Chapter 27

The soft touch of lips felt like an illusion.

The feeling of kissing for the first time—or rather, the feeling of her lips touching another person’s—was very strange. Back when He Lingxing had been in an entertainment industry world, all the kissing scenes she filmed with others had been cheated angles. The other party had also been of the opposite sex, and they basically maintained a certain polite distance.

What she had never expected was that her first kiss would actually be given to a woman.

After that moment of daze, He Lingxing’s entire head felt like it was about to explode. It was as if all the blood in her body had gathered in the nerves of her face at that instant, stunning her so much that she even forgot to move her mouth away and give the other person space to breathe.

Especially after Shu Minglan froze for a moment, she had actually instinctively tested out a slight response. Although it had only lasted for that fleeting instant, the scalding heat coming from He Lingxing’s gland nearly made her lose control of herself.

After an Omega was temporarily marked by an Alpha, they would automatically develop a certain dependence on that person. The reverse was also the same. He Lingxing was a little taller than Shu Minglan, and when she lowered her head, she could see the woman’s soft pink nape perfectly.

That place had once held her scent, and she had also tasted that sweet, fragrant delicacy before. The scent of cherry blossom jelly and night-blooming cereus rum had a 100% compatibility rate.

The instant their lips touched just now, He Lingxing had abruptly felt the impulse to push the other woman down onto the sofa and bully her. But in the end, her willpower, stronger than instinct, bound that improper thought like rope.

When she came back to her senses, Shu Minglan had already been forcefully trapped in her arms. Her lips were covered in an even brighter lipstick, like [read the original at bailiantales.com]the symbol of being marked by a predator. It mixed with her original maple-leaf shade, creating a messy, completely new color.

“I’m sorry!”

“Sorry…”

Their apologies almost left their mouths one after another. Taking advantage of the moment He Lingxing released her arms, Shu Minglan took a step back, pulling out a safe distance where they would not be so heavily affected by each other’s pheromones. Then she took out the oral suppressant she had prepared long ago and drank two mouthfuls.

The cool mint flavor rushed into her mouth, greatly dousing the impulse that had already been burning like a small flame. But the warm sensation still lingering on her lips still proved that the extraordinary intimate contact just now had already crossed the warning line.

The woman’s mouth was even softer than she had imagined, and her body smelled even better than she had imagined. Before coming, Shu Minglan had deliberately only drunk a very small amount of suppressant to cooperate with the scene. She had thought that after passing that awkward period, nothing would happen, but she had not expected the temptation between an Alpha and Omega to be this strong.

She had almost crossed the line. Even at the instant her arm hooked over He Lingxing’s shoulder, her rapid immersion into the scene had made it difficult for Shu Minglan to tell whether the person she wanted to seduce was the character in the drama, or the living, breathing woman standing right in front of her.

Seeing He Lingxing take an Alpha suppressant from her bag and inject it into her own arm, a faint guilt rose in Shu Minglan’s heart, making her lower her voice and say “sorry” again. But the former only waved her hand, not seeming to care too much.

“Don’t panic. It was just an accident.”

It was all the pheromones’ fault.

But she and Shu Minglan should… count as neither of them taking advantage of the other, right?

Thinking carefully, if a man and woman in a relationship kissed, according to He Lingxing’s view, as long as both sides were willing, there was no such thing as one side taking advantage and the other suffering a loss.

Although she was an Alpha and Shu Minglan was an Omega, before this, she had never kissed anyone either. She did not particularly like having too much intimate contact with strangers. Aside from once using cheated-angle kiss scenes while acting in an entertainment industry world, she basically had no other intimate actions.

Not to mention, Shu Minglan had tugged at her clothes more than once before and made her embarrassed!

Thinking of this, He Lingxing immediately became even more justified. The way she looked at the other woman was no longer evasive, and she returned to the appearance of normal communication. If not for the fact that she occasionally still secretly licked her lips, she really would have looked as if nothing had happened at all.

…

Over the following week, as Shu Minglan came to practice scenes with her more and more frequently, and as her gaze grew more and more heated, a strange sense of crisis made He Lingxing’s pressure multiply.

Even 520 had rarely fallen silent and did not speak to her much. Almost all of He Lingxing’s time, aside from resting and handling work, was spent acting opposite Shu Minglan.

She had always been very serious when doing things. Since she had agreed to practice with the other woman, she definitely would not be perfunctory. In her free time, she even took out the script and briefly memorized it.

Until today, after Shu Minglan came to act out a scene with her, she was also amazed by the speed at which He Lingxing memorized lines and her control over her gaze. That kind of skillful feeling was hard to find even among professional actors, making Shu Minglan almost suspect that her boss was some retired film queen from a formal acting background.

“You want me to act as the second female lead?”

