Chapter 100: A Special Way Of Repaying
Xuan Xia wasn’t sure if it was her illusion, but she felt that Ni Feifei said this with a bit of regret in her tone.
It seemed that compared to “emotionally stable,” she wanted to see her “emotionally unstable” appearance more.
However, this also fit Ni Feifei’s impression of Xuan Xia.
So Xuan Xia just gave a perfunctory smile, didn’t respond, shifted her line of sight away from her, and looked toward the rest area where several lead actors were.
At this moment, there were quite a few people in the rest area, including the male and female leads, and Lu Mindan was there too.
Xuan Xia looked directly at Lu Mindan without any evasion. The other was talking to the male lead, laughing so hard she was trembling with mirth. The next second, she seemed to notice her line of sight and quickly looked over, but only glanced once before immediately looking away.
Less than two seconds after looking away, Lu Mindan’s line of sight turned back again, and then she discovered that Xuan Xia was still staring at her without letting go.
Lu Mindan immediately furrowed her brows.
When she looked at Xuan Xia again, her gaze was a bit fierce.
But this fierceness… Xuan Xia couldn’t hold back and laughed out loud.
Although she had told Ji Ziyao to go ask Lu Mindan, since she had run into her first…
How about… she go ask first?
“What are you looking at? What’s so funny?”
Xuan Xia was just about to move when Ni Feifei suddenly asked from beside her.
She had clearly sensed Xuan Xia’s attitude, yet she didn’t take the hint and leave; instead, she boldly stuck close to Xuan Xia, seeking her presence.
Xuan Xia unexpectedly glanced at her, but interrupted by this, Xuan Xia also lost the opportunity to go to Lu Mindan.
Director Pan had already come in front of Xuan Xia and asked her, “Xiang Ye, how are the preparations for tonight’s scene?”
It wasn’t clear if Director Pan couldn’t remember Xuan Xia’s name or for some other reason, but she always called Xuan Xia “Xiang Ye,” yet didn’t do so with other actors.
Xuan Xia’s attention left Lu Mindan, and she smiled back at Director Pan: “I’ll make the effort.”
Saying she had practiced many times would seem too conceited; saying it humbly might not seem like she was taking it seriously, so Xuan Xia just replied with that.
Director Pan nodded, then said earnestly, “Tonight is a key scene; you really need to put in good effort. But don’t feel too much pressure. Jiang Feng is acting opposite you, and you two have good chemistry. I’m confident in you both.”
“Thank you, Director Pan.”
Director Pan’s words seemed to be about tonight’s scene, but listening carefully, weren’t they also expressing her attitude toward Xuan Xia?
In the smile Xuan Xia showed Director Pan next, gratitude clearly outweighed respect.
Director Pan squinted a bit, then naturally changed the topic, “How much longer until that program group arrives?”
Xuan Xia wasn’t too clear on this, but fortunately Yang Wanxiu answered from beside her, “Producer Hong said they’ve entered Film City, probably about 10 minutes.”
Director Pan had just let out an “oh” when Yang Wanxiu quietly said to Xuan Xia, “Xia Xia, Producer Hong just notified that today’s media visit also has a live broadcast.”
“Hm?” Xuan Xia was surprised and looked at her, silently asking, what live broadcast?
“What live broadcast?” Director Pan had also heard and raised her voice accordingly.
This wasn’t what they had agreed on, was it?
Ni Feifei beside them also perked up her ears.
Live broadcast? What live broadcast?
The dating show did have live broadcasts, sure. But according to the program group’s arrangement, it wasn’t Zhou Shiqing and her turn yet.
Besides, this week’s live broadcast guests should be Nan Fu’s pair, right?
Xuan Xia had Yang Wanxiu explain the situation in detail.
Yang Wanxiu repeated what Producer Hong had just told her.
This week’s live broadcast guests were indeed Nan Fu’s group, and they had already done theirs. Today’s live broadcast was a segment that producer Chu Yan had temporarily added before the program group set off.
Producer Hong said that although Chu Yan was the one inserted into the arrangement last minute, it was actually Zhou Shiqing who directly approached Chu Yan to discuss it, leading to this surprise live broadcast.
In short, Zhou Shiqing was stirring things up again.
This Zhou Shiqing… Xuan Xia looked at Director Pan’s expression, wondering if she should say something for Zhou Shiqing.
