Chapter 70

Seeing Zhou Jin, a flash of light flickered in Chen Duling's beautiful eyes, but when her gaze turned slightly and she saw Nazha sitting opposite Zhou Jin, a look of undisguised surprise flashed across her face instantly.

She clearly recognized the identity of this popular actress at a glance.

"Hello, my name is Chen Duling."

After a brief surprise, Chen Duling politely took the initiative to reach out to Nazha.

Nazha also instantly switched back to her cold demeanor in front of outsiders, nodded lightly, and reached out her jade hand to shake it virtually: "Hello, Nazha."

After Chen Duling sat down, her gaze flowed obscurely between Zhou Jin and Nazha.

Seeing this, Zhou Jin smiled and explained without changing his expression: "Nazha and I just collaborated on a movie a while ago, and we got to know each other then. Since we both happen to be in Hengdian this time, we made an appointment to have a simple meal together."

A flash of envy flickered in Chen Duling's eyes.

Objectively speaking, although Nazha's current status is not yet comparable to top-tier actresses like Yang Mi, compared to Zhou Jin, a newcomer who just exploded in popularity, she definitely counts as a senior and a popular actress.

Zhou Jin's connections are actually so broad that he can make an appointment to eat alone in private; the relationship between the two is clearly not as simple as ordinary friends.

However... Chen Duling looked at the distance between the two sitting face-to-face again.

Across a wide hot pot table, it seemed there wasn't that kind of intimate feeling.

Perhaps it was just a simple friend gathering?

Or perhaps they were sitting so far apart deliberately to avoid suspicion?

Thinking of this, Chen Duling's heart lifted.

However, the simple-minded Chen Duling couldn't guess that the Nazha sitting opposite her didn't have so many twists and turns in her mind at all.

What keeping distance, what avoiding suspicion.

The only reason she specifically sat opposite from so far away was to make it convenient to tease Zhou Jin with her black-silk long legs under the dining table in a while.

As the hot pot base boiled in the red soup, the atmosphere in the private room gradually became lively.

Only, I don't know if it was because the beef tallow spicy pot base here was too flavorful, but Zhou Jin was sweating slightly on his forehead while eating this meal, and he had to gasp from time to time.

Taking a few deep breaths of "hiss-ha, hiss-ha."

And Nazha, sitting opposite him, clearly hadn't moved her chopsticks much, but her beautiful face was flushed as if it were about to drip blood.

She folded her hands on the table in a well-behaved manner, her upper body dignified and motionless, only her breathing was slightly heavy.

Regardless of everything, the simple-minded Chen Duling had a very happy meal tonight.

Not only did she get closer to Zhou Jin and learn acting experience, but she also unexpectedly got to know Nazha, a popular little flower.

After dinner, Chen Duling said goodbye to the two politely and obediently: "Teacher Zhou Jin, Teacher Nazha, then I'll go back first, see you on the crew tomorrow."

Zhou Jin and Nazha waved goodbye to her with a smile.

Once Chen Duling's figure completely disappeared from sight, the disguise on Zhou Jin and Nazha's faces was instantly removed.

The two exchanged an extremely tacit look, unwilling to delay for even a moment, and quickly returned to the hotel where Zhou Jin was staying.

While eating hot pot just now, Nazha didn't eat much meat at all; most of her thoughts and energy were spent teasing Zhou Jin under the table.

Zhou Jin's stomach was full, but the evil fire in his body was also teased by the black-silk-wrapped toes of Nazha all the way, burning more and more vigorously, almost reaching the critical point of being unable to suppress.

With a "click," the hotel room door was just closed.

Zhou Jin pounced like a hungry tiger, hugged Nazha horizontally, walked with big strides to the bedside, and pressed her heavily onto the soft bed.

Nazha not only didn't resist at all, but took the initiative to stretch out her arms, hooking tightly around Zhou Jin's neck, and her warm red lips fell on his face and corners of his mouth like raindrops.

"Brother Jin..." Nazha's eyes were blurred, her breath as fragrant as an orchid, her voice revealing a coquettish softness that was seductive to the bone.

"I rested for a whole day, my stamina has mostly recovered... tonight, please don't be gentle with me."

In the days that followed, Nazha could be said to have completely started a "lying flat" mode in Hengdian.

The announcements and station activities originally arranged for her by the company were all forcibly pushed away by her for various reasons.

For this kind of behavior with no career ambition, the senior management of the brokerage company was naturally furious, calling her several times in a row to lose their temper and apply pressure.

As a result, Nazha was determined to stay here and fall in love with Zhou Jin, and finally, when forced into a corner, she simply broke the jar and threatened directly on the phone: "If you force me to go back to work again, I will immediately post on Weibo and publicly announce that I am with Zhou Jin!"

This directly left the company's senior management speechless, and in the end, the company had no way to deal with her.

In the entertainment industry, if an artist is dissatisfied with their treatment or has the intention to jump ship, the company has plenty of thunderous means to sanction and suppress them.

But facing a "pure love-brained" person who had completely fallen in, the company really had no way at all.

Talking about the future, career, and the big picture with a love-brained person is itself a very magical thing.

Thus, Nazha lived in Zhou Jin's hotel with peace of mind.

During this time, the two lived comfortably.

During the day, Zhou Jin went to the crew to focus on filming, and at night, the two would wear masks and hats, strolling through the night market in Hengdian like ordinary young couples, finding a small shop that suited their taste to have dinner.

Finally, on the soft sofa in the hotel, they would watch *Swords of Legends* on time.

And the two episodes aired tonight ushered in the absolute highlight moment of the character "Ling Yue" played by Zhou Jin—Ling Yue was ordered to take over as the sect leader of Tianyong City.

At the same time, this was also the most regretful and heartbreaking scene in the whole play between him and his junior sister "Fuqu," who had always loved him deeply.

Under the powerful blessing of multiple acting 【Entries】, Zhou Jin's performance could be called god-like.

He didn't have any exaggerated body movements or roaring; just through those deep eyes, he vividly displayed Ling Yue's deep affection, the restraint under the heavy pressure of righteousness, the pain hidden in his bones, and that unspeakable sorrow.

He didn't even shed a tear on the screen, yet he made every audience member watching him feel a suffocating heartache.

Nazha, the "pure love-brained" girl sitting next to him, had already entered the scene after watching this part.

Her eye sockets were red, tears swirled in her beautiful eyes, and she hugged Zhou Jin's neck tightly with a choked voice.

"Brother Jin, if I had known you earlier, I would have fought to the death to play the role of 'Fuqu'!"

Nazha sniffed aggrievedly, "Senior Brother's feelings for Fuqu are really too deep and too heartbreaking... If I were Fuqu, I wouldn't care about the common people of the world, nor would I care about the sect rules; I would definitely dare to love and hate, and even if I had to give up everything, I would stay with you forever!"

Zhou Jin looked at Nazha, who was crying like a pear blossom in the rain, and smiled helplessly, handing over a few tissues.

Just at this moment, the phone on the coffee table suddenly rang.

Zhou Jin picked it up to see it was Reba's call.

As soon as it connected, Reba's crisp voice, which couldn't hide her excitement, came from the other end: "Brother Jin! Did you watch *Swords of Legends* tonight?"

"Tonight is such an important scene for me taking over as sect leader, of course I watched it."

Zhou Jin replied with a smile.

Reba was so excited that her voice went up an octave, her tone full of joy: "Brother Jin, it seems like we've completely exploded in popularity!"

"You should go online and look quickly; our 'Yue Fu CP' has exploded."

"It has now surpassed the CP of Baili Tusu and Feng Qingxue and has rushed to the third place on the Weibo hot search list!!!"