Chapter 42

Straight girls flirting with lesbians, lesbians flirting with straight girls—struck by lightning?

Was He Lingxing scolding her?

For an instant, Shu Minglan felt that He Lingxing was subtly implying something about her, but looking at her expression, it did not seem quite like that. Since He Lingxing had not been looking at her, those words sounded more like she was muttering to herself.

Another thought suddenly popped into Shu Minglan’s mind. She suddenly realized that perhaps He Lingxing was not implying anything about her, but rather felt that forcibly bending someone was not very good.

Although same-sex marriage was legal, the two of them had, after all, almost simultaneously thought they were straight women before. Suddenly changing one’s sexual orientation would also require a great deal of inner struggle.

Shu Minglan was quite moved by He Lingxing’s gentleness and consideration, and in her heart, she gave her another big point. In truth, she had never been resistant to homosexuality before; she had simply never felt anything. But if the other party was an Alpha she liked, then that did not seem like a bad thing either.

Shu Minglan was hesitating over how to give a little hint, but almost at the same time, He Lingxing changed into another expression, as if the words just now had been something Shu Minglan had misheard.

Her fair, slender fingertips lifted her soft hair. He Lingxing pretended to naturally stretch and sit up from the bed, not mentioning the topic just now again. After tidying her clothes, she opened the door and handed the delivered takeout at the door back to the assistant.

“Teacher Shu is controlling her figure, so I’ll accompany her.” He Lingxing glanced at the two policewomen also standing outside. “After this period ends, we’ll prepare to return to the crew. Send [read the original at bailiantales.com]up the kind of nutritious meals she usually eats instead, and bring one for each of these two ladies as well.”

Although they had been allowed to leave, they had not officially regained complete freedom before the results came out. Hearing this, the assistant quickly nodded and withdrew. When going down the stairs, she weighed the takeout in her hand again.

When Shu Minglan had asked her to pick it up, she said it was for He Lingxing. This abundant portion was almost enough for three people. The dishes inside did not repeat at all, and the receipt alone formed a long string. It could be said to be extremely extravagant.

She had not been by Shu Minglan’s side for very long, but she knew that her artist was not like some people in the circle who liked to spend lavishly and live extravagantly. Instead, Shu Minglan had always maintained a good habit of thrift. This many dishes had clearly been prepared purely for He Lingxing. But she had also seen Shu Minglan order takeout for other people before. At most, the portion would be a little more than usual. It had never been this kind of spending, where so much was thrown out at once.

Tsk.

—Could the rumors online be true? Was Yaoxing Entertainment about to have a boss lady?

**

The sudden death of an artist caused an uproar online, stirring up several days and nights of heated discussion.

Because Shu Minglan and He Lingxing had been present at the time, some unscrupulous marketing accounts began to use the heat to spin conspiracy theories. However, after experiencing He Lingxing directly confronting rumors the previous two times, not many dared openly and recklessly fabricate or smear. Most of them tried their best to steer things toward certain suggestive guesses.

Those guesses were directly slapped down by a police announcement. The obituary stated that Murong Feng’s death came from suicide, and before that, he had had a fierce battle with He Lingxing.

In the battle between two Alphas, Murong Feng had viciously cut He Lingxing’s arm. Based on that angle, he had actually been trying to ruin her face.

He Lingxing had also counterattacked accurately. Judging from the traces and footprints at the scene, Murong Feng did not die while the two were fighting. Instead, after the person hiding in the dark aimed and fired at Shu Minglan, Murong Feng mistakenly thought Shu Minglan was dead and then chose to jump off the building and commit suicide.

After all, before he came, he had already been wanted by the police. Presumably, the people he hated most were Shu Minglan and He Lingxing, who had caused him to reach that ending. Before the incident, Shu Minglan had reported to the relevant departments under her real name that Murong Feng might be carrying more prohibited items. This was also why she had put on a bulletproof vest in advance.

This country strictly forbade citizens from carrying firearms without permits. Murong Feng also had the previous precedent of using “Little Chili” to harm people. Before his death, he had even wanted to take Shu Minglan and He Lingxing with him. His behavior was contemptible.

Without the brainwashing package forcibly imposed on the public by the world consciousness system, most passersby with eyes and brains naturally would not push the blame onto those two. After all, Shu Minglan was the greatest victim. If she had relaxed even slightly, she would have died without a burial place.

Exploding at the same time as this news was the report that the group owned by the He couple had been reported for illegal production. After Murong Feng jumped from the building and died, the relevant departments that received his report letter also came to collect evidence. He Lingxing took the opportunity to submit all the evidence she had gathered. Aside from the pregnant Zhou Lan, who was temporarily spared, the rest of that family were all thrown into prison.

This included He Qingjiang, who looked clean, refined, and scholarly on the surface. In reality, he was the founder of that illegal industry. He had also used the massive amount of dirty money earned from it to participate in gambling. The number of beauties he kept at nightclubs was countless, and the youngest among them was not even as old as He Lingxing, his “daughter.”

Zhou Lan had never imagined that this husband of hers, who looked gentle and considerate and even did charity projects for poor families every year, had actually been keeping all kinds of mistresses behind her back. She was so furious that when the police broke down the door and came to arrest them, she even made a huge scene with him. But all of that was for later.

