Chapter 64: So Fierce Part 2

Wait? Did the ‘Cold-Faced Yama’ suddenly grow a soul?

But then they saw her return to her usual state of icy indifference and mocking disdain toward everyone else.

It seemed her focus and double standards were reserved exclusively for this newcomer.

The people who had previously thought Qin Jiashu and Xu Yinian were a couple immediately switched sides. This was clearly a massive Shura Field where two titans were fighting over one girl!

The fire had finally started. Lin San felt utterly out of place next to her excited colleagues. She was wallowing in a state of “life is meaningless” when she heard Xu Yinian speak up with great difficulty.

“You… you two, stop fighting. We’re starting!”

Seeing the two of them instantly fall silent, Lin San almost cried out of gratitude. Oh, our precious Niannian is the best.

Xu Yinian’s face was beet-red as she forced herself to look at the script.

She was already struggling just to keep up with the acting. She was not going to get involved in whatever was going on between those two ever again…

The scene opened with Xu Yinian’s lines. Her character, Sang Chu, had just seen her fiancée, Xiao Yihan, with another Omega. Heartbroken, she tried to flee, only to crash right into the Imperial Princess.

Xu Yinian had practiced this countless times in private. Since she didn’t have to address the two women directly, the lines came out naturally.

“Ouch—that hurts… You, you are…?”

She let out a pained whimper and a soft sob, sounding incredibly pitiful.

Her current ragged breathing and the slight tightness in her voice from nervousness were actually perfect for the role.

The girl’s clean, pure voice flowed into the listeners’ headphones. It was a raw, unpolished performance, but it matched the character’s temperament perfectly.

Aside from Lin San, this was the first time the others had heard Xu Yinian—usually so quiet and reserved—performing so clearly.

It was rare to find a voice that could heal the heart and evoke such protective instincts just by listening to it.

At that moment, the same thought crossed everyone’s mind that had hit Lin San when she first heard her:

Ugh, soft-girl voices are a world treasure!

In the script, when the two characters collided, Sang Chu nearly fell. In her panic, she instinctively grabbed the other person’s arm to steady herself, forgetting to let go out of shock.

Even though Sang Chu was in a heat-like state, her weak B-rank Omega pheromones weren’t enough to affect an S+ Alpha. The Imperial Princess, Xu Anlan, remained entirely cold and unmoved.

“Your hand.”

Even with only two words, the high-and-mighty indifference in Ji Yan’s elegant voice was unmistakable.

She was the “Chosen Alpha.” The moment she opened her mouth, an incredible tension formed against Xu Yinian’s soft, fragile tone.

The atmosphere of a hunt, of an Alpha conquering an Omega, and the mutual attraction of pheromones was established in that single short line.

Xu Yinian was undoubtedly the one who felt it most deeply.

So… so fierce…

The voice was only slightly more arrogant and sluggish than Ji Yan’s normal speaking voice. It made it nearly impossible for Xu Yinian to distinguish between the real person and the character.

She felt a surge of fear toward this overwhelming dominance, and the rumors about Ji Yan being harsh and mean flashed through her mind.

Xu Yinian instinctively licked her dry lips.

Right then, she felt a familiar, tickling sensation on the fingers she had unconsciously clenched against the table.

Startled, Xu Yinian glanced sideways. She saw that Ji Yan had somehow moved her hand closer. The butterfly knot she had tied herself was “accidentally” brushing against her skin.

It was a gentle, measured touch of comfort. The fear in her heart was instantly brushed away.

In the script, Ji Yan was being mean to her, telling her to move her hand away. But in reality…

Knowing that Xu Yinian was looking at her, Ji Yan refused to turn her head. Her profile remained sharp, intense, and exquisitely beautiful as she stared at the script.

However, the slight, involuntary curl of her lips betrayed her current mood.

After all, this was the first time Xu Yinian hadn’t pulled away from her active touch.

What Ji Yan didn’t know was that there was another reason Xu Yinian wasn’t moving.

Almost immediately after, Xu Yinian felt her other hand being gently enveloped.

Qin Jiashu had also sensed the shift in the scene and Xu Yinian’s trepidation.

Her move was even more direct than Ji Yan’s. She firmly took hold of the hand Xu Yinian had been using to grip the edge of her chair.

Caught off guard, Xu Yinian didn’t have time to pull her hand back before it was time for her next line.

She couldn’t afford to delay the recording. She had no choice but to let them both touch her while she focused entirely on the script.

“I-I’m sorry. But you’re so beautiful, and you… you smell so good…”

“Can I… can I borrow your hand? Just for a second? To lean against…”

In the script, Sang Chu couldn’t bear to let go. Drawn in by the pheromones, she emboldened herself to lean into the stranger.

Wait, I’m the one saying the lines, so why are the two people next to me the ones doing the leaning and rubbing?

Is this… their way of helping me get into character?

While everyone’s attention was glued to the recording booth, the soundproofed door was pushed open soundlessly.

Thousand Cranes only noticed the door when she felt the sofa beside her dip. She turned her head in surprise.

She was stunned to see a stranger—a pale, sickly-looking beauty.

The newcomer’s gaze cut through the room, staring intently at the recording booth. Her eyes were terrifyingly dark, filled with a gloomy, violent intensity that completely replaced the amber warmth Xu Yinian usually compared to the winter sun.

Sensing someone looking at her, Bai Ran glanced over. She gave a polite smile and shook her head, signaling for Thousand Cranes to stay quiet.

But that smile did nothing to mask the viscous, predatory stare of a cold-blooded animal.

Thousand Cranes was terrified and didn’t dare say a word.

She suddenly realized something.

The direction that woman was staring… seemed to be exactly where Xu Yinian was sitting.