He's mine, No objections allowed

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HE’S MINE, NO OBJECTIONS ALLOWED CHAPTER 3

Chapter 3 – Auditions

It was a hot summer day. There was no air-conditioning, just a few fans hanging off ceiling of the food stalls making a ruckus.

Outside, there was a wooden table where two men were seated. One of them had such a loud and unrestrained voice that those sitting within could hear him clearly.

Liu Xi slung an arm around Chu Ying’s shoulders and laughed, “Your suit – really, it makes you appear handsome beyond belief!”

Chu Ying laughingly scolded, “Get out.”

Liu Xi filled his glass with more alcohol. “It’s been such a long time, if I’d known you’d left the army earlier I’d have come back sooner to take you out for a drink.”

Chu Ying sniffed and said nothing.

The two of them grew up together. After Chu Ying joined the army and Liu Xi went into business, their interactions had lessened but their friendship remained tight.

“Ding –”

A clear phone notification sounded.

Liu Xi wondered, “Ying-zi, why is your phone still sounding, it’s been almost a whole night.”

Chu Ying took his phone out and glanced at it. Sure enough, it’s some unimportant messages from Su Yi again. He hadn’t managed to put his phone back when Liu Xi let out an exclamation.

“Goddess Su Yi?” Liu Xi paused in shock. “That female celebrity?”

Chu Ying didn’t say anything, taking a drink on his own.

“Is it?” Liu Xi looked at his indifferent attitude and smiled wider. “Hey, if it is, give me her number, I’ve liked her for a really long time.”

As he spoke he opened his phone, digging out a photo from his album. It was Su Yi’s Weibo profile picture. On it she wore a well-fitted suit, her red lips slightly parted and her eye-line slanting up, at once handsome and sexy. “Damn, during the auction I’d intended to go chat with her, but I got held up by my dad.”

Chu Ying tilted his head and looked at the photo on Liu Xi’s hand phone for just a moment before he looked away again.

He raised his head and took another gulp before standing up, patting Liu Xi’s head as if he was patting his dog.

“You’ve passed the age where you need your dad to help you get a girl.”

It was only when Chu Ying was a distance away that Liu Xi finally recovered enough to call angrily, “If you didn’t want to, you don’t have to give me the number! Why do you have to attack me personally as well?!”

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Outside the auditioning room for ‘Undercurrent’.

Su Yi was looking at the script in her hand, muttering something under her breath. Close up, it was possible to hear her reciting the lines.

Her pronunciation was clear, reading aloud the lines in rhythmic tones. Wu Xue, sitting beside her, couldn’t help sighing with deep feeling that even the sky wanted her to be an actress. Su Yi didn’t have professional training in this regard, but her ability to read off the scripts definitely crushed that of most other female actresses. She almost never needed dubs.

After going through the script once, Su Yi took out her phone again. Sure enough, there wasn’t any notification, but there was no disappointment on her face. Instead, she curved her lips up slightly and sent another message to Chu Ying.