lcionline Chapter 10: Guo Biting requests to participate!
Chapter 10: Guo Biting requests to participate!
"Oh? So you forgot your access card when you went out to pick up takeout, and instead of going downstairs to the front desk or taking the elevator, you climbed all the way from the third floor to the tenth floor to find me?"
Xie Yilin mechanically dried her freshly washed hair while staring dumbfounded at Guo Caijie, who was still trembling slightly.
Guo Caijie nodded stiffly.
Xie Yilin then turned to look at Yang Mi, who was also freezing cold.
"As for you, you were bored in your room, so you came to chat with me, and then you ran into Amber (Guo Caijie) in the stairwell, so you came over together?"
"Yes!"
Yang Mi nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
"Oh my god, am I that popular?"
Xie Yilin felt that something was not quite right, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it, so she simply threw the towel she was using to dry her hair onto the clothes hanger.
"Wow! I knew you guys loved me the most!"
She stretched out her broad arms and pulled Yang Mi and Guo Caijie, who were still a little stiff, into her arms, becoming infatuated with the beauties.
Yang Mi and Guo Caijie exchanged a glance after letting out a long sigh of relief, then simultaneously looked away in tacit agreement.
We finally managed to fool them...
right?
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Let's go back five minutes.
When Guo Caijie trudged up to the fifth floor with her short legs, she was already feeling quite tired and had to hold onto the escalator while panting heavily.
The cold wind outside finally cooled down the boiling blood.
At this point, Guo Caijie had a vague realization that she was doing something incredibly stupid.
Just as she was hesitating whether to go down to the front desk to get her access card, the fire escape door clicked open.
Guo Caijie was startled and looked up, only to meet the eyes of a friend who was furtively peeking out...
What are you doing here?
The two were stunned for almost two seconds, then asked in unison.
"I...I'll go find Linlin."
"I want to go to Linlin's room..."
As if they were of one mind, the two of them simultaneously pointed to Xie Yilin, who lived in the room on the tenth floor.
"Then... together?"
"it is good."
Then, in the cold wind outside, the two began their arduous trek...
I must be crazy... Why didn't I just tell the truth?
When Yang Mi reached the sixth floor, she was still half asleep and had climbed the entire floor before she suddenly woke up.
In fact, she herself didn't understand why she lied at that moment.
I was clearly looking for Xiaobai to talk about serious business, wasn't I?
Why do your words change as soon as they come out?
Yang Mi secretly glanced at Guo Caijie next to her...
By the way, she was also brought by Chai Zhiping. If she finds out that I'm having an "incident" with Xiaobai, she'll definitely tip me off...
In the back and forth, Yang Mi convinced herself that she was engaging in "strategic risk avoidance".
As they passed the fire escape door on the seventh floor, both women involuntarily paused.
"Why...did you take the stairs?"
Faced with Yang Mi's sudden question, Guo Caijie, who was exhausted, hurriedly lied.
"Because...because I've been so busy filming, I haven't run in a long time, so I wanted to get some exercise."
She regretted it the very next second after saying those words.
No, shouldn't we just take Yang Mi with us to ride the elevator at this point?
And what's with this talk about physical training?
What kind of physical training is this?!
With increasingly heavy steps, Guo Caijie wished she could slap herself hard across the face.
"Then...then I'll go with you."
Yang Mi stared at the seemingly endless staircase before her and swallowed hard...
When the two women, panting heavily, knocked on Xie Yilin's door, the scene from before unfolded...
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About ten minutes after entering the room, the two, who had been shivering from the cold wind outside, finally warmed up.
To be honest, although the three of them are "Tiny Times Sisters" who grew up together in the drama,
To immerse themselves in their roles, the women often ate and traveled together, and even played a few rounds of mahjong when they had free time.
However, to say that their relationship is close enough to share a bed is not really true.
Just because you told one lie doesn't mean you have to keep telling countless more to cover it up.
that is it.
By this time, the three women had changed into their nightgowns and were lying on the large bed chatting about this and that.
