The Movie Queen's Demon Sect Leader [Transmigration] GL - Chapter 5
Luo Xuange slowly reached out and took the lunchbox from the crowd leader’s hand. Then she followed him to the side, ignoring An Ruoshui throughout.
An Ruoshui stood rooted to the spot, watching Luo Xuange, who was happily chatting with the crowd leader while eating. She suddenly felt that the lunch in her hand was heavy, as if she could hardly hold it anymore.
An Ruoshui silently returned with her lunchbox. After that, no matter what scenes they filmed, Luo Xuange’s actions no longer seemed to affect her.
While Luo Xuange was eating, she appeared to be chatting with the crowd leader, but in fact, it was mostly the crowd leader talking, and she just ate and listened.
She listened to the crowd leader scold her for not accepting Movie Queen An’s lunch, and she heard faint mockery from nearby, laughing at her for being imprudent, offending Han Yu, and then also An Ruoshui.
Luo Xuange ate with a wave of injustice. Not accepting An Ruoshui’s lunch was naturally out of fear that An Ruoshui would go hungry. Besides, hadn’t they agreed before to act as if they didn’t know each other? If they were supposed to be strangers, how could she accept help from a stranger?
••••
The day’s filming quickly ended. It wasn’t until past eleven at night that Jiang Haixi finally called for everyone to wrap up.
That day, Luo Xuange played a “corpse,” a “beggar,” a “bandit,” and a “maid.” Although her screen time wasn’t much, the level of exhaustion was no less than that of the lead actors.
When Luo Xuange received her hard-earned money for the day, she was almost moved to tears. As the dignified Demon Sect Leader, this was the first time she had earned money through physical labor. This feeling was indescribably gratifying. The moment she saw her wages, all the day’s fatigue seemed worthwhile.
By the time they wrapped up, Luo Xuange could no longer catch a ride home.
As she walked down the street, a car suddenly sped past her. Luo Xuange, with her sharp eyes, recognized it as An Ruoshui’s car.
After a moment, the car drove back. An Ruoshui’s assistant got out and invited Luo Xuange: “It’s late, and you can barely get a taxi now. Get in, we’ll give you a ride.”
Luo Xuange hesitated for a moment. Suddenly, the car’s back window rolled down, and An Ruoshui said to Luo Xuange with an expressionless face: “Get in.”
Her tone was ordinary, revealing no emotion, but An Ruoshui’s eyes betrayed anger.
Luo Xuange instinctively shrunk her neck, opened the car door, and sat next to An Ruoshui.
In her nervousness, Luo Xuange forgot that there was also a front passenger seat she could have taken.
She sat uncomfortably beside An Ruoshui, muttering incessantly in her heart: Didn’t we agree to act as strangers? Why are you glaring at me, offering me food, and now ordering me into your car?
“Drive.”
An Ruoshui saw Li Tian staring into the rearview mirror with a look of amusement, and her anger involuntarily intensified.
She was quite surprised to see Luo Xuange at the film set today.
Because she had previously investigated Luo Xuange’s information, it said that Luo Xuange was a signed artist with an entertainment agency. She couldn’t imagine why a signed artist would be running around as an extra on a film set.
When she saw Luo Xuange lying in the puddle, shivering from the cold, she felt a moment of pity and asked her assistant to get a towel. She hadn’t expected Luo Xuange to treat her like air, glancing at her indifferently as if she hadn’t seen her before.
Later, she saw Han Yu ostracizing Luo Xuange on set. Although their relationship was merely two strangers bound by a piece of paper, that document made it impossible for her to ignore Luo Xuange.
She kindly offered her lunch, but Luo Xuange completely ignored her, embarrassing her, and then chatted happily with the crowd leader.
Seeing Luo Xuange walking alone on the street late at night, she had originally pouted and didn’t want to turn back, but then she heard her assistant say that the security in the area was not good during the New Year, so she worried and rushed back.
But Luo Xuange looked at her as if she had seen a bandit, and being told to get in the car felt like she was being kidnapped and forced into a marriage by a desperado.
An Ruoshui felt that she had endured more frustration from Luo Xuange today than she had in half her lifetime.
Luo Xuange sat next to An Ruoshui, feeling as if the air around them had solidified. An inexplicable awkwardness filled the car.
Fortunately, after a short while, An Ruoshui began to look down and play with her phone.
But a few seconds later, her own phone buzzed with a message notification.
Luo Xuange opened her phone to look; it was a message from An Ruoshui.
23:56
An Ruoshui: {Why didn’t you take my lunch today?}
Luo Xuange: {Didn’t you say we should act as strangers in front of outsiders?}
An Ruoshui turned to look at Luo Xuange, a faint cold smile appearing on her face. Strangers, huh?
