Assistant Wu helped the three girls settle down, then went back to report to Chen Yiran. Li Linlin and the others had just moved in and they were still a little excited. After changing their clothes, they decided to take a stroll around and buy some things on the way.

Though Assistant Wu had already prepared all the food and supplies for them.

“Wu Hui’er, how much longer do you need?” Li Linlin and Chen Xi both changed their clothes but Wu Hui was still dilly-dallying. Li Linlin opened Wu Hui’s door and looked inside. “Aren’t you the least fond of dressing up?”

Wu Hui finished applying lipstick and finally stood up from the dressing table. “I’m in the school dormitory so why will I dress up? But it’s different here. I have to put on makeup to show Yinwan respect.”

She flipped her hair, then turned around and asked Li Linlin and Chen Xi, “How is it? Does my appearance match the house here?”

“Yes, yes, yes.” Li Linlin and Chen Xi laughed and went up to pull Wu Hui out. “Hurry up, it’s going to be dark if you dawdle any longer.”

The three of them put on their shoes, and as soon as they opened the door, they saw the elevator open.

“Ah, just in time, hurry up, hurry up.” Li Linlin beckoned Chen Xi and Wu Hui to follow, and coincidentally met Ann who was walking out of the elevator.

Li Linlin’s movements stopped and she froze in place.

“What’s wrong?” Chen Xi walked over and then also froze.

No, why do the other party look so much like the little brother from the KTV?

Two more fashionably dressed young men came out of the elevator. Li Linlin looked over and felt her head explode. “Ann? Henry? Nick?”

Ann, Henry and Nick: “……”

“Why are you all stuck here?” Wu Hui arrived late. After seeing the three handsome guys at the elevator entrance, she was also shocked. “What’s going on? Li Linlin, you actually invited them to the house?!”

Aren’t you afraid Chen Yiran will break your legs?

Li Linlin quickly denied, “It’s not me!”

“Then Xixi?!” Wu Hui looked at Chen Xi. She never knew Xixi was so bold.

“It’s also not me……”

“Ahem.” Ann came back to his senses and explained with a light cough, “We live over there.”

He pointed to the door opposite Li Linlin and the others.

Li Linlin, Chen Xi and Wu Hui: “……”

So…… coincidental???

“Did you just move here?” Ann glanced at the place where Wu Hui had just walked out. “This house has been sold for a long time but no one has come to live in it. Is it yours?”

“N-no.” Li Linlin stammered. “We’re renting it.”

It’s just that the landlord wasn’t charging rent and was also paying the water, electricity and internet connection for them.

“We’re renting too.” Ann smiled a little unnaturally. “What a coincidence.”

Chen Xi suddenly grabbed Li Linlin and Wu Hui’s arms, and with a sharp turn, dragged the two back into the house, followed by the door slamming shut.

Ann, Henry and Nick: “……”

In the house, Li Linlin and Wu Hui had not yet reacted. Chen Xi stood in front of them and told them, “You mustn’t tell Brother Yiran that the KTV little brothers are living opposite us, understand?”

“……Ah?” Li Linlin looked at her blankly.

“If Brother Yiran finds out, he will definitely make us change houses!” Chen Xi grabbed Li Linlin’s arm seriously. “Do you realize the seriousness of the matter?”

Li Linlin: “……”

Xixi isn’t only unwilling to wear clothes^[1]to change places, she’s also unwilling to wear pants!!!

“But what if President Chen comes to visit……” Wu Hui asked in a low voice.

Chen Xi said, “He won’t. He’s so busy. Didn’t Ann just say that no one has ever lived here? And even if he did come to visit, he won’t go next door.”

“But—”

“No buts.” Chen Xi turned his head and interrupted Li Linlin, “I just took a look, there’s karaoke equipment in the house.”

“……So?” Li Linlin stared at Chen Xi with round eyes.

Chen Xi smiled and said, “So, when we invite the little brothers to sing in the future, we don’t have to go to the KTV. We can just stay at home.”

Li Linlin: “……”

The person despairing even more than Li Linlin was Wu Hui. Last time Li Linlin went to the KTV to sing, it made President Chen so angry. Now they’d call people directly to their home?

And this house even belonged to President Chen!

……President Chen would probably be furious when he finds out.

“Since neither of you have any objections, it’s happily decided.”

