Chapter 34: Love Her
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This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com
“I just asked. Sister Fang said, as long as she doesn’t act opposite the male lead, she’s made big progress. But once she acts opposite the male lead, she messes up.” Bai Wenxi knew her master would ask sooner or later, so she’d already checked the situation next door early on.
“Didn’t she act well with me last night?” Lin Qingyi asked somewhat casually.
“She did act well, but that was acting with you. The gap between the male lead and you is quite big. Little Boss Qin not adapting is understandable,” Bai Wenxi thought the best praise was the one close to the truth. See, she was clever!
“That’s true,” Lin Qingyi smiled a little and clearly agreed with Bai Wenxi.
Having successfully pleased her master again, Bai Wenxi felt pretty good about herself.
“Tell the director to film other scenes first. Move my scenes to the afternoon. I’ve got something to do, I’m going out for a bit,” Lin Qingyi ordered Bai Wenxi.
Going out? Where to? What business? Bai Wenxi didn’t remember her master having any sudden important things today. Could it be to visit the set next door?
“Are you going to visit Little Boss Qin’s set?” Bai Wenxi asked cautiously.
“I worked so hard teaching her yesterday, but that stupid woman still can’t act well. She really does not make me worry less. Since I played the role of a living Bodhisattva once, I might as well give it my all.” Lin Qingyi looked like a parent with a naughty child, not wanting to care but having to.
“That’s right.” Bai Wenxi agreed with Lin Qingyi.
She was filming, but she skipped work to visit the set next door. Putting other people’s matters before her own was the first time Bai Wenxi had seen since she started following Lin Qingyi.
The narcissist started to love her.
Bai Wenxi thought her master was just chasing after the other’s beauty, but now it seemed she really liked her. At this moment, Bai Wenxi couldn’t help but wonder how long Lin Qingyi had cared about Qin Shiyue? Was she thinking about her even before the divorce, but because of the married status, kept quiet? Now that she was divorced, she acted fast? The more she thought, the more this possibility seemed very real.
Suddenly, Bai Wenxi remembered a sour but fitting phrase: Love starts without knowing where, but grows deeply.
Bai Wenxi quickly greeted the director, then followed Lin Qingyi to visit her master’s not-yet-wife at the next-door set.
Bai Wenxi no longer needed Lin Qingyi to tell her what to do. She bought the same drink as last time and went to Qin Shiyue’s set.
How could she visit the not-yet-wife empty-handed? That would be very rude.
At that time, Qin Shiyue was still struggling to act opposite the male lead. She already felt the punishment for looking down on the male lead—that her own acting had gone back to before liberation. If Lin Qingyi knew that the scenes she acted with her last night were wasted, she would probably regret spending time on her. Qin Shiyue felt a bit sorry for Lin Qingyi’s serious teaching last night.
There is ‘Speak of the devil and she appears’, but never heard of “think of the devil and she appears”!
Qin Shiyue, who could not fully focus on the role, was thinking of Lin Qingyi when she suddenly thought she saw her. That could not be right—Lin Qingyi was shooting next door, so why did she suddenly appear here? And why was she looking at her with a half-smile? This made Qin Shiyue feel very ashamed. Ashamed that her poor acting was seen by Lin Qingyi again, and guilty for wasting her serious teaching.
Shame and shyness sometimes feel very similar.
Song Chengmu saw Qin Shiyue, who had been like a wooden figure, suddenly seemed possessed by something, suddenly full of emotion. When emotion appears, the CP feeling appears immediately.
Yes, this kind of reaction must keep going, Song Chengmu prayed happily inside. But he did not dare be too happy, afraid Qin Shiyue’s sudden acting skill was just a flash in the pan.
Luckily, Qin Shiyue's acting stayed solid all the way through the foot-rubbing scene.
Song Chengmu decided to strike while the iron was hot. While Qin Shiyue still had her acting spark, he rushed to shoot the rest of the scenes with the male lead.
Maybe it was because Lin Qingyi was watching that Qin Shiyue recalled the feeling of acting with her last night. The next two or three scenes with the male lead went surprisingly smoothly.
After filming three scenes in a row with the male lead, Qin Shiyue was like a drained battery—she couldn't keep going. But it was already noon, so they could call it a wrap for now.
Song Chengmu was more than satisfied. Today's shoot was the best since filming began.
Just as they were about to wrap up, his assistant finally told him that Movie Queen Lin had been here for quite a while.
"When did she arrive?" Song Chengmu asked.
"An hour ago," the assistant replied.
Wasn't that the moment when Qin Shiyue suddenly acted like she had been possessed by talent? So her sudden improvement was thanks to Movie Queen Lin’s guidance? If that was the case, then everything made sense.
The teacher showed up, so the student gained confidence and performed better.
If things were really like that, Song Chengmu could only hope that Movie Queen Lin would coach Qin Shiyue more often. If Qin Shiyue’s acting could stay stable, then the drama’s ratings would basically be set.