"So, do you think that assistant director is crazy?"
Xie Yilin sat cross-legged at the foot of the bed, holding a bag of potato chips she had rummaged through the minibar, and talked animatedly.
In front of the whole group, she pointed her finger at me and said, "Your emotions are not right. Tang Wanru is not stupid."
"Of course I know Tang Wanru isn't stupid! But the dialogue in that scene was written like a fucking idiot's!"
"Keep your voice down."
Guo Caijie patted her with a smile, but she herself was laughing so hard her shoulders were shaking.
Yang Mi leaned against the headboard, hugging a pillow, and said with rare relaxation, "I know about that. Didn't Guo Jingming later have the screenwriter change the lines of that scene?"
"I've changed it, but I've already been thoroughly criticized!"
Xie Yilin looked indignant and grief-stricken. "And do you know what's most infuriating? That assistant director yelled at me, and just two days later, he was kicked out of the crew because he offended Sister Chai. So I got yelled at for nothing."
"It wasn't a complete waste of time."
Guo Caijie said slowly, "At least you've learned to wait before you get scolded next time, and see how long the person who scolded you can keep jumping around."
Xie Yilin was taken aback for a moment, then gave a thumbs up: "That makes sense."
The atmosphere in the room gradually warmed up.
The three of them chatted excitedly, starting with the assistant director and then moving on to a handsome young man in the props department.
The conversation then shifted from the handsome young man in the props department to a rumored diva-like male lead in the neighboring film crew.
They also talked about a couple in the industry who appeared to be loving but were actually doing their own thing, starting with the arrogant male lead.
The Eight Trigrams are like a string of lit firecrackers.
Once the first one explodes, the rest will pop off on their own, one after another, and it just won't stop.
"Hey, you guys know? That guy—"
Xie Yilin suddenly lowered her voice, her face full of mystery, "That girl who sang 'Poisonous Perfume,' she actually—"
She started laughing so hard she almost spilled potato chips all over the bed.
"No, no, you can't say that. If you do, you'll be sued."
"So you started this but then didn't say anything, are you asking for a beating?"
Guo Caijie reached out to tickle her, and the two rolled around on the bed.
"Hey, seriously—"
Xie Yilin finally finished making a scene, sat cross-legged again, and looked at the two of them with a serious expression.
"Don't you guys think Xiaobai is a really special person sometimes?"
Yang Mi's grip on the pillow tightened slightly.
Guo Caijie paused for a moment while helping Xie Yilin pick up the potato chip crumbs.
Xie Yilin, completely oblivious, continued, "I've been around for quite a few years now, and I've seen plenty of handsome guys, but someone like him is truly rare."
Which one?
Guo Caijie asked casually, but her fingers unconsciously rubbed the edge of her bathrobe.
"It's that kind of..."
Xie Yilin tilted her head and thought for a moment, "How should I put it? He doesn't seem like someone in the industry."
"Doesn't seem like someone in the industry?"
Yang Mi raised an eyebrow. "Is she praising him or insulting him?"
"Of course it's a compliment!"
Xie Yilin slapped her thigh.
"Think about it, the men in our line of work are either the kind who are so refined that even their hair exudes 'I'm so handsome.'"
Or he's a cunning man who acts incredibly casual, but in reality, every single hair on his head is meticulously groomed.
"But he's different."
Xie Yilin took a bite of the potato chip and crunched it.
"The moment he stands there, he exudes... that kind of江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry) aura described in books, you know?"
It's that feeling where you feel like this person is someone you shouldn't mess with, even though they haven't done anything wrong.
Guo Caijie lowered her eyelashes.
Of course she understands.
The moment Guan Shengbai grabbed her neck, the aura was so intense it almost engulfed her entirely.
"And his acting is really good."
Xie Yilin continued, "I was watching the scene the day before yesterday, and I got goosebumps when he was acting with Amber."
"How can a newcomer who just debuted act so well?"
