Chapter 446: The Evil Little Kitten Who Had Been Lying in Wait

"The last time!!!"

After wrapping up filming and leaving the set of "Nothing But Thirty," Bai Liang looked at the text message he had received and didn't quite know what to say.

The last time?

In his experience, the real departures were always silent and unnoticed.

So he wasn't very optimistic about Mao Xiaotong, even though her expressed resolve seemed pretty convincing.

Honestly, even last night it wasn't Bai Liang who made the first move. This young lady had grabbed his hand and pulled it onto herself while saying things like "don't you..."

At the time, he was quite shocked, thinking to himself, isn't this the setup for an entrapment scheme?

Entrapment scheme. His nickname was Great Immortal, and he really had indeed caused her body to shiver, twitch, and convulse more than once.

Fair enough—he really had been entrapped.

Of course, this wasn't Bai Liang's last story of 2019.

"Hey, Mr. Fox, where are you?"

"Just left the set. What's the rush? Isn't the flight at eight tonight?"

"Of course I have to eat before going to work~ I have a friend here, want to grab a meal together? My treat!"

Through the phone, Bai Liang could tell Li Yitong seemed to be in a pretty good mood, as if he could already see her eyes crinkling into a smile.

"Friend? Male or female?"

"Of course a girl! Super cute~"

How to put it—the evil little kitten is now a very peculiar existence.

When she's with a guy, it makes people overthink; when she's with a girl, it also makes people overthink.

Bai Liang wasn't sure if she had been taking Chinese medicine, he only knew that this Miss's "condition" was the kind that no amount of his injections could cure.

The strange habit of eating wall plaster didn't seem to have completely disappeared—rather, the "lesion" had migrated to an even weirder place.

She's not quite right~

Recently, one victim, Li Xin, was so angry she refused to talk to her for days, and the two nearly had a real falling out.

Afterwards, Li Yitong scampered off to visit Li Xin's set of "The Song of Splendid South," staying for several days.

Only then did the two manage to patch things up.

And then online, the two of them were spotted again in a sister-flower promotional piece.

So Bai Liang, who had originally planned to "go home" first to grab some clothes and underwear, without hesitation told Da Pao to drive to the restaurant address Li Yitong had sent.

He didn't really have any ulterior motives, he was just purely curious—how cute could this suddenly-acquired cute girl actually be?

Meanwhile, on the other side~

"Dou Xiao Tian, today I'll introduce you to a big star!"

"Sister, your connections are amazing!" Tian Xiwei seemed a little nervous, pressing her lips together, her big eyes full of unease.

She had met Li Yitong on the set of "The Song of Splendid South"—the female lead of that drama was Li Xin, the male lead was Qin Hao.

And Tian Xiwei naturally only played a small supporting female role with not much screen time.

However, because of her appearance in this drama, she had been spotted by Li Xin's agent Gong Yuhen, who wanted to sign her into Haohan Xingyuan.

And so far, she was still just a nobody in the entertainment circle with no real presence.

In her eyes, Li Yitong was already a very popular star with great resources.

And now she was turning around to introduce Bai Liang to her?

Hearing that name, Tian Xiwei nearly fainted—nervous yet incredibly touched~ Sister is so nice!

At this moment, Li Yitong threw an arm around her neck, her slender fingers gently stroking her delicate, smooth little cheek. "Don't worry, he's a really nice person, very easygoing."

In her eyes, Dou Xiao Tian thought the nervousness was completely normal—after all, Mr. Fox's current status was just too exaggerated.

Before, he was only dominating the younger generation; now, it was really hard to say exactly what tier of artist he counted as.

But~ although Bai Liang had become who knows how many times more impressive than when they first met, Li Yitong herself honestly didn't feel much difference.

After all, in front of her, nothing about Bai Liang had changed at all—he was exactly the same now as he had been before.

