After Transmigrating As The Film Empress Sister’s Kept Alpha - Chapter 11

It was still early.

The morning at the end of summer carried less heat and more coolness. Sunlight streamed through the gap in the curtains, faintly illuminating golden specks of dust as they drifted and danced beneath the light.

Shen Yishu was still thinking about her IOU.

That piece of paper was worth the entire amount she would earn from filming this drama.

Ji Xiangyu had said the previous night that she no longer needed to repay the money. Although Shen Yishu had not said anything, she was secretly delighted.

It felt like walking down the street and suddenly having a meat-filled bun fall from the sky, only to look closely and discover it was the same one she had made that morning.

Even so, it still felt like an unexpected gift from heaven.

Before Ji Xiangyu could leave the bedroom, Shen Yishu asked nervously, “Best Actress Ji, you said last night that I didn’t need to repay you. Can we void the IOU?”

Ji Xiangyu had gotten up and was about to wash up.

Her fingers had just closed around the doorknob when she paused. Turning back, she looked at Shen Yishu with an ambiguous smile.

“Did I say that last night?”

Shen Yishu: “…”

Her years of public speaking experience allowed her to remain outwardly calm in almost any situation.

Outwardly being the important word.

“You don’t remember?” Shen Yishu asked aggrievedly.

“I remember, but it’s morning now, and I’ve changed my mind.”

Ji Xiangyu spoke with complete confidence, without the slightest sense that she was bullying someone younger.

Shen Yishu: “?”

“We can’t buy the photographs, but the public-relations response will still cost money.”

Having slept well, Ji Xiangyu was in a good mood. Even her voice was unusually gentle.

“Will your company handle the publicity for you?”

Shen Yishu thought for several seconds and decided it probably would not.

The original novel had briefly described the company Shen Yishu belonged to:

A malignant tumor within the industry that did nothing but follow whichever way the wind blew.

Once such a company learned that she and Ji Xiangyu were trending, it would most likely add fuel to the fire by purchasing several more trending topics so Shen Yishu could shamelessly ride Ji Xiangyu’s popularity.

Negative fame was still fame.

The entertainment industry had always cared more about traffic than scandals. Unless someone committed an actual crime, very few people would remember the details after several years.

“I understand. I’ll pay for it.”

Shen Yishu sighed.

She had assumed that once people stopped discussing the trending topic, it would naturally fall from the rankings. She had not expected that a team would still need to intervene.

“I’ll have my team watch for whether any of your rivals join in and target you. It won’t cost too much. You can pay my team according to the actual expenses and treat it as outsourced public relations.”

“You’ve only just entered the industry. You still have a long road ahead of you. There’s no need to become too closely associated with me at this point. It wouldn’t be good for you.”

A newcomer who became entangled with someone at the center of the entertainment industry’s hidden conflicts would easily encounter obstruction from Ji Xiangyu’s rivals.

Few people dared to directly sabotage Ji Xiangyu.

However, plenty of them would dare to attack Shen Yishu.

Shen Yishu nodded thoughtfully.

She had been an outsider to the entertainment industry, but whenever she happened to pass through its news, she could still glimpse the celebrities’ open and secret struggles.

They resembled flowers competing for attention in a garden, each exerting all its strength to outshine the others.

Was this what it felt like to have everything arranged perfectly for her?

She thought she finally understood how her university roommates had felt whenever they traveled together.

Shen Yishu would prepare every detail of the trip, while her roommates merely needed to follow her.

At the time, her roommates had said that with her around, they did not need to worry about anything and could simply enjoy the scenery outside the window.

At that moment, Shen Yishu looked at Ji Xiangyu the same way her roommates had once looked at her.

Without Ji Xiangyu, the beginning of her transmigration experience would have been extraordinarily difficult.

With Ji Xiangyu temporarily allowing Shen Yishu to cling to her powerful thigh, she had gained a slim chance of survival amid a disastrous opening situation.

Shen Yishu felt deeply moved.

For several seconds, she even forgot about the money and wanted only to exclaim:

So this is what it feels like to live off a wealthy woman?

She did not think too deeply about it.

While Ji Xiangyu was in the bathroom, Shen Yishu quickly changed clothes. She planned to say goodbye and hurry back to her cramped standard room to clean it.

