A OO Love After Officially Announcing with the Best Actress - Chapter 29

That night, Lin Bingran and Lin Ke’s personal Weibo accounts announced their relationship. Both artists’ studios also reposted the statement, confirming the two actresses’ romantic relationship.

This was the most discussed topic since Lin Ke’s debut. Within twenty-four hours, Weibo crashed twice.

Shen Feng breathed a sigh of relief. At least the crew’s work could quickly return to normal. When the lead actors had conflict, the whole crew would feel suffocated while filming on set.

“I toast you.” Shen Feng clinked her can against Lin Bingran’s. “But how effective is this PR plan?”

Lin Bingran said, “It’s too soon to see a clear effect, but overall, there are more positive voices. It’s better than news like ‘famous film queen exposed hooking up during heat’ or ‘suspected chaotic private life.’”

Shen Feng laughed loudly. “Then Xiao Lin made a huge profit?”

Lin Bingran glanced at her. “This is my first time hyping a CP with someone. What do you think?”

Lin Ke would probably be able to ride Lin Bingran’s great wind straight into the clouds.

Shen Feng was still scrolling on her phone. “There are already edits of you and Xiao Lin online?”

The corner of Lin Bingran’s mouth curved. Her dimples appeared faintly as she said, “The company probably hired editors to guide passerby fans into shipping the CP.”

Shen Feng counted through her phone. “Looks like it’s pretty successful. At least the entire internet is playing with jokes now. Things like ‘double heat, double happiness’ and ‘fourteen, fourteen…’ That meme video has already spread through the work group. It’s practically a demonic sound piercing the brain.”

Lin Bingran smiled and reached out to pick up peanuts from the table to peel.

“Hey.” Shen Feng stopped her. “Eat less.”

Lin Bingran asked, “Are these peanuts poisoned?”

Shen Feng clicked her tongue. “I’m begging you. For the sake of this film, control your weight a little.”

As someone who loved eating, Lin Bingran was most annoyed by weight-loss topics. “How many jin can a few peanuts make me gain?”

Shen Feng said, “Drops of water gather into an abyss. I think you’ve been living a little too comfortably these past few days, haven’t you?”

Lin Bingran simply leaned back in her chair, lifting both brows.

With that spring breeze on her face, Lin Bingran looked exactly like a demon who had absorbed someone’s essence. She looked completely nourished, and even the aura around her had changed slightly.

Shen Feng asked, “What about the double?”

Shen Feng pulled up a pile of photos on her phone and said, “Why don’t you take a look? They were all found by the casting director.”

Lin Bingran said in surprise, “So fast?”

Shen Feng said, “Do you know how much money is burned for every day of delay on set? Can it not be fast? Look, do you and Xiao Lin still need doubles now?”

Lin Bingran said, “Of course not.”

Shen Feng only wanted to laugh. “Looking at your satisfied appearance, I guessed you wouldn’t need one either. Then I’ll arrange to cancel the auditions.”

Shen Feng shook her head helplessly. “It really was one big misunderstanding.”

Lin Bingran picked up her phone and checked the time. “I’ll go back first.”

“Wait. There’s one more thing.”

Lin Bingran turned around.

Shen Feng said directly, “You and Xiao Lin should restrain yourselves a little. Tomorrow, we’re continuing the scene from last time. Don’t add any new marks to your bodies.”

Lin Bingran touched her neck. It was probably the mark Lin Ke had gnawed on when she was emotional. She had forgotten to cover it when she went out, and Shen Feng had seen it. “Okay.”

Work came first above everything. After delaying filming for so many days, Lin Bingran felt guilty. “You’ve worked hard, Director.”

Shen Feng waved her hand. “What are you saying that for? Hurry back and rest.”

Lu Tu said, “Film Queen Lin isn’t here, right?”

Lin Ke opened the door. “Director Shen called her just now, so she already left.”

Lin Ke made Lu Tu a cup of tea.

“I came to—pah!” Lu Tu held the teacup. “Why is it so bitter? Did you brew this?”

Lin Ke said, “…It’s okay, right? Maybe I’ve just been drinking a lot of it recently.”

Lu Tu teased, “You’ve drunk so much that you don’t feel anything anymore, huh?”

