Chapter 35: Fire

Two hours later, Yan Duo curled up under the covers, not wanting to move, while Ji Ran, who had exerted himself more, seemed perfectly fine as he took pajamas from the closet and headed to the bathroom.

“How did your clothes get into my closet?” Yan Duo stared at Ji Ran.

Ji Ran: “I brought it.”

Yan Duo: ……

Must you be so proactive!

Remembering something else, taking advantage of the fact that Ji Ran hadn’t entered the bathroom yet, Yan Duo asked him: “What about the underwear I wore in your room yesterday?”

After taking a shower in Ji Ran’s room last night, Ji Ran handed her a men’s shirt, and then found a clean pair of women’s underwear from some corner she didn’t know about. The underwear was obviously from the same series as what she usually wears. She didn’t realize it yesterday, but thinking about it now, aren’t they hers!

Ji Ran held the bathroom door handle, looked back at Yan Duo, and said, “Brought it from home.”

Then went straight into the bathroom.

After traveling thousands of miles with her underwear, Yan Duo didn’t know what expression to face him with.

Whether it was Ji Ran revealing his true colors or whether her previous feelings had been wrong all along, Yan Duo always felt that the Ji Ran at this moment had completely overturned her previous understanding. His daily unimaginable performances simply left her overwhelmed.

After taking a shower, Ji Ran had no intention of going back. He lay on Yan Duo’s bed and closed his eyes.

Yan Duo was stunned into silence. In the end, she didn’t say anything, got up to take a shower, and fell asleep with her head on Ji Ran’s arm after getting into bed.

I have to admit, sleeping with two people is really warmer than sleeping alone, Yan Duo couldn’t help but think in her drowsy state.

The next day, when Yan Duo woke up, Ji Ran had already left. She checked the time, 6:50, and remembering she had no scenes in the morning, Yan Duo pulled the covers over her head and went back to sleep.

The second time Yan Duo woke up, it was to the sound of Fang Fang knocking on the door.

After opening the door to let Fang Fang in, Yan Duo returned to bed, lying face down, not wanting to move.

Fang Fang didn’t bother Yan Duo and was about to clean the bathroom, but before she could even open the door, she heard Yan Duo sit up in bed and shout, “Wait, no need to clean the bathroom.”

As she spoke, Yan Dai didn’t even bother to put on her slippers, jumping out of bed and heading straight for the bathroom.

Fang Fang was startled and quickly released her hand that was about to open the door, looking at Yan Duo.

Leaning against the bathroom door, Yan Duo coughed lightly and said to Fang Fang: ”

There’s no need for you to clean, I think it’s quite clean.

The hotel’s cleaning staff only takes out the trash from the bathroom daily and doesn’t do any thorough cleaning. Therefore, Fang Fang, as the assistant, had volunteered to be the cleaner for Yan Duo’s room. At this moment, she couldn’t understand why Yan Duo, who was usually very particular about the cleanliness of the bathroom, would refuse her cleaning. Just yesterday when she was cleaning, they had agreed that she would do it once every day, hadn’t they?

“Alright, alright, I won’t go into the bathroom then.” Fang Fang noticed Yan Duo’s nervousness and didn’t insist, slowly moving away from Yan Duo who was blocking the bathroom entrance and refusing to leave.

Once Fang Fang turned and left, Yan Duo quickly opened the bathroom door and went inside. She remembered that Ji Ran had showered here last night, and his changed clothes were left on the bathroom shelf. If Fang Fang had seen those… she probably wouldn’t be able to explain herself no matter what.

Yan Duo walked in and carefully scanned around. There were no clothes on the storage rack, nor on the sink. The only clothes in the bathroom were the ones she wore yesterday. Yan Duo couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed Ji Ran had taken them away.

After leaving the bathroom, Yan Duo immediately saw Fang Fang helping her make the bed and shouted again, “No, no, no! I, I, I might still sleep. No need to make the bed!”

