The Whole World Is Waiting for Them to Divorce [Transmigration Into a Book] - Chapter 22

Whether Auntie Zhao would misunderstand or not could be put aside for now. Si Yu was stunned.

She had always thought Lu Xi was a high mountain flower untouched by worldly smoke and fire. She had never expected her to actually say something as scandalous as “moaning in bed”!

It was clearly a scandalous line, yet Lu Xi said it with a completely serious face. That expression, that tone—it was as if she were saying, “The weather is nice today.” There was a subtle ambiguity hidden in all that seriousness.

Whether Lu Xi meant it or not, at least Si Yu felt it was ambiguous, because no one had ever said anything like that to her before!

Si Yu stared at her blankly, her mind suddenly in chaos.

That afternoon, while practicing dance with those trainees, Si Yu had accidentally twisted her waist while doing a cartwheel. At the time, it had hurt so much that tears almost came out, but she had not wanted those little brothers to worry, so she kept forcing a smile and saying she was fine.

On the way to the hospital, she endured it. After returning home, she still endured it. It was only just now, when Lu Xi helped apply medicine for her, that she had whimpered a couple of times.

She wanted Lu Xi to know she was in pain, wanted Lu Xi to feel sorry for her, so she deliberately made her cries a little affected. Who could have imagined Lu Xi would say she sounded like she was moaning in bed!

Was that how moaning in bed sounded???

Si Yu had played so many roles before, but she had never played that kind of scene…

Si Yu, who was usually so glib, suddenly jammed. Her mouth opened wide, and only after a long time did she squeeze out one sentence. “Why are your thoughts so impure?”

Unshaken by the eight winds, Lu Xi said, “That’s because your sounds weren’t pure.”

Si Yu: “…”

She was just casually making noise. How did that become impure…

Perhaps it was because her upper body was almost completely bare, and once the air conditioner blew over her, Si Yu suddenly felt a trace of shame. She did not dare look directly into Lu Xi’s cold, desireless eyes and hurriedly turned her head back. Biting the corner of the blanket, her cheeks grew faintly hot.

After that, the two no longer communicated.

The room was strangely quiet.

The medicine burned against the injured area, but Si Yu did not dare make another sound. Only after Lu Xi finished applying it and pulled her clothes back down did Si Yu finally recover her voice, saying awkwardly, “Thank you.”

Auntie Zhao had heated the food.

Lu Xi actually was not hungry, but not wanting to let down Auntie Zhao’s good intentions, she still ate.

When Si Yu went to get her phone, she discovered it was out of battery. She plugged it in, and after turning it on, she saw there was a missed call. It was actually from Lu Xi several hours ago. She paused.

Had Lu Xi removed her from the blacklist?

Si Yu called back.

Lu Xi had just finished showering. The phone on her bedside table rang, and when she saw the caller ID was Si Yu, she thought of Si Yu’s waist injury and answered.

“Hello?”

This was the first time Si Yu had spoken with Lu Xi directly on the phone. The other woman had only said one word, yet Si Yu felt her ear itch a little.

Lu Xi’s voice was usually icy cold, but after being filtered through the phone, it had gained a little human warmth, making it feel unreal.

Si Yu steadied herself and said, “Did you call me today for something?”

Lu Xi hesitated slightly. “Nothing.”

“Oh.” Their rooms were only a few steps apart, yet they insisted on calling each other. Thinking about it, it was really strange. Si Yu suddenly did not know what to say, so she scratched her head and said, “I was just asking casually. It’s fine if there’s nothing. Good night.”

“…Good night.”

An inexplicable phone call.

Although the doctor said she had not injured her muscles or bones, he had instructed her not to do intense exercise for the next few days. Dancing was impossible now, so Si Yu could only stay home and read the script.

When the fresh-faced young men learned she was injured, each of them sent messages to ask after her. After replying to them one by one, Si Yu was just about to put down her phone and continue reading the script when she suddenly thought of something.

