Chapter 90

"Save some for me." After saying this, Shentu Mo left the apartment alone.

It was already a big headache having four extra people in the kitchen, but not long after, even Ruan Lin and Mu Wei came to join in the fun. What surprised her, however, was that Ruan Lin actually knew how to roll dumpling wrappers, and rolled them quite beautifully. He said it was because every New Year's Eve, his mother would give the servants the day off and then take the whole family to make dumplings together; if you didn't work, you didn't eat, and he was the one responsible for the wrappers.

"...Can you make me a bowl of noodles?" Ruan Lin suddenly paused his work and requested of He Le.

"Sure, wide or thin?"

"Either is fine."

The dough for noodles needed less water than the dough for dumplings, so He Le returned to the kitchen to knead the dough again. For the whole morning, the seven of them tossed about between the kitchen and the dining table. It wasn't until two in the afternoon that the seven of them finally sat at the table with a big bowl each, ready to eat.

"So fragrant! I'm starting!" Rong Qingya shouted, holding her fork.

"Wait!" Qin Zhixiu suddenly stopped her, "Can we... take a picture?"

"Ah! That's right, that's right! I'll go get the camera! My sister and I just bought it yesterday!"

A moment later, "One, two, three... Cheese!"

Surrounded by everyone, He Le, who was very unaccustomed to such a position, shifted her body uncomfortably, but still gave a gentle smile toward the lens on the tripod when Rong Qingya said "Cheese."

After taking the picture, the others started eating, while Rong Qingya took the camera to check the photo they had just taken.

"Huh?"

"What's wrong? Didn't it turn out well?" He Le walked over and asked, looking at the camera screen.

Rong Qingya secretly glanced at Qin Zhixiu, then whispered to He Le, "Brother Zhixiu smiled!"

He Le looked at the elegantly smiling Qin Zhixiu in the photo, confused.

"There's one thing fans don't know the reason for, and that is that Brother Zhixiu never smiles when taking pictures with people, whether it's with other stars or fans."

"..."

"And... he has never mentioned his family, so we've all been guessing if it's because of family factors or something."

Hearing this, He Le lowered her eyes slightly and looked toward Qin Zhixiu, but happened to meet his smiling eyes, which startled her. Fortunately, the doorbell outside the apartment rang at the right time, allowing her to hide her embarrassment.

The way Qin Zhixiu smiled... was too... to use a trendier word—it was too captivating.

She didn't recognize the person who arrived, but she felt like she had seen him somewhere. The middle-aged man said he was Ruan Lin's manager. Only after Ruan Lin took the noodles to the monitoring room to confirm did He Le open the iron gate to let the middle-aged man, who had graying temples but a ruddy complexion, drive in.

"Eating only now?" Wu Ming smiled and handed over a beautifully packaged small square box. "Happy birthday."

"Uncle Wu, you're too polite." Ruan Lin accepted the gift. The birthday on his public profile was fake; in Muse, besides Aunt Yun, only this Uncle Wu knew his real birthday.

"Is it your birthday today?" He Le had originally been pouring tea for Wu Ming and happened to hear it.

"Yeah, why? Want to celebrate my birthday? Or want to give me a gift?" Ruan Lin looked at He Le, raised his eyebrows, and smiled.

"Please enjoy your meal." He Le didn't even look at him, gave Wu Ming a slight smile, and retreated.

"...Ruan Lin, you... and this Miss He?"

Ruan Lin kept watching He Le's figure until she disappeared into the hallway before turning back to look at the elder who had always helped him in his career.

"Mm." He nodded. He naturally understood what Uncle Wu meant. Although he hadn't won this woman over yet, it was only a matter of time, so it didn't matter if he admitted it now.

"So... is Miss He unhappy about you filming intimate scenes?"

"No, it's my own problem, it has nothing to do with her." Seeing Wu Ming's skeptical look, Ruan Lin had to confess, "In fact, she hasn't accepted me yet."

"Uh... huh?" Wu Ming frowned and looked at Ruan Lin, then pondered for a long while before taking out his phone, walking to the window to make a call, and finally said to Ruan Lin.

"The crew can't drag this out any longer. If you haven't found a way to solve the problem, I do have a suggestion."

"...What?"

Five minutes later.

"What? You want me to temporarily take over Ruan Lin's assistant work?"

"Yes, sorry to trouble you, Miss He."

Author's Note:

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☆, (11 Fresh Coins) Chapter 102: She Doesn't Care

"No way! She... Uncle Wu, what do you mean by this?" Did Uncle Wu want him to lose face in front of her?

"I have just consulted with Producer Shentu and President Zhai, and they also approve of this proposal. Ruan Lin, you should know that the schedules of the director and several lead actors are very tight. If you keep dragging it out like this..."

