The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 6

Zhuo Xi bit into a vegetable leaf and smiled at Ji Mingxiao in embarrassment: “I’ll be full if I eat this much.”

“Being a celebrity is too tiring.”

“Yeah, last time I was on a wire, my leg got all scraped up.”

“Didn’t you always use a body double for these things?” Ji Mingxiao asked casually.

Zhuo Xi’s hand paused. She had just finished the vegetable leaf, with nothing to hide behind. She pulled out a napkin, wiped her mouth, and smiled at Ji Mingxiao.

She probably hoped Ji Mingxiao would change the subject, but the other person was still staring at her.

The atmosphere became a bit awkward.

System A: “My dear, can’t you give her a way out?”

“Didn’t the body double go that day?”

Zhuo Xi: ???

System A: I’ll just shut up.

“It’s not like I use a double for everything. The double is more delicate than I am,” Zhuo Xi grumbled.

“Isn’t the martial arts double a man?” Ji Mingxiao frowned.

Zhuo Xi: …

“Didn’t you say you do all the dramatic scenes yourself?” Ji Mingxiao accurately found the key point.

Zhuo Xi pursed her lips: “When I’m not feeling well, I’ll use a dramatic double, but mostly it’s me. After all, I’m an actress.”

“Don’t blame me for being harsh, but you have to be careful. You just said in an interview that filming is tiring and all, and it wouldn’t be good for PR if someone caught you using a double just to deliver a line.”

“I know,” Zhuo Xi nodded, relieved.

After finishing her meal, Ji Mingxiao put down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth: “I’m going up now, I still have some work to do. You can go to bed after you’ve cleaned up.”

The obedient smile on Zhuo Xi’s face froze, but she quickly hid it: “Okay.”

The old Fu Youzheng would have always offered to wash the dishes, or wash them with her. This was the first time she had been left with all the dishes to wash alone.

And when it came to sleeping, she would never let her sleep alone. If she had to work, she would wait until Zhuo Xi was asleep before going out.

Zhuo Xi looked at the empty living room, and a sense of panic arose for no reason.

“Host, you’re more of a jerk than she is.”

“Tell me, where am I a jerk?” Ji Mingxiao sat down at her desk.

System A was silent for a few seconds.

Although it seemed Ji Mingxiao hadn’t actually done anything, it just felt very much like she was being a jerk.

“You’re deceiving her feelings.”

“She doesn’t like me, so what feelings am I deceiving? Don’t be so hypocritical, my friend. You’re fighting for her, but who’s crying for Fu Youzheng?” Ji Mingxiao’s voice was calm.

The matter had actually been dealt with mostly at the company. She quietly locked the study door, played a few rounds of games, and during that time, Zhuo Xi came to bring her a glass of milk. Ji Mingxiao played until eleven thirty, then went to the walk-in closet to get her clothes and take a shower, and at midnight, she went straight to the guest room.

Zhuo Xi had been waiting for Ji Mingxiao to come back and hadn’t slept.

She stared intently at the door, her hands already a little stiff and numb.

She checked her phone; it was already one in the morning.

Zhuo Xi got up from the bed, went to the study to take a look, and saw that the study light was off and the person was no longer inside.

She pursed her lips and took a deep breath.

She wanted to go to the guest room to find her, but held back. She went back to her room and called someone.

It took three calls for someone to answer.

“Hello?” The person’s tone was not very good, having been woken up in the middle of the night.

“Where has Fu Youzheng been recently? Who has she met? Does she… have a new lover?”

“No, the CEO has been at the company recently, and she’s become very scary.”

Zhuo Xi propped herself up on the bed: “Scary? What did she do?”

“Before, when she was unhappy, she would just have a cold face. Now, she looks at you with a half-smile, which makes you feel shivers down your spine.”

“And, the CEO has started smoking recently, but not much. I don’t know much more, because she doesn’t really trust me. Before, she would ask me to do things, but now she basically only asks Tang Can, Xue Yao, and them. I suspect the CEO already knows that I’ve been giving you information.”

Zhuo Xi frowned: “What do you mean ‘giving you information’? If she finds out, just say I was concerned about her, it’s fine.”

“Oh.”

“So you’re sure there’s been no one else around her?”

“No.”

Zhuo Xi hung up the phone and lay back down. If she hadn’t met anyone else, why would her attitude suddenly become so strange?

What on earth happened?

Zhuo Xi took a deep breath and tried hard to fall asleep.

When Ji Mingxiao woke up in the morning, Zhuo Xi was also up. Breakfast was already prepared on the table, and it was very rich.

“What time did you get up?” Ji Mingxiao was a little surprised.

“Six o’clock, and I went for a run,” Zhuo Xi smiled at Ji Mingxiao, then said with a hint of complaint, “I was waiting for you to come back to sleep yesterday, but who knew you would go to the guest room to sleep by yourself.”

“I was afraid of waking you up. After all, you haven’t had a rest for a long time.”

“But it’s been a long time since we’ve slept together.”

“There’s still a long time left in this life, what’s the rush?” Ji Mingxiao’s words were so frank that Zhuo Xi looked at her several times. Seeing that the other person seemed no different from before, she started to wonder if she was just overthinking.

“I have a flight to G City in the afternoon. I don’t know when we’ll see each other again.”

“Be careful on the road.”

“Okay.” Zhuo Xi nodded, showing an obedient smile, “I’ll call you every day, so you have to answer.”

“When have I not answered your calls?”

After eating, Ji Mingxiao grabbed her things and walked out. She still avoided the farewell kiss. She was too fast, and Zhuo Xi couldn’t keep up with her pace.

System A: …

When Ji Mingxiao entered the company, she immediately saw the girl who was supposedly Ruan Shaojia.

She was sitting on the sofa in the lobby, her bag placed to the side, and her face looked a bit unwell.

Ji Mingxiao’s steps paused. She saw Assistant Tang, who was just coming downstairs, and beckoned her over.

Tang Can immediately scurried to her side: “CEO, what’s wrong?”

“Who is that girl?” Ji Mingxiao looked at the girl again and kept walking forward, but her pace slowed down.

“She’s Miss Zhuo’s dramatic double, named Xi Ruan. She was also a classmate of Miss Zhuo’s. I heard their relationship isn’t very good,” Tang Can said in a low voice. “Back then, Wu Duo wanted to sign them both, but in the end, for some reason, Xi Ruan became Zhuo Xi’s body double.”

Ji Mingxiao frowned slightly, so Xi Ruan should recognize her face.

“System.”

“Hm?”

“Never mind.”

Before getting on the elevator, Ji Mingxiao glanced at Xi Ruan again, still needing to confirm if this person was Ruan Shaojia.

“Help me find out about Xi Ruan, down to her preferences.”

Tang Can was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded: “Okay.”

“Don’t tell anyone else. Only the two of us know about this.”

“Okay.” Tang Can nodded immediately, feeling a little smug: Sure enough, CEO Fu trusts me the most.

“Also, help me observe who has been reporting my schedule to Zhuo Xi. Just find out who it is and tell me.”

Tang Can was stunned for a moment: “Okay, I have a few people in mind.”

“Find out for sure and then tell me.”

Tang Can had thought before that the CEO didn’t care about these things, but now it seems that’s not the case…

What on earth happened to cause such a huge change in the CEO recently?

She didn’t understand, couldn’t figure it out.

In any case, it had nothing to do with her. It wasn’t her who would be unlucky.

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