A OO Love After Officially Announcing with the Best Actress - Chapter 8

Xiao Wang came back carrying water and looked everywhere for Lin Ke. He did not find her. First, he was drawn by the commotion downstairs. When he came back to his senses and realized his own artist was missing, a bone-chilling panic surged through him.

He threw the bottled water aside and immediately grabbed his phone to call Lu Tu.

Just as the call connected, Lin Ke appeared and asked, “What are you doing?”

Xiao Wang cut off the call before it went through and hurriedly asked, “Where did you go?!”

Lin Ke coughed lightly. “Nothing. I just wandered around a bit.”

Xiao Wang looked suspicious and pointed at the corner of Lin Ke’s mouth. “Cream. You didn’t wipe off the cream.”

Lin Ke gave an “oh,” casually wiped it away, passed Xiao Wang, and headed toward the set. “Let’s go. Time to prepare for the scene.”

Xiao Wang followed her. After one step, his eyes widened.

Good grief! Why were there two big footprints on her back?!

“How is she?” Guo Rongrong asked. “Is she hurt?”

Lin Bingran shook her head and sat curled up on the mattress in the RV.

Guo Rongrong found a fresh set of clothes and handed them to Lin Bingran. Her phone rang. It was Lin Bingran’s manager, Du Yi.

Guo Rongrong did not avoid Lin Bingran and answered, “Yi-ge.”

Du Yi hummed in response. Since something had happened on set, Guo Rongrong had notified him immediately. He asked, “How is Bingran?”

Guo Rongrong said, “She’s okay. She wasn’t injured, only her clothes got dirty.”

Du Yi asked, “Did you call the police?”

Guo Rongrong answered, “We just came back from the police station. That person was also taken away by the police. Director Shen’s people controlled the scene immediately. There aren’t many people here, and there aren’t many locals temporarily living in the new ancient town either. Don’t worry. The news won’t get out.”

Du Yi said, “I already bought the photos taken by the paparazzi. Luckily, Bingran wasn’t hurt. Later, post the fans’ set-visit Weibo. The company will buy a trending topic.”

Lin Bingran came out after changing clothes and sat by the small table in the RV to brew herself a cup of clear tea.

Guo Rongrong exchanged a few more words with Du Yi, then talked about the fan group that had visited the set. “They’re all old fans. They know how to keep quiet, so there shouldn’t be any problem.”

After giving all his instructions, Du Yi sighed and said, “This was my negligence. Apologize to Bingran for me.”

Guo Rongrong did not dare overstep and said, “Ranran-jie is here.”

Lin Bingran spread out her hand, so Guo Rongrong handed the phone over.

“A-Yi,” Lin Bingran said.

Du Yi said, “Bingran, I apologize to you. I shouldn’t have let you take the risk.”

Lin Bingran was not particularly angry. She had experienced a lot of this kind of thing during that period in the past. When danger passed without incident, it was already fortunate. She said, “I don’t blame you, but don’t arrange any events for me in the near future.”

Du Yi immediately promised, “I’ll cancel two engagements. I’ll go to Water Town to take care of you.”

“No need,” Lin Bingran said. “You have countless things to handle every day. Rongrong is enough by my side.”

Du Yi said, “There aren’t enough people. I’ll send two people over to you. I’ll choose them myself.”

After chatting for a few more sentences, Lin Bingran hung up and said, “Book a hotel room for Du Yi.”

Guo Rongrong nodded. After all that trouble, the three o’clock call time had been directly moved to nighttime. The call sheet was changed to a late-night shoot. Shen Feng told Lin Bingran to rest properly for a while and prepare for the night scene.

“Have the fans been sent away?” Lin Bingran asked.

Guo Rongrong nodded. Even now, she still felt lingering fear. “After giving their statements, they were all sent away. Luckily, you’re all right…”

Lin Bingran nodded, held her teacup, and lightly tasted the tea. “Someone saved me.”

Guo Rongrong remembered that matter. She had been running around so much that her feet barely touched the ground and had forgotten about it. “Who?”

Lin Bingran smiled. “Whoever loves eating sweets.”

There were two knocks on the RV door. Guo Rongrong opened it, took one look, then quickly closed the door and went outside.

The RV lights were on. Lin Bingran lowered her eyes, her eyelashes fluttering constantly as she hid a trace of lingering fear.

When the incident happened, she had been stunned for an instant. Before she could react or feel afraid, she had already been taken away.

At the police station, she had appeared calm and composed while giving her statement, but her palms had already been damp with sweat. After returning, she seemed calm and unhurried, but her heart was filled with anger and mockery.

Outside the door, there were quiet voices. Shen Feng had sent two temporary assistants to Lin Bingran.

Guo Rongrong thanked them, but she could not decide whether Lin Bingran would accept these two people.

Lin Bingran pushed open the RV window. “Thank you. I’ll have to trouble you for now.”

Guo Rongrong left the two assistants by Lin Bingran’s side while she went to handle some follow-up matters.

Because of what had happened to Lin Bingran, Lin Ke had an extra scene added in the afternoon, reshooting a shot of her studying alone in the classroom. Film shots needed to be perfected as much as possible, and a single scene could be worked on for several hours.

By around four or five in the afternoon, the assistant director announced a five-minute break.

It was the height of summer. Lu Tu brought a pile of cooling patches and stuck them onto Lin Ke to cool her down. The two stood beside a fan, but even the wind carried heat.

Lin Ke wiped her sweat and watched as foam boxes giving off cold air were brought in one after another.

Lu Tu lifted her chin. “Look, here comes the buying of people’s hearts.”

