I, strive for the prosperity of the motherland! 【system】

After waking up and returning to the hotel, I took a hot shower first.

Although filming was quite interesting, it was really cold to have the "rain" falling on you in the dead of winter.

Even though this is in the south, where you won't freeze to death, the cold air penetrating your body is no joke.

After she finished drying her hair and came out of the bathroom, she heard her phone ringing.

She walked over, picked up her phone, and saw that it was a message from He Xu.

Xu: "Are you done with your work?"

Su Xing immediately made a video call to her boyfriend.

He Xu answered her video call immediately.

He gazed tenderly at his girlfriend's radiant face on the screen, "Just finished showering?"

"Mmm~" Su Xing asked him with a smile, "Missed me?"

"Yes, I miss you so much..." He Xu sighed softly.

"I miss you so much too~" Su Xing blew a kiss to the screen, "Mwah~"

He Xu was amused by her, "How's it going? Has filming been going smoothly these past two days?"

"It's going quite smoothly, and we should be able to finish filming its scenes before the Lunar New Year."

Bu Diu heard He Xu's voice and its own name. It ran to Su Xing's side and looked up at the phone in her hand.

Su Xing turned the camera towards Bu Diu, saying, "Bu Diu, come look at Daddy!"

He Xu asked with a smile, "Aren't you going to be good these past few days?"

Not losing it: "Waaaaah~"

It's so well-behaved!

Su Xing let Bu Diu "chat" with her father for a while before switching the camera back.

"By the way," He Xu's gaze lingered on Su Xing's face, and he suddenly asked, "I saw on the trending topics, someone from your crew got arrested? What happened?"

He had a gut feeling that this matter was very likely related to Su Xing.

He texted Ye Xitang today, asking her what was going on. Ye Xitang gave him a vague and perfunctory answer, then said she was busy and ignored him.

Ye Xitang's reaction made He Xu even more certain of his suspicions.

"Uh...it's nothing serious..."

Su Xing touched his nose, his eyes darting around.

"Hmm?" He Xu lowered his voice slightly. "Is it related to you? Or to Xiao Tang? Or perhaps, to all of you?"

"..." Su Xing was silent for two seconds, then said helplessly, "This really isn't our fault..."

She told Bu Diu to go to sleep, then took the phone and went into the bedroom.

She then briefly recounted the events to He Xu.

He Xu frowned more and more as he listened. After Su Xing finished speaking, he asked, "Are you sure neither you nor Xiao Tang were injured?"

Su Xing quickly replied, "No, we're all fine."

He Xu then said, "You caught a grown man falling from a wire with your bare hands? You're really amazing!"

Su Xing glanced at He Xu, suspecting he was being sarcastic or insinuating...

"At that time, I had no other choice. I couldn't just watch Tangtang fall! She was off course from the safety airbag, and there were stone pillars underneath. If she had fallen, she would definitely have been injured!"

He Xu couldn't criticize his girlfriend anymore; he couldn't very well say that she shouldn't have saved her cousin, could he?

"Sigh..." He Xu sighed. He really had no way to deal with them.

Remembering that the actor surnamed Liu was responsible for all the bad things, he couldn't suppress his anger any longer. "We can't let that idiot get away with this! He has to be punished to the fullest extent of the law!"

"That's what Tangtang said too. She's already called her legal team to Hengdian." Su Xing guessed that He Xu must have asked Ye Xitang, but Ye Xitang probably didn't tell him about it. She added, "Tangtang is an adult, she'll handle it. Don't worry, don't blame her."

He Xu slightly pursed his lips, "Yes, yes, you all have the right ideas..."

Su Xing sensed some resentment and helplessness in her boyfriend's words, so she quickly changed the subject, saying, "I have something to tell you. I did a cameo role in a film crew today, playing two lines."

He Xu was a smart man; how could he not realize that his girlfriend was trying to change the subject?

However, he still played along and asked, "Oh? Which film crew? What kind of movie are they filming?"

He was indeed a little curious. He knew that Su Xing had no intention of entering the entertainment industry, so who persuaded her to make a cameo appearance? Ye Xitang?

Su Xing said, "It's from the production team next door. It's a female-centric drama adapted from a novel. The author personally participated in the adaptation of the script. I know the author, Mo Shang."

He Xu said, "I know her. You designed the cover for her book."

“Yes, you still remember?” Su Xing’s eyes crinkled into a smile. “I met her in Hengdian, and we had a meal together. Later, one of the actors in her crew got injured and couldn’t continue filming, so she asked me to help out. The role didn’t have many lines, and she didn’t even show her full face; it was all action scenes, so I took it…”

She talked to He Xu about the role and the filming process of two scenes.

He Xu saw that she was very excited and her face was beaming with joy. It was clear that she was happy to experience acting.

"I'm really looking forward to your performance. I'll definitely watch the show when it airs."

"Then you can't laugh at me then."

"of course not……"

The young couple chatted for a while.

It was getting late, so He Xu went to bed to rest.

Su Xing turned on her computer again, preparing to work for a while.

The two did not hang up the phone, but switched the video call to an audio call, and stayed connected, keeping each other company.

Not long after, Su Xing heard He Xu's deep, even breathing from the other side; he had fallen asleep.

She didn't find it noisy; instead, she felt a sense of peace.

She smiled slightly and continued working.

It was a little after two in the morning.

I woke up, shut down the computer, and prepared to go to bed.

Before going to bed, she found the original novel of "The Cinnabar Scheme," read a few chapters, and then clicked into the comments section to read the long reviews, plot, and character analyses.

In her past life, she had read several of Mo Shang's novels, but she had never actually read this one, "The Cinnabar Scheme".

Through the analysis posts in the comments section, she gained a general understanding of the character "Zi Zhi".

In the book, Zi Zhi only appears twice in the female protagonist's memories. Other times, the female protagonist hears about Zi Zhi's name from other people.

Zi Zhi knew the female lead's identity all along, knew that her family was full of loyal martyrs, and knew that she was falsely accused of treason and that her former confidants had all turned against her. Therefore, he did not save her casually.

This character is the spiritual totem that the female lead, Shen Dansha, regards as the "ultimate chivalry" throughout her life. Her position is irreplaceable, even by the male lead.

Although she doesn't have many lines in the book, she is very popular, and many readers ship the female lead and Zi Zhi.

Later, Zi Zhi was assassinated and eventually died.

Upon hearing the devastating news, the female protagonist instantly transforms into a demon from hell, treading on blood and slaughtering all those involved in plotting against Zi Zhi.

Finally, she vomited blood and fell into a coma, remaining unconscious for three whole days.

Readers in the comments section expressed their deep regret, with some saying they cried for three days straight because they were so heartbroken.

Su Xing flipped through these excerpts and found them to be really well-written.

She decided to find time to read the book from beginning to end.