Rong Guang’s eyes reddened from Chu Feiliang’s simple words.
The words she spoke seemed to conjure a tangible image in her mind.
Rong Guang couldn’t help but imagine that after filming started, due to the plot and styling needs, she might really have to walk around all day with a neck full of red marks…
Although there weren’t many scenes that required hickeys, there was no guarantee they wouldn’t add more later on.
And maybe… it wouldn’t just be her neck.
There might be some in other places too.
Furthermore, The Lover would be filming until the end of summer. There were many mosquitoes that season, and she had always been the type to attract them. She was afraid that even if Chu Feiliang did nothing, she’d end up with a bunch of red marks on her body by a stroke of luck.
Then it would be truly impossible to explain.
“We’ll see when the time comes…” Rong Guang looked at Chu Feiliang, her gaze irresistibly falling on her lips. She said, “I’m fine with anything.”
It’s just that the marks she sucked might not be very long-lasting.
Rong Guang didn’t have much experience and didn’t know how long a hickey would take to fade. She only knew that mosquito bites took several days, and if it was a tiger mosquito, it might not fade for over half a month and would swell up when it flared.
Thinking of this, Rong Guang humbly asked Chu Feiliang.
Chu Feiliang was standing with her on the stairs. After listening, she raised an eyebrow, tilted her chin up slightly, and looked at Rong Guang with a bold and unrestrained smile. “Whether it works or not, haven’t you already tried it?”
Rong Guang froze.
She instantly covered her neck, completely forgetting that she still had eight or nine marks on it herself!
She had to get through this immediate hurdle first—who knew how many days these marks on her neck would last before fading!
Anyway, judging by the marks… Rong Guang felt they would probably last for two or three days!
Downstairs, the three people who had been waiting with eager anticipation for a long time saw Rong Guang coming down with Chu Feiliang, and their eyes lit up in unison.
Auntie Yao enthusiastically pulled out a chair for Rong Guang and said with a smile, “Guangguang, come and sit. You had a tiring day yesterday. It just so happens that the whole family is here today, so let’s eat together before you go.”
Rong Guang noticed that the dishes on the table were relatively light, and there were also a few dishes that were particularly soothing for the throat, obviously specially arranged.
She smiled and nodded, taking a seat behind Chu Feiliang.
Grandma Chu looked at Rong Guang eagerly, but her gaze shifted to Chu Feiliang as she said, “Why does Guangguang’s voice still sound a bit off?”
Chu Feiliang took Rong Guang’s bowl, served her some rice, and said with a smile, “She screamed herself hoarse yesterday.”
As soon as the words were out, the table fell silent.
Chu Siyue’s eyelid twitched. She almost dropped the bowl in her hand. After it wobbled twice, she regained her composure and took a sip.
She glanced at the white rice in front of her, paused, looked at Chu Feiliang as if she wanted to say something but held back, then glanced at Rong Guang, who was frozen like a wooden sculpture. Finally, she covered her face, thinking that she shouldn’t have stayed home to watch the show today, only to end up feeling incredibly awkward herself.
Isn’t work more appealing?!
Grandma Chu was also clearly taken aback.
After Rong Guang realized what Chu Feiliang had said, she nearly choked on her own saliva and took a long moment to recover.
She quickly waved her hands and explained in a fluster, “No… that’s not it. I was singing with a fully live mic on stage yesterday, so I didn’t hold back my voice. It was all real singing, and many of the songs were quite strenuous. After I got off stage, I couldn’t really speak…”
She knew the feeling of overusing her voice, but under the circumstances, she couldn’t just suddenly turn off the mic or choose to half-lipsync. Some songs had to be sung fully live to do justice to the audience.
Later, when she felt something was wrong, she started drinking warm water.
But usually, the voice truly gives out and becomes completely unusable after a night’s rest.
Just like now.
Grandma Chu nodded blankly. She looked at Rong Guang’s high sweater collar, her gaze drifted around, then landed back on Chu Feiliang. She asked, “Tiantian… didn’t… um, didn’t she give you anything?”
Rong Guang was completely confused. “Give me what? I’m not lacking anything.”
Big Dipper would be taking care of all her food and lodging from now on. Her father had left her a house before he died, and her grandmother’s will also named her as the heir. As for a car… she didn’t have one for now, but if she needed one, she could buy one directly. She wasn’t short on that bit of money.
She had earned six hundred thousand from the drama The Eldest Princess, and it was all in her own hands.
She could now be considered a little rich woman with some assets.
She couldn’t afford things that were too expensive, but her daily expenses were more than covered.
Chu Feiliang was very easy to support. In their past life, the two of them often visited each other’s homes, so she knew very well how to take care of someone.
So Rong Guang spoke with particular confidence.