Li Linlin and Wu Hui: “……”

It’s not that they didn’t have any objections, but that they didn’t have the chance to say it. 🙂

Chen Xi straightened her clothes and hair, then opened the door again. Ann and the others were no longer outside. They probably went back in their own home. Chen Xi walked up and knocked on the opposite door.

It was Henry who opened it.

“Hello.” Chen Xi smiled at him. “Sorry, I didn’t scare you just now, did I?”

“No.” Henry’s voice didn’t sound as magnetic as it did at the KTV, but it was still very gentle, “We were just wondering if we scared you.”

“How can that be?” Chen Xi said with a smile, “We were just discussing something. Since we will be neighbors from now on, why don’t we have a meal together? We’re going to cook hotpot, do you guys want to come over?”

“Let me ask the others.” Henry turned around and said a few words to the people inside, then turned back to Chen Xi and said, “Okay, we’ll go over as soon as we’re ready.”

“All right, then we’ll wait for you.” Chen Xi waved to him, then turned around and walked back.

Li Linlin and Wu Hui both stood at the door looking at her. The corners of Li Linlin’s lips couldn’t help but twitch as she whispered to Chen Xi, “Aren’t we going shopping?”

“It will be the same if we go shopping another day.” Chen Xi changed back into her slippers and entered the house. “I just checked the refrigerator. Assistant Wu prepared a lot of ingredients for us. Let’s cook hot pot tonight to celebrate our move.”

Wu Hui: “……”

Living in President Chen’s house, spending President Chen’s money, and inviting over other men to dinner.

Wonderful.

Li Linlin had been incompatible with the kitchen since she was a child, so Chen Xi and Wu Hui didn’t let her cook. They were in the kitchen preparing the evening’s hot pot. Li Linlin tidied up the already clean living room and unable to bear the loneliness, ran to the kitchen. She looked at Chen Xi’s back and called out to her, “Xixi.”

“What is it?” Chen Xi was busy chopping vegetables and didn’t look back at her.

Li Linlin blinked and asked, “Tell me honestly, are you interested in one of them?”

Chen Xi paused and turned to look at her. “Am I that kind of person? I’m interested in all of them.”

Li Linlin: “……”

The tips of Wu Hui’s eyebrows jumped. While washing the vegetables, she asked, “You want to fall in love with several of them at the same time?”

“Who said I want fall in love with them?” Chen Xi revealed a smile. “I’m simply appreciating the good-looking little brothers with sweet mouths.”

“……” Li Linlin was silent for a moment. “Oh, you’re Madam Qiu No. 2.”

Speaking of Madam Qiu, Li Linlin remembered another thing. “Nick’s relationship with Madam Qiu isn’t normal, so exclude him.”

Chen Xi immediately smelled gossip. “How is it not normal?”

Li Linlin said, “Last time I went to Madam Qiu’s villa to look for her, I saw Nick at her house and he was wearing the same pajamas as her.”

“Oooohh.” Chen Xi’s eyes shone with excitement. “Madam Qiu is simply a role model for us!”

Li Linlin: “……”

Next to them, Wu Hui paused and then turned to look at Li Linlin. “That’s not right, when did you go to Madam Qiu’s villa? How come I didn’t know?”

“……” Li Linlin froze. Oops, she slipped. “It’s last time. Madam Qiu’s villa was in the same community as mine. Do I have to tell you everything I do? Humph.”

Wu Hui wanted to ask her a few more questions, but the doorbell rang.

The three girls suddenly became nervous.

“They’re here, they’re here, what do we do?” Li Linlin straightened up and anxiously asked.

Chen Xi said, “Stay calm! Wu Hui and I will continue to prepare ingredients here. Linlin, go open the door for them and serve them some fruits or something!”

“O-okay!” Li Linlin received the instruction and quickly went to open the door.

Before opening it, she made a point of looking at the video camera to make sure it was really Ann and the others outside.

“Hello, guys.” Li Linlin greeted the three people somewhat stiffly, “Come in.”

When Li Linlin wanted to get them slippers, she realized they didn’t have men’s slippers there. Ann seemed to notice and said to Nick behind him, “Go get our slippers.”

“Okay.” Nick nodded and went back to get it. Li Linlin gave an awkward smile, “Sorry about that.”

“It’s okay.” Ann smiled at her which put Li Linlin at ease.

Nick quickly brought the slippers over. The guys put them on and finally entered the house. Ann held some gifts in his hands and said to Li Linlin, “These are for you three. We couldn’t prepare anything else so they’re just ordinary things.”

