After We Broke Up, She Started Pursuing Me [Entertainment Industry] 41

Chapter 41

Zhou Jinsi’s brow furrowed slightly. She guessed that Shi Qin might have misunderstood something, but with so many people around, she couldn’t explain it well.

All she could do was clear her throat lightly and reply to Qin Zhen, “It is quite a coincidence.”

A teasing smile still played on Qin Zhen’s lips. She didn’t mind Zhou Jinsi’s seemingly perfunctory reply. While sipping her coffee, she let her eyes sweep back and forth between Zhou Jinsi and Shi Qin.

At this moment, to an outsider, it would seem that the four of them were good friends, chatting happily. But the strange atmosphere that existed between them was known only to themselves.

Ji Chen, on the side, of course, hadn’t missed the look they had just exchanged. After Zhou Jinsi finished speaking, she said, as if intentionally or unintentionally, “So everyone knows each other.”

“Zhenzhen, why didn’t you invite me and Xiao Shi to the dinner?”

Qin Zhen released the straw she was biting, a faint red lip print left on it. Without moving her head, her gaze drifted down to Zhou Jinsi. She chuckled lightly. “Because it was a private dinner for me and… Jinsi. So, it’s a pity.”

Jinsi?

Shi Qin, who had been silent all this time, heard this address. Her already cold face was now about to frost over. She didn’t spare Qin Zhen a glance, but quietly stared at the person beside her.

Zhou Jinsi was made to feel like she was sitting on pins and needles by her gaze. All she could do was pretend not to see, lowering her head slightly without a word, like a little puppy that had done something wrong.

And Qin Zhen’s next sentence fanned the invisible “flames” even more.

She was heard saying, as if nonchalantly, “And the food at that hotel wasn’t that great. If Sister Ji wants to invite us next time, remember to choose a different one.”

“Oh?” Ji Chen, on the other hand, really seemed to have the intention of inviting them. She asked very seriously, “Which one? Let me write it down.”

“Sister Chen, I have a scene coming up. I’m going to go back and look at my lines first.”

The silent person suddenly stood up, smiled warmly at Ji Chen to say goodbye, and didn’t even give Qin Zhen a full look.

Her expression was normal, showing no change in emotion at all.

“Okay,” Ji Chen smiled and nodded, watching Shi Qin leave.

Zhou Jinsi only lasted for less than a minute before she also stood up to say goodbye to the two of them. “I’m sorry, I have something to do, so I’ll be leaving first too.”

She said she had something to do, but she was walking in the same direction as Shi Qin, her pace even quickening slightly.

Qin Zhen and Ji Chen stood where they were, both watching her leave, their expressions different.

Ji Chen’s gaze went from gentle and elegant to indifferent. But the smile on Qin Zhen’s lips did not fade, only gaining a bit more contempt. After just two glances, she also turned and left.

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The door to the dressing room was not closed, as if intentionally waiting for someone.

Zhou Jinsi followed not too close, not too far behind Shi Qin all the way. It wasn’t until she entered the dressing room and closed the door that she saw Shi Qin sitting on the sofa, looking at her phone, completely normal.

She walked over a little awkwardly, quickly organized her words in her mind, and then said, “I’m not close with her.”

Hearing this, Shi Qin glanced at her faintly, as if to say, Not close? Not close, and yet you had dinner together, and at a hotel?

Even if Zhou Jinsi were any more dense, she could still feel Shi Qin’s restrained emotions at this moment. She quickly said, “That was a private dinner arranged by my dad. I didn’t expect her to be there either.”

After her explanation, Shi Qin’s face remained expressionless. After a long moment, she let out a light laugh, a smile on her lips, making it impossible to guess her thoughts.

“I haven’t said anything yet. Why are you in such a hurry to explain?”
“Afraid I’ll get angry?”

Zhou Jinsi lowered her eyes, her voice becoming a little smaller. “I just don’t want you to overthink it. I…”

Before she could finish, Shi Qin suddenly stood up and walked toward Zhou Jinsi, making her freeze.

“Back up,” Shi Qin said, closing in on her.

Zhou Jinsi could only do as she was told.

The distance between their opposing figures grew closer and closer.

“Back up again.”

Zhou Jinsi didn’t understand, but followed her back two steps.

“Back up again.”

After another step back, Zhou Jinsi’s back was against the door. She glanced behind her and said helplessly, “I can’t back up anymore…”

Shi Qin didn’t speak, just walked over and rested her hands loosely on her shoulders, but didn’t fully embrace her, as if she were intentionally or unintentionally seducing her.

Her fingers slowly climbed up Zhou Jinsi’s slender neck and pressed down slightly. Zhou Jinsi’s head was forced to lower.

She saw Shi Qin tilt her head, a smile still on her lips. “I was a little angry at first, but then I thought, it’s not necessary to waste emotions on an irrelevant person.”

Zhou Jinsi looked into her eyes, a little stunned, but inwardly, she marveled that their thoughts were indeed the same.

“And… you’re mine. No one can take you away.”

These domineering words, if seen in some CEO novel, Zhou Jinsi would have surely ignored. But when they came from Shi Qin’s mouth, her heart melted.

Her lips moved, wanting to say something, but in the end, she was lost in Shi Qin’s shimmering eyes and didn’t make a sound.

Shi Qin’s arms tightened, and the distance between them grew even closer. Shi Qin lowered her eyes and asked her, “Do you like me?”

