Chapter 3

Chapter 3

After the script read-through ended, I collapsed onto the hotel sofa and scrolled through my phone, my head still full of those blush-inducing lines.

My phone suddenly buzzed.

Xi Sheng:

“Can we do it tonight?”

I nearly threw my phone across the room.

What did he mean, “Can we do it tonight?” Be specific, bro!

I took a sip of banana milk to calm my nerves, then tried to reply in the most businesslike tone possible.

“Script rehearsal? Oh, sure.”

His reply came fast.

“The bed scene. Is that okay?”

“Pfft!” The milk I had just swallowed sprayed all over the coffee table.

This guy was doing it on purpose, wasn’t he?!

After frantically wiping up the milk, I took a deep breath and typed with trembling fingers:

“Okay.”

Professional. I had to be professional!

The message had barely gone out when my phone buzzed again.

A photo popped up.

A high-definition shot of his abs.

Then it was quickly recalled.

Xi Sheng sent another message:

“I’ve already showered.”

But my brain was faster than my hand. I had already tapped save without thinking.

In the photo, Xi Sheng was standing in front of a mirror in a steamy bathroom, his upper body bare. Water droplets slid down the grooves of his abs, and his V-line disappeared into a pair of loose gray lounge pants.

In one corner of the mirror, there was even the unmistakable outline of a certain place…

Very prominent.

My face went red. He was seriously god-tier.

I pinched the screen with two fingers and zoomed in to inspect the details.

The winding red marks on the side of his neck had faded a lot. Only faint traces were still visible.

Pale pink, almost the same color as the skin on his chest.

It only made him look even more tempting.

My face grew hotter and hotter.

What was he trying to say?

Was he seducing me?

Trying to be my on-set husband?

I was not that kind of casual person.

Keeping things strictly professional, I sent him an angry message with a pointed jab hidden inside.

“I’ll come over after I shower tonight. I don’t like dirty things.”

That hint was obvious enough, right?!

He wanted to sleep with me?

Impossible.

A reply came quickly from his end.

“Good thing I’m very clean. 🙂”

“Room 6007. I’ll wait for you.”

“Teacher Ji!”

Xiao Zhao suddenly poked her head out from behind me, her eyes locking with terrifying precision onto my phone screen.

“Holy crap, you two have already gotten this far?!”

Xiao Zhao let out a weird, squealing little shriek.

I hurriedly locked my screen and explained with a red face, “I’m just going to his room to rehearse the script. That’s all.”

Xiao Zhao narrowed her eyes and put on her trademark lecherous expression again.

“I get it. Rehearse until the sky goes dark and the earth turns dim. Practice until the sun and moon lose their light!”

In that instant, I felt very alone.

It was like the whole damn world was trying to bend me.

But I comforted myself in one second flat.

When the boat gets to the bridge, it’ll straighten itself out.

I wasn’t bending. Not even a little.

Xiao Zhao stopped messing around after that and got back to work, ordering dinner for me.

I opened the takeout box.

French oysters.

“Xiao Zhao!!!”

The corner of Xiao Zhao’s mouth lifted in a perverted curve.

“Ji-ge, you should nourish your body. That way you’ll have the strength to rehearse tonight. Good luck~”

“Who are you looking down on?”

Like hell I needed oysters to nourish my body!