After I Picked Up the Movie Queen Who Was Pretending to Be an Alpha - Chapter 19

Because of the braised prawns in oil, Pei Suyuan did not sleep very well.

In her dream, she did not know how many prawns she peeled, and in the end, she fed them all to Wei Jinzhi, who was wearing a long black dress.

The long black dress was the one Wei Jinzhi had worn the first time the two of them met.

When Pei Suyuan woke up, she covered her face, not understanding why she would dream of Wei Jinzhi like that. And now, the moment she closed her eyes, it was still Wei Jinzhi from the dream—biting her lip, obediently letting Pei Suyuan peel prawns for her.

Pei Suyuan spent the entire morning in a daze, and it reached its peak when she arrived at the filming site.

At the foot of Linshan, Wei Jinzhi was the last to arrive. She wore a white shirt in the cool, aloof young man style and walked gracefully toward everyone.

In that instant, Pei Suyuan realized she almost did not recognize Wei Jinzhi.

This outfit was far too different from the one in her dream.

She thought about this for a while, then that for a while, and did not hear the director and everyone else teasing her. It was only when Qiao Yaning beside her patted her shoulder and said with a smile, “Suyuan, in front of Sister Wei, you really look so much like a bottom~~” that she finally reacted.

Bottom?

Why bottom?

Pei Suyuan swept a confused gaze over everyone. Finally, her eyes landed on Wei Jinzhi. Seeing Wei Jinzhi looking at her teasingly, even sizing her up from top to bottom, Pei Suyuan finally lowered her gaze back to herself.

Then she was dumbfounded!

In the film, Qi Yuan was the bottom! Her outfits were all soft and pink, and all kinds of floral dresses were her favorite.

The outfit Pei Suyuan was wearing right now was exactly one of those—a pale pink dress that made her look extremely girlish.

She hurriedly covered her face, even her ears turning pink.

Especially with the way Wei Jinzhi had looked at her just now, both cool and doting. It was truly as if An Chu had been brought back to life!

Pei Suyuan had only watched the original film last night, so it could be said to still be fresh in her memory.

The first time the two of them did it, An Chu had worn a white shirt. Although Qi Yuan had not been wearing a floral dress in exactly this color scheme, it had been more or less the same!

So annoying. Right now, she would rather wear a backless gown, or even an ultra-short skirt, than wear a floral dress.

Any of those would be better than this.

And the more Pei Suyuan acted like this, the louder everyone’s laughter and teasing became.

Wei Jinzhi even walked up to her.

Qiao Yaning, whose eyes had lit up at the sight of Wei Jinzhi earlier, also gave up her place, looking at the two of them with an expression like she had stumbled upon an amazing ship.

Pei Suyuan was actually taller than Wei Jinzhi, but she was standing on slightly lower ground. So the moment Wei Jinzhi came over, she pulled Pei Suyuan into her arms and called her softly, “Xiao Yuan~”

“Yuan” and “Yuan” sounded the same, and combined with Wei Jinzhi’s deliberately gentle, drawn-out emphasis, no one else really heard the difference.

But Pei Suyuan heard it.

Immediately afterward, Wei Jinzhi leaned closer and breathed by her ear. When Pei Suyuan’s cheeks flushed even redder from it, she smiled teasingly and said, “Little Yuan’er, don’t be shy~”

So annoying!!

……

Only after official filming began did the redness on Pei Suyuan’s face finally fade completely.

After the opening scene ended, the group also walked from the foot of the mountain up to the mountainside.

Back then, Diverging Road had been filmed in Linshan City, and An Chu and Qi Yuan had met while climbing the mountain.

The two had spent several days and nights together at a guesthouse halfway up the mountain, their love lingering and entwined.

After that came the bloody storm they faced from their parents and families.

In the IP adaptation, Qi Man’s father had been murdered. The group would deduce the culprit and play the game inside the guesthouse.

Once they began sorting through the plot, Pei Suyuan returned to normal. She pressed her lips together and analyzed the evidence.

