The words "ungrateful son" fell heavily.
The driver felt as if the car he was driving was shaking slightly, and for a moment, he worried if there was a safety issue with the vehicle.
Who could have imagined that it was the gossips in the back who were about to burst from holding in their laughter?
[He's a hopeless romantic himself, so he thinks everyone else is too? He actually believes that proposing marriage is a way of repaying kindness, something Pei Mingxuan has been dreaming of, which is why he's so upset when he's rejected.]
The Qin family: ... Pfft pfft pfft, hold it in, this ungrateful son is quite the rebel!
[The problem is that even when she's not responding, he still hasn't realized the issue. He still thinks Pei Mingxuan loves him too humbly, cares too much about his career, and doesn't dare to face the opportunity he's granting her to spend a lifetime together.]
The Qin family: Too humble? Puh-hahaha.
[What's even funnier is that he sincerely wants to get married. He feels he shouldn't be led around by the nose by Xu Meng anymore and should choose Pei Mingxuan, who loves him unconditionally. So even without a staged proposal, he's already assumed Pei Mingxuan is his fiancée.]
[Wait... does Pei Mingxuan know she's been forced to join their weird PLAY?]
The Qin family: Stop, stop, we're going to die laughing.
Everyone could no longer hold it in, afraid of laughing out loud, so they quickly spoke up to continue Qin Zhao's previous conversation, expressing doubts about the couple's relationship.
"But what if Sister Pei believes it... won't she be deceived?" Qin Rong worried, "After all, it's a sincere confession from someone she's known for so many years."
"She's so professional, maybe she can see through the problem," said Qin Yan.
[It's really not certain. I can only say it's a shame our Sister Pei doesn't have a god's-eye view, otherwise she would have slapped some sense into this lunatic long ago.]
[After all, seeing Sun Mo being ruthlessly betrayed and abandoned, suffering through it so painfully, then taking revenge on Xu Meng so many times, never actively contacting her for five years, constantly talking about hate - for someone as love-blind as Sister Pei, she probably wouldn't think that some people just have a masochistic nature.]
[She and Sun Mo do have deep feelings, so she's genuinely unsure if Sun Mo's confession is true or false.]
Hearing this, everyone immediately became worried for Pei Mingxuan. What if this shrewd girl softens her heart for a moment and gets tricked...
[But! She doesn't care about whether it's true or false at all. Sister Pei just wants Sun Mo to work for her obediently without causing any trouble.]
[So if he really likes her, she'd be relieved. It's within a controllable range, better than him still having lingering feelings for Xu Meng. It saves her from having to deal with troubles that could affect their future and having to think of ways to manage public relations.]
[Now is their critical period. She'd love to whip Sun Mo into properly preparing for the performance. Love or no love, marriage or no marriage, all of it needs to be put on hold. After everything is completed, then she can sort things out with him properly, to avoid stimulating him in the meantime and causing her trouble.]
Hearing this, Qin Xian suddenly spoke up, "Pei Mingxuan is very professional, and her ambition is also very big, so she won't care about relationship issues. Moreover, this period of time is indeed the most critical moment."
"Because of the transformation?" Qin Zhao asked.
Qin Xian gave Qin Zhao a helpless look, "Don't you pay attention to the industry news at all? Pei Mingxuan is leading Sun Mo in a bet against their company. She wants to become independent with Sun Mo. So now, she can't afford any setbacks."
Everyone suddenly realized why Pei Mingxuan didn't immediately clarify everything and wake Sun Mo up when he mentioned the proposal. It turns out she was using delaying tactics, afraid that the lunatic might act up and drop the ball at the crucial moment.
Everyone immediately felt relieved, but at the same time, why did they still want to laugh?
Logically speaking, Sun Mo should know what Pei Mingxuan is doing. It's clearly for the sake of his future, but now his mind is full of nothing but love.
"Sister Pei... everything's good about her, except for her eyesight," Ji Fei couldn't help but quip.
