Chapter 4

Chu Yu was still trying to figure out how to withdraw the message when the screen showed a read receipt.

She instantly stopped daring to breathe and began quietly waiting for the other person’s reply.

One second, two seconds…

After holding her breath for a full thirty seconds and nearly suffocating herself, she finally realized something: Lin Yi was not going to reply to her.

Thinking about it, Lin Yi would probably only assume she was mocking her.

She stared at the four words on the screen: “I have amnesia.”

For some reason, a memory suddenly flashed through Chu Yu’s mind.

It seemed to be on a film set. Lin Yi was holding a paper bag of coffee. In the middle of the noisy, bustling crowd, she was so beautiful she seemed out of place, and so lonely she seemed out of place too.

“Hey, Best Actress Lin.” Chu Yu reached out and rested a hand on her shoulder. “You’re so free today? The great Best Actress came to visit my set?”

“I’m here for work.” Lin Yi calmly stepped half a pace back, not letting Chu Yu touch her.

She looked at Chu Yu [Read on BaiLianTales]in disbelief and said, word by word, “You were the one who told me to come.”

She had thought this film would be an opportunity to repair her relationship with Chu Yu. She had thought Chu Yu was also showing her goodwill. Although the schedule had been changed several times during preparation, forcing her to turn down all her other work for it, and although Chu Yu had deceived her under the excuse of role requirements, making her, already slender to begin with, undergo devilish weight loss within twenty days, she still had not complained at all.

But as it turned out, everything had only been to humiliate her.

Looking at Lin Yi’s body, as thin as a cicada’s wing and trembling slightly, Chu Yu felt an indescribable thrill of revenge.

Three years ago, when you left me so heartlessly, did you ever think this day would come?

Do you know how I spent these three years?

While you were enjoying the spotlight at overseas film festivals, I couldn’t even get your phone number. All I could do was sit in front of the television and look at your figure on the screen…

That longing had been like a flood.

But now, that longing had already merged with the desire to take revenge on her, leaving Chu Yu herself unable to tell whether it was love or hate.

She moved closer to Lin Yi and smiled like a fox beside her ear, saying each word clearly, “Is that so? I. Have. Amnesia.”

Then she took half a step back again, sizing Lin Yi up and down. “The lead role has already been given to someone else. But there’s still a background role here. I can let you act in it. It suits you very well—a fickle, money-worshiping character who gets killed by the villain…”

There was a crisp slap.

Chu Yu took a solid slap across the face.

The set instantly fell silent.

Everyone’s eyes landed on them.

Chu Yu’s expression turned cold. She looked at Lin Yi and said icily, “These past three years, do you know how I lived?”

“I don’t know, and I don’t need to know.” Lin Yi was clearly right in front of her, yet her voice seemed to come from somewhere very, very far away…

“It was my mistake. I shouldn’t have thought there was still a chance for things to turn around between us.” A smile curved on Lin Yi’s face. She smiled beautifully. She always smiled beautifully. Under heaven, there was no one who looked more beautiful when smiling than she did.

But why was such a beautiful smile so cold, so sorrowful?

Even in the memory, Chu Yu felt her heart hurt so much, a tearing pain as if it were being cut apart.

Lin Yi turned and left. After taking a few steps, she suddenly stopped, but she did not look back.

“How I wish I could have amnesia too,” Lin Yi said self-mockingly.

Then came the crisp, decisive sound of high heels. Chu Yu stood there [unauthorized copy]the entire time, until Lin Yi’s beautiful figure disappeared completely.

Then she picked up the coffee Lin Yi had brought.

Dark roast, triple shot, whole milk, hot, no foam.

Chu Yu pursed her lips. She seemed to want to smile, but tears fell instead.

Why?

Why, after being apart for so long, did you still remember my coffee preferences so clearly?

Lin Yi clearly did not love her.

There had never been any romantic relationship between them in the true sense. If there had been anything… it had only been a fleeting ambiguity, nothing more.

She could abandon her without the slightest hesitation, abandon the bond they had shared, abandon their dreams and promises, and fly overseas for an audition opportunity without telling her anything at all.

She had once said she was willing to be her leading actress for the rest of her life.

And when she boarded the plane to Germany, Chu Yu had been preparing a birthday cake for her.

Shouldn’t she hate her?

But why, three years later, had she come back so lightly, still smiling so beautifully, so movingly, as if nothing had ever happened?

She had even brought the coffee Chu Yu had liked most three years ago.

—I shouldn’t have thought there was still a chance for things to turn around between us.

Her voice still echoed beside Chu Yu’s ear.

Of course there should not be any chance for things to turn around between them. What right did she have to think there would be?

The left side of her face, where she had just been slapped, began to feel a little numb, followed by a burning pain.

“Director?” someone called cautiously.

“Keep working,” Chu Yu said.

/

The memory came to an abrupt stop.

Chu Yu: …

Now she understood why Lin Yi was not replying to her.

So changing actresses at the last minute was not the first time. More than that, after bullying Lin Yi like this last time, she had even used the four words “I have amnesia” to humiliate Lin Yi.

Chu Yu looked at the “sent” on her phone screen and simply wanted to cry but had no tears.

