Chapter 31 – Meng Xinran The Snake

Director Li was shell-shocked looking at the picture and couldn't believe it.

Now that he noticed this, he held newfound respect for her.

But…how can this snake brought today be so obedient that after it bit down, it did not harm her in the slightest and was even coincidental with the script?

Yu Yaoyao half-slouched against the bed, slowly stretching out her black hair. A seductive glamour was present in her current appearance and when she pursed her red lips, she held the charm of a wicked enchantress.

The surrounding crew who stared at her could not help but tremble.

Her stunning looks are truly tailor-made for the role of a seductive showgirl, He Ling.

She was able to stand out from a number of girls, with the emperor falling head over heels for her at first sight. This caused the envy of the 3,000 other beauties in the emperor's harem. Noble imperial consorts then planned to have her killed. With this, the actress portraying the role of He Ling must be extremely beautiful so that the audience would be moved.

Only with a beauty like Yu Yaoyao is truly perfect to portray this He Ling. With other ordinary actresses, it wouldn't be as convincing.

Moreover, has her acting skills improved? The crew was drowned in contemplation.

Directer Li naturally understands the thoughts of everyone, and he can't help but look at her intricately. "Good."

He cherished this compliment like gold, but halfway he added four more words, "It was very good."

The people who had bet their 100, 150 and only remaining money were instantly slapped in the face with this remark from the director.

A single take! And she acted to the end of the script!

Even Meng Xinran said that it would take her five times.

They couldn't help but look at the small flower of the internet.

Is a vase really stronger than the small flower?

Meng Xinran noticed everyone's complicated looks at her and her teeth hurt from her gritting.

She looked at Yu Yaoyao again, and her hands could not help but clench. Losing to a scum that hasn't been in the acting scene for five years? Never!

"Yu older sister, are you okay?" Meng Xinran walked towards the cot with a look of concern and even pushed the anxious Ni Yi to the side. "Was my older sister very scared?"

When everyone heard it, the admiration in their eyes suddenly faded.

Yes, it was not acting but real fear that help push her through! Yu Yaoyao was truly afraid to death the moment the snake bit her and had no option but to pass out in the end!

"I truly admire older sister for being able to act to the end of the scene, even in a state of fear. Let me help older sister go back to the lounge and let's drink some hot water." Meng Xinran's face took an even more worried expression.

But Yu Yaoyao chuckled.

She used to stare at visitors who came and went, so she knew more about human facades than anyone else. Now, she could see at a glance how fake this expression is and how her eyes looked meaningful!

But she did not refuse, and instead took Meng Xinran's hand to prop most of her body weight on her. She gracefully got out of bed like a queen being attended by her handmaiden and wore the red wool shawl handed by Ni Yi. "Thank you."

She turned to Ni Yi and loudly said, "Ah, yes little Yiyi—the snakes were very good. Remember to buy them later."

Ni Yi was stunned, '…She still hasn't forgotten about the matter yet?

Meng Xinran almost lost her footing when she heard this, but she couldn't loosen her hold on Yu Yaoyao. "What did older sister Yu say?! Haha! You're funny!"

Director Li's eyes were fixed on the monitor.

Was she truly afraid of the snake? Yet why does he feel as if Yu Yaoyao held no fear at all?

Currently, her breathing is completely different from that of a person who was just recently frightened. People with no acting skills and only fell into a state of fear wouldn't be able to adjust their mood so quickly…

His mind was only in chaos after the shoot.

Yu Yaoyao went inside the lounge for her break.

She took off her footwear and comfortably leaned back on the recliner. Listening to Ni Yi's continued recitation of the script, it was like a lullaby making her eyes droop.

Afraid of snakes? Such a thing doesn't exist. These snakes' generation is at the very least the grandson of her grandchildren…generations!

The young ones were so obedient, how could she be afraid?

And as for acting being bitten by a snake, she naturally has no experience. But with the number of movies and TV shows she has watched, the numerous passersby going to and fro the zoo when she was bored—studying expressions for so long, how can she not learn a great deal?

Moreover, when it comes to fear, she fully understood it when she went on the roller coaster. Thinking of the height loss and sudden asphyxiation, her face became pale, and it was difficult to breathe.

All this made it possible for her to act without a hitch!

"Little Yiyi, I want to watch a Korean drama TV drama and eat sweet strawberries. By the way, get those two little snakes and let me play with them for a while. Let me chat with them—waiting is boring."

Ni Yi: "…"

Chapter 32 – Dad, Don't Disturb Me

Inside the garden villa in Mingxin and on the sofa in the living room, the steamed bun was currently holding a tablet, looking at the video playing on the screen with a very serious expression.

He was still a tiny man, that his legs could not reach the ground, and even his lotus white short hands that held the small tablet had some difficulty holding it upright after some time.

But for an hour, his big, black eyes did not dare blink as he stared at the screen, his mouth pursued to a small line, while his wispy, little eyebrows were wrinkled.

