Chapter 7
The Sweet Life: Secretly Married to a Movie Star
The landscape outside the Maybachâs windows was rapidly going by.
Xia Yishan sat next to Su Jingting obediently. She would glance at him now and then.
He seemed to be working on his laptop, looking awfully serious.
âAhh, he lives up to the name of the best actor. Heâs flawless from every angle, and he looks so serious even when heâs on his laptop. Heâs so handsome! So handsome that there are no words to describe him!â
Xia Yishan kept trying to steal glances at himâ¦
Su Jingting happened to turn his head over as she did so.
Their passionate eyes locked, and the heat inside the car began to rise.
There was a slam as he turned off his laptop.
âAre you done staring?â Su Jingting raised his eyebrows.
Xia Yishan held her chest. Cupidâs arrow had struck her.
âNot yetâ¦I-I mean Iâm done staringâ¦â With a quick jolt, Xia Yishan maneuvered away from the awkward subject. âIâd like to know why Best Actor Su was looking for meâ¦â
Xia Yishan was asking the obvious. She did not think Best Actor Su invited her for small talk.
âIâd love to have a chat with you.â
She was speechless. She must have heard him wrong.
âMs. Xia, did you see the blunder that blew up on Weibo?â
âI-I did. I had nothing to do with that. I was in the picture, but I donât have the pictures that were taken at that time. I donât mean to ride on your fame!â Xia Yishan was about to raise her hand to swear.
âHmm.â
She was speechless again.
âWhat do you want from me? Can you just end this awkwardness once and for all?â
âWhat do you think of me, Ms. Xia?â
âYouâ¦Youâre perfect. The best actor with a combination of charm, poise, manners, talent, and skills that makes tens of thousands of young ladies fall head over heels for youâ¦â
Su Jingting fell silent. She exaggerated a little too much.
âDonât be shy, Best Actor Su. Youâre flawless to us, the loyal fans.â
âWhat do you think of me personally?â
âMe? Iâm your loyal fan too.â
She indirectly admitted that she liked him.
âGreat!â
âSince Ms. Xia thinks that Iâm perfect and I happen to lack a girlfriend, would you consider that?â
Xia Yishan slipped from the leather seat.
âIs something wrong with my ears? Am I hallucinating?â
Su Jingting helped her back to her seat. He opened a bottle of mineral water for her and brought it to her lips. âAre you really not considering it?â
âOh my god, heâs so manlyâ¦Heâs gentle and sweet, and his voice is electric. Ahhhh, how am I supposed to reject him?â
âAre you really Su Jingting?â Xia Yishan was eager to pinch his face to prove that he was real.
âAs real as I can be.â
Could it beâ¦the successful Best Actor Su was being forced to get married by his family since he was not young anymore? Xia Yishan soon imagined the scene where Su Jingting was surrounded by his family, forcing him to get married. She looked at him with utter sympathy.
âFrom what I understand, Master Best Actor, youâre in need of a girlfriend?â
âYes.â That sounded about right.
âBut I-Iâm only 18â¦â
Su Jingting was between tears and laughter. He indeed overlooked that. âAge isnât a problem.â
âIâm just a student from the academy. I have many bad habits. Iâm a hooligan in a gang, and I go around beating up peopleâ¦â
âDoesnât bother me.â
âMy goal is to go into the entertainment industry in the future. Weâll have to hide our relationship even if I become your girlfriend. That wonât help you, will it? No matter what, youâd be renting me as your girlfriend. You could rent other girls, so why donât you look for someone else?!â
She was using the term ârentingâ so casuallyâ¦
Su Jingting tapped his slender finger on his laptop, âIt was you who were exposed on the internet.â
Xia Yishan was speechless.
âYouâre the most suitable candidate.â
Xia Yishan remained speechless.
âNo, Iâm not.â
âI choose you!â
Xia Yishan said nothing.
âWeâre here. Time to get down.â