The Secret of Second Marriage

Mr. Jiang hugged me, buried his chin in the crook of my neck, rubbed it a few times, and kissed my cheek, saying, "I'm going to take a shower."

I nodded.

This isn't Mr. Jiang's first time visiting Hengdian; this is the hotel I'm staying at.

He went to the bathroom with practiced ease, turned on the hot water, quickly finished his shower, and came out wrapped in a towel.

I tidied up the food on the table and took the dishes to the bathroom to wash them.

After Mr. Jiang finished showering, he came over, hugged me, and gently asked, "Is my wife here, or in the bedroom?"

I instantly understood what he wanted to do.

He arrived in Hengdian tonight, and our long-distance relationship has temporarily come to an end.

"what ever"

I said, then, as if suddenly remembering something, I said, "I haven't showered yet?"

Suddenly, President Jiang looked at me with a very strange expression, a really strange one.

He took my hand and led me into the bathroom for a bath together. Under the showerhead, he reached out and lifted my hair, then kissed me little by little down my neck...

His feather-soft kiss made my body go weak, and I couldn't help but hook my arms around his neck.

The bathroom was very hot, with steam rising everywhere, revealing only the man's tall, indistinct silhouette.

I couldn't help but glance at President Jiang; he looked much more mature, tall, and imposing.

With sharply defined features, a high nose bridge, and a perfect jawline, his face appears both striking and beautiful from the side, and his neck is long and straight…

Because he runs regularly, he has no excess fat on his body, even though he is over 30 years old.

When at rest, you can see two strong sternocleidomastoid muscles, and her body has a golden ratio, which is my type.

We both completed our adult male and female rituals in the bathroom.

As a woman who has been married before, I lack the naivety and conservatism of a young girl; instead, I possess more maturity and boldness. Mr. Jiang and I were both drenched in sweat...

After we finished, I took a shower, and then Mr. Jiang picked me up and carried me to bed.

In my understanding, my ex-husband was the kind of person who was very lazy and perfunctory, only caring about his own feelings. He was good to me before marriage, but after marriage he showed no consideration at all.

Every time my ex-husband and I had sex, it was like a routine, ending hastily without any passion or romance. In the end, we didn't have sex for several years.

I always thought all women were like this after they got married.

But President Jiang is different. Every time he comes to see me, he goes to great lengths to consider all the details, both before and after the event, and he cares a lot about my feelings.

After we finished, he didn't push me away or lie down coldly to the side and fall asleep. Instead, he held me in his arms, gently patted my blanket, and said goodnight to me like a lover, "My darling wife."

He is always considerate and appropriate.

At night, I felt thirsty and secretly slipped out of bed to go to the toilet.

After using the toilet, I took a cup from the living room, poured myself a glass of water, and drank half of it.

Mr. Jiang was half asleep when he realized I wasn't beside him. It was like he was having a nightmare. He suddenly sat up in bed, threw off the covers, and looked for me everywhere.

He said, "Man, Man, where are you?"

"I'm here, Mr. Jiang. Are you having a nightmare?"

I immediately put down my cup and went over to ask.

Mr. Jiang pulled me into his arms, stroked my hair, and said, "You scared me to death! I just dreamt that I lost you and I couldn't find you anywhere."

Man, I don't want you to leave me. I want to work every day, have a house, marry a wife I love, and come home every day to someone to talk to, someone to sleep with...

I lay back down in bed, reached out and hugged the man's chest, and whispered, "Mr. Jiang, you just had a nightmare."

President Jiang said, "Man, what should I do? I can't live without you anymore."

"Then don't leave. Mr. Jiang, let's stay together."

I say.

……

I woke up early on the first day, around 5 a.m.

Although I was very sleepy, as soon as my alarm clock rang, I was like a wound-up toy, and I had to get out of bed and start a new day of work.

President Jiang was still sleeping in bed; he usually got up at 6 a.m. to go for a run.

I walked over and kissed President Jiang on the head, saying, "President Jiang, I'm heading to the film set to get my makeup done. The hotel provides breakfast, so go and have some."

"Man, I have a lot of things to do at the company, so I probably have to leave today. I'll come see you again next time."

President Jiang looked at me with reluctance, his voice still carrying a hint of early morning languor and drowsiness.

"Okay, be careful on your journey, and send me a text message when you get back to Beijing."

I say.

I wore a long blue dress, a white cardigan, and a loosely tied low ponytail. I grabbed my bag and headed to the makeup room on set to get my makeup done.

The streets outside the Hengdian Hotel are bustling with traffic, and towering buildings are everywhere.

I drove for a few minutes to the dressing room where the actors work at Hengdian World Studios. That building has thousands of people, all of whom are staff members of various film crews, but they are assigned to different film crews and floors.

I entered the performing arts building and, as usual, found our crew's dressing room. Because I arrived early, I got my makeup done with the extras.

The makeup artist greeted me with a smile: "Good morning, sis."

"morning"

I smiled and said.

