CHAPTER 20: CHAPTER 20: DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE UNDER SOMEONE ELSE’S ROOF?

EDITOR: ATLAS STUDIOS

Shi Su nearly dozed off wrapped in a blanket on the sofa, suddenly lifted her head.

Seeing her looking both uncomfortable and eager to read the script, Jing Jihan walked over and noticed the almost empty water cup and the thermos on the coffee table, and asked, "How many degrees?"

Shi Su perked up, pulled out the tissue from her nostrils and tossed it away, rubbed her still not fully cleared nose and said, "Not as serious as your fever a few days ago. Mine is not even thirty-eight degrees yet. I’ve taken some medicine, and with a bit more hot water, I should be fine by afternoon."

"You’ve taken medicine but not hurrying to rest, sitting here reading the script?"

"No way!" Shi Su waved her hand, pulled out another tissue to wipe her nose, with a look of wanting to sneeze but couldn’t: "I just took this role recently, and my character has a lot of fight scenes after turning dark in the later stages. I have to go to the location arranged by the crew for wire training and martial arts tomorrow. The martial arts need to be linked to the plot, so I have to look over it carefully."

Saying that, she reached out to pour herself another cup of hot water to drink.

Jing Jihan had already walked over to the coffee table, poured her a cup, and handed it to her.

Shi Su glanced at him: "You stayed up all night with my Mianmian, aren’t you going to rest now?"

Jing Jihan didn’t respond. Watching her blowing and sipping the water, he directly took the script lying by her leg.

"Hey, what are you doing... "

"Drink this water and then go to sleep. It’s ten in the morning, I’ll wake you in the afternoon." As he turned to leave, he took the script with him, his long legs already stepping into the master bedroom. Hearing her throwing off the blanket and getting ready to chase him, he glanced sideways and said, "Recharging well will make everything easier. Are you sure you remember everything you just read?"

"..." Shi Su paused, watching helplessly as the bedroom door closed.

"..."

"..."

She stared at the closed door.

While it’s true that more rest would make recovery faster, dragging on like this would just make things worse.

But does he have any awareness of being under someone else’s roof?

He actually dared to confiscate her script?

Shi Su walked over to knock on the door, hesitated with her hand on the door, touched her forehead, and was eventually defeated by a wave of headaches. Resisting the urge to kick the bedroom door, she turned and walked away.

No, this is her bedroom door, she mustn’t kick it!

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At two in the afternoon, without needing Jing Jihan to call her, Shi Su was awakened by the alarm she had set before sleeping.

Sure enough, sleeping well after taking medicine made her feel a lot better. She got up, poured herself a cup of water, sipping as she went to knock on the door.

Just as she approached, the door opened.

Jing Jihan handed her the script directly, along with a line that wasn’t clear if it was praise or sarcasm: "You are quite disciplined."

Shi Su smacked her lips while drinking water and said, "If I’m not disciplined, starvation awaits. Countless people are waiting to take over my role in this drama. If I don’t remember the necessary scenes well, once on set, a single unhappy word from the martial arts director could get me kicked out."

She took the script and added, "Jun is both my boss and my manager, but she doesn’t have that many resources, and the company has other artists in need of resources too. In a crew, without making it big, there’s not much difference from the featured extras. If you don’t work hard, are you waiting to drink the northwest wind?"

Shi Su paused again: "What’s the use of telling you this, someone who doesn’t even know where home is."

Jing Jihan remained silent, calmly watching her turn away back to the sofa, glancing at the bottom right corner of the script cover in her hand, where the line of the investment company’s names appeared.

If he wasn’t mistaken, the first was a subsidiary of Yu Jing Group acquired last year — Jiang Jing Ru Hua Film and Television Investment.