My Wife Became a Top Star After I Came Back from Quick Transmigration - Chapter 33

Lin Mo truly didn’t know what to say she did wrong. The situation last night was not something that could be talked about.

They were so close to getting intimate. She couldn’t talk about what she did wrong in front of the cameras. She was truly shocked by Su Qixi’s question.

Amidst the chorus of jeers, Su Qixi also realized what she had asked. Her face slowly turned red. But right now, she was the one who needed to be placated. It wasn’t her fault, right or wrong.

She threw the coffee she was holding at Lin Mo. “You, you, you, you blockhead!!!” How could you say such ambiguous things in front of the cameras?

Lin Mo used one hand to hold the tray and the other to pull her, but she missed.

She could only hold the coffee and follow behind her, trying to placate her. “Don’t be mad! I was just worried, you know? After being a target of your sarcasm all morning, my IQ dropped. Isn’t that normal?”

Su Qixi’s face grew even redder. “Am I a magician? Did I cast an IQ-lowering spell on you?”

Lin Mo said with a serious expression, “To be honest, it kind of feels like it.” She didn’t know how to placate her anymore. She wasn’t good at it in the first place, and she was really using all her strength.

Su Qixi: “…” She suddenly had a vision of herself transforming with a magic wand. She shook her head hard to get rid of the strange image.

Two fans followed behind Lin Mo. One said, “Hey, hey, hey, our coffee.” The other followed closely to watch the gossip. The coffee could wait!

But Lin Mo didn’t want to be a subject of gossip. She turned around, gave the two cups of coffee to the fans, and sighed as she looked at Su Qixi, who had run away in a huff.

Today’s Xiao Xi was truly hard to placate.

The two of them argued all morning, and the bullet comments were a lively mess. The highest number of viewers and bullet comments since the show started appeared. After all, so many companies had bought trending topics, which was free publicity.

At noon, all the major companies felt that they could go and see the results.

After arguing for so long and being on the trending list for so long, they should have lost a wave of fans.

So, they went to Qilin’s super topic and saw that their fan count had increased by more than 80,000.

The bosses who had spent money: “…”

Feng Ye: “…”

Looking closely at the posts and comments in the super topic, which were constantly being updated, the ones who had spent money and the ones who hadn’t couldn’t help but lean in to see what these couple fans were thinking.

Post: [Two elementary school students bickering]

— [Hahahaha, Miss Pig lost the argument with Su Su. Is this real?]

— [Some people are so strange. They say they’re in a cold war, but it looks like they’re flirting.]

Post: [What’s with the trending topics this morning? What kind of couple argues so openly?]

— [To be honest, if they’re so direct in front of the cameras and not actually a couple in real life, does that make sense?]

— [Exactly. I’ve been in the industry for so long. Even when a celebrity couple divorces, they still try to save face.]

— [Oh my god, I came from Weibo. I thought they were arguing because of the trending topics, but it’s actually kind of sweet. Is it a new trend to use trending topic keywords to trick people into coming in?]

Post: [After arguing all morning, it all boils down to Miss Pig doing something wrong last night. But the other guests are clueless, which means the mistake wasn’t obvious. So, to summarize, they had a private meeting again!!!]

— [The word “again” is used so well (dog emoji).]

— [It’s unbelievable that Miss Pig could do something wrong “late at night.”]

— [It’s confirmed, right?]

Post: [By the way, isn’t this kind of argument mode familiar to everyone?]

— [People who have been in a relationship should be familiar with this kind of sarcasm, right?]

— [This is how my husband and I argue.]

…

The posts were still being updated, and there were fan comments under every new post. The number of active fans for Qilin was not low. Even though the fan base was still small, the magnitude was already starting to rise.

A few companies and Feng Ye were dumbfounded. The fans’ conclusion about the morning’s trending topics and argument was “flirting”!

Bosses: “???”

Feng Ye: “???”

Later, this morning’s video even became one of the classic Qilin couple videos.

A few bosses never thought that this classic scene was created by the trending topics they had bought.

Otherwise, it would have been just an ordinary morning, with two elementary school students bickering sweetly. But with so many trending topics, the meaning seemed to be different.

With more trending topics, more people watched, and even more couple fans appeared. This video attracted many new fans, and this argument had a different meaning.

This feeling of frustration made the bosses silently close their iPads and choose to rest. What they didn’t see couldn’t hurt them.

And that day, Lin Mo and Su Qixi spent the entire day in a cold war. It wasn’t until the shop closed that they started tidying up.

