Reborn! Caught Up by the Critically Obsessed Actress - Chapter 26

Feeling a slight weight on her neck, Xie Jingcheng was a little unaccustomed to being this close to someone, but she still took a deep breath, suppressing the sensation.

Every time she had physical contact with anyone, Xie Jingcheng would feel a sense of rejection, but she had overcome this through acting, only feeling a little discomfort in her heart.

However, this unaccustomed feeling of wanting to push the person away only lasted for a moment before it morphed into a desire to embrace her.

Xie Jingcheng was not surprised by this change in her heart.

When the two first started rehearsing, she had already noticed it: although she was repulsed by everyone else’s touch, she felt something different towards Song Qingxing.

Even though she was her mother’s child, Xie Jingcheng felt a certain resistance towards her mother as well.

Only with Song Qingxing was this not the case.

“I want you to rehearse lines with me.”

Song Qingxing spoke. Xie Jingcheng’s breath hitched for a moment, and a slight disappointment arose in her heart. She had thought it would be some severe punishment.

It turned out to be nothing more than this.

“Is it the one called Lime is Sour? Song Qingxing, you seem to value it a lot, but I’ve read the script; it’s just an ordinary campus drama.”

No one can foresee the future except for those who are reborn.

Even Xie Jingcheng, who had taken countless successful scripts, couldn’t predict which drama would become a massive hit, because ‘going viral’ itself was a kind of metaphysics.

If people could grasp the pattern behind it, then every popular success would no longer be an accident.

Song Qingxing also couldn’t figure out why that drama would explode in popularity, but she was prepared to go all out. Only when she secured more endorsements and her worth increased significantly could she fully repay everything her parents needed.

She would retire then.

Who wouldn’t want to buy a seaside villa in the Maldives or Hawaii and lie on the soft sand, enjoying the sea breeze?

But imagination is beautiful, and reality is stark. Who wouldn’t want to wash their hands of the business after achieving success? But the problem is, you need to have the ability to hold on until retirement.

Song Qingxing was now backed by a powerful figure.

She wouldn’t have to worry about being dismissed once she reached a certain age, like programmers in big tech companies, left with a pile of car loans, house mortgages, and milk and school money for their children to pay off.

This was simply the bitterness of the human experience.

“I don’t know, I just think it looks good, and I want to act in it. Is that not allowed?”

Song Qingxing was too lazy to come up with excuses. She was reborn, she just knew which drama would be a hit, it was that simple.

“It’s allowed.”

“I’m free these few days. You can rehearse whenever you want. Send me the script so I can take a look.”

Xie Jingcheng nodded.

She got out of the car, walked around the front to the driver’s seat. Song Qingxing hesitated for a moment, realizing she shouldn’t be so thoughtless, and also got out, moving to the passenger seat to fasten her seatbelt.

Song Qingxing suddenly remembered something and quickly sent a message to Xiao He, along with a large 300-yuan red envelope, asking her to pick up Yu Zhi, who was still at the bar.

It was truly unreliable of her to leave so abruptly and abandon her best friend at the bar.

Song Qingxing felt guilty.

Xie Jingcheng drove in silence the whole way. Her phone’s ringtone chimed incessantly. Song Qingxing glanced over and saw the three words: An Wenqing.

This name felt strangely familiar to her.

Before Song Qingxing could think too much, she heard Xie Jingcheng’s slightly cool voice.

“Please help me block this account. She’s too annoying. I don’t want to hear from her.”

“Wouldn’t that be a bit much? What if she’s looking for you for something urgent?”

Xie Jingcheng’s social circle was very clean; she wouldn’t add someone’s contact information without reason. She likely just got annoyed right now and wanted to block the person out of irritation.

“I told you to delete it, so delete it.”

Xie Jingcheng’s temper was rare to flare up, and Song Qingxing barely dared to say anything more.

She raised her hand, tapped to block the contact, and the car instantly fell silent, with only the noise of the car bumping slightly and the wheels rolling audible.

Just as Song Qingxing breathed a sigh of relief and was about to return the phone, the phone rang again.

“It’s Xie Ze calling.”

Song Qingxing looked at Xie Jingcheng, feeling somewhat at a loss.

“Then help me answer it.”

Xie Jingcheng thought to herself, if Xie Ze was looking for her to handle an urgent matter, she shouldn’t miss it.

But if it was An Wenqing, the moment her voice appeared, she would immediately hang up and tell Song Qingxing to block Xie Ze as well.

She would pull him out of the blacklist a few months later.

“Hello, what’s up?”

Song Qingxing’s voice was gentle, a completely different style from the cold and arrogant way Xie Jingcheng spoke.

Only a crackling “zzzz” sound came from the other end of the phone. Just as Song Qingxing thought the damn Xie Ze was messing with her, she became slightly annoyed.

She was about to question him.

Then, a strange woman’s voice came through the phone.

“Are you Song Qingxing?”

An Wenqing, who had finally gotten through the phone number, didn’t even have time to smile, her joy was interrupted by an unfamiliar woman.

The feeling was like having a basin of cold water poured over her head.

It caught her completely off guard.

“Yes.”

“So it’s you. I wondered why Xie Jingcheng had been ignoring me lately. Turns out she’s found a new flame. She’s really something.”

An Wenqing curved her lips, her bright red lips captivating to look at.

Meanwhile, Xie Ze was leaning against the wall in a somewhat disheveled state, a trace of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

“An Wenqing, give me back the phone!”

“If you keep causing trouble like this, Cousin won’t be happy.”

However, his voice was too weak and was quickly muffled by the bodyguard next to him, allowing only a few muffled whimpers to escape.

Song Qingxing was momentarily stunned by the other party’s words.

What?

Xie Jingcheng had an ex-girlfriend!

Why didn’t she know?

Even in the previous life, she had never heard of this person. It might be possible that fans outside the industry didn’t know, but it was impossible for celebrities within the circle not to know.

Song Qingxing wanted to deny she was the “new flame,” but then she reconsidered. Her current identity was indeed awkward; a lover counted as a new flame, she supposed, so she couldn’t say no.

“If you’re smart, you’ll break up with her soon. Xie Jingcheng is terrifying; she’s not someone an ordinary person like you can handle.”

An Wenqing lowered her voice, threatening her.

“I’m sorry, telling me this is useless.”

“Useless, you say? I’m telling you, Song Qingxing, don’t think you’re so great just because you’re an actress. You’re just a performer, that’s all.”

“You wait. If you don’t break up with her yourself, I have plenty of ways to make you break up…”

“I’m going to first…”

The last few sentences were unfinished, as a busy signal came through An Wenqing’s earpiece.

One chime after another.

Damn it!

This person actually dared to hang up on her!

An Wenqing threw the phone directly onto the ground. It was the latest Apple phone, and the cracks, like a spider web, spread across the entire screen.

“What are you doing!”

Xie Ze pushed the bodyguard away in a panic, letting out a thunderous roar, and knelt down.

He cradled the phone in his arms.

Anything, given enough time, becomes like family.

Xie Ze was quite reluctant to part with it.

Mainly because the contents inside the phone were precious: his photo album and the e-books he loved to read!