“Thank you, thank you.” Li Linlin led them to the living room. “Let’s put them on the table first.”

Li Linlin reached out to help carry the things and found that they had brought some fruits and milk.

“Milk?” They didn’t look like people who would drink milk.

Ann coughed lightly and told her, “We have a lot of alcohol, but we thought it would be better if you don’t drink, so I took my younger brother’s milk.”

Li Linlin was stunned and she asked him with some curiosity, “You have a younger brother?”

“Yes, he’s in sixth grade this year.”

“Ah, then you can call him over to have hot pot together.”

Ann said, “He’s at winter camp and won’t be back until next week.”

“Oh, I see.” Li Linlin picked up an orange the guys brought over and asked them, “Do you want to eat fruits?”

“We’ll peel it ourselves.” Henry smiled and took the orange and the fruit knife from her hand, and asked her, “What else would you like? I’ll peel them for you.”

Li Linlin suddenly understood Chen Xi a little. She didn’t need to be in a relationship with them, but just a casual chat was fun!

“You guys are cooking? Let me help.” Nick rolled up his sleeves and stood up from the sofa. “I remember we still have steaks in the refrigerator. How about I bring them over?”

Ann and Henry both nodded, so Nick went to get the steak. After he came back, Henry went to the kitchen with him to help. Fortunately, the kitchen of this house was big enough, otherwise it wouldn’t be able to accommodate so many people.

Li Linlin ate the orange that Henry had just peeled and looked in the direction of the kitchen. “Do you all know how to cook?”

“En, we usually cook our own food.”

“I see.” Li Linlin looked at him. “So you guys aren’t working today?”

Ann said, “It just happen to be our day off.”

“That’s such a coincidence.” Li Linlin chuckled.

Ann also smiled with her. In fact, they took a leave that day.

“Right, didn’t Nick go out of town with Madam Qiu? I remember Madam Qiu hasn’t come back yet.” Li Linlin stuffed herself with another piece of orange, completely forgetting that she originally wanted to use this to entertain Ann and the others.

Ann said, “Nick came back early. The manager will have objections if he takes a long leave.”

“That’s true.” Li Linlin finished the orange in her hand and felt at a loss for what to do next. “Then, Ann, do you want to watch TV?”

Li Linlin picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

Ann told her, “You can call me Lu Ruizhou outside.”

Li Linlin’s hand paused as she was changing the channel. “Lu Ruizhou? Is that your real name?”

“Yeah.”

Li Linlin nodded and laughed again, “Okay. I also think calling you Ann is weird, haha.”

“Linlin, have you taken out the induction cooker?” Chen Xi poked her head out of the kitchen and asked Li Linlin, who was in the living room.

Li Linlin pointed to the induction cooker on the dining table and said, “I’ve taken it out a long time ago. It’s been waiting for you guys.”

“Then you can come over and help bring out the food. We can start cooking the hot pot now!”

Li Linlin happily went up to help and Lu Ruizhou followed as well.

The red bottom of the pot was boiling and bubbling, and the cut vegetables and meat were placed on the table. Chen Xi held up a glass filled with milk and said to the people on the table, “Let’s all have a toast first. As the saying goes, a close neighbor is better than a distant relative. In the future, we have to look after each other.”

Everyone clinked their glasses of milk before sitting down again. Lu Ruizhou said to them, “When my younger brother comes back, let’s eat at our place next. We’ll be the host.”

“Okay, okay.”

Wu Hui held down Li Linlin’s chopsticks and warned her in a low voice, “You still have to film tomorrow. You can’t eat such greasy food, the calories are too high.”

“No, I’m going to eat.” Li Linlin was controlled by Wu Hui every day and she finally began to push back. “Brother Yiran said that meat doesn’t grow in one meal. I want to eat today!”

Chen Xi pulled Wu Hui and persuaded her, “Forget it, forget it, today is our housewarming party, just let her eat.”

Wu Hui was distressed. “It’s because you guys are spoiling her that she’s getting more and more unscrupulous.”

Chen Xi swore to the heaven, “I didn’t spoil her. Whenever she eats at home, I monitor her as you said. But with Brother Yiran covering for her, there’s nothing I can do about it. If you want to blame someone, blame Brother Yiran.”

Wu Hui: “……”

She might as well blame herself.

While the two of them were arguing, Li Linlin had already eaten three slices of beef.

