“So this is the nanny car that those stars use when they go out to film?”

After dinner, Mr. Song, under the strong recommendation of Li Xiaoheng, decided to go see the night view of Hong Kong. The family of five got into the nanny car arranged by Li Xiaoheng’s assistant in advance.

It was the first time for Mr. Song to ride this kind of car. When he saw how it was luxuriously equipped with a refrigerator, a wine cabinet, a single bed and a small TV, he felt that it was not bad. “I should get one for you too.”

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Li Xiaoheng took out the drinks and fruits that had been prepared a long time ago from the small refrigerator, and said with a smile, “This car is my birthday present to Xiao Mu.”

“Oh.” Mr. Song nodded, estimating the price of the car in his heart. Suddenly he asked, “When is Mr. Li’s birthday?”

Li Xiaoheng quickly spoke: “Grandpa, you can also call me Xiaoheng. The elders in my family call me that.”

He replied: “My birthday is on January 1st.”

Mr. Song was instantly happy: “Aiyo, your birth date is a big one.”

Liu Yao and Meng Qi both perked up, memorizing Li Xiaoheng’s birthday for Tao Mu. In case the day came and Tao Mu didn’t remember. As parents they have to do their part and help with the gift.

When mainlanders come to Hong Kong to travel, there are several attractions that must be visited. Such as Ocean Park, Wax Museum, Disney, Wong Tai Sin Temple and Victoria Harbour. Right now was night time, so the obvious place to visit was Victoria Harbour.

Compared with the vast mainland Hong Kong was very small and there were not many places to visit at night. This led to a certain high chance of bumping into acquaintances when everyone was out walking.

For example, when the family of five stood in the crowd watching the night scene and waiting for the fireworks to be set off, Tao Mu heard someone calling him from behind. When he turned around, he saw Shen Yu standing beside Yan Sheng and Shen Yan, waving at him happily.

And the man standing next to Shen Yan…..Tao Mu’s pupils dilated slightly when he saw that familiar face, and he unconciously froze up.

Noticing that something was wrong with Tao Mu, Li Xiaoheng calmly wrapped Tao Mu’s fist with his hand. Before Tao Mu could speak, he frowned and asked, “Did you need something, Mr. Shen?”

Shen Yu was stunned when he heard the words. A little frightened, he glanced at Li Xiaoheng. He had dealt with Li Xiaoheng several times before, but Li Xiaoheng never warmed up to him. Not only that, every time he came into contact with Tao Mu, Li Xiaoheng would always be unhappy. He also often used tricks to teach him a lesson. So scheming, and with such a fierce temper as well. So much so that when Shen Yu saw Li Xiaoheng’s face now, he felt quite apprehensive.

Shen Yan saw that her little brother, whom she held precious in the palm of her hand, trembled in fright as soon as he saw Li Xiaoheng, and she suddenly became angry.

“What’s with your attitude? Our Xiao Yu is just polite. When he sees acquaintances in the crowd, he can’t help but say hello. It’s fine if you don’t respond enthusiastically, but you even question Xiao Yu with this attitude. Sure enough, an orphan without parents is a person who lacks family teachings.” Shen Yan said, glaring at Tao Mu viciously. She reached out and hugged Shen Yu in her arms. That appearance, it was especially like an old hen protecting her chicks.

“Watch how you talk, little girl!” Liu Yao’s temper was hot. How could he watch his precious son being scolded by a shrew: “I think you are the one who has no family education. A father to give you life, but no mother to raise you. When your mother gave birth to you, did your mother not give you a brain, or perhaps all the nutrition went into the placenta? You are already this old, so if you don’t know how to speak, hold it back. Don’t rely on the fact that you’re a woman and go around making unreasonable scenes. Those who know say you don’t have any family teachings, and those who don’t, think it’s a mad dog running around biting random people!”

Liu Yao’s eloquence was definitely built with his times scolding and cursing in the major alleys of the capital. Now that was what you called a venomous tongue. No swear words or vulgarity were required at all. Hearing this almost caused Tao Mu to laugh out loud.

Li Xiaoheng also looked at his Uncle Yao with admiration. This Beijing accent was really pleasant to the ears.

Shen Yan’s face turned green. Instantly, she wanted to rush forward and slap Liu Yao but she was quickly stopped by the man next to her.

Shen Yan couldn’t hit Liu Yao, so she turned around and slapped her boyfriend instead. With a shrill voice she scolded sharply: “Zhuo Yan, are you even still a man. Your girlfriend was scolded by others, and you not only don’t stand up for me, you are even stopping me from doing it myself?”

Zhuo Yan was slapped by Shen Yan under the watchful eyes of the public. Hot pain spread over his face, causing him to also be pissed off. He let go of Shen Yan: “Are you mental? Isn’t it for your own good that I stopped you? Just look at his physique, he looks like a fighter at a glance. And you even dare to pick a fight with him? Do you really think just because you are a woman, no one dares to beat you up? Your surname is Shen, not Aisin Gioro. Even if your surname was Aisin Gioro, the Qing Dynasty has long declined already.” (TN: family name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty)

Zhuo Yan said the last part for a reason. He and Shen Yan had known each other for less than half a year. At first, Shen Yan came to their company to apply for a job. Zhuo Yan saw that she was good looking and graduated from a famous university, so he recruited her to be the front desk.

At that time, Shen Yan had already resigned three times, either actively or passively. The money on her added up to less than a thousand yuan. She was also unable to contact Mrs. Shen. When people were poor their expectations were low, and naturally she didn’t dare to expose her true nature too much. Although she was not very satisfied with the job at the front desk, especially the salary. But she couldn’t find another job. The most important thing was that the manager who recruited her into the company was too handsome. Shen Yan fell in love with him at first sight. With the mentality of chasing after the male god she had been working hard for a few months. Of course, the most important thing was to catch Zhuo Yan.

Zhuo Yan had just graduated two years ago yet he was already promoted to project manager. It was exactly the point of time in his life when he was feeling most proud of himself. His career was coming along swimmingly, and there was a beauty from a strong family background in pursuit of his affections. Out of a man’s vanity, Zhuo Yan agreed to date Shen Yan.

Unfortunately, Shen Yan got in touch with Mrs. Shen later. With the secret support of Mrs. Shen, Shen Yan was back to her old ways. Even in front of Zhuo Yan, she couldn’t restrain her eldest young lady temperament. After a long time, Zhuo Yan began to feel a little impatient. He hated even more that Shen Yan would mention the Shen family from time to time. He was so sick of it he even mentioned breaking up. This frightened Shen Yan so much that she began to act more submissive. However, after a long time, her old ways always returned. It made Zhuo Yan very irritable.

It had to be said that the fact Zhuo Yan was able to successfully pursue Tao Mu in the previous life, and the two of them even lived through the seven-year itch. It was needless to say that his external conditions and personality charm were huge factors.

In his previous life, Tao Mu only met Zhuo Yan after returning to the Shen family. At that time, Zhuo Yan had already become the regional CEO of their company. The two of them met at a party. Zhuo Yan fell in love with him at first sight, and then pursued him relentlessly. However, Tao Mu had experienced several waves of suitors who gave up halfway and fell in love with Shen Yu, and then turned around and targeted him in dog blood drama fashion. Having been bitten so many times, the psychological shadow could not simply be described as large. Of course, he refused to agree to Zhuo Yan’s pursuit.

Zhuo Yan chased him for a year and a half before Tao Mu gave in. Zhuo Yan managed to catch him after so many challenges, so he was very good to him. Anyway, until seven years later, when Tao Mu learned that Zhuo Yan had fallen in love with Shen Yu who knew when and wanted to backstab him, this person had never been exposed. He would prepare breakfast every morning, quietly climb into bed and kiss him awake, and help him put bath water at night, remembering all his likes and dislikes.

Zhuo Yan had a bad temper, but for seven years with Tao Mu, he never lost his temper with Tao Mu. Every time halfway through the quarrel, he would rush over and kiss him, and when he was extremely angry, he would toss him on the bed. When Tao Mu was tired out, he would hug him in his arms and apologize softly no matter whether it was his fault or not.

Zhuo Yan often joked that Tao Mu liked to be unreasonable so he never reasoned with Tao Mu. And even said righteously: “I didn’t chase you and bring you home to reason with you. I did it to make you happy. To spoil you for a lifetime. But your temper has really become more and more big recently. So we have to study a few new postures. Otherwise I’ll lose out.”

Then, regardless of Tao Mu’s struggles, he would press him onto the bed. When he was abandoned by friends and family, kicked ouy by the Shen family, he thought that Zhuo Yan would also leave him. But Zhuo Yan did not. He treated Tao Mu better. Because he said that Tao Mu only had him left by his side. If he treated Tao Mu badly as well, then Tao Mu really did have nothing left.

Zhuo Yan disliked that everyone in the Shen family prefered Shen Yu who was just a cuckoo occupying the nest. He wanted to avenge him. Therefore, he would make things difficult for Shen Yu just to vent Tao Mu’s anger. He was such a person who spoiled him so much that even Tao Mu himself thought it was unreasonable, so when he turned his back on him it felt like it came out of nowhere without even a heads up.

If Zhuo Yan was bored of him and would like to change his taste. So long as he talked to Tao Mu well, even if it was a peaceful breakup, Tao Mu would not go crazy. But Zhuo Yan just had to fall in love with Shen Yu and even wanted to backstab him.

Wang Ye was right. Tao Mu had already gone crazy by the end of his previous life. When he was kicked out of the Shen family, he still had Zhuo Yan, and Zhuo Yan’s betrayal was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. He really didn’t want to live anymore.

He just wanted to die and take Zhuo Yan down with him.

