The moment their lips met, Qiao Moyu's body trembled all over and she opened her eyes abruptly.
But the man in front of her obviously didn't give her a chance. Sensing her stiffness, Ye Peicheng wrapped her waist with his other arm and tightly embraced her. His slippery tongue pried into her teeth immediately.
Suddenly, Qiao Moyu felt her heart beat loudly like a drum. Ye Peicheng's unusual aggressiveness caused her to part her lips and her brain blanked out. Almost instinctively, she pulled her hand out of Ye Peicheng's grasp and pushed him away with a violent effort!
“Cut!” Director Feng looked to her and said: “Moyu, what are you doing? Your character's current state is frail from illness, so how is she supposed to push Peicheng away? If you're in a weakened state, don't appear stronger than a man.”
Qiao Moyu was a bit embarrassed. She really wasn't used to being so close to other people. She hurriedly apologized but then realized something at that moment: 'Ye Peicheng wasn't replaced by his stand-in?'
“I'm sorry,” she apologized to him. Noticing his dark and unclear gaze, she explained, “Film Emperor Ye, I didn't mean to push you away. I just wasn't used to it.”
“It's alright, we can retake it.” After that, Ye Peicheng signaled for the cameramen to get ready.
Everyone was in place
Ye Peicheng took a step forward, glanced at the camera, then pushed Qiao Moyu against the wall once again. With a low whisper that only she could here, he comforted: “You'll get used to it.”
Qiao Moyu was stunned at his words, knowing that he was speaking only to her. Just when she was about to ask, the man before her changed his momentum once again. He clasped her hand and pressed down upon her lips.
The touch felt electric, stimulating every cell all over her body. Qiao Moyu instinctively wanted to push him away, but she also knew that she wasn't supposed to resist forcefully.
Feeling the woman's restlessness in his arms, Ye Peicheng bowed down towards Qiao Moyu's ear as if to kiss her, but instead, a voice full of anger spoke: “Moyu, are you that miserable when I'm close to you?!”
For a moment, Qiao Moyu couldn't differentiate what was part of the script or not.
The drama's title is quite pleasant, but because of some distasteful investors, the main actor and actress have to use their own names in the play. Right now, she felt as if the actor Ye Peicheng himself was questioning her for rejecting his intimacy.
Before she could react, she felt him nibble her ear, making her feel restless. She inadvertently turned her head to the side sharply.
Their gazes collided in the heat of the moment.
The woman's eyes were filled with panic at the man's gloom and overbearing demeanor.
The air was stagnant until Ye Peicheng's hand slowly release Qiao Moyu's wrist. His finger slid against her cheek as he gently whispered in a helpless voice: “Moyu, don't run away, okay?”
His lashes were long and his angry eyes appeared as deep as the sea. Qiao Moyu could see her reflection clearly from those eyes.
The man's voice was gentle as he gazed at her tenderly. In the midst of war, such sincere feelings seemed to be the most precious of all.
Qiao Moyu lost her mind for moment. However, when she thought of her master's death, she tried to push him away once again.
But Ye Peicheng seemed to have sensed something. He picked up Qiao Moyu and carried her towards her bed.
Shocked, Qiao Moyu couldn't help but shout: “Ye Peicheng, what are you doing? You let me go!”
However, the next second, her back had fallen on the bed and Ye Peicheng immediately pressed her down. Suddenly, a man's hot breathe overwhelmed her instantly.
The director stared at the scene with satisfaction as he stood beside the camera. Everyone watched with bated breath as their eyes focused on the couple on the gorgeous large bed.
Qiao Moyu's nose was overcome by Ye Peicheng's scent. Her resisting hand was caught by him. Then, her eyes darkened as the man pulled the blanket over them.
After all, this was a TV series. Nothing explicit was filmed here, so there was only the 'struggle' underneath the sheets. In that case, Qiao Moyu only needed to endure for a few more seconds.
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She counted down in her head until she finally heard Director Feng shout: “Cut! Well done!”
She suddenly loosened up and relaxed completely.
But for a moment, Ye Peicheng remained motionless.
He appeared to be in a trance as he held Qiao Moyu.
'Why is everything so familiar?'
Her struggle and resistance, the sweetness of her body, and her softness. A memory, almost thought to be a dream, suddenly replayed in his mind.
Three years ago, Ye Peicheng was at a lower floor of a hotel while drinking with a group of people. Halfway through their talks, he suddenly felt that something wasn't quite right.
So he booked a room at the top floor and lay down to sleep.
However, the more he slept, the more he felt a fire. By the time he realized what had happened, it was too late. He struggled out of bed so he could rinse himself with cold water, but as soon as he got up, there was an extra girl in the room.
That experience back then and today's drama had a very similar taste.
Afterwards, he fell asleep deeply. By the time he awakened the next day, he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality.
All he could remember was that while they were entangled, he felt a bracelet on the girl's wrist.
The bracelet's beads had an irregular rhombus shape. Despite the room's darkness, her bracelet had a certain glow, illuminating her white and slender wrists.
