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Chapter 388: Chapter 241 Chapter 388: Chapter 241 Wenyan’s cellphone was right at hand.

After a ‘ding’ alert sounded, she picked up the phone immediately.

Unlocking the screen, she saw a message from Xun Letian.

The message was very simple, consisting of only three words from beginning to end.

‘I’m sorry’

But before Wenyan could fully contemplate the meaning behind these three words, the message was retracted.

Wenyan stared at the cellphone screen for a while, quite puzzled.

However, the screen did not display “typing…” which made it clear that the other party had no intention of sending another message to explain.

Wenyan didn’t want to initiate contact with Xun Letian proactively, so she simply pretended she hadn’t seen it, as if she had never received the message.

On the other side.

Dai Yang was furious, clutching Xun Letian’s phone tightly, scolding him while pointing at his nose.

“Are you sick or what? Is your head filled with water? Why would you send her an ‘I’m sorry’? What are you trying to say, that you, that our entire team is both dumb and cowardly? From today onward, I’m confiscating your phone until this film is finished. You better smarten up! If you keep being complacent, the company will have to focus on promoting someone else.”

“Don’t!” Xun Letian admitted his mistake, “I was too impulsive just now, but thankfully, Brother Dai, you retracted the message in time. I think Wenyan mustn’t have seen it. She probably just thought I sent the message to the wrong person.”

“If you know you were impulsive, that’s good. Quickly adjust your state of mind, you better act well later on, don’t mess up the scene. This is a hard-won opportunity I begged for on your behalf.”

“Okay, I got it.” Xun Letian was holding back, “Thanks for looking out for me, Brother Dai, I will always remember your kindness.”

Dai Yang gave Xun Letian a look but said no more.

He took Xun Letian’s phone and left the resting tent.

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The next scene to be filmed was a kiss scene.

There were a total of only three kiss scenes in the entire script, one of which was for the supporting characters.

The other one was a kiss scene between the female lead and another male supporting character, which was lighter in content and scheduled for later on.

Before this significant kiss scene, Wenyan had already been filming with Xun Letian, sharing several scenes together.

Although the incident had occurred, Xun Letian himself had never confronted Wenyan face-to-face regarding the promotional and marketing CP matter.

Even that ‘I’m sorry’ message was retracted almost immediately.

So, during their collaborative filming, both behaved as if ‘nothing had ever happened.’

Both were in the zone throughout the shooting process.

Wenyan didn’t know what Xun Letian was thinking, anyway she was completely focused.

In the emotional scenes before the kiss, she gave an exceptional performance, bringing the emotional atmosphere to a peak, causing everyone on set to become teary-eyed along with her.

These scenes had also drained much of Wenyan’s emotions, so much so that for a long time after the director called ‘cut,’ Wenyan couldn’t step out of those emotions.

Xun Letian seemed to be the same.

The director knew it wasn’t easy to disengage from such emotion, so he gave them some time to adjust.

While the actors were adjusting, the director and the screenwriter were not idle either.

They gathered together to discuss the upcoming crucial scene.

After Wenyan had wiped away her tears and touched up her makeup, the director called her and Xun Letian over.

“Here’s the thing, we just discussed the next scene with the scriptwriting team, and we all agree that some changes need to be made,” the director said.

Wenyan nodded and asked, “What changes?”

“Because the performance you both gave in the entire scene earlier was so emotionally charged, we’ve decided to change the staged kiss to a real kiss to make it more authentic. The male actor will first touch your forehead lightly as if he’s being restrained, still holding back, but later he simply can’t overcome the inner struggle and suddenly breaks through the restraint, rushing into the kiss. Do you both understand? It’s a progressive process,” he explained.

“Right,” after the director finished, the screenwriter added a few words, “Because the two of you were so outstanding just now, showing restraint and helplessness so vividly, we feel that for the kiss scene, we need a concentrated moment of explosion to make it more impactful. But I don’t know where you two actors stand on intimacy in scenes, or what your limit is?”