Chapter 518: Chapter 518

Not only this scene, but the next few scenes were all between Charles and Ola.

He Jinxia didn’t pay much attention to them as they filmed, but was looking at the schedule distributed by the script supervisor. The next few days were all scenes with Ola and Charles, with no involvement for her until her script role on the fourth day.

Conveniently, she had to fly back to her country on the fifth day to attend the Golden Eagle Awards since she had applied for leave in advance, leaving her schedule completely empty that day.

While He Jinxia was deep in thought, a sudden exclamation sounded around her. She looked up just in time to see Ola accidentally falling onto Charles, her lips bumping his chin!

Sister Xiao Hua, who emerged out of nowhere, sat next to He Jinxia and clicked her tongue in amazement, her eyes gleaming with girlish enthusiasm.

After their initial surprise, the surrounding people involuntarily turned to look at He Jinxia.

He Jinxia keenly noticed this, and her face darkened, knowing well what they were thinking without needing to guess.

Such an undeserved disaster!

Cheng Xiaohua also followed the actors’ line of thought, turning her head to look at He Jinxia.

He Jinxia expressionlessly twisted her head away.

On the set, Ola and Charles fumbled around for a while before they got back on track and continued filming.

When they had finished filming half of their date scene, the crew announced a break, and the actors dispersed to take care of their lunch.

While He Jinxia and Cheng Xiaohua were eating boxed lunches under a shaded tree, suddenly, Ola came over from somewhere else, also holding a boxed lunch.

She quietly sat down next to them and ate her lunch without speaking.

He Jinxia and Cheng Xiaohua looked at each other, silently continuing their meals without a word.

Midway through the meal, Ola blurted out, "I won’t give up."

He Jinxia paused, a trace of resignation crossing her face, and whispered softly, "Ola, I’m not interested in Charles."

Ola: "I can tell you don’t have feelings for him."

"But there’s an old saying in Hua Country, not fearing ten thousand, just fearing the ’what if.’ You might not be interested in him now, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be in the future. Regardless, I will not give up!"

A brow raised, He Jinxia finally understood why Ola had come over—it was to preemptively claim her rights.

She chuckled lightly and said softly, "I already have a lover."

The implication was clear, she would definitely not take an interest in Charles.

In conclusion, He Jinxia added, "My interest is in people from Hua Country, I’m not interested in people from other countries."

Ola finally relaxed, her conflicted emotions arriving quickly but also dissipating swiftly. In no time, she was smiling joyfully, "You should have said so earlier! If you’d told me sooner, I wouldn’t have hesitated for so long."

He Jinxia helplessly said, "My relationship isn’t public yet, don’t spread this around. Besides, I didn’t expect you’d fall for Charles, and Charles himself..."

Cheng Xiaohua, curious, leaned in and asked, "Ola, does Charles really have feelings for Jinxia?"

Ola shook her head: "No, there was a time when I heard Charles telling another woman that he and I were not involved. I was angry, so we quarreled, and then in a moment of anger, I asked him if he liked you. Charles said he initially felt fond of you."

He Jinxia promptly added, "Initially is initially, now there’s definitely nothing."

Ola nodded, her face glowing with joy, as radiant as if her whole body shone with light: "I won’t give up on him—I’ll definitely win him over!"

After Ola left, Cheng Xiaohua turned to He Jinxia and couldn’t help whispering, "Jinxia, don’t you think Ola’s feelings for Charles are a bit strange?"

He Jinxia pondered for a while and slowly said, "It must be a change in nature."

"Ola is lively and cheerful, extroverted, and given her good looks and physique, she probably never lacked suitors, even possibly every man would do anything for her.

It was obvious to anyone with eyes, Ola was pursuing Charles, but they hadn’t yet clarified it explicitly, and Charles’s rejection frustrated Ola, yet it excited her at the same time, stoking her desire to conquer.

If Ola initially had a liking for Charles of four out of ten, now it would probably have reached seven or eight."

Cheng Xiaohua seemed to understand but was unsure, "So according to you, Ola’s feelings for Charles aren’t pure?"

He Jinxia shrugged her shoulders, "Young people, you know, treating feelings as if they’re just for fun, whatever."

Cheng Xiaohua muttered, "You talk as if you aren’t young yourself."

He Jinxia took a glance at her and said lightly, "Talk to me about that after you’ve found a boyfriend."

Cheng Xiaohua’s words choked, a pang of vexing melancholy rose in her heart...

Her hands itched, really wanting to beat up Jinxia, what should she do!

The most tragic thing was, she probably couldn’t even win against her.

Alas, even more melancholy now...

Time swiftly passed, and soon it was the third day before the opening of the Golden Eagle Award.

This day, the voting portal closed—not only were the people of Hua Country watching, but so were many from abroad, such as He Jinxia.

She had no scenes to film that day and continued to practice dancing in a dance studio, while Sister Xiao Hua sat holding a mobile phone, updating Jinxia on the voting counts every hour.

The competition for "The Audience’s Favorite Supporting Actress" was fierce, though not as much as that for the lead actress, but the top two were fiercely battling it out.

He Jinxia and another supporting actress from "You Are My Little Happiness," Li Yaotiao, were neck and neck in voting. This morning, when Jinxia woke up and checked Weibo, she found that Li Yaotiao had already seized the top position by overtaking her by ten thousand votes.

Fortunately, He Jinxia quickly posted a Weibo to mobilize support, and with a strong push from Timekeeper and her followers, she managed to overtake by thirty thousand votes. Get full chapters from novęlfire.net

As time went on, more and more fans and netizens got involved, and He Jinxia’s lead grew significantly, increasing the gap to fifty thousand, seventy thousand... almost a hundred thousand votes!

One hour before the voting portal closed, Cheng Xiaohua massaged her slightly sore eyes and relaxed slightly, feeling that the award was almost secured.

With only one hour left until the closing of the portal, Li Yaotiao was lagging behind Jinxia by over one hundred thousand votes. Though the difference wasn’t huge, catching up in just one hour was impossible.

From her hourly observations, she noticed that the hourly vote count was about thirty thousand in typical categories, while only in the lead actress category would the votes jump by a hundred thousand or more.

Under these observations, Li Yaotiao’s chances of overtaking were hopeless.

Time ticked on, and while Cheng Xiaohua’s mindset was steady, she still kept a close eye on the voting, refreshing the data every few minutes.

The phone screen still showed Jinxia in the lead, but the next second as she swiped her finger, the screen changed, Cheng Xiaohua casually glanced down, then continued to watch Jinxia dance.

Suddenly, she frowned, belatedly realizing something was off, looked down again, and was startled.

Jinxia had been overtaken!

Jinxia’s vote count had been surpassed!

Staring wide-eyed, she had been overtaken by three hundred thousand votes!

Li Yaotiao must have rigged the votes!!

—Cheng Xiaohua immediately thought this and hurriedly called Luo You.