It was mainly the change in tone from the people around her and those she met in the industry when they mentioned Bai Liang that made her realize—the guy who had once smiled and peeled wall plaster for her had actually risen to such, such a high position~

But that didn't stop her from calling him "Mr. Fox" without any politeness.

The first time he met Tian Xiwei, Bai Liang had only one thought in his head—Tong's heart melts for Wei.

How did these two already know each other?

And the moment he walked into the private room, he saw Li Yitong with her arm around the girl's shoulder, whispering to her. The two were pressed very close together, looking like they might plant a smooch on each other's cheek any second.

"You finally made it! This is Tian Xiwei."

"Hello, Teacher Bai."

"Hello, no need to be so formal."

Under Li Yitong's introduction, Dou Xiao Tian sprang to her feet, chest out, head held high—Bai Liang kept feeling like she was about to salute him any second.

She really was quite cute~

Her smile was also very distinctive, those two little dimples especially prominent.

A textbook big-eyed cutie.

Only, at first glance she gave off that sweet-girl vibe, but it didn't feel entirely like that...

His attention, however, was quickly drawn away by Li Yitong.

Mainly because today's evil little kitten was dressed a bit differently from usual.

A fitted black shirt tucked into jeans, her styled bangs slightly covering one eye—good lord, hadn't seen her in a while, when did the evil little kitten suddenly get so cool and mature?

Looking at her, then looking at Tian Xiwei, Bai Liang thought—should he maybe step aside for a moment?

Sitting with these two girls, he felt like a third wheel.

And this meal doesn't really have any special meaning—Li Yitong just felt like it; she's about to appear on the same variety show as Bai Liang, and since she knew he was in Shanghai, they decided to leave together.

She'd also made plans with Tian Xiwei to go shopping today, so they grabbed a meal before parting ways.

That's the reason she herself gave.

But Bai Liang, in his "dark" thoughts, wondered: had he become a tool for this evil little kitten to flirt with girls, just to show off?

To show off her connections to a little sister.

Because Tian Xiwei's gaze at Bai Liang was still stiff and polite, but when she looked at Li Yitong, there was unhidden admiration.

Sister's so amazing!

And regarding this "use," Bai Liang said: Fine, whatever~

Usually, he didn't play wingman for his good buddies—he mainly worried he'd mess things up by being too helpful.

It had happened before: he'd helped a buddy chase a girl, only for the girl to turn around and ask him for her contact info.

But helping a girl chase another girl? He'd never done that before.

Especially fresh.

So now, Bai Liang even controlled his distance from Li Yitong, keeping the intimacy level just right.

During dinner, Li Yitong instinctively told Bai Liang about her recent situation: wu wu wu~ She hadn't been doing well lately!

This past half-year, she actually starred in three dramas: *Haitang Jing Yu Yanzhi Tou*, *He Li Hua Ting*, and *Jian Wang Chao*, but the first two had already flopped.

The third had only just premiered, but it was already showing signs of flopping.

No way around it—she'd run into Bai Liang's *Chang'an Twelve Hours*.

The two dramas aired almost back-to-back, and everyone's attention got sucked into the latter; *Jian Wang Chao* barely made a ripple.

It didn't even do as well as *He Li Hua Ting*, which, though its ratings weren't great, at least had decent reviews and barely fell into the "critically acclaimed but commercially underwhelming" category.

But *Jian Wang Chao* was a classic male-oriented flop.

So much so that the female lead had to hitch a ride on another drama's male lead to promote it.

The original male lead was "unreliable," forcing Li Yitong to come up with her own plan.

Li Yitong's appearance on the same show as Bai Liang was for mutual promotion—each promoted their own drama, neither brought their own female/male lead; it was an unofficial team-up.

Of course, there was another purpose.

"They've confirmed you as the female lead of *Zhu Xu*?"

"Mm-hmm! Thanks to you!"

As soon as this came up, Li Yitong's face lit up; inside, she nearly sang: I've waited so long, and finally today has come!

She could finally properly cling to a big leg—and finally, it was her turn to take off!

