Divorce Is An Absolute Must! - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Passion

◎Li Lan, what’s wrong with you?◎

The peace that comes after being scared can cause adrenaline to spike, and the huge sense of contrast can stir up emotions.

Zhu Qing’s tongue was numb from the kiss. Her nasal cavity was filled with Li Lan’s scent. Their warm breaths intertwined. The feeling was too comfortable.

Zhu Qing felt like she was fainting. She couldn’t breathe. Li Lan and the tent behind her were spinning in circles in her eyes. All she could feel was Li Lan.

Li Lan’s hair brushed against her face. The airflow from her breathing fluttered Zhu Qing’s eyelashes. She let out a faint, low hum, like a satisfied cub.

This was the first time in her twenty-two years of life that she had experienced something like this. Zhu Qing’s rationality was like a firework that had exploded. Aside from the brilliant glow, there was no room for any logical thought.

Li Lan’s initiative was beyond her imagination. She had always thought the other person was shy, introverted, and definitely not passionate about these kinds of things. But from her actions and the skill level she was displaying, it seemed like she had practiced similar scenarios on herself many times… Tsk, it might not even have been on herself. It could have been on someone else. After all, she was eight years older than her, so it was only natural for her to have more experience.

…She suddenly felt a little annoyed.

Zhu Qing was a little impressed with herself for being able to feel a sudden pang of jealousy at this moment. But the jealousy came out of nowhere, catching her off guard.

Zhu Qing’s hand slid down Li Lan’s beautiful waist. Being kissed to this extent, she was still thinking about being a little flirtatious to regain control of the situation. She stroked and pinched at the same time.

Kissing might have been something she had done with others, but what was to come next should be something only for her.

Li Lan originally didn’t want to mind her, but Zhu Qing’s unruly hand kept going down. The intensity, range, and frequency of her flirting were all increasing, and it was about to go over the line. Li Lan bit the tip of Zhu Qing’s tongue with her teeth.

Being kissed, held, and fondled, and now bitten. The slight sting on her tongue made Zhu Qing snap back to her senses.

“Don’t you dare move.”

Li Lan ignored her wide-eyed gaze, scanned downwards, held her wrist with one hand, and pushed both of her hands above her head.

Zhu Qing had a taste of it and did want to go a step further, but not in this position. She could see another meaning in Li Lan’s slightly warning gaze. Her eyes were filled with annoyance, but more so, a repressed and complex desire.

Zhu Qing was surprised by Li Lan’s thoughts. She was so good at making her desires look complex.

“How am I supposed to…?” Zhu Qing was a little flustered. “Do that.”

Li Lan frowned at her, breathing slightly heavily.

“Don’t worry, my skills are very good. I can teach you.” Zhu Qing said brazenly, “We can just talk about changing this position, right? You lie down, and I’ll take care of the rest.”

Li Lan was still frowning.

“It’s a confined space, and we have plenty of time. I’m already like this,” Zhu Qing paused for two seconds and glanced at her with a smile. “And you’re also like this. Hurry up and continue. Don’t stop.”

Li Lan looked at her with a deep gaze, like a cold, deep lake that no one could see through. “That’s enough for today.” And the cold lake just got up.

Zhu Qing was incredulous. “Li Lan, are you…?” She really wanted to ask, What’s wrong with you? What normal person would stop at a time like this? She had just been on top and kissing her for a long time, looking like she was about to eat her up, but then she just got up when Zhu Qing started to take the initiative.

If she didn’t want to do it, they could have talked about it. But after only a few words, this person actually wanted to leave. Li Lan, you don’t even look cool and abstinent. Why are you leaving?

Li Lan turned her head and glanced at her. The glance didn’t have any emotion, but she looked hard, as if to say, I heard you, I know, but this is what I’m going to do.

Zhu Qing: …

Zhu Qing kept her wrists crossed above her head, staring at the ceiling of the tent. “I understand. I’ll be more careful in the future.”

Li Lan was sitting sideways to her and turned her head slightly when she heard this.

Zhu Qing said, “Some people don’t like their heads being stroked. Some people are ticklish. You don’t like your legs being touched, and you got angry when my hand went down. I know now.”

Li Lan said, “…Don’t be so sudden next time.”

