so? Then I’ll go back to my room to rest.”

“Sister Tanqing was right to lecture me this morning; I really do need to go and reflect by myself.”

Liang Ruojing deliberately emphasized the words “by myself.”

She admitted she was being a bit mischievous.

But this side of Sister Tanqing was just too rare!

She was so scared her lips were trembling, yet she still insisted on maintaining her cool and elegant demeanor. The more dignified and mature she usually was, the more one wanted to break that facade and see her childish side.

Liang Ruojing took two steps but couldn’t move any further.

Ming Tanqing was still clutching her clothes.

She wouldn’t admit it, but she wouldn’t let the Alpha leave either.

In short, the two of them were at a stalemate.

“Sister Tanqing, let go of me.”

“…No.”

Liang Ruojing tried to take a step forward, and Ming Tanqing was pulled along, stumbling a step forward with her.

Help!

How can she be this cute!

Liang Ruojing cleared her throat: “Once upon a time, there was an expedition team that went up into the mountains…”

The pulling force behind her vanished instantly, replaced by a soft, fragrant sensation.

Ming Tanqing had never hugged Liang Ruojing so tightly; she squeezed so hard Liang Ruojing could barely breathe.

The Omega’s plea came from beside her ear: “Don’t tell it, I beg you.”

Liang Ruojing felt both happy and heartbroken.

If she was scared, she was scared. What was the harm in saying it?

Even if she admitted it, Liang Ruojing wouldn’t look down on her.

Being flawless in everything must be so exhausting.

“…They went to film a movie, and as a result, the director called for twenty retakes.”

Liang Ruojing finished her improvised ending, only to turn around and find that Ming Tanqing was crying.

Originally, she had just looked like she was on the verge of tears, but now the tears were actually falling, leaving trails on her face like cracks in a perfect suit of armor.

Liang Ruojing panicked.

She had teased the person she loved until she cried—was she an elementary schooler?!

“I’ll stay with you! I never said I wouldn’t.”

Ming Tanqing looked up at Liang Ruojing.

Liang Ruojing felt a chill down her spine; she sensed a hint of killing intent. It was only because Sister Ming needed her right now that she wasn’t truly angry, though she continued to press close to the Alpha’s side to soak up her warmth.

Now, Liang Ruojing didn’t even dare mention “going back to the room to get pajamas.” She held the Omega’s hand and gingerly entered the room.

The pitch-black mountain scenery outside the balcony was indeed eerie.

Liang Ruojing stepped forward, closed and locked the balcony door, and then drew both layers of curtains.

Throughout the entire process, Ming Tanqing stayed right by Liang Ruojing’s side, even more clingy than when she was in heat.

Liang Ruojing became curious.

“Sister Ming, since you’re this scared, how did you get by before?”

Ming Tanqing no longer denied being “scared.” She whispered, “I just didn’t sleep. I could also watch TV.”

Now, the person feeling bad was Liang Ruojing.

“It’s okay. I’ll stay with you from now on.”

As soon as the words left her mouth, she received a roll of the eyes.

Ming Tanqing said gloomily, “The one you told was the scariest.”

Liang Ruojing rubbed her nose guiltily.

After all the commotion, it was getting late. Liang Ruojing found the toiletries and a change of clothes and handed them to Ming Tanqing:

“Sister Ming, you go first. Let’s get to sleep early.”

Ming Tanqing looked at the enclosed bathroom, then at the Alpha in front of her, and coldly spat out two words: “I won’t.”

Liang Ruojing was shocked: “You’re even afraid of bathing alone?”

Ming Tanqing looked at her with cold disdain: “Haven’t you seen Psycho?”

She actually hadn’t.

Liang Ruojing began to understand Ming Tanqing’s reaction a bit better.

Ming Tanqing had watched many films, so the soil of her imagination was far too fertile.

“Then what should we do?” Liang Ruojing asked.

Ming Tanqing thought for a few seconds and blurted out: “We’ll wash together.”

Liang Ruojing was dumbfounded.

Ming Tanqing found her reaction puzzling: “What are you surprised for? Haven’t we washed together many times?”

The tips of Liang Ruojing’s ears began to burn.

The situation was different! Previously, it was either because the Omega had no strength left and she was helping with the cleanup, or they were caught in the heat of the moment and it happened naturally.

This was the first time they were both completely clear-minded.

But Ming Tanqing had already made up her mind. She took her nightgown out of the wardrobe and tossed it to Liang Ruojing: “Hurry up, I’m tired.”

Until the shower head began spraying water, Liang Ruojing’s head remained in a daze.

The Omega’s beautiful body swayed before her. There wasn’t a single line on her body that wasn’t beautiful, and there wasn’t a single corner that Liang Ruojing hadn’t kissed.