Even if next to him is a platter of his favorite fruits and his beloved milk prepared by his babysitter, he still didn't touch it.

Shen Yichong got home early, and the first thing he saw was his grumpy son on the sofa. The steamed bun had a bitter expression that held the faint feeling of…a grudge?

He kept walking inside the living room, trying to make his presence known, yet the steamed bun is still completely immersed on the video that he wasn't even able to notice his father had come back.

And as the video progressed, the tender eyebrows wrinkled tightly by the minute, and his small mouth got more distorted. In the end, his whole face was the epitome of worry and anger, with his two little fists clenched firmly on the small tablet.

Shen Yichong raised an eyebrow and said, "What are you looking at?"

As if caught red-handed doing something bad, the steamed bun immediately hid the tablet behind him. Obviously, he was with a guilty conscience—he refused to show it to his father.

But his stubby hands were careless, and accidentally touched the volume up button. Instantly, the angry roar of the man in the video could be heard in the whole living room.

"Have you truly never fallen in love with me? From the very beginning until today?!"

Soon after, the familiar voice of a woman answered, "12345…"

The man's voice replied again!

"You will always love only yourself!"

"123123…"

The woman repeated again, her voice neither rising in pitch.

"Mu Yiyi, let's break up! "

"123…"

The steamed bun almost went down on all fours with his buttocks up to the air as he scrambled for the small tablet in a hurry.

He tried to turn the volume down, however, with his short fingers in panic, he could not press the right button! And ultimately turned the volume higher!

He angrily covered the screen with its protective case and locked the screen!

And as if nothing had transpired, he tucked the tablet under the pillow next to him and calmly looked at his father, who had been staring at him all this time.

Shen Yichong looked at his son's expression and couldn't help but squeeze his eyebrows.

After he had listened to a few words from the video, he immediately knew what the matter was all about.

It was from the wedding clip of a modern love drama that Yu Yaoyao had starred in, where her acting scandal originated—she had read the lines together with the numbers and was exposed online by the production crew.

This became the biggest acting scandal of that year.

The director of the film was Li Bo.

"Why are you looking at that video?" he looked helplessly at his son.

He did not expect Yu Yaoyao to be so irresponsible before he was married to her.

But the couple had a son soon after they got married, and even he wanted a divorce, he had to take into account how it would impact his son. After he was born, his mother had run away from home and the child grew up never feeling maternal love. He didn't want his son to go through another ordeal.

Yu Yaoyao was locked up at home for five years in order to put a stop to her infamous acting career, and to deal with the unfavorable public opinion on her…but mostly to avoid letting his son grow psychologically broken due to these family matters.

But he did not expect that after Ni Yi said a sentence today, his son would go rummaging in the internet for old videos of his mother.

The steamed bun thought he wasn't aware and tried to protect his mother?

"Dad, you still haven't washed your hands after you came in."

Shen Rui, the steamed bun, pouted and cleverly changed the topic at once.

Shen Yichong merely replied with an unwavering look.

Shen Rui suddenly picked up a children's picture book left on the coffee table, and unexpectedly put on the front of 'I am reading carefully, father do not disturb me' expression.

"Okay." Shen Yichong, who decided not to expose his son's trick, turned and went up to the second floor.

Chapter 33 – A Steamed Bun's Worries

It was not until his footsteps sounded faint did the steamed bun nervously place the picture book down a little, exposing a pair of round, black eyes, carefully watching his father disappear toward the top of the stairs. Once he was out of earshot, he quickly opened the small tablet under the cushion

He closed the video he was just watching and switched the tab to the online primary school math curriculum's interface.

When all this was done, his little mouth let out a puff of breath and he patted his little chest comfortingly.

Whoo. The baby was almost scared to death.

Many times at night when he got up to pee, he would hear his father and mother quarrelling.

Although he could not understand many complex things, he knew that his father thought his mother had many shortcomings and thus, did not like his mother very much.

"If dad knew mom had done something wrong again, he would certainly hate her even more." Shen Rui, holding the small tablet, frowned and clenched his small fists.

Although his mother used to have a lot of mistakes, ever since she bumped her head, she had admitted these shortcomings to them.

And mom said, she actually loves me and even wrote me a love letter…The steamed bun thought. His face was hot, and his short palms stretched out to cover most of his blushing cheeks.

Mom also said dad was angry because she didn't love dad the most. Dad is really…jealous of a five-year-old baby like him?

The steamed bun decided to take good care in hiding his mother's past, dark news so that his father could not see it. But after a while, his little ass moved a little and he couldn't sit still.

"Mom read will read chicken legs this time! If she gets scolded by uncle, dad will know, a-and then he will be sad!"

Shen Yichong took a quick shower, later changing into his casual clothes and went downstairs. He found his son walking back and forth anxiously in the living room with his pair of short arms behind him, like a little, chubby, white, old man.

