Deliberate Possession [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 123.2

Chapter 123.2: End of Main Story

But it couldn’t be helped. Jing Xiaoyan was even more depressed than it was now.

Half an hour ago, due to the orange incident, Jiang Yumian left Jing Xiaoyan to shower alone, so when Mumu looked for her, she couldn’t find her and had to look for Jing Xiaoyan instead.

She took out a furry collar and handed it to Jing Xiaoyan. Jing Xiaoyan didn’t realize it was for the dog at the time, and immediately shook her head in refusal, saying firmly that she wouldn’t wear it, and even took two quick steps back with her feet to express her rejection.

It wasn’t until Chu Qianyuan looked at her, stifling a laugh, and told her not to flatter herself, that it was a gift for Jiang Xiaoyan, that she realized she had completely lost face.

She felt utterly mortified.

And the audience in the live stream saw the whole thing. Jing Xiaoyan felt like dying. Jiang Yumian had just come out and happened to hear and see the scene. She was completely numb.

As a result, even now, Jiang Yumian couldn’t console the dog, and certainly couldn’t console Jing Xiaoyan.

And since it was live streaming, she couldn’t console her anyway. She had to wait until the live stream ended at nine o’clock.

Jing Xiaoyan tearfully went to shower. She was the last one, so she spent a full hour inside, only daring to come out after the live stream ended.

The cameras in the room had all been covered. Jiang Yumian was waiting for her on the prepared bed. As soon as Jing Xiaoyan entered the room, she quickly pulled her onto the bed.

Before Jing Xiaoyan could even lie down, she apologized incredibly quickly. “I was wrong. I’ll throw everything away when we get home. I won’t use it ever again.”

Jiang Yumian hugged and kissed Jing Xiaoyan. She was seconds away from rushing into the bathroom to comfort her, feeling like Jing Xiaoyan was about to break.

Jing Xiaoyan was silent for several seconds before finally looking up. “Why throw them away?”

“No. I can not wear it, but you can’t not wear it.”

“If the live stream saw it, they saw it. It’s just a necklace worn on the neck. It’s very common, okay? They don’t know what you did to me.”

Jiang Yumian blinked. Had she successfully brainwashed and comforted herself?

It was indeed very common, but Jing Xiaoyan’s reaction at the time didn’t seem normal. It was very unusual…

Thinking of this, Jiang Yumian began to feel suspicious. She straightened Jing Xiaoyan’s face and cupped it. “Let me ask you, Mumu gave it to you, not me, so why would you think that way? And your dog was right there by your feet.”

Jing Xiaoyan immediately swatted her hands away, frowning in anger. “It’s because the collar was too similar! So what if Mumu gave it to me? You two are good sisters. What if you told her something, and she deliberately brought it to make fun of me?”

Jiang Yumian crossed her arms and said righteously, “Even if we are good sisters, I wouldn’t tell her about this. How could I possibly talk about this to outsiders…”

Mid-sentence, Jiang Yumian suddenly stopped. She wouldn’t be comfortable talking about it, but Jing Xiaoyan would!

Jiang Yumian narrowed her eyes. “Did you tell Sister Yun anything?”

Jing Xiaoyan’s eyes darted away, turning her head away from Jiang Yumian, but her face was quickly pinched by Jiang Yumian.

“Ow! That hurts! I rely on my face to make a living!”

Jiang Yumian was exasperated. “How dare you tell everything to outsiders!”

Jing Xiaoyan rubbed her face. “I didn’t! I only said a little bit.”

Jiang Yumian took a deep breath. “Which bit?”

Jing Xiaoyan lowered her head to organize her thoughts, frowned, and inhaled again, looking very reluctant to speak.

Jiang Yumian frowned. “Speak!”

Jing Xiaoyan slightly opened her mouth and compromised. “She kept showing off that she and Mumu were getting married. I couldn’t out-argue her, so I had to attack her for playing mind games to be the bottom. I called her mean, and then she started cursing at me, and one thing led to another and I said a little…”

Jing Xiaoyan’s voice got softer and softer, and she finally stopped talking, focusing the reason on the first sentence, her tone still a little aggrieved. “It’s all because she was showing off about getting married…”

Jiang Yumian gave her another look, feeling very speechless. She quickly didn’t even bother to console her and directly burrowed into the quilt.

