The Aloof Film Queen Gets Entangled by a Sweet Little Omega - Chapter 23

You… Should Read Fewer R-Rated Books

Early that morning, as soon as Luo Xiao arrived on the film set, Xiang Yang greeted her happily, fussing over her with concern: “Teacher Luo, are you feeling better today?”

Luo Xiao hadn’t shown up at all the previous day, telling the director she was feeling unwell, which was why Xiang Yang had come to show her concern now.

Luo Xiao nodded and replied softly, “Much better, thank you.”

After speaking, she continued walking inside to find the director, with Xiang Yang chattering away behind her.

When the director saw Luo Xiao, she put down the breakfast she was eating and stood up to ask, “Are you feeling better?”

“Yes, I caused a lot of trouble for everyone yesterday, I’m sorry.” Luo Xiao apologized to the director. Xiang Yang jumped out, pointing at her own face and saying, “Teacher Luo, I suffered a great grievance yesterday. Look at how I was hit—that rabbit was like she’d gone mad.”

Hearing this, Luo Xiao glanced at her indifferently without saying anything. Instead, she turned to the director with a serious expression and said, “I hope we can replace the female lead for this drama.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone present changed.

Xiang Yang became even more anxious, grabbing Luo Xiao’s hand and pressing: “Teacher Luo, what does this mean? Are you leaving?”

Luo Xiao slowly pulled her hand back and replied coldly, “Not me. You.”

Before Xiang Yang could respond, Luo Xiao immediately added the compensation terms: “I will be taking over this production myself. As for you, we will give you double compensation. I wish you a bright future, Teacher Xiang.”

“Teacher Luo, what are you saying? I don’t understand?” Xiang Yang forced a smile, but the fury in her eyes was nearly boiling over. If not for the status and position of the person in front of her, she likely would have broken into a loud tirade.

The director had received the news from Luo Xiao the night before, so she didn’t show much surprise in front of Xiang Yang. Instead, she spoke to her cordially: “How about this, Teacher Xiang? You head back to the hotel first. Our specialists will follow up on the subsequent matters. Stay calm; we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer.”

After that was said, Xiang Yang refused to leave, so Luo Xiao and the director departed on their own. On the way, the director glanced at the person beside her a few times and asked cautiously, “Teacher Luo, about this… although we are a small-budget web drama, we’ve already filmed a lot. To suddenly change the female lead, this…”

The director looked troubled and sighed, telling the truth: “Our budget for post-production isn’t very sufficient either. We can’t afford AI face-swapping, and a forced job would look terrible to the audience, so…”

“Rest assured,” Luo Xiao turned to look at her, “I will cover the losses and handle the subsequent investment. The lead’s scenes will be re-shot, and I will do my best to cooperate with all the arrangements.”

The director was stunned. It took a moment for her to snap out of it and ask in shock, “Then what about your future work schedule?”

“There will be slight adjustments. Don’t worry, it won’t affect you guys.”

Hearing this, the director finally breathed a sigh of freedom, then asked persistently, “Teacher Luo, I’ve always been curious—what made you think of taking on our little web drama in the first place?”

As she spoke, the director’s eyes sparkled behind her glasses. She had always believed it was because the script was good, so she desperately wanted to hear those words from Luo Xiao’s mouth.

But Luo Xiao replied calmly, almost without thinking: “The girl who hit someone yesterday is my first love. She just started university this year. I looked at your script and found that many scenes are filmed locally, and a few are even set at her school, so I took the job.”

First love…

The director took a silent deep breath. Something this big, and she just told her like that?

Once she processed it, she felt a wave of lingering fear. Thank god she hadn’t taken the wrong side in the fight yesterday.

Seeing that the director’s expression wasn’t great, Luo Xiao—who was already prepared to leave—thought for a moment and decided to soothe her.

“I already scolded her when I went back yesterday. She won’t dare do it again. She’s probably not awake yet at this hour; when she wakes up, I’ll bring her over to apologize to you.”

The director knew these were just polite formalities and didn’t feel right making them apologize, so she waved her hands repeatedly. “No need, no need. She already paid the compensation yesterday.”

“That’s good then.” Luo Xiao nodded with satisfaction and turned to leave, but after two steps, she turned back and asked, “Director, do you have any thoughts on the new female lead?”

The director knew immediately that this meant someone was being recommended. She quickly said, “No. If you have someone in mind, Teacher Luo, you can recommend them to me.”

