The Security Guard Who Won the Heart of the Unattainable Actress - Chapter 43.2

Chapter 43.2

“You chose the person yourself anyway.”

Li Guang seemed to be deep in thought. Ran Mingyue took the opportunity to ask, “What do you think about eating them for life?”

Li Guang lowered her head, looking confused and awkward. “I don’t know how to answer.”

“You know, you just don’t know how to give a better answer,” Ran Mingyue smiled and shook her head. “You can take your time considering. I won’t force you to make a choice.”

Li Guang asked, “Is that a promise?”

Ran Mingyue said, “It is, but it’s not very solemn yet. Promises shouldn’t be made lightly.”

“Oh?”

“Because a promise carries weight,” Ran Mingyue said gently. “This weight accumulates over time, a weight given through action.”

Ran Mingyue said, “I don’t know what kind of promise you want, but you will see me gradually deliver on the words I speak, over time.”

Ran Mingyue knew her own heart and could control it, but she couldn’t guess Li Guang’s heart.

What was Li Guang thinking? Perhaps—even if she knew what Li Guang was thinking, could she be sure Li Guang would fall for her? Even if she did, could she keep liking her forever and ever?

The torment of affection was both painful and enjoyable.

“Weight…” After hearing Ran Mingyue’s words, Li Guang felt a heaviness in her heart, not a feeling of lightness.

“Your little brain can’t figure these things out right now. A brain after staying up all night isn’t suitable for thinking about this,” Ran Mingyue got up and led Li Guang. “Come on, let’s go to sleep.”

Both of them were severely sleep-deprived from last night and should rest now.

Li Guang was about to say, Then I’m leaving, when Ran Mingyue spoke again.

“Sleep here with me. The bedding and bed are already prepared here, isn’t that convenient?” Ran Mingyue said. “Look, if you leave now, it’s still cold. When you get back to your dorm, you’ll have to heat up a hot water bottle, and wait for the electric blanket to warm up. It’ll take a long time before you can fall asleep. Isn’t that troublesome?”

Li Guang was stunned: “…You actually have a point.”

Ran Mingyue said, “But if we sleep here, we can go right up and sleep immediately. And the bed is warm and cozy because I already remotely turned on the blanket. It’s very comfortable inside.”

Whoo-hoo! Such great conditions! She could take off right now.

Only a fool would refuse a better option. Li Guang immediately nodded, declaring her allegiance: “Okay! Let’s go?”

Ran Mingyue finally relaxed and smiled.

She knew this little girl was easy to fool.

She was so easy to fool. Only she should be the one to fool her. What would happen if someone else tricked her away?

Ran Mingyue started to worry.

Going to the bedroom with Li Guang, Ran Mingyue said, “Will you still have nightmares? Do you want me to stay until you fall asleep before I leave?”

“No, I won’t. I won’t think about those things again.” Li Guang was truly grateful for Ran Mingyue’s thoughtfulness. “You’re so nice.”

Ran Mingyue was given such a big “good person card,” yet she was still delighted. “Good. Call me if you need anything.”

Their rooms weren’t far apart. Li Guang yawned widely by her bedroom door and wished Ran Mingyue good afternoon.

She also followed Ran Mingyue’s example and didn’t close her door completely, leaving it slightly ajar.

Li Guang was genuinely very tired.

As soon as the door closed, she took off her sweater and lay down in the warm covers. Li Guang felt like she was about to fall asleep instantly when she suddenly heard a muffled thud from Ran Mingyue’s room, sounding like something heavy had fallen to the floor.

One second, Li Guang’s eyes were closing. The next second, her eyes were wide like copper bells.

What happened?! Li Guang jumped out of bed, thinking, It’s a good thing I didn’t close the door, or I might not have heard the sound from Ran Mingyue’s room.

“Sister Mingyue! What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

When she entered, she saw Ran Mingyue supporting herself and sitting on the edge of the bed, looking helpless.

By her feet, the shoes were crooked, and a crystal lamp base had fallen to the floor.

“Did you fall out of bed?” Li Guang rushed over to ask. “I heard a sound over there, so I hurried over.”

“I lost my balance when I was getting down just now,” Ran Mingyue pointed at the round lamp base by her feet. “This was supposed to be on the bedside table. I wanted to turn it off before sleeping, and I knocked it over.”