When the *Zhu Xu* project launched, Tencent naturally approached Bai Liang, right after *Xue Zhong Han Dao Xing*.

The scripts had both passed Sister Yanzi's review, but the casting choices differed greatly.

It was just like when they negotiated *Qing Yu Nian*: whether they could secure Bai Liang's schedule, even with all other conditions met, still depended on who the female lead was.

To Sister Yanzi, these projects weren't that different—but she leaned toward *Zhu Xu*, thinking her little Bai brother might prefer its comedic elements; *Xue Zhong Han Dao Xing* felt a bit too similar to *Qing Yu Nian*.

Xin Li clearly understood: the female lead of *Zhu Xu* was ultimately narrowed down to Meng Zi and Li Yitong.

At times like this, Meng Jie's bad luck trait would kick in reliably.

Right—she'd acted too fast; after gaining fame, she'd rushed to fill her schedule.

It wasn't completely full, but just enough to clash with Bai Liang's availability—so if she wanted *Zhu Xu*, she'd have to drop another drama.

But she'd already signed the contract; breaking it meant paying penalties and damaging her reputation.

Li Yitong: Sister! Better me than someone else!

Meng Jie: Honestly, it'd be better to give it to an outsider.

Afraid the sister suffers, afraid the sister drives a Land Rover.

And Li Yitong's evil little kitten life? She's not suffering at all—her resources are excellent!

Online, people always called her a resource girl. And yes, she was.

But these days, resource girls don't mean much anymore—her three consecutive flops prove it.

Luckily, after hardship comes sweetness!

The long-waiting evil little kitten had finally found her male fox—they'd be paired for their first official CP.

The tiny bit of "bone-related" chemistry in *Qing Yu Nian* was too meager; now she could go all out.

The more they talked, the happier she got—until, in her excitement, Li Yitong said she was thirsty and casually picked up Bai Liang's juice and drank.

The key was, that juice was drunk through a straw—and after doing this, she felt nothing amiss.

In fact, neither of them felt anything odd; Bai Liang had even ignored it.

Under Dou Xiao Tian's startled gaze, a minute later Bai Liang naturally sucked on the straw again.

There was even a faint trace of Li Yitong's lipstick on it.

"Dou Xiao Tian, would you like to play a role too?"

After chatting excitedly with Bai Liang, Li Yitong didn't forget Dou Xiao Tian—she turned and smiled at her.

"I—I can do anything!" Tian Xiwei perked up.

At this moment, her demeanor finally triggered Bai Liang's memory—no wonder she looked familiar.

Tian Xiwei's behavior in front of Li Yitong was just like Zhou Ye's in front of him.

So what kind of puppy is she?

"So good~"

She pinched her cheek lightly, then turned away, out of Tian Xiwei's sight, clasped her hands together in front of Bai Liang, her expression delightfully pleading.

Every gesture and expression seemed to say: Please please please—you're such a kind male fox!

Bai Liang naturally understood what she meant, and he chuckled inside.

Isn't this just like a guy going out to flirt, bragging nonstop in front of the girl, then kneeling to his dad buddies back at the dorm?

He certainly wasn't going to expose the lies this evil little kitten had spun; he merely winked at her slightly: Consider it done.

Li Yitong: Yay!

She immediately straightened her back, secretly gave Bai Liang a thumbs-up, all because he'd shown her such face today.

I'd walk through fire and boiling water for you, Brother Liang!

Bai Liang: It's not that extreme.

He glanced at his empty juice glass and casually said: "Ah~ the juice is finished."

Li Yitong immediately replied: "Drink mine~"

But at that moment, Dou Xiao Tian suddenly became unusually eager: "I'll get another cup."

Without waiting for either of them to react, she dashed off with quick steps.

Li Yitong didn't think much of it; now that they were alone in the private room, she immediately leaned close to Bai Liang and pouted.

No juice left—let's drink something else to quench our thirst~

Bai Liang quite liked this kind of move: seizing fleeting moments to get intimate.

