A OO Love After Officially Announcing with the Best Actress - Chapter 15

Chu Feng did many miscellaneous jobs at the Li residence, from helping in the kitchen by chopping vegetables and doing odd tasks, to cleaning the large Li family home.

Every time she came, she would stay for a full two or three hours, only leaving after dark.

When Chu Feng was in the kitchen, the cook said she looked too obedient—honest, simple, and easy to bully. Chu Feng smiled faintly. After tending the fire, she went upstairs to clean.

Today, she was cleaning Ji Fengling’s room.

Carrying a wooden bucket inside, she saw no one there. Chu Feng wrung out a cloth and began wiping the cabinets.

When she reached the dressing table, she was drawn to an exquisite tube-shaped object.

She had seen it on a large poster in the city—a female celebrity had used this kind of thing to color her lips.

It was foreign-made, called lipstick.

It was more delicate than lip rouge and even had a fragrance.

Chu Feng lowered her head to smell it. When she came back to herself, she realized she had already somehow twisted open the slender tube.

The reddish-brown paste slowly rose, like rose-colored flames, making one curious what color it would look like when applied to the lips.

Was Miss Ji’s mouth always moist like roses touched by dew because of this?

Chu Feng swallowed. Suddenly, she raised her eyes and saw herself in the mirror.

She washed her hands, gently brushed her finger over the lipstick, dabbed it twice, and tried applying it to her own lips.

Chu Feng’s lips were a little dry, so the application did not go smoothly. She pressed a little harder, bracing one hand against the dressing table as she moved closer to the mirror.

A figure appeared in the corner of the mirror.

Chu Feng snapped back to herself and hurriedly turned around. Her lower back hit the edge of the cabinet with a bang, making her wince in pain. “I didn’t steal it!”

Ji Fengling did not say anything. Her quiet, fixed gaze made Chu Feng panic inside.

Ji Fengling turned and gently closed the door.

Chu Feng swallowed the rest of her words. Looking at the person walking closer, she held the “evidence” in her hand and waited uneasily for judgment.

Only when the lipstick was lightly taken from her did Chu Feng’s suspended heart finally settle back into her chest.

Miss Ji did not blame her. Instead, she stepped closer and looked at Chu Feng curiously, as if wondering what she had been doing.

Chu Feng was actually afraid of being this close to Ji Fengling. She had been working, so her body carried a complicated mix of smells, unlike the fragrance on Ji Fengling.

She was dark, dressed in ragged clothes, and looked ugly and strange. Her flushed, shy appearance right now must also be ridiculous.

Chu Feng tried to hide backward and turned her head away.

In her embarrassment, her chin suddenly felt cool.

Ji Fengling held Chu Feng’s chin and turned her face back.

Ji Fengling stared at her mouth. Her hand reached past Chu Feng and took a silk handkerchief from the storage box on the table.

She carefully wiped the corner of Chu Feng’s mouth.

“You put it on crooked,” Ji Fengling explained softly.

Chu Feng stiffened. Just when she thought it was over, the red lipstick touched her lips.

Ji Fengling’s fingers held her chin without moving at all. Even more carefully than before, she applied the lipstick for her.

Once her lower lip was done, Chu Feng immediately turned to look at herself in the mirror, panicked as if trying to avoid something.

In the mirror, she met Ji Fengling’s gaze.

Ji Fengling made an obvious motion of pressing her lips together.

Chu Feng did not understand. Ji Fengling pointed to her own lips and pressed them together again.

Chu Feng half understood. She lightly pressed her lips together, transferring a little of the lipstick from her lower lip to her upper lip.

It did not spread properly. Ji Fengling held Chu Feng’s chin again and used her finger to smooth out the lipstick for her.

Chu Feng felt the breath so close to her, as if she had lost her soul.

Ji Fengling was right before her eyes. She was curious too. She also wanted to know whether Ji Fengling’s rosy lips had lipstick on them.

Lin Ke’s hand was not as soft and boneless as Lin Bingran’s. When her slightly rough fingertip brushed against those lips, the only thought in her mind was: soft. So unbelievably soft.

Their gazes collided, and Lin Ke and Lin Bingran each lowered their heads to avoid it.

An improvisation that did not break away from the script.

Ji Fengling whispered, “It looks good.”

Their gazes were too lingering.

Chu Feng cupped the side of Ji Fengling’s face and pressed her lips over hers.

