Deliberate Possession [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Clingy Pest

The two stared at each other, deadlocked at the door for half a minute, before Jing Xiaoyan finally released her hand from bracing the door.

Jiang Yumian raised her chin proudly.

Hmph, her answer was simply perfect. Not only did it deserve a hundred points, but it also successfully annoyed Jing Xiaoyan. Anger her! Anger her to death!

Jing Xiaoyan gave a slight sniff, then said with supreme confidence: “You two don’t have any feelings for each other anyway. She’ll be mine if I successfully seduce her first.”

Resisting the urge to roll her eyes, Jiang Yumian really wanted to grab her neck and tell her to stop pretending.

She retorted casually, “Even without feelings, you can slowly nurture them.”

Jing Xiaoyan’s hand went back to bracing the door. “Exactly! You and I can also slowly nurture feelings. How about you don’t leave? Sleep with me tonight.”

Listen to her! Listen to her! She really dares to say anything!

If this were two days ago, she would have seriously tried to convince Jing Xiaoyan how wonderful her “Sister” was. Now…

Hmph!

Jiang Yumian gritted her teeth, forcing a fake smile. “Do you understand the concept of first come, first served? My girlfriend really likes me.”

“And you believe her just because she says she likes you? You two don’t even meet. Why are you nurturing feelings with her if you don’t meet? Aren’t you afraid she’s a bad person, deceiving you for your affection?” Jing Xiaoyan spoke with righteous indignation, defaming herself without reservation.

Jiang Yumian silently cursed Jing Xiaoyan for being crazy in her heart, then looked at her angrily. “Who says I don’t meet her? I’ve thought about it. If she wants to meet me, I’ll agree, and then I’ll consider whether or not to be with her. After all, she treats me really well.”

“How can you be like this? Didn’t you say you’d consider dating me first? Don’t I treat you well too?” Jing Xiaoyan looked hurt.

Jiang Yumian genuinely wanted to punch her twice. At a time like this, she was actually getting herself tangled up. It was truly amusing. She was even jealous of herself.

She’s just good at pretending? Then she’ll pretend too.

She said righteously, “No way. She’s my girlfriend in name, and if feelings develop, I definitely won’t break up. So if you want to be a backup, go ahead and be a backup. That’s my final word.”

Jing Xiaoyan lowered her eyes, then suddenly reached out and hooked Jiang Yumian’s sleeve, her voice low. “Then how about this: you promise me that, besides your online girlfriend, you’ll only be with me if you date anyone in the future.”

Her face was full of grievance again, looking as if she would cry if Jiang Yumian didn’t agree.

Understanding what she meant, Jiang Yumian’s head, which was halfway through a perfunctory nod, instantly froze. She stared wide-eyed at Jing Xiaoyan. How could she talk like this? Wasn’t that just her either way?

The cunning calculations practically slapped her in the face. Jing Xiaoyan was truly too smart for her own good.

“Mind your own business? I’ll be with whoever I like.” Jiang Yumian reached out and poked Jing Xiaoyan’s shoulder, squinting at her angrily. “Stop with that pitiful look! I’m not falling for that now!”

She hadn’t even done anything, and here she was acting all wronged.

Jing Xiaoyan blinked, her expression instantly vanishing. Fine, if softness doesn’t work, go for hardness. She said with a determined tone, “In the end, you can only be my girlfriend.”

Jiang Yumian was made a little shy by her domineering statement. She stubbornly retorted, “You’re shameless!”

Jing Xiaoyan nodded, saying earnestly, “I’m shameless, and I want you.”

This direct statement made Jiang Yumian’s cheeks quickly turn red. Blocked in this small corner by Jing Xiaoyan, she felt like she couldn’t breathe. Her desire to escape this room reached its peak.

If she didn’t leave soon, she would be seduced by Jing Xiaoyan’s face and mouth.

Jiang Yumian took a deep breath and slapped Jing Xiaoyan’s arm. “Rogue! Let go of me and let me out!”

