"Didn't you promise to take me to the pinnacle of life?" Shi Xi asked the system, touching his bald head.

[Victory and defeat are common in war.]

[How can you see the rainbow without going through the storm? 】

[You are bald, but you are also stronger! ]

[A week ago, you didn't even have a chance to be intercepted! ]

"You have a point," Shi Xi looked at his bald head in the mirror and said, "After watching for a long time, I find that bald heads are quite unique."

Lin Wenyi sent another message:

[Shi Xi, although it's a pity that Ai Mu was snatched away, I have good news to tell you. When I applied for the interview for Ai Mu, I also applied for the third female role in "Phantom". The interview was notified today! ]

The system suddenly stood up again:

[Look, isn't this coming to life? While the enthusiasm of the corpse digger is still a little bit, we must strike while the iron is hot! ]

[Not-so-new mission: appear in a movie;

Details: The small-budget fantasy film "Phantom" is recruiting actors, and the player's goal is to be the third female role;

Reward: Performing Arts Talent +10%;

Punishment: Baldness plus one month. 】

Shi Xi lay on the sofa, playing the role of a salted fish: "Just think about me going to the interview with a bald head, it's really a beautiful scenery."

Time was a bit tight and Shi Xi couldn't buy a wig. Then she found that it was really hard to match clothes with a bald head. She tried many and always felt it was not quite right. Later she figured it out. It turned out that the most suitable clothes for a bald head were the cassock and the cassock.

She rummaged through boxes and found a white modified Hanfu with a slanting collar and buttons. She then put on a basin-shaped straw hat to hide her conspicuous bald head. Shi Xi looked at herself in the mirror and said, "Tou'er, let's go out."

System: [As long as you like it. ]

The interview was held in a teahouse. As soon as Shi Xi entered the waiting room, he attracted a lot of attention.

The assistant wearing a work badge stopped Shi Xi and said to her, "Sorry, we don't need tea art performances here."

Shi Xi was stunned for a moment, then understood - the assistant mistook him for the tea artist in the teahouse.

Her cheeks turned red and she said shyly, "I'm here for an audition."

The two looked at each other and felt a little awkward.

The people waiting for the interview inside couldn't help laughing when they heard their conversation.

The assistant smiled apologetically and handed her a script: "What's your name? Let me register it."

"Shi Xi."

Shi Xi took the script and went into the waiting area to prepare. This time, there were just as many people who came for the interview as there were admirers. Because of the little episode just now, everyone knew her.

As soon as she sat down, the girl next to her started talking to her: "You look familiar to me, are you a corpse digger?"

Shi Xi nodded: "I know you, you played the second female lead in "The Sweetheart of the Boss"."

"It's inexplicably funny that you read such an embarrassing name so seriously." The girl stretched out her hand to her: "Hello, my name is Tang Niannian. It's not easy to make it to this round. Do your best."

Shi Xi shook his hand back: "You should do your best too."

Tang Niannian asked her: "Why are you wearing such a big hat? Isn't it stuffy?"

Shi Xi sighed: "I messed up my haircut."

Tang Niannian looked at her sympathetically and said, "Wearing a hat during an interview may affect your impression score. You should take it off later."

Shi Xi felt bitter, and if he picked it, the impact might be even greater orz.

After reading the script for half an hour, the assistant called out Shi Xi and Tang Niannian's names and asked them to audition together.

The interview method of conducting interviews in groups of two is actually very cruel. Everyone knows that actors in the same group are the most direct competitors.

After entering the private room for the audition, Shi Xi saw the director and screenwriter drinking tea. Director Wang Ming was wearing a black Tang suit and had a kind face. Screenwriter Liu Ling had slender eyebrows and was a very charming woman.

Wang Ming was amused when he saw Shi Xi's outfit: "Are you here for an audition or to perform tea art?"

"Hello, director, hello, screenwriter, I'm Shi Xi..." Shi Xi bent down to greet them, but before he could finish his words, his straw hat fell to the ground with a "thump".

When Wang Ming saw the bald head, the tea in his mouth spat out.

Tang Niannian next to her: “…” This can’t be considered a broken cut, it should be considered as cut off.

Shi Xi didn't expect that the hat would fall off at the critical moment. She picked up the hat and apologized to the director and screenwriter.

Shi Xi was about to put on his hat when he suddenly heard Liu Ling say, "No need to wear it."

