A OO Love After Officially Announcing with the Best Actress - Chapter 11

Chu Feng lay on the tree trunk for half the night. The night wind carried the unique damp, stuffy heat of summer. After waiting there for more than half a month, she finally saw that figure.

Ji Fengling pushed open the window. She wore a silk nightdress and leaned against the window frame, looking at the moon.

Her waterfall-like black hair spilled down. It was as if she had been coated in a layer of radiance. In the night, beneath the moonlight and in the cool breeze, she was breathtakingly beautiful.

Not far away, the large tree suddenly rustled loudly, and a huge object fell from above.

Ji Fengling was startled and quickly shut the window. She waited behind the window for a while before gently opening it again. Then she saw Chu Feng lying beneath the tree, grimacing in pain.

After a pause, Ji Fengling could not hold back and let out a soft laugh.

Chu Feng’s face flushed bright red. She climbed up, wanting to rub her sore backside but not daring to.

Ji Fengling’s laughter softened. She lowered the hand covering her lips and looked at Chu Feng calmly.

Lin Ke raised her head. For one instant, she could no longer tell whether the person before her was Ji Fengling or Lin Bingran.

“You can talk!” Chu Feng said anxiously. “What’s your name?”

Ji Fengling shook her head and smiled at her, about to close the window.

“Wait!”

“Miss!”

Ji Fengling’s movement paused. She opened the window and looked at Chu Feng, asking softly, “Hello, may I ask what you need?”

She did not speak often, so her voice was a little hoarse. Her words carried a strange, unpleasant breathiness.

Ji Fengling immediately closed her mouth and pressed her lips into a straight line.

Chu Feng pressed, “What’s your name?”

Ji Fengling did not speak. She disappeared behind the window. When she appeared again, she was holding something in her hand.

The wind made the bells ring crisply, jade-green chimes tinkling.

Her name was Fengling.

Ji Fengling smiled faintly and closed the window.

“Cut!”

“That’s a pass. Prepare to change locations!”

The scenes at the Li residence were finished. The filming crew split up the props and headed to the next set.

The few scenes just now had been filmed from evening all the way until early morning. Lin Ke was severely sleep-deprived, yet she still had to go to the set to film the next scene.

This was a night scene, taking place at the Chu residence.

After Lu Tu communicated with Shen Feng, the assistant director arranged for the set to be cleared immediately after the layout was finished.

Shen Feng had Lin Ke lie on the bed. Cameras were set up at the head and foot of the bed, aimed at her while the shots and lighting were adjusted.

The lighting and art departments were so busy their feet barely touched the ground. Shen Feng held her notebook and discussed the last few storyboards with the cinematographer.

Lin Ke held the script and looked at it, but she could not read a single word. Her eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep. She could only kick the sheet aside and sit on the bed with her legs bent to ease the awkwardness.

Lu Tu asked, “How is it?”

Lin Ke pressed her lips together. “A little hot.”

Her throat was dry and aching, and her forehead felt a little warm too.

Lu Tu nodded and whispered, “Of course it’s hot. Film Queen Lin is spicy.”

Lin Ke thought of something and nodded like an idiot. “Spicier than the June sun. Burning hot.”

Lu Tu burst out laughing. “Do you want blocker spray? You seem to be sweating.”

Lin Ke nodded, so Lu Tu took out a bottle of blocker spray and handed it to her. “Lin Bingran will be here soon. Once the set is cleared, it’ll be quiet.”

The crew confirmed the lighting and camera positions one last time. The makeup artist made final adjustments to Lin Ke’s makeup and even helped wipe away her sweat, teasing, “Young people really run hot.”

Lin Ke: “…”

People gradually left. Lin Bingran walked in wearing a peach-colored embroidered qipao. Du Yi followed her in and took the chance to exchange pleasantries and jokes with Shen Feng, asking how late this scene would be filmed and whether he should order late-night snacks or breakfast for everyone.

He had treated the crew several times in one week. Film queens really had money to burn. Lin Ke could not help complaining inwardly.

Lin Bingran walked over gracefully. Lin Ke’s eyes dodged, and she did not dare look at her at all. She raised the script to cover her face.

Lu Tu slapped Lin Ke. “What are you hiding for? When you accepted the role, didn’t you say this would be easy?”