After learning about Zhuo Yan’s betrayal in his previous life, Tao Mu began to suffer from nervous breakdowns. He came down with insomnia and couldn’t sleep at all. He didn’t know how he and Zhuo Yan got to this point. The more he thought about it, the more he didn’t understand, the more he didn’t understand, the more he wanted to get to the bottom of it. The kind of pain that burrowed deep into the bone marrow, the two words that made up this name were the deepest scars on Tao Mu’s heart, let alone the actual person. He didn’t even want to mention it.

“You’re…..the CEO of FlyNews.com, right?” Zhuo Yan spoke, the red slap print on his face still visible. He had actually already noticed Tao Mu before now.

Before Shen Yu said hello, Zhuo Yan already saw Tao Mu in the crowd looking up at the night sky and waiting for the fireworks. The crowd around him milled together shoulder brushing against shoulder, and that person stood there quietly, the image of whom he was unable to get out of his head when he fell into his eyes.

Zhuo Yan didn’t know how to describe this feeling. He just felt that his heartbeat had picked up. So when Shen Yan yelled at Tao Mu just now, Zhuo Yan didn’t react immediately. After reacting, he felt very angry. He intuitively believed that he was angry that Shen Yan was acting so uneducated, and looked like a shrew scolding the streets in public which was really embarrassing to him as her companion.

This kind of embarrassed anger even surpassed the slap that Shen Yan had given him. Zhuo Yan looked at Tao Mu with an unsettled heart, he even thought that Tao Mu’s name sounded so nice.

At that moment, Zhuo Yan saw everyone looking over in astonishment. It was then that he suddenly realized that he had actually spoken the words in his heart.

“Zhuo Yan, what do you mean?” Shen Yan widened her eyes and looked at Zhuo Yan in disbelief. She turned her head and glared at Tao Mu fiercely: “I just knew that this orphan with no father or mother is a vixen.”

Shen Yan’s heart was ignited with angry flames, and she was about to slap Tao Mu in the face as well but was stopped by Zhuo Yan. In turn, Shen Yan slapped Zhuo Yan once again.

With so many people watching, Zhuo Yan, who was slapped twice in a row, also exploded.

“You are mental. If you continue to make trouble, let’s break up.” Zhuo Yan pushed Shen Yan fiercely, pushing her directly into Shen Yu’s arms as he spoke impatiently.

“What did you say?” Shen Yu panicked, quickly grabbing the hem of Zhuo Yan’s shirt.

“I said let’s break up.” Zhuo Yan impatiently rubbed the back of his hand against his hot cheek: “How could I have fallen for a shrew like you. Can’t you learn from Shen Yu, be nice and submissive? What kind of man would dare to be with you with your character.”

Actually, Zhuo Yan didn’t like Shen Yu very much either. He felt that Shen Yu’s character was too soft, and did not seem like a boy, but rather a little girl. But compared to the shrewish Shen Yan, Zhuo Yan felt that Shen Yu was not bad. At least he was obedient, sensible and polite, and he knew to greet Tao Mu.

As Zhuo Yan spoke, he subconsciously looked at Tao Mu again. Ignoring the slap print on his face, he asked, “Tao, Mr. Tao, are you alright?”

Tao Mu looked at the two slap prints on Zhuo Yan’s face, but did not respond.

“Let’s go.”

Tao Mu left with his family expressionlessly. Behind him, Zhuo Yan stared blankly at his back until he could no longer see him.

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Shen Yan rushed over at him with panic, frantically apologizing. She looked in the direction Tao Mu left, and then turned to look at Shen Yu. Just because of Zhuo Yan’s unintentional words, she was now dissatisfied with her little brother.

Yan Sheng, who didn’t say a word from beginning to end, frowned. He directly dragged Shen Yu away. He now also had objections against Shen Yu’s future brother-in-law. He felt that Zhuo Yan’s scheming was too deep, deliberately sowing discord between the two siblings.

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Tao Mu was holding a pile of birthday gifts. As soon as he got into the car, he let out a big yawn.

Li Xiaoheng put a blanket over Tao Mu, took the gifts from Tao Mu’s hand and placed it aside, asking with a smile, “Is filming exhausting?”

“I’m just a little tired today.” Tao Mu slumped on the back of the seat in a manner particularly uncaring of his image, yawning heavily: “It’s probably because pitting acting skills against others is too exhausting.”

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Li Xiaoheng had long since inquired about Tao Mu’s schedule. Naturally, he knew that Tao Mu had scenes with Yan Sheng today. Hearing this he smiled and said, “It seems that you had a great time filming today.”

“It was really not bad.” Tao Mu admitted frankly. He couldn’t help but yawn again while speaking.

Li Xiaoheng tucked the edge of the blanket around Tao Mu, and said warmly, “Take a nap for a while. I’ll wake you up when we get to the hotel.”

Tao Mu hummed, laid down resting on Li Xiaoheng’s thigh, raised his head and asked, “Do you mind?”

Li Xiaoheng lowered his head, looked at Tao Mu who was lying on his lap obediently preparing to take a nap, and smiled: “I can’t ask for it more.”

Probably because Li Xiaoheng’s gaze was too hot. Tao Mu subconsciously curved up the corner of his mouth as he turned to his side and pulled the blanket all the way to the top of his head. It was gently dragged down by Li Xiaoheng again: “If you cover it so tightly, won’t you lack oxygen?” And the air in the quilt was also not good.

“You can sleep at ease, I won’t look at you anymore.” Li Xiaoheng said, picking up a document from the side.

Tao Mu closed his eyes and said, “Don’t read documents in the car. The light is too dark and hurts your eyes.”

Li Xiaoheng chuckled lightly, and put the documents back: “I listen to you.”

He put his hand on Tao Mu’s shoulder and kneaded slowly from top to bottom. Although Tao Mu only filmed a little over two hours worth of scenes in the evening, he had waited for a day in the crew, and his whole body was very sore.

Li Xiaoheng’s skillful massage made Tao Mu feel very comfortable. He closed his eyes and adjusted his posture, letting Li Xiaoheng press his shoulders and then his waist, falling asleep in just a short while.

When Assistant Jiang, who was driving in front, saw this, he quietly rolled up the partition glass. The inside of the car suddenly became quieter.

After an unknown amount of time, Tao Mu was gently shaken awake. Li Xiaoheng’s voice came from above his head: “We’re here. Wake up.”

Tao Mu opened his eyes in a daze, and shoved the blanket directly into Li Xiaoheng’s arms. He had slept quite deeply all the way, and there was even a red sleep mark on his cheek. His hair was also messy. Tao Mu flipped out a peaked cap and put it on his head and then added a black face mask.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoheng laughed and joked, “Would you like sunglasses as well?”

Who wears sunglasses at night. Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng in exasperation, thinking that their CEO Li was getting more and more of a venomous tongue.

Li Xiaoheng chuckled lightly, thinking that their CEO Tao’s eye roll was really handsome.

As soon as the two got out of the car, they heard the sound of a “click” from the door of the hotel. The well-informed Hong Kong paparazzi have been waiting here for a long time. The bolder paparazzi came up with a camera and a microphone, wanting to interview Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu.

As the founder of Xiaoheng Capital and the eldest son of the Li family, Li Xiaoheng had always kept a low profile in front of the media and refused to accept interviews easily.

Tao Mu himself founded FlyNews.com, and if there was any really exciting news, he would not wait for the water to flow into the fields of outsiders. So neither of them were willing to be interviewed. The gossip paparazzi did not dare to stop them, so they could only watch the two enter the hotel together.

“The relationship between Mr. Li and Mr. Tao is getting better and better. I heard that for Mr. Tao’s birthday this time, Mr. Li personally flew to Beijing to pick up Mr. Tao’s family. I wonder if they will go out on a family trip.”

If they were going to, they could follow the whole process. Although Tao Mu was a newcomer in the entertainment industry, as the founder of FlyNews.com and was also now filming in the “Black and White” crew, he was getting quite the limelight treatment in the Hong Kong entertainment circle. These gossip tabloids were all waiting to capture some news of Tao Mu’s to earn sales.

Unfortunately, Tao Mu was usually a low-profile person. Apart from being in the film set he would only return to the hotel, there was simply no big news worthy of breaking.

The man who often caused a storm in the entertainment industry didn’t know that the gossip paparazzi downstairs would have such an opinion on him. Standing at the door of the hotel room, he was a little nervous for a while.

“What’s the matter?” Li Xiaoheng followed Tao Mu, watching Tao Mu standing at the door with a hesitant look on his face. He asked with a smile, “Are you worried that Uncle Yao, Uncle Xiao Qi and Mr. Song won’t agree with us being together? It doesn’t matter, we don’t have to tell them now. We can explain to them slowly.”

Tao Mu gave CEO Li a helpless look. It was not a matter of them telling or not. The key was that his Yao Dad and Xiao Qi Dad——especially his Xiao Qi Dad, who was so shrewd, would definitely find out with just a glance.

“Then it doesn’t matter if they find out.” Li Xiaoheng said with a smile: “Your family loves you so much, as long as I treat you well for the rest of our lives, they will definitely agree.”

“You are being blindly optimistic.” Tao Mu sighed. But he liked Li Xiaoheng’s blind optimism. With his experience and temperament, if Li Xiaoheng was the kind of person who constantly weighed the pros and cons and was indecisive, then it was likely that the two of them really couldn’t have gotten together.

“It’s not blind optimism, it’s confidence.” Li Xiaoheng secretly squeezed Tao Mu’s palm.

The phone rang suddenly. Tao Mu took out his mobile phone from his bag, and just as he was about to connect it, the door to the hotel room opened with a bang.

Meng Qi stood in the doorway holding his mobile phone, and said with a smile, “I was about to call you and ask where you were. Now it seems I saved a few cents of phone fare.”

Tao Mu stood at the door and called out cautiously, “Xiao Qi Dad.”