Treating the crew to drinks twice in one day, and arranging dinner boxes from the best hotel in the city—the atmosphere in the crew was harmonious and cheerful, as if what had happened that morning had never happened.

Lin Ke held her meal box and sat shoulder to shoulder with Lu Tu on the threshold of the first floor. Suddenly, a small shadow fell in front of her.

Lin Ke raised her head in confusion. “Teacher Lin?”

Lin Bingran nodded. Taking advantage of the crew’s dinner break, she had come over to say thank you.

“Thanks.”

Lin Ke picked at her rice, grain by grain. “For what?”

Lu Tu said, “You two chat. I’ll go get two bottles of water.”

Lin Ke: “…”

Lin Bingran asked, “Does your back still hurt?”

Lin Ke choked on a breath and stood up. “Teacher Lin… what do you mean?”

Lin Bingran smiled with her hands behind her back. She took something out from behind her and handed it to Lin Ke.

It was a packet of tea leaves.

She had said she would have her assistant send it. Why had she personally brought it over?

Lin Ke could not figure it out.

Lin Bingran explained, “A sour-sweet scent. It’s green plum, right? I heard it’s quite suitable for soaking in liquor.”

Lin Ke’s mouth opened slightly. Damn it. When she pounced over, Lin Bingran smelled her pheromones?!

“Thank you for helping me,” Lin Bingran said, giving Lin Ke the nicest expression she had shown her in all this time.

“Teacher Lin… I really wasn’t, I didn’t, you might have mistaken me.” Lin Ke directly denied it three times in a row.

Lin Bingran tapped her own nose. “Within a three-li radius, I can smell whatever you eat. Was the cake sweet?”

Lin Ke subconsciously wiped the corner of her mouth.

Lin Bingran raised an eyebrow. “You think I wouldn’t smell your pheromones?”

Lin Ke said, “…There were so many people. Teacher Lin might have smelled wrong.”

Lin Bingran said, “I smelled it once last night. Do you think I would forget?”

Lin Ke: “…”

Lin Bingran looked at her calmly and pushed the tea packet forward. “This one isn’t astringent when you drink it.”

Lin Ke lowered her head. She could not even eat the rice grains anymore. She accepted the tea packet and said, “Thank you, but it really wasn’t me.”

Lin Bingran’s gaze gradually cooled. “I’ve done what I should do.”

“Teacher Lin!” Lin Ke called after her and could not help asking, “Did you find out who that person was?”

Lin Bingran’s expression turned sharp, as if a reverse scale had been touched. “That’s none of your business.”

Lin Ke raised her head and watched the film queen leave, then lifted her hand and scratched at the place where her heart was.

Lu Tu had never actually gone far. She had hidden to one side and eavesdropped. The moment Lin Bingran left, she appeared, shocked. “Film Queen Lin was the one who said you couldn’t control your pheromones?”

Lin Ke said speechlessly, “Is that the point?”

Lu Tu threw down her meal box. “You saved Film Queen Lin, and you didn’t say anything?”

Lin Ke’s mouth opened slightly. “How did you know?!”

Lu Tu said, “I don’t even know what to say about you. You saved someone. What’s wrong with admitting it openly?”

Lin Ke said, “Damn it! I was already that dirty! Didn’t you say even my own mother wouldn’t recognize me?!”

The corner of Lu Tu’s mouth twitched. “There are so many eyes in the crew. You had two big footprints on your back and ran faster than a dog. The photographer recognized you at a glance. Everyone’s been talking about it privately. They just haven’t said it openly.”

“You really did just graduate from university,” Lu Tu sighed. “You’re so innocent.”

Lin Ke rubbed her face with one hand, looking more and more miserable.

Lu Tu asked, “What exactly are you thinking?”

Lin Ke rubbed her face again and said awkwardly, “I’m Lin Bingran’s anti-fan. Wouldn’t saving her be embarrassing for anti-fans?”

Lu Tu: “…Then why did you save her?”

Lin Ke’s brows tightened a little. “In that kind of situation, I would’ve saved anyone.”

She muttered, “I originally wanted to leave after the deed was done, hiding my achievements and name.”

Lu Tu was speechless. “You wanted to leave after the deed was done? The whole crew knows. Do you think Lin Bingran doesn’t know?”

After saying that, Lu Tu sighed again. “Luckily, you’re an omega, and Lin Bingran is also an omega. Otherwise, with the way you two moved, sparks of love might really fly.”

Lin Ke was directly shocked. “You want me to become gay?!”

Lu Tu spat several times. “That would kill me! If you started dating women, I’d have to smash my head into the ancient town gate and die!”

Lu Tu became alert. “I’m telling you, acting is one thing! Reality is another. Don’t get too deep into the role and be unable to come out.”

Lin Ke ate her meal box and said, “I’m not gay. What do you mean, unable to come out of the role? Sparks of love are impossible. Sparks between enemies, though, could light up the entire universe.”

Lu Tu said, “…What kind of lousy metaphor is that? You did a good deed, yet you still have to argue with her. You’ve wasted the perfect chance to build a favor.”

Lin Ke clicked her tongue and scolded herself. “It’s all because of that damned pride!”

Lu Tu: “…”

After eating, Lin Ke went back to the RV and slept. They were filming late into the night. Shen Feng was on set arranging shots and lighting. Once everything was ready, she called all the actors over to walk through the scene.

Lin Bingran had already changed into costume. Like Ji Fengling, she wore a small shawl and rested one hand on the staircase.

Shen Feng directed Lin Ke, pointing at the wooden staircase. “You walk from here. Pa, pa, pa—speed up! Stop! Look up!”

Lin Ke raised her head and met Lin Bingran’s eyes at close range.