As soon as Su Mo entered the training field, the lively atmosphere suddenly quieted down.

Su Mo paused and looked around at everyone.

“What’s going on? What happened?”

“Mo Jie, we heard that the man in that photo from that night is Shao Yi? Mo Jie, do you know Shao Yi? And from the look of the photo, it seems like you two have a pretty good relationship. What kind of relationship do you have with him?”

Su Mo looked at the person who asked, letting out a helpless smile. “You might have misunderstood. I don’t know Shao Yi. As for the photo, the person who took it probably just caught us at an awkward angle. Anyone can take a random shot that makes things look misleading.”

After saying that, she directly entered the changing room.

Inside, Yu Chuxin was doing her makeup. When she saw Su Mo enter through the mirror, her movements suddenly froze.

Su Mo didn’t pay attention to her. She quickly walked over to her locker and started changing.

Yu Chuxin, watching her from the mirror, resumed her makeup after Su Mo started changing.

After a moment, she casually spoke up, “Mo Jie, I wasn’t meaning to do it that night. Don’t take it to heart.”

Su Mo, now dressed, glanced at her. Hearing that apology with no trace of sincerity, she nonchalantly replied, “Hmm.”

Yu Chuxin froze in her movements. Although Su Mo didn’t seem to care, Yu Chuxin found herself even more upset than if Su Mo had gotten angry.

What kind of attitude was that? Just a simple “Hmm” in response to an apology? Did she really think nothing of her?

The more Yu Chuxin thought about it, the angrier she got. She was about to say something, but Su Mo had already left the changing room. Yu Chuxin angrily threw her eyebrow pencil down onto the table with a snap.

“What a joke. Just relying on her good looks, she thinks she can do whatever she wants with Shao Zong? She should take a look at how old she is. What’s there to be so proud of? An old woman who doesn’t know her place!”

The rest of the training that day actually went smoothly.

Except for Yu Chuxin, who made several mistakes throughout, especially when partnered with Su Mo. She kept making errors, and at one point nearly got injured, which led Ma Wenlong to give the dance sequence between her and Su Mo to Wei Xuan. Only then did the training proceed smoothly.

By the time the training ended, Ma Wenlong kept Su Mo and Yu Chuxin behind.

After two days of observing, he had finally understood a bit about the conflict between the two.

It all started with that photo of Su Mo and Shao Yi that had appeared online that night and was quickly deleted afterward.

To be honest, Ma Wenlong hadn’t really paid much attention to it.

Not to mention, with Su Mo’s personality, she didn’t seem like someone who would be out chasing after sponsors. Even if she was, it wasn’t anyone’s business.

Shouldn’t Yu Chuxin, just because she liked Shao Yi, accept that others can like him too? If she really couldn’t take it, she could just go for it herself!

Although Ma Wenlong was a bit frustrated with Yu Chuxin’s actions, he still took it upon himself to mediate the conflict between the two so that it wouldn’t affect their training and performance.

After listening to Ma Wenlong’s heartfelt advice for them to stop causing trouble, Su Mo nodded seriously. “Okay, I understand.”

Yu Chuxin, unable to say anything in front of Ma Wenlong, forced herself to nod as well. “Got it, Ma Ge.”

Seeing their responses, Ma Wenlong sighed in relief, nodding at them. He waved at Yu Chuxin to leave first and kept Su Mo behind.

Originally, he thought Ma Wenlong was going to talk to her about Yu Chuxin or, like others, ask about her relationship with Shao Yi. But to his surprise, Ma Wenlong turned his waist and pulled two boxes of face masks from his bag, handing them to Su Mo.

“Look at you, what a state you’re in. Hurry up and get some rest. You can come in a bit later tomorrow. If you keep going like this, I’m telling you, my team doesn’t raise yellow-faced women.”

“Here, these were brought back from Korea by a friend a couple of days ago. The hydration effect is pretty good. Go back, put one on, and have a good sleep, okay?”

“Also, if your grandma needs any help, just let me know. I’m a busy guy, but I can still lend a hand when it comes to your matters. As for money, I may not be a big shot, but if you’re in urgent need, I can still manage.”

Su Mo felt a warm feeling in her heart as she took the face masks. “Thank you, Old Ma.”

“Go, go, don’t give me that empty talk. Just make sure you fix your face and get some rest. You’re my main pillar, you know?”

“By the way, I checked around, and I heard the leads for Dark Owl have been decided. Did you know?”

Dark Owl was the movie Su Mo had auditioned for before. When she auditioned, the leads were still unknown, but it seemed like they had decided so soon.

“I didn’t know. Who are the leads?”

“The male lead is Chen Wanjia, and the female lead is Ye Qingqiu. Both are powerful and popular, top-tier stars. Yuan Dao really has a sharp eye for talent. Mo Er, this is definitely a great opportunity, so you better seize it. I’ll be waiting to hold on to your big leg in the future.”

Su Mo’s eyes flickered for a moment, and she smiled faintly. “Don’t talk about legs. If I really make it big, you can hug my waist if you want.”

“Go away, go away. Who wants your waist? Does your waist have a fish scale? Does your stomach have eight-pack abs?”

Su Mo: “…”

After chatting with Ma Wenlong for a while, Su Mo finally left the training field.

On the way, she couldn’t stop thinking about what Ma Wenlong said about the leads for Dark Owl.

She knew of Chen Wanjia, one of the top-tier male actors in the country. He had been nominated multiple times for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. He had a clean and refreshing look, not like most pretty boys. There was a strength to him that matched the character of Yu Jian in the movie.

As for Ye Qingqiu…

Su Mo furrowed her brows. She vaguely remembered that Ye Qingqiu was Ye Jue’s half-sister.

She didn’t have much of an impression of Ye Jue’s sister, having only seen her twice when they were young. The only memory she had was that she was quite beautiful.

Su Mo sighed. She wondered if Ye Qingqiu still remembered her. If she did, would she know about her past?

She lowered her head and bit her lip slightly. If she knew, could she still keep her past a secret?

On the bus, Su Mo took out her phone, which had been lying in her bag all day, and glanced at the messages.

There were a few messages from Wei Ke’er and Ye Lanshan, both asking about her grandma.

But there was only one word from Lu Qingze, “Hmm.”

Text messages are often hard to convey emotion, but that one word didn’t reveal much, yet Su Mo could suddenly picture his cold and distant eyes. There was no emotion, but somehow, it made her feel uneasy, tightening her chest.

Tsk!

Su Mo quickly shook her head, forcing herself to snap out of the thought.