usatvline Chapter 210 Seeking Revenge
Chapter 210 Seeking Revenge
Shen Chaohuai was taken aback, not expecting Su Qi to think in this direction: "No, these are two different things."
Su Qi smiled and said, "What's the difference? They're both ways to boost popularity and create momentum. If you're with me, your popularity will rise even faster."
Xu Qiyuan gestured to Shen Chaohuai to hurry up and coax her. He had finally managed to appease his wife, but she inexplicably became angry again.
"Really, no, you have to believe me..."
Shen Chaohuai followed behind her pitifully, but she deliberately ignored him.
Xu Qiyuan sighed and patted Su Qi's shoulder: "Nannan, Mr. Shen really didn't think that way. He agreed to sign with me in the first place so that he could stand on the same screen as you."
"It's all for you."
Su Qi felt a little better after hearing this. It made sense; she clearly knew why Shen Chaohuai had agreed to become an artist in the first place, but now she was overthinking it.
What's wrong with her?
Whenever she thought about anything related to Shen Chaohuai, she couldn't help but overthink.
She will suddenly become very concerned about his attitude towards her and how he views their relationship.
Su Qi shook his head and calmed down for a few seconds.
"Forget it, it's not important."
Since he bullied her, then she should bully him back.
"Let's start recording first, so as not to delay the filming schedule."
"Okay, sure." Xu Qiyuan and his team prepared the camera.
Seeing that Su Qi suddenly became indifferent, Shen Chaohuai's heart began to race.
Both of them had changed their clothes. The costumes were not very convenient for wearing in ancient times, and Su Qi felt a little uncomfortable sitting on the "dragon throne," but she quickly adjusted.
The first scene depicts the story of the male lead, Shen Chaohuai, who runs away from his arranged marriage but is captured and punished by Empress Su Qi.
The props team prepared a ruler and told Su Qi to use it as she saw fit.
The lines were prepared in advance, but after reading them, Su Qi felt they weren't quite right. Remembering that he hadn't yet taken action to take revenge, he rolled his eyes and walked barefoot to Shen Chaohuai.
Shen Chaohuai was stunned. This part wasn't in the script, was it?
She was wearing her nightgown and reached out to help him take off his costume.
Shen Chaohuai instinctively covered his chest, his expression slightly frightened.
"you you……"
She used a ruler to lift his chin: "It is a serious crime for a palace servant to escape without permission, and he should be punished."
He looked up blankly, sweat running down his forehead and neck, soaking his see-through costume and making him look slightly alluring.
Xu Qiyuan clapped his hands: "Good, good, good, that's the feeling I want."
She crouched down and grabbed his neck. Shen Chaohuai blinked and muttered softly, "You won't really kill me, will you?"
"Waaah, Xiao Qi, I was wrong..."
He pleaded softly, his expression one of distress and anxiety.
Those watching thought it was a movie shoot, but Shen Chaohuai was genuinely scared.
"Young Master Shen's acting skills are getting better and better!"
"Miss Su's acting is also quite good! At least she has actually read the script, which makes a difference."
She gently tapped Shen Chaohuai's body with a ruler, her originally beautiful and charming eyes showing even more emotion and panic.
She moved closer and closer, as if deliberately teasing him, and then kissed him directly.
Shen Chaohuai's bloodshot eyes widened instantly. He wanted to push her away, but he couldn't bear to.
Her kiss carried a hint of personal grudge; she bit down hard on his lip, leaving a bright red mark of blood.
"Do you still dare to run?" she said.
Knowing it was an impromptu performance, he composed himself, adjusted his demeanor, and looked at her: "Why did Your Majesty suddenly stop? I... hate Your Majesty's haughty attitude the most."
Xu Qiyuan clapped his hands: "Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! It added a touch of emotion without straying from the character. I give this impromptu performance a perfect score!"
If Shen Chaohuai's character wasn't a spoiled young man, he would have jumped up and pinned her down long ago.
But he still couldn't bring himself to express his feelings in public; he couldn't look into Su Qi's eyes.
He was willing to play along with her and succumb to her charms.
She deliberately hooked her arm around the belt of his costume, her eyes lowered.
Shen Chaohuai reached out to stop him: "No, you can't."
The more you refuse, the more I feel...
"interesting."
"Playing hard to get? Or are you just playing hard to get with me?"
Everyone on set covered their mouths and chuckled like doting aunts: "Su Qi's performance in this scene was so convincing, it really felt like she was the Empress!"
He sneered, "How could I not feel anything? It's clearly just me being myself."
The next second, Su Qi used the belt he had just torn off to wrap around Shen Chaohuai's neck.
The entire audience was stunned, and he retreated repeatedly.
"Why are you running?!"
"Cut!" Xu Qiyuan gave the order to stop filming.
"This is a serious scene, a serious scene! This part won't pass censorship if we film it, little girls, take it easy!"
"Even if feelings develop between you on set, we can wait until filming is over. I'll arrange for you to share a hotel room, okay?"
"Pfft." Su Qi took a sip of coffee during the break and almost choked on Xu Qiyuan's words.
Shen Chaohuai's cheeks flushed red with anger, both ashamed and furious: "Su Qi!"
"What...what did you just mean?!"
Su Qi looked up at him, raised an eyebrow, and said with a deliberately smiling smile, "Of course, it's to seek revenge when the opportunity arises."
"I almost thought you were going to murder me." Shen Chaohuai's aggrieved expression, coupled with his costume and long hair, made Su Qi seriously suspect that such a beautiful man was born in the wrong era.
She put down her coffee cup and watched as he touched his bitten lip, a sense of accomplishment suddenly welling up inside her.
For a long time afterward, whenever they had a scene together, Shen Chaohuai would look at Su Qi with a flushed face, which drew applause from the entire audience who praised Shen Chaohuai's acting skills.
According to the script, the male lead is supposed to look at the female lead with embarrassment, since he forced her, and that would prevent the character from being out of character.
However, Shen Chaohuai not only felt wronged, but also a little angry.
"You've already made me the emperor, so why should I always have to be your subordinate?"
No one understood Shen Chaohuai's meaning.
He suddenly became a little temperamental, which Su Qi found somewhat unusual.
Who told him to bully her before? They're even now.
"No, Director Xu, I'm one of your artists, and this is my last scene with you. You have to be considerate of me, right?"
Xu Qiyuan: "Uh."
Xu Qiyuan treated both of them like children, and seeing that the two of them didn't get along, he was also unhappy.
"Okay, how do you want me to take care of you?"
Shen Chaohuai put his hands on his hips and said, "I'll play the emperor, and she'll play the courtier."
"what?!"
Xu Qiyuan quickly jumped up and covered Shen Chaohuai's mouth, but unfortunately, the other person was too tall to reach.
"Cross-dressing performance? No way!"
"My reputation is already so-so, I can't afford to mess things up!"
After hearing this, Su Qi turned around and said, "Isn't that similar to filming a normal period drama?"
"Can this still be called a drama with a matriarchal background?"
Xu Qiyuan nodded after hearing this: "That makes sense. Then wouldn't all the material I carefully prepared have been wasted?"
Shen Chaohuai blinked, racked his brains, and finally clapped his hands together, realizing his idea.
"I'll play the Empress, and she'll play the male attendant!"
Goodness, they even swapped genders while acting, how did you even come up with that?
I thought Xu Qiyuan wouldn't agree, but to my surprise, he said, "Great idea! This way, it won't go against the script's background, and it will also take Xiao Huai's feelings into account!"
"Just do it!"