The Whole World Is Waiting for Them to Divorce [Transmigration Into a Book] - Chapter 19

Outside, dusk had sunk heavily. Inside, it was so quiet one could hear a pin drop.

The person pressing on top of her had a frighteningly high body temperature. Those two lips were even more like fire, lightly brushing past her chin and stirring up sparks. A strange tingling numbness swept through her whole body. Si Yu stiffened slightly, and the two hands she had pushed out fell limply onto Lu Xi’s shoulders, no longer moving.

Lu Xi took it as her threat having worked. Slowly, she climbed up from Si Yu and staggered toward the door one step at a time, dizzy and lightheaded.

The scorching heat suddenly withdrew, and Si Yu’s rationality returned. She hurriedly got up and went to support her.

Her arm was grabbed. Lu Xi, whose consciousness was muddled, turned her head and looked at her for several seconds. Her lips parted slightly, but she said nothing.

Si Yu supported her back to the bedroom, threw her onto the bed, tucked the blanket over her, and quickly left the room.

Downstairs was pitch black.

Auntie Zhao was already asleep. Si Yu searched for a long time before finding the medicine box, then quietly returned to the room. She saw that Lu Xi had her eyes closed and seemed to have fallen asleep again.

She tried to wake her. “Take your temperature first.”

Lu Xi probably heard her. Her brows wrinkled slightly, and her eyelids moved, but she did not open her eyes.

Si Yu decided to go all in. She lifted the blanket and moved to unbutton Lu Xi’s shirt.

A burning hand suddenly gripped hers, wrapping around it like a ball of fire.

Lu Xi alertly opened her eyes. The deep pool inside had become a clear spring, her consciousness somewhat clearer. Looking at Si Yu’s hand reaching toward her chest, she said in a slightly hoarse voice, “What are you doing?”

Her grip was not strong. Si Yu could break free with just a small struggle, but seeing Lu Xi’s tense jaw, she suddenly felt a wicked urge to tease her.

What would a person who looked so serious and proper look like when flustered?

Flirting with a high mountain flower sounded quite interesting.

Si Yu put on a lecherous expression and said roguishly, “What else could I be doing? Taking advantage of you, of course! Come on, great beauty. Don’t be afraid. This lord will cherish you properly~”

Lu Xi’s eyes slowly blinked once, and she lay steadily without moving, watching Si Yu draw closer.

Their faces were only a fist’s distance apart. They were about to kiss, yet Lu Xi still remained completely unmoved.

The tips of Si Yu’s ears, however, quietly reddened.

It was not that she was not trying hard. It was that someone simply could not be flirted with!

Lu Xi did not look flustered at all. She was so calm she seemed like a heterosexual.

Either that, or she was frigid.

Si Yu remembered that the novel was written very cleanly. Apparently, the website was very abnormal, and every ambiguous action below the neck would be locked, so even the kisses between the two female leads were brushed over in one stroke. There were no fade-to-black scenes written at all.

Because she had a fever, Lu Xi’s usually cold eyes had gained some warmth. But her gaze was fixed straight on Si Yu, sharp and pressing, as if it could see through all her thoughts.

Si Yu shook her head and hurriedly drove all those messy thoughts out of her mind.

The woman was already sick. What was she joking around for?

Si Yu broke free from Lu Xi’s grip and said seriously, “I was trying to help you take your temperature. If you don’t want it under your armpit, holding it in your mouth is fine too.”

Lu Xi looked at the thermometer in her hand and was probably thinking whether it had been disinfected and whether it was clean enough to put into her mouth. After struggling internally for a few seconds, she began unbuttoning her shirt herself.

She had no strength in her hands, and the buttons were fastened tightly. After working at them for a long while, she still had not undone them.

Si Yu was so anxious watching that she really wanted to help her tear the shirt open.

Cough.

After waiting almost two minutes, Lu Xi finally undid the top two buttons.

Si Yu stuffed the thermometer into her hand and did not forget to tease her verbally. “Keep it under your arm and don’t fall asleep yet, or I’ll have to take advantage of you again later.”

The corner of Lu Xi’s eye twitched. With a face full of disgust, she said, “You’re so noisy my head hurts.”

Si Yu: “…”

Fine, she would stop being noisy. The patient was the boss.