"Dad," steamed bun immediately flushed and stopped. He was hesitating, but in the next moment he rushed over and hugged his father's thighs. "I miss mom."

Shen Yichong frowned.

Yu Yaoyao had been in the house for so long before, but would not even play with their son, at least within his line of sight.

Today, nevertheless, is the first day she would be away from her son.

He thought about it and picked up his son. "Your mother has to behave well on her first day at work."

But as Shen Rui listened, the more entangled his mind became, and he could not help but cover his small face.

Oh no! Mom's script is full of drumsticks! Can she do it?!

After a while, he finally thought, It's no good! He has to go and save his mom!

At the very least, when mom is scolded, I'll stay with her. Should I say something nice to dad?

"Dad, let's go to the set and see…mom is all right?"

The steamed bun even came to know this kind of word in his vocabulary, it can be clearly seen that he had been reading a lot of entertainment news on the internet behind his back.

Shen Yichong pursed his lips in disapproval.

The steamed bun's little head immediately glanced at the ground and quieted down.

Shen Yichong didn't agree to go to Yu Yaoyao's filming set the way Yu Yaoyao would act would probably drive him and his son to an early death.

But an hour later, the steamed bun remained in the same position: listless, lost; sadly holding the tablet as he was pitifully huddled in the corner of the sofa.

Shen Yichong's resolve finally wavered.

He called Ni Yi to make sure that when they went, Yu Yaoyao would only film one last scene, so that the visit would quickly be over.

After some time, he finally nodded to his dejected son, "Let's go. Dad will take you."

When they get to the set, it would just happen to be the end of the filming session for that day, and his son wouldn't be able to see her act like this.

Shen Yichong's plan is well though out, but in the end, he did not consider the rapid changes happening with the crew.

Yu Yao used to have only one scene with lead female actress. And Ni Yi had expected this scene to last in less than an hour, but there was a problem!

Chapter 34 – Shocking Changes

According to the script, the female number one's character, An Xin and He Ling should have been good sisters when they first entered the palace. Only after He Ling was spoiled by the emperor, that she suspected that An Xin was jealous of her.

Imperial consort Chen took advantage of their crumbling relationship, to frame An Xin as the culprit behind who planted the poisonous snakes on He Ling's bed. She wanted to kill two birds with one stone and remove them at the same time.

In this scene, it was He Ling is lying in bed, paralyzed after the venomous snake attack. And also quite resentful of the An Xin who came to visit.

"Act 200, take 13! 3, 2, 1, Action!"

There was a pale face on the bed as the sound of the clapperboard hitting resonated. It was Yu Yaoyao, who reached out an arm with difficulty; green tendons ran down the length of her arm, courtesy to the green makeup by the makeup artist.

She coughed, "An Xin! You! You were clearly never a good person from the start!"

"When I go to hell…everyday I'll be on the head of your bed pulling your hair as a vicious ghost!" she gasped and trembled, struggling to finish the sentence in its entirety.

After the last word, it was as if she had drained all her remaining strength and collapsed on the bed. Only the pale forefingers and thumbs twitched, hooked to An Xin's clothes, refusing to let go.

But her eyes were full of immense hatred!

Yu Yaoyao's performance almost made everyone on the set to be completely engrossed on the scene.

The mood of her character was portrayed majestically, the impact just perfect; her acting skills isn't that of a slag at all!

Director Li Bo who was watching approvingly, did not yell for the scene to stop, and even his eyebrows were raised in excitement. Meanwhile, his right foot struck a rhythm on the ground as he tapped.

A good show!

However, when the whole audience looked expectantly at An Xin, the fiery symphony seemed to come to an end. Because the lead actress, Meng Xinran, stepped back hurriedly, almost slipping to the ground in a woosh. She grabbed the draperies by the bedside but still fell flat on her face.

"Cut!"

Li Bo smacked his thighs in anger. "What's the matter? What did you take a step back? Is it written in the script telling you to take a step back? We've done this scene thirteen times already, but you still haven't figured it out yet!"

His voice was so loud that everyone in vicinity could hear him.

Meng Xinran turned red and bit her lip. "I'm sorry, director! I just didn't stand still. I'll do it again. I'll work hard everyone!"

She turned back and bowed to Yu Yaoyao. "Sister Yu, it was my mistake that made you do this scene so many times."

Yu Yaoyao dismissively waved her hand. "No, it's because I'm a spoiled mother who hasn't acted in five years."

The other girl almost gnashed her teeth hearing this, looking like she was going to bite herself to death, thinking infuriatingly, 'Why do I need to bow to her!'

Humans are terrible. Yu Yaoyao could only think as she watched Meng Xinran's furious face. Why would she mock her for being at home for 5 years when she can't even act as good as her!

Meng Xinran's expression suddenly changed from red to white, and then when she looked up, her once bright eyes were full of exasperation and shame!

"Again!" Director Li spoke crossly, "For the 14th time. Action!"