Jing Xiaoyan released her hand. As Jiang Yumian opened the door and was about to step out, she deliberately added, “I’m only a rogue to you.”

Because the door was open, this sentence was not only heard by Jiang Yumian, but also by Chu Qianyuan and Lin Xi, who were just about to knock.

Facing the two people outside, Jiang Yumian gritted her teeth, her ears so red they looked like they could bleed. Seeing them suppressing their laughter, she didn’t bother to say hello. She walked straight to her own door, swiped her card, opened the door, and went in, all in one go.

Jiang Yumian leaned against the door. The laughter from outside seemed to fall into her ears, and she covered her face, mortified.

Why was her gentle and understanding “Sister” like this?! Ahhh!

Outside the room.

Lin Xi burst into loud laughter, totally unrestrained. She truly hadn’t expected to witness this scene.

Chu Qianyuan also laughed. Seeing Jing Xiaoyan emerge from behind the door with a dark expression, she deliberately mimicked her, “Oh, I’m only a rogue to you~”

Lin Xi’s laughter brought tears to her eyes, and she still followed up with, “Ooh, ooh, ooh, I’m only a rogue to you~”

Jing Xiaoyan gritted her teeth and slammed the door shut with a “bang,” abandoning the two to their laughter.

She should never have let Jiang Yumian leave the room!

Lin Xi and Chu Qianyuan laughed uncontrollably. Just as they were almost done laughing, the door behind them opened.

It was Jiang Yumian, sneakily trying to see if they had left.

Facing the two faces that were still suppressing laughter, Jiang Yumian’s expression was mortified. She bit her lip. “Hmph, Jing Xiaoyan’s bad company!”

Then she also slammed the door shut with a “bang.”

Judging by her tone and the force with which she closed the door, she seemed to be raging from shame.

Lin Xi chuckled, unable to stop laughing again.

“Why is this so dramatic, hahahaha.” Lin Xi held onto Chu Qianyuan’s arm, laughing so hard she couldn’t stand straight.

Chu Qianyuan, however, restrained her laughter somewhat. “You’re still laughing. We two ‘bad company’ seem to have been discovered.”

After she said this, Jing Xiaoyan also opened the door, her face dark, and let them into the room.

Lin Xi sprawled out casually on Jing Xiaoyan’s bed and spoke immediately, “Hey, Mianmian said we’re your bad company. What’s going on? What did you do to ruin my reputation along with yours?”

She felt so wronged. She only accidentally overheard their conversation. She hadn’t done anything bad at all.

Jing Xiaoyan threw a pillow at her, explaining without any surprise, “I told her that I like her. She probably thinks you two were giving me advice behind the scenes.”

Chu Qianyuan deliberately shivered, teasing her with a look of disgust, “Stay away from me. The things you, a rogue, said to her, are not something I could ever come up with.”

Jing Xiaoyan: “…”

Not intending to dwell on this, Jing Xiaoyan skipped the topic and directly addressed their reason for coming. “What do you two need me for?”

Lin Xi: “Just gossiping. We thought something was wrong because the atmosphere between you and Mianmian was off today, but now it seems we were overthinking it.”

Jing Xiaoyan nodded slightly. “It’s fine.”

If Jiang Yumian hadn’t come to find her, she really might have been depressed right now.

“I’ll tell you something. Mumu knows everything. She asked me yesterday. You were too obvious. She figured it out,” Chu Qianyuan glared at her impatiently, then continued, “I was originally on edge, but I didn’t expect you to have already confessed to her.”

If Lin Xi hadn’t told her, she still wouldn’t know.

Jing Xiaoyan composed her face, asking nervously, “Mumu knows?”

Chu Qianyuan nodded. “She knows, but she said as long as you don’t bully Mianmian, she won’t interfere. Otherwise, she can’t stand by and watch her good friend be bullied and deceived in the dark by you.”