"Teacher Lin is here to visit Teacher Qin again?" Song Chengmu greeted her warmly. In the director circle, he was neither top-tier nor unknown. The level of actors often matched the level of directors. He also wished for a chance to work with someone like Lin Qingyi—a popular actress with real skill. But for now, he clearly was not qualified.
"Mm, I came to visit Shiyue. Director Song, go handle your business. No need to entertain me," Lin Qingyi replied politely. She had no interest in chatting more with him.
"I didn’t expect Teacher Lin and Teacher Qin to be so close. Alright, I’ll get back to work. You two have a nice talk." Song Chengmu tactfully stepped away.
"Here." Lin Qingyi handed over the strawberry slush the moment Qin Shiyue came close. She thought to herself, this vase better not make excuses to reject her again.
"You don’t have scenes to shoot? Why did you suddenly show up?" Qin Shiyue naturally took the slush and took a sip as she asked.
As the female lead, Lin Qingyi probably had a lot of scenes too, right?
Lin Qingyi watched as Qin Shiyue put the straw in her mouth. The corners of her lips curved slightly, as if pleased that Qin Shiyue did not reject her this time.
"I finished all my scenes this morning, so I came over to see how someone is doing. Is it still as bad as always?" Lin Qingyi said casually.
So Lin Qingyi had come over because she was worried about her? This thought made Qin Shiyue feel a faint stir inside, something she could not quite suppress. She could not help but wonder—could it mean this woman cared about her, even just a little?
"Are you concerned about me?" Qin Shiyue asked in a purposely casual tone. Thankfully, her performance had been decent later on, or she wouldn't have been able to hand in the paper.
"You sure know how to flatter yourself. I’m just concerned about my own time and effort. I hate wasting them the most," Lin Qingyi immediately denied.
"I knew it." As expected, this woman would not care about her. She only cared about herself. Qin Shiyue thought this was more in line with her understanding of Lin Qingyi, yet for some reason, there was a faint sense of disappointment in her heart.
Bai Wenxi thought to herself, my master is usually so clever, yet she becomes foolish in love. How can you afford to act this proud when you are the one who likes her first?
"So far, the return on my time and effort is not high. But at least it wasn’t all in vain," Lin Qingyi commented objectively. Compared to last night’s rehearsal with her, the Vase’s scenes with the male lead were not even half as good.
"That is still a big improvement." Qin Shiyue thought, Couldn't you just give me a proper compliment? The way you say it, I can't even tell if you are praising me or criticizing me.
"Teacher Lin, you don’t know how many takes she messed up before. It’s strange — the moment you show up, her acting gets on point right away..." Fang Xinhua wasn’t trying to hold back her Baby Qin’er on purpose. She just thought Lin Qingyi couldn’t always be on set watching Baby Qin’er act. She worried that once Lin Qingyi wasn’t there, Baby Qin’er’s acting would fall back to poor levels. She wanted to know if Lin Qingyi had any good advice to keep Baby Qin’er’s acting steady.
"Sister Fang..." How could Sister Fang give away their secret? Without Lin Qingyi, her acting isn’t good. But with Lin Qingyi there, her acting gets good right away. It made Lin Qingyi seem very important.
"Is that so?" Lin Qingyi smiled and looked at Qin Shiyue, asking back.
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When Lin Qingyi looked at her like that, Qin Shiyue felt like Lin Qingyi had seen something in her. But she didn’t know what secret Lin Qingyi could have found.
"Seeing you just now, I remembered how we acted together yesterday. It’s like I suddenly found the answer..." Qin Shiyue quickly defended herself.
Actually, when she saw Lin Qingyi just now, the feelings from acting with Lin Qingyi last night flooded her mind. Those feelings, whether they should be there or not, became very clear. When acting with the male lead just now, she had ignored him completely. Her mind was full of Lin Qingyi. She thought about how it felt acting with Lin Qingyi last night and that Lin Qingyi was watching her acting now...
"Then, Little Boss Qin, when you act, just think about me more," Lin Qingyi said with a smile. Her tone was light and joyful.
"Thinking of you can give me acting skills? Don't flatter yourself too much," Qin Shiyue said angrily.
"I think gold is not as precious as my face," so the Vase could keep thinking about her face as much as she liked.
Hmm, when Lin Qingyi said that just now, why didn't she think of answering like this?
"Then my face is also more precious than gold," Qin Shiyue added.
Bai Wenxi thought to herself: Yes, go ahead and coat your face with gold*, as many layers as you like. She just cares about you.
*flattering one's self
Author's Note:
Qin Shiyue: Hahaha, Lin Qingyi, you actually like me this much. You are done for.
Lin Qingyi, refusing to admit: No, no way.
Bai Wenxi: Yes, I can prove it.
Lin Qingyi: My manager might be a spy. She knows too much. I really want to silence her.
There are random red envelopes.