Qin Zhao said, "If we're really looking at it from a professional angle, Sun Mo is indeed a good seedling. Pei Mingxuan can indeed rely on him to take a risk. But..."
Everyone: But who could have thought he'd be such a hopeless romantic?
Ji Fei: [Rely on a mountain and the mountain may fall, rely on a romantic and they won't last three seconds.]
After all, they were the opponents for the next PK, so Ji Fei felt it necessary to seriously gather intelligence, definitely not because she wanted to watch the drama unfold.
So for the next few days.
[Puh-hahaha, Sun Mo actually took the initiative to ask Sister Pei on a date, and Sister Pei took him to see the performance coach...]
[Sun Mo saw Yang Hong and Xu Meng going out together, so he went straight to Sister Pei's house that night, planning to stay there. As a result, Sister Pei made him drink several bottles of coffee and they spent the whole night studying script issues.]
[Even after all this, Sun Mo still thinks it's because Pei Mingxuan lacks confidence, fears that he's not sincere about her, so she doesn't dare to let herself fall for him!]
[The next morning, Sun Mo went to the company meeting with dark circles under his eyes. Someone joked about where he had been playing all night without rest. Sun Mo said he hadn't gone anywhere, he'd been at Mingxuan's house. Firstly, it was to get back at Yang Hong and Xu Meng for going out together, and secondly, it was to give Pei Mingxuan confidence. But which one is true and which is false in the depths of his heart, even the Gossip System couldn't give an answer. After all, the human heart is unfathomable.]
[However, with his antics, the previously clean and clear relationship between the two was instantly polluted. It led to the leader directly calling Sister Pei for a meeting. I guess on this day, Sister Pei's desire to beat the child reached its peak.]
[Damn! She actually held it in. My Sister Pei has stable emotions.]
And so, they swayed and stumbled along until the rehearsal day arrived.
Generally, before the live broadcast, the program team would provide a venue and performance coaches to help with rehearsals and communicate about the stage effects needed at the time.
They would also arrange some simple filming to capture the rehearsal process, which would later be broadcast as behind-the-scenes footage during the live stream transitions. However, this would all be communicated in advance, so everyone would present a purposeful side.
Whether it was working hard in rehearsals, showing group conflicts, or displaying tacit cooperation, it all depended on how they wanted to attract fans.
Under Gao Hao's pressure, Ji Fei was obediently rehearsing, unable to even spare attention for gossip.
But after a while, Qin Rong, who had come along as an assistant, ran over excitedly, "There's a fight next door."
Ji Fei immediately switched from her half-dead state, "Brother Gao, I need a break."
Gao Hao was about to say no, that he would go check it out, but then he saw not only Ji Fei, but even Qin Zhao casually strolling over with hands in pockets to join the commotion.
Gao Hao held his head in his hands. The group he was leading were all rebels!
Well, he might as well go take a look too.
There were long strip windows high on the walls of the rehearsal room, originally designed to facilitate filming angles, but now perfect for their gossip session.
In the identical white rehearsal room, two pairs faced off against each other.
Sun Mo and Xu Meng stood on one side, Sun Mo with a gloomy face, Xu Meng with red eyes, looking bewildered.
Pei Mingxuan's face was ashen as she glared angrily at the two. Yang Hong stood beside her, but his face was blocked, so his expression couldn't be seen.
Based on previous information, Sun Mo and Xu Meng should have been rehearsing, while Pei Mingxuan and Yang Hong were probably delayed by their own matters and had just arrived together.
Had they seen something?
As everyone was puzzling over this, they heard Ji Fei's inner thoughts directly gasp.
[Holy crap, while rehearsing the scene, they started making out, getting so lost in it that the other two walked in and saw them red-handed. This time there was no buffer, they literally saw it happening. In one word: Absolute!]
After hearing this, Qin Zhao and Qin Rong took a sharp breath. How dare they!
Only Gao Hao, who couldn't read minds, looked confusedly at the three people beside him who were suddenly shaking and holding their breath as if having a fit. He had a strange feeling of being left out, unable to make heads or tails of the situation.
