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

Because he was so surprised, Deng Chao's shout was so loud that it immediately drew everyone else out of the guesthouse.

Everyone in the rooms facing the courtyard opened their windows and poked their heads out. Among them were Zhang Benyu, with his messy hair and toothpaste foam on his lips, and Sun Yi, who looked sleepy and had slightly disheveled hair.

"Brother Chao, what are you yelling about so early in the morning—" Zhang Benyu subconsciously wanted to complain about Deng Chao, but when he glanced downstairs and saw Meng Ziyi standing next to Chen Chao, he swallowed back what he was about to say.

"Let me introduce you." Releasing his suitcase, Chen Chao smiled and waved upstairs nonchalantly, his tone as natural as if he were commenting on the nice weather. "This is my good friend, Meng Ziyi."

"Hello everyone." Meng Ziyi stood in the courtyard, facing several pairs of eyes staring at her from upstairs. The tips of her ears turned slightly red, but she still smiled and greeted everyone, "I'm here to visit Chen Chao on set."

"It's great to visit the set, it's great to visit the set." After squinting and carefully looking at Meng Ziyi, Deng Chao revealed a kind smile. Then he quickly walked to Chen Chao's side, pulled his arm away a little, and lowered his voice.

"What works does this girl have? She looks familiar... Wait, that's not what I wanted to ask. Why is she here so early in the morning?"

"She plays Mu Nianci in the TV series 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes,' which she just filmed this year. She's here to visit me on set today." Chen Chao didn't hide anything when Deng Chao asked him questions and answered them one by one.

"As for why she came so early in the morning, it's because she took an early flight and hadn't found a place to stay yet, so she came to see me first."

"Oh—" Deng Chao deliberately drew out the tone, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the two of them several times before finally settling on the bulging canvas bag hanging on Chen Chao's body.

"You're carrying a suitcase and a bag. Anyone who didn't know better would think you're someone's 'assistant.'" Deng Chao deliberately emphasized the word 'assistant,' making it clear that the word didn't mean what it said literally.

"Brother Chao, what are you saying? Just because I helped a friend carry things doesn't make me an 'assistant.'" Patting Deng Chao on the shoulder, Chen Chao walked back to Meng Ziyi and said, "Put your luggage in my room first, and I'll take you to find a hotel later."

Nodding obediently, Meng Ziyi followed Chen Chao into the hall. However, when she passed Deng Chao, she stopped and took out a bag of snacks from her small backpack and handed it to him.

"Brother Chao, hello. These are some Dingfengzhen pastries I brought from Changchun. You can try them."

Deng Chao took the pastries Meng Ziyi handed him somewhat blankly, and watched her follow Chen Chao upstairs. He was still a little confused.

"This little girl seems quite polite." Just then, a rather deep voice rang out behind Deng Chao, almost startling him.

"Holy crap! Director Han, don't suddenly appear behind someone, it'll scare them to death." After instinctively jumping forward two steps, Deng Chao turned around to look in the direction of the voice. It turned out that the voice was from Director Han Han, who had appeared at some point.

"The pastries this little girl brought look pretty good. Let me try some." Ignoring Deng Chao's somewhat startled expression, Han Han's gaze fell on the box of pastries he was holding.

..........

Just as Chen Chao brought Meng Ziyi's suitcase and canvas bag into his room, he heard the door click shut. He instinctively turned around to look.

Just as he was about to speak, Meng Ziyi threw herself into his arms, wrapped her arms around his waist, buried her face in his chest, and mumbled, "I missed you."

He paused slightly, then reached out and put his arm around her shoulder, resting his chin on the top of her head. His voice was very soft, "Didn't you say we wouldn't visit each other on set so casually?"

"But I couldn't help it~" Meng Ziyi raised her head slightly, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Chen Chao, her confidence tinged with a hint of guilt, "I've watched that singing video you sent me dozens of times."

"So you packed your bags in the middle of the night?"

"How did you know I cleaned up in the middle of the night?" Meng Ziyi stared at Chen Chao with wide eyes, somewhat surprised.

Chen Chao shook his head with a smile and didn't say anything. He just reached out and pinched Meng Ziyi's cheek. Meng Ziyi, who was pinched, angrily tried to pinch his waist, but he nimbly dodged. The two of them started bickering in the room.

After playing around for a while, the two left the room and prepared to go downstairs. But as soon as they stepped out, they ran into Zhao Liying, who was coming out of the room. Chen Chao greeted Sister Zhao first, and Meng Ziyi followed suit.

Zhao Liying smiled politely, but her gaze lingered on Meng Ziyi's face for a few more moments.

Her first impression of Meng Ziyi was very straightforward: she was beautiful, and in a way that was quite aggressive. Her features were delicate and three-dimensional, and there was a hint of coldness between her brows. She had the kind of bad woman's appearance that could easily be labeled as "not to be messed with" at first glance.

Watching Chen Chao and Meng Ziyi disappear around the corner of the stairs, Zhao Liying turned to Ji Ran, who had somehow appeared in the corridor, and casually asked, "Who is that girl?"

"Meng Ziyi is a fellow actor of A-Chao in the 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' production team." Ji Ran, who had just overheard Chen Chao's conversation in the courtyard and received his message asking for help finding a hotel, said with a smile, "They have a pretty good relationship."

"It's fine?" Zhao Liying nodded thoughtfully as her gaze returned to the corner of the stairs.

On the other side, after Chen Chao and Meng Ziyi went downstairs, they were somewhat surprised to find that, apart from Zhao Liying, all the other main actors and Han Han were already sitting in the lobby.

"Director Han, this is Meng Ziyi, my good friend. He's here to visit the set today." Before anyone else could speak, Chen Chao spoke first, while holding up the bulging canvas bag in his hand, which was full of Changchun specialties.

"Hello, Director Han!" Facing the gazes of everyone, especially those of Han Han, the film director, Meng Ziyi couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She subconsciously stood up straighter, no longer the way she had been joking around with Chen Chao earlier. "I'm a fan of yours, and I especially love your film 'The Continent'."