Lu Xi had removed her phone number from the blacklist. What about WeChat?

The female supporting character had pinned Lu Xi’s profile at the top, so Si Yu did not need to scroll through the list. She tapped in directly and tentatively sent an emoji.

There was no red exclamation mark. The message sent successfully!

On the other side, Lu Xi was listening to Chen Yan report on daily work when she suddenly heard her phone ring. She picked it up and looked.

Si Yu: “[lecherous grin]”

What kind of nonsense emoji was this…

Lu Xi wanted to pretend she had not seen it, but then discovered that the top showed “The other party is typing.” After waiting for a long time and still not seeing a second message, she thought for a moment and replied with a question mark.

Lu Xi: “?”

Si Yu racked her brains but did not know what to say. Seeing that question mark, she instinctively replied, “Nothing. [smile]”

Lu Xi: “…”

Si Yu did not want Lu Xi to think she was looking for trouble for no reason. An idea flashed through her mind, and she hurriedly sent a voice message. “I just wanted to remind you to balance work and rest. Don’t wear out your body. Love you, mwah mwah~”

Lu Xi did not turn on speaker, but the office was very quiet, and that voice message clearly entered her ears. Hearing the final “mwah mwah,” the corner of her eye twitched.

She did not reply. She exited the chat, placed the phone face down on the desk, and said to Chen Yan, “Continue.”

Chen Yan had also heard the voice message and recognized Si Yu’s voice. Calmly lowering her eyes, she continued reporting work.

Si Yu did not know why Lu Xi had suddenly removed her from the blacklist. Connecting it to how she had previously heard that Lu Xi told Lu Wei not to always oppose her, and how Lu Xi had helped apply medicine for her last night, she felt that Lu Xi probably no longer hated her.

But not hating her did not mean liking her.

To make Lu Xi like her, and then fall in love with her, Si Yu felt the road ahead was long and heavy.

With the female supporting character as a failed example, Si Yu guessed that Lu Xi probably disliked being clung to very much, so unless it was necessary, she would not disturb Lu Xi.

A week later, Si Yu’s waist injury healed, and she went to practice street dance with the fresh-faced young men for a few more days.

On August 1, Si Yu was notified to join the crew.

Your Smile was a half-campus, half-workplace urban drama, and they had to go to H City to film it.

The day before joining the crew, Si Yu and Lu Xi returned to the Lu residence for dinner.

Old Madam Lu was very reluctant to see her leave, but also did not want to delay her filming. She held Si Yu’s hand and sighed again and again.

Si Yu coaxed her. “I’m only going for two or three months. I’ll come back to keep you company after filming is done. If you miss me, call me.”

“Sigh, my legs are inconvenient. Otherwise, I could go visit you.”

Si Yu rested her head on Old Madam Lu’s lap, sniffed, and said softly, “Massage properly, eat properly, and wait for me to come back.”

Early the next morning, Chen Yan drove over to pick Lu Xi up and take her to the airport. Seeing Si Yu and Lu Xi walk out of the Lu family villa together, she was not surprised at all.

Si Yu greeted her with a bright smile. “Hi.”

“Miss Si.” Seeing the huge suitcase standing by Si Yu’s feet, Chen Yan took the initiative to come over and take it.

But Si Yu said, “No need. I’m driving myself. I won’t go with you.”

Lu Xi glanced at her and said nothing.

Chen Yan still could not determine exactly what kind of relationship the two of them had, but it was obvious their relationship was not simple. Keeping it secret probably had some hidden reason behind it, so Chen Yan tactfully did not ask more.

Lu Xi was also going to H City. As the investor, she had to attend the opening ceremony. She and Si Yu were on the same flight, but one sat in first class, while the other sat in business class.

Si Yu did not want to go with them mainly because she feared trouble.

