After We Broke Up, She Started Pursuing Me [Entertainment Industry] 67

Chapter 67

Lu Xing was lost in his own thoughts. It wasn’t until the scene was finished filming that he finally came back to his senses.

Shi Qin and Ning Zhi, each accompanied by their assistants, got out of the pool. Lu Xing couldn’t help but take two steps forward. Seeing this, Mo Li quickly draped a bath towel over Shi Qin.

Lu Xing first exchanged a few polite words with Ning Zhi, then turned his gaze to the person with her head bowed to the side.

At this moment, Shi Qin’s face was slightly flushed from the steam, with a few drops of water still on her neck. She was pure and elegant, like a hibiscus emerging from the water.

After that thought took root in Lu Xing’s heart, the more he looked at the person before him, the more he felt the resemblance.

He suppressed the waves churning in his heart. Unlike his usual solemnity, his expression now held a bit more gentleness.

“That scene just now was very good. Go get changed quickly, don’t catch a cold.”

Faced with his concern, Shi Qin seemed relatively calm, replying with a faint expression, “Thank you, Director Lu.”

Ever since she had undressed just now, she had felt numerous gazes focused on her body, and a sense of discomfort had welled up from the bottom of her heart.

Now, putting herself in the same situation as Ye Qingnan back then, she couldn’t even stand the gazes of these few people, let alone Ye Qingnan, who had been treated as post-dinner gossip by who knows how many…

Of course, Shi Qin also didn’t ignore Lu Xing’s blatant stare. From the moment it landed on her, she had felt disgusted.

Utterly disgusted.

Having been by her side for a long time, Mo Li could more or less read her emotions.

She led Shi Qin back to the RV. Along the way, she could feel Shi Qin’s unusual sullenness.

When Shi Qin came out after changing, Mo Li thoughtfully handed her the milk tea she had bought.

“Sister, have something sweet. It’ll make you feel better.”

Shi Qin glanced at her and didn’t deny it, taking the milk tea and having a sip.

Perhaps it was a psychological effect. The cool, sweet milk tea entered her mouth, and her frustrated mood indeed dissipated a little.

She held the milk tea to Mo Li’s mouth. “It’s good. Have a sip.”

“No need. You drink it.” Mo Li sat down beside her. Seeing that there was no one else around, she said cautiously, “Sister…”

“What’s wrong?” Shi Qin turned to look at her.

“Don’t blame me for being nosy… but you have to be careful of the director…” Mo Li said, fidgeting.

Shi Qin had already guessed her thoughts, but still asked knowingly, “Why do you say that?”

“Don’t you know? That incident with Director Lu before caused a big stir.”

Shi Qin didn’t speak, just quietly looked at her, waiting for her to finish.

Mo Li said vividly, “That happened a long time ago… but at that time, it almost made the social news.”

“It’s Director Lu…” she whispered in Shi Qin’s ear.

“He was messing around with an actress from the cast, and even took those kinds of… private photos of her. When it was exposed, although it was quickly suppressed, the impact was really huge… I heard that actress even… committed suicide in the end…”

Shi Qin’s brow furrowed tightly as she listened. After a long while, she asked, as if unintentionally, “But didn’t they say… that the actress was the one who was actively clinging to him?”

Mo Li immediately became agitated. “That’s all for media hype! Anyone with a brain wouldn’t think that.”

“Think about it. Let’s not even talk about whether that woman willingly had those photos taken. If it were voluntary, she should have known the risk when she started the relationship. Why would she go and seek death later?”

“And, those photos were exposed very suddenly at that time, and no one knew how they were exposed. The director was already married, so it definitely wasn’t him who exposed them. Otherwise, what benefit would it bring him…”

“I think… maybe the director himself had taken a liking to her…”

Listening to her, and seeing the vivid expression on her little face as she described it, Shi Qin’s originally complicated mood cleared a little.

She chuckled lightly and reminded her in a small voice, “Be careful not to let others hear you. Pay attention.”