For a moment, He Lingxing did not react. Only when she saw Shu Minglan staring straight at her face with an expression that did not look joking did she realize. Shu Minglan rarely joked about this kind of thing. Since she had brought it up, she had probably already asked for the director’s opinion in advance.

The woman’s clear eyes stared seriously at her face. From top to bottom, without any hint of offense, she assessed He Lingxing once. “I think you’re very suitable. It’s like the role was tailor-made for you.”

Most importantly, she also matched very well with her.

For two people to act opposite each other, whether in terms of suitability or coordination, they had to adapt to each other. This was why the director had previously arranged for her to first go and build chemistry with Wen Ying.

Some directors would even require same-sex actors to eat and live in the same room to cultivate feelings. If not for the accident, she and Wen Ying should already have been in that stage by now.

But Shu Minglan did not know whether it was because the two of them were more familiar with each other, but compared to Wen Ying, she still had more chemistry with He Lingxing. Especially during their scenes together, they could sometimes be called thoroughly satisfying. After that first practice scene, she had directly spoken to the director about it first. Only after the director agreed did she come over to persuade He Lingxing.

He Lingxing fell slightly silent.

She kept feeling that the vicious female supporting character script she had taken was becoming more and more wrong.

520, which had been forcibly summoned, was utterly powerless in the face of He Lingxing’s questioning:

【Sister Xing, when have you ever seen a vicious female supporting character stand up for the female lead, punch and kick the male lead for the female lead, temporarily mark the female lead, and still hold her in the palm of her hand?】

It did want to advise He Lingxing, but it also knew she would not act according to what it said at all. She would even keep walking the opposite path. Her mouth said she was a vicious female supporting character who would treat the mission seriously, but in reality, she was just a…

【Wait, the data investigation came in!】

The moment 520 received it, it nearly suffered a heart attack on the spot, if a virtual system could have a heart. The words “marriage fate value: 0” were written brightly above Murong Feng and Shu Minglan’s names, stabbing 520, which wanted performance results, into wailing again and again.

When it turned its attention back, preparing to properly advise He Lingxing, it saw that the woman had already comfortably narrowed her eyes under Shu Minglan’s “pleasing” shoulder massage. She was almost purring like a cat whose fur had been smoothed down. A moment later, she said, “Trying it might be fine.”

He Lingxing did not want to strip off all her aliases in front of Shu Minglan so quickly. “But I haven’t really acted much before. Don’t hold too much expectation.”

Shu Minglan said smilingly, “Okay.”

The matter was temporarily settled like this.

**

The day of He Lingxing’s audition was carried out alone and in secret. After all, she was not yet an industry insider. If she were exposed by leaks, it might bring some bad effects.

Moreover, a company president personally stepping up to act was still a first. Although art had no boundaries, for the current entertainment industry, this was still a very novel thing.

In the worlds she had traveled through before, she had once slowly climbed from traffic flower to the position of film queen. Therefore, she was actually very familiar with matters related to acting. It was only to prevent people from seeing through her all at once that she deliberately performed a little stiffly.

But even so, in the director’s eyes, He Lingxing’s acting ability was still completely a piece of unpolished jade. When her performance ended, the joy in the director’s eyes was completely unconcealed. He did not even tell her to wait for a notification.

No one knew how much money the crew would burn for every day of delayed filming, so fighting for every second was the proper matter.

After asking He Lingxing about some important matters, they officially allowed her to join the crew and film. However, the contract she signed was different from everyone else’s. It did its best to ensure that He Lingxing first had time to handle her own matters.

The crew’s offered price was not low, but He Lingxing’s need for remuneration came second. At present, the company’s funds were still enough to operate, and the matter that would lead to bankruptcy had not happened yet. What she thought of was another stolen content level, so she requested that her joining the cast be kept completely confidential for now.

There were neither very few nor very many people in the circle who recognized someone of He Lingxing’s level. After all, the original owner was not some super high-level famous person. Those people were only surprised for a moment when they saw He Lingxing, but to Murong Feng, it was no different from a bolt from the blue.

He had originally injured Wen Ying because he wanted to use that thing to try to change the script and add more scenes for the male supporting character in this yuri drama. After all, in the original plot, the female lead and the character he played still had interactions.

But after all his calculations, before he had even had time to use all his plans, He Lingxing had actually appeared halfway and cut him off, directly smashing his wishful thinking to pieces!

The instant he saw He Lingxing and Shu Minglan walking over arm in arm, his mind erupted like a volcano, nearly washing away all reason. He wanted to rush over and question what exactly He Lingxing was thinking, that she could enter the crew in this kind of identity.

【Host miss.】 520 gave a friendly reminder. 【The male lead seems to have set his sights on you. He looks like he has a very high anger value toward you, the kind where he wishes he could tear you apart.】

As He Lingxing brushed past Murong Feng, facing the man’s forbearing gaze, she only arrogantly raised her chin and smiled back.

“Then I can also consider replacing him and becoming the ‘male lead.’”