Because there were fewer customers today, the goods that were brought in yesterday were finally not used up in one day, so the guests didn’t have to go out to get more supplies today.

With more people tidying up and the work not being as hectic as yesterday, the speed of cleaning up the shop was also faster. The shop was tidied up in less than four hours.

Since Lin Mo had gotten up early, Zhuo Zitao told her to go rest. After all, it was still early for dinner.

Lin Mo didn’t refuse. When everything was in place, Zhuo Zitao asked Su Qixi to help get some coffee beans from the warehouse.

“Lin Mo bought several bags yesterday. We should be able to go without buying any for several days. Just get one or two bags for now. I’ll help throw out the trash.”

Su Qixi said, “Okay,” and asked, “Do you need anything else? I’ll get it all at once.”

Qiu Mingyi said, “I checked Lin Mo’s cabinet, and the flour is almost gone. I’ll go with you to get it.”

Su Qixi smiled. “No need. I’ll just use the cart by the door.”

Because Moke Ju was not big and its business was average before, the goods were mostly kept in the shop. But the guests had brought in several times the amount of goods, so there wasn’t enough space in the shop. They were placed in a small room in the backyard. To make it easier to get the goods, they had even borrowed a small cart.

Qiu Mingyi knew this as well. He thought for a moment and said, “Okay. It’s not far, and you don’t have to carry anything heavy. Get one bag of flour for Lin Mo, two bags of coffee beans, and the disposable paper cups for takeout are almost gone…”

Su Qixi wrote them all down. “I know.”

She went out, pushed the cart, and headed to the backyard. The path from here to the backyard was very short. It was just past the main house. Since it was an old house, it still had the old-fashioned “covered walkway” (chao shou you long).

Strolling under the walkway, it had a leisurely and comfortable feel.

And since it was just after work, pushing the cart, the wind blew through the walkway, feeling cool and refreshing.

She walked all the way to the backyard and saw the small house connected to the main house. The path to the house was covered with pebbles, and it was inconvenient to push the cart over them. Su Qixi left the cart under the walkway, thinking she would just carry the things out one by one later.

She walked over the pebbles, and the feeling of the stones on the soles of her feet was quite comfortable.

Su Qixi looked down at them and found it amusing. She couldn’t help but let out a little laugh. Just then, a gust of wind blew, messing up Su Qixi’s long hair. She reached out to fix her hair and looked up to see Lin Mo’s room.

Her room faced the backyard. At that moment, the white sheer curtain in the window was being blown outside by the wind, dancing with it.

Su Qixi stopped. Lin Mo had just gone back to her room. She couldn’t see her from here. Was she asleep? Su Qixi thought about how Lin Mo had been so humble all day. She shouldn’t be too unreasonable.

Just as she was thinking about how to patch things up between them, she had already reached the warehouse door. This small room used to be a woodshed and also held some farm tools. After the new owner inherited it and renovated it, this small woodshed in the backyard had no use. It was just used to store some unused things from the shop. After the guests moved in, it was converted into a warehouse. Although it was usually locked, it would have an open lock hanging on it.

At that moment, the door was ajar, and the lock on the door was nowhere to be found.

Su Qixi was stunned. “Where’s the lock?”

Who forgot to put it back?

She opened the door in confusion, still thinking about who had been to the warehouse and that she needed to get the lock back. This lock belonged to the owner. It would be bad if she lost it!

With her mind preoccupied, she didn’t even react when a hand reached out from inside the door. It wasn’t until the hand grabbed her arm and pulled her in with force.

Su Qixi’s mind was blank for only a moment before various terrifying images flashed through her mind. Especially her past experiences, which made her want to scream in terror. The other person was faster. They covered her mouth almost instantly, muffling her scream, and then pressed Su Qixi into their arms.

Su Qixi trembled all over. She was so terrified she couldn’t think.

The person behind her leaned down close to her ear and whispered to placate her, “Don’t scream. It’s me.”

A familiar voice came from her ear. Only then did she realize that the person hugging her was the familiar scent of Lin Mo. Her heart, which had been beating furiously, finally slowed down.

Feeling the person in her arms relax, Lin Mo knew she had heard her. She then let go of her hand. But as soon as she did, Su Qixi in front of her suddenly turned and slammed herself into Lin Mo’s chest. Lin Mo could have dodged, but the wall was behind her. If she dodged, Su Qixi wouldn’t have had time to stop, and she would have hit the wall.

