Under the respectful guidance of hotel management and waitstaff, Jian Meiyi walked arrogantly into the hotel.

After she entered, the security let a group of people waiting for auditions inside as well.

Jiayi followed the crowd of auditioning individuals, and a crisply dressed man approached:

"Miss Jiayi, I am Director Ye Yongning’s assistant. We met on the night of the premiere, and you can call me Wei Lun. Please come with me over here to audition."

Jiayi expressed her thanks and followed Wei Lun to the audition studio.

Before entering the studio to change clothes and put on makeup, Wei Lun said, "Miss Jiayi, the Huo Family does not wish for you to reveal your real name, so they’ve requested that you don’t use your birth name for acting. Director Ye has selected a stage name for you, if you don’t mind using that."

It’s just a stage name, no big deal—as long as it isn’t something like ’Osmanthus Pickled Cabbage’ or anything like that, it’s all good.

Jiayi smiled generously, "No problem, may I know the stage name Director Ye picked for me?"

Wei Lun replied with a faint smile, "Xia Tingxuan. This will be the name you use for acting from now on."

Xia Tingxuan.

The name spilled from Wei Lun’s mouth, and at that moment, Jiayi’s mind flashed as if a beam of white light passed through it.

Initially falling down the mountain, someone gently whispered her name in her mind, "Jiayi... Jiayi..." It rang in her ears again!

She felt bewildered for a moment, her hands involuntarily loosened, and the script she was holding fell to the ground with a "slap".

At the same time, the voice in her ear disappeared.

Wei Lun hastily picked up the script and handed it to Jiayi: "Miss Jiayi, what’s wrong?"

Jiayi took the script, took a deep breath, and forced a smile, "Nothing, I just think the name is quite unique. How did Director Ye come up with this name for me?"

The smile on Wei Lun’s face froze slightly: "Director Ye must have told you that you look a little like an old acquaintance of his."

"Yes, Director Ye said I resembled a female actress he knew in the past."

Wei Lun nodded, "That actress used the stage name Xia Tingxuan for acting, so Director Ye temporarily gave you this name. If Miss Jiayi doesn’t like it, we can think of another."

So there really was such an actress—it wasn’t just a lie from Ye Yongning to build a rapport with her?

Jiayi paused to show she understood, "No need to change it; it’s just a name for acting. Whatever it is doesn’t matter, let’s use this one."

Wei Lun nodded with a smile.

Just then, someone in the studio called out, "Wei Lun, has the actress auditioning for the role of the Taoist nun arrived?"

Wei Lun responded, "Yes, she’s here."

After Jiayi entered, she was surrounded by several makeup artists. She put on the costume, had her makeup done, and then stepped onto the audition set.

Ye Yongning and several assistant directors, producers, and scriptwriters, and even some international actors were sitting behind a table in front.

As the leading actress, Jian Meiyi had already completed her audition and was seated among other actors nearby, right in the middle.

Seeing Jiayi step in for her audition, Jian Meiyi’s eyes caught a chill, and her teeth began to ache again.

The humiliation from that day at the department store flooded back to her, but she also knew that what happened that day in the department store could never happen again.

Yesterday, Lin Zixun also called Jian Meiyi, explicitly reminding her that Jiayi was using a pseudonym for filming and the Huo Family did not intend to publicize it. Therefore, he asked Jian Meiyi not to tell anyone, and of course, Jian Meiyi could only agree immediately.

Actually, even without Lin Zixun’s reminder, Jian Meiyi wouldn’t have talked about it everywhere. If Jiayi’s identity was revealed on set, wouldn’t her own spotlight as the female lead be completely stolen? Who would pay attention to her then?

None of the people present knew that the "little Taoist nun" who had just entered the scene was the dazzling female lead, Jian Meiyi, who had knelt at the department store.

Because of the Huo Family’s request, aside from Ye Yongning, no one knew Jiayi was Huo Zhenyang’s fiancée.

Jiayi looked at the stern gazes shooting her way, settling on her own figure— all of them influential figures in today’s film industry, and she was somewhat nervous. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Ye Yongning wanted to help her relax, saying kindly, "It’s okay, just introduce yourself first."

Huo Zhenyang had only made allowances for Jiayi to play a supporting role, and Ye Yongning was originally somewhat disappointed.

But seeing Jiayi’s look today, hope flared up again; she was stunning.

His judgement had indeed been correct.

This girl had a remarkable spirit; whether she played the female lead or a supporting role, she would firmly capture the audience’s attention.

Today, Jiayi was dressed in a Taoist nun’s robe, her hair tied up into a sky-high bun, with a peach wood hairpin stuck through it, and carrying a demon-slaying peach wood sword on her back. Her eyes were as clear and cool as water, yet bright as stars—determined yet innocent, as if she really was a little Taoist nun tasked with exterminating demons from the world.

Under Ye Yongning’s gentle gaze, Jiayi calmed down slightly and introduced herself using the name Xia Tingxuan and the resume Lin Zixun had prepared for her the night before.

An assistant director spoke up, "Alright, you should have already read the script. You can choose any dialogue you like and perform a scene for us first."

Jiayi nodded and was just about to start her performance when suddenly, a group of directors, assistant directors, and ace producers behind the seats stood up in surprise:

"Young Master Huo has arrived."

Jiayi was startled and turned around.

Huo Zhenyang entered, surrounded by a group of people from the production team.

A few assistant directors said with a smile, "Young Master Huo must have come to support Sister Meiyi."

Jian Meiyi’s face flashed with surprise. Young Master Huo had promised last time that he would come to support her audition, and she hadn’t expected that he would remember and actually come himself!

After the incident at the department store, she had called Young Master Huo, but he had never answered.

Jian Meiyi had been hanging in suspense, but now seeing him come in person, she finally let out a breath of relief, hurriedly stood up, walked over to greet him, and clung to the man’s arm, cooing, "Young Master Huo really came. I thought you were just saying that casually."

The woman’s arm clung to the man like an octopus holding on tightly.

A few actresses auditioning on site couldn’t help but click their tongues. Jian Meiyi was truly shameless, flinging herself at the financier the moment she saw him. Had she forgotten how she knelt to his fiancée just a few days ago?

Huo Zhenyang did not elaborate further, a faint smile lingering in his eyes as he glanced over the "little Taoist nun" standing in the center, "I hope my presence for the auditions isn’t disturbing you all."

"Not at all. It’s an honor for Young Master Huo to come personally! Please, take a seat in the center here."

The group respectfully vacated their own seats.

For Demon-slaying Chronicle’s production team, which Young Master Huo had invested several hundred million in, he was the god of wealth; how could they dare to offend him!

Without any pretensions, Huo Zhenyang walked to the very center of the seat placement, amid treatment befitting an emperor, and sat down.