The True Record of a Flirty Omega's Failed Balancing Act - Chapter 1
Chapter 1
◎ Reunited with my former wife, elder sister ◎
“Hey, the big star Ning Chanyue is coming to our school tonight for a movie promotion, you going?”
Cheng Yuxin skillfully pushed open the door and walked into the empty classroom where Xu Guiyi often studied. She excitedly patted Xu Guiyi’s shoulder, not holding back, and then plonked herself down in the seat next to Xu Guiyi.
“No, I have a group meeting tonight.”
Xu Guiyi’s hand on the mouse paused for a moment, but then she continued to adjust the format of her PPT, not even looking up.
“You have a group meeting on such an important day? Your advisor is a total tyrant!”
Cheng Yuxin slammed her water bottle down on the table to show her indignation at Xu Guiyi’s advisor’s actions. But her anger on behalf of her friend was fleeting, quickly replaced by the good news that Ning Chanyue’s visit was enough to make her excited for a week.
Cheng Yuxin swallowed, unable to contain her excitement. “Hey, do you know? The big star Ning Chanyue, one of the few omega movie stars. I used to be a huge fan of hers. I also want to see her legendary beauty in person and fulfill my dream from my undergraduate days. I wonder if she’s as pretty as she is on TV.”
“Big stars are always pretty, aren’t they?”
Although Xu Guiyi was outwardly modifying the PPT for her group meeting tonight, her mind was already half-distracted by Cheng Yuxin’s words. She reluctantly went along with her.
“I heard the sneak preview of Ning Chanyue’s movie got pretty good reviews. We can go watch it when we hang out.”
“What movie?”
“[Undercurrents], of course.”
“[Undercurrents]?” Xu Guiyi frowned slightly. “Didn’t they start filming that five or six years ago? It’s just coming out now?”
“It was probably shelved. You’re always so out of touch with the world, how do you know about this?”
How could she not know? She would probably never forget this movie for the rest of her life.
This was the first movie where Ning Chanyue was the main star, and it was during the filming of this movie that their relationship fell apart overnight.
“…I saw it online by chance,” Xu Guiyi said, trying to cover her tracks.
……
But perhaps by some twist of fate, or maybe it was due to the encouragement of her fellow students, Xu Guiyi ended up going to the promotion for 《Undercurrents》 anyway.
Before the evening group meeting was set to begin, her fellow students had been bugging their advisor to let them go to the promotion. The advisor, although old and not well-informed about such news, wasn’t unapproachable. After being worn down, he finally relented.
Along the way, Xu Guiyi tried to find an excuse to escape several times, but she couldn’t bear to break the cheerful atmosphere of her classmates. She just kept walking until, unknowingly, she arrived at the auditorium.
“You said you weren’t coming, but in the end, Sister Guiyi still came, didn’t you? Come sit with me, there’s an empty seat next to me.”
Cheng Yuxin knew that Xu Guiyi didn’t like to be with the group of people from their department that she wasn’t very close with, so when she saw her, she waved her over and motioned for her to sit with her.
Xu Guiyi walked over to Cheng Yuxin. “Don’t call me ‘sister’ from a distance next time.”
Cheng Yuxin was two years younger than Xu Guiyi. Whenever she wanted to tease Xu Guiyi, she would call her ‘sister’ in a slightly strange and playful tone. It was fine when they were alone, but calling her that in front of so many people was a bit embarrassing.
“Okay~ Sister Guiyi~”
Xu Guiyi sighed inwardly. Cheng Yuxin was always so energetic and loud.
The lights dimmed.
Xu Guiyi looked up. A single spotlight was focused on a girl who was slowly walking to the center of the stage.
“Hello everyone, I’m Ning Chanyue.”
The familiar voice rang out on the stage and was instantly swallowed by countless applause and screams.
“Ahhh, Chanyue is so cool and aloof, she’s even more elegant than on TV. She truly is a high-mountain flower.”
The moment Cheng Yuxin saw Ning Chanyue, she almost jumped up and down. She pointed to the big screen in front of them, eagerly wanting to convey her joy at finally seeing the Ning Chanyue she had been thinking about.
But Xu Guiyi just felt it was unreal.
Ning Chanyue, the big star. Xu Guiyi still found it hard to connect these two concepts. It was as if the person who slept beside her yesterday had become an unattainable moon in the sky today.
Xu Guiyi half-heartedly listened to the entire promotion. Ning Chanyue was still the same as before, speaking flawlessly, considering everyone from all sides, making people feel comfortable. Of course, it also made it impossible to guess her true thoughts and emotions.
“I only came here to see Chanyue, but I didn’t expect Zhuoqing to be so handsome even as a beta. No wonder she used to fake being an alpha so well.”
As the fan Q&A session neared its end, Cheng Yuxin, whose eyes had been glued to the stage, finally deigned to turn her head and say something to Xu Guiyi.
“She…”
Xu Guiyi only said two words before giving a knowing smile.
What a coincidence. Xu Guiyi had also had contact with the “Zhuoqing” that Cheng Yuxin was talking about, You Zhuoqing.
[Undercurrents] was a rare movie with two female leads. You Zhuoqing played the first female lead, and Ning Chanyue, as the second female lead, meant… they would have a lot of contact. What’s more, they were a combination of a rare female alpha and an even rarer female omega movie star, which meant that after the movie started filming, there would naturally be a lot of media attention and hype.
