A Milky Orange-Flavored Omega Becomes Famous Through a Dating Show [Entertainment Circle] - Chapter 36

After finishing lunch, the three of them walked out of the private room.

Zhong Lin followed behind them. As she walked, she suddenly stopped. Her arm leaned against the wall, and her whole body almost collapsed against it. A twisting pain clenched in her abdomen, and she said weakly, “Wait, I’m going to the restroom.”

Only then did the two Alphas walking side by side in front realize she was gone.

“What’s wrong?” Chu Yunze quickly turned around and asked.

Pei Yi walked straight over and supported the little girl, who was almost slumped against the wall. “Pain?”

Zhong Lin frowned, her face pale. “I… I’m going to the restroom.”

“You two wait here for me.”

[Ahhhhh, what’s going on? Did cub eat something bad? Just now she drank iced drinks, ate raw and cold sashimi, and mixed hot and cold foods!]

[Feels like she upset her stomach.]

[Crying QAQ, cub, please don’t be okay!!]

…

Zhong Lin went to the restroom inside the private room. She lifted the toilet lid and began vomiting. She threw up until the green and white things she had eaten just now all came out. Her throat tasted sour, and the smell was terrible. Even stomach acid followed.

Zhong Lin’s head was dizzy, and her stomach hurt terribly.

She felt like she was about to die.

She slowly crouched down and leaned against the partition. Even her vision blurred. She took out her phone, wanting to call someone, but she only saw her manager’s number. That number could no longer be reached.

At that moment, with a “bang,” the restroom door was kicked open.

“Why are you vomiting?” It was Pei Yi’s voice.

Pei Yi ignored the foul smell of vomit in the restroom, pulled out several tissues, turned Zhong Lin’s head over, and wiped clean the dirty things stuck to the corners of her lips and her hair.

“Let’s go.” Pei Yi leaned over, scooped up Zhong Lin’s arm, and helped her whole body up.

“Where?” Zhong Lin’s voice was low and weak.

“To the hospital.” Pei Yi’s voice sounded a little urgent.

Another person walked into the restroom.

“She vomited?” Chu Yunze saw how tightly the two people’s bodies were pressed together. “Let me support her?”

“No need.” Pei Yi said coldly. She half crouched down and directly carried Zhong Lin on her back, both hands holding the bends of her knees, in a proper and polite position. “I’ll carry her.”

How could supporting her be better than carrying her?

“Last time, I was also the one who took her to the hospital.”

Though last time, she had carried her in her arms. A princess carry.

This time, with many people and many eyes around, carrying her on her back was more appropriate.

The livestream cut off.

[Ahhhhhhhhh, I can again! Pei Yi carried cub on her back! Let go of cub and let me do it!]

[Oh my god, Chu Yunze’s gaze just now really had something in it. When Pei Yi carried Zhong Lin, I felt the loneliness in her eyes. If this is scripted, then the director has no heart, TAT.]

[Heartache +1. I was still waiting to watch the three-person Shura field this afternoon?!!]

[The person upstairs is so wicked. You’re still thinking about the Shura field now? Cub, hurry and get better. Please don’t let anything happen, wuwuwuwu~]

…

In the end, Zhong Lin did not go anywhere that afternoon. The dessert shop and baking studio both fell through. Pei Yi drove, and the three of them went to the hospital together.

Zhong Lin spent almost the entire afternoon in the hospital.

Inside a certain attending physician’s consultation room.

Sitting opposite the doctor was a pale-faced girl. She was a rare case from before, the Omega who had secondarily differentiated into RH01-type pheromones.

It was that same female doctor from last time. She pushed up her glasses, and a sharp glint flashed across the gold-rimmed lenses. Her gaze passed over Zhong Lin’s position and saw two waiting Alphas sitting on the bench beside them.

The two Alphas were clearly both of rather high grade. Sitting on the same bench, both handsome faces looked anxious, yet at this moment, they seemed unexpectedly harmonious.

The female doctor revealed an inscrutable smile: …This little girl has got something.

“Acute gastroenteritis.” After the doctor finished writing the prescription, she tapped the tabletop with the tip of her pen. “This body of yours only just underwent secondary differentiation. You can’t eat things that are too stimulating. Eat less raw and cold food from now on.”