Si Yu checked the time on her phone. Once five minutes were up, she had Lu Xi take out the thermometer. It showed 38.5 degrees.

Sure enough, she had a fever.

Si Yu helped raise her pillow higher and let Lu Xi lean against her. She broke off a fever-reducing tablet, picked up the cup of warm water on the bedside table that was no longer hot, held it to Lu Xi’s lips, and coaxed her like a child. “Take the medicine and sleep. You’ll be fine tomorrow. Be good, ah—”

Lu Xi pressed her lips together and looked up at her.

“Open your mouth.” Si Yu thought Lu Xi hated taking medicine the same way she did, so her tone softened. “After you finish, Sister will buy you candy.”

The corner of Lu Xi’s eye twitched again. She drank water from Si Yu’s hand, swallowed the pill, took a breath, and said, “I’m older than you.”

She was already this sick, yet she still had the energy to argue over who was older?

Si Yu did not know whether to laugh or cry. She helped Lu Xi lie down, covered her with the blanket, and smoothly went along with her. “Fine, fine, you’re older. Pretty Sister, hurry and sleep.”

The warm yellow light of the floor lamp spilled over the woman’s bright face, making it full and translucent. Those almond eyes were slightly curved, as if stars were dotted inside them.

Lu Xi did not know if it was because of the light, but she suddenly realized Si Yu looked prettier than usual today.

But she had always been beautiful. Lu Xi had simply never looked at this face so closely or carefully before.

Si Yu did not know what Lu Xi was thinking at that moment. Seeing her staring at her with open eyes, she touched her own face and smiled lewdly. “If you don’t sleep, I’m going to kiss you.”

Lu Xi: “…”

Lu Xi slept in a daze the entire night. When she was woken by the early alarm, her fever had already gone down. It was just that she had drunk a little at the dinner engagement last night, so her head was still somewhat dizzy, and her whole body felt weak.

Her body felt sticky, so Lu Xi went to take a shower. After washing, she felt much more comfortable.

She changed clothes and left her room. When she passed Si Yu’s room, she stopped.

Last night, she had been feverish and dazed, but she still remembered Si Yu constantly wiping her sweat and feeding her water.

Half asleep and half awake, she had vaguely heard Si Yu muttering by the bed, “Are her eyelashes fake? How can they be this long? If I pluck one out and measure it, she probably won’t get angry, right?”

Then Lu Xi felt someone tug at her eyelid.

After that, she heard Si Yu mutter to herself again, “Forget it, forget it. If I wake her up, she’ll threaten to divorce me again.”

That mouth had babbled on for a very long time. It really was noisy.

Although it was noisy, it was very sleep-inducing. Lu Xi quickly fell into a dream and in the end did not know whether Si Yu had actually plucked one of her eyelashes.

Lu Xi also did not know when Si Yu had returned to her own room. Afraid that she had not slept enough, she did not disturb her and turned to go downstairs.

Unexpectedly, Si Yu was sitting neatly at the dining table eating breakfast. Lu Xi paused.

“Morning.” Hearing footsteps, Si Yu turned back and smiled at her. “Are you feeling better?”

Lu Xi gathered away the expression on her face, gave an “Mm,” and walked over unhurriedly, sitting opposite her.

As soon as she lifted her head, she saw the obvious dark circles under Si Yu’s eyes. Lu Xi paused again and said, “You didn’t sleep?”

Si Yu took a sip of hot congee and said indifferently, “I slept for a bit. Then I woke up hungry.”

Lu Xi saw that her complexion was clearly not as good as yesterday’s. Thinking of how meticulously she had taken care of her last night, a certain defensive line in her heart slowly loosened. In a low voice, she said, “Thank you.”

“Hah, I’m your wife. It’s only right that I take care of you. Why say thank you?” Si Yu’s tone was light. Seeing that Lu Xi was not moving, she said, “I guessed you probably wouldn’t have much appetite, so I made a light lean pork congee. It’s not hot anymore. Eat quickly.”

There were some greens added to the lean pork congee, and it looked very appetizing. Lu Xi thought Auntie Zhao had made it. Hearing this, she asked, “You made it?”

“Yeah.” Si Yu said, “When I woke up, Auntie was still sleeping. I was starving, so I did it myself.”

