Film Empress’s Daily Face Slapping

Thank you, I’ll let Xiao Zhou return the jacket after I wash it.”

The evening breeze was slightly cold.
The drizzling rain fell on them as their eyes met.
He softly “En” but when he saw the suitcase in her hand, he slightly frowned, “Do you need me to send you up?”

“No, it’s fine.
There’s an elevator inside.” Su Shen was afraid that he would see her off.  She dragged the suitcase toward the complex while holding an umbrella and suddenly looked back.
Su Shen saw Xie Yan still standing there and couldn’t help but said loudly, “Be careful on the road.”

After that, she turned back and walked straight ahead.
As he saw that petite figure gradually disappearing from sight, Xie Yan only then smiled.
When he recovered his senses, his body was covered with tiny raindrops.
After he got into the car, he accidentally found a file bag on the car seat.

……

When she got home, Su Shen immediately took a shower.
When she came out fresh and clean, it was already 1 AM.
She then blow dried her hair and sorted out the contents in her suitcase.

When she got into bed, she noticed that Xie Yan had sent her a message.

Xie Yan: You left a file bag in the car.

When she saw that, Su Shen suddenly remembered that she didn’t put the script that Liu jie gave her today away into her suitcase.
It seemed like she had forgotten to bring it up when she went back to the hotel.

Su Shen: I’ll ask Xiao Zhou to go and pick it up the day after tomorrow as well as return your jacket in passing.

After a while, he then replied.

Xie Yan: Ok.

In fact, Su Shen was also very baffled.
People who had worked with Xie Yan knew that he was not much of an ardent person and was even somewhat aloof.
Despite Wang Cheng calling Xie Yan ge left and right, he actually didn’t even have Xie Yan’s WeChat.
But he was really overly enthusiastic today to even send her back in the middle of the night.
It was too far fetched to say it’s because of just a meal.

Su Shen didn’t think too deeply about it.
What if he was just a tsundere*?

tsundere – a term that depicts a person who is initially cold before gradually showing a warmer, friendlier side over time

After scrolling through Weibo, she noticed that her follower count had increased by a lot.
Su Shen then posted a sticker onto her Weibo.
Although there were a lot of anti-fans, she was already used to it especially after the matter with Xie Yan with her exposure rate increasing a lot.
In the past few days, her followers had increased by almost a million.
Anti-fans weren’t scary, the fearful part was when anti-fans wouldn’t even bother to hate on you.
That’s the most frightsome thing in the entertainment industry.

The next day, she slept until noon and made something to eat.
She then hand washed Xie Yan’s jacket and swept through the entire condo.

At 5 PM, Liu jie came and picked her up to go to the dinner with the investors and producers for Green Blood Sword.

“Dress well.
What’re you afraid of? Your sister is going to go later too.
You should at least leave a good impression on the investors and producers.” Liu jie looked with dissatisfaction when she picked out a yellow dress.

Su Shen placed that dress back and swept through her closet.
She took out a blue dress, “This one?”

She had never worn any V-necks nor clothes that showed her chest and she didn’t want to wear those either.

“Okay, this one then.” Liu jie looked at her watch and insipidly said while leaning against the door, “The producers have already divulged their opinion.
Your popularity is still not high enough so you would have to form a cp with Jiang Yin to raise the hype.
Jiang Yin’s manager has already contacted me and said that they will cooperate with the drama’s promotions.
So no matter what the production team does in the future, you have to cooperate and can’t come forth to clarify.” 

Su Shen didn’t say anything.
After changing her clothes in the bathroom, she then sat in front of the vanity to draw on her eyebrows, “As long as it’s not too excessive.” 

She put on some light makeup and threw her hair into a bun.
After all, the heroine for this drama was a sweet, naive young girl.
If she were to dress too mature, it would give an impression of being too different from the role.

The dinner was at a five-star hotel downtown.
When they arrived, it was almost seven.
Su Shen had received a message from her sister and was planning to wait for her at the entrance.

