Best Actress Turns Into A Cat [Semi-Transmigration] - Chapter 9

Yin Liang could not quite explain it. It was probably a case of two monarchs never meeting in the same court, and on top of that, her management team had always followed her wishes.

“Your breakfast!” Sister Hua came in from outside and handed Yin Liang the meat porridge the little assistant had bought earlier. “If Sister Song hadn’t called me, I wouldn’t even have known you ran out without eating breakfast! Aren’t you afraid of getting stomach problems?”

Yin Liang accepted the porridge with a grin. Taking advantage of the fact that the makeup artist had already finished her hair but had not yet done her lip makeup, she said, “Give me just a tiny bit of time. I’ll finish it right away!”

“Take your time. There’s still a while before filming starts. You’ll make it.” As Sister Hua spoke, she straightened Yin Liang’s clothes. “I have to go back to the company. If you need anything, call Xiao Jing or Xiao Li!”

“Sister Hua, go, go! It’s not like I just debuted. There’s no need to be so dramatic. There won’t be much going on, don’t worry!” Yin Liang was grateful to Sister Hua. Sister Hua had been managing her for years, from the time she had been a little nobody until now. Just as the outside world said, Sister Hua was the one who had discovered her talent.

“Mm, I’m leaving. Xiao Jing, call me if anything happens.” Sister Hua was still a little uneasy, so she said this to Xiao Jing at the side.

Xiao Jing nodded. Only then did Sister Hua leave with peace of mind.

After finishing the porridge and touching up her makeup, Yin Liang went to the set accompanied by several assistants.

This scene was about the female lead, Bai Qianqian, going on a spring outing with her close friend Gu Xiao after the college entrance exam.

Gu Xiao was precisely the second female lead of this drama, the role played by Gui Nuo.

When Yin Liang arrived, Gui Nuo happened to turn her head.

For some reason, Yin Liang felt a burst of nervousness and could not help touching her nose. This was their first meeting since she had turned into a cat.

Fortunately, Gui Nuo did not look at Yin Liang. Yin Liang also quickly moved her gaze away, acting as if she had not seen Gui Nuo at all.

“Qianqian is here!” The director had originally been watching the footage Gui Nuo had reshot yesterday and nodding nonstop.

Yin Liang saw it too. Gui Nuo was beautiful on camera. She had indeed portrayed the gloomy, solitary, and strange Gu Xiao very vividly.

“Come, come, come. You weren’t feeling well yesterday and didn’t come, so you definitely don’t know yet. Qianqian, your best friend has finally been decided! From now on, you don’t have to act opposite empty air alone anymore!” The director said this cheerfully, looking at Yin Liang and then at Gui Nuo.

Because they were on set, the director always directly called them by their characters’ names rather than the actors’ real names. The previous scenes had all been filmed without the second female lead for some unknown reason, and filming had still begun as usual. It was just that Yin Liang had to work a little harder, because when acting opposite someone, she was always acting opposite empty air.

The moment the director mentioned acting opposite empty air, Yin Liang felt a chill run through her whole body. She immediately thought of Gui Nuo’s psychotic behavior at home!

She instinctively turned to look at Gui Nuo. Coincidentally, Gui Nuo also looked over. Yin Liang immediately moved her gaze away, but then realized that her reaction was wrong. She smiled and said, “Hello, I’m Bai Qianqian.”

This line was from the first day the two characters met in the drama, when Bai Qianqian walked up and said it. After that, there was another line: “Why are you alone too? Do you not have any friends either? I just transferred to this school, so I don’t have friends either. Let’s make a pair!”

“Gu Xiao.” Gui Nuo’s voice was icy, carrying a gloomy feeling as if she had crawled up from hell. Yin Liang knew this was definitely because she knew too much, which was why she had this kind of illusion.

“Beautiful!!” The director could not help clapping. “Perfect! It’s simply too perfect!!” Gui Nuo’s gloominess, Yin Liang’s innocence, liveliness, and warmth—both of them completely matched the two characters in the drama! Back when he heard these two had been cast, although he had been drawn in by their extremely high popularity, he had still worried whether Gui Nuo, who had not debuted long ago, could handle such a gloomy, deep, and complex role. As expected of the newly crowned Best Actress. Acting opposite Yin Liang, she was not the least bit intimidated!

“Director, we’re ready.” The assistant director came over and spoke softly by the director’s ear.

“All right. Qianqian, Gu Xiao, next is your main scene!” The director patted Gui Nuo and Yin Liang on the shoulders and said with a smile. Back when several directors in the industry had seen his script, they had all looked down on it, saying that this kind of revenge drama that did not focus on romance had long since lost its market. Now he would show them whether or not it had a market!

When Gui Nuo held Yin Liang’s hand according to the requirements of the scene, Yin Liang’s whole body stiffened. Gui Nuo’s hand was the same as the hand from last night, cold enough to chill her straight to the heart!

Yin Liang silently muttered in her heart, Why are you being so dramatic? When you were a cat, she even held you. What’s wrong with just holding hands?!

“Qianqian! Where’s your lighthearted young-girl energy? The person in front of you is your best friend, not the person you have a crush on. Don’t be so stiff!!” The director spoke up! Bai Qianqian’s state was a little off. Maybe it was because the earlier scenes had not been with Gu Xiao, so she was not used to it at first.

Hearing this, the corner of Yin Liang’s mouth twitched. The resistance in her heart was not as strong anymore. That was right! Even if someone was going to be stiff, it should not be her! As Yin Liang thought this, she quickly glanced at Gui Nuo beside her. Gui Nuo still had no expression, merely looking melancholically at the scenery not far away.

“Qianqian, let’s go back. I don’t want to go up anymore.” Gu Xiao spoke. Her voice was still gloomy, but it faintly revealed her concern for Bai Qianqian, this friend of hers.

“How can we do that? Xiao Xiao, we’ve already walked all the way here. It would be such a pity not to go up now. Besides…” Yin Liang leaned close to Gui Nuo’s ear, with a bit of mischief and a bit of young-girl shyness. “I’ll tell you something. I heard there’s a temple on this mountain, and it’s especially accurate for praying for marriage fate! Don’t you want to have a grand, earth-shaking romance the moment you get to university? Come on, come on!”

As Yin Liang spoke, she dragged Gu Xiao forward. Gu Xiao did not speak, but she still continued walking.

“Cut! Beautiful!” The director clapped. Aside from Yin Liang not being used to it at the very beginning, almost all of the two’s shots passed in one take!

“Rest for a bit. Prepare for the next scene. Extras and kidnappers, get ready!” the assistant director said.

The moment Yin Liang heard “cut,” she immediately let go of Gui Nuo’s hand and walked toward her assistant.

Gui Nuo stood there for a while. A group of makeup artists came up to touch up her makeup.

“Your Highness, how did it feel?” Xiao Jing quickly draped a fur coat over Yin Liang, because she was only wearing a wool sweater.

Yin Liang was not actually cold. She was wearing thermal layers underneath. “It was okay.” Yin Liang did not know how to put it. She had never seen Gui Nuo act before, so she had not known that Gui Nuo was actually quite capable of acting too.

The moment this thought appeared, Yin Liang despised herself in her heart. Seriously, did a role that was basically her playing herself require any acting skills? That gloomy feeling was practically designed for Gui Nuo as a person!