Chapter 12: The Future Movie Queen About to Be Abandoned (12)
Su Mingxiu’s fingertips landed on Yu Yinglan’s slender, pale ankle.
The ankle, adorned with a delicate strap, was as white as snow. Anyone who held such a delicate ankle in their palm would feel an inexplicable surge of possessiveness, wanting to leave messy marks on such pristine skin.
From Yu Yinglan’s angle, she could only see Su Mingxiu’s slightly lowered eyelashes, casting a shadow over her already dark pupils. She felt inexplicably nervous, her heartbeat accelerating. Subconsciously, she licked her dry lips.
She noticed the grip on her ankle tightening.
The thought that popped into her head was:
Would it be too casual to do it here?
Which hotel nearby is closest?
As Su Mingxiu pulled her ankle away, Yu Yinglan couldn’t help but rub her back against the mirror, seeking the coolness to remind herself of her nearly lost rationality—
The next second.
The hand that was holding her ankle only moved her transgressive action away before releasing its grip.
The faint redness left behind would disappear without a trace in a few minutes.
Yu Yinglan’s anticipation vanished along with the loosening grip, leaving her feeling empty and disappointed. However, as Su Mingxiu stood up, she didn’t even glance at her wrinkled shirt. Instead, she opened the bathroom door and walked out, calling: “Xiao Lu.”
Only when she heard the conversation outside did Yu Yinglan realize… that Assistant Lu had already arrived.
Soon, a new set of clothes was delivered.
Su Mingxiu turned off the wailing karaoke music in the private room and sat on the sofa, using her phone to search the company’s list of signed artists. She felt that the man who had just left looked familiar and decided to start her search within Star Entertainment.
Halfway through scrolling through the document, the bathroom door opened, and Yu Yinglan, now wearing a new dress, peeked out: “Can you come in and help me with something?”
Assistant Lu immediately stepped forward, but Yu Yinglan stopped her with a look. Just as she was feeling confused, Su Mingxiu had already put down her phone, got up, and walked towards them.
The stained glass door was half-closed, revealing the silhouettes of the two figures inside.
As soon as Su Mingxiu entered, she saw the broken belt that Yu Yinglan was holding. It was a pearl string accessory, now snapped in half. She raised an eyebrow, and Yu Yinglan quickly lowered her voice to defend Assistant Lu: “Maybe it was because things happened so suddenly, Assistant Lu didn’t have time to check it.”
The dress was cinched at the waist, simple and elegant, with the highlight being the waist ornament. But even with the broken belt, Yu Yinglan’s aura was enough to transform the long dress into a casual style, creating a different look.
However, the movie queen smiled brightly and gestured towards Su Mingxiu’s collar, leaning in with a suggestive tone: “Can I borrow something from you?”
Su Mingxiu looked at her calmly, catching a whiff of the approaching mint fragrance. Yu Yinglan took her reaction as acquiescence and reached for the first button of her shirt.
The cold, aloof style was disrupted by the unbuttoned button. As the second button was undone, the open neckline transformed Su Mingxiu’s distant aura into a flirtatious allure.
Seeing that Yu Yinglan’s fingertips were still moving downwards, Su Mingxiu’s fingers twitched.
Before she could stop her, Yu Yinglan abruptly changed her target, untied the silk tie that served as a decorative collar for Su Mingxiu’s shirt, and pulled it out from under her collar.
Then, in front of Su Mingxiu, she turned around and threaded the dark red tie around her waist, tightening it little by little, tying it into a bow.
The pristine white dress, cinched by the dark red tie, hanging on her slender waist, inexplicably evoked certain images.
It was as if…
The one wearing the dress had just gotten out of someone’s bed, casually picked a tie from the owner’s closet, and tied it around her waist with a devil-may-care attitude.
The clash of styles between the white dress and the dark red tie created a strong visual impact.
Like the most triumphant display.
A display that the owner of the tie was her conquest.
Looking at the pure face, now innocently holding the hem of her dress, twirling in front of the mirror, then turning back with a bright smile and asking: “Does it look better this way?”
Su Mingxiu had to admit, she couldn’t resist such blatant seduction.
Her throat moved. She raised her right hand and pressed her temples, closing her eyes and dropping a cold reply: “Nonsense, when did I teach you such terrible taste?”
With that, she reached out to remove the tie from Yu Yinglan’s waist.
Her outstretched hand was stopped mid-air.
Yu Yinglan blinked, her amber eyes under the light filled with trust, bringing the conversation back to where it was interrupted: “You haven’t answered my question yet.”
Su Mingxiu pressed her tongue against the roof of her mouth.
Facing that eager face, the previous scene flashed through her mind like lightning—the fleeing man, the silent system, the relentless questions… She chuckled inwardly, realizing she was being led by this little one.
Yu Yinglan hadn’t given up on her and gone to pursue someone else. Today’s performance was clearly a ploy with ulterior motives. Thinking of this, Su Mingxiu lost interest in the remaining names on the document on her phone.
She asked with a half-smile: “You want me to help you?”
Meeting that insightful gaze, Yu Yinglan hesitated for a moment, feeling that all her plans were transparent.
But since she had come this far, there was no reason to back down. She nodded without hesitation: “I trust your judgment.”
Su Mingxiu hummed in response and lowered her head, leaning towards Yu Yinglan.
The person locked in her gaze felt inexplicably nervous, her fingertips that were still holding Su Mingxiu’s wrist unconsciously tightening.
Until Su Mingxiu stopped in front of her lips. As Yu Yinglan closed her eyes, Su Mingxiu dropped a line with a chuckle: “Wait.”
Then, the warmth in her palm disappeared. When Yu Yinglan opened her eyes, she saw only an open door, the other figure gone.
Assistant Lu, who had only heard muffled sounds outside, saw only Su Mingxiu leaving and couldn’t help but walk inside, wanting to see what was going on with Yu Yinglan. However, the first thing she saw was the extremely mismatched tie. She said subconsciously: “Isn’t this Agent Su’s?”
Yu Yinglan followed her gaze to her waist. Remembering the ambiguous “Wait” and seeing herself being left alone in the bathroom, she couldn’t help but bite her lip.
But under Assistant Lu’s gaze, she quickly adjusted the tie and asked confidently: “Doesn’t it look good?”
Assistant Lu was about to shake her head, but under her insistent stare, she began to doubt her own taste.
[Are you incompetent?]
Outside the KTV, inside a luxury car, the system voiced Yu Yinglan’s thoughts.
Su Mingxiu’s expression remained calm and indifferent. She even unscrewed a bottle of mineral water from the back seat and brought it to her lips. “Oh? Are you disappointed that you didn’t see any R-rated scenes?”
System: “I’m telling you again, I’m not that vulgar.”
[Really? I don’t believe you.]
Successfully rendering the system speechless again, Su Mingxiu slowly drank her mineral water. After instructing the driver to head towards the villa, she glanced out the car window and saw Yu Yinglan and Assistant Lu coming out of the main entrance, wearing hats and masks as they walked towards a van.
The bright crimson tie was still around her waist.
In a moment of distraction.
Water went down the wrong pipe, and Su Mingxiu couldn’t help but cough violently. The system, which had just lost an argument with her, immediately dropped its act and started mocking her.
Su Mingxiu argued with the system while catching her breath, her face flushed red from coughing.
But she didn’t care.
She was just thinking that she should have taken that tie back.
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