After knocking it over, Ran Mingyue tried to grab it, but before she could, she stumbled and fell onto the floor awkwardly.

Li Guang already understood what happened from Ran Mingyue’s brief description. Without waiting for Ran Mingyue to bend down, she quickly put the lamp base back on the bedside table.

“It looks like you’re the one who needs special care, not me,” Li Guang could tell from this that Ran Mingyue’s leg hadn’t recovered. “I’ll watch you sleep and leave after you’re asleep.”

“You don’t have to…” Ran Mingyue shook her head, but Li Guang didn’t listen to her. She simply sat down on the head of the bed herself, telling Ran Mingyue to lie down.

“Listen to me. You’re not a child anymore. Since you’re an adult, shouldn’t you be a little more obedient than me?” Li Guang made Ran Mingyue lie down, then covered her with the blanket, tucking Ran Mingyue snugly inside the wide covers, making a little mound. “I’ll watch you sleep. Sleep now.”

Ran Mingyue had originally planned to sleep, but that changed once Li Guang arrived. She stared at Li Guang under the lamplight, unable to stop smiling.

When Li Guang used her baby face to try to be serious, there was a contradictory cuteness. It was like an adult blushing while denying that they were blushing.

Awkward, sincere, and lovable.

“What are you laughing at?” Li Guang gently covered Ran Mingyue’s eyes with her palm. “You should close your eyes and sleep now.”

“What about you? Aren’t you tired?”

When Ran Mingyue spoke, her eyelashes fluttered in Li Guang’s palm.

“You’re doing that thing you did on the show again,” Li Guang realized Ran Mingyue liked to tease her. Was it because she frequently said Ran Mingyue was joking with her?

Ran Mingyue said, “I wasn’t joking with you all the time. You just thought I was joking.”

“Those weren’t jokes?”

“I’m not joking with you right now.” Ran Mingyue pulled Li Guang’s hand down and had Li Guang lie down on the bed with her, but Li Guang was lying directly on top of the blanket. “You’re the one who should hurry up and rest.”

The bed was truly huge. Both of them could probably roll around on it twice with room to spare.

“Watch out!” Li Guang was genuinely afraid of rolling onto Ran Mingyue. “I didn’t press down on you, did I?”

“No,” Ran Mingyue lifted the blanket, her eyes full of smiles. “Sleep?”

Li Guang glared at her, still thinking Ran Mingyue was joking. “I think you’re not tired at all and don’t want to sleep.”

Li Guang had been sleepy, but Ran Mingyue’s fright had completely woken her up. She was wide awake now.

“Sister Mingyue?” Li Guang suddenly realized. “You don’t need to be coaxed to sleep, do you?”

Ran Mingyue smiled ambiguously. “You figured it out. What should we do?”

“Then I’ll coax you,” Li Guang could only lightly pat Ran Mingyue’s back. “I’ll coax you like this. Hurry up and sleep.”

Ran Mingyue said, “I can’t sleep like this. You can’t coax me like that…”

With Li Guang awake right next to her, there was no way she could fall asleep.

Li Guang pretended she was reciting an incantation for Ran Mingyue, constantly whispering into Ran Mingyue’s ear: “Time to sleep, time to sleep. You’re very tired now. The baby is very tired now…”

After a long time, Li Guang didn’t hear Ran Mingyue speak again. She thought Ran Mingyue had fallen asleep, but when she looked down, Ran Mingyue was staring intently at her, not blinking once.

“Say that last sentence again?” Ran Mingyue leaned on the pillow, her voice slightly muffled. “Say the last sentence again.”

“Huh?” Li Guang felt like victory was in sight. She tried her best to satisfy the demanding child. “Sleep now, sleep now…”

Ran Mingyue’s low voice sounded again: “I said I want to hear you say what you just said again.”

“Which one?” Li Guang only said “Oh” after asking, “You’re very tired now, you’re very tired.”

So Ran Mingyue liked to hear incantations like that.

Li Guang was generous with her words, but Ran Mingyue said, “That’s not what I want to hear. I want the sentence after that.”

Huh? Which one?

Li Guang was momentarily lost. She tried hard to recall what she had said and tentatively offered, “The baby should sleep now?”

