The Villain's Contracted Lover

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Chapter 15 - What Was That Look? ("So that man was the real reason that she accepted 'Blossom'? It has nothing to do with the Mu's after all?") (1)

Two days later, Xu WanZhi received that notification from Fang Lin, her agent, that the timing for "The Blossoming Us"'s opening ceremony was set and that she needed to join the filming crew on the date of.

"Blossom" was a period show, mainly about students' life after the 70s. The shooting locations were mostly inside a classroom or in residential areas, so they picked a studio that was somewhat close. It was located in a studio converted from an abandoned factory for period shows.

The opening ceremony was set to be held at the conference hall in a hotel near the studio.

The production crew had arranged a photoshoot for the wardrobe before the first rehearsal. As the female lead, Xu WanZhi did not make her entrance but arrived early at the location for her makeup.

Halfway through her makeup, a young actress walked inside the dressing room and started greeting the others in a shrewish manner.

The incomer walked all the way to the back until she was finally standing next to Xu WanZhi. She smiled at her reflection in the mirror and said, "Hi WanZhi, I am Chang XiaoYa. It is nice to meet you."

Hearing that name, Xu WanZhi was a bit surprised. Before she could say anything, the other girl continued, "New show. Better work hard on your acting skills. Don't let me outshine you as the second female lead." Having said that, she gave Xu WanZhi a polite smile and said, "I am just kidding. Don't mind me."

Xu WanZhi immediately put her guard on.

Chang XiaoYa, the girl who'd be playing the role of second female lead, was a college classmate of the male and female lead. She was, in fact, the female lead's best friend.

Chang XiaoYa was a second-tier actress. In the novel, she was the one who let Qin Sheng know about Liang ZhiQuan's family situation. Which was why Qin Sheng knew to put his schoolwork on pause and return back to the country to save Liang ZhiQuan. She was also the one who, during the worst time of the Liang's, generously used her own royalty earnings to help out Liang ZhiQuan. Chang XiaoYa was arguably the most vital character in pushing forward the relationship between Liang ZhiQuan and Qin Sheng.

Except that, as far as Xu WanZhi could remember, Chang XiaoYa had only acted in ancient xianxia movies. She didn't know why she turned to taking a role in "Blossom". She quickly had Xiao Yuan go check it out and found out that the original female lead of "Blossom" went onto accept a role for a different show after losing the role to herself. That was the one that the second female lead, Chang XiaoYa, was supposed to be in. Now that her role was taken, she had come here to take the role of second female lead.

An interesting butterfly effect that sent Liang ZhiQuan's best friend to her side. She could already smell gunpowder – she figured that Chang XiaoYa had already found out about the relationship between her and Mu ZhenYu by now and couldn't wait to stand up for Liang ZhiQuan.

Luckily, Xu WanZhi hadn't had a lot of work to occupy her time the last few days, and she was able to get very familiar with the script. That, plus the natural born talent of the fox clan in playing the roles of all sorts of beautiful women, she was able to get into shape and into her role in no time while taking the stills.

Chapter 16 - What Was That Look? ("So that man was the real reason that she accepted 'Blossom'? It has nothing to do with the Mu's after all?") (2)

Not only did the retro style of loose-fitting uniform not hide her natural beauty, in fact, it made her appear even more pure and refreshing. Every line and every curvature on her face was perfect. It had taken her to a whole new level from the completion day of her last show.