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"Could it be that she really can tell fortunes?" he asked Ye Lin doubtfully.

Ye Lin: "I'm not entirely sure about that either, but that's what she told us..."

Thinking back to when Ye Mo first visited the Ye Family, he exposed Sister Wu's act of sewing peach blossom charms into his father's clothes, Ye Lin said thoughtfully, "Perhaps that's really the case."

Ye Yongming stared at him wide-eyed. "You actually believe what she said?"

Ye Lin leaned back in his office chair, hands clasped in front of him, and said leisurely, "Otherwise, how are you going to explain all this?"

Putting aside the Qi Family's affairs, which might have been a chance encounter between Qi Yuwen and Zhang Hanyue, Ye Lin was certain that Ye Mo would never know about Sister Wu's affair, because before this, Ye Mo had no contact with Sister Wu or the Ye Family.

Therefore, it is difficult to explain all of this without the fact that she had foreseen it.

After careful consideration, Ye Yongming also felt that there was no way to explain how Ye Mo knew Qi Yuwen's, or even Yuan Youzhi's, secrets. So, perhaps it really was something she had calculated?

"... It seems our family has really struck gold!" he couldn't help but exclaim.

***

Ye Mo didn't concern herself with the aftermath of "The Chase," nor did she need to. Ye Yongming had taken over the entire matter, so Ye Mo didn't need to worry about it at all.

The Ye Corporation family was large and powerful, and they were quite generous with the conditions offered to the production team, so the contracts between the two sides were signed quickly. However, at this time, Ye Mo was already filming in the "Tale of Intrigue" production team.

"The Tale of Intrigue" is a historical drama about palace intrigue. It tells the story of an innocent and naive heroine who enters the palace as a concubine. After experiencing various setbacks such as death, false accusations, and loss of friends in the treacherous and unpredictable imperial palace, she rises from a penniless Xiaomei to the highest position of power in the dynasty, becoming the Empress Dowager, second only to the emperor.

Although palace intrigue dramas are not a new genre in Hua Country, this is director He Jianping's comfort zone. He previously directed two palace intrigue dramas that were both highly praised and had excellent ratings, so this new drama was highly anticipated from the start of its preparation.

The male and female leads of this drama are both popular young actors and actresses. The male lead's surname is Jiang, and his given name is Jiang Yiben. Because Yiben this name, he is jokingly called "Jiang University" online. The female lead is an actress named Su Yutong, who is known for her...

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A photo of a school beauty went viral; her sweet and elegant appearance perfectly matches the female lead's character.

As for Ye Mo, her role is at most the sixth female lead, with limited screen time. She's a favored concubine in the harem known for her beauty, and she dies early in the story. It's estimated that Ye Mo will only need about a month to finish filming her scenes.

On the day "The Tale of Intrigue" started filming, coincidentally, another film crew started filming next door. Even more coincidentally, the film crew next door was also making a palace intrigue drama, and even the title of the drama was only one character different from "The Tale of Intrigue," called "Schemes of Intrigue."

Upon hearing this news, Ye Mo seemed thoughtful. "Why do I feel like I'm smelling a melon?"

If one coincidence is a coincidence, then two or three coincidences are no longer coincidences, but rather intentional.

888 provided the answer to Ye Mo's curiosity.

He Jianping and Liu Yeqiu were fellow disciples under the same master, but their teacher favored He Jianping He Jianping, which made Liu Yeqiu, who believed he was more talented, extremely jealous.

Seventeen years ago, their teacher passed away, and the two had a complete falling out. After that, Liu Yeqiu constantly opposed He Jianping, wanting to film whatever He Jianping filmed, just to compete with He Jianping.

[This time, Liu Yeqiu came prepared. He plans to film the same subject matter as He Jianping and arrange for both dramas to be released at the same time. He is determined to crush your "Tale of Intrigue" under his feet!]

Ye Mo: [...] He is certainly confident.

These two dramas have only just started filming, and people already think that "The Tale of Scheming" will completely crush "The Tale of Intrigue".

[Actually, there's more gossip about Liu Yeqiu!] 888 said.

Ye Mo immediately perked up his ears and asked with great interest, "[What kind of melon?]"

888: [Liu Yeqiu is already married, but he married into the family; his wife is the owner of a company and is very wealthy!]

[He and his wife signed an agreement when they got married stating that if Liu Yeqiu cheated on her, he would have to leave with nothing!]

[Now, here's the key point: host, guess what? Did Liu Yeqiu cheat on his wife?]

Ye Mo pondered: [Since you asked that, then there's an 80% chance he cheated on me, right?]

[You got it right!] 888 cheered and continued: [Liu Yeqiu has been cheating on his wife for a long time. He's a director, and he often takes advantage of filming to hook up with actresses on set...]

Because they were all in the same film crew and went in and out together, no one suspected anything, so his wife didn't know he was cheating on her for so long.

[The second female lead in "The Tale of Scheming" got the role by hooking up with him; the two of them were even sleeping together in bed yesterday!]

Ye Mo, thoroughly enjoying the gossip, exclaimed, "So that's how it is..."

During her free time, she pretended to casually stroll past the film crew next door, and after a few such strolls, she finally "coincidentally" bumped into the second female lead from that film crew.

The second female lead in the neighboring drama is surnamed Qiao, named Qiao Jiaojiao. She has a pretty face and once participated in a hit drama, so she was somewhat famous online.

Ye Mo just wanted to see what kind of person this second female lead was. Of course, her main purpose was to earn "Gossip Points"—the more she interacted with the gossip subject, the more Gossip Points she could gain.

Seeing the person, and hearing the sound of ten points of Gossip Points added to his account in his mind, Ye Mo was finally satisfied.

It's a pity we didn't see director Liu Yeqiu; we missed out on some Gossip Points.

Ye Mo was about to go back when Qiao Jiaojiao suddenly called him back.

"You, you stop right there!" Qiao Jiaojiao shouted, rushing over and blocking Ye Mo's path.

"It's you?" She squinted at Ye Mo, her tone carrying a hint of disdain and hostility, a strong sense of hostility emanating from her.

Ye Mo:???

If she remembered correctly, this was the first time she and Qiao Jiaojiao had met face-to-face like this. Even if they had met before, they had only brushed past each other and had never had a deep conversation.

But now, Qiao Jiaojiao spoke in a tone that was very familiar with Ye Mo.

She looked around at Ye Mo, her expression inexplicably turning even uglier, and questioned Ye Mo, "What are you doing here? Didn't Shen Yan come with you?"

Shen Yan?

Ye Mo lifted her eyelids to look at the person, feeling a little strange—the tone of the person when mentioning Ye Shen Yan's name was very strange, like resentment and anger, but none of this could hide the familiarity with Shen Yan in her tone.

Ye Mo's heart skipped a beat, but he answered calmly, "My manager isn't here. Do you need to see him?"

Qiao Jiaojiao didn't speak, but stared at Ye Mo with an almost vicious look. After staring for several minutes, she suddenly sneered, saying with a mixture of jealousy and envy, "I thought the person Shen Yan had his eye on would be quite beautiful, but now I see she's just average."

Ye Mo wasn't angry at being told she was average-looking. She looked at the other person and said sincerely, "You are quite beautiful."

..."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Jiaojiao's face lit up with smugness, but the next second, she heard Ye Mo say regretfully, "It's such a pity, such a fine young girl, going blind at such a young age, and talking nonsense all day long."

Qiao Jiaojiao glared angrily at Ye Mo, gritting her teeth as she said, "You called me blind?"

Ye Mo blinked, his eyes full of innocence, and asked, "... Wasn't my meaning clear enough?"