Chapter 35: Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred

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In the hotel corridor, Ji Yu dumped Fan Bingbing onto the floor and rummaged through her pockets for the room key card.

Used tissues, lipstick, hair ties...

Her down jacket pocket was a chaotic mess, but there was no key card anywhere.

Ji Yu glanced at the pockets of her jeans.

The jeans were skin-tight, and Fan Bingbing had full thighs. The outline of the key card was clearly visible beneath the stretched denim.

Ji Yu struggled to slip his hand into the pocket.

Soft and pleasantly plump. Not a bad feel at all.

There it was.

He worked his fingers toward the opening, but her soft thigh made it difficult to pull the card out.

“Tickles...”

Fan Bingbing let out a vague, sleepy whimper.

Ji Yu shot her a glance and grumbled, “How could you get yourself drunk like that? Good thing I’m a decent man.”

After fumbling around in her jeans pocket a few more times, he finally extracted the room card.

He opened the door, carried Fan Bingbing inside, tossed her onto the bed, wrapped her up in the quilt like a dumpling, and left.

He had carried Le Jiatong on set and Fan Bingbing at the hotel.

Ji Yu had worked himself to the bone today.

Still, in all the time since entering the industry, this had been the most enjoyable day of filming.

Getting close to beautiful women—that was the life an actor was supposed to lead.

Unfortunately, there would be no more scenes like that later.

In a period romance, the most they usually did was cuddle. Even kissing scenes were rare.

Ji Yu had never filmed a kissing scene before.

He had no idea which actress would be lucky enough to claim his first on-screen kiss.

Whoever kissed him would be getting quite a bargain.

Ji Yu tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

His heart was in turmoil.

He missed Teacher Li. Once The Love Manual was finished, he absolutely had to go find her.

He was genuinely starving!

The next morning, Ji Yu was roused from a daze by knocking outside his door.

He sat up in bed and only then remembered that he had filming scheduled that day.

Oh no. He was going to be late!

Ji Yu hurriedly pulled on his clothes. When he opened the door, he found Le Jiatong and Fan Bingbing standing outside.

Scratching his disheveled hair, he asked, “Has the crew already left for the set?”

“What do you think? Look at the time.”

Le Jiatong teased him as he stood there bleary-eyed. “Everyone’s already gone. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have come looking for you.”

“We gave you a ride and brought you breakfast,” Fan Bingbing added.

“I’ll be ready in two minutes. Just need to brush my teeth and wash my face.”

Ten minutes later, the three of them were in the car. Ji Yu drove while eating steamed buns.

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The two women had not slept well either, and both were yawning.

Fan Bingbing kept rubbing her neck.

After being wrapped up like a dumpling the night before, she seemed to have slept on it wrong.

She had no idea who had helped her back to her room, but they certainly had not been very considerate!

Ji Yu finished the buns in two or three bites, then picked up his soybean milk and gulped it down.

He was still hungry. Two buns, one egg, and a cup of soybean milk were nowhere near enough.

And he could not conveniently peel the egg while driving.

Looking at the two women in the rearview mirror, he said, “Which one of you is going to peel this for me?”

The two women froze at the same time.

A peck? Was he asking for a kiss?

So riding in his car came with payment in kind?

When neither of them moved, Ji Yu urged them, “Come on, somebody do it. I’m still hungry. Peel the egg for me.”

“Oh!”

Once they understood, both women turned bright red.

Fan Bingbing immediately took the egg and peeled it at lightning speed.

Ji Yu turned his head, opened his mouth, and said, “Ah.”

Fan Bingbing carefully brought the egg toward him, only for Le Jiatong to give her a shove.

Pop!

The entire egg was stuffed into Ji Yu’s mouth.

Caught completely off guard, Ji Yu choked and rolled his eyes.

Fan Bingbing jumped in fright and glared back at Le Jiatong, who was laughing uproariously.

Ji Yu quickly bit the egg apart and shouted angrily, “Fan Bingbing! You’re finished!”

