The recording location of "Secret Mystery" is a villa in the suburbs of Chuncheng.

Shi Jin was the first to arrive at the villa. As soon as he got off the car, he was led into the villa by the staff in front of the villa and seated on the sofa in the living room.

Shi Yi, who had come along out of concern, stood beside him and whispered instructions before the recording began: "I checked before coming here. Except for Wei Yu's people and a mysterious guest, the other guests for this first episode are all celebrities in the entertainment industry. They may be a bit arrogant. If you get mad at them, just bear with it. It will be over after this episode."

"If you need anything, just ask the production team. If not, call me and I'll send it to you." Shi Yi kept on telling him, almost staying to accompany the recording: "Also, you are allergic to ultraviolet rays. I just told the production team about it. They said they will pay attention..."

A staff member not far away came over and said hello: "Teacher Shi Jin, our recording preparations have begun."

Shi Yi swallowed the rest of his advice and patted Shi Jin on the shoulder: "Then I'll go back first. If you feel uncomfortable or need anything, remember to call me."

After getting Shi Jin's affirmative reply, Shi Yi finally left, looking back every few steps.

The second person to arrive was a popular young actress who is now extremely active on TV. She is known as the "national sister" for her pure and lovely appearance.

The person who walked in behind her was the popular new singer Yang Yue, who was handsome, with a guitar on his back and a cold expression.

After they entered the room, they sat down on the sofa one after another.

As soon as he sat down, Zhao Yi greeted Shi Jin enthusiastically: "Hello, little brother, I'm Zhao Yi, what's your name?"

Shi Jin nodded towards her: "Hello, I'm Shi Jin, pen name Shi Qian."

Zhao Yi tilted his head and smiled a little embarrassedly: "So you are the author. I saw that you are so good-looking, and I thought you were from our circle."

Yang Yue, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his head: "Are you Shi Qian?"

Shi Jin looked at him.

"Um...can you sign an autograph for me after the recording?" The cold-looking young man looked away uncomfortably: "I'm your fan."

Shi Jin curled his lips in pleasure at the recognition of his work. He nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhao Yi's eyes darted between the two of them, a face full of gossip, but before he could ask anything, there was a noise outside the door.

There are quite a lot of people coming this time.

Walking in front was the latest Golden Tiger Award winner Chen Lei, next to him was the popular TV actress Wan Liquan, and walking at the end was an acquaintance.

The boy in a simple white T-shirt curved his lips, with two deep dimples on his cheeks, looking very happy.

As if sensing the gaze in this direction, Cheng Ke blinked and looked over here.

Shi Jin lowered her eyelids and avoided his gaze.

Chen Lei and Wan Liquan took their seats one after another. Cheng Ke walked in at the end. His eyes lingered on the single sofa where Shi Jin was sitting for a few moments. After a while, he sat down on the sofa next to him with some regret.

As soon as his butt touched the sofa, Cheng Ke leaned half of his body over.

He held his chin with his right hand, staring straight at Shi Jin, a dimple appeared on his right cheek as he spoke: "Brother Shi, what a coincidence, we can meet here too."

Shi Jin stepped back slightly to avoid the boy's approach: "The recording is about to begin."

Cheng Ke blinked: "But..."

"Welcome everyone to the recording site of our "Secret Mystery". Next, I will give you a brief introduction to the background of this episode."

Zhong Sisi appeared out of nowhere. She held up the crew's loud speaker and scanned the faces of the people sitting there. When she saw Shi Jin, her eyes lit up.

She looked at Shi Jin twice more before standing in front of the sofa and beginning to introduce the recording situation.

"The first episode of "Secret Mystery" will last for two days. It will adopt a scenario-based acting mode, with the guests personally playing the characters in the script and performing the plot according to the character script."

"Everyone, please introduce yourselves first."

Zhao Yi looked around and spoke first: "Hello everyone, my name is Zhao Yi, and I'm an actor."

Yang Yue held his guitar and said simply: "Yang Yue, singer."

Zhao Lei smiled and said calmly: "Good morning, everyone. I am Zhao Lei."

Wan Liquan smiled and said, "I am Wan Liquan, please give me your guidance."

Cheng Ke curled his eyes, a smile appeared on his fair face, and he looked like a sunny boy: "My name is Cheng Ke, I'm an author, and my pen name is a mystery."

A mystery?

Shi Jin's drooping eyelashes moved slightly, he raised his eyes and met the young man's smiling eyes.

When he saw Cheng Ke, he guessed that he should be the author of Wei Yu, but he didn't expect that he would become a mystery.

Cheng Mi is an author who suddenly emerged half a year ago. His first book, “The Lunchtime Trust Mystery”, was very controversial at the time and received mixed reviews from the industry.

Shi Jin has read this book. The style of painting is weird. Although the logical line is strange, it shapes the characters and plot from another perspective. The style is special. People who can understand it like it very much, while people who can't understand it think it is written nonsense.

