A OO Love After Officially Announcing with the Best Actress - Chapter 19

Online, everything had been turned upside down, but the crew was as quiet as a chicken.

Lin Bingran, Fang Wuyu, and Lu Meng—these three names were part of the unspeakable yet widely known black material in the information Lu Tu had sent Lin Ke about Lin Bingran.

The film Fang Wuyu and Lin Bingran made together was called No Return. It had been released on the big screen and even submitted for awards. The two of them had won Best Actress together as dual female leads, and the value of that award was extremely high.

It was also Lin Bingran and Fang Wuyu’s first Best Actress award. After winning, one of the two film queens retreated at the height of her fame, uninterested in the dazzling world of entertainment, and became a doctor. The other continued rising and falling in the industry, and after a few difficult years, gained both fame and fortune, winning so many film queen and TV queen awards that her legs went soft.

One film, two legends.

If not for that whole matter with Lu Meng, the two of them would have been a perfect pair both onscreen and off.

Now the trending searches had been removed, but the discussion had already exceeded hundreds of millions.

People were saying all kinds of things. Some had even dug out which hospital Fang Wuyu worked at, what department, what position, and what papers she had published.

Lin Bingran’s fans and haters.

Fang Wuyu’s haters and fans.

Lu Meng’s fans and haters.

The three forces were arguing fiercely.

“Wuwuwu, will I still be able to see Fang Wuyu act again in this lifetime?”

“Ranran-jie is already twenty-eight. What’s wrong with dating? Are you all just jealous because her partner is too outstanding?”

“Oh, she’s old enough now? The fairy is descending to the mortal world? Are the fans no longer building Lin Bingran’s innocent, cute, older-but-never-dated persona?”

Some people were puzzled too. “Why do people ship Lin Bingran and Fang Wuyu? Did you all forget Lu Meng?”

That comment disappeared after one refresh. When Lin Ke looked again, it had turned into people scolding her.

“I hope Lin Ke doesn’t come over to ride the popularity and hype a CP!”

“Damn it!” Lin Ke was speechless. She lay on the reclining chair, letting the fan blow over her. Her complaint was not even louder than the sound of the blades cutting through the air. “What does this have to do with me?”

Lu Tu ran over holding the call sheet. “What are you hiding here for? I’ve been looking for you for ages!”

Lin Ke sat up halfway, dizzy from lying down. “What is it?”

Lu Tu said, “Script reading in ten minutes. Hurry over.”

“Is that person going too?” Lin Ke asked.

Lu Tu understood her and said, “She’s going. Maybe she’ll even cameo as someone and become an Easter egg in the film.”

The moment Fang Wuyu arrived, Lin Ke felt that her position as female lead was like a concubine who had fallen out of favor.

Gloomy inside, Lin Ke lay back down. She lay on her side with her arm as a pillow and mumbled, “It doesn’t start until ten minutes later. Let me dawdle a little longer…”

Lu Tu widened her eyes and slapped the call sheet against Lin Ke’s butt, lecturing her. “Don’t you know what level of celebrity you are? Fang Wuyu is here, yet you still can’t feel any sense of urgency?”

Lin Ke unwillingly crawled up and said, “Do you not know there’s a kissing scene today?”

Lu Tu’s expression turned serious. “So what if there’s a kissing scene? There are bed scenes too! As long as your heart is clean, it’s fine. There are so many married actors in the entertainment industry. This is nothing. Fang Wuyu will definitely understand.”

“Is your heart clean?” Lu Tu asked.

Lin Ke patted her pant legs and stood up with renewed energy. “Of course it is.”

The moment Lin Ke entered the director’s studio, she saw Lin Bingran and Fang Wuyu sitting together. The courage that had been stirred up inside her instantly vanished like smoke. Lin Ke lowered her head and pretended to be immersed in the script, choosing a corner to sit in.

The room was not small. Usually, it could seat more than a dozen actors, but there were fewer people for today’s reading, and the chairs were placed close together. As soon as Lin Ke sat down, she could hear the two people over there talking.

Fang Wuyu flipped through two pages of the script. Seeing something, she said in surprise, “The scale isn’t small.”

Lin Bingran smiled. “You’ll have to ask the director and screenwriter about that.”

Shen Feng walked in with a bright smile, the screenwriter following behind her. She pointed at Fang Wuyu and said to the screenwriter, “Look, it’s her. Arrange a cameo role for her.”

Fang Wuyu quickly stood up and shook her head. “No, no, no, please don’t. I just came over to have fun. I haven’t acted in years!”

The group chatted animatedly, every other sentence about stories from the past. Lin Ke could not join in. Left to one side, she could only awkwardly and helplessly pick at her phone.

There was another person who did not join the conversation either. She simply lay on the table, covered her face with the script, and leisurely slept.

Lin Ke glared at Lin Bingran twice, then secretly turned her face away and opened her phone, wondering if Lin Bingran had deleted her.

Just as she was thinking that, her phone dinged.

Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives.

