"The heroes compete for supremacy in the Central Plains, with the Seven Countries vying for the top spot! But what I’m portraying in this film isn’t about the sly court politics. The Itinerant World is small, small enough that a tiny place can still be significant, yet the Itinerant World is also vast, vast enough to rival a nation itself. In the film, Prince Chen in his fight against King Chu for..."
Director Li spoke earnestly, and the actors listened just as earnestly, in total cooperation.
Sheng Yan lowered his head, adopting the pose of a deep thinker, and no one could guess that he was actually distracted, his mind wandering as he looked at the phone hidden under the table.
As Director Li got into full swing, he stood up and waved his hands dramatically, "What you need to convey is—"
"Ring ring ring ring ring..." Suddenly, a devilishly catchy tune broke out, rudely interrupting Director Li’s impassioned speech.
All eyes involuntarily turned toward the source of the sound, where Sheng Yan was sitting.
Facing everyone’s gaze, Sheng Yan appeared calm.
He glanced at his phone, stood up ticulously, and said, "My agent needs for sothing. I’ll leave for a bit, Director Li please continue, don’t wait for ."
Hearing Sheng Yan’s words, Director Li gestured for him to go ahead and leave, continuing his spirited talk with the others.
Nobody noticed how hasty Sheng Yan’s departure was.
Once outside the film crew, Sheng Yan managed to answer the video call just as He Jinxia was about to hang up.
On the phone screen, his slightly disheveled hair was visible, and those ink-like eyes shimred with brilliance against the deep night.
"Don’t hang up, wait a mont," Sheng Yan quickly said, tilting his phone downward, looking up to search for his car.
Jinxia blinked, her lips curving up slightly, her eyes bending with patience as she waited.
A few minutes later, Sheng Yan’s face appeared again on the phone.
His hair was still a bit ssy, but the dim yellow light cast a soft orange glow on his face, warming Jinxia’s heart.
In Sheng Yan’s eyes, Jinxia was lying on the bed, her back against a pillow, and the bright light illuminated her facial features, making her seem like she was glowing all over.
Ah, no matter how Jinxia appeared, in Mr. Sheng’s eyes, she always shone brightly, enchantingly beautiful.
Especially those moist, phoenix eyes with the slightly upturned corners, full of allure, fixated on him without blinking. Occasionally, when she did blink, her long lashes seed to brush against sothing in his heart, silently hooking sothing within.
Neither of them spoke, just looking at each other.
Then...
Jinxia was the first to turn her face away, covering the flush that had risen on her face.
Sheng Yan’s gaze darkened slightly, but he remained motionless, staring intently at Jinxia.
That scorching gaze pierced through the screen into her heart, making Jinxia feel her body growing feverishly hot.
Strictly speaking, this was her first love affair from past to present, and it was... sowhat embarrassing.
Jinxia sneakily glanced using the corner of her eye and, seeing Sheng Yan still staring at her, felt even more embarrassed, his gaze was like that of a wolf.
Her lips parted and closed, wavered for a while, and finally, she managed to speak with a voice that was sweet and a little mushy, "Stop looking at ."
Without thinking, Sheng Yan replied, "I’m looking."
Jinxia: "... It’s okay to look, but stop staring."
Sheng Yan: "I want to stare."
To stare, to stare hard, to stare intensely!
Jinxia: "..."
In the silence, Sheng Yan slightly withdrew his gaze and spoke softly, "It’s been too long since we’ve seen each other, let look at you longer to make up for it."
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Love words so coldly spoken, seems like only Sheng Yan could do such a thing.
If it weren’t for the fact that He Jinxia knew he was warm beneath his cold exterior, she might have felt like scratching the walls in frustration, questioning whether he liked her anymore, given how perfunctory his tone was.
With that burning gaze no longer on her, He Jinxia felt the air around her beco a little more breathable. She took a deep breath to compose herself, and turned to ask Sheng Yan:
"The ssage you sent earlier..."
Before she could finish, Sheng Yan took the initiative and said, "It was Director Li’s idea. He saw you dance during the ti we borrowed your set and thought you had a classical charm. Coincidentally, an actress playing a Dancer in our crew had to leave for so reason, so he set his sights on you."
A smile on her face, He Jinxia asked back, "Really?"
Sheng Yan’s reply was crisp and decisive: "Really."
He Jinxia looked at him with a smile, not saying a word.
Sheng Yan suddenly felt sowhat unnerved by that look.
The next second, he cleared his throat lightly, and shifted his head slightly without looking directly at her:
"I recomnded you, but you absolutely have the talent to seize this opportunity. If Director Li wasn’t optimistic about you, he wouldn’t have agreed to have you join the crew without even auditioning."
As he spoke, the man looked at her again, his face serious and earnest.
A thought suddenly flashed through He Jinxia’s mind: It must have been hard for him to say so much in one go.
Her eyes curved slightly, revealing the round fleshiness beneath them, and her phoenix eyes softened considerably at this mont. She smiled with a cunning sense, just like a little fox.
She said softly, "Sheng Yan, you know I don’t want to rely on anyone in the entertainnt circle, I want to rely on my own ability."
Sheng Yan’s gaze was deep as he looked at her, about to say sothing, but as soon as he opened his lips, the woman’s soft voice ca again, "But I am willing to make an exception for you."
Principles are, after all, ant to be broken.
Giving up sothing one pursues for soone they like involves a mix of helplessness and indulgence, much like an unavoidable happy worry.
He Jinxia had thought she would hold out a bit longer, but she wasn’t a stubborn character. The mont she t Sheng Yan’s clear and distinct eyes, her heart imdiately softened.
This is love.
It possesses a kind of magic that, even if it makes one foolish, one is willing to accept.
Sheng Yan’s eyes flickered, his fist clenched slightly, and a warmth flowed in his heart, softening his entire being.
He said softly, "I didn’t lie to you, even if it wasn’t , Director Li was planning to have you co for a tryout."
After a pause, he looked at He Jinxia, and said earnestly word by word, "In my heart, you are the best, irreplaceable by anyone."
He Jinxia: "..." Suddenly getting confessed to left her feeling a bit stunned!
After being dazed for quite a while, the first thing He Jinxia did with her cheeks blushing was—hang up the phone!
That’s cheating! That’s cheating! That’s cheating!
She let her body fall heavily onto the bed, hugged a pillow, and comfortably rolled around a few tis before feeling the palpitations in her heart begin to subside.
He Jinxia reached out to touch her hot cheeks and cursed Sheng Yan in her heart again.
How could he do this...
To not flirt at all and then suddenly flirt so impressively, too detestable!
The next day, the press for "Chen Xiaohui, Go Forward!" began in Xia City.
During the press conference, He Jinxia’s lilight was temporarily overshadowed, as Li Li and Wu Daxi beca the dia’s main focus.
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