CH 9.1

The alarm clock rang at 5 am waking Jian Yixin up; even the stars were still drowsy at this time.

Through the glass, you could hear the patter of the autumn drizzle.

Jian Yixin got out of the quilt, still drowsy. She then proceeded to check her phone for any unread messages.

In order to keep up with the original host’s life, Xiao Jiu had been maintaining her social network over the internet for her. On rare occasions, when something caught her interest, Jian Yixin would reply personally.

Except, Jian Yixin didn’t let Xiao Jiu handle the greetings between Song Pianxian’s family. She did them personally every morning and evening.

After sending her morning greeting, Jian Yixin got out of her bed, and saw a Weibo page on her phone.

She had probably clicked it by mistake.

Since it was open, Jian Yixin browsed the original’s Weibo as she brushed her teeth.

As she was originally living abroad, there wasn’t much on this account. Her homepage was full of Shen Yu, his fan clubs, and his starry-eyed fangirls.

Jian Yixin quickly unfollowed Shen Yu and his fanclubs and fangirls easily. This would make it easier for her to get the task target.

It was too early for the clubhouse buffet to be opened, so a separate breakfast was made and delivered to her room. 

Liu Lele was the one who managed her artist’s Weibo account daily, and in passing, looked at the followers list. Seeing an ID “Mu Pianqian” reminded her of Song Pianxian, her lil sis.

When she clicked it, she actually saw a picture of Song Pianxian and her friend.

Ah, it’s Song Pianxian.

What a resourceful little lady I am.

“Good morning sister, see what I found, I caught her on the spot! [Weibo screenshot]”

Lin Qinglu ate the grass while casually opening the messages from Liu Lele.

When she saw the screenshot, her hand shook as she clicked, and half of the cherry tomatoes on the fork fell back into the salad bowl.

“Don’t play with your mobile phone during mealtime.”

Movie Queen Lin strictly educated her assistant and was the first to put the phone back on the table with the screen face down, taking the lead.

Really now, people can’t even have their breakfast quietly.

Isn’t it just that she followed my Weibo, is that a big deal?

Lin Qinglu ate sweet salad grass intermittently.

She should have followed me much earlier.

The studio was about an hour’s drive from City N. In the early morning, there were fewer people, and the speed was faster.

The rain had stopped and the air was still wet and cold.

As soon as they got off the bus, Director Zhao called Liu Lele:

“Lele, have you come back?”

“Yes, we are heading back towards the crew to reapply makeup right now.”

“Yes, they’ve already arrived.” Director Zhao seemed to be discussing with someone, and after a long time, he came back and said, “The morning schedule has been changed, and I planned to let you spend more time in N City. Since you are back, let Qinglu have a good rest in the morning.”

“Why did you change it?” Liu Lele asked after understanding the implication behind Lin Qinglu’s gaze.

“Oh, Zixuan asked for leave.” After a pause, Director Zhao’s voice became very low, “Mr. Ji from Xing Yao is here.”

When Ji Jing appeared in the studio, Ye Zixuan was undoubtedly the one who was surprised the most.

She seemed like Cinderella who saw the prince’s sudden appearance, with a look of surprise and admiration. Ji Jing liked her reaction a lot. He handed the rose that his secretary was holding to Ye Zixuan with a mellow voice:

“I came to visit the crew, you are working hard.”

Ye Zixuan took it with a blush on her face, her eyes sparkling: “Thank you, President.”

Xing Yao was one of the investors. The president personally came to visit the crew, the crew must entertain them, but Yu Bo was impatient with this and wandered away before eating breakfast.

Director Zhao couldn’t help but bring a few people in charge of the crew to greet Ji Jing, as a show of courtesy and to give him enough face.

Ye Zixuan followed Ji Jing’s side, like the moon held by stars, her face radiant and triumphant.

She hugged a large bouquet of roses and looked around, only to find that everyone seemed to be lacking in interest.

Why?

It was not like that when that man appeared yesterday.

Ji Jing is the president of Xing Yao! Do they understand?

Ye Zixuan was like a punctured balloon, a little discouraged, she couldn’t tell whether it was for Ji Jing or because of her own anger.

Her gaze continued to wander, and she saw Shen Yu standing next to the camera.

Shen Yu was lonely, but his eyes were still so gentle.

Ye Zixuan pretended not to know and smiled brightly at him.

Shen Yu was stunned, facing the woman he dreamed of and the unmatched Ji Jing, he couldn’t do anything but only show a reluctant smile.

The girl next to her mumbled:

“This president Ji? Why doesn’t he look more handsome than yesterday’s brother?” The camera crew whispered.

“The face seems a little bit worse than him, and the body ratio is also not good.” Strict comment from the clothing group.

Ji Jing had the face of a male protagonist after all, with sword-like eyebrows and star eyes. Unfortunately, the crew got picky after seeing Song Zhe yesterday.

Moreover, Ye Zixuan was petite and fresh, and yesterday’s Song Pianxian was more noble and mature, the visual impact of the couple felt different.

After shipping the high-standard couple, looking at the low version, it was no surprise.

