Reborn as an Alpha and Still Wanting to Engage in Lesbian Relationships - Chapter 15

Knowing that Liu Ying, a highly respected senior in the industry, was making a guest appearance on set, the two rising stars of the year both talented and highly sought-after pushed themselves even harder today to showcase their skills in front of the camera.

Under the lens, the two leading actresses recited the deeply emotional lines crafted by the screenwriter, gazing tenderly at each other amidst the artificial rain.

The atmosphere was tinged with a rosy, dreamlike allure as the director directed the cameraman to adjust the shot over the walkie-talkie.

The scene between Actress A and Actress O continued. On the screen, beneath the beautifully rendered rain, the two stunningly beautiful leads locked eyes with profound emotion, then drew closer and closer, almost involuntarily.

Just a second before their lips meticulously painted by the makeup artist met, a large hand covered the little one’s intently watching eyes, interrupting her train of thought.

By the time the hand moved away from Jiang Man’s eyelids, the scene unsuitable for infants had already concluded.

As the director shouted “Cut!”, the two leads, who had been locked in an inseparable kiss just moments before, politely parted lips. Their respective assistants quickly wrapped them in dry towels.

As soon as the scene ended, the two actresses, clad in bathrobes, jogged over to the director seated behind the monitor.

Pulling back the curtain, they saw Liu Ying holding the little one beside the director, chatting about the scene they had just filmed.

Exchanging a glance, the two actresses felt their necks stiffen nervously.

This was Jiang Man’s first time watching a live performance on set!

The two people who had just been pouring their hearts out to each other on the small monitor were now standing before her in clean, dry bathrobes. Jiang Man couldn’t help but wave her short, chubby little hand to greet them.

“Pwah!” Hello there!

The adorable, innocent appearance of the little one instinctively eased the tension in the two actresses. After greeting the director and Liu Ying, they obediently moved closer to listen in on the discussion.

The professional terms tossed around by the director and her mother left Jiang Man feeling dizzy and confused, unable to understand a thing.

But that didn’t stop her from thinking they were super amazing!

The little one’s sparkling eyes were utterly endearing. Seeing they couldn’t join the conversation, the two actresses quietly shifted closer to the baby and began softly teasing her.

Soft, smelling of milk, and exceptionally good-natured, the little one wasn’t the least bit shy. With just a little coaxing, she broke into a smile, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons.

With Jiang Man acting as a “stress-relief charm,” the two rising stars gradually relaxed their previously tense moods.

The little one looked left, then right.

The pair before her, who had just been exuding palpable chemistry and seemingly kissing on the small monitor, now seemed like entirely different people in reality extremely polite and distant.

The little illiterate Jiang Man tilted her head, unable to suppress her confusion.

Although in the drama, the two were inseparable lovers bound by life and death, off-screen, their interactions were more like those of colleagues or friends.

Politeness laced with a noticeable sense of distance.

Having had zero exposure to entertainment gossip in her past life, the little one’s mind bubbled with questions.

Jiang Man couldn’t help but scratch her cheek, utterly puzzled: Could it be that the leads in those TV dramas, who swore eternal love and shared sweet, intimate moments, weren’t actually real couples?

Just then, the director and Liu Ying wrapped up their conversation. Smiling, the director called the two actresses over to sit beside them and continue learning.

Turning her head, she saw the little one’s round eyes darting back and forth between the two lead actors, the tiny question marks above her head practically materializing. She couldn’t help but chuckle, “Hey, Actress Liu, is Manzai watching Xiao Zhou and the others?”

Liu Ying lowered her head just as the little one, hearing the voice, happened to look up. The mother and daughter, sharing a moment of telepathic connection, locked eyes briefly.

Jiang Man gazed at her beautiful mother and couldn’t hold back a smile.

Liu Ying hugged the little one closer, her voice brimming with unconcealed laughter, “Manzai probably thinks Xiao Zhou and Xiao Zheng are a real couple. She’s curious why they’re sitting so far apart and being so polite to each other.”

Hearing this, not only did laughter erupt in the small tent from Liu Ying, but the two lead actors and the director also burst into hearty laughter.

Xiao Zheng, who played the insecure and sensitive female Omega in the drama, was actually a carefree beta in real life. Hearing Liu Ying’s remark, she leaned in and poked the little one’s cheek, saying, “Sweetie, your name is Manzai, right?”

