What to Do When Pretending to Be an Alpha Gets Exhausting [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 10

Ye Xingyuan sat on a reclining chair, flipping through the script while pressing an ice pack to his face.

“Brother Xing, that scene you acted just now was amazing.” Xu Xiaopan stood beside him, dogleggedly fanning him, his excitement written all over his face. “You didn’t notice just now, but everyone around was holding their breath watching your performance. Even Best Actor Pei was drawn in by your acting. He stood over there and watched almost until you finished before leaving.”

Ye Xingyuan was extraordinarily sensitive to Pei Yanchen’s name. He raised a brow and asked, “He really watched me act?”

Xu Xiaopan was still caught in the afterglow of his excitement and described it cheerfully. “Yeah. I was standing right beside him at the time and stared at him for quite a while. He was completely absorbed by you and didn’t notice me looking at him at all.”

Pei Yanchen’s acting was practically textbook-level. Being noticed by him at least proved that Ye Xingyuan’s acting had not changed just because he had switched worlds.

Ye Xingyuan could not hide the little bit of happiness in his heart. His fingers drew a few circles on the script. “Then do you think I acted well just now?”

“Of course you did. So well that I can’t even find words to describe it.” If Xu Xiaopan had a tail behind him right now, he would have wagged it into afterimages.

Ye Xingyuan floated from the praise, smiling with curved lips.

Before his smile could fully settle, waves of exclamations suddenly came from around them.

Curious, he stood up and looked toward the sound.

He saw a tall, straight figure walking over from the distance, dressed in a black python-patterned robe that made his figure look even taller and more upright.

Noble and untouchable, yet so sexy it made people want to scream.

That extremely abstinent face and indifferent, cold aura also made people unable to help feeling a desire to conquer him, making them want to catch a glimpse of how that face would look when covered in desire.

With looks like that, he was practically a blessing for face-cons.

Ye Xingyuan heard the sound of someone swallowing.

He thought it was his own and quietly wiped the corner of his mouth, only to realize it was a nearby staff member who had been staring in a daze and drooling.

Ye Xingyuan’s action of wiping his mouth was caught by Pei Yanchen. Embarrassed, he lowered his head and pretended to drink water, taking sip after sip until the bottle was empty.

…As long as I drink water fast enough, embarrassment can’t catch up with me.

“Best Actor Pei looks so handsome in this court outfit today. Oh my god, my legs are weak. Someone hold me up.” The prop master’s assistant, a young Omega boy, exaggeratedly collapsed into his companion’s arms.

However, today’s Pei Yanchen really was very handsome.

If the occasion had not been wrong, Ye Xingyuan would not have been able to resist acting like a lovestruck fool too.

“Ding-dong.”

His phone suddenly sounded with a notification. It was a shipping reminder from Taobao.

[Dear little master, the Pei Yanchen swimsuit photo book you purchased has been shipped. Your treasure is already rushing toward you at full speed~]

The photo book he had impulsively bought over half a month ago had only shipped today. He had almost forgotten about it.

The product image in the pending receipt page was the swimsuit poster Ye Xingyuan had seen in the dressing room that day.

Although the picture was not large, because the distance was close, Pei Yanchen’s abs were especially clear.

Ye Xingyuan glanced at it and could not help being teased again.

Secretly filled with anticipation, he tapped in to check the logistics and confirm the delivery time.

He was looking so seriously that he did not notice someone approaching at all. Only when a shadow covered the top of his head and the phone screen reflected a beautiful silhouette did he realize someone had come near.

He raised his head and happened to meet Pei Yanchen’s probing gaze. He was so frightened that he quickly hid his phone behind his back and awkwardly threw out a smile. “Best Actor Pei, is something the matter?”

He couldn’t have seen it, right?

Fortunately, Ye Xingyuan was an actor.

Even though he was extremely embarrassed inside, on the surface, he could still pretend nothing had happened and deal with the other party as usual. He even smiled in an especially harmless and innocent way, making it impossible to tell that there had once been such a tense relationship between them.

