Chapter 21

Reba continued: "Then I threw the room card into the river. He secretly sent a WeChat message to Mi-jie, asking her to help me get a replacement, and even had Mi-jie wait for me downstairs."

Nazha was speechless for a moment, but still stubborn: "This... this... it could be... frigidity."

"But Jin-ge was very involved when he kissed me." Reba's face flushed. "I could feel he was very excited."

On the other end of the line, Nazha was somewhat annoyed and embarrassed.

Damn it, was her title as a Love Master about to fail so quickly?

She bit her lip and finally had to admit: "Alright, it seems Zhou Jin really doesn't look like a scumbag."

But to defend her persona as a "Love Master," Nazha quickly put on a straight face again and said seriously: "Reba, let me tell you, as actors, especially female actors, we can date, but we must not be love-brained."

Reba was somewhat confused.

She remembered Mi-jie had said similar things. Could it really be like that?

She gave a dazed "Oh."

"By the way, Reba."

Nazha on the other end lowered her voice, "Don't you suspect that the relationship between Mi-jie and Zhou Jin might not be simple? I have a way to test it out."

"Really?" Reba's eyes lit up instantly.

"Really. Like this, like this, and then like this..."

Nazha chattered on the phone for a while.

Reba listened incredibly seriously, even taking out a small notebook from the head of the bed and writing down Nazha's words one by one.

Her eyes grew brighter and brighter, nodding from time to time as she wrote.

"Mm-hmm."

The next day, Zhou Jin woke up full of energy, got dressed, and packed his personal belongings into his suitcase.

Yang Mi didn't know when she had woken up; she was leaning lazily against the head of the bed, the quilt draped casually over her, revealing a section of snow-white shoulders and exquisite collarbones.

Her hair was spread messily on the pillow, her face still bearing the flush from last night, her eyes half-open and half-closed as she watched Zhou Jin pack.

"No scenes for Mi-jie today?"

Yang Mi rolled her eyes at him: "You didn't let me rest all night last night; how could I have the strength to film today? I already asked Director Liang for leave."

Zhou Jin walked over, leaned down, kissed her lips, and asked with a smile: "Mi-jie won't see me off?"

"Not seeing you off." Yang Mi turned her face away. "I hate you right now."

"Then I'm leaving."

Zhou Jin picked up his suitcase and turned to walk toward the door.

"Come here."

Yang Mi's lazy voice came from behind.

Zhou Jin stopped and walked back to the bedside.

Yang Mi propped herself up, looking exhausted, but her face feigned an impatient expression.

She reached out, hooked Zhou Jin's neck, kissed him on the side of his face, then let go and fell back onto the pillow.

"Go, go, don't disturb my sleep."

Not long after Yang Mi fell asleep, her phone rang.

She reached over and saw it was Reba.

Yang Mi answered, her voice still sleepy: "Hello?"

"Mi-jie, Zhou Jin and I are downstairs at the hotel. Aren't you going to see Zhou Jin off to the airport?"

Yang Mi remembered the absurd things Zhou Jin had done to her last night and gritted her teeth: "Not going."

"Why?"

Yang Mi looked at the ceiling and said word by word: "Actually, I'm not that close to him."

"Oh, oh."

Downstairs at the hotel.

Reba hung up the phone, feeling completely relieved.

The idea Nazha gave her yesterday was to deliberately observe Mi-jie's reaction when saying goodbye to see if there was anything unnatural between the two.

As it turned out, Mi-jie didn't even come, and even said on the phone in front of Zhou Jin that she wasn't close to him.

It seemed there really was no special relationship between Mi-jie and Zhou Jin.

Reba happily took Zhou Jin's arm and said with a smile: "Jin-ge, let's go."

Zhou Jin didn't know why Reba was suddenly so happy, but he just nodded.

If Zhou Jin knew that all these behaviors of Reba were guided by the "Love Master" Nazha, he would probably laugh out loud.