After finishing the hot pot, Lu Ruizhou and others took the initiative to help clean up the kitchen and wash the dishes, which made Li Linlin feel embarrassed. After cleaning up, they did not stay long and directly returned to their own place.

They had already left but Chen Xi was still sighing, “I wanted to suggest that everyone should sing, why did they left in such a hurry?”

Li Linlin plopped down on the sofa and joked, “Maybe your wolf-like eyes scared them.”

Chen Xi: “……”

How was she wolf-like? She’s obviously cute and adorable!

“The oranges Lu Ruizhou and the others brought over are sweet, try them.” Li Linlin said casually while scrolling through Weibo.

Chen Xi and Wu Hui exchanged glances and narrowed their eyes at Li Linlin. “Who is Lu Ruizhou?”

Li Linlin’s finger scrolling Weibo paused for a second before continuing. “Oh, it’s Ann.”

“How do you know his name is Lu Ruizhou?

“He said so himself.”

“What else did you talk about?” 

“Nothing.” Li Linlin looked at them inexplicably. “Oh, he also talked about his younger brother’s studies.”

Chen Xi and Wu Hui exchanged glances again, then sat down next to Li Linlin and looked at her amiably. “Is my brother going to have green clouds surrounding his head^[2]to be cheated on?”

Li Linlin: “?”

She got up and sat cross-legged on the sofa. Looking at Chen Xi, she said, “Xixi, you should have a conscience. Isn’t it you who said you wanted to invite them to have hot pot?”

“……I invited them to have hot pot, but I don’t know who Lu Ruizhou is.”

Li Linlin’s lips move and was about to refute Chen Xi when she heard the ringtone of her mobile phone. She looked at the screen and found that it was a call from Chen Yiran.

Chen Xi also glanced at Li Linlin’s phone screen and sighed, “It seems he sensed the green crisis.”

Li Linlin: “……”

Don’t randomly come up with weird words!

Although she was complaining, Li Linlin felt inexplicably guilty in her heart. It was clear that Chen Xi had orchestrated this matter from beginning to end.

She walked back to her room quickly and then answered Chen Yiran’s call after closing the door. “Brother Yiran.”

“En.” Chen Yiran responded in a low voice and a smile on his face. “I’m busy with work today so I couldn’t send you all there. Has Assistant Wu got you settled?”

“Mmmm, Assistant Wu is very attentive and thoughtful.” Li Linlin praised Assistant Wu. “Brother Yiran, you have to give him a raise.”

Chen Yiran laughed and said, “That’s fine. Are you all staying over tonight?”

“Yes. Xixi and Wu Hui also cooked hot pot and said it’s a housewarming party.”

“En, I’ll treat you all to a meal next time.”

“Okay.” After Li Linlin agreed, she added in a low voice, “It would be best not to bring Wu Hui along. She’s always managing me and won’t let me eat this or that!”

“Okay, if you say so, then we won’t.” The corners of Chen Yiran’s lips rose up. Every time he talked Li Linlin on the phone, she would always tell him some trivial things. But he didn’t know why, listening to her talk puts him in a good mood more than when he’s talking about a business worth hundreds of millions.

Li Linlin locked herself in the room to talk to Chen Yiran, while Chen Xi sat on the sofa and asked Wu Hui opposite, “Why does Brother Yiran always call Linlin instead of me? I’m obviously the real sister.”

Wu Hui: “? “

How would she know?

No wait, it’s not what she thought, right?

Wu Hui opened her eyes wide in horror.

Chen Xi also opened her eyes wide. “What’s wrong?”

“……Nothing.” Wu Hui stood up and walked towards her room mechanically. “I’m going back to my room too.”

It’s over, it’s over. It better not be what she thought. Otherwise, the mines laid today would blow her to pieces tomorrow.

Yes, it would blow up in her face. 🙂

When passing by Li Linlin’s room, Wu Hui subconsciously shouted, “Don’t lie down just after eating. Stand against the wall for a while to avoid getting a chubby belly!”

Li Linlin inside the room: “……”

“Is that Wu Hui?” Chen Yiran asked on the other end of the phone.

“Mm.” Li Linlin responded dryly. “She’s really becoming more and more like my grandma!”

Chen Yiran chuckled and said, “Don’t lie down if you’ve just eaten. Get up and stand for a while.”

“Oh.” Li Linlin obediently got up from the bed and stood by the window. “I’ve stood up! The night view here is nice!”