After the cookies, this was the second time Lu Xi had heard of her making food.

This time, Lu Xi did not doubt it. Seeing Si Yu eat with great appetite, Lu Xi, who had not really been hungry, began to feel hungry too and served herself a bowl.

The congee had just the right thickness and a suitable temperature. The fragrance of the meat had completely blended into the soft, sticky rice grains, opening one’s appetite. With one bite, it felt as if her entire body was filling with warmth.

“Is the saltiness okay?” Si Yu asked her.

Lu Xi nodded. After taking a few more bites, she stopped, looked at Si Yu, and said, “You know quite a lot.”

Si Yu said lightly, “Small thing. Cooking congee is the simplest. I can also cook dishes. I’ll make them for you when I have the chance.”

Lu Xi stopped speaking.

Si Yu took one sip of congee and found Lu Xi looking at her. She took another sip and found Lu Xi still looking.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Lu Xi’s eyes darkened slightly, thoughtful.

Si Yu felt uncomfortable under her gaze. She put down the bowl, blinked at her, and said cheekily, “Is it because I’m too good-looking?”

“…”

“Or have you suddenly discovered that I’m virtuous and capable, and you’ve fallen for me?”

Fallen for her. What kind of feeling was that?

Lu Xi did not know. She only knew Si Yu’s eyes were very beautiful. Even though she had not slept well, they were still very bright, clearly black and white, so transparent there was not a single impurity.

So clean, yet like a vortex, capable of sucking a person in.

After looking at each other for two seconds, Lu Xi lowered her head without showing anything. Her voice revealed no emotion as she said, “How do you know how to act?”

This topic change was even stiffer than the spoon in Si Yu’s hand…

Having failed to flirt again, Si Yu was not discouraged. She stirred the congee in her bowl with her spoon and said, “I studied acting before.”

That whole “natural acting genius” thing was purely nonsense. It was fine to fool other people with it, but Si Yu felt someone as sharp as Lu Xi should not be so easy to fool. It was better to tell the truth.

Lu Xi raised her head and looked at her again, her gaze circling over Si Yu’s face as if trying to see a flower bloom there.

This time, Si Yu did not flirt with her again. She simply propped her face up with both hands and generously let Lu Xi look.

Instead, it made Lu Xi feel awkward. She shifted her gaze away and continued drinking the congee as if nothing had happened, while actually lowering her head in thought.

Although she was not a professional, Lu Xi was still the CEO of an entertainment company. Whenever major films premiered, they invited her to attend. What kind of films were good and whose acting was good—she could tell at a glance. Si Yu’s acting was superb, clearly showing a deep foundation. That was why she had suspected Si Yu might have secretly enrolled in acting classes.

Only when she had studied acting, and for how long, Lu Xi knew none of it.

Lu Xi increasingly realized that she knew too little about Si Yu. Before, she had thought Si Yu was just a spoiled, pampered woman who knew nothing and loved making trouble. But now, Si Yu kept overturning and refreshing her understanding, shaking her ideas, and from time to time giving her surprises.

It was like accidentally opening a bottle of aged wine. It needed to breathe before one could taste its true flavor.

The two silently finished breakfast.

Si Yu thought Lu Xi would stay home and rest since she had been sick, but this workaholic did not take it seriously at all and went to work again after breakfast.

Before Lu Xi left, Si Yu did not forget her affectionate persona. She happily chased Lu Xi to the entryway and said with a worried face, “Your fever just went down, so you probably don’t have much strength. Do you want me to drive you to the company?”

Lu Xi seemed to have already grown used to this manner of hers and said without giving her any face, “No need. I’m not that delicate.”

Si Yu stood on tiptoe and pretended to straighten her collar, saying gently, “Then don’t work too hard, okay? If you tire yourself out, my heart will ache.”

“Si Yu.” Lu Xi suddenly called her name seriously.

“Mm?”

Lu Xi looked into her eyes and said clearly, word by word, “Let’s put the divorce aside for now, so there’s no need for you to act in front of me.”

“…”

After Lu Xi left, Si Yu anxiously gnawed on her finger and asked Little B, “Did she notice something?”

Little B: “Notice what?”

Si Yu: …

Forget it. What was there to talk about with an emotionless robot?

