Earlier, Bi Xia was still wondering how Xu Renfei’s suggestion of "singing and stepping in" was supposed to work. Now she knew. Seeing herself fall awkwardly to the ground, Xu Renfei, with his oiled paper umbrella and a fur-lined black mink cape, approached her step by step like a noble young master.

What a hypocrite.

Listening to Xu Renfei hum a tune, Bi Xia turned up the whites of her eyes and fell to the ground according to the script, pretending to faint. The fainting action was extremely swift, without the slightest hesitation. Even though there were no safety measures on the ground to ensure realism, the most important thing was that her fainting seemed so natural, with a calm but angry expression, that everyone was momentarily stunned and instinctively took a step forward to catch the young person.

But the moment everyone made a move, one figure darted out like an arrow to support the youth. Seeing the anxiety and tension in that person, everyone snapped back to reality, almost forgetting this was just acting!

Seeing the fainted youth and the anxious young man supporting her, the staff all nodded in approval, marveling at how realistic the two amateurs’ acting was. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

In fact, Bi Xia was genuinely overheated. She didn’t care if falling to the ground would hurt; she just wanted to lie down properly. After all, wearing winter clothes during summer for a winter scene was unbearable. Unconsciously, she revealed the anguish and regret of agreeing to shoot this MV, and with that, she closed her eyes and fell to the ground heedlessly.

As for Xu Renfei, he was actually scared. The moment Bi Xia hit the ground, he frantically rushed forward, but when the camera turned to his face, he suddenly remembered, darn, he almost forgot this was a performance.

According to the script, he no longer needed to sing at this moment. It was a crescendo interlude, where he was to carry Bi Xia and run towards the distance, implying he was rescuing her. It was a beautiful scene, one of the most touching he had summarized from countless Korean dramas.

So he pretended to be anxious and called Bi Xia "Young Master" a few times. Seeing Bi Xia with her eyes closed, Xu Renfei’s mind wandered, thinking, shouldn’t the prince kiss the sleeping beauty at this point in a normal storyline so the beauty wakes up?

"Cut—"

The sudden voice rang out, and Xu Renfei abruptly stood upright, locking eyes with those suddenly opened starry eyes.

"Ah!" Xu Renfei screamed and fell backward with a startle, looking at Bi Xia in fright.

Bi Xia got up with a blank expression and looked at Xu Renfei in confusion, "I think you might be a bit ill lately."

"Huh?"

Supporting herself with one hand, bending a knee, and resting the other hand on it, Bi Xia tilted her chin up, "Like right now, you’re always unsteady, tumbling over at the slightest movement. I think you might need a checkup."

Xu Renfei: "... What if I’m the beloved child of the earth!"

"..." Bi Xia looked at Xu Renfei with a complex expression, hesitated, then incredulously said, "In that case, the earth must be really blind..."

Xu Renfei: ... So mad!

"And keeping secrets too!!!" Director Zhang’s exasperated voice rang out, "I said Xu Xiaofei, except for Bi Xia’s accidental sneeze before, she passed everything in one take. Can’t you learn from her! Don’t slow down our progress, got it? If you zone out again, I’ll clobber you!"

Xu Renfei: ...

Sneaking a glare at Director Zhang, Xu Renfei muttered under his breath, "Always picking on me, and I’m not even a professional."

"I’m not a professional either," Bi Xia chimed in quietly.

Whoosh, whoosh—

Xu Renfei felt like his heart had been stabbed twice.

"... If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be getting scolded." Xu Renfei said grudgingly, pouting and not wanting to talk to Bi Xia.

Bi Xia replied calmly, "You were the one who begged me in the first place."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Xu Renfei knew his heart had suffered three more stabs on top of the previous two.

His eyes shifted as he took a deep breath, and Xu Xiaofei sneaked a word with Bi Xia, "Little Jiu’er, let’s make a deal, okay?"

"Declined."

"...," Caught off guard, Xu Renfei chose to pretend he hadn’t heard, continuing, "Could you act a little worse later? That way, Uncle Zhang won’t say anything to me. How about it~~~"

Hearing Xu Renfei’s plea, Bi Xia pretended to be conflicted as she looked at Director Zhang, then at Xu Renfei, "But I can only do it in one take, it’s just the talent I have. There’s nothing I can do."

"..."

This time, there was no need for sound—Xu Renfei felt his heart, already riddled, couldn’t take another blow.