Chapter 142: Chi Ye, You’re Being Naughty
“Mm~ It hurts.”
Jin Xia suddenly let out a soft hum, the first to snap back to her senses, her long eyelashes fluttering as a flash of panic crossed her beautiful eyes, and she quickly pushed Chi Ye away.
But she saw that Professor Chi had already taken the initiative to separate from her, looking at her with calm eyes.
They were calm eyes, but deep within those vast sea-like eyes, there was an extra hint of unusual “ripple”.
“…”
The two locked eyes, silent for a long time.
Chi Ye could still faintly smell the sweet “wine scent” from her mouth at the tip of his nose.
“…”
Director Liu didn’t even dare to breathe, until he confirmed that this scene and all the previous shots had been perfectly captured, then he shouted loudly: “…Cut!!”
“Beautiful!! Perfect!! Awesome!!”
Clamoring applause.
The set came alive, filled with noise.
“Thank you for your hard work, both teachers.”
“Amazing, this is the sweetest episode I’ve ever seen!”
“I have a feeling this drama is going to explode.”
“Pulling taffy, that last look… didn’t seem like acting.”
No one knew who “spoke their mind”, but Chi Ye and Jin Xia, who had just separated, both froze at the same time.
“…Alright, let’s check the footage?”
Chi Ye returned to normal, his expression calm.
Empress Dowager glanced at him, only muttering: “It hurts.”
“Huh?”
“Teacher Chi, you bit me and it hurt.”
“…There are people around, we’ll talk when we get back.”
Chi Ye was sweating bullets.
He swore, Jin Xia bit him first, he just lightly bit back…
Who would’ve thought Empress Dowager was as delicate as water, so tender that even a touch hurt!
Jin Xia saw various team members and Sister Mi “anxiously” walking over, knowing it wasn’t suitable to say more, so she muttered under her breath: “Compensation.”
“What?”
Chi Ye was stunned.
“Compensation!”
“Alright, compensation, whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.”
Chi Ye was still in a daze.
Done for, was he really destined for fish?
No, were girls these days so good at fishing?
Let me tell you, watch out or I’ll really bite you if I get anxious!
Chi Ye muttered inwardly as Sister Mi, Xiao Liu, and others ran over.
“Are you okay, Xia Xia?”
“Chi Ge, Chi Ge, don’t smirk like that at the corner of your mouth, mind your image.”
Chi Ye: “…”
He “scolded” Xiao Liu: “Look at Sister Mi, then look at you, can’t you care about me a little?”
“…I didn’t see you suffer any grievance, you’ve been taking advantage the whole time.”
Xiao Liu muttered.
Chi Ye: “?”
Reversing Heaven and Earth, truly Reversing Heaven and Earth!
Xiao Liu’s wings had hardened!
“When we get back, watch Zhang Xianming’s borderline videos twenty times, then write a summary report, no less than a thousand words, or no chicken leg for lunch!”
Xiao Liu: “?!”
The sky had fallen!
“Sister Mi, I’m fine, I’m doing great, hehehe.”
On the other side.
Empress Dowager also returned to normal, savoring it carefully, then smiled happily.
Sister Mi looked at her smudged lipstick and exclaimed in shock: “You say you’re fine? Your lips are swollen from the kiss!”
“No no, isn’t this lipstick for… ah, it is a bit swollen… aiya, so annoying.”
Jin Xia felt it for a moment and realized it really was, instantly feeling glum.
Why were her lips so useless!
“You with your delicate skin and tender flesh, better not mess around anymore.”
Sister Mi was “shocked”, glaring at Chi Ye irritably: Look what you’ve done!
Never kissed anyone before, huh?
Didn’t you know Xia Xia has no experience?
Taking every chance to go all out, huh!
Chi Ye met her gaze, equally speechless.
He swore again, he really hadn’t!
Damn, this effect looked perfectly fine.
Blame the lips, blame Xia Xia’s lips for being too tender, not me!
He was ranting inwardly like crazy, but knew it was best not to speak now, so he quietly walked to Director Liu: “How is it?”
“How is it?”
Director Liu smirked: “Xing Ni will be my masterpiece!”
Chi Ye: “?”
Director Liu realized, coughed lightly twice, and quickly changed the topic: “Look, I’ve already thought of the BGM and filters for this segment… By the way, the South Korean team is really reliable, they instantly gave me several options, all great…”
“Right, speaking of BGM, you…”
Chi Ye remained unfazed: “I’ve prepared it long ago.”
“Great!”
Director Liu was thrilled.