“I haven’t gone over to see it yet.” Chen Yiran had just said this when someone called out to him. Li Linlin heard someone shouting President Chen on the other end, so she asked him, “You’re still at work?”

“Yes, I’m still here at the company.” Chen Yiran nodded to the secretary and told her, “I also still have some work to do. Go to bed early. You have to film tomorrow, right?”

“Mm. You should get some rest too.”

“Got it.” Saying so, Chen Yiran hung up the call.

Li Linlin held out her phone and took a photo of the night scene outside the window, then sent it to Chen Yiran.

As Chen Yiran was putting away his phone, he felt it vibrate. He took a glance and saw the photo sent by Li Linlin.

“President Chen.” The secretary urged tentatively.

Chen Yiran put away the smile on his face and pressed the lock screen. “Let’s go.”

———

After moving to Yinwan, Li Linlin practically lived there. Anyway, her parents were still abroad so she would still be alone even if she returned home. As the filming of 《Fatal Heartbeat》 progresses, the Spring Festival was getting closer and closer. Li Shen and Yu Wan originally told Li Linlin that they would be back before the Spring Festival, but now they suddenly changed their minds and said they wanted to spend the holiday outside.

The fake smiling girl, Li Linlin: “Okay.”

Yu Wan made a heart sign on the other side of the screen. “I heard from Tiantian that you and Xixi moved to Yinwan. I feel relieved to have them accompany you during the Spring Festival.”

Li Shen also promptly showed his fatherly love. “Does Linlin want any gifts? I’ll bring it back for you.”

The fake smiling girl, Li Linlin: “No need, just have fun and don’t worry about me.”

Yu Wan said, “I also picked up a wedding while I’m here. I didn’t expect that I can make money by accompanying your father on tour.”

Li Shen was quite dissatisfied with this point. “You can’t take on another one after that. You agreed to come and accompany me.”

“……” Seeing that the two of them were about to torture their biological daughter again, Li Linlin hurriedly moved the mouse to the red X button. “Dad, Mom, I still need to read the script so I won’t talk to you anymore. You guys take your time.”

“All right. See you, my daughter.”

“Bye-bye, bye-bye.” Li Linlin hurriedly turned off the video call.

It was a close call. She almost had to eat dog food again. 🙂

She picked up her phone and wanted to post a complaint on Weibo about her parents, but she found that Li Shen had posted half an hour ago. On the picture, it showed a tropical island where the sun was shining brightly, the water was blue, and there were two glasses of iced drinks on the table underneath a big umbrella.

The international superstar surnamed Li captioned, 【The tour ended successfully. Thanks to all the fans for your support. Since we’re here, we’ll take a vacation and wait until the spring flowers bloom before returning to the country.】

Li Linlin: “……”

Oh, they had already decided before calling to inform her.

Li Shen’s reposts and comments were nearly 100,000 times, and Li Linlin also contributed to it. Smiling, she forwarded her father’s Weibo post.

【I wonder if you two remember having a daughter? :)】

Netizens responded with 【Hahaha.】 and 【Li Linlin giving Li Shen a soul searching question.】, and it became a hot search topic. Li Shen was busy vacationing with his dear wife and hadn’t responded yet. However, some netizens who didn’t know what they were talking about jumped out and started clamoring for Li Linlin to stop taking advantage of Li Shen’s popularity.

Melon-eating netizens: Meow, meow, meow?

After Li Linlin’s fans noticed these remarks, they began to respond——

【The biggest thing about Li Linlin is that she’s Li Shen’s daughter. What do you think of that?】

【Li Shen wrote a song for Linlin called 《LinLin》, is this because he’s using our Linlin for popularity?】

Li Linlin herself found these comments funny. She never thought that one day she would be accused of rubbing off on her father’s popularity. She didn’t intend to take this matter to heart, but Wu Hui was very alarmed. “Do you think someone is doing this intentionally? 《Fatal Heartbeat》 is about to start airing. Is someone trying to smear you?”

“……” Li Linlin answered her after a moment of contemplation, “Are you thinking too much?”

“I hope I’m only overthinking.” Wu Hui felt that this matter was strange, just like a while ago when people scolded Li Linlin’s fans for not having any sense.

———

In early February, 《Fatal Heartbeat》 officially started. The two episodes that aired in the first week were both extended editions, each lasting sixty minutes. The plot moves at a fast pace because there were only 21 episodes in total.