After five or six minutes, Su Ruan appeared at the entrance of the hotel.
Her navy maxi dress made her appear especially tall.
The contrast of her brown blowout against her skin made it appear even fairer.
Her entire body exuded the charisma of a strong independent woman.
There was no sign on her which showed that she was a mum to a four year old boy. 

“Liu jie.” Su Ruan smiled as she approached and shook hands with Liu jie.
Then, she turned her gaze to Su Shen, “It must’ve been hard for you to procure so many opportunities for her with just her aptitude.”

Knowing that she was talking about her terrible acting, Su Shen arched an eyebrow and laughed vainly.
Liu jie, however, courteously laughed as she walked in front, “If it wasn’t for you, this drama wouldn’t have been able to be procured.”

“That’s certainly not the case.
That small investment of mine wouldn’t have been able to play the decisive role.
It’s thanks to your negotiations in the middle, else Su Shen wouldn’t have been so lucky.” Su Ruan walked in front with her clutch in hand.
The two of them courteously chatted.

Su Shen followed behind and didn’t cut in.
At this time, there were quite a bit of people in the lobby.
She wasn’t afraid of getting her photos taken however.
Those who went in and out of this kind of place were all wealthy people and wouldn’t even spare a glance at those A-listers even more so at her, an 18th-tier actress. 

The waiter led the way and soon, they passed through a corridor and arrived at a private room.
As soon as the door opened, one could see that it was already full of people inside.
Su Ruan immediately went in and greeted everyone.

The director and the producer were there, with the rest being brand representatives.
They were either bald or had a beer belly, either way they all looked very churning.
Yet, Su Ruan still managed to skillfully and easily exchange pleasantries with them.

Su Shen noticed that Jiang Yin was also there.
He was sitting next to the director in athleisure attire slouching over while playing on his phone.
There were also some other artists, most likely the ones who had passed the audition and for the most part were all newcomers, seemingly a bit more reserved.
That Zhu Qinqin was also surprisingly inside.
She wore a red v-neck dress which exposed the splendor of her spring.
The 40 or 50 year old man next to her incessantly stared at her but she still went along and made a toast to him.

She saw Su Shen enter with Su Ruan and a trace of jealousy immediately flashed in her eyes.
She clenched her hands but she still smiled and chatted with the middle-aged man beside her.

“Go and sit down.” Liu jie gave her a push.

After Su Ruan sat down, there were only two seats left.
Su Shen could only sit down next to Jiang Yin and wasn’t sure whether she should greet him or not.

“President Su, is this your sister? Sure enough, if the elder sister was already so beautiful then the younger sister wouldn’t be any less.
For CEO Zhuang to have a wife like President Su, it must’ve been the karma he had accumulated from his past life!” A middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes with a beer belly immediately burst into laughter.

As his words fell, Su Ruan courteously smiled and raised her glass to that man, “President Zhang’s words are exactly what I like to hear.
I’ll toast you with this glass first then!”

For those in business, no matter how bad their drinking capacity was, they wouldn’t be too off.
Su Shen watched as her sister smiled and mutually lauded with those people.
But from her words, it was all about asking the other party to take more care of her in the future.

Su Shen felt very warm.
It turned out that in this world there were still actions that were done without any demands in return.

“Remember to stay to sign the contract later, don’t leave so quickly.” Liu jie leaned her head over and whispered.

Su Shen nodded, expressing that she knows.
Fortunately, her sister was here and those people didn’t have her drink.
Otherwise for these types of dinners, drinking was a small matter, it was more common for people to act similar to what was happening to Zhu Qinqin—getting groped.

“You don’t look much like your sister.”

Su Shen was taken aback and turned to look at Jiang Yin.
The phone in his hand was still lit but his gaze, however, landed on her.
A smile was plastered on his bright and sunny face, yet that was already enough for those female fans to go crazy.

Su Shen took a sip of the juice on the table and insipidly smiled at him, “You mean my sister is better looking than me?”

He didn’t expect that she would make jokes seeing as she was so quiet.
Their eyes met and Jiang Yin suddenly laughed, his voice clear, “You’re prettier than your sister.”