Chapter 18: 《circulation》
“Mmm, it’s… quite good.”
Jin Xia’s peach blossom eyes darted around sneakily, then she held up a finger to signal: “Teacher Chi, shush!”
“Understood.”
Chi Ye nodded, covering his mouth with his hand: “Little mouth, don’t speak.”
Jin Xia nodded with satisfaction, about to say a few words of encouragement to Chi Ye, when her small face suddenly changed: “…Hiccup!”
Chi Ye: “…”
Jin Xia hurriedly covered her mouth, trying desperately to control the “gas” surging upwards, her fair and tender face visibly turning red.
After a long while, she actually managed to control the hiccups!
“…If you really can’t hold it in, just let it out. It’s so uncomfortable holding it back.”
Chi Ye couldn’t bear to watch, wishing he could hiccup for her.
Jin Xia’s face flushed red: “You don’t understand… *hiccup*!”
She quickly covered her little mouth again, mumbling: “You don’t understand!”
Chi Ye: “…”
“Turn around, don’t look at me!”
Chi Ye blinked: “Are you sure? I’m blocking the camera for you right now.”
Jin Xia: “…Then don’t go away!”
Chi Ye watched her hold her mouth like a complete idiot. Finally, after a while, Jin Xia felt it was okay, and cautiously moved her small hand away, complaining: “This cola… this thing has so much gas.”
“It’s normal, even Italian spring water has gas.”
Chi Ye replied, already throwing an intermediate copy scroll at the Empress Dowager.
【 You obtained 『 Jin Xia’s Ballet 』（ Intermediate ）】
【 Jin Xia’s Ballet: Jin Xia has been learning ballet since childhood. Her body flexibility is excellent, and she can perform various difficult dance postures and movements. 】
Chi Ye: “…”
He threw out a second scroll.
【 You obtained 『 Jin Xia’s Poop Scooping Skill 』（ Intermediate ）】
【 Jin Xia’s Poop Scooping Skill: Jin Xia has a cat at home that loves to relieve itself, so she has developed a superb “poop scooping” skill. 】
Chi Ye: “???”
Wait, you’re a little fairy who can’t even hiccup, shouldn’t the “housekeeper” handle this?
Why would you need to scoop it yourself?
Why are you so diligent?!
And you even reached intermediate level… how much can this cat poop!
My two hundred thousand favorability points…!!
Two hundred thousand, a death more unjust than Yang Zi’s!
Chi Ye closed his eyes in pain.
“Teacher Chi, what’s wrong?”
Jin Xia saw Chi Ye’s constantly changing expression and thought her “no hiccup” act had hurt him. She waved her hands to comfort him: “It’s okay, it’s only natural.”
“Not everyone is like me, never saying dirty words, never touching dirty things.”
Chi Ye’s throat made a “ge ge” sound, like a vengeful spirit from the underworld.
Jin Xia was startled: “Teacher Chi, are you okay?!”
“I’m fine, not dead yet.”
Chi Ye waved his hand, indicating he wasn’t dead yet and she didn’t need to worry, then began to change his strategy.
He couldn’t just keep throwing them away for nothing.
Randomly, randomly. The Empress Dowager seemed to have so many skills, it was even more outrageous than Chu Luan Yu. He had to change his strategy.
Hmm…
Bait the hook!
Chi Ye had an idea. While talking to the Empress Dowager, he began to throw out beginner scrolls in batches.
【 You obtained Jin Xia’s 『 Cat Makeup Skill 』（ Beginner ）】
【 You obtained Jin Xia’s 『 Plant Killing Skill 』（ Beginner ）】
【 You obtained… 】
After throwing out a full ten beginner scrolls, Chi Ye threw out another intermediate scroll.
【 You obtained 『 Jin Xia’s Line Delivery Skill 』（ Intermediate ）】
【 Jin Xia’s Line Delivery Skill: Due to her naturally sweet voice, Jin Xia has trained diligently in line delivery for many years. Her line delivery skills are outstanding among young actors. 】
‘I drew a master skill!’
Chi Ye’s heart relaxed.
Regardless of whether baiting the hook was effective, as the system said, due to her natural voice, Jin Xia had put in a lot of effort in line delivery, making her one of the best among young actors in the internal entertainment circle.
Intermediate line delivery skills were enough for most standard dramas.
Thinking of this, Chi Ye’s gaze towards the Empress Dowager became much gentler.
The Empress Dowager just likes to put makeup on cats and scoop poop, what bad intentions could she have?!
“Teacher Chi, why is your gaze so strange.”
Jin Xia shrunk back: “Are you trying to ship us?”
“I promised Sister Mi that I wouldn’t ship couples on the show…”
Chi Ye didn’t continue listening, turning his head to look at Shi Daifu on the other side.
At this moment, the female boxing king was sitting in a corner of the sofa, looking down at her phone. She hadn’t said much since eating dinner.
