After Rebirth, My Ex-Girlfriend Became Obsessive - Chapter 98
The film set was crowded with prying eyes, and An Yu, dressed in elaborate costumes, stood out even in the corner. The woman before her, clad head-to-toe in black and wrapped up tightly, also seemed particularly out of place.
Wearing oversized sunglasses on such a gloomy day was downright suspicious. Though she had an employee badge hanging around her neck, none of the familiar crew members recognized this mysterious woman.
Just then, An Yu spoke again.
“Don’t ignore me.” Her voice was soft, tender, and lingering. The nearby crew members froze in place.
This was not the kind of words they expected from the usually aloof and indifferent An Yu. In their memories, An Yu was neither cold nor overly warm-she maintained the most basic courtesy in her interactions. Hearing such gentle words from her for the first time in so long, their gazes toward the two immediately turned probing. Among them were quite a few who had been captivated by An Yu’s beauty.
Lin Duxi was no longer angry. She had ignored An Yu simply because she didn’t know how to bring it up. The thought of her girlfriend disguising herself as a staff member to visit her on set was unbearably embarrassing. Hidden behind her mask and sunglasses, most of her face flushed red.
Noticing the many eyes sneaking glances at them from all directions, Lin Duxi grew even more self-conscious. Normally, she wouldn’t care about these people’s stares, but now, under the guise of a staff member, she couldn’t shake the feeling of sneaking around, as if they were having some illicit affair. Her mind couldn’t help but wander into all sorts of inappropriate thoughts.
Lin Duxi grabbed An Yu’s collar and pulled her closer. Because of An Yu’s costume, she didn’t use much force, but An Yu, completely unprepared, nearly stumbled into her.
“Let’s go,” she urged, her voice tinged with embarrassment.
An Yu couldn’t help but smile. Worried that Lin Duxi might notice and shoot her another glare, she immediately took her hand and led her away from the “scene of the crime.”
An Yu brought Lin Duxi to her dressing room and let out a sigh as she turned to close the door.
For some reason, she had felt countless subtle gazes lingering on them the entire way. Though none were malicious, it still left her feeling unsettled.
She turned to look at Lin Duxi, who was now sitting in a chair. By then, Lin Duxi had removed her sunglasses and mask, revealing her bare face. The black clothes made her exposed skin appear even fairer, and her long hair cascaded carelessly over her shoulders. Her effortless beauty was breathtaking.
Noticing the blue employee badge hanging from Lin Duxi’s chest, An Yu couldn’t help but ask, puzzled,
“Weren’t you just coming to visit? How did you suddenly become a staff member?” The amusement in her voice was impossible to suppress, which only annoyed Lin Duxi further.
“My eyes are so swollen. I didn’t want anyone to see,” Lin Duxi muttered, turning her face away.
An Yu walked over and crouched in front of her, studying her face carefully.
“You look beautiful.”
She considered herself to have decent aesthetic judgment, and Lin Duxi looked absolutely stunning right now-less icy, more tender. An Yu loved this side of her.
Though Lin Duxi kept her face turned away, hearing such earnest praise made her lips curl up involuntarily. But remembering that An Yu hadn’t recognized her earlier, she forced the smile back down, deciding she couldn’t let her off so easily.
An Yu pressed her lips together, barely suppressing a laugh. Lin Duxi was just too adorable right now.
“How long have you been here?” Seizing the moment when Lin Duxi seemed in a slightly better mood, An Yu ventured to ask.
Lin Duxi: “…” She stood up abruptly, and An Yu followed suit.
Lin Duxi stepped closer, narrowing her eyes. An Yu suddenly sensed danger.
“You have the nerve to ask? I brushed right past you earlier, and you didn’t even notice me.” Lin Duxi had held back for so long, not wanting An Yu to think she was the jealous type, but she just couldn’t help it.
She had been so obvious! How could this person still not have realized? She had practically spelled it out!
An Yu froze, her mind racing to recall the moment Lin Duxi was referring to. It suddenly clicked-she had been too focused on texting Lin Duxi to notice anything else. But still, she hadn’t recognized her.
“I’m sorry,” An Yu apologized obediently. Lin Duxi’s lips pursed, her expression turning aggrieved.
An Yu’s heart melted. She stepped forward and pulled Lin Duxi into a tight hug.
“I was texting you at the time. I didn’t see you. I made you sad.”
Hearing this, Lin Duxi’s pout immediately softened, though she still huffed in An Yu’s arms.
An Yu couldn’t help but laugh. How could her girlfriend be this adorable? But then she remembered something.
“Don’t get tears on the costume. We still have to film tomorrow.” An Yu panicked. When Tan Yifan got angry, the entire set’s temperature seemed to drop by three degrees.
Lin Duxi: “…”
She released An Yu and took three steps back.
An Yu stopped teasing. “I’ll go change right now. I’ll hug you again after.”
Lin Duxi lowered her eyes, mumbling, “Who wants to hug you?”
An Yu: “I want to hug you. An Yu wants to hug Lin Duxi.”
Seeing Lin Duxi finally look up at her, her eyes brimming with unconcealable affection, An Yu’s heart trembled uncontrollably. She kissed her lightly before leaving.
The moment she opened the door, countless curious gazes landed on her. But when she looked over, everyone seemed to be minding their own business.
A few bold crew members exchanged glances before approaching together.
Just as they were about to speak, one sharp-eyed staffer noticed the smudged lipstick outside An Yu’s lips and froze. She distinctly remembered An Yu’s lipstick had been perfectly applied before entering the dressing room.