Shi Jin had heard Shi Yi say before that he was going to contact this author, but later on it became a mystery as to how he got signed to Wei Yu.

Although his subsequent two books did not become as popular as "The Lunchtime Trust Mystery", their sales volume broke into the top ten of the annual suspense list.

However, compared to Wei Yu's other ace suspense writers, Cheng Mi's reputation is not that big, so Wei Yu chose him to participate in the show this time...

While he was deep in thought, someone gently touched his left arm: "It's your turn."

Shi Jin came back to his senses from his deep thoughts: "Sorry."

"My name is Shi Jin, pen name is Shi Qian."

Seeing that everyone had finished their introductions, Zhong Sisi stood behind the camera with a loudspeaker and said, "The program will begin recording next. I will introduce the background of the story to everyone."

After saying that, she waved to the executive director, signaling to turn on the camera.

"The story is set in modern times. The richest man in City A, Lin Fuhao, is going to hold a 60th birthday party. On the eve of the party, several familiar guests arrived at the villa a day in advance, ready to attend the party the next day."

"These scripts are the roles that everyone needs to play this time." Zhong Sisi directed the staff to push a large white board over: "Everyone can choose according to the order of arrival."

There are seven cards on the whiteboard, namely:

[Wife, 26 years old, a beautiful mature woman. ]

[Lawyer, 28 years old, a gentle man/woman wearing glasses. ]

[Butler, 54 years old, a mature and gentle middle-aged man/woman. ]

[Family doctor, 30 years old, gentle and professional young man/woman. ]

[Son, 20 years old, a playboy who loves to play around.]

[Bao Jie, 23 years old, a house cleaner whose identity is a mystery. ]

[Singer, 28 years old, a rising star in the music industry who is good at playing musical instruments. ]

Wan Liquan looked at the characters on the whiteboard and asked, "We only have six people, but why are there seven characters?"

"There is also a mysterious guest who will appear at the end, and the remaining role will be his."

Wan Liquan nodded to show that he understood.

She looked around the living room and finally fixed her eyes on Shi Jin: "You should be the first one to arrive just now, go and choose first."

Shi Jin's eyes lingered on the whiteboard for a moment, and he took down a script: "I choose this one."

Zhao Yi looked at his role in the script and nodded: "This one suits you very well."

"It's your turn." Wan Liquan reminded her.

Zhao Yi walked to the whiteboard, hesitated for a moment between family doctor and cleaning, and finally chose family doctor.

The following choices went smoothly. Except for Wan Liquan who thought briefly before making his choice, almost everyone had already decided on the role they wanted to choose from the beginning.

The final roles are:

Butler——Actor Zhao Lei.

Family doctor——the popular young actress Zhao Yi.

Nanny——The number one actress in TV dramas Wan Liquan.

Singer——New singer Yang Yue.

son - Cheng Ke;

Lawyer——Shi Jin.

The character left behind is the wife.

Zhong Sisi glanced at the remaining script on the whiteboard and tried to hold back her laughter: "Everyone please go back to your rooms and read the script, and act according to the script time."

"Please note that the contents of your script must not be disclosed to others."

"You can conceal information or circumstances that are unfavorable to you, but no one except the murderer can lie."

"when--"

The huge clock in the living room struck the hour, and a dull chime sounded from inside the clock.

Several people dispersed.

Shi Jin took this opportunity to take a quick look at the distribution of the villas.

The villa has three floors in total. Looking down from above, it presents a huge inverted "U" shape, with the opening of the U being the gate.

The third floor is the master's residence, and the wife's room is on the third floor.

The second floor is the guest room, and the bottom of the U-shape facing the main door is the study, where Mr. Lin handles work matters.

There are three rooms on each side of the study.

On the left side of the study live the cleaner, housekeeper and lawyer, from far to near; on the right side live the singer, son and family doctor.

Shi Jin found a piece of paper in the room and drew a simple floor plan of the second floor.

The role he chose was a lawyer, who was responsible for managing the assets of Mr. Lin's company and handling some legal matters required by Mr. Lin.

Coincidentally, in the script, he is also the first to arrive at the manor.

Shi Jin flipped through the script and wrote down the important plots in the notebook he carried with him.

“Dongdong——”

There was a knock on the mahogany door.

Shi Jin raised his head and glanced at the clock on the wall.

2:55 pm.

The performance begins.

He closed the script, stood up and opened the door.

The door opened, revealing the face of singer Yang.

Seeing him open the door, Yang Ge smiled and said, "Lawyer Shi, is it convenient for us to chat?"

Shi Jin glanced at his phone and refused: "Sorry, I'm a private lawyer and don't accept private orders."

After saying that, he was about to close the door.

"What if it's about something that happened twenty years ago?"

"Squeak..." The red wooden door that was about to close stopped. After a while, half of a cold and pale face appeared from the crack of the door: "Come to see me at 11 o'clock tonight."

“Pah—”

The mahogany door closed.

Singer Yang stared at the patterns carved on the mahogany door and smiled meaningfully. After a moment, he turned and left.