The private restaurant that Jiang Baiyan booked is also an old building with a history of more than 200 years. Although it is inevitable that there are some incongruous decorations from ancient costume dramas, the building itself still presents the charm of the time without the unnecessary decorations.

Another plus point is the dishes.

Jiang Baiyan said that this private restaurant is actually well-known throughout the country. It is a place that is passed on by word of mouth among gourmets, but it is not advertised to the outside world.

Jian Jing couldn't help but feel that the store owner was a bit mysterious, but after tasting it, she immediately understood.

With the level of dishes in this restaurant, there is no need for advertising.

It is really delicious.

Jiang Baiyan is currently filming a drama. Unless the role requires it, he strictly controls his diet, and today is no exception.

He only ate some protein throughout the whole process, and almost never touched meat and carbohydrates. The most he ate was vegetables.

Most of the time, he was helping Jian Jing find faults.

The fish had many bones, so he used a small fork to pick out the bones, which basically did not damage the texture of the fish meat, and the taste of the dish was still preserved in the mouth.

After dissecting the fish, he put on gloves and began to peel the shrimps at a very fast speed, filling up half of the small bowl in one go. At this time, Jian Jing had not even finished half of the fish.

Fearing that she would feel stressed, Jiang Baiyan did not continue after peeling the shrimps, and slowly picked a few green vegetables, chewing them several times before swallowing them. He also said, "I really like the vegetarian dishes here, they are as delicious as the meat."

Jian Jing looked at him with pity, "Finish the filming quickly so that you can eat normally."

"I told Sister Lin that I will only take on one movie and one TV series a year in the future." Jiang Baiyan reported his work arrangements, "This way I will work for a maximum of half a year, and the remaining half a year won't be so hard."

Jian Jing very much agreed, "I also think it's good to only work a few months a year."

Jiang Baiyan naturally asked about "Sleepwalking Girl": "When will it be released, can I see it in advance?" "

Yes." Jian Jing was very generous, "Send you the document?"

Jiang Baiyan asked pitifully, "Can it be the first signed book?"

She nodded, "Send me the sample book and I'll give it to you." "

Jingjing is so nice." He refilled her drink attentively, "Eat slowly, I'm not in a hurry."

But Jian Jing still tried to finish eating before 7:30.

It was too heavy, so I just walked over there to help digest the food.

The sun had already set, and the blood-red afterglow fell on the ancient roofs, casting a layer of hazy red light, which looked both magnificent and eerie.

The venue where

the crew was working was brightly lit. The staff took the opportunity to eat, wolfing down their food. The director sat aside smoking, and when he saw Jiang Baiyan coming, he secretly glanced at his watch.

7:28, extremely punctual.

He was satisfied. Although Jiang Baiyan also exercised his privileges and did not share the joys and sorrows with the staff, he had always done a good job in his own job, acting seriously, not complaining about being tired, and not getting angry after several NGs.

That was enough.

"Director Li, I'm here." Jiang Baiyan greeted with a smile, "What are you shooting tonight?"

Director Li also smiled: "It's going to rain in two days, let's shoot the night scene in advance, the 18th scene, you can take a look."

Sister Chen handed over the script, Jiang Baiyan flipped through it, and only moved the content of the next two days forward. He had previewed this part of the lines in advance, so he was not unfamiliar with it.

"I'll memorize it again." He sat down in the folding chair unconsciously and began to look through the script.

Director Li glanced at Jian Jing who was wandering around, probably recognized her, and said nothing. As long as the stars did not organize fans to visit the set on a large scale and disrupt the order of the set, it is normal for relatives and friends to come and take a look.

Besides, Jian Jing is a well-known writer, and behind her stands the financially powerful Jin Wu, who has no reason to mess with her.

He pretended not to see it.

If the most authoritative director doesn't say anything, the others will be even less likely to say anything. At most, they will glance at each other and gossip secretly.

Jian Jing asked Sister Chen: "Who are these people?"