Though calling it tense was not entirely accurate either.

Most of the time, it had been Ye Xingyuan rushing up to make himself suffer, finding all sorts of trouble with Pei Yanchen.

Pei Yanchen had been born into a prestigious family and possessed excellent self-restraint.

His grandmother and mother had both once been famous opera performers with considerable reputations in the capital, while his grandfather was an extremely famous traditional Chinese painting master. The Pei family was also one of the top wealthy families in the capital, with industries spread all over the world.

Logically speaking, a young master born with a golden spoon in his mouth should have had nothing to do with the chaotic entertainment industry.

But six years ago, Pei Yanchen had suddenly signed with CM Media, a company his friend Xie Yuanze had casually opened for fun. Concealing his family background, he debuted and climbed step by step from minor supporting roles to the height of a triple-award-winning Best Actor.

He became the number one Alpha in the entertainment industry and was voted every year as the Alpha male god people most wanted to be embraced by.

But his main job was not acting. Acting was only a part-time identity. In reality, he was also the president of the Pei Group. In between filming, he still had to approve company documents.

There was a reason Pei Yanchen had entered the entertainment industry to act, and it involved his family.

However, according to the current progress of the plot, this reason had not yet been revealed, and not many people knew why he had entered the industry.

When Ye Xingyuan had first received the plot information of the book, he had also been very curious about this point.

Clearly, the big president was not short of money or connections. If he wanted a slice of the entertainment industry’s market, he could have simply spent money to open a company himself and signed artists to make money for him.

It was only when the story had developed halfway that he learned the reason.

Pei Yanchen originally had an even happier family. He also had a younger brother.

His younger brother’s dream since childhood had been to become a big star, and he was very talented in that area. Before becoming an adult, he had even uploaded songs he had written online. He had originally planned to participate in a talent show and debut once he came of age.

But in the year when his younger brother was about to become an adult,

Father Pei and Mother Pei got into a car accident while sending his younger brother abroad to study.

All three of them never returned.

According to the plan that day, Pei Yanchen should also have been in the car. But his heat had suddenly arrived early, causing him to be unable to see his younger brother off, and he therefore escaped disaster.

Because of that, however, he developed a rare Alpha illness: pheromone disorder syndrome.

He was unable to enter heat and could not come into contact with any Omega’s pheromones. Otherwise, his whole body would feel uncomfortable, and every pore on his body would feel as though it were being pricked by needles. In severe cases, it could even cause fainting.

Because of this, he became more and more abstinent, his emotions grew increasingly faint, and he became colder and more aloof.

His private doctor’s diagnosis of him was not good.

Like Omegas, Alphas also had heat periods.

That was a method by which the body automatically regulated itself after pheromones accumulated to a certain level.

Without heat, pheromones would continuously accumulate in the body. Once they built up to a certain extent, they would place a serious burden on the body.

It would trigger a series of aftereffects: insomnia, migraines, poor appetite, and so on.

In serious cases, it could even lead to memory loss, or even the loss of reason.

…

Thinking of this, when Ye Xingyuan looked at Pei Yanchen again, a thread of sympathy appeared in his eyes.

Pei Yanchen pressed his brow lightly. Seeing Ye Xingyuan’s gaze toward him gradually turn into that of a mother fan, he hurriedly spoke. “The director called you over to discuss the scene.”

The director was currently talking with the producer.

When he saw the two of them walking over together, one in black and one in red robes, they looked especially well-matched.

Whether it was their looks or figures, they matched too well.

If these two collaborated on a drama, it would definitely be pleasing to the eyes.

The director’s heart stirred restlessly, but he held back and did not mention it. He only grabbed Ye Xingyuan and said, “In a bit, we’ll first film the scene where you secretly watch Best Actor Pei bathe.”

Author’s Note:

Xingxingzi: Eight-pack abs!!!