“It’s true, though.” Mo Li took her arm. “I’m worried about you…”

Shi Qin gave her a slight smile, then it faded, her gaze fixed on a corner, as if in thought.

“Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.”

—

On the other side of the set, Lu Xing was still watching the footage from just now on the monitor.

The screen froze on a close-up of Shi Qin’s exposed lower back. The dark red birthmark stood in stark contrast to her fair skin, looking exceptionally bewitching.

Lu Xing’s deep eyes stared at that birthmark for a long time, growing even deeper.

As if tired of looking, he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath, his fingers rubbing the bridge of his nose.

After a long moment, he took out his phone, searched through his contacts, and made a call.

“Hello, yes. Help me look into someone. I need it fast. Money is not an issue.”

The corners of his straight lips slowly curved up, but his eyes revealed no emotion.

“Mhm, okay. I’ll wait for your news…”

.

It wasn’t until late at night that Shi Qin finally finished work and went home.

The moment she returned to her bedroom, she was too lazy to turn on the lights, just lying there straight, the exhaustion of her whole body released at this moment.

This boundless darkness, on the contrary, gave her a sense of security, as if everything around her had fallen silent.

When she was extremely tired, she actually enjoyed this quiet and lonely feeling.

After resting with her eyes closed for a long time, she picked up her phone again to check the schedule Mo Li had confirmed for her for tomorrow.

After finishing with work matters, Shi Qin subconsciously opened her chat with Zhou Jinsi, only to find that the last message was from noon, when the two of them had sent each other pictures of their lunch. There had been no follow-up.

Right… they were still in a cold war.

Shi Qin looked at the date. This lukewarm state had been going on for almost half a month.

Shi Qin looked at the bright moon outside the window. There were no stars to accompany it. She didn’t know if it was a psychological effect, but she felt particularly lonely tonight.

She looked at the pillow next to her, empty. But she was still imagining Zhou Jinsi lying beside her.

But the quilt had long since grown cold. There was not a hint of warmth left for her to hold onto.

Shi Qin felt tired and sighed deeply.

It wasn’t that she wanted to continue this state, but there were so many things piled up right now. After learning the truth about Ye Qingnan, she wanted even less to involve Zhou Jinsi.

Things have to be resolved one by one… can’t rush…

Just as she was thinking this, as if by some telepathy, Zhou Jinsi’s call suddenly came through.

Shi Qin looked at the caller, still a little dazed. After all, they hadn’t talked for a week.

“Hello? What’s wrong?”

The person on the other end was stunned for a moment, then said softly, “Are you very tired today? Or not feeling well?”

The hoarseness in Shi Qin’s voice, even she herself hadn’t noticed.

The familiar voice made her heart skip a beat. The longing she had suppressed for so long seemed about to burst forth.

“I’m not feeling unwell…”

“Okay…” Zhou Jinsi paused. “You’re… home now, right?”

“Mhm, I’m at home. What’s wrong?”

She heard Zhou Jinsi’s shallow breathing, and then, the person said softly, “Go and look out your living room window, okay?”

Hearing this, Shi Qin was a little confused. She stood up and walked to the living room.

She stood at the window. Opposite was another apartment building. Below was the bustling traffic of the nearby streets, no different from usual.

“I’m here.” She didn’t know what Zhou Jinsi was up to.

Zhou Jinsi’s voice was low and deep, particularly pleasant over the phone.

She said, “Right now, look up at the sky.”

With that, Shi Qin saw what seemed to be a few points of starlight shoot up from below, like colorful stars in the dark night.

She watched as those “stars” moved bit by bit, and said in disbelief, “Is this…”

The originally irregular “stars” gradually took shape, forming a few words.

[Baby]

Shi Qin was stunned, her face full of surprise and astonishment.

The “stars” were moving rapidly again.

[I’m sorry]

[I was wrong]

This time, it wasn’t just her. Some people in the two apartment buildings also couldn’t help but poke their heads out to watch, letting out exclamations.

At the same time, Zhou Jinsi’s voice also sounded in her ear, gentle and low.

“Baby.”

“Don’t be angry with me anymore.”