Lin Ke smiled, yawned, and asked, “It’s the middle of the night. What else is there?”

Lu Tu clicked her tongue twice. “What can I do? I can only come be the bad guy.”

Lu Tu took out a suppressant, long-acting. After taking it, Lin Ke’s heat would be considered stabilized, and there would be no side effects.

Lin Ke: “…”

Lu Tu said, “Director Shen said it. She told you two not to delay tomorrow’s filming.”

“Oh.” Lin Ke was quite obedient. After taking the suppressant, she sent Lu Tu away.

When Lu Tu opened the door, she ran into Lin Bingran. The moment the door opened, Lin Bingran naturally grabbed the doorframe to stop it from closing. Lu Tu did not dare let out even a fart. After greeting her, she slipped away dejectedly, leaving Lin Ke with an awkward expression.

Contractual… lovers…

Did the agreement say both parties had to be responsible for each other’s physiological needs?

Lin Ke thought until her head felt dizzy and muddled. Without noticing, she let Lin Bingran in.

There was still suppressant packaging paper in the trash can. Lin Bingran swept a glance over it, then looked back at Lin Ke. “Perfect. I took one too.”

Lin Ke said, “…Then why did you still come in?”

Lin Bingran said, “The lock on Room 601 still hasn’t been fixed, and Room 603 hasn’t been set up either. I came to borrow a place to stay. Is that okay?”

Lin Ke tugged at the hem of her clothes and nodded.

Lin Bingran said, “Who told me to say I was coming over to ‘fourteen,’ and you refused to open the door?”

Lin Ke was truly afraid and said, “Director Shen said…”

Lin Bingran smiled and interrupted her. “We’ll sleep vegetarian.”

Lin Ke: “…”

Lin Bingran went to shower. Lin Ke sat in the living room with a face mask on. Lu Tu sent her the call sheet. Tomorrow, she was finally starting work again!

Excited, Lin Ke reviewed the script. Suddenly, the phone on the coffee table rang. The caller ID showed Fang Wuyu, but the call quickly ended.

Late at night, the two of them changed into pajamas and lay down. They could still smell each other’s pheromones, but after taking suppressants, there was no longer any intense sexual impulse.

The pheromones still smelled very comfortable, tingling and soothing. Their spirits were comforted, and their bodies felt more at ease.

Lin Bingran burrowed deeper into the quilt. Her smooth skin occasionally pressed against Lin Ke’s, dry and cool, sliding together softly.

Lin Ke was terribly sleepy. She opened one eye and asked, “What are you doing…”

Lin Bingran said, “I can’t sleep unless I take everything off.”

A bundle of clothes was stuffed into the quilt. Lin Ke held it in her arms and tightened her grip. Half her sleepiness ran away. “Why are you giving them to me?”

Lin Bingran said, “Help me put them aside.”

Lin Ke climbed up to fold the clothes neatly for her. After lying down again, she took out her phone to play.

Weibo had too many paid commenters, so Lin Ke did not look there. She focused on Group Eight and posts from major forums.

On the forums, very few people believed she and Lin Bingran were dating. One reason was that Lin Bingran had only followed Lin Ke back on Weibo shortly before posting the clarification statement.

Lin Ke: “…”

She remembered grudges!

One of Lin Bingran’s big fans replied to a post with her Weibo name showing and directly said that Lin Bingran and Lin Ke could not possibly be lovers. The fan guessed that because hooking up would damage Lin Bingran’s image and hurt the film and her endorsements too much, this PR plan had been created.

The company had asked big fans to guide fan emotions and not insult Lin Ke or melon-eating netizens. At this moment, protecting Lin Ke’s image meant protecting Lin Bingran’s image.

In this society, the relationships among the three ABO sexes were complicated. Everyone hated promiscuous alphas and omegas.

First, because alphas held absolute dominant power in AO relationships, many omegas were not protected in AO marriages, and omegas could easily lose their human rights. This led some people to advocate for protecting omega rights.

Second, BO relationships were hard to maintain. Betas could not mark omegas, and BO families often became social news. Omegas had a high chance of cheating, so another group advocated BB relationships while also discriminating against alphas and omegas. Therefore, infidelity among alphas and omegas was a serious issue.