Yu Yaoyao who was almost surprised at the impatient sound of the clapperboard, quickly entered the state of her character.

She was struggling to speak her last words, her voice showing her fatigue, nevertheless, the gloom and ferocity in her voice could be clearly felt by everyone!

"I curse you, An Xin, for the rest of your life," she glared at Meng Xinran with resentment.

All of a sudden, Yu Yao's resentful eyes seem to have turned into a living sword!

"You are not going to die…from old age!"

Meng Xinran only felt her body shake, as if a cold wind had passed through the back of her neck. As if she was being targeted by a ferocious ghost.

With the last word from Yu Yaoyao, the goose bumps on her arm extended throughout her whole body.

"He Ling, I don't know anything. How could I possibly treat you—"

"Cut!"

As she was in the middle of her lines, Director Li Bo got up, and irately scratched his head with both hands, exasperatedly pulling out some of his hear in the process.

"Meng Xinran, have you read the script or not? Do you even know what An Xin's role is?"

In the end, he rushed towards the front and scolded the newcomer he used to admire most in front of everyone!

Chapter 35 – A Snake's Grievances

"Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed today? I've told you these five times already! Didn't you hear me? Or you can't understand simple instructions?! Did you even read your part properly in the script?"

He gritted his teeth and slowly explained, "An Xin was framed! She didn't do anything for her to apologize to He Ling! What the hell were you doing, putting on a guilty, scared look on your face?"

Director Li Bo was so livid that he couldn't stop rambling.

The lines of both actresses were very simple for this scene. After all, He Ling was no longer healthy at that time and after a few lines, she would fall into deep slumber again.

Logically, everyone thought this would be an easy scene to breeze through, unless the inexperienced Yu Yaoyao would make a mistake.

But unexpectedly, when everyone was waiting with bated breaths for Yu Yaoyao's horrendous acting skills, she actually performed excellently. On the contrary, Meng Xinran was the reason the scene kept being retaken.

With Li Bo's blatant irritability, the atmosphere in the whole set was tense.

"One last time! And this time, stay still!"

Meng Xinran bit her lip. "All right, Director Li. I'll so it properly this time!"

Director Li Bo obviously appreciated her moments ago, but now he is acting so nasty to her.

Yu Yaoyao is the only person to blame!

As the madam of a rich husband, she has no shortage of anything! She recently came back to the entertainment circle and had no qualms on competing with other people for spots in play through backhanded methods. Not to mention, she robbed her of the director's admiration!

Meng Xinran looked at her in abhorrence, but in her despising eyes, there was a trace of fear at the moment.

She knew exactly what she was going to do as stated in the script, but when she came in front of her, she felt a fit of irrational dread. In Yu Yaoyaos's eyes, she almost thought she saw a bloody mouth of the cold beast coming right at her!

And whenever Meng Xinran thought of this, she shivered.

"Three, two, one. Action!"

The sound of the clapperboard reverberated again.

She lifted her spirits up by biting her lip determindedly and pinching her thigh with her hand.

Yu Yaoyao lay still on the cot, looking defenseless, her pale face like a delicate doll that had been broken. But soon, the soft look in her eyes changed!

"I curse you. I won't die!" A cold, angry hoarse voice drifted, as if a demon was crawling out of hell.

Meng Xinran was stunned and in an instant, her teeth trembled together.

Pata! Li Bo angrily threw the script on the ground.

"Cut! You read every word clearly before you come back!" He then gestured for someone in the crew, "Screenwriter, let's change the scene—one with the lead actor!"

"He Ling was out of her mind and in a mild coma, but the emperor did not search for her at all. However, the emperor had a dream that night of He Ling crying to him, grievously asking why he did not come for her. 'What about the deal to spoil her?' she says. Afterwards, she tells the emperor that someone wanted to hurt her and asks him to avenge her. When he wakes up, he'll hear the eunuch say that He Ling has passed away.

Roll the curtains for the opposite scene, you got it? After ten minutes we'll change scene, the others with no part can rest for half an hour! And Wei Ming, put on makeup at once!" Director Li ordered in one breath.

Ni Yi looked at the time and could not help but laugh bitterly.

He just told the boss it would be over soon. But who knew that this little flower wasn't a reliable actress at all!

But my own sister—these five years did you practice secretly at home?

Sure enough, when Shen Yichong came to the crew with steamed bun, he saw this new scene being busily filmed.

Yu Yaoyao was currently throwing herself at the arms of the emperor, crying so much that that she almost had trouble breathing.

As soon as he saw this, his face turned green and he immediately covered the eyes of the steamed bun.

Yu Yao threw herself on the emperor, which was in fact, Wei Ming's chest!

"Your Majesty, I agreed to wait for the weather to clear up. This concubine wanted to accompany you to the royal garden to see the new lotus. But I am afraid it is…I broke my word."

As she said, there was an extremely sad smile on her face, and another glistening tear rolled down from her eye.