Li Linlin finished work early that day and switched on ABA TV station on time to watch 《Fatal Heartbeat》. This was her first ‘electric shock’. Watching her own drama on TV felt quite amazing.

The online broadcast was an hour behind the TV broadcast. Li Linlin finished watching on the TV and then opened the online version to watch it again.

The drama had just been released not long ago, but its popularity had already reached number one, and the barrage of comments was overwhelming.

【I didn’t realize it when I was reading the book as a kid, but now it suddenly register to me that the female lead is having an affair with her brother-in-law?】

【The male lead can’t be considered a brother-in-law, can he? He’s just engaged to Ou Jiaxu. But isn’t this drama all about resisting the marriage arrangement?】

【The comments are really funny. They’re already engaged and yet he’s not brother-in-law? Then what do you call him?】

【Zhou Rongrong didn’t know at this time that Ou Jiaxu is her sister. She’s not exactly trying to steal her brother-in-law.】

【Stop white washing her. Zhou Rongrong suspected she’s from the Ou family from the start, otherwise why will she ask Xiao Yiren to check the Ou family?】

【Zhou Rongrong did know about it from the beginning.】

【What kind of values ​​does this drama have, airing a show where someone is stealing their brother-in-law?】

【I feel bad for Ou Jiaxu.】

Li Linlin: “……”

No, everyone clearly enjoyed reading the novel back in the day, right? How come they suddenly change their whole perspective?

When the first episode was about to end, Ou jiaxu made her appearance, and the comment section was immediately flooded by Li Linlin’s fans.

【Aaahhhhh, my daughter is so cool!! She can actually box!】

【I like Ou Jiaxu! Linlin is so beautiful!】

【Wuuwuuwuu, stop practicing boxing, big sister. Go and check on your fiancé. He’s going to be seduced by your little sister. T^T】

Li Linlin: “……”

She didn’t give up and ran to Weibo to observe. However, who knew that the comments on Weibo were basically the same as the barrage, either they felt sorry for Ou Jiaxu, or Ou Jiaxu looks cool when boxing.

……What’s going on with netizens this time? Why were they so difficult to lead?

Li Linlin comforted herself that this was because the script had been changed. Ou Jiaxu hadn’t started doing evil in the first two episodes. After she turned bad, everyone would probably scold her!

On the opening night of 《Fatal Heartbeat》, it set a new high in ratings of ABA TV’s weekly theater this year, and the number of views on the Internet was also rising. Netizens enthusiastically discussed the plot and the drama was on three hot searches in one evening.

Of course, the possibility of other platforms buying the hot search couldn’t be ruled out.

A week later, another three or four more episodes aired on time. The plot was progressing gradually, and Ou Jiaxu also began to notice the ambiguity between Gu Qiu and Zhou Rongrong. The comments on the Internet were similar to last week, but Li Linlin wasn’t in a hurry now, because from next week onwards Ou Jiaxu would do bad things, especially in the scene she’s going to shoot today, where Ou Jiaxu killed someone!

This scene was about Ou Jiaxu preparing to kidnap Zhou Rongrong, except that there was no part of Ou Jiaxu killing someone in the original work. It was added in by the screenwriter later. As the biggest villain in 《Fatal Heartbeat》, Ou Jiaxu’s hands were stained with human a life and she would definitely not be able to wash it off. After this scene aired, public opinion would certainly change drastically.

“Have you memorized the moves just now?” The martial arts instructor, wrapped in a black down jacket, explained the moves to Li Linlin under the street lamp, “Let’s practice them again.”

“Okay.” Li Linlin nodded. In order to facilitate her movements, she took off the coat draped over her body and handed it over to the assistant next to her.

Ou Jiaxu practiced boxing all year round— although Li Linlin didn’t know why a lady from a wealthy family does boxing instead of learning piano— but she was such an all-around athletic person anyway so subduing one adult man wouldn’t appear jarring.

Li Linlin turned her back to him and clasped his hand as taught by her martial arts teacher, bent down, and with the opponent’s cooperation, she completed an over-the-shoulder throw. Then she quickly grabbed his hand placed it behind his back and kicked him at the knee, forcing him to kneel on the ground.

“Yes, that’s it.” The martial arts teacher turned around with difficulty and looked at Li Linlin. “But when you act with the other actor later, you can be a little lighter with your hands.”

“……Okay.”

Li Linlin had been working out and doing boxing every day during this period, and her strength had really developed a bit.

