A OO Love After Officially Announcing with the Best Actress - Chapter 33

Early the next morning, Lin Ke was woken very early by Lu Tu and taken back to set. She still had scenes in the morning, and when she got up, she deliberately kept her footsteps light.

She first went back to the hotel to change clothes, then rushed to set. Before her makeup was even finished, Lu Tu came in holding her phone and said, “You’re trending again.”

Lin Ke had developed a stress reaction toward trending searches.

Lu Tu said, “It’s about Lin Bingran getting heatstroke.”

Lin Ke breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest. “Not me, not me.”

Lu Tu said, “You got scolded onto the hot list along the way.”

Lin Ke: “…”

Holding her phone, Lu Tu walked behind the makeup mirror and read as she paced. “What does Lin Ke even do? How could she let Ranran-jie get heatstroke? Did the crew even do proper cooling measures?”

“Is filming that tiring? Someone’s acting doesn’t look that great either. How can she not even take care of her girlfriend?”

“Aren’t omegas supposed to be especially careful about heatstroke in summer? What is Lin Ke doing @#%@*&…”

“Wuwuwu, my heart aches for jie. Stupid Lin Ke.”

“Aiya, this just proves Ranran-jie likes Lin Ke more, right? She’s already sick, so how is Lin Ke still bouncing around? So scummy, so scummy.”

“Scum O, scum O.”

“Scum O, scum O.”

Lin Ke: “…”

The makeup artist burst out laughing. Lin Ke’s ears reddened. She wanted to bury her face in her hands and rub hard, but she forcefully controlled herself.

Lu Tu patted her shoulder. The comments she chose to read were all ones that were not too harsh. “Of course, the top comments are still fans blessing you and Teacher Lin to love each other forever. The trending search will go down soon. Do you want me to close your private messages for you?”

Lin Ke shook her head. She could almost imagine that if she closed her private messages, fans would definitely scold her again, asking if she was guilty.

The director’s assistant came to call Lin Ke downstairs for filming. Lin Ke stood up, smoothed the wrinkles in her clothes, and went down to act.

Lu Tu held her phone, still looking at the project proposal Guo Rongrong had sent over. There was no rush. At the very least, they could wait until the director was confirmed. Once Lin Ke finished filming Wind Chime, her value would be different.

Chu Feng often held the red bridal veil and lay in haystacks, fields, and by the river in a daze.

In the village, those who got married were men and women. She could not understand her relationship with Ji Fengling, but she always felt that if she said it aloud, Chu Qiu would fly into a rage.

Chu Feng was confused. She covered her face with the red veil and wondered, would Ji Fengling marry?

The Li family called her Young Madam, but Young Master Li had disappeared without a trace.

In the scorching summer heat, the young men in the village splashed around in the river and saw Chu Feng guarding ducks by the pond.

“Chu Feng’s wearing a red bridal veil!”

“Chu Feng wants to be a bride!”

“Hahaha!”

Chu Feng took off the veil, a blush showing through her wheat-colored skin.

At that moment, a car rumbled over. An old doctor with white hair sat inside, nervously wiping sweat.

Chu Feng sprang to her feet. The town’s miracle doctor—why was he here?

“Xiao Feng! The ducks! You don’t want the ducks anymore?!” someone shouted.

Chu Feng ignored them. She waded straight across the creek, climbed ashore through the water, and ran in a fluster toward the Li residence.

In the afternoon, Lin Bingran returned to the crew to film scenes opposite Lin Ke. Lin Ke had grown very quickly, and she was deeply immersed in her state. When she read lines in the corner, she would often fall into silence.

At times like this, Shen Feng would not let anyone approach. Lin Bingran had recovered, but several crew members had fallen ill one after another. Every day, the crew set out mung bean soup to relieve heat. The trash from suppressants and blocker sprays was transported out in batches. When the pressure became too great, some little omegas would even cry.

But so what? Most people in this industry were single. Everyone could only envy Lin Ke and Lin Bingran. Online doubts about the two of them had never quieted down. Everyone was discussing this acting omega couple—inside the film, they played lovers to deceive the audience; outside the film, they played lovers to deceive the public. The fans were like they had split personalities every day. One moment, they said the two Lins had immortal love; the next, in private, they scolded Lin Ke for not being a qualified girlfriend and said jie should still find an alpha, and so on.

