Everyone in the room was staring at her, and Bai Xiruo felt extremely embarrassed.

"Director, I'm so sorry, could you give me a little time to think about it some more?"

Cui Jinsheng said with a stern face, "I'll give you ten more minutes. We have another scene to shoot later, so please adjust yourself as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Director!" Bai Xiruo quickly apologized.

He then walked back to the rest area, his face pale, his back teeth clenched tightly.

During her school years, she was always considered a talented actress by her teachers and was the envy of her classmates.

Why was she so stunned that she couldn't utter a single word when she acted with Du Muchen today, just by looking at him?

Moreover, she strongly suspected that Du Muchen was doing this on purpose.

"Sister Xiruo, are you alright?" The assistant immediately came over with a water glass.

Bai Xiruo kept a straight face and didn't speak, but gave Du Muchen a deep look.

Du Muchen didn't even glance at her; instead, he was humbly chatting with a veteran actor.

The assistant looked at Du Muchen with admiration. If Bai Xiruo hadn't been beaten so badly, she would have applauded Du Muchen's performance.

"Sister Xiruo, Du Muchen's acting skills are really amazing. You have to be extremely serious when acting with him. If you can't find the right feeling right now, why don't you go and ask him for advice?"

After listening to her assistant's words, Bai Xiruo lowered her eyes and pondered for a while.

Since Du Muchen can help Bai Qianmo with her acting, he shouldn't refuse if she asks him to act with her now, right?

Seeing that Du Muchen had already returned to his rest area, Bai Xiruo immediately picked up her script and went over to him.

"Young Master Chen, I didn't quite grasp the character's psychology in this scene, which caused you to have to be with me and the director yell 'cut' several times. I really feel bad about that."

Bai Xiruo walked up to Du Muchen, her small face full of apology.

Du Muchen took a sip of water and slowly glanced at Bai Xiruo: "If you know you're holding others back, you should focus on your own role. Miss Bai, you'd better hurry up and memorize your lines, lest you forget them completely when you're on camera later."

Bai Xiruo's face flushed red instantly, and the atmosphere around her became unusually stiff.

Before she could even bring up her desire to rehearse with him, Du Muchen suddenly said something like that.

As a girl, Bai Xiruo was shy and embarrassed, especially with so many people gossiping on set. She felt as if she had been stripped naked and stared at.

He quickly apologized, then turned away in shame and hurried back to his seat.

"Sister Xiruo..."

Although Du Muchen's voice wasn't loud, everyone around him heard it clearly.

The assistant approached Bai Xiruo apologetically, wanting to apologize, but was met with a fierce glare from Bai Xiruo.

His eyes held a look of utter hatred, as if he wanted to tear the person to pieces, which terrified the assistant, making her tremble all over.

The assistant was secretly alarmed. She had only been working for Bai Xiruo for a short time, and Bai Xiruo had always given her the impression of being gentle and kind.

The look in his eyes just now was so intense, it was as if he had become a completely different person.

Filming resumed

It's also possible that he felt humiliated and was holding back his anger, desperately wanting to prove his abilities in front of everyone.

Bai Xiruo was in great form this time and passed in one take.

After the male and female leads finished their scenes, they immediately moved to another location to film a fight scene with the second and fourth female leads.

The other actors, having nothing else to do, all went over to watch.

"Yafei's martial arts moves are absolutely superb. Bai Qianmo is going to have a hard time today."

"Yes, I'm really looking forward to this scene. Although the plot is about Nie Wuxin defeating Feng Lingwei from the prestigious sect, I think Zhang Yafei will probably crush Bai Qianmo in the process."

"Hehe, Yafei's acting skills are always on point. Bai Qianmo is completely at a disadvantage in front of her."

"Let's hurry up. I heard a lot of people have gone to watch. If we go too late, it might be hard to find a good spot."

Bai Xiruo sat in the rest area, and after hearing what the actresses next to her said, Wen Nu's expression softened slightly.

He instructed his assistant, "Get ready, we're going to take a look too."

"Sister Xiruo."

This way

Zhang Yafei rushed to the scene just an hour before filming began.

Since her drama became a hit during the summer season, her agent has helped her secure many big-name endorsements, and she has recently appeared on several popular variety shows and talk shows.

Zhang Yafei was two hours late, so the production team was only given one hour for makeup and costume fitting.

In principle, the makeup for period dramas is very complicated and intricate, and it is usually done three hours in advance.

An hour is a very rushed time for stylists and makeup artists.

"An'an, put down what you're doing and hurry up and do Zhang Yafei's makeup." A deputy director from the crew came over to call her.

An An was doing the final makeup for Bai Qianmo at that moment. Her hands didn't stop moving, but she just glanced at the assistant director.

"Doesn't she have a professional makeup artist? Why would she need me? Besides, I'm almost done with my work. I can't just give up halfway through doing her makeup, can I?"

The assistant director urged impatiently, "Let the actors draw whatever they want here first. We can't afford to offend Zhang Yafei. If you don't go, it will be difficult for us to explain."

“I’m a very principled person. I won’t go anywhere until this is finished,” An’an replied casually.

The assistant director immediately got anxious: "I think you don't want to work here anymore, do you? Our crew has no shortage of makeup artists. If you think this place can't accommodate a big shot like you, then get out of here tomorrow."

An An slammed her makeup brush onto the dressing table, rolled up her sleeves, and gave a cold laugh with her pinky finger raised.

"Okay, you said it yourself, I'll submit my resignation tomorrow."

Bai Qianmo looked at An'an through the makeup mirror: "Go ahead, I'm almost done here."

An An wanted to say something, but Bai Qianmo winked at him and said, "Don't lose your job because of unimportant people. It's not worth it."

An An has actually had a tough time. Coming from the countryside, she has endured a lot of hardship in this industry over the years to get to where she is today.

An An sighed and smiled helplessly at Bai Qianmo: "Fine, I was just trying to stand up for you."

Of all the makeup artists available, why did they have to call him at the crucial moment when Bai Qianmo was getting her makeup done? He didn't believe it wasn't intentional.

He had seen too much of the dirty work in the entertainment industry. To help Qianmo get revenge, he originally thought he would rather resign than give in.

But then I thought, if I really quit, who knows what kind of makeup artist they'd assign here.

Bai Qianmo naturally knew that transferring An'an at this time was clearly Zhang Yafei's deliberate targeting of her.

Fortunately, An'an helped her with her makeup half an hour early, and now the makeup is basically done.