Back at the hotel, Ye Chu thought about the matter for a while, but quickly shook her head, wanting to put it out of her mind.

She thought that whoever Gu Yu liked, one thing was certain: it had nothing to do with her anymore. Perhaps one day when Gu Yu announced his good news, she'd have the chance to offer her her blessings—that would be good enough, wouldn't it?

Thinking this, she relaxed and fell asleep, but dreams reflect one's inner state, and tonight's dream was not pleasant.

When she woke up the next day, she couldn't remember what she had dreamed about. She scratched her hair without caring about her appearance and got up to wash up in a rather irritable manner.

Work was the most important thing after all. Once she arrived at the venue, Ye Chu had already composed herself and greeted everyone with a smile. The staff had all arrived in twos and threes; they were going to take some official photos first.

Ye Chu and several other actresses huddled together, exchanging occasional jokes and keeping a respectful distance. One girl playing Cheng Jie's roommate, named Fu Yu, was particularly enthusiastic; she was rather carefree and outgoing, which didn't quite match the "rain" in her name.

An actress who worked with her joked that her personality and name didn't match, and Fu Yu laughed and said that rain can be heavy or light, and for her, it was like a thunderstorm.

Everyone burst into laughter at her antics. Seeing the commotion, the male actors from the other side also came over to join in. With Fu Yu around, everyone became much more familiar with each other, and eventually, they even formed a private group chat.

Since it was a real-life photoshoot, everyone changed clothes in the restroom. There was no place to use as a dressing room at the school, so they did their makeup outside.

The photoshoot went smoothly, and now it's time to prepare for the main filming. The high school scenes aren't many in the movie; they mainly consist of scenes of Li Kan secretly delivering things and chasing after people.

The students at the school who cooperated with the filming were very well-behaved, and they always waited until the actors were taking a break before asking for autographs.

The most important matches today were all held under the big banyan tree. So many years have passed, and the big banyan tree is still standing. It is covered with a few snowflakes, and its long and dense branches spread out, blocking the snow from a large area of ​​land.

The scene being filmed is the confession scene, which is one of the highlights of the day. Everyone, regardless of whether they have scenes or not, is paying close attention to the performances of the two leads.

But less than two minutes into filming, Zhang Wuyong yelled "Cut!" He said to Ye Chu, "Chu girl, your expression isn't right. We haven't gotten to the tender part yet!"

Li Kan went straight up to Gu Yu and said, "I wasn't like you back then; I was even more timid."

Gu Yu and Ye Chu looked at each other, both of them in a bit of a dilemma. Although they looked like high school students after their outfits, they were actually around thirty years old. It was really difficult for them to act out emotions from the perspective of high school students.

Li Kan and Zhang Wuyong had naturally thought of this as well. Zhang Wuyong stroked his stubble and said, "Think back to your high school days, can you find that feeling? You must bring out that high school student vibe! Let's try again!"

Ye Chu tried hard to recall her high school days, studying, studying, and more studying. What would it have been like if someone had confessed their feelings to her back then? She didn't know, because she had never experienced such a thing and couldn't imagine what it would have been like.

“Chu girl.” Li Kan stood next to Gu Yu and looked at Ye Chu: “Back then, she was always the best at saying nice things to herself.”

Even though she had feelings for him too, she insisted that the other person confess first, and then pretended to reluctantly agree. Chengjie was a total tsundere in high school.

Ye Chu's eyes lit up, and Li Kan, seeing that she had figured it out, nodded in satisfaction. He then patted Gu Yu's shoulder, had someone lean in, and whispered a few words. Ye Chu saw Gu Yu smile and nod, followed by Li Kan's composed demeanor as if he had accomplished his mission.

Zhang Wuyong shouted, "Start!"

This time it went very smoothly. Zhang Wuyong and Li Kan exchanged a glance and nodded in unison, affirming the two people on the field.

Looking at the two who quickly found their rhythm, Fu Yu exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Amazing!"

Another actress chimed in, "A movie star is a movie star. To be able to act alongside a movie star, Sister Chu Chu is not to be underestimated."

"You know what, I think these two are actually quite a good match."

"Oh, what a coincidence, are you watching 'Escape'?"

"Of course I'll watch!"

The actress glanced around and whispered to Fu Yu, "Want to ship a couple? It's a real-life couple based on the official pairing from the TV series, Gu Yu x Ye Chu."

"Is that so?! Tell me about it!" Fu Yu was stunned, then whispered in someone's ear.

"We're all pretty much living in our own little world, we don't go out much. There are a few incredibly prolific ladies in our circle, if you come over, I guarantee you'll have a full stomach every day!"

"Take me with you! Take me with you!" Fu Yu excitedly took out her phone, and the actress guided her on how to operate it.

The two whispered to each other, thus forming an alliance. Little did they know that in the near future, they would actually become partners.

"Cut! Great." Zhang Wuyong nodded in satisfaction. The next scene was the forced kiss. To prevent heavy snow from affecting the filming of the rest of the scenes, they needed to finish filming the high school life scenes and the banyan tree scenes in the first two days.

Before the next scene begins, the actors are given some time to adjust. Ye Chu went offstage to drink some water and looked at the thick trunk of the banyan tree, thinking, "This must be the third kiss scene between me and Actor Gu, right? The first two were in 'Escape,' a passionate kiss that was a matter of life and death."

This time, the comparison was different; it was a forced kiss from her. As she thought about it, her earlobes flushed. Forcefully kissing her crush... she felt both shy and secretly pleased.

As one of the parties involved back then, Li Kan couldn't help but offer some guidance to the two of them. He asked Ye Chu and Gu Yu to sit down on the small stools next to him and inquired, "Have either of you forcibly kissed anyone?"

Ye Chu and Gu Yu shook their heads at the same time. Ye Chu said, "We haven't talked about it in real life, and there wasn't such a scene in the previous dramas."

Gu Yu: "I've had plenty of fake kisses, but I've never been forcibly kissed."

Li Kan looked at this one and that one, hesitated for a moment, and said, "So you two are really close now, with one side being dominant. Can you accept that?"

Gu Yu agreed, saying it wasn't the first time he and Ye Chu had kissed. Ye Chu was surprised that Gu Yu had always used camera tricks in their kissing scenes before. So, did that mean their on-screen kiss during "Escape from the City" was the movie star's first on-screen kiss? How ridiculous!

Despite her thoughts, she told Li Kan that she would do her best and would need further guidance.

Li Kan nodded: "Chu girl, remember to act more assertive, and Gu boy should act more submissive." After he finished speaking, he looked at Ye Chu: "Your overall performance in the second scene was good, but there's one thing you need to pay attention to when acting. When you're acting, don't bring your own personal emotions into it. Others might not have noticed it, but Lao Zhang and I could see that you were a little uncomfortable when Gu boy was saying his confession lines."

"It didn't affect the overall performance, so we didn't call a halt. But you must remember that when acting, the worst thing you can do is bring your personal emotions into the role. The role is the role and you are you. You may feel uncomfortable, but the role won't feel uncomfortable just because you feel uncomfortable."