“Mm,” Luo Xiao wasn’t modest at all and said seriously, “I know someone who is very excellent, hard-working, and has great acting skills, but she’s never had the chance to play a lead role. After reading our script, I felt it suited her perfectly, but Xiang Yang had already been cast back then, so I didn’t say anything. Now that things have changed, I hope you can give her this chance after looking into her.”

“What is her name?”

“Ning Zhi.”

The director nodded repeatedly upon hearing the name, agreeing, “Oh, oh, I know her. No problem, no problem.”

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

After Luo Xiao finished speaking, she left. It was only then that the director remembered—

Wait? Ning Zhi? That Beta who debuted from a talent show?

Luo Xiao actually wasn’t trying to open a back door for that little rabbit?

On the other side, Shi Rui had just finished washing up when she received a call from Qi Ran.

“Little Rabbit, are you guys out of bed yet?”

“Of course.”

Upon hearing this, Qi Ran’s voice spiked in volume, asking excitedly: “Is Qingqing up? I bought breakfast for you guys, come down and get it.”

Shi Rui covered her phone and glanced at the room shared by Ming Qing and Rong An. Both doors were tightly shut with no sign of anyone waking up, so she put on her coat and went downstairs herself.

“Where are you downstairs?”

“Over here, the prettiest one is me.”

As Qi Ran spoke, she waved her hand vigorously. Shi Rui saw her, hung up the phone, and ran over.

“Here, take it.”

Qi Ran pulled the breakfast out of the car—two large, overflowing bags.

Shi Rui took them and said, “Thank you.”

She then peered into the car and found nothing else.

“Stop looking, she didn’t come.” After Qi Ran said this, Shi Rui’s face turned red as she argued, “I wasn’t looking.”

Qi Ran didn’t expose her. Instead, she fished a card out of her bag, looked at it, and stuffed it directly into the little rabbit’s jacket pocket.

“What is this?” Shi Rui cried out, wanting to take it out, but with both hands full of breakfast, she really couldn’t do anything.

Qi Ran did it on purpose, making it so she couldn’t refuse.

“Luo Xiao gave it to you. Spend it however you like.”

“Why didn’t she come herself?” Shi Rui asked, giving a little huff.

“She’s busy—who knows what she’s busy with. Why don’t you call her? Anyway, I’m heading off.”

After saying this, Qi Ran rested her hand on the car door and added, “Remember to tell Qingqing that I bought this breakfast specifically for her.”

Hearing this, Shi Rui weighed the breakfast in her hands and asked, puzzled, “Why?”

“You don’t even get that? It’s obviously because I’m courting her.” After Qi Ran finished, she opened the car door and sat inside, then lowered the window, blew a wink at the little rabbit, and reminded her, “Remember to tell her, okay?”

After Qi Ran left, Shi Rui headed back to the dorm carrying the breakfast, only to receive a text from the courier as soon as she stepped out of the elevator.

In the past few days, she had only ordered one package—the bead meant for her Sister.

Shi Rui first put the breakfast back in the dorm and knocked on Rong An and Ming Qing’s doors respectively, calling out softly, “Breakfast is on the table, remember to eat! I’m going to go pick up a package.”

A drowsy “Okay” came from Rong An’s room, while on Ming Qing’s side, there was a lot of rustling for a long while, but not a single sound.

Shi Rui didn’t wait any longer; she grabbed her phone and hurried downstairs, unable to contain her excitement.

Inside the room, He Qianqian was fast asleep on top of Ming Qing. After vaguely catching a whiff of a delicious scent, she nuzzled into Ming Qing’s embrace twice before crawling outward with her eyes still closed, mumbling, “Food… time to eat…”

Without even opening her eyes, Ming Qing grabbed her ankle and dragged her back. Holding her firmly in her arms, Ming Qing rolled over to partially pin her down and let out a couple of ambiguous, low groans.

He Qianqian was now fully awake. Pushing against the person on top of her with both hands, she whispered, “Qingqing, get up.”

“Call me ‘Wife,’ and I’ll let you up,” Ming Qing teased, acting like a rogue while pressing her face against the other’s.

Without any hesitation, He Qianqian called out sweetly, “Wife~ please~ let me get up and eat~”

After speaking, He Qianqian blinked her large, watery eyes at Ming Qing.

After a long stare-down, Ming Qing finally let out a helpless sigh, patted her cheek gently, and got up.