Zhong Lin nodded. “It’s only gastroenteritis?”

“Yes. Just take some anti-inflammatory medicine and astringent medicine, and drink some glucose water,” the doctor answered. “You don’t need to be hospitalized. Who opened an Omega isolation ward for you just now?”

Pei Yi, sitting at one end of the bench, raised her hand.

“Then you’ve spent money for nothing.” The doctor glanced at Pei Yi, her eyes playful. “We don’t refund fees.”

The Omega isolation wards here were quite expensive and enjoyed VIP single-room treatment.

Pei Yi: “…” She had thought something had happened to Zhong Lin’s pheromones again.

Zhong Lin turned her head and smiled gratefully at Pei Yi. Her face was pale, like a fragile porcelain doll. “It won’t be wasted.”

“If I go in and rest for a while, then it won’t count as wasted.”

Zhong Lin felt too embarrassed to let Pei Yi carry her again, so she was supported to the hospital bed in the ward and sat down.

“Eat candy…” Pei Yi reached over. In her palm lay a mint candy, exactly the same as the mint candy Zhong Lin had given her on the night the villa lost power.

Zhong Lin had rinsed her mouth earlier, but she still felt that the taste in her mouth was strange. When she spoke, Zhong Lin had been avoiding facing others directly.

Pei Yi noticed this.

Zhong Lin accepted the candy, tore open the wrapper, and placed it in her mouth. The cool mint taste covered the uncomfortable flavor in her mouth. She licked the mint candy, one hand gently rubbing her little belly. It still hurt there.

The stomach and intestines of a human shell seemed a little too fragile. (:з)∠)

At this moment, another person walked in through the door.

Chu Yunze entered the room holding a cup of glucose powder dissolved in warm water. A hot towel hung over her arm. When Pei Yi had supported Zhong Lin over just now, she had gone to the pharmacy to queue for the medicine.

The side of Zhong Lin’s face suddenly warmed as a warm white towel covered it. It was comfortably snug. Zhong Lin accepted the cup. “Thank you.”

Under the gazes of the two of them, Zhong Lin drank the glucose water and took the medicine.

Three people in one ward. At this moment, it was unusually harmonious.

The most terrifying thing was when the air suddenly went quiet.

“Ding ding—” Someone’s phone vibrated.

“Sorry, I’ll go take a call.” Chu Yunze took her phone from her pocket and walked out of the room.

A few minutes later, Chu Yunze returned to the room.

“The company has something urgent this afternoon, so I’ll be leaving soon. You have to rest properly here.”

Zhong Lin sat on the white hospital bed and nodded obediently. “See you at the villa tonight~”

Chu Yunze picked up her bag, stood, and left the room, casually closing the glass door of the ward behind her. She thought, in any case, this was a hospital, so Pei Yi could not possibly do anything out of line.

“What a coincidence. I also have a print shoot later… though as an investor.” Pei Yi’s voice came from inside the door.

Chu Yunze’s figure paused, and she slowly released the door handle. Pei Yi had something to do in the afternoon? But at noon, hadn’t she just… invited Zhong Lin to a baking class?

Outside the ward, Chu Yunze frowned, but still set aside the doubts in her heart and left.

Inside the ward.

“When are you leaving?” Zhong Lin sat on the bed, both hands holding the water cup. After taking medicine and resting for a long while, her lips finally had a little color.

Pei Yi was peeling an apple that the nurse on duty had brought. Hearing this, she raised her brow, the end of her tone lifting, her voice carrying a bit of playfulness. “You want me to leave?”

“No, I don’t think that.” Zhong Lin first nodded, then quickly shook her head, saying something a little against her conscience.

Did she want her to leave? Of course she did! Shouldn’t AOs keep some distance? What if she was scolded again for leeching off popularity?

But saying that would hurt a friend’s heart too much.

“I’m just afraid of delaying your work,” Zhong Lin explained. “We’re friends, but I don’t want to drag you down.”

The tip of the apple-peeling knife trembled. With a soft “ka,” the apple peel broke in the middle. Pei Yi’s hand paused for a moment before continuing to peel the apple. For an instant, there was a dimness in her eyes.

