Forcibly silenced, Xie Mi stayed as quiet as a mouse onstage, forming a Hand Seal whenever she didn't know what to do and bringing an outstanding Ninja vividly to life.
Xiao Jingxi was slightly surprised.
Actors hated having their lines cut. He had expected Xie Mi to argue with him, but she hadn't uttered a single complaint.
She really did still have feelings for him.
Once her scenes were over, Xie Mi went offstage and resumed slacking off, munching on sunflower seeds.
Xiao Jingxi suddenly came over and sat beside her. "It's your first time rehearsing a play. Are you settling in?"
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Xie Mi slowly moved her sunflower seeds to her other side and eyed him warily. "Buy your own if you want some."
"Stop joking."
Xiao Jingxi wasn't annoyed. Wearing an expression that said he'd seen right through her, he continued, "You didn't complain at all when I cut your lines. You don't actually hate me, do you?"
"I really don't hate you."
Xiao Jingxi smiled.
"I want to kill you."
Xiao Jingxi: "?"
At some point, Shen Yeqing had sat down on Xie Mi's other side. He casually grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds.
"Best Actor Xiao still has a very shallow understanding of himself."
"Facts," Xie Mi agreed.
The two of them happily crunched away on their sunflower seeds as if no one else were there.
A muscle in Xiao Jingxi's face twitched.
Xie Mi had protectively moved her sunflower seeds away the moment she saw him, so why was Shen Yeqing allowed to eat them?
Refusing to accept it, he reached out to grab some.
Xie Mi instantly lifted the seeds out of reach, while Shen Yeqing slapped his hand away-a coordinated food-defense combo.
Xiao Jingxi: "?"
Now he was determined to snatch some!
Onstage,