Perfect Fiancé Chapter 37

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Chapter 37: Temptation Who opened the cookie jar? Who opened up Pandora's Box? Temptations are everywhere…

With a slight arch of his brow, Lu Xi looked towards the direction of the voice.

What was reflected in his eyes as the source of the thin voice was a short-haired woman with a common appearance. She was dressed in clothes that made her appear extremely capable and experienced, and hidden behind thin black-rimmed gla.s.ses were a pair of eyes that shone with glistening light.

As the edge of his lips curled and the laughter in his eyes became light and clear, Lu Xi considered this woman for a short while before speaking for the first time, "From Apple Entertainment? Oh, and called-" His gaze lowered to glance at the nametag hung at her chest, "Zhou Tong?"

"Ah." Zhou Tong did not seem to antic.i.p.ate Lu Xi replying in such a manner and was startled for a moment before she recomposed herself. However, by the time she had finally thought of how to respond, Lu Xi had already turned and left.

"Director Lu…"

"Director Lu!"

As the reporters were stopped by the security of Shenhai University, some of the lead actors followed in Lu Xi's footsteps and left. Zhou Tong had also begun to move forward but was pulled back by the photographer behind her.

"Zhou Tong! What are you doing!" The photographer was rather fl.u.s.tered and exasperated as he yelled, "after being a reporter for so many years, don't you know what should and what shouldn't be asked?"

"I am even clearer than you are." Zhou Tong glared at him and shook off the hand on her arm. Thinking back about Lu Xi's words just now, her expression stirred but was swiftly composed once more. From hearsay, the youngest young master of the Lu family had a gentle disposition; just now, he was also still smiling. It was unlikely– he would be this petty?

The filming site on the other side of campus.

Bai Haoqi and Xue Kai were currently filming the first scene, and Su Jin and Mu Qing were sitting on a bench to the side.

Towards this girl that looked like a doppelganger of herself, Su Jin bore an enormous interest.

As a future celebrity, even if she had just started her career, her profile was not particularly a secret. Moreover, Mu Qing was a part of Sheng Ming.

She was twenty-two this year and was the same age as Su Jin. She was a newly-graduated student from Beijing's film school. Both her parents were workers and although her family was not considered well-off, they were a moderately affluent family. She had been spoiled by her parents since she was young and had experienced a plain sailing life thus far. Even though she had insisted on learning how to act after her college entrance exam, she was only nagged by her parents for a little while. Ultimately, they were able to come to a compromise.

In comparison to her in her former life, Mu Qing's life could truly be described as smooth, peaceful and happy.

While thinking about this, Su Jin's lips curled and she could not help but caress Mu Qing's long tresses.

"Hm?" Feeling her touch, Mu Qing redirected her gaze from the film scene towards her. A sense of puzzlement was conveyed by her beautiful phoenix eyes.

"Mu Qing…" Su Jin smiled, "can I call you Qingqing?"

"Of course." Mu Qing nodded and the smile at the edge of her lips was gentle and sweet, "both my mom and dad also call me by this name as well."

Before her very eyes was this pair of eyes were exceedingly similar to her previous self's- clear, bright and lightly curved upwards. Also, her pupils were clearly filled with laughter.

That said, even if they were similar, they too were entirely different from her past self's eyes.

"You can call me Xiao Jin." Su Jin stretched her hand out, "h.e.l.lo."

The girl before her that was of similar age as herself, with the edge of her lips filled with smiles, she stretched her hand out. Her features were exquisite and although her eyes were somewhat indifferent, to her that had always been sensitive, Mu Qing was able to perceive the goodwill that she had conveyed from within.

"h.e.l.lo." She grasped the hand that had been offered to her, then moved a little towards Su jin and in an extremely intimate fas.h.i.+on, she coiled her arm around Su Jin's.

Slightly ill at ease, Su Jin created a little distance and slightly moved the hand that had been held onto by the girl .

Mu Qing smiled sunnily and considerately maintained the distance that the two of them had had between them.

"I am very curious." She asked, "you are obviously really against contact with strangers, yet contrary to that fact, I can clearly feel your goodwill to me."

Su Jin was startled but then, recovered herself, "your perception…" She lightly paused, "is very sharp."

"You flatter me." Not the least bit surprised, Mu Qing grinned, "since I was a child, my intuition has been particularly accurate. You still have not said why you are treating me in such a special manner?"

"Why?" Su Jin's brows furrowed in concentration as she thought, in any case, I cannot say that you are very similar to my past self right?

"It's probably affinity at first sight."

