Hua Jin was rather taken aback by Liang Yin’s words and continued, “I didn’t expect you to speak with such depth. I always thought you had a simple mind.”


  Liang Yin looked at him angrily but said nothing.

  The steaks were served. Sirloin steaks, medium rare, with some streaks of rawness still.

  When Liang Yin saw the redness and asked, “How done is this?”


  “Seventy percent.”


  “Isn’t it too raw?”


  “Not at all. The steak is very tender when cooked like this.” With that, he took the plate of steak from her.

  Liang Yin thought that he was snatching her steak and glared at him resentfully. The actor glanced at her as he sliced the steak, bit by bit, into ribbed strips. He knew well which parts were harder to chew, so he cut this into cubes. After this was done, he handed the steak back to her.

  When Liang Yin saw this, she was a little surprised by this display of his gentlemanly side. It turned out that he had taken her steak so that he could slice it for her? Liang Yin was flattered.

  Why did she have the strangest illusion? Now that the two of them were sitting in a western restaurant, they actually looked like a couple on a date.

  The actor gave her a meaningful look. He had no idea what she was thinking. She was staring down at the steak nervously, her face flushed. Therefore, he thought that the heating in the room was too strong and walked over to turn down the temperature.

  Before returning to his seat, he ruined the wonderful atmosphere with what he said next.

  “Remember, put on your best performance tomorrow at the set.”


  Liang Yin was speechless.

  He gave her a look of displeasure. “I’m treating you to a fancy western meal. Surely you couldn’t bear for me to be kicked out of the crew, right?”


  Liang Yin blushed and muttered, “It’s not like I did that on purpose…”


  The actor smiled at that. “I know, but no one knows what’s going on. In today’s society, it’s all about the results, not the process. Whatever your reasons, you ultimately didn’t do a good job.”


  As Liang Yin was deep in thought, the actor continued, “It’s not like you can’t do a good job. You’re a good actor, aren’t you?”


  “Really?!”


  “Uh huh…” He gave her a charming smile. “You have to believe that you’re very good. Don’t think you can’t do this. You were just nervous the other day.”


  Liang Yin listened and nodded solemnly.

  After the western meal, as Liang Yin and Hua Jin were walking back towards the hotel entrance, they started rehearsing her lines. As they approached the hotel room, they saw a girl crouching in the corner of the long corridor, crying. She was crying very sadly, with tears streaming down her face.

  Liang Yin was about to step forward when the actor stopped her.

  “What are you doing?”


  “I’m just going to ask what the situation is.”


  “Don’t go there.” Hua Jin warned her. “Mind your own business.”


  Liang Yin was unimpressed and retorted, “She’s squatting here crying. Maybe she’s troubled by something. I’m just asking.”


  She pushed past him and approached the girl. She crouched beside her and asked, “What’s the matter?”


  The girl, who had been immersed in her sadness, jumped when she suddenly heard Liang Yin’s voice. When she saw that it was Hua Jin, she was shocked however she did not stop crying. In fact, she cried even harder.

  Liang Yin helped her to her feet with some difficulty. As she did so, a sheet of paper fell to the ground.

  “What’s this?”


  Before Hua Jin could stop her, Liang Yin had already bent down to pick it up.