Deliberate Possession [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 42

Chapter 42: Call Me Master

Jiang Yumian paid the bill and left. Regarding Jing Xiaoyan’s sudden silence, she felt a little strange, but didn’t say anything. Perhaps she was unhappy because Jiang Yumian had ignored her while chatting earlier.

Jing Xiaoyan finally spoke as they neared the hotel.

“Mianmian.”

Jiang Yumian turned her head to look at her. Although she didn’t know what she wanted to say, she still replied, “We’re almost there.”

Jing Xiaoyan’s voice was a little crestfallen. “Mianmian.”

Jiang Yumian pursed her lips and had no choice but to ask, “What is it?”

Jing Xiaoyan: “Will you hate me?”

Jing Xiaoyan’s question was inexplicable, but her tone sounded cautious. Jiang Yumian was a little confused; she hadn’t bullied her.

She replied patiently, “I don’t hate you. You haven’t done anything wrong. What you did before was just because you like me. I can understand.”

Jing Xiaoyan nodded. “Mhm, I really like you.”

Jiang Yumian choked. Although she knew it, her saying it like this made her feel quite embarrassed. Doesn’t she feel ashamed at all…

Fortunately, they had reached their destination. The slowly stopping car successfully rescued her. Pretending not to have heard her confession again, Jiang Yumian exhaled softly. “We’re here. Hurry up and go back.”

Jing Xiaoyan’s hand gripping the seatbelt tightened. She turned her head and stared intently at Jiang Yumian.

Feeling burned by her direct gaze, Jiang Yumian quickly averted her eyes, licked her lips, and then turned back to look at her a few seconds later. “What’s wrong?”

Jing Xiaoyan opened her mouth and took a shallow breath. “There is one thing that might make you very angry when you find out, but I didn’t mean to do it that way initially.”

Jiang Yumian frowned. “What is it?”

Jing Xiaoyan pursed her lips, lowered her head, and made a mournful face. “I don’t dare to say it now.”

Jiang Yumian paused, wanting to laugh. “Is it that hard to say?”

Jiang Yumian was very curious. She couldn’t imagine Jing Xiaoyan doing anything outrageous to her that would make her very angry, and that she didn’t even dare to say.

It was obvious that she knew she had done wrong.

Jing Xiaoyan nodded. “Very hard.”

Especially hard, the kind that will get me skinned alive after I say it.

Jiang Yumian studied Jing Xiaoyan’s expression. Seeing her looking so dejected, she waved her hand. “Forget it. Tell me when you dare. Looking at you now, I don’t think you dare to do anything else.”

Jing Xiaoyan hesitated for a long time. “Then if you find out later, don’t ignore me.”

“Alright, as long as it’s not something heinous, I can consider forgiving you.”

Jiang Yumian reached out and unbuckled her seatbelt, urging her to leave. Seriously.

Hearing this, Jing Xiaoyan felt a little relieved. She couldn’t say anything after hesitating for so long. She reached out and opened the car door. “Then I’m leaving. See you during the show.”

Jiang Yumian waved at her, watched her enter the hotel entrance, and then sighed in relief. Finally, she saw off this great Buddha.

It was already 11 p.m. when she got home. Fortunately, Jiang Xiaoyan still remembered her. It ran out before she even entered the door, jumping and hopping around her.

“Jiang Xiaoyan, hmph, your name sounds pretty good.”

Jiang Yumian squatted down and rubbed its head, then stood up and picked it up. She suddenly thought of Jing Xiaoyan’s message saying she should hug her instead, and couldn’t help but laugh.

“The two of you are really alike, so clingy.”

Jiang Xiaoyan excitedly: “Awooo! Awooo!”

Jiang Yumian patted its bulging little belly. “Oh my, why did you eat so much.”

It seemed Mrs. Jiang hadn’t neglected her Jiang Xiaoyan.

Jiang Xiaoyan: “Woof!”

“Alright, go to sleep now.”

Jiang Yumian stroked its head. It was too cute. She couldn’t resist taking out her phone and snapping a picture of it.

Jiang Yumian V: It’s going to burst from eating so much~ (Image)

“Wow wow wow, she really took it home!”

“Yo yo, Jiang Xiaoyan looks quite energetic.”

“Mianmian, are you still short of a dog at home? I can be called Jiang Xiaojing!”