Back then, the female supporting character and Lu Xi had married by agreement. They had agreed to dissolve the marriage after two years, so they had never announced it to the outside world.

Si Yu also had her own selfish reason for not wanting to make it public. If others knew she was the wife of Guangying’s CEO, they would all come gossip about her identity. Who would still pay attention to her acting?

Last time, Zhu Qi said her car was too flashy, so Si Yu borrowed an old black Volkswagen from Chef Xie of the Lu family. After loading her suitcase into the trunk, she drove to the airport.

Two hours later, the plane landed. Si Yu took the nanny van provided by the crew to the hotel.

Zhu Qi had more than just Si Yu under her. Considering this was Si Yu’s first time filming, she accompanied her to H City and also arranged a life assistant for her, named Xiao Xia.

At exactly twelve o’clock, the opening ceremony began. There was no grand scene. It was just burning incense, worshipping Buddha, praying that filming would go smoothly and that the ratings would be excellent—those feudal superstitious activities.

Director Qian Lei wanted to invite Lu Xi to take photos with them, but Lu Xi refused.

Lu Xi was the investor of the TV drama Your Smile, yet she did not look like an investor at all. If not for her crisp professional suit, others might have mistaken her for some celebrity.

Because her appearance and temperament were too outstanding, everyone could not help looking at her.

Several actors surged forward one after another to ask Lu Xi for photos, but they were all refused.

Last time, Lu Xi had been photographed sending Liang Yufei home and ended up on the trending searches, exposing her identity all at once. Although the PR department had deleted the photos immediately, discussion about Lu Xi’s appearance and identity had still continued for a long time.

To avoid something like that happening again, the best method was not to allow photos.

No one dared disturb Lu Xi anymore, and they privately whispered and discussed her.

“President Lu is so beautiful. I’ve never seen any celebrity prettier than her.”

“Yeah, she’s too beautiful. And she’s so cold. I don’t even dare look at her.”

“I really wonder what kind of person could be worthy of President Lu.”

“Last time, Yufei and President Lu even went on the trending searches.” Someone nudged Liang Yufei, who was in a daze. “You got to be President Lu’s rumored girlfriend once. Did it feel awesome?”

From the moment Lu Xi entered the hotel, Liang Yufei’s eyes had stuck to Lu Xi and never moved away. Suddenly being called out, she snapped back to her senses and said softly, “It was just a rumor. Don’t talk nonsense.”

Those two people laughed teasingly.

Liang Yufei said no with her mouth, but inside, her heart was already churning. She wished they would say more about her and Lu Xi.

But the two of them did not continue. After all, Lu Xi was the investor, not someone they could casually gossip about.

After the opening ceremony came the opening banquet. It was not especially formal, just eating and drinking, basically a crew gathering.

Many people went over to toast Lu Xi, and Lu Xi symbolically took a sip.

Seeing that Lu Xi did not refuse anyone, Liang Yufei gathered her courage and walked over.

“President Lu.” Liang Yufei squeezed out the perfect smile she had practiced eight hundred times, raised the wineglass in her hand, and said, “May I toast you?”

Today, Liang Yufei was dressed properly. Her makeup was very light, and her clean, pretty face had bright eyes and white teeth.

Lu Xi clinked glasses with her.

The wineglasses made a crisp “ding.” Liang Yufei looked through the glass at Lu Xi’s stunning face. Her heartbeat skipped half a beat, and she tipped her head back, drinking it all in one go.

Seeing her drink so readily, Lu Xi could not help thinking of that previous dinner gathering. When Liang Yufei toasted her then, she had also been like this, crisp and graceful.

In any case, she was much more pleasing to look at than the day she wore that swimsuit.

Lu Xi took a sip of wine. Thinking that Liang Yufei was the female lead of this drama, she said seriously, “Guangying has invested quite a bit into this drama, and Director Qian thinks highly of you. Film properly.”

Liang Yufei worked hard to restrain the wild joy in her heart and smiled reservedly. “I’ll work hard.”