Si Yu had acted in front of Lu Xi several times and had been exposed by her every time, so Si Yu suspected that Lu Xi might have discovered she was not the original female supporting character.

But very quickly, she denied that idea. Transmigrating into a book was such a fantastical, bizarre thing. No normal person would think in that direction. If Lu Xi knew the truth, how could she possibly remain this calm?

Si Yu put her heart back into her stomach, cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and went back to her room to read the script.

Your Smile was a half-campus, half-workplace urban romance drama, with Liang Yufei as the female lead.

This drama was adapted from a hugely popular novel, and the original work had many fans. After the production crew released its promotional Weibo, most of the book fans praised Liang Yufei’s image as very similar to the novel’s female lead. After the drama aired, it received waves of praise. Liang Yufei became popular again and even won the title of “Nation’s First Love” through this drama.

Speaking of which, this drama was also the drama that had sealed the original heroine and Lu Xi’s romance. Because of this drama, the later “hero saving beauty” happened, and the two fell into love from then on.

In short, this drama was the starting point of Liang Yufei and Lu Xi’s relationship, as well as an important turning point in Liang Yufei’s acting career. To Liang Yufei, it was crucial.

After learning that the original heroine had also been transmigrated into by someone, Si Yu had no choice but to take this drama seriously. She did not care whether Liang Yufei became popular or not. What she was worried about was whether Liang Yufei and Lu Xi’s romance would develop along the novel’s plotline.

Absolutely not.

So when Zhu Qi had asked her to choose a script, Si Yu had chosen Your Smile without hesitation.

She had to keep watch over Liang Yufei at all times and stop the “hero saving beauty” storyline from happening.

Si Yu searched for the original novel online and discovered it was exclusively published on a novel website called Jinjiang Literature City. Her heart gave a jolt.

This website was exactly the site where she often found novels to read when she was bored!

That novel The Domineering CEO Is Obsessed with Me had also been published on this website!

Si Yu’s heart thumped very fast. Her fingers trembled as she typed the title and clicked search.

Nothing???

She changed to the author’s name, then changed to the main characters’ names to search, but still found nothing.

Si Yu was confused.

She had transmigrated into this novel. This place was a new world.

She had taken over the female supporting character’s body, so where had the original female supporting character gone?

Si Yu had asked Little B before, and Little B said it was confidential and could not be revealed.

She had once wondered whether the original female supporting character might have transmigrated into the original heroine Liang Yufei’s body.

That thought gave her goosebumps.

Impossible, impossible. The original female supporting character was bad through and through, inside and out. This current Liang Yufei was clearly a green tea. Their personalities were far too different.

No matter who was currently inside the heroine’s body, Si Yu listed her as the number one dangerous person.

On the other side, Liang Yufei was shaken both physically and mentally upon learning that Si Yu had signed with Guangying to become an actress.

“Wei Wei, what did you say?”

As soon as Lu Wei returned home, she heard from her mother that Si Yu had signed with Guangying and was going to be an actress, so she immediately ran over to tell Liang Yufei. “That woman must have gone crazy somehow. She used to laze around every day, but now she actually wants to be an actress. Her? Aside from looking pretty, what else can she do?”

Liang Yufei bit her lip and said, “Was it your sister who let her enter the company?”

“Definitely not!” Lu Wei said. “My sister looks down on her the most. How could she let her enter the company? She must have opened a back door for herself. You know this too—when her father died, he left all his inheritance to her. Right now, she’s one of Guangying’s three major shareholders.”

Liang Yufei knew this. The author had explained it in the novel. She suddenly felt very unfair. What right did Si Yu, a vicious female supporting character, have to be this rich?

On the first day after transmigrating, when she saw there were two million yuan in the account, Liang Yufei had thought she was wealthy. After all, she had never seen so much money in her life, and she had been so happy she could not sleep all night. But as soon as she thought of the author’s setting for Si Yu as a wealthy young lady worth who knew how many billions, her heart instantly became unbalanced.

She had lost at the starting line, but it was fine. She did not need that much money. However, she would seize every honor that belonged to her!

Fortunately, this body had retained all of the original owner’s memories and abilities. At first, Liang Yufei had been worried that she did not know anything and would not be able to survive, but afterward, she discovered that she had actually “inherited” the original heroine’s acting skills!