Ran Mingyue said, “Mhm.”

She affirmed those two words.

“Say it again.”

Li Guang said it again, still gently patting Ran Mingyue’s back.

So sleepy.

She had been deliberately fighting off sleep. Under the intentionally created sleeping atmosphere, Li Guang became the sleepier one.

She didn’t know if Ran Mingyue was asleep or not. She only felt her eyelids were about to close, unable to open again.

Li Guang hadn’t forgotten that she was called here to put Ran Mingyue to sleep. She couldn’t fall asleep before the person she was coaxing had fallen asleep.

She kept trying to force her eyes open, but the struggle was futile.

At some point, the hand patting Ran Mingyue’s back slowly slowed down, one tap, another tap, and then it completely drooped onto Ran Mingyue’s back.

In its place, Ran Mingyue’s hand began to gently pat Li Guang’s back, and Li Guang only sank deeper into sleep.

“I knew you were tired,” Ran Mingyue looked at the deeply sleeping Li Guang and smiled helplessly.

She hadn’t intended to disturb Li Guang in the first place.

She only wanted Li Guang to rest at her house, but she hadn’t expected them to end up resting in the same room.

It was too hot to sleep like this with the heater on. It would be uncomfortable. Ran Mingyue, without looking away, helped Li Guang take off the outer pajama pants.

This child, Li Guang, had truly excellent sleep quality. She was already in a deep sleep in such a short time. Ran Mingyue was moving her around to take off her clothes, yet she didn’t wake up.

“Little brat,” Ran Mingyue couldn’t help but pinch her face, then settled Li Guang onto the bed to sleep.

When Li Guang reached the warm place, she instinctively hugged Ran Mingyue’s arm and nestled against it.

Good.

This successfully dismissed the thought Ran Mingyue had about whether she should go sleep in the other guest room.

She wanted to leave, but Li Guang was holding her arm quite tightly. Perhaps she had a habit of cuddling a pillow while sleeping.

“You’re impossible,” Ran Mingyue murmured, looking at Li Guang’s face. Sleepiness overtook her, and she naturally lay down beside her.

At 5:30 PM, during the evening rush hour for urban professionals, a blurry photo of Ran Mingyue completely ignited all social media platforms.

Ran Mingyue had been debuted for five years with absolutely no scandals.

Any clues related to Ran Mingyue’s relationships would inevitably cause a heated discussion.

Although it was a new account, because it included the tag #RanMingyue#, the popularity soared. There were only two photos, but each one was full of implications.

Gossip Source Circle:  “Ran Mingyue’s secret night rendezvous with a woman during filming breaks the 0-scandal record since debut! Alleged first exposure of an industry relationship!”

“Is Ran Mingyue’s long-term lover exposed? Teacher Ran is taking time out of her late-night filming to meet this mysterious woman and go for a walk despite the cold winter night. Unfortunately, she was spotted before a full-face shot could be taken. It seems this mysterious woman is very familiar with paparazzi photography techniques.”

“Teacher Ran has had no scandals for many years since her debut. Now that these photos have been revealed right after her return to the country, will she choose to go public or continue to hide her lover?”

“Note: I have explosive information that aligns with these two photos! Once the follower count reaches 50,000, I will release the second piece of explosive information, telling you the mysterious woman’s identity and purpose!”

The two photos were so blurry that you could clearly see the mosaic grid.

The photos didn’t clearly show the identity of the mysterious woman with her back to the camera, but Ran Mingyue’s face was visible. Although heavily pixelated and low-resolution, Ran Mingyue’s face was too recognizable.

The mysterious woman standing in front of Ran Mingyue wore a hat, and their posture looked intimate.

This photo was the one of Li Guang and Ran Mingyue walking together that night, but the paparazzi only chose to release it now.

There were a total of two photos, but only Ran Mingyue’s face was visible in both. The face of the other mysterious woman was not visible.

This was likely due to the nighttime and the distance.

One photo showed the two walking side-by-side, with Ran Mingyue on the outer side. Her profile was also unmistakable. Even non-fans could recognize her at a glance.

The second one was the photo taken outside the villa.

It was unclear if they were saying goodbye or entering the villa together.

