Chapter 542: Don

Her heart was warm, her lips icy.

Bai Liang had encountered this strange phenomenon before.

Many of the girls he'd met had cold hands, cold lips, and similar issues.

But this usually happened in winter, when Bai Liang had often served as a heating pad for them.

Back when they filmed *Si Teng*, Sister Tian Tian had practically shoved her feet into his lap the moment filming ended.

Most such cases stem from physiological factors; many female stars, to maintain their figures and with insufficient exercise, have weaker constitutions and are prone to qi and blood deficiency.

Zhao Jinmai was probably the same—she'd dieted for a while for this role.

Because she was young and still had some baby fat, not losing weight made her look overly childish, like a Gao Zhongsheng.

After losing weight, her facial contours became sharper, enhancing that innocent college-girl vibe.

This drama was filmed a bit too early; if they'd waited another year or two to start, this little girl might not have needed to deliberately "abuse" herself for so long.

Right now, holding her in his arms, Bai Liang felt like she was weightless.

As if a little pressure could snap her in half.

But this feeling wasn't new—he'd sensed it before in Big Mi Mi too, since she was only big in stature, finely sculpted, unlike most Da Lei girls whose shoulders and arms usually showed some bulk.

For example, a female artist named Nai Xiao—just from her nickname, you knew her body type.

She was the type who had flesh all over, even a bit "broad-shouldered and thick-waisted" compared to most female stars.

Of course, that's an exaggeration.

She wasn't even slightly overweight—just voluptuous.

But this girl believed the nonsense online and followed the crowd to diet; she lost weight, and so did her Da Lei.

Old lechers wept in regret.

So, except for a few chosen ones, most girls' Da Lei suffer first when they diet.

Zhao Jinmai was no exception.

She never had much to begin with; now it was beyond words.

She was nearly on par with Zhou Ye.

Luckily, she was young—her youthful energy masked this small flaw~

Anyway, holding her in his arms felt pleasant, and she smelled wonderful.

As for her cold lips, that minor issue was perfectly resolved after three consecutive kisses.

Zhao Jinmai: "Big Brother, you're a miracle doctor!"

She gazed at Bai Liang with a flushed face, her big eyes filled with unspoken meaning.

But what made her happiest was the director's words.

"Hmm~ This take doesn't work."

Doesn't work? Good—that's exactly what we wanted!

But just as Zhao Jinmai was about to continue, the director called cut: "Student Student Mai Mai, take a break—you're too flushed."

Exactly! Too flushed ruins the feeling of a first kiss~

But a little excitement is fine—the male and female leads had endured countless bus explosions before finally kissing.

So, before Zhao Jinmai fully calmed down, while a faint blush still lingered on her cheeks, the director felt it was perfect.

Action!

She'd already kissed several times before, so this time she wasn't dizzy—but she became more immersed and more proactive.

The director nodded repeatedly, approving: Zhao Jinmai was clearly a gifted young actress; Li Shiqing in the drama should be exactly like this.

So.

"Great! Cut! That's a wrap!"

What the hell just wrapped?!

She hadn't gotten dizzy during the kiss, but now, as they broke apart, she was dizzy—this was only the fourth kiss! She'd planned for ten or twenty!

And she'd just started enjoying kissing.

The first few were too awkward, so the experience wasn't great.

And Bai Liang, whose genes were written with "passive," wouldn't suddenly give a little girl a masterclass in kissing on the first shoot.

Not appropriate.

But in the final take, Zhao Jinmai gathered courage—so Bai Liang let her see what a kiss technique far beyond acting skill looked like.

After the director said "cut," Zhao Jinmai was still lamenting—until she suddenly felt something strange and rushed to the restroom.

Her agent witnessed this and nearly lost it.

The little girl talked big, but when she actually kissed, she looked like she was about to melt.

"How was it?"

"Pretty good, but I think I could've done even better!"

Hearing this, Bai Liang thought acting was truly a scam.

You could use filming as an excuse to kiss and hug a girl.

Of course, this only worked if you had professional integrity or the girl didn't mind you not using a stand-in.

But it did rapidly close the distance between men and women.

No matter how things were before, after kissing and holding each other, the relationship and atmosphere inevitably changed.

Just look—after today's kiss scene, Zhao Jinmai's boldness had increased by more than a factor of two.

