The Stand-in is Exceptionally Clingy [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 34.2

Chapter 34.2

Jian Ke felt the pain from her chin and unconsciously frowned. She felt Lou Bianxia lean in, giving a short, bitter laugh. “Then should I congratulate you on your excellent acting skills, Miss Jian?”

She showed a smile. “Judging by Ms. Lou’s current reaction, that seems to be the case.”

Lou Bianxia let go of Jian Ke’s chin. The terrifying aura from before was suddenly completely gone.

It was as if the previous scene was just a hallucination Jian Ke had created out of her own inner conflict and confusion.

She ran her hand through her hair and spread her hands. “It’s really rare to see you look so fierce but be so timid inside.”

“So, the spoiled tantrums you used to throw were just little tricks to get me to like you, huh?”

Jian Ke’s eyes flickered. Those couldn’t really be called “tricks.” At first, they were just a small temper tantrum she had when Lou Bianxia pushed her too far. She hadn’t expected them to be so effective.

She glared at Lou Bianxia, whose emotions were as unstable as the weather forecast. She didn’t know if Lou Bianxia was crazy with anger or if she was really trying to figure out Jian Ke’s “tricks” to win her favor.

Lou Bianxia: “Have you heard of desensitization therapy? The more sensitive you are to something, the more you have to be exposed to it.”

“In my opinion, the same applies to love. Since you’re so resistant, I’ll just have to try even harder.”

Jian Ke felt a sour pang in her heart, and her voice was hoarse. “Ms. Lou… you can’t force love.”

Lou Bianxia’s lips curved upward. She raised her right hand and gently held Jian Ke’s neck, then slowly slid her fingers down, lingering around her collarbone. “I remember… you didn’t even like women before.”

“But when you were ‘serving’ me, you seemed to be quite happy with the ‘forced’ act.” Lou Bianxia’s eyes were deep, like a calculating hunter contemplating the final fate of her prey.

“So with everything, you have to take it one step at a time.”

Jian Ke felt as if all the emotions in her head had solidified, and the only remaining emotional modules were being activated by Lou Bianxia’s every mood.

It was as if she had lost all her strength. All the cold jabs and poisonous arrows she had sent were like punches hitting a cotton pad, and she received a soft, sweet kiss in return.

Jian Ke had enjoyed Lou Bianxia’s reckless pampering and felt her gentle submission under her extreme comfort. Now, she was directly facing her burning and earnest sincerity.

Her emotions were torn between torment and indulgence, almost tearing her apart.

“Lou Bianxia…” Jian Ke’s voice was weak, as if she couldn’t stand Lou Bianxia’s unreasonable behavior. It was like a sigh. “Please let me go…”

Lou Bianxia’s narrow eyes squinted. She took out the contract they had signed a year ago from her bag. The well-preserved paper was like new.

But in the next second, it was torn into shreds in the woman’s hands.

Lou Bianxia pulled Jian Ke into her arms. Their bodies were pressed tightly together, leaving her pounding heart with nowhere to hide.

A firm tone brushed against Jian Ke’s ear, as heavy as a thousand pieces of gold.

“You’re not allowed to go. Stay. I said you have to serve me well. You have to fulfill your responsibility.”

The arm around her waist was held very tightly, as if she was afraid the person in her arms would slip away.

Jian Ke rested her forehead on Lou Bianxia’s shoulder. Her breath was filled with the familiar, pleasant cold scent of the other woman, and that itchy feeling in her heart grew stronger.

She opened her arms and raised them to Lou Bianxia’s waist, unable to resist the urge to hug her back—

There was a loud “shhh” of a short circuit, and the training room suddenly plunged into darkness.

Then, outside the room, there was a series of running footsteps and occasional curses and voices.

Jian Ke quickly broke free from Lou Bianxia’s embrace, her voice trying to sound as if nothing had happened. “The power’s out. Let’s go outside.”

The entire training base suddenly lost power. The lights and heating equipment all stopped working, and the temperature in the surrounding area was constantly dropping. The cold wind made people shiver.

A few maintenance workers went to the power room to check the situation but found no signs of a short circuit. It was more like an external power shortage.

But the nearby residential areas were all brightly lit.

Lou Bianxia and Jian Ke walked out of the training base. When they got to the parking lot, Jian Ke looked up and saw the stars in the sky twinkling like flowing diamonds.

It wasn’t very common to see so many stars in Lichang. It happened about once every six months and was very precious.

Jian Ke took out her phone and aimed it at the vast, distant starry night sky. She then quietly moved it down, also capturing the woman in front of her, whose elegant figure was almost one with the night.

The starry night sky, like jewels on a luxurious gown, became the woman’s best adornment, captivating and enchanting. Only later did she realize she couldn’t extricate herself.

On the way back, Lou Bianxia didn’t make any more “terrifying” comments. It was just like every time before, silently and restrainedly dropping Jian Ke off at her destination.

In their silence, they arrived at the hotel quickly.

Unable to endure the torment of being with Lou Bianxia, which felt like being fried in oil and boiled in fire, Jian Ke quickly pulled open the car door and got out as soon as the car stopped. She couldn’t even manage to turn back and calmly say goodbye to Lou Bianxia.

