After one scene, Fei Qingqing was covered in sweat. She stared intently at Fang Miaomiao opposite her, knowing full well that the woman had done it on purpose.
It was because she had previously implied that Fang Miaomiao owed all her current achievements to the patriarch of the Wen family, so Fang Miaomiao had deliberately reduced her screentime.
"How do you feel?"
Fei Qingqing looked at Fang Miaomiao, who was walking towards her with a smile, and gritted her teeth. "You did that on purpose."
"Oh my," Fang Miaomiao lightly covered her mouth and whispered in Fei Qingqing's ear, "How does this feel?"
To be defeated by someone she looked down upon in the career she was most proud of.
The thought alone was immensely satisfying.
"Fang Miaomiao. This time, it was just my carelessness."
"It's okay," Fang Miaomiao smiled sweetly. "We still have so many scenes together. Time is long, and we can take our time. I just don't know if you can handle it."
Fei Qingqing took a deep breath. She looked at Fang Miaomiao, whose eyes were full of triumph. She wanted nothing more than to slap her, but she knew she couldn't. "Don't get too smug. I will defeat you."
"What are you two doing? Standing in the sun on such a hot day, don't you feel hot?" Chen Tianming walked over, frowning.
Fang Miaomiao straightened up and looked at Chen Tianming. "I was just discussing the plot with Qingqing. We got too engrossed."
"Nonsense." Chen Tianming glared at Fang Miaomiao, feigning anger. "If you're discussing the plot, shouldn't you find a shady spot?"
"Alright, we'll go now."
"Ahem." Chen Tianming cleared his throat. "Um, Qingqing, how's your script memorization coming along?"
"It was my fault just now. Thank you for your guidance, Director Chen. I was just caught off guard by Miaomiao's sudden improvement in acting, which led to such a big mistake. I'm truly sorry."
"Alright, Miaomiao's acting has indeed improved tremendously. But you're not bad either. You have to keep trying. If Miaomiao surpasses you, who knows how arrogant she'll become."
"Director Chen, you make it sound like I'm so shameless."
Chen Tianming glanced at her. "Don't you have any self-awareness?"
Fang Miaomiao waved her hand. "That's all for now. I don't think we have anything else to discuss."
Chen Tianming watched Fang Miaomiao wave and leave, shaking his head with a wry smile. "Qingqing, for the subsequent scenes, you need to act well. Pay more attention to the characters' psychology and so on."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Director Chen. Director Chen, can I ask you if I have any questions?"
"Of course, that's my responsibility."
"Thank you, Director Chen."
"Go and rest. It's quite hot today."
Because the filming was completed very well, Chen Tianming granted Fang Miaomiao and the others leave early, around five o'clock.
"Thank you, Director Chen."
"Go on, go on." Director Chen waved dismissively.
"Sister Miaomiao, what do you want to eat tonight?"
Fang Miaomiao sent a message to Wen Zhiyan: "Light is fine. You can decide on the rest. I'm not picky."
"Sister Miaomiao."
Fang Miaomiao looked at Yu Zhi. "Do you have something you want to tell me?"
"Today, Sister Nian let those people online say whatever they wanted. Will you blame Sister Nian?"
Fang Miaomiao put down her phone. "Sister Nian did the right thing. When there's no evidence, many people are just watching for the excitement. If our studio were to issue a statement, it would make netizens feel like we're making a fuss over nothing."
For trivial matters based on rumors, whoever takes it too seriously loses.
The people behind this might have deliberately exploited Zeng Nian's somewhat impetuous nature to have these gossip accounts release such news.
"Sister Miaomiao." Yu Zhi scratched her head sheepishly. "You already know?"
"Yes. Sister Nian handled this very well. The netizens have no concrete evidence. If it really blew up, Director Chen would have come forward to clarify. What we need to do now is to focus on filming and not worry about anything else."
"Sister Miaomiao, you know so much," Yu Zhi looked at Fang Miaomiao with starry eyes. "When I first saw this, my immediate reaction was to have the studio gather evidence and sue these gossip accounts."
Fang Miaomiao smiled and shook her head. "Sometimes, being too serious will only harm yourself."
It wouldn't matter if it was a mutual destruction. The fear was that only one side would be hurt.
"I will definitely learn well from you, Sister Miaomiao."
"Little Zhi'er wants to be an agent?"
Yu Zhi quickly shook her head. "I just want to follow Sister Miaomiao right now."
With her current abilities, no background, no connections, becoming an agent would certainly be impossible.
"What are you afraid of? A soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier. Work hard, I believe in you."
"Thank you, Sister Miaomiao. I'll definitely work hard too."
Back at the hotel.
Wen Zhiyan was already waiting at the hotel entrance, smiling as Fang Miaomiao got out of the car. "You're here?"
"Why did you come down?" Fang Miaomiao hurried over.
Wen Zhiyan sounded a little hurt by her words. "Does Miaomiao think I'm embarrassing?"
"Look at your face, how could you be embarrassing? You've already brought me so much honor." Fang Miaomiao patted Wen Zhiyan's face. "I was worried you'd have trouble moving around alone. I'm concerned about you."
"Thank you, Miaomiao. But don't worry, there are few people around now."
"You," Fang Miaomiao shook her head, not knowing what else to say. "I'll push you up."
"Okay."
Fang Miaomiao pushed the wheelchair. "Were you bored staying in the room? How about we go out for a stroll now?"
Hengdian was a place with well-equipped facilities for dining, entertainment, and leisure. There were indeed some fun things to do.
"No need, let's go back to the room. I just wanted to be the first person you saw when you got out of the car."
Fang Miaomiao smiled. "I don't know what to say to you."
"You said on your phone just now that you had a day off?"
"Yes, Director Chen gave us a day off."
"An'an..."
"What's wrong, An'an?"
"An'an is fine. He just misses you."
"Then I'll call him when I get back."
Back in the room, Fang Miaomiao immediately lay down on the bed and took out her phone.
Wen Zhiyan shook his head, then closed the room door and moved towards where Fang Miaomiao was.
"An'an, why did you answer so quickly?"
"Mom, I miss you so much."
"Good boy, Mom misses you too," Fang Miaomiao sat up. "What were you doing just now, An'an?"
"I finished reading the last few pages of the book and was waiting for Mom's call."
"An'an, you're amazing, you've finished a whole book."
Unlike her, who usually only flipped through books when she needed to look up some information. At other times... well, she basically didn't open them.
"Mom, is Dad with you?" Wen Yan'an asked Fang Miaomiao with a serious expression.
"How did you know?" Fang Miaomiao exclaimed in surprise.
"Hmph, he lied to me again."
Then, Wen Yan'an simply recounted to Fang Miaomiao how his father had tricked him.