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For the first time, Wen Yu experienced forgetting something because she was too busy at work.

She actually forgot about the launch of the stupid couple’s reality show because she was swimming in shitty work commitments!

But forgetting a stupid couple’s show was not a big deal. What was annoying was that Shao Cixin took the initiative to send the link, as if she was afraid Wen Yu wouldn’t see it!

This woman was considerate, really too considerate.

Shao Cixin was truly the world’s most “considerate” sister-in-law!

Wen Yu was so furious that she clicked into the video with the intention of mocking her sister and sister-in-law’s performance, but she was bombarded with straight-up dog food instead .

The intimate distance and the impossible-to-ignore physical contact made the video’s sweetness seem natural and abundant.

If she were honest, although Wen Yu still firmly believed Shao Cixin and Wen Zhihan were acting, she continued to feel jealousy and regret.

That’s right, jealousy and regret.

If she had discovered Shao Cixin’s good qualities earlier in her previous life and supported her acting career, then she would be the one in the video sweetly hugging Shao Cixin instead of Wen Zhihan.

How stupid she was…

How could she not cherish Cixin properly in her previous life?

Looking back on the past, she sank into a deep sense of regret and couldn’t pull herself out. In the end, she didn’t reply with a single word.

Shao Cixin saw Wen Yu’s status briefly change to “typing,” but she didn’t receive any reply.

At the very least, Wen Yu must have opened the chat and seen her message, so it didn’t matter if she replied or not.

Her original intention was just to cause trouble for the scumbag. As long as Wen Yu saw it, she had achieved her goal. One or two replies were not worth caring about.

After adding to Wen Yu’s worries, Shao Cixin was in a good mood.

She opened the video and watched Wen Zhihan a few more times.

Shao Cixin watched as Wen Zhihan talked and smiled at her, and as she embraced her in a hug with gentle eyebrows and eyes. To Shao Cixin, Wen Zhihan was the embodiment of beauty, and she made people feel extremely pleasant by watching her.

Shao Cixin became even happier.

Her family’s beautiful goddess was indeed the most pleasing to the eye!

Liang Xuefei also watched the preview interview of Post-Marriage Love Diary.

Taking advantage of her lunch break, she excitedly rushed to WeChat to send a message to Shao Cixin.

[Liang Xuefei]: Holy shit, Holy shit, Holy shit!

[Liang Xuefei]: Your family’s President Wen is too good at this! So she went on the show in order to spend more time with you…this statement coupled with her tone and face is too lethal!

[Liang Xuefei]: Is this really the performance of an amateur?!

Shao Cixin happened to be resting at home.

As soon as she returned to her bedroom and picked up her phone, she saw Liang Xuefei making a fuss.

[Shao Cixin]: Heh, sister, you don’t understand this. As long as the money is in place, I can turn you into a movie queen.

In fact, Shao Cixin had seen many superficially affectionate people, and she knew that as long as these people were willing to act, their acting skills could directly beat many actors.

Wen Zhihan was one of them.

Shao Cixin even suspected that Wen Zhihan’s real talent lay in acting and that her decision to enter investment banking was purely a matter of inheriting and developing the family business.

Liang Xuefei thought of Wen Zhihan in the interview video and suddenly felt dubious.

[Liang Xuefei]: What if that wasn’t the case?

[Liang Xuefei]: I think President Wen might really like you.

Shao Cixin immediately asked, [What could she like about me?]

Liang Xuefei began to guess boldly.

[Maybe…because you’re beautiful?]

[I think the goddess is not as vulgar as I am.]

[Because you’re funny!]

[Hello, my agent said that Wen Zhihan doesn’t look like someone who would like my character.]

[…What’s wrong with your character? There are many good-looking people everywhere, but interesting souls are only one in a thousand. You are the most special one!]

In the end, Liang Xuefei began to feel aggrieved for Shao Cixin.

She was so beautiful and cute, how could Wen Zhihan not like her!

This was Shao Cixin, the female star who could reach the top of the circle with just her face. How could she not be worthy of Wen Zhihan!

Shao Cixin was moved when she saw Liang Xuefei protecting her.

[Shao Cixin]: I really love you, my Fei Fei.

[Liang Xuefei]: You go ahead and love me, I’m going to take a nap.

[Shao Cixin]: Okay, please do.

After the conversation ended, Shao Cixin climbed into bed. On a whim, she clicked on the interview to watch it again.

In the video, Wen Zhihan was holding her in her arms, her eyes as gentle as water, and she did not reject her approach at all.

It looked like she really liked Shao Cixin. Her performance was truly impeccable.

Looking at Wen Zhihan like this, Shao Cixin couldn’t suppress a question in her mind—

Wen Zhihan, she…did she really like her?

The moment this thought appeared, Shao Cixin suddenly felt an unknown joy, and her heartbeat inexplicably accelerated.

