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Inside the Coffee Shop.

A pianist at the central wooden stage lightly trembled his fingers, playing a soft and flowing melody like a stream of water.

“The movie will be starting soon. Let’s have a team dinner next Monday to discuss it.”

Song Baiwei’s voice was also soft and gentle, blending well with the music.

It was almost noon, and the bright spring sunlight outside the window shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto the table, casting a bright halo on the thick cream floating on the coffee.

Song Baiwei got up and slung her light orange leather bag over her shoulder.

It was almost time to leave.

“Okay,” Yang Yan said, “That means a lot of people will be there, right? The producer, lighting, photography, art department, will they all come too?”

“Yes,” Song Baiwei added, “Luo Yan will also come. It’s a good chance for her to meet Jiang Cha, rehearse together, and find the feeling.”

Jiang Cha followed them closely.

Hearing this sentence, for some reason, she felt a little resistant.

Her feelings for Luo Yan were too complicated. Some people just have that ability, they are very tactful in dealing with people, and they take care of everyone’s emotions very well, even Jiang Cha, who was quite down at the time.

Clearly, it was she who had snatched her role, but Jiang Cha felt a little sorry for her.

Moreover, she had recently taken advantage of her popularity.

But in this movie, there were two female leads, and there were two important roles. How could she be robbed again?

Jiang Cha took a deep breath.

She had only finished half of her coffee, and she didn’t know if it was because her heart was beating too fast or because she had been so enlightened by Song Baiwei’s words that she felt particularly excited. Glancing lightly, she saw the green leaves outside the window constantly turning, and she suddenly felt that the world was full of hope.

The pastry chef at the counter had just baked a croissant, took it out of the oven, and it was steaming hot and smelled very sweet. Jiang Cha was thinking about Ji Fan and didn’t know if she had eaten breakfast after getting up, so she packed one.

“Didn’t have enough?” Song Baiwei’s eyes were filled with a smile, “Do you like the desserts here very much?”

Jiang Cha just smiled lightly.

Her eyelashes fluttered gently, and her fair cheeks turned a little red, as if she were shy.

She must be taking this for someone else.

Song Baiwei looked at the half-eaten piece of cake on the table and felt that she didn’t like things that were too sweet, so she must be packing this for someone else this time.

Who was it?

Her expression turned slightly serious.

The three of them walked to the door of the coffee shop and parted ways.

Jiang Cha treated Song Baiwei as a senior, and when she spoke, Jiang Cha listened carefully to every word, not daring to be the slightest bit negligent, as if she wanted to take out a small notebook and write it down.

Therefore, it wasn’t until the three of them said goodbye that Jiang Cha saw the missed calls and unread messages on her phone.

—From Jiang Han.

Jiang Han: Are you home?

Jiang Han: I’m almost there, have you gotten up yet? I hope I didn’t disturb you?

Oh no, Jiang Cha thought painfully, she had forgotten that Jiang Han was going to her house to drop off the key.

Ji Fan was home alone.

The two of them were meeting alone… For some reason, Jiang Cha felt more and more uneasy.

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In the garden.

The white camellia bloomed on the branch, its petals layered densely, so heavy that they weighed down the branch slightly.

Jiang Han looked at the woman in front of her. They stared at each other in silence for a moment, both seeing hidden hostility in the other’s eyes.

She was Jiang Cha’s girlfriend?

As expected.

With that, she couldn’t help but take another look at the tall woman in front of her.

She was quite pretty.

She had cold white skin, deep features, and long, thick eyelashes. It was as if every stroke of her features was just right, although it wasn’t delicate beauty, but when put together, she had a very unique temperament. Leaning half against the door, her eyes were black and white, her gaze was distant, and when she looked at people, it was cold.

When she was silent, her expression was so cold that it was a bit gloomy, but it was the kind of elegant and gentle melancholy that was attractive. Looking at her figure, one would feel that she was lacking in love and lonely; someone with a kind heart might want to come over and offer warmth.

Perhaps Jiang Cha was just too kind.

Heh.

Such a temperament was too cheap for her.

At the dinner party yesterday, she had looked at Jiang Cha and felt that she didn’t seem like a heterosexual. Moreover, when Jiang Cha became famous on the internet during college, there were so many netizens gossiping about her love life, and none of them had dug up any boyfriends.

Because she only got close to girls.

Who would blindly guess about two girls who had a good relationship?

