Chapter 51 p1
The wrap party was set in Manhattan. After they got in the car, Qi Sijia didn’t ask Meng Jiang for the address and directly entered the dining address into the navigation.
Meng Jiang raised an eyebrow and asked in a deliberately teasing tone, “Teacher Qi isn’t asking for the address. How are you going to attend the banquet as my family member?”
Qi Sijia set the location and laughed. “You can totally think of it that way.”
In fact, the director’s team had sent Qi Sijia an invitation a few days ago. As a specially invited screenwriter for the director’s team, besides Meng Jiang and the director, Qi Sijia’s contribution to the subsequent adaptation of the script was actually on par with the two of them.
Meng Jiang knew this very well, but—her phoenix eyes were half-closed, and she glanced at Qi Sijia’s serious face.
Leaning forward slightly, Meng Jiang leaned against the driver’s seat. With a hook of her finger, she deliberately tucked the strands of hair that had fallen when Qi Sijia lowered her head behind her ear and hooked them there.
Then, when Qi Sijia’s gaze came over, she curled her lips and continued the previous topic relentlessly. “Simmon has invited Teacher Qi several times, but I heard he was rejected. I really can’t figure out what reason Teacher Qi has to take time out of her busy schedule for a wrap party she was rejected from.”
Meng Jiang’s eyes and eyebrows had a hint of a teasing meaning. The words she said went around in a few circles, with a hidden and compelling tone, forcing Qi Sijia to coax her.
Qi Sijia had originally wanted to explain a few words, but she met Meng Jiang’s provocative gaze.
She raised an eyebrow, held Meng Jiang’s shoulder, and pushed her back into her seat.
“Alright,” Qi Sijia leaned over, tilted her head, and stopped by Meng Jiang’s ear. Her voice was a little lower as she said slowly, “I just want to accompany my girlfriend to the banquet, for no other reason, and it has nothing to do with work.”
As she lowered her body, the top button of her collar was open, and Qi Sijia’s two jade-like and sexy collarbones were exposed to her view. Further inside, a beautifully curved arc was revealed. It was right in Meng Jiang’s eyes.
Meng Jiang’s gaze was fixed on that spot, and an emotion exploded in her mind. I don’t know how it happened, but without any reason, she tilted her head up and bit down.
She sucked hard.
It wasn’t until her soft lips moved away from Qi Sijia’s cold skin that the daze in Meng Jiang’s eyes had not yet dissipated. Her cheeks were hot, and she was a little embarrassed.
Because throughout the whole process, Qi Sijia had only raised her hand slightly and lifted Meng Jiang’s chin. Their eyes met, and the lenses reflected the light, making it impossible to see what Qi Sijia was thinking.
Meng Jiang curled her lips, her tone a little weak. She opened her mouth to explain a few words, but she found that no matter what she said, it would seem too flirty.
Qi Sijia’s performance was overly calm, and there was not a hint of “eagerness” in her eyes.
It made Meng Jiang’s act of kissing her out of an uncontrollable passion seem like a kind of blasphemy.
Meng Jiang was not sure now. Leaving aside the kiss, whether the other party would feel that the act of her leaving a mark on Qi Sijia just now was progressing too fast.
There was some embarrassment in her eyes. Meng Jiang looked away.
Throughout the whole process, she did not miss the expression on Meng Jiang’s face. Qi Sijia laughed, suddenly lowered her head, and her warm breath sprayed down on Meng Jiang’s shoulder. And then, on the spot where Meng Jiang had just bitten her, she also sucked.
“You’re like a dog,” Meng Jiang hissed. It didn’t actually hurt, it was just itchy.
Qi Sijia didn’t say anything. She held her arm and sat back in the driver’s seat. The car started, and she looked straight ahead, her voice low and hoarse. “I remember telling you that if you keep hooking me like this, I won’t be able to stand it either.”
The wrap party was divided into two parts. The banquet was at night, and there was also a small wrap ceremony on set.
Meng Jiang had just finished filming and came to pick up Qi Sijia. She had not originally planned to go back to the crew.
Because there were still some scenes with the female and male supporting actors that needed to be reshot in the afternoon, after everything was over, the wrap ceremony on set would begin. Meng Jiang didn’t have the patience to wait for so long, and she hadn’t seen Qi Sijia for more than half a month. Since their relationship was confirmed, the two of them had been busy with their own things, as if they were about to get tired of this relationship.