The two of them had been quite wild last night. Cough, if she remembered correctly, although the bedsheets had been changed and thrown in the washing machine, the pillow that had slipped through hadn’t been. Ji Ran had slept on it upside down all night…

After being stopped from doing two things in a row, Fang Fang asked with her mouth pursed, “Do you need me to help you organize the closet?”

That won’t do!

Yan Duo remembered that Ji Ran had taken his clothes out of the closet just yesterday. She didn’t even know how many pieces he had put in there. If Fang Fang saw them, she would get the wrong idea again!

“Haha, well, that’s not necessary. I’m planning to sleep in a bit longer. Why don’t you go have breakfast? Don’t worry about me.” Yan Duo wore an insincere smile, her entire face stiff.

Fang Fang was about to say she had already eaten breakfast, but seeing Yan Duo’s expression, she knew she had secrets today. So she didn’t say anything more, agreed, and walked out the door.

After sending Fang Fang away, Yan Duo finally breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly stripped off the pillowcases and threw them into the washing machine, added laundry detergent and disinfectant, and washed them together with the previous bedsheets.

Then she opened the closet and rummaged through it completely. Finally, she found five pairs of men’s boxer briefs in the drawer where she kept her underwear, three pairs of men’s no-show socks in the sock drawer, and a set of black men’s pajamas among her hanging sleepwear.

Yan Duo:……

Did he know that underwear would be used up the fastest?

Yan Duo twitched the corners of her mouth as she picked out all of Ji Ran’s belongings, put them together, and stuffed them in the most inconspicuous corner.

After tidying up the room, Yan Duo and Fang Fang had lunch before heading to the film set. Yan Duo didn’t have many scenes today and finished her two scenes before dinner. Zeng Meng, who had also wrapped up for the day, came over to ask her, “The place we ate at yesterday was pretty good. Do you want to go again today?”

Yan Duo: “No thanks, I ate too much for lunch today and feel a bit bloated, so I don’t really want to eat.”

Zeng Meng thought for a moment and said, “Then let’s go eat congee. Having some congee that aids digestion will make you feel better.”

Yan Duo’s conscience was troubled, “I don’t have much of an appetite, so why don’t you go by yourself.”

Zeng Meng didn’t insist and let her go, telling her to exercise more.

After changing her clothes, Yan Duo glanced at Fang Fang, racking her brain trying to figure out how to get Fang Fang to go back separately. Before she could come up with a reason, Fang Fang said to her, “Sister Duo, I just remembered that Director Zhong’s assistant, Xiao Zhao, needs my help with some crafts. How about you head back first, and I’ll return when I’m done?”

After saying that, he still felt a bit uneasy. “Will you be okay taking the car back alone?”

The film set and the hotel weren’t far apart, and when Yan Duo didn’t catch a ride back in Zeng Meng’s car, she would usually take a taxi.

Hearing this, Yan Duo immediately said, “It’s fine, it’s fine, I’ll be okay by myself. You go ahead, and come back early when you’re done. Oh, and remember to send me a message when you get to the hotel.”

Fang Fang agreed, waved at Yan Duo, and went to find Xiao Zhao.

Yan Duo watched her retreating figure and sighed, packed up her things, and took a shortcut to a secluded place to find Ji Ran’s car.

After getting in the car, Yan Duo couldn’t help but say: “Having to rack my brains to lie every day is giving me a headache!”

Not to mention it was mentally taxing, but mainly, her conscience was troubled, which made Yan Duo, who was not accustomed to lying, extremely uncomfortable.

Ji Ran glanced at her, “You could also choose to confess.”

Yan Duo didn’t even think about it, “Then I’ll just keep having a headache.”

Admitting to getting married, only to tell them you’re divorced a few days later? Isn’t that just asking for trouble?

Although Ji Ran had been especially good and gentle to her during this time, and although their relationship didn’t seem like that of a couple about to separate at all—in fact, they were more clingy than when they first got married—Yan Duo still remembered that she had proposed divorce, and Ji Ran hadn’t denied it.

Yan Duo couldn’t see through him, and he never said anything either, so she told herself to enjoy the present and not worry about the future.

Ji Ran listened to her words and glanced at her again. Looking at her calm face, he just felt choked up

Panicked, was she still thinking about divorce?

