I Was Taken by the Female Lead After Transmigrating into a Book - Chapter 100

By the time Huo Wu got back to the hotel after work, it was very late. The entire top floor was silent. She tried to be as quiet as possible, but when she pushed open the door, she was surprised to see the living room light on.

Bai Feifei was sitting on the floor in front of the coffee table. The script was already separated into sections. Her parts were highlighted in green, with many small notes and annotations written on them with her understanding of the scenes.

She was probably on a break. Jumbo was sleeping soundly in her arms, while Little Cutie’s two big, fluffy paws were wrapped around her feet. Little White lay on top of the script, its tail occasionally sweeping back and forth. Bai Feifei held her phone, her brows slightly furrowed, and was seriously texting someone.

Hearing the door open, Bai Feifei didn’t even look up. The two dogs and one cat didn’t move either. They all thought it was Fu Xiaoxiao, who had said she was going to sleep, and had forgotten something and come back. It wasn’t until a strong, spicy food aroma mixed with Huo Wu’s pleasant scent wafted into her nose that she suddenly looked up, her joy clear on her face.

Huo Wu felt like she was seeing a vivid animated scene in real life. Bai Feifei was like a robot charging. The moment she saw her, her battery was full, and the little light bulbs in her eyes instantly lit up.

“You’re so happy.” Huo Wu had a gentle smile on her face. In her hand, she was holding a bag of food that was wrapped tightly, but the aroma still couldn’t be stopped. “I thought you were already asleep.”

Words that were insincere.

Bai Feifei and the three little ones enthusiastically pounced on her. Ignoring the three little ones’ shining eyes, Bai Feifei took the bag from Huo Wu and excitedly said, “Is it the crayfish from two days ago? Xiaoxiao said she ordered from a few other places later, but none of them were as delicious or as clean as the last one, and the crayfish were all so small.”

Huo Wu said, “Mhm.” This time, she added, “Next time you want to eat it, tell me in advance.”

“How much in advance?” Bai Feifei said dreamily. “If I don’t have work, I can eat it for a whole month straight.”

Bai Feifei was actually capable of doing something like that.

Huo Wu suddenly became very curious. Logically speaking, Bai Feifei, a little princess who had grown up in a honey pot since she was a child, whose family’s most basic meal consisted of eight dishes and one soup, with both hot and cold dishes and fruit after meals, had no room to cook for herself. So how could she so seamlessly blend into the common market, bargaining with vendors and being sweet-talked into getting a small bunch of scallions or a few cents’ worth of cilantro for free?

And her cooking skills were very good.

She couldn’t cook big, fancy meals, but she could always make everyday dishes that were both appetizing and refreshing. And she was very willing to spend time researching.

She thought this and then asked her.

Bai Feifei thought for a moment, but it was too complex, and it was difficult to tell Huo Wu the truth without tripping over blocked words. So she could only say, “When you’ve been through a lot, you grow up.”

Huo Wu then thought of the past few years, and she gently pinched Bai Feifei’s cheek with her thumb.

Bai Feifei’s eyes curved into a smile. She suddenly remembered she hadn’t told Huo Wu something and said, “A-Wu, I just found a moving company! They handle everything, and my flowers can be packed separately and taken there too!”

The screen in front of her showed the specific details that Bai Feifei was discussing with the company. Huo Wu froze for a moment and said, “Have you thought it through?”

“There’s nothing to think about,” Bai Feifei said. She peeled a shrimp, dipped it in sauce, and handed it to Huo Wu’s mouth. After watching her eat it, she peeled another one and said, “This afternoon, I was thinking about how to move. I didn’t expect things to have developed so quickly over the years, and moving can be a one-stop service now.”

She wasn’t actually born living in that small villa. In Bai Feifei’s memory, her family had first lived in a residential building for staff members, which was assigned by her father’s workplace. The neighbors were all his colleagues from the factory. But they didn’t live there for long. Her father quit his job and went into business with a friend, and when she was very young, they moved into a house that was very big for her childhood self. She started to have her own bathroom and a small walk-in closet.

After living in that house for a few years, her family moved into the aging villa they lived in now.

Bai Feifei’s memory of it wasn’t very clear, but she remembered that every time they moved, it was a chaotic mess. Even though they weren’t short on money at the time, the services were what they were. Moving and packing up was always time-consuming and exhausting.

Now, she could stand by and do nothing. As long as the price was right, the platform could provide the best service for both moving and packing. When she was talking to them just now, the company even said they would provide a one-stop cleaning service when they left.

Bai Feifei said this from the bottom of her heart, but Huo Wu was silent for two seconds before saying, “This afternoon, what you were thinking about was moving?”

“Of course!” Bai Feifei handed her another shrimp. After watching Huo Wu eat it, she leaned closer to her affectionately and said clingily, “We used to live together before. I want to live with you too. Aren’t we already living together now? So why should we separate after we finish filming? We should just keep living together.”

Bai Feifei’s logic was bizarre but also very reasonable.

Huo Wu couldn’t help but laugh. She suddenly realized that even now, in this relationship, Bai Feifei had practically laid her heart out for her, but she still felt a sense of insecurity.