Lin Ke’s throat felt hot and sticky. Before this, she truly had no reaction to intimate contact with another omega. But yesterday morning…

Those few sounds Lin Bingran had acted out had been so alluring that they almost made Lin Ke homophobic.

Lin Ke wiped her sweaty palms on her pants. Her costumes in this crew were truly getting more shabby one after another. Her sleepwear was just a sleeveless undershirt and a pair of shorts. According to the script, she did not even have underwear left, only protective covers.

Lin Ke adjusted her clothes somewhat unnaturally.

On the other side, Lin Bingran was clearly much more professional. She simply disliked the smell of the blocker spray and asked, “Still not enough?”

Guo Rongrong held the spray and sprayed repeatedly. “Of course it’s not enough. Your heat is almost here. Shouldn’t we spray more? Honestly, if this scene were moved a few days later…”

Lin Bingran interrupted her. “Omegas go into heat every day. Does that mean we should stop working?”

Guo Rongrong stopped speaking. She fastened the button at the side of Lin Bingran’s qipao collar, then asked after a moment, “Do you want a short-acting suppressant injection?”

“It could disrupt my heat cycle,” Lin Bingran said. “No need for now.”

Guo Rongrong still wanted to mutter a few more words, but Du Yi walked over and said, “I…”

Lin Bingran said, “Go outside. The set is being cleared.”

Du Yi swallowed his words and patted Guo Rongrong’s shoulder, telling her to keep an eye on Lin Bingran.

“Actors, take your positions,” Shen Feng said.

In the story, every intimate encounter between Chu Qiu and the neighboring village man had become a lingering shadow in Chu Feng’s heart.

She had secretly witnessed her older sister’s private affairs and felt disgusted by it. At the same time, she yearned for something beautiful—Ji Fengling.

The sound of rain at night was irritating. Chu Feng tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. The summer heat was stifling, so she got up and opened the window, letting the wind pour in.

The palm-leaf fan had been casually placed on the bed. Chu Feng slept roughly, her legs almost tangled with the sheet.

Shen Feng gestured to Lin Bingran. Lin Bingran sat at the foot of the bed and touched the sheet. The sheet rubbed against the bamboo matting, causing her arm to slip and making her stumble slightly.

“Cut!”

Shen Feng said, “Run through the scene once!”

Lin Ke “woke up” from the bed with a flushed face. She rubbed her short hair and only then realized she was sweating again.

“It’s too hot,” Lin Ke turned her head and said. Lu Tu, hiding behind the camera, picked up the palm-leaf fan and fanned her.

The film was recording live sound on set, so they could not use electric fans while filming. There were only two blocks of ice in the room for cooling.

Lin Ke lay back on the bed to “sleep.” Lin Bingran sat by her bedside and gently kneaded her wrist.

After falling from the tree, Chu Feng had slightly sprained her hand.

Lin Ke woke from the dream and looked at Ji Fengling, dazed and hesitant.

Ji Fengling smiled at her. Chu Feng sat up and looked toward the window. Both the window and the door were tightly shut.

Shen Feng stopped the run-through and said, “The emotion isn’t right. The moment Chu Feng turns her head, she realizes she’s in a dream. In reality, the window is open. The closed door and window are a hint to the audience, and also a hint Chu Feng gives herself.”

“She knows it’s a dream, but the shut doors and windows in the dream also give her a sense of safety. She lets herself indulge in what she wants to do with the Ji Fengling in her dream.”

“Don’t be so stiff. Even your breathing is dry. How can it work if you don’t let go?”

Filming continued.

Lin Ke held Ji Fengling, following what the character had learned from overhearing and observing. According to the blocking, she moved closer and reached for Lin Bingran’s qipao.

A slender calf, smooth skin. Sweat slid down as the skirt stopped at the thigh.

She could not push it any farther.

Lin Ke looked up at Lin Bingran in panic. Ji Fengling, played by Lin Bingran, was smiling at her.

That smile encouraged Lin Ke. She moved her hand behind Lin Bingran, reaching for the zipper of the qipao.

The sound of the zipper sliding became like a sickle suspended above her head.

It seemed to have pinched Lin Bingran’s skin. Lin Ke felt Lin Bingran’s body tremble slightly.

“Continue,” Lin Bingran said, her voice as soft as a mosquito’s hum.

But the emotion Lin Ke had finally built up was already gone. She slowly exhaled a hot breath near Lin Bingran’s ear, then gradually pulled away.