Friends. They were friends.

At the Central Academy of Drama, studying acting, Pei Yi had been alone. Through hundreds of auditions, until she became the youngest “Best Actress.”

When she studied abroad, she had also been alone.

Pei Yi had very few friends.

Now she had one more friend.

Yet she was not happy. For an instant, she felt lost.

Pei Yi reached out and handed the peeled apple to Zhong Lin.

Zhong Lin accepted the apple and sweetly said, “Thank you.”

As if suddenly thinking of something, Pei Yi snatched the apple back. “Don’t eat it.”

Zhong Lin looked completely confused. Why was the apple that had already reached her hand being snatched back? Cub had just vomited, and her stomach was empty. Hungry. QAQ

“I’ll go get some hot water and scald it. This is cold and will irritate your stomach.” Pei Yi patiently explained. In her heart, she thought that Zhong Lin had just gotten acute gastroenteritis. She cut the peeled apple into small pieces and placed them into a cup.

At this time, Zhong Lin sat curled up on the white bedding, still holding the hot towel for wiping her face in her hand. She looked especially obedient.

Pei Yi could not resist reaching over. Through the hot towel, she lightly wiped Zhong Lin’s pale little face. “Wait for me.”

Pei Yi turned and left the ward to get hot water.

After leaving the room and reaching the water dispenser, only then did she realize that she had actively touched Zhong Lin’s face through the towel just now. The fingertips that had touched her seemed to still hold that soft sensation, and her heart tingled faintly.

Pei Yi lowered her head, staring at her own fingers in a slight daze.

Just now… they seemed too close.

She had filled too much water, and it overflowed from the cup.

Pei Yi hurriedly released the water button.

Why… or rather, from when had she begun caring so much about Zhong Lin?

Competing with Chu Yunze to be first—was it to show herself off in front of Zhong Lin? Or was it because of her nature of “never admitting defeat” and “never yielding”?

Pei Yi was stubborn and obstinate. This was why she had insisted on entering the entertainment industry despite her family’s objections.

Maybe it really was just her nature. She should have… not cared that much about Zhong Lin?

Pei Yi frowned lightly, feeling a little headache. She raised her hand and rubbed between her brows while waiting for the apple to be warmed by the hot water.

If, at the end of the show, the AO mutual selection forced her to choose one person, she wanted to choose Zhong Lin.

She herself did not know why. She could not explain it. She just felt that Zhong Lin was the most pleasing to the eye. Staying with Zhong Lin gave her a long-lost sense of peace.

And Zhong Lin really was… quite smart.

A very obedient child.

It was just that this child no longer liked her.

“Eat a little?” Pei Yi poured out the hot water in the cup and returned to the ward with the warmed apple pieces, handing them to Zhong Lin.

Zhong Lin accepted the paper cup filled with apple pieces, her fingertips sliding across Pei Yi’s palm.

Pei Yi withdrew her hand, feeling that the palm Zhong Lin had unintentionally brushed was so itchy.

Zhong Lin seemed not to notice. She held a toothpick and poked at the apple pieces. These apples had been scalded by hot water and were a little oxidized, turning a golden color.

“Does your stomach still hurt?” Pei Yi moved a chair over and sat beside the bed, reminding her, “Don’t eat raw meat anymore in the future.”

After saying this, Pei Yi regretted it a little. Why did she feel like an old mother… nagging?

“Much better.” Zhong Lin chewed the apple and gently shook her head. The apple scalded by hot water was warm, and when she bit down, it was very juicy, sweet and sour.

Pei Yi lowered her eyes, thinking about the question from earlier, but her gaze swept over Zhong Lin’s wrist and caught sight of a thin platinum-colored bracelet. Mother-of-pearl and small diamonds shone brightly, making Zhong Lin’s wrist look even more slender and fair.

It was something she had given Zhong Lin. She knew that thin bracelet very clearly. Beside the logo engraved on the inner side, there was fancy English lettering—

Eve’s.

Belonging to Pei Yi.

Why had she gone in circles to give her things back then?

She wanted Zhong Lin’s pheromones, and she also wanted her to become her possession. Perhaps she had only been dizzy-headed for a moment?