As he drove, Ji Yu grumbled and cursed, while Fan Bingbing apologized repeatedly from the back seat.

Le Jiatong was the only one laughing happily.

He should never have let her off the hook last night!

When the three arrived at the set, Shen Xiaohai was still filming.

They were not late, but they were cutting it dangerously close.

They had to hurry and get their makeup done.

In the dressing room, the makeup artist fixed Ji Yu’s wig in place. Period dramas were such a hassle.

Still, they were far easier than palace dramas. At least he did not have to shave his head.

Ji Yu had no interest in appearing in a palace drama. Exposing his forehead and wearing a queue would make him look hideous.

Period-drama heroes had to be handsome.

Fortunately, palace dramas had not been popular these past two years, so Ji Yu did not have to worry about that for now.

Ji Yu’s makeup was relatively quick. Fan Bingbing and Le Jiatong took much longer.

They did not need wigs, but their hair had to be braided and styled. It was painstaking work, and each woman had two stylists working behind her.

Once his own makeup was finished, Ji Yu went to film. He and Shen Xiaohai had a great many scenes together.

On set, Shen Xiaohai asked curiously, “Did you have fun last night?”

“It was all right. They both got drunk.”

Ji Yu yawned as he answered.

Shen Xiaohai’s eyes lit up. He hurriedly pressed, “And then?”

“And then... heh heh heh.”

Ji Yu gave him a look that every man understood.

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“And then what?” Shen Xiaohai was so anxious he could hardly stand it, as though he wished he could take Ji Yu’s place.

Ji Yu shrugged and said with a grin, “And then there was no ‘then.’ What else could I have done?”

“You could have done something! Even when opportunity knocked, you were useless!”

Shen Xiaohai looked at Ji Yu as though he had failed some great test of character.

Ji Yu raised his middle finger in reply, condemning his filthy and despicable thoughts.

“Are we having dinner together tonight?” Shen Xiaohai asked mysteriously.

Ji Yu stroked his chin. “It’s bad enough that you look like a shady character. Your heart is rotten too.”

“My treat! Can you get the two of them to come?”

“Absolutely, bro!”

“I’m older than you.”

“Nonsense. Whip it out and compare!”

As the two of them bickered, the set was finally ready.

The director shouted, and they all obediently returned to filming.

After a full morning of work, Ji Yu carried his boxed lunch over to Le Jiatong and Fan Bingbing at lunchtime.

“Want to go singing tonight?” he asked while picking at his food.

Le Jiatong rolled her eyes at him. “We asked you to go last night, and you refused.”

“If I’d gone last night, I would have had to pay. My fee wouldn’t even have covered the bill. Tonight, someone else is treating us, so of course I’m going!”

Ji Yu said it with complete righteousness, without the slightest hint of embarrassment.

Fan Bingbing could not help laughing. The man was certainly straightforward.

Le Jiatong asked curiously, “Who is it?”

“Shen Xiaohai. He heard that you two got drunk at dinner last night and wants to treat us so he can have a little fun with you.”

“He definitely has ulterior motives.”

“Count on it.”

Ji Yu betrayed his friend without the slightest hesitation. They were only friends on the surface anyway.

Seeing his attitude, Le Jiatong snorted. “You’re no good either.”

“Hey, watch my temper. I shouldn’t have let either of you off last night!”

“If you’ve got the nerve, come at me now! I’ll even give you eight chances.”

Le Jiatong planted her hands on her hips and thrust out her chest, looking like some wronged, long-suffering widow.

Ji Yu seized his opportunity, grabbed the chicken leg from his lunchbox, and shoved it straight into her mouth.

Revenge!

Le Jiatong was furious. With the chicken leg clenched between her teeth, she chased after Ji Yu.

This time, it was Fan Bingbing’s turn to sit back and enjoy the spectacle.

Shen Xiaohai had just received his boxed lunch. Watching Ji Yu having such a good time with the two women, he could not help feeling envious.

He really should not have gone back to the hotel to sleep last night!

What fun was there in sleeping alone?