Huang Min made a face, snatched the remote control from her mother's hand, and dialed Fengyang TV.

Huang's mother couldn't very well argue with her daughter over a TV series, so she had no choice but to acquiesce to this behavior.

Mr. Huang glared at his father, his beard bristling: "If you want to watch TV in the living room, then watch it properly. What's that noise coming from your bedroom? It's so noisy. Go turn those things off before you come back!"

As Mr. Huang finished speaking, the sounds coming from the bedroom became clearer. It turned out that Holo Video had started playing its introductory advertisement.

Holo Video is incredibly greedy; once you reserve a show and open the corresponding interface, ads will automatically play at the appointed time. Huang Min knew this, of course; she deliberately left the app running to refresh the ads. The number of ad plays also reflects Luan Qing's commercial value.

The simultaneous playback of the same advertisement on four mobile phones, computers, and tablets, with four voices working together as one, inevitably created a somewhat astonishing effect.

Huang Min had no choice but to rush back to her bedroom to deal with the noise. She first plugged in headphones for her computer, then plugged in an old wired headset for her phone. This silenced the speakers from both devices. Huang Min then opened her bag, pulled out two cheap Bluetooth headsets (priced at 9.9 yuan including shipping), and connected them to the remaining two devices. The last remaining speaker noise in the bedroom also disappeared.

Huang Min bought these two Bluetooth earphones specifically to boost play counts. Although the sound quality is completely compromised, at least it won't bother anyone else.

After doing all this, the bedroom quieted down, and the opening theme of "The White-Haired Xiangjun" had already started playing. Huang Min clapped her hands, reluctantly blew a kiss to Luan Qing on the screen, and then returned to the living room.

Qingqing can watch anytime, but stopping her parents from watching that slut Shishan is a matter of every second!

Huang Min walked out of the bedroom with the desire to intercept the prize, but when she saw the scene in the living room, she was completely stunned.

A dark, imposing gate.

The camera zoomed in closer and closer, the black door gradually filling the entire frame. The instant the entire screen turned black, a white line appeared in the center.

The black door was slowly pushed open.

A young woman dressed in a white prison uniform, covered in bloodstains, slowly emerged from the gradually opening lines.

The image has been color-processed, removing all other colors, leaving only black, white, and red in the entire scene.

The pale sunlight shone on the woman's face, and the door slowly closed behind her, as if closing one eye.

The woman's figure appeared infinitely small against the backdrop of the black door, with only the bloodstains on her clothes still gleaming with a gruesome crimson.

The whole scene is extremely poetic, yet it is completely silent, like a silent film from the golden age of the last century.

Huang Min stared with her mouth agape for a full minute until she caught sight of the two large characters "Tianban" on the side of the TV. Only then did she realize that while she was back plugging in her headphones, her parents had switched the channel back to Ruguan!

No, it's clearly Ruguan TV that's lacking in competitive ethics. Why didn't they play the opening theme song before jumping straight into the main program?

Huang Min struggled to tear her gaze away from the screen—okay, she admitted, the opening was indeed well-done, very high-quality. But before the plot deepened, there was still time to trick her parents into going to another TV station…

"Mom!" Huang Min exclaimed, "Didn't we agree to watch—"

"Shh! Shh!" Mom quickly waved her hand. "Don't make a sound! Let's see how Xiao Fengque died!"

Huang Min: "..."

Who is Xiao Fengque?

Isn't the lead actor in "Half a Sky" named Ye Chu?

Huang Min persisted, "Mom! She's not Xiao Fengque, you've watched the wrong TV series! The name Xiao Fengque sounds like 'flying flowers'—"

"Her name isn't Xiao Fengque, it's Guan Xiaoyue," Mr. Huang said with experience. "I only saw her on the movie channel the other day."

"Shut your mouth!" Mrs. Huang said angrily. "Why are you calling her that? Go and see how she died."

Mrs. Huang doesn't like being disturbed while watching TV dramas.

Although Huang Min was a fanatical fan of celebrities, her daily rations were paid by her mother, so she didn't dare to talk back to her. But she was unwilling to give up so easily, so she could only sit down with her mother and watch how Ye Chu, Xiao Fengque, or Guan Xiaoyue died (why wasn't it Shi Shan who died? Huang Min thought regretfully).

Ruguan TV's broadcast method was quite cunning, skipping the opening theme and directly introducing the plot. In most TV dramas, the execution of a character is a major climax and ratings highlight. Viewers have subconsciously developed the equation "execution of a character = plot climax." Now, placed at the beginning, coupled with Xu Hanwen's superb filming techniques and editing skills, in just three minutes, Huang's mother and father's eyes practically jumped into the screen—to block the gun barrel of the gun used to execute the woman in blood.

Huang Min really doesn't want to watch any of Shi Shan's TV dramas. But this three-minute opening... it was handled so brilliantly!

The entire sequence was handled using silent film techniques, without a single sound. The executioner's questions, the woman in blood-stained clothes' answers, the sound of the bolt being pulled back, the sound of military boots hitting the ground—all were silent. Yet this silence was far from monotonous. From the skillfully timed close-ups and cuts to the solemn and elegant composition, even the pale gray sun spoke volumes!

The most expressive feature of all was the woman's eyes.

The black cloth covering the woman's face was removed.

Upon seeing this face, Huang Min paused slightly in surprise. She recognized the face; it was Ye Chu. But wasn't she the main character? Her name was Li Yiming or something… Those idiots from the ivy-covered hill had discussed that.

What eyes they were!

Huang Min almost thought she was seeing not a person, but a blood-red, lonely soul. Those eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, yet as cold as a fish's. They blinked very slowly, as if trying to etch the person before her firmly onto her retina.

Being stared at by those eyes felt like a nightmare for the rest of her life. Huang Min got goosebumps.

The executioner clearly couldn't bear to look at those eyes either.

Although there was no sound on the screen, Huang Min could still tell that the executioner had suddenly become enraged. He quickly loaded his gun and, with lightning speed, aimed at the woman who seemed like a demon!

"Bang."

A shot rang out.

This is the only sound in the entire clip.

As the gunshot rang out, the screen suddenly went dark, turning completely black.

In the blink of an eye, the black screen shattered, revealing a bullet hole!

The black pieces peeled away, revealing a smooth mirror.