Yang Mi thought to herself, "You haven't seen him play a seventy-year-old man when he was a freshman. The professors and students in the audience were all dumbfounded by his performance."
But she simply said, "He has talent."
"It's not just about talent."
Xie Yilin shook her head. "There are plenty of talented people, but I've only ever seen veteran actors completely transform in front of the camera like him."
The conversation naturally turned to Guan Shengbai.
"And I've also discovered a shocking secret—"
She deliberately dragged out her words, building up the suspense to its maximum.
"I've been observing them for several days now, and there's something wrong with Ah Bai and Bi Ting."
Yang Mi's hand, holding the water glass, froze in mid-air.
Guo Caijie's fingers, which had been stroking the edge of her bathrobe, stopped moving.
"Don't you believe me?"
Seeing that the two had reacted, Xie Yilin became even more energetic and lowered her voice as if she were sharing some state secret.
"When I finished work the night before last, I saw Bi Ting talking to Guan Shengbai in the hallway. Guess what she was doing?"
"What are you doing?"
Guo Caijie realized that her voice was a little tense when she asked those three words.
She was handing him something.
Xie Yilin said mysteriously, "I didn't see exactly what it was, but it was packaged quite nicely; it was a small box."
When Bi Ting handed it over, her ears were red, and her voice was barely audible.
Yang Mi put down her water glass, her face expressionless.
"Perhaps it's out of gratitude for his previous help in shielding Ko Ching-teng."
"Possibly."
Xie Yilin nodded, but then shook her head. "But there's something even more exciting."
"besides?"
Yang Mi raised her voice by half an octave before lowering it again.
"Do you guys remember that scene from a few days ago where Xi Cheng forcibly kissed Nan Xiang?"
Xie Yilin got more and more excited as she spoke, "Guo Xiaosi originally planned for it to be a camera trick, but Bi Ting told the director, 'It's okay if it's real.' Listen to that, it's okay!"
"That's dedication."
Guo Caijie's voice sounded a bit dry.
"So they reshot seven times!"
Xie Yilin held up seven fingers and shook them.
"Every single one is a genuine kiss! Guo Jingming said it was good enough, but she said she wanted to do one more."
Yang Mi picked up her water glass and took another sip, only to find that the glass was empty.
She casually put the cup back on the bedside table.
The movement was very gentle, but the bottom of the cup still made a slight crisp sound when it hit the table.
"And have you noticed?"
Xie Yilin was completely absorbed in her own reasoning and did not notice anything unusual about the two people next to her.
The room was silent for a full three seconds.
Looking at the expressions of the two people in front of her, Xie Yilin finally realized belatedly that she might have said something wrong.
She awkwardly picked up the bag of potato chips and poured it into her mouth, only to find that only crumbs remained.
"Um...did I say too much?"
"no."
Yang Mi smiled slightly, a smile so perfect it looked like it had been copied and pasted from an etiquette textbook.
"That's good. Talking about gossip from the crew can help improve camaraderie among colleagues."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Guo Caijie smiled along, her smile equally impeccable.
Xie Yilin shrank her neck.
Although she claimed she couldn't read the air, even a blind person could sense that the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped several degrees out of nowhere.
"Well, actually..."
Xie Yilin spoke cautiously, "I was just guessing, don't take it seriously. Maybe Bi Ting is just beautiful and kind-hearted?"
"Yes, she's beautiful inside and out."
"Yes, she's beautiful inside and out."
Yang Mi and Guo Caijie once again spoke in unison.
Xie Yilin gave up completely.
She picked up the phone on the bedside table and dialed the front desk.
"Hey, send me two cans of Coke to 1003... Okay, and a bag of potato chips too."
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
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The next morning at 7:30.
When Guan Shengbai walked into the film set in high spirits, he was surprised to find that there were already people in the dressing room.
And there are three of them.
Yang Mi sat in front of the mirror with dark circles under her eyes that even concealer couldn't cover, while the makeup artist applied foundation to her face.