So, she could only take the impact. Lin Mo grunted in pain. “Xiao Xi, that hurts.”

At this moment, Su Qixi didn’t have the heart to feel bad for her. She was furious. “Are you crazy? What are you doing hiding here?”

Because it was just a warehouse, the owner hadn’t put much effort into it. They usually stored things that weren’t used often. The light bulbs here were extremely dim, and they were too lazy to replace them.

The room only had windows on the east and west sides, and the curtains were drawn, blocking the light. No light from outside could get in.

Seeing Lin Mo still rubbing her chest, Su Qixi’s voice faltered. In the end, she still felt a little bad for her. She said softly, “Are you okay? You’re really something. Don’t you know that scaring people to death is a real thing!”

Lin Mo sighed. She pushed the warehouse door slightly ajar and pulled her to sit on the long wooden bench next to her. She said, “You ignored me all day. I’m not good with words, and I don’t know how to placate people. I apologized to you, but you wouldn’t accept it. So, I thought I’d talk to you properly.”

Su Qixi just remembered that she hadn’t talked to Lin Mo all day. She immediately put on her airs again. “What’s there to talk about?”

When they were outside, there were too many people, and Lin Mo didn’t know how to approach her. There was no one here. Seeing Su Qixi angry, she couldn’t help but find it funny. She reached out and poked Su Qixi’s arm. “What do you want me to do to make you not angry anymore?”

Su Qixi rolled her eyes and turned her back to her. “Humph!”

Lin Mo smiled again, a low, pleasant laugh. It was as if it was knocking on her heart, making Su Qixi’s heart flutter.

Then, she remembered that she was thinking of making up with Lin Mo before she opened the door. It was just what happened yesterday. She didn’t believe Lin Mo didn’t feel anything.

Fortunately, Lin Mo wasn’t angry. She leaned in, looked at Su Qixi, and said, “Just say it! I’ll listen to whatever you say.”

Su Qixi paused. She looked at her with suspicion. “You’ll listen to whatever I say? Really?”

Lin Mo nodded and replied gently, “Yes.”

Su Qixi: “⊙V⊙”

Hey? She’ll listen to me?

Su Qixi suddenly got excited. Didn’t that mean she could do whatever she wanted? But she also felt shy. Happiness came too suddenly, and she didn’t know what to ask for.

Su Qixi thought about it. She was too shy to ask for anything “yellow” (suggestive), and she wasn’t interested in anything that wasn’t “yellow.” She lacked nothing.

Suddenly, she was in a bad mood again. Should I be the one to ask? That would be so embarrassing! So, she said irritably, “How about I just beat you up to vent my anger!”

Lin Mo: “…”

The warehouse was quiet. There was no sound. The door opened a little because of the wind. The old, rusty hinges made a squeaking sound.

Su Qixi looked at Lin Mo. She saw Lin Mo look at her seriously, and then she suddenly clutched her neck and said, “It hurts so much. It still hurts from you hitting me yesterday.”

Su Qixi’s attention was successfully diverted. She looked at her neck, but the light was too dim to see clearly, so she said with suspicion, “Are you lying to me? My punches yesterday were very light.”

She would never have the heart to hit her hard. She just threw a bunch of her things.

Lin Mo exposed the wound on her neck and moaned. “See for yourself. It’s bleeding.”

Su Qixi was stunned and a little panicked. “Ah? How did I make you bleed yesterday? Does that… does it… hurt?”

Lin Mo nodded and said in a serious tone, “It hurts. It’s bleeding.”

Su Qixi suddenly felt guilty. “Then, let me see.”

Lin Mo then lifted her head and exposed her snow-white neck like a swan’s. Because of the backward motion, her neck had a beautiful curve. The scabbed wound was particularly noticeable on such a beautiful neck.

The warehouse was dim, and Su Qixi couldn’t see clearly. She could only move closer to Lin Mo and lean in to look at her neck.

As she got closer, their breaths intertwined.

Su Qixi’s head was almost resting on Lin Mo’s shoulder. Her breath fell on Lin Mo’s neck. The stray hairs on her head brushed against Lin Mo’s skin, feeling ticklish, as if scratching at her heart.

Su Qixi saw clearly. The wound was almost healed, and there was no redness around it. How could it hurt?

Realizing that Lin Mo had fooled her again, Su Qixi gritted her teeth. Just as she was about to raise her head to argue, she suddenly felt a force on her head pushing her into Lin Mo’s arms.

Lin Mo’s scent was like waves by the sea, one after another.

