"Hmm?"
Lu Zheng and Lin Wan turned around and saw the young magician who had appeared first.
Wu Junyi.
But Wu Junyi no longer wore the smile he had onstage. His brows were slightly furrowed as he looked expressionlessly at He Feixiang.
Wu Junyi said blandly, "Outsiders aren't allowed into a magic show's backstage area. You're not new to this business, so how could you make such a mistake?"
He Feixiang frowned. While the magic world did have a rule and tradition forbidding outsiders from visiting backstage and learning about magic props, it generally referred to ordinary audience members or casual acquaintances.
Bringing close friends backstage was a gray area where one could advance or retreat, something hard to define. Most people simply turned a blind eye.
After all, anyone a magician brought in was almost certainly very close to them, and was unlikely to go outside and spill the secrets.
What was more...
This was the internet age. Magic was becoming less and less mysterious, while most stage magic was increasingly focused on performance value. If someone truly wanted to look, they could dig up explanations for most magic tricks online.
So Wu Junyi picking a fight with He Feixiang was purely a matter of personal grievance.
But Wu Junyi held a higher position in the circle than He Feixiang did. He Feixiang did not want to offend him, and since Wu Junyi was invoking the rule against ordinary people entering backstage, He Feixiang naturally could not explain it away by saying Lu Zheng was close to him.
Thus, He Feixiang said, "Lu Ge isn't an ordinary audience member. He's a magician too."
"Besides..." He Feixiang looked toward Deng Paopao and Sun Niangniang, who were surrounded by quite a few people in the distance. His meaning was clear, but