As Yu Yaoyao tearfully acted her lines, she was recalling the comments she had written on the script for this particular scene:

Her chicken was robbed by the snake next door, and then—Oh, how horrible! That snake ate her chicken in front of her! The delicious chicken wings, thighs and breast. None was left! It ate it all!

Today, she has no fresh chicken to eat!

Oh! How her heart hurts!

"Your Majesty, why don't you come and see your concubine for the last time?"

Huhuhu! Zookeeper, didn't you see my chicken being robbed? Didn't you!?

Chapter 36 – Too Fierce!

Seen from her side profile, a trace of resentment and helplessness against the emperor quickly emerged as she was pitifully crying.

Li Bo, sitting in front of the monitor, waved his hands excitedly in the air!

Perfect! Too good! He internally complimented this magnificent take.

He had told her that there should be a trace of resentment in her sadness, but he wasn't really expecting her to nail the acting spot on!

Anyway, that's still good. After all, she's doing the right thing!

Originally, the emperor had spoiled He Ling dearly soon after she entered the palace. But there wasn't truly a concubine who loved the emperor genuinely. Although the emperor had given her all kinds of gifts, he didn't even go see her before her violent death. Therefore, she should harbor a grudge against him.

Moreover, this scene is the emperor's dream.

What was happening at the moment truly made things clearer on what was inside his heart. He was very cold to all the concubines, and this new promise, is truly nothing more than a tactic to warn the concubines in his harem. He Ling's tragic death was also the result of his callousness.

In his heart, he also felt that she should hate him at this moment and not have feelings of love! His heart was rigid because he didn't believe that these women would ever love him for who he really was and not for his title and riches.

Li Bo looked at the screen excitedly. "All right, it's over! Once more, Wei Ming!"

The two people were opposite of each other on a couch. At first they shoot on corner A , which was the front part and next they would shoot from corner B.

In this way, both of their expressions can be filmed, and then edited and spliced into the final episode.

"Wei Ming, as the emperor, small promises such as the one from He Ling are just trivial matters in your heart. You never really cared on what happened to her, but when she cried, you remember her beauty on the many days you had spent with her; her tears and little mood swings."

Li Bo talked more excitedly, "But in the end, after she asks you why you didn't go see her, you completely pull away from your brief sadness. Because you are the emperor, and you are doomed to have no feelings in a world full of treacherous people."

The experienced actor, Wei Ming smiled and signaled an OK pose.

He's been acting for years, and he's naturally erudite about these things. As soon as he reads his part in the script, he'll know what the character's mood is.

Yet at the moment, he was a little stiff in front of the camera.

Because as soon as he looked up, he saw Shen Yichong standing at the back, holding his child in his arms! And upon closer inspection, he was embarrassed to find that the other person's face did not look very good at the moment.

Indeed, as soon as any man comes in to he see his wife on the chest of another man in an affectionate state, who wouldn't be mad?!

Besides, his wife was rumored to have a dating scandal and almost made the headlines.

Even if he was only acting, Wei Ming did not know where to put his hand at the moment. After all, the child was also here. He shouldn't put his arms around his mother and act too close lest he misinterprets it.

Wei Ming, who was also a dedicated father, knows far too well the meaning of Shen Yichong's action of covering his son's eyes.

And Shen Yichong, at a glance, understood Wei Ming's unnatural, black face at him holding the steamed bun, and directly retreated to an inconspicuous part of the set.

Wei Ming immediately looked gratefully towards Shen Yichong and immediately nodded to Director Li Bo. "Let's start now."

The camera was adjusted to the other side to shot another angle.

As soon as the clapperboard was clipped, Yu Yaoyao threw herself into Wei Ming's arms once more. And order to help him ease into the scene, she continued to recite her lines, just as she had just done before.

"Your Majesty, why don't you come and see your concubine for the last time?"

.Wei Ming looked up and was about to turn the traces of love in his expression into indifference, but his face turned stiff a second time.

Yu Yaoyaos's eyes are too fierce! Like he owes her $8 million!

What's more, her sad eyes are just a camouflage that hid a trace of desire from her core! As if he were delicious meal and she couldn't wait to eat him!

Is it because of her strange gaze that Meng Xinran has been acting jittery all the time?

Chapter 37 – The Film Emperor

Wei Ming was stuck in place, but at this critical moment his years of acting experience made him move subconsciously. Shortly, his eyes drooped, masking the abnormal expression within, and he reached out to push away her delicate body.

"Perfect! It's over!" Director Li punched the air excitedly. "Okay, break time!"

As soon as the steamed bun from outside the camera heard that the scene was done filming, he furiously tried to kick his father using his short legs and asked him to take his hands off him. Of course, his kick was caught by his father just in time.

But Shen Yichong's gaze turned solemn, unable to notice his son's protest. Instead, he looked coldly at Yu Yaoyao, who was still sitting on the bed. It seemed like she still hasn't recovered, and she was looking regretfully at Wei Ming, who had gotten up.