On Bai Liang's RV, she pressed tightly against him, almost ready to start groping.

Her speaking distance had also changed drastically—much closer now.

He had completely broken through what you'd call a safe distance; if he leaned in just a little, the two of them could pick up the same intimacy they'd had while filming earlier.

In fact, right now Zhao Jinmai was obediently sitting there, waiting for Bai Liang to kiss her.

She was fully prepared to close her eyes the instant he leaned in.

Her lips were even slightly puckered.

But unfortunately, Bai Liang wouldn't do that sort of thing — before the most intimate step actually happens, he was still used to letting the girl come on to him first.

Besides,

"Student Student Mai Mai, if you wear a short skirt in the future and don't want to wear safety shorts, then don't sit with your legs folded like this," Bai Liang couldn't help but remind her.

After all, he didn't mind looking, but if she got into the habit it wouldn't be good — someday someone else could see too, right?

"Huh? I am wearing them?"

At this moment Zhao Jinmai did something Bai Liang hadn't expected at all.

She really seemed to think she was wearing safety shorts, and at the same time wanted to tease Bai Liang, so she flipped her skirt up.

This kind of move — before this, Bai Liang had only seen Jin Da Xi pull it.

She liked wearing ultra-short shorts, then pairing them with a fairly long T-shirt on top, so at a glance it looked like she wasn't wearing anything below.

When people asked, she'd yank the shirt up a stretch all at once, scaring them — but she wouldn't actually flash anything, because she really was wearing something.

But Zhao Jinmai this time—

She made a small mistake.

Right after filming, she'd gone to the bathroom, and for certain reasons she'd taken off her safety shorts.

Mainly because it felt stuffy, and she figured she'd just be staying in the trailer anyway, so no need to worry about flashing or anything.

As for why it felt stuffy — well, you'd have to ask that Smurf. Only, the Smurf that should have been light blue in the pattern was now a dark color.

Honestly, Bai Liang didn't think he'd kissed her that hard — it hadn't been long, not that extreme.

Of course, it could also be that Student Student Mai Mai was just naturally gifted, but there was another possibility… she hadn't been able to hold it in.

That — Na Zha actually had experience with.

At this very moment, after the skirt was flipped up, the inside of the trailer fell into absolute silence.

Bai Liang didn't say anything either, just waited for Zhao Jinmai to scream so he could cover her mouth a little.

But classmate Student Student Mai Mai actually held her own — after keeping that pose for several seconds, her hand loosened, her eyes went wide, and she stubbornly didn't make a sound.

Though her cheeks did visibly flush — unlike Zhou Ye's instant red-hot, hers was a slow climb.

After all, Dou Xiao Ye's constitution was special — she really could blush anywhere; Zhao Jinmai only started from her neck.

"Brother, you mustn't tell anyone!" Zhao Jinmai was actually quite calm, just pitifully pleading away.

And Bai Liang instinctively took a deep breath, as if doing some top-tier lung capacity training.

That move actually made her blush even more.

"I won't. By the way, do you want to change into a pair…" Bai Liang suggested sincerely.

In that state, wearing them must be uncomfortable.

This time Zhao Jinmai really couldn't hold it anymore; after a long while she muttered like a mosquito: "But on the trailer I only brought a skirt, pants, and a top…"

"It's fine, I have new ones here, I'll get them for you."

New ones?

Zhao Jinmai's head was full of question marks.

Then she saw Bai Liang sneakily rummaging through the bedroom storage cabinet… These things weren't bought by Bai Liang, but just like how Old Zhou and the others used to stuff his trailer full of condoms and morning-after pills,

there was always someone to solve these little troubles for him.

Some were also bought by the Miss and left at his place.

To put it bluntly — half of this stuff was bought by the evil little kitty.

When they were filming "My Heroic Husband" before, she really hadn't stinted on stuffing things into Bai Liang's trailer.

Besides these new ones she wanted to use on the trailer herself, she'd even wanted to hide some in the seams of pillows or the sofa — ones she'd worn.

But Bai Liang always "happened to" discover them, or caught her in the act.

So the question is — the evil little kitty Huang has no bottom line at all; could the underwear she bought possibly be a normal style?

Absolutely not!

Bai Liang rummaged through — if it wasn't some damn crotchless thing, it was some sexy lace contraption, or even "underwear" that was just a few strings.

