"I'm here."
Li Yifeng stood behind Su He, speaking respectfully.
Su He did not rise. This scene was him playing the role of a wealthy heir meeting with a drug dealer.
Soon, a bald man with a scarred face walked in.
In the dimly lit Japanese-style room, the bald man carried a case and set it on the floor. He glanced at Li Yifeng and said, "New face?"
On the other side of the room, a geisha was playing the shamisen. Su He smiled faintly, took out a small knife from beside him and placed it on the table, raising his voice, "Too unpleasant to listen to. Go chop off her fingers!"
The geisha stopped and lay trembling on the floor.
Li Yifeng's face showed hesitation.
"Cut!"
"Yifeng, you're an undercover cop. The more situations like this, the more decisive you need to be. Today's audience can't accept that old approach anymore. No need for an inner struggle, just go over and chop off her fingers to gain their trust..."
Yu Qing demonstrated it for Li Yifeng.
Are criminals stupid? No, they're not. That's why the saying "to join the bandits" has existed since ancient times. How can an undercover cop emerge from the abyss if they don't enter it first?
Re-take. Li Yifeng walked over with a severed finger and tossed it in front of the bald man.
The bald man smiled, and Su He also smiled.
"What are you waiting for? Take her to get her finger re-attached. Did you think we were the real criminals?"
Li Yifeng left the room. The bald man asked doubtfully, "You're not afraid of having a cop around?"
Su He looked into the camera with an evil grin. "Doesn't that make it more fun?"
"Cut!"
"Excellent!"
Yu Qing kept replaying the scene, watching Su He's expression with a chilling sensation, praising him repeatedly, "Su He, you were born for this role! No, you've given this character a soul!"
Yu Qing had been a director for decades but had never encountered an actor with such exquisite skill. Just a smile, just a glance could send shivers down one's spine.
After shooting that scene, it was break time. Su He stood on the balcony, gazing at the beautiful night view. The red lanterns and Japanese-style architecture blended perfectly, recreating a dreamlike scene from Spirited Away.
"Yue Yue, I wish you could appreciate this with me..."
At that moment, Li Yifeng came over and greeted him, "I'm not disturbing you, am I?"
Su He smiled, "Brother Feng, not at all. I just came out for some air. Oh, could I get your autographed photo?"
Li Yifeng looked at Su He in surprise, then smiled, "Is it for your girlfriend?"
Su He scratched his head with an awkward laugh, "She's actually your fan. I really liked the movie Animal World that you acted in."
"Come on, my past works aren't worth mentioning in front of you, Su He. Want me to introduce you to some directors? With your acting skills, it won't take long for you to become famous."
"Thanks, Brother Feng, but I don't plan on entering the entertainment industry for now..."
Li Yifeng patted Su He's shoulder. "Let's go shoot the next scene."
...
At 3 AM, everyone in the crew was exhausted, but Yu Qing was still not quite satisfied. Seeing that the energy was gone, he had to call it a day.
Fan Xiaotong took Su He to a nearby hotel since it was too late to return to their main accommodation.
Jiufen is a tourist spot, and it was peak season, so many hotels were fully booked. Fan Xiaotong finally found one, but the location was rather remote.
Of course, Su He didn't mind. After washing up, he fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.
"Knock knock... knock knock knock!"
It felt like he had only slept for a short while when a series of frantic knocks woke Su He up.
He opened the door to Fan Xiaotong, who rushed in with a pale face, clutching Su He's clothes in a tense grip.
"Su He, there's... there's a ghost!"
Fan Xiaotong was trembling all over, her eyes filled with terror.
Su He grabbed her arm firmly and looked into her eyes, speaking softly, "Don't be afraid. I'm here. There are no ghosts in this world..."
Fan Xiaotong stared at Su He, nearly in tears. "Su He! There really is a ghost, in my room. Under my bed, in the walls... everywhere. It's a female ghost. Sometimes she's crying, sometimes she's roaring in rage... making strange noises..."
Su He was starting to feel unsettled by Fan Xiaotong's demeanor. In the middle of the night, in an unfamiliar place, at this remote hotel, could there really be something evil?
"Su He, let's call the police?" Fan Xiaotong said tremblingly, seeing Su He's silence.
Call the police? And say what? That we've encountered a ghost, a female ghost, everywhere?
Fan Xiaotong didn't seem to be faking it. There were only two possibilities: either she was mentally ill and imagining everything, like having a nightmare; or she had a serious illness that had progressed to hallucinations.
In either case, it wasn't something Su He could treat.
"You think I'm lying?" Fan Xiaotong looked up at Su He with a solemn expression. "I'm telling the truth!"
Right, right, a ghost, a female ghost, everywhere... Su He wondered if he should contact the director Yu Qing first, since Fan Xiaotong was assigned by him. At least there would be someone to cover the medical expenses if they had to go to the hospital.
After staying in Su He's room for a while, Fan Xiaotong had calmed down a bit. Seeing that Su He didn't believe her, she pulled his hand, leading him out, "If you don't believe me, come to my room."
Fan Xiaotong's room was right next to Su He's. Upon entering, there was nothing out of the ordinary, with the same layout as his room, and no female ghost under the bed.
"There's nothing, was it just a nightmare? You should calm down first. I'm really too tired, so I'll go back and sleep..."
Seeing that Fan Xiaotong's mental state had mostly recovered, Su He decided to report the situation to the director Yu Qing tomorrow.
"Wait, sit down..." Fan Xiaotong pulled Su He to sit on a chair, gestured for silence, and whispered, "Listen with your ears..."
Su He was starting to suspect this was a prank by the crew, but there didn't seem to be any hiding spots or cameras in the room. So he humored Fan Xiaotong, treating it like a game.
A minute passed with no sound. Su He was too tired and getting impatient. Just as he was about to stand up and leave, Fan Xiaotong grabbed his hand, saying, "Did you hear that?"
Su He was startled by Fan Xiaotong's sudden grip.
Hear what? There was no sound. It seemed her condition was quite severe...
Suddenly, a faint noise came through.
"Creeaak..."
Like the sound of fingernails scratching along a wooden board.
Seeing Su He perk up his ears, Fan Xiaotong looked excited, "You heard it too, didn't you?"
"It's probably just the wind blowing the window."
Su He walked towards the window. The wooden window was closed, but he opened it, letting in a cool breeze.
Just as he was about to shut it, the sound of a woman crying came through. Su He whipped his head around to see Fan Xiaotong covering her mouth, her entire body trembling as she stared at him!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