Grandma Chu quickly shot Rong Guang a reproachful look and said with a smile, “Where has your mind wandered off to now? But today is too rushed, and your family’s elders aren’t here. Next time we’re free, our two families should get together for a meal. That way, it’ll count as the parents having met, and then I can give you juniors a proper meeting gift…”
As she spoke, Grandma Chu pulled out a red envelope from under the tablecloth, grabbed Rong Guang’s hand, and stuffed it into her palm without taking no for an answer.
Rong Guang’s eyelid twitched. She felt that inside was a card.
Even though she had gotten used to receiving gifts from Grandma Chu in her past life, Rong Guang still felt a little nervous. She didn’t dare to imagine how much money was on it, but it felt a bit wrong whether she accepted it or not…
“Take it.” Grandma Chu smiled, her face full of kindness. She gave Chu Feiliang a look of exasperation and said, “Grandma wanted to give you a lucky number like 666, 888, or 999, but Tiantian insisted it would scare you and wouldn’t let me. That’s why…”
“In any case, it’s not much. Don’t feel pressured.” Chu Feiliang put a piece of food into her grandmother’s bowl with her chopsticks, wiped her mouth, and looked at Rong Guang, saying, “Take it. It’s a token of an elder’s affection.”
Only then did Rong Guang blink, tilt her head in thought, accept the card, and say with a smile, “Okay.”
“Don’t you forget, your grandmother also gave me a whole box of aged agarwood before,” Chu Feiliang said, tapping the table with her finger and laughing softly.
“How can that be the same?” Rong Guang said in a low voice. “It’s just some incense, not worth much money.”
It wasn’t that she wanted to make such a comparison.
It was just that the box of incense she had given Chu Feiliang before, even if her grandmother used top-quality ingredients, would only cost around ten thousand yuan.
But the money on that card was far more than that.
Chu Feiliang shrugged. “The sentiment is more important than anything.”
Rong Guang didn’t want to get hung up on the matter of money with Chu Feiliang. It was really unnecessary, and talking too much about it could hurt their feelings. She smiled, nodded, and said, “Okay.”
After the meal, Chu Feiliang drove Rong Guang home herself. On the way, every time they stopped at a red light, Chu Feiliang couldn’t resist placing her hand on Rong Guang’s knee.
At these times, Rong Guang would reach out and grab her hand, give it a couple of squeezes, turn it over and over to examine it carefully, and then stroke the pads of her fingers and her round, neat nails.
Chu Feiliang didn’t usually like to wear any accessories, and her nails were always very clean, a healthy pale pink. The only adornment on her entire body was a red string she always wore on her left ankle. It had a small, smooth piece of warm jade on it, which was said to have been blessed at a temple by Grandma Chu when she was a child, and it had been protecting her all these years.
Rong Guang followed her gaze and looked at her own hands, tilting her head, but didn’t think much of it.
She wasn’t someone who placed much importance on rituals. For people in their profession, a ring was mostly a burden. It was impossible to wear one while filming, and it was easy to lose if left elsewhere. Buying one or not made no difference.
“We’re here.” Chu Feiliang looked at the tall building beside them, her slender fingers tapping back and forth on the steering wheel, but she didn’t speak.
She didn’t speak, and Rong Guang didn’t open the car door either. She couldn’t bear to leave.
After a while, Rong Guang said, “I… I’ll come visit the set.”
Chu Feiliang looked at her and chuckled. “Okay, then I’ll definitely be waiting for you.”
Rong Guang’s eyes grew even more moist. She said hesitantly, “Then… I’ll get out of the car?”
Chu Feiliang looked at her without speaking.
Rong Guang finished speaking, but her hand didn’t move to the door handle at all.
After a moment, Chu Feiliang sighed, let go of the steering wheel, and said, “Come on, give your big sister a kiss before you get out.”
She was just about to reach out for a hug when Rong Guang threw herself into her arms.
Chu Feiliang was taken aback for a moment, then broke into a smile.
Rong Guang, a little embarrassed, lifted her head from her embrace and said with a grin, “I… I just thought about not being able to see you for a long time, and I kind of wanted to…”
“It won’t be that long.” Chu Feiliang’s lips curved into a smile. “When is your grandmother leaving?”
“After the New Year, probably.” Rong Guang calculated the time. “It’s soon.”
“Your lease for this apartment is one month’s deposit and three months’ rent, right?” Chu Feiliang looked at Rong Guang, then raised her head to look at the residential building in front of them.
Rong Guang nodded.
Chu Feiliang paused. Her next words had a tentative tone, but she said them anyway, “After the New Year… how about you terminate the lease and move in with me?”
But Rong Guang didn’t hesitate at all. She nodded decisively and said, “Okay!”
Rong Guang’s quick agreement was a bit of a surprise to Chu Feiliang.
Besides surprise, she was also pleasantly delighted.
After thinking for a moment, she pursed her lips, took out a key with a bow tied to it from her pocket, and said, “This is the spare key for the house. The password and fingerprint lock are universal. You can register your fingerprint later. The command and the door code… are both your birthday.”
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