She had a similar expression from last time when he mistook her taking the sleeping pills. The same heartbroken expression on Yu Yaoyao, who said that she could not do without him.

This woman! He couldn't believe she practiced her acting with him at home!

Shen Yichong's face was incomparably dark, and he currently stood like a massive air conditioner. An air-conditioning unit that seemed to blow out puffs of cold air for no fee!

The steamed bun was also very unhappy!

Mom is resting! Why is dad still covering his eyes?!

He wasn't even able to see his mom's show!

The angry steamed bun, for a moment did not realize that his mother did not say the chicken legs they had written on the script.

And Yu Yaoyao wiped out her remaining tears, which was from when the zookeeper was insensible to her pain as her chicken was eaten by the next door snake for a year.

But in the next second, her body froze. She became keenly aware of gaze with the hint of displeasure at the set washing over her!

There's danger!

She was about to look at the corner where she felt the strong sense of malice, but there was a sudden uproar among the busy crew.

The crowd immediately obscured her view.

"Brother Chen Jiao!"

"Wow, Brother Chen is here!"

Several high-pitched cries rang out.

When a man in a brown windbreaker with peach blossom eyes** walked slowly into the set, almost everyone could not help but give way for him.

**T/N: Peach blossom eyes

He had an electrifying presence. The tall figure, with legs that seemed to stretch all the way down, had his jacket half opened. On his neck was a thick red scarf that highlighted his smiling peach blossom eyes.

Isn't Chen Jiao, the central man in Yu Yaoyao's gossips?

Everyone huddled, and a commotion struck the set, as if a dog blooded entertainment news at eight o'clock was turned on.

The film emperor Chen Jiao's role in this show was the lead actress' childhood sweetheart before she entered the harem. This was a minor role in the show, which didn't corelate to his status being a film emperor at all…is it the reason Yu Yaoyao picked this project up?

Everyone's eyes became hot and gossipy.

But Chen Jiao wasn't able to notice the strange gazes around him. He smiled and said his greeting to Li Bo, "Director Li, I'm sorry. I just finished the work from the other group. Sorry if I'm a few days late."

He then looked to the side and exclaimed, "Why, Xinran! Why are your eyes red? Did you cry today?"

He and Xinran were former students of the same drama school under an esteemed acting instructor, and have worked together before.

Director Li has a good understanding of his temperament, who had no scandals in the entertainment industry. "It's all right. The filming is wrapped up for tonight anyway. By the way, I just filmed an enjoyab—"

In the middle of his speech, Director Li changed the conversation awkwardly, "Ah, yes. Wei Ming did very well. As expected."

It was only then did he remember that Yu Yaoyao was present in the set…and her rumored relationship with the Chen film emperor.

Today, Meng Xinran, who already had her fair share of scolding from the director, listened to the director speak. She knew that his cut speech was about to praise Yu Yaoyao for her acting, and her face instantly turned ghastly.

With her head down, she bit her bottom lip tightly, "Brother Chen, it's nothing. I just saw Sister Yu acting with Brother Wei recently, and found her crying after the scene was taken. Her sad eyes were full of unrequited love. I was only moved by her feelings."

By just a remark, she immediately raised another uproar on the set!

Just after they finished shooting, Yu Yaoyao burst into tears? Isn't that when Chen Jiao came in?!

What fiery gossip!

Chapter 38 – Doesn't Know A Woman

Meng Xinran secretly steals a glance at the surrounding privy eyes around the set, the corners of her mouth slightly rising. But the mischievous light in her eyes were soon suppressed, and her usual harmless and pure expression was back.

As soon as she heard that Wei Ming was acting with Yu Yaoyao, she daringly came out of the lounge, wanting to see her make a fool in front of an experienced actor.

But she didn't expect that as soon as she came out, she only heard the director praise Yu Yaoyao.

Seeing the adoring gazes of the whole crew directed at her, she was so livid that she burst into tears in a corner hidden away from the sight of the people on set.

These praises and admiring gazes originally belong to her!

But at this moment, brother Chen Jiao had surprisingly come. Mustering her courage, she gritted her teeth and manipulated the focus of public opinion on Yu Yaoyao to be on the negative side.

This woman has a stain, yet Director Li can still appreciate this kind of shameless, cheating woman? Moreover, the Guangxin entertainment boss, Shen Yichong, who is a successful and rich man—doesn't he think about it? Does he really not doubt his wife?

Meng Xinran thought maliciously and smiled as she went to pick up Yu Yaoyao, who was still lying on the bed.

"Sister Yu, this girl is inexperienced…would you have such a gaze, only if you have experienced true love? Did you just think of the person you love the most?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at the man who shined with a 'lead actor' aura all over his body, Chen Jiao.

Yu Yaoyao looked towards the corner blocked by the surrounding crowd and found nothing unusual.