In the past two years, Sister Chen's attitude towards Jian Jing has changed again and again. Now she cares more about her than a regular boss. She immediately introduced the personnel configuration for her this time.

Jiang Baiyan is the well-deserved male lead, so there is no need to mention him again; the second male lead is the guy who took fans back to the room to spend the night and whose RV was splashed with dog blood. His surname is Qu, he is 26 years old, graduated from the Film Academy, has decent acting skills, has many fans, and belongs to the second line. Let's call him Qu's male supporting role.

The female lead's surname is Bei, she is 32 years old, a first-line actress, a popular big flower, and married. A few days ago, my husband came to visit the set, and ended up flirting with the fourth female lead, which was discovered by his wife. He has been in a very bad mood recently.

Jian Jing did not see her on the set. Sister Chen said that she had no scenes at night and was resting in the room.

According to custom, she is called Miss Bei.

The second female lead has a later role and has not yet joined the crew, so

she will be left out for now. There are also some familiar supporting actors who have acted in many spy dramas, but they are all filming in Group B, in a studio a few hours' drive away. Apart from the cast, the only people who can get close to the actors and enter and exit the B&B freely are the staff.

Some of them live in haunted B&Bs with the actors, while others live in hotels. Because of work, they also frequently go in and out of various spaces, making it impossible to sort out and check carefully.

Jian Jing recognized the face and remembered a piece of gossip.

"Didn't they say that there was something wrong with the second male lead, and the contract was extended in order to cancel it?" she wondered.

Previously, Jiang Baiyan said that he temporarily went to film a movie because the male second-rate actor in this spy film had bad news. The crew was afraid that a scandal would break out during the filming, causing the filming work to stagnate, so they postponed it directly.

But now it seems that the male supporting actor Qu is fine.

Sister Chen nodded and whispered: "The matter was suppressed. The boss personally greeted the director and wanted him to make a comeback with this drama, so..."

Jian Jing showed an expression that was difficult to say.

"Don't worry, teacher Jingjing." After a while, Jiang Baiyan had finished reciting the lines and revealed the inside story, "Although he is still the second male lead, he has fewer scenes. The screenwriter gave the key plot to the third male lead. It's really unlucky. It won't affect it if all of it is cut out."

He said, "This guy's scenes are all in the early stage, competing with me, and falling in love with the female lead. It won't affect the viewing if he doesn't have them."

Jian Jing: "..."

You guys are also very good.

But after saying this, she became more curious: "What happened to him?"

Jiang Baiyan opened his mouth and was about to speak, but suddenly closed it again. Immediately afterwards, a voice rang out: "Xiaobai, you came so early."

Jian Jing turned her head and saw the face of Qu Nanpei.

To be honest, people who can become stars must not be too bad looking. Qu Nanpei is handsome in a cool way, with thick eyebrows, a high nose, and three-dimensional facial features, which makes him very conspicuous in the crowd.

"I came after dinner." Jiang Baiyan greeted with a smile, without any guilt about gossiping behind people's backs, "Do you have a play tonight too?"

This is nonsense, whether there is a rivalry or not is clearly written in the script.

"Yes." Qu Nanpei nodded, and his eyes fell on Jian Jing, "Are you... Teacher Jian Jing? Nice to meet you, you look better in person than in the photo."

He stretched out his hand to shake hands with Jian Jing.

Jian Jing smiled politely: "Sorry to bother you guys with your filming. I'm here to travel and visit you."

"Jing Jing is my good friend." Jiang Baiyan said.

Qu's male supporting role smiled and didn't insist anymore. He turned around and prepared to go.

"Jing Jing, this guy is not a good person." Jiang Baiyan said to Jian Jing, "Don't be fooled by him."

Jian Jing said, "It's okay. He's definitely not as good at deceiving people as you."

Jiang Baiyan: "..."

"Xiao Bai." Sister Chen reminded, "The makeup artist is here. You still have to do your styling."

"Right away." He hurried to get ready.

