After I Picked Up the Movie Queen Who Was Pretending to Be an Alpha - Chapter 12

“Try it. It’s sweet and soft.”

Marshmallow.

In truth, Pei Suyuan had only eaten it once in her entire life.

It had been during one summer vacation in elementary school, when Zheng Xuncheng and Wang Qian took her to an amusement park.

Zheng Yi had been there too.

But after that time, she never went to the Zheng family’s home again, nor did she ever go to an amusement park again.

She had never eaten marshmallow again either.

Tasting it now, it was soft and sticky. Her teeth were filled with the taste of sugar. Very sweet.

Pei Suyuan blinked hard, trying to force her tears back. She did not want to.

She did not want to embarrass herself like this in front of Wei Jinzhi.

And Wei Jinzhi was also very considerate. She turned her head away. Only after Pei Suyuan’s urge to cry had subsided did Wei Jinzhi turn back and ask her, “Want to eat hot pot?”

Pei Suyuan remembered to blink, then pressed her lips together and looked at her.

………

Sitting in the passenger seat of the Tesla, Pei Suyuan still had not quite come back to herself.

She did not know how she had followed Wei Jinzhi down to the underground parking garage and ended up sitting in her car.

The marshmallow was still being fiddled with in her palm. Pei Suyuan did not continue eating it.

While driving, Wei Jinzhi secretly glanced at her a few times and asked, “Not eating anymore?”

Before Pei Suyuan could answer, Wei Jinzhi continued on her own. “It’s fine if you don’t eat it. We’re going to have hot pot soon. You can eat it later.”

When she mentioned hot pot, Pei Suyuan clearly sensed that Wei Jinzhi’s tone had become a little excited.

This tone was different from the gentle, melodious emphasis she usually used when speaking. Her pitch lifted noticeably.

Pei Suyuan glanced at her lightly and found that the corners of her mouth had also risen slightly.

She could not help asking, “Do you really like hot pot?”

“I like it a lot. I like spicy food. What about you? Can you handle it?”

Pei Suyuan nodded faintly. “I can.”

After answering, she turned her head toward the window again and looked at the night scenery.

But in her mind, she was thinking that Xijing people’s tastes were generally mixed. They ate everything, but they were not especially good at handling spice.

Over these past few years, most of the Xijing people Pei Suyuan had met were like that. She thought Wei Jinzhi would be the same.

But once the two of them sat in a private room at Haidilao, she was a little dumbfounded.

Wei Jinzhi ordered the spiciest soup base.

Two portions of beef, two portions of lamb, plus one portion of tripe and duck intestines. There were almost no vegetables.

After Wei Jinzhi finished ordering and saw that Pei Suyuan had not ordered anything, she tilted her head and asked, “You don’t like hot pot?”

“No…” Pei Suyuan shook her head, her gaze falling on the tablet as she said, “You ordered quite a lot, so…”

“Do you eat vegetables? I don’t like them, so I didn’t order any. But… you can order them.” Wei Jinzhi interrupted her. Although she asked, she had already added a mixed vegetable platter to the order.

The dishes arrived very quickly.

Wei Jinzhi seemed truly hungry. She mixed two dipping sauces and then began putting meat into the pot.

She ate very quickly, and almost never got anything on the corners of her mouth. It was just that her lips became slightly swollen, and her eyes were also rimmed red, yet her chopsticks never stopped.

Pei Suyuan was a little better than her, because she did not eat much.

The two of them eating like this so late at night really was far too exaggerated.

When Wei Jinzhi ordered two more plates of meat, Pei Suyuan weakly asked, “Don’t actresses need to maintain their figures?”

Wei Jinzhi froze at the question. Then her slightly swollen lips spread into a smile as she asked in return, “Aren’t you an actress?”

Pei Suyuan thought for a moment, then shook her head.

“I’m not. I’m just an amateur. I can’t be considered a real actress.”

“Then you… what are you professionally?”

What was she professionally?

Pei Suyuan wanted to say singer. Lyricist and composer.

But she was not qualified. She could not even name one famous song of her own.

After thinking it over, the only thing that might be considered professional was recording engineer.

Because she had a certificate.

She opened her mouth, wanting to answer Wei Jinzhi, only to feel a wave of warm breath by her ear.

Wei Jinzhi was right beside her.

White tea–scented alpha pheromones surrounded her.

Very realistic simulated pheromones.

They nearly made Pei Suyuan lose control.

And it was at this moment that Wei Jinzhi suddenly moved a little farther away from her.

She seemed to have noticed the simulated alpha pheromone scent on herself too, and apologized to Pei Suyuan.

Then, in the next instant, the sweetness of marshmallow covered the scent of white tea.

Pei Suyuan trembled and stiffly turned her head. Wei Jinzhi leaned closer again at that exact moment.

What entered her view were moist, slightly swollen red lips.

Seen like this, they were even a little sexier than usual.

Pei Suyuan’s face felt somewhat hot. When she saw those affectionate, gentle peach blossom eyes, their corners flushed red, she felt hot enough to explode.

In a hoarse voice, wanting to escape the awkwardness, she asked Wei Jinzhi, “You… why are you pretending to be an alpha?”

Wei Jinzhi smiled slyly. She was in no hurry to answer. Instead, she leaned back against the chair and admired the alpha’s face, which had turned as red as a tomato from embarrassment.