“Fine, I’ll let you off.”

As she spoke, she reached out to pull her up.

Unexpectedly, He Qianqian threw her arms around Ming Qing, burying her head at her waist and rubbing against her, saying softly and cutely, “Wife, you’re so good.”

The moment those words fell, the small space was instantly filled with a rich scent of green grass.

He Qianqian, driven by hunger, took a deep breath and said directly, “Wife, your pheromones are leaking out. It smells so good, I really want to eat.”

Hearing this, Ming Qing clenched her fists tightly, not daring to touch her. She replied with difficulty, “Mm. You go out first, I need to tidy up.”

“Oh.” He Qianqian left obediently.

Ming Qing waited until the door was closed before collapsing weakly, panting heavily against the pillow. Then, she turned on her side and pulled the blanket He Qianqian had used over herself, clutching a corner of it and remaining motionless.

Shi Rui waited in line to pick up her package. It was a delicate black box with no information on it except for the shipping label—and even then, most of the details on the label had been blurred out, making it impossible to see what had been purchased.

It wasn’t explicitly marked as “discreet shipping,” but she could see on her phone that the seller had made a note of it.

“So this is what discreet shipping looks like,” Shi Rui said, weighing the box and feeling it had some heft. “The box is actually quite nice. Maybe I’ll just give it to her like this and let her unwrap it herself; it’ll be more of a surprise that way.”

Shi Rui talked to herself, her face flushing as she opened her phone to make a call.

She wasn’t desperate to see Luo Xiao, okay? She just wanted Luo Xiao to unwrap the gift herself.

The call was picked up quickly. Shi Rui happily asked where she was, saying she wanted to see her.

Luo Xiao was silent on the other end for two seconds before replying, “Where are you? I’ll come pick you up.”

Shi Rui quickly gave her location and then stood there obediently, clutching the package and waiting.

Luo Xiao had changed to a low-profile white car today. Shi Rui didn’t even recognize it when it pulled up until the horn honked a few times, revealing the “Sister” she had been longing for.

She quickly pulled open the car door and hopped in. While fastening her seatbelt, she said excitedly, “I bought a gift for you, Sister.”

After speaking, she held up the box for Luo Xiao to see.

Luo Xiao instantly grew tense, scanning the little rabbit up and down with her eyes. Only after seeing that she wasn’t injured and was perfectly fine did she relax.

“What did you buy?”

“You’ll know once we find a place to open it.” Shi Rui kept her in suspense, holding the box with a look of pure pride.

Seeing her so lively and spirited, Luo Xiao smiled as well. She stepped on the gas and parked the car in the nearest parking lot.

“What’s the gift?” Luo Xiao pressed impatiently as soon as she parked.

This was the first time the little rabbit had ever given her a gift; she was very much looking forward to it.

Shi Rui handed her the box and said thoughtfully, “Unwrap it yourself. It gives it a better sense of occasion.”

Without hesitation, Luo Xiao took the gift and began to unwrap it immediately—but her smile froze the instant she saw what was inside.

“Do you like it?” Shi Rui was still proudly twitching her ears. “The internet says Dragons like these the most.”

Luo Xiao suspected she had misheard and asked back, “A Dragon Ball?” (Note: Also a slang term for a specific type of adult toy/bead).

“Mm-hmm! I specifically bought a green one. Isn’t it pretty?” Shi Rui nodded vigorously, her face practically begging for praise.

“Pretty…” Luo Xiao seemed to have suddenly lost the ability to speak. After squeezing out those two words, she couldn’t say another thing.

As for that “Dragon Ball” lying quietly in the box, she was too embarrassed to even take it out; it felt like it was burning her hands.

Because in the culture of the Dragon Tribe, gifting a “Dragon Ball” represented a marriage proposal—and the person who accepted it was agreeing to the request.

Luo Xiao stared at the bead, her gaze darkening. She hadn’t expected that after being away for only a few days, the little rabbit would be led astray.

She actually dared to give her a “Dragon Ball” so openly!

Shi Rui remained sitting upright, her eyes sparkling, waiting for her Sister to say she liked it. Instead, she waited only to find her Sister’s expression becoming more and more strained. She then heard her say in a low, suppressed voice:

“You… should read fewer R-rated books.”

Huh?

Shi Rui tilted her head, not understanding at all. She thought to herself: What kind of books are “R-rated” books?

She was a bit curious…

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