In the blink of an eye, July passed. Lin Bingran’s heat did not come, and Lin Ke was held down and given a long-acting suppressant injection.

Another week passed. Filming grew more and more difficult. Several important scenes all had to be concentrated into these few days.

Because of the role’s requirements, Lin Bingran’s waist had become so thin it seemed only a handful. Lin Ke, on the other hand, did not need to be too thin for the moment, so her weight loss was relatively healthy.

In the morning, Shen Feng organized a script reading. No one knew where Lin Ke had run off to. The director’s assistant went out and made a phone call, and only then did Lin Ke hurry over for the reading.

Lin Ke smiled awkwardly, greeted several veteran actors in the group, then moved a small folding stool to sit next to Lin Bingran.

Lin Bingran was sitting in a corner, leaning against the wall with her eyes closed for a short rest. Suddenly, a warm duck egg was stuffed into her palm. Lin Ke grinned at Lin Bingran, then lowered her head and took out her phone.

Little Anti-Fan: The villagers’ ducks wrapped filming. They left some duck eggs too, so I secretly boiled two for you.

Great Demon King: Wasn’t it two?

Little Anti-Fan: I ate the other one.

Lin Bingran sent Lin Ke a cat-punching sticker.

Lin Ke muffled her laughter.

Shen Feng’s eyes were sharp. “Xiao Lin!”

Lin Ke immediately pressed her lips together and stopped talking.

In the afternoon, filming officially began. Everyone was prepared for a drawn-out battle for this scene. If it went smoothly, the actress playing Granny Zhou could wrap her role.

Lu Tu yawned and kept scrolling on her phone. Lin Ke was waiting off set, repeatedly mobilizing her emotions. She was unbearably hot. When she turned back to look for her water bottle, she discovered that Lu Tu had already finished drinking the water.

Lin Ke: “…What have you been so busy with lately?”

Lu Tu raised her head, her fingers tapping rapidly on the screen. “Have you read the novel Where Should I Seek the Old One?”

Lin Ke thought for a moment. “No.”

Lu Tu looked up and said, “It’s been renamed Old Tang. Director Gu is filming it. I helped you fight for an audition opportunity.”

Lin Ke gave an “ah” and asked, “Another costume drama?”

Lu Tu smacked her head. “Don’t be ungrateful. This costume drama isn’t the same as those costume idol dramas you acted in.”

Lin Ke nodded repeatedly and mocked herself. “Am I auditioning for the third female lead or the fourth?”

Lu Tu looked at her deeply and said, “Female lead.”

Lin Ke’s mouth opened slightly, then slowly opened wider and wider.

Lin Bingran happened to pass by holding a script. She had just finished peeling the duck egg. Seeing Lin Ke’s foolish expression, she bit off half the duck egg and stuffed the other half into Lin Ke’s mouth.

Lin Ke rolled her black eyes and met Lin Bingran’s amber gaze, then suddenly choked and coughed.

Lu Tu shouted, “She’s choking! She’s choking! Water, water!”

Lin Bingran: “…”

Lin Ke said, “Wuwuwu, I’m going to play a female lead.”

Lin Bingran: “…”

Lin Bingran wiped the corner of Lin Ke’s eye with the pad of her finger, clearing away that bit of red. “Aren’t you playing the female lead right now?”

“Oh, right.” Lin Ke smiled foolishly. After wiping away her tears, she ran off to act.

Lu Tu said, “…Teacher Lin, thank you.”

Lin Bingran waved her hand. Her face carried a blush. She rubbed away the tear on her fingertip and smiled. “Silly little girl. She believes whatever people tell her.”

Lu Tu laughed dryly. “Xiao Lin had only just graduated not long before joining the crew this year. Her thoughts are… relatively simple.”

So simple she was almost a little stupid. Fans often said Lin Ke was silly, sweet, and naive, but Lin Ke herself felt she was very smart—she simply did not guard herself against people she knew.

“Is that so?” Lin Bingran said. “Silly thing.”

Lu Tu said, “When I first started managing her, I said she would definitely become popular in the future. Do you know what she said?”

Lin Bingran glanced sideways, thinking that Lin Ke would probably act obedient and say something pleasant.

Lu Tu said, “She said she didn’t know whether she should enter the entertainment industry. She just wanted to take one step at a time and find an answer.”

