Chapter 31: Her Body Was Definitely Mature

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This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com

Qin Shiyue saw the two managers were there, and sure enough, Lin Qingyi was acting normal again. She was totally different from how she had been just now, ‘driving’ with her like she had no shame at all. In front of other people, she really knew how to pretend. She put on this look like she was a classy and noble goddess.

She has two faces—no, maybe even more. She could switch her acting with no sign at all. No one could tell which face was the real one. Fake person! Qin Shiyue thought to herself while secretly watching Lin Qingyi.

For Lin Qingyi, this meal was pretty good. She felt happy the whole evening.

She had eaten and drunk enough, now it was time to get down to business.

To stop the paparazzi from sneaking photos, they did not go back together. Lin Qingyi and Bai Wenxi went back to the hotel first. Around ten minutes later, Qin Shiyue and Fang Xinhua followed and entered the hotel.

This time, the front desk took them straight into the elevator.

When the elevator doors opened, Bai Wenxi was already waiting at the entrance. She brought them into Lin Qingyi’s presidential suite.

“Teacher Lin is still taking a shower. Maybe she’ll need about ten more minutes. Please wait a bit. This is the revised script. You two can take a look first and see if there’s anything wrong.” Bai Wenxi handed one copy of the revised script to Qin Shiyue and one to Fang Xinhua.

While Fang Xinhua and Qin Shiyue were seriously reading the script, Bai Wenxi went to cut up a plate of fruit.

“You cut that? Or did the hotel’s head chef make it just for us?” Qin Shiyue and Fang Xinhua were both stunned as they looked at the fruit plate arranged like a phoenix. Was this for a cooking contest or something? That fruit phoenix looked so real, just like a carving made by a top chef. Did eating fruit need to be this fancy? They both kinda did not want to ruin the fruit phoenix by eating it.

“I cut it,” Bai Wenxi said with a bit of pride in her voice. 

They said her ancestors had worked as royal chefs. Her grandpa was the one who said that, but there was no proof, so Bai Wenxi did not fully believe it. But it was probably true that her family had been cooks for generations. There was even an old kitchen knife hanging at home, passed down from their ancestors. Her grandpa was a cook. Her dad was a cook. Her older brother was a cook. Her younger brother was a cook too.

She had also learned cooking for a while, but she was not strong enough, and her grades were too good. So when she was fifteen, Bai Wenxi seriously thought about her life and decided maybe being a cook was not right for her. So she gave it up and chose to study literature instead.

Her cooking skills were far worse than the men in her family, but when it came to things like fruit carving, she was still pretty good.

“Manager Bai, you’re amazing!” Qin Shiyue said in surprise.

Fang Xinhua was also shocked. She did not expect Manager Bai to have this kind of skill.

“Doesn’t that take too much time?” Fang Xinhua cared a lot about efficiency. No matter how nice the fruit looked, it still had to be eaten, right?

“Teacher Lin thinks if it looks pretty, she’ll have more appetite.” Bai Wenxi thought, of course it takes time, but what could she do? Her master was just hard to please.

“How picky can this woman be? Even fruit has to be carved into a phoenix. Does she really think she’s a phoenix or something?” Qin Shiyue looked annoyed. But she did not seem surprised that Lin Qingyi was such a diva.

“Some people sure have long tongues. They really love talking behind others’ backs.” Lin Qingyi had just finished her shower and came out of the bathroom, only to hear someone talking bad about her. She felt like this Vase was getting more and more bold with her. It was one thing to say mean stuff to her face, but now even behind her back too. And to think she had a decent-looking face, but such a long tongue.

Qin Shiyue saw Lin Qingyi, who had just finished bathing, lazily drying her hair. A woman’s skin always looked softer and fresher after soaking in water, and Lin Qingyi did look even prettier now. Damn, why did a straight girl have to be this good-looking? Qin Shiyue began to discriminate against sexual orientation, not even knowing she seemed to be just saying the grapes are sour because she couldn't eat them.

As for getting caught talking bad behind someone’s back, Qin Shiyue really was acting like she had nothing to fear.

“I just have a long tongue, so what? Are you going to bite me?” Qin Shiyue said with a slightly smug face, provoking her.

Lin Qingyi’s lips curved slightly. She looked at Qin Shiyue with meaningful eyes. If there weren’t outsiders here, she really wanted to bite this Vase, best if she left a teeth mark. Let’s see how she could still act smug then.

