"I need to discuss it with my manager," Lin Jianlu said. "If the company agrees, then it's fine."
Xie Wang was extremely upset, closing his eyes as he picked up a bite of food with his chopsticks and chomped.
He was kissing his wife, and he still had to ask if the company agreed. Isn't that ridiculous?
Lin Jianlu glanced at him.
"Dude," Chen Yimo walked around Lin Jianlu and patted his shoulder, "chewing on lemon slices, aren't you terribly sour?"
Xie Wang's hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly from the force.
"Alright." The director was easy to talk to. "I'll have the screenwriter send the revised script separately to both you and your manager. Take a good look, and if there's anything you're not satisfied with, we can revise it again."
"Okay," Lin Jianlu agreed.
After finishing the business talk, the director began urging him to eat more.
The cast and crew of "Hidden Blade" was quite special; they had a decidedly high share of A, with only a few betas. Lin Jianlu was the only omega actor at the table, so everyone took extra care of him.
"Let's do a good job with this film," the director said. "When it's released, I want to submit it for the Golden Bamboo Awards."
"The fight scene between Da Wang and Chen Yimo the day before yesterday was particularly exciting," the assistant director said.
"Fight scene?" Lin Jianlu glanced sideways.
He didn't know why the brown-haired alpha mood dampened; he was slumped over the table, looking a bit deflated.
Seeing that Lin Jianlu finally showed some interest, Xie Wang suddenly lifted his head and asked, "We didn't use stunt doubles; we worked it out ourselves. Do you want to see it?"
Lin Jianlu: "Yeah."
Oh, so Lin YoYo likes action movies.
"The post-production isn't done yet, but you can watch it for fun," the assistant director said, pushing his phone over.
The scene was shot in a confined space at the dock, creating a strong sense of tension in the narrow, cramped environment.
Chen Yimo's character, the perverted murderous lunatic, was impeccably dressed in a white coat, while Xie Wang wore a black military vest, his shoulders and back solid, with muscles tensed on his raised arms.
The two alphas were in a confined space, and the video showed their punches landing with force, each blow displacing wind.
Lin Jianlu knew that these professional actors had special techniques to dissipate force when shooting fight scenes; it looked fierce, but it wouldn't actually hurt anyone.
For example, during the test shoot the other day, when Chen Yimo pressed him to the ground by the neck, it just looked scary.
However, the Xie Wang in this video looked really—
Sexy.
Xie Wang had clearly trained; his fighting moves were very professional, and his fierce gaze was like that of a wolf—dangerous and unapproachable.
In the video, Xie Wang dodged the flashing silver knife swung by Chen Yimo, then raised his foot and kicked open the locked door.
Wild enough, and strong enough—this fierce A was seriously compelling.
Lin Jianlu's fingertip quietly brushed across the screen, sliding over the alpha's shoulder and back.
As the screen was touched, the video paused.
"How is it?" Xie Wang asked cautiously from the side, "Is my part okay?"
Lin Jianlu turned off the video, stood up, and handed the phone back to the assistant director.
"It's pretty good," he said.
After that, he ignored Xie Wang and focused on dealing with the bowl in front of him, which was piled high with food.
Xie Wang: "..."
He got a compliment, but why did Lin Jianlu become even colder afterward?
Where did things go wrong?
Whatever, he was determined to like this cold and aloof O.
"I've booked a booth, let's go sing!" Chen Yimo raised his hand. "Everyone's going, tonight is on me!"
"Sure!" The director said, "Let's all relax tonight."
Chen Yimo howled to cheer.
Xie Wang served a bowl of tomato soup and pushed it in front of Lin Jianlu.
Lin Jianlu: "Thanks."
He set it aside without drinking it.
Don't you like tomatoes?
Xie Wang was confused.
Then why did Lin Jianlu always make tomato soup for him every time he finished getting angry at Lin Jianlu?
"This is delicious," Chen Yimo, completely oblivious to the turmoil in Xie Wang's heart, said while placing a plate of braised pigs trotters in front of Lin Jianlu. "Eat more; you're so thin."
Lin Jianlu: "Oh, thanks."
Xie Wang: "?"
Why did Chen Yimo get one more word than he did in reply?