When she saw Guan Shengbai come in, she raised her eyelids and glanced at him, her gaze as complex as if she had just made a special coffee with soy sauce and minced garlic.
Before Guan Shengbai could decipher the meaning of that look, he caught a glimpse of Xie Yilin being fussed over by another makeup artist in the corner.
She leaned back in her chair, mouth wide open, fast asleep, snoring loudly.
Guo Caijie sat in front of another mirror, holding a cup of cold Americano. Her gaze towards Guan Shengbai through the mirror held a certain indescribable meaning.
"morning."
Guan Shengbai greeted him.
Yang Mi glanced at him but didn't say anything.
Guo Caijie lowered her head and focused intently on stirring her cup of black coffee.
Even though there was neither sugar nor milk in it, and I had no idea what it was stirring.
"What did you guys do last night?"
Guan Shengbai asked casually.
No one answered.
Yang Mi turned her gaze elsewhere.
Guo Caijie continued stirring her coffee.
Only Xie Yilin's snoring echoed in the dressing room.
Guan Shengbai raised an eyebrow, didn't ask any more questions, and sat down in his seat.
He was actually in a good mood today.
Because last night he finally figured out some new details about the destiny system.
Under the influence of the "Entanglement of Love" effect, Guo Caijie's affection for him has been slowly increasing within a limited time.
The good news is that after the seven-day period, that lingering affection had dissipated as promised.
Name: Guo Caijie
Fate: None
Affection level: 70% (stable value after the affection dissipates)
Strategy completion rate: 60%
Although the favorability rating is still quite high, at least it's not due to passive skills anymore.
The reason why Guo Caijie's attitude towards him is still somewhat subtle is probably just the lingering feeling of affection; it should return to normal completely in a few days.
Guan Shengbai was fairly satisfied with this.
As for Yang Mi...
He glanced at the section on the panel that belonged to Yang Mi.
The favorability rating remains steadily at 55%, neither rising nor falling, neither fast nor slow.
Senior Sister is indeed Senior Sister; she possesses profound composure and remains as steady as Mount Tai.
Guan Shengbai felt relieved and began preparing for today's filming.
However, his good mood lasted for less than an hour.
"We're filming a flashback scene today."
The executive director stood in the center of the set, holding the call sheet, and read it aloud.
"A montage of Xi Cheng and Nan Xiang's passionate romance, consisting of six shots in total."
The first three shots are outdoor chasing and playing, while the last three are indoor intimate scenes.
He looked up at Guan Shengbai, then at Guo Biting, who had just come out of the dressing room with slightly bruised eyes.
"There will be nude scenes indoors. Xi Cheng is shirtless, and Nan Xiang is wearing a bathrobe. The two actors need to communicate first, and we'll start filming in fifteen minutes."
Guan Shengbai took the clothes handed to him by the costume department...
To be precise, it's a pair of pants.
As he took off his shirt, he vaguely heard a few suppressed screams coming from the makeup team.
The foundation built up through years of fitness training, combined with Guan Shengbai's already outstanding charisma, made him exude maximum masculine hormones.
Not far away, Guo Biting had already changed into a silk bathrobe. Her hair was slightly disheveled by the stylist, and her face had a lazy look as if she had just woken up.
When she saw Guan Shengbai walking over shirtless, the tips of her ears turned red instantly for some reason.
"Teacher Guan..."
Just call me Xiaobai.
Guan Shengbai smiled at her, trying to ease the somewhat awkward atmosphere.
Guo Biting nodded, her misty, doe-like eyes quickly scanning him before moving away.
"Um... today's scene—"
Before she could finish speaking, the executive director interrupted her.
"All departments in position! Ready to begin filming!"
At this moment, Guan Shengbai finally noticed that there seemed to be more people on set than usual today.
The makeup team, costume team, stagehands team, and even the auntie in the break room all brought their little stools and sat in the corner.
He always felt that there was a sense of anticipation in these people's eyes, as if they were saying, "There's going to be a good show to watch."