She had actually brought her own golden finger!

This surprising discovery allowed Liang Yufei to regain her confidence. Thinking of the heroine’s cheat-like acting career, leaping from an eighteenth-tier actress to A-list, becoming Guangying’s top actress, and winning Best Actress for television, her heart surged. Almost every day, she dreamed so happily she smiled herself awake.

Right now, she wished she could immediately join the crew and experience what acting felt like.

Liang Yufei liked the drama Your Smile very much, not only because this drama could make her popular, but also because this production crew was the medium through which her relationship with Lu Xi began.

She was very much looking forward to that day arriving. Lu Xi would be hers in the end!

A week later, when Lu Wei learned that the person playing the second female lead was Si Yu, she once again jumped in anger. “Back then, when I said I wanted to play the second female lead, my sister refused no matter what. Now she actually gave this role to Si Yu! What exactly is she thinking? Si Yu has never studied acting or acted before. What right does she have to play the second female lead? No, I have to go ask my sister.”

Liang Yufei did not stop her.

Regarding Si Yu playing the second female lead, Liang Yufei was not angry at all. She was even very happy.

Wasn’t it even better if Si Yu had no acting skills? When the time came, she could use her acting to crush Si Yu completely and stomp her beneath her feet.

Just thinking of that scene made her feel unbelievably good!

Lu Wei charged straight into Lu Xi’s office and said angrily, “Sis, why did you give the second female lead to Si Yu?”

Meeting Lu Xi’s bone-chillingly cold eyes, only then did she belatedly realize she seemed to have missed something. She shrank back and exited, then trembled as she knocked on the door three times.

After a long while, she heard the person inside say, “Come in.”

Only then did Lu Wei dare push the door open and enter. Her momentum had been cut by more than half, but the fire was still there. Gritting her teeth, she repeated what she had said earlier.

Lu Xi’s hands were folded together as she leaned leisurely against the back of her chair, her gaze rippleless as she looked at Lu Wei. “If not her, then should it be given to you?”

“Why can’t it be given to me? At least I’ve acted in several dramas!” Lu Wei said unconvinced.

The corner of Lu Xi’s lips rose slightly, as if smiling, yet also as if mocking. “You’ve acted in several dramas, but your acting hasn’t improved much.”

Lu Wei choked, then said with a red face, “Then… I’m still better than her!”

Lu Xi gave another faint laugh and leaned forward slightly. “You really aren’t as good as her.”

“…How is that possible!” Lu Wei’s eyes widened. “Sis, what kind of bewitching soup did she pour down your throat? Are you stupid? Are you still my sister?”

Lu Xi glanced at her lightly and said in a tone that allowed no argument, “The cast list has already been finalized, and the contract has been signed. No matter what you say now, it’s useless.”

Lu Wei knew her sister’s temper well. Once Lu Xi decided something, she rarely changed it. Since persuasion was useless, Lu Wei was so angry she spoke recklessly. “If you throw such an important role to her, and she ruins it, the original novel fans will definitely curse her to death. You’ll regret it then!”

Lu Xi looked at her sideways. “Say that again.”

How would Lu Wei dare? Before she could be thrown out by someone, she tucked her tail and ran away first.

On the day of the makeup photoshoot, Si Yu saw Liang Yufei again.

Your Smile was a film invested in by Guangying, and the makeup photos were shot in the Guangying building.

When love rivals met, no one turned red with anger. Instead, the atmosphere was unexpectedly harmonious.

Liang Yufei wore a simple little white dress. With that pure face, she smiled in a seemingly harmless way and took the initiative to greet Si Yu. “Long time no see.”

Si Yu sneered endlessly in her heart.

The first time they met, Liang Yufei had called her a demon. The second time, she had been afraid like a little white rabbit. Now she was not afraid and was here pretending they were familiar?

The person who had transmigrated into Liang Yufei’s body really could not be underestimated.

Wasn’t it just acting? Who didn’t know how?

Si Yu smiled without warmth and said, “Long time no see. You seem to have gotten fatter than before.”

Liang Yufei’s smile froze. She murmured, “Really?”

Liang Yufei felt that Si Yu was messing with her.