Daifu, Daifu, let us cheer!
With his previous experience, Chi Ye first used his remaining three beginner scrolls to bait the hook. Whether it was effective or not, he had to try.
The result… the feedback the boxing king gave him was even greater than the Empress Dowager’s.
【 You obtained 『 Shi Daifu’s “Butterfly Step” 』（ Martial·Beginner ）】
【 Shi Daifu’s “Butterfly Step”: Shi Daifu saw the butterfly step trending on Douyin and learned it for five minutes out of curiosity. 】
【 You obtained 『 Shi Daifu’s Self-Encouragement Technique 』（ Beginner ）】
【 Shi Daifu’s Self-Encouragement Technique: Before going out every day, Shi Daifu says a few encouraging words to herself in the mirror, using psychological suggestion to become more confident and brave. 】
Chi Ye: “…”
Good heavens, you really are a “martial artist”?!
Also… what’s with this daily ritual of talking to a mirror for encouragement?
Chi Ye looked at Shi Daifu, thinking that although the boxing king seemed introverted, he never expected it to be to such a serious extent.
He didn’t know if it was because of the past ban incident.
“Huh?”
Shi Daifu, who had been looking at her phone, looked up. Her almond-shaped eyes met Chi Ye’s. Seeing him looking at her, she immediately lowered her head.
Whether it was psychological or not, Chi Ye felt her body movements had become much stiffer.
He paused, not going over to disturb her, and only threw out the last intermediate scroll from a distance.
【 You obtained 『 Shi Daifu’s Dumpling Making Skill 』（ Intermediate ）】
【 Shi Daifu’s Dumpling Making Skill: Let’s make dumplings! 】
I’ll make your mother.
Chi Ye rubbed his wrist. To be honest, dumplings were good people in reality, but really not as good as sister-in-law.
He was a little discouraged, but it was within expectations.
After all, it took Jin Xia ten times of baiting the hook to draw out line delivery skills. It only took him three times here, which was understandable.
No rush, no rush. He felt the speed of his favorability points increasing was much faster than before coming to 《 See You 》.
He’d accumulate it slowly.
Chi Ye glanced at the favorability points he had completely used up and was quite satisfied with this blind box opening.
Chu Luan Yu’s basic acting skills + Jin Xia’s line delivery skills.
If he hadn’t been confident to call himself an actor before, now he might barely qualify?
“Teacher Chi.” Someone tugged at his clothes. Jin Xia’s sweet voice sounded: “We can go back and rest now.”
“Oh? Is it time?” Chi Ye snapped back to attention, realizing it was already eleven o’clock at night, and the program team had “notified” everyone they could return to their rooms to rest.
Shi Daifu got up as if she had been granted a general amnesty, and hurriedly returned to her room without looking back.
“The program team said there’s no mandatory requirement to stay in the living room.”
“Indeed, there isn’t.”
Chi Ye nodded and glanced at Yang Zi, who was closing his eyes and snoring, with snot bubbles forming: “But the program team mandatorily requires us to create some excitement late at night. Look how tired Teacher Yang Zi is, he’s even producing special effects from sleep.”
“Cough cough…!”
Jin Xia almost spat out her cola from laughing.
“Let’s go, let’s go back and rest.”
Chi Ye and Jin Xia stood up and walked past Yang Zi, who was snoring thunderously.
Yang Zi groggily opened his eyes and looked at the backs of the “golden couple,” his drowsiness instantly vanishing, replaced by a desire for popularity.
“Let’s see how long you two can ‘cling’ together!”
He walked towards his room, muttering like an eighty-year-old lonely elder.
…
12 AM, lights officially out.
At this hour, although the live broadcast was still on, most of the guests had voluntarily turned off the cameras in their rooms.
After washing up, Chi Ye turned off the camera, then rummaged through his bag for the script Keke had packed for him today, ready to choose another script.
The improvement in his intermediate line delivery had given him the conditions to act.
Variety shows were undoubtedly an indispensable channel for gaining favorability, but a massive hit drama would obviously help his career more.
In the end, it all came down to works, works, works.
Not having works had always been “his” shortboard… now it could even be called the floor, a shortboard that leaked into hell.
“Not an ethical theme script…”
Chi Ye opened the script and saw two big characters – 《 Circulation 》.
“《 Circulation 》?”
“What genre is this? It sounds like a puzzle-solving script… but does the internal entertainment circle even have this genre?”
Chi Ye was surprised. He carefully read the first few pages, and his expression became strange.
This script…
The more he read, the more familiar it felt?
This plot, characters, main storyline…
Isn’t this 《 The Beginning 》 from Earth?
Chi Ye’s spirits lifted. He turned over and switched on the bedside lamp, reading carefully.
An hour later.