Afterwards, he went to investigate the matter, but the surveillance camera that day was broken, so he had no idea who the girl was or what she looked like. The only clue was the bright red stain on the sheets, revealing to him that the memory was no dream.
At this moment, having Qiao Moyu in his arms gave him such a similar feeling that when he heard the director yell 'Cut,' Ye Peicheng remained unmoving.
With his head still buried against Qiao Moyu's neck, he whispered to her ear with a shaky voice: “Moyu, have we met somewhere before?”
Qiao Moyu was stunned. What did he mean by that?
Underneath the blanket, their breathing intertwined. Because they couldn't see anything, their other senses were amplified. Even the sound of each other's heartbeats can be heard clearly.
“Film Emperor Ye, what do you mean?” she asked.
Ye Peicheng's finger slowly slipped towards Qiao Moyu's wrist. He measured the thickness of her wrist and felt that she seemed more and more similar to that girl in the past. So he asked, “Do you have a bracelet?”
Qiao Moyu suddenly thought of the original host's bracelet; that jewelry was so unusual that it wouldn't appear unless she was moved by very strong emotions.
Has Ye Peicheng ever seen it? Or did he see Qiao Ruohuan wearing something similar?
“What bracelet?” she quietly asked.
Ye Peicheng couldn't tell whether or not she was feigning ignorance. He intended to forget about that event three years ago, but now, he had a strong desire to know!
He said: “Perhaps I remembered it wrong.” He still needed to conduct a detailed investigation.
Ye Peicheng slowly let her go. He came down from her and pulled the blanket down a little.
With a long sigh, Qiao Moyu lifted the blanket and put on her shoes.
However, after she dressed herself, she noticed that Ye Peicheng still didn't respond. She could help but ask out of curiosity: “Film Emperor Ye, did I accidentally injure you?”
Ye Peicheng shook his head and whispered: “It's nothing.” It's just that in his current state, it wouldn't be good for him to come out.
“Moyu, that was a good performance!” The satisfied director complimented. “However, pay attention to how you resist, you should use less strength. You see, you beat Peicheng up for half a day and now he can't get up.”
“Oh, ok, I'll pay attention!” Qiao Moyu quickly nodded her head.
For the next two days, the two actors filmed at the governor's palace.
Ye Peicheng personally acted all of his scenes. When he kissed her, his eyes were affectionate and serious. Almost of their scenes were finished in one shot.
The filming at the governor's ended perfectly. Next, they had to go over to the Film and TV City to shoot their scenes at the open field.
However, just the day before everyone was ready to leave, a message was highly discussed all over Weibo:
Ye Peicheng and Qiao Moyu's intimate kiss during their filming was caught by one of the management who worked at the governor's palace.
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Ye Peicheng and Qiao Moyu's intimate kiss during their filming was caught by one of the management who worked at the governor's palace.
She came to lock the doors that day, but because she came on the wrong time, she happened to see the actors while they were filming.
Seeing how close together the pair was, the administrator took out her phone and quietly took a picture.
Although the shot was quite a distance, after she enlarged the photo, it was obvious that Qiao Moyu and Ye Peicheng were kissing!
Later that night, she posted this photo on her Weibo and commented: “Why is the male god's stand-in actor so handsome! Doesn't he look exactly like Ye Peicheng?”
At first, her Weibo only had a few comments from fans saying that Ye Peicheng's stand-in was very handsome. However, the next day her friend forwarded the picture to a popular blogger who reposted it, and soon enough, the internet exploded from excitement.
“OMG, why is Film Emperor Ye's double so handsome! And his temperament is outstanding!”
“Wait, could Emperor Ye actually have a twin brother who lived apart from him since childhood!”
“No that can't be. Although the picture isn't very clear up close, I'm very sure that this is my Male God hubby, ah! I can't be wrong about my man.”
“I think it's Film Emperor Ye himself too! But he's never kissed anyone on set. We all know that since his debut 10 years ago, the most he would do with an actress is to hold hands and hug while all the bed scenes and kisses were done by his stand-in!”
“By the way, there must be a clue over at the male god's Weibo before this picture went viral. Let's go have a look!”
Shortly afterwards, Ye Peicheng's Weibo page was scoured all over. Eventually, readers found a message from two days ago from the stand-in to Ye Peicheng: “I'm sorry, I can't go on set because I had something urgent come up.
After seeing this piece of news, Ye Peicheng's fans erupted online!
“Oh my God, the double's not here, so then, that means these past two days my hubby kissed her personally!
“To the commenter above, let's cry together! I just heard that all the pictures taken at the governor's palace these days didn't only involve kiss scenes– they even had intimate bed scenes!”
“Really? Ah, I'm going crazy! How can my male god let himself be touched by others!”
“I won't accept it! I'll never accept a kiss between him and another woman! Our male god belongs to all of us so we can stare at him from a distance!”
“This is my husband's first kiss on screen! It's his first bed scene too! This baby's heart is broken!”
“What about the drama crew? They should give us an explanation! Also, why choose Qiao Moyu as the female lead, and even have her and my male god have intimate scenes? Just who does she think she is?”
“I won't look! I won't watch this drama later! My heart's been broken to pieces!”