“You really have.” Assistant Xiao Yan examined her face and said, “Yufei, have you not been controlling your diet lately? Filming is about to start. You can’t go on like this. You won’t look good on camera. You need to lose weight.”

Liang Yufei subconsciously touched the flesh around her waist. It did seem to have grown a circle larger than before…

Liang Yufei’s original family had been very poor, and the family’s favoritism toward boys over girls had been severe. She had never had enough to eat every day. After transmigrating and seeing millions in her account, one could say she had become rich overnight. Over the past half month, she had been eating and drinking wildly, only thinking about satisfying her appetite. She had long forgotten that the original heroine was an actress and needed to maintain her figure.

Seeing her embarrassed appearance, Si Yu painfully held back her laughter and “kindly” reminded her, “Eat less crayfish. If you keep gaining weight, I’m afraid the director will have to consider replacing the female lead.”

Liang Yufei had originally wanted to keep up appearances with her, but hearing her mention replacing the female lead immediately enraged her. Furious, she said, “If anyone is getting replaced, it’s you!”

A vase without acting skills actually dared mock her, someone with the heroine halo? Truly overestimating herself!

Si Yu had expected her to get angry, but had not expected her to stop pretending altogether. She stepped back, pressed a hand to her chest, and said softly and delicately, “I only made a tiny joke with you. Why are you so angry?”

“…” Liang Yufei’s eyes flickered, and in one second she turned back into a harmless little white flower. Smiling, she said, “I’m not angry. I just spoke a little loudly. Sorry.”

Si Yu said, “It’s okay~”

Both of them wore professional fake smiles. When the makeup artist came in and saw them chatting so happily, she thought they had a very good relationship.

In front of the makeup artist, Liang Yufei still had to act with her. “I heard you signed with Guangying. Congratulations.”

Si Yu did not ask how she knew and simply said perfunctorily, “Thank you.”

Liang Yufei asked again, “Who’s your agent?”

Si Yu turned her head and looked at her steadily. The corner of her lips curved, and she said, “Zhu Qi.”

Surprised? Unexpected? Your agent is now my agent.

Liang Yufei’s face changed drastically. She was also afraid of letting others see something was wrong and wanted to restrain herself, but unfortunately, her eyes still leaked some emotion. Dryly, she said, “It’s Zhu Qi, huh.”

“You know my agent too?”

Liang Yufei smiled stiffly. “I’ve heard of her.”

Si Yu raised a brow and neither agreed nor disagreed.

Si Yu and Liang Yufei arrived the earliest. After their makeup and hair were done, they were called to the photography studio.

As the female lead, Liang Yufei was naturally the first to shoot.

Liang Yufei had just taken one photo when director Qian Lei came over to look at the sample. His brows furrowed. “How did you get this fat?”

Women cared at least somewhat when others called them fat. After taking repeated blows, Liang Yufei’s face could not quite hold up, and she said awkwardly, “Sorry, Director Qian. I’ve been eating a little too much lately…”

Qian Lei looked at her chubby face and shook his head helplessly. “Filming starts next month. Go back and lose weight properly.”

Liang Yufei hurriedly nodded again and again.

The female lead of Your Smile should look thin, weak, and pure. In this photo, Liang Yufei’s face had turned round, so Qian Lei could only say to the photographer, “Retouch her into an oval face later.”

The photographer: “Okay.”

Liang Yufei’s face had grown a whole circle larger. No matter how they shot her, she did not look good on camera. The photographer shot for a long time, but Qian Lei was never satisfied. In the end, he grew impatient, closed his eyes, and reluctantly said, “Fine, leave it like that. Next.”

Next was Si Yu.

Qian Lei had never met Si Yu before and had only heard her name.

Originally, he had taken a liking to an actress named Guan Qiaoqiao and thought she was very suitable to play the second female lead. He had already discussed it with her. In the end, Guangying said they wanted to replace her and switched the role to this pure newcomer who supposedly had never studied acting or acted before.

Qian Lei was somewhat angry, but dared be angry and not speak.

This was a drama invested in by Guangying, so it was only natural for them to use their own company’s people. But Qian Lei had always disliked newcomers without any foundation who were forced into productions through connections.