Pei Yi lowered her eyes and studied Zhong Lin.

Zhong Lin’s complexion looked a little better than before, white with a faint pink. Her light brown eyes were very clear, her gaze empty and relaxed. Sharing a room with an Alpha seemed, to her, no more than floating clouds.

She ate the apple, one small bite at a time. A few drops of juice splashed out between her teeth. The tip of her pale pink tongue peeked out a little and gently licked the corner of her lips.

It was, quite intoxicating. An unconscious seduction, an unintentional attraction.

“Why are you looking at me?” Zhong Lin seemed to sense someone’s gaze.

Pei Yi moved her gaze away from Zhong Lin’s lips. She raised her hand and brushed over her own wrist. “You’re wearing that?”

The thin platinum-colored bracelet engraved with “Eve’s” that she had gone in circles to give her.

Zhong Lin realized she was talking about the “prize” she had won.

She stretched out her wrist, the inner side facing Pei Yi. “Does it not look good?”

The wrist was fair and so thin it seemed lonely. Wearing that thin bracelet, it looked like a snow-filled flower branch being circled, one that would snap if bent.

Pei Yi’s throat itched. She silently swallowed, and for some reason, her heart itched, as if brushed by that flower branch. “It looks good…”

—Who knew whether she meant the bracelet looked good, or the person’s wrist looked good?

Her heart trembled lightly. It was a throb, and also as if she had been possessed by an inner demon. Before she realized it, she had actually stared at that wrist for several minutes.

Pei Yi hurriedly stood from the chair, turned around, and with a “ka-cha,” pulled open the door handle.

“I’m leaving.” With her back to Zhong Lin, she walked out the door.

“Bang—” The door was heavily shut.

Pei Yi’s movements were very fast and inexplicable.

Only Zhong Lin remained, sitting on the hospital bed. Her little mouth, which had been eating apple, stopped. Her white pearly teeth flashed between her pink lips, and for an instant, her eyes were filled with confusion.

—Why did she leave in such a hurry? (:з)∠)

Pei Yi slowly walked down the corridor, took out a small iron box from her bag, poured out a tablet inhibitor, and dry-swallowed it. She flipped over the back lid of the box and carefully looked at the expiration date.

It had happened many times now. Every time she was alone with Zhong Lin, that heart-racing throb made Pei Yi suspect whether her inhibitors had expired.

But they had not.

Although her stomach was still a little painful at first, Zhong Lin curled up her legs into a small ball and soon entered a sweet sleep.

For the remaining time, Zhong Lin slept by herself for the entire afternoon.

Her crow-black lashes trembled slightly. Zhong Lin slowly opened her eyes. In her blurry vision, she caught sight of a figure. Pale yellow sunlight passed along the edge of the bed and reflected behind that person. The figure approached against the light, like a fairy descending, about to lightly kiss the tip of her nose.

Zhong Lin hurriedly raised her hand and rubbed her eyes.

That person was sitting upright at the head of the bed and did not seem to have deliberately approached?

“Pei Yi?” Zhong Lin called softly. Her face became a little hot, and two faint pink blushes spread over her fair cheeks. She hurriedly lifted the corner of the blanket and slowly sat up from the bed.

“You came back so quickly?” Zhong Lin felt a little embarrassed. She had not even tidied herself up yet…

Zhong Lin sat curled on the blanket. The hem of her goose-yellow shirt was pressed a little wrinkled. Her lower half wore pure white ultra-short shorts. She tugged at the hem little by little with her hand, wanting to smooth out the wrinkles that had just been pressed into it.

She had just woken up and seemed to have sweated a little. Strands of messy hair clung to the porcelain-white skin of her neck. Her light brown eyes were lowered, staring at the hand tugging at her shirt hem.

But she did not notice that when she curled her legs and lowered the hem of her shirt, the short white pant legs slid upward a little. The shorts were completely covered by the goose-yellow shirt, making it look as if she had two long, fair legs bare. There was also a faint red mark on her knee, probably from being pressed against something while sleeping.

Pei Yi’s eyes darkened. The fingers resting in the bend of her knees slowly tightened, and for some reason, she felt a little thirsty.

