Chapter 32.1

The various sounds in the hall were endless, and with Jin Lie’s meaningful gaze, Su Qian suddenly realized that the topic of “long or not long” seemed a bit wrong.

Her cheeks were hot, and just as she was about to explain, the door panel suddenly made a violent impact sound.

Su Qian: “……”

Was this because they were afraid they couldn’t hear, or what? The more she wanted to hide, the less she could.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, a lone man and a single woman were locked in a closed room, listening to the sounds with images.

This feeling was simply too thrilling.

The heat on her face spread throughout her body over time, and Su Qian’s body began to heat up.

She stiffened her neck and tried to appear calm and composed, wanting to walk away from the battlefield. But what she feared came true, Jin Lie, not knowing what nerve had twitched, grabbed her arm and gently pressed her against the door panel.

The rustling next door continued, in the darkness, he slowly lowered his head, and his eyes burning like fire.

“What’s the matter, are you scared?” His deliberately lowered voice was obviously hoarse.

“I just think it’s disturbing the peace.” Su Qian rolled her eyes, and she coughed lightly, “Let’s wait on the sofa.”

She wanted to leave, but her wrist was held. Jin Lie lowered his head, and a hot breath spread over, “Then let’s do something to distract.”

Su Qian hadn’t reacted to his words when her lips were suddenly kissed. Jin Lie released her hand, and his warm palm tightly held her waist. In the dimness, the frantic heartbeat followed one after another, almost bursting out of the chest.

“So sweet.” He withdrew reluctantly, his eyes so intense they were almost tangible.

Su Qian swallowed nervously, her eyes wandering, “I just had some juice.”

“Let’s try again next time, to see if you’re still this sweet without the juice.”

This man’s sweet talk was as overwhelming as his sharp tongue. Su Qian unconsciously pursed her lips, not knowing how to respond.

Jin Lie saw her shyness and laughed, leading her to the sofa. Su Qian exhaled lightly, patting her chest as she followed.

The impact sound outside the door continued, not knowing when the two people fighting in various styles would end. The room was stuffy, and Su Qian was a bit thirsty. She slowly turned around and found a refrigerator in the corner.

“Jin Lie.” She said in a small voice, pointing there, “Can I drink the things inside?”

“Yes, take whatever you want to drink.”

Su Qian opened the refrigerator and took out two bottles of Evian^[1]“依云” (Yī yún) is the Chinese name for Evian, a brand of mineral water. . She opened one of them and took a few gulps. Then she walked over and handed the other bottle to Jin Lie.

“Here, cool down a bit.”

After drinking the water, she felt refreshed, and the words just slipped out. But after saying them, she felt a bit awkward.

Jin Lie looked at her meaningfully, and Su Qian’s heart pounded as she was stared at, and in her distraction, her high heels stomped hard on his foot.

Jin Lie hissed in pain.

Su Qian swallowed, and asked cautiously, “Are you… okay?”

“Do you want to murder your husband?”

“I was just careless.” Su Qian mumbled, “And I’ve already signed the divorce agreement, so what husband?”

Enduring the discomfort, Jin Lie put the water aside, and when she wanted to flee the scene, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her onto his lap.

“I haven’t signed yet.” Jin Lie wrapped his arms around her waist, and negotiated with her, “Can you consider continuing to be Mrs. Jin?”

They never brought up this question again. Su Qian seemed to ignore it, completely immersed in her own career. But Jin Lie hoped that she could change her mind, he wanted to be with her, wanted to see her smiling face at home every day.

Su Qian lowered her head, playing with his watch band, “Weren’t you very determined to divorce before, saying you wouldn’t regret it if you didn’t?”

“How could I regret being with someone I like.”

Su Qian looked up at him, his reflection was in her eyes. Her hesitant appearance seemed to hold doubts about his words.

“I would regret it if I let you go.” Jin Lie’s Adam’s apple moved, and he gently kissed her lips, “What can I do for you to forgive me? Otherwise, choose between one knee and two knees.”

