Han Ruixin had called Sheng Shaochen several times, but he never answered.
This made her somewhat dejected, "Mommy, do you think Brother Chen is busy right now? Am I annoying him with all these calls?"
"Silly child, Shaochen has indeed been very busy lately. Actually, we shouldn’t keep calling him. He has already shown his love for you through his actions, so stop overthinking things. Just focus on taking care of yourself; that’s what’s most important."
Mrs. Han took Han Ruixin’s phone away and coaxed her to sleep.
Then, she quickly wrote down the number of the ’surrogate mother.’
At this moment! The sun was blazing outside, and the early August weather was indescribably hot.
In the "Dynasty" theater, Ye Shu was filming a kissing scene with the male lead of the drama, the current popular superstar Liang Mo!
The backdrop for the story was a winter setting against jet lag!
All the actors were dressed in winter ancient costumes, and one could only imagine how hot it was.
Ye Shu was so hot that she wished she could lift the hem of her ancient dress to expose her large~white~legs to cool off.
But the lead-up to this kissing scene was really extensive.
All that staring into each other’s eyes with deep affection, speaking insincere words to each other while secretly harboring individual schemes...
Just these nuanced expressions alone took as much as fifteen minutes to perfect.
Ye Shu always took her script studies seriously and paid great attention to understanding the psychological depth of her character, so she got into her role quickly.
Her performance was especially spot-on!
But she just had to encounter a superstar who was throwing his weight around.
Not only could he not get into the character half the time, but he also kept forgetting his lines.
The director had to cut the scene every minute.
Ye Shu was exasperated.
Eventually, Sun Nanjue could do nothing but let everyone take a mid-scene break to try and find their groove.
Ye Shu hurriedly unbuttoned her thick costume and rushed to fan herself in front of a fan, then whispered to Sun Nanjue, "Director Sun, aren’t you usually very cautious with casting? How come..."
"Who told you that you’re just a newbie? Don’t you think a newbie needs a couple of movie kings or queens to bring them up?"
To think, this Liang Mo was Ah Chen’s personal choice; how could he refuse to use him?
Before he was famous, this Liang Mo was dedicated and had top-notch acting skills. But ever since he won an award, he’d become arrogant, loved to throw tantrums, and couldn’t remember his lines!
Ah Chen had sent this guy over to act opposite Ye Shu, clearly intending for Ye Shu to give up on the tough road of acting!
Sun Nanjue felt bitter but couldn’t say it out loud.
"Cut it out, so the rumors about Director Sun boosting someone’s fame are indeed exaggerated!" In the end, it still entirely depends on movie kings and queens to push a newcomer.
This was quite a disappointment for Ye Shu.
After drinking some water, Ye Shu buttoned up and went back on stage.
This time, the distinguished movie king quickly got into his role, and they were about to finish with just one last kiss.
But just as Ye Shu and the movie king were about to passionately kiss, Sun Nan shouted "cut!"
Ye Shu, speechless, looked up and glared at Sun Nan. What was with him? The movie king was finally not dragging his feet, and he had to ruin it?
In this blazing heat, was he not going to give anyone a break?
"Uh, the prop, we forgot the prop," said Sun Nan, earnestly pulling a card from his pocket and handing it to Ye Shu.
Ye Shu looked at the white board card, frowning, "I didn’t know this scene had such a prop? Where does it go?"
"Between your two lips..." Sun Nan chuckled as he scratched his head.
Ye Shu was speechless; what was this nonsense? While puzzled, she flipped the card over and her whole face twitched.
On the other side of the card, there was a full-body image of Sheng Shaochen!
Oh man, Mr. Sheng’s possessiveness is truly creepy; even during a kissing scene, he wanted her to imagine it was him she was kissing!
A twitch crossed the corner of Ye Shu’s eye as she glared at Sun Nan, this betrayer who had colluded with Mr. Sheng to trap her!
That’s it, strike, she was striking!!
Amid Ye Shu’s frustration, her phone suddenly rang!
She looked at it, furrowing her brows slightly, and it was that number again. Who on earth was this?