Turning his head and seeing Si Yu’s styling, Qian Lei’s eyes lit up. He froze for several seconds and said, “You’re Si Yu?”

Si Yu bowed humbly and smiled. “Hello, Director Qian.”

At first glance, she was stunning, very close to the image of the second female lead in the director’s imagination. But when he thought of her being a newcomer with zero foundation, Qian Lei’s face fell. With a casual wave of his hand, he said, “Go shoot.”

Si Yu could feel the difference between Qian Lei’s attitude toward Liang Yufei and toward her. She did not care at all and strode into the shooting area.

Liang Yufei, who was silently watching from the side, could not help feeling gleeful. A vicious female supporting character like Si Yu was disliked wherever she went.

The next second, she could no longer smile, because she heard the photographer repeatedly praise Si Yu. “Not bad. Very strong camera sense. Your face is too photogenic, practically no dead angles from three hundred and sixty degrees. No retouching needed! Perfect!”

Qian Lei leaned closer for a look. The photographed result was indeed excellent, giving off the feeling of a fashion blockbuster. Most importantly, her eyes carried drama.

He looked a few more times at Si Yu striking poses in front of the camera, a little more inquiry and interest in his gaze.

On July 1, Your Smile’s official Weibo announced the start date, tagged the main cast, and released the makeup photos.

With the assistance of the novel’s original fans, less than half an hour after the Weibo was posted, reposts exceeded one hundred thousand, comments reached fifty thousand, and it rapidly climbed into the top three trending searches.

Si Yu used her newly registered account to repost that Weibo, then opened the comments underneath. Unsurprisingly, the first hot comment was for Zhang Sikai, the traffic idol playing the male lead. The second hot comment was for Liang Yufei, who played the female lead. The third was Si Yu… Huh, herself???

Si Yu rubbed her eyes to confirm she had not seen wrong, then hurriedly opened the more than two thousand replies.

【Is this pretty sister a newcomer? You’re so beautiful!】

【I love this face, I love it. No matter what her acting is like, from today on, I’m her face fan.】

【Did Guangying sign another newcomer? This newcomer’s looks are so high. She fits Chen Shuang perfectly.】

【Not just her face, pretty sister’s figure is so good too. Those legs are so long and thin. I’m jealous.】

【I have a feeling pretty sister is going to become popular.】

【Beautiful? What beautiful? Ever heard of Meitu? Isn’t it all Photoshopped?】

…

Aside from a few contrarians, most were praising her looks and saying that her image was very close to the second female lead.

To stand firmly in the entertainment industry, audience appeal was very important. So although Si Yu had long become immune to being praised for her beauty, seeing so many unfamiliar netizens liking her face and figure still made her happy from the bottom of her heart.

The drama had not even started filming, and netizens already liked her this much. Hopefully, her acting career from here on out would go smoothly.

Reality proved that Si Yu’s thoughts were still somewhat naive.

When she woke up, Si Yu habitually lazed in bed for a while, logged onto Weibo, and clicked into the trending searches.

The topic of Your Smile starting production was still hanging on the trending list. Si Yu swept her eyes down and saw her own name appear in the top ten trending searches. She thought she had not fully woken up.

#Si Yu Chen Shuang#

A trending search bought by the production crew?

With questions in her mind, Si Yu clicked in and saw a Weibo post like this:

Gu Zeyan Is My Husband: “I’m really speechless at some brain-dead fans who lose their damn minds as soon as they see a pretty face. Do you know who this sy is? According to reliable information, this sy has never studied acting and has never acted before. How did she get into Guangying? Some time ago, Guangying recruited newcomers. Thirteen people interviewed. Aside from this sy, the other twelve were all experienced actors with real ability, yet she happened to be chosen. Don’t you find that strange? As everyone knows, Guangying’s standards for selecting artists are very strict. Those of you praising her looks and saying she fits Chen Shuang’s image, do you still dare look forward to her playing Chen Shuang? Can a pretty vase with no acting skills play Chen Shuang well? I really don’t understand what Guangying’s higher-ups are doing. Are they trying to let a newcomer ruin the entire drama? As an original novel fan, I’m really disappointed!”

Si Yu did not know who this netizen called “Gu Zeyan Is My Husband” was, but they had posted this seemingly plausible Weibo, and the original novel fans exploded.

