CH 7

The rain outside the window was still falling endlessly, as if planning to renovate the land anew.

However, Ye Kehuan was sweating a lot.

Inexplicably, she felt like she was a bit perverted.

In the end Ye Kehuan was so scared that she pushed Jiang Laien’s arm away.

At this time, Jiang Laien gently rolled her lower body, opened her lips slightly, and went back to sleep. Ye Kehuan sat up and looked at her for a while before eventually closing her eyes. She then picked up her phone and started playing games with headphones on.

Tonight I don’t think I’ll fall asleep.

After that, when she finished playing games, the sun was rising at seven o’clock. So, Ye Kehuan went to wash quietly and then wandered to the kitchen.

It was impossible to go back to bed then anyway, and it was too early to go to filming, so it was better to make breakfast.

When she walked into the kitchen, she opened the huge three-door refrigerator. After Ye Kehuan swept her eyes around, she finally took out a carton of milk, a bag of bacon, some broccoli, and a few eggs.

After closing the refrigerator door and bringing the ingredients to the counter, Ye Kehuan turned around and saw Jiang Laien walking over, stretching her waist.

“Good morning.” Jiang Laien smiled sweetly after stretching.

For a moment, Ye Kehuan was a little dazed, remembering the strange thoughts that came to her mind when she was hugged last night. Ye Kehuan was a little uncomfortable so she opted to just nod awkwardly.

“Breakfast…” Jiang Laien continued to smile. It looks very nutritious.”

“Yeah,” Ye Kehuan nodded, put the ingredients aside, and looked at her again. “Remember to buy bedding today.”

Jiang Laien was stunned after listening to Ye Kehuan’s awkward words early in the morning.

So, were all those gentle and considerate things last night an illusion? It seems like Ye Kehuan really doesn’t want to take care of me.

“Thank you for your reminder.” Finally, Jiang Laien raised the corner of her lips and left the kitchen, returning to her room. She closed the door and leaned back against it, letting out a long sigh.

Yes, Yingying is right. Even if you are very good friends, your relationship will fade if you haven’t seen each other for a long time, let alone had a falling out.

Although Ye Kehuan not only cooked noodles for her, but also found medicine for her and let her sleep in her bed, it was all just polite behavior. 

Maybe she really just wants to leave me alone. So, should I keep to myself and stay away from her? Bother her less? I deserve this, so maybe I shouldn’t bother her anymore, or ask for forgiveness…

Thinking of this, Jiang Laien took another deep breath, and after washing, she changed into her day clothes and went out.

After Ye Kehuan made breakfast and brought it to the living room, she realized that Jiang Laien had already left.

Ye Kehuan didn’t think much about it, and after eating, she packed up and rushed to the studio.

After a full week of leaving early and returning late, in the blink of an eye the filming of Ye Kehuan’s role in the drama finally came to an end.

On the last day, after Ye Kehuan got to the set, she put on makeup and got styled and waited for a long time before shooting. Because the director always shot other people’s scenes first.

The role she played could only be described as stupid and evil. In the end, she wanted to harm the heroine but instead ended up harming herself. She accidentally fell down the stairs and fell to her death.

After the cameras and actors were all ready, at the director’s order, everyone began to shoot nervously.

In the blink of an eye, her role was finished. But when it was done, it was done. No one would come up to high-five or congratulate her, just like no one would come up to say words of praise.

After Ye Kehuan changed her clothes, she turned and went to the bathroom. Just when she was about to come out from inside, she heard someone talking about her outside.

“Ye Kehuan should have squeezed into the show after stuffing money into someone’s pockets and walking through the back door, right?”

“It’s disgusting, but how could she have so much money?”

“Heh, I heard that she slept with the head of the company, otherwise why would anyone be willing to spend money to hire her?”

“That’s right. But if she goes on that show, she will definitely be scolded to death, hahaha. You can clearly see her ten fingers have never held a knife in her life. She probably couldn’t cut a scallion, let alone cook one.”