It was hard to say who was smart in the entertainment industry, but if you were talking about who was the dumbest, Nazha definitely occupied a spot.

Leaving Mi-jie, a true master, unconsulted, she chose to find Nazha, the dumbest and most love-brained person, to be her strategist.

When Reba returned after seeing Zhou Jin off, it was already noon.

Yang Mi had also fully recovered and returned to the crew.

In the dressing room, she sat in front of the mirror. When the makeup artist was applying her makeup, she couldn't help but look twice and asked with some envy:

"Mi-jie, what skincare products have you been using lately? Your skin condition is too good."

Yang Mi's skin was indeed much more delicate than a few days ago, glowing with a healthy luster, and it felt more elastic to the touch.

She looked in the mirror and didn't speak, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly.

Reba returned from the airport and walked into the dressing room. Seeing Mi-jie applying makeup, her footsteps paused, then she leaned over and hugged Yang Mi's arm with some guilt.

"Mi-jie, I was wrong."

Yang Mi turned her head to look at her: "What's wrong?"

Reba lowered her head and whispered: "I suspected before that you and Zhou Jin were dating. Today, Zhou Jin was leaving; not only did you not go to see him off, but you even said on the phone that you weren't close to him. It seems I misunderstood you; you and Zhou Jin are truly innocent. It was my small-mindedness."

She said this with great shame, her head almost buried in her chest.

Yang Mi looked at Reba's appearance, her mouth twitching.

Such a simple girl like Reba was being led around by her. Even someone as thick-skinned as Yang Mi felt a bit ashamed at this moment.

"Reba, don't be like this."

"Mm?" Reba raised her head to look at Yang Mi in confusion.

Could it be Mi-jie?

Yang Mi saw Reba's suspicious expression, her forehead full of black lines.

They said women get dumber the more they date, so why did Reba get smarter instead, and even start playing mind games with her?

She changed the subject without changing her expression: "I mean, how are you going to compensate me?"

Reba blinked guiltily and whispered: "I'll agree to whatever Mi-jie says."

Yang Mi smiled lightly, reached out, and pinched Reba's cheek: "Come to my room tonight, and we'll sleep together."

Reba widened her eyes and shouted coquettishly: "Mi-jie~"

Zhou Jin got off the plane.

Winter in Yanjing was completely different from Hengdian.

It was dry and cold here, the wind blowing like a knife. When Zhou Jin left the airport, the breath he exhaled turned into white mist.

He hailed a taxi, leaned back in the seat, and began to ponder what to do next.

He was completely different from a few months ago.

His relationship with Yang Mi was very intimate, and he had landed the role of Ling Yue.

Once *Sword of Legends* aired, his fame would definitely explode. By then, it wouldn't be him begging for auditions everywhere, but crews actively coming to him.

It was just that he didn't know when the next show would come.

Zhou Jin suddenly remembered that there was still a Luck Card lying in the system that he hadn't used.

He recited "use" in his heart.

【Luck Card used successfully.】

A prompt popped up on the system panel, but Zhou Jin waited, and felt nothing.

Forget it, don't think about it for now.

He withdrew his thoughts and thought of another problem—he had to rent a place to live first.

Just then, his phone vibrated.

It was a WeChat message from Meng Ziyi.

"What time will you arrive in Yanjing? I'll treat you to a meal."

Zhou Jin typed back: "Already arrived."

Meng Ziyi replied quickly: "So fast. I know a Chinese restaurant that is very delicious. I'll send you the location. By the way, can I bring a good friend along?"

Zhou Jin: "Of course. Is it a roommate?"

Meng Ziyi: "No, it's a good friend I met during an audition. She's very pretty."

Zhou Jin: "Looking forward to it 【lecherous】."

In the Beijing Film Academy dormitory.

Meng Ziyi saw Zhou Jin's reply, her mouth curling up uncontrollably. She immediately switched out to open Bai Lu's WeChat and typed a line of text to send over.

"Bai Lu, don't you like listening to entertainment gossip? My actor friend is back in Yanjing!"