It was only when Jing Xiaoyan followed her in and snuggled into her arms that she slowly spoke, her tone languid. “If I get married, I’ll be in debt by ten billion. You’ll have to allow me to consider it for a while.”

Jing Xiaoyan lightly hummed, unconcerned. The ten billion was owed to her mother, so it wasn’t a big deal.

The incident last night was indeed only embarrassing for Jing Xiaoyan herself. People laughed at her a couple of times and then moved on because everyone’s attention was drawn to the heavy snow falling outside.

The production team said it hadn’t snowed for the first two days, and it just happened to snow today. But as beautiful as it was, the narrow path they used to get there, which was wide enough for two people, was buried under the heavy snow.

The staff gave them several snow shovels and asked them to take turns shoveling the path. They only needed to shovel the snow to the sides, only about a meter wide, but if the snow kept falling, it would probably take more than an hour to shovel. Everyone had plenty to do.

Although it was very cold outside, doing this kind of thing was quite novel. The few of them took turns shoveling. The snow outside was very thick, and the follow-up crew couldn’t keep up. Apart from the camera following the person shoveling, the remaining shots could only be captured by the few high-up cameras on the rafters.

Jiang Xiaoyan ran into the snow without being noticed. Jiang Yumian saw a flash of yellow run past her, jump into the snow, and then get buried.

“Pfft ha ha ha ha ha!” Lin Xi laughed at the dog, mercilessly mocking, “Your Jiang Xiaoyan isn’t even as tall as the snow!”

Jiang Yumian took a deep breath. She didn’t know where Jiang Xiaoyan went after plunging in. She couldn’t find her dog!

“Jing Xiaoyan! Where is the leash I asked you to put on it!”

Hearing Jiang Yumian angrily shout her name, Jing Xiaoyan’s hand holding the shovel trembled. She straightened up and looked back, only then realizing what had just happened.

Jing Xiaoyan slowly blinked twice at the hole where the dog had jumped in. “Uh, the dog… where is it?”

She thought Jiang Xiaoyan wouldn’t go out, so she hadn’t put the collar on it. Besides, it was wearing such thick clothes; it looked like it couldn’t run far.

Jiang Yumian folded her arms and yelled, “Jiang Xiaoyan! Come back here!”

There was a rustling sound in the snow, and the dog emerged, following the sound. Before Jiang Yumian could call it, it shook its body and ran into the house.

Jing Xiaoyan quickly followed Jiang Yumian to check on it.

The snow on Jiang Xiaoyan’s little coat had already been shaken off by itself, but it must have been cold. It was now trembling and baring its teeth.

Jiang Yumian patted its head and asked irritably, “What were you so excited about?”

Jing Xiaoyan stifled a laugh, reached out, picked up the heavy Jiang Xiaoyan, and walked toward the stove.

Soon feeling the warmth, Jiang Xiaoyan’s trembling legs quickly recovered. It lay down directly, lying motionless by the stove opening, comfortably warming itself by the fire.

Jing Xiaoyan squatted down and smiled at it. “Will you still run out to play recklessly in the future?”

“Woof…”

Jiang Xiaoyan’s eyes were darting around. The whole dog looked wilted.

Jing Xiaoyan squatted beside it, rubbing its aggrieved, wrinkled forehead with her palm. Jiang Yumian stood behind her. Seeing this scene, she subconsciously reached out and rubbed Jing Xiaoyan’s head twice.

Jing Xiaoyan was speechless: “…”

She turned her head, her eyes full of accusation towards Jiang Yumian. What was she trying to do!

Jiang Yumian withdrew her hand, her eyes smiling. “Let’s observe for a bit and see if Jiang Xiaoyan is okay. If it is, we’ll go out.”

It was evident that their worries were unnecessary. Jiang Xiaoyan was fine and was now bouncing around happily, but as soon as it reached the door, it instantly scurried back and lay down by the stove.

