Chapter 273

"I—"

"Be obedient."

Ji Jie glanced at Ruan Lin with indifference and draped an arm around He Lele's waist. "Let's go back and rest first. Don't you still have to go to Xin× tomorrow?"

He Lele looked at the warm, powerful palm on her waist, feeling at a loss, then raised her eyes to look at Mu Wei, who wore a leisurely expression.

"Be good. Don't think about anything. Just go back, take a bath, and get some rest. I'll be back very soon."

"…Mm."

Ruan Lin's gaze followed her figure until she vanished into the darkness, and until the blinding glare of car headlights slashed fiercely across his eyes.

"First, to answer your question from just now—she hasn't fallen in love with me. But... as long as I wish it, she will never leave me for the rest of her life."

"…Why?"

"'Why' isn't important. What's important is, now that you know this, what do you intend to do?"

"..."

"What? You won't give up? Heh... Alright, I'll tell you then, so you don't go through all the trouble of making Lele fall in love with you only to end up with no place to be buried in the end. Do you know? From beginning to end, there was never any such thing as a 'chamber maid'."

Author's note:

Going to put on my pot-lid and go write the next chapter...

☆, (10 Fresh Coins) Chapter 232: What is Talent

"She was just an ordinary apartment manager. You were the one who ate her first, misleading her and misleading everyone else. And because of the contract, she couldn't afford the breach-of-contract penalty, nor did she dare to take it to court, so your Aunt Yun just let the mistake continue and made her our 'chamber maid' for three months." Mu Wei paused for a few seconds and continued, "Do you think that if Lele found out about this, she would hate you for a lifetime? Or would she hate you for all eternity?"

Wearing an unusually warm smile, Mu Wei turned and walked toward the parking lot.

Ruan Lin, as if struck by lightning, seemed nailed to the spot, while in an even darker corner, there was another body enduring the roasting of hellfire.

Chamber maid.

Three months as a chamber maid.

Deep Blue Apartment! Ruan Lin, Mu Wei, Ji Jie, Qin Zhixiu, Shentu Mo!

The contract he had drafted with his own hands had trapped her beneath other men!

Three months!

Three months!

The night was quiet, peaceful, and gentle, yet everyone knew that the world under the night sky had never once been calm.

He Lele followed Ji Jie back to the rented apartment without saying a word, and without the slightest protest, she was settled into Qin Zhixiu's room. Before long, Ji Jie brought her pajamas and toiletries over from across the hall.

He crouched before her, watching her as she sat on the bed. "…Get some rest early."

Seeing she didn't make a sound, Ji Jie stood up, but just as he turned, his hem was tugged by her hand.

"What's wrong?" Turning back to look at her fragile expression, Ji Jie hugged her tenderly.

"Go wash up. I'll watch you sleep."

He Lele didn't know what was wrong with her either; she only knew that she didn't want to be alone...

After showering and lying in bed, she looked at Ji Jie beside her. She didn't feel sleepy, but not long after he covered her eyes, she quickly fell into a deep sleep, as if... her body was automatically avoiding wakefulness.

When she woke up in the middle of the night, Mu Wei was lying beside her, breathing evenly. Smelling the faint scent of perfume on him, she could almost hear his steady, reassuring heartbeat.

"Mm?" Mu Wei also slowly opened his eyes and pulled her into his embrace. "Sleep. You can look at the naked man when it's light out."

"..."

The next day, Ji Jie suggested she rest at home for the day, but He Lele composed herself and went to Xin× with him anyway.

Perhaps out of consideration that they were both new to the industry, the first day's content wasn't much. Ji Jie's skilled and steady performance made the entire staff wonder if he had undergone professional training. And He Lele's performance...

"Sorry, could we take a break for a moment? She isn't feeling very well," Ji Jie requested.

The translator relayed Ji Jie's words to the Japanese dubbing director hired by Xin×. The middle-aged Japanese man seemed a bit angry; after muttering a string of words, he stormed out of the recording studio.

"Uh..." The female translator looked at the strikingly handsome Ji Jie, finding it hard to relay the message. "Um, the director said..."

"I understand. Thank you."

"Uh, then... everyone, let's take a half-hour break. We'll continue at 10:30," the translator instructed.

After everyone had left the recording studio, He Lele finally let her tense spirit relax. She hadn't expected so many people to come today, and all of them were staring at her! ===== CHAPTER 274 =====