When Jiang Cha said yesterday that she had a boyfriend, Jiang Han was a little surprised.

So it was a girlfriend, not a boyfriend.

Ji Fan was also sizing up Jiang Han without moving.

Jiang Han was wearing a sky-blue knitted midi-skirt, and because the weather was still cool, she was wearing a light gray pinstripe jacket. She was very young, and her temperament could be considered gentle, without any sharp edges. Only her deep brown eyes revealed that she was not a good person. The corners of her eyes were slightly curved, making it seem like she was smiling, but it was just a fake smile, shallow and superficial.

Looking at Ji Fan’s expression, it was three parts probing and four parts hostile.

The rest was a slight provocation.

Ji Fan’s gaze moved downwards, falling on the woman’s hands:

A pair of white hands, with neatly trimmed nails and round white fingertips.

Although surgeons were not allowed to have long nails, Ji Fan still felt a little doubt as she looked at her hands.

A woman’s intuition was very accurate, and she had noticed yesterday that when this person was talking to Jiang Cha, her eyes were not right – it was the kind of look that one would give to prey. And Jiang Cha couldn’t even tell, and didn’t avoid her at all, but instead got so close to her.

What was even more excessive was that, without her permission, she actually exchanged phone numbers with Jiang Han privately.

Ji Fan frowned slightly.

She reached out and gestured for Jiang Han to hand over the key quickly, not wanting to talk to her any more.

Jiang Han, who was originally about to hand her the key, suddenly retracted her hand.

She chuckled.

“I came all this way, specially to return Jiang Cha’s key, and as the owner, you won’t even offer me a cup of tea?” Jiang Han looked at Ji Fan with a smile, tilting her head slightly, “Isn’t that inhospitable?”

Ji Fan twisted the water from the ends of her hair and chuckled.

“I heard you’re eager to go back to the United States. Since you’re not coming back, there’s no need for us, as strangers, to offer you tea, is there?”

“Who said I won’t come back after going to the United States?” Jiang Han looked at her with a smirk, “There’s a ‘Program for Introducing High-Level Overseas Talents’ in China, I don’t know if you’ve heard of it.”

Ji Fan just looked at her.

“If I go back to teach at my alma mater, my title will be directly a professor. Teaching students at the university and doing a few research projects is much easier than being a doctor. I think it’s pretty good.”

“…”

“I’ve been thinking about whether to return to China these days. After all, my parents are in China, and I can’t go too far. Moreover, China has developed rapidly in recent years, and it might not be worse than being abroad.”

The sleeves of Ji Fan’s gray bathrobe were slightly rolled up, revealing her delicate wrist.

She hugged her white arm unhappily, her thick long eyelashes fluttered, and she narrowed her eyes slightly.

Jiang Han was still smiling, her tone was soft, but her eyes were a little cold, with a hint of ambiguous provocation.

Ji Fan instantly understood this person’s intention.

Trying to steal her girlfriend?

Indeed, she was no ordinary person.

“As far as I know, there have always been many people who have a crush on Jiang Cha,” Jiang Han looked up and down at Ji Fan, her eyes filled with pity, “Being with her, you must feel very insecure, right?”

A drop of water from the ends of her hair fell into the hollow of her collarbone. In the cold spring, Ji Fan shivered.

Jiang Han looked at her and said indifferently, “With your emotional intelligence, you’re more suitable for finding someone who looks more secure.”

“…”

Ji Fan’s fingers curled up, and the veins on the back of her thin white hand twitched.

After a moment of silence, she finally threw the key to Ji Fan, drawing an elegant curve in mid-air. Jiang Han turned around, pulled the door, and opened the driver’s seat.

Pausing for a moment, she turned around and said with a smirk, “It’s just a friendly reminder, you should be careful not to let her be hooked away by someone else.”

As she lowered herself into the driver’s seat, Ji Fan spoke up.

“I’m very confident about Jiang Cha.”

A smile played on her lips as she lowered her head, and a strand of wet hair fell down, sticking to the side of her face. Her slender white fingers tapped the key ring, making a tinkling sound.

She looked relaxed and confident.

In the breeze, there was a jasmine tree in bloom, with small white flowers blooming, scattering a sweet and light fragrance.

It was very similar to the kiss last night.

Ji Fan looked at Jiang Han from a distance and said lightly, “You may not know, but she has liked me since high school, for six years.”

“I don’t feel secure?”

Ji Fan chuckled, “She’s already madly in love with me.”

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