After Filming a WLW Movie With My Straight Girl Crush 89

Chapter 89: What-If Storyline 7

After her afternoon fashion construction class, Xu Ling didn’t go straight home. Instead, she ran to Meng Bai’s house and asked her what to do.

Meng Bai had been drinking heavily the night before and was still a little dazed. Hearing her say this, she thought her friend was dreaming. She opened her phone and showed her the picture she had just sent. “You mean her?”

“Yeah!” Xu Ling directly showed her the chat history.

Of course, Meng Bai didn’t just look at that one message. She read the whole page. After the message from the other side saying she was going back to the country, Xu Ling hadn’t replied again, and then there was this one saying she had arrived. Meng Bai asked, “Why didn’t you reply to her?”

“I thought she was a scammer! How could I reply to a scammer’s message!”

“Tsk, tsk. Then could she have really fallen for you, to still be looking for you?” Meng Bai was instantly a little sour. “You lucky girl.”

“No way…” Xu Ling also couldn’t quite believe it.

“Just meet her and ask her clearly. What are you waiting for? Now that you know she’s not a scammer, why don’t you hurry up and go?”

“But she still hasn’t cleared her name as a scammer. A big star could just as easily use her fame to scam people!”

Meng Bai looked Xu Ling up and down. “Then why don’t you send her my WeChat? Tell her not to scam you, but to scam me instead.”

“…” Xu Ling immediately snatched her phone back.

Meng Bai put her hands on her hips. “So what do you want?”

Xu Ling felt this was a little too incredible. A beautiful woman had suddenly approached her, and she had even discovered that she had a hidden identity, that she was actually a very famous actress. How could something like this happen to her…

And Qin Cong’an was in the entertainment industry. She was just an ordinary student. Although she was a part-time model, she hadn’t even stepped into the threshold of that circle. They weren’t in the same league at all, right?

Xu Ling grabbed Meng Bai’s arm and pleaded pitifully, “Can you come with me?”

“OK.” Meng Bai agreed in a heartbeat. Who wouldn’t want to watch a good show? “Should we ask Yanzi to come too?”

“No, no, no.” Absolutely not.

Qin Cong’an hadn’t received a reply from Xu Ling, so she just went to the art university’s entrance to wait for her. According to the one-week schedule she had from their previous contact, she should be coming to class today.

Standing at the entrance, Qin Cong’an was hit on by quite a few people, regardless of gender. She had no choice but to wear a mask and a hat even abroad.

Would Xu Ling not recognize her? Were they familiar or not?

Why didn’t she reply to her message?

As she was thinking about these things, someone else walked up to Qin Cong’an.

“Are you waiting for Xu Ling?”

Qin Cong’an looked up and saw that it was the person she had seen at the bar that night, the one who had taken Xu Ling away. It turned out she was so tall, seemingly a little taller than Xu Ling. Her features had a hint of mixed heritage, probably from her European ancestors.

Qin Cong’an was a little surprised that someone she had only seen once in the dim light had recognized her with her hat and mask on, and also surprised that she had also remembered this person at a glance.

“Mhm,” Qin Cong’an replied. “Is she here?”

“I don’t know.” Li Yan looked at the eyes that were half-hidden by the brim of the hat, very charming, as if they were a pair of eyes full of stories. She could completely understand why an art student like Xu Ling would be attracted to her. “You can’t contact her?”

Qin Cong’an didn’t want to say that Xu Ling wasn’t replying to her, so she just said, “She should be busy.”

“Is that so.” Li Yan looked at the time on her phone. “She should be out of class now. Let me try contacting her.”

“No need.”

Li Yan smiled. “It’s fine. It’s just a small favor.” As she spoke, she dialed Xu Ling’s number, and the other end answered quickly. She looked at Qin Cong’an, her smile deepening.

“Where are you?”

“I’m at Mengzi’s place. I’m going to have dinner with her later. What’s up?” Xu Ling hid the fact that she was also going to have dinner with Qin Cong’an. But the next second, she was hit with a critical blow.

