Chapter 633: Chapter 633

He Jinxia’s thoughts were somewhat hazy, but not long after, Luo You brought her back to reality.

"The release date is set for next week, and you should ask Director Liu for leave in advance to attend the premiere. The location is in Imperial City. Even though you’re at the film set, you won’t be able to use your voice conveniently. I will call Director Liu about this," Luo You said.

After discussing this matter, Luo You hung up the call without mentioning the rumors about her targeting JY that had appeared online. This wasn’t because he trusted Jinxia hadn’t spread rumors and thus didn’t need to ask, but because Luo You was one hundred percent certain that He Jinxia had said those words.

Regarding the grudges between JY and He Jinxia, Luo You might not understand them completely, but at the very least, he knew He Jinxia’s attitude toward JY—

Unrelenting and irreconcilable!

As night fell and darkness enveloped the sky, Yu Xin and Emperor Bai Ze appeared in a small cottage in the suburbs.

Yu Xin was massaging her hands, which had grown sore and weak from fanning, alternating the kneading between left and right, occasionally knocking on her back as well. Ah, she was nearly tortured to death.

Since Yu Xin’s mana was restrained by the rules of the Mirror World, within Mirror World she was completely a mortal being. She had to take care of all her needs like eating and going to the bathroom, without relying on her mana.

Now, for the sake of food, she personally washed the rice, and boiled it. Sitting in front of the stove, she had to keep a constant eye on the fire, allowing no room for slackness.

Yu Xin, looking at the fire in the stove, couldn’t help but let out a long sigh to the heavens, "When will this miserable life come to an end!" Fınd the newest release on novel⦿fire.net

After her shout, she noticed the fire in the stove growing weaker, so she quickly fanned with the fan in her hand, bringing in gusts of wind. With the wind’s help, the flames began to grow bit by bit.

"Cut!" Director Liu called out, saying, "Hurry, go put some stuff on her face!"

He Jinxia sat in place, waiting for the staff to smear a layer of charred material on her face.

After it was done, the director resumed filming.

Yu Xin sat attentively by the hearth, focusing on the flames in the stove, wiping sweat from her face occasionally, which had turned black with soot.

"Cut!" Director Liu called again, continuing to have staff apply more of the charred material to her face. This time, a thin layer covered her face, still faintly revealing her beautiful features.

The director repeated the previous scene, having He Jinxia fan the flames a few more times. In post-production, this scene would be sped up quickly, creating a sense of time flying by.

When "cut" was called again, the staff went up to smear her face with stuff, turning her face into a blackened mess, so black it couldn’t get any darker, like she was a judge from hell.

While He Jinxia continued the motion of fanning and wiping sweat, she added a few new lines and actions—

"Eh, what’s this smell? Could it be..."

Yu Xin’s eyes lit up as she quickly stood up and shouted, "The rice is ready, the rice is ready!"

"Cut!" The cooking scene was officially complete!

Director Liu couldn’t help but nod in satisfaction, gesturing grandly to move on to the next scene.

He Jinxia pinched her throat, frowning slightly as it hurt from being smoked by the hearth fire.

In the pursuit of realism, the hearth fire scene was authentically recreated, and she had indeed been choked by the smoke several times while fanning the flames.

Sitting at the dining table, Qiu Zhenze saw He Jinxia pinching her throat and couldn’t help but say, "Sucking on a throat lozenge might make you feel a bit better."

He Jinxia gave him a helpless smile. "I have to talk later. It’s not easy to speak with a lozenge in my mouth."

Qiu Zhenze thought for a moment, "Not necessarily. As long as it’s not a frontal shot of you speaking, a profile shot should work. Audiences won’t be able to tell."

After thinking about it, He Jinxia felt he might be right.

Qiu Zhenze: "Try holding a piece of candy in your mouth first. If Director Liu doesn’t think it works, you can spit it out. By that time, your throat should feel a lot better."

He Jinxia nodded and took the suggestion.

On-set filming wasn’t always a one-take process. Arranging the actors’ movements, positions, and lighting took a lot of time, often requiring two or three takes before the director could capture a satisfactory shot.

With a candy in her mouth, He Jinxia kept her facial expressions under control, not letting herself make any chewing motions.

Without saying a word, no one could tell she was eating candy.

Before the official shoot, He Jinxia even tried speaking a few words. It was somewhat muffled when the candy hadn’t melted, but if she had eaten half or was about to finish, her speech sounded quite normal, almost like her usual talking.

This gave He Jinxia great confidence in her trial.

Soon, the filming officially began!

In the scene, what appeared first were not the two main characters, but two lumps of blackish, unidentifiable substance placed on a table, each contained in a bowl.

Just as Bai Ze sat down and picked up his chopsticks, he saw this sight and his expression froze momentarily before he turned to look at Yu Jing.

Yu Jing was also looking at the contents of the bowl. Noticing Bai Ze’s gaze, she blinked trying to bluff her way through, and let out an embarrassed chuckle, "Hehe."

Bai Ze’s eyes lowered, as if asking her—what are these?

Following his gaze to the bowl, Yu Jing blinked again and after a long moment, with her head hanging down a bit dejectedly, said, "It’s the rice I made."

"I don’t know why it turned out ; I followed the recipe to a T!"

Bai Ze asked, "Recipe?"

Yu Jing nodded: "Yes, I wanted to try making the mortal’s Eight Treasure Exquisite Five-flavor Rice. It contains various vegetables and meats mixed together in a specific ratio and then cooked. Who knew it would turn out ."

Yu Jing seemed to suddenly have a revelation and her eyes lit up, "Could it be that the vendor who sold me the recipe tricked me? Or is the Eight Treasure Exquisite Five-flavor Rice supposed to look !"

Yu Jing, revving up with enthusiasm, said, "Great Emperor, try a bite quickly; it might be delicious!"

Emperor Bai Ze, reluctantly to give her face, used his chopsticks to poke the blackish unidentifiable substance.

It was very hard, rock-solid, without the slightest softness of rice.

The atmosphere suddenly turned silent. Bai Ze was thinking of how to comfort Yu Jing in a reasonable way while also swapping for healthier food when, at that moment, the determined Yu Jing across from him picked up her chopsticks, plunged them into the blackish substance, and tried to shove it into her mouth!

Bai Ze’s pupils shrank in alarm and he quickly waved his hand.

"Cut!" The two actors maintained their positions and Director Liu asked the crew to quickly come forward to switch the props.

After the props were changed, Director Liu called out, "Continue."

The next second, Yu Jing put the chopstick-held substance into her mouth, chewed once, and her eyes bulged—surprisingly, it was unexpectedly soft!

Yu Jing looked down and discovered that the blackish unidentifiable substance her chopsticks had punctured had turned into a steamed bun, and it was a red-bean-filled bun at that!