Huayu: We're asking you to act, and you're playing a superhuman?

"Sister Shi, look who's sitting in front."

"Um?"

Liu Shishi removed her blindfold, glanced at Taozi, and looked up at the front row.

From this angle, all she could see was that the person in the front row had bronze skin and a defined jawline... He looked a bit too old, not as good-looking as Wang Weili's profile.

Liu Shishi withdrew her gaze, looking bored, and whispered, "What's wrong with him?"

"Sister Shi, didn't you recognize him?"

Peach's eyes lit up, as if she had discovered some earth-shattering news.

Liu Shishi looked at the person in front of her again: "Who is he?"

"It's Liu Kaiwei!"

Peach lowered her voice, afraid that the people in front of her would hear her.

Liu Shishi frowned slightly and checked again; it really was true.

"So what does this have to do with me?"

Peach asked in a tone that suggested she was exasperated by Peach's lack of understanding, "Sister Shi, where is our flight going?"

Hengdian.

"Liu Kaiwei is also going to Hengdian. Is it possible that we'll be going to the same film crew?"

"Um?"

Liu Shishi suddenly became interested, craned her neck to look ahead, and adjusted her mask to prevent herself from being exposed.

Rumors about Liu Kaiwei and Yang Mi have been circulating since the beginning of this year. If he really went to the set of "Swords of Legends", then it would be solid proof.

Liu Shishi leaned back in her seat and said with great interest, "You mean, Liu Kaiwei might have gone to visit Yang Mi on set?"

"Very likely! He only had one assistant with him, which obviously wasn't for work."

"Hmm... I only brought one of your assistants with me."

That's the reason.

Peach glanced at Liu Shishi knowingly, then pinched her lips with her finger, indicating that she would keep it a secret.

A hint of embarrassment flashed in Liu Shishi's eyes, but she stubbornly said, "I didn't go to the 'Swords of Legends' set to visit Wang Weili; I went specifically to visit Na Zha."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Peach quickly lowered her head and agreed, to prevent Liu Shishi from seeing her smiling face.

Liu Shishi probably realized her argument was too far-fetched, so she quickly changed the subject, asking, "Do you think the rumors about Liu Kaiwei and Yang Mi are true?"

"It now seems very likely to be true."

Peach didn't jump to conclusions, but her statement was basically confirmed.

Liu Shishi leaned back in her chair and suddenly shook her head: "Tsk tsk, I didn't expect Yang Mi to find someone so much older than her."

"...Sister Shi, didn't you used to say that older people are more stable and reliable?"

"Did I say that? Oh dear! That's all in the past. Now I like young and smart guys."

"Like Willie?"

Taozi saw Liu Shishi suddenly look up and quickly turned her gaze away, pretending not to care.

Liu Shishi glared at her: "Are you still pretending with me?"

"Hehe, Sister Shi, I was just afraid you'd feel awkward!"

"What's there for me to be embarrassed about? I'm only three years older than him, what's there to be embarrassed about?"

"That's not what I meant..."

Peach pouted, feeling that Liu Shishi's love-struck mind was definitely confirmed.

Liu Shishi retorted angrily, "Then what did you say?"

"We're going to visit the set of 'Swords of Legends' with Liu Kaiwei later. What if we happen to run into Willie and Yang Mi filming a scene together? Well, you know what I mean. Won't the four of you feel a little awkward?"

Peach said with obvious concern.

The most unavoidable issue for couples in the entertainment industry is their partner's work while filming.

If Liu Shishi and Liu Kaiwei happened to visit the set while Wang Weili and Yang Mi were filming intimate scenes, Taozi couldn't even imagine what a chaotic scene it would be in that four-way relationship.

Liu Shishi frowned, displeased, and said, "He and Yang Mi probably don't have many intimate scenes, right?"

"what?"

Peach looked at Liu Shishi with suspicion, thinking to herself, "Don't you two usually chat? How come you don't know how many intimate scenes Wang Weili has? Could it be that you two aren't really together at all?"

Just as Taozi was becoming increasingly alarmed and almost certain of the current situation, Liu Shishi was pursuing Wang Weili.

The airplane's announcement system suddenly came on.

"Good evening, passengers. Our plane is about to arrive..."

After taxiing, the plane landed smoothly at Dongyang Hengdian Airport.

Liu Shishi and Taozi intentionally concealed themselves and avoided Liu Kaiwei.

However, people going to the same destination will not have much difference in their itinerary.

Both parties used the VIP channel to leave the airport, and both were in identical business vans, even taking the same route.

Fortunately, neither side wanted to cause trouble, so they tacitly agreed to go to Hengdian World Studios together.

Meanwhile, in the production office where the "Swords of Legends" crew was located, the main cast members were holding a script reading session.

In reality, this script reading session was set up for the male and female leads; everyone else was just there to fill a role.

After all, leaving them alone in a room wouldn't be good for their performance on the script.

Under the guidance of director Liang Shengquan, Wang Weili and Yang Mi discussed their respective ideas about the roles and then began rehearsing their scenes.

The dialogue scenes are negligible.

Anyway, historical dramas don't require much acting skill.

The challenge they need to overcome tonight is still the intimate scene.

Liang Shengquan sat in the center and opened his third can of beer, took a big sip, and frowned.

It's not that the beer is bad, it's just that the two people rehearsing are too dry!

Wang Weili, with his cold face and fleeting tenderness in his eyes, perfectly captured the character's personality, leaving Liang Shengquan with no good suggestions.

Yang Mi's acting skills are passable, not good, but definitely good enough for historical dramas. She can also control her emotions freely, making her a standard assembly-line acting type. Liang Shengquan doesn't have many expectations for her.

Both of them are fine in terms of acting, but they just don't have that feeling.

That chemistry, that CP vibe that's a staple of futuristic historical romance dramas—it's gone, not at all.

Liang Shengquan took another sip of the bitter beer, and his eyebrows furrowed even more.

After observing them for so long, he had figured out the problem with these two: their auras were too strong!

This assertiveness isn't about the characters Wang Weili and Yang Mi portray in the drama, but rather how their real-life behavior has subtly ingrained their temperament and spirit.

If the male or female lead were weaker, the chemistry between them would naturally be there.

However, since they can't change the person now, Liang Shengquan can only rely on Wang Weili and Yang Mi's repeated practice to find a balance in their aura.

But this made things difficult for the other supporting actors who came to play supporting roles.

Naza was alright, and Chen Weiting was tolerable, but Qiao Zhenyu, who played the villain Ouyang Shaogong, and Ma Tianyu, who played the important male lead Fang Lansheng, were indeed a bit uncomfortable.

"Director, we're all fine here, and we have scenes to shoot tomorrow. Can we go back to sleep?"

"Okay, the rest of you can go back first! I'll stay and rehearse with Willie and Yang Mi."

In a short while, most of the people in the office had left.

Liang Shengquan crumpled the beer can, let out a burp, and awkwardly got up.

"You guys take a break, I'm going to the restroom, I'll be back and we'll continue."

Wang Weili and Yang Mi stopped performing, looked at each other, and suddenly realized that they had been alone together.