He Lingxing had long since cut off contact with them. This time, she had even taken the initiative to provide evidence and witnesses stolen contentfor the couple’s crimes and helped destroy this underground den. Therefore, those matters naturally would not implicate her.

In fact, Shu Minglan had always been very curious about why He Lingxing understood Murong Feng so thoroughly. She remembered that the two did not seem to have had much contact, but He Lingxing seemed as if she had spent a long time with him. She knew every detail about Murong Feng’s matters.

In response to her confusion, He Lingxing only smiled and brushed it off, changing the topic. Seeing that, Shu Minglan did not ask further. Only once, during some free time, she patted He Lingxing’s shoulder and asked whether she had anything she wanted to tell her. But faced with Shu Minglan’s secretly expectant expression, He Lingxing asked a question related to the already-dead Murong Feng instead.

Shu Minglan’s expression instantly collapsed a little, making He Lingxing think for a moment that she was still somewhat afraid. She hurriedly offered a triple round of serious comfort, almost making Shu Minglan fail to hold back an eye roll on the spot.

Murong Feng’s death was his own fault. To Shu Minglan, it carried no psychological burden whatsoever. She only felt that her whole body had lightened considerably.

After that, Wang Xiuwen invited another male actor to act in his place. Fortunately, Murong Feng had not had many scenes before. It took about a week to finish reshooting and replacing them all.

After He Lingxing and Shu Minglan had both fully recovered from their injuries, filming restarted from the previous scene.

After the female lead Yuexi, played by Shu Minglan, picked up the unfamiliar injured person Yingluo, the two had always gotten along peacefully. On ordinary days, they silently kept each other company and occasionally exchanged a few words. But this peaceful life was suddenly broken one day—

A tribe in the forest that had always been protected by the guardian deity Yuexi rebelled. Her followers wanted to save her but could not make it in time. They could only watch helplessly as Yuexi fell from the cliff amid the chaotic battle.

The mountains and rivers in this area were all sheer cliffs and steep precipices. The place Yuexi fell from was even named “Dogtooth Peak,” shaped like sharp, unauthorized copyjagged canine teeth. Although the forest deity possessed divine power, she had been struck by “Spirit-Locking Vine” during the chaotic battle, and for a short time, she basically could not use her divine power.

Just as the loyal followers all thought Yuexi would die, Yuexi, who had rolled down from one side of the peak slope, was luckily not too badly injured. But when she woke up, she felt something strange in her body.

During the chaotic battle just now, someone had drugged her with Love Gu Powder. It seemed they had made double preparations, determined to make her die no matter what.

The use of Love Gu Powder was different from a Love Gu, which required both parties to develop feelings. It was equivalent to an aphrodisiac, making the person suffer unbearable torment until death. Earlier, when Yuexi had rolled down the hillside, she had focused entirely on protecting her body and had been too tense to notice. Now, once her taut nerves loosened slightly, she felt an unbearable heat across her body.

In the darkness as filthy as ink spat from an octopus, Yuexi stumbled forward aimlessly. The sensation of Love Gu Powder was only icy-cold at first. But once her skin cooled down, it seemed to light a fire in the veins and meridians of her body, scorching until every nerve screamed and struggled.

In an area where no suppressants had been sprayed, the Omega’s sweet cherry blossom jelly pheromones rapidly swept outward and spread, an enormous temptation to an Alpha nearing her rut period. He Lingxing, who had originally been resting with her eyes closed inside the little wooden house, felt as if she was acting as herself in that moment. Almost instantly, she opened her eyes.

Yingluo’s eyes were a deep honey-brown. Under the swaying candlelight, they seemed to hold a shallow reflection of starlight. The instinct of AO attraction made the woman, who had originally been quietly circulating her energy, abruptly withdraw her hand and rise to walk outside. Yet the instant she had just pushed open the door, a soft arm fiercely wrapped around her and pushed her to the floor.

“Cut—”

Because too many sudden incidents had occurred, Wang Xiuwen had not slept well during this period. When officially filming the two leads’ scene today, he still had a pair of thick dark circles under his eyes. But his poor condition did not affect the director’s attentiveness.

“When Shu Minglan rushed in and pushed He Lingxing just now, the range ​unauthorized copy​of motion was too small. In this movie’s world setting, Omegas and Alphas can switch roles. You have to imagine yourself right now in the position of the top. Your strength is too little. There’s no sense of urgency at all.”

“You’re very angry, because this is the first time you’re feeling the shamelessness of that tribe—they actually used this kind of drug on you. At the same time, you’re also very nervous, and within that nervousness is a little mysterious excitement, because you’ve never experienced this kind of feeling before. You really want to try what this beauty, who keeps a cold face every day, is like—” Wang Xiuwen paused. “Of course, you still retain a bit of reason. You haven’t completely lost control. So after you indulgently push her to the floor and begin, you freeze for a moment and ask her whether it’s okay. Understand?”

Wang Xiuwen said, she is someone you usually secretly long for. This kind of thing has only appeared in your dreams, but now you are boldly putting it into action in reality.