“Happy birthday.” Meng Qi stepped forward to hug Tao Mu and patted him on the back. He smiled and said, “Your Yao Dad and your grandpa Song are waiting for you inside. Come in quickly.”

Meng Qi said, and nodded to Li Xiaoheng. He explained to Tao Mu: “We originally planned to go to the crew with Mr. Li to visit the crew and celebrate your birthday. Only, your grandpa Song got a bit airsick from the plane ride earlier. When we arrived, he also forced himself to make birthday peaches for you, and he really became uncomfortable after that. He has been lying on the bed this whole time. I discussed it with your Yao Dad, and the three of us decided we would just wait for you at the hotel.”

Tao Mu obediently followed Meng Qi into the room. Liu Yao was sitting on the sofa watching TV boredly. Mr. Song was still lying down in the bedroom. Hearing the movement, he slowly got up and walked to the bedroom door: “You’re back?”

“Ai.” Tao Mu responded and called out dryly, “Grandpa, Yao Dad.”

“You haven’t had dinner yet. It just so happens that I’m also finished resting. Let’s find a place to eat.” Mr. Song said, “This is my first time coming to Hong Kong. And I just happen to want to try the dishes here.”

“Don’t worry, Mr. Song, I have already made arrangements here.” Li Xiaoheng said with a smile: “Just waiting for you to recover, we can go over at any time.”

After a pause, Li Xiaoheng spoke again: “Actually, the morning tea and midnight snack here in Hong Kong are both very good. Xiao Mu especially likes to eat morning tea, as well as fried pigeon and cart noodles.”

Liu Yao narrowed his eyes and subtly looked at Li Xiaoheng from head to toe. The more he looked, the more the other appeared like a big-tailed wolf with ulterior motives.

Meng Qi secretly poked Liu Yao’s lower back: “That’s fine. We just happen to be hungry as well. Let’s go. Is the place far?”

“It’s not far, it’s nearby.” Li Xiaoheng explained with a smile: “Considering that the three of you are exhausted from travel, and Xiao Mu is also very tired after filming for a day, I chose a restaurant with a long established reputation next to the hotel. After eating, if you want to stroll around Hong Kong, we can also continue to stroll the streets. And if you feel tired, we can also quickly come back to rest.”

In any case, Li Xiaoheng had already arranged everything.

Liu Yao glanced at Meng Qi. He then threw a ring of keys on the coffee table to Tao Mu: “Your birthday present.”

Tao Mu took the keys and felt a headache: “Did you buy me a car again?”

“No.” Liu Yao shook his head frankly: “Last year, when it was your birthday, your Xiao Qi Dad and I bought you that car, and I didn’t see you driving it a few times. So I didn’t waste that money this year.”

Tao Mu just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Liu Yao continue: “…..I discussed it with your Xiao Qi Dad. I feel that a child as old as you had to fight for his own career, and neither of us could help. So we bought you a place. It’s just across from Beijing Film, the same community that you live in now. It’s a four-bedroom apartment, with a total of more than 180 square meters. It hasn’t been renovated yet.”

“Look when you have time, and renovate the place yourself. In the future, whether it is to marry a wife and have children, or keep it for other options. Having your own house is equivalent to having your own home, in other words it can be your support and backup plan. That way there is no need to worry about future consequences.”

After Liu Yao finished saying this, he slanted a sideways glance at Li Xiaoheng and then got up and went to change clothes.

Damn it all, he had only raised this only son for just a little over a year, which was not nearly enough, yet now his precious son was taken away by the big tailed wolf. Ahhh, it was too frustrating.

When Liu Yao first came to this realization, he was thinking of finding someone to beat up Li Xiaoheng. In the end, he was persuaded not to by Meng Qi. The main reason was that Tao Mu thought too much, and he was very concerned about the thoughts of the people around him. If they showed disapproval, it was likely that Tao Mu would eventually break up with the other in order to follow their wishes.

Meng Qi was not afraid that Tao Mu would break up with Li Xiaoheng. With Tao Mu’s conditions and personality, it was not difficult to find a caring lover. But Meng Qi didn’t want Tao Mu to feel grievance because of them. Falling in love and dating was a matter of two people after all. Their Tao Mu was still young, the two of them had just gotten together, and they had not reached the point of talking about marriage.

“Young people have their own lives. Besides, Mr. Li is only Xiao Mu’s first love. It’s uncertain whether it will last in the future, and we don’t need to rush to break apart the mandarin ducks.” Meng Qi was more open minded than Liu Yao in this kind of thing. He felt that with Li Xiaoheng’s conditions, even if it just went no further than dating, their Tao Mu would not suffer. And if the level of one’s first love was higher, then one’s vision would naturally be higher. Even if it didn’t work out later. After Tao Mu had this experience, he would definitely follow similar standards when looking for a partner in the future.

This was the same as a graduate’s first job that was likely to affect his or her career plan for a lifetime. Meng Qi felt that even if it was only for this, there was nothing wrong with the two dating.

Although Liu Yao had a stubborn temper and always had the final say outside, he was definitely a henpecked husband. If Meng Qi said so, then he must do so. However, after discussing it with each other, they felt that since Tao Mu was in a relationship, buying a house must be put on the agenda. Even if it’s just dating. Their Tao Mu must also be financially independent and have a successful career. After the two were together, it must be Li Xiaoheng who will be living at their son’s house, not Tao Mu living over at Li Xiaoheng’s place.

This primary and secondary status in the relationship must be clear. Their Tao Mu must be the head of the family. Even if there was a relationship, it was one made out of love. They must not allow those gossip tabloids to speculate and report indiscriminately. Liu Yao did not want to see some people maliciously speculating that Tao Mu was a golddigger coveting the wealth of so and so family and scheming to marry into a wealthy family after their relationship was made public.

The parents must plan the future of their beloved son. Of course, Tao Mu didn’t know that Liu Yao and Meng Qi had already thought about things that far in the future. But he was still keenly aware that his Yao Dad and Xiao Qi Dad were worried that he would be in a weak position in this relationship.

In fact, with his current economic conditions, he could afford to buy a house on his own. But Tao Mu had always had a great sense of fear and rejection about living alone in an empty house. Therefore, more than half of his money was kept in Xiaoheng Capital for appreciation, and the other half was invested in FlyNews.com to maintain the website operation. He still lived in the dormitory and the small dwelling that Mr. Song prepared for him. Going back to Liu Yao’s house on weekends, or Song Ji’s courtyard. All for the sake of the lively atmosphere.

After establishing the relationship with Li Xiaoheng, Tao Mu really thought that if Li Xiaoheng asked, he would be willing to move in and live with Li Xiaoheng. But he didn’t expect that his Yao Dad and Xiao Qi Dad had already thought of this in advance and also bought a place for him. All for the sake of avoiding any malicious gossip as much as possible.

There were always some people who were too lazy to talk sweetly to you normally, and even think you were troublesome after being together for awhile. But at every critical moment, they would think of the future for you and so their best to take care of things thoroughly. For fear that you would suffer slanderous gossip and suffer grievances that should not be endured due to negligence or inexperience.

This was family.

Tao Mu tightly held the door keys that Liu Yao threw to him. Grandpa Song silently glanced at the stinky boy he had raised since childhood, and then glanced at Li Xiaoheng, who was pretending to be a big tailed wolf, sticking to Tao Mu’s side. Feeling a congestion in his heart, he rubbed his chest.

“I have applied for a patent for Song Ji’s brand, as well as the “Song Family Recipe Book”.” Mr. Song said slowly with his hands behind his back, “The patent owners are us, grandfather and grandson. I am old now, and my energy is getting low. Those schools, chain stores, I can’t manage them anymore. I have to leave them to you in the future. Don’t always think about acting, and don’t always think about your website. Remember to take care of our Song Ji’s brand and business.”

“In the past six months, many people have come to me for cooperation. They just want to borrow the brand of Song Ji. Among them are the hotels under the Fengxing Group. I ignored them. But if you are interested, I will have them talk to you.”

Mr. Song’s meaning was also very simple and crude. Even if your Li family had a deep background and was richer than us. But really, when it comes to business cooperation, it was your Li family who came begging to Song Ji, and you, Li Xiaoheng, who is begging our Tao Mu. So don’t think you can bully our stinky boy based on your strong family background. The ancestors of the old Song family did not have the habit of accepting compromises.

In front of Li Xiaoheng, Mr. Song said these tough words. And then also calmly left with his hands behind his back.

From the bottom of his heart, Mr. Song didn’t like Tao Mu’s relationship with a man very much. He always felt that it was Liu Yao and Meng Qi who didn’t lead the right way, and badly influenced their stinky boy. But just as Meng Qi said, their stinky boy did not have the fate of having a close bond with his biological parents in this life, and he had only managed to find a family and a lover for himself after much difficulties. It was not like rather than live their lives harmoniously everyone preferred to have internal strife, that would only make others laugh at them.

Besides, it was very common for young people to like the new and dislike the old. Tao Mu was only nineteen years old this year, and even if he had been in a relationship for a few more years, he would still be in full bloom when they break up. There was nothing to worry about at all. Who knows, when Tao Mu had had enough fun, he might think about getting married and having children.

So Mr. Song secretly looked forward to this day. Anyway, there were many male stars in the entertainment industry who were not married in their thirties. Since marriage and children were not in the plan yet, there was no difference between dating a man or dating a woman.

Mr. Song didn’t believe it. That with Tao Mu’s habit of liking the new and getting bored with the old since he was a child, he could be in love with Li Xiaoheng for a lifetime!

In the hotel room, Tao Mu, who was moved by his family’s actions, obviously did not expect that his fathers and grandfather would have such progressive thinking. So he began discussing with Li Xiaoheng how to decorate their new place with excitement.

Although Li Xiaoheng could detect a little about the thoughts of the elders, he didn’t care too much. As time passed, the heart would reveal itself, so long as he made up his mind to live with Tao Mu for the rest of his life it didn’t matter what other people thought.

