I've Transmigrated Into This Movie Before

Chapter 81

81: Flaw

There were many types of mistress.

For the sake of not letting Mu Gua find her out, she best acted as one who was completely the opposite of Mu Er.

Elegant, demure, someone who was well-educated, someone who had good posture at all times, someone who would look straight at the other party—just like Yan Qing.

With these considerations, Ning Ning quickly adjusted her sitting posture and expression. She turned around and looked at Pei Xuan, with a restrained attitude of a lady she asked, "And this is?"

"A new servant." Pei Xuan looked at her with an interested expression. "What do you think of him?"

Ning Ning turned and looked at Mu Gua, she smiled at him. "You look really young, how old are you?"

"...Sixteen." Mu Gua answered, his eyes looked towards her hands on her knees.

However, Ning Ning had turned her hands over when she adjusted her sitting posture, her palms were facing up, the back of her hands were against her skirt so the injuries on the back of her hands were up against her skirt as well. He could not see the features that would easily expose her identity, unless he grabbed her hands and took a good look.

"Why are you not in school at this age?" Ning Ning asked gently, her voice had the tone of pity from an older more privileged person talking to a younger less privileged one. "Working at such a young age, did your family go through some difficulties?"

"...Yes." Mu Gua peeked at her occasionally, his expression had traces of doubts, he seemed to be looking for similarities and differences between her and his sister.

Ning Ning was confident that she would not be noticed by him, but when she looked at Pei Xuan from the corner of her eye, she could not help but feel chills.

He was still looking at her with the same expression, now with a trace of coldness.

...What was she doing wrong?

No, it was not what she was doing wrong, it was that she was doing too much.

What kind of person was Mu Er? A pushover who grew up in a family which heavily valued sons over daughters. She was like any other teenager of the time, she too liked to idolise celebrities, she too wished to become an actress, but having a dream didn't mean that she had the skills.

In reality, no matter how talented a person was, when they acted in front of a person for the first time, they would normally be too nervous to perform as they usually would. Unlike what Ning Ning did, getting into character in a short amount of time, being so proficient that it seemed like she had been on stage multiple times, as if she had acted in countless shows in the past.

"...I got it wrong!" Ning Ning's back was covered in cold sweat after she figured it out. She thought to herself, "The one I am acting for is not Mu Gua at all, it's Pei Xuan. As someone who has never acted before, I should not portray a perfect mistress in front of him. I want to portray a mistress that seems perfect but is actually full of flaws!"

Thus, as she spoke to Mu Gua, she started to slouch bit by bit.

Just like someone who had never had any practice, after forcing herself to sit up straight for some time, her back would start to ache and she would go back to her original sitting posture.

Pei Xuan cleared his throat softly from the side and asked gently, "Miss, are you tired?"

Ning Ning reflexively straightened her back and frowned, leaning back in frustration, even her manner of speech started to become lazy, "That's right, I'm tired, I feel like drinking some water."