An Ruoshui: {Then why are you in my car now?}
Luo Xuange: {Didn’t you tell me to get in?}
An Ruoshui felt a surge of frustration trapped in her throat, unable to be expressed or swallowed.
“Stop the car!” An Ruoshui’s cool voice echoed in the car.
The assistant quickly pulled the car over to the side of the road. An Ruoshui pointed to the car door and said to Luo Xuange: “Get out!”
“Oh.” Luo Xuange nodded. Without another word, she pushed the door open and got out of the car.
After Luo Xuange casually closed the door, An Ruoshui, however, awkwardly began to worry about Luo Xuange. Would anything really happen to her late at night?
Li Tian, in the driver’s seat, currently didn’t understand what had happened, but seeing An Ruoshui’s angry expression, she didn’t dare to ask rashly. She could only silently light a candle for the new artist in her heart.
After a while, An Ruoshui hardened her heart and said to Li Tian: “Let’s go back.”
“Oh, oh, okay.” Li Tian quickly drove An Ruoshui back to her apartment.
••••
Luo Xuange, walking alone on the road, didn’t know that An Ruoshui was concerned about her, nor could she understand that An Ruoshui’s actions during the day were out of concern. After all, the great Sect Leader Luo had never experienced this kind of awkward concern from anyone.
She didn’t see a single person or vehicle on the way. Luo Xuange felt no fear, kicking small pebbles down the street, walking and running. She finally arrived home after more than half an hour.
After returning home, she took a hot shower. The rent here was very cheap, a few hundred yuan a month. The original owner had even haggled with the landlady to lower the price, so Luo Xuange felt she could pay the rent after working hard for a few more days.
After washing up, Luo Xuange drank a cup of hot water and lay down in bed to sleep.
Meanwhile, An Ruoshui, after washing up in her apartment, remained restless. After all, she had the chance to drive Luo Xuange home but had dropped her off halfway. If anything really happened to Luo Xuange, she wouldn’t just feel guilty, she would also become a widow…
After much thought, she decided to send Luo Xuange a message to ask about her.
01:28
An Ruoshui: {Did you get home?}
01:30
Luo Xuange: {No}
An Ruoshui: {Where are you now?}
Seeing Luo Xuange’s reply, An Ruoshui suddenly became nervous and uneasy. Still not home? Did something happen?
She had just grabbed her coat, ready to put it on and go look for the little one, when she received another message.
Luo Xuange: {In my room, on the bed.}
An Ruoshui was almost amused by her response, she took off her coat and lay down on the sofa.
An Ruoshui: {Get some rest early.}
Luo Xuange: {Oh}
••••
There were no more replies after that.
An Ruoshui stared at those few messages for a long time, lost in thought. After some time apart, she felt that Luo Xuange had changed significantly.
For example, when Luo Xuange used to see her, her eyes would be filled with intense emotion. Although she couldn’t pinpoint what kind of emotion it was, An Ruoshui could feel it very clearly. But now, An Ruoshui actually saw evasion in Luo Xuange’s eyes.
And today at the set, she saw Luo Xuange acting as an extra. That person seemed to always be short on money whenever she saw her. The money the An family had given her before should have been a considerable amount. Although she wasn’t sure of the exact figure, her generous elder brother certainly wouldn’t have treated Luo Xuange poorly.
Could it be that Luo Xuange had encountered some big trouble?
An Ruoshui planned to find an opportunity tomorrow at the set to ask Luo Xuange properly.
An Ruoshui’s impression of Luo Xuange had actually been constantly changing. The very first time they met, when she heard her elder brother say that the other party was willing to marry her, she felt some unease and anxiety in her heart, after all, it was a stranger, and a strange woman at that.
But when she heard her elder brother say that the other party had accepted a large sum of money, her unease and anxiety instantly vanished. During her first meeting with Luo Xuange, Luo Xuange spoke ten sentences, six of which mentioned money.
An Ruoshui’s impression of her couldn’t have been worse, so much so that even when discussing the secret marriage with Luo Xuange, she used a cold, commanding tone.
However, later, after seeing Luo Xuange several times on set, being diligent, down-to-earth, motivated, and eager to learn, An Ruoshui observed her carefully for a while and realized that Luo Xuange was actually a very good person.
She thought that since the two of them were already bound together, they might as well get along well. Even without love, they could have friendship. Being friends was better than being complete strangers.
But today, seeing Luo Xuange on set, that person not only didn’t look her in the eye but also repeatedly rejected her goodwill. An Ruoshui was filled with frustration but had nowhere to vent it.
Author’s Note: Sect Leader, please be more sensible. That’s your wife! In a while, you’ll understand how much you’re digging your own grave right now.