“Yufei, come over for a second!” Not far away, Zhang Sikai called her.

Zhang Sikai played the male lead in Your Smile. Liang Yufei did not know why he wanted her to go over. She had not spoken enough with Lu Xi yet and wanted to pretend she had not heard.

Lu Xi reminded her, “Someone is calling you.”

Liang Yufei cursed Zhang Sikai in her heart, while her face wore a flawless smile. “Then I’ll go over first.”

Lu Xi nodded slightly. From beginning to end, there were no extra expressions on her face. Her faint gaze moved away from Liang Yufei’s face and finally stopped somewhere else.

Liang Yufei followed her gaze and saw Si Yu with her head lowered at the buffet, picking food. A sharp light flashed through her eyes.

It was this hateful woman again!

Even more hateful was that Lu Xi had been looking at her the whole time!

A plan formed in Liang Yufei’s mind. As she passed by Lu Xi, she cried “Aiyo,” then fell neither too far nor too close, right at Lu Xi’s feet.

Lu Xi instinctively took a step back. Looking down and seeing her face twisted in pain, she quickly crouched and helped her. “Are you all right?”

Liang Yufei’s delicate brows knitted tightly, tears filling her eyes but not falling. She clung to Lu Xi’s arm and stood up, saying pitifully, “I may have twisted my ankle.”

Lu Xi did not think too deeply about it and helped her to a chair nearby.

Si Yu had just stuffed a kiwi into her mouth. Hearing the commotion, she looked over and saw Liang Yufei hugging Lu Xi’s arm and pretending to be Lin Daiyu. She frowned, put down her plate, and walked over.

Lu Xi was not used to physical contact with strangers. After helping Liang Yufei sit, she let go.

Liang Yufei looked somewhat regretful.

The commotion from her fall was not small, and her assistant immediately ran over.

When Si Yu approached, she heard Liang Yufei’s assistant Xiao Yan say, “Can you still walk? Do you need to go to the hospital?”

Liang Yufei looked at Lu Xi and said, “Thank you, President Lu,” before answering her assistant. “It’s fine. I’ll be okay after sitting for a bit.”

Xiao Yan crouched down to rub her foot for her.

The others also gathered around.

Lu Xi saw that she truly did not seem seriously hurt, squeezed out from the crowd, and almost bumped into Si Yu when she turned around.

From the ceremony until now, Si Yu had been pretending to be strangers with Lu Xi the whole time.

Si Yu looked at Liang Yufei, who was surrounded by people, clicked her tongue, and said, “The floor is this flat and she can still fall. Could it be because President Lu is too beautiful, so the moment she saw you, her legs went weak?”

Lu Xi’s brows furrowed slightly.

Si Yu curved her lips in a smile, but the smile did not reach her eyes. She lifted her head to look at Lu Xi. “President Lu is a smart person. You should understand what I mean, right?”

Lu Xi really did not understand, but she did not ask her either.

There were too many company matters, and Lu Xi did not stay long. When she left the hotel, she asked Chen Yan, “What exactly did she mean?”

Chen Yan thought for a moment and said, “Maybe she was jealous.”

Jealous? Lu Xi silently repeated the word in her heart, and for a moment, she thought of the past.

Si Yu used to get jealous at every little thing, and every time, it was inexplicable. Clearly, they had no feelings between them, and their agreement also stated that they could not interfere with each other’s lives, yet Si Yu always broke the rules, ordering her not to eat with this woman and not to talk to that woman. If Lu Xi did not listen, she would cry and make a scene, or smash things while screaming.

Recently, Lu Xi had not seen Si Yu making a fuss with her, so when she heard the word “jealous,” it felt somewhat unfamiliar.

Why was she jealous? Was it because Lu Xi had just drunk with Liang Yufei, or because she had helped Liang Yufei?

