Chapter 18 Wrap Day and the Drunken Lean
On the Wrap day, the lead received flowers prepared by the crew.
Actually, I had wrapped a couple of days earlier.
But this time for the Wrap, Ji Mingxu and I were heading home together.
He told me to wait so we could return together.
So I tagged along and crashed the Wrap banquet too.
Ji Mingxu's assistant was absent.
He directly treated me like a kid.
That bunch of fresh wrap flowers got shoved into my arms.
"Hold this for me."
"..."
Ji Mingxu drank a bit that night.
I didn't drink.
The toast meant for me got blocked and drunk by him.
No one said anything.
His assistant arrived late.
We grabbed our luggage from the hotel and rushed to the airport.
On the way, Ji Mingxu and I both sat in the back row.
He seemed drunk.
His head suddenly rested on my shoulder.
I froze but didn't push him away.
Whatever.
No outsiders around.
Let him lean for a while.
When I got drunk before, Ji Mingxu never minded my crazy antics.
Ji Mingxu still had to attend the Spring Festival Gala for New Year.
So he picked an earlier return time.
Besides not being favored by his dad, everyone liked him.
Including my parents and my brother.
Ji Mingxu's dad really wanted to retire.
He regretted only having one child.
He thought my parents' second child showed real foresight.
My parents said they needed to prepare for both possibilities.
Either I got tired of playing and came home.
Or my brother skipped his rebellious phase and chased dreams outside.
Over the next year, I seriously thought about my development route.
Honestly, the Domestic Entertainment Circle isn't something resources alone can ignite.
A small fire with resources is no problem.
But a big fire really depends on fate.
Just then a script came over.
I took a look.
It was a web drama.
With my status, being female lead in a TV series felt difficult.
Unless I brought capital into the group.
Previously riding Ji Mingxu's heat, a few crews invited me to audition.
But later I realized some female lead offers were roundabout ways to get Ji Mingxu as male lead.
As long as the male lead was him, the female lead could be anyone.
Social rules were truly mastered.
So I went to shoot the web drama.
It was dog-blooded enough, twisted enough, and fast-paced enough.
Before the sibling drama with Ji Mingxu aired, my starring web drama had already broadcast.
The response was pretty good.
I played the male lead's little mom.
Incidentally the daughter and wife of his father's white moonlight.
The setting was twisted beyond words.
Thrilling.
Ji Mingxu went to watch it.
After watching, he sent me a complicated message.
Saying I had opened my own path.
I guess that was praise?
Not long after the web drama finished, the sibling drama with Ji Mingxu started airing.
As female third, I had to promote together.
By then I was no longer the previous eighteen-line nobody.
But still not reaching third-line.
Maybe after this drama I could barely rise.
During this period I saw Ji Mingxu often.
Besides promotions, there were red carpet events.
Sometimes he specially delivered loving food made by his grandma.
Delicious.