The lily fragrance from the gland steamed out, its threads teasing Liang Ruojing’s nerves.

Since the last heat period, the development of Sister Ming’s gland seemed to have reached a new level. Liang Ruojing found herself increasingly unable to resist her pheromones.

The visual and olfactory senses instantly awakened all five senses, and the various intimate moments of the past came rushing back.

The slick sensation, the beautiful sounds, the stimulation like exploding fireworks… Liang Ruojing felt like she was running out of oxygen.

She had truly shot herself in the foot.

Even though they weren’t doing anything, it was more exhausting than if they had.

Ming Tanqing was bossy; she insisted on seeing Liang Ruojing’s face at all times, otherwise she would be afraid.

Liang Ruojing asked with a shaky voice, “What about the soap on your back?”

The Movie Queen Ming commanded: “You can hug me. It’s doable.”

Liang Ruojing felt like she was not okay.

After finishing the bath, the Alpha was exhausted. Having been soothed by pheromones, the horror in Ming Tanqing’s heart finally dissipated a little.

Finally getting into bed, Liang Ruojing let out a long sigh of relief.

In the next second, a figure approached from the side. Ming Tanqing leaned into her arms, skillfully finding the position near her heartbeat, and closed her eyes.

“Goodnight.”

The fluctuating heartbeat explained a lot. Liang Ruojing released her pheromones and placed a kiss on the Omega’s lips.

“Goodnight.”

After that day, it took Liang Ruojing three days to realize one thing—Sister Ming was truly a coward.

She had thought everything would be fine once the sun rose the next day.

It wasn’t. Ming Tanqing was still scared.

It was okay during the day, but at night she still didn’t dare to move about alone.

As it happened, the scenes they were filming lately were all in the mountain forests, where the dense trees blotted out the sun.

As soon as night fell, the wind howled, sounding like the wailing of ghosts.

Ming Tanqing had many night scenes, and it was common for her to finish work in the early morning. There were people to accompany her on set, but the stretch of road from descending the mountain back to the hotel room was a genuine solo mission.

The task of escorting her naturally fell to Liang Ruojing.

After all, she was the one who insisted on telling the story about the “expedition team encountering disaster on the mountain and resorting to cannibalism.”

Today, the moon was bright and the stars were few. It happened to be the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and the full moon was like a plate, hazy behind a veil of clouds. There wasn’t a hint of wind around; the night was quiet and lovely.

Liang Ruojing rubbed her eyes and yawned at the clear moonlight.

Ming Tanqing was still filming. Lin Xiuzhu had cleared the set for the effect of natural light.

Liang Ruojing retreated to a corner of the set to flip through a book.

The second part of the film focused on the pulling of various factions after the falling out. It was more of an ensemble piece, so Liang Ruojing didn’t have a particularly large number of scenes.

She took a few more looks at the scenes she had to perform tomorrow, then pulled another script from her bag.

The former owner had taken exceptional care of it; even after two years, the pages were only slightly yellowed and showed no signs of wear.

Any page she flipped to was filled with annotations.

This was the script for Palace Lyrics that Ming Tanqing had given her.

Liang Ruojing hadn’t expected that when Sister Tanqing said she would play in Palace Lyrics 2, she was being sincere.

It wasn’t that Liang Ruojing didn’t trust Ming Tanqing.

It was just… her?

She had only played supporting roles in He Jing’s movies before. Could her next role really be the lead in a Wen Qingjia film?

Even if no one could give Liang Ruojing an answer, the thick pile of materials in her hand undoubtedly showed Ming Tanqing’s attitude.

—She could do it.

At least in Ming Tanqing’s eyes, Liang Ruojing was worthy.

Liang Ruojing settled her mind, took out her phone, and re-watched clips of Palace Lyrics for the Nth time.

At that moment, a stagehand came to call for people; the late-night snacks ordered by the crew had arrived.

Liang Ruojing happened to be hungry. She carefully pressed the script under her bag and ran to collect the food.

She ran there and back, taking less than two minutes in total. Yet, in that short amount of time, someone had walked over to her spot and was flipping through something.

At a glance, Liang Ruojing recognized it as the Palace Lyrics script.

“Don’t touch that! That’s mine!”

Liang Ruojing shouted a stern warning. She ran back to her small stool in a few strides, took the script back, checked it three times inside and out, and put it back in her bag like a precious treasure.

She had been too careless.

She thought that since the film set was closed off, the staff knew her, and there were few actors on set, it would be fine.

If someone had taken it, Liang Ruojing would have been heartbroken.

This was a one-of-a-kind script given to her by Ming Tanqing.

Liang Ruojing’s surge of anger mostly died down, and the rest vanished the moment she saw the figure clearly.

The person flipping through her script was an old lady wearing a garish dark red padded jacket and black padded trousers, with a faded round hat on her head.

