What to Do When Pretending to Be an Alpha Gets Exhausting [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 13

That fragrance was extremely faint.

So faint that it seemed as if a single gust of wind could scatter it away.

The next action was supposed to be Pei Yanchen flipping Ye Xingyuan away and pushing him off the bed, but for a moment, he did not move. Ye Xingyuan’s arms were still wrapped around Pei Yanchen’s waist. Just as the rumors said, it was a studly narrow waist, firm and full of strength.

But why was this person still not moving?

What was he thinking?

Had he thought of something and was going to add a move on the spot?

Sometimes, in order to make the plot fuller and the character stand out more, a good actor might unexpectedly add some actions while filming. At such times, the actor playing opposite him needed to cooperate in order to produce the best effect.

Ye Xingyuan deeply agreed with this.

Since Pei Yanchen was not pushing him away, he could only continue acting.

He openly took advantage while not forgetting to tease the system a little.

“11, my love rival’s figure is way too good. These muscles are hard and firm, much better than mine. In the future, when you arrange someone for me to stop being single with, find someone according to this type, understand?”

System 001 said vaguely, “We’ll talk about that in the future.”

Ye Xingyuan, an impatient young man who wished he could stop being single on the spot, was not happy to hear this.

“With that perfunctory attitude, are you trying to make sure I never get a chance to stop being single? Tell me, is the big boss behind your company secretly in love with me? Otherwise, why do you never give me a chance to stop being single? Although my memories are all blurry, don’t think I don’t know. My first kiss is still intact. You people haven’t even given me the chance to have a little smooch.”

The more he spoke, the more indignant he became, and his tone grew increasingly resentful.

The arms wrapped around Pei Yanchen’s waist also tightened more and more. His breath spilled against Pei Yanchen’s neck. Feeling the force around his waist tighten, Pei Yanchen snapped back to his senses and deeply furrowed his brows.

Ye Xingyuan’s fair face was right beneath his eyelids, his skin tender and tight, filled with the aura of youth.

There was also a faint sweet scent faintly drifting into his nose.

“Get lost—”

Following the plot, Pei Yanchen grabbed Ye Xingyuan’s wrist, flipped him away, and threw him off the bed. Then he got out of bed in large strides and adjusted the clothes Ye Xingyuan had pulled open.

“Your Highness!”

At this moment, the princess consort pushed the door open and entered, his voice tense.

“OK, passed.”

Ye Xingyuan was still lying on the ground. Just as he was about to climb up, Ji Chuxi walked over quickly and reached out a hand to him.

“Thank you.” Ye Xingyuan grabbed Ji Chuxi’s hand and used the force to stand up.

Ji Chuxi made a face. “You acted pretty well just now.”

Ye Xingyuan smiled. “Only pretty well?”

Ji Chuxi jabbed him in the waist with his elbow and said angrily, “It’s already good enough that I praised you. You’re still trying to climb up the pole. Have some shame, okay?”

The two talked and laughed as they left the set.

Neither of them noticed Pei Yanchen’s abnormal state behind them.

Even after everyone had left, Pei Yanchen still stood in the room without leaving.

Liu Xiaojun watched the last staff member run out to get a boxed lunch and asked in confusion, “Brother Chen, what’s wrong? Is something off?”

Pei Yanchen frowned slightly. “Did you smell anything?”

Liu Xiaojun sniffed hard, then sighed. “The smell of food.”

Just after he said that, his stomach grumbled several times.

He chuckled and scratched his head in embarrassment. “Brother Chen, let’s go eat too.”

After Ye Xingyuan finished filming, he removed his makeup and changed clothes. In the changing room, he touched his own chest muscles. Although he had what he should have, compared with Pei Yanchen’s super powerful Alpha physique, he was still far behind.

Pei Yanchen also felt better to touch.

Although he was hard and firm, touching him felt amazing.

Much more real than in a dream.

