Reborn! Caught Up by the Critically Obsessed Actress - Chapter 13

Facing her manager’s wildly unconventional words, Song Qingxing was somewhat speechless. Although what the manager said was indeed correct.

However, she and Xie Jingcheng had already agreed that there was no need to sleep together. Song Qingxing only needed to be someone whom Xie Jingcheng could kiss anytime and anywhere to vent her desires.

“Brother Chen, I’m not here to discuss those things with you today.”

Song Qingxing stood outside the hospital corridor. Even though it was late at night, many people were standing outside the hospital corridor, each looking sorrowful.

They were staring at the medical records in their hands and sighing.

Because Xie Jingcheng was in the burn unit, and the treatment period for most people with severe burns was very long, the burn unit occupied an entire building on one side of the hospital.

Although the filming location was in the middle of nowhere.

The medical facilities in this small county were actually quite good. After all, filming often encountered dangers, so the medical equipment at this hospital had been significantly upgraded.

“I wanted to say, I took on an idol drama before, right? Let’s push that one away.”

“Why?”

Brother Chen sat up at this moment and showed his wife the caller ID on his phone. Seeing that it was the big boss he had to serve for work, Brother Chen’s wife stopped talking.

She quietly went to coax the child.

After all, her husband’s ability to earn big money and buy high-end school district housing depended entirely on Song Qingxing’s career.

“That drama is a huge IP and a major production! The author has tons of book fans. If you star in it, you’ll definitely get traffic. Let’s not talk about being black-hot or not; as long as we maintain the popularity, it’s enough.”

In the past, Song Qingxing was willing to embrace even negative publicity to maintain popularity, but now she understood.

Using this method to attract attention would only burn out her acting career faster.

“No need. I have a better drama that I’m going to take.”

“Besides, the male lead is too ugly.”

Only at this moment did Song Qingxing reveal her true feelings. When they were filming, the male lead even wanted to kiss her directly without a stand-in.

Song Qingxing had acidly retorted, “Sorry, but I don’t have a habit of kissing rats from the sewer.”

These words made the male lead’s face flush with anger, and he subsequently instigated the rich woman to target Song Qingxing quite a bit.

Song Qingxing could only thank heaven and earth now that Xie Jingcheng’s aesthetic was relatively normal and she could appreciate a great beauty like herself, instead of being like those rich women who would even accept a rat-like creature.

It turned out there really was such a thing as ugliness-fetish.

“What script?”

“Qingxing, you have to tell me. It wouldn’t look good if I just directly rejected your female lead role.”

“I have to give the company’s senior management a reason, right? How else can I report?”

In her previous life, although Song Qingxing’s attitude toward her manager was also not great, the person was, after all, in control of her resources, so she would still restrain herself a bit.

Therefore, their relationship didn’t completely fall apart.

But it also led to Old Chen being quite pragmatic. After her popularity declined, he chose to mentor other, more promising newcomers in the company.

“I want to take a web drama. The director is a rising star with a lot of potential. I have faith in him.”

Song Qingxing spoke slowly. That director graduated from the cinematography department. Although it was a cross-disciplinary move, the scenery he filmed was incredibly beautiful.

Although this drama was only a minor hit, the main characters had excellent personas and attracted a large number of fans, even though the two new actors weren’t particularly great at acting.

However, the characters were pleasing to the eye.

Song Qingxing felt a little apologetic for taking someone else’s role and thought about compensating the actress later.

She would introduce her to some supporting female roles in big-hit dramas, which would increase her popularity faster.

“A rising star director? Isn’t that a bit risky?”

Old Chen didn’t want to agree, but he also understood his little ancestor’s temper. His refusal was basically useless; she would take the roles she wanted to take and wouldn’t act in the ones she didn’t want.

“Since I’m transitioning anyway, what am I afraid of?”

Song Qingxing lowered her eyebrows, understanding in her heart that even if she lived another life, she shouldn’t be gentle with everyone. Sometimes, a little severity was necessary to make people listen to her.

After hanging up the phone with her manager, she returned to the room.

Xie Jingcheng was awake.

“Where did you go?”

The hospital was brightly lit all night in case of any accidents, which startled Song Qingxing. She stumbled backward and ended up leaning against the wall.

“Nowhere. I just called my manager.”

“Is that so?”

“I have a…”

After Xie Jingcheng spoke, she found it hard to express herself. She had never troubled anyone in her life. To put it simply, her relationship with Song Qingxing was merely that of a kissing partner.

“What’s wrong?”

Considering the patient, Song Qingxing spoke softly. She sat on a nearby chair, her voice gentle, quite like that of a compassionate mother.

“If you want water, I’ll pour it for you.”

Song Qingxing had never stayed up all night like this before. She had faint dark circles under her eyes, but her voice was still gentle as she tried to soothe the person.

“No.”

It turned out that when Xie Jingcheng woke up just now, she found a blister on her waist. Perhaps this area was more severely scalded.

She didn’t pay attention at first, but when she moved a little, the blister burst. This problem wasn’t particularly serious.

However.

Xie Jingcheng didn’t want to trouble the nurse at this moment. She was unwilling to let people touch her body too much.

Plus, it was just a small matter of dealing with a blister and reapplying some ointment, so it wasn’t necessary.

So, she wanted Song Qingxing to do it.

But for the aloof Xie Jingcheng, this kind of thing carried a certain sense of shame. Her pearly white teeth were almost biting into her lips.

Maybe she should just let her call the nurse after all.

“Why aren’t you speaking?”

Song Qingxing subconsciously reached out the back of her hand. Because she had been exposed to the cold wind outside, her hand was a little cool. It made contact with Xie Jingcheng’s scorching forehead.

“Why is your forehead so hot? Are you running a fever?”

Song Qingxing was startled, thinking Xie Jingcheng had a fever. She hurried to find a nurse, but her wrist was grabbed.

“Don’t call the nurse. I’m just shy.”

She was an actress after all; she had been through even more awkward situations, so she quickly calmed down.

“The blister on my waist burst. Can you help me change the dressing? I don’t want the nurse to come.”

Song Qingxing: …

Did the contract say the lover had to do these things?

Fine, fine.

Since she had already agreed, and the other party would give her resources, then bending down to do this servant-like task was nothing.

Song Qingxing found a clean cotton ball. The cotton ball had been sterilized and smelled quite pungent. She used the cotton ball to clean the area around the burst blister.

Only then did she reapply a little burn ointment.

Xie Jingcheng had prepared herself for the pain of Song Qingxing clumsily hitting the wound.

But there was nothing. The other party’s movements were very light, as gentle as a wisp of cloud stroking the skin.

That’s strange.

When did this person’s touch become so light and soft?

She clearly used to accidentally ruin things in the film crew, making the director often sigh while covering his forehead.