The answer was obvious.
She immediately tugged at the other two, cutting them off before they could speak, and greeted An Yu first before dragging the other two away.
An Yu: “?”
She glanced down at her outfit. Nothing seemed out of place.
With no scenes to film that evening, An Yu changed out of her costume, removed her makeup, and returned to her dressing room with two boxes of takeout.
During the brief moment when she was changing clothes, news of An Yu’s girlfriend coming to visit her spread through the employee group chat. In less than half an hour, nearly the entire crew knew about it.
An Yu’s girlfriend was dressed in black, wearing sunglasses and a mask, disguised as a staff member to see her.
Though her face wasn’t visible, her striking figure and graceful demeanor made it clear she was undoubtedly beautiful.
Yet no one connected her to Lin Duxi, because if Lin Duxi were visiting An Yu, she wouldn’t disguise herself like this. Besides, Lin Duxi had just attended an event the previous afternoon-there was no way she could fly halfway across the country to see her so quickly.
Soon, the news of An Yu’s girlfriend visiting leaked online. The blurry photos didn’t cause much of a stir, and only those who had seen the visitor in person took it seriously.
But An Yu and Lin Duxi’s CP fans were in an uproar. Some began to grow anxious.
It had been a long time since An Yu and Lin Duxi last appeared together on stage. Due to Pei Lu’s interference, the recording of Hello, Friend had been forced to pause, with no clear timeline for when it would resume.
The connection between An Yu and Lin Duxi had grown even weaker, and CP fans were already disheartened by the news. Now, hearing about An Yu’s “girlfriend,” they were torn between joy and sorrow.
Joy, because An Yu wasn’t straight and had a girlfriend; sorrow, because that girlfriend wasn’t Lin Duxi!
The CP supertopic was flooded with wails. Whether they were hardcore shippers or not, everyone was in a panic. The only ones left were either desperately clinging to the slim hope that it wasn’t true or declaring they wouldn’t give up until the idols themselves confirmed it.
The moderators quickly stepped in to calm the fans, saying there was no solid evidence yet-just rumors. But with photos of An Yu holding hands with someone and walking together, the CP fans felt it was pretty much confirmed.
Lin Duxi loved browsing the CP supertopic. The posts from the shippers were always so entertaining that she would log in from time to time, even liking the particularly amusing ones.
So today, after An Yu left, she had been scrolling through the supertopic nonstop, reading every post the fans made.
Thus, the first thing An Yu saw when she opened the door to the break room was Lin Duxi sitting in a chair, smiling-her eyes curved like crescents, sparkling as if filled with jewels.
An Yu was momentarily stunned.
Noticing her gaze, Lin Duxi’s eyes shifted to An Yu.
“What’s so funny?” An Yu couldn’t help but ask, infected by her smile.
Lin Duxi raised her phone to show her. When An Yu looked closely, she saw a large photo of herself and Lin Duxi on the supertopic, alongside their CP name.
“CP supertopic?”
Lin Duxi nodded. “I came to check, but it seems news of my visit has already spread online. They’re all discussing it.”
An Yu was puzzled. “That fast?!”
Lin Duxi continued, “Not just that-they seem to think the person who came to see you wasn’t me.”
She had covered herself up completely to hide her swollen eyes, and it seemed her disguise had worked a little too well. The blurry photos hadn’t given her away.
Lin Duxi found it both amusing and a little heartbreaking.
An Yu was even more shocked, her mind tangled like a ball of yarn.
“So they think we… be ‘d?” An Yu wondered if she was using the term correctly.
Lin Duxi nodded. Just then, she came across a highly upvoted comment and decided to read it aloud: “I’m so heartbroken. The CP I took most seriously has actually be’d. I’m never shipping anyone again!”
Lin Duxi, ever the award-winning actress, delivered the line with perfect dramatic flair. An Yu immediately covered her ears, her tips burning red, and protested,
“Stop reading! Let’s just look together.”
The CP supertopic… she felt like she was forgetting something.
Lin Duxi was quite pleased with her flustered reaction and decided not to tease her further. But then she suddenly remembered something, a mischievous smile curling at her lips. She quickly scrolled-she remembered where that post was.
An Yu sat beside Lin Duxi, their shoulders close as they both stared at the phone screen.
The fans in the supertopic were roughly divided into three groups: those who refused to believe it, those who were devastated, and those frantically posting photos of the two in an attempt to keep the supertopic’s mood light.
As An Yu read through the posts, her thoughts drifted back to what Lin Duxi had said earlier.
Going public? The idea was… tempting.
Lin Duxi noticed An Yu’s distraction and poked her.
That poke shouldn’t have been a big deal, but when An Yu refocused on the screen, a post took up nearly half the space-red and white threads intertwined like gift wrapping, instantly capturing An Yu’s attention.
It looked familiar. Extremely familiar.
It was her post!
An Yu nearly leaped out of her chair, her pupils shaking in disbelief. She finally remembered what she had forgotten earlier!
Lin Duxi keenly observed her reaction, barely suppressing the triumphant smile tugging at her lips.
She casually scrolled past the post, but its impact on An Yu was undeniable. She had completely lost focus, her mind replaying what she had just seen.
And then she realized-Lin Duxi had liked that post!
This is bad, this is bad, this is bad!
An Yu: I’m doomed! My secret’s about to be exposed!
Lin Duxi: Who was the first one to get exposed? Not me~
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HAHAHAHAHAHHAH LMAO Lin Duxi is too clever for An Yu’s own good 😂