Because her posture was hunched, she kept her head down. Liang Ruojing couldn’t see her face, only the white hair at her temples.

The old woman’s voice was slightly raspy: “Little girl, I’m sorry. I heard your phone still playing.”

Indeed, the phone on the stool was still playing a clip from Palace Lyrics.

Liang Ruojing’s face turned red, and she stammered, “It’s okay, Grandma. It was my fault. I’ll make sure to put my things away properly from now on.”

The old lady didn’t speak again. After coughing twice, she walked away with her hands behind her back.

Watching her staggering silhouette, Liang Ruojing felt quite uncomfortable.

The mountain where the crew was filming was a famous local scenic spot. At the foot of the mountain was an ancient village where the young people had basically all left, leaving only lonely elderly people behind.

Since they had been filming here recently, they produced a lot of plastic bottles every day, and groups of elderly people would come to collect recyclables. Liang Ruojing had seen many of them these past few days.

She just hadn’t expected that at 10 PM, there would still be an elderly person wandering around.

Liang Ruojing couldn’t bear the inner guilt. She caught up to the grandma in a few steps and stuffed all the late-night snacks she had just collected into the elderly woman’s arms.

“Here, you take this. You can put some in the fridge and heat it up tomorrow.”

Having said that, Liang Ruojing didn’t wait for a response; she grabbed her stool and bag and ran off.

Tonight, the actors were in good form, and work finished early.

Ming Tanqing returned to the car arranged by the crew and dialed Liang Ruojing’s number.

The phone rang for a few seconds, but no one answered.

The car door was open, and Ming Tanqing waited for a few more minutes.

In the blink of an eye, the fellow actors had all dispersed.

Liang Ruojing’s figure finally appeared, running late.

The Alpha ran over, her flaxen long hair flying in the air with her movements, every strand radiating vitality and passion.

“Sister Tanqing! I—hah—I’m here.”

Liang Ruojing was panting as she climbed into the car, squeezing in next to Ming Tanqing in the back seat.

Ming Tanqing quietly touched Liang Ruojing’s finger; it was warm.

“Where did you go?”

Ming Tanqing complained slightly, “I waited for you for a long time. It’s freezing.”

In the blink of an eye, five days had passed since the night of the “ghost story.” Ming Tanqing’s “fear of ghosts syndrome” had finally ended, and she returned to her cool and elegant self in front of others.

Liang Ruojing found some time to watch Psycho.

She had to admit, bathing alone was indeed quite terrifying.

Over the next few days, she frequently saw the figure of that old grandma on the film set.

Unlike the other old men and women, she always appeared after sunset. She didn’t pick up bottles; she just wandered around the set, seemingly very interested in their filming.

Because of the final shots of the movie, Liang Ruojing now had a bit of PTSD regarding old women whose faces couldn’t be seen.

She was afraid that if the lady looked up, her face would be a rotting skull.

“Cut—”

Lin Xiuzhu stood up and shouted through a megaphone at Liang Ruojing: “Liang Ruojing, where are your eyes looking? Focus!”

“Five-minute adjustment. Makeup artist, come and touch up the makeup.”

Liang Ruojing blinked. The grandma who had been watching from the side like a ghost was gone again.

Watching the Alpha’s wandering gaze, Ming Tanqing’s mood was somewhat complicated: “You dare to lose focus while acting opposite me? Liang Ruojing, you’ve improved.”

“Someone was watching just now…” Liang Ruojing made an excuse.

Hearing this, Ming Tanqing looked around: “There’s no one.”

A few seconds later, a playful expression appeared in the Omega’s blue eyes.

“Liang Ruojing, I know you watched Psycho. Are you scared?”

“A little.” Liang Ruojing admitted directly without any psychological burden.

But most of her unease came from that unusual old grandma.

However, Ming Tanqing interpreted Liang Ruojing’s words as acting tough and glanced at the Alpha.

And she had the nerve to say she was stubborn; Liang Ruojing was quite the pretender herself.

The makeup artist had finished the touch-up.

With three minutes left, Liang Ruojing held her script and began to seriously contemplate the lines she had messed up five times already.

Was her emotion too overt?

Or was it too one-dimensional, lacking layers?

Liang Ruojing was thinking against the clock when suddenly, her shoulder was tapped.

Ming Tanqing’s voice came from above, her tone very serious and calm.

“Sister Tanqing, what is it?”

Liang Ruojing thought Ming Tanqing was going to give her some guidance and hurriedly looked up.

Ming Tanqing stared at her, pulled a prop flashlight from her costume pocket, and, imitating what Liang Ruojing had done that night, held it under her chin and expressionlessly stuck out her tongue.

The movement was very fast, and since her back was to the camera, it wasn’t recorded.

Liang Ruojing: …

Liang Ruojing burst out laughing.