"...I understand."

He Le looked at the two people whose expressions were somewhat heavy, feeling very confused. Ruan Lin knew, but she still didn't know anything! Why did she have to temporarily take over Ruan Lin's assistant work? What do celebrity assistants do? If she went to be an assistant, what would happen to the apartment?

She hadn't even agreed yet, but Mr. Wu Ming had already stood up to leave. She went to see Mr. Wu off, and when she came back, she couldn't see Ruan Lin anywhere.

Ruan Lin... Recalling the gloomy atmosphere around Ruan Lin during this time, He Le couldn't help but guess—was the problem this time very serious?

Because they ate too late and too much at noon, by six in the evening, everyone in the apartment said they couldn't eat anymore. After delaying and delaying, they actually ended up having Shentu Mo catch up for the evening gathering.

Shentu Mo slowly looked around at everyone... From the moment He Le placed the fried dumplings in front of him, everyone had been staring at him eagerly.

He lowered his eyes to look at the dumplings of various shapes on the plate, "...You all staring at me like this makes me think you've joined forces to poison me."

"Pfft..." Rong Qingya burst out laughing, "So Big Brother Shentu can also joke?"

Ji Jie also curled his lips and chuckled, "Don't underestimate him! Don't look at his usual poker-faced appearance! If he used that mouth to coax a woman, I'm afraid no one could handle it! Let me tell you something. In college, we met the most perverted old spinster in the whole school, nicknamed 'One in Ten Thousand,' because in one batch of students, only one person didn't have to retake her course. As it happened, we encountered her during our exam year... you know, she took a problem she had been researching for ten years and had just had a breakthrough on to test us. We all thought we were done for, but this guy... you have to know he usually kept a cold face and didn't speak, but that day he actually took the test paper directly to the stage and started chatting with her. He teased that old spinster until she was giggling and acting as shy as a teenage girl, and he even wrote down all her research results on the spot. The result was that not a single person in our batch failed, and it's still regarded as a miracle to this day. Since then, the common phrase for all the boys in the school to brag about their flirting skills is—'The person second only to Shentu'!"

Mu Wei smiled and nodded, "I've heard of this, but I didn't know it was Shentu."

"Wow! Big Brother Shentu is so—hey hey hey! He's eating, he's eating!" Rong Qingya was just sighing when she noticed Shentu Mo had already picked up his chopsticks, and hurriedly called everyone to look.

"How many has he eaten? Did any of you see what filling the first one he ate was?" Ji Jie asked nervously. They had just made a bet on what the filling of the first dumpling Shentu ate would be, and the loser would accept the winner's punishment.

"...Eggplant." He Le, who was walking out of the kitchen with a tray, replied. Everyone had been watching Ji Jie just now, but she had seen Shentu Mo bite into the first fried dumpling before she entered the kitchen.

"Really?" Ji Jie doubted.

"Mm." Qin Zhixiu, who was wearing a loose T-shirt beside Ji Jie, also confirmed He Le's answer.

"Ah... Sister, only you guessed right!"

"Since that's the case, everyone accept the punishment? Lele, if you're going upstairs, let's start with you. Truth or Dare?" Rong Qingfeng asked with a smile.

He Le thought for a moment, "Dare."

"Then..." Rong Qingfeng stood up and walked in front of He Le. Her tall figure and cool temperament gave her a sense of ease that was different from most women.

She saw her gently lift He Le's chin, "Kiss me."

"..." *5.

Having given away her same-sex first kiss, He Le went to the third floor with a burning face. She had originally only intended to kiss her cheek, but she didn't expect Rong Qingfeng to suddenly turn her face and...

Not daring to look at anyone's expression at all, she carried the tray into the elevator. Ruan Lin hadn't come downstairs for dinner, so she naturally had to send it up.

After checking the living room, bedroom, and bathroom and not finding Ruan Lin, He Le had to check room by room. Every floor of this apartment had many rooms. Besides regular living rooms, there were many workrooms and tool rooms related to their work and hobbies. For example, Qin Zhixiu's personal recording studio and music room, Mu Wei's camera room and darkroom, etc., while Ruan Lin's place had a small screening room, a huge walk-in closet, a movie database, and the like.

The facilities in the whole apartment were probably more complete than many residential areas. If the garden outside the apartment were turned into a vegetable patch and a couple of chicken coops were added... this really would be a great place for seclusion.

Found him, in the costume and prop room.

He Le knocked on the door, but Ruan Lin, who was lying on the sofa, didn't react.

Was he asleep?

Walking close to the sofa, looking at his handsome face that was still luxuriously imposing even with his eyes closed, He Le hesitated whether to wake him up.

Compared to when they were awake, she liked them better when they were asleep.