Chapter 39

“When it comes to pursuing a woman, you already have the right timing, location, and people on your side. As long as you treat her sincerely, you won’t have to worry about not winning her over.”

Ever since she and Mo Yueshuang had started their simulated romance, Li Sheng had heard this sentence many times whenever she came to Yu Jiawei for help. She was so familiar with it that she even knew how the tone of every word should turn. But as for its inner meaning, Li Sheng still did not understand.

The “right timing” referred to Mo Yueshuang currently being under double pressure from the world and from love. The “right location” referred to Li Sheng having intersected with her on set, and now also having contact with her at home. As for the “right people,” that naturally referred to Mo Yueshuang taking the initiative to propose a simulated romance, creating their current relationship.

“Treating her sincerely should still have concrete methods. What should I do to move her?” Li Sheng did not understand. She had never pursued anyone before, nor had she ever been sincerely pursued by anyone.

Yu Jiawei summarized from her past experiences, then smiled slyly at Li Sheng and said, “Treating her sincerely is serious, but in the process of treating her sincerely, romantic tricks are also indispensable.”

“Keeping distance while staying close, playing hard to get, burning your boats, besieging Wei to rescue Zhao. Understand?”

I’ll slap your damn mouth. Speak human language!

Li Sheng smiled. “A little unfamiliar. I don’t understand very well. Can you explain in more detail?”

Yu Jiawei yawned widely. “Go online and find a strategy guide. For example, sending an umbrella on a rainy day, surprises for various holidays, and how to show your gentleness, care, [unauthorized copy]thoughtfulness, and generosity through daily details. All of these can be learned. You not only need to remember the knowledge, you also need to know how to use it.”

“Do you know how to handle the adjustment period in a relationship? If your other half starts a cold war with you, do you know what to do?”

Li Sheng shook her head repeatedly. She did not understand any of that.

“It’s right that you don’t understand. If you understood these things, I’d be the one finding it strange.” Yu Jiawei said it as if it were only natural. “If you don’t understand, then learn. Test carefully, strike decisively and boldly, and absolutely don’t lose face or embarrass yourself.”

Li Sheng nodded as if she had understood something.

“All right, I know. Go sleep.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Jiawei, this tool-like person, was cruelly abandoned.

Li Sheng hung up the phone. Mo Yueshuang had not finished showering yet. Li Sheng thought for a moment, went to heat two cups of milk, and prepared some sleep-aiding incense. She went to Mo Yueshuang’s room in advance and lit it. Immediately, the scent of incense spread through the room. Li Sheng took a deep breath. The smell was very nice. Mo Yueshuang should like it.

When Mo Yueshuang came out, Li Sheng told her to drink the warm milk.

Mo Yueshuang returned to the room and was very surprised. Smelling the read the original at bailiantales.comcalming, sleep-aiding incense inside, her starry eyes sparkled as she turned back to look at Li Sheng. “It smells so good. What did you light?”

“Some sleep-aiding incense I blended myself. It’s been tested by professional institutions. When Ranran was very little and didn’t sleep well at night, I would light some of this in the bedroom.” When Li Sheng said this, she was somewhat proud. “I went to several countries and quite a few places before gathering all the ingredients.”

“You really worked hard. Are these things very hard to buy?” Hearing Li Sheng say that obtaining the ingredients was so troublesome, Mo Yueshuang thought these things must be very expensive. Suddenly, she felt that every breath she took smelled of money.

Li Sheng was moved, and a beautiful curve rose at the corners of her red lips. Mo Yueshuang must feel reluctant for her to run all over the place collecting incense ingredients.

“They’re very hard to buy, because some things aren’t popular on the market at all. Many were dug from mountain forests.” Li Sheng chuckled softly. “But I didn’t go for all of these myself. Most of them were brought back by a friend while she was traveling.”

“Was it Miranda?” Mo Yueshuang suddenly asked one more question. After asking, she regretted it a little. Li Sheng had never mentioned Miranda in front of her. Asking like this would inevitably make Li Sheng have other thoughts, and she might even suspect Mo Yueshuang had been secretly investigating her.

But Li Sheng herself did not realize this. Following Mo Yueshuang’s words, she said, “Yes, Miranda. She travels outside all year round. Many times, she likes going to remote places to study local languages, so it’s very convenient for her to bring these back for me along the way.”

Mo Yueshuang nodded with slight understanding. “It’s nice to have a friend who can help.”

Li Sheng felt that Mo Yueshuang’s tone was a little off, but she could not tell what emotion this kind of tone expressed. It did not seem like anger, nor did it seem like resentment, but it also seemed to contain both. Could Mo Yueshuang know Miranda? Or had she heard some bad news about Miranda from someone, causing her impression of Miranda to be poor?

Mo Yueshuang herself was frightened bailiantales.comby the sourness in her own tone just now. She drank the now-warm milk in large gulps, then very quickly thanked Li Sheng.

Li Sheng smiled and exchanged a few polite words with her. The matter of Miranda was considered turned over.