The person most likely to be the murderer was An Chu, and the evidence was extremely obvious.

But the more obvious something was, the more likely it was not that simple. At least, Pei Suyuan felt something was wrong.

The evidence she had obtained indicated that the person was an alpha, and that their relationship with the deceased was extremely poor.

The alphas present were herself, Wei Jinzhi, Wang Shiming, who played An Chu’s father, and Jiang Zhan, who played Qi Man’s older brother.

Four alphas. Who had a conflict?

After the first round of evidence gathering, Pei Suyuan still had not figured it out. During the break, she sat in her chair and continued thinking.

There were quite a few follow-cameras, and during breaks, there was also a large crowd of people. No one paid much attention to her in the corner.

But Wei Jinzhi noticed, and even sat down beside her.

Once Pei Suyuan sank into her own imagination, it became very difficult for her to come out. Her mind was filled with thoughts of who had killed Qi Man’s father, and she did not notice at all that someone had sat beside her.

Only when the scent of white tea alpha pheromones became very strong did her brows twitch faintly.

Alpha pheromones clashed with each other. Very few people would deliberately release them in front of another alpha, unless it was a provocation, or else… they liked the other person.

There were quite a few alphas present, but who would do something like this? Pei Suyuan could not figure it out, so she slowly turned her head.

After clearly seeing the person beside her, Pei Suyuan blinked several times in a row and especially regretted the thought she had just had.

She had forgotten that Wei Jinzhi’s simulated pheromone scent was white tea. So what on earth had she been letting her imagination run wild about just now!

So shameful.

Naturally, Wei Jinzhi did not know what she had imagined. She only thought Pei Suyuan had been affected by the white tea scent, her eyes red like a little puppy’s.

Wei Jinzhi found it amusing, but because there were too many people around, it was not convenient to lean in front of Pei Suyuan and tease her. She only smiled and said, “Does white tea smell that bad?”

Then her eyes shifted, looking around as if casually, and she said, “Mm… I suppose so. After all, they’re alpha pheromones. In the end, they’re not as good as an omega’s.”

Those words, “not as good as an omega’s,” inevitably made Pei Suyuan think too much. Now, not only were her eyes red, even the tips of her ears had flushed slightly. Fortunately, her hair blocked them, so it was not easy for others to see.

Especially not easy for Wei Jinzhi to see.

Pei Suyuan lowered her head and gave an “mm,” muddling past the topic, then continued studying the script.

The person beside her was quiet. Just when Pei Suyuan thought Wei Jinzhi had already left, she suddenly heard Wei Jinzhi ask, “Why were you crying yesterday?”

After a night had passed, Pei Suyuan’s embarrassment had long since disappeared. But now that Wei Jinzhi brought it up, she once again felt so awkward she could curl her toes through the floor.

But crying while watching a movie was not something that needed to be hidden.

She put down the script and said casually, “Nothing. I just got a little moved while watching a movie, so I couldn’t stop.”

“What were you watching?”

“Diverging Road. The part where Qi Yuan commits suicide…”

When Wei Jinzhi heard Diverging Road, she froze for a moment. Then she lowered her head and gave a soft “mm.”

Pei Suyuan turned to look at her and saw her fingers curl slightly. When Wei Jinzhi noticed Pei Suyuan staring, she picked up the script in an attempt to cover it up.

Pei Suyuan found it strange. Wei Jinzhi clearly looked unwilling to bring up Diverging Road, so why had she still agreed to take part in this episode? The script and everything else should have been finalized long ago, shouldn’t it?

After that, Wei Jinzhi remained somewhat silent the whole time. Even while recording the show, she only seriously played the game and searched for clues. She no longer exchanged glances with Pei Suyuan.

Even when every clue pointed toward her, and she answered each question one by one, she had very little eye contact with Pei Suyuan. It was the same with everyone else.

The film Diverging Road seemed to have flipped some silent switch inside Wei Jinzhi.