“God-tier Jiang Xiaojing hahahahahaha”

“Sob sob sob, when will this sudden wealth be my turn!”

“What’s going on! You should have said you like dogs earlier!”

“Woof woof! Master~ I’m coming~”

Jiang Yumian looked at the comments below, her eyes curved in a smile. Especially the comment that called “Master,” she automatically substituted Jing Xiaoyan and imagined her calling her that.

Then she gave herself goosebumps from the shock.

Damn it.

She should hurry up and take a shower, wash her hair, and pour the water out of her brain while she was at it.

On the other side, Jing Xiaoyan, who was about to go to sleep, looked at the sudden Weibo pop-up, clicked on the image, pondered for a few seconds, then narrowed her eyes and smiled. She opened her work WeChat and posted on her Moments.

Jing Xiaoyan: Indeed very full (Image)

The image she paired with it was the dinner she had with Jiang Yumian today. She had taken a few photos before starting to eat, intending to save them just in case, and now they came in handy.

When posting, she deliberately tagged Jiang Yumian to make sure she saw it.

Jiang Yumian opened WeChat after showering and saw the blatant Moments notification. She clicked on it and her forehead was covered in black lines.

There were a few comments below.

Lin Xi: Tsk tsk, dog thing.

Jing Xiaoyan replied to Lin Xi: Little dog is very cute, thank you for the compliment.

Chu Qianyuan replied to Jing Xiaoyan: You’re completely shameless now.

Jing Xiaoyan replied to Chu Qianyuan: I don’t want it. You don’t have it anyway, so I’ll give it to you.

Jiang Yumian ground her teeth. Looking at Lin Xi’s comment, she suddenly remembered a question she hadn’t asked Jing Xiaoyan. But before exiting, she followed up with a comment.

Jiang Yumian: Then call me ‘Master’ so I can hear it.

Ling Yisong: !?

Su Mumu: Lending an ear.

Luo Cheng: I’ll lend an ear too.

Before Jiang Yumian could look for Jing Xiaoyan, a voice message was already sent over.

Jiang Yumian looked at the voice message. Her eyelashes trembled violently. It was only three seconds long. Did she really call me that?

In that moment of hesitation, her finger had already pressed the voice message. She pressed hard, saw the three words “Convert to text,” bit her lip, and finally steeled her heart and clicked on the voice message directly.

“Mianmian is still awake~”

Jiang Yumian’s anxious heart finally settled down. She didn’t know why, but she felt a huge sigh of relief.

She looked at the voice message again. Tch, that’s all it is…

“You’re not asleep either.” She recorded a voice message and sent it over, then quickly sent another one. “Is there anyone next to you?”

The other side quickly sent a short video.

Jiang Yumian clicked to watch. The screen showed a hotel room. Jing Xiaoyan held the phone and turned it around the room. “Is Mianmian checking up on me? It’s just me in my room. I always sleep alone.” After saying that, she turned the camera, aiming it at her face, and only sent it after blinking at the camera.

Jiang Yumian couldn’t help but chuckle. No one could resist letting Jing Xiaoyan actively pursue them like this, right?

She might be the “Ninja” in the eyes of the netizens, but her conditions weren’t bad either…

After confirming that Jing Xiaoyan was alone, Jiang Yumian called her directly.

The call was quickly connected.

Jing Xiaoyan’s tone was excited. “Mianmian!”

Clearly hearing the joy in her voice, Jiang Yumian raised an eyebrow, suppressed the smile on the corner of her mouth, and said sternly, “I have a question for you.”

Jing Xiaoyan: “Ask away.”

Jiang Yumian unconsciously picked at her fingers. “Who knows that you like me?”

The other side suddenly fell silent, not knowing whether she was hesitating or for some other reason.

Jiang Yumian: “Is it hard to answer?”

Jing Xiaoyan pondered for a few seconds. “Chu Qianyuan, Lin Xi, and my assistant and agent.”

She thought for a moment and quickly understood.

Jiang Yumian asking this question meant she must have noticed something was wrong. She might as well confess herself quickly.

Hearing her answer so quickly, Jiang Yumian was a little surprised. She didn’t expect Jing Xiaoyan to be so obedient, telling her everything she asked.

What surprised her even more was that Chu Qianyuan knew. Then what complicated relationship did she think she and Jing Xiaoyan had…

This is going to be the death of me.