Ran Mingyue being photographed late at night was shocking enough, but the addition of the word “lover” immediately made everyone explode with excitement.

Ran Mingyue had been debuted for so long without any scandals! Her fans were actually worried about her!

At this moment, Li Guang was in deep sleep, completely unaware that the outside world had been turned upside down by two photos.

Although the popularity was high, the comments under this new blogger slowly started to change direction.

“Wait a minute”

“Everyone wait! Hold up! This shouldn’t be a publicity stunt! For those who watched the show, doesn’t that hat look familiar?”

“I zoomed in. Even though it’s all pixelated when zoomed, you can still see that Er Xiong (Bear Two) hat, right?”

“F*ck, it really is Er Xiong. It’s Er Xiong!!!!”

“It’s a staff member! I was about to draw my sword… I’m sorry, I almost injured a friend.”

“I was just crying, saying our goddess finally has a rumored partner. She’s almost thirty and can date, right? But it’s a staff member. Alas, never mind then.”

“I passed by and saw Ran Mingyue’s trending topic, so I came to check. Why is it okay for you guys that it’s a staff member?”

“Because a relationship between our goddess and a staff member is impossible. Er Xiong is very serious about her job, so please stop this, okay?”

“Exactly, hahahaha. Also, Er Xiong has a very great image in the hearts of our fans! That part where our Er Xiong angrily rebuked the guests when our goddess had a fear of heights has forever erected a huge flag in the heart of this fan!”

“Hahahahaha, I think this paparazzi must be thinking, ‘Are you guys for real? I dropped a scoop, and you’re not following the script?'”

“Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. The main thing is, you sneaky paparazzi, are you desperate to be famous? Do you feel good about leeching off our Goddess Mingyue’s traffic like this? Later fans, please note: we don’t need to give this kind of person attention. They don’t have any real scoops. Just unfollow!”

“Did they see that the staff member Er Xiong’s popularity is rising, so they’re deliberately trying to piggyback?”

“After the second episode ended, everyone was calling for Er Xiong to become the new recurring guest. Talk about traffic! No wonder even the paparazzi are here.”

“Why are you going there when they’re filming the show?”

“I feel like this villa area looks a little familiar. It seems to be that exclusive top-tier wealthy neighborhood I saw before…”

“OMG, the production team is so rich.”

“Where’s the explosive information? Give us the scoop! If you don’t, we’re unfollowing. Why are you using the gimmick of explosive information to exploit our Teacher Ran and an innocent staff member? Anyone with eyes can see that Er Xiong was just walking Teacher Ran to the door. How can you misinterpret it like this? And call her a girlfriend?”

“How much nerve do you have? Where did you learn to do this?”

“Emmmmm, damn it, I actually thought Ran Mingyue had a girlfriend! Someone like you, clicking on your post feels like a waste of time!”

This new entertainment reporter account claimed that although they were new, their scoops were absolutely real. They also stated that once the follower count reached 50,000, they would release the second scoop.

A series of scoops was what everyone loved, but after people recognized the person in the photos as a staff member of the show, posts debunking the scoop were pushed to the top. As a result, anyone who clicked into the topic knew that it had nothing to do with genuine gossip.

However, with so many netizens, the entertainment account’s follower growth was still significant.

This was the first time Ran Mingyue’s fans were so harmonious and united against an outsider, even joining forces with the show’s fans to criticize the paparazzi who snuck onto the set to take photos.

Because the filming was taking place in a villa area, and it would be a long-term shoot, the location had been kept secret from the outside world. Now that it was revealed, the location could easily be guessed, which would somewhat affect future filming.

Just as everyone was vehemently criticizing the entertainment account, the new account’s follower count quickly reached 50,000.

Right on time, the account posted a new message, accompanied by a caption.

“Mysterious girlfriend or a publicity stunt? Ran Mingyue’s staff member is actually an insider, possibly an industry girlfriend. Why pretend to be a staff member?”

“Was it pretending to be a staff member or intentionally hiding their relationship for a publicity stunt? Everyone can decide for themselves.”

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Following this were two more pictures: one was a side-profile shot of Li Guang where her mask had fallen during the show, and the other was an official fully-visible photo of Li Guang during a Xiguang event.

Pinned on her chest was her name badge, clearly showing the two characters: “Li Guang”.

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