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Chapter 48 He praised my dedication.
When filming resumed, Li Younan had changed positions. He was at a stall behind the male and female leads, sometimes looking at the jewelry, sometimes walking around.

Li Younan still admired the actors' professionalism. Even though Lan Yiyi had just fallen flat on her face, she quickly adjusted and threw herself back into filming. This professionalism was truly admirable.

However, it's true that she wasn't in good condition, and the director cut scenes many times. Scenes that were originally planned to be filmed in two hours took four hours to complete, so they had to rush to finish the rest of the shoot.

In the afternoon, the crew provided boxed lunches. This time, Li Younan naturally ate with the extras. After all, the actresses didn't need to approach him this time, so there was no need for interaction.

He found a quiet corner, sat alone with his boxed lunch, and silently ate it. The taste was, of course, not very good. Li Younan could only console himself by thinking that he wasn't tasting the flavor, but rather the everyday life of ordinary people.

Just then, a shadow stretched from the side to the ground in front of him. Li Younan looked up and saw the female lead standing there expressionless. She then sat down next to him, holding a boxed lunch in her hand.

There's a saying that goes: when you're down on your luck, things get even worse.

The actress's lunchbox was a bit more luxurious, containing a braised chicken leg. She slowly poked at her lunchbox with her chopsticks, seemingly uninterested in eating. She picked up the chicken leg, put it down, then picked it up again. On the third try, the chicken leg slipped through her chopsticks and fell to the ground.

This became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Lan Yiyi stared blankly at the dusty chicken leg on the ground, her nose twitched slightly, and tears streamed down her face again.

Li Younan sighed slightly and said, "You're a celebrity, after all. This is really disregarding your image."

Lan Yiyi pouted and said, "What kind of celebrity am I? I've cried so many times, and there hasn't been a single piece of gossip. Not even a single news story about a certain actress being arrogant, pretentious, or having princess syndrome on set... Nobody cares who you are."

Li Younan asked curiously, "Is this your first time acting?"

Lan Yiyi's expression was a little strange. She said, "How is that possible? It's your first time acting. Where would you get so many leading lady roles to play?"

"Everyone is saying that you brought your own funding to the production team."

"..."

"I've played many supporting roles!" Lan Yiyi said indignantly.

Li Younan nodded: "But I haven't watched any of them... You really don't need to have any idol image to maintain, I don't know you at all."

Lan Yiyi's expression was complicated, and she sighed softly, "But you're right, this is indeed my first time playing the female lead, and I'm not mentally prepared for many things." She sighed again and said, "Work is so tiring, I don't want to work at all."

Li Younan nodded in deep agreement.

Lan Yiyi then asked, "Did you just start in this industry recently?"

Li Younan blinked, silently shoveled two mouthfuls of rice into his mouth, and then slowly said, "No, I'm not a foreground actor." He smiled and said, "I'm just a tourist who thought this was interesting so I came to experience it."

Lan Yiyi was a little surprised. There were many tourists who wanted to experience being extras, but it was rare to see someone like Li Younan coming back one after another. Lan Yiyi lowered her head, "I thought you were a professional. You look like an actor, you have a great image."

Li Younan quickly finished all the food in his lunchbox, then cleaned up the trash and said, "I have a question."

Lan Yiyi looked puzzled and tilted her head to look at Li Younan.

Li Younan said slowly, "Didn't I praise your professionalism this afternoon? And then you got angry..." Li Younan stroked his chin, looking thoughtful, "Is there any taboo surrounding that phrase in your circle?"

Lan Yiyi was taken aback. Looking at Li Younan's sincere expression, she realized he wasn't joking at all. If that expression was acting, then Li Younan was undoubtedly a movie star. Lan Yiyi realized something, and with a complicated look in her eyes, she asked, "Do you really think I'm very dedicated?"

Li Younan nodded: "I think you're much more dedicated than that male lead."

A strange expression appeared on Lan Yiyi's face, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she asked with her head down, "Why do you think that?"

Li Younan looked ahead and said casually, "If the male lead hadn't taken leave, I wouldn't have had the chance to be a stunt double... The day I was your stunt double, you called me over for lunch to film the scene and even gave me instructions on how to shoot. I thought you were very thoughtful. After the actual filming started..." Li Younan gestured with his hands and coughed, "Isn't there supposed to be physical contact? You didn't mind at all, I really admire that... Oh, and your improvisation at the end, I thought it was amazing, very professional... Even I was impressed, that's about it."

Li Younan smiled and said, "After all, I don't know much about it, but I feel that this is already a very dedicated performance."

Hearing an answer completely different from what she had imagined, Lan Yiyi subconsciously lowered her head, her gaze darting nervously across the ground, unable to meet Li Younan's eyes, which were filled with gratitude and approval. She tried to force a polite smile, but it froze halfway through. Her throat tightened, the words she wanted to say swirling on her tongue several times before being swallowed back down, escaping only as a few short, dry "Heh...heh..."

There are some misunderstandings here.

Li Younan's misunderstanding wasn't just about her, but also about the male lead. Li Younan felt the male lead wasn't professional enough because he had taken a day off, and the reason for that... he probably didn't know, was because of a scene the previous day, where, due to her mistake, the male lead had been soaked in the rain for two extra hours.

As for the performance that Li Younan deemed her professional, the reason was...

Lan Yiyi whispered, "Li Younan, actually you're even more handsome than the male lead."

Li Younan paused for a moment, then coughed and said, "Oh, really?"

Lan Yiyi said, "Thank you for your recognition. You're right, I am indeed a very dedicated actress. Be my fan from now on, and I can give you my contact information!"

"No way." Li Younan refused without even thinking. "I can leave my contact information, but I'm not going to be your fan."

Lan Yiyi gave a look of disdain: "What are you so arrogant about? If you don't want to do it, then don't."

After chatting with Li Younan for a while, all my gloomy mood dissipated.

Lan Yiyi stood up and asked, "So when do you plan to leave? I mean, when do you plan to leave Hengdian?"

Li Younan squatted down, picked up the chicken leg that Lan Yiyi had just dropped on the ground, put it into a trash bag, and said slowly, "I don't know, maybe tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow."

Lan Yiyi asked with some disappointment, "So you're not coming tomorrow?"

Li Younan smiled slightly: "Okay, I won't be coming."

Lan Yiyi fell silent, then suddenly took out her phone and, after a moment, held up the QR code to Li Younan, saying, "Here, scan me."

Li Younan didn't mince words and readily scanned the WeChat QR code of this unknown, low-tier celebrity. After adding them as a friend, Li Younan asked curiously, "Oh, by the way, do you have any fans?"

Lan Yiyi sighed resentfully and said loudly, "Yes! Yes! Yes! Who do you think you are!"

Li Younan laughed heartily.

The next scene doesn't require Lan Yiyi to appear, but Li Younan still has a role to play.

After eating their boxed lunches, they soon went back to work. Li Younan continued to play the role of a refined gentleman in the background, strolling around near the male lead with a folding fan in hand.

Lan Yiyi stayed in a corner, silently watching the film set. Her gaze was completely drawn to Li Younan, who was an extra.

The male lead was performing his heart out, while Li Younan just looked around curiously, like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world before.

His dazed look made Lan Yiyi secretly smile.

"He even praised me for being dedicated, hee..."

(End of this chapter)