Undoubtedly, her back must have looked extremely pathetic.

Sitting in the car, Lou Bianxia watched Jian Ke’s unusually quick steps. She rested her chin on her hand and whispered, “It seems… it’s not so hopeless after all.”

The car seemed to stay there for a long time before slowly driving into the shimmering night.

…

The filming for Snow Buried Gold was gradually coming to an end. One morning, Jian Ke, wrapped in her coat, pushed open the balcony door and saw that the world outside was covered in a blanket of white.

From her hotel balcony, she could see the edge of the plain. The thick snow seemed to be completely untouched by dust.

The warm sun peeked out from the top of the snowy mountains, casting a golden glow over the snowfield. A group of skiers had gathered on a slightly higher slope, making it look very lively.

Jian Ke felt a surge of excitement. Even though she couldn’t ski, who wouldn’t want to glide and roll around on the white snow?

She changed into a warm and light down jacket, put on a wool hat, and walked to the door. She put her hand on the handle but carefully peeked out through the peephole.

After confirming there were no familiar figures in the hallway, she agilely opened and closed the door, then ran to the elevator and pressed the button.

It was a race for her life, as if a tiger was chasing her from behind.

Jian Ke wanted to say that it wasn’t a tiger, but the level of clinginess was comparable.

—She was hiding from Lou Bianxia.

Since the confession in the training room, Lou Bianxia had gone a long time without any follow-up actions. In fact, sometimes they would only see each other once a week.

And that was during a video call.

This made Jian Ke suspect that Lou Bianxia’s confession was some kind of April Fool’s joke. Whoever believed it would lose.

But from Lou Bianxia’s haggard eyes and the unchanging office background, Jian Ke could tell that she was indeed very busy.

As the end of the year approached, everyone in the group started working overtime. They were all busy with various year-end reports, summary plans, and so on.

Jian Ke looked at Lou Bianxia’s seemingly thinner chin and felt a pang of pity and affection. If it had been before, she would have definitely gone to Suimu with big and small meals to eat with Lou Bianxia.

But now that the unspoken secret between them had been completely revealed, she could no longer use the excuse of “pleasing the boss” to do whatever she wanted.

520, like a crazy virus, kept repeating the words “going abroad” in Jian Ke’s ear every day.

Shu Yu and Li Yao’s engagement ceremony had been mysteriously postponed. Jian Ke had plenty of time to come up with a plan after she finished filming Snow Buried Gold and set off.

520: “Our goal is to complete the mission!”

—It had become its catchphrase, and it was the first thing Jian Ke heard every day when she woke up.

Until one day, after a long and exhausting day of filming, she returned to her room and saw the door of the room opposite hers open, with Lou Bianxia leisurely sipping red wine.

Jian Ke froze at her hotel room door, rubbed her eyes hard, and confirmed that the person in front of her was not a hallucination from being too tired from filming or missing her too much.

She had been working overtime for days to get an early annual leave.

Lou Bianxia leaned against the door, holding her wine glass. She beckoned inside. “I just ordered some takeout from Weixianju. Want to eat together?”

Her overworked body pulled down her desire to stay rational. Jian Ke finally couldn’t resist the temptation of food and stepped into the room across the hall.

Even though she had deliberately booked the room across from Jian Ke, Lou Bianxia’s offense against her was still slow and steady. She had a timely supply of late-night snacks and thoughtful wake-up calls in the morning.

These were not out-of-line behaviors, but they all showed the other person’s intention to boil the frog in warm water.

One thing leads to another, and another, and then another… and then more and more brazen invitations.

Jian Ke’s beauty was enough to eat, and with a beauty by her side, it seemed she could eat an extra bowl of rice.

But Lou Bianxia would never let a full Jian Ke go back to her own room in peace.

A teasing breath would waft past her ear. The mellow red wine in her glass would drip down her shirt, and a light red wine stain would spread over the soft fabric of her chest.

It would wet her all the way down to her lower abdomen, revealing her slender waist.

Suddenly getting soaked in red wine, Jian Ke’s whole body stiffened. The cold, wet feeling brought with it a sticky dampness.

“Miss Jian, do you need to change your clothes before you leave?” The culprit who had just spilled the wine asked with a look of innocence. “I have several in my closet. Take your pick?”

Her room was right across the hall, and it was quick to swipe the card and get in.

But the wet area on Jian Ke’s chest was too embarrassing. The white shirt was soaked to the point of being transparent, vaguely revealing her flawless skin, as smooth as ice and jade. But the most obvious were the two points of crimson.

They were as red and delicate as flowers. She really couldn’t leave.

In the end, Jian Ke could only wear Lou Bianxia’s black shirt back to her room, her ears red with shame and anger.

The tricks were continuous, but if she couldn’t play along, could she at least run away?

Jian Ke saw the elevator door open and rushed inside with her bag, but in the next second, someone pulled her back by the strap of her bag.

Jian Ke turned her head stiffly and saw Lou Bianxia’s slightly smiling face.

“Where are you going so early? Take me with you?”

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