Chi Ye put down the script, basically certain that 《 Circulation 》 was 《 The Beginning 》 from Earth.
But… a watered-down version.
The details of the parallel world and Earth were different. 《 The Beginning 》 had an original novel on Earth, but there was no original work in this world.
This was a script written by a new director himself, and the genre and plot were only about sixty to seventy percent similar to 《 The Beginning 》. The details and ending were completely different.
Hmm… the very bad kind.
As expected, even if it wasn’t an ethical theme, Yuenna wouldn’t give him any good projects.
However…
“Finally found a decent resource.”
Chi Ye noted down the name 《 Circulation 》, very interested in this script.
As for the script being different from 《 The Beginning 》…
Come on, he was “Imperial Clan”!
The persona that Yuenna created for him, the Imperial Clan shouldn’t have any objections if he took advantage of it, right?
From his various predicaments since reincarnation, Chi Ye had learned a lesson – when people say you’re Imperial Clan, you’d better really be.
If you’re supposed to be Imperial, be Imperial!
He believed Ge Shuang wouldn’t fall out with him over such a trivial matter beforehand.
“It’s almost two o’clock… Hmm… I’ll call tomorrow.”
Chi Ye glanced at the time, finding it was already two in the morning, and decided to learn more about this project tomorrow.
《 See You 》 was different from 《 The Jealous Woman 》; the recording location was in a bustling area.
During their cohabitation, guests would inevitably have work matters to handle, so as long as they didn’t leave for too long, they could go out.
Of course, they had to return every night, and if they exceeded the “vacation” period stipulated in the contract, the program team had the right to sue.
Chi Ye put his notebook back in his bag, turned to get into bed, turned off the light, and slept.
The night passed without incident.
The next day, at 6 AM.
Knock, knock, knock!
“Teacher Chi, Teacher Chi, are you awake?”
Early in the morning, Chi Ye, still in a daze, was woken by the knocking.
He groggily opened his eyes, checked the time, and became furious: “Who is it, being so inconsiderate, knocking at 6 AM?!”
“…Teacher Chi, the soundproofing isn’t good, I heard you.”
Jin Xia’s muffled voice came from outside.
Chi Ye: “…”
He quickly put on his clothes and opened the room door in his slippers: “What’s up? It’s early in the morning, is something wrong?”
Jin Xia’s beautiful peach blossom eyes had dark circles, but she was energetic: “There’s something cool to see, hurry over and take a look!”
Chi Ye: “?”
Jin Xia made him a bit curious, because based on his current understanding of Jin Xia, Empress Dowager should also be a person who loves to sleep in and wouldn’t get up for anything ordinary.
“What’s going on?”
He washed his face and followed Jin Xia out.
“Shi Shi… no, it’s Shi Daifu, she’s practicing Kung Fu!”
Jin Xia’s eyes sparkled: “Such cool Kung Fu!”
“Practicing Kung Fu?” Chi Ye was confused: “Isn’t it normal for a Boxing King to practice Kung Fu?”
“No, it’s a different kind of practice… you haven’t seen it, you’ll thank me after you see it!”
Chi Ye shook his head as he listened.
He knew yesterday that the Boxing King indeed knew some Kung Fu.
What was so surprising about this?
Thinking this, when Chi Ye actually arrived outside the small courtyard, near a certain wall, he was still shocked by the scene before him.
It was 6 AM in the Capital City, let alone the Sun, the sky was still in a sleepy state, dimly lit, and visibility was very poor.
But in the poor visibility, a slender girl dressed in a white training uniform was currently in a standard, perfect horse stance, moving nimbly in a secluded open space.
The sound of her fists whistled, and her kicks were sharp.
Still as a virgin, moving like a rabbit.
Even from a distance, Chi Ye could hear a clear, loud sonic boom from her repeatedly whistling punches!
Yes, that’s right, it was the sonic boom from martial arts movies!
Chi Ye was stunned for two seconds himself.
–They were more than ten meters away from where Shi Daifu was practicing!
No… girl, they call you a Boxing King, and you’re actually a Boxing King?!
Chi Ye came back to his senses and then suddenly realized something was wrong.
He looked back around and found that a crowd had gathered in this secluded corner.
The Program Team, Director Li, Yang Zi, Jin Xia, and himself…
“Why are you guys peeking here, why don’t you watch from up close?”
Chi Ye asked subconsciously.
“We can’t go,” Director Li quickly stopped him: “Teacher Shi came down at 5 AM, she wasn’t practicing here at first, but one of our colleagues walked by, and before they could approach, she moved to another spot.”
“If we show ourselves, she’ll definitely go back to her room.”
Chi Ye: “…”
“…Such a young girl, I really didn’t see this yesterday.”
Yang Zi, who had been watching by the side, hugged his shoulders tightly, saying with a slightly trembling voice.
He must be shivering from the cold…
Chi Ye thought.
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