As for moving to Tao Mu’s apartment, would it be a loss of face to live with Tao Mu? Mr. Li expressed that he could not be happier——if it weren’t for his Uncle Yao and Uncle Xiao Qi working together to push this, he still wouldn’t have known how to talk to Tao Mu about living together.

For fear that speaking too early would make Tao Mu feel that he was too frivolous and hasty, and that he was not respectful enough. So Li Xiaoheng originally wanted to wait patiently. Just like when he pursued Tao Mu, he was fully prepared for a protracted battle. He was determined to let Tao Mu see his sincere intentions and the importance he attached to Tao Mu.

But he didn’t expect that a ring of keys gifted by Liu Yao and Meng Qi completely disrupted his plan.

As expected of the two fathers that Tao Mu valued ​​most. Even a single move was extraordinary. Li Xiaoheng decided that from now on these two fathers would be his fathers as well. He would definitely unite the two fathers and one grandfather into his camp with the strongest attitude.

These were all good people!

In the bedroom, Liu Yao, who was changing clothes, obviously didn’t know that he had been issued a good person card by his future son-in-law. Still smug about his decision, he whispered to Meng Qi, “Even if surnamed Li is unhappy, we must persevere. We must not allow Xiao Mu to be too accommodating to him. The foundation must be laid before marriage. Our Xiao Mu must be the head of the family. From now on we must also take some time and have surnamed Li learn cooking skills from Grandpa Song. In the future, they will live together, and we can’t always have Xiao Mu do the cooking.”

Mr. Song had his hands folded behind his back and nodded heavily. In a rare moment he actually stood on the same point of view as his stupid son.

It was Meng Qi, who vaguely sensed that something was wrong. But he didn’t know what was wrong. Sitting there pondering for a long time that in the end Liu Yao ended up changing his clothes for him.

The family of five walked out of the hotel neatly to have dinner to celebrate their (son’s/grandson’s/lover’s) birthday. During the banquet, Li Xiaoheng showed eager attentiveness, and thanked the three elders with the greatest sincerity for their huge contribution to the sudden warming of their relationship.

When Liu Yao, Meng Qi and Mr. Song saw this, they felt that Li Xiaoheng really cared about Tao Mu. That was why he treated them with care and respect.

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It seemed this fellow actually had a bit of awareness of a son-in-law first coming to the door.

The three elders didn’t say anything, but they were all quite satisfied inside. If Li Xiaoheng had put on the stinky air of a capital boss and a domineering CEO at the table, even if Tao Mu really liked this person, they must also consider whether Li Xiaoheng was worth interacting with.

Now it seemed that the situation was still worthy of more observation.

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Even though he was very anxious to see his family, Tao Mu stayed on the set and finished the cake with everyone. The celebrities who knew in advance that Tao Mu was celebrating his birthday today handed him gifts one after another. Only Yan Sheng had been addicted to filming to the extent he couldn’t extricate himself, and had no idea that today was Tao Mu’s birthday——to be precise, he, like Tao Mu, didn’t even notice that it was July 7th. So even such an important thing as their Xiao Yu’s birthday he also forgot about it.

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Thinking of this, Yan Sheng looked left and right to find the little prince who was standing in the corner secretly nursing his hurt.

“Don’t be sad, I’ll celebrate your birthday with you after work.” Feeling a warm palm on top of his head, Shen Yu raised his head and saw Yan Sheng standing beside him with a warm smile.

Shen Yu smiled and nodded obediently: “En.”

But there was an urgent thing now, Shen Yu glanced at Tao Mu who was surrounded by the crowd, and said understandingly: “Did big brother Yan also prepare a gift for Mu Mu? I have two gifts here. I’ll lend you one for use.”

Otherwise, everyone gave gifts, but Yan Sheng didn’t. And he had also eaten the cake, how embarrassing.

Unlike Tao Mu, Shen Yu always remembered his birthday. Although there was no grand birthday party this year and the Shen family did not rush over, Shen Yu still bought two gifts in advance. One for himself and one for Tao Mu. Now that Yan Sheng was busy filming and didn’t prepare gifts, Shen Yu was going to lend the share that was meant for himself to big brother Yan first.

“But I am just lending it to you. You have to pay me back two birthday gifts later.” Shen Yu said quietly.

Yan Sheng looked at his little prince with a moved heart. Sure enough, his little prince was always so innocent, kind and considerate: “No. This is a birthday present you prepared for yourself. I forgot your birthday, it’s already a big mistake. How can I use your birthday present to please others?”

“It’s okay, big brother Yan.” Shen Yu looked at Yan Sheng lovingly: “The two of us are already together. What’s mine is yours, why do you have to draw such a clear line about it.”

“That won’t work either.” Yan Sheng held Shen Yu’s hands holding the gift, and said affectionately, “I know your intentions. But I can’t do this. Don’t worry, I will find a way.”

“Big brother Yan.” Shen Yu looked at Yan Sheng, touched.

Having timed it to come meet up with Yan Sheng after work, Zeng Yiheng, who accidentally heard this conversation, shuddered violently. He couldn’t help but interrupt the two people’s affection: “Uh, I already prepared the gift. Yan Sheng, please give it to CEO Tao as soon as possible.”

Yan Sheng turned his head, looked at his childhood friend who was standing behind him while continuously rubbing his goosebumps, and said with a warm smile, “I knew you wouldn’t let me down.”

He looked at the birthday present that Zeng Yiheng was holding, and was taken aback: “Is there only one?”

Zeng Yiheng rolled his eyes secretly. He didn’t have much regard for Shen Yu at all, and of course he wouldn’t buy gifts to please Shen Yu. But in front of his good buddy, Zeng Yiheng didn’t want to evaluate Shen Yu. He could see now that Yan Sheng had fallen for Shen Yu’s spell. Whenever he encountered Shen Yu, even his style was different.

He didn’t want to quarrel with his buddy because of this. He could only casually say: “Of course you have to choose Shen Yu’s gift yourself. Why, do you still want me to help you choose a gift for him?”

Hearing what Zeng Yiheng said, Yan Sheng immediately came back to his senses. He smiled and said, “I’m wrong. Of course, the gift for Xiao Yu should be chosen by me personally.”

Shen Yu, who was originally disappointed, also felt that Zeng Yiheng’s words were correct, and immediately cheered up.

Zeng Yiheng was too lazy to pay attention to this abnormal style of his childhood friend: “Hurry up and give the gift. If you dawdle for any longer, Mr. Tao and Mr. Li will be gone.”

Yan Sheng also realized this and went to Tao Mu with the gift. Shen Yu followed behind him and gave Tao Mu the gift he had prepared: “Happy birthday.”

Tao Mu frowned: “I didn’t prepare your birthday present.”

Shen Yu smiled and said, “I know. You forgot that today was July 7th. But I still remember. It doesn’t matter. And I also bought myself a birthday present.”

Hearing Shen Yu say this, some people immediately felt sorry for Shen Yu. Of course, in addition to distress, some people felt embarrassed. Although Shen Yu and Tao Mu had the same birthday, they only knew that today was Tao Mu’s birthday, and they only prepared birthday gifts for Tao Mu. Now Shen Yu also came and gave Tao Mu a gift. He was very well-behaved and sensible, but it made everyone look snobby and stuck-up in comparison.

Someone laughed immediately: “So today is also Shen Yu’s birthday. Why didn’t you tell us in advance. You see, we didn’t even know, and we didn’t prepare a gift for you.”

Shen Yu glanced at Tao Mu, and said with a docile expression, “Everyone has been working very hard normally, I didn’t want to make such a fuss and trouble everyone to celebrate my birthday.”

Now these words made it even more impossible for people to respond to. The group of people subconsciously looked at Tao Mu, who was “making such a fuss and troubling everyone to celebrate his birthday”. The originally lively studio slowly quieted down.

Fang Ruoti sneered. She didn’t know if this little brain-dead idiot said this on purpose, or if it was really unintentional. No wonder Tao Mu had known him for so long, yet the relationship between the two was not as familiar as Tao Mu and the rest of crew.

Li Xiaoheng glanced at Shen Yu expressionlessly, took out his mobile phone and sent a text message.

A few minutes later, Li Xiaoheng’s assistant Jiang Zhe walked into the studio with a bag printed with the brand of a famous Swiss watch. Li Xiaoheng stuffed the gift to Shen Yu, and explained indifferently: “Tao Mu’s return gift, please accept it.”

Shen Yu accepted the gift, feeling muddled. He was not clear why the originally lively studio suddenly became quiet. He didn’t even understand why everyone looked at him with such weird eyes.

Li Xiaoheng patted Tao Mu on the shoulder and said to Director Xu, “For Tao Mu’s birthday, I ordered a few tables of dishes at the hotel, which will be delivered to the crew later. Thank you for helping me celebrate Tao Mu’s birthday.”

Director Xu looked at Li Xiaoheng, who specially said these words. He had long known that Li Xiaoheng valued Tao Mu as a partner. But he didn’t expect that Li Xiaoheng would actually value Tao Mu so much. With Li Xiaoheng’s net worth and status, he would actually take things so solemnly. It was clear that he did not want Tao Mu to bear even a single word of grievance.

Everyone saw it in their eyes and understood it in their hearts.

Xu Musen smiled and said, “Mr. Li is to polite. It is also everyone’s fate that Tao Mu could celebrate his birthday in our crew. The filming is really hard, and everyone is very happy to have the opportunity to relax.”

Li Xiaoheng nodded, and threw an arm over Tao Mu’s shoulders, looking like good buddies: “It’s getting late. Tao Mu’s family is still waiting for us to go back at the hotel. We’ll be going first.”

“I wish you all a good time.” Director Xu said with a smile. Before leaving, he did not forget to wish Tao Mu a happy birthday again.

