After Transmigrating as an Alpha, I Paired with the Arrogant Movie Queen and Became a Viral Sensation [GL] - Chapter 8

Ji Mian was typing a reply to Mo Yuan. She didn’t know why, but Mo Yuan kept asking about her personal relationships.

Ji Mian, like a stern mother, lectured him that asking about others’ privacy was impolite behavior.

Mo Yuan, being a fresh-out-of-the-gate assistant, was quickly swayed after a few exchanges.

A flurry of new messages popped up. Fang Ruoya was looking for her.

—I’m free tomorrow. Want me to come visit the set?

—Sure.

—Lan Ziqing is coming too.

Ji Mian thought about it. Lan Ziqing was the group’s lead vocalist, debuting in third place, a genuinely powerful singer. She had an excellent relationship with Fang Ruoya.

—That’s fine.

She put down her phone, but it vibrated again. Someone else was looking for her.

It was from Xu Zhixia.

—I’m going to City C tomorrow to shoot a magazine.

—I’ll be back tomorrow night.

Ji Mian found it strange that Xu Zhixia would send her this.

—Okay, I got it.

Xu Zhixia looked at the phone screen, seeing the extremely indifferent reply. Her heart tightened. Seriously, such a straightforward Alpha.

—Aren’t you going to say anything else to me?

Ji Mian thought it was weird. What else was there to say?

—Leave early, return early, travel safely??

Xu Zhixia was so angry she tossed her phone aside. To calm herself down, she decided not to reply to Ji Mian for a while, and instead decided to watch Jolly Fairies to enjoy her meal.

When it was time to sleep, Ji Mian still hadn’t replied. Xu Zhixia wanted to cry—Wait, why do I want to cry? But she was furious, quickly burying herself under the covers. Straight Alpha! Straight Alpha! Too straight!

In the evening, Fang Ruoya and a long-haired Beta woman arrived. The girl was gentle and sweet, wearing a pink and white dress, and had a beautiful voice. She was the big vocalist, Lan Ziqing.

“Where is she?” As soon as they met, Fang Ruoya cut straight to the chase, asking about Xu Zhixia.

Ji Mian replied, “She went to the neighboring city to shoot a magazine.”

“Good, otherwise I’d have to endure her cold aura again,” Fang Ruoya pouted.

Xu Zhixia was somewhat socially awkward and poor at forming personal relationships. Her interactions with the other members, both during the selection show and in the group, were average. After the disbandment, she never reached out to anyone to reminisce or grab a meal. Many members of the group privately met up, but she was never present.

With Xu Zhixia absent, the filming progress wasn’t very fast, so Ji Mian took them to a nearby restaurant for dinner. Perhaps because they were all trying to stay disciplined or had over-dieted, the three women, reunited again, felt an intense craving for foods they normally couldn’t eat. So, they booked a private room at a high-end barbecue place.

Since Ji Mian had already eaten barbecue and spicy stir-fry with Xu Zhixia, she only ordered a few lamb and vegetable skewers and asked the boss to make a serving of egg fried rice.

“You know, the first time I saw Xu Zhixia, I was speechless. Her visuals just struck me right in the heart. I had never seen a woman as beautiful and as cold as her,” Fang Ruoya said, gulping down some alcohol. The topic somehow still revolved around Xu Zhixia.

“Out of the seven of us in the group, only Xu Zhixia is doing the best. She won the Movie Queen award so young; I’m genuinely envious.” Fang Ruoya had the worst relationship with Xu Zhixia in the group, but she didn’t utterly despise her.

“It’s one thing to be good-looking, but she’s also smart. Didn’t Xu Zhixia graduate from some Ivy League school abroad? She can play piano, sing, do everything, and she’s a great actress…” Fang Ruoya hiccupped, her cheeks flushed bright red.

“Is she drunk?” Ji Mian ate a skewer of enoki mushrooms and chuckled, “She’s only been out for a little while, and she’s already drunk?”

Lan Ziqing gently rubbed Fang Ruoya’s back and sighed, “She’s been in a bad mood. She had a fight with the producer earlier.”

Ji Mian was startled: “She didn’t tell me.”

“There’s no need to tell anyone about this kind of thing.”

“What happened between her and the producer?”

“The producer complained that her star power was too low and said some nasty things. You know Ruoya’s temper. Once it’s ignited, the two of them went to war.”

Ji Mian sighed and gave Fang Ruoya some plain water.

Although they were in a private room, the soundproofing was poor, and the voices from the next room started to filter through.

“Is there something wrong with Ji Mian? Why is she always clinging to Xia Xia?”

“During the talent show, if Xia Xia hadn’t let her choose the song, Ji Mian’s popularity wouldn’t have been higher than Xia Xia’s…”

There was no need to guess; these people were obviously Xu Zhixia’s solo fans.

What a coincidence! Eating barbecue and still running into Xu Zhixia’s fans.

Fang Ruoya’s expression was unnatural—or rather, she was baring her teeth in an angry glare. Of course, the alcohol was also a factor.

“What are you doing?” Ji Mian watched her stand up and open the door. She realized a second later that Fang Ruoya was going to pick a fight!!

Once Fang Ruoya got drunk, she liked to fight. Her drinking manners… Emm. Moreover, hearing her friend being insulted by so many people, how could she not seek revenge?

Ji Mian and Lan Ziqing were a moment too slow. Fang Ruoya had already started fighting with the people next door. The scene was shocking and imposing.

Ji Mian and Lan Ziqing quickly put on their sunglasses and geared up, rushing to the next room, fearing Fang Ruoya might be in danger.