She did not know how to kiss. Clumsily, she only smeared the lipstick onto her.

Ji Fengling was clearly stunned. Chu Feng smiled slightly and made a motion of pressing her lips together.

Ji Fengling instinctively followed her example, staring blankly at Chu Feng.

Just that one touch had used up all of Chu Feng’s courage.

Ji Fengling’s face was as red as March crabapple blossoms. Her lips parted slightly and trembled.

Chu Feng wanted to run, but Ji Fengling was blocking the way. She looked elsewhere, only to be forced to meet her gaze again. Using Miss Ji’s own words as a return courtesy, she said, “…Miss, you look very pretty like this.”

Ji Fengling held Chu Feng’s jaw. She was timid, her voice so low it was almost impossible to hear. “Why do you call me Miss…”

And yet, she was brave too, kissing Chu Feng back.

Chu Feng froze slightly, her heart pounding wildly.

Ji Fengling’s lips covered hers.

They maintained that position for a long while. Their two hearts beat one after another, and beside their eardrums, they could no longer tell whose heartbeat it was.

Ji Fengling began to move. She slowly brushed her lips against Chu Feng’s, smearing Chu Feng’s carefully applied lipstick bit by bit until it became mottled.

After they separated, they stared at each other in a daze, their faces red and their eyes moist, both equally shy.

Their gazes moved at the same time to each other’s flushed, messy mouths. The lipstick had blurred around their lips, and even the lip lines had become indistinct. Looking at them, only the word “sensuous” came to mind.

Ji Fengling reached out to wipe it, but Chu Feng caught her wrist. Her dry lips bumped into hers again.

She used too much force and directly parted Ji Fengling’s lips. Their teeth knocked together with a small sound.

The perfectly timed atmosphere was broken. Chu Feng was so embarrassed she did not know what to do.

Ji Fengling’s smile was restrained. She gently wiped Chu Feng’s mouth for her. Chu Feng pursed her lips into a pout and let herself be handled.

Their breaths mingled. Ji Fengling stared at her lips for a while. At the end, she leaned down and held them briefly.

This was clearly a question beyond the syllabus.

Lin Ke’s heart trembled, electric currents rushing wildly through her whole body.

A faint green-tea scent poured into her chest, making her feel hot and restless.

She simply could not face Lin Bingran’s kiss calmly.

At this moment, the Chu Feng on the surface and the Lin Ke inside were battling each other.

Shen Feng noticed the split in her performance. “Cut!”

Lin Bingran came out of character first, letting go of Lin Ke and stepping aside. The makeup artist ran over with cotton swabs and a mirror.

Lin Bingran looked in the mirror and saw a bit of lipstick rubbed onto the tip of her nose. Surprised, she said, “How did we even kiss it into this state?”

The whole set burst into laughter, and the atmosphere relaxed a lot.

Lin Ke heard it and somewhat unnaturally moved beside Shen Feng.

Shen Feng pointed at the monitor, brought up the playback, and said, “The emotions in the first half were all very on point. What happened later?”

Lin Ke said, “I came out of character…”

Shen Feng laughed and teased, “Came out of character? I thought the atmosphere was very romantic… Don’t touch!”

Lin Ke withdrew her hand. The corner of her mouth itched.

Shen Feng said, “You need to continue the scene later. Don’t wipe off the lipstick.”

Lin Ke gave an “oh.”

Shen Feng patted her shoulder. “Your pheromones are green plum, right? Don’t be nervous. We’ll just shoot a few more takes.”

Shen Feng waved at Lin Bingran. “Bingran, come look at the playback.”

Lin Ke watched Lin Bingran walk closer. The heat at the roots of her ears had not faded. Only after quite a while did she react.

Shen Feng had smelled her pheromones?

Then…

Lin Bingran walked over. Her eyes were damp, and the lipstick on her nose had not been wiped off either. She looked much cuter than when she usually acted wicked.

Lin Ke said, “Teacher Lin.”

Lin Bingran nodded. As she brushed past her, she casually tossed a small bottle to Lin Ke.

Lin Ke caught it in a fluster and looked closely. It was a bottle of blocker spray.

“…”

But Lin Bingran just had to publicly execute her. “Is your heat coming soon?”

“…”

Lin Ke gritted her teeth and swallowed back a curse. “No.”

The great demon king raised her eyes, making mischief with her red nose and damp eyes. “Then you’re very innocent.”

Lin Ke: “…”