“What do you mean by one knee and two knees?”

“I finished reading the book you left at home, 《After the Divorce, He Knelt and Begged Me to Forgive Him》.”

Su Qian was taken aback, then laughed, “How does it feel?”

Jin Lie clicked his tongue, “What he can do, I can do.”

Afraid she wouldn’t believe him, he ambiguously added, “No, I can do more than he can.”

Su Qian leaned on his shoulder, “Be serious.”

“Alright. Take your time to consider.” Jin Lie stood up with her, “But don’t take too long, I can’t guarantee how long I can be serious.”

…

When they returned to the hotel, to avoid suspicion, Jin Lie didn’t go with her. The two said goodbye in the car, Jin Lie gently touched her head, “Zhong Ning is about to collapse, I have to return to Shencheng tomorrow.”

Su Qian paused as she unbuckled her seat belt, “You’re leaving tomorrow?”

“What, can’t bear to part?”

She was silent for a moment, slowly shaking her head, “There’s nothing I can’t bear.” It’s not like they won’t see each other again after they part.

Jin Lie felt a bit heartbroken, and at the same time, he clearly knew that Su Qian’s knot had not been untied.

“But I can’t bear to part with you.” He looked at her, with his eyes full of sincerity, “Consider what I said just now, I’m waiting for your answer.”

Su Qian hummed in agreement: “Okay.”

Whether or not to stay by his side, she believed that it wouldn’t take long for her to get a real answer.

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When Su Qian was filming, Jin Lie was also busy with his business. After refusing a project with Shang Jingyu, he invested in another project, which was better than expected.

While busy making money, Jin Lie was also busy with another thing, which was chasing stars in his spare time. He would vote for Su Qian when he had nothing to do, and earn some super topic points. Of course, all these operations were done by the miserable Zhong Ning.

Jin Lie happily sent a screenshot of his level 10 super topic to Su Qian, and boasted that he had also become an administrator of the fan group. This earned him two love hugs.

But before he could be happy for long, he was kicked out by the group owner for arguing with others and randomly kicking people.

Zhong Ning was almost in tears when he found out. He wanted to write a tear-jerking history of how he got into the group and climbed up to the position of administrator for Jin Lie.

But with a belly full of complaints, he dared not speak, and could only stammer out a question, “Mr. Jin, how do you have time to do these things?”

“Just a glance.” Jin Lie’s expression wasn’t very good, he just took a casual look, and found that several men were calling Su Qian ‘wife’, “The single dogs nowadays are really scary, recognizing wives everywhere.”

Zhong Ning was angry, and couldn’t help but complain, “Strictly speaking, Su Qian doesn’t seem to be your wife now.”

“Why not, I haven’t signed the divorce agreement yet.”

“But she has signed it. Signing it means she doesn’t want to be with you…” You were the one who didn’t want a wife first, what’s the reason for getting angry because others call her wife!

Cold knives flew over, and if he said anything more, his life would be in danger. Zhong Ning immediately silenced, holding the folder as a shield in front of him, “Mr. Jin is wise! I’ll go and get busy, if there’s anything, you can instruct me.”

Being kicked is being kicked, at worst, he can practice again, it’s better than losing his life.

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During this busy period, Su Qian and Jin Lie would occasionally send text messages and video calls, and time passed quickly. A month later, the film was successfully wrapped up.

The crew prepared bouquets for each actor, and the one for Su Qian was personally selected by Jiang Zhan.

Wu Tong watched him hand over the flowers as if nothing had happened, said a few superficial words, and couldn’t help but marvel. If he could chase after her, it would be a miracle!

“Director Jiang, thank you for your care during this time.”

“I didn’t take care of you at all, you performed very well.” Jiang Zhan looked at her bright eyes, and a wave of sourness rose in his heart, “I just don’t know if there will be a chance to cooperate after this.”

