Smooth skin

"Wow… Sister Feng, I've got to say your skin looks really good. It looks so soft and smooth like a kid's, even without makeup."

"Hey, hey– don't be jealous of her good fortune. I can smell the vinegar (1) from here." ^.^

The teenage actress starring in the small role of the FL's friend grinned sheepishly. "Sister Song, you can't blame me for this. I was just telling the truth."

Song Yue picked up a piece of broccoli with disgust evident on her face, and putting it inside her mouth, chewed tastelessly before speaking. "You're also not wrong. Little girl, what exactly do you do to keep your skin so well, eh?"

"Haha… nothing much actually. Drink more water, eat healthily and go to bed early– it's just what everyone else does?"

"Oh come onnnn…. Spill the beans!"

"I was telling the truth."Really– it was the truth. At least parts of it. "Besides I think everyone's skins look very soft and beautiful too." He wasn't kidding. Young girls in their teens and early twenties have the best type of complexion, except for kids– so soft and lustrous. ≧⧢≦

As for his smooth skin– let's just say that even he was quite shocked by it.

This was because, it was only after he had consumed that healing potion two days earlier that his skin seemed to have turned smoother, softer, and fairer. At first, Yang Jingshen wasn't paying too much attention to this kind of thing, and he wouldn't have realized it until Feng Xue pointed it out.

For god's sake, he was a man! Of course, as a celebrity, he had always been extremely careful about his skin, but it was not to the point of obsessing over it like some female celebrities he knew back then were inclined to do.

So, even when Feng Xue had pointed out that his skin suddenly seemed to be looking better than normal, he hadn't seen any difference at first. But, the more he looked, the more he felt that she might be right? Unless… Feng Xi had naturally amazing skin, to begin with?

Nope– that wasn't right. Yang Jingshen had taken his time to observe this body during the early periods of his transmigration -he swear he was only trying to get a better understanding of his new body-, but he doesn't remember Feng Xi originally possessing this type of baby-smooth, tender skin?

It could actually be said that Feng Xi's skin was originally quite good too– even for a girl of her age! But it was never this good, to begin with. He wasn't saying that he looked perfect now. But it looked eye-catching!

'It was that damned potion, right?' ◐_◐

Yes, that was right! This new development occurred after he drank that healing potion and it was only later that Yang Jingshen remembered that it had another effect allocated to it as 'giving your skin a smooth luster like a newborn babe's'!!!

'...' Shit! And he had actually taken that particular effect as an exaggerated joke on the part of whichever nutcase wrote that description! How could he know that it was real?

"Well… just being good-looking also can give you quite a lot of advantages in this industry. I'm sure little sister Feng had enjoyed many of them by now." Suddenly, another actress who had been sitting silently by their side talked and the whole table fell into an awkward silence for a moment.

Yang Jingshen put down his chopsticks and unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle as he glanced at the speaker– it was also another young woman who was probably in her early twenties. She had a charismatic and bold appearance with a hint of purity to it, and looked perfectly suited for a role like that of the female lead of this drama, My forever spring.

But at this moment, this particularly beautiful face with its open and attractive looks appeared frigid– even the soft, rosy mouth was set in an ill-concealed sneer, making it look uncompromising and hard to approach.

The young actress who had first started the topic about Yang Jingshen's good skin twisted uncomfortably in her seat when he suddenly smiled and drank a sip of water before picking up the chopsticks to start eating again. "I can't still compare with sister Su. You've been in the industry for more than five years and already managed to land the lead role in this kind of drama. I can't achieve this type of feat, even if I try for a few more years." ^_^

"You!"

"Hmmmm?"

Su Yijia stood up in a flurry and ignoring the puzzled looks thrown her way, walked away in a huff, even forgetting to take her lunch box with her. 'That bitch! She's so arrogant, just because she's from a big company! If I had been in a similar place like that, I'd have already become a rated actress by now.' (╯^╰)

This was Su Yijia's biggest sore spot. She had been a child actress at the time she entered the acting industry when she was just a middle schooler of fifteen years in age. At that time, she had been full of pride for being recruited by her last company and even signed up for a five-year contract.

Back then, she had felt that she was an amazing person with lots of talent to be recruited at such a young age. The company was not a big one– but it couldn't be too bad, right?

But it was only when her supposedly bright career started to stagnate as she kept acting in small roles or as second or third female leads and participating in cheap reality shows and talk shows that she realized that it won't be smooth sailing as she had imagined it to be.

So, once the contract was up, she directly left the company and tried to get into a top-level one. She had so much talent! How could she waste them in such a backward and third-rate place? They already took five years out of her best time. She can't let them waste any more of it.

But, things hadn't gone as planned for this ambitious young actress.

In the end, Su Yijia hadn't even been able to get into a rated company, much less a top-level one! In the end, she had to resign herself to signing a contract with another unrated company, which was better than her original one by quite a margin– but still unrated.

Of course, they treated her well and even gave her a chance to audition for the FL role in this drama, but how could she be satisfied with just this? This type of small drama, what can she do with it? How was she supposed to reach higher with this level of work!?

In the end, of course, Su Yijia had resigned herself to acting in the role of Xu Lanhua, but when she had seen that damned Feng Xi being all high and mighty, she hadn't been able to take it. She was fawned by everyone here– wasn't it because she was from a big company like Star dreams? If it wasn't like that, which side character actress would garner this much attention in a normal crew?

This bitch doesn't even have that much talent! # `⦀′

Yang Jingshen ignored the dumbfounded look of the younger actress as well as the slight snicker on the face of Song Yue, as he calmly picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth. The lunch boxes ordered by the crew were as terrible as they could get in a small crew like this– the rice was undercooked and the vegetables were overcooked. The only saving grace, the fried chicken serving was also quite greasy.

Well… as for that potion, after drinking it, he had also felt like the pain in his leg has lessened by a small fraction. But, considering its ridiculous effect on beautifying his skin– heh! Won't he be an idiot to believe that it really could have any real effect on deeper injuries as was claimed in the description?

He might as well wait a bit more and try again after gathering a few more of these tools. Hopefully, it won't end up turning him into looking pale like a wraith!

"You're so bad…"

"Me? What did I do?" Yang Jingshen protested his innocence, making Song Yue laugh out loud. This kid– she look quite well-behaved and obedient, but she was incorrigible. Song Yue had become clear of this fact after seeing the way she had tormented that Su Yijia these past few days.

Well… it was also the said person's fault, to begin with. Instead of trying to develop a good and harmonious relationship with her co-star, this woman had gone to pick a fight with this Feng Xi person, all because she was jealous of the other's better chances.

What was the use of being jealous? If she was so ambitious, she should work hard towards achieving her ambitions instead of acting like a shrew. This Su Yijia– her nearly six years of experience in this circle can all be considered as having gone to waste, considering the level of her EQ.

"Forget it! I won't argue with you about this– you imp!"

"What imp? You're clearly only older than me by a few years…" Yang Jingshen muttered as he pouted in discontent. "Treating me like a kid."

"Hahaha… "

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Glossary:

01) Vinegar - Slang term for jealousy