They saw Fang Ruoya, hiccupping from the alcohol, arguing with the fans, holding a small notebook.

“Let me tell you something, Ji Mian has another flaw—hic—she has severe mysophobia (germophobia). To what extent? Even Xu Zhixia complained about it for a long time, hic…”

Ji Mian: “…” Good heavens, this girl is a fair-weather friend! Fang Ruoya, you’re saying this in public!! Are you being polite?!

Ji Mian silently pulled Fang Ruoya away by force.

On the road, Fang Ruoya restlessly patted Ji Mian all over.

Ji Mian finally understood the profound difference between truly drunk and faking it. Even when Xu Zhixia pretended to be drunk, she wouldn’t call out “handsome guy” or “beautiful girl” to everyone like Fang Ruoya did. Fortunately, they managed to put a mask and sunglasses on Fang Ruoya in time, but unfortunately, the people next door had seen Fang Ruoya clearly, and some were happily recording videos.

It’s over. Get ready for the hot search.

When they arrived at the hotel, a woman dressed entirely in black was slowly walking near the entrance.

That outfit looked very much like Xu Zhixia’s. Sure enough, hearing the commotion, Xu Zhixia turned her head to look at them.

She even lowered her sunglasses slightly to get a closer look.

“Xu Zhixia, I’d recognize you even if you were burnt to ashes!” Fang Ruoya suddenly yelled out, causing Ji Mian to quickly cover her mouth.

What are you shouting in public!!

Although there was no one around, there were cameras!!

Xu Zhixia scoffed, looking bored, and walked inside.

The two women struggled greatly to drag the six-foot-tall Fang Ruoya into the hotel. Lan Ziqing carefully wiped the alcohol stains from Fang Ruoya’s neck.

“Does she drink often?” Ji Mian felt sore and swollen all over.

“I don’t know. Ruoya is just like this when she gets drunk. She got drunk before and cursed every member of our group, but what she said was funny, not truly hurtful. She just brought up funny things from the past.” Lan Ziqing paused, thinking of the ups and downs the seven members went through after forming the group and the adventures during their group reality show, which made her happy just thinking about it.

Ji Mian: “…” No wonder.

Ji Mian went back to her room. Her phone was already filled with messages from Xu Zhixia.

—That person must be Fang Ruoya, right?

—Yeah.

Xu Zhixia finally got a reply from Ji Mian and couldn’t help but curve her lips.

—Is she drunk?

Ji Mian took a shower first. Twenty minutes had passed by the time she saw the message.

Xu Zhixia had waited for what felt like an eternity. She didn’t want to check her takeout or even take a shower, simply waiting for that person’s message.

She was an extremely impatient person, and waiting for a message made her anxious and irritable.

—Just had a few drinks.

—I didn’t drink. Ruoya drank a lot and is drunk.

Xu Zhixia didn’t know how to reply. Although they knew each other, Xu Zhixia’s current relationship with them was more like that of recognized strangers.

But why did she feel a faint sense of worry?

The next day, Fang Ruoya’s name shot up the hot search list.

The caption was about a popular idol getting drunk and speaking ill of her former teammate. Boss Zhang was furious when he heard the news and immediately contacted PR to suppress the hot search. He then scolded Fang Ruoya severely in the artists’ group chat, warning everyone not to follow her example!

Fang Ruoya had to issue a public apology. Ji Mian commented below, saying it was fine and that drunk words were meaningless, just playful joking.

However, some fans refused to believe it. They dug up insignificant video interactions from the talent show, claiming that the two had long held grudges against each other—one eager to leave the company early to become the top star, the other jealous that the person with no popularity was getting a role in a drama. In the eyes of the people involved, all their speculations were false.

The two fan groups, who had previously considered themselves teammates, became agitated. The better they were before, the worse they were now, tearing into each other from Weibo comments to the super topic, endlessly fighting.

Fortunately, Fang Ruoya wasn’t that famous, so the hot search quickly died down.

Over the phone, Fang Ruoya cried a torrential storm, and Ji Mian offered comfort, though she felt helpless.

It was only from this hot search that Xu Zhixia realized her fans were still attacking Ji Mian.

She thought for a moment and decided to address them in the super topic group chat.

[Darlings, thank you for your support. I hope you don’t hold hostility towards anyone, and I don’t like it when you specifically target anyone, especially Ji Mian, who I’m working with. We are friends and teammates.]

[ZhixiaKnowsYouKnows: Whatever Goddess says, goes.]

[Movie Queen’s Little Fan: Xia Xia is really so kind.]

The hot search was alerted yet again. Xia Ji CP fans dominated the comments section.

[XiaJi is Real: Ah ah ah ah ah! My wife finally spoke up for her Alpha!]

[I am your Summer: My youth has returned! We shipped it! We shipped it!!]

But some comments were sad.

[I Was the Host of XiaJi’s Wedding: Xia Xia said Ji Mian is her friend. This isn’t real, this isn’t real!!]

Han Shu called: “What are you doing now? Your name is trending again. You’ve been trending every month since you lashed out at the fans. This is not good for your image!”

“Isn’t this what you wanted? The drama has buzz again,” Xu Zhixia shrugged nonchalantly.

Han Shu was silent for a moment: “You seem different than before.”

Xu Zhixia said, confused, “Am I?”

Han Shu sighed, “Just focus on filming. I’ll help you take it down in a bit.”

Ji Mian saw the hot search #XuZhixiaSaysJiMianIsAFriend# sitting at number one.

She scratched her head. Understanding the content, her feelings were complicated. So I’m just a friend in her heart.