After the director and several actors discussed the early stage positions and angles, the sound of a clapperboard sounded, indicating that the filming of this scene had begun.

This was the first scene after Luo Yu’s rebirth. It was a new starting point as well as an opportunity to make up for countless regrets.

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Luo Yu took a deep breath and slowly loosened his clenched fists. He told himself that from now on——I am Bai Ying.

He walked into the KTV calmly, holding a small knife in his hand.

He didn’t deliberately play knife tricks like in some movies, he just held it gently, like holding a weightless flower. The dangerous aura was instantly transmitted to the director and screenwriter through the screen.

The two lines “Brother Long” and “You look good” were still the same as during the audition. Because of the opposite actors and the complete scene setting, Luo Yu’s lines had a more realistic feel.

When the camera moved forward, Luo Yu’s face appeared on the screen. There was a playful emotion in the edges of his eyes and eyebrows, but the arrogance was restrained just right and not too much.

Bai Ying, played by Luo Yu, suddenly raised the knife. First, he scratched a third of Brother Long’s wrist with the back of the knife, as if to warn Brother Long that he might lose his wrist at any time. Then, the blade pointed downwards and stabbed Long Brother neatly on the back of his hand.

At that moment, Bai Ying’s expression changed rapidly, and the sinister and bloodthirsty madness seemed to climb out of the screen, but the moment the knife landed, it all returned to the smile on his lips.

“Ah, but I didn’t sleep well.”

Indifference along with some disdain for Brother Long’s life.

Or maybe it was contempt at the dirty money and power in the world.

Lin Yue, who had a fist propped under his chin, suddenly squinted his eyes and leaned forward. Even Screenwriter Hua craned his neck as if to catch some fleeting brilliance with his eyes.

The surrounding actors and staff members watching the scene were silent. They were all surprised by Luo Yu’s rapid change of movements and emotions.

What Luo Yu didn’t know was that Gu Xiaowei was standing next to Director Lin. He pulled out a folding chair, crossed his arms and looked at the screen with half-lidded eyes.

“If this scene is used as the beginning of the drama, it will be very captivating.” Gu Xiaowei said.

Only then did Lin Yue and Hua Xingyun come back to themselves.

“Xiao Gu is here.” Hua Xingyun smiled.

Gu Xiaowei’s face didn’t change much in expression, he just said softly: “Can we watch it again?”

Director Lin smiled meaningfully and played it again, “Does it make you want to perform?”

“En.” Gu Xiaowei’s eyes narrowed, trying to figure out every emotional turn and progression performed by Luo Yu.

At this time, Luo Yu and Brother Long finished discussing how to perform the next scene, and then he and Brother Long came to the director to see the effect of the previous scene.

As soon as he walked to the director’s seat, he found Gu Xiaowei sitting there as well.

His expression was serious and his eyes were focused, but when he raised his eyes and looked at Luo Yu, he nodded lightly. For a moment, the objectivity and indifference with a sense of scrutiny in his eyes disappeared, leaving only… gentleness.

It was as if the cold blade was about to come out of its sheath, and only after seeing clearly who came, it carefully returned to its sheath, not wanting to scare the other.

Luo Yu wondered if he had an illusion.

“I’m going to touch up my makeup.” Gu Xiaowei told the director and got up.

As soon as the seat became vacant, Luo Yu and Brother Long moved forward and bent down to look.

Screenwriter Hua said with a smile: “It’s a good performance. If you didn’t come over, we would still be studying it a second or third time.”

This made Luo Yu a little embarrassed.

The next scene was when Yan Ye, played by Gu Xiaowei, walked into the KTV private room and met Bai Ying for the first time.

In the script, Bai Ying and Brother Long appeared smiling and harmonious, but in fact they each had their own agendas.

Bai Ying, played by Luo Yu, was sitting on the sofa. Next to him were two women with heavy makeup leaning on his shoulders to persuade him to drink. Brother Long also followed suit, but Bai Ying didn’t even bother to take a perfunctory sip, which made Brother Long even more without face.

At this time, Bai Ying’s underling Ah Lan walked in with Yan Ye. This was also the first time Yan Ye appeared in front of Bai Ying, and it was also the first time Gu Xiaowei appeared in the whole drama.

Luo Yu had watched this TV series in his previous life, and was mentally prepared for Gu Xiaowei’s role. However, when he first saw Gu Xiaowei, who was wearing a loose suit jacket and walking with a sharp and roguish air, he was still stunned.

Gu Xiaowei’s hair was not deliberately combed back, but slightly disheveled and pushed to one side. His eyes were especially intriguing in the interplay of light and shadow, like embers of a wildfire, showing a hidden unruliness.

Gu Xiaowei was usually aloof and reserved. The first impression he gave was that he was both educated and principled. There was no way he could be connected to a character like Yan Ye.

——This was an actor. In a scene, he could change the soul in his body.

The casual and sarcastic smile on Yan Ye’s lips and the caution in his eyes formed a sharp contrast, making the character’s contradiction as an undercover agent less obvious but still faintly perceptible to the audience.

In this scene, Brother Long was shocked by Bai Ying’s knife and lost face. He didn’t dare to do anything to Bai Ying directly, but he could regain his dignity from Bai Ying’s men.

“Isn’t this Ah Lan? Your boss has had a big appetite recently, so you have to work hard too, right?”

Brother Long’s line implied that Bai Ying was too greedy and had touched many people’s pies. These big guys want Bai Ying’s life, and even Ah Lan, who was responsible for protecting Bai Ying, would also suffer.