How could there be such an astonishing similarity?

Lin Yi would definitely think she had come to humiliate her again.

Considering that Chu Yu, this scumbag Alpha, had done so many excessive things to Lin Yi, and that Lin Yi had already been bullied again and again, yet she was still willing to act in Eden, Chu Yu really did not know whether she should call Chu Yu a pervert or call Lin Yi foolish.

But one thing was very strange…

From the moment she first arrived in this world and saw Lin Yi, she had felt an innate sense of familiarity and closeness.

She liked Lin Yi, and it did not seem to be because she had transmigrated into Chu Yu’s body.

When she had gone to feel those memories of Chu Yu bullying Lin Yi just now, they had felt very unfamiliar to her.

She suddenly found herself a little unable to understand who she really was.

Those feelings of love, and Lin Yi’s endless indulgence—who were they truly meant for?

Chu Yu sighed softly.

But no matter what, she did not want Lin Yi to misunderstand and think she was mocking her again. So after thinking for a few seconds, she ran to the kitchen, took a photo of the pork shoulder Su Qingqing had brought earlier, and began editing a text message:

[Sister, I have amnesia. (Sent, read)]

[Image (Sent)]

[I even forgot how to make char siu TT (Sent)]

Very soon, the other two messages also showed as read.

The other person was typing.

Chu Yu lay on the sofa, staring at her phone with complete concentration.

Would Sister ignore her?

Please don’t…

The next second, when her phone rang, Chu Yu was so happy she nearly failed to hold it steady and almost let it smack into her face.

She sat up straight and tapped open the chat.

[Lin Yi: You know how to cook?]

Chu Yu blinked.

Did she? The Chu Yu of this world clearly did not, which was why she had transformed into an evil capitalist and frantically exploited Su Qingqing. As for herself… as a corporate slave from the real world, she did not even have time to cook. Every day, it was either takeout or heating up ready-made meals.

But since things had already reached this point, even if she did not know how, she had to know how!

So the brave little dog wrote without the slightest hesitation:

[Mhm!]

[Sister, the food I make is really delicious! Believe me! Can I invite you over to taste it?]

Everyone liked good food!

There was no apology method more perfect than good food.

She had to prove herself!

She was not a scumbag Alpha who only knew how to deceive Lin Yi and hurt Lin Yi.

But then, remembering the rotten thing she had done today and all the rotten things she had done before, the little dog hurriedly sent:

[Sister, you said you would never act in any of my movies again, but eating together… shouldn’t count, right?]

Lin Yi looked at her phone and froze slightly.

For some reason, the pitiful little dog in the parking garage today, tugging at her sleeve and apologizing, suddenly appeared before her eyes.

The little dog lowered her eyes, anxious and careful in her heart, afraid of making Lin Yi angry. But the moment Lin Yi showed even the slightest softening, those beautiful puppy eyes would immediately light up, and she would even unconsciously sway Lin Yi’s sleeve in a spoiled, coaxing way.

She could almost see the little dog’s nervous expression on the other end of the phone.

Without realizing it, she smiled.

The other person was typing.

[Lin Yi: You just said you even forgot the recipe. Are you sure it will taste good?]

Chu Yu blinked.

The little dog sadly lowered her head and tail. That was right. How had she forgotten such an important premise?

Before she could think of how to reply, her phone received another new message.

[Lin Yi: All right.]

[Chu Yu: All right? 0.0]

[Lin Yi: Didn’t you say you wanted to invite me to dinner?]

The little dog’s eyes lit up rapidly.

She typed seriously on her phone: Sister, you’re so good to me!

Lin Yi smiled faintly.

The little dog’s mouth was very sweet, calling her Sister with every other word… She could no longer remember how long it had been since she had heard Chu Yu call her that.

It was as if she had returned to the past, to the time before Chu Yu had changed.

Anna was helping her revise her schedule. Previously, too much of her time had been kept open for Eden, and it was never a good thing for a celebrity to disappear from the public eye for too long. Since Eden was now changing actresses, she had to immediately fill those empty slots with other work.

When she raised her head, she saw Lin Yi smiling at her phone.

Anna said in surprise, “Do you have a new Alpha you like?”

She suddenly felt very comforted.

If Lin Yi had a new lover, she would not indulge Chu Yu the way she had before. Ideally, she would dump Chu Yu ruthlessly. Anna had disliked Chu Yu for a long time and only wished that Chu Yu could stay as far away from Lin Yi as possible.

Lin Yi looked up and said, “Do I have any plans tonight?”

“Tonight…” Anna checked Lin Yi’s schedule and said, “There’s a dinner with an investor.”

Lin Yi frowned.

Anna immediately said, “I know you don’t like this kind of occasion. You only need to show your face there. It will be very helpful for your future film resources. I’ll handle the rest for you.”

“Cancel it,” Lin Yi said. “I made plans to have dinner with someone tonight.”

“All right.” Anna nodded.

She was a very good manager. She never forced her artists, but she was also a very nosy manager.

She moved closer to Lin Yi and asked curiously, “Is it your new lover?”

Lin Yi closed her phone and smiled. “It’s Chu Yu.”

Chu Yu?

Anna let out a scream.