“So you’d better be careful.”

Lin Xi tossed the pillow Jing Xiaoyan had thrown at her and suggested casually, “If you ask me, just confess early. If you’re clear about it, you won’t have to be so worried.”

And then pursue her aggressively. With Jing Xiaoyan’s level of shamelessness, Jiang Yumian might not be able to resist.

Jing Xiaoyan forced a smile. She wanted to confess, too, but she was blocked yesterday, and today she was explicitly warned not to speak. What was she supposed to do?

She sighed deeply. “I know. I’ll figure it out myself.”

With Chu Qianyuan as a comparison, Lin Xi was quite confident in Jing Xiaoyan’s ability to pursue someone. She quickly relaxed and shifted the topic to other things.

“I’m going to a music festival next Thursday. Chu Baiyue will be there too. Do you guys want to come and hang out if you’re free?”

Chu Baiyue and Lin Xi were both musicians. Chu Baiyue was even more carefree than Lin Xi, saying what she liked and not hiding what she disliked, speaking very frankly.

For example, she initially said she liked Chu Qianyuan, and after being rejected countless times, she then said she wanted to pursue Jing Xiaoyan. She had been persistently pursuing her for almost half a year now.

Knowing Lin Xi’s mischievous nature, Jing Xiaoyan and Chu Qianyuan both wanted to kick her.

Chu Qianyuan directly cursed her, “Are you crazy?”

Jing Xiaoyan just glanced at her, too lazy to even speak to her.

Lin Xi shrugged. “She asked me to ask if you guys are going. Mainly because Chu Qianyuan is taken, and Jing Xiaoyan has been busy filming and not replying to messages, so she could only harass me.”

Jing Xiaoyan looked at Chu Qianyuan and said thoughtfully, “Then you can also tell her that I’m taken now.”

Lin Xi suddenly laughed awkwardly. “Funny thing is, before the show started, she asked me if you had a partner. I said no.”

Jing Xiaoyan gave her a fake smile. “Then tell her now.”

Lin Xi blinked, feeling guilty. “You can tell her yourself next week.”

Jing Xiaoyan frowned. “What do you mean?”

“Luo Cheng is busy next week, and she asked Chu Baiyue to fill in for her. They are mentor-sisters, taught by the same music teacher. I only just found out…” Lin Xi’s voice grew quieter.

The circle was really too small. Everything was such a coincidence.

Chu Qianyuan looked at Jing Xiaoyan with an unreadable expression. “You, may you be blessed.”

She had been pursued by Chu Baiyue and knew how many tricks that person had up her sleeve, and how crazy she was.

Lin Xi cleared her throat. “You can’t blame me. I didn’t invite her. I came to inform you two as soon as I found out.”

Jing Xiaoyan covered her face with her hand, finally waving it off. “Whatever. I don’t like her anyway. Besides, she falls in love with everyone she sees. She’ll change targets eventually.”

Lin Xi: “Mhm, mhm. Maybe she’ll suddenly take a liking to your Mianmian then.”

Jing Xiaoyan finally couldn’t hold back. She hit Lin Xi’s back with a pillow. “Why don’t you do us a favor and take this menace for yourself?”

Chu Qianyuan casually added, “She’s not attractive enough. Chu Baiyue won’t be interested.”

Lin Xi: !

After returning to her room, Jiang Yumian took a shower. Without her phone, she lay in bed and started overthinking.

Jing Xiaoyan is truly something—so shameless. No wonder she said that day that she would screen potential partners for her, and even set the standard as herself. She’s so cunning. Who could be smarter than her?

Jiang Yumian lay on her stomach, remembering the awkwardness outside the door earlier. She pounded the bed with her hands, saying furiously, “Ahhh! You dog, I really want to torment you to death!”

After saying that, she rolled on the bed twice. She was even more frustrated. “Ah!”

Forget it. She would let Jing Xiaoyan off the hook. She already said she forgave her. She’d just let her continue to agonize over it herself.