If they could develop into friends with benefits…

Ye Xingyuan quickly patted his face and drove that dangerous thought out of his mind.

At noon, the crew handed out boxed lunches.

Xu Xiaopan brought over two boxed lunches. “Brother Xing, where should we sit to eat?”

They were not leads, so they did not have a dedicated resting room. They could only casually find a place to sit and eat.

But at this time, most of the places where they could sit were already full.

That morning, they had filmed a large-scale scene that required many extras. A lot of boxed lunches were handed out at noon, so there were also many people eating now.

“Come with me.” Ye Xingyuan took his portion and brought Xu Xiaopan to sit on the flowerbed beside the parking spaces.

He split open the disposable chopsticks, picked up a mouthful of white rice, paired it with garlic choy sum, and stuffed it into his mouth, eating a little hurriedly.

At his age, he was in a stage where he ate a lot and digested quickly.

Although he had eaten a few buns in the morning to pad his stomach, after filming for so long, he had already gotten hungry again.

Although the boxed lunches the crew gave the two of them were the same as the extras’ and did not taste very good, when a person was hungry, even dry steamed buns tasted fragrant.

“Brother Xing, eat slower. Chew carefully. Don’t let your stomach hurt later.”

Xu Xiaopan watched from the side, both worried and distressed.

Back when Brother Xing had been a lead, he had been able to sit in a dedicated resting room to eat, and what he ate were good meals and dishes specially prepared by the crew. Now, he could only squat in this corner and eat a boxed lunch that had almost gone cold, with vegetables already turning yellow.

Ye Xingyuan picked up another piece of steamed pork with rice flour, his cheeks stuffed full as he said indistinctly, “Why are you nagging more than an old nanny? Hurry and eat while it’s hot. Once it gets cold and the oil rises, it’ll taste even worse.”

Xu Xiaopan ate a few bites and could not help muttering, “The boxed lunches from this crew are way too bad…”

As he was speaking, footsteps sounded from behind them.

Ye Xingyuan immediately made a shushing gesture toward Xu Xiaopan and turned his head to look in the direction of the sound.

Another male actor from the crew and his assistant were walking in Ye Xingyuan’s direction with coffee in hand.

“Brother Jiajie, doesn’t Best Actor Pei never eat or drink things from the crew? If we rashly bring him coffee, will he get angry?”

Xu Jiajie lowered his voice and said, “What do you know? For this kind of high-quality Alpha, if you don’t chase him with all your might before he has an Omega he likes, it’ll be too late once he truly falls in love with someone.”

Ye Xingyuan was a little surprised.

In the original novel, there had not been much description of Pei Yanchen filming this drama, nor had Xu Jiajie been mentioned much, so Ye Xingyuan had not known that Xu Jiajie would bring coffee to Pei Yanchen at this time.

However, it was very normal for Xu Jiajie to like Pei Yanchen.

If Su Luoqing was the heartthrob Omega, then Pei Yanchen was the sexiest and most seductive Alpha in this book.

There was no Omega who would not be moved by Pei Yanchen.

From the moment he debuted, his face had been a living signboard of fashion.

Unfortunately, Pei Yanchen suffered from pheromone disorder syndrome. He could not enter rut, nor could he come into contact with Omega pheromones. Otherwise, his whole body would feel as uncomfortable as if he were having an allergic reaction.

Because of this, aside from when he was acting, there were no Omegas around him.

Every Omega who wanted to approach him had to put on a pheromone-blocking bracelet or pheromone-blocking patch in advance, a scientific method that could prevent pheromones from breaking out.

Pei Yanchen, who had no rut period, not only had no sex life, even the number of times he satisfied himself was so few it could be ignored.

He could be called the peak king of the abstinent world.

But because of this, his emotions were extremely unstable, and he was prone to rage.

His sleep was also poor.

Pei Yanchen was lightly sleeping in the RV. He still had scenes in the afternoon, so he could not leave directly.