Lin Mo’s embrace was especially warm. No matter how many times she was held in her arms, she couldn’t help but want to get closer.

Su Qixi followed her heart and didn’t move. She reached out and grabbed Lin Mo’s shirt to keep herself from sliding down.

She could hear Lin Mo’s heartbeat, beating strongly, one beat after another.

In her ear, Lin Mo whispered, “Since hitting me hurts, can we change it to kissing?”

Su Qixi’s face slowly turned red again, but fortunately, there was no one else there. No one could see her. She rubbed her head in Lin Mo’s arms and didn’t argue.

Lin Mo: “…” Does that mean she agreed?

“I’m telling you, I’ve filmed several romance scenes. My first kiss is long gone,” Su Qixi said in a small, shy voice.

Lin Mo was happy. It seemed she had placated her. So, she didn’t keep her voice down anymore and said, “It’s okay. Mine is still here. You won’t lose anything.”

Su Qixi: “!!!”

Su Qixi started to happily spin in circles again. The fact that her first kiss was still there wasn’t the reason she was happy. The fact that her first kiss was still there meant that she hadn’t been with anyone else in the past eight years.

Su Qixi felt her heart start to beat faster again, just like the hot air last night. It seemed to be boiling.

She gripped Lin Mo’s shirt even harder, as if that was the only way to relieve some of her tension.

The warehouse, which had initially felt dim, now seemed different. The darkness seemed to give a hint.

Whether it was the dim light or the corners where the light couldn’t reach, and even the slightly stuffy air, it seemed to be filled with a hint of affection, mixed with a little electricity, making Su Qixi unable to resist the urge to get closer.

However, Lin Mo hadn’t made any moves yet. The electricity from her forehead accidentally brushing against Lin Mo’s skin made her excited.

She suddenly understood why the director always said she wasn’t into it enough when she filmed kissing scenes.

It turned out that it was so different with the person you liked.

Strange, why wasn’t Lin Mo moving? Does she want me to be the one to make the move?

Well, she has her first kiss still. I’m a veteran. I can teach her.

While Su Qixi was having all kinds of wild thoughts, Lin Mo was staring at a monitor in the corner of the room. The monitor was not only pointed at her and Su Qixi but was also flashing a red light.

Flashing… flashing…

Lin Mo: “…”

Su Qixi’s shy voice came from her arms. “Since it’s your first time, I’ll teach you.”

Lin Mo’s voice was steady, and her emotions were calm. “…How about we go outside first?”

Su Qixi: “???”

Lin Mo: “I’ve thought about it. I was wrong yesterday. It’s only right that you hit me a few times!” Then she said with a smile, gritting her teeth, “I’m here to beg for your forgiveness, and I’m a damn idiot for it.”

She got up and tried to help Su Qixi up. Su Qixi saw that her attitude was strange. Not only did she not let go of Lin Mo’s shirt, but she also grabbed it and pulled down hard. Lin Mo was pulled forward. She propped herself up on the chair, but the distance between the two of them was still too close for comfort.

Su Qixi frowned and said loudly, “You’re so weird. You pulled me in here to apologize and said you’d listen to whatever I say. I haven’t even told you what I want you to do yet, and now you’re in a hurry to leave. What’s the meaning of this?”

Lin Mo was being held, half bent over. All she could see was Su Qixi’s mouth chattering non-stop. She couldn’t get a word in. Su Qixi was still rambling on. “You’re always playing with me. You did it before, too. Are you just toying with me again?” Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and yelled angrily, “Are you disgusted with me! Are you disgusted… Ugh, ugh, ugh…” I’m not a virgin!

The last few words were muffled by Lin Mo’s hand over her mouth.

She lowered her head in despair. “Stop talking.” Since they had entered, their actions had been a bit ambiguous, but at least they hadn’t said anything exaggerated. They had whispered their little thoughts. The camera over there shouldn’t be able to pick up their voices, so she couldn’t let Su Qixi yell it out.

If she yelled it out, everyone would guess what they were whispering about.

Su Qixi was dissatisfied and used her hand to pull Lin Mo’s hand away. “What are you doing?”

Lin Mo’s eyes were a little guilty. “Can you not be angry if I tell you?”

Su Qixi: “It depends.”

Lin Mo quietly looked at the monitor, closed her eyes, and said as if she was going to her death, “Actually, I came into the warehouse in a hurry.”

Su Qixi nodded forcefully. “Yes.”