Shen Yu held the gift that Li Xiaoheng gave him, and looked pitifully at the back of Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng leaving together, turned his head and asked Yan Sheng: “Big brother Yan, did I say something wrong again?”

Beauty was in the eyes of the beholder. In Yan Sheng’s eyes, no matter what Shen Yu did, he was just too innocent and straightforward, pure and unpretentious. Of course he didn’t think there was anything wrong with Shen Yu.

Zeng Yiheng watched coldly, and shook his head, feeling more and more frustrated. He felt that Yan Sheng was definitely bewitched by Shen Yu. The current film king Yan, where was any of his previous practical nature that day when he said he would keep a distance from Shen Yu.

Now, his heart and eyes were completely full of that innocent and unpretentious idiot!

Zeng Yiheng couldn’t bear to look directly, and at a glance he saw Fang Ruoti who was looking at Shen Yu and Yan Sheng thoughtfully. Unconsciously, he sidled over and asked, “Why does Miss Fang look at Ah Sheng like this, do you think something is wrong?”

“I think your best actor seems to be possessed.” Fang Ruoti had cooperated with Yan Sheng twice. Their personal relationship could also be considered good. Her character was upright, and even in the entertainment industry, she was the type who dared to say what was on her mind. Towards a matter like speaking ill of Zeng Yiheng’s artist in front of him, she wouldn’t have the slightest scruples: “You’d better find a master to give him an exorcism.”

Fang Ruoti even suspected that it was Shen Yu who bewitched Yan Sheng. Otherwise, how could it be explained that a shrewd person like Yan Sheng, every time he encountered something regarding Shen Yu, he would start acting muddleheaded. In fact, she was not the only one who thought so. At least Wang Jinsheng and Luo Daming, who had been training at the police academy with Tao Mu and Shen Yu for a while, had similar thoughts. However, their friendship with Yan Sheng was just average. And there was even less contact with Shen Yu. Besides, things like cursed talismans and voodoo practices were also very common in the entertainment industry.

Wang Jinsheng and Luo Daming didn’t want to offend people for nothing, and besides, male stars would never appear too gossipy in front of outsiders. But Fang Ruoti had cooperated with Yan Sheng several times, and they also have some personal friendship. She didn’t want to watch Yan Sheng sink into a mud pit inexplicably which was why she even made so many reminders.

If the person in question did not appreciate it, it was likely that they would even misunderstand her for having ill intentions and being jealous of the good relationship of the young couple.

Of course, Zeng Yiheng was very appreciative. He smiled at Fang Ruoti and asked in a low voice, “I’m not familiar with people in Hong Kong. I wonder if Miss Fang can introduce me to a good master?”

Fang Ruoti paused and said, “The incense in Wong Tai Sin Temple is very effective. Before Tao Mu went to Wong Tai Sin Temple to ask for a fortune, he also asked for a heart-clearing mantra and a talisman to ward off evil spirits. The Daoist priest there is also very powerful.”

While talking, Yan Sheng walked over with Shen Yu and asked with a smile, “What are you two talking about?”

Zeng Yiheng just wanted to say a few perfunctory words to brush it off, when he heard Fang Ruoti reply very bluntly: “We’re discussing the incense effect of which temple in Hong Kong is the best. Mr. Zeng wants to take you to burn incense to exorcise evil spirits.”

“Take me for an exorcism?” Yan Sheng was a little stunned, but also a little amused: “You two think I am possessed?”

Before anyone could speak, Yan Sheng replied to himself, “Maybe. I’m possessed by love.”

As Yan Sheng spoke, he looked at Shen Yu with affection. Shen Yu also stared into Yan Sheng’s eyes with a moved expression.

Disgusted by this unexpectedly pink atmosphere. Fang Ruoti patted her chest speechlessly, and forcibly suppressed the tumultuous roiling in her stomach. She decided to stay farther away from the two of them. Tao Mu’s birthday banquet hadn’t been delivered yet. She had given her gift, and she wanted to eat two more bites later. So she must not have her appetite be spoiled by the stickiness of these two.

After Fang Ruoti walked away, Zeng Yiheng also watched his childhood friend speechlessly, unable to find any words. He felt that Yan Sheng was clearly giving up on himself and didn’t want to take any medicine. To say such ambiguous and disgusting words in front of outsiders.

“You don’t really want to make your relationship public, do you?” Zeng Yiheng reminded with exasperation: “Don’t forget, you are still on the rise in your career track. The entertainment industry is not very accepting of homosexuality. Especially the mainland entertainment industry. If you are not afraid that there will be no filming jobs after the relationship is exposed, you can go ahead and reveal it casually.”

Although Yan Sheng was turned into a sappy fool from the plot halo radiation, he still cared a lot about his career. Immediately, under the reminder of his childhood friend, he restrained himself again.

Shen Yu’s mind was still immersed in the matter of his birthday, and he didn’t think anything was wrong. Mainly because of Shen Yu’s brain capacity, he couldn’t think too much. All he could think about now was his birthday today. Even an orphan like Tao Mu had his adoptive parents and grandfather travel thousands of miles to celebrate his birthday. He obviously also had so many family and friends, but in the end he was all alone on his birthday.

Unwilling to accept this, Shen Yu took out his phone and called Shen Yan, crying and complaining to his sister about his grief.

On the other side of the phone, Shen Yan had been through quite a lot of hard work recently and was now finally welcoming the sweetness after the bitterness. Back then, Father Shen and Shen Chen were not satisfied that her words and deeds smeared the Shen family, and add their anger at her for ruining the business plan of the Shen family caused them to freeze Shen Yan’s bank cards and forced her to go out to find a job to experience the sufferings of the world.

At the beginning, Shen Yan regarded herself very highly, and directly applied for some positions as general manager or department manager because she was the eldest young lady of the Shen family. Those companies valued Shen Yan’s background, and even agreed. As a result, Shen Yan’s snobby attitude in combination to having no help from the Shen family led to her revealing all her shortcomings in less than a month. In the end, she was either fired, or the eldest young lady herself lost her temper and quit her job after two days. When she was at her most destitute, she couldn’t even eat three full meals a day.

It was Mrs. Shen, who was worried about her daughter, sent someone to watch her, and secretly helped her a few times. In this way Shen Yan managed to survive. In the end, she joined her current company by accident and met her new boyfriend.

“I’ll take a leave now and fly to Hong Kong to make up for your birthday.” Shen Yan coaxed her little brother on the phone: “Sister had been too busy recently. I didn’t mean to ignore our baby. Don’t worry, I’ll take my boyfriend, your future brother-in-law, to Hong Kong to see you. Tomorrow we will also go to the crew to visit you. We’ll show everyone.”

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Tao Mu, that orphan with no father and no mother, dared to steal the limelight from their Xiao Yu in such a matter. Don’t think that Xiao Yu was not part of the Shen family after being driven out of the Shen family mansion. He was still her, Shen Yan’s, little brother, the adopted son of their Shen family.

If Tao Mu wanted to bully Shen Yu, then he must first ask whether she, as the older sister, agreed!

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“Cut!”

With Director Xu shouting with satisfaction, the entire set fell silent at first. Immediately afterwards, there was a solitary applause from the direction of the monitor. The crowd of celebrities who stood on the sidelines also began to applaud. The staff looked at the applauding people, and then looked at Tao Mu on the rooftop, and they all joined in the fun and applauded.

Even Yan Sheng, who was playing against Tao Mu, even though he felt a little regretful in his heart, still applauded in appreciation.

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There was no other reason, it was truly that Tao Mu’s performance just now was too wonderful. Anyone with some filming experience in the industry would know that this scene would surely become one of the most classic shots in the entire film.

If he was some veteran actor with a deeper scheming side, in order to suppress the newcomer, he might discuss with the director and remake this scene in the name of having not acted well on his part. He would then continue until his performance surpassed that of the opponent, or the opponent’s performance in front of the camera no longer stole the limelight of the protagonist because of the numerous NGs having affected their originally stellar performance.

But Tao Mu’s identity was not that of an ordinary newcomer. With FlyNews.com as a publicity tool in hand, no one would dare to play tricks on Tao Mu even if it’s just for the sake of one’s own image and reputation; secondly, Yan Sheng was not that kind of shrewd and unscrupulous character, and was not petty enough to disallow newcomers to perform better. Besides, Yan Sheng was quite satisfied with his performance just now. After all, it was a scene that broke his stagnant state and he had performed exceptionally well. Seriously, he might even owe a thanks to Tao Mu for immersing him into the scene with his extraordinary performance.

However, he originally wanted to use his acting skills to suppress Tao Mu’s screen presence, only to be taught by Tao Mu’s acting skills instead. The disparity between the expectations and the reality was such that even film king Yan couldn’t help but blush, feeling a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, the bigwigs on the sidelines did not mention this. Instead, congratulations were given to Yan Sheng on his acting skills getting a breakthrough. Wang Jinsheng sighed with some envy: “I heard from Ah Ti that Tao Mu’s acting skills were very good, and one is easily immersed into the scene. It was also very rewarding watching the two of you pitting your acting skills against each other today. It’s a pity that I have no chances to act with him in this movie.”

Wang Jinsheng played a senior police superintendent in the film, who was responsible for contacting the main lead Yan Qi. There were no scenes with Zhou Yuanting played by Tao Mu. Wang Jinsheng didn’t care about it before, but now that Fang Ruoti and Yan Sheng have achieved a lot after acting against Tao Mu, he couldn’t help but feel a little excited.

Shen Yu, who had been standing beside the monitor, immediately rushed to Yan Sheng’s side with a mineral water bottle in hand after he heard Director Xu shouting ‘cut’. He and Tao Mu were newcomers who entered the crew at the same time. From personal experience, Shen Yu played the leading role as soon as he debuted, and then played many leading and supporting roles in movies and TV dramas invested by the Shen Group, so he had more filming experience than Tao Mu. And when he filmed before, the directors and other actors often praised him for his potential.

