Dressed as a Man, I Became Tycoon’s Sweetheart

Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Playing True to Character

Ye Xian felt even more embarrassed at the moment, so embarrassed that her ear tips turned red.

She felt inexplicably like a child watching a TV series with her parents and accidentally seeing a kissing scene, wanting awkwardly to run away. No, it was even more awkward than that because back then, she wasn’t the protagonist on the screen, but now it was her.

Ye Xian wished she could perform a spontaneous spin and explode right there.

“That, that…”

She sprang to her feet swiftly, spreading her arms in front of Bo Tingshen and Shangguan Yunli, “Stop watching, let’s continue drinking tea. I know several tea-brewing techniques. How about I show you more?”

Shangguan Yunli looked at her meaningfully, “Why block it, your acting wasn’t bad~”

Ye Xian, “Haha… just average, blindly acting, how could it catch the eye of your Blue Mountain Film Emperor! And the CEO, the CEO said I was acting like it’s an animation, really childish, he wouldn’t even spare it a glance!”

After cueing Bo Tingshen, the man slowly moved his gaze away from the TV, and turned it onto her, from bottom to top, sharply catching the blush by her ears, “An animated film with actions?”

Ye Xian, “?”

An animated film with actions, abbreviated as—action film.

Shangguan Yunli, smooth as ever, almost spit out his tea laughing, “Tingshen, you’re getting smoother at making these jokes.”

The innocent Ye Xian, “What joke?”

Shangguan Yunli looked at her with disdain, “We’re all men here, what’s there to pretend?” The kind of joke that men instantly get, what else could it be?

Ye Xian scratched her head; she honestly had no clue.

Shangguan Yunli thought about the fact that he was only eighteen, so it was understandable that he didn’t get it. But seeing him obviously embarrassed now, he couldn’t resist the urge to tease, “Ye Xian, I found your acting in that series quite epic, especially when you were teasing Jiang Xin—your tone, your expression, love almost bursting through the screen. You just said you were acting blindly, were you actually playing yourself?”

“???”

Ye Xian didn’t understand how he had reached that conclusion.

Earlier, when Shangguan Yunli was watching, he had doubted it; he had not missed the notorious 2.0-rated “Everyone Has Superpower” on Douban. Ye Xian’s acting there was worlds apart from in “Business World.”

As an actor, he was well aware that acting either came from extraordinary talent or required diligent practice, and significant progress overnight was practically impossible.

“Everyone Has Superpower” proved Ye Xian lacked talent, so there couldn’t have been such rapid progress just a few months later. That left one possibility… he had fallen for Jiang Xin, and his true feelings were showing during their scenes together.

“Admit it?”

“Of course not!”

“How can you prove it?”

Ye Xian, “… How do I prove that?”

Shangguan Yunli offered a mischievous idea, “How about you reenact Young President Gu now, and treat me like Ning Xiner, to see if you can replicate the feeling from the TV.”

“I won’t!”

Ye Xian refused without a second thought.

The TV scene was already embarrassing enough, let alone performing live; she might as well be killed.

“So you are guilty then.”

“I am not!”

Shangguan Yunli sighed deeply, “Ah, the internet is overwhelmed with real-life couple fans of you and Jiang Xin, and some paparazzi claim you’ve been secretly dating Jiang Xin for a while, with pictures as evidence, every tale more vivid than the last. We don’t know if it’s true; we don’t dare to ask. Just in case it’s true…”

He looked seriously at Bo Tingshen halfway through his speech, “Tingshen, isn’t Star Entertainment strictly against trainees dating? This situation could be a breach of contract, requiring a penalty. And for rising stars, dating is taboo, as it can ruin their prospects. How would you continue to profit from him then?”