Although he knew Chi Ye would definitely compose music for Xing Ni, getting confirmation still made him happy.
As for Chi Ye, the reason he could explode with Circulation, besides Circulation itself, his previous “experiences” and “talent” in music were also one of the moats protecting his career.
Do you know the value of his debut EP with over 70 million sales, and twice in the King of Singers Group of Voice of Nature?!
“Let’s continue, I’ll think of inspiration later.”
Chi Ye saw Jin Xia over there starting to touch up her makeup, greeted Director Liu, and continued filming—he felt in top form now, how could he waste such a golden opportunity?
As it turned out, after that one kiss scene, Chi Ye and Jin Xia were like they had opened the Ren and Du meridians; it sounded metaphysical, but the entire day’s filming went unusually smoothly, with almost no NG takes for their individual scenes.
In the end, Director Liu went mad and wanted to work overtime through the night.
Then…
Chi Ye righteously stopped him: “Xia Xia’s been tired all day, doesn’t she deserve a break?”
Director Liu: “?”
Fine, you’re the investor, you call the shots.
The film crew wrapped up, and Chi Ye deliberately dawdled a bit today, standing at the doorway waiting left and right.
Sure enough, not long after, Empress Dowager sneaked out too.
“Hurry, I coaxed Sister Mi to sleep and snuck out.”
Jin Xia kept her voice low: “Don’t let her find out.”
Chi Ye: “?”
“How did you coax her to sleep?”
“Oh, I told her to sleep, and she did.”
Chi Ye: “???”
You’re the one with superpowers!
Jin Xia looked Chi Ye up and down, blinking: “Teacher Chi, you’re acting so weird today.”
“Weirdly cute?”
“No.” Jin Xia raised an index finger, shaking it: “Well-behaved!”
Chi Ye: “???”
He fell silent for the third time: “Where do you want to go?”
“Nowhere.”
“Then why… did you hint for me to come out?”
Chi Ye felt a bit disappointed inside.
Jin Xia seemed to read his mind, or maybe not, just humming: “Teacher Chi, you said you’d compensate me.”
“So what compensation do you want?”
“Mm… give me a massage!”
“What?!”
Chi Ye was stunned.
Seeing his reaction, Jin Xia shook her head and sighed: “You don’t want to? Then forget it.”
“No… massage? That… how do you massage? Massage… what?”
Chi Ye’s disappointed heart revived, pretending to hesitate: “This… I’ve actually learned it!”
“…”
Jin Xia slightly turned her face away, not letting Chi Ye see her expression, her corners of her mouth curving up but tightly pursed, suppressing the laughter about to overflow.
Casually kicking a small pebble underfoot, not speaking.
Chi Ye: “…Fine you, you’ve gotten addicted to teasing me, huh?”
“I didn’t tease!”
“Then why make me…?”
“I just said it casually, wanted to see your reaction.”
“What was my reaction?”
“Mm… a reaction I’m satisfied with!”
Chi Ye: “…”
Jin Xia turned her head back, under the moonlight her eyes sparkled, curved into two crescents, with uncontainable joy at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, stretching out a small hand and waving: “Come on, let’s go back.”
Chi Ye: “…Go back? Just like that?”
“Ah, or what?”
Jin Xia coughed lightly, trying to look nonchalant.
Her hands clasped behind her back, body swaying slightly, tiptoe tapping the ground, muttering casually as if to herself: “Don’t rush, it’ll be yours sooner or later anyway.”
“What did you say?”
Jin Xia stopped talking.
Chi Ye felt he had “no power to fight back” in front of Empress Dowager today.
He thought this wasn’t good, not good at all.
Even fish need their own initiative!
He deliberately coughed lightly: “Sooner or later someone else’s?!”
Jin Xia: “?!”
“Yours!”
“Whose?”
“You…”
Before Jin Xia finished speaking, she suddenly felt a pair of hands gently cupping her cheeks.
Chi Ye turned her face to him, Jin Xia’s eyes widening instantly, full of surprise.
Before she could protest, Chi Ye leaned down and gently kissed her lips.
Jin Xia froze in place.
“That was in the scene before, this is off-script.”
Chi Ye straightened up, paused, and lowered his voice: “This is a lesson, next time if you keep teasing me, I won’t know what I’ll do.”
“…”
After acting cool, Chi Ye didn’t wait for Jin Xia’s reaction and ran off guiltily.
Jin Xia stared blankly at Chi Ye’s back, delaying a full ten seconds before her little face suddenly flushed hot.
