Best friend turned enemy? Marrying the villain, if she runs, I'll run too.

Is this what they mean by "praising someone even when you can't"?

When emotions finally erupt, all they can do is make faces and be sad for ages without shedding a single tear. Even if there are a few tears glistening in their eyes, it's better than making a lot of noise but not actually shedding any.

If people can praise someone's acting as solid as this, it seems the Chinese entertainment industry is truly doomed. They've eaten too much coarse grain and don't even know what fine bran tastes like anymore.

Meng Tang didn't comment further. Since fairness was the goal, she decided to show them what a true dimensional reduction attack looked like.

He raised his hand slightly. "Li Su, get ready."

Apart from Meng Tang, no one present had any expectations for Li Su's appearance. In fact, most of them took out their phones, wanting to capture an embarrassing moment of Li Su, hoping to add another embarrassing scene to their collection.

The props team wanted to bring over the prop horse, but Li Su waved her hand and refused, saying she wanted the real horse.

Upon seeing this, Du Xinyue couldn't help but scoff: "Teacher Li, you don't need to go to such lengths. Although the horses chosen by the crew are the most docile, without some basic skills, you can't even get on the horse's back and you're likely to be kicked off."

"That's no joke, it's just a small competition. Even if I lose, it's nothing. After all, I've eaten on the set for a few more years than Teacher Li, so there's nothing shameful about losing to me."

Li Su didn't even look at her, only exuding domineering confidence as she casually tossed out a sentence: "Don't you know that villains have always died from talking too much?"

Du Xinyue's face darkened.

How dare you call her a villain? Ha, Li Su, just wait and see how badly you get slapped in the face later, then you'll never dare to be arrogant again!

But to everyone's surprise, when the camera focused on Li Su, she, who had been indifferent, quickly got into character.

Especially when he watched his parents being killed right before his eyes, the disbelief, despair, and feeling of the sky falling down were all expressed through his bloodshot eyes.

That heart-wrenching cry of "No!" almost stirred the hearts of everyone present.

The next scene left everyone speechless.

With a swift and decisive movement, Li Su mounted the horse with the grace of a seasoned general, his clean and resolute posture even more visually striking than some professional circus stunt doubles.

Before anyone could recover from the decisive mounting, Li Su tightened the reins, and with the horse's neighing, its hooves rose high into the air.

Everyone held their breath, their first thought being that Li Su was doomed.

She was so arrogant that she dared to get on a horse without any safety measures. If she had been thrown off from that height, she would have been seriously injured.

Just when everyone thought Li Su was about to embarrass herself, she steadily controlled the horse, pulled on the reins, and the horse turned its head, and Li Su also turned her head to the side.

Meng Tang immediately said, "Put the camera right in front of you."

As the camera zoomed in, a single, glistening tear silently slid down the corner of Li Su's eye.

She gazed in the direction of her parents' corpses, and a tear, representing national and personal hatred, fell. In the end, her bloodshot eyes transformed from despair to hatred without leaving a trace.

It's a kind of emotional shift that comes from having experienced life and death, then putting personal life and death aside, and finally making a resolute decision to avenge one's family.

Even though Li Su didn't have a single line during this process, her seemingly expressive eyes conveyed her upcoming revenge to everyone through the camera.

That's what you call real eye acting.

Then, Li Su resolutely turned back, and with a crisp "Giddy up!", the horse galloped into the distance. That slender yet resilient figure seemed to be heading towards an unknown future, but no longer afraid of any hardships or obstacles.

"Crack!"

With Meng Tang's shout to stop, many people were still unable to recover from the emotions.

Tong Tong was the first to start clapping.

The little girl was so moved that she even cried. She clapped her hands and said, "I don't know why, but it's like I saw the two-dimensional characters in the book come to life. This is exactly how my ideal heroine, Qin Luo, is!"

The others seemed to wake up from a dream and joined in the applause, which continued throughout the venue.

The props team originally wanted to help Li Su dismount, but Li Su very decisively dismounted, displaying a very graceful figure.

Even the martial arts instructor couldn't help but exclaim, "How long has Teacher Li been learning horseback riding? I'm almost ashamed of myself for his skills!"

"I learned it before for filming, it's nothing to mention."

Li Su's casual remark revealed her humility.

"Teacher Li's acting skills are absolutely amazing. That look in her eyes made me believe that the country was really destroyed and the family was destroyed."

"Yes, especially on horseback, that look back and tears, it was like a goddess shedding tears, textbook acting skills, I really admire her!"

"I haven't seen any of Teacher Li's previous dramas, but just based on Teacher Li's superb acting skills, it's really a waste of his talent that he only played minor supporting roles with few lines before."

"That's right. Sure enough, all those rumors online are unreliable. With Teacher Li's textbook-level acting skills, she has only been able to play minor roles all these years. Such poor resources are being used to spread rumors that she has powerful connections. It's really outrageous."

"I have a feeling that with Teacher Li's acting skills, our drama is going to be a hit!"

The more these people praise Li Su now, the uglier Du Xinyue's face becomes, the happier she was before, and the more she boasted.

She was waiting to see Li Su make a fool of herself, but she never expected to see Li Su shine so brightly and impress everyone with her acting skills.

What's the difference between this and publicly slapping her in the face?

Du Xinyue gritted her teeth. What was going on? Li Su's acting skills were clearly not this good at all. How could she suddenly act like a completely different person?

Not only has his acting skills made a qualitative leap, but even his circus skills are so exquisite?

Meng Tang reminded them at the right moment: "Alright, now that Li Su and Du Xinyue have finished their performances, everyone can vote on the two identical scenes."

"Raise your hand if you chose Du Xinyue."

There was a moment of silence, and then a hand, hesitantly raised, slowly went up.

Everyone looked at that hand, but the only one who voted for Du Xinyue was her assistant.

Actually, judging from the assistant's expression, it was clear that she had raised her hand against her conscience, since no one had voted for Du Xinyue after going around the rounds.

In order not to embarrass her own artist, she had no choice but to go against her true feelings and vote for her.

Just now, Du Xinyue was so confident and praised so highly, so incredibly embarrassed to face only one vote, and that vote was from someone she knew.

"Du Xinyue, one vote."

Unfortunately, Meng Tang announced Du Xinyue's single vote count in front of everyone.

Du Xinyue's face was a kaleidoscope of emotions; her expressions were far more captivating than when she was acting.