Chapter 11: The Warm Marquis Really Was Overly Impolite

Today, Bai Liang and Gu Li Naza have a scene together.

Fortunately, the shoot is scheduled for the afternoon, but before filming, Gu Li Naza wanted to rehearse with him first.

After all, Bai Liang had previously asked her for advice.

She promised to guide him; she couldn't break her word.

But after Bai Liang finished his horseback riding scene, he vanished—Naza waited for a long time without seeing him, and if she waited any longer, they'd miss lunch.

With no other option, she sent her own assistant to find him.

The assistant happily went off—and was remarkably efficient.

But when she returned, her expression was strange: "Little White Brother was just blocked by someone."

"Huh?"

More accurately, Bai Liang wasn't blocked—he just stopped.

Because Mencius stood in his path to find Gu Li Naza; after exchanging a few lines with him, she fell silent, just staring at him with wide eyes.

Bai Liang didn't quite understand her intent, but fine.

He wasn't in a hurry.

If the enemy doesn't move, neither do I.

The two of them just stood there, staring at each other, for nearly ten minutes!

Mencius: Just move already~

Looking at the clueless, innocent face of Bai Liang, she felt utterly exasperated—how had things suddenly turned into this?

She'd only come over out of sudden curiosity, having heard something interesting, to greet this little brother.

As a newcomer to the industry, wanting to make some interesting friends was perfectly normal.

But after just two sentences, the atmosphere turned awkwardly silent, neither knowing what to say.

The key was, Bai Liang kept staring at her, as if waiting for her to keep talking...

Bai Liang: I'm fine. Just being alive is enough.

Fortunately, Gu Li Naza's assistant broke the silence, coming over to ask when Bai Liang would come rehearse—Miss Naza was waiting for him.

Though she sensed the assistant's gaze toward her was slightly unfriendly, Mencius still sighed in relief.

Saved!

As she hurriedly took her leave, she found the earlier scene amusing—somewhat absurd, yet she also felt this guy...

Too patient, and his emotions were so stable!

Her keen ears, skilled at gathering "intelligence," had caught the assistant's words: Oh—he's playing Lu Bu.

Too bad, she has no scene with him.

After all, she's just playing a maid beside Lin Yu'er.

Lin Yu'er's female lead, Xia Hou Qingyi, is a purely fictional character created solely to romance Zhao Zilong.

What connection could she possibly have with Lu Bu?

But just thinking of Bai Liang's capybara-like cluelessness made her want to laugh again—she couldn't imagine him as Lu Bu.

Even just now, when he rode his horse with youthful vigor, he still didn't resemble Lu Bu at all.

Fortunately, this is "The Divine Warrior Zhao Zilong," not "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

Indeed, Bai Liang soon felt it too.

"Are you the Warm Marquis?"

"How does the Young Lady know me?"

"Red Hare among horses, Lu Bu among men—your fame as the Warm Marquis echoes far, even reaching my boudoir."

"May I ask your name, Young Lady?"

"Diao Chan."

"How impolite of me."

"......"

"Diao Chan arrives late—please forgive me, Warm Marquis!"

(scrutinizing)

"...... Great figure!"

Bai Liang couldn't hold back—he burst out laughing. The Warm Marquis really was overly impolite!

That phrase just felt oddly off somehow.

Like in this drama, everyone's still searching for the Yi Tian Sword and Qing Jiang Sword—these two swords are "national treasures," held by Zhao Zilong.

"Don't break character!" Gu Li Naza, infected by his laughter, chuckled too.

Realizing it, she playfully slapped Bai Liang, worried about too many retakes.

No laughing! Even if you laugh beautifully, it's still not allowed!

Bai Liang immediately apologized, admitting it was his fault.

Actually, he hadn't broken character many times—most of Lu Bu's scenes were still serious.

And he was gradually discovering the joy of acting! Playing someone else really was fun!

Now he was eagerly looking forward to seeing himself on TV.

The set quickly restarted—take two. This time, Bai Liang didn't laugh; he delivered his lines.

"Cut! Good!"

The director remained calm, offering no feedback, raising no complaints.

Clearly, the standards weren't very high.

Two scenes filmed back-to-back didn't take much time either—mainly dialogue scenes between the two of them, no fight choreography needed.

Bai Liang still needs a few more days of practice with the martial arts coordinator before filming the action scenes for real, but the difficulty isn't that high either—mostly just striking poses, not many actual moves.

After today's scenes were wrapped, Gulina Zha was in high spirits, smiling as she said: "Acting isn't that hard, right? And I've got you covered."

She felt that she'd accidentally delivered the performance of her career!

Maybe it also had something to do with how, when she had nothing better to do earlier, she'd gone to watch Lin Genxin and Lin Wener film their scenes.

Classmate Nazha's confidence owed a fair amount to their contribution.

"Right, it's really not that hard."

Bai Liang did understand the art of conversation—especially when a Miss was riding high.

Some things on set really weren't written in any book, like when to look at the camera, when to pretend not to see the camera, and so on, including some blocking and the like.

But Bai Liang had picked all that up pretty quickly just from watching other people act.

As for Gulina Zha's role... well, an encouraging one, just as her name suggests.

Or rather, precisely because it was a scene opposite her, the director thought: Hey, this young fellow's not bad at all.

Although there's a tiny difference from the Lu Bu in the public's imagination, at least he's filled out that suit of armor—the air of a spirited young general is there.

He just doesn't look like Lu Bu—he looks like Huo Qubing.

But the assistant director in charge of filming their scene still praised him a couple of times.

After accepting the praise, Bai Liang didn't forget to glance at Gulina Zha—hey, half the credit for that compliment goes to you.

Nazha: Well, of course!

Just as her little assistant's gaze at the two of them was starting to feel a bit off, her phone buzzed and Gulina Zha started fishing it out again.

Seeing her hurriedly typing back a reply, Bai Liang found it very strange.

He couldn't see any pocket anywhere on her costume—where was she hiding the phone?

Oh~~

There's inner clothing underneath~

Strangely enough, after firing off a few messages while clutching her phone, Gulina Zha's performance state plummeted.

Even Bai Liang could tell she was distracted.

It directly caused the very last scene of the day—the Miss kept running into problems, while Bai Liang grew more and more in his element...

By comparison, she looked more like the newbie acting for the first time.

"Cut! Nazha, take a moment to adjust—you're a bit unfocused..."

"I'm sorry."

Gulina Zha hurriedly bowed in apology, her pretty face full of remorse.

Then she bit her lip and shot Bai Liang a slightly resentful glance.

She wasn't blaming him, mainly she just felt a bit embarrassed.

That look, though, instantly surpassed anything she'd ever managed in serious acting—it really could set hearts ablaze.

It could probably make over ninety-five percent of men feel a flutter in their chest.

Only, that look of hers was a bit too easy to misunderstand—people always got the feeling there was something going on between the two of them.

Luckily, Bai Liang's resistance really was high enough, or maybe he just had more morals... after a glance at Nazha's phone, he simply offered a couple of comforting words.

His "iron-hearted" style, though, made onlookers look at him with new respect while simultaneously sighing in regret.

What a fool!

At a time like this, instead of going to comfort such a pretty Miss, he went off to the side to play with his Fang Tian Halberd.

Some of the older rogues on set really wanted to give Bai Liang a piece of advice: Young man, stop gripping that halberd shaft—how could that thing compare to such a beautiful Miss?

Bai Liang: Watching her brings me joy, / Practicing the halberd tires me out, / Wilted and listless— / How can I build a glorious future?

He, Mr. Bai, was unmoved by feminine charms.

So he watched her on one side and practiced on the other.