"Criminal Suspect" had just finished filming, and her trip back to the capital was very low-key, trying not to attract attention.
Compared to many girls of her age who dress fancy, Jiang Se dresses very simply.
She wore a simple white cotton T-shirt on the upper body and light blue knee-length ripped jeans on the lower body. One corner of the hem was tucked into the pants, showing off her delicate and soft waist.
But even though she was dressed simply, she still used small accessories to dress herself up as much as possible.
She wore a thin gold bracelet on her wrist, which made her skin look white and tender as if she had been covered with a layer of powder. When he pinched her arm, it was soft and pleasant.
The air conditioner was on in the car. The two girls who were shocked by the incident saw him open the door and quickly reached out to check Jiang Se. Still not at ease, they asked seriously:
"Are you injured?"
Jiang Se shook her head. Her hair was very short, which made her neck look extremely slender. She wore a pair of small starfish-shaped earrings on her ears, which were so white that they were almost transparent.
When he saw that Jiang Se was not injured, his heart, which had been hanging for a long time, finally settled down. His heart finally fell on her hair, and he noticed her particularly eye-catching hairstyle.
Even though the stylist has done his best to style the hair, it is still difficult to turn out as desired due to its length.
Fortunately, her face is really beautiful, and she can make her short hair look very charming.
Pei Yi's breath of relief was choked back again when he saw her short hair.
As far as he could remember, he had never seen Feng Nan's hair so short.
The Feng family educated their daughters to have an elegant and graceful image. Among them, Feng Nan was the most outstanding. She had a graceful manner, pleasant temperament, always had long flowing hair, and was gentle and charming.
Even after her rebirth, she always kept her makeup and appearance decent, and never treated herself harshly, no matter how simple her clothes were.
This was the first time Pei Yi saw her with such short hair. She was wearing light makeup and holding a coat. She looked caught off guard by his arrival and was still a little frightened.
Pei Yi is not a fool. The moment he saw Jiang Se, he guessed why Jiang Se didn't want to see him.
"Why did you return to the capital?"
Jiang Se was suddenly intercepted by him halfway. Before she could figure out what was going on, Pei Yi's expression was calm and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. The more this happened, the more headache it gave her.
"If you don't see me, I'll come to see you." He had a cool expression, and because Chen Shan was beside him, he resisted the urge to grab her in his arms.
"Get out of the car, let's go back first."
He had been caught, and the secret that had been hidden for a while was exposed in front of him. After the initial surprise, Jiang Se calmed down a lot.
She was stopped by Pei Yi here, probably because her schedule had been leaked. She said a few words to Chen Shan, who was shaking with fear from Pei Yi: "Drive back first."
Chen Shan was frightened by Pei Yi. She had not been with Jiang Se for long and knew of Pei Yi's existence, but she seldom had such close contact with him. When she saw him standing next to the car, his aura of robbery immediately overwhelmed her and she lost her temper.
Jiang Se had already been taken away by Pei Yi. She came to her senses and called Xia Chaoqun, who was surrounded by the media at the airport, to tell him about it. Xia Chaoqun was trying to find a way to get out of it and just told her not to worry about it.
"But I'm afraid he will tremble..." Chen Shan spoke weakly. After she said this, she seemed to hear Xia Chaoqun trying to hold back his laughter. There was some noise from her end, and Chen Shan wondered if she had heard it wrongly.
"Don't worry about it." Xia Chaoqun gave another order. Although Chen Shan was still worried, she saw that Pei Yi's car had already left with Jiang Se. She had no way of following them even if she was worried.
Jiang Se returned to Pei Yi's house. After her rebirth, she lived here for a long time, so she didn't feel strange when she came back.
Someone would come to clean the house at any time. He called and asked someone to send food over at noon. Jiang Se sat on the sofa and watched him take a peach out of the refrigerator, go into the kitchen, and come out wearing disposable gloves, taking a fruit plate and a knife, and sat down next to Jiang Se.
She obediently reached out to roll up his sleeves, watched him peel fruit with a knife, and carefully explained her hair problem.
Pei Yi didn't say a word on her way back, probably because she was still in the buffer period. Her long satin-like hair was cut, and not only the assistant felt sorry for it, but Pei Yi felt distressed too.
"When did you return to the capital? Didn't you say I would visit you in a while?"