Zhou Shiqing choosing to do a live broadcast at this most inappropriate time felt like he was holding back some big move.
Yang Wanxiu still had something unsaid, but it wasn’t convenient to say it in front of others right now.
That was, Zhou Shiqing’s impromptu live broadcast had already hit the hot search.
As expected of major traffic; any slight stir could spark massive discussion.
Though the live broadcast was a last-minute surprise, its popularity soared uncontrollably. The hot search shot straight up upon release, coincidentally landing right above Xuan Xia’s black hot search.
Now, looking at the two hot searches together, it naturally set the entire internet’s netizens abuzz.
At this moment, the live broadcast room viewer count had exceeded ten million and was still rising.
However, on the film set side, including Xuan Xia, no one knew the specific online situation yet.
As they were talking here, the several lead actors who had been in the rest area also walked over.
Leading was the male lead Lin Zhihan.
“Director Pan, what are you chatting about?” As he asked, his gaze drifted to Xuan Xia.
After the first time he struck up a conversation with Xuan Xia, he had probably been warned by Ji Ziyao. After that, he hadn’t interacted with Xuan Xia, but whenever they met, his gaze always lingered on her.
That gaze was practically an open secret.
Director Pan was mentally adjusting the filming schedule and replied upon hearing, “The program group is coming for a media visit soon; you all know, right?”
“I heard it’s the dating show crew?” Female lead Luo Jiawen said, “Seems like only Xiang Ye’s actor here is on the dating show?” As she spoke, she looked at Xuan Xia.
Director Pan confirmed it and told them to cooperate later.
Luo Jiawen enthusiastically agreed, then curiously asked Xuan Xia, “Is Zhou Shiqing coming then?”
Before Xuan Xia could answer, Lin Zhihan spoke first, sourly saying, “Didn’t expect you to like Zhou Shiqing too?”
Luo Jiawen glanced at him and said without hiding, “Yeah. I’ve always been an open iQing fan.”
What? Lin Zhihan didn’t know Zhou Shiqing’s fan name, so he couldn’t understand Luo Jiawen’s term.
Luo Jiawen silently “tched”; this generation gap always made her feel like she couldn’t connect with Lin Zhihan, so she usually didn’t bother with him.
“He’s coming! Not only coming, Zhou Shiqing is doing a live broadcast too.” The speaker was Ni Feifei.
Based on the bit Yang Wanxiu had revealed earlier, she had already checked online with her mobile phone.
At this moment, she showed everyone the hot search list on her phone screen.
However, everyone’s attention wasn’t focused on the same one.
Someone’s gaze landed on Xuan Xia’s hot search, and they suddenly said, “Your thing blew up so big; don’t you have any response?”
Everyone turned to look at Lu Mindan, who had spoken.
Director Pan’s face showed displeasure, feeling Lu Mindan was tactless, bringing up the wrong topic.
But somehow, Lu Mindan didn’t seem too happy either.
“I have responded,” Xuan Xia said with a smile. “The company will issue a response later too.”
“That’s it? You have a Daoist Temple called a response? What kind of response is that? What are you trying to tell others?”
Lu Mindan originally wanted to express disdain, but somehow her expression twisted entirely, instead coming off as mean and weird.
Xuan Xia calmly looked at her and said, “Maybe to tell certain people that I am pure and upright, protected by the patriarch of my Daoist Temple. But I don’t know if those with impure intentions who provoke me can also get protection? Of course, I have my own special way of reciprocating.”
“…”
Seeing Lu Mindan about to say more, Director Pan hurriedly intervened, “Alright, alright. Aren’t you from the same company?”
“Sorry, Director Pan.” Xuan Xia immediately admitted fault; no matter what, she shouldn’t talk like that in front of the director.
Director Pan’s expression softened a bit.
Lu Mindan also realized then that Director Pan supported Xuan Xia. Though unwilling, she had to shut her mouth.
On the film crew, Director Pan was the biggest; truly angering the director wasn’t something to joke about.
“Director Pan, they’re here.” The assistant director called from not far away.
Xuan Xia spotted at the film set entrance the several program group staff led by Producer Hong.
Merry Christmas. Writing has made me forget what day it is these past couple days. Seems like no time for the planned extra update.
