Chapter 128

Li Li Yitong couldn't fall asleep with her legs wrapped around the quilt.

Her mind was full of Mu Chen’s domineering figure from these past few days.

Clearly, he didn't look as handsome or as stunning as Mu Chen before.

But he just had a mature big shot’s extremely powerful aura.

That temperament was hard to forget every time it came to mind.

Thinking of that figure, Li Li Yitong’s eyelids gradually drooped.

Just as she was getting sleepy.

Next door suddenly had movement again.

Li Li Yitong was instantly startled awake from her light sleep.

Her whole person didn't feel good.

She was so angry that she threw the pillow directly at the wall.

Said angrily:

"Gao Ye, you jerk, are you ever going to finish!"

"I’ll definitely suggest Mr. Mu replace you tomorrow!"

The next day.

Li Li Yitong arrived with a pair of panda eyes.

She looked rather haggard as she headed to the set.

Upon seeing Mu Chen, she walked straight over to him.

Just as she was about to say something,

she immediately saw Mu Chen’s expression darken.

He said coldly:

"What is wrong with you?"

"What were you doing not sleeping at night?"

"Why did you come here with two dark circles under your eyes?"

"Don't you know you have scenes to shoot today?"

The rapid-fire questions left Li Li Yitong stunned.

She even forgot the original reason she had come to find Mu Chen.

Thinking back to what she had experienced the previous night,

she felt incredibly aggrieved.

It wasn't her fault, okay?

She had kindly wanted to give Mu Chen a heads-up.

Her mouth pouted, and she hung her head, saying nothing.

Li Li Yitong, who had always presented a sweet face to everyone, now had a bitter expression.

Seeing Li Li Yitong like this, and noticing the gazes from others on set,

Mu Chen couldn't say much more.

He just glared at her and said:

"Go back and catch up on sleep!"

"Come back and film in the afternoon!"

Li Li Yitong paused upon hearing this.

This tyrant really was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

Subconsciously, she spoke up:

"Mr. Mu, I have something to tell you!"

"Hmm? What do you want to say?"

Mu Chen looked at Li Li Yitong.

Li Li Yitong hesitated; after all, she had never been one to tattle.

But Gao Ye was truly being too outrageous.

Not to mention how it affected her, she had to act too!

How could she perform well in that state?

How could she be worthy of Mr. Mu’s attention?

Thinking of this, Li Li Yitong gritted her teeth.

She whispered:

"Gao Ye is being improper!!!"

Pfft...

Mu Chen was stunned by Li Li Yitong’s words.

What kind of nonsense was this?

He frowned slightly and asked:

"Why would you say that?"

Li Li Yitong’s face turned red, then pale.

Clearly, she was thinking of everything from last night.

Finally, she stammered:

"You told her to go back and work on her acting yesterday!"

"She did well, alright—she didn't sleep all night, just squealing and making noise!"

"I don't want to tattle on her, but... but she really went too far!"

"If she can't pass the scene, she should be working hard on her craft!"

"Although... although I know this is her private business!"

"But if... if she keeps doing this, it won't just affect her, it will affect your whole production!"

"So... so I just!"

"I..."

As she spoke, Li Li Yitong’s head sank lower and lower.

Saying these things took every ounce of her courage.

If it weren't for the fact that Mu Chen was Jin Chen’s man,

if it weren't for the fact that Mu Chen’s acting had won her over,

and if it weren't for how Mu Chen had favored Da Xi yesterday,

she would never have said these things to this tyrant.

It was definitely not because she was worried about him.

Mu Chen, hearing Li Li Yitong’s words,

was completely dumbfounded.

Was the hotel soundproofing that bad?

Or was Gao Ye’s voice that piercing?

He had felt it was fine, though!!!

But at this moment, looking at Li Li Yitong, who looked like a child who had done something wrong,

he suddenly understood why she had arrived with dark circles under her eyes.

He felt a bit embarrassed himself.

He coughed lightly and said:

"You live next door to her?"

Li Li Yitong nodded, not daring to lift her head, like a quail.

Mu Chen felt a slight headache.

Finally, he said with a straight face:

"Maybe I told her to go back and really think about how to become more like the Big Sister-in-law, so she was just finding the feeling herself!"

"It’s a shame it affected your rest!"

"How about I have Xu Xu Jizhou change your room?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Mu Chen’s words, Li Li Yitong’s brain couldn't quite keep up.

Finding the feeling???