Shipping them felt totally unworthy, but they could still gossip

An ambiguous story about a second-tier actress and the president of Xing Yao visiting the crew, wasn’t it something worth talking about? After all, he just came to see Ye Zixuan.

Everyone knew this clearly, so when Ye Zixuan left with Ji Jing, they were not very surprised.

Ye Zixuan left the crew and followed Ji Jing without even looking back, asking for a day off.

Shen Yu had to stay behind to shoot a separate scene while in the afternoon there was a rivalry scene with Lin Qinglu.

Lin Qinglu also took a half-day vacation for no reason but didn’t know what to do.

一one as an autumn rain and the other cold yet refreshing, made people feel sleepless.

The studio was not open to the public, so the shops were also very lazy. Except for breakfast delivery and takeaway, they all opened after 9 o’clock.

Standing at the entrance of the street, movie queen Lin would rarely display a dazed expression.

Jian Yixin couldn’t help but curl her lips as she shook her phone, and said, “It’s rare to have free time. Would you like to visit my friend’s West Point House?”

“Does it open so early?” Liu Lele headed out and asked.

“Yeah.” Jian Yixin said warmly. The boss had called, dare they not open the door?

When they stepped on the scattered leaves and walked to the street of West Point House, Lin Qinglu inhaled the faint butter fragrance, which was especially gentle after the bleak autumn rain.

When the pastry chef in the shop looked up, he saw his boss and… Lin Qinglu???

The cake clip in his hand fell onto the plate with a squeak, and the tiramisu fell swaying, splashing a lot of sweet crumbs.

“Lin…Lin–” The young pastry chef stammered, not knowing whether he was anxious or shy, his face blushed little by little.

“It’s Lin Qinglu.” Liu Lele grinned and completed the sentence for him.

“Yes, yes.” The West Point Master nodded hurriedly.

He was not Lin Qinglu’s loyal fan, but this seemed like when you suddenly look up in a certain morning and see a beauty that could only be seen in a movie.

This was not a matter of being a fan or not, every normal person would be so excited!

The pastry chef blushed and his heart beat for quite a while, and when Jian Yixin started to choose cakes with a pastry tray, he remembered his boss.

“Let me do it.” He hurriedly greeted him.

“I’ll do it myself, you can continue with your work.” Jian Yixin smiled and glanced at him, and the pastry chef’s face turned red again.

No way, the boss was also very good-looking.

But then he woke up and remembered what the boss had told him, saying that they were only friends.

Although he didn’t know why, he still had things to do with his salary. Thus the pastry chef stepped back a bit and continued to return to the back of the counter to set the plate casually.

Jian Yixin simply picked some cakes and took Lin Qinglu along with the others up to the second floor to the audio-visual room.

“Are you familiar with this place?” Lin Qinglu said, glancing at the pastry plate, there was no butterfly pastry on it.

“I have been here only once or twice.” Jian Yixin said generously.

The second floor was bought only for Jian Yixin. In addition to the bedroom, there was also a self-contained audio-visual room, which seemed to work well, so Jian Yixin didn’t let it change.

She won’t be staying here very long anyway thus it was not necessary.

Unexpectedly, it came in handy today.

“It hasn’t officially opened yet, maybe the day after tomorrow.” Jian Yixin explained.

In fact, after they came in, West Point House put up a small wooden sign to suspend business again.

Liu Lele went out to answer the phone, and Jian Yixin began to pick a movie.

There were many discs left by the old master in the audio-visual room. Jian Yixin looked around, and her eyes settled on “The Worship”.

“The Worship” was Lin Qinglu’s debut film and the one which helped her win an award.

A number of people predicted that it would be difficult for Lin Qinglu to reach the same height of fame as she did at her debut.

Lin Qinglu later proved herself with facts, but from another perspective, this was also a high affirmation of this film.

“Let’s watch this?” Jian Yixin took the video disc and shook it towards Lin Qinglu.

The original body had never seen this movie so she wanted to see it.

Lin Qinglu saw that it was her own movie, she grabbed a pillow and hugged it while speaking with a light tone:

“If you have nothing else you want to see, just look at this one.”

She raised her chin proudly, hiding behind the pillow with the cat’s tail raised quietly.

“Okay.” Jian Yixin put the disc in neatly, then turned off the light and the room darkened.

The movie began, and the screen on the projection cloth shone shadowy light in the room.

Jian Yixin watched it seriously.

This movie tells the story of a little girl who lost her family for some reason and was taken care of by her father’s friend as a daughter. The father’s friend also had a slightly older daughter who was considered to be her sister.

The story revolves around that girl in high school. As for this “worship” theme, according to Jian Yixin’s understanding, it should be the girl’s pursuit and worship towards her sister.

Because of this adoration, she followed the footsteps of her excellent sister, overcame contradictions, no longer got confused and became a better person.

Lin Qinglu watched for a while and became distracted, turning to see Song Pianxian.

But Song Pianxian watched the movie too seriously, she never looked away.

Lin Qinglu looked at herself on the screen and couldn’t help but compare secretly. Could it be that her previous self looked better?

Was she getting ugly when growing older?