In the past, whenever Si Yu got jealous, Lu Xi always felt this woman was unbearably dramatic. But this time, because of one ambiguous sentence from Si Yu, she actually began reflecting on herself.

Before she could think it through, Lu Xi suddenly snapped back to herself and grew privately annoyed.

They were married by agreement. They had agreed not to talk about feelings. What did Si Yu being jealous or not have to do with her?

Suppressing those inexplicable, tangled thoughts at the bottom of her heart, Lu Xi returned to her cold, emotionless self and said, “Let’s go.”

The banquet had not ended yet.

Si Yu had thought Liang Yufei would cause trouble, but she had not expected this woman to be restless on the very first day. What twisted ankle? Wasn’t it all to seduce Lu Xi?

Liang Yufei disguised herself like a white lotus. In addition, the original heroine’s character setting was good, so everyone liked her very much.

On the other hand, because of the earlier “role-stealing” storm, as well as those unclarified rumors about “entering through the back door” and “having no acting skills,” everyone was not very warm toward Si Yu.

Si Yu also had no intention of using a warm face to stick to cold backs. She and Xiao Xia sat quietly in a corner and ate.

Xiao Xia was not as calm as her and hesitated several times.

Seeing how uncomfortable she looked holding it in, Si Yu said, “Just say what you want to say.”

Xiao Xia stammered, “Just now, when I went to the restroom, I heard them saying bad things about you.”

“Were they saying I entered through the back door, have no acting skills, and are waiting to laugh at me tomorrow?”

Xiao Xia nodded awkwardly.

Si Yu chuckled. “Do you think that too?”

Xiao Xia hurriedly shook her head. “Sister Qi showed me your performance video. I think you’re super amazing! You act better than that Liang Yufei!”

“Shh—” Si Yu lowered her voice. “Keep your voice down. Don’t let anyone know.”

Xiao Xia hurriedly covered her mouth. Her voice leaked through the gaps between her fingers, unable to hide her excitement. “Tomorrow, slap, slap, slap their faces!”

Si Yu burst out laughing.

The next day, filming officially began.

Si Yu was woken early and followed the crew to the filming location—a certain high school in H City.

School was already on break, and the crew had hired many extras to play students. The trainees who had practiced street dance with Si Yu before also came to guest star. Looking over, there were heads everywhere, all chattering noisily. It was very lively.

With more people, naturally, there were more loose tongues.

“Wow, that person is so pretty. Is she also one of the leads?”

“She’s Si Yu, the one playing Chen Shuang. She was on the trending searches. You don’t know?”

“I don’t use Weibo. Is she a newcomer? I’ve never seen her before. But with her looks and aura, I think she can play Chen Shuang.”

“Can my ass! She’s never studied acting and has never acted before. She’s just a pretty vase. I heard she got into the crew through the back door.”

Those people did not hide anything, and the gossip drifted over. At the time, Si Yu was chatting with the trainees. Everyone was afraid she would feel upset and comforted her one after another, telling her not to take it to heart.

Si Yu smiled it off, shut out the noise, and shifted her gaze toward the filming site.

Liang Yufei was acting opposite Zhang Sikai.

It was the first meeting between the male and female leads. Yu Su, the obedient transfer student, had brake failure on her bicycle and crashed into the school bully male lead, Zhang Yang, dirtying Zhang Yang’s beloved designer shoes. She apologized.

Zhang Yang did not accept her apology and even spoke harshly to her. Yu Su felt he was too much, so the two of them had a childish quarrel. Before they could determine a winner, Zhang Yang received a call from his good friend asking him to go fight. In his urgency, he snatched Yu Su’s bicycle and ran off.

There was no real difficulty to this scene. There were simply many lines and actions. Liang Yufei and Zhang Sikai filmed ten takes before passing.

Out of the ten takes, seven were NGs because of Zhang Sikai. Liang Yufei laughed once and made mistakes twice.