【Is this true? sy got into Guangying through the back door? She has connections?】

【The interview thing is true. Our Shuang’s acting is so good, but she wasn’t chosen. I don’t understand how sy was chosen.】

【No acting skills, but still wants to be an actress?】

【So Guangying found a vase with no acting skills to play our beautiful, badass Sister Shuang??? FML, I want to curse. Ruining my Sister Shuang, ruining my original novel. All Guangying higher-ups should go die!】

【I’ll also reveal some reliable info. Originally, the actress Director Qian liked for Chen Shuang was gq.q, but later she was replaced with this sy.】

【gq.q would’ve been fine! Although she isn’t as pretty as sy, her acting is good! Why replace her with a no-acting vase?!】

【Did sy steal gq.q’s role? Waiting for more tea.】

【gq.q posted a Weibo two weeks ago saying something like a cooked duck flew away, so she meant her role was stolen by sy?】

【Ugh, I hate this kind of role-snatcher the most. No professional ethics at all! Disgusting!】

【Shouldn’t the director explain? @QianLei】

【Sis, you tagged the wrong person. Shouldn’t it be @GuangyingEntertainment explain?】

…

This blogger did not name names and deliberately used pinyin initials, but as long as one was not stupid, they would know the post was talking about Si Yu.

What interview insider information, hints that she entered through the back door, hints that she stole a role—it all sounded vivid and convincing. Netizens were the easiest to incite with these groundless rumors. As long as one person stood up to accuse, the others immediately swarmed forward to attack.

If not for these netizens telling her, Si Yu would not even have known she had “stolen” that gq.q’s role.

Who was gq.q?

Look at what was called face-slapping.

Last night, Si Yu had been pleased because people praised her. Today, she saw so much dirt about herself.

How exciting.

The person behind this was truly impatient.

Not many people knew about Si Yu interviewing at Guangying. The person slandering her might be one of the ten eliminated interviewees, and among those ten, her good former desk mate Lin Shuang was the most likely.

It was also possible that it was Liang Yufei.

Without solid evidence, Si Yu did not dare draw a conclusion. After thinking slightly, she said, “Little B, who do you think is scheming against me behind my back?”

Little B: “I don’t know.”

Si Yu: “Help me investigate.”

Little B: “Sowwy, I don’t have that function.”

So angry that Si Yu hit her head against the pillow, she said, “Your transmigration system is seriously trash. You made me come here to do a mission, so at least give me some kind of golden finger! What company are you people from? So stingy. Who will still be willing to do missions for you in the future? Just go bankrupt already.”

Little B: “…”

Little B might have been short-circuited by her scolding, because it stayed silent for a long time.

There was no point arguing with an artificial intelligence. Unable to count on Little B, Si Yu picked up her phone and prepared to contact Zhu Qi to discuss how to handle crisis PR.

Suddenly, she heard knocking on the door.

She thought it was Auntie Zhao coming to call her downstairs for breakfast. Her fingers tapped rapidly as she typed, and without raising her head, she said, “Auntie, wait a moment.”

“It’s me.” A clear, pleasant voice came from outside the door.

Lu Xi?

This was the first time Lu Xi had ever knocked on her room door.

Si Yu did not know why Lu Xi was looking for her so early in the morning. She tossed aside her phone, stepped barefoot onto the cotton-like wool carpet, and ran to open the door.

“I just heard you…” Lu Xi’s words stopped halfway when she saw Si Yu’s messy hair, long face, pouting mouth, and pitiful look as if she had been bullied. After a pause, she changed her words. “What happened?”

“Ying, someone is bullying your wife.”

As soon as the words fell, the person in front of Lu Xi suddenly leapt up, spreading all four limbs as she pounced onto her.

Lu Xi was caught off guard, and her back hit the door panel.

The woman wore a thin nightdress, with no bra underneath. Her elastic, full chest pressed against Lu Xi…

Warm fragrance and soft jade, fitted together without a gap, creating an indescribably subtle feeling.

Lu Xi’s spine went rigid. Looking at the woman clinging tightly to her like an octopus, she steadied her breathing and said, “Get down.”

“No. I’ve been bullied so miserably. I need kisses, hugs, and to be lifted high!”

“…”