Her fingertips rested on his wrist, and his sturdy forearm set off her fingertips, which were so white that they were almost transparent. They were like the flesh of a freshly peeled lychee, so tender that even the tiny blood vessels inside could be seen.
"Yesterday." He didn't say much. Jiang Se guessed that he might be angry with her.
Before she joined the crew, she went to Xijiuzhou and became like this after filming "Criminal Suspect". In addition, she was not prepared at all, so the incident must have had a certain impact on him.
Thinking in her mind, she watched the peach being turned flexibly in Pei Yi's hands. The dagger was like a fish in water in his hand. With a slight turn, the thin skin was peeled off. It was a pleasing feeling.
"I had my hair cut a while ago because of filming. I didn't want to tell you so soon. I planned to tell you when I go to Xijiuzhou to see you next month." She sighed, looking a little regretful.
"The hair should have been longer then."
Hearing this, he paused in peeling the fruit, and his masseter muscles moved noticeably: "If I hadn't known you were going to film Criminal Suspect, I might have thought you were in a belated rebellious phase."
Jiang Se raised his eyebrows. Hearing him say that, he knew that he was indeed angry.
She reached out to touch Pei Yi's face. Pei Yi was holding a fruit knife. Even if he was really angry, he was afraid of hurting her. He threw the fruit and the knife into the fruit plate, took off the disposable gloves, let her hold his face and look at her, and pushed her down on the sofa. She obeyed without struggling, which calmed the anger in his heart that had nowhere to vent.
"Are you angry?"
Her fingertips were cold and soft, and when they touched his face, it seemed as if they were carrying an electric current. The worries in his heart from the past few days and the anger that came from seeing her hair today tended to disappear with her touch.
He was a little angry with himself!
He felt that he was so useless. He was obviously so worried when she didn't say a word and didn't let him see her face. But now that she looked at him, touched him, and asked him this question, he could hardly remember where his principles were.
"Don't you think I shouldn't be angry?"
Pei Yi's voice was a little dull. The two were so close to each other, he saw his own shadow reflected in her eyes, as if she was wholeheartedly devoted to him and only had him in her heart.
Chapter 2
"I guessed you would be angry." Jiang Se nodded honestly, "I just didn't expect you to be so angry."
He pursed his lips and said nothing. He pressed Jiang Se so hard that she couldn't breathe. She wanted to struggle, but she couldn't shake him at all.
His shoulders were much broader than hers, and his body was very strong, as if he was full of strength. The results of her years of fitness seemed insignificant in front of him. Once he held her wrist, she had no room to struggle.
The sofa was very soft, and she was firmly trapped in its soft embrace, unable to escape.
"I cut my hair just because it was needed for the filming, there's no other meaning. I didn't tell you in advance because I was afraid you would worry." She frowned. The posture they were in was too intimate. Her legs were folded and placed on the edge of the sofa, which was not very comfortable. Pei Yi's belt buckle was pressed against her legs, which made her feel threatening.
"I've read the contract for 'Criminal Suspect', and it doesn't include the option of cutting hair." He moved his body to let her change the position of her legs, but he still held her tightly, with no intention of letting go:
"This must be a temporary change of the play. You didn't tell me the reason."
When one reaches Jiang Se's position, when filming a movie in China, he will learn the rules in detail in every aspect.
If the crew asked her to cut her hair at the beginning, this should have been mentioned in the contract signed for "Criminal Suspect", but Pei Yi remembered clearly that there was no such item in her contract. She also said that she had to cut her hair because of the plot of the movie, so someone must have temporarily modified the script in the middle.
Considering the news from the crew some time ago, and Tao Cen who was also in the "Criminal Suspect" crew, Xia Chaoqun was in France and did not go to the crew with her. There were only a few assistants taking care of her. The hair-cutting incident might have been a stumbling block set by Tao Cen.
"When I signed the contract, there was no clause about cutting hair."
Jiang Se was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he would pay attention to his contract information. This small action was enough to show how nervous he was about her. He took care of everything behind her back but kept silent on the surface.
"But you are a shareholder of Huaying. I sacrificed myself for the show, but you made a lot of money."
There was a sinister look in his eyes. She deliberately spoke to make him laugh, but this trick didn't work. He didn't show any intention of laughing. Instead, his eyes seemed to be filled with hurricanes, suggesting that a storm might be coming.
"Is it Tao Cen? Is it Huo Zhiming?"
