A writer has arrived in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Chapter 120 You think I'm... you know, right?

Earlier, Mao Xiaotong had heard that Su Liu's sister was coming to Shanghai for the May Day holiday, so he asked her to bring her to the film crew to meet him.

As a result, Su Liu was vague in his answers. Whenever Mao Xiaotong casually asked him, "When will your sister arrive?", he would immediately start to change the subject, either pointing to the set or talking about going to give Reba acting instructions.

Such poor acting skills are as obvious to a professionally trained actor like Mao Xiaotong, who is just a background actor who has forgotten his lines but is still trying to act them out.

She immediately realized that there was more to this than met the eye, and that there were others involved besides her sister.

As for who it was, the word had already spread throughout the company about our great writer Su's muse. Mao Xiaotong immediately thought of Chen Duling, whom she had met briefly in the office on the day of the signing.

Her feelings were actually quite complicated. Su Liu had always been frank and straightforward in these kinds of situations, saying whatever came to mind. This approach sounded very sincere, but it inevitably left her with a feeling of not being valued.

One time, the two had just finished making love and were still lingering in the afterglow when Su Liu's phone suddenly rang. She glanced at the name on the screen and thought, "I've caught you red-handed. If you dare to hide it, I'll definitely throw a tantrum." But he answered it openly, as if it were perfectly justified.

This posture ignited a surge of anger in Mao Xiaotong, who kicked him off the bed and kicked him out of the house.

She certainly wasn't so magnanimous as to want her beloved to find another woman. But Su Liu's previous bluntness—his refusal to even lie—left her with a sense of loss.

Sometimes she wondered: Aren't you afraid I'll get angry and leave you because you're so honest?

But now that Su Liu is hiding it, how should she feel? For a moment, Mao Xiaotong couldn't tell whether her anger at his infidelity or the strange feeling that "he's finally starting to care about my reaction" would prevail.

When Su Liu returned to the set, whether it was fate or not, it was the last day of the shooting schedule. As the director, he could once again rightfully shout "Filming wrapped."

When Chen Si initially assembled the production team, in addition to strictly selecting candidates based on their professional abilities and absolutely not allowing anyone with connections to take on a different role, she also developed a detailed shooting schedule. She precisely controlled what to shoot each day and how long to shoot, just like operating a precision instrument.

Aside from the fact that equipment rentals, props, costumes, and other aspects are filled with various so-called "filial piety money" that are really hard to sort out, the professionalism of the entire crew can definitely be called top-notch in the Chinese entertainment industry.

The last day was spent back in the studio filming a scene where Dilraba and Lee Hsien were locked in a refrigerated truck and pushed into a lake by the murderer for investigating a criminal without authorization.

The train carriage was initially built in the studio, but due to Dilraba's consistently subpar performance, the set eventually malfunctioned from repeated water damage. To meet the deadline, they had to switch to shooting outdoor scenes while the props were being repaired.

While Su Liu was directing the props to make a final check, he noticed Mao Xiaotong walking out of the dressing room dressed in casual clothes.

Logically speaking, she had already finished filming, so there was no need for her to come to the set today.

"Sister Xiaotong," Su Liu walked over and asked, "What brings you here?"

"Filming wrapped up today, so I figured I might as well come and wander around since I have nothing else to do."

"You don't have that much free time, do you?"

Mao Xiaotong's business team has secured her an annual endorsement deal with the beauty and skincare brand "Natural Name," which involves a series of events that require her participation. She simply doesn't have the time to relax like this.

"What? Does the boss think I'm slacking off?" Mao Xiaotong asked with a sweet smile, but her voice was sarcastic.

It's happening! Mao Xiaotong's strange state! Su Liu moved closer to her and asked suspiciously, "Sister Xiaotong, have I done anything to upset you lately?"

"You know it in your heart," she said lightly.

What a classic statement! If there were a poll for the most frequently uttered phrases by girls, this would definitely be near the top.

At this moment, Dilraba came out of the dressing room.

When she saw Su Liu, her expression shifted from a fleeting moment of surprise to a complete calm, as if her mind had short-circuited. She seemed to want to pounce, but at the last second, she held back. Finally, she quietly went to the most secluded corner of the set and began reading her script.

Su Liu's gaze followed her movements, and he nudged Mao Xiaotong beside him blankly, "What's wrong with her?"

"Who knows?" Mao Xiaotong smiled mischievously, her eyes revealing a meaningful look.

"ah?"

"What? Aren't you going to go and comfort her?"

"How did it come to the point of offering comfort?" Su Liu scratched his head, not understanding why, but still walked over.

Dilraba, dressed in Chen Meiqin's costume, was sitting in a folding chair reading a script. Although she had her head down, her eyes kept darting restlessly towards Su Liu, like a little snail hiding in its shell but unable to resist secretly observing the world.

Su Liu casually pulled over an empty folding chair next to her and sat down beside her, turning his head to carefully observe her pretending to be engrossed in reading the script.

"Hey, Reba, stop pretending." He reached out and poked Reba's taut arm.

Dilraba's shoulders jerked slightly, but she kept her neck stiff and pretended not to see. She shifted her position slightly to the side.

Su Liu suppressed a laugh, leaned closer to her ear, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Reba turned her head away, ignoring him completely, leaving him only with the back of her head, a sign of her refusal to communicate.

"If you don't tell me, I'm leaving." Su Liu patted his butt and said in a pretentious manner, "Don't let anything go wrong with this last scene later."

As soon as he stood up, he heard a muffled sound.

"You can leave now, since you don't really want to talk to me anyway."

"What are you talking about?" Su Liu sat back down in his chair, looking at her tense little face with amusement. "Dilraba, you didn't just imagine some weird situation and turn me into some kind of villain, did you?"

"No, you were just busy playing with other people and didn't reply to my messages."

"How could I not reply to you?" Su Liu asked with an innocent expression.

"Even though you replied, you were just giving me a perfunctory answer!"

"Hey, hey, hey, do you even listen to what you're saying? You're not me, how do you know I'm just giving you the runaround?"

"I can feel it," Dilraba said, raising her head with a self-righteous air.

So that's how it is. Since it's something you sense, then it's simple.

Su Liu suddenly adopted an expression even more serious and devastated than Dilraba's. "Dilraba, I've seen you for who you really are. You just see me as a tool to vent your frustrations on, don't you?"

Upon hearing this, Dilraba froze on the folding chair, her expression as if petrified.

"Teacher Su, what nonsense are you talking about!"

She suddenly raised her voice, her tone a mixture of absurdity and embarrassment.