After Transmigrating Into An Eighteenth-Tier Alpha, I Married The Best Actress - Chapter 18

The next day, before Yin Lingzhu had even woken up, she received a call from Yang Daiyi saying there was something urgent she needed to see her about.

She did not say what it was over the phone, so Yin Lingzhu could only reach the studio as quickly as possible.

“Sister Yang, what—” She pushed open the door, but before she could finish speaking, her voice came to an abrupt stop.

Yan Si was inside too.

Yang Daiyi was sitting beside Yan Si, but Yin Lingzhu could tell that Yang Daiyi looked as if there were needles under her seat, her entire body tense.

“Sister Yang, didn’t you still have something to do?” Yin Lingzhu closed the door and smiled at Yang Daiyi as she spoke.

It was an excuse anyone could see through, but no one exposed it.

Hearing Yin Lingzhu’s words, Yang Daiyi sprang up from her chair. “If Xiao Yin hadn’t said it, I would’ve forgotten.”

Yang Daiyi quickly walked to the door, and as she passed Yin Lingzhu, she gave her a look.

After going out, Yang Daiyi calmed her racing heart. Yan Si had come early this morning, without the slightest smile on her face, completely different from her usual appearance.

At first, Yang Daiyi had been quite happy to see Yan Si come. This was the Best Actress. Getting even a little resource from her would be better than Yang Daiyi working herself half to death at drinking parties.

But looking at Yan Si’s state today, she clearly had not come with good intentions.

It would depend on how Xiao Yin handled it.

“I waited for you for a very long time last night.” Yan Si looked at Yin Lingzhu and spoke.

Her voice was steady, as if nothing had changed, as if she did not care at all.

But this was only to maintain her surface-level pride.

“I wasn’t free last night. Sorry.” Yin Lingzhu’s voice was淡 as well, without any real fluctuation.

It was as if neither of them cared about what had happened last night.

“I’ll definitely go tonight,” Yin Lingzhu added.

Hearing her words, Yan Si asked, “Are you sure you’ll come tonight?”

“I don’t want to waste my time waiting for someone who won’t come,” Yan Si explained.

“I will.” Yin Lingzhu said it firmly.

She could feel her heart wavering more and more.

She had to stay away from Yan Si, even if doing so made her heart hurt terribly.

“All right. I’ll wait for you tonight.” Yan Si was very satisfied with Yin Lingzhu’s answer. She nodded, got up, and left.

Yin Lingzhu watched Yan Si’s back grow smaller and smaller, until it was finally blocked by the door.

Yang Daiyi had been secretly keeping an eye on the studio from the shadows. Although she could not see exactly what was happening inside, she could see who came out.

When she saw Yan Si leave the studio, Yang Daiyi hurriedly slipped back into the room.

“What happened between you and President Yan again?” Yang Daiyi asked nervously.

“Nothing much. She and I won’t have anything to do with each other very soon.” Yin Lingzhu pressed down the reluctance and sadness in her heart, closed her eyes, and leaned back against the sofa.

She casually found a topic, trying to numb herself with conversation. “Why did you use ‘again’?”

Yang Daiyi copied her posture and leaned against the back of the sofa too. “I’ve been at the company for three years, and in those three years, I never saw President Yan once. These past few days, it’s almost become once a day.”

“And every time President Yan comes, she comes looking for you. As for what’s going on between you and President Yan, I’m too lazy to ask.”

“Even if I ask, you won’t say. Besides, President Yan’s gossip isn’t something someone like me can ask about.”

Yin Lingzhu glanced at her. “You really don’t want to know?”

Yang Daiyi turned her head away. “I don’t.”

As if.

Yan Si had had no scandals since debuting. With that many paparazzi around, they had still failed to dig up even the tiniest bit.

Now Yang Daiyi had a chance to learn gossip that so many people did not know. How could she possibly not want to know?

But Yang Daiyi also understood very clearly that curiosity killed the cat.

Just based on how often Yan Si took the initiative to come looking for Yin Lingzhu, Yang Daiyi dared to be certain that Yan Si was definitely on Yin Lingzhu’s side.

“I chose a variety show for you all.”

After Yang Daiyi said this, she did not hear Yin Lingzhu’s voice for a long time.

She turned her head toward Yin Lingzhu.

Seeing Yin Lingzhu’s eyes tightly closed, Yang Daiyi realized that while she had been thinking things over, Yin Lingzhu had fallen asleep.

Yang Daiyi did not wake her. She knew what had happened last night.

Yin Lingzhu had actually drunk the most last night.

She might as well let her sleep for a while.

In such an uncomfortable posture, Yin Lingzhu somehow slept all the way until noon before waking up.

When she woke, she saw Wan Miaoyin sitting beside her.

“Why are you here?” Yin Lingzhu’s voice was a little hoarse, yet it added a languid air to her.

Wan Miaoyin poured her a cup of warm water. “Sister Yang told me to wait until you woke up and tell you there’s a variety show. She already signed us up for it.”

“Last night, thank you for blocking the drinks for me.” Wan Miaoyin’s voice was somewhat shy.

“No need to thank me. In that kind of situation, I would have helped no matter who it was. Likewise, no matter who it was, they would have helped you too.” Yin Lingzhu said a whole string of words.

“In any case, I still have to thank you.” After Wan Miaoyin heard Yin Lingzhu’s final sentence, she said this.

“Let’s take a look at the contents of this variety show.” Wan Miaoyin searched on the large screen and played the first season of the show.