Jiang Yumian took a long breath, exhaled softly, and muttered, “That’s a bit exciting.”

Jing Xiaoyan didn’t care. “It’s fine. It’s fine if they know.”

Jiang Yumian’s expression was a little complex. This person is quite open-minded.

“Oh, right, one more person knows.” Jing Xiaoyan suddenly spoke again. “Zhang Yan knows. I forgot about him just now.”

Without waiting for Jiang Yumian to ask, Jing Xiaoyan explained herself. “Because I directly told him I was pursuing you.”

Jiang Yumian twitched her lips. “You cut off your potential suitors quite efficiently.”

The person on the other end laughed. “Because I only like you.”

She speaks so directly…

Jiang Yumian’s ear pressed against the receiver instantly turned red. She quickly moved the phone away a bit. “I’m not talking anymore. I’m going to sleep. Good night.”

The phone was hung up before the other end could even say “good night.”

Jiang Yumian shoved her phone under the pillow, turned off the light, covered herself with the blanket, and closed her eyes. It was a smooth sequence of actions, but her closed eyes opened a few seconds later because of the phone’s notification sound.

Seeing the voice message Jing Xiaoyan sent her, she clicked on it unhappily, wanting to hear if she was scolding her for hanging up so abruptly or saying good night.

Jing Xiaoyan: “Good night, my Master~”

Aiya!

Jiang Yumian’s hand trembled. She tightly clenched her phone, almost dropping it on her face. She stared wide-eyed at the voice message she had just played.

She really did it! Ah!

Jiang Yumian quickly turned off her phone, took a deep breath, flipped over while hugging the blanket, and decided to turn her back on the phone. She needed to calm down.

A few seconds later, she pulled the blanket and completely covered her face. Jing Xiaoyan was flirting with her! And she succeeded in flirting with her!

Jiang Yumian tossed and turned in bed. Soon, the weak-willed person opened her phone and listened to it again. After listening, she felt like her face was on fire. She finally turned off her phone again, fully satisfied and leaving.

So this is what it feels like to know you’ve been flirted with.

For the next two days.

Jiang Yumian didn’t dare to open her work WeChat again.

She was truly afraid of Jing Xiaoyan and admitted that Jing Xiaoyan had a significant impact on her. For instance, a single sentence from her kept her awake until the latter half of the night.

It wasn’t until Friday that Chu Qianyuan sent her a message, telling her to reply to Jing Xiaoyan’s WeChat.

Jiang Yumian: “…”

Sometimes, knowing too much is not a good thing.

She resignedly switched WeChat accounts and found that Jing Xiaoyan hadn’t sent her many messages, just a “Good morning” every other day. After she didn’t reply, she stopped sending them.

Little Jing Doggy: I don’t have any scenes after the afternoon shoot. Can we go to the airport together tonight?

Little Jing Doggy: My flight is at 9:15 PM. When is yours? I can change my ticket.

Little Jing Doggy: Talk to me!

Jiang Yumian scoffed softly, but finally replied to her, No need to change your ticket. Mine is at the same time.

Little Jing Doggy: You finally decided to talk to me?

Mianmian: I’m at work, bye.

Jiang Yumian quickly switched WeChat accounts after replying to the message. She had no intention of continuing the conversation with Jing Xiaoyan. It would be fatal.

At the same time she switched WeChat accounts, a bank deposit text message popped up. It was her appearance fee.

Jiang Yumian’s face lit up with joy. Her nearly empty wallet was finally full again.

The ten thousand yuan given by the rich sister earlier was mostly spent on customizing headphones for her mother a few days after she received it. Her mother’s birthday was in a few days.

Now that she had money in her pocket, she would still have a good surplus after returning the money.

She opened her sister’s chat box, clicked on the transfer without thinking, planning to return it to her the same way. However, the finger that was about to enter the amount froze when she saw the phone screen.

Jiang Yumian was stunned for two seconds, then clicked back, wanting to check if she had switched the WeChat accounts correctly and was still on the chat page with Jing Xiaoyan.

The result was obvious, no. This was her rich sister.

Jiang Yumian tightly pursed her lips, still unwilling to give up. She clicked on the transfer again, gritting her teeth. The word that appeared in her view was extremely dazzling.

She sat motionless for half an hour, not knowing what she was thinking about.

“Heh…”

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