After finishing my makeup, it was still early, so I went to the film set, got a steamed bun and soy milk, and sat on the set to eat breakfast while memorizing my lines. Many extras had already finished their makeup and were waiting for the director to start filming.

The other main actors in the crew arrived late, usually after 9 a.m. They usually stay in their own RVs when they are not filming, and are served by assistants.

I don't care where I go, I'm always alone. My agent, Xie Xue, is worse than not having one; she doesn't care at all whether I live or die.

Xie Xue and Xia Weiwei are very close. I heard that she wants to poach Xia Weiwei from our company and groom her into a star.

I glanced at my agent's WeChat Moments. He's always attending all sorts of parties, carrying designer bags and clothes, and taking photos with many directors and celebrities.

Xia Weiwei, knowing her preferences, gifted her many designer handbags.

Money really can make the devil turn the millstone; she kept calling her Sister Wei.

I actually really dislike this manager who flatters the powerful and belittles the weak, but I'm not powerful enough to compete with her right now, so I plan to keep a low profile and focus on acting. If one day I have a representative work in the entertainment industry and have enough influence, that's when I'll be able to make a difference.

I will definitely replace this agent.

I filmed on set all day. Around 10 a.m., I received a message from General Manager Jiang. He said he was on his way back to Beijing and told me to take good care of myself while I was filming.

I replied to him, "Okay, Mr. Jiang."

Mr. Jiang immediately replied: "Man, another long-distance relationship is about to begin. I miss you!"

I miss you too. Keep going!

I say.

President Jiang may appear aloof, but once he falls for someone, he wants to be with her all day long.

I still ate boxed lunches on set at noon.

It was a bright, sunny day in mid-April. The weather was exceptionally hot, and the willow trees in the Hengdian filming area were slowly beginning to bloom. White poplar catkins were fluttering everywhere, which was quite romantic.

The apricot blossoms, cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, and rapeseed flowers have all faded.

The grass and trees are sprouting greener and greener.

I can feel the approaching end of spring.

Spring is almost over.

The female lead, Tang Xueyan, bought expensive imported Swiss rolls, dorayaki, and fruit boxes, and asked her assistant to call me to the car to have afternoon tea together.

However, I refused.

I really can't like Tang Xueyan at all.

Tang Xueyan made several attempts, but seeing that I was still indifferent to her, she sneered behind my back and said, "What's with the arrogance? I don't believe that a divorced woman in her thirties can do well in the entertainment industry."

Heh, so high and mighty, he won't even know how he'll die sooner or later.

At the time, I thought Tang Xueyan was just jealous of me behind my back, but I never expected that I would soon witness the true wickedness of the entertainment industry...

After finishing filming that evening, I dragged my tired body back to the hotel. Suddenly, my agent contacted me and said, "Jiang Man, ask the director for three days off. I've borrowed a brand photo for you. Go do a photoshoot for a magazine in a couple of days. Remember that!"

"Manager Xie, I'm filming, and my schedule is very busy every day. Could you talk to the company's higher-ups and arrange for another actress to film the scene? I might not be able to get time off for the time being."

I replied with a sentence.

When Xie Xue saw my reply to him, she instantly became furious.

She called me right after I finished filming, at 2 a.m., and said aggressively, "Jiang Man, can't you recognize your place? Do you think you're some famous star with endorsements waiting for you to choose from, able to turn down this one and replace that one?"

You're a newcomer to the entertainment industry, and also a woman in her thirties.

"You're a newcomer recommended by Director Zhang. I'm giving you a role as an underwear guy out of respect for the director. If you refuse, I'll report to headquarters that you're a newcomer who doesn't follow instructions and is too difficult to manage... Do you believe I'll have the company blacklist you?"

"knew"

I said, "But I hope this is the last time. If you sign any more random contracts for me without my permission, I won't need an agent anymore."

Xie Xue was furious with my words and said directly, "Fine, grandma, if you can't film, don't blame the company for abandoning you."

"casual"

I felt nauseous. It was the first time I had ever felt what it felt like to be tripped up at work and to encounter a petty person.

Since I started working with this agent, he has never helped me with anything. Going to auditions and talking to directors are all things I have to do by myself.

She only cared about currying favor with Xia Weiwei and her group of rich people.

The next day, I went to the set to check the director's schedule. I brought some gifts and went to discuss it with the director. He said that my role was very important and he could only give me two days off at most.

But while I was away for those two days, he tried to film other people's scenes as much as possible.

The director said, "The fake application has been approved. Go quickly and come back quickly, don't delay the crew's filming."

"Okay, director, I promise you, after filming GG, I will definitely rush back from out of town overnight to continue filming."

I say.

When the director heard that I was going to another city, he told me to be careful and that I shouldn't push myself too hard as a woman. For more than a month, I have been eating and sleeping at the Hengdian film set, and I don't get more than 6 hours of sleep a day.

Sometimes filming is so rushed that I only sleep three hours a day. The rest of the time I either doze off somewhere on set or frantically memorize my lines and hone my acting skills...