Saying this answer out loud made Zhou Jinsi feel a little shy, but she still replied in a muffled voice, “Mhm…”

“How much do you like me?”

Their faces were extremely close. A waft of rose fragrance entered Zhou Jinsi’s nose. Her gaze fell on Shi Qin’s slightly parted red lips, and she unconsciously swallowed.

At this moment, Shi Qin had placed all her weight on Zhou Jinsi, about to bury herself in her embrace.

“Tell me, how much do you like me?”

As if her soul had been bewitched, Zhou Jinsi’s mouth murmured in repetition, “Like…”

Shi Qin: “Like? How do you like me?”

She lifted her chin, their lips touching lightly. Before Zhou Jinsi could even feel it, she heard her say in a breathy voice, “How are you going to like me?”

The distance between their lips was only a fraction of an inch. If either of them took the initiative to move forward, they would meet seamlessly. But Shi Qin seemed to be deliberately waiting, tempting her, her red lips hovering in front of Zhou Jinsi’s eyes, just not moving forward.

“I…”

“What are you going to do?” One of Shi Qin’s hands caressed Zhou Jinsi’s burning face.

In the next second, her waist was suddenly pulled forward. Before she could react, her lips met a soft, cottony surface.

“Mmph…” Shi Qin closed her eyes, feeling the unique beauty brought by the entanglement of their lips and tongues.

Not to mention Zhou Jinsi’s other abilities, her learning ability was certainly commendable.

After a few experiences, Zhou Jinsi’s kissing skills were already on the verge of surpassing Shi Qin’s. Originally, Shi Qin was the one leading, but in the end, Shi Qin found herself lost in her kiss.

In the air of the dressing room, the only sound was the sucking noises of their kissing, which was enough to make anyone blush and their heart pound.

She didn’t know how long had passed. Their kiss grew deeper and deeper, unwilling to part.

The hand that had been resting properly on her waist began to wander up uncontrollably, until it was cupped at the back of her head. Shi Qin clung weakly to her shoulders, giving her the illusion of being controlled.

“Bang, bang, bang—”

A sudden knock on the door startled the two of them. They looked at each other, then somewhat unnaturally pulled apart.

Zhou Jinsi turned the doorknob, only to find that Shi Qin had, at some point, locked the door…

As luck would have it, the person who came in was Mo Li again.

The moment she came in, she couldn’t help but ask, “Why is the door locked today?”

With that, she looked up at the two people in front of her.

That same look as last time…

Mo Li thought to herself, What did I do wrong to be looked at like this…

No one replied. She took a closer look at the two of them. Why did her own Sister Shi’s lipstick look a little smudged…

And this blush… even though the dressing room didn’t have air conditioning, it couldn’t be hot enough to this extent, right?

Mo Li was full of doubts, for a moment even forgetting her purpose for coming here, until Shi Qin spoke up, and she came back to her senses.

“Oh, um, Director Zhang said to get ready to film.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

Shi Qin was about to walk with her but was pulled back by the sleeve by Mo Li.

“Sister… did you just eat something? You need to touch up your lipstick.”

Hearing this, both Shi Qin and Zhou Jinsi were taken aback, then very tacitly glanced at each other.

For a rare moment, Shi Qin cleared her throat a little unnaturally, the tips of her ears still red. “Okay, I know.”

With that, she shot another look at Zhou Jinsi. Zhou Jinsi received it and lowered her eyes with a hint of shyness.

So serious usually, but so forceful when kissing!

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That night, under the cover of darkness in Jing’an, high-rise buildings, bustling traffic, and neon lights intertwined in a chaotic web of lines on the streets, yet it gave one a sense of the city’s liveliness.

Zhou Jinsi and Lin Qi met at their usual quiet bar for a chat.

“What were you thinking, going on a variety show?”

“The popularity isn’t low either. Some people in my office are watching it.”

Faced with Lin Qi’s question, Zhou Jinsi could only explain helplessly, “The director came to find me at that time. I was just thinking of it as a travel experience. How was I to know…”

But Lin Qi shook her head, drank the wine in her glass, and then said slowly, “Don’t tell me you didn’t think at all that it would be with Shi Qin.”

“You really didn’t think about it?”

Zhou Jinsi fell silent, her gaze drifting elsewhere. She felt a little guilty. Indeed, she had imagined that Shi Qin might have had something to do with it…

Lin Qi was a little tipsy. Seeing Zhou Jinsi silent, she directly voiced the other’s inner thoughts.

“You, you just like to deceive yourself. You always want to leave yourself a decent excuse, never daring to admit it.”

“So why do they say you can’t let go? You’ve never faced your own heart. Escaping doesn’t solve any problems. So you failed. Admit it, you still have her in your heart.”

Zhou Jinsi listened to Lin Qi’s words without a sound.

Because what she said was reasonable. Actually, she was also a very hypocritical person. She would say one thing, but in her heart, she didn’t want that at all, and her actions didn’t change in the slightest…

The soothing and somewhat sad music in the quiet bar made it easier for people to fall into a low mood. Zhou Jinsi and Lin Qi drank their wine in silence, one glass after another, both seeming to enjoy the quiet.

Suddenly, a third wine glass appeared on the table, placed down with a “thud.” Both of them were taken aback.

Following the slender knuckles and fair wrist, the appearance of the person before them made them gasp in surprise.