After Transmigrating as a Scumbag Alpha, I Ended Up with the Movie Queen - Chapter 18

Hunger was a very uncomfortable feeling.

Gu Nan did not want to mistreat herself, so she dug a bag of instant noodles and a pair of disposable chopsticks out of her suitcase, then boiled some water in the electric kettle to prepare the noodles.

After about ten minutes, the hot water was ready.

Gu Nan poured the hot water into the instant noodle bag. After the noodles inside softened, she placed the bag inside the wide-mouthed stainless-steel cup she had brought, pinched the opening of the bag shut, and waited for the noodles to finish soaking.

Holding the opening with her hand the whole time was too hot, so seeing that Shen Zhibei still had no intention of coming out of the bathroom, Gu Nan quietly took a hair tie Shen Zhibei had placed on the bedside table and looped it around the noodle bag.

A few minutes later, the noodles were ready to eat.

The moment she opened the bag, the rich aroma of braised beef noodles spread throughout the entire room.

Gu Nan returned the hair tie, snapped apart a pair of disposable chopsticks, and began eating.

Just as she was eating happily, Shen Zhibei came out of the bathroom with a face mask on.

Shen Zhibei knew that after hearing her say to bring more snacks to stave off hunger, Gu Nan had put a lot of food into her suitcase. But she really did not know exactly what she had packed.

And Shen Zhibei had always thought Gu Nan had brought so much food to eat during the show. She had never expected Gu Nan to choose this moment to open a bag of Master X instant noodles.

The aroma of instant noodles was simply devastating to someone who had only eaten a tiny bit all day and still had to diet.

“You opened a bag now?” Shen Zhibei said with some difficulty.

“Yeah.” Gu Nan swallowed the food in her mouth. “Oh, right. I used your hair tie just now to seal the noodle bag. Just letting you know.”

“Oh, it’s fine. Use it.”

Shen Zhibei struggled to pull her gaze away from the instant noodles and sat back on her own bed to play with her phone. But her eyes still looked toward the noodles from time to time.

Gu Nan could feel that burning gaze from Shen Zhibei.

Seeing how hard she was enduring, Gu Nan could not help persuading, “Why don’t you eat a little? The water is still hot, so you can just soak some.”

Shen Zhibei was extremely tempted but still refused. “It’s too late, and the calories are too high.”

“So disciplined.” Gu Nan praised her, then added another sausage into her own instant noodles.

Shen Zhibei hurriedly lay down on the bed and pulled up the blanket, making herself ignore the fragrance filling the room, the faint sounds of chewing, and the swallowing sounds as Gu Nan drank the soup.

She endured and endured, and finally, the sounds of Gu Nan eating disappeared.

It sounded like Gu Nan was starting to clean up and preparing to remove her makeup and shower.

Shen Zhibei quietly lifted a corner of the blanket, wanting to observe.

The moment she lifted the blanket, a sealed bag was stuffed in through the corner.

Shen Zhibei was startled and subconsciously pushed it. “What is this?”

“Sister Li made it. Special handmade sugar-free preserved carrot, guaranteed low-calorie, tasty, and filling.” As Gu Nan spoke, she followed the force of Shen Zhibei’s push and began taking the bag of preserved carrot back. “But if you don’t like carrots, then pretend I didn’t say anything.”

“I’ll eat it.” Shen Zhibei immediately pressed down on the bag that Gu Nan was pulling back.

“Then what should you say to me at a time like this?” Gu Nan looked smug. Although her hand stopped pulling back, she still tugged the bag and shook it.

Shen Zhibei secretly ground her teeth and said word by word, “Thank! You!”

“I can’t hear you. My ears have been a little bad lately.” Gu Nan smiled and dug at her ear with her other hand.

“Thank you!” Shen Zhibei shouted directly, then dragged the bag of preserved carrot over.

“That’s more like it.” Gu Nan waved her hand in satisfaction. “I’m going to remove my makeup and shower. Take your time eating. That whole bag is for you.”

“Petty person intoxicated by success,” Shen Zhibei muttered quietly while tearing open the bag.

“I heard that.” Gu Nan “threatened,” “Say that again, and I’ll give away all the other bags of preserved carrot in my suitcase. You won’t get a single bite.”

This time, Shen Zhibei went completely silent. Only the faint sounds of chewing could be heard.

By the time Gu Nan finished cleaning herself up and came out of the bathroom, Shen Zhibei had almost eaten the entire bag of preserved carrot.

Gu Nan sat on her own bed while drying her hair, unable to believe it.

“That was such a big bag, and you’re almost done already?”

Shen Zhibei’s face reddened. Ignoring Gu Nan’s words, she continued eating all the preserved carrot in the bag before saying, “I—I’m going to brush my teeth. We’ll definitely have to wake up early tomorrow, and it’s already late. Hurry and sleep.”

After saying that, she fled to the bathroom in a panic.

Seeing that it really was already late, Gu Nan did not continue asking Shen Zhibei about how satisfied she was with that bag of preserved carrot. Otherwise, this Film Empress, whose skin was sometimes thick and sometimes thin, might become embarrassed and angry, then lie in bed alone later, tossing and turning as she replayed the moment.

So Gu Nan turned off the bedside lamp on her side, lay down in bed, and put on an attitude of preparing to sleep.

Shen Zhibei was indeed very afraid that Gu Nan would bring up the emptied bag of preserved carrot again.

After slowly brushing her teeth, she only cautiously peeked out of the bathroom once she heard no sound.