But it was also different from the very beginning.

She was nervous now, but she could predict the outcome herself. She also knew that Bai Feifei wouldn’t refuse… she just didn’t expect the process to be like this.

No matter what, it was a step forward.

Huo Wu thought expressionlessly.

“I want to eat more,” Bai Feifei said, feigning a cry. “It looks like such a big plate, but why are there only about twenty shrimps?”

Out of the twenty-something shrimps, they still had to give one to Jumbo, three to Little Cutie, and two to Little White. The rest were for her and Huo Wu to share.

It was not nearly enough.

“Twenty-something is a lot already,” Huo Wu said expressionlessly. “All of those crayfish were ten centimeters or more.”

Bai Feifei talked back cheekily, “Well, half of that is the inedible head and claws. Who knows if the vendor straightened out their claws when they were measuring their height?”

She then picked up Little White, looked at its long body, and held it up to Huo Wu. “If I straighten out Little White’s front paws and tail, it might be the biggest Little White cat in the world.”

Little White cooperated with a “meow.”

Huo Wu felt like she must have been poisoned. The first image that popped into her mind was Bai Feifei on her tiptoes, with her arms stretched out, measuring her height from fingertip to toe.

But just a second after the image appeared in her mind, Bai Feifei recited it verbatim and said confidently, “Then the world would have a bunch of two-meter-tall giants. Like me, Giant Bai Feifei.”

Huo Wu laughed, threw Little White onto the sofa, and pinched Bai Feifei’s face with her clean hands, pulling it from side to side. She didn’t use much force, and after two gentle tugs, she kissed her reassuringly. “Silly Bai Feifei.”

Bai Feifei wasn’t shy at all. She puffed out her cheeks and leaned in for another kiss.

A moment later, she smacked her lips. “A spicy kiss.”

Huo Wu was speechless for two seconds. Without looking, she knew her lips were probably bright red. She couldn’t stand it anymore, so she got up and dragged Bai Feifei to the bathroom to wash up.

Before they went in, she gave her a final warning. “From now on, no kissing me with your oily mouth after eating spicy crayfish.”

Not giving Bai Feifei a chance to talk back, Huo Wu anticipated what she was going to say and squeezed her. She didn’t even realize she was smiling when she spoke. “Not spicy hot pot, not spicy stir-fry, not any spicy stuff!”

Bai Feifei finally gave up, pouting and grumbling quietly.

The makeup and styling for the second half of the story were very different from the early campus scenes.

Her age hadn’t changed, and not much time had passed. What remained constant was that Fu Sang still had to take care of her mother, who was undergoing hospital treatment. But since one period was about her school life and the other was about her busy life as a working person, her daily attire changed. But the change couldn’t be too drastic. It was just that her overall feel was different from the reservedness she had at school.

Bai Feifei didn’t know what Huo Wu’s styling would be like at this time, so she was very much looking forward to it.

There weren’t many jobs available for high school students, and Fu Sang was no exception. On one hand, she was studying as an auditor at a psychological clinic, thanks to a referral from her mother’s doctor. On the other hand, she was tutoring a student who was about to take the high school entrance exam.

She was still wearing a t-shirt and long pants, but it seemed because she had already understood Fu Sang’s experiences during this time and had talked to Li Ke, she looked a lot stronger overall. She was still stubborn and strong, but she spoke less and seemed a bit more mature.

Work hadn’t started yet. Bai Feifei was bored and was squatting next to Li Ke, looking for an ant’s nest.

Li Ke was waiting for the scene to be set up. He would chat with the people around him from time to time. Before she knew it, most of the people had dispersed. Bai Feifei couldn’t find an ant’s nest. She clapped her hands and looked up, and found that Li Ke had been staring at her for a long time.

It was a bit unnerving.

Bai Feifei shuffled to the side while still in her squatting position. She was a little guilty, afraid that Li Ke had found out she had eaten spicy crayfish last night and was going to scold her. She waved her arms nervously. “What, what is it?”

Li Ke’s gaze was full of disdain. “You’re getting less and less like Fu Sang when you’re not in front of the camera.”

It was hard to tell if he meant that as a compliment or an insult. Bai Feifei asked suspiciously, “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”

Li Ke didn’t say it clearly, but after a moment of thought, he said with certainty, “For you, at the moment, it’s a good thing.”

Li Ke paused for a second and added, “Given your state before, where you were so easily affected by the emotions of the show, I was really worried you’d break up with Old Huo and say goodbye.”

Bai Feifei was so shocked that she dropped the twig in her hand. But remembering how she felt after reading the script last night, she felt that what Li Ke said wasn’t unfounded.

But even if he wasn’t talking nonsense, Bai Feifei was still very confident in herself and Huo Wu.

She put on a very displeased expression. “I’d say goodbye to you before I’d say goodbye to A-Wu.”

Li Ke was used to being a smart aleck. When he heard this, he suddenly said, “What if you had to choose between Bai Xue and Huo Wu? Who would you choose?”

Bai Feifei cupped her face. “I’d choose to team up with A-Wu and Auntie Xue to take you down first.”