Ji Xiangchen shook his head and held out his bowl. "It's not that I don't like it."
Watching their interaction, Director Wang teased, "Hahahaha, casting you two as siblings was the right call. Look, doesn't Ji Xiangchen look like Fang Ning's goofy, pitiful little brother right now?"
The assistant director took a bite of food and nodded. "Now that you mention it, he really does."
Fang Ning teased, "Well then, little Xiangchen, let me hear you call me your big sister."
[Taking someone older than me as my little brother might put me at a bit of a disadvantage, but when he's as good-looking as Ji Xiangchen, age doesn't matter! I'm willing!]
Ji Xiangchen's hands paused. He wasn't willing! She was clearly younger than him!
A big sister-he did lack one, and he did want one. Someone like Fang Ning, who would help him when he was bullied and tear into anyone who slandered him without another word.
Ji Xiangyi had been born a few minutes before him, so she counted as his big sister.
But a sister as cold as Ji Xiangyi, who never forgot to kick him while he was down, was one he could do without.
Fang Ning really did fit his image of a big sister.
But Ji Xiangchen felt somewhat unwilling. What the hell was this sibling nonsense? He was a few months older than Fang Ning. Wouldn't calling her his big sister leave him getting the short end of the stick?
More importantly, Fang Ning was clearly his sister-in-law. Wouldn't calling her his big sister mess everything up?
Ji Xiangnian was her older brother, and he would call Fang Ning his big sister?
If those two got married...
Fuck!! Wouldn't that mean...
Ji Xiangchen's expression darkened. Today was yet another day he wanted to curse Ji Xiangnian out. If not for him, he would have gained a big sister!
Wait, that's not right! Ji Xiangchen immediately caught on. Is that the point? The point is that Fang Ning is younger than me!
Ji Xiangchen suddenly wanted a cigarette to calm himself down. What had gotten into him lately?
The next day, the director announced that an actress would be joining the cast.
Fang Ning had just finished getting her makeup done and stepped out of the makeup room.
She saw the actress get out of a car, with several assistants following behind her.
She was an extremely beautiful woman.
Her name was Xia Qing. In a white spaghetti-strap dress and sunglasses, with her delicate face and long, wavy hair, she was an absolute beauty!
After getting out of the car, she politely shook hands with the director and handed out small gifts to the crew members one by one.
Before long, Xia Qing came over to Fang Ning. Standing in front of her, she removed the sunglasses she was still wearing and extended a hand. "Hello, Fang Ning. My name is Xia Qing."
"Hello, Ms. Xia."
Fang Ning wondered how she knew her, and she wasn't sure whether her eyes were playing tricks on her.
She felt the woman's gaze roaming over her. That look was particularly strange, filled with contempt and dislike, even disgust.
Fang Ning's sixth sense told her that this beauty had a problem with her. No, it wasn't merely a problem-she was disgusted by her.
Puzzled and bewildered, Fang Ning tried to remember whether she had offended anyone lately.
She had only transmigrated a few days ago! Besides, how could a beauty like her, who avoided trouble whenever possible, have offended anyone?
That left only one possibility: someone the original owner had offended.
She had forgotten most of the characters and plot of this book.
That was the trouble with forgetting the plot. Even with an enemy right in front of her, she was still admiring her beauty. Sigh.
Fang Ning remembered that she still had a cheat in the form of an information machine. [System, System, who is this person brimming with malice toward me?]
This time, the system's voice was full of gossip. [Host!! I'm here! Her! Xia Qing is a supporting female character in the book. She's friends with Ji Xiangyi, and she also likes the female lead's older brother. She adores him, likes him,
has a secret crush on
him!]
[She's your romantic rival! So, Host! Are you going to have a catfight with your romantic rival this time?]
Fang Ning: [No, I don't want to, thank you!]
With that reminder from the system, Fang Ning recalled some general information about this character.
Xia Qing had a secret crush on the female lead's eldest brother. As the saying went, an unrequited crush was a storm of wind and snow one weathered alone, leaving one covered in wounds.
That was the kind of character Xia Qing was in the book. She had a secret crush on Ji Xiangnian, but unfortunately, Ji Xiangnian was a total workaholic. He neither developed feelings for Xia Qing nor noticed her feelings for him, only ever treating her as a younger sister from beginning to end.
However, the book's descriptions were extremely suggestive, giving the impression that things were heading toward
a wife-chasing
crematorium storyline.
Of course, the author never explained how their relationship turned out at the end of the story.
Fang Ning simply felt mentally exhausted.
On top of filming, she had to deal with a romantic rival! Could she just go up to Xia Qing and explain, I'm not like you, who wants Ji Xiangnian's body and love! I only want his money!
Once she got her divorce and the money, never mind liking Ji Xiangnian-even if Xia Qing killed him, she wouldn't object.
Wait, something doesn't seem right.
Fang Ning continued searching her mind for the plot. The original owner's marriage to Ji Xiangnian was only a contract marriage, so not many people knew about their relationship. According to the storyline,
Xia Qing didn't know at this point that she was married to Ji Xiangnian either, so why did she already have a problem with her?
Fang Ning couldn't help frowning.
Seeing how indifferent Fang Ning was toward her, the disgust in Xia Qing's eyes deepened. Her lips curved into a smile as she said slowly, "By the way, Ms. Fang, I heard a lot of people were competing for your role. I didn't expect you to get it. You really are lucky."
There was a hidden jab in those words. After a moment's thought, Fang Ning understood immediately. So that was the reason: competition over a role! She was insinuating that Fang Ning had gotten it through connections!
She had always lived by the principle of leaving others alone if they left her alone, and ripping their umbrella apart if they crossed her.
Now that someone had brought trouble right to her door, it would be rude not to rip that umbrella apart.
Fang Ning gave her a beautiful smile. "Yes, I was lucky to get the role. You really weren't lucky enough, since you couldn't get it."
"Ms. Xia, your luck really isn't very good."