So after Shen Yu entered the crew of “Black and White”, although he never thought about competing with Tao Mu. But he always felt that he would not be too bad against the other either. However, he didn’t expect the reality to be so cruel. Tao Mu, who didn’t have much filming experience at all, could have his acting skills be recognized by so many celebrities and veteran actors. Not only Fang Ruoti, the female lead, was full of praise, but even when he was acting against Yan Sheng, Tao Mu could steadily match Yan Sheng’s performance. Not only was he not overwhelmed, but he performed even more brilliantly.

It could be expected that when the crew filmed the scenes between Zhou Yuanting and Yan Yu, Shen Yu, who had immature acting skills, would definitely be crushed by Tao Mu. This was not a gap that could be filled with a little effort.

Although he said he didn’t mind, Shen Yu also had self-esteem. He didn’t want to perform too badly——Shen Yu noticed that because Tao Mu’s acting skills were better, his big brother Yan would pay more attention to Tao Mu after each scene and even ignore him in the process.

Shen Yu knew that Yan Sheng didn’t fall in love with Tao Mu because of this, but he still felt unhappy in his heart. He also wanted to be noticed by big brother Yan like this. He also wanted to be complimented by everyone.

So looking at Tao Mu who was surrounded by many people, Shen Yu pouted, walked to Xu Musen silently, and asked in a low voice, “Director Xu, is there any way I can significantly improve my acting skills in a short period of time?”

Facing Director Xu’s surprised gaze, Shen Yu said firmly, “I want to perform better. I don’t want to hold everyone back.”

Xu Musen looked at Shen Yu for a long time with scrutiny. Director Xu initially rejected this young master who was forcibly stuffed into the crew by the investors. As a professional director who had strict requirements for his works, Xu Musen did not want to be interfered too much during filming. He especially didn’t want the investors to forcibly plug people into the crew by relying on their investment power. Not to mention they had pushed a flower vase with poor acting skills and a lot of stinky problems onto him.

So Director Xu’s first impression of Shen Yu was particularly bad——who told Shen Yu to join the crew with such an image from the beginning.

However, the male protagonist was still the male protagonist, not to mention that the “Black and White” crew was part of the original plot. As everyone got to know each other more and more, even Director Xu and the rest of the crew, who had a great prejudice against Shen Yu at the beginning, slowly began to accept Shen Yu. They even felt that though Shen Yu was a little more shaky in his acting skills, his personality was purer and more delicate. He was also prone to soliloquize at length, and had a bit of a prince syndrome. Other than that, there were no major drawbacks.

The most important thing was that Shen Yu was obedient. Although his acting was immature, he had a good personality. Even though he was scolded by Director Xu forty or fifty times a day, and even when he was scolded by Director Xu to the point of crying, he never lost his temper and threw a tantrum. Instead, he continued filming after crying. Grinding his acting skills little by little until Director Xu was satisfied.

After the filming, his agent would also treat everyone to eat a meal, apologizing for slowing down the filming.

As the saying goes, after you gain benefit from someone, you will have to return the favor to that person. After several times, even though Shen Yu often delayed the progress, everyone couldn’t bear to scold him anymore. There were even some foodie-type staff secretly waiting for Shen Yu to NG. Anyway, after NG-ing they would get refreshment compensation in the future. So the situation wasn’t all that bad.

Besides, Shen Yu was not the kind of real dense wood that could not be carved. As the protagonist of the plot, Shen Yu still had his advantages. He was pretty. His facial features were extremely delicate, and his temperament was also very pure. Although his acting skills were immature, his performance had spirit. Although he could not suffer for the craft, he was very obedient. He did whatever Director Xu would say, and he was also very good at expanding on it as well.

In the previous life, Director Xu hand-picked Shen Yu to play the role of Yan Yu, and he once commented that Shen Yu was playing his true self. Although in this life, the beginning did not start out very good, the great thing about the plot halo was that it could subtly change people’s hearts.

As the number of times increased, even Xu Musen found it difficult to resist. While complaining about Shen Yu’s poor acting skills, he would spend time teaching Shen Yu how to act. In the end, he even enjoyed the pleasure of cultivating a young seedling.

So at this moment, in the face of Shen Yu taking the initiative to put forward the idea of ​​​​training, Director Xu’s heart also spontaneously bubbled with a trace of old fatherly pride. He decided to teach and refine Shen Yu well. At least ensure that the roles of Yan Yu and Zhou Yuanting would not have too serious of a disparity due to the respective acting skills of the actors——Director Xu also did not want the role of Yan Yu to completely fade into the background under the comparison of Tao Mu.

Hearing Director Xu’s promise, Shen Yu’s eyes lit up and he nodded obediently: “Don’t worry, Director Xu, I will work hard.”

On the other side of the set, Tao Mu, who had finished filming that day, was still surrounded by a group of people.

“The performance just now was amazing!” There was a night scene in the evening, so Du Ze, who had been waiting on the set, gave Tao Mu a thumbs up and said with a smile, “You’re young, you look so handsome, and your acting skills are also so good, can’t you leave some way out for us supporting actors?”

Tao Mu reached out and gave Du Ze a high five. He was also very satisfied with his performance just now.

However, he had several explosive scenes in a row today. Although neither was very outwardly emotional with screaming or crying, he needed to mobilize all of his muscles and expressions. After several hours in a row, Tao Mu was also very tired. So he didn’t stay to chat with everyone, he just wanted to quickly remove his makeup and go back to the hotel. Get a good night’s sleep.

But before Tao Mu left the rooftop, the lights on the set suddenly dimmed. Tao Mu was surrounded by a group of people so he looked around subconsciously, thinking there was a power outage. However, the neon lights of the surrounding high-rise buildings were still bright.

Could it be an accident on the set? Tao Mu frowned, and keenly noticed that since the lights went out, no one made a sound. Tao Mu was about to speak when everyone began to clap their hands and sing Happy Birthday.

Li Xiaoheng, who was supposed to be waiting for him at the hotel, was walking over while pushing a cart. On the cart was a large three-tiered cake with nineteen candles on top. And around the cake, there were also 19 delicate, small and delicious looking peaches.

Tao Mu turned his head and asked Du Ze, “What’s the date today?”

Du Ze said with a smile: “July 7th. Don’t you remember your own birthday?”

Tao Mu really didn’t remember. He had been busy filming for the past two days, so he didn’t have time to think about other things. Besides, he was abandoned by everyone in his last life, and no one remembered his birthday.

Li Xiaoheng pushed the cart in front of Tao Mu and said with a smile, “Happy birthday.”

Tao Mu was a little surprised, and also felt a little moved as looked at Li Xiaoheng. This person could always inadvertently think of all kinds of cheesy old-fashioned ways to make him happy. And the longevity peaches around the cake look like old man Song’s craftsmanship.

Tao Mu’s heart moved: “You brought the old man to Hong Kong?”

“It’s not just the old man. Uncle Yao and Uncle Qi are here as well. It’s your birthday, I wanted to give you a surprise. So I brought them to Hong Kong to celebrate your birthday.” Li Xiaoheng paused and then asked with a smile: “You don’t blame me for not telling you in advance, do you?”

“Of course not.” Tao Mu smiled and looked at Li Xiaoheng: “You also said it was a surprise.”

The interaction between the two seemed to be normal, but there was an inexplicable warmth around them that could not be described, an ambiguous feeling rippling in the air. Those who noticed it smiled in knowing. People who were not so attentive were also sighing that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng had a good personal relationship. So a capital tycoon who was worth tens of billions could actually think of celebrating his partner’s birthday. And also even carefully prepared a birthday cake as well as brought Tao Mu’s family to Hong Kong in advance to celebrate his birthday.

Being so attentive and considerate to win people’s hearts, it was no wonder his business was getting bigger and bigger.

Make a wish, blow out the candles and share the cake; the whole crew joined in the fun.

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Only Shen Yu stood alone in the corner, unable to tell what he felt as he looked at Tao Mu, who was surrounded by everyone. Today was his birthday too. But the whole crew didn’t pay attention to it at all.

He still remembered that a year ago, when they were filming in H Town, the Shen family also asked for leave from the crew on this day and took him back to Shanghai for his birthday. The whole family was together and harmonious. But now…..

Shen Yu’s eyes dimmed. He also missed home.

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“Cut!”

Director Xu, who was sitting in front of the monitor, shouted with satisfaction. In the camera, Yan Sheng, who played the leading role, was sweating profusely from the hot lighting and above-level performance, but he felt extremely happy and refreshed. Like drinking a big bottle of cold beer on a boiling hot night and then taking a cold shower.

The makeup artist hurriedly carried their small box over to touch up the makeup for the two of them. Yan Sheng moved his body slightly to face Tao Mu, and said with a serious expression, “The reaction you just gave me was very good.”

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Although Tao Mu didn’t speak a single line in the last scene, and even most of his face was hidden in the shadows, Yan Sheng could still feel that Zhou Yuanting was hearing his words from Tao Mu’s expression and minute details of resentment, unwillingness, anger and struggle that followed. The strong emotions even immersed Yan Sheng into the scene. This was also an important reason why Yan Sheng felt that he had broken through his bottleneck after the scene just now finished.

Sometimes if you want to improve your professional level, you would have to study hard and practice hard, and it is useless to scheme against acquaintances or bully those weaker. New and stronger opponents must be actively sought.

This was an important reason why the hero of level-up novels always fights against powerful enemies as if he was always looking for death. Everyone knew that if you put in the effort to jump high, you could pick the fruits of higher places. But a lot of times, not everyone could find the motivation to jump high. Or allow yourself to climb to a higher spot.