After all, she was also called to the warehouse by Senior Zhuo on short notice. Lin Mo must have heard about it, so she was able to ambush her in advance. There wasn’t much time between when she decided to come and when she arrived.

She hadn’t seen Lin Mo on the way here. Lin Mo must have run here before she left. She must have been in a hurry.

Hey, she was really working hard to get to her.

Lin Mo: “So, I didn’t notice… that there was also a monitor in the warehouse.” As her guilt grew, her voice became quieter.

Su Qixi was petrified. “…”

In the video, Su Qixi was still holding onto Lin Mo’s shirt, not moving. But the army of comments had already covered the screen, so no one could see them anymore.

“LIN MO!!!!!”

The bullet comments couldn’t cover the sound. Su Qixi’s angry voice echoed through the sky.

The cup in Zhuo Zitao’s hand clattered to the floor, shattering into pieces.

Zhuo Zitao looked worriedly in the direction of the backyard. “I just asked her to get some supplies. Why are they arguing again?”

Qiu Mingyi said with empathy, “That’s not an argument! Lin Mo is getting scolded one-sidedly.”

Zhuo Zitao: “…What nonsense. Can Qixi argue by herself?”

Yun Yue said something fair for once. “It’s indeed only Senior Su’s voice.”

Zhuo Zitao: “…”

“Wait! Why is Lin Mo in the warehouse?”

“Don’t be mad, don’t be mad, don’t be mad.” Lin Mo tried to comfort her. “We didn’t do anything! It’s okay that the cameras were on.”

Su Qixi nodded. “You’re right.” All her romantic thoughts were gone. Su Qixi certainly didn’t have a hobby of kissing in front of the cameras. She let go of Lin Mo, sat up straight, and asked Lin Mo, “What do you think the comments are saying right now?”

Lin Mo: “…They’re probably chatting?”

In reality, the comments weren’t saying anything. From the moment Lin Mo pulled Su Qixi into the warehouse, the comments and bullet comments were just:

[Ah ah ah ah ah]

These kinds of comments kept coming, one after another. When Lin Mo lowered her head and leaned on Su Qixi’s shoulder, the bullet comments had already covered the entire screen.

That wasn’t just the power of the couple fans. All the viewers probably contributed a part.

Of course, it wasn’t just the viewers in front of the screen who were screaming. Even Feng Ye was screaming in the camera room, biting his hands in horror. “Ah ah ah ah ah.”

At this moment, the netizens were finally done being excited.

[Mom, I’ve found a real couple, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.]

[Someone, kill me to celebrate for them!!!!!!!!!!]

[Civil Affairs Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, I am the Civil Affairs Bureau. I’m coming to them lalala!!!]

[My voice is hoarse from screaming!!! Sob sob sob]

[You’re not alone. I was screaming in real life, too, and the neighbors complained!!! o(╥﹏╥)o]

[It’s so sweet!!! If this is fake, I’ll never believe in true love again.]

[Yesterday, Su Su really hit Miss Pig. Miss Pig even tricked her into looking at the wound and hugged her.]

[If this is fake, I’ll eat my own s*** while standing on my head.]

[What were they whispering about just now? It felt like they were about to kiss. o(╥﹏╥)o The monitor isn’t clear enough!]

The netizens were going crazy. It wasn’t just the couple fans who thought it was real. Even the average viewers thought it was impossible for them to be faking it.

They had just become fans in the morning because of the trending topics, and in the afternoon, they were fed a huge dose of content. They couldn’t be happier.

In the warehouse, Su Qixi had finally calmed down.

If she and Lin Mo were a couple, she wasn’t planning on hiding it anyway. What was there to be afraid of?

Even if she wasn’t afraid, it was still embarrassing!

Before Su Qixi ran away with her face covered, she stepped hard on Lin Mo’s foot. She ran away amidst Lin Mo’s sharp intake of breath.

[Hahahaha, poor Miss Pig.]

[What’s there to feel bad about? She tricked the goddess away.]

[By the way, Soda Water (Su Qixi) is completely silent now. She must be very shocked.]

Before Lin Mo left, she couldn’t help but look at the monitor in the corner again. Standing at the door, it was hard to notice because of the goods. But if she stood inside, she could see the flashing red light.

Everyone was wondering why Lin Mo was standing there, staring at the camera. Then, they suddenly heard Lin Mo say, speechless, “Seriously, who would install a monitor in a place like this?”

The warehouse was a room that the guests had decided to use later. Before that, it was a a long-abandoned room.

Why would there be a monitor in here?