He asked twice in a row, and his voice became colder with each additional word. He also reached out to touch Jiang Se's hair, and the pressure became even lower. He wanted to vent his anger on Tao Cen, and his eyes looked a little scary.
"Don't be angry." She put her arm around him, trying to calm his anger. "You should know that if I don't want to cut my hair, it won't work no matter who forces me."
If the plot does not require her to do so, no matter how smart Tao Cen is, it will be difficult to make her compromise.
This time it was a rare opportunity. She and Tao Cen were working on the same play, and neither of them was willing to play a supporting role for the other. Both women were equally proud and arrogant, and neither was willing to give in.
Jiang Se has her own weaknesses. No matter how much the directors who have worked with her praise her for her talent, and no matter how hard she works, it remains a fact that she debuted many years later than Tao Cen.
In terms of acting, Tao Cen undoubtedly has more experience than her. After many years of debut, Tao Cen also knows how to grasp the atmosphere, suppress others, and set off herself. This is a kind of confidence in Tao Cen's acting skills that does not allow others to doubt.
After the filming of "Criminal Suspect" started, Tao Cen's efforts were also noticed by Jiang Se. She has been famous for many years, but she has not relaxed herself. A woman of her status, abiding by Huo Zhiming's rules, is the same as Jiang Se every day, arriving early and leaving late. She is an opponent worthy of Jiang Se's efforts.
If it wasn't for this time's "Criminal Suspect", she would have mistakenly chosen the role of Shen Xunran under Xia Chaoqun's calculations, which led to her being trapped in this protagonist with an overly bright image, making it difficult for her to perform many things, and Tao Cen's momentum might have been even more difficult to deal with.
For Jiang Se, every scene with her is a thrilling experience.
She dared not relax for a moment. Although the character 'Su Yi' she played had more room to play than Tao Cen's Shen Xunran, she was facing Tao Cen, who had been famous in the film industry for many years. If she was careless, she might be suppressed by Tao Cen's momentum and it would be difficult for her to turn things around.
In the setting of "Criminal Suspect", Su Yi is not only beautiful and scheming, but also has an arrogant and rude side. From the fact that she sent a "death notice" to the police station to provoke the police and the law, and regarded "big shots" like Wu Chunhe and "men of justice" like Shen Xunran as playthings, we can see the clues of this character.
Every time she acted with Tao Cen, it seemed full of tension to outsiders, but in fact the momentum between them was at a stalemate.
Huo Zhiming wanted to promote her at that time and strengthen her impression of the leading role. He gave her a lot of guidance on the set. Tao Cen should have noticed this and worked very hard during the performance.
If it had just been like this until the end of the movie, when it was released, at best the two actresses would have been equally talented and both had outstanding performances.
But in fact, in the setting of Huo Zhiming's movie, whether it is the ending or the process, Su Yi's "madness" should have firmly suppressed Tao Cen.
But in the process of Jiang Se and Tao Cen's acting, Tao Cen worked hard to even out the situation, leaving no room for Su Yi's "arrogance". Those "hair-scraping" behaviors that led the audience and the police to think that she had killed someone were just a feeling of thunder with little rain in Jiang Se's view.
In "Criminal Suspect", this girl has a sweet face but murderous intentions in her heart. Her extreme behavior should not only be reflected in these small actions.
If this deadlock is not broken, it would be a pity that Jiang Se had chosen Su Yi as the supporting actress in the first place. She has been trying to change this situation, but she has been unable to do so because of Tao Cen's skilled and rich acting skills.
Until Tao Cen could no longer hold his temper, he took the initiative to find Huo Zhiming and suggested that she shave her head.
She wanted to use this incident to attack Jiang Se, but she didn't expect that when Jiang Se heard the news, he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had found a breakthrough point.
So Huo Zhiming said later that he made this suggestion not because of Tao Cen's selfishness, but as he said, doing so would make Jiang Se more compatible with Su Yi's resolute and courageous determination to do anything for revenge at that moment.
It was also from that moment that Tao Cen was caught off guard, and in the subsequent confrontation with her, he was suppressed by her "wanton publicity", which was more in line with Huo Zhiming's wishes.
"In fact, even if Tao Cen hadn't been there, if Director Huo had thought of this at the beginning and written it into the contract," she said, resting her head on the sofa, her eyes full of sincerity: "I would have signed it too." (To be continued)