After Li Sheng left, Mo Yueshuang sat quietly for a while in the warmly and simply decorated room. A faint calming incense fragrance lingered at the tip of her nose. Mo Yueshuang loved it very much.

In truth, it was very hard to imagine that Li Sheng, who looked so cold on the outside, like someone who did not place anything in the world in her eyes, was actually very good at decorating a home. Every room in this apartment, whether the master bedroom, study, bathroom, or storage room, bore traces of Li Sheng’s careful design and arrangement.

The guest room Mo Yueshuang was staying in now had also been decorated by Li Sheng to be very warm. Being inside gave Mo Yueshuang an inexplicable, endless sense of security.

It made her, a traveler who had drifted outside for many years, feel as if she had found a true place to belong.

Mo Yueshuang climbed into bed. She was not in a hurry to sleep yet, only lying there peacefully.

In the past, Mo Yueshuang would always worry that she would not be able to sleep at night, would not be able to get up during the day, or would make mistakes on set because she lacked energy.

Tonight was different. She seemed to trust Li Sheng’s sleep-aiding incense very much. She lay comfortably in the warm blanket, her little head exposed, obediently opening her eyes and looking at the ceiling.

She did not need to work tomorrow. Before sleeping, Li Sheng had chatted with her for a while. She had also drunk the milk Li Sheng personally brought over. Now, the room was still filled with incense that Li Sheng had personally blended and lit.

As Mo Yueshuang thought this, her body gradually softened. In the past, she would suffer from insomnia until early morning before barely falling into a dazed sleep. Now, she actually entered dreamland so peacefully and comfortably.

A little after four in the morning, Mo Yueshuang suddenly received four or five beeping messages. Very soon, she received a phone call as well.

It was from an unfamiliar number. Mo Yueshuang answered groggily. On the other end was a familiar voice.

“Miss Mo, I’m Tang Xiaozhi. Listen, there were two groups of people involved in the last kidnapping. I’ve already investigated the first group clearly. They were arranged by Da Yi’s president. As for the second group, I have three suspects: the Chi family, the Li family, and the mysterious person who is also investigating the hotel assault incident from five years ago. I’ve already been discovered. This is the last call I’m making to you. Don’t call the police. Before I contact you, don’t contact me in any way.”

Tang Xiaozhi’s tone sounded extremely excited. If she were not currently curled up and hiding, and if one of her hands did not have to hold her phone, making it inconvenient, she would have rubbed her hands together like a fly in anticipation.

“I’ll be caught later. I’m going to follow the vine and see where it leads. Wait for me to give you the result.” Tang Xiaozhi was about to hang up. Before hanging up, she added, “This information will cost extra.”

Mo Yueshuang only heard her speak rapidly until she finished everything. When she heard that Tang Xiaozhi was about to be caught and taken away, Mo Yueshuang did not even manage to say a word telling her to be careful.

After hanging up, Mo Yueshuang could no longer sleep.

Why did so many things keep happening to her? The harm caused to her five years ago was already indelible. Why had all these messy, troublesome things appeared again five years later?

She had no interaction with the Chi family. The only tiny connection she had with them was her entanglement with Ji Ruodong some time ago. Could it be that the Chi family was cleaning up romantic entanglements for their future son-in-law?

But nothing had happened between her and Ji Ruodong. For a great family like the Chi family, there was no need to kidnap a female star for the promiscuous Ji Ruodong. That would not be worth it.

After analyzing the Chi family, Mo Yueshuang began thinking about the Li family. The Li family here definitely referred to Li Sheng’s family. She had only just met Father Li and Mother Li. They were both very good people. Li Junhao looked somewhat off, but after coming into contact with him, she discovered that he was upright and proper, not like someone who would use such filthy methods against others.

Could it be those clan members of the Li family?

Mo Yueshuang had learned a little about these things online. The reason the four great families could continue their inheritance until now was largely because they had never abandoned the clan system. The Li family was a very large family enterprise. Could it be because of Li Sheng that those people had attacked her?

But thinking about it this way made no sense either. She had hidden the fact that she liked Li Sheng very well. The Li family should not know about it. Then they had no reason to attack her.

But now that she had ruled out the Chi family and the Li family, Mo Yueshuang was even more unable to understand when she had provoked this so-called mysterious person.

Still, she basically believed it was that mysterious person who wanted to deal with her. Their purpose was unknown. Perhaps it was an enemy she had made in the industry, or perhaps it was the method of some extremely wealthy fan of an opposing star.

These years, there had been no shortage of rich, idle, and brainless celebrity fans in the entertainment [stolen content]industry. Hadn’t there been a female star a few years ago whose rival’s brainless fan splashed sulfuric acid on her? The entertainment industry was actually not easy to survive in either.

After waking up in the morning, Li Sheng quietly came over. She wanted to see Mo Yueshuang first thing in the morning. This was somewhat like when she had raised a child before. She hoped to see her before sleeping and after waking, which made her feel at ease and happy.

