Chapter 427

"I'm taking a selfie, Teacher Qiao," Chen Xinya replied. Having worked in the industry for a long time, she was more composed than Qin Wei. When Qiao Sixiao asked her about it, she calmly explained with a polite and enthusiastic smile. There was a hint of confusion in her eyes as she naturally showed Qiao Sixiao the screen of her phone.

"To be honest, I wanted to secretly take a picture of you, Teacher Qiao. Your look when you're reading the script with your head down is so beautiful. I wanted to capture it and use it as wallpaper. Can I?" Chen Xinya added.

Qiao Sixiao smiled lightly and asked in response, "What do you think?"

Chen Xinya restrained her smile.

It's difficult for most people to be consistent both inside and out. The way they appear in front of the camera can represent their public image, but it doesn't necessarily reflect their true character.

Qiao Sixiao was the same.

As her name suggests, she loves to laugh and can take a joke. Her attitude towards the media and fans is gentle, but in reality, everyone in the industry knows that she is reserved and aloof. Her company is also powerful and protective of her, so people have an idea of what she's like behind the scenes.

Chen Xinya was aware of this, just as she knew that Qin Wei was not as genuine as she appeared.

But it's not just in this circle, most people in life have many different sides. They have different attitudes when facing different people.

"My photography skills are not good. I remembered that there are high-definition wallpapers of Teacher Qiao on the official website of Huanyi Entertainment. I'll go buy them," Chen Xinya said, opening the website to make the purchase.

After paying, she showed Qiao Sixiao the wallpapers she had bought in the past few months.

Huanyi Entertainment knows how to make money. Each of their artists releases a paid high-resolution wallpaper every month, at a reasonable price. Most fans buy one every month.

This is because both Huanyi and the fans have a strong sense of protecting copyright and do not allow piracy. Moreover, the top three artists with the best sales of their photo wallpapers have their pictures featured as the monthly background on the official website, which fans are delighted to see.

However, Huanyi is also conscious of not letting fans overspend. They limit the purchase to one wallpaper per month per verified ID.

Qiao Sixiao has always been in first place, but she doesn't pay much attention to it.

Regardless of what she's filming, it's not appropriate to pursue it further at the moment. Qiao Sixiao continued to read the script, and Chen Xinya asked her, "Teacher Qiao, there's a dinner gathering for the crew tonight. The producer just mentioned it. Will you go?"

"I won't go," Qiao Sixiao replied, not particularly polite.

If she went, it would be a social obligation. She would have to exchange pleasantries and drink...

Compared to that, she would rather go home, take a bath, sit on the balcony, enjoy the flowers, look at the stars, and drink lemon tea.

Although it may sound boring, she finds joy in it. Su Yang's manager approached and asked Su Yang, "Su Yang, do you want to go to the dinner gathering tonight?"

"Are you allowing me to go to the dinner gathering?" Su Yang was surprised by this.

"It's the first dinner gathering of the crew. Go!" the manager said and then left to attend to other matters.

Su Yang turned to Qin Wei and asked, "Are you going? The crawfish at that restaurant is delicious."

Crawfish? Qin Wei asked Su Yang.

"Spicy, garlic, or steamed?"

Su Yang was a bit confused by the question.

"Is this important?"

"If it's steamed, then let's go. If it's spicy or garlic, we can't eat it. We'll have to see and decide."

Su Yang: "And there's also crispy pigeon."

Qin Wei: "Definitely not!"

While a group of people were discussing something, Chen Xinya didn't pay attention. She only heard Xiao Qiao say they were not going, so she looked disappointed and said:

"It's such a lively gathering. It's rare for everyone to get together..."

"Okay then."

Qiao Sixiao changed her mind, propped her chin on her hand, and smiled at Chen Xinya.

...

The production crew wanted to have a dinner gathering, and Director Yuan didn't object to it. After all, the actors who had arrived in the past two days had been very professional and had already gone through most of the script. They would go through it quickly together again tomorrow afternoon, and then they could focus on other things. The other actors would come later to read the script.

This way, everyone would be familiar with the script when shooting started.

It was unacceptable for Director Yuan to have actors who were parachuted in and didn't even bother to read the script, relying on improvisation while looking confused and needing the director to guide them step by step.

Now it seemed that as long as the next group worked diligently and seriously, they wouldn't encounter such fools during the start of filming.

Therefore, Director Yuan agreed to the dinner gathering, but he also asked the actors who planned to drink to arrange their own drivers. He didn't want anyone to drink and drive during this time period.

...

After finishing the script reading in the afternoon, everyone went to the restaurant booked by the production crew in groups of two or three.

In order to let everyone enjoy themselves, the production crew reserved a banquet hall on a separate floor of the restaurant, spacious and undisturbed. The other actors, both male and female, changed their clothes and put on light makeup. In this kind of occasion, group photos were unavoidable. Everyone was an actor and to some extent relied on their appearance for their livelihood. No one was better looking than anyone else. In this situation, they had to subtly compete and show their taste through their natural makeup and casual outfits.

But there were always people who liked to be unchanged amidst changes.

When others arrived at the restaurant with their ulterior motives, Qin Wei still wore a white T-shirt and long pants, and she didn't wear any makeup.

She looked the same as usual unless there was a notice. Qin Wei was generally too lazy to put on makeup. Because it wasn't worth it.

Under the influence of this ordinary roommate, Qiao Sixiao also didn't care as much about her appearance in private now. She wouldn't be completely sloppy, but while looking fresh and tidy, she wouldn't bother to put on makeup either.

So, a dramatic scene unfolded—

Among the group of actors dressed up with their hidden intentions, Qin Wei walked in with her white T-shirt and long pants, looking plain.

Immediately after, Qiao Sixiao entered with almost the same style.

There was only a five-minute gap between them.

They looked at each other, just like when they first met on the show "Against the Wind."

And in a very synchronized manner, Qiao Sixiao also glanced at Qin Wei, didn't say anything, and sat down on the side.

These two people had known each other for so long! They had even created so much hype together! Yet their relationship was still so bad!

They couldn't even pretend in private?

Anyone with eyes could see the disdain they had for each other!

Qin Wei, Wei Lai, and Su Yang were sitting together, while Qiao Sixiao sat next to Wei Lai, engaged in a lively conversation with colleagues they had previously worked with.

Su Yang was adept at reading people's expressions and could tell right away that Qiao Sixiao was not happy.

"We came here together, and yet you managed to provoke her. How did you do that?" Su Yang quietly asked Qin Wei.

Qin Wei looked at Su Yang, feeling quite wronged.

"Su Yang, don't be like this! You jump to conclusions without considering the facts. Why do you always assume it's me who provoked her? Why don't you think it could be her who provoked me? Infatuation has blinded you!" Qin Wei exclaimed.

Su Yang covered her heart and asked, "So, how did she provoke you? Tell me."

"Just now, she stepped on Ju An's hand!" Qin Wei quickly explained.

"Huh?" Su Yang was puzzled.

The dinner was about to begin, and Qin Wei summarized her story:

"She meant to go straight home later, and I was going to put my teddy bear in her car. But her driving skills are terrible, and when she made a turn, my bear fell to the ground. Not only did she fail to pick it up, but she also accidentally stepped on Ju An's hand! She's just jealous because she feels the teddy bear is too important. Even dogs can get jealous."

Su Yang sighed, saying, "I'm starting to understand less and less why you two are angry. I can't fit into this family anymore!"

Wei Lai quietly asked Qiao Sixiao, "Qiao Teacher, did Weiwei do something to upset you?"