I thought you dislike pig trotters! What are you thanking him for?
Today, Xie Wang was really starting to hate the word "thanks."
Since everyone was going together, it didn't seem appropriate to leave alone.
Lin Jianlu called his manager and informed he was going to sing with the crew.
"Alright, you pay attention to safety," the manager said. "If it gets too late, have someone from the crew take you home."
"Yes." Lin Jianlu nodded.
Xie Wang had been watching the omega beside him the whole time.
He didn't notice it before, and always felt that Lin Jianlu's habit of speaking in single words was too cold. But now, he feels that Lin Jianlu's way of speaking seems very apt.
"Do you want to ride in my car later?" Xie Wang asked. "It's spacious."
"Very well," Lin Jianlu said.
Xie Wang's car, which Lin Jianlu had seen at school, was a flashy red with an exaggerated design that he loved.
He sat in the front passenger seat and sent a message to Wei Lan.
[YoYo]: Not gonna be back to sleep tonight.
[Lan]: Where are you going wild?
[YoYo]: The crew said they want to go sing.
[Lan]: You could turn it into your own concert.
[Lan]: Any A there? Any fierce A?
[YoYo]: There are. Hard to say.
[Lan]: Xie Wang is pretty good. His family is so rich, with billions in assets, and he's easy-going.
[Lan]: If he's interested in you, just go for it. Anyway, you just want to sleep with him, get marked, and then beat it. Neither of you will lose out.
Lin Jianlu turned his head and stared at Xie Wang on his left.
Xie Wang felt a little scared under his gaze.
He glanced in the rearview mirror to make sure he was dressed neatly and sane.
So, why was Lin Jianlu staring at him?
His self-confidence wasn't so big as to think that Lin Jianlu was interested in him.
The car stopped in front of a building, and Xie Wang went to park while Lin Jianlu headed to the booth first.
When Xie Wang returned, Lin Jianlu was leaning on a sofa, unwrapping a box of chocolate candies.
"Who gave you this?" Xie Wang asked as he snatched it away.
Who's so bold? Don't they know that giving chocolate has another meaning?
How tactless.
Lin Jianlu: "Chen Yitai."
"? His name is Chen Yimo." Xie Wang corrected him.
He laughed out loud, his mood brightening all of a sudden.
After all, Lin Jianlu wouldn't remember his name wrong.
He unwrapped a strawberry-flavored chocolate and was about to toss it into his mouth.
"Da Wang, put it down!" Chen Yimo roared. "Yours is on the table. Everyone has their own box; why are f*cking robbing Lin Jianlu's?"
Oh, so everyone has one.
Chen Yimo is too worldly.
Xie Wang thought to himself.
He then reached out, grabbed Lin Jianlu's wrist, and pulled him closer. He twirled the strawberry-flavored chocolate with his long fingers and forced it into the omega's mouth.
Lin Jianlu seemed a bit scared. His mouth was slightly open, and he didn't move for a long time. It took him quite a while to remember to bite into the chocolate, doing so slowly.
"Is it good?" Xie Wang asked.
"I really like the taste of strawberries," Lin Jianlu replied. "Do you like it?"
"I do!" Xie Wang rushed to say.
Who wouldn't like a sweet strawberry-flavored cold, aloof O.
Over there, Chen Yimo had queued up a lot of songs, all of which were sad songs. He lamented about divorce and breakups, his singing making Xie Wang clench his fists and also began to seriously question the man's mental state after playing a pervert.
"Do you want to sing?" Xie Wang tried to soften his tone and moved a little closer. "I'll pick some for you."
He tapped a few times on the song selection screen and added a string of songs to the queue.
Lin Jianlu glanced at the song titles and was slightly surprised.
This guy's taste in music was actually quite similar to his own.
"Just a moment, I need to take a call," Lin Jianlu said, showing Xie Wang the incoming call screen on his phone.
It was an unknown number.
When he answered the call, the voice was Lin Ming's.
Perhaps because he heard the noisy background on Lin Jianlu's side, Lin Ming's tone was harsh: "What kind of filthy place have you strayed off to?"
"What does it have to do with you?" Lin Jianlu retorted.
"There's a guest coming to the house next week, so come home," Lin Ming's tone softened a bit.
Go home for what?