Shu Minglan retreated a few steps outside the wooden house door. From He Lingxing’s perspective, the spreading mountain fog concealed her expression, preventing He Lingxing from seeing the look on the woman’s face clearly. She could only hear a soft, sweet “Mm.”

In the first half of this scene, Shu Minglan was on top, and in the second half, He Lingxing would turn things around and take control. Therefore, to prevent blocking Shu Minglan’s performance, He Lingxing had a suppressant patch on her body to prevent her Alpha pheromones from spilling out. Alpha pheromones usually carried relatively high aggression and would make others unable to help developing thoughts of submission, while the one who needed to occupy the active position in the beginning was Shu Minglan.

Forcefully taking the initiative to seize an Alpha was a fairly great challenge for an Omega.

“If you’re ready, action!”

Because the schedule had dragged out, the time left for the crew was not particularly much. Seeing that the two had almost finished building their emotions, the clapper loader began to mark the shot.

The camera once again pushed and pulled to the previous scene.

This time, Shu Minglan pushed the door open and came in without hesitation. Without another word, she fiercely shoved He Lingxing to the ground. Completely unguarded, He Lingxing only felt the world spin, and then she fell onto the soft carpet.

The woman’s slender fingers passed under her armpit, and she used her body weight to press her down and fix her in place. She lifted her other hand to hold the back of He Lingxing’s head, and her lips approached impatiently.

In truth, Shu Minglan was not heavy. An Omega’s strength was also nothing much to an Alpha. He Lingxing only needed to tilt her body slightly to easily counter her. But she still put on a startled and helpless expression, rarely shrinking her shoulders like a little white rabbit whose territory had suddenly been invaded.

When the script was designed, the kiss scene here had originally been set as a cheated-angle kiss, because at the time, Wang Xiuwen had been afraid that the two girls would be unable to let go. But now, from the look of things, there should be no need for such scruples anymore.

Shu Minglan moved quickly, fiercely, and accurately. Her white teeth bit down on the woman’s full, rosy lip bead and applied slight pressure. As her gaze lowered, she saw He Lingxing’s pure expression, astonished yet shy.

This scene got stuck three or four times.

By the fifth time, Wang Xiuwen had already lost his temper. Even after clearly seeing the guilt in Shu Minglan’s eyes, he did not explain the scene to her. After a brief rest, he had them take it again.

Shu Minglan had told him before that she had not filmed many romantic scenes. After all, she had mostly played female supporting characters in the past, basically ones with solo-beauty career arcs. On top of that, her first kissing scene was with a woman, so it was inevitable that she would feel somewhat inexperienced.

Moreover, in other aspects, her acting skills were truly online. It was only when filming intimate scenes that she would often have moments where she froze and fell out of character. Wang Xiuwen had strict requirements for actors, whether supporting roles or leads. As long as something was even slightly off, it had to be cut and redone. If something could be more refined, he would absolutely not let it pass roughly.

The two women kissed as if unable to part. Yuexi, who had relatively more experience, naturally occupied the upper hand. Amid the other party’s bewilderment, she had already begun conquering unauthorized copy territory. Because of the catalyzing effect of the Love Gu Powder, she even bit Yingluo’s lips hard enough to break them. After tasting the salty tang of blood, she became even more unrestrained.

The young woman, born with a cold, gorgeous, noble temperament, was like an immortal dragged into the mortal world. Her white clothes spread like snow, and a thin layer of tears rose in her deep brown pupils. Clearly, she should have greater strength than Yuexi, but under the woman’s offensive, she became increasingly weak, until her mouth had been kissed bright red and swollen.

The scent lingering at the tip of her nose was the faint Omega pheromone of cherry blossom jelly. Although it was only a light trace, that barely-there feeling was enough to tug at the heartstrings. He Lingxing did her utmost to suppress her Alpha instincts. Her hands half pushed and half yielded as they pressed against Shu Minglan’s shoulders, even pinching out a few ambiguous red marks.

Shu Minglan’s heart suddenly trembled.

The person lying on the floor had misty waterlight in her eyes, completely stripped of the intimidating aura that came from an Alpha inside and out. Instead, it made it seem as if their genders had been swapped, and she was the one bullying her. Before officially filming, she had tried one or two counterpart scenes with Wen Ying, the actress originally chosen. But even though Wen Ying’s acting was very good, Shu Minglan had felt as if she were merely doing official business, without any feeling at all.

This time, perhaps it was because Murong Feng, that huge ticking time bomb who had always been watching greedily from the side, ready to seize her weakness and strike hard at any moment, was no longer there.

Or perhaps it was because after experiencing shared danger, their bond had deepened even further than before. Shu Minglan looked at the large expanse of snow-white skin revealed by the woman’s struggling movements and always felt that she seemed to have developed some improper feelings for He Lingxing.

Her fingertip lightly tapped the collarbone. Just as this scene was about to end, Shu Minglan turned her head without warning and bit down.

Author’s Note:

Shu Minglan: Although I’m an Omega, I have the heart of someone who wants to be an Alpha.

He Lingxing: I hope you still have the mood to think that way during real combat in the future~