In such an environment, artists’ private lives attracted even more attention. Flaws in their lives were magnified. Once cheating, hookups, casual marking, and similar incidents happened, an artist’s reputation would be seriously affected.

There was another reason. Someone mentioned that although Lin Bingran was popular and had won many awards, because she was too beautiful, and because she had not produced many works in the past two years while constantly appearing in all kinds of promotional activities and remaining active in the public eye, she gave people the impression of a female celebrity on the verge of becoming outdated, using low-quality methods to stir up hype.

As a result, Lin Bingran had recently been criticized by haters as a sunset-red actress, and her entire company had been searching for a path of transformation for her. Lin Ke’s incident might just be an opportunity.

After reading the whole post, Lin Ke had only one feeling.

These fans were truly more clear-headed than anyone. They saw through their own idol’s PR and hype perfectly.

Lin Ke: “…”

Lin Bingran was not sleeping soundly. She was very sensitive to cameras and the feeling of being watched. She opened her eyes, and beyond the phone light, a pair of eyes glowing faintly in the dark was staring at her.

“What?” Lin Bingran asked.

Lin Ke said, “Your fans…”

Lin Bingran hummed.

“They really are… clear-headed people,” Lin Ke said, then held her phone in front of Lin Bingran. “They said they’ll help you maintain this fake relationship.”

Lin Bingran’s voice was gentle, and she laughed lightly. “My passerby reputation is average. They just like worrying.”

Lin Ke tucked her phone under the pillow. She felt her heart beating and heard herself ask, “Your passerby reputation isn’t good because when you get smeared or misunderstood, you never like clarifying. Then why this time did you agree to with me…”

Lin Bingran lazily yawned. “There’s no need to bother with black material that’s completely fabricated, but we very definitely did sleep together.”

“What about Lu Meng’s matter? Was that also fabricated?” Lin Ke asked. “If it wasn’t, why didn’t you clarify eight years ago?”

Lin Bingran lowered her eyes. They were close together, but there was no ambiguous atmosphere at all. Lin Ke clenched her fists tightly, waiting for Lin Bingran’s answer.

“Is that why you hate me?” Lin Bingran asked faintly. “Little anti-fan.”

Lin Ke buried half her chin into the quilt, leaving only her eyes outside. “Clarify it to me in person, and I’ll consider whether to turn from anti-fan to passerby, then from passerby to fan.”

Lin Bingran laughed softly. In the dark, Lin Ke guessed that her expression was very faint.

Lin Bingran said, “Then you won’t have the chance to turn passerby or fan. It’s written very clearly online.”

Lin Ke clenched her teeth and asked, “Then what about Fang Wuyu?”

Lin Bingran seemed annoyed. She turned over, facing away from her, and said nothing more.

Lin Ke closed her eyes. “I went too far. I won’t ask again.”

Lin Bingran said, “Don’t worry. I won’t make you wear a green hat.”

Lin Ke: “…”

The next day, the crew resumed work.

Lin Ke appeared on set refreshed and energetic. All the staff greeted her, and at the end, they would smile ambiguously at Lin Ke.

Lin Ke was not thick-skinned. Being smiled at made her embarrassed. When she sat in the makeup room, the stylist said her skin had gotten better again.

Lin Bingran arrived late. Overnight, many paparazzi and proxy photographers had flooded into N City. After receiving news in the morning, she and Lin Ke had gone separately for safety.

“Here.” Lin Bingran placed a sweet pancake in front of Lin Ke. “Breakfast.”

The makeup artist said, “Aiya, you two are so sweet! You kept it so secret too. Usually, no one could tell at all!”

Lin Ke held the sweet pancake, her expression stunned. She glanced at Lin Bingran, thinking, Was business starting now?

Lu Tu poked Lin Ke. “Don’t just sit there.”

Lin Bingran and Lin Ke sat side by side. Lin Bingran was closing her eyes to have her makeup done when something was stuffed into her palm.

It was a tea egg.

Lin Ke forced out two words. “Eat it.”

One-sided feeding was a thoughtful little sweetness. A response racked from the brain was merely awkward courtesy.

Lu Tu held her forehead and sent Lin Ke a message.

Do you not know how to date? Giving your leftover tea egg as a return gift—do you think that’s sweet?