Liu Xiaojun had gone to get his lunch.

Because he had only gone out for a few minutes, he had not locked the door.

When Xu Jiajie saw that the car door was unlocked, he was overjoyed. He quickly fixed his makeup, then took the coffee from his assistant’s hand and excitedly climbed into the car.

“Brother Chen, are you resting? My fans sent coffee to the crew, so I specially brought two cups over. They’re sugar-free.”

Pei Yanchen only drank sugar-free coffee.

Xu Jiajie had indeed done plenty of homework before coming.

Pei Yanchen’s sleep quality was poor, and he woke easily. His temper after waking was also especially bad.

After being woken up, Pei Yanchen opened his eyes in dissatisfaction. The hostility in his gaze was heavy.

He looked at Xu Jiajie standing in front of him with a gloomy and icy expression. “Get out.”

Xu Jiajie was so frightened his legs went weak, but he was unwilling to retreat just like this. He smiled ingratiatingly and said, “B-Brother Chen, there are still so many scenes this afternoon. Have some coffee to wake yourself up.”

Pei Yanchen’s gaze grew even colder, and the aura around him was chilly.

“Then Brother Chen, take your time drinking. I haven’t eaten lunch yet, so I’ll go first.” Xu Jiajie mustered his courage, but only stayed a little longer. After setting down the coffee, he left with red eyes, looking wronged.

Not long after Xu Jiajie left, Liu Xiaojun returned carrying a lunchbox that was clearly much more luxurious than those on set.

“Brother Chen? Who sent this coffee? Didn’t the doctor advise you not to drink coffee recently because it hurts your stomach?” Liu Xiaojun set down the lunchbox and muttered as he took away the two cups of coffee. Then he caught sight of Xu Jiajie’s name written on the coffee cup, along with his fans’ support logo beside it. He wrinkled his face and said, “It’s Xu Jiajie again. Why doesn’t he ever learn? He clearly knows Brother Chen won’t casually eat or drink things given by others.”

After saying that, Liu Xiaojun took the coffee off the car, preparing to return it.

Pei Yanchen had also lost all sleepiness. With a tired expression, he sat at the small dining table, opened the lunchbox, and took out the carefully prepared meal inside.

Four dishes and one soup.

The food was still steaming hot, and it smelled strongly fragrant.

But Pei Yanchen still did not have much appetite.

Just like usual, he casually ate a few bites before setting down his chopsticks.

He felt a little tight in the chest. Just as he grabbed the curtain and was about to lift it open, he had only raised a corner when he saw two figures squatting by the flowerbed outside the car, eating.

“Brother Xing, this boxed lunch tastes awful. How come you don’t mind it at all?”

“If there’s food, then eat it. What’s there to mind? In this world, there are plenty of people who can’t even get one mouthful of hot food. We have the ability to eat enough and eat well, but that doesn’t mean we should waste food, and we shouldn’t be picky either.”

Xu Xiaopan nodded thoughtfully. “Brother Xing, what you said makes a lot of sense.”

Pei Yanchen let go, and the curtain once again blocked his view.

He glanced at the nutritious meal in front of him, then silently picked up his chopsticks and ate slowly and carefully.

Bite after bite.

He finished an entire box of rice, and most of the dishes as well.

When Liu Xiaojun returned and saw it, he was startled. “Brother Chen, you ate all of this?”

Pei Yanchen had not eaten this much in a very long time. His stomach felt uncomfortably full, but he was too embarrassed to show it. He only kept a cold face and did not answer.

While Liu Xiaojun was tidying up the tableware, he suddenly said excitedly, “Brother Chen, were today’s dishes especially to your taste? Then I’ll have someone invite the chef from that restaurant back home later.”

Pei Yanchen did not want to listen to his chatter and interrupted with a dark expression. “No need.”

Author’s Note:

Pei: It really smells good.

Assistant: Brother Chen, is it the food that smells good?