……
At first, the crew didn't pay much attention to the comments. After all, the more speculation there was online, the hotter the show became.
However, everyone underestimated how obsessive and angered Ye Peicheng's fans were.
Whether it was Director Feng's, Qiao Moyu's, or even the other actor's Weibo's were attacked.
Since there wasn't any official response from the drama crew, the fans frantically left messages on all of the actor's social media, requesting answers.
And the most prominent among them was this:
“If Qiao Moyu doesn't come up with an explanation, we'll jointly ask her to be ousted from the crew! Otherwise, we won't watch this drama!”
After checking her Weibo these past few days, Qiao Moyu found it difficult to leave her house. There was too much black powder and discord outside, enough to drown her in a sea of threats.
Although her mood wasn't affected too much, she was still worried that such commotion will kick her out of the drama.
After all, if Director Feng himself kicked her out of the show, her future career development will face a heavy blow! That's because Director Feng is almost unanimously considered by all as the top director in the entertainment industry. If he hinders an actor, that person will be rejected by all other directors!
This situation became more and more contentious, to the point the point where it almost hindered the actors from arriving at the designated set to shoot. At this point, Director Feng finally came out to make a statement.
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What he released was a scene between Qiao Moyu and Ye Peicheng during her audition that day.
The entire video was only three minutes long, but the momentum, body language, and eye expressions from the pair's acting instantly 'face-slapped' those fans who criticized Qiao Moyu as a useless vase who only goes by her looks!”
As a result, some netizens began to leave comments saying that Qiao Moyu's acting skills were in fact still good, that she was well matched with Ye Peicheng in acting, and how the two of them were very talented and beautiful.
Afterwards, the crew posted another screenshot of an email on their official blog; it was a record of their application to the governor's palace. Here, the Government Palace Management Committee stated that since there were plenty of tourists here, they would only allow the crew to spend 2 days at the palace. The arrangements were scheduled in advance and could not be changed.
With these two pieces of evidence, even though the fans were uncomfortable about it, those who were rational finally conceded.
After all, some scenes in the drama could only be shot at that location, and since the stand-in had an emergency, only Ye Peicheng himself could take the role.
As a result, the fans began to divert their attention.
Some went to Ye Peicheng's Weibo, leaving comments such as complimenting him for being professional. They complained that he was wronged by the crew, and that he should come home, remember to brush his teeth, take a bath and so on.
And yes, they also went to the stand-in's Weibo and cursed him, saying how he never seemed to have any accident in the past, but just when their male god needed him most, he just had to fall off the chain and leave Ye Peicheng to lose his virginity on screen.
In any case, the number of people cursing Qiao Moyu on her Weibo has finally dropped and her fans also increased gradually.
The following day, the crew set out for Silver City to shoot on location.
Just as the crowd got off the plane, a piece of news broke out once again.
Within a spacious and bright office, Xing Yichen smiled in satisfaction when he saw the renewed outbreak on social media.
Yesterday, Qiao Moyu was slowly being accepted by the public due to the drama crew's response. However, as soon as today's video is released, it's a pity that she might never be able to recover, isn't that right?
Next to him, Qiao Ruohuan who just read the comment, spoke out in a worried voice, “Brother Yichen, I don't think this is right. Nothing really happened when Moyu came to your office that day. If you publicize what she did that day, I'm afraid her acting career will be ruined!”
She clung to Xing Yichen's arm as she spoke in concern: “So then, why don't you withdraw this piece of news?”
“Ruohuan, she came to my office that day and gave me a spiked drink. If I hadn't been able to control myself at that time, wouldn't I have ended up with her?” Xing Yichen smiled meaningfully as he looked at her, as if hinting at something: “Ruohuan, are you willing to give me up?”
“You–” Qiao Ruohuan blushed in satisfaction. “I won't tell you!”
She tried to get up but Xing Yichen caught her wrist. He took her into his arms and his passionate kiss fell.
The two sunk deeper into their kiss, and the atmosphere gradually seemed to change.
Qiao Ruohuan felt the unusual changes in Xing Yichen's body and couldn't help but be nervous. She pushed him away and said: “Brother Yichen, don't–”
But he clasped her very tightly: “Ruohuan, didn't you promise to marry me long ago?”
She blushed and lowered her long lashes.
Such a shy appearance seemed to trigger something in him. Xing Yichen held Yu Ruohuan and carried her over to the wide bed that Qiao Moyu had once been on when she specially visited him.
“Ruohuan.” Xing Yicheng kissed her and rubbed her wrist: “When I was seventeen, you pulled me out of the fire. I'll never forget it! At that time, I swore I must be good to you and marry you!”
Qiao Ruohuan stiffened slightly before asking: “So you like me because I saved you? If someone else had saved you, would you like someone else?”
“No, you're the one like.” Xing Yichen chuckled as he replied: “Are you jealous of yourself? You're the one who saved me. I knew it since I met you again a second time when we saw you at the age of 22. I recognized you in a glance!”
Then he leaned over and kissed her once again. The room immediately turned hot, filled with the sound of groaning.
On the other end, the online community has gone wild after seeing the video recording that provided irrefutable evidence against Qiao Moyu!