“You think I’m quick?” Pei Yi suddenly spoke, carrying a bit of teasing meaning. Her voice sounded somewhat hoarse.

These words carried another meaning, just the right amount of ambiguity.

The warm yellow glow of sunset spread across the floor through the glass window. Outside the window, people came and went, but the hospital was quiet.

There was a smile at the corners of Pei Yi’s lips, and her brows lifted almost imperceptibly. Of course she had returned faster than someone.

After all, she was on the investor’s side. She could make a certain model reshoot again and again, repeatedly adjusting posture, lighting, composition, position… She could make the shoot last until dark without finalizing anything.

At three that afternoon, a subsidiary controlled by Fanghong Group was shooting print ads for a new product. Pei Yi, who had almost separated herself from Fanghong Group, could go or not go.

If she were going to the baking class with Zhong Lin, she would naturally skip that dispensable meeting.

If she were going to eat with Zhou Xiaoduo, she could fully use going to a meeting as an excuse.

If neither choice existed, and instead she had to share Zhong Lin’s afternoon with Chu Yunze?

Then she might as well ruin it all. If she could not accompany Zhong Lin, a certain overestimating supermodel could not either…

“Five in the afternoon.” Pei Yi raised her lit phone screen to show Zhong Lin. “If you started sleeping from when I left, you slept for almost more than four hours.”

“Eat something.” Pei Yi glanced at the plastic takeout box on the table to signal Zhong Lin. “Does your stomach still hurt?”

“It doesn’t hurt anymore.” Zhong Lin pointed at her little belly, indicating that she was fine. The stomach pain had long since eased. She picked up the takeout box on the table and happily opened it.

But the smile quickly froze on Zhong Lin’s cheeks. Ah, that was it?? Just this plain white porridge? TAT

Zhong Lin’s gaze hesitated. “There’s no…”

No shrimp dumplings, custard buns, lava custard buns, sweet egg tarts, or egg waffles?

“No. Drink some porridge. It nourishes the stomach,” Pei Yi said slowly, as if knowing what she was thinking. “There’s shrimp in the porridge.”

“Thank you.” Zhong Lin lowered her head and used a small plastic spoon to stir through the porridge. Seeing the finely chopped kelp strips and tiny dried shrimp hidden in the porridge, she felt inexplicably sorrowful.

The Bai Ze cub shed tears in the wind. QAQ

Zhong Lin accepted her fate and drank the porridge.

“You’re about to graduate?” It was Pei Yi’s voice.

The porridge looked plain, but actually tasted all right. It was lightly salty and had a little fresh shrimp flavor. She was busy swallowing the porridge and gave a vague “mm.”

Pei Yi lowered her eyes and looked at her, her brows lightly furrowing. The little girl was smart and obedient, and she was quite popular with the audience. During the past few days of the variety show’s broadcast, her popularity had been very high.

Moreover, inexplicably, many sponsor brands were paying attention to Zhong Lin. Many solo commercial ad shots had been edited out for her, as if she were a mascot. Advertisers all favored her.

Zhong Lin, this person, actually had great commercial value.

And from all the previous signs, Zhong Lin’s learning ability was extremely strong. If she started halfway and entered the entertainment industry, she was equivalent to a blank sheet of paper not yet marked with ink…

Pei Yi lowered her eyes slightly and silently studied Zhong Lin.

The girl sat with her legs curled, holding the takeout box. Her long fingers held the spoon, and she ate the porridge in small bites. Her pink little tongue was stained with white porridge. She was quiet and obedient.

A half-loose strand of hair by her ear slid down her cheek and, just before it was about to fall into the porridge—

Pei Yi leaned closer, hooked that strand of hair with her index finger, wound it around her finger, and tucked it behind Zhong Lin’s ear. When the hair brushed past Zhong Lin’s ear and behind it, it itched faintly.

“You didn’t come from a professional acting background. Are you sure you want to take this path?” Pei Yi was somewhat close now. As she spoke, her breath unintentionally brushed lightly against Zhong Lin’s neck, a little hot.

“You want to enter the entertainment industry?”

Her voice was very soft, carrying a probing meaning.

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Author’s Note:

Author Sweet Soup [/hands on waist]: Trying to lure away our pure and adorable cub again!