When they got near the hotel, Yan Duo strongly asked to get out of the car and walk to the hotel, while Ji Ran went back alone.

After returning to her room, Yan Duo特意 sat for a while before going to 808, and by this time, Ji Ran had already started cooking.

Yan Duo glanced into the kitchen and asked if she could help, but Ji Ran shook his head, telling her to go play with Xiao Yu and Xiao Jiu instead. Yan Duo didn’t insist and obediently went to the living room. Xiao Yu and Xiao Jiu were the names of two parrots – the talkative female parrot was called Xiao Yu, and the cool male parrot was called Xiao Jiu.

When she first learned the names of the two parrots, Yan Duo found it quite strange and asked Ji Ran, “Who named them?”

If she remembered correctly, Yan Duo recalled that the names An Yixin had given them didn’t seem to be like this.

“I named them.”

“Is there any special meaning to these names?”

“No.”

At first, Yan Duo didn’t think much of it, until one day she saw “The Scheme” playing on TV and seemed to understand, but she quickly reined in her uncontrollable imagination, ordering herself not to overthink.

Yan Duo played with the parrots for a while, and then the meal was ready. That evening, Yan Duo naturally stayed over after dinner. After her bath, looking at the pajamas, bra, and underwear that Ji Ran had taken out, she didn’t need to ask—they were definitely things Ji Ran had swiped from her closet that morning.

At ten o’clock, the bathroom in suite 808 was steamy and hot. The sound of hot water splattering on the floor was loud, but it still couldn’t cover the girl’s moans and sighs. And the two, lost in the moment, naturally couldn’t hear the ringing of a certain phone.

The next day when she met Zeng Meng on the film set, Zeng Meng put her hands on her hips and squinted at Yan Duo, “Spill it, where did you go yesterday?”

Last night when Zeng Meng returned from outside, she called Yan Duo to ask if her indigestion had gotten any better. After several unanswered calls, the worried Zeng Meng went to look for her, only to find no response after knocking on the door for a long time.

Yan Duo felt a bit guilty. By the time she found out Zeng Meng had called last night, it was already two hours later. Her eyes could barely stay open, so calling back was out of the question.

“Sorry about that, I went to bed early and didn’t hear your call.”

Zeng Meng didn’t press further, looking her up and down, “You went to bed early, why do you still look so exhausted? Are you sick?”

Yan Duo didn’t dare to look at her, turning her body to look elsewhere, “I was feeling a bit uncomfortable last night.”

Zeng Meng snorted and said, “Your little assistant is so irresponsible! You’re sick and she still went out on a date, really!”

Yan Duo was stunned when she heard this, “A date?”

Zeng Meng could tell from Yan Duo’s expression that she was completely in the dark, and said: “Indeed, I saw her on the street while I was having dinner last night, arm in arm with a man, laughing and talking. At first, I didn’t recognize the man, but later my assistant said it was Ma Peng, Assistant Ji’s assistant. My assistant also said she saw Fang Fang coming out of Ma Peng’s room early in the morning. 33kanshu.com”

Fang Fang and Ma Peng?

Yan Duo’s mind suddenly felt like it had exploded, chaotic and unable to make sense of things. She always felt that she seemed to have overlooked some very important information.

“You didn’t know about this either?” Zeng Meng asked.

Yan Duo and Ji Ran had worked together once before. If Fang Fang had already been Yan Duo’s assistant at that time, it would have been normal for her to hit it off with Ma Peng after a few interactions and get together. But looking at Yan Duo’s face now, she clearly didn’t know anything about it.

“What time did you see them yesterday?” Yan Duo didn’t answer Zeng Meng but instead asked the question in her mind.

Zeng Meng thought for a moment: “Around six o’clock.”

After work, when Zeng Meng couldn’t get a dinner appointment with Yan Duo, she took her assistant out to eat. They had just started eating when they saw Fang Fang and Ma Peng, so it was just after six o’clock.

Yan Duo turned to look at Fang Fang, who was talking and laughing with people not far away, and fell into deep thought.