Shi Xi froze. Could it be that he wanted to eliminate her directly?

Liu Ling put down the teacup and came to Shi Xi. She dipped her index finger in some lipstick and pointed it at Shi Xi's brow. She turned around and asked Wang Ming, "Does he look like Wu Chen?"

Wang Ming slapped his thigh and said, "It's so similar! It's like she walked out of your script. Let her try it!"

Liu Ling brought two new scripts and handed them to Shi Xi and Tang Niannian: "Give you 10 minutes to prepare. Change this scene. Shi Xi will play Wu Chen and Tang Niannian will play the fox demon Bai Ying."

Shi Xi concentrated on reading the new script. Fox demon Bai Ying was the third female lead in this movie, and it was also the role they were originally going to interview for. Because the script they got before was just a fragment, it was the first time she heard of the role of Wu Chen.

This scene tells the story of a Buddhist disciple Wu Chen who was ordered by his master to go down the mountain to save sentient beings. On the way, he saved a fox demon with a broken tail. The fox demon only wanted to dig out Wu Chen's Buddha heart so that he could heal his broken tail. Unexpectedly, this Buddhist disciple was completely different from the monk who cut meat to feed the eagle in the storybook. He was a complete black-blooded person. After seeing her evil intentions, he immediately used the immobilization technique to immobilize her.

Shi Xi had no experience in cross-dressing, but the acting talent given to her by Lin Ying helped her understand the role. As soon as the ten minutes were over, she already had an image of Wu Chen in her mind - good-looking, androgynous, with a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, a personality that was both good and evil, and peach blossoms in his eyes when he smiled.

Shi Xi and Tang Niannian looked at each other, put down the script, and got into the state.

Tang Niannian was "frozen" and glared at Shi Xi: "You stinky monk, let me go!"

"Little fox, repaying kindness with hatred is not right," Shi Xi curled his lips, and the evil spirit penetrated the surface of uprightness and seriousness: "In a few days, I will encounter a disaster. If you want Buddha's heart, stay by my side. When I die, Buddha's heart will belong to you. But in the meantime, you have to follow me to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, save people from fire and drowning."

Tang Niannian met Shi Xi's eyes and was instantly drawn into the play by her. He blurted out his lines: "You bald ass! I am a demon, not a pet that you tame!"

Tang Niannian's line was full of explosive power, and her chest was still rising and falling violently after she finished speaking. Shi Xi was the first to leave the scene and patted Tang Niannian's shoulder comfortingly.

"Good, good, good." Wang Ming clapped his hands and said "good" three times in a row.

Liu Ling also had a smile on his face, and was obviously very satisfied with their performance.

After leaving the private room, Tang Niannian asked Shi Xi for her contact information and praised her sincerely: "I didn't expect you to be such a good actor. I really mistook you for Wu Chen just now."

Shi Xi smiled and said, "You acted very well too."

Tang Niannian: "I hope we can become colleagues."

When going downstairs, Shi Xi was stopped by the manager of the teahouse. The manager looked at her with shining eyes and said, "Young lady, do you want to work part-time?"

"No." I, Shi Xi, am a serious artist after all. Even if I am not popular, I can't just do it casually...

Manager: "The part-time fee is negotiable, and we provide a top-notch dinner worth 3,999 yuan!"

Shi Xi's stomach growled: "What part-time job?"

It turns out that this teahouse is a very popular chain brand with a million followers on its TikTok account. It usually posts short videos showcasing tea art and food. They had invited an internet celebrity to shoot today, but that person couldn't come due to something urgent.

The manager saw Shi Xi, who was dressed in a Zen style, and thought that she was very suitable for today's theme.

The manager was even more satisfied when he learned that Shi Xi was an actor.

After Shi Xi negotiated the part-time job fee with his manager, he said a word to his agent, changed into the clothes provided by the teahouse, and filmed a few videos of himself making and tasting tea.

After the filming, the teahouse really prepared an exquisite and sumptuous dinner for her. Just as Shi Xi was about to pick up her chopsticks, she suddenly heard a faint sigh.

She paused, looked around the private room, and found nothing unusual.

"It smells so good." Shi Xi heard someone talking again. This time it was much clearer than the last time. It was a boy's voice with a slightly childish tone.

Shi Xi pricked up her ears and listened for a while, but she didn't hear the second sentence. She felt relieved a little, thinking that maybe someone was talking outside the door. It was impossible that she would encounter a ghost while eating, right?