“We were just acting earlier. I was playing someone else.”

Xiao Zheng reached out and grabbed Xiao Zhou, who played the female Alpha, and explained with a smile, “This sister is my character’s lover in the drama, but off-screen, we’re just colleagues and good friends.”

Jiang Man seemed to understand, yet not quite.

The little one’s eyes still held a dazed confusion, making the adults cover their mouths to stifle their laughter.

The director, who was always observant, hadn’t missed how engrossed Manzai had been while watching the monitor earlier.

Suppressing his laughter, the director looked at Liu Ying and said, “Actress Liu, is Manzai following in her mother’s footsteps? Does she have an interest in acting?”

“If you trust me, I can recommend a few crews currently looking for child actors. Why not take Manzai to check them out?”

The director was extremely enthusiastic. Liu Ying smiled, but before she could decline, the screenwriter, who had rushed off earlier to revise the script, came bustling back into the tent, pulling open the door flap. “Director, we need to find a few more child actors. Huh?”

Noticing everyone’s eyes on her, the screenwriter, Xiao Li, abruptly softened her voice, as if hitting the brakes.

Holding the freshly printed script, she cautiously walked over to Liu Ying and the director under their intense gazes and handed them the two new copies.

“Based on the character profile of the female lead, I’ve fleshed out the stepsister’s role a bit and added some scenes of the stepsister and the female Omega in their childhood.”

Under the director’s encouraging gaze, the screenwriter cleared her throat and continued, “We need two babies who can speak baby talk, two toddlers around one or two years old, and two children around eight or nine years old!”

Her voice was firm and resolute. After speaking, she grew a bit nervous when the director remained silent for a long time.

Just as she was about to suggest rewriting the script if necessary, the director’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed her hand emphatically. “Child actors? No problem! We’ll find them!”

Before the screenwriter could react, the director turned to Liu Ying with enthusiasm. “Actress Liu, since Manzai seems interested and you’re already on set, it would be convenient and reassuring to have her in the same crew.”

“Why not let Manzai play the role of the stepsister in her childhood?”

The director reasoned with emotion and logic, listing all the advantages of the crew, and even the little one at the center of the discussion seemed swayed!

“What does Manzai think?” Liu Ying lowered her head and looked at the child in her arms.

“Pwah! Uwah!” Go! I wanna go!

Jiang Man’s short, chubby arms and legs waved excitedly, her sparkling eyes filled with anticipation and longing.

Liu Ying gazed seriously into the little one’s eyes.

They stared at each other in silence for a long while, until even the breathing of those around them unconsciously softened.

The acting profession could be taken lightly or seriously.

Taken lightly, if one were a popular young starlet, they could simply show their face, not even bother memorizing lines, recite “one, two, three, four, five” in front of the camera, and leave the dubbing to post-production.

Taken seriously like Liu Ying or Xu Nuo, they were genuine acting professionals. Not only did they need to excel in voice, movement, expression, and appearance, but they also had to uncover even the smallest details about their characters before filming began.

Having debuted years ago, they were praised by fans and audiences not only for their acting skills but also for their dedication to performing their own stunts, no matter how dangerous or difficult the scenes.

It sounded tough, and experiencing it firsthand was even tougher.

The little chubby bundle in front of her was the child Liu Ying had given birth to naturally, after rejecting modern medical external gestation.

They were connected by blood, inseparable.

Both professionally and personally, Liu Ying was reluctant to let her precious child enter this industry.

But the little one in front of her stared at her with bright, eager eyes.

The director’s heart hung in the air, not daring to breathe too loudly.

“Alright.”

In the quiet little tent, Liu Ying’s voice came through, tinged with helplessness and indulgence.

In an instant, the director jerked his head up to look at her, patting his ears foolishly as if he couldn’t believe what he had heard.

Rubbing her cheek against the child’s plump face, Liu Ying looked up and smiled at the director’s silly reaction, saying softly, “Will the director be holding auditions for the other young child actor? Or would you like me to recommend a few?”

“My manager must have told you Manzai and I are currently participating in a reality show about observing young children. We certainly aren’t short on little ones.”

Liu Ying smiled gently, her voice soft and pleasant, her words offering a timely solution to the director’s pressing problem.