Where’s the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall?

Lin Ke suddenly turned her head. Lin Bingran, who had just been lying down, was already sitting up straight. She weighed the script in her hand twice, casually flipped it open, and when she noticed Lin Ke’s gaze, even blinked at her. Lin Ke’s heart tightened, and she instinctively looked at Fang Wuyu.

Fang Wuyu smiled at Lin Ke, and that smile made Lin Ke’s back go cold.

The script reading lasted an hour, but sorting out the characters’ emotions only took ten minutes. After the harshest midday sun had passed, Shen Feng called everyone to work.

Lin Ke deliberately walked at the very back. The moment she went out, someone called out to her.

“Your name is Lin Ke?”

Lin Ke stiffly turned her head. Fang Wuyu lowered her eyes to look at her, smiling warmly.

Lin Bingran was half a head taller than Lin Ke. Fang Wuyu was an alpha and a full head taller than Lin Ke, making her seem rather oppressive.

Lin Ke said, “Teacher Fang.”

Fang Wuyu smiled. “I saw you as soon as I got out of the car earlier. I wanted to say a few words to you, but I didn’t have the chance until now.”

As they spoke, the two walked downstairs together. Lin Ke was distracted, wondering what Fang Wuyu could possibly want to say to her.

Fang Wuyu suddenly said, “I heard you’re Bingran’s anti-fan?”

Lin Ke’s foot slipped, and she almost fell down the stairs.

Fang Wuyu caught her arm, gripping it with force. Lin Ke’s arm hurt from the squeeze. Fang Wuyu asked gently, “Are you all right?”

Lin Ke quickly twisted away. “I-I’m fine. Thank you, Teacher Fang.”

Fang Wuyu smiled. “No need to be so polite. I haven’t taught you anything. Why call me teacher?”

Lin Ke understood. She said, “Sister-in-law.”

The corner of Fang Wuyu’s mouth moved. She neither admitted nor denied it. After going downstairs, she directly passed Lin Ke and went to find Lin Bingran.

Like a child who knew she had done something wrong, Lin Ke lowered her head and walked to Shen Feng’s side. “Director, for the kissing scene later, can we fake the angle?”

Shen Feng found it inexplicable. “You need to fake the angle for a kiss? Then for the bed scene later, are we going to use a body double?”

Lin Ke used her foot to nudge the machine cables, her gaze drifting everywhere until it landed on Lin Bingran and Fang Wuyu to one side.

“What nonsense.” Shen Feng followed Lin Ke’s gaze to Lin Bingran and scolded, “Go over and rehearse!”

Lin Ke: “…”

Lin Ke mumbled, “I think there’s something wrong with my clothes. I’ll go to the changing room first.”

In the changing room.

Lu Tu rummaged through her bag and handed something to Lin Ke. “Here. Let me say this first: using a short-acting suppressant can mess up your heat cycle.”

Lin Ke snatched the injection from Lu Tu’s hand. “I can’t care about that much right now. What if I can’t control my pheromones again later?”

Lu Tu asked, “Why did you suddenly think of using this?”

Lin Ke raised her eyes and turned sideways to look at half her body in the mirror. She lifted the short hair at the back of her neck and aimed the needle at her gland, stabbing it in.

“Hiss.” Lin Ke frowned. Just as she pulled the syringe out, the changing room door was pushed open from outside.

Lin Bingran stood at the doorway. This changing room was shared by the female lead and second female lead, but this was the first time she and Lin Bingran had bumped into each other here.

Lu Tu quickly said, “Teacher Lin.”

Lin Bingran froze, then asked, “Are you still using it?”

“No, we’re already done changing. Teacher Lin, please use it.” Lin Ke casually tossed the suppressant syringe into the trash can behind her.

They had not seen each other for two days, and Lin Ke’s tone was so respectful it was unbearable, as if their half-month acquaintance had been thrown into the water and washed away.

Lin Bingran narrowed her eyes slightly, puzzled. Thinking back on their earlier grievances, she wondered if… the kissing scene before had caused some kind of obstacle for her?

Lin Bingran nodded. “What did you throw away?”

Lin Ke did not answer. She swept the lunchbox she had eaten from at noon on the table into the trash as well, covering the suppressant packaging and syringe before hurriedly leaving with Lu Tu.

Had Fang Wuyu’s little warning not been an open and hidden hint for her to stay away from Lin Bingran?

Judging a gentleman’s heart by petty standards, Lin Ke thought awkwardly, as if everyone were like Fang Wuyu? Doing fake scenes for real on set, not professional at all. No wonder she left the industry after filming one movie.

Lin Ke rushed down from the changing room in a hurry, stepped out of the stairwell, then suddenly froze in place.

Lu Tu caught up from behind and nearly crashed into Lin Ke. She was a little irritated too. “What now? Every day, it’s like you’re possessed!”

Lin Ke stomped her foot, realizing something. “That’s right! I haven’t run into a ghost. Why am I feeling so uncomfortable?”