Jiang Yumian folded her arms and looked down at it. “Jiang Xiaoyan, you’re finished. This is embarrassing. So many people are watching in the live stream.”

Jiang Xiaoyan got up, frowned, and circled around. “Woof!”

It was protesting!

Jing Xiaoyan lightly coughed. “It’s no use yelling. What are you worried about? You don’t have any fans.”

Jiang Xiaoyan: “Woof!”

Jing Xiaoyan: “Even if you do, you don’t have as many as mine.”

Jiang Xiaoyan: “Woof! Woof!”

Jing Xiaoyan raised an eyebrow. “My fans love me very much.”

Jiang Yumian tried hard to contain her laughter and stood in front of the dog, stopping Jing Xiaoyan from bullying it further.

Although she couldn’t completely agree with Jing Xiaoyan’s childish behavior, she found Jing Xiaoyan even cuter.

She couldn’t help but say, “I’m your fan too.”

She looked at Jing Xiaoyan and smiled. I love you very much too.

Jing Xiaoyan’s mouth curved slightly upward, then quickly pressed down. Her peripheral vision fell on the camera. She felt Jiang Yumian was doing it on purpose. She couldn’t imagine how happy the CP fans were right now.

She lightly “Heh”-ed. “Mhm, I know. You’re one of the ‘Mom fans’.” She tried hard to round back the conversation, preventing Jiang Yumian’s words from sounding too direct.

Jiang Yumian put her hands in her pockets, leaned over slightly, bringing her face close to Jing Xiaoyan’s. Their eyes met, and the atmosphere around them was particularly ambiguous.

The way she was acting, Jing Xiaoyan quickly confirmed that she was doing it on purpose. She didn’t dodge. She didn’t believe Jiang Yumian dared to kiss her, as avoiding suspicion in front of the camera was what Jiang Yumian had said before, and she didn’t allow Jing Xiaoyan to initiate either.

Jiang Yumian quickly stood up straight, retracting her direct gaze. Fine, she really didn’t dare.

“Yes, Mom loves you, and you are not allowed to date anyone else.”

Jing Xiaoyan: “…”

Staff: “…”

Fans: “…”

Jiang Yumian really dared to say anything.

…

After confirming that Jiang Xiaoyan was okay, they also went out to help.

After shoveling the snow, they played the very popular water-into-ice trick. In short, they played all the popular online tricks one by one. Some unplayed activities were scheduled for the next two days. Their schedule for these days was packed.

When the live stream was turned off in the evening, Jing Xiaoyan finally couldn’t hold back. She pulled Jiang Yumian and asked, “What’s wrong with you these past two days?”

Jiang Yumian’s palm was pressed against the heated bed, still finding it novel. Hearing Jing Xiaoyan ask her this out of the blue, she looked confused. “What’s wrong with me?”

Jing Xiaoyan pulled her hand away and lay down in her arms. “You’re intentionally acting like you’re afraid people won’t know we’re dating.”

She thought it was something serious.

Jiang Yumian tightened her arms, pulling Jing Xiaoyan closer into her embrace. “That’s right, I’m doing it on purpose. Your class reunion, my family dinner, I was doing it all on purpose. I want everyone to know we’re together.”

“As for the audience, let’s not be too direct. We’ll hint slowly.”

Hearing her say this, Jing Xiaoyan was even more confused. Didn’t she have a lot of reservations before?

Understanding her expression, Jiang Yumian said casually, “It’s not good for us to make an official announcement right now, but I can subtly let them participate. When the day we make the official announcement comes, they won’t be surprised or unable to accept it.”

They would have a day when they would get married and obtain their marriage certificate.

Jing Xiaoyan nodded, half understanding. If she hadn’t misunderstood, Jiang Yumian wanted to hint to everyone that they were together.

Mhm, Jiang Yumian was probably a little crazy.

But Jing Xiaoyan thought it was fine.

The next morning.

Jing Xiaoyan ran off to play by herself after shoveling the snow.

She was wearing a thick, waterproof jacket, struggling to step into the snow that almost reached her thighs, bending over, doing something with her hands.

Jiang Yumian wasn’t far from her. She called her a couple of times, asking what she was doing. Jing Xiaoyan just looked back and answered, then went back to her hard work, constantly changing locations.