She picked up a piece of abalone. The abalone, which had been carefully cooked for a whole day, had an attractive luster and a fragrant aroma.

Shi Xi brought it to his mouth, but before he took a bite, he heard someone say, "This abalone must be delicious... woo woo woo..."

Shi Xi felt a numbness at the back of her head, and this time she was sure that the voice came from behind her.

Shi Xi put down the abalone, turned around suddenly, and saw a pale ghost face with green runes painted on it!

This ghost looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed like a Taoist priest, with messy hair sticking to his cheeks and a dirty body. He seemed unaware that Shi Xi could see him. He stared at the abalone in the bowl with his dark green eyes wide open, and said with a disappointed tone: "Why don't you eat it? I really want to know if it tastes good..."

“……”This is watching a food show.

Seeing the little Taoist priest so disappointed, Shi Xi softened his heart: "Do you really want to eat?"

The young Taoist priest looked at her in surprise: "Donor, can you see me?"

Before Shi Xi could answer, the young Taoist priest looked at her bald head and said in a voice of sudden enlightenment: "You are a monk, so you can see me."

After saying that, he bowed to her.

"I'm not a monk, so it's a bit troublesome to explain so I won't explain it," Shi Xi asked him, "You are a Taoist priest, you should know what I have to do to let you eat, right?"

The young Taoist's eyes gradually brightened, and the runes on his cheeks emitted a faint emerald light. He said happily: "As long as the donor puts a stick of incense on the bowl and recites my name and birth date, I can enjoy it!"

"Then you wait." Shi Xi remembered that the God of Wealth was enshrined in the teahouse, so there must be some incense reserves.

She found the manager and borrowed some incense and a lighter from her.

She was eating in a private room and did not affect other customers. The manager did not ask any further questions but only reminded her to be careful with fire.

Shi Xi lit the incense, stuck it into a bowl of rice, and recited the name and birth date he had learned from the young Taoist priest: "Zhang Qingyu, come and eat."

"I'm here!" Zhang Qingyu sat opposite Shi Xi. He hooked his fingers and a pair of chopsticks appeared in his hand.

Shi Xi placed the whole plate of abalone in front of Zhang Qingyu: "You want to know how it tastes, right? Eat it quickly."

"Thank you, benefactor." Zhang Qingyu picked up some abalone with chopsticks. There was still one piece of abalone on the plate, but there was an extra piece on his chopsticks. It looked a bit transparent, probably the soul of the abalone.

Zhang Qingyu put the abalone into his mouth, and two lines of tears slid down the corners of his eyes. He looked at Shi Xi with tears in his eyes: "Donor, you are such a good person. I haven't eaten for several years."

"Don't cry..." Shi Xi put the red rice sausage, butter fried rice, and bird's nest bowl in front of Zhang Qingyu: "These are all for you, eat as much as you want."

Zhang Qingyu wiped away tears with the back of her hand, and new tears flowed down: "This food is really... so delicious."

Shi Xi thought of Lin Ying. No one knew she had passed away before, and certainly no one had burned offerings for her. Shi Xi didn't know that ghosts also had to eat, so he didn't make any arrangements for her. She probably hadn't eaten for more than ten years.

Shi Xi lit another stick of incense and called Lin Ying out to enjoy the food together.

In the curling smoke, a graceful figure in cheongsam quietly descended.

Zhang Qingyu put down his chopsticks, greeted Lin Ying, and exclaimed: "The donor actually has a companion spirit, he is indeed not an ordinary person."

"It's not a companion spirit. Lin Ying and I are partners," Shi Xi greeted Lin Ying, "I'm sorry, Lin Ying, I didn't know you guys also needed to eat. I won't let you go hungry in the future. Come eat."

"Master prepared food for me," Lin Ying took out a plate of osmanthus cake, a plate of egg yolk crisps, a plate of soy sauce chicken and a bottle of peach wine from somewhere, and generously shared them with Zhang Qingyu: "Master, have some too."

Zhang Qingyu shed tears of envy. He looked at Shi Xi and whispered, "Donor, can I be your partner? I'm pretty good."

[New task: Send the soul back to the temple;

Details: Taoist Zhang Qingyu's soul is trapped in a fixed area by a confinement array. Please help him return to Wuyou Temple;

Reward: Inherit Zhang Qingyu's magic talent;

Punishment: No taste for food for a month. 】