“I ran into her. She’s waiting for you at the school entrance.”

“!?” Xu Ling immediately looked at Meng Bai for help. However, Meng Bai was just covering her mouth and laughing at the side.

…

In the end, the four of them had dinner together.

It was a scene that Meng Bai was happy to see, especially after she had gotten the truth out of the clearly not-right Xu Ling on the way, that Li Yan had confessed to her.

She loved her, she loved her… so good to watch.

As a gossip expert, Meng Bai had heard a lot, but this was the first time she had been so involved. She was full of anticipation and even wanted to stir up some trouble.

“So…” Meng Bai cleared her throat and said, “you met at the school entrance?”

“Yes,” Li Yan replied.

“She was very kind and helped me contact Ling. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known that Ling didn’t come to school today,” Qin Cong’an said, looking at Xu Ling, who was eating her salad with her head down.

Xu Ling’s scalp was tingling with embarrassment. But her tingling scalp’s perception was at its peak, as if every pore had turned into an eye, and she could clearly see someone looking at her.

Li Yan smiled. “It’s great that you still met.”

Meng Bai was startled by Yanzi. Although Yanzi was often smiling, this was the first time she had seen such a terrifying smile. But if it were her, and the girl she had liked for two years had suddenly gotten together with someone else, she could really hide a razor blade in her dimples.

Xu Ling didn’t look at Li Yan, but she could also hear that something was off in her voice.

“Yeah,” Qin Cong’an said, then looked at the still-silent Xu Ling. “Are you tired? Why don’t you stop eating and I’ll take you back to rest?”

Li Yan, at the side, said, “We live together. I’ll take her. No need to trouble you.”

Qin Cong’an didn’t turn her head to look at Li Yan, just glanced at her out of the corner of her eye. For a moment, she really didn’t know how to refute, so she just said, “Let’s see what Ling thinks.”

Xu Ling wasn’t thinking about anything right now.

But Meng Bai wouldn’t allow it. She said, not minding the drama, “Hurry up and choose one.”

“…I’m not tired!” Xu Ling continued to eat with her head down. “I’m hungry. I’m eating.”

Xu Ling didn’t want to go back and face Li Yan alone, nor did she want to face Qin Cong’an alone. Okay, it wasn’t that she didn’t want to. She really wanted to. But she felt that there were many questions to ask, to make clear. For a novice like her in handling relationship problems, it was too complicated.

Li Yan knew that Xu Ling must be very tired right now, a mental kind of tired. But wasn’t she too? Seeing the person she liked sitting face to face with the person who had ignited her love, this feeling was not good.

Although rationally, Li Yan had repeatedly told herself that this was Xu Ling’s personal choice. Of course, she had the right not to like her, and of course, she had the right to fall in love with someone she had only known for a few short days. But emotionally, it was impossible to let go so quickly.

The dishes came one after another. Li Yan put Xu Ling’s favorite dishes in front of her and shelled the ingredients that were inconvenient to eat.

After doing all this very smoothly, Li Yan said to Qin Cong’an apologetically, “Sorry, it’s a habit.”

Qin Cong’an had no expression. The corners of her mouth only curved into an arc that could only be seen with a microscope, as if telling herself to smile, but she really couldn’t. “Mhm, then could I trouble you to peel one for me too?”

“…” For a moment, Li Yan’s face was cold. Then she reached out her hand, very generously. “Okay.”

“No need. I was joking,” Qin Cong’an said, stopping her. “I’m not used to eating food that other people have touched. Thank you.”

Meng Bai, at the side, couldn’t even be bothered to eat. Her eyes were as if she had already seen the two of them start to fight.

Xu Ling continued to eat ravenously, her eyes only on the food. Anyway, she usually didn’t eat much to manage her figure. She might as well just treat today as a cheat day.

Feeling her own self-abandonment, she ate even more and even more fragrantly. Anyway, it was already like this. Couldn’t she eat a little more?