Like ignited flames, the blush quickly spread to her tender earlobes.
She stood there stunned for a long time, her breathing quickening, but her legs felt nailed to the ground, not daring to chase.
In the midsummer night, cicadas chirped, petals swaying gently in the breeze.
Soft murmurs carried by the warm breeze scattered in this dreamy midsummer night, telling of the indescribable throb in the young girl’s heart:
“Chi Ye… you’re not well-behaved.”
…
Chi Ye was very well-behaved.
He waited obediently until the flushed Jin Xia left, saw her safely back to the hotel, then leisurely walked out and returned to his own room.
—Finally evened the score today.
As for whether Empress Dowager would get mad and throw him into the Huangpu River, that wasn’t in his considerations.
At least from the next day they met, to the half month of filming after, he didn’t sense any “murderous intent” from Empress Dowager.
But after that, Empress Dowager indeed became much more “well-behaved”, no longer teasing him clumsily for no reason, which actually made Chi Ye a bit regretful inside.
—If I’d known, I wouldn’t have said that.
Now Empress Dowager was probably “studying hard”.
Scared the young girl!
Of course, aside from stagnation in romance, Chi Ye’s career was still thriving.
Actors Please Take Place finally gave notice for the second recording.
Chi Ye thought this program didn’t need to continue, but since he’d taken their money—and quite a lot—he had to do the work.
But before working, he needed to see an old friend.
Teacher Shi.
They’d scheduled to meet half a month ago, but due to Xing Ni’s accelerating filming progress, it dragged until now.
This day.
Chi Ye took a “day off” with no scenes for him, heading to the meeting place agreed with Shi Daifu—her home.
Because it was convenient for “showing martial arts”.
…
This was Chi Ye’s first time at Teacher Shi’s home; he hadn’t expected her to be in such “difficult” circumstances before.
But in fact, this was already Shi Daifu’s upgraded house, not too strapped, just an ordinary family.
In the living room.
Chi Ye sat on the sofa, watching the somewhat restless Teacher Shi across from him, wondering about her thought process.
With such “strong” skills, why couldn’t she be tougher in life?
A sturdy little boy curiously peeked through the door crack, fearfully and excitedly watching Chi Ye.
“Dad, I know him, he’s that guy on television…”
“You brat, come here, that’s a guest, it’s rude to stare like that!”
“Don’t disturb your little aunt talking business.”
Scolding came from the inner room, making Shi Daifu’s face even more embarrassed as she fidgeted with her clothes: “Um… do you want water? I’ll… I’ll get you some.”
Chi Ye withdrew his gaze, waved it off, but pondered his system favorability inwardly.
Regarding drawing skills from Teacher Shi, he had plans long ago.
This was prime material for fight scenes, too wasteful not to draw, and he had a selfish motive… he wanted to strengthen his body too.
But right at the moment, he suddenly realized a problem—he actually didn’t know much about what skills Shi Daifu had.
Since rebirth, through several trials and experiments, Chi Ye had gradually mastered the optimal use of the system.
That was to only draw specialized, fitting skills, like Teacher Wu’s villain acting skills.
At the same time, if he knew the skills on someone, even better, he could choose whether to draw, weigh pros and cons in advance, more secure.
“Mm… do you… want a drink?”
Across, Shi Daifu saw Chi Ye staring at her without speaking, growing more nervous and at a loss.
What was wrong with him?
Had he been bullied?
Should she help beat them back…
Mm… probably.
Thinking this, she saw Chi Ye finally speak: “Mm… um, Teacher Shi.”
“Ah, you… say it.”
Shi Daifu sat up straight immediately, ready to help Chi Ye beat up his opponent.
Although… it went against her usual principles, but if it was her “benefactor” Chi Ye, she felt she could make an exception.
“It’s just, you know I’m actually a martial arts enthusiast.”
Chi Ye said seriously: “I want to learn martial arts from you!”
“Ah?”
Shi Daifu was dumbfounded.
“What ‘ah’, am I not up to it?”
Chi Ye looked at himself, 1.83m bare height, over 1.85m with shoes, a strapping young man, full of vigor, what’s wrong with learning martial arts?
“No… not that…”
Teacher Shi paused, then said: “If you want to hit someone, just tell me directly.”
“What?”
Chi Ye was also dumbfounded, thought for a bit, then laughed: “What are you talking about, how could I ask you to hit someone for me… you really… could you directly take out President Yue Na?”
“…”
Teacher Shi stared at him for a long time, suddenly gritted her teeth, nodded: “Sure!”