Lin Ke: “…”

For Scene Sixty-Nine, the set still had to be cleared once filming began.

Very quickly, only Lin Ke, Lin Bingran, the director, and the cinematographer remained on set.

Shen Feng patted Lin Ke’s shoulder and said meaningfully, “You won’t disappoint me this time, right?”

Lin Ke took a deep breath. After not filming for several days, she now needed to find the state of entering the role again.

Lin Bingran sat back by the bed for her final adjustments, waiting for Shen Feng to call action.

Before official filming, Shen Feng gave them plenty of time to rehearse the movements and blocking.

Lin Ke still felt split and found it difficult to enter the role.

Shen Feng said, “The cinematographer and I will step away for five minutes. Use the time well.”

The cinematographer turned off the camera and went with Shen Feng to the hallway to get some air. Lin Bingran grabbed her qipao and stood by the bed. “What’s wrong?”

Lin Ke messed up her shoulder-length short hair. Her face, darkened two shades by makeup, showed a little embarrassment. “I keep thinking of us in bed…”

The Lin Bingran in bed was sexy and fiery. When it came to the words “I want,” she was always bold and direct. Ji Fengling and Lin Bingran’s personalities were practically two extremes.

Ji Fengling was delicate and pure. Her first time with Chu Feng was confused, ignorant, and fearful. A young girl’s bed scene, inexperienced but still beautiful, was what Shen Feng wanted.

Lin Bingran touched the crook of her elbow, then suddenly bent down and knocked her lips hard against Lin Ke’s.

This kiss was very much like Chu Feng and Ji Fengling’s kiss in the film—slightly rough, sudden, and striking straight into the heart.

Lin Ke turned her head away in embarrassment, only for Lin Bingran to hold her chin and turn her back.

Lin Bingran burst out laughing. “We already did the full set. You’re still afraid of this?”

Lin Ke: “…”

“Is it okay now?” Lin Bingran asked patiently.

Lin Ke nodded.

Five minutes later, Shen Feng and the cinematographer knocked and came in.

Official filming began.

Starting from Ji Fengling pushing Chu Feng down, the two kissed on the bed inexperiencedly. Ji Fengling straddled Chu Feng, bending down. She held Chu Feng’s face with both hands and kissed her clumsily and youthfully. Their kisses always landed outside the lips. They would accidentally bump teeth, and if they were not careful, their noses would touch and their faces would slide past each other.

Shen Feng made a gesture, and the camera moved closer.

After the kiss ended, both of them were breathing hard from kissing. The area around their lips was full of damp traces. Chu Feng supported herself on the bed with both arms behind her, staring at Ji Fengling in a dazed, infatuated way.

Half of Ji Fengling’s weight leaned against Chu Feng. Her voice was especially soft, as if she could not bear too many emotions. With tears streaming down her face, she looked at Chu Feng.

“Xiao Feng…”

“Xiao Feng.”

Ji Fengling was almost murmuring in breath. “Xiao Feng.”

Chu Feng said, “Miss… Ji.”

Ji Fengling propped herself up and touched the frog buttons of her qipao, undoing them one by one.

Shen Feng called cut.

“Second shot. Close-ups.”

Lying on the bed, Chu Feng’s palm became damp and slippery. Along the edge of the qipao, she lifted the skirt upward until she was nearly touching a forbidden area.

Lin Bingran and Lin Ke held each other. For close-ups, they did not need to act much, and both of them looked relaxed. Lin Bingran even smiled as she watched Lin Ke lift her qipao.

“My thighs look good, don’t they?” Lin Bingran suddenly asked.

Lin Ke closed her eyes. As if she could not bear it anymore, she quickly finished the shot, then yanked the hem of the skirt down with a swoosh to cover Lin Bingran tightly.

Lin Bingran burst out laughing.

Shen Feng raised her voice. “Pay attention. Comrade Lin, please don’t smile like a fox spirit. Maintain the feeling of your character.”

With her back to Lin Bingran, Lin Ke went to the corner to change clothes. Hearing Shen Feng scold Lin Bingran, the corner of her mouth uncontrollably curved upward.

After the foreplay was filmed, Shen Feng moved in a small camera crane, suspending it above the bed.