But she kept bracing herself as she felt a cold, murderous anger from another corner, making her skin break into goosebumps.

It seems that as long as her answer is wrong, she will be dead meat on the spot!

She looked at Meng Xinran and to the peach blossom man who seemed to be a big light bulb surrounded by moths, not so far away, and her beautiful eyes suddenly flashed in understanding.

"Yes."

There is always a b*tch who wants to harm this snake!

"Of course, I always think of the person I love the most."

The corner of Meng Xinran's lips couldn't help but lift up, slowly breaking into a wide smile at her successful scheme.

But in the next second, Yu Yaoyao in front of her, suddenly displayed an unhappy expression.

Then, as if reading a poem, she uttered words that were filled with more emotion than any of her lines she had uttered from the script before.

"I already miss him on the first hour I am away at home. Then I miss him again on the second hour I am away from home, then on the third, fourth, fifth…until the last hour at work that I am separated from him."

Everyone stared.

Miss him when she is away from home? Is she not not thinking about Chen Jiao, the movie emperor?

Yu Yao unexpectedly had the perseverance to say she misses him the whole, eight hours of filming.

And then she reached out and wiped the tear at corner of her eye. "I miss him so much…I don't know what my baby is doing at home. And I don't know what my baby's father is doing. Do they miss me today?"

As soon as she said this, she felt that the icy air that had prevailed around her body had dissipated a lot.

Chen Jiao's peach blossom eyes looked stunned and soon the corners of his mouth tightened.

"Hmm? Are you the film emperor, the one and only Chen Jiao? Who is very handsome and is always linked to an affair with me?"

Yu Yao wiped away her tears, and as if she had just noticed him, her face was covered with surprise.

It was indeed the first time she had seen him since she had transmigrated into this world.

Chen Jiao was stupefied, but he soon nodded politely. "Madam Shen, long time no see."

Yu Yaoyao inhaled through her nose, looking amazed. "Sure enough, only a hot meat like you deserves to be rumored in an affair with a fairy like me. Now, I can forgive the gossipmonger a little bit."

When she said this, her face looked very glad as if the world had not defiled her reputation by pairing her with a handsome man.

"But you're a little worse than my husband…I guess the gossipmonger, is probably a man doesn't know much about women."

"…"

It was as if a large bowl of paste fell on his head and made Chen Jiao's mind and thoughts stick together to a lump.

Isn't this the same woman who said five years ago that she wanted to die with him and asked him to wait for her divorce?

The smile in his peach blossom eyes faded a little.

And as he was about to answer, there was another clamor from the people on set.

Shen Yichong, holding the steamed bun, Shen Rui, finally came out from the shadow.

Chapter 39 – Fire Versus Ice

He was dressed in a black trench coat with slim black trousers underneath paired with a crisp, white shirt. On his arms is a mini-version of him—his son with the same face structure and reserved, mature masculinity.

They were like an unstoppable force.

Where did these handsome guys come from!? The women on the show were a little distracted.

The tall, brooding man is a sharp contrast to the approachable Chen Jiao.

One is as warm as light, the other as cold as ice. One smiles as if the peach blossoms were in full bloom, and the other was impassive, but his eyebrows and eyes were as unfathomable as the deep sea.

His tall stature, cold but mysterious aura and fine-looking face did not the very least lose to Chen Jiao, who was recognized to have no dead angle in all 365 degrees!

If they both starred in a movie, it would absolutely fascinate a plethora of young girls with their appearance and clashing temperaments!

But just when everyone was still stunned, and even Meng Xinran whose eyes were engrossed on him, Yu Yaoyao gave a surprised cry, and suddenly pulled up the train of her costume.

Like a panicked pigeon, she attractively fell into the arms of this mature man!

"Oh, honey! There you are! I was scared to death!"

It was you all along! You almost scared me to death! She thought, oh how nice it was to have the feeling of asphyxiation.

Sure enough, it was the human air conditioner who was peeking around. If she had said the wrong thing, she would have brought herself a ticket to the afterlife!

Yu Yaoyao buried her head between his chest the steamed bun on his side.

"A snake just tried to bite me! And an elder brother, who is not as handsome as you, scolded me with his eyes!" she snapped, and tears dripped down her face once more.

Wei Ming, who wasn't a handsome man, almost dropped the cooing baby that his assistant was handing to him.

She's not talking about him, is she?

When did I scold her with my eyes? He could only be in a state of confusion.

Chen Jiao, standing on the other side, was also shocked. Not as handsome as he is, she said.

The rest of the crew, however, was beyond shaken with this picturesque display of a family of three hugging!

This high-quality man is unexpectedly is Yu Yaoyao's husband, the Guangxin boss!?

Legend has it that he owned countless real estates and financial investment firms abroad, but he never actually revealed his true face in front of media reporters…

What the f*ck! What a big catch! Yu Yaoyao's husband is this super handsome boss?