Not far away, Lin Ke and Granny Zhou were rehearsing. The two performed a string of fake movements, fell onto the air cushion, then burst into laughter.

Lin Bingran asked in confusion, “Find an answer?”

Lu Tu hummed. “Xiao Lin entered the entertainment industry, apparently because she liked an actor.”

Lin Bingran’s fingertip moved. She turned her head to look at Lu Tu, her amber eyes narrowing slightly. “Who did she like?”

Lu Tu felt a chill under her gaze and stammered, “I-It seems that person isn’t popular anymore… At the start, that was what she thought…”

Lin Bingran gave an “oh,” gripped the script, and walked into the shed.

Lu Tu subconsciously wiped her sweat and covered her pounding heart.

After rehearsing, official filming began. Lin Bingran was not involved in any action. Most of the time, she only needed to sit on the bed and be a sickly beauty.

After the final makeup check, Shen Feng called action.

That day, Chu Feng secretly came to see Ji Fengling. She carried some food and sat by the bed, feeding Ji Fengling little by little.

A knock suddenly sounded at the door. Chu Feng hugged the wooden bucket and hid under Ji Fengling’s bed.

The wind chime on the window frame rang again and again in the breeze. Ji Fengling nervously turned her head away and pulled the quilt tightly around herself as she leaned against the head of the bed.

Granny Zhou said, “Young Madam, it’s time to eat.”

Granny Zhou sat by the bed and placed several dishes one by one on the bedside cabinet. She picked up a piece of meat and brought it to Ji Fengling’s mouth. Ji Fengling stubbornly turned her face away.

“Young Madam, say something.”

Granny Zhou chattered, then turned and put the meat from the chopsticks into her own mouth. “People outside are all saying you’ve become mute.”

Ji Fengling turned her head away. Her side neck stretched long and taut, blue veins faintly protruding, tears filling her eyes.

Granny Zhou looked her up and down, then suddenly reached out and pinched her chin. “Young Madam, Master Li is about to die. Do you know the password to the account Master has at Zhangzhou Bank?”

Ji Fengling’s chin was pinched, and her cheeks quickly turned blue and red. She struggled nonstop, so Granny Zhou forcefully turned her head back.

Granny Zhou said, “Young Madam, Young Master won’t be coming back. Master Li wants to leave the Li family an heir. I found you a suitable man. Why don’t you meet him first?”

The door was pushed open again. A man walked in, stood by the bed, and lowered his head to call out to Granny Zhou.

Chu Feng hid under the bed. The instant the man came in, she clearly saw his face.

Chu Feng clenched her fists. Granny Zhou’s words were harsh and filthy. Hearing them made her head spin. In a fit of rage, she suddenly charged out.

“Little sister!”

“Bastard!”

Chu Feng pounced up and wrestled with the man. Granny Zhou, shocked, went to stop them. During the shoving, their feet tangled together.

The actress fell first. According to the plot, she should have fallen to her death. As a result, Lin Ke was pushed off balance by the actress and lost her footing. Her two hands flapped rapidly in the air like a penguin. Shen Kuo very gentlemanly dodged aside and pressed himself to the wall, looking terrified as Lin Ke lost balance and fell.

Lin Ke cried, “Aiyo!”

Lin Bingran: “…”

Shen Feng stood up from behind the monitor, pressed the walkie-talkie, and roared, “Cut, cut, cut!”

Shen Feng said, “You’re about to turn an art film into a comedy.”

Lin Ke scrambled to climb up, dizzy from the fall. A large bump had swollen on her forehead.

Lu Tu was frightened and ran over shouting, “Are you disfigured? Is your face okay?! Damn! What a big bump!”

Lin Ke endured the pain and touched her forehead. Instantly, she grimaced from the pain.

Lin Bingran quickly asked, “Are you all right?”

Afraid that Lin Bingran would worry, Lin Ke endured the pain and said, “…I’m fine. This bump is pretty big. Want to take a commemorative photo?”

Lin Bingran burst out laughing.

That night, Lin Bingran’s Weibo posted the first business photo since she and Lin Ke had started dating.

Lin Ke, tears squeezed out of her eyes, was buried in Lin Bingran’s arms, her ears bright red as she hid from the camera.

Lin Bingran’s caption: Crew scenic spot: “The Big Bump.” Five yuan for a photo, okay?

Fans: “…”

Author’s Note:

Sweet? It’ll be even sweeter later.