After finishing the first episode, Yin Lingzhu more or less had an idea of what it was like.

This variety show used teams as its units. Each team had to have two or more people.

Every episode would feature team battles, and by the final episode, one team would win.

The form of the battle was a stage PK, either singing or dancing.

“We can sing, but dancing is our weak point,” Wan Miaoyin analyzed.

On the screen, the people onstage were performing. Their vigorous movements displayed energy and effort.

“Right. That’s why we have to work hard and practice.” Yin Lingzhu agreed with her.

“We’ll rest today and tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, gather here at eight in the morning,” Yin Lingzhu said to Wan Miaoyin beside her, while also notifying Kong Murui on her phone.

Around seven in the evening, Yin Lingzhu went out. When she got into the taxi, she was still confidently calculating the time.

She would arrive at Yan Si’s apartment by seven-thirty. She definitely would not be late.

After that, Yin Lingzhu stared out the window with a wooden expression. It was clear that there was traffic ahead.

Why did there have to be traffic today of all days, and at this exact time?

“Driver, how much longer?” Yin Lingzhu asked the driver in the front seat.

“Don’t rush me. If I can move, I’ll move right away, okay?” The driver stuck his head out the window, clearly very anxious too.

Seeing him like that, Yin Lingzhu was too embarrassed to urge him further.

Perhaps this traffic jam was destined.

She took out her phone and opened Yan Si’s phone number.

After hesitating for a moment, she did not make the call. The sooner this matter was resolved, the better. If it kept getting dragged out, her instincts told her it would become very troublesome.

The road was jammed for over an hour. By the time Yin Lingzhu arrived downstairs at Yan Si’s apartment, it was almost nine.

Just like last night, Yan Si was waiting on the balcony, her gaze fixed on every person who walked into the apartment building.

When she saw Yin Lingzhu arrive, Yan Si smoothed out the wrinkles in her skirt.

She sat properly in the living room. Tonight, she had waited for the person she wanted to wait for.

When Yin Lingzhu had left back then, she had done it very decisively. She had also left the key in the apartment. She lifted her hand and knocked on the door.

The door was opened almost immediately, making one suspect that Yan Si had been waiting right behind it.

But Yin Lingzhu could hear Yan Si’s breathing. She had run over.

“Yan Si, I already signed the divorce agreement. Let’s go get the divorce certificate this Sunday,” Yin Lingzhu said straight to the point.

This was also the purpose of her coming here. It was something that should have been done long ago, but she had been busy recently and had only remembered yesterday.

Before Yan Si’s smile could even fully bloom, she froze in place after hearing Yin Lingzhu’s words.

“I won’t go.” Only after a long while did Yan Si speak.

Yan Si’s hand clenched her skirt tightly. With her hand as the center, ugly wrinkles spread outward.

“Why do you want to divorce me?” Yan Si asked in confusion.

“You clearly love me so much.”

Hearing Yan Si ask this question, Yin Lingzhu actually felt impatient.

“Yan Si, I did love you very much. I loved you so much I could even die for you. But that was in the past.” Yin Lingzhu spoke one word at a time, her tone very heavy.

“Just treat it as if that Yin Lingzhu who loved you already died for you on the operating table.”

“I won’t go.” Yan Si repeated that sentence.

“Why?” This time, it was Yin Lingzhu’s turn to ask.

Yan Si did not speak. She did not know how to say it.

Yin Lingzhu did not believe she liked her, and she had no need to explain.

Yin Lingzhu did not receive an answer. She lowered her head and met Yan Si’s pupils.

The two of them silently struggled against each other.

In the end, Yin Lingzhu was the first to give up and look away.

“Think about it slowly. Come find me when you’ve decided.” Yin Lingzhu dropped this sentence and wanted to leave.

But Yan Si grabbed her sleeve.

“Can you sleep here tonight?” Yan Si’s voice was very small.

Yin Lingzhu thought she had heard wrong.

Sleep here?

“Yan Si, are you all right? Do you have a fever? Why are you talking nonsense?” In her surprise, Yin Lingzhu blurted out a whole string of words without thinking.

She looked at Yan Si’s face again. It was fair with a rosy flush, and she did not look sick.

“I’m fine.” Sensing Yin Lingzhu’s gaze land on her cheeks, Yan Si lowered her head.

She had not put on makeup today. She probably did not look good.

Yin Lingzhu looked at the top of the head in front of her, as well as that beautiful black hair, and felt that it was somewhat unbelievable.

“Yan Si, there’s no need for you to cling to me.” Yin Lingzhu retreated coldly, widening the distance between herself and Yan Si.

“If what you want is a bootlicker like me, there’s really no need. With your conditions, you could casually shout once on the street, and plenty of people would be willing to be your bootlickers.”

“They would do even better than I did.” Yin Lingzhu’s voice carried mockery, stabbing into Yan Si’s heart.

Yan Si’s lips opened and closed, but she did not say a single word.

Only after a long while did Yan Si seem to regain the ability to speak.

“I never treated you like my bootlicker.”

“You’re the person I like.”

Yin Lingzhu seemed to have heard some enormous joke and could not help speaking. “Yan Si, your kind of liking—I can’t feel it, and I can’t bear it.”

What kind of liking nearly took someone’s life?

Yin Lingzhu suspected that if not for her S-rank constitution, she truly would have died on that operating table.

“Stay tonight, and we’ll go to the Civil Affairs Bureau this week.”

Yin Lingzhu’s steps toward the outside stopped. “Really?”

“Really.”