Chapter 412: Heard You Got Shelved (17)

“Alright, cut!”

Director Wang was so excited he almost jumped up.

His voice trembled as he said, “That’s the feeling, Xiaoxing! Your tone could be a bit more lively, and your gaze—show more curiosity and affection for meeting Immortal Qingsu for the first time. Let’s do it again.”

This scene only needed one take before it passed, which was completely beyond Director Wang’s expectations.

Because of how smoothly filming went, his face was smiling like a chrysanthemum all morning.

At lunchtime, everyone was eating their box lunches together, and Shen Mubai instinctively sat next to Yu Jingchen with her lunch in hand.

The crew had gotten used to this.

Although they still gossiped behind the scenes, they pretended not to notice anything on the surface.

Ever since Shen Mubai had asked Li Hong to get the crew better food, the quality of the box lunches had improved.

Today, they even had seafood, lean meat, and chicken legs.

Shen Mubai happily grabbed a chicken leg and started gnawing on it, completely unaware that her actions were shocking everyone else.

Zhang Hao’s assistant, Xiaonan, shook his head and said, “How crude! I used to think she was just a talentless pretty vase. If it weren’t for her connections, she’d have been kicked out of the entertainment industry by now.”

Zhang Hao, however, just smiled. “Looks like her manager is trying to change her image.”

Xiaonan, confused, asked, “What do you mean, Brother Hao?”

Zhang Hao smiled knowingly, “Tang Xiaoxing hasn’t filmed anything for two months. Now her acting has improved a lot, plus she’s been watching others and taking notes. And then there’s this. Don’t you see the plan?”

Xiaonan suddenly understood, “Her manager wants to give her a new persona. And after the recent drama, some viewers have already started to change their opinion of her. So they’re slowly shifting her image, using PR to whitewashing. Wow, her manager’s pretty sharp.”

Zhang Hao casually picked a piece of cabbage from his meal and said indifferently, “Who knows? Maybe the audience won’t buy it.”

Shen Mubai was blissfully unaware of these conspiracy theories going around.

She was happily eating her chicken leg, completely content.

Yu Jingchen looked up, his long eyelashes fluttering as he softly said, “Sister Xiaoxing, you have some oil on the corner of your mouth.”

Shen Mubai was about to say it wasn’t a big deal when she saw him take out a napkin and gently wipe her lips.

His face flushed with embarrassment as he explained, “I saw you were a bit busy, so I took the liberty.”

His eyelashes trembled again as he looked up, biting his lip slightly. “Sister Xiaoxing, you’re not mad, are you?”

Though a bit awkward, Shen Mubai didn’t care about such small things.

She smiled and said, “Why would I be? Thanks for the help.”

Yu Jingchen smiled shyly, his tone soft, “You’re welcome.”

In the afternoon, Shen Mubai didn’t have any scenes to film, so she went back to the hotel and took a long nap.

She was woken up by a phone call from her agent, Li Hong.

The reason?

Shen Mubai had trended on social media again, this time because of her chicken leg at lunch.

“Don’t you know by now that those paparazzi are keeping a close watch on you?” Li Hong said, exasperated.

“These people are so bored, they even counted how many chicken legs you ate.”

Shen Mubai, feeling wronged, replied, “What could I do? It’s not like I want to be in hot search.”

Li Hong is really helpless now with this little ancestor who doesn’t play by the rules after a breakup.

Luckily, the chicken leg incident didn’t have any negative impact.

In fact, there were even a few positive comments.