Jiang Yumian tilted her head and looked at her side. Unable to contain her curiosity, she eventually slowly moved over, stepping precariously.

“What are you doing? The cameras can’t even film you here.” She walked behind Jing Xiaoyan, saying as she patted Jing Xiaoyan’s back and moved to her side. She saw Jing Xiaoyan’s hand tremble, and the large heart she had managed to scoop up shattered.

Jing Xiaoyan was stunned. After a few seconds, she angrily clenched her fist, turning her head with a stiff neck. “My big heart that I finally managed to scoop up!”

Jiang Yumian lightly coughed. “Why are you making this? Should I make one for you?”

Jing Xiaoyan swatted away the hand that reached for her, turned to the other side, drew another heart, and tried to scoop it up again.

Jiang Yumian stood still, afraid of disturbing her again, even holding her breath.

Jing Xiaoyan carefully scooped it up, a smile returning to her face. She finally answered Jiang Yumian’s question. “Because I want to return a big heart to you.”

But just as she finished speaking, the heart in her hand shattered again.

Jiang Yumian remembered. Xie Yunhuan had used her thermos cup to scoop snow for them, and the little heart she made was crushed by Jing Xiaoyan.

So, she was making up for it now?

Jing Xiaoyan took a deep breath, intending to bend down and start over, but when she turned her head, she saw the perfect heart that Jiang Yumian had “accidentally” scooped up.

Then, it was presented right in front of her.

Jing Xiaoyan’s mouth twitched. This was an utter humiliation!

But she still gritted her teeth and reached out, carefully taking the heart.

And then,

It shattered…

Jing Xiaoyan’s back teeth were almost ground to pieces.

Jiang Yumian blinked. She was just thinking of scooping another one for her, but she was suddenly pounced on by the frustrated Jing Xiaoyan.

Jiang Yumian gasped, and the two of them were buried in the snow together.

Now, the cameras couldn’t capture anything at all. The live stream could only hear sounds.

Fortunately, they were wearing scarves, and the snow didn’t get down their necks, otherwise, they would definitely be frozen. Jiang Yumian recovered slightly, looking up at Jing Xiaoyan, who was on top of her.

“What are you doing?”

Jing Xiaoyan pushed away the snow beside her, leaned down, and kissed Jiang Yumian hard on the lips. “It’s fun.”

Jiang Yumian’s eyes widened, looking at her. It’s fine to kiss, but why did she make a sound when she kissed! The sound was being recorded!

She licked her lips and whispered, “Get up quickly!”

Jing Xiaoyan “Oh”-ed, but didn’t get up that quickly. Instead, she took off her gloves.

Jiang Yumian frowned slightly. It was so cold. There were frost crystals on her eyelashes. Why was she taking off her gloves now?

“What are you doing now?”

Jing Xiaoyan chuckled, felt the small pocket on her chest, and took out a diamond ring from inside. The diamond sparkled like the clear snowflakes in the light.

Jiang Yumian was slightly stunned. Before she could even clearly see the style of the ring, she quickly reached out and grasped the ring in her hand, her lips uncontrollably curving upward.

Jing Xiaoyan’s hand, which was held by Jiang Yumian, was red from the cold, but she was clutching the ring tightly. It would be hard to find if it fell into the snow pile.

She couldn’t fail at scooping the heart and also drop the ring, could she?

Jiang Yumian lightly coughed. “You should stop trying to scoop that heart. It’s fragile.”

Jing Xiaoyan nodded. She thought so too. It must be the snow’s fault.

Jiang Yumian’s grip on her fingers tightened slightly. “But I have a debt of ten billion here. Are you willing to help me pay it off? If you are, I can scoop many hearts for you.” One of which is my real heart.

To get married, she needed to earn ten billion.

Jing Xiaoyan stared intensely into her eyes. Her peripheral vision caught the unmuted mic on her chest. She lowered her head and chuckled.

Jiang Yumian’s proposal was subtle, yet watched by everyone. Everyone was involved.

In any case, Jing Xiaoyan took it as a marriage proposal.

She smiled and said, “I do~”