She saw that the bedside lamp on Gu Nan’s side had already been turned off, and the person herself was lying in bed with her eyes closed. Only then did she relax and tiptoe back to her own bed, turn off the light, pull up the blanket, and prepare to sleep too.

“Good night.”

Shen Zhibei was startled by Gu Nan’s sudden voice. She clutched her violently beating heart for quite a while before recovering.

When she looked again, although Gu Nan’s eyes were closed, there was a trace of a wicked smile on the corner of her lips…

Shen Zhibei grabbed her pillow and threw it over. “Do you want to die?!”

The pillow hit Gu Nan squarely in the face.

“I didn’t expect saying good night would scare you either. But your expression just now was especially cute.”

Gu Nan was not angry. As she spoke, she pulled the pillow down and tucked it behind her own head. “This time, I’m sincerely praising you. Also, thanks. I was just feeling like my pillow was too low.”

Gu Nan’s words made Shen Zhibei even angrier. She did not even put on slippers before standing on the floor, wanting to pull her pillow back.

She tugged once, but it did not move.

“Give it back!”

Shen Zhibei glared fiercely at Gu Nan, but Gu Nan did not even open her eyes.

“Zzz, zzz, zzz~ I’m asleep.”

“Asleep my foot! Give my pillow back!” This time, Shen Zhibei used both hands and pulled hard, trying to yank the pillow back.

After tugging for a long time, it was only because Gu Nan secretly went easy on her that Shen Zhibei finally got her pillow back.

This sudden pillow battle also directly exhausted all her physical strength. After placing the pillow back on the bed, she lay down and immediately fell into a deep sleep.

And the pillow she had originally been resting her head on gradually changed into something she hugged.

In her sleep, there seemed to linger a faint pinewood scent, barely there, yet able to make her relax.

There was nothing more to say that night.

Early the next morning, the two people who were sleeping deeply were awakened by the staff knocking on the door.

“Teachers, we’re having the meeting now. Breakfast has also been prepared. Please freshen up a little and follow us.”

Gu Nan rolled out of bed at once and checked the time on her phone. It was only five o’clock.

She called out loudly, “All right, we’ll be there soon.”

Shen Zhibei was still lying in bed, but she had already opened her eyes. Her gaze was still dazed as she stared straight at the ceiling, her mind blank.

This was Gu Nan’s first time seeing Shen Zhibei in her normal waking-up state.

“Hey, beauty!” She reached out and waved in front of Shen Zhibei’s eyes. “We have to get moving quickly. The production staff are waiting outside.”

Shen Zhibei blinked hard, looked around again, then directly covered her eyes with her arm and said weakly, “Give me five minutes. Let me recover a little.”

“All right. Then I’ll set an alarm. If you still haven’t gotten up after five minutes, I’ll use violence.” Gu Nan deliberately used a gloomy tone.

“Oh.” After answering weakly, Shen Zhibei turned over again, hugged her pillow, and rubbed her cheek against it.

She isn’t afraid of that at all?

Looks like I have no deterrent power left whatsoever.

Gu Nan shook her head and went straight into the bathroom to wash up and do her makeup, preparing to deal with this beauty who looked like she was about to stay in bed after she finished freshening up herself.

In the end, before five minutes had passed, Shen Zhibei swayed out of the blanket and came face-to-face with Gu Nan, who was brushing her teeth in the bathroom.

Gu Nan’s mouth was full of foam, so she could not speak. She could only look at Shen Zhibei, telling her not to stand there watching her.

Being watched while washing up made her shy!

Shen Zhibei quickly backed out and left behind one sentence: “Call me when you’re done. I’ll do my makeup and change first.”

The two of them spent their first time sharing a room harmoniously and politely. After quickly tidying up, they left the room. Under the staff’s guidance, they went to the hotel conference room for the meeting.

There were no cameras installed in the conference room either.

A round table sat in the middle, breakfast had already been fully served, and the director team was already waiting there.

Among the guests, only Peng Yushu was currently sitting there.

The two had just greeted him and sat down when Bai Rui came in right after them. After greeting everyone, she directly sat beside Gu Nan.

Because of their previous suspicions, no matter how Gu Nan looked at Bai Rui, she seemed ill-intentioned.

Originally, Gu Nan did not want to pay attention to her, but Bai Rui enthusiastically took the initiative to start chatting with Gu Nan.

This made Gu Nan seem very impolite if she did not answer. But if she answered, it felt very awkward.

Fortunately, immediately afterward, Tang Ling and Lu Xuehai also came in.

Because they had to stand up and greet them, Bai Rui finally had no time to keep chatting with Gu Nan.

Once all six guests of the production team had arrived, the chief director said, “Since everyone hasn’t eaten breakfast yet, let’s eat and chat at the same time.”

“Today is mainly for everyone to meet and get to know the companions you’ll be living with for the next few days. How about this, I’ll introduce myself first…”

Following the chief director’s opening, everyone also introduced themselves to one another. The atmosphere was not too awkward.

After all, they were all in the entertainment industry, so they more or less had some connection to one another. For example, Shen Zhibei and Peng Yushu had known each other for a long time; Tang Ling and Bai Rui had acted in a drama together; and Peng Yushu and Lu Xuehai were old friends.

Seeing that everyone had become acquainted with one another, the chief director began introducing the rules for this season, as well as some matters that required attention.

The point he emphasized most was that the cameras would run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with a full twelve hours of livestreaming throughout.

And after they finished breakfast, they had to quickly pack their luggage, because they still had to catch a flight first!