The costumes of Republican dramas are similar to modern ones. There is no need to do too much modification. Just put on the costumes and put on simple makeup.

It's fun to visit the set once or twice, but it gets boring after a while. Jian Jing watched for a while, said a word to Sister Chen, and went straight to the B&B.

At this point, the crew was still on the set. The B&B was quiet, with only one room on. It should be where Miss Bei lived.

She smelled the smell of paint and came to the room where Jiang Baiyan lived before.

Turning on the light, the pink and white walls came into view.

She carefully checked every corner and regretfully found that the landlord was too concerned and almost cleaned the entire room carefully. The table and window sill were polished to a shine, and the bed was also a brand new four-piece set. There was no trace of "ghosts" at all. Helplessly

, she could only check it against Jiang Baiyan's photos.

But... he took a selfie.

Although only half of his face was captured, it seemed as if he accidentally brought himself into the camera, but it was undoubtedly a selfie. Otherwise, what kind of front camera would he use?

Therefore, the amount of information is limited.

Jian Jing barely judged that the bloody handprints were mainly concentrated in the area directly opposite the door, covering the entire wall, and there were very few on the other wall, as well as on the side near the window.

In addition, all the handprints had no fingerprints, were similar in size, but the positions of the five fingers were different, which showed that they were not directly printed using some props, but were smeared by someone with his own hands.

No matter how you look at it, it seems to be a trick, and the system did not prompt.

Jian Jing wandered around for a while, still did not find anything unusual, and returned to the hotel to rest regretfully.

The next day, the crew stopped work for half a day, and the exorcism activity began.

This is a ceremony that is both public and private. The public aspect is that everyone knows that ghosts need to be exorcised, even if many people do not know about the previous events, filming in the old house and doing some superstitious activities can also have a great reassuring effect.

The reason for the privacy is that not too many people are allowed to participate in the whole ceremony.

The master said that if there are too many people, the Yang energy will be strong, and the ghosts will not dare to appear, and they cannot be driven away.

Belief or not is one thing, but since he said so, the crew could not force it, so they naturally agreed, and only a few main creators participated.

As a friend of Jiang Baiyan, Jian Jing had the honor to watch.

The master was in his fifties, wearing a gorgeous Taoist robe, and his outfit was extremely professional, looking very powerful. Jian Jing asked curiously, "Does he have a certificate?"

"Master Long is from Hong Kong and has become a Malaysian citizen." Director Li introduced, "Domestic Taoist priests no longer do this, so we can only invite them from outside."

Jian Jing nodded to show that she was learning: "Has he done this before? Is it effective?"

Director Li said seriously, "Master Long is best at exorcising ghosts and summoning fox spirits. I saw him once and it was really effective." Jian

Jing pretended to listen attentively.

Director Li told a secret.

One of his friends married into a wealthy Hong Kong family. She lived a comfortable life in the past few years, but after she became pregnant, her husband's family business plummeted and almost went bankrupt. She prayed to gods and Buddhas everywhere, and by chance, she met Master Long.

The master said that they were haunted by a little ghost and asked her to ask her husband if he had ever raised a little ghost in Thailand.

The friend did as she was told. Her husband was surprised and asked how she knew. She then recommended Master Long. Master Long said that you had promised to treat him as your own child, but now your wife is pregnant and he wants to take revenge on you.

The husband asked what to do, and the master said that you can either give up your biological child or give up him.

As a man, there is no one who doesn't care about incense and family, so of course he chose to drive away the little ghost.

The process is still unclear, but after the exorcism, the husband's family got a chance to breathe and slowly recovered.

The other thing is gossip. It was said that a Taiwanese actress, with the help of a master, invited a fox spirit to possess her body. Not only did her career flourish, but she was also pursued by a group of rich boys. In the end, she married into a wealthy family, making others envious.

However, no matter how serious Director Li was, these rumors sounded too fake.

Jian Jing was still skeptical and walked towards Master Long tentatively.

Master Long looked at her and was immediately shocked. He blurted out: "You are still alive?"