This scene continued from the kiss. Lin Bingran and Lin Ke tangled together on the bed, each holding the other’s head as they kissed passionately. The other person’s pheromones were in their saliva, and their breathing grew increasingly hurried.

“Cut, cut, cut!” Shen Feng shouted while staring at the monitor. “That’s not the right feeling. Too spicy. Switch to something purer.”

Lin Ke: “…”

Lin Bingran: “…”

The second attempt still did not achieve the state Shen Feng wanted.

Shen Feng practically roared, “Restrained, can you? This is a set! Not your bedroom!”

Lin Bingran and Lin Ke both unnaturally looked away. At the same time, they complained inwardly: This was nothing. If it were in their own bedroom…

They did not dare think further, afraid images would surge into their minds.

Shen Feng said, “Throw away all those little thoughts in your hearts. Right now, one of you is Chu Feng! One is Ji Fengling!”

Lin Bingran nodded and adjusted her state.

Lin Ke quickly blinked away the wetness in her eyes.

After the NG, they started again.

The qipao was peeled open, revealing red crabapple flowers. Chu Feng gently kissed Ji Fengling’s forehead, her temple, the tip of her nose, then her lips, touching lightly like a dragonfly skimming water before moving downward.

Ji Fengling closed her eyes tightly. Very tightly. The corners of her eyes were pinched with a red flush. She bit one corner of the pillow towel, her lashes trembling nonstop. She did not dare open her eyes at all.

Chu Feng lay above her. The thin gray cord came loose, and her back was revealed, snow-white in the camera.

The quilt only covered the section around her waist. The rest relied on the actors’ embrace to conceal. The bedding folded over like a pile of snow. Lin Ke and Lin Bingran hugged each other and rolled half a turn. The two lay on their sides, holding each other tightly, their bodies pressed close enough to hear each other’s heartbeat.

One scene took an entire day to film. Along with wide shots and close-ups, they also had to separately perform the pain and climax of a first time toward the camera.

After filming ended, Lin Ke sat by the bed, completely drained.

Lin Ke had to admire Lin Bingran’s professionalism once again. Every time they finished a take, Lin Bingran would go behind the monitor to watch the playback, as if the person reaching an intense climax in the camera was not herself.

After this scene was done, Lu Tu came up to pick up Lin Ke.

Lin Ke had already put on her costume, still dressed in that gray, rustic village-girl outfit from the film. The styling made her look like a high school student.

Lin Bingran wore a qipao. Because it was hot, the first two buttons were undone. Her aura was completely different from Ji Fengling as Lu Tu had seen her in the film, yet in a certain turn of her head, one could still catch Ji Fengling’s shadow on her.

Lin Ke lowered her head and let Lu Tu spray blocker on her.

Lu Tu whispered, “…What’s going on? Didn’t you take the injection?”

Lin Ke was annoyed and uselessly picked at the prop bed. “I don’t know.”

Lu Tu sighed. “You…”

Unhappy, Lin Ke turned her head away. Lu Tu handed her phone to her and said, “Zhu Mo called you.”

“She’s already here?” Lin Ke asked.

Lu Tu nodded. “You still have one more scene. Should we let her come to the crew?”

Lin Ke said, “Okay. Tell her to keep it low-key and not buy anything over.”

Lin Ke transferred to the second shooting location. After Lin Bingran removed her makeup and changed out of her costume, the sky had already turned warm orange. The crew was cheerful, and the atmosphere was relaxed.

Lin Bingran asked, “What happened?”

Guo Rongrong was waiting at the door. Hearing this, she said, “It seems Teacher Xiao Lin’s friend came to visit the set. She treated everyone to watermelon and brought over a whole cart!”

Lin Bingran and Guo Rongrong went downstairs. Two assistants had carried back two watermelons and cut them into small cubes, all placed inside the watermelon rind. Lin Bingran held half a watermelon in her arms, using a fork and knife to eat while going to watch Lin Ke film.

Guo Rongrong’s head hurt. “The watermelon’s sugar content exceeds the limit… One bite will make you gain…”

Shen Feng stood behind the monitor. Beside her was an omega with curved brows and a sweet smile. Seeing Lin Bingran, she smiled in surprise. “Teacher Lin!”

Lin Bingran nodded. “You are—”

The omega said excitedly, “I’m Zhu Mo. Teacher Lin, I’m your fan. I came to visit Keke on set.”