“I was sudden?” Zhu Qing couldn’t help it. “Okay, even though I was the one who took the initiative, you weren’t passive. Didn’t you take control later?! And why can’t I touch you? I won’t just touch you for free. I can let you touch me too! You can touch me wherever you want!”

When Li Lan heard this, her eyelashes trembled violently. She must have been thinking of something. She quickly lowered her gaze and tried her best to remain calm.

“I’m so sad. Am I that unattractive?”

Li Lan whispered, “Now is not… the time to do that.”

Zhu Qing calmed down a little. The dissatisfaction and frustration from being forcefully interrupted disappeared a little. “You can just reject me every day. You’ll see. Sooner or later…”

Zhu Qing didn’t finish the last part, but they both knew what she meant. Zhu Qing had no choice. If the other person wasn’t willing, and she forced it, the experience would definitely not be good. She still preferred an experience with interaction and feedback. Although she had said that all the other person had to do was lie down, she still wanted a perfect first time.

So, Li Lan was not wrong. Now was not the right time or place.

Zhu Qing didn’t say anything for a long time. Li Lan endured the silence for a while, then couldn’t help but get up. “I’ll go get you a bottle of water.”

“What water? This amount of exercise isn’t even enough to make me sweat.” Zhu Qing said coolly.

Li Lan was silent for a moment. “Are you hot? I’ll fan you.”

Zhu Qing spread her arms out and lay flat. “A calm mind brings coolness. A cold heart makes the body even colder.”

Li Lan was speechless. “You, if you really want to, how about…”

Zhu Qing opened one eye to look at her.

“How about I make you some herbal tea to cool you down and calm your nerves?”

Zhu Qing’s smile didn’t reach her eyes. “You don’t have to. I’ll go find someone else.”

Li Lan asked, “Who?”

“Whoever is willing.”

Li Lan frowned. “Why bother someone else? I have time now.”

“Too bad, the opportunity has passed. I don’t want you anymore.”

After saying that, the two of them fell silent. The conversation sounded strange no matter how you looked at it.

Zhu Qing said lazily, “Fine, let’s just leave it at this for today. We’ll continue next time. The camera is by the door. Go get it and see how many tracks we have. If it’s not enough, we’ll go find more.”

Zhu Qing didn’t have to do anything at this exact moment. The atmosphere was just right, and she wanted to try. Li Lan’s attitude towards her had been softening. She was like a piece of ice being melted by the surrounding sun. The final outcome would definitely be a complete and thorough one. Zhu Qing wasn’t in a hurry.

The two of them finally calmed down from their agitated and passionate moment and started to focus on work. Animal tracks were everywhere on this land, but it was hard to match them to specific creatures. Some large droppings were easier. They could take a picture and search it up to figure out what kind of droppings they were.

The micro-shots that Zhu Qing took were of traces left by small creatures. They searched, checked, and wrote down their findings at the same time and finally found eleven locations.

“Little Li Lan, are you two done with your lovey-dovey time?” Hu Xu called to ask about their progress.

After Li Lan reported their findings, she said, “I think our findings are pretty good. Do we need to find more?”

Hu Xu and Liu Yini had found a total of six locations. With their eleven, it was a total of seventeen. It wasn’t too little, but it wasn’t a landslide victory either. It mainly depended on how many the other groups had found.

Liu Yini took the phone. “Yuzhi, you don’t have to worry. She’s most afraid of bugs. She was supposed to film the movie for the last Magnolia Award, but she refused to go when she found out she had to eat bugs in the forest. Sun Qi will definitely take care of her, so they won’t go too far in. Don’t expect them to find much. It’ll probably be similar to ours.”

Zhu Qing felt a little more confident. “What about Yu Ling and Qi Yao?” If Yu Ling was also afraid of bugs or some other ugly creature, maybe it would slow them down?

But then again, maybe not. Their group was different from the award-winning actresses. A temporary couple probably wouldn’t care much about the other person, especially since their collaboration had been quite bad.

“I don’t know yet. I saw a lot of the crew suddenly walk in. It seems like they went to look for someone.” Hu Xu said, “We’ll ask the crew later.”

Zhu Qing quickly said, “Okay.” Their relationship with the production crew was only civil, as they weren’t as experienced as the others. Hu Xu was more senior, so she could ask and get a straight answer.

