Huayu: This top star doesn't play by the rules.

Just like Chen Chao's reaction when he first came in, Meng Ziyi's gaze quickly swept over everyone in the training field before landing on someone who was playing a game with Chen Xingxu.

Because of the little incident that happened that morning, Meng Ziyi, who had a good first impression of Chen Chao, subconsciously wanted to get closer to the only familiar person at the scene.

But before she could take any action, director Jiang Jiajun arrived with producer Guo Jingyu, a group of assistant directors and screenwriters, and Yang Xuwen, who played the male lead Guo Jing.

Faced with the group of people from the production crew who had come to the scene, Chen Chao and Chen Xingxu, who were playing games, quickly quit the game and joined the other actors in the production crew.

After receiving a lecture from the director and producer, the month-long training camp for the Legend of the Condor Heroes crew officially began.

The veteran stuntman in charge of teaching Chen Chao the moves was around fifty years old. Although he didn't talk much, every word he uttered was to the point, greatly benefiting the complete newcomer.

Since Chen Chao's character, Ouyang Ke, fights using folding fans and fist techniques, he not only needs to learn fist and foot routines, but also how to fight and show off with a folding fan.

Following Director Liu's rhythm, Chen Chao practiced the fist and foot routines two or three times and had completely memorized them. While Director Liu was instructing the other actors, he practiced them a few more times on his own, and now he was quite skilled at fighting.

Director Liu, who had just finished instructing the other actors on their movements, was slightly taken aback when he saw Chen Chao's fluid and graceful series of moves. He walked over and asked, "Have you practiced this before?"

"No, this is my first time learning this."

Upon hearing Chen Chao's answer, Instructor Liu did not speak immediately, but simply gestured for him to continue practicing. After watching him quietly for a while, a look of surprise and astonishment appeared in his eyes.

Chen Chao wasn't surprised by Liu's reaction. After all, Liu learned things incredibly fast. With his superb physical control and learning ability, he could replicate most things after seeing them only once or twice, although he might not be able to get the details right.

"When you twist your waist to throw a punch, you need to lower your center of gravity a bit more." Walking over to Chen Chao, who was still practicing, Liu Zhi reached out and pressed on his side. Having confirmed Chen Chao's talent, he began to give serious pointers. "The point of power is here."

Following Liu's instructions to adjust his center of gravity and exert force, Chen Chao threw a punch. He felt that his punch was much faster, more swift, and more powerful than before.

After correcting Chen Chao's movements and exertion issues again, and confirming that he did not need further instruction for the time being, Director Liu continued to instruct the other actors.

After practicing for a while, Chen Chao started to feel a little tired and prepared to take a break. At that moment, Meng Ziyi appeared out of nowhere and handed him a bottle of water.

"You're practicing so well, unlike me, I can never keep up with the movements." She muttered softly, her cheeks slightly flushed.

Because of her physical condition, Meng Ziyi had rested much earlier than Chen Chao, so she naturally saw his smooth and flowing movements clearly. She had to admit that at that moment, Chen Chao made her heart race a little.

"That's normal. Everyone's like that when they first start learning." Chen Chao smiled and replied as he took the bottled water Meng Ziyi handed him.

Sitting down next to Chen Chao quite naturally, Meng Ziyi took out a small bag from his pocket and opened it with great skill; inside was a bag full of beef jerky.

"Want some?"

"You really do eat wherever you go." Looking at the bag of beef jerky, Chen Chao recalled their first meeting that morning and couldn't help but laugh and tease him.

He glared at him, feigning anger, but Meng Ziyi didn't argue. He simply handed the bag of beef jerky back to him.

Seeing this, Chen Chao could only obediently reach out and take a piece, putting it in his mouth. While chewing the beef jerky, he began to look at the other actors who were resting.

Li Yitong, who was sitting by the window, looked up at them with some curiosity. Her eyes met Chen Chao's. She was stunned for a moment, then gave a polite smile before lowering her head again to continue reading the script.

Chen Chao, who returned the polite smile, also looked away and continued chewing the beef jerky. It must be said that Meng Ziyi was quite qualified as a foodie; the beef jerky she chose tasted fantastic.

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Time flies, and almost a week has passed since the start of the training camp. Apart from a few loners, the actors participating in this training camp have become familiar with each other.

Over the past few days, Chen Chao has gradually adjusted his daily routine, getting up around six o'clock every morning, running five kilometers, then returning to the hotel to wash up and have breakfast before going to the training ground for intensive training.

During the training breaks of the last two days, for some reason, Meng Ziyi always appeared by his side on time, bringing all kinds of snacks.

"Are you a hamster, Xiao Meng?" Chen Chao couldn't help but tease her as she pulled out bag after bag of snacks from her bag.

"I was born in the Year of the Pig," Meng Ziyi replied quite seriously. "Besides, I'm replenishing my energy to prepare for the upcoming training. Also, you're a year younger than me, so you should call me 'older sister'."

Sitting next to Chen Chao, Chen Xingxu paid no attention to the interaction between the two, and simply opened a bag of potato chips in silence.

The crunching sound of the potato chips drew Chen Chao's attention to Chen Xingxu, who had already started enjoying them. "You've fallen for them too?"

After quickly chewing the potato chips and swallowing them, Chen Xingxu calmly stated, "She forced these on me."

"I didn't!" Meng Ziyi strongly protested Chen Xingxu's statement. "I just asked you if you wanted to eat, and you nodded yourself!"

"...I was just being polite."

Li Yitong, who happened to be passing by, couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw the interaction between Chen Chao and the other two.

Unable to think of a rebuttal at the moment, Meng Ziyi immediately changed the subject, waving to Li Yitong, "Sister Yitong, come and have some snacks~"

After hesitating for a moment, Li Yitong walked over, sat down next to Meng Ziyi, took the bag of cookies Meng Ziyi handed her, and said thank you.

She glanced at Meng Ziyi, who was engrossed in unpacking her second bag of snacks, then turned to look at Chen Xingxu, who was chewing potato chips, and Li Yitong, who was sitting quietly next to Meng Ziyi, eating cookies.

Come to think of it, this was the first time these guys had ever sat down together to eat snacks, and Chen Chao found the scene quite interesting.