With her mind on managing the relationship, Meng Jiang left the set early without saying goodbye after she finished filming.
But when the car reached the highway exit, she received a call from Chen Cheng.
The other side asked where she was.
Meng Jiang said she was on her way and was preparing to go to the wrap party at night.
“You might have to come over,” Chen Cheng panted. She took the phone to a corner and briefly told Meng Jiang the situation. “The boss of Xinle brought a newcomer over. It looks like he probably wants you to help her see the world.”
Meng Jiang didn’t even put that boss of Xinle in her eyes. If it weren’t for helping Qi Sijia with the hot search that night, she might not even have to give him a look.
“After the Wasteland film is over, I’ve done my best for him. Even if he brings his ancestors to me, it’s not worth me doing him such a favor.”
“Of course, I know that,” Chen Cheng hesitated for a long time before she said, “The key is that this Miss Qi that Xinle has newly signed was brought over by Shen Tunan, using your mother’s connections.”
Qi Sijia turned her gaze over and saw Meng Jiang frown.
“Chen Ting?” Meng Jiang said calmly. “Then let her wait.”
“The wrap party is this afternoon. They plan to come in. My phone has been blown up by Chen Ting.”
Meng Jiang smiled faintly, still with the same words, “Let her wait!”
“OK, I’ll find a way to block them as you said. But for the wrap party tonight, I can’t stop them if they want to participate. After all, the boss of Xinle also invested in Wasteland.”
“And, famous actress Meng, goddess Meng, you can’t always think about dating, right? It’s time to come back and deal with work. Two of the three main characters on set are absent. I can’t justify it here.”
“And today is our own photographer and marketing team’s special. Brother Ji and the others are filming the behind-the-scenes interview of the crew’s wrap-up. It will be used for external publicity and marketing later. You can usually skip work, but for our own company’s exclusive interview, if you, the boss, don’t come, it would be too inappropriate.”
Meng Jiang said without being moved, “You also said, I’m the boss.”
Chen Cheng was speechless.
After a long while, she said kindly, “Old boss, have you calculated how much you’ve invested in the follow-up of Wasteland? We’ve invested more than Xinle now.”
Chen Cheng said earnestly, persuading Meng Jiang not to die in the arms of her Teacher Qi.
Meng Jiang thought to herself, If I can die in Qi Sijia’s bed, I don’t care about these ten billion.
“Your Teacher Qi has talent. In the future, when she’s old and her beauty has faded, she can still rely on her talent to eat. You’re different. You’re at the peak of your popularity. While you’re famous, you can easily pull up Meng Luo and take control of the Meng family at the same time. In the future, you’ll be the number one investor at home and abroad, and you won’t be any worse than her.”
Hearing this, Meng Jiang laughed in anger and turned her gaze to Qi Sijia.
Qi Sijia’s gaze met hers. Her cold eyebrows and eyes relaxed, and a very faint smile appeared on her lips.
Her car was driving steadily, and there was almost no bump.
At the traffic light ahead, she stopped the car at the zebra crossing.
On the other end of the line, Chen Cheng finished speaking and asked, “So are you coming?”
“I have to ask my leader,” Meng Jiang replied.
“Every day, you guys are enough. Can you be considerate of us single dogs? Oh, by the way, call your leader over too.”
Chen Cheng’s tone was raised. “Teacher Qi is very famous recently. Everyone in the circle wants to get to know her. If our Meng Luo’s wrap-up interview today includes her, the publicity and topic discussion will explode both at home and abroad.”
Meng Jiang was annoyed by her profit-driven appearance and turned to Qi Sijia. “Are you going?”
Qi Sijia’s eyes were filled with a dense smile. “The leader is up to you.”
Their eyes met. Qi Sijia’s expression was emotionless, but there was a hint of doting in her eyes. Meng Jiang’s heart was hot. She took a deep breath and hung up on Chen Cheng.
After a long while, she looked dazed at the receding buildings outside the car window and murmured, “When can we sleep together and get a stamp? Teacher Qi looks at people with such an ascetic and gentle gaze. I’m quite afraid that someone else will snatch her from me.”
I only look at you like this.