On the other side, Lin Bingran was puzzled too.

“How strange?” After changing, Lin Bingran stood behind the monitor and moved her shoulders and neck while waiting to run through the scene.

Shen Feng turned her head. While adjusting the camera, she acted as a tool for conversation. “What’s strange?”

Lin Bingran pointed with her chin toward Lin Ke, who was walking through the scene.

In the changing room, Lin Ke had treated her as if her nose were not a nose and her eyes were not eyes. During the script reading, Lin Bingran sent her a message, but Lin Ke did not reply either.

Half joking and half serious, Lin Bingran pondered, “Xiao Lin is giving me attitude. Am I not famous enough anymore? Even an eighteenth-tier celebrity dares show me attitude now?”

Shen Feng snorted coldly, seeing everything clearly in her heart. “It must be because of Wuyu. A few days ago, I saw Xiao Lin searching for Wuyu’s interview videos. Isn’t she your hater? At least half your haters are Fang Wuyu fans, and half are Lu Meng fans. Guess which one Xiao Lin is a fan of?”

Back then, after Fang Wuyu finished that movie, she retired from acting. People in the industry said a new star had fallen just like that. The reason was that Fang Wuyu could not get out of character, and the blame was pushed onto Lin Bingran.

Lin Bingran was a little surprised. “She searched for Wuyu’s videos. She likes Fang Wuyu?”

Shen Feng said, “Fang Wuyu debuted at the peak. Even after seven or eight years, she still has a bunch of die-hard fans. How do you know Xiao Lin isn’t one of them?”

“What nonsense are you saying?” Lin Bingran rubbed her temple.

Shen Feng clicked her tongue and finally could not help switching from director to friend. “What exactly is going on between you and Fang Wuyu?”

The moment Shen Feng saw Lin Bingran’s expression, she knew there was nothing between those two at all. “You too… Why bother? Since what happened back then blew up like that, wouldn’t it be better to stop keeping in touch early?”

Lin Bingran said, “Lin Ke isn’t good at emotional scenes. Today, her idol is here too. Guess how many times she’ll NG later?”

Shen Feng complained, “I guess she’ll NG eight times! What, want to bet?”

Lin Bingran hummed twice. “Loser treats.”

After the supporting actors’ scene was finished, the assistant director called Lin Bingran.

Lin Bingran walked over. There were still a few pastry crumbs at the corner of her mouth. Lin Ke looked twice, not knowing what kind of prop the film queen had secretly eaten this time. A bit of black sesame stuck to her lip like a mole, making her look rather funny.

“Like this…” The assistant director adjusted their positions. The two of them moved closer, faked a kiss from an angle, then separated.

Shen Feng’s voice came through the assistant director’s intercom. “A little more to the left. Move the machine behind them. It’s showing in the shot! Camera B, follow for a close-up. Let’s see the close-up effect.”

“Did Ji Fengling secretly eat Master Li’s sesame cake?” Shen Feng suddenly said.

Lin Ke endured it for a moment, then burst out laughing. She quickly covered her mouth.

Lin Bingran swiftly turned her head and frowned. “What are you laughing at?”

“Nothing!” Lin Ke immediately denied it.

Lin Bingran wiped away the trace at the corner of her mouth and officially ran through the scene with Lin Ke. Shen Feng required a real kiss, so the two lightly pressed their lips together.

When they kissed, Lin Bingran could clearly feel Lin Ke’s unnaturalness. Lin Ke pursed her mouth, practically wishing she could purse her whole mouth into itself.

Lin Bingran ended up kissing her philtrum.

“…”

“What’s wrong with your face?” Lin Bingran asked.

Lin Ke’s expression was stiff. She did not dare look at Lin Bingran, and turning her face required turning half her body. “…My face is numb.”

Because they were rehearsing, the two were close together. Lin Bingran took the opportunity to cup Lin Ke’s little face and wickedly kneaded her soft cheeks. “Then should I rub it for you? This little black face… don’t tell me it’s facial paralysis?”

Damn?!

Lin Bingran was flirting with her?!

Lin Ke’s eyes darted around. Fang Wuyu was standing in the corner directly in front of her. No matter how her gaze dodged left and right, she could not avoid catching her from the corner of her eye.

Fang Wuyu stood to one side, brows tightly furrowed, her eyes dark and obscure. At a glance, she looked like a very difficult alpha to mess with.

An alpha’s possessiveness…

Lin Ke was afraid she would get beaten up. She panicked a little and asked Lin Bingran softly, “Teacher Lin… can you still smell my pheromones?”

There was not a trace of scent.

Lin Bingran saw it all. Her fingers could not help pinching a little harder. She looked back and also saw Fang Wuyu, then examined Lin Ke again.

Lin Ke’s gaze was drifting everywhere, not daring to look directly at her. The kissing scene was even more restrained than before.

Before, a casual kiss would make her pheromones fly everywhere. Now she had learned to keep herself clean and proper. Could it be that she really liked Fang Wuyu?