At this moment, Yan Sheng squinted his eyes in satisfaction, letting the makeup artist paint over his face. He preferred this kind of play against strong opponents to the relaxed and comfortable steamrolling of weaklings. Especially if he managed to gain the upper hand after the challenging round.

Xu Musen waved to Tao Mu. He was also very satisfied with Yan Sheng’s performance just now. So now, he hoped that Tao Mu’s Zhou Yuanting could maintain the same level. Maybe after the movie was released, this scene would even become a classic.

Yan Sheng looked intently at Tao Mu, who was sitting next to the director, listening carefully to Director Xu’s explanations. He was also analyzing how Tao Mu would perform next. Yan Sheng subconsciously thought in a different position, imagining how to interpret the next explosive scene if he played Zhou Yuanting. Then he thought about how he should respond to Tao Mu’s acting.

He completely didn’t notice Shen Yu, who had eagerly taken the mineral water bottle from the assistant, and then sidled up beside him after the director shouted ‘cut’.

Shen Yu’s disappointment was beyond words. Although he knew that Yan Sheng really liked acting, when he saw Yan Sheng ignore him for acting, he still felt uncomfortable.

“Big brother Yan?” Shen Yu pouted and stuffed the mineral water with a straw into Yan Sheng’s hand: “You must be very thirsty after speaking so many lines just now. Drink some water to moisten your throat.”

After being reminded by Shen Yu, Yan Sheng suddenly realized that he was indeed so thirsty that his throat was practically emitting smoke.

Yan Sheng lowered his head, bit the straw and drank a big half the bottle of mineral water. He thanked Shen Yu with a warm smile.

Being looked at by these affectionate eyes, Shen Yu’s face flushed. He bit his lips in a slightly shy manner: “No need for thanks.”

Yan Sheng looked at Shen Yu thoughtfully. Shen Yu originally thought that Yan Sheng was stunned by his beauty, and was about to tell Yan Sheng not to tease him in front of so many people. When he heard Yan Sheng say very seriously: “You were right before, Tao Mu’s acting skills are really good.”

Shen Yu: “…..?”

Yan Sheng reached out and patted Shen Yu’s shoulder, encouraging: “So you have to work hard. Tomorrow’s scene, don’t let Tao Mu make you look bad.”

Shen Yu was completely speechless now. After joining the crew for so many days, Shen Yu also realized that his acting skills were not at the same level as most of the actors in the crew. Even Du Ze, who had few scenes in the film, could leave him in the dust when he truly began to act seriously. Not to mention others.

Fortunately, Yan Yu, played by Shen Yu, was a naive character with a full sense of justice, which was very similar to his own personality. Shen Yu took advantage of this, coupled with Director Xu’s strict training, he managed to follow until now, if barely.

But pitting his acting chops like how Tao Mu and big brother Yan did just now, wasn’t that making it difficult for him?

Shen Yu suddenly had a bitter face: “I also want to work hard. But I’m so stupid, how could I pit my acting chops with Mu Mu. Big brother Yan, do you think I’m you?”

Shen Yu’s appearance with his white and tender cheeks puffed up, his eyes wide open, and his mouth pouting was really cute. Yan Sheng smiled, and no longer forced Shen Yu to pit his acting chops with Tao Mu. He just said, “Then do your best to be the best you can be.”

Shen Yu nodded obediently. He suddenly smiled proudly as if he was showing off a treasure: “I said before that Mu Mu’s acting is very good. How about it, big brother Yan, I didn’t lie to you, did I?”

On the other side, after listening to Director Xu’s explanations seriously, Tao Mu closed his eyes and thought for a while, then slowly returned to the studio. Yan Sheng also walked over to find a good position. The two regained their previous scene positions before ‘cut’ was shouted.

Yan Qi held the gun pointed at his forehead in one hand and stared at Zhou Yuanting with both eyes. Looking at Zhou Yuanting’s pained expression, the gaze in his own eyes was slightly shaken. However, it soon became firm again. He did nothing wrong. He knelt in front of the grave and promised that he would never let anything bad happen to his little brother. As for others, he couldn’t care that much.

“This is what you want to say?” Zhou Yuanting was very ferocious just now, but when he heard Yan Qi’s words, he wiped away all his expressions. He let Yan Qi stretch out his hand to hold the gun, but still had it raised and pressed in between Yan Qi’s eyebrows, firm and motionless.

“You don’t want your little brother to be thrown into the fire pit, so it doesn’t matter if others live or die. You want to leave a son for the Yan family. But have you ever thought that my parents only have one son——”

“You chose it yourself.”

Zhou Yuanting’s complaints came to an abrupt halt. As the camera moved forward, Zhou Yuanting’s eyes became extraordinarily bright because of his anger. With the cooperation of the lighting board, it exuded a compelling light in the dark shadow.

What kind of eyes were those! Like a trapped beast with many scars forced into a corner. Anger, unwillingness, resentment, struggle, and a madness that was full of desire. Tao Mu progressively revealed several emotions layer by layer, and the interpretation was very full and realistic. Director Xu, who was sitting in front of the monitor, was so excited he nearly floated away.

Just with this look, this scene was as good as guaranteed!

Yan Qi looked at Zhou Yuanting calmly, this young man who succeeded the old Hei as an undercover agent, and now complained about his unfair fate: “It’s you who didn’t follow the rules. On the eve of graduation, you skipped classes and went to the bar, and you even got into a fight, and was arrested. If you violate the rules of the school, even if you don’t come to be an undercover agent, you would have been expelled from the police academy. You forfeited your chance to be a police officer a long time ago.”

“I was expelled from the police station, and I was directly transferred to be an undercover agent. It was a task assigned by the above. I didn’t have a choice. But you had a choice.”

Even if you were expelled from the police academy, you could have changed careers to do other things. If Zhou Yuanting wanted to, he still had a choice. After all, no matter how strict the Hong Kong police were, they would not force a student to accept a task. It was Zhou Yuanting who was not reconciled with his situation, did not want his work to be in vain, and was eager to return to the police station as a superintendent after successfully completing the task. So he accepted the task under the persuasion of the school.

Being an undercover agent was really hard work. All the humiliation and struggle that Zhou Yuanting was facing now, and even the abandonment by his family and friends, were all experienced by Yan Qi a long time ago. He could empathize with the other.

But Yan Qi couldn’t understand Zhou Yuanting’s anger and complaints towards him. As he said before, Zhou Yuanting was different from them, he had a choice.

If it was said that the person standing in front of Yan Qi today was any of his police colleagues. In the face of their questioning, Yan Qi might feel a little guilty. But for Zhou Yuanting, Yan Qi could admit that he did not need to be responsible for another adult’s deliberate choice.

In fact, when Yan Qi was initially informed that they wanted to choose a student from the police academy to replace old Hei as his partner, Yan Qi disagreed. Not only because the initial candidate was his younger brother. The most important reason was that Yan Qi thought this decision was too risky. Police academy students have no professional training, and their minds and wills were not tempered enough. If they rashly accept such a daunting task, accidents are likely to happen.

But Yan Qi had no way to influence the decisions from above. Convincing the above to give up Yan Yu becoming an undercover agent was already the limit of his ability. Yan Qi was only an undercover agent now and couldn’t do much.

However, he felt that there was no need to tell Zhou Yuanting these words. Besides, this was not a place where one could talk in peace.

“As I said before. As a police officer, I had no choice when I was given an order. You are different from us. You still had a choice.” Yan Qi patted Zhou Yuanting on the shoulder and said, “If you really can’t hold on, you can quit. Even if you can’t be a police officer, you can do some small business. Live a peaceful life and provide for your parents in their retirement.”

After saying this, Yan Qi allowed Zhou Yuanting to keep holding the gun, took a step back, and passed Zhou Yuanting. The two stood on the rooftop again because of their previous positions in the scene.

With the cooperation of the lighting and the camera lens, in the screen of the monitor, the two were standing face to face, with the high-rise buildings of Hong Kong in the background. The night was just beginning, the lights were bright and colorful. And against the colorful neon background, the two passed by and walked in opposite directions.

Yan Qi strode to the iron door on the rooftop and was about to open it when he heard a gunshot.

Yan Qi looked at the bullet which had hit the iron door handle, and turned around suddenly.

Zhou Yuanting stood on the spot with a gun. He tilted his head slightly, and habitually curved his lips in a roguish arc, revealing a bright smile that was slightly unhinged. His eyes were also amazingly bright. The wind on the roof was very strong, and the cold evening wind tugged at people’s shirts and clothes fiercely. The dark night dyed Zhou Yuanting’s features even more intensely.

In the scene shown in the camera, Zhou Yuanting was standing on the highest point of the rooftop, and his thin figure was in sharp contrast with the stars in the night above his head. Under the starlight and neon lights, his shadow meandered in sinister veins. In the flickering shadows, there seemed to be some monster struggling to break free.

Zhou Yuanting pointed the gun at Yan Qi’s head, raised his eyebrows, and said with a wickedness: “You are right. You don’t have a choice, but I have a choice.”

Same line. When spoken from Yan Qi’s mouth, it was helpless but also held feelings of recognition and glory for his profession. Although the job of an undercover agent was hard, dangerous and could not be brought to light, as a police officer, his profession required him to take this risk.

In order to allow more people like his little brother to live under the sunshine safely, someone must hide in the dark and carry the burden. To fight against the bad guys who were bathed in blood. Safeguard the world with one’s blood and life.

However, when the same words were spoken from Zhou Yuanting’s mouth it only made people feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts.

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“What mental case are you on!”

In the camera, Yan Qi impatiently moved Zhou Yuanting’s arm on his shoulder. He stood up staggeringly. Judging from his body language, he was obviously drunk. However, when the camera moved to the close-up of the eyes, the were extraordinarily clear and alert.