Soon, Hu Xu, who had asked around, walked over calmly and announced a piece of shocking news. “Qi Yao is missing.”

“Missing!?” Zhu Qing was shocked. “How can he be missing? Don’t we all have a bunch of crew members following us?”

Li Lan was also a little surprised. A hint of suspicion flashed in her eyes. She asked, “When?”

The cameras only filmed the celebrities, but to ensure their safety, a lot of people followed them. Li Lan and Zhu Qing had a pickup truck, an off-road vehicle, and a three-wheeler following them with a bunch of people, including an emergency doctor, a guide, locals, park rangers, and people from the production crew. They hadn’t gone too far ahead, but they knew that there were people in front of them paving the way, assessing the dangers in advance to prevent any injuries.

Under such safe and thorough protection, an accidental sprain or scrape was understandable, but missing? How did he disappear in broad daylight?

Hu Xu said without changing her expression, “It just happened. They said he wasn’t feeling well and wanted to stay where he was. Yu Ling went ahead, and most of the people followed Yu Ling. When they hadn’t seen him catch up after a while, they asked around and found out he was gone.”

Zhu Qing listened with a nervous expression. “Then why aren’t they going to look for him quickly? Are there any man-eating animals around? It’s so dangerous for someone to disappear in a place like this.”

Hu Xu sighed. “Exactly. The director is furious, asking why no one from the crew stayed with him.”

“Because he requested to be alone and even said he wanted to go back to rest,” Li Lan suddenly said. Her voice was calm and sharp. “Everyone thought he was trying to be lazy, so no one followed him, right?”

Hu Xu was surprised. “Hey, how did you know?”

Li Lan just smiled without saying anything.

Hu Xu looked at Li Lan for a while, then realized. “Oh, so that’s what it is.”

Liu Yini couldn’t get the gossip and was anxious. “What is it?”

Zhu Qing also didn’t understand, but she could roughly smell a conspiracy. “I feel like a jumping melon-eating lemur,” Zhu Qing said, voicing Liu Yini’s thoughts. She poked Li Lan in the side, urging her impatiently. “Stop being so cryptic. Tell me.”

Li Lan grabbed her finger with her other hand and squeezed it. She gave her a look that had no deterrence whatsoever, then looked at the camera. Their microphones were off at the moment, but it wasn’t certain that there wasn’t a camera somewhere that could record sound. This kind of thing wasn’t suitable for a group discussion.

Hu Xu got up. “Stop being so naive and innocent. Come over here, and I’ll tell you.”

Liu Yini said disdainfully, “The term ‘naive and innocent’ is so outdated.”

“Then you’re ‘old and sweet’,” Hu Xu said. “Come over if you want to hear gossip.”

Liu Yini was about to launch a negative critique on the term “old and sweet” and give a violent punishment to the person who said such a rebellious thing, but when she heard there was gossip, she immediately became gentle and calm, and got up. “Let’s go.”

After the two of them walked away, Zhu Qing quickly asked, “What’s going on? Is he staging it himself? What is he trying to do?”

Li Lan told her her guess and said calmly, “We don’t need to go in and look anymore. The results don’t matter. The public opinion tomorrow… will probably change completely.”

Zhu Qing didn’t react for a long time after hearing this.

“Is this… Meiyu Media’s doing?” Zhu Qing asked.

Li Lan looked at the tents where the production crew was stationed. Now, there were only three or five people left behind. The rest had all gone to look for Qi Yao.

Li Lan said thoughtfully, “Definitely. More specifically, this method is very similar to President Qi’s.”

It was the first time Zhu Qing had heard this name.

Li Lan explained, “You can think of it this way: President Qi of Meiyu Media is equivalent to Director Yang of He Guang Tong Chen.”

Zhu Qing immediately understood. “Oh, the big boss… So now that they’ve done this, do you want to tell Director Yang?”

Whether it was a collaboration or a competition between Yu Ling and Qi Yao, it represented the collaboration and rivalry between two companies. She could already foresee the situation tomorrow. Did she need to give Director Yang a heads-up?

Li Lan didn’t really want to contact the other person on her own, and when she heard this suggestion, her entire face crumpled up.

But soon, Li Lan didn’t need to give him a heads-up anymore.

The number one trending search suddenly went up and quickly turned red with a “BOOM” next to it.

“Qi Yao missing in Kenya, Africa”