For nothing more than being introduced to some alpha old enough to be his father, so they could use him as a bargaining chip in some business deal.
He didn't respond.
Lin Ming couldn't hold back anymore and started cursing angrily again.
When Xie Wang came out to look for him, Lin Jianlu was standing by the sink with his phone on the counter, and the person on the other end was shouting profanities.
The omega saw his figure in the mirror, but his face remained expressionless.
Xie Wang had no idea that the relationship between Lin Ming and Lin Jianlu was so bad.
Before his rebirth, whenever Lin Ming wanted to ask for something, he would visit Xie Wang's home with gifts.
And Xie Wang thought this man was a good talker, well-informed, and capable of discussing a wide range of topics.
He had even said during a fight with Lin Jianlu—
"An omega like you, who isn't even close to his own father and brother, who could ever like you?"
Xie Wang wanted to slap himself.
Lin Jianlu had just washed his face with cold water, leaving his bangs slightly damp. As he carefully dabbed the water droplets from his hair with a tissue, a hand reached out from the side, grabbed his phone, and pressed the hang-up button.
"Why bother to listen?" Xie Wang asked.
"Once he’s done yelling, he won't call for the next week," Lin Jianlu replied. "It's better than him coming to school to block me."
Xie Wang's fists tightened at his side.
He was completely unaware.
And Lin Jianlu wasn't one to explain.
"Do you hate me?" he asked Lin Jianlu.
Lin Jianlu: "?"
"Ah, forget I asked." Xie Wang said, slapping himself on the head.
Lin Jianlu watched as Xie Wang walked away, thinking that the alpha seemed a bit dejected.
How interesting.
Even a fierce and arrogant wolf has his cute moments when crestfallen.
When Lin Jianlu returned to the booth, the assistant director had just sent the revised script to his phone.
His role had been expanded, with all the additional scenes being intimate moments with Xie Wang.
Meanwhile, Xie Wang was taking out his frustration on soda cans, crushing several empty ones.
When he turned his head, he found someone had quietly sat down beside him.
Lin Jianlu had somehow ended up right next to him.
"Senior, let's cross-check our scripts," Lin Jianlu said seriously.
Xie Wang: "? Alright."
Checking it now? So serious.
It's totally Lin Jianlu.
Xie Wang: "I remember my part. You read yours, and I'll check if the time and scene match."
A cold, aloof O seriously studying the script is so cute.
Lin Jianlu: "Okay."
He tapped his fingertips lightly on the screen, highlighting a line in red.
"This part." The omega's eyes were innocent and slightly cold as he read from the script, "After escaping from near-death, Xie Wang carries Lin Jianlu into the bedroom."
Lin Jianlu: "So, Xie Wang will kiss Lin Jianlu here, right?"
[Lan]: If he's interested in you, just go for it. Anyway, you just want to sleep with him, get marked, and then beat it. Neither of you will lose out.
Lin Jianlu turned his head and stared at Xie Wang on his left.
Xie Wang felt a little scared under his gaze.
He glanced in the rearview mirror to make sure he was dressed neatly and sane.
So, why was Lin Jianlu staring at him?
His self-confidence wasn't so big as to think that Lin Jianlu was interested in him.
The car stopped in front of a building, and Xie Wang went to park while Lin Jianlu headed to the booth first.
When Xie Wang returned, Lin Jianlu was leaning on a sofa, unwrapping a box of chocolate candies.
"Who gave you this?" Xie Wang asked as he snatched it away.
Who's so bold? Don't they know that giving chocolate has another meaning?
How tactless.
Lin Jianlu: "Chen Yitai."
"? His name is Chen Yimo." Xie Wang corrected him.
He laughed out loud, his mood brightening all of a sudden.
After all, Lin Jianlu wouldn't remember his name wrong.
He unwrapped a strawberry-flavored chocolate and was about to toss it into his mouth.
"Da Wang, put it down!" Chen Yimo roared. "Yours is on the table. Everyone has their own box; why are f*cking robbing Lin Jianlu's?"
Oh, so everyone has one.
Chen Yimo is too worldly.
Xie Wang thought to himself.
He then reached out, grabbed Lin Jianlu's wrist, and pulled him closer. He twirled the strawberry-flavored chocolate with his long fingers and forced it into the omega's mouth.