He stumbled out of the bar all the way, followed by a long camera shot, capturing the bright lights and people dancing in the bar passage from Yan Qi’s perspective, and then turned the corner and followed the dark staff passage directly to the rooftop. There was no one around, except for the sound of the wind.

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Yan Qi turned his head angrily: “What kind of crazy were you on about just now in the bar——”

Before he finished speaking, Yan Qi felt a chill on his forehead. The cold muzzle of a shotgun was pressed harshly between his eyebrows.

Yan Qi froze suddenly, and then slowly relaxed: “Ah Ting, what do you want?”

In the monitor, Yan Qi was standing on the rooftop, behind him were the dazzling neon lights of Hong Kong and the stars in the sky. Zhou Yuanting had his gun raised to Yan Qi’s head, and his back turned to the tightly closed door. His whole person was hidden in the dark shadows.

Judging from the composition of the picture, the two people were in a state of face-to-face confrontation. The color on Yan Qi’s side was bright, while Zhou Yuanting’s whole figure blended into the night. Between the two was the edge of part of the building. Visually, it seemed that Zhou Yuanting and Yan Qi were divided into black and white.

“My informant told me that the undercover cop candidate selected by the police was clearly Yan Yu. It was you who firmly opposed it, and it was finally replaced by me.”

Under the close-up of the camera, the slender fingers gently clicked open the safety bolt. With a light click, Zhou Yuanting’s voice sounded from the darkness: “Yan Sir, do you have something to say to me?”

The camera froze, and Zhou Yuanting, whose half of his body was hidden in the darkness, only a vague outline of him could be seen, holding a gun against Yan Qi’s forehead. At first glance, the styles of the two seem to be seventy to eighty percent similar. It was just that Zhou Yuanting’s half of the silhouette which blended into the darkness actually captivated the eyes of viewers more than Yan Qi, whose whole body was exposed to the light.

“Cut!”

The studio was silent. The staff silently left their places and began to arrange the lighting and cameras needed for the next scene. Xu Musen sat in front of the monitor for a long time without speaking.

For the unprofessional layman, perhaps the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom. There would even be some brain-dead fans who would close their eyes and blow rainbow fart on their idols. But for those in the industry who rely on this industry to make a living, it was very clear who was superior and who was inferior.

In the scene just now, it could be said that Yan Sheng’s performance was very much in line with his two time film king standard. Even better than usual. However, Tao Mu’s performance, without exaggeration, was simply amazing.

Hearing thunder from the silence.

Even if there was no screaming desperation, not even a single line that was recited with strong emotion, Tao Mu’s interpretation of Zhou Yuanting still gave people a sense of danger before the volcano erupted. It was as if hot magma was rolling just under cold hard rocks. Just a little carelessness, and he would burn the world down indiscriminately around them.

The makeup artist stepped forward to touch up the makeup of the two actors. Yan Sheng looked at Tao Mu with a serious expression.

It was not his illusion. When he was acting with Tao Mu just now, he really felt a sense of suffocation, like facing an iron fist in a velvet glove or a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

This Tao Mu seemed to be very familiar with his acting style. Every time Yan Sheng wanted to break out and suppress the other’s screen presence, Tao Mu could always follow it perfectly and calmly. It was like the Taiji move of using the opponent’s force against them. The moves were round and soft, but steel and velvet went hand in hand. Every time it was Yan Sheng’s turn to respond, it seemed to be easy, but in fact only he knew that it was getting more laborious for him every time. By the time Director Xu called ‘cut’, Yan Sheng could no longer care about suppressing Tao Mu. Instead, he could only focus on trying his best to meet Tao Mu’s acting.

And the acting styles of the two of them were really similar.

No, it should be that Tao Mu had studied his performance style privately, so he could calmly grab the rhythm every time he made a move. It made Yan Sheng feel exhausted.

“Brother Yan, you did a really good job.” Shen Yu held the mineral water bottle with the straw inserted, and stood aside with bright eyes, sincerely praising Yan Sheng’s acting skills.

When Yan Sheng heard this, his face flushed. If it wasn’t for Xu Musen calling cut in time, he would have almost lost his reputation just now.

“My performance was just satisfactory. But Mr. Tao surprised me.” Yan Sheng said, looking at Tao Mu with undisguised surprise and admiration: “I didn’t expect Mr. Tao to act so well.”

Yan Sheng was telling the truth. He could never imagine why someone so young like Tao Mu had such superb acting skills. He had seen many newcomers with talent and presence in the entertainment industry, but Tao Mu was definitely the first person he had ever seen to have such skill at this age. Yan Sheng even felt that when he was nineteen years old, he didn’t seem to have the same level of skill as Tao Mu did.

Tao Mu’s stunning performance made Yan Sheng happy and appreciative. It also aroused Yan Sheng’s competitive spirit.

With Yan Sheng’s family background, he insisted on entering the entertainment industry despite his family’s opposition, so naturally he really loved acting. He was talented, hardworking, and resourceful. One movie after another was filmed step by step, and from each movie he learned from experience and worked hard to improve. Years of hard work had accumulated to this day, only then did he have today’s status.

Therefore, Yan Sheng could put aside other aspects, except for his acting skills, on this he must take seriously.

The feeling of being suppressed while acting with Tao Mu made Yan Sheng feel a little excited after such a long time. Outsiders may not pay attention, but Yan Sheng knew himself. His acting had reached a bottleneck stage. In the past two years, he had made movies and TV dramas. However, the actors in the same crew were either Wang Jinsheng, Luo Daming and other familiar faces who he had cooperated many times with, and have long been accustomed to each other’s performance style, so they have become very tacit when acting together. Or like Shen Yu, although he had some potential, his acting skills were still immature and unable to evoke Yan Sheng’s urge to pit his acting skills against.

But Tao Mu was different. After just acting a scene with Tao Mu, Yan Sheng felt the thrill of meeting an opponent. At this moment, his obsession and liking for acting completely occupied the most important place in his mind. Yan Sheng even left the thought of suppressing Tao Mu’s screen presence behind him. The only thing he thought about was how to continue to meet Tao Mu’s acting and how to continue acting the following scenes unrestrainedly and enjoyably.

Yan Sheng closed his eyes and pondered, carefully pondering the script, recalling the lines, accumulating emotions, and preparing for the next scene. Letting the makeup artist touch up the makeup on his face.

Shen Yu stood aside holding a mineral water bottle, originally wanting Yan Sheng to take a sip of water and take a break. Only to find that Yan Sheng didn’t have the energy to pay attention to him at all.

Shen Yu had no choice but to retreat obediently.

Xu Musen called Tao Mu and Yan Sheng to his side and began to explain to them the scene. The following scene was Yan Qi’s breakthrough scene, and Zhou Yuanting basically had no lines. He was there to just cooperate with Yan Qi’s role. Therefore, the focus of Xu Musen’s explanation was still on Yan Sheng.

For the two-minute monologue, Xu Musen hoped that it would be completed in one go. This was quite a test of acting skills for actors. Fortunately, Yan Sheng’s acting skills have always been above the standard. Moreover, Tao Mu’s performance aroused Yan Sheng’s acting addiction even more. He couldn’t wait.

After a while, the lights and cameras were in place. The clapper loader held the clapperboard and shouted “action” in front of the camera.

Yan Sheng suddenly opened his eyes and looked directly at Tao Mu: “Do you know how many years I’ve been in this business?”

Zhou Yuanting’s hand holding the gun remained motionless, Yan Sheng continued as if speaking to himself, “Ten years. How many ten years can a person have in a lifetime?”

“I entered the police academy at the age of nineteen, and was expelled from the police force at the age of twenty-two. After I was released from prison, I joined the mafia under the introduction of brother K. I have been doing it for ten years. How did I survive these ten years?”

“You can’t stand it after just a little over a year. Have you ever thought about me?” Yan Qi laughed at himself: “I was kicked out of the police force, I couldn’t go back to my family, I couldn’t be accepted by my relatives, and my girlfriend broke up with me. When clearly we are all colleagues, yet they could shout “I’m a policeman” in police uniforms, while we would be handcuffed and forced to squat on the ground to give our statements. In the eyes of the police, we are riffraff, but in the mafia, we are asked to keep in mind that we are policemen at all times. We could never be sincere with our brothers. Do you think you’re the only one?”

“That’s right. Back then, when old Hei was exposed, they wanted to find another partner for me. I didn’t agree with it being my younger brother. In the end, they decided on you. Do you think it’s unfair?”

When Yan Qi said this, regardless of the gun pressed in between his eyebrows, he slowly took a step forward, forcing Zhou Yuanting to take a step back.

In the scene of the camera, Yan Qi stepped forward. With the cooperation of the lighting, the facial features became clearer and the micro-expressions were also visible down to the detail. Zhou Yuanting’s retreat made him melt completely into the darkness.

“You asked me if I had something to say. What do you want me to say? Do I feel guilty?”

“I’ve been undercover for ten years. I’ve been abandoned by all my family and friends. Even when my mother died, I didn’t arrive in time to bury her. My brother completely broke off any relations with me because of this incident. He got into the police academy to put me in jail with his own hands. Old Hei was dead, but they want my brother to be an undercover cop like me?”

“I only have one younger brother. Even if he hates me, he is still my dear younger brother. I knelt in front of my mother’s grave and promised that I would protect him for the rest of my life. But now they want my younger brother to be an undercover cop. To live a dark and hopeless life like I do. How could I possibly agree?”

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When Yan Qi said this, he took another step forward and directly forced Zhou Yuanting to lean against the iron door to the roof.

“Even if all the police in Hong Kong are dead, I can’t let my brother follow the same path as me. At least one of us two brothers in the Yan family must be saved to look after my father in retirement.” Yan Qi reached out and held the gun pressed to his forehead. His eyes were fixed on Zhou Yuanting, as he enunciated word by word.

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