And then she was making noise all night?

Did she misunderstand Gao Ye?

But that couldn't be right!

Li Li Yitong, unable to figure it out after a full circle of thought,

said weakly:

"But..."

Mu Chen interrupted her:

"Alright, enough with the 'buts'!"

"Go back and rest first. Regardless of whether she’s performing well or not, can you perform well in your current state?"

Hearing Mu Chen’s cold voice,

Li Li Yitong suddenly felt very aggrieved.

What the heck!

She was doing this for his sake, okay!

And he was still being so fierce with her!

So annoying!

But she could only say weakly:

"I know, I’ll go back and rest immediately!"

Seeing Li Li Yitong’s pitiful appearance,

Mu Chen added:

"Drink some hot milk when you get back; you’ll fall asleep faster!"

Li Li Yitong’s footsteps, as she turned to leave, paused slightly.

She immediately responded crisply:

"Got it!"

Her pace as she walked away was much lighter.

Her expression also looked much better.

This tyrant, he actually cared about her?

Watching Li Li Yitong’s figure,

Mu Chen felt a bit like a thief with a guilty conscience.

He was used to the feeling of being unbridled with Jin Chen in the villa.

Yesterday, he had gone a bit crazy.

After all, who could resist the temptation of transforming the still-green Gao Ye into a mature, charming Big Sister-in-law!

He was doing it for his investment, too.

For the sake of this show.

Definitely not for anything else.

It was just that Mu Chen hadn't expected it.

The cold, sexy Big Sister-in-law he saw on TV in his past life

was actually a 'crying baby' in reality.

Mu Chen had seen so many women,

but she was the best at 'crying'.

No wonder Li Li Yitong couldn't sleep.

Putting himself in her shoes,

if he were Li Li Yitong, he wouldn't be able to sleep either.

But was this woman truly stupid or just pretending???

She listened to the wall for a whole night and didn't realize it was him?

She had a face that looked quite sharp for nothing.

She had no idea it was because Li Li Yitong still firmly believed Mu Chen was a devoted man.

She didn't even think in Mu Chen’s direction!

After sleeping for only a few hours,

by the afternoon,

Li Li Yitong’s mental state had recovered.

But even after arriving on set,

whenever she met Mu Chen’s gaze, she would always turn her head away with a bit of pride.

She had a temper too, okay.

She kindly reminded Mu Chen and got scolded for it—who could take that?

Even if he told her to go back to sleep and drink milk,

she was still a bit angry.

He only knew how to talk; it would be better if he had boiled the milk himself and fed it to her!

Anyone who didn't know better would think they were a young couple having a spat.

Mu Chen found it quite funny.

He couldn't be bothered to deal with Li Li Yitong’s little moods.

He continued filming each scene,

while feeling the feedback from each performance.

But once acting reached the top tier,

the speed of growth slowed down significantly.

Several tasks showed no hope of completion for the time being.

However, the friend task was unknowingly nearing completion.

They were: Wen Wen Wen Yongshan, Watching Watching Made Ni Ni, Da Da Mimi, Yi Yi Menglin, Zhang Zhang Baizhi, Zhang Zhang, Jin Chen, and Zhang Zhang Zhang Tianai.

Two more people and he would complete the next stage of the task.

With some effort, there was a good chance of finishing it.

Last time it gave a top-tier entry; this time it couldn't be worse than the first stage, right!

Another task, the Mentor and Friend task, had also seen one more completion during this time.

[Stage Task Six: Mentor and Friend, have 3, 6, 9 good friends of the same profession on your career journey, reward unknown! Task progress (2/3)]

The speed of completion was a bit beyond his imagination.

That person was Zhang Yi, who had been spending more time by his side recently than any woman.

He would ask Mu Chen questions from time to time.

Every time he got an answer from Mu Chen, he would ponder it carefully and then exclaim in amazement.

Of course, Zhang Yi’s acting had also improved significantly during this time.

As for the remaining tasks, the most likely to be completed

were probably the Fame task and the Villain task.

[Stage Task Three: Fame Abroad, gain 10 million, 50 million, 100 million fans, reward unknown. Task progress (33.88 million/50 million)]

Unknowingly, Mu Chen already had over 30 million fans.

This was thanks to Mu Chen hitting the trending list time and time again.

Especially recently, after the clip of Mu Chen’s performance in *No More Bets* was exposed, the growth was particularly high.

People were saying they should dye their hair and have the police investigate Mu Chen.