Su Qian smiled, “The entertainment circle is so big, I believe there will always be opportunities.”

Jiang Zhan nodded, “That’s true.”

After saying goodbye, Su Qian returned to the hotel to pack her things and took a night flight back to Shencheng.

Under the sunlight, Jiang Zhan watched her slender figure, his eyelashes unconsciously trembling. He was somewhat glad that he hadn’t returned that umbrella to her, leaving something to remember her by.

“I’ve never seen you so reluctant before.” Wu Tong came over, and put his hand on his shoulder, “If you like her, go for it! Why endure so much hardship?”

“I can’t.” Jiang Zhan withdrew his gaze, and smiled with relief, “All I can do is let her shine in her works.”

He couldn’t get close to Su Qian’s life, so he was satisfied to complement each other and fight side by side in their careers.

Wu Tong couldn’t understand his thoughts, and shook his head helplessly, “What a fool.”

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Every time after the filming ends, Su Qian always feels the most at ease. She can nest at home doing what she wants to do, playing with cats and watching TV shows without any worries.

She told Xu Ke that her work phone would be turned off for three days. She logged off the internet and had a night chat with Bai Shuangshuang and Zhang Pingting. The three women gathered at Su Qian’s house, drinking and chatting about some little-known oddities.

Su Qian also heard a lot of gossip. She was truly shocked to hear that a certain male star in the circle was a ‘quick shooter’.

She had seen this man when she was filming. He had a strong and muscular body, full of hormones, but she didn’t expect him to be all show and no substance.

Bai Shuangshuang threw away the peanut shells and patted the crumbs off her hands, and gossiped, “How did you know? Do you have any more juicy details to spill?”

Zhang Pingting helplessly spread her hands, “Unfortunately, this guy used to be with a friend of mine.”

Su Qian and Bai Shuangshuang looked at each other.

A friend out of nowhere?!

“Your friend wouldn’t happen to be you, would it?!”

“It looks like it.”

“No! That guy is not my type, okay!”

Zhang Pingting hurriedly explained, but the other two deliberately didn’t believe her. The three of them made a ruckus and soon became a noisy mess.

After making enough noise, they lay down on the sofa to rest. Not long after, the doorbell suddenly rang.

She had ordered some crayfish earlier, and Su Qian thought it was the delivery, so she put on a mask and went to open the door.

Jin Lie was standing outside the door. He looked at Su Qian and raised his eyebrow, “Why are you wearing a mask?”

“Who is it?”

“Is it the delivery?”

The voices of two people came from inside. Su Qian’s heart jumped, and she instinctively wanted to slam the door shut.

“It’s still here?” Jin Lie blocked the door with his hand and handed her the thing hooked on his finger, “Don’t want the crayfish anymore?”

Su Qian took it, and asked unnaturally, “Why are you here? I have friends over.”

It’s not convenient, you should leave if there’s nothing else.

“You never come out to see me, so I had to come to see you.” Saying this, Jin Lie looked inside, “Just in time, let me meet your friends too.”

“It’s not convenient today, maybe another day!”

Su Qian pushed him out with force, but this man was too strong, it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, a mayfly shaking a tree.

In the struggle, Bai Shuangshuang and Zhang Pingting both came over. Seeing Jin Lie at the door, both of them showed meaningful expressions.

“Isn’t this Mr. Jin? Su Qian, you know each other?”

Bai Shuangshuang whispered in Zhang Pingting’s ear, “I’ve met him once before, it seems it’s not as simple as knowing each other.”

Su Qian looked at their gossiping faces, then at Jin Lie, and covered her face in despair.

Jin Lie smiled, took Su Qian’s hand and greeted them, “Hello, I am Su Qian’s husband.”

Bai Shuangshuang and Zhang Pingting, one with wide eyes and the other with an open mouth. They perfectly illustrated what “I’m shocked” means.

So the gossip they were talking about earlier was just trivial, the real juicy news was right beside them!

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