Lin Bingran held a piece of watermelon in her mouth and said vaguely, “Thank you for the watermelon.”

Zhu Mo nodded, neither servile nor overbearing. The two looked together at Lin Ke filming in the scene.

As long as it did not involve emotional scenes, Lin Ke completed everything very well. Perhaps because she had been holding it in for several days, Lin Ke acted this scene after emotional buildup very well.

There was one NG due to a continuity issue, but the rest of Lin Ke’s scenes passed in one take.

Zhu Mo was a little surprised. “Keke improved so fast!”

Lin Bingran had to react for a moment before realizing who Zhu Mo was calling Keke. No one on set called Lin Ke that. Everyone called her Xiao Lin.

Lin Bingran nodded. “Xiao Lin’s improvement is indeed good.”

Zhu Mo stood beside Lin Bingran and said, “Teacher Lin, congratulations to you and Xiao Lin.”

Lin Bingran asked, “Congratulations?”

Zhu Mo scratched her head. “You two… I saw Weibo.”

Lin Bingran smiled. “There’s nothing to congratulate. People in the industry all know it’s fake.”

Zhu Mo smiled awkwardly. From far away, Lin Ke waved toward them and called loudly, “Momo!”

Zhu Mo said, “Coco!”

The two little omegas rushed toward each other, practically pouncing, hugging together and laughing loudly as they pushed each other back and forth.

Lin Bingran: “…”

Shen Feng said, “All right. Xiao Lin, you’re off work. Go have dinner with your friend.”

Lin Ke put her arm around Zhu Mo and happily left.

Lin Bingran speared a piece of watermelon and fed it into her mouth, chewing until juice filled her mouth.

Shen Feng said, mouth dry, “Give me a piece.”

Lin Bingran handed all the remaining watermelon to Shen Feng and smiled. “Eat more if you like it. Is it sweet?”

Shen Feng said, “…Why are you smiling so terrifyingly? I’ll just take one bite and return it to you.”

Lin Bingran turned around. “I’m going back. I have a four o’clock scene tomorrow. I need to sleep early.”

Shen Feng said, “I heard from Rongrong that you slept in Xiao Lin’s room last night?”

Lin Bingran said, “Mm.”

Shen Feng said, “Look at the state you two filmed in today. The room was almost burned down by the two of you. Do you think it’s still suitable for you to live together?”

Lin Bingran: “…”

Shen Feng said, “I found someone to fix 601. Move back tonight.”

Lin Bingran: “…”

Lin Bingran turned back to Shen Feng’s side and snatched the watermelon away. “Giving this to you was completely unnecessary.”

Shen Feng: “…”

A luxurious RV drove past nearby. Zhu Mo and Lin Ke stood where they were, watching it with faces full of longing.

“Being in a CP with Teacher Lin is way too amazing!”

Lin Ke said, “So-so…”

Zhu Mo pinched her arm and scolded, “Versailles!”

Lin Bingran lowered the car curtain and turned back, meeting Guo Rongrong’s evasive gaze.

“Guo Rongrong, you’ve learned how to tattletale,” Lin Bingran said coldly.

Guo Rongrong said, “…Jie, I’m just too straightforward and accidentally let it slip.”

Lin Bingran said, “No need to apologize. As punishment, tomorrow morning you’ll buy breakfast for the crew.”

For a four o’clock early shoot, Guo Rongrong would have to get up at least at two.

Guo Rongrong said, “Oh…”

Lin Bingran said, “Order from a better restaurant.”

“Should I still buy sweet pancakes for Teacher Xiao Lin?” Guo Rongrong asked.

Lin Bingran leaned against the chair back with her eyes closed and said, “Xiao Lin said today that bitter melon clears internal heat. Buy two bitter melon-flavored buns.”

Guo Rongrong: “…”

That night, the first group of paparazzi squatting in Water Town had already gained something.

[Explosive] Lin Ke and unfamiliar female omega enter and exit hotel together. Their behavior is intimate, like lovers.

Lin Bingran’s fans: Lin Ke! How dare you!

Lin Ke was still eating, laughing and chatting with Zhu Mo. When she received the call, she almost choked on a mouthful of cola.