After thinking about it for awhile, she finally decided upon such an ambiguous answer.

Mu Qing was stunned for a few seconds, and then suddenly she laughed.

"What are you laughing about?" Su Jin raised her brow in puzzlement- this answer of hers, was it really that funny?

"Nothing." Mu Qing's laughter stopped but the curve at the edge of her lips remained crooked and her glistening gaze glanced at her, "It's just that I felt an affinity at first sight for you too."

"So, seeing that you and I have such a great affinity," she slightly leaned in closer to Su Jin, "let me tell you a secret, okay."

"A secret?" Su Jin tilted her head and repeated the phrase.

"Mm." Mu Qing nodded, "do you know why I originally insisted on getting into Beijing's film school?" Without waiting for her response, she shot a glance and raised her chin in the direction of the man that was earnestly filming.

"Xue Kai?" Su Jin was astonished but looked at Mu Qing shaking her head before she immediately asked once more, "Bai Haoqi?!"

"En." Mu Qing's lip curled and in her eyes, there was a clear warmth, "I love him."

Love?

"Speaking of which," she bit her lip, "after all these years, I'm so glad that he has had no scandals nor has he gotten married."

"Why are you telling me all this?" Su Jin suppressed her inner thoughts and baffled, questioned her.

Her favourable impression towards Mu Qing was due to her memories of her past life, but what about her? Why would she tell her this sort of secret when they had only just met for the second time? Especially with this sort of ident.i.ty of hers.

"Because I can feel that you have no ill intentions towards me." Mu Qing grinned, "moreover, and most importantly, I wanted to prove that I have no covetous designs over your man, you know."

"My man?" Su Jin was startled.

"He loves you very much," Mu Qing nodded, "for the whole time that we have been sitting here, although he has to keep his attention on the shooting, his gaze always floats back over here. I didn't expect that he, who is always distant yet gentle towards people, the lukewarm Great Director Lu, could have such adorable moments."

As she finished saying this, the filming in front of them ended. Mu Qing then raised her hand and waved to Lu Xi who just happened to look over at that opportune moment and yelled, "Director Lu, I won't kidnap your fianceé away, so you don't have to glance over here so frequently alright?"

Lu Xi seemed a little stunned but then, immediately smiled. Under the bright and beautiful sunlight, he faintly inclined his head to the side and the initially fair skin became somewhat more sparkling and translucent.

Even Mu Qing, whose heart had its own longing for someone, was momentarily stunned as she looked over in his direction.

"What a bewitching demon." She shook her head and looked at the people that had continued filming. In a low voice, she said to Su Jin, "the entertainment circle- this contaminated jar, there are temptations everywhere. You have to guard over your man, you know."

Contaminated jar, temptations…

Even after they ended the day of filming, on the journey home, Su Jin was still thinking about what Mu Qing had said. Although she had always heard that the entertainment circle was a mess, she had never really come into real contact with it. So even… Lu Xi, this sort of terribly low-key person, would he too have been exposed to a lot of temptations? Over this stretch of time, she was always in contact with him, however, she had never noticed anything.

"Jin'er?"

From the edge of her ears, she heard Lu Xi's voice.

Su Jin was startled and raised her eyes to look towards him.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Xi smiled and caressed her long tresses, "we've already reached home."

Su Jin looked out of the half-opened window of the car. Outside, it truly was the familiar villa.

Before she got off the car, Su Jin suddenly asked, "Lu Xi, Qing Qin told me to guard you well. The temptations around you… …What are they?"

Qing Qing? Lu Xi reacted to that, and then thought of who's name this was. Rather surprised, he then raised an eyebrow, "curious?"

"Mm." Su Jin immediately nodded as her eyes swiftly lit up.

Lu Xi thought for a moment, then opened up his inbox on his phone and straightaway, he logged into another account.

"Just in time, Xiao An'zi has not handled the stuff for today." As he said this, he handed his phone over to the girl by his side. "Look, this is the work email inbox that I have for managing public announcements and matters."

Su Jin took the phone in her hands as she swiped through each email one by one. Her eyes widened.

All sorts of ambiguous information, sensual messages and even… nude photos.

One by one, as dainty faces were swiped past before her very eyes, Su Jin took a deep breath and was preparing to say something. Yet, she was unable to speak before the phone in her hands began to ring.

"Qin An." Su Jin handed the phone over to Lu Xi.

"h.e.l.lo, Xiao An'zi, what's happened?" Lu Xi accepted the phone and smiled with a curl of his lips.

"What?" He sat upright, "Xue Kai has fainted?"

Translated by Iris

Edited by Ely