In short, the biggest effect of these things was… wearing them was no different from not wearing them.

Handing this stuff to an eighteen-year-old Zhao Jinmai — even Bai Liang felt it was a bit too beastly.

Fortunately, there were also some relatively normal ones bought by other girls.

For example, Li Xin.

Because her signature prop was champagne, she had a fairly high need to change clothes, and had stuffed quite a few into Bai Liang's trailer.

Although there were also some not-quite-right ones, overall they were definitely much more normal than the evil little kitty's treasures.

And Zhao Jinmai, after getting them and discovering they were new, breathed a sigh of relief.

She'd actually been worried Bai Liang would hand her a pair someone else had worn.

Even if washed, it would definitely feel weird.

But Zhao Jinmai didn't change in Bai Liang's bedroom — she ducked into the bathroom instead.

Mm… she'd need to clean up a little first.

And what Bai Liang didn't expect was that after this girl came out of the bathroom, she said goodbye and ran off.

As if she was so embarrassed by the incident she couldn't face anyone.

But Bai Liang always felt something wasn't quite right — this little girl's courage wasn't that small, and her mental fortitude wasn't that weak either.

He walked to the bathroom door and peeked inside.

Sure enough, that little Smurf was still hanging there.

Bai Liang sighed. Damn it! That move was used by Na Zha five years ago, except she used black stockings.

A girl who pulls this kind of stunt is either extraordinarily confident in herself — like Na Zha, who goes around saying how gorgeous and pretty she is every day, with the kind of arrogant air that makes people treat even the dead skin flaking off her feet like a treasure.

Or she thinks Bai Liang is a pervert who likes this sort of thing.

Obviously, Zhao Jinmai is the latter.

So Bai Liang decided to wash the thing clean and return it to her.

He really isn't some pervert, though he has run into this type of girl before.

That Zhu Xudan from Jiaxing took two of his worn T-shirts as treasures — wonder if she's worn them smooth yet.

—

Classmate Student Student Mai Mai's grudge against Big Mi Mi, after "Reset" wrapped filming, suddenly shot up more than one level.

How is this drama's shooting time so short?

She felt like she hadn't even come back to her senses before the director happily announced the whole show had wrapped!

Huh? It's done already?!

Not only that, the director even said to her: "Being able to wrap early, Student Student Mai Mai deserves a lot of credit! You performed really well! Your chemistry with Brother Liang throughout was so good."

That kind of praise — if it were the old Zhao Jinmai, she'd probably be smiling so hard her eyes squinted shut.

But now.

Zhao Jinmai: "Heh heh."

Didn't know what to say, so she gave a little smile out of politeness.

Pain, too much pain!

She still had so many things she hadn't done. A pile of plans written on sticky notes, and before she could carry out even a few, it suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

She had no idea why the director praised her so much — she herself felt that by the later parts of filming, she'd already gone completely blank.

To be precise, her mind basically wasn't on acting anymore.

But if the director thought she performed well, there wasn't much she could do about it.

So, at the wrap party, Zhao Jinmai declared she was an adult now — everyone's drinking, so she wants to drink too!

When women don't get drunk, men don't get a chance~

She'd known that little jingle for ages!

But the result was — her alcohol tolerance really was pretty decent.

At the wrap party everyone was being polite, and with Bai Liang sitting right next to Zhao Jinmai, who would dare lose their mind and try to force drinks on a little girl?

She couldn't exactly just sit there holding her glass and go "glug glug glug" on her own~

Too obvious.

So, clever classmate Student Student Mai Mai chose to fake being drunk.

She was still pretty smart — after drinking her cheeks were a bit red anyway, so she just put on a "oh no I can't make it" act.

The plan succeeded halfway.

At the wrap party she did successfully cling to Bai Liang, rubbing against him nonstop.

But afterward, the scene she'd imagined — of her brother gently princess-carrying her back to her room — shattered completely.

Mainly because Bai Liang had drunk quite a bit, and although he wasn't drunk, under the slight influence of alcohol, he somehow — without thinking — just picked Zhao Jinmai straight up.

Yeah, that kind of way, like grabbing a kitten by the scruff of its neck and lifting it.

The scene was actually kind of sweet, just a little funny.

So Na Zha, who came to pick up her little baby, burst out laughing.

(End of chapter)