…

Although the speaking voices of those people had been deliberately lowered, Ye Kehuan could still hear them. In the end, Ye Kehuan put her hands in her trouser pockets, raised her head,and snorted coldly.

She wanted to see if she would really be scolded to death.

After a while, Ye Kehuant went out, walked to the dressing table, and began to pack up her belongings with her assistant.

Sitting next to her was Cheng Yan, who played the heroine.

It can be said that Cheng Yan’s pageantry when filming was completely different from her’s.

Ye Kehuan had a single assistant, while Cheng Yan had five or six assistants. Everyone had their own duties. Makeup artists, stylists and so on were also around her, constantly looking for topics to discuss with her.

After all, Cheng Yan was decked out in a full set of luxury products when she debuted, and she was found to be living in a super luxurious mansion. She was a proper rich white beauty1. Who wouldn’t want to pander to her?

Even in the eyes of the general public, if someone was spreading gossip or rumors about Cheng Yan, everyone would think that that person was reversing black and white. After all, Cheng Yan is white and rich, so how could she need to steal someone else’s role?

Cheng Yan chatted with those people, talking about whether she should rob the scene or not. Everyone said that those who were unable to outshine and stumbled behind others were just trash.

Those words seemed to have been deliberately said for Ye Kehuan to hear.

Ye Kehuan didn’t respond either and just continued to pack her things.

However, Cheng Yan suddenly laughed and looked at Ye Kehuan: “What does Kehuan think, are we right?”

At this time, those people also turned their heads, looking at them both with gossipy expressions.

Ye Kehuan stopped, lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly smiled: “Yeah, it’s really meaningless to rob a scene then flop. If you have the ability, you should use your own ability to fish for work. Going behind this or that…”

When Ye Kehuan said this, she stared straight into Cheng Yan’s eyes: “It’s really low.”

Cheng Yan swallowed deeply, a little unable to sit still, feeling as if she was being ridiculed. Was she being ridiculed?!

Next, Ye Kehuan put a backpack on her shoulders: “I’m done with the film; I’m going now.”

“Well, if there’s a chance, let’s cooperate again.” Although Cheng Yan had scolded Ye Kehuan thousands of times in her heart, she still smiled harmlessly. After all, she had a public image to maintain.

Ye Kehuan laughed after listening. “Of course, that’s fine. Looking forward to it.”

After speaking, Ye Kehuan turned and left.

Cheng Yan glared at her back with eyes like knives, wishing she could cut a piece of meat from her.

Yes, Cheng Yan and Ye Kehuan had a history.

The two of them actually debuted at the same time. The one who didn’t work for a big company, Ye Kehuan, just entered a small workshop. Meanwhile, Cheng Yan had good resources. One of them became popular, and remained popular. Whenever she wanted to scold Ye Kehuan, she would just open her homepage and look at all the fake rumors, so the string between them had long been cut.

Originally, there was no intersection between Cheng Yan and Ye Kehuan, but since something happened later, the two came at odds.

The cause was that variety show, “The Food is Ready”.

Originally, Ye Kehuan was not invited to participate. The program team decided on Cheng Yan. Only later, the program team probably thought that Cheng Yan looked too gentle, and the structure of the whole program was lacking in strong conflicts, so they replaced her with Ye Kehuan.

After that, a weird atmosphere arose between Ye Kehuan and Cheng Yan.

When on the crew, Cheng Yan and Ye Kehuan were like yin and yang when they spoke, and she even posted on Weibo, “Regret is also a kind of beauty, and sometimes learning to leave opportunities to those in need is also a kind of happiness.” Such ambiguous words.

As soon as that post was made, the majority of netizens immediately  turned into Holmes, and began investigating what she was saying. Afterwards, the netizens all thought that Ye Kehuan must have stuffed money into the back door of the program group of “The Food is Ready” and took away Cheng Yan’s chance to participate on the show. That was Cheng Yan’s intention in sending out such a feeling.