When she came back to her senses, she was shocked by herself.

—What was going on? How could she be like this?!

Shao Cixin quickly recalled the past.

She thought of her and Wen Zhihan’s agreement and remembered Wen Zhihan’s clear mindedness. Her mind stretched back to Wen Zhihan’s “one-dollar-one-act argument and all the other moments that made reality clear—

The effect was good. Shao Cixin’s absurd thought that Wen Zhihan liked her disappeared in an instant.

Yes, that’s right. Wen Zhihan couldn’t like her.

Shao Cixin said that she wouldn’t fall in love, so if Wen Zhihan liked her, wouldn’t she (WZH) be rejected? Wen Zhihan was not so confused as to fall into such a trap.

And it was better for Wen Zhihan not to like her. If their agreement was broken, they would have to separate.

Right now, Shao Cixin…didn’t really want to be separated from Wen Zhihan.

Such a special and precious friend, she would never find another one in this life.

So Shao Cixin turned off the video, put away her phone, and prepared to take a nap in the spirit of “a person can’t be too arrogant.”

As a result, life returned to its original state, as calm as if nothing had happened.

On the weekend, Shao Cixin had no schedule, and Wen Zhihan didn’t go to work.

The two of them rested at home and watched TV together—to be more precise, they were watching their own variety show.

Shao Cixin hugged a pillow, stretched her legs, and occupied one end of the sofa alone.

She watched the first episode of Post-Marriage Love Diary carefully, like a teacher preparing to mark an exam.

In order to have more fun, she also used her phone to cast the screen on the TV, so she could see the funny comments of the sand sculptures^[1].

Wen Zhihan sat in the middle of the sofa.

She glanced at the empty space between herself and Shao Cixin silently, then helplessly turned her head back to the TV.

Right now, she didn’t even have a reason to have Shao Cixin be closer to her.

After a while, Shao Cixin suddenly crawled toward Wen Zhihan and sat next to her with her arms around her pillow.

This action made Wen Zhihan very happy, but she didn’t know why Shao Cixin did this.

Wen Zhihan really wanted to ask, but she was afraid that if she asked, it would be like startling a snake,^[2] and Shao Cixin would push her away.

Just leave it…

With this thought in mind, she no longer hesitated over the reason.

She wanted Shao Cixin to feel more at ease.

A few seconds later, Shao Cixin took the initiative to explain, “I want to be closer to my beautiful jiejie.”

Wen Zhihan: “…?”

Shao Cixin rested her head on Wen Zhihan’s shoulder very straightforwardly, with no intention of leaving.

Wen Zhihan was left speechless. Then she couldn’t help but laugh.

En, she learned it.

She would use this trick next time.

She also wanted to be closer to her beautiful meimei^[3].

Shao Cixin really felt that Wen Zhihan was very beautiful today.

Her smooth, long hair was tied behind her head with a simple and elegant clip, and there were a few wisps of black hair scattered around her cheeks. It was a casual, lazy, and mature appearance that filled Wen Zhihan’s face with delicate charm.

Shao Cixin liked this look on her.

If it were matched with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, it would cater wildly to her aesthetic tastes.

But it also didn’t matter if Wen Zhihan wasn’t wearing gold-rimmed glasses. She was already perfect as is. Shao Cixin liked her very much.

With a beautiful jiejie by her side, Shao Cixin happily watched the variety show.

Post-Marriage Love Diary focused on sweetness and warmth, and occasionally there would be moments of comedy from the two main leads.

Most importantly, the post-production team did not pull their punches. They added plenty of special effects to the leads’ comedic moments.

Half of a variety show’s success was determined by its post-production.

Shao Cixin felt very comfortable watching the entire episode, and the editing did not make her feel uneasy in the slightest.

She was most satisfied by the fact that there was no waste on the set of Post-Marriage Love Diary. The filming crew maximized Wen Zhihan’s beauty. Everything on camera was like a feast for dogs who were fans of Wen Zhihan’s face.

Even the comments thought so.

—Save me, those blue eyes. I’m dead.

—Really too beautiful. How can a person look like this? Like someone straight from a novel.

—I only hate that President Wen married young.

Shao Cixin pointed to the comments on-screen and said, “Look, they’re praising you for your good looks.”

Wen Zhihan turned and saw Shao Cixin full of smiles. She couldn’t help but say softly, “Cixin looks very happy.”

Shao Cixin raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, “Of course I’m happy when my friend is being praised by others. This is called sharing the glory.”

So it was because they were friends, not because she liked her…

Wen Zhihan curled her lips slightly. She smiled softly and said nothing.

There was indeed a feeling of loss, but it was not to the point of despondency. At any rate, Shao Cixin had started to “share the glory” with her, which meant that she no longer regarded her as an outsider in her heart.