Lin Jianlu seemed a bit scared. His mouth was slightly open, and he didn't move for a long time. It took him quite a while to remember to bite into the chocolate, doing so slowly.
"Is it good?" Xie Wang asked.
"I really like the taste of strawberries," Lin Jianlu replied. "Do you like it?"
"I do!" Xie Wang rushed to say.
Who wouldn't like a sweet strawberry-flavored cold, aloof O.
Over there, Chen Yimo had queued up a lot of songs, all of which were sad songs. He lamented about divorce and breakups, his singing making Xie Wang clench his fists and also began to seriously question the man's mental state after playing a pervert.
"Do you want to sing?" Xie Wang tried to soften his tone and moved a little closer. "I'll pick some for you."
He tapped a few times on the song selection screen and added a string of songs to the queue.
Lin Jianlu glanced at the song titles and was slightly surprised.
This guy's taste in music was actually quite similar to his own.
"Just a moment, I need to take a call," Lin Jianlu said, showing Xie Wang the incoming call screen on his phone.
It was an unknown number.
When he answered the call, the voice was Lin Ming's.
Perhaps because he heard the noisy background on Lin Jianlu's side, Lin Ming's tone was harsh: "What kind of filthy place have you strayed off to?"
"What does it have to do with you?" Lin Jianlu retorted.
"There's a guest coming to the house next week, so come home," Lin Ming's tone softened a bit.
Go home for what?
For nothing more than being introduced to some alpha old enough to be his father, so they could use him as a bargaining chip in some business deal.
He didn't respond.
Lin Ming couldn't hold back anymore and started cursing angrily again.
When Xie Wang came out to look for him, Lin Jianlu was standing by the sink with his phone on the counter, and the person on the other end was shouting profanities.
The omega saw his figure in the mirror, but his face remained expressionless.
Xie Wang had no idea that the relationship between Lin Ming and Lin Jianlu was so bad.
Before his rebirth, whenever Lin Ming wanted to ask for something, he would visit Xie Wang's home with gifts.
And Xie Wang thought this man was a good talker, well-informed, and capable of discussing a wide range of topics.
He had even said during a fight with Lin Jianlu—
"An omega like you, who isn't even close to his own father and brother, who could ever like you?"
Xie Wang wanted to slap himself.
Lin Jianlu had just washed his face with cold water, leaving his bangs slightly damp. As he carefully dabbed the water droplets from his hair with a tissue, a hand reached out from the side, grabbed his phone, and pressed the hang-up button.
"Why bother to listen?" Xie Wang asked.
"Once he’s done yelling, he won't call for the next week," Lin Jianlu replied. "It's better than him coming to school to block me."
Xie Wang's fists tightened at his side.
He was completely unaware.
And Lin Jianlu wasn't one to explain.
"Do you hate me?" he asked Lin Jianlu.
Lin Jianlu: "?"
"Ah, forget I asked." Xie Wang said, slapping himself on the head.
Lin Jianlu watched as Xie Wang walked away, thinking that the alpha seemed a bit dejected.
How interesting.
Even a fierce and arrogant wolf has his cute moments when crestfallen.
When Lin Jianlu returned to the booth, the assistant director had just sent the revised script to his phone.
His role had been expanded, with all the additional scenes being intimate moments with Xie Wang.
Meanwhile, Xie Wang was taking out his frustration on soda cans, crushing several empty ones.
When he turned his head, he found someone had quietly sat down beside him.
Lin Jianlu had somehow ended up right next to him.
"Senior, let's cross-check our scripts," Lin Jianlu said seriously.
Xie Wang: "? Alright."
Checking it now? So serious.
It's totally Lin Jianlu.
Xie Wang: "I remember my part. You read yours, and I'll check if the time and scene match."
A cold, aloof O seriously studying the script is so cute.
Lin Jianlu: "Okay."
He tapped his fingertips lightly on the screen, highlighting a line in red.
"This part." The omega's eyes were innocent and slightly cold as he read from the script, "After escaping from near-death, Xie Wang carries Lin Jianlu into the bedroom."
Lin Jianlu: "So, Xie Wang will kiss Lin Jianlu here, right?"
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