Chapter 1348: Sharp-tongued, Tsundere Entertainer & Super-Rich Insecure Wife 24

Warm moments are always fleeting.

The work affairs accumulated by Shen Shi during his program recording need to be handled, and Jin Chen also has to go on set for filming, after all, his main job cannot be neglected.

Suddenly having to part, Shen Shi had never felt work time so hard to endure before, let alone Jin Chen going to another city for filming, and they haven't seen each other for nearly two weeks.

It was another noon one day.

After a morning of back-to-back meetings and wits-and-courage battles with shareholders, Shen Shi returned to the quiet office and suddenly felt a bit sad.

He missed Jin Chen.

After sitting alone in a daze for a while, Shen Shi still couldn't shake the longing, picked up his phone, and made a video call.

Jin Chen had said that he could only not answer calls while filming; now it was noon, so he should be able to pick up.

But the default bell signal had been ringing for many seconds, yet it still hadn't been connected.

Shen Shi instantly sat up straight, his face slightly changed, and gradually gripped his phone tighter.

Even though he knew this wasn't good, he couldn't suppress a flood of conjectures; just by imagining, it was enough to give the unanswered call an unbearable reason.

With a "beep," Shen Shi pressed to hang up.

The office was so quiet it felt oppressive, with only the faint hum of the ventilation system.

Shen Shi was struggling.

If he followed his old habit, he could easily ask his agent and assistant, who knew Jin Chen's daily movements inside out, even down to the minute, to learn everyone Jin Chen had contacted that day.

But Jin Chen had said he didn't like that, so he couldn't do it.

Shen Shi tossed his phone aside, stared at the screen full of data, and couldn't take in anything.

A few minutes later, Jin Chen's video call came through.

Shen Shi hesitated for two seconds, then answered.

In an instant, the street's clamor and liveliness poured through the screen into the office, together with Jin Chen's oddly angled frontal face, awakening Shen Shi's somewhat numb heart.

"Why didn't you answer the phone?"

Shen Shi's tone was accusatory; seeing Jin Chen in that instant, it felt as if all his grievances had nowhere to hide.

"I was in a private room dining with the lead actor and director; just now it was too noisy, I didn't hear it."

Jin Chen seemed to have left the restaurant, casually found a spot in the flowerbed to squat and make the call, his handsome face taking up half the screen with a teasing smile.

"Are you going to cry again?"

"No way, I just... I'm a little missing you."

Shen Shi unconsciously rubbed the corners of his eyes, furrowed his brows and softened his voice, "Then am I disturbing your meal?"

Jin Chen hummed, fingertips tapping the screen, "Looks like busy person Director Shen hasn't realized it's mealtime."

"I'll go soon." Shen Shi gave an embarrassed smile, "I'll have lunch."

"In a few days I'll return; if you get a stomachache again from not eating, I won't care."

"You have to care," Shen Shi instinctively hurried to respond, slightly pursing his lips, "You can't not care about me."

A few seconds later Shen Shi realized, his beautiful eyes instantly lighting up, "You're going home!"

Seeing this, Jin Chen was amused, his voice through the screen grew gentler, "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the day after tomorrow's flight."

"Eager to see my wife, my heart is like an arrow."

Jin Chen hummed a tune softly, changed his posture, stood up, leaned against the hotel entrance's Roman column, and indulgingly smiled, "Shen Shi, you're smiling a bit foolishly."

Immersed in joy, Shen Shi didn't bother to argue with him.

"All right, I'm about to head back to Horizontal Shop as well; I have three shoots this afternoon, then I'll return to the hotel and video call you."

Shen Shi received the notice, nodded happily, and the morning's pent-up emotions were all soothed away.

After hanging up the video call, the smile reflected on the screen hadn't faded.

Shen Shi also lost the desire to keep looking at the data; he wanted to heed Jin Chen's words and go eat lunch.

Thus, that day in the group's cafeteria, employees stared in astonishment at Director Shen, who rarely appears once in a hundred eighty years, and felt a subtle sense as if watching a deity descend to the mortal world.

As it turned out, Director Shen also needs to eat.

In the afternoon, the new secretary Linda knocked on the door to report; along with the previous secretary's departure, the director also saw two assistants jump ship, and now the new assistant has taken up the post.

Shen Shi had Linda forward the new assistant's personal information in an email, but upon seeing the photo, he suddenly fell into silence.

——

Jin Chen had just returned to the private room when he happened to see the director inviting a new cast member; reportedly, the originally scheduled actor had to withdraw due to a sudden matter, and the director had specially called him in as a replacement.

He curiously looked over, and his eyes happened to meet Cheng Yi's.

Jin Chen froze.

"Is the main character the uke?"

"If this track is yours, just charge in!"

"Hey Jin Chen, long time no see." Cheng Yi familiarly crossed half the table to greet him, raising a highball glass in gesture.

Jin Chen raised his brows suspiciously, quickly stepped back half a step, and had 0731 check whether there were any paparazzi or cameras around.

【Hehe, none~】

0731 chuckled, "To avoid two more black hot searches, Host really works hard."

"Move aside." Jin Chen said coldly.

Cheng Yi felt more than once that this was a tough nut to crack, but he couldn't resist the huge traffic, and his looks really hit the spot.

He wasn't angry at all, "Okay, okay, I wasn't intentionally blocking you."

"We still have plenty of opposing scenes; I just wanted to say hello."

Cheng Yi continued to smile warmly, looking very affable, "Filming starts this afternoon; Duoduo, please guide me."

Jin Chen glanced at him, then looked away, expressionless, shaking his head, "That really is my misfortune."

Cheng Yi: "……"

When the afternoon shoot was about to start, Jin Chen had taken every precaution, but still couldn't stop the paparazzi blocking the filming site outside.

Cheng Yi had also finished her makeup and costume, came early to find him to run lines; Jin Chen had just patiently listened to a few sentences when 0731 suddenly emitted a sharp explosive sound.

【Warning! Warning! Paparazzi filming ahead at the four o'clock direction, Host, stay on alert!】

Jin Chen suddenly turned sideways, gazing at the camera several dozen meters away, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"Damn!"

The paparazzi hiding in the big tree were so startled their hand shook, almost dropping the cannon they were holding: "How could you even spot that?!"

This Jin Chen must be part eagle!

"What's wrong? Is someone filming?"

Cheng Yi nervously gripped the script, looked over but saw nothing; she tried to pull Jin Chen's sleeve but he dodged, and she said in a good temper: "Don't be angry, I'll have the staff check; if there really are paparazzi, they'll handle it."

Jin Chen pressed his lips together, gave a cold hum, and without letting Cheng Yi continue, turned and walked away, leaving a light remark.

"Don't bother me outside of filming time, I'm afraid of people."

His attitude is really unfathomable.

Cheng Yi bit her lip, stared at the assistant in the dark.

The paparazzi that were arranged were discovered so quickly.

The paparazzi showed the assistant what they had captured, then exclaimed, "What the hell is going on?!"

Wasn't it supposed to have captured several shots? How come it's empty!

"You didn't miss the shot, did you?" the assistant raised his voice, "Are you trying to pull the 'take money and do nothing' stunt on me here?"

"No no no! Oh good, I also took a video on my phone, it's just not that clear."

The paparazzi showed him the phone's footage; this time the picture was still there.

Assistant: "That should work too, as long as we can clearly see it's the two of them."