Shao Cixin was facing the TV screen, but she secretly glanced at Wen Zhihan’s side profile.

Wen Zhihan had sharp contours, fair and smooth skin, and charming reddish lips which reminded her of ripened fruit, inviting people to pluck them.

Shao Cixin suddenly wanted to kiss Wen Zhihan.

There was no deeper desire. It was just because she liked and appreciated Wen Zhihan’s appearance.

She had never wanted to kiss someone just because they were good-looking before. This was her first time.

Wen Zhihan felt someone pulling on her clothes.

The force was gentle and cautious, as if someone was trying to attract her attention.

She turned her head and looked into a pair of sparkling peach blossom eyes.

“Wen Zhihan.” Shao Cixin held Wen Zhihan’s sleeve with a smile on her face. “I think you performed really well on the show, so—can I kiss you?”

“En?” Wen Zhihan was confused.

What was the cause and effect here?

Because she performed well on the show, Shao Cixin wanted to kiss her?

Although she didn’t quite understand how Shao Cixin came to this conclusion, Shao Cixin seemed to have found a new reason to get close to her?

“You know I like beautiful things the most.”

Shao Cixin was an outspoken person, and she had always been frank enough in terms of aesthetics.

“And you are very beautiful today, so beautiful that I want to kiss you.”

They had already agreed to develop a habit of kissing each other, so under this pretense, they didn’t need to specifically ask the other person for their permission.

But Shao Cixin asked anyway.

Because this was not for the variety show, it was just because she wanted to—a personal desire.

Being able to have Wen Zhihan was a fantasy.

Her beauty, like her heart, was not something you could take as your own.

Shao Cixin knew this, but considering their relationship…they could always kiss, right?

“You can.”

When Shao Cixin heard Wen Zhihan’s reply, the other person’s charming appearance became even greater in her eyes, and she watched as her lips softly parted again.

“Cixin can do whatever she wants.”

A bestowing of rights.

Wen Zhihan was allowing Shao Cixin to enter her territory and do as she pleased, without restraints.

Shao Cixin was overjoyed with her newfound permission.

But the reason was like a tightly stretched string, tugging between the two of them, and Shao Cixin dared not think further.

—Wen Zhihan was so good to her, but it must be out of an appreciation of their friendship, not love, so she shouldn’t think too much about it.

Yet Shao Cixin was still happy.

This was the joy of being allowed to be unrestrained.

She kissed Wen Zhihan’s eyes, then her lips with admiration.

Wen Zhihan sat still, letting Shao Cixin kiss her, hold her, and do whatever she wanted with her.

Their sweetness and intimacy appeared completely natural.

Shao Cixin originally didn’t want to do anything else, but under Wen Zhihan’s cooperation, she gradually opened her lips.

Desire quietly fell onto their pallets. They nibbled and stroked each other’s lips.

At the end of the kiss, Shao Cixin opened her moist and clear eyes. She leaned into Wen Zhihan’s arms as she looked up at her.

Those beautiful and bewitching blue eyes were as gentle as ever, still reflecting only Shao Cixin.

Wen Zhihan looked at the person in her arms and placed her slender fingers on the back of Shao Cixin’s neck, stroking it gently.

She enjoyed all of this.

She enjoyed Shao Cixin’s initiative, her proximity, her kisses, and every moment of her uncontrollable emotion.

“Wen Zhihan…” Shao Cixin couldn’t help but say, “Only I can be like this with you, right?”

“Right.” Wen Zhihan smiled and brushed Shao Cixin’s long hair away from her face. “Have you forgotten, Cixin? I promised you that there will be no one else.”

She still remembered…

At that moment, Shao Cixin’s first reaction was joy.

Suddenly, she came back to her senses.

She was actually happy every time Wen Zhihan granted her special privileges?

Thinking of this, Shao Cixin stood up in a panic. She interrupted the mood and found an excuse to slip into the bathroom.

The cold water fell on the palms of her hand, and she splashed it on her face again and again.

Shao Cixin raised her face soberly. Beads of water slid down her jaw, drop by drop. The fog that shrouded her eyes dissipated bit by bit, finally allowing her to clearly see the deeper parts of her heart.

There was a serious problem in front of her.

“Shao Cixin…”

She frowned as she spoke to her reflection with disbelief.

“You haven’t really fallen in love with Wen Zhihan, have you?”

^[1] Common internet slang to describe people (in this case, netizens) who participate in weird or stupid but funny behaviors. Usually with a lot of memes.

^[2] 打草惊蛇 – Chinese idiom that implies you gave away your position unwittingly.

^[3]“妹妹” (mèimei) or “younger sister” is the counterpart to “姐姐” (jiějiě) or “older sister.” It is used when an older person is intimately referring to a younger woman.

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