Finally, it was time for dessert. She was in Xu Ling’s comfort zone, and her whole person opened up.

She even dared to look directly at the two people opposite her. Although when their four eyes met, Xu Ling’s gaze would immediately move away.

“This tastes very similar to the one I’ve made, but the lemon flavor is a little weak. What do you think?” Li Yan asked Xu Ling after taking a bite.

“Mhm, I like a stronger lemon flavor. The one you make is better.”

Qin Cong’an looked at Li Yan. “So you also know how to make desserts.”

“Just a hobby. I’m not very good at it.”

“Who says? You’re very good at it!” Xu Ling immediately retorted. She felt that the desserts Yanzi made were the best in the world.

Li Yan laughed.

“What a pity. I don’t know how to make them,” Qin Cong’an said, looking at Xu Ling. “Do you wish I did?”

“Huh?” Xu Ling was a little dazed. “It’s fine whether you do or not. It’s, it’s also very good like this.”

“Okay, I see.”

Li Yan also knew. Whether she knew how to make them or not, Xu Ling had a good impression of her. And no matter how delicious what she made was, in her eyes, she was just a roommate sister who loved to make desserts.

Xu Ling really couldn’t stand this atmosphere anymore. She quickly finished her dessert and made a run for the restroom.

But as soon as she went in, she was pulled from behind, which gave her a big shock.

Meng Bai said, “Shh,” and peeked outside. They probably hadn’t followed. “I’m asking you, who do you really like?”

“Huh? If it’s like, then of course it’s An.”

“I knew it.” Meng Bai was satisfied. It was just as she had seen. “The way you look at Yanzi is like plain water. The way you look at An is like whiskey.”

“But I don’t drink whiskey very often. I drink plain water every day. What you mean is…?”

“Is that the point!? I just randomly said a hard liquor. Then your favorite gin, okay!”

“Oh.” So that was what she meant.

“Since you like An, why do I get the feeling that you’re very conflicted?”

“I am very conflicted. And it’s very awkward. I’ve known Yanzi for so long, and we’re roommates. She suddenly confessed… and I’m also very complicated about An. Sigh, in short, why do I have to go through this!”

After leaving the restaurant, Xu Ling’s arm was grabbed by Qin Cong’an.

“Come with me,” Qin Cong’an said very directly.

Xu Ling had originally been thinking of crashing at Meng Bai’s place tonight, but when she said that, she nodded.

They got into a taxi together. The destination was still that familiar hotel.

Silence all the way.

It was also very quiet after they arrived at the hotel. No one spoke. It was actually Xu Ling who spoke first. “Don’t you have anything to say to me?”

“Of course,” Qin Cong’an said. “I have something to thank you for.”

“Thank?”

“I recently got a new endorsement. It’s all thanks to you.” Qin Cong’an told her about how she had gotten closer to the brand founder by repeating Xu Ling’s words. Seeing her dazed expression, she continued, “Oh right, I seem to have forgotten to say, I’m an actress.”

For a moment, Xu Ling didn’t know how to react. Should she say, “It’s nothing, you’re welcome,” or “I already knew”? Or should she have a big tantrum and say, “You really are a scammer, to have hidden it from me all this time”?

Her silence gave Qin Cong’an a bad premonition. Should she have made it clear from the beginning? But she hadn’t thought that this kind of feeling that had fallen from the sky could last so long, that she would still be thinking of her during this period of working back in the country.

“I have one more thing to say,” Qin Cong’an said.

“…What?”

“I miss you so much.”

Actually, Qin Cong’an had wanted to say this the first time they met. It was just that there were two other people there. After coming to the room, she had felt it wasn’t appropriate to say it so suddenly. But after talking about this and that, she realized that only this sentence was the most important.

And, Xu Ling’s reaction was also very important. But at this moment, she had no reaction.

Qin Cong’an actually had to gather her courage to ask, “What about you?”