Qin Shiyue actually understood Lin Qingyi’s expression. If there weren’t other people, this woman might really bite her. Once she thought about how this woman might really bite her, her arrogant aura suddenly shrank down. For no reason, she felt a bit shy.

Were these two really not flirting and bickering? Bai Wenxi and Fang Xinhua looked at each other again, and at the same time felt the two of them were two bright light bulbs*.

*third wheel

Fang Xinhua also looked at Lin Qingyi’s bare face, and suddenly understood why her Baby Qin’er insisted on going bare-faced today. She was comparing bare faces with Queen Lin!

“Is there any problem with the script?” Lin Qingyi hung the towel to the side and pulled out an empty chair beside Qin Shiyue.

Bai Wenxi immediately handed Lin Qingyi a script and also got up to help her get her glasses.

“I looked at it. The revised script is very good. There’s no problem. It’s much smoother and more natural than before,” Fang Xinhua said. She had only read one or two episodes and already knew Lin Qingyi must’ve found a real screenwriter to revise it.

“Mm, it is pretty good,” Qin Shiyue also agreed. She thought Lin Qingyi really was kind of impressive.

“Does Manager Fang also agree to revise the script?” Lin Qingyi asked. When it's time to talk with the crew, it would surely be the big Manager Fang to come forward.

“With a better script, of course we use the better script.” Fang Xinhua nodded in agreement. Movie Queen Lin called a named screenwriter to revise the script overnight—clearly she did care about Baby Qin'er. Naturally, she would not reject Queen Lin’s good intentions. She also hoped Baby Qin'er could turn her life around with this drama. She thought Baby Qin'er had a low starting point, so there was still a lot of room for improvement. She did not expect Baby Qin'er to become fat in one bite, but with Queen Lin’s help, if she could improve a little bit, she would be content.

“We’ve already shot three episodes. Whether it’s the script or the acting, it’s all too awkward. Should we reshoot?” Qin Shiyue asked. She was not satisfied with the first three episodes. She could already foresee herself being mocked by netizens again once the first three episodes aired. She really wanted this drama to be done better.

“You want to completely offend the entire crew?” Lin Qingyi asked with a smile. Although starting over would indeed be better for the drama, it also meant that because of Qin Shiyue’s personal reasons, the entire crew’s efforts from before would all go down the drain. That would really offend every actor and staff member in the crew. With such big resentment, the later work would probably not go smoothly.

“It’s best not to. Changing the script is already over the line. Resetting the first three episodes, the cost and price are too high for the crew, and it offends too many people. We can go a little overboard, but going too overboard is a bit too much.” Fang Xinhua immediately objected. From a realistic point of view, resetting was unwise. If Baby Qin'er could not pull it off, and her acting still did not improve much after reshooting, then it would be really awkward. That would not just be changing a script—it would be truly consuming other people’s energy and harming other people’s interests.

“Let’s just keep the first three episodes. Only with comparison can improvement show.” Lin Qingyi felt that Fang Xinhua was still reliable, clearly aware of the pros and cons inside.

“Really can’t reshoot the first three episodes?” Qin Shiyue really wanted to reshoot them. She felt the first three episodes were a thick stroke in her black history.

“No.”

“It’s best not to.”

Lin Qingyi and Fang Xinhua answered in unison.

“Then what does Manager Bai think?” Qin Shiyue still was not giving up and asked Bai Wenxi for her opinion, hoping she would take her side. That way, it would be two against two—a tie.

Even an outsider like me has to give an opinion? Bai Wenxi thought this Blue-and-White Porcelain was really sincere with people, not treating outsiders as outsiders at all.

“My opinion’s the same as theirs. I think it’s best not to reshoot. Just make sure the next episodes are done well.” Bai Wenxi gave her honest opinion.

“Alright then.” Qin Shiyue agreed in disappointment. She couldn’t be too willful.

“How do you understand the script of the first three episodes?” Since they’d reached an agreement, Lin Qingyi got straight to the point.

“I took notes.” Qin Shiyue quickly pulled out her original script, which had her notes. She wanted Lin Qingyi to know she really had been working hard.

Lin Qingyi opened Qin Shiyue’s script. There really were quite a few notes. Leaving aside the fact that Qin Shiyue’s handwriting was ugly, Lin Qingyi couldn’t hold back her expression after reading the notes.