The director clapped his hands together, virtually grasping Liu Ying’s hands in gratitude.

After the adults finished their social interactions, seeing Liu Ying pull out her light brain, the director took the opportunity to scoop the chubby little one into his arms and began going over the newly revised script with her.

On the other side, Liu Ying glanced at the child, completely engrossed in the director’s explanations, a slight smile curling her lips as her fingers danced across the light brain.

【Manzai’s Top-Tier No. 1 Mom Fan: Xu Nuo, remember you owe me a favor.】

【xu: ?】

Seeing the question mark sent back, Liu Ying, who had successfully called in the favor, was in a good mood.

The soundproofing at home was decent, but it couldn’t block out the noise when the neighbors forgot to close their window.

Hearing the pitiful cries of a child, Liu Ying had been startled, thinking someone was mistreating a child, and immediately got up to drag her wife to investigate the source of the sound.

But after listening at the door for a while, they realized.

It was actually the child from Xu Nuo’s place across the way.

The couple exchanged a glance, recalling how clingy that child had been with Manzai when they were at their house. The baseball bats they had armed themselves with were gently set down, and they pretended not to hear a thing, going about their business as usual.

Not long after, Xu Nuo, behind the director’s back, secretly created a group chat with the parents of the four families. Liu Ying was puzzled about what she was up to, but the next moment, the director also created a new group.

He sent a long message, directly calling out Xu Nuo, essentially telling her to abandon any ideas of scheming behind the show’s back. For this week, the children were to be separated, no private chats, no secret meet-ups.

Putting away her light brain, Liu Ying picked up the newly written script beside her and flipped it open, lost in thought:

Since it’s for work, it shouldn’t count as a secret meeting or private contact, right?

On the other side, Xu Nuo leaned against her wife’s embrace, eating cherries while frowning at the message Liu Ying had sent.

No context, just plain weird.

After studying it for a long time without making sense of it, Xu Nuo set the basket of cherries aside and got up to seek help from her clever wife. “A-Yu, what do you think this woman Liu Ying means by sending this message?”

Hearing her wife’s voice, Wen Yu closed her light brain, which had been synced with Xu Nuo’s interface, and focused intently on analyzing Liu Ying’s message.

But before she could piece anything together, another message popped up on Xu Nuo’s light brain. Wen Yu resisted the urge to open it and obediently handed the device back, softly reminding her, “Someone sent you a message.”

Xu Nuo ruffled her hair, thinking that sometimes Wen Yu was just too considerate.

Even though they already had a child, Wen Yu remained as respectful as ever. Even while using Xu Nuo’s light brain, she would never open a new message without permission.

Xu Nuo leaned in to kiss her cheek, then settled back into her arms, casually showing her the screen.

The latest message was from Xu Nuo’s agent.

[Agent: Xu Nuo!!! A crew has invited Qingzai to audition! Manzai is in it too! Manzai is confirmed to be part of the cast!]

[Agent: I heard it was recommended by Actress Liu Ying. Didn’t you say Qingzai has been gloomy and listless ever since we quietly sent Manzai back? Why not take her to audition? Maybe she’ll even get to act alongside Manzai!]

After reading the agent’s message, Xu Nuo couldn’t help but feel stunned.

So, this is the favor Liu Ying was talking about.

Setting aside her light brain, Xu Nuo glanced at Wen Qing, who was silently playing with Manzai’s favorite little toys on the carpet. She got up from Wen Yu’s embrace and walked over.

The little one’s eyes were like fine pieces of jade cool and clear as they gazed into hers.

Still too young to understand much, Wen Qing’s eyes instantly lit up when Xu Nuo simply asked if she wanted to go see Manzai.

“Pfft-yah!”

Wen Qing grabbed Xu Nuo’s wrist and nodded emphatically.

It had only been a morning since she last saw Jiang Man, but the little one was already impatient, unable to wait a moment longer. Usually quiet and reserved, she now babbled incessantly, urging them on with a stream of “pfft-yah” sounds.

“Cut!”

As the director called out, Liu Ying had just finished her first scene with Xiao Zheng.

The moment she stepped off set, she saw Xu Nuo striding purposefully ahead, dressed in a well-tailored trench coat.

Following close behind was an imposing alpha, frowning deeply as she carried an equally serious-looking, beautiful little child in her arms.

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