When Ji Xiangyu came out, she saw that Shen Yishu had neatly folded the nightdress and placed it beside the bed.

She gave her a strange glance.

“Take that dress with you.”

Seeing Shen Yishu’s confused expression, she continued, “I won’t wear it either. Take it back and use it.”

Shen Yishu thought that made sense.

Ji Xiangyu could hardly be lacking a single nightdress.

She gave her an obedient smile, hugged the garment in her arms, and sweetly tried to please her.

“Thank you for the dress, Sister.”

“You can leave it here too,” Ji Xiangyu suddenly said, as though remembering something.

Shen Yishu had just turned to leave.

Thinking she had misheard, she spun around in surprise.

“Huh?”

Ji Xiangyu: “…”

She closed her eyes and swallowed the sentence, You’ll be coming back later anyway.

“I’ll get you a bag. If you encounter anyone on the way, say you came to deliver a script to me.”

Ji Xiangyu took a paper bag from the wardrobe and accepted the nightdress from Shen Yishu.

A faint trace of the Alpha’s warmth and scent remained on the fabric, like invisible threads winding around her fingertips.

Ji Xiangyu went to the refrigerator and took out a box of yellow-peach cake.

She placed it on top of the nightdress, perfectly concealing it.

“Go back. Forget what happened last night.”

Ji Xiangyu leaned lazily beside the refrigerator, her slender legs crossed.

The morning sunlight, not yet scorching, drifted lazily into the room and fell across her long, seaweed-like hair, slipping between the strands.

She stood with her back to the light, her expression indifferent, hiding every thought in her eyes as she watched Shen Yishu.

“I’m leaving!”

Shen Yishu deeply imprinted the glowing figure of Ji Xiangyu into her eyes, waved, and headed outside.

“Mm.”

Shen Yishu encountered no one on the way back.

However, just outside her room, she ran into Lin Luosheng, who was heading out for breakfast.

Lin Luosheng wore no makeup. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail, and she wore only a tracksuit, yet she still radiated the pride and elegance of a pampered young lady.

She had just stepped from her room when her gaze met Shen Yishu’s directly.

This was the first time Shen Yishu had encountered the female lead, Lin Luosheng, alone since transmigrating.

“Morning.”

The original owner could not stand Lin Luosheng, but Shen Yishu herself had nothing against her.

“Morning.”

Lin Luosheng wrinkled her nose.

She could not understand why Shen Yishu had suddenly started behaving like a proper human being and was even greeting her.

Her instinct told her there must be some trick involved.

Shen Yishu had no intention of continuing the conversation.

She had slept poorly the night before, and since she did not need to film until later that day, she wanted to sleep a little more.

“Stop.”

Lin Luosheng called her back.

Shen Yishu: “?”

“Did you just come back from Cous—Senior Ji Xiangyu’s room?”

Shen Yishu almost wondered whether Lin Luosheng had transmigrated from another novel—a novel titled Transmigrated as the Film Empress Sister’s Kept Alpha.

Otherwise, how had she discovered it even though Shen Yishu had already reached her own door?

“I went to deliver a script to her.”

Shen Yishu used the excuse Ji Xiangyu had taught her.

“You’re lying. You smell like her pheromones.”

Lin Luosheng would never mistake Ji Xiangyu’s pheromones.

She did not know what had happened that night, so naturally, she knew nothing about the relationship between Shen Yishu and Ji Xiangyu.

“Mm?”

Shen Yishu carefully sniffed herself.

“Do I?”

She had spent the entire night surrounded by rosemary.

By now, she had become completely immune to the scent.

“Do you know Cousin’s secret?”

Lin Luosheng fiercely snatched the bag from her.

The cake box shifted aside, revealing the neatly folded silk nightdress underneath.

“Did you steal this?”

Lin Luosheng looked at her suspiciously and lifted one corner of the skirt.

Shen Yishu followed her gaze.

Behind the care label on the inside of the hem was a hand-embroidered character:

Yu.

It resembled an exquisite anti-counterfeit mark.

“…”

Would you believe me if I said Sister gave it to me herself?

Lin Luosheng inhaled deeply.

“If you dare expose my cousin’s secret, just wait and see!”