But when Li Sheng secretly opened Mo Yueshuang’s bedroom door, she happened to meet the sight of Mo Yueshuang curled up at the head of the bed. Her two bare, fair arms were wrapped around her legs, and her chin rested on her knees. Her face was full of worry, with a dazed, silly expression.

She was lost in her own world, so absorbed that she did not even know Li Sheng had come.

“Shuang’er?” Li Sheng was afraid her sudden appearance would disturb Mo Yueshuang and frighten her, so before she approached, she softly called out.

Sure enough, Mo Yueshuang came back to herself. She turned her head blankly to look at Li Sheng. But because she had held one position for too long, when Mo Yueshuang turned her head, she accidentally twisted her neck. She instantly lost color from the pain.

Li Sheng was so frightened that her heart clenched. She quickly rushed over and carefully checked on her. “What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”

Mo Yueshuang raised her hand and pressed her neck. Li Sheng understood. She slowly placed her hand over it. “Be good. Move your hand away and let me take a look.”

At this moment, all of Mo Yueshuang’s messy thoughts were gone. Only the faint lingering fragrance on Li Sheng’s body remained when Li Sheng came into such close contact with her.

“It isn’t very serious. I’ll massage it for you.” Li Sheng could still handle basic sprains and external injuries like [bailiantales.com]this. After all, she had once been a healing ability user and had often been assigned to the hospital. Sometimes, when there were not enough ordinary doctors, she, this ability user, was forced into service and learned basic treatment methods. Later, she even became somewhat famous among the lower levels of the base.

Li Sheng massaged her for quite a while. Mo Yueshuang tilted her face and watched Li Sheng. At this moment, Li Sheng’s whole heart and eyes were full of her. This made Mo Yueshuang feel greatly satisfied.

But how could this little bit of satisfaction be enough? After waking in the early morning, Mo Yueshuang’s heart had been floating restlessly, like the stifling gloom before rainy weather, like the helplessness before suffocation. Yet all those thoughts and emotions melted now in Li Sheng’s palm.

Mo Yueshuang tilted her head. Just as Li Sheng finished the massage, Mo Yueshuang suddenly made an “accidental” movement, causing Li Sheng’s lips to brush across Mo Yueshuang’s cheek.

Li Sheng froze for a moment, then suddenly blushed and stepped back two steps. She stammered and explained unclearly, “I didn’t do it on purpose. That was an accident. I didn’t mean to take advantage of you. I was just careless…”

“Li Sheng.”

Mo Yueshuang lowered her head and dropped her eyes. Li Sheng could not see her expression or read her eyes. She could only stand there in fear and anxiety, waiting for Mo Yueshuang’s questioning, or perhaps hoping Mo Yueshuang would believe her explanation.

Like a well-behaved child being punished, she stood honestly, not knowing where she had gone wrong, but understanding that she had indeed done something wrong and only needed to wait to accept punishment.

During Li Sheng’s anxious wait, Mo Yueshuang slowly lifted her head. Her eyes seemed to glisten with tears. Li Sheng’s heart clenched painfully. She wanted to comfort her in a fluster, but because of the “accident” just now, she could only stand in place and watch in panic.

Mo Yueshuang’s tone was normal, now [read the original at bailiantales.com]carrying a little unreasonable willfulness. “Li Sheng, you kissed me once. I have to kiss you back on the face too.”

“Ah?” Li Sheng had not expected this result. Just now, she had been so sad it felt as if the sky was about to collapse. Now, inside her little heart, the sun shone brightly and the scenery was boundless. But she could not expose her little thoughts. She could only try her best to maintain her usual expressionless mask. “Okay. I’ll let you kiss me back.”

After saying this, Li Sheng walked over, half-kneeling on the bed and leaning toward Mo Yueshuang, making it convenient for Mo Yueshuang to kiss her with only a slight turn of her body.

“Then I’m going to kiss you?”

“Mm!” Li Sheng closed her eyes and gave a muffled hum. Her heart was full of anticipation. Both hands, braced on the bed, nervously grabbed the bedsheets.

The imagined kiss did not fall on her cheek for a long time. Li Sheng worried that Mo Yueshuang had only been joking with her, or perhaps Mo Yueshuang had simply blurted out impulsive words just now and had calmed down, no longer wanting to kiss her.

Just as Li Sheng was about to open her eyes and check the situation, she unexpectedly felt her lips touch two soft petals, warm and slightly dry. Li Sheng’s mind buzzed. Without thinking, she knew Mo Yueshuang had kissed her lips.

But this kiss was brief and hurried. Just as Li Sheng had barely felt it, it disappeared.

In the next second, Mo Yueshuang suddenly jumped off the bed, climbing down with both hands and feet. Under Li Sheng’s confused, puzzled gaze, she darted into the bathroom.

Mo Yueshuang hid in the bathroom with a red face, her mind full of [stolen content]one thought: It’s over. I kissed her right after waking up, before washing up.