But she was so angry. Jing Xiaoyan embarrassed her and dragged her into it. She had practically lost all face.

Jiang Yumian pounded the bed weakly. Jing Xiaoyan, you dog! Give me back my good sister! Ahhh!

The next morning.

Jing Xiaoyan, who had just run into Jiang Yumian, was inexplicably glared at by her.

Lin Xi and Chu Qianyuan, who came out immediately after, were also ignored by Jiang Yumian.

Su Mumu had just closed her door and found the few of them looking at each other, none of them speaking.

Lin Xi suppressed a laugh and deliberately walked up to Jiang Yumian. “Morning, Mianmian.”

Jiang Yumian snorted softly. “Three unskilled laborers are no match for a master strategist.”

After saying that, she pushed Lin Xi to walk ahead, completely ignoring the people behind them.

Chu Qianyuan followed behind them, unable to resist saying to Jing Xiaoyan, “Does she really think we’re giving you advice?”

Su Mumu quietly said, “Just you?”

Jing Xiaoyan shrugged and quickly caught up to Jiang Yumian, pushing Lin Xi aside.

Lin Xi looked speechless at the person who was now hooking her arm through Jiang Yumian’s. She was acting all aloof yesterday.

“Tch.”

Jing Xiaoyan tightly held onto Jiang Yumian’s arm, which she was trying to pull away, and said shamelessly to Lin Xi, “Since you all know now, I won’t pretend anymore. Lin Xi, get away. Netizens can only ship Mianmian and me.”

Jiang Yumian looked at her incredulously, gritting her teeth and whispering, “Aren’t you childish?”

Jing Xiaoyan shook her head, committing fully to her rogue behavior. “I don’t care.”

Lin Xi stood nearby, scoffing, “Ooh, ooh, ooh.”

Jing Xiaoyan didn’t say a word yesterday. She thought she was so magnanimous, but she was so petty and had been holding it in the whole time.

Jiang Yumian’s face was slightly red, and she lowered her head, too embarrassed to speak. Being teased like this by Lin Xi made her feel uncomfortable. Although the teasing was directed at Jing Xiaoyan, she was also a main character.

She wasn’t as shameless as Jing Xiaoyan…

Jing Xiaoyan was actually embarrassed too, but since the people at the door were all “her people,” she didn’t hide it and explained logically, “Mainly, you and Mianmian don’t have that CP chemistry. It has to be me. I’m true love.”

Lin Xi moved a step further away from them. “Tsk…”

Chu Qianyuan and Su Mumu, who were following behind, had lines across their foreheads. They felt that Jing Xiaoyan was gradually becoming unrestrained in her pursuit of Jiang Yumian.

Su Mumu couldn’t help but sigh. If Chu Qianyuan had even half of Jing Xiaoyan’s shamelessness when she was secretly in love with her, they probably wouldn’t have taken so long to get together. But thankfully, she was proactive enough.

Jiang Yumian closed her eyes. Her heart was dead.

Her ears and face were uncontrollably red. She slightly turned her head, silently telling herself in her heart, Jing Xiaoyan is her sugar mommy sister. For the sake of her sister, she would temporarily endure her and not mind her.

This endurance lasted for two full days.

During these two days of filming, no matter what task they were doing, Jing Xiaoyan kept clinging to her, a stark contrast to the day of the live broadcast. And while clinging to her, she was also preventing Lin Xi from getting close.

Jing Xiaoyan was possessive to an extreme, declaring she would break up her CP with Lin Xi, and even reminded the director to make sure to edit her words in.

She was truly so childish…

Jiang Yumian grabbed her phone and ran the moment filming was over. She ran incredibly fast, truly afraid that this clingy pest would still bother her on the way home.

Sea Cotton has Baby: Sister, I’m done filming.

Sea Cotton has Baby: Bold question: How did you manage to set your sights on Jing Xiaoyan? Was it just because she’s mentally ill?

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