Shen Feng frowned and called, “Cut.”

They rested for ten minutes.

Lin Bingran rubbed her back and reached behind herself to zip the qipao back up. “Is filming an intimate scene with me really that unbearable?”

Lin Ke paused, bent her knees, and buried her face against them. In a muffled voice, she said, “No.”

Lin Bingran smiled indifferently and took the palm-leaf fan to fan herself.

The weather was too hot. Sweat dampened her neck. Lin Ke smelled the scent of an omega’s pheromones.

Lin Bingran said, “Did you know? At first, the role of Chu Feng was set as a female alpha.”

Lin Ke froze.

If it were an alpha, this scene would definitely be much easier to film.

Lin Bingran suddenly became stern. “If Chu Feng’s role hadn’t been changed, do you think you would still have gotten this part?”

Lin Ke was stunned, feeling unfamiliar with Lin Bingran’s sudden shift in emotion.

Lin Bingran tapped the fan against Lin Ke’s head and said, “Take it seriously. I’ve never taught such a stupid student.”

Lin Ke turned her head away, avoiding Lin Bingran’s eyes.

In the script from yesterday, Lin Bingran had analyzed all of Chu Feng’s emotions clearly and neatly.

She remembered… when Lin Bingran interpreted this scene, she had said that Chu Feng would not be tender toward Ji Fengling.

Lin Ke pressed her lips together. At Shen Feng’s order, they started again.

This time, she carried a restless, impatient impulse, along with anger and resentment. Chu Feng knew nothing about intimacy. Her only “experience” came from what she had overheard through a door. She hated this kind of thing and hated herself for feeling this way toward Ji Fengling.

But she could not control it.

Lin Ke let Chu Feng’s emotions show. During the entanglement, for one instant, her expression almost looked aggressive.

In the dream, she lost control, indulged herself, and acted as she wished.

Lin Ke held Lin Bingran, her hand moving from Lin Bingran’s arm, following the blocked action over the qipao.

Shen Feng called stop in time.

Lin Ke swallowed and once again stood up with a red face. “Teacher Lin, I’m sorry.”

Lin Bingran’s arm had been pinched into two red marks by Lin Ke. She smiled and said, “It’s fine. This way, we won’t need to trouble the makeup artist tomorrow.”

Lin Ke wiped the sweat from her forehead and called Lu Tu over to get a piece of ice.

Guo Rongrong glared fiercely at Lin Ke, her expression as if she were looking at an enemy.

Shen Feng called Lin Ke aside and said, “Why so fierce?”

Lin Ke choked. “I…”

Shen Feng said, “Using a bit of strength is fine, of course, but your expression doesn’t look good! It’s too ferocious. Aren’t you afraid of scaring Ji Fengling?”

Lin Bingran went behind the monitor to watch the playback.

Shen Feng walked back and said, “Xiao Lin’s expression just now didn’t look good, but it’s starting to have that feeling.”

Lin Bingran said, “Actually, Ji Fengling should be the more active and dominant one.”

Shen Feng was clearly stunned. “Why?”

Lin Bingran said, “This is Chu Feng’s dream. She rejects sexual relationships. Perhaps it would be more reasonable if she were passive, half-resisting and half-accepting.”

Shen Feng disagreed. “In Chu Feng’s eyes, Ji Fengling is an absolutely pure existence. That won’t work.”

Lin Bingran shrugged and stopped persuading her.

Shen Feng suddenly smiled, her expression unreadable. “What, are you trying to interfere with the director’s ideas?”

Lin Ke heard the entire exchange and licked her lips. An unbelievable thought surfaced in her mind.

Was Lin Bingran… helping her out?

Shen Feng said, “Continue once you’re rested.”

Lin Ke rubbed her dry eyes. A flush floated over her fair skin, and her pheromones leaked out in little bursts.

She said to Lin Bingran, who had sat back down, “Thank you.”

Lin Bingran felt that the green-plum scent was a little overwhelming, but judging by Lin Ke’s state, perhaps it was because she had relaxed too much that her pheromones were leaking randomly.

“You’re welcome. I was only discussing another possibility with the director.”

Who knew Lin Ke would actually look a little moved? She said, “Is there anything you want to eat? I’ll buy it for you. A full set of jianbing guozi?”

Lin Bingran: “…”