My husband would be heartbroken!

[Scumbag!]

[What are you looking at?]

[Sneak one more look, and I curse you to have eight sons in one birth!]

Xie Yanci: "..."

He had no idea how he had upset his wife again.

Xu Shi's personality was as strange as ever.

The lights and actors were in place. Sitting in a chair, Xie Yanci looked past the camera screen, openly staring at the person about to perform.

He had originally planned to invest in this television drama, but this was Xu Shi's final scene. On second thought, he decided against it.

Xie Corporation never got involved in any entertainment industry projects.

"The lighting stand-in can leave. Wen Yu can come on now," the director's voice came through the loudspeaker.

The early autumn sun was still rather fierce. Xu Shi had stood outdoors for nearly half an hour, helping them test the lighting.

At last, the bottom protagonist made his entrance.

While touching up his makeup, Xu Shi stared at the person coming in surrounded by staff, even forgetting to breathe for a few seconds.

After all, he had once been something of a die-hard mom fan.

Under a black parasol, the Omega wore a pale blue shirt and pure white shorts that made his fair, delicate calves look long and straight.

A breeze lifted his slightly long, tousled hair, and his big, adorable eyes instinctively narrowed.

He stood there, his frail figure looking as though the wind might carry him away at any moment. Even so, a polite smile remained on his lips.

A cloud of pink bubbles rose around him.

Xu Shi: "..."

Was even the malicious cannon fodder supposed to be attracted to the universally adored protagonist?

System, you've got our types mixed up!

He reasonably suspected that the red thread the system had tied for Xie Yanci was so powerful that it had accidentally affected him, the malicious cannon fodder, too. Otherwise, why would he be seeing pink bubbles?!

Wait...

As though realizing something, Xu Shi abruptly turned toward the director's area.

He wanted to catch his husband cheating on the spot and photograph evidence of Xie Yanci sneaking looks at another Omega.

But within 0.01 seconds of looking over, he caught Xie Yanci looking at him. Then President Xie, whose actions belied his words, lowered his eyes and stiffly averted his gaze.

Xu Shi: "..."

Xie Yanci had been watching him all along.

Why?

The Omega opposite him was clearly Xie Yanci's canonical partner.

"Xu Shi, stop spacing out!" the director barked through the loudspeaker.

Only then did Xu Shi come back to himself.

Looking away from Xie Yanci, he turned toward the Omega standing opposite him, who was sweet in both looks and personality.

"Mr. Xu, I'll go easy on you in a moment. I'm very sorry." Wen Yu pressed his palms together and apologized first.

In the comeuppance scene they were about to film, Xu Shi would have three glasses of water thrown in his face in succession.

For the sake of the plot, it had to be done with real force, or the audience wouldn't find it satisfying.

Knowing that Wen Yu was good-natured, Xu Shi reassured him, "It's fine. Once we're done filming, it'll be over. Let's try to get it in one take."

For some reason, he inexplicably felt as though Wen Yu was his own child.

He was a mom fan, not an actual mom...

Strange.

"Three, two, one, action!"

Staff crowded the set. Sitting in his chair, Xie Yanci could only watch the monitor screen alongside the director.

His expression was indifferent, as emotionless as ever. No one knew why he had come to the set.

Nor did anyone dare ask.

Xie Yanci wasn't wearing a headset and couldn't make out the dialogue on set. All he saw was someone throwing three glasses of water in his wife's face, one after another.

The force was heavy, the water hitting his face as painfully as a slap. Xu Shi could only close his eyes on reflex.

A large patch of his face burned red. Water rushed into his nose, leaving him unable to breathe for several seconds.

He wiped his face and continued acting out the scene as the script required.

"..."

Xie Yanci watched silently, his thin lips pressed into a straight line.

He lowered his eyes, his long fingers idly turning the wedding ring on his ring finger as dark currents surged in his black eyes.

He had no right to interfere with Xu Shi's work.

Xie Yanci knew that perfectly well.

"Cut."

The take ended perfectly.

Wen Yu hurried to hand Xu Shi a towel. "I felt like that went really well!"

He was especially excited, his little canine teeth looking particularly cute when he smiled.

Drying his hair, Xu Shi didn't dare look too much and gave a quiet "Mm."

He kept feeling as though there was a ring of pink bubbles around the bottom protagonist.

This was far too strange.

Could a malicious cannon fodder character like him be a conquest target too?

Xu Shi couldn't figure it out. He only wanted to get away from this place of trouble as quickly as possible.

"Xu Shi!" The director walked over and pointed at him. "Your performance just now was a complete mess. Can you even act?"

Xu Shi rolled his eyes.

Don't want to hear it.

He was the wife of the heir to the Xie Family, the foremost wealthy family in Hong Kong City!

The director was deeply disappointed by his attitude. "It still wasn't harsh enough. A comeuppance scene at this level won't satisfy the audience."

"I thought it was pretty much..." Wen Yu tried to persuade him.

The director raised a hand to cut him off. "Go add a few ice cubes to the glasses. We'll do another take."

"What?!"

Xu Shi was so angry he nearly hit someone.

Adding ice cubes and throwing them at his face-was that a plot any human being could come up with?

[You damned old man!]

[I was only half an hour late. Do you really have to kill me over it?]

[Fuck!]

He was already the most malicious villain, yet someone still dared walk all over him?

Xu Shi was furious.

His gaze suddenly fell on Xie Yanci, who was standing opposite him.

The Alpha said nothing. His meaningful gaze fixed directly on Xu Shi, and he lightly lifted the fingertips of his left hand.

The wedding ring on his ring finger was strikingly conspicuous.

Xu Shi seemed to understand.

His husband was already the president with the most distinguished status in Hong Kong City. Why should he put up with being bullied?

[Husband, hit him for me!]

[Get him!]

For all his wild thoughts, Xu Shi knew that he and Xie Yanci were secretly married and weren't on good terms. A certain someone wouldn't step in to help him.

Just as he was about to resign himself to his fate, Xie Yanci lowered his eyes and smiled.

A second later, the man returned to his usual cool indifference. Xu Shi even wondered if he had imagined it.

"Director Zhang," Xie Yanci suddenly said. "What would you consider good acting? Why don't you kindly demonstrate it yourself?"

He had deliberately used respectful language, but his tone was full of menace.

His presence spread silently, and almost everyone could sense that impossible-to-ignore pressure from someone in power.

*[!!!]*

[Is he speaking up for me? How did Xie Yanci suddenly get a clue?]

[Speaking of which, why is he using respectful language? Why be so polite to some lousy director?]

[The Xie Family really does raise its children well.]

Xie Yanci: "..."

His wife was a little too adorable.

"I... President Xie." Director Zhang hurriedly put on a fawning smile. "Getting hit in the face with those ice cubes would put someone in the hospital..."

"So you do know!" Xu Shi cut him off.

[This is outrageous!]

[Your old face can't take a hit, but my peerless beauty deserves to be ruined?]

[My husband would be heartbroken!]