Secret rendezvous? Two people who can't even form five facial features have four names!

Young Master Fei, who pushed open the door and entered, was surprised. This teacher looked quite young, about the same age as himself.

He didn't know who the teacher was beforehand.

He remembered that the book didn't mention any character acting as an acting coach, so as long as it wasn't a character from the book, it didn't matter who the teacher was.

However, she was wearing a mask, and he was also wearing one. With fewer than five faces visible in the room, it felt like a secret organization meeting for a rendezvous.

He silently grumbled in his heart, then sat down opposite the teacher. "Hello, teacher. My name is Zhao Jinfei. I thought I was going to be taught by an elderly professor. I never expected you to be so young. You're completely different from what I imagined!"

Because Fei Yangyao's name was too famous in Nancheng, he had to borrow the name of his subordinate, Zhao Jinfei.

After all, "Fei Yangyao" was synonymous with being a profligate son in Nancheng. It didn't matter if this reputation was ruined with Jiang Anran, as she was already beyond saving. However, he had to maintain it with outsiders.

There's a theory that the number of people between any two strangers in the world doesn't exceed six. Nancheng was just a city, after all. Even though this teacher didn't have much of a role in the book, he still had to be a little cautious. Who knew if she knew any important characters?

"Mr. Zhao is too kind. You can call me Liang Xuejin. I'm not much older than you, so please don't call me 'teacher' all the time. Just call me Miss Liang." Liang Xuejin was her stage name.

On their first meeting, "Zhao Jinfei" gave her a good impression. To show mutual respect, she didn't reveal her real name but her stage name in the film and television industry.

Back then, she used this stage name when entering the film and television industry because she didn't want people to know she was the eldest princess of the Xiao Family in Nancheng.

"Okay, Teacher Liang. When should we start?" Young Master Fei decided to get straight to the point.

"..." She didn't expect this "Zhao Jinfei" to be so respectful of his elders. Her impression of him improved even further.

Originally, although she taught private lessons, most of her students were profligate sons who weren't interested in acting but in picking up girls, or even learning PUA techniques!

"No rush. I need to ask you first, why are you taking this class?" Xiao Luobing stared at him sharply.

She wanted to know his true purpose for taking the class. If it was genuinely for acting, she would definitely not be stingy with the lesson fees and would do her best to teach him. If it was just for fun, or even for picking up girls, then there was nothing more to say; he could get lost.

She wouldn't tarnish her past dreams for a small lesson fee. At worst, the company's development could stagnate for a while.

"Huh? There's a pre-test?" Young Master Fei was stunned. He secretly lamented. He hadn't attended any cram schools as a child, nor had he ever had a private tutor as an adult. He was caught off guard and hadn't prepared any lines.

Why take this class?

Because he transmigrated into this book and had to play the role of the "villain Fei Yangyao"?

Saying that would definitely get him sent to a mental hospital as a lunatic.

"Teacher Liang, can I not say?" Young Master Fei looked very troubled.

"No, you must tell me, regardless of the reason, otherwise I won't teach this class. However, you don't need to explain in too much detail, just give me a general idea. I absolutely won't reveal it to anyone else, don't worry."

Xiao Luobing thought: She said that, but if the reason wasn't satisfactory, she never said she would continue teaching.

Hearing her say that, Young Master Fei had no choice but to vaguely say, "To play a certain role well."

"Are you an actor?"

"Yes!" Young Master Fei never doubted this.

Although he wasn't an actor in his previous life, he had to act every day and night here, which was arguably more demanding than for professional actors.

"Oh, so you're here for further training for that role? Tell me about the character specifically."

Seeing that she had believed him, Young Master Fei went along with it and briefly introduced the role of the "villain Fei Yangyao": "I'm playing a villain who is a profligate young master. He has the following characteristics: he's a goddess simp, which is the highest priority. He values contractual spirit, has a terrible reputation, and will blacken after the goddess and the protagonist..."

Of course, he omitted some characteristics that clearly pointed to his identity.

"I understand. What problem did you encounter?"

"How should I put it? I feel like I didn't perform well, and the female leads saw right through me. One of the female leads even said, 'Expressions and words can deceive, but the tenderness in your eyes cannot be faked.'

"Teacher Liang, listen to this. They said I wasn't ruthless enough. Is that fair?

"And that goddess, she said my attitude towards her wasn't like a simp, but like a stiff puppet."

Young Master Fei felt indignant as he spoke. He could understand what Jiang Anran said, but Gu Xiyue's reaction was almost entirely not his fault. He had only met her for the first time then.

"Based on what you're saying, I can roughly understand. But I still need to see you act to assess your specific performance."

She thought for a moment before continuing, "Okay, consider me your goddess. Act out the scene where you were called a 'puppet'."

"Okay."

Young Master Fei omitted and simplified the identity information. Other than that, he replicated the performance from that time and explained Gu Xiyue's scene to Xiao Luobing so she could understand, and then he recreated the scene exactly.

After all, he also wanted to know where he specifically went wrong.

Thirty minutes later. (This is not filler; see Chapter 7 for this plot.)

"..."

Xiao Luobing weakly held her forehead. She finally understood where the problem lay. "It really was like a puppet. When you looked at the goddess character, your eyes were vacant and lifeless. It felt like you weren't looking at a goddess, but at a stranger."

Even though they were wearing masks, the eyes were the soul of an actor. Xiao Luobing could tell from his eyes that he hadn't gotten into character at all!

"Uh..." Young Master Fei was speechless.

When he first transmigrated, he thought this was just a novel world and that he just needed to act according to the script. He never expected the characters inside to be so vivid and real, and that any deviation would immediately result in negative feedback.

But that wasn't right. Even if his acting was a little bad, Gu Xiyue would at most ignore him.

Why such a strong reaction?

It was as if she had been holding in her anger for a long time.

This wasn't my fault before!

"Do you not feel anything for the goddess character?" Xiao Luobing could tell from his expression that this was a common mistake among new actors and even some veteran ones. When they encountered a script they liked, a character they favored, they could spark with inspiration and deliver a brilliant performance. But when they encountered a script they didn't like, a character they had no feelings for, they became like cold, lifeless puppets, tormenting dozens of people on set.

"That's true, but no feeling is no feeling. I can't imagine having feelings for her." Young Master Fei felt he had already tried his best; he couldn't imagine something that didn't exist for him.

"You could try imagining her as your girlfriend."

"Teacher, I don't have..." Young Master Fei, despite living two lives, was still an emotional blank slate.

"...Sorry."

After mourning his nonexistent girlfriend for half a second, Xiao Luobing continued as if nothing had happened, "Then which female character do you have feelings for?"