After a Contractual Marriage, Little Taotie Went Viral!-Chapter 300 - 294: She Can Pretend Too

Then he saw Qin Yun’s outfit and appearance, immediately guessed who she was, and his expression did a 180-degree turn as he said in what he thought was a gentle manner, "You must be Beauty Yu, right? Hello, I’m Qiong Hai, playing your Gu Changjun."

As he spoke, Qiong Hai extended his hand to Qin Yun.

Qin Yun felt extremely disgusted as soon as he started speaking, and coupled with the unpleasant smell coming from him, she wanted to stay even further away.

But she had just joined the film crew, and there were probably quite a few people observing them. If she showed a displeased face directly, news of her being a diva would quickly spread.

Just as Qin Yun was hesitating about how to refuse, Director Chen’s angry voice sounded from afar, "Where are Qin Yun and Qiong Hai?"

Qin Yun turned around to take a look, quickly pointed in the director’s direction with an apologetic look, "We probably need to head over quickly. Director Chen just asked me to find you to rehearse, but I guess we won’t get to that right now. Since the director hasn’t seen us, he’s likely a bit impatient, especially since we have a heavy workload tonight."

Qiong Hai, seemingly indifferent, withdrew his hand and put it back into his pocket, still apologizing with gentlemanly grace, "Sorry, it seems I’ve involved you. Let’s head over."

With that, he headed over there first.

Qin Yun watched his back, unable to help frowning, just hoping that while shooting, this person wouldn’t cause any trouble.

When they reached Director Chen’s side, Director Chen frowned upon seeing them, asking, "How did the rehearsal go? Can we go straight to a take?"

"The rehearsal went okay, Teacher Qin has a lot of potential. Right, Teacher Qin?" Qiong Hai answered first.

Qin Yun, being forced into the rehearsal, thought, "..."

Director Chen shifted his gaze to Qin Yun, frowning, "Qin Yun, do you need a separate run-through again?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Qin Yun, who had just been put on the spot by Qiong Hai, had no choice but to smile in response, saying that she needed another run-through would contradict Qiong Hai’s earlier praise of her potential.

If she said she didn’t need it, she actually didn’t have much experience and was relying entirely on Pei Yan’s last-minute cramming.

Qin Yun sighed and said, "Director, let’s try a take first to see where we might still be lacking."

Director Chen glanced over the two of them, nodded, and said nothing more, "Lighting technician, dim the lights a little, are the extras all in place?"

"The extras are in place," someone next to them immediately replied.

Soon the lighting technician managed to create the lighting effect the director wanted, and the makeup artist and stylist followed up to touch up the makeup for the two, adjusting the hairstyles a bit more, mostly for Qiong Hai since he’d been waiting for quite a while.

Soon, the lighting technician made an "OK" gesture to the director, and the makeup artist and stylist exited one after another.

"Scene 23, first take of ’Mystery Shadow,’ action."

In the gallery, Li Beauty was seriously examining the painting before her when someone bumped into her as she was admiring it. As she was about to fall, Gu Changjun reached out to catch her by the waist.

Qin Yun’s waist was grabbed, the hot palm pressing against her waist, even rubbing deliberately. A wave of nausea rushed up instantly, and Qin Yun was furious; no one had ever dared treat her like this!!!

At the same time, an unpleasant scent rushed to her nose, causing Qin Yun to reflexively slap Qiong Hai.

"Smack——"

The slap was solid, and the sound was loud.

Realizing she was still filming, Qin Yun quickly switched to the role of Li Beauty, not Qin Yun, and said in Li Beauty’s voice, with an apologetic yet slightly flustered tone, "Sorry, sir, I was scared just now. Thank you for saving me. Did I hurt you?"

Director Chen witnessed this scene and frowned slightly. The assistant director beside him asked, "Should we call cut?"

Director Chen frowned and said, "Let’s see how it goes; it’s quite reasonable."

Qiong Hai was dumbfounded by Qin Yun’s slap, his eyes darkening instantly. But since the director didn’t call cut, he had to swallow his pride and continue acting.

Gu Changjun paused, then shook his head, releasing his hold like a gentleman, and asked warmly, "Understandable, ma’am, are you alright?"

"I’m fine. Thanks to you, I narrowly escaped misfortune," Li Beauty said with a smile.

Her smile was beautiful, momentarily leaving Gu Changjun in a daze.

"Cut."

Qin Yun immediately apologized to Qiong Hai, "Teacher Qiong Hai, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to just now."

With everyone watching, Qiong Hai had no choice but to grit his teeth and act unconcerned, waving it off, "I understand, actors fully immersing themselves in their roles means you’re perfectly melding with your character."

Both of them approached Director Chen to review the playback.

Director Chen merely lifted his eyelids to glance at them, then continued watching the playback.

After watching through the playback, Director Chen frowned, "This take was not bad. Qin Yun’s added slap was well done. Qiong Hai, your instinctive response matched Gu Changjun’s character. Gu Changjun isn’t inherently gentle; he’s merely creating an illusion to make Li Beauty fall for him. Qin Yun’s slap broke that illusion perfectly, but your cover-up was lacking, and your reaction was too slow, not matching Qin Yun’s tempo. You can’t let Li Beauty discover everything is a façade."

After that, Director Chen continued, "Let’s redo this part one more time. Qin Yun, maintain that same feeling."

"Director, I understand." Qin Yun nodded earnestly.

Qiong Hai, however, was very annoyed. Originally it wasn’t a scene where he’d get slapped, but due to Qin Yun’s impromptu addition, he had to take another slap.

"Qiong Hai? Any issues?" Director Chen asked when he heard nothing from Qiong Hai.

"Director, no issues," Qiong Hai responded immediately when the director called him.

The director glanced at his face; Qin Yun’s slap was a bit too solid, leaving his face still red, so he frowned and called for the makeup artist, "Cover up the mark on his face."

However, he didn’t ask for Qin Yun to hold back on the slap. What he wanted in his films was authenticity.

Qiong Hai, his eyes devoid of humor, jokingly said to Qin Yun, "Please go easy on me."

Qin Yun shook her head innocently, "The director didn’t say to fake it; I don’t dare."

Qiong Hai: "..."

At her words, Qiong Hai ground his molars, his eyes darkening to a terrifying degree.

He refused to believe Qin Yun didn’t understand the implication of his words!!

The makeup artist finished the touch-up, giving an "OK" gesture to the director.

Director Chen called out again, "Scene 23, second take of ’Mystery Shadow,’ action."

This time, Qin Yun was mentally prepared. Despite the nausea, she deliberately controlled her strength, ensuring Qiong Hai would feel pain but without excessive redness or swelling, meeting the director’s requirements.

But Qiong Hai, directly hit by her this time, was left with his head buzzing and a dazed expression, taking several seconds to recover his senses.