After about ten seconds, Wei Jinzhi stopped smiling. Leisurely, she imitated Pei Suyuan’s halting way of speaking and answered, “Didn’t you… say you weren’t curious?”

Wei Jinzhi’s teasing was obvious, and since her own previous words had been used to block her, Pei Suyuan was too embarrassed to ask again. She stiffened her neck and picked up a few pieces of meat, trying to pretend nothing had happened just now.

She was quiet, in truth, because she had a bit of social anxiety.

Wei Jinzhi’s smile was nothing, and the question was nothing either, but it still made her want to avoid it. It even made her feel panicked and embarrassed.

Wei Jinzhi noticed that the hand she used to eat was trembling slightly, and stopped teasing her.

“Mm… pretending to be an alpha gives me a sense of security, I suppose.” When Wei Jinzhi said this, she was smiling, but the smile did not reach her eyes. There was a deliberately feigned casualness to it.

Pei Suyuan nodded. She did not continue on this topic, and instead talked about her return to Lin City.

“That day, something urgent suddenly happened at home. Afterward, I suddenly got called for work too.”

Wei Jinzhi had eaten almost enough. She set down her chopsticks, smiled at Pei Suyuan, and asked, “Mm~ Is Xiao Yuan reporting her whereabouts to Sister?”

“I…” In front of Wei Jinzhi, Pei Suyuan discovered that she always blushed easily.

For a moment, she did not know how to answer. She only said stiffly, “I… I just wanted to explain why I didn’t answer your calls.”

“Oh, and why you only added me on WeChat after a whole night?” Wei Jinzhi was still smiling, but Pei Suyuan somehow sensed that her mood had changed a little.

Pei Suyuan instantly felt as if she were sitting on pins and needles.

But belatedly, she also realized that something was not quite right. Was this really the kind of relationship she and Wei Jinzhi should have?

Yan Xin’s words from a few days ago appeared in her mind again.

Try it.

That day, she had wanted to try.

But later, her courage had disappeared.

Wei Jinzhi was very good, and also very warm. Was Pei Suyuan worthy of her?

“After eating hot pot, do you feel a little better?”

While Pei Suyuan was spacing out, Wei Jinzhi had started eating again. She even turned her head to ask Pei Suyuan.

Pei Suyuan looked at her profile, then looked at the bright red soup base, and nodded. “Much better. Thank you.”

In truth, Pei Suyuan added one more sentence in her heart.

Her mood had improved not because of the hot pot, but because of the sweet marshmallow.

“Then how are you going to thank me?”

Wei Jinzhi suddenly asked. At first, Pei Suyuan did not think much of it, but Wei Jinzhi’s smile made her heart skip a beat… and immediately after, her cheeks flushed red.

This made the smile on Wei Jinzhi’s face deepen even more.

Teasing a silent gourd like Pei Suyuan really was one of life’s pleasures.

She wiped her mouth, stood up, and asked Pei Suyuan, “Shall we go back?”

“We’re… going back already?” When Pei Suyuan stood up, she bumped into the chair, making quite a loud sound. She immediately felt embarrassed and lowered her eyes to look at Wei Jinzhi.

Wei Jinzhi’s smile did not fade. She even walked a little closer to her, her fingers lightly resting on her shoulder.

Their bodies were neither too close nor too far, just enough for Pei Suyuan to smell the omega pheromones on Wei Jinzhi, sweet and delicate.

That sweet scent came closer and closer. Pei Suyuan subconsciously stared at Wei Jinzhi’s rosy lips, feeling a little nervous as she wanted to retreat.

Wei Jinzhi couldn’t be… thinking of doing it here…?

The thought made her whole body feel uncomfortable. She even closed her eyes as if escaping, wondering how she should tactfully refuse Wei Jinzhi.

What she did not know was that, looking like this, she seemed very much like she was waiting to be kissed.

Wei Jinzhi bit her lip lightly and looked at her with amusement. Then she brushed a finger gently across the corner of Pei Suyuan’s mouth and scolded affectionately, “What a messy little child. You even got food on the corner of your mouth.”

If Pei Suyuan’s cheeks had only been flushed before, then now even her neck was tinged faintly red.

Especially since she had tied her hair into a high ponytail today. Wei Jinzhi could see this whole series of reactions clearly, even the nervous way she swallowed.

After teasing her enough, Wei Jinzhi removed her hand from Pei Suyuan’s shoulder.

With a light laugh, she said, “I start work tomorrow, so~ it’s time to go back and sleep.”

When Pei Suyuan opened her eyes, Wei Jinzhi had already put on her coat. Holding her bag, she waited for her with a bright smile.

That smile made Pei Suyuan’s heart tremble. She was so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground.

……

Back home, Pei Suyuan stared at the marshmallow for a long while. Only then did she fill the bathtub with water, take off her clothes, and soak her entire body inside.

She had brought the marshmallow in too. It was not far away.

Pei Suyuan stared at it without blinking. After a while, she covered her face in frustration.

The Wei Jinzhi of today felt a little different in her heart.

She had given her marshmallow.

From childhood until now, there had been very few people who were good to Pei Suyuan. Especially since so much pain and suffering had been borne by her alone. Suddenly feeling Wei Jinzhi’s kindness made Pei Suyuan silently raise Wei Jinzhi’s position in her heart a little.

But because of that, alongside the emotion she felt, she also found it even more embarrassing.

Just what on earth was she letting her imagination run wild about!