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Chapter 551: Chapter 298
"No, why can’t I call you?"
"Not at all, I certainly didn’t mean that. What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Nothing much, just wanted to ask about your upcoming work schedule."
"Why do you ask that?"
There was a pause on the other end of the phone before Shen Jinghe spoke, "It’s nothing really, just suddenly remembered I have a movie role that hasn’t been cast yet, and if you don’t have any work lined up, maybe you could give it a try."
"What kind of role is it?" Wenyan asked.
Shen Jinghe’s answer was vague, "A role, seems like a small part, I guess?"
"Seems like?" Wenyan was speechless, "You don’t know details about your own movie?"
"...That’s not my department, of course I don’t know."
"You don’t know and you still want to recommend it to me?" Wenyan felt more and more that Shen Jinghe was off tonight.
"Then I’ll ask around and get back to you tomorrow. Do you have any work scheduled lately? You probably don’t, weren’t you planning on writing a screenplay?"
"Yeah, but there are still work arrangements to be made, currently just that one, though."
"What is it?"
"Master Bai Qin’s national style fashion show, I’m also one of the models this time. I’ll be walking the runway."
"You mean the Spring Return show?"
Wenyan was a bit surprised, "You know about it too?"
"Yes, I do."
"Oh~ I see," Wenyan guessed, "they must have invited you too, right?"
"How did you know?" Shen Jinghe was somewhat surprised, "Did they tell you?"
"No! Why would they tell me things like that out of the blue? I just assumed. My second elder brother was born to be a clothes rack. I don’t know whom you’re finding."
"Heh, you’ve changed, Wenyan. You can’t give compliments sincerely anymore, so perfunctory."
"Really? Then how come I sense you’re secretly thrilled over there?" n𝚘𝚟𝚙u𝚋.co𝚖
"Hmph, now not only can’t you compliment sincerely, but even your feelings are wrong. What would I have to be secretly thrilled about?"
"Alright, alright, you’re not secretly thrilled. Honestly, you get upset even when praised, so I just won’t compliment you from now on, is that okay?"
"What then, you’re planning to insult me?"
"Come on, I’m afraid I can’t out-insult you. It’s more likely the other way around."
"I insult you?" Shen Jinghe paused, then asked seriously, "Is that really what you think?"
Wenyan could tell by his tone that he was genuinely serious today, quite out of the ordinary.
"What’s the matter, second brother, I’m just joking around with you. Are you taking it seriously? We’ve always joked like this. And you joke even more excessively with fourth brother."
"Let’s focus on us. Why bring him up all of a sudden?"
"Look at that, I can’t even mention him now. But if fourth brother really was in trouble, you’d still be right there with him. Second brother, it’s just us now, no one else around. Can we have a heart-to-heart talk?"
A heart-to-heart? About what?
Shen Jinghe paused again, his heartbeat quickened unexpectedly in that moment.
Yet the voice he projected remained as calm as before, and even his speech still carried that annoying style.
"What kind of heart-to-heart do I have to tell you?"
Wenyan fell silent without words, even though they were just on a call and not on video, even though Shen Jinghe couldn’t see her expression, she still couldn’t help but roll her eyes dramatically.
"This is pointless, seriously pointless. I just wanted to check on you, and you respond like this. Hmph!"
Sensing that Wenyan really was a bit angry, Shen Jinghe started to regret what he’d just said.
He promptly changed his approach, "Since you’re concerned about me, then it’s not impossible. What heart-to-heart do you want to talk about?"
"Nothing! I just wanted to ask what’s with you tonight? Your mood swings are really noticeable. If something’s bothering you, you can tell me."
"Really?"
"Is there any doubt? You can tell me anything."
"..." What Shen Jinghe was actually wondering was—were his mood swings that night indeed so evident?
But since Wenyan didn’t catch on, he didn’t feel like bringing it up over again.
Instead, he began questioning Wenyan, "So if you had something troubling you, would you tell me?"
Without hesitation, Wenyan answered, "If you asked, then of course I’d tell you."
"And what if I didn’t ask, would you still tell me?"
"Um... that would depend on the situation, I guess."
"Depend on what?"