Perhaps, back then, all the CP fans hoped they would get together.
Even she herself, at the beginning, had encouraged the fledgling Ning Chanyue to have more contact with the top star You Zhuoqing, thinking it might increase her fame.
Thinking of this, Xu Guiyi gradually put away her smile, which was a mix of laughing at You Zhuoqing and herself. She turned her head and saw that Cheng Yuxin was ignoring her. She opened her phone, glanced at the screen, and then quickly pressed the lock button.
The series of actions was as smooth as flowing water.
Cheng Yuxin took a deep breath, closed her eyes, put her hands together, and whispered, “Manjushri Bodhisattva, bless me. Guiyi, bless me. Classmates, bless me. Amitabha, please possess me with a PhD spirit, please make my advisor go blind…”
Seeing Cheng Yuxin praying like this, the unpleasant memories in Xu Guiyi’s mind were swept away. She chuckled softly and said, “Did your advisor reply to the paper you sent her? It’s okay, what if your paper passes this time? The worst that can happen is you get scolded again.”
Cheng Yuxin opened her eyes slightly, glanced at Xu Guiyi, and covered her heart that was beating wildly. She shook her head mysteriously.
“You don’t know, last time when I revised the paper and she wasn’t happy, she sent me a dozen angry messages on WeChat. That wasn’t enough, she called me to her office at 10 p.m. to keep scolding me. She mocked me until early morning and then let me go. She said if it doesn’t pass this time, I’ll have to delay my graduation. I really can’t handle going through that again.”
How could Xu Guiyi not know? Cheng Yuxin was so fond of complaining that she had already complained about her advisor countless times over this matter in the past few days. Although Xu Guiyi could recite the next sentence after hearing the previous one, as a fellow graduate student, she could more or less empathize with Cheng Yuxin.
Xu Guiyi patted Cheng Yuxin’s shoulder and casually comforted her, “It’s okay. I’ll bless you with the sacrifice of my own paper not passing its pre-defense next month. You’ll definitely pass this time.”
“Really?”
The always diligent and studious Xu Guiyi was making such a sacrifice for her. Cheng Yuxin looked at her in surprise, and seeing her nod again, Cheng Yuxin held up her phone and shook it next to Xu Guiyi.
“Then—can I look?”
“Go ahead.”
With Xu Guiyi’s persuasion, Cheng Yuxin finally got her mental state in order. She squinted her eyes and nervously opened her phone screen.
After a few seconds, Cheng Yuxin suddenly raised her voice and widened her eyes, saying to Xu Guiyi, “Oh my god, oh my god, my advisor said my first draft passed! Oh my god, Xu Guiyi, you’re amazing! Ahhh, thank you—”
After going through the heartbreaking journey of slaving over this wretched paper for half a year, Cheng Yuxin was overjoyed. She excitedly turned sideways and hugged Xu Guiyi. But it seemed that this was not enough to relieve her joy, so she grabbed Xu Guiyi’s hand that was resting on her lap and kissed it several times, even rubbing the lipstick she had just applied onto her hand.
“Congratulations, but first…”
Xu Guiyi’s body stiffened as she tried to push Cheng Yuxin away, but before she could fully do so, she noticed that the eyes of the people in front and behind them had all turned toward her.
The sounds of teasing and cheering around them instantly exploded.
Xu Guiyi looked up and realized that the cameraman had projected the scene onto the screen behind the stage.
Tsk, those audio-visual students really love a good show.
But since the main content was the movie promotion, the screen’s content returned to the stage after a few seconds.
“University couples really are sweet. It makes me a little envious.”
Ning Chanyue picked up the microphone and said this, smiling as beautifully as ever.
However, the tips of the fingers holding the microphone were turning white from the force.
Hearing Ning Chanyue bring up this topic, the host on the side also seemed to get excited. She turned to Ning Chanyue and asked, “Ning Ning is so beautiful, you must have had a lot of people chasing you in college.”
“Yes, a lot of people chased me, they all wanted my autograph. I’m sure there are people in the audience now who chased me in college.”
Ning Chanyue didn’t directly answer these questions about love. Even after seeing her long-lost ex-girlfriend, she maintained her big-star demeanor, casually deflecting as usual.
But this time, the girl who was shining on stage stared at that dark corner in the audience. After a few seconds of hesitation, she suddenly plucked up the courage and raised the microphone she had already lowered.
She stared at Xu Guiyi in the distance, her gaze unwavering. “But I did have someone I liked in college… and I still do.”
There was another chorus of gasps from the audience, who all looked at You Zhuoqing, expecting her reaction.
After all, who else could Ning Chanyue like besides You Zhuoqing?
But the person Ning Chanyue liked was currently turned to the side, enjoying Cheng Yuxin’s embarrassed state. Hearing Ning Chanyue’s words, Xu Guiyi’s hand, which was pulling out her phone, didn’t even pause. She comforted Cheng Yuxin for a few moments, lowered her head, and started typing on her phone, nobody knew who she was messaging.
All of this was seen by Ning Chanyue on stage. Her eyelashes trembled as she slowly moved the microphone away from her lips, quietly whispering the name she had repeated thousands of times during sleepless nights.
Xu, Gui, yi.