Because at such moments, girls were always fiery and especially proactive.

Meanwhile, Dou Xiao Tian, who had just gone out to get another juice, felt something odd inside, though she couldn't quite pinpoint why.

Just a tiny bit of blockage~

But she didn't have a bad impression of Bai Liang at all; this guy, who had once seemed like a legendary figure to her, was indeed as rumored—extremely easy to get along with.

Just meeting his gaze and smile made it hard to dislike him, let alone hate him.

But still… it was just a little odd.

No server came to bring the juice on a tray, so Dou Xiao Tian prepared to carry it in herself.

But the cup was too full, forcing her to walk slowly and carefully.

Yet she had a trick: after taking two steps, she took a sip, reducing the juice level.

When she realized what she'd done, she regretted it and wanted to slap her own head.

I'll get another cup later, she thought.

But when she returned to the private room, she saw Li Yitong hastily pulling away from Bai Liang, pretending to cover her mouth.

Luckily, no glistening threads stretched between their lips.

"Thank you."

Bai Liang took the juice from Tian Xiwei and didn't forget to thank the seemingly sweet and cute little girl.

The girl took two seconds to react, her big eyes still sneakily glancing at Li Yitong's lips.

By the time she realized what had happened, Bai Liang had already started drinking the juice.

Tian Xiwei: Whatever! You bully Sister Tongtong! Now you're tasting my saliva!

She felt she'd somehow avenged Li Yitong in this way.

Bai Liang also sensed a slight shift in the room's atmosphere.

At the same time, he finally understood the "type."

Unlike Zhou Ye's cheerful puppy, this one was… a dark puppy.

Her sweet-girl exterior seemed merely a "facade"; this girl had deep thoughts.

After the meal, Bai Liang got his amusement, Li Yitong gained plenty of face, and as for Tian Xiwei… she felt she'd won the inner victory, secretly "protecting" her sister.

Everyone had a bright future.

Yet, watching the two depart together toward the airport, the dark puppy stood in the shadow beneath the lights, biting her lip, lost in thought.

The handsome, gentle sister who had just hugged her shoulder now seemed suddenly petite and clinging beside Bai Liang.

She even seemed to have tilted her head and pouted.

"Fox, what are you thinking about?"

On the flight to Ningbo, Li Yitong blinked at Bai Liang and asked.

"The little girl you brought today is quite interesting."

"Don't talk so old-fashioned—you're only twenty-seven, why do you sound like you're thirty-seven? She's only five years younger than you~"

"Seven years younger."

"Ugh, don't bring up my age out of nowhere!"

The closer a woman got to thirty, the more sensitive she became about this; Li Yitong angrily kicked off her shoes and curled up on the seat.

Almost thirty… help!

"Put your feet down, someone might take a photo and say you have no public decency."

"My feet smell nice~ Want to sniff?"

"I've smelled them—no odor, but not nice either," Bai Liang replied directly.

After all, there was that one position where both legs were pressed together and held close to the face—any smell would've been unmistakable.

Li Yitong quickly realized they had no secrets on this matter, but she followed Bai Liang's advice, put her feet down, and slipped on the airline-provided slippers.

Then she asked again: "You say she's interesting—so tell me, is she prettier than me?"

Brilliant!

Honestly, even though Bai Liang had lowered his expectations of this evil little kitten's morals as much as possible, he still hadn't expected her to go head-to-head with Tian Xiwei in female competition.

They weren't that kind of—

Hmm… maybe they hadn't reached that point yet?

Everyone says you shouldn't try to guess a girl's thoughts, and a girl in this state is even harder to figure out.

"You're beautiful."

"You've got good taste~ But Dou Xiao Tian is just a tiny bit less than me, and her figure is pretty good too."

Bai Liang listened to Li Yitong prattling on while beginning to ponder a strange question.

If two girls were to marry each other, would there be a bride price?

(End of Chapter)