Just like that, Ye Kehuan was attacked again and again to the point that it was inexhaustible, saying that she was the rarest and most disgusting person in the entertainment industry in a century.

In the face of those detractors, the program group did not say anything. After all, it was a good thing that they could get so much heat without spending money on marketing.

After leaving the crew and getting into the car, Ye Kehuan looked down at her phone and realized that half an hour ago, her mother sent her countless messages: “Darling, are you done? Mom is shopping today. X Street. By the way, I saw some people getting out of a car. Would you like to buy another car? This Lamborghini suits you well, and it’s only nine million2…”

Ye Kehuan’s eyes widened before replying, “I don’t want it.” She then clicked on Jiang Laien’s WeChat chat box.

After that night, because Jiang Laien had been working in the neighboring city, she was the only one left in the villa. They also didn’t use the app to chat or anything, lying in each other’s lists like corpses.

But now, because the reality show was about to be filmed, Jiang Laien would return. Then she saw that just half an hour ago, Jiang Laien posted a Weibo: “Thank you for all your birthday wishes from my heart~”

In addition, Jiang Laien also posted on her friend circle: “I’m hungry, but there is still a traffic jam on the highway.”

Ye Kehuan silently read the message she sent several times, then raised her hand to cover her forehead and squeezed her phone tightly.

Later, while passing by a cake shop, Ye Kehuan raised her eyes and looked over to it. Looking at the cakes inside that looked dreamlike under the light, she only felt something was wrong in her head.

Speaking of which, today is Jiang Laien’s birthday. I should buy one for her…

However, Ye Kehuan dropped her head again when she thought of the fact that there had been no contact between them for so many days, and the relationship between them still hadn’t improved.

Suddenly, it occurred to her that Jiang Laien likes to eat the layer of cream on the cake the most.

Back then, every time she passed by a cake shop, Ye Kehuan would buy a cake, then give her the cream, and eat the inside herself. Every time Jiang Laien would eat she turned into the Cheshire cat.

Thinking of that, Ye Kehuan couldn’t help but curl the corners of her lips slightly and smile.

After a long sigh, Ye Kehuan finally got out of the car, opened the door of the cake shop, and walked in.

The cake shop displays were a dazzling array of cakes, all of which looked very delicious. When thinking of Jiang Laien’s bright eyes while she dug for strawberries to eat, Ye Kehuan squatted down again and pointed for the clerk at a strawberry cake. “Just this--wrap it up.”

“Okay, do you need anything else?” The clerk asked politely.

After Ye Kehuan listened, she replied: “A candle.”

A moment later, Ye Kehuan came out with a mini cake in her hand. Half an hour later, there was a pile of vegetables in her hand, almost all the ones she and Jiang Laien liked to eat.

Two and a half hours later, in the villa, Ye Kehuan made a table of dishes. She looked at the dishes on the table for a while, and then looked out.

Why haven’t you come back?

“What am I doing? Maybe she’s already eaten. Hasn’t she? Besides, she may not be willing to eat what I made…Just put it away…” Ye Kehuan thought for a while, and put her hands on the table.

At this moment, the gate outside the villa opened. At the same time, Jiang Laien’s car also drove in. The headlights illuminated the room, draining the color from Ye Kehuan’s eyes.

Ye Kehuan was suddenly confused… To hide it or not?

TL/N

1 - Having light skin has always been highly prioritized among Chinese women. Lighter skin means you come from a richer family, and therefore spend less time working in the sun. When the author describes a woman as white, that implies she is beautiful.

2 - Assuming this is set in the real world, 1 USD is between 6.50 to 7 Yuan. Foreign cars also have a large import tariff in China, driving up the price. Because of this, rich families prefer to buy imported cars so they can flaunt their wealth.