After watching the demonstration by Li Linlin and the other actor, the director made a few slight corrections and then officially started filming.

Li Linlin was walking alone on a small road with dim street lights and the night wind that blew by occasionally swept up the fallen leaves on the ground. Li Linlin pulled the coat on her body tighter as her eyes moved slightly.

There were unhurried footsteps following behind her. Li Linlin’s gaze remained calm and she quickened her pace. The footsteps behind her also accelerated and she then saw a shadow getting closer and closer to her. As the man stretched out his hands towards her, she suddenly grabbed his hand and did the same moves she just rehearsed with the martial arts teacher.

“Cut.” The director called out after the actor was subdued on the ground. “One more time, I want to take some close-up shots.”

Li Linlin pulled the actor up from the ground and asked with concern, “Are you okay?”

The actor patted the dust on his body and said, “It’s okay, it’s okay. I didn’t expect you to be quite strong.”

“Ah…… hahaha.” Li Linlin laughed awkwardly.

On the second take, Li Linlin used less force, but the director felt that her movements were a lot softer so he asked her to do it again, “Do it like how you did when practicing with Instructor He, use a bit more force.”

Li Linlin: “……”

It really wasn’t her intention to hit anyone, it was the director who’s asking her to do it.

After starting over, Li Linlin didn’t hold back anymore. A mat was laid on the ground to prevent the actors from being injured during filming. However, the other party still looked disheveled after being pushed down to his knees by Li Linlin.

The force placed on his hands and the kick on the back of his knees weren’t cushioned. Fortunately, he was wearing thick clothes, otherwise he would have been bruised by Li Linlin’s kick.

“Xiao Zhu, what’s the matter with you? How strong can a girl like Linlin be? Don’t look as if you’re touching porcelain^[3]scam to blackmail pedestrians by pretending to be injured.” The director stood up and spoke.

Xiao Zhu: “……”

Why don’t you give it a try, Director?

Fortunately, the director thought the last shot was okay and didn’t make them do it again. The next scene was the one where he took out a knife he had hidden in his bag, only to be countered by Li Linlin.

This part was quite straightforward, as he was ‘stabbed’ by Li Linlin with a knife.

“All right, Linlin, stab a few more times.” The director said while looking at the monitor.

As rehearsed, Li Linlin added several vicious strikes to ensure the persons death.

“Good, let’s take a close-up shot.” The close-up shot mainly showed the few times Li Linlin stabbed the knife. The other actor was like a stabbing tool. He stood in place and was stabbed more than a dozen times. He was stabbed to the point of no return before the director finally said it was okay.

After filming that night’s scene, the male actor had only one thought, and that was, one must be a good person! See how hard it was to be a bad person?!

Li Linlin had a big night scene, so she probably had to shoot until dawn. Wu Hui was originally worried that she wouldn’t be able to adapt to her first big night shoot, but she didn’t expect that she got quite used to it and was even becoming more excited the more she filmed.

“Next is the scene where I kidnap Zhou Rongrong!” Li Linlin drank the hot water handed to her by her assistant, looking like she was gearing up.

Wu Hui yawned, very sleepy. “It’s already past one o’clock, how can you still be so energetic?”

Li Linlin looked at Wu Hui and told her, “If you’re sleepy, go back first. I’m sure I won’t be finished here until dawn.”

Wu Hui really wanted to go back, but when she thought of President Chen, she felt that if she had to die on set, she would have to die next to Li Linlin. “I better not. President Chen is already dissatisfied with my work. If he finds out that I left you alone to film at night, I’ll be scolded.”

Li Linlin warmed her hands with the hot water cup and exhaled a mouthful of white air. “Why are you so afraid of him, Wu Hui’er? I’m your boss but I’ve never seen you afraid of me.”

“That’s because you’ve never seen how scary President Chen is when he’s angry.” When Wu Hui said this, she finally regained some energy. “Has Chen Yiran ever been angry at you?”

“No.” Li Linlin said, “I’m so cute, why will he be angry at me?”

“……” Wu Hui fell silent for a moment, then asked, “The day he took you away from the KTV, he didn’t get angry at you?”

” No, he sent me home and asked Uncle Li to make me congee and prepare hangover medicine for me.”

“……”

President Chen, you can’t show such double standard. 🙂

Robbin: Advance chapter will be starting from here on. A chapter will be unlock with the same schedule as before, which is Wednesday and Saturday. Thank you for reading. ^^