Liang Yufei’s acting was not yet mature. At most, it was smooth and natural, yet it was enough to shock Si Yu.

This transmigrator actually knew how to act!

Did she come with a golden finger, or was the other party an actress like her too? Si Yu had no way of knowing.

After filming, Qian Lei commented on their performance just now. “Sikai, you were a little too forceful. Next time, loosen up a bit. Yufei has no major problems. Keep it up.”

This was Liang Yufei’s first time acting after transmigrating into the book, and she had received praise on her first attempt. Her heart bloomed with joy. Instinctively, she looked toward Si Yu, who was waiting off set, and the corners of her lips unconsciously carried a smug smile. Her eyes seemed to say: Let’s see what you do later!

Si Yu met her provocation with a cold laugh.

It was not until the afternoon that Si Yu’s scene came up. It was a scene opposite Liang Yufei, and the filming location shifted from outdoors to the teaching building.

Before filming, the director came over to explain the scene to them.

Chen Shuang, played by Si Yu, was a female school bully at the beginning. She liked the male lead, Zhang Yang. Hearing that a pretty transfer student with good grades had arrived in Zhang Yang’s class and was always being attentive to him, she brought two girlfriends to block her.

The two people playing Si Yu’s girlfriends each had one line. The main scene was still between Si Yu and Liang Yufei.

The director explained their gazes, movements, and blocking. Although in Si Yu’s eyes, this scene could not have been simpler, she still listened very seriously.

Liang Yufei, however, was a little absentminded. As soon as she thought of how Si Yu would not know how to act later and would be scolded bloody by the director, she was so excited she could not take in what the director said.

“All right, let’s start.” After explaining the scene, Qian Lei returned to the monitor.

The clapperboard snapped. “Your Smile, scene seven, shot one, take one. Action!”

“Sister Shuang, she’s that transfer student!”

“Someone like her deserves to be class belle? She can’t even compare to one strand of our Sister Shuang’s hair.”

The two girlfriends fanned the flames from the side. Chen Shuang, dressed in punk style, was beautiful and cold. With both arms crossed, she looked sidelong at the person standing against the wall and said, “You’re Yu Su?”

Yu Su nervously tightened her grip on her schoolbag strap, but she did not want to show weakness. “What do you want?”

The two girlfriends laughed darkly.

Yu Su’s body trembled slightly.

Chen Shuang tugged lightly at the corner of her lips and grabbed the school uniform collar of Yu Su, who was trying to slip away, shoving her against the wall. Lowering her eyes, her gaze locked tightly onto the panicked, helpless woman in her arms. Gloomily, she said, “If you dare seduce Ah Yang again, I’ll make sure you suffer.”

Yu Su: “…”

“Did you understand?!” The woman’s voice suddenly rose, each word carrying a reckless ruthlessness.

“…”

“Cut—” Liang Yufei had not delivered the corresponding line, so Qian Lei had no choice but to call stop. “Yufei, why are you spacing out?”

Liang Yufei looked at Si Yu in front of her, whose gaze was sharp and whose entire appearance resembled that of a tyrant. For a moment, she was speechless. “Sorry, Director. I… I forgot my line.”

Si Yu released her and patted her hands.

The pressure on her body loosened. Liang Yufei widened her eyes as she stared at the person in front of her, thinking: How could she know how to act?!

But very quickly, Liang Yufei denied her own thought. It was just one line. It proved nothing. Si Yu had merely been a blind cat running into a dead mouse.

They filmed the second take.

Si Yu, who had become a tyrant, grabbed her hair, her eyes fierce as she glared at her. Liang Yufei was frightened into forgetting her lines again.

“Holy crap, who said Si Yu didn’t know how to act?”

“Yeah, yeah. That gaze just now was both ruthless and cool. She’s practically Chen Shuang herself!”

“Her gaze is seriously on point. She’s a living, breathing female bully.”

“Was Liang Yufei scared stupid?”