Chapter 9: Take Off Your Clothes

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

This was a common occurrence in bars but to Yun Xi, it was no different from a bolt out of the blue.

The sky-shattering music couldn’t drown out her frantic heartbeat.

Qi Chen actually kissed her!

‘Could it be that Qi Chen really likes me too?’

It seemed to confirm her thoughts. Qi Chen’s kiss went from shallow to deep, as if he was trying to keep her behind but also as if he was announcing something.

Gradually, Yun Xi began to respond to him in a shallow manner.

After an unknown amount of time, Qi Chen let go of her and pressed his forehead against hers to ease his restless breathing.

“I’m sorry,” Qi Chen said, “I’m drunk.”

As if a basin of cold water had been poured over her head, Yun Xi’s body and heart were ice-cold.

‘So I was just drunk.’

“Let’s go. I’ll send you back.” Qi Chen let go of her.

The two of them drank. Qi Chen called the designated driver and sat in the back seat with Yun Xi.

Throughout the entire journey, Yun Xi tilted her head to look at the lights outside the window, not looking at Qi Chen anymore.

She was afraid that she would recklessly question Qi Chen about whether he had any feelings for her.

Thinking back to the years they had spent together, she realized that Qi Chen was always like this. At times, it made her feel like she wasn’t harbouring unrequited love, and at other times, it made her feel like everything was just one-sided on her part.

In the end, they weren’t firm enough with each other.

They soon arrived at Yun Xi’s home. As soon as the car stopped, Yun Xi immediately opened the door and got out.

She said, “Be careful.” Then, she didn’t look back.

In the car, Qi Chen tiredly threw his head back in the backseat. He looked extremely vexed and let out a long sigh of exhaustion.

The designated driver felt that the tension between the two of them wasn’t right, so he tactfully stopped for a while.

A few minutes passed but Qi Chen didn’t seem to have any other actions or instructions. He shrugged his shoulders and drove off.

Yun Xi stood by the bed, watching Qi Chen’s car drive off.

She actually hoped that he would chase after her and make things clear, but he didn’t.

‘In this case… forget it.’

In any case, after tomorrow, she would be labeled as a star. At that time, he would also regret being with her, so it would be better not to start at all.

Since he was young, he had always been someone else’s child, Qi Chen who had a gentle breeze and a bright moon.

She shouldn’t have tried to get her hands on the moon in the sky.

At six in the morning the next day, Yun Xi got up, packed a small suitcase, and left money on the table.

She ate breakfast while waiting for Ai Zhe.

Ai Zhe was very punctual and rang the doorbell ten minutes in advance.

Yun Xi carried the suitcase out and stuffed him with a cup of self-brewed coffee.

The aroma filled the air. Ai Zhe suddenly felt that Yun Xi in front of him seemed different, but he couldn’t tell what it was.

Perhaps, it was because she had a high ponytail today, which made her look more refreshed.

Ai Zhe had always been a very stable driver. Half an hour later, the two of them arrived at the set and greeted Director Zhao. Yun Xi went to put on her makeup, while Ai Zhe was busy trying to rope in the producers and investors.

Yun Xi had looked at the overall planning sheet. She did not have any scenes today, but she had to take a final makeup photo.

The makeup artist was a fat middle-aged woman called Sister Li. She had a very amiable attitude and always praised Yun Xi for her good skin. She was beautiful here and beautiful there. She even asked Yun Xi if she had any taboos.

Yun Xi had never been cared for so much by a makeup artist before. Previously, she would always put her face in front of the mirror and then paint her face into a pale corpse-like appearance.

After adjusting her makeup and hairstyle according to the character of the fifth supporting actress, Sister Li took out a sexy black leather suit and called out to her, “Come and try on some clothes.”

With that, she led her to a fitting room in the corner.

As a D-list actress, she did not have a separate dressing room that was exclusive to her and had to share one with many other D-list actors.

Yun Xi carefully entered the dressing room and was about to close the door when sister Li came in with a bottle in her hand.

Yun Xi was stunned and looked confused.

She watched as Sister Li squeezed out a white cream from the bottle and rubbed it on her palm. Then, she looked back at her with a more confused expression. “What’s wrong?”

“Oh, oh.” Sister Li came back to her senses and explained, “I forgot to tell you that your clothes are a little revealing. You have to oil yourself up or else it won’t look good in the photo.”

She spread the oil on her palm for her to see. As if it was nothing out of the ordinary, she said in a natural tone, “Come on, take off your clothes.”

Yun Xi: “….”