“Pfft…” Lin Qingyi couldn’t help but laugh out loud. She felt like she was about to laugh until she cried.

Qin Shiyue, seeing her seriously written notes getting laughed at like that, wasn’t happy. She quickly snatched the script back from Lin Qingyi’s hands.

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This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com

“Is it that funny?” Qin Shiyue glared at Lin Qingyi with a look that said, I’m giving you one chance—answer me properly.

“It’s quite serious.” Lin Qingyi acknowledged Qin Shiyue’s serious attitude. But she thought that a serious attitude, when going in the wrong direction, was worthless. Still, she gave Qin Shiyue face and didn’t say that out loud.

“Did I understand it wrong?” Qin Shiyue looked at her notes and felt there wasn’t anything wrong.

“The female lead you understood might be only sixteen. But in the script, the female lead’s already twenty-six. Baby, isn’t that your real mental age? Or have you never been in a relationship at all, and your idea of love’s still stuck in your girlish days?” Lin Qingyi’s hand landed on Qin Shiyue’s shoulder again as she asked.

Why does Lin Qingyi always have to stab her heart like this? Wasn’t it true that she’d never been in a relationship? As a divorced woman who had never been in love and was still a virgin, thinking about it made Qin Shiyue feel so miserable.

Wait, why’s this straight woman Lin Qingyi calling her baby? This hateful straight woman really is straight but knows how to flirt.

“You’re the one who’s sixteen! I’m fully mature in both body and mind.” Qin Shiyue immediately retorted.

Lin Qingyi’s gaze fell on Qin Shiyue’s full chest. Whether her mind was mature or not, nobody knew, but her body was definitely mature.

When Qin Shiyue noticed where Lin Qingyi was looking, she felt both shy and angry. This straight woman, where are you looking? Pervert!

Though she was shy and angry, Qin Shiyue still puffed up her chest, like saying: bigger than yours, at least I didn’t lose in this department.

Qin Shiyue’s childish action made Lin Qingyi laugh again.

Seeing these two’s interaction, Fang Xinhua and Bai Wenxi almost couldn’t bear to look. They felt the air around them was almost full of pink bubbles, and those pink bubbles were about to suffocate them. As older women, they really weren’t used to such pink bubbles. Fang Xinhua was thirty-eight and already felt like an old auntie. Bai Wenxi was the same age as Lin Qingyi and stubbornly believed she wasn’t an old auntie yet.

How about they step out? Fang Xinhua and Bai Wenxi exchanged a look, then quietly left in perfect sync. They believed that when it came to teaching acting, Movie Queen Lin could probably handle it on her own.

Joking was one thing, but when it came to business, Lin Qingyi never slacked off.

“This script was tailor-made for you, so you don’t need much acting skill. Before, you kept adding too much to your performance. What you need to do now isn’t play the female lead in the script, but just be Qin Shiyue.” Lin Qingyi looked at Qin Shiyue’s earlier notes and could tell exactly where her misunderstanding was.

“Showing the real me to the audience? That’s so embarrassing. Besides, can that really improve my acting?” Sister Fang had also said she could just act as herself, but she’d thought that was just being lazy. No matter how close the role was to herself, it still wasn’t her. Acting it as herself just felt too shameful.

“The best acting is natural and real. It’s more embarrassing to act badly as yourself. Isn’t it better to act as yourself and win the audience over? Since the script’s written this way, just treat it like a job. If you can’t even act yourself well, how will you act as someone else later?” Lin Qingyi felt that the persona Qin Shiyue showed online was already very close to her true self. Showing her real self online wasn’t much different from showing it in a drama. Work is work. A vase needs to learn to minimize personal emotions during work.

Qin Shiyue felt what Lin Qingyi said made a lot of sense, and she was suddenly convinced.

“You’re really a pyramid scheme leader who got delayed by an acting career,” Qin Shiyue said with admiration.

"You’re not speaking human language again." Lin Qingyi took off her glasses and looked up at Qin Shiyue.

The moment she looked up, Qin Shiyue felt her heart skip just a little.

Author's Note:

Little Boss Qin is really serious about her career, and she will fall in love with the pursuit of it.

Future Queen Lin: Baby, why are you taking another role again? You promised to stay with me properly. My hole is starting to gather cobwebs.

Qin Shiyue: Be good, after filming this, I will stay with you properly.

A red envelope drops randomly.