Ah Lan was very calm and said quietly: “Simple home-style meal, not worth mentioning.” (TN: common occurrence, nothing out of the ordinary)

Brother Long raised his hand, and his subordinate placed a small iron box in front of him. He opened the iron box and hand-rolled cigarettes could be seen laying inside, but no one knew whether there were other unclean things wrapped in it besides tobacco.

“Come, Ah Lan… and this… brother I haven’t seen before! Ai, where’s the hyena that often follows Ah Lan? Why is he missing? Or is he injured, dead?” Brother Long looked around deliberately, but in fact he was ridiculing Bai Ying for losing his men.

Bai Ying, played by Luo Yu, held a glass of wine in his hand, only swaying it half a circle, with a slight smile on his lips, and didn’t care about Brother Long’s ridicule. 

The expression on Yan Ye’s face did not change, as if he was an outsider admiring Brother Long’s performance.

In this scene, Bai Ying and Yan Ye briefly met eyes. Bai Ying didn’t care about Yan Ye, an insignificant person. To him, Yan Ye was just another hyena who he didn’t know how long he could use.

Yan Ye, on the other hand, did not show a submissive look towards Bai Ying. He disdained Brother Long’s little tricks of sowing discord, nor could he be tamed by anyone.

The two actors’ eyes met at the same time, and they naturally acted out the atmosphere of mutual evaluation and provocation between Bai Ying and Yan Ye without even the need for words.

Bai Ying’s confidant Ah Lan said: “Boss, this is Yan Ye. He will replace Hyena in the future. When I have to be away, I will arrange for him to follow you.”

Bai Ying tapped his fingers lightly on the edge of the wine glass.

Ah Lan added: “He can fight, and is ruthless enough.”

Bai Ying was still noncommittal.

Ah Lan immediately figured out what the boss meant and added: “He is highly alert and has saved me several times.”

Hearing this, Brother Long burst into laughter, slapped the table and said, “Highly alert? The cops are also very alert. Ah Lan, you have been on the streets for so long, so don’t hunt geese all day long only to be pecked in the eye.”

Anyone could tell that this was Brother Long sowing discord, but these big bosses who licked blood at the tip of a knife would rather kill mistakenly than trust mistakenly.

A normal underling would already be anxious to explain and seek trust.

But Yan Ye still looked like he was watching a show, as if he was quite contemptuous of Brother Long’s poor acting skills, and that faint smile became the center point on the screen, attracting inquiring eyes.

Like an abyss, even knowing that no matter how close you get, you couldn’t see through it, but you still couldn’t help but take that step.

Not only was Bai Ying scrutinizing Yan Ye, Yan Ye was also weighing whether Bai Ying was worthy of being his boss.

The common thought between the two was: Interesting, how interesting!

“Are you a cop?” Bai Ying spoke slowly, raising his eyes, and looking directly into Yan Ye’s eyes.

The backstory of the character Yan Ye in the script was that after following Ah Lan these days, he had experienced countless suspicions and proved himself, thus he had long been able to handle situations like this with ease.

He was good at making people put down their guard, and he also knew how to make these people who lick blood from their knives to trust him, but only when facing Bai Ying did he know what true suspicion was.

“Cops are too soft.” Yan Ye said softly, with a gentle expression as if he was being obedient to the devil in front of him, but in fact he was mocking everyone’s doubts about him.

He strolled towards Bai Ying, and everyone present thought he was going to say something to Bai Ying. But suddenly, he grabbed Brother’s head and smashed it against the coffee table in front of him with lightning speed.

Brother Long immediately supported himself against the coffee table with both hands, because Yan Ye had no intention of stopping. Instead, Bai Ying caught Brother Long’s head at the critical moment. Otherwise, Brother Long would have suffered a bloody head wound, and the two sides would be unable to avoid a fight, but Bai Ying did not bring enough manpower.

Brother Long’s men aimed their guns at Yan Ye and Bai Ying. Brother Long’s shoulders trembled, because when the lunatic named Yan Ye pressed his head down, he was completely determined not to stop until it was smashed.

Yan Ye didn’t pay attention to those guns at all. He looked into Bai Ying’s eyes, like a complete madman.

“Boss, whoever’s head you want——I’ll give it to you. Can a cop do the same?”

Like a sharp blade once hidden in the mud, its rust stains instantly worn away. The cold light was so icy that whoever held it would be filled with murderous intent.

Looking into such crazy eyes, Bai Ying not only did not feel frightened, but instead seemed to have mounted a wild horse, a raging storm began to surge in his heart.

He raised Brother Long’s head, patted Brother Long’s shoulder, and said sincerely: “Sorry, Brother Long, I don’t know how to teach my subordinates.”

Brother Long was stunned there, still in shock. And his subordinates also didn’t know whether to put their guns away.

Bai Ying gestured to the iron box on the table with his chin, “Brother Long’s cigarettes, you smoke one to make amends to him.”

Hearing this, Ah Lan hesitated to speak. Who didn’t know that Brother Long sold tobacco, and the tobacco was often mixed with other things.

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Bai Ying had a hand in all kinds of bad things, but the one thing he didn’t allow the people below him to get involved with was drugs. He said that people who become drug addicts were useless, and he did not keep trash around.

This was Bai Ying’s real test for Yan Ye——if you are truly loyal, then when I tell you to die, you must die in front of me.

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