People cannot help but look towards Chen Jiao who was like a walking fireplace.

At this point they truly feel that it is true—a woman with a brain wouldn't cheat on this man, ah!

Her husband is rich and powerful. His appearance is also first-class, even comparable to the film emperor! Why does she still have to cheat on another man!?

When Yu Yaoyao resolutely said her husband is better than Chen Jiao, they felt some disbelief at this, but with the facts in front of their faces, they now know!

Cheating? No way!

Noticing the hungry, gossipy eyes cast by everyone on them, Shen Yichong hurriedly pushed Yu Yaoyao to the side.

He nodded to the director, who was also gossiping with the crew. "Director Li, thank you for your hard work."

Li Bo showed a complicated look and pulled out an awkward smile. "It should be me thanking you. Boss Shen, actually came to visit the set today?"

He has met Shen Yichong before.

It was the time when Yu Yaoyao was forcefully stuffed into his crew. He resisted with all his might and secretly scolded Shen Yichong like a furious old uncle for acting like a fool. Asking him if he had a broken brain for spending outrageous amounts of money on his stupid wall of a wife.

Now, he met this god again, whom he had scolded several times before; he wants to fart just thinking about it.

After all, Li Bo feels that every shot they had filmed of Yu Yaoyao today was perfect. And in every shot, it slapped him in the face, but not only was he not angry, he was beyond glad to be beaten!

It was actually a sweet surprise for a passionate director like him, and he had wanted her to act another three hundred rounds more!

Tsk! I'm so—what a son of b*tch!

"Mr. Shen, are you not at ease on your wife's first day back on filming?" Li Bo thought, his old face flushed as he rubbed his hands. Chen Jiao had been tossed aside.

Chapter 40 – A Happy Family

"I was just about to tell Madam Shen that she has made great progress in acting. And I thought about it—in the future I want to work with her more; in my next project she should come and audition."

He saw the different acting between Yu Yaoyao and Meng Xinran.

He was deeply shocked with her expression of hate, fierceness, despair and grief. It was like drinking a cup of spicy, white wine. A delicious treat!

Now, when he looked towards the faces of the other actresses in the show, it was bland as water, not a hint of an explosive taste.

None!

Li Bo did not find this kind of exuberant feeling in the lead actress and the villainess.

He doesn't like it!

But this was the only part she had on this project, and therefore he can only work with her together another time.

"I'll talk with Guangxin entertainment about this matter later."

Li Bo felt a pain in his heart when he said this.

Meanwhile, next to him is Ni Yi, who was so surprised that his little eyes almost burst out.

But then he was really excited and flushed, "Director Li, are you for real? For the screen test, you should look for me! When can we get the notice?"

With that outburst, he belatedly realized that he had cut in.

He gave an embarrassed smile, and almost hit his own mouth. "Look at me in such a hurry. Director Li, here is my business card. If you have decided, you can contact me directly."

Li Bo simply smiled, took the business card and nodded.

Shen Yichong looked at Yu Yaoyao in silence and found that she was happily holding the little hand of Shen Rui the steamed bun, blowing kisses several times that made the steamed bun blush.

But then the corners of his mouth subconsciously turned upwards, and his eyes became deeper.

"I troubled Director Li, coming in an unexpected time. Let my assistant buy some drinks and supper for everyone. Everyone has worked hard."

When Shen Yichong finished talking, he found his son in his arms leaning like the tower of Pisa, always tilting towards Yu Yaoyao's direction.

The steamed bun's chubby snow-white face now had little, pink cheeks, as he couldn't wait to lean towards her.

"Mommy, little Ruirui missed you today, too."

He heard his mommy say he misses him! And every hour, mommy thinks of him!

His whole little head, which was excited to fall into her arms, was caught just in time by his father's hand.

"Let mom change first." Shen Yichong was submerged in an artic aura once more as he looked down at Yu Yaoyao's Chinese garb.

It was an ancient and conservative dress. All the places that should be covered were blocked only showing hints of skin. But on this woman, her dress managed to exude a hint of a lazy temptation.

The more hidden the treasures are, the more people want to snoop around.

He stood on his side and blocked the view of the numerous men who were focused on her.

Yu Yaoyao felt the displeasure coming out from his body, but she only wrinkled her little nose.

Tsk. This man is too hard to thaw.

Even in the full view of everyone, he still was so ferocious to her. She had just said she missed him!

"Husband ~ look at you. Rawr." She stood on her tiptoes with a naughty smile and gave him a loud smack on his hard chin.

"There are so many people here, don't be afraid! They won't laugh at you! Just wait for me."

Shen Yichong froze.

Director Li also understood in seconds, showing a tacit smile between men, "Well, I'll try not to film until night for madam Shen in the future."

Rumors truly can't be trusted. Just look at the harmonious feelings between husband and wife! It was only a few hours that the shoot commenced, and they already want to go home in a hurry!

And what do they want to do at home?

There's no need to say it!