Qi Sijia narrowed her eyes and did not explain further. There were some things that Qi Sijia had wanted to say last time. If she said them clearly, their relationship could go a step further.
After all, no one wanted to lose control in bed and then have their partner unable to sleep in the same bed with them.
That feeling was too terrible.
Qi Sijia did not want Meng Jiang to feel disappointed and down without knowing the truth.
So the part where she had agreed to Meng Jiang’s pursuit was very hesitant.
After agreeing, she still remained restrained and reined in all her loss of control. She had only a few things, and she would lay them bare and tell Meng Jiang.
If the other person accepted, they would be together. If not, she would wait until she was better, and then they would be together.
But she didn’t expect that this relationship would develop so quickly. Many times, the words were on the tip of her tongue, but she had no chance to say them. Or they were too busy, and they wouldn’t see each other for more than half a month when they were busy.
The most she could say was on the night they confirmed their relationship. But Qi Sijia had said too much, and the conversation had stopped there. No matter what, she couldn’t find the next opportunity to bring up another matter.
The American highway was not as congested as the one in China. They drove all the way to the suburban set, and they barely encountered any other cars.
The car drove steadily. When they were one kilometer away from the set, Qi Sijia stopped the car.
It started to snow lightly outside again. The water marks from the scraping on the car window, Meng Jiang’s face was pressed against the window, and the light misted her face.
Qi Sijia turned her head and glanced at her, turned off the air conditioner in the car, got out of the driver’s seat, and went to the passenger seat.
Then she opened the door, took off the scarf from her neck, and wrapped it around Meng Jiang three times.
“Huh?” Meng Jiang finally woke up from her peaceful sleep. She opened her sleepy eyes. Perhaps she was not yet fully awake. She first checked her surroundings.
After recognizing Qi Sijia, she relaxed and curved her eyes.
“We’re here?”
Qi Sijia hummed in agreement and told her, “Put on your mask. There are reporters outside the set.”
Many reporters were waiting outside the Wasteland crew’s set. During the previous filming stage, the crew’s confidentiality was well done. But after the filming entered its final stages, they needed publicity, and the behind-the-scenes footage had been released in the past week.
Leaving aside the popularity of this drama, just looking at the film’s lineup, the director, screenwriter, and main actors, each of them alone could make the media rush over.
In addition, today was the crew’s wrap party. It would definitely not be a problem to be a little more cautious.
Meng Jiang quickly put on her mask, thinking of Qi Sijia’s fear of reporters at Jinbiao Mingting that night.
She couldn’t help but ask with concern, “Are you feeling uncomfortable? I can go over by myself.”
Qi Sijia was a little surprised that Meng Jiang still remembered the incident of being watched by reporters at Jinbiao Mingting that night.
She thought for a moment and said, “It’s fine. I’ve been taking medication recently. Normal filming won’t affect me much. And if we drive over, the reporters won’t be able to film inside the car.”
Qi Sijia’s voice dropped. Meng Jiang said “oh” and couldn’t help but meet Qi Sijia’s deep eyes.
There was a very deep emotion in Qi Sijia’s eyes. The light in the car fell in, and you could only see a hazy, duck-egg-shell-like shadow of the light, not real.
Meng Jiang’s heart moved. She almost wanted to immediately ask what “taking medication” meant.
Chen Cheng’s urging call came in again, saying that there were too many reporters outside and that the two of them should enter from the back door of the set.
The other side was very anxious. The main event tonight was the banquet. After the director finished filming the last scene with the male supporting actor, there were still a few behind-the-scenes footage to be filmed. Everyone was waiting for Meng Jiang to come over and report for the wrap-up photo ceremony.
Qi Sijia changed direction and drove a little faster, parking the car directly in the ground parking lot inside the set.
Because the crew was in a hurry, the two of them were separated as soon as they arrived at the set. Chen Cheng took Meng Jiang to do her makeup.
Qi Sijia was originally going to follow, but she was stopped by the director, who said that they were going to take a group photo.
“I won’t participate,” Qi Sijia crossed her arms. She couldn’t join in this kind of excitement.
But she couldn’t stand the director’s persuasion. “How can a wrap party be without Teacher Qi? You are the key to the smooth filming of Wasteland.”
The director directly gave Qi Sijia a hat. After the people from the film crew looked at each other, they more or less guessed Qi Sijia’s identity.
