1. "It's me, ling qian."
2. "I couldn't reach you or miss gu on the phone. Director zhao just got hold of me and asked if miss gu is around."
3. "Mr. Zhao wants to meet her at this hour?"
4. "Mr. Sun swung by on a work trip"
1. "And wants miss gu to join him for dinner."
2. "It's way too late now, well past dinner hours. She doesn't need to head out and have dinner with him now, right?"
3. "Director zhao's point is, if mr. Sun can't catch up with miss gu tonight, she might lose her part."
4. "There's this new actress in the company, ivy, who's dead set on being in forgettable. She's got some real tight ties with mr. Sun, if you catch my drift."
1. "I get it. I'll handle sun tingyou myself. You can head back."
1. "You..."
2. "Are you alright?"
1. To gu xizhi, that whole thing that just went down feels like some crazy dream.
2. She's still wrapping her head around it, trying to believe it was even her involved, let alone figuring out how she got herself into that mess.
4. They're both girls and friends, but things nearly spiraled out of control.
1. She's feeling all kinds of embarrassed to face anyone—other people, herself, you name it. She's questioning if her friendship with qu xizhi is even on solid ground anymore.
2. "Jing, let's be real... We're grown-ups, and these kind of things aren't exactly out of the ordinary. They can happen between girls too, you know?"
3. "I get it, you aren't exactly well-versed in this territory, but if no one had interrupted us just now, we might've been..."
1. "..."
2. I...
3. "I... I'm real sorry about what just went down. Can you do me a solid and just, like, forget it ever happened?"
1. "No need for you to apologize, seriously."
2. "And honestly, it isn't as dire as you're making it out to be."
3. I really regret it.
2. "I had no clue how to put the brakes on you a minute ago, and you were just, step by step, pushing me into this corner."
3. "..."
1. "My bad, I let my emotions run wild."
2. "But believe me, I'm nothing like lin mingling. I was only going there because..."
3. "Stay away"
1. "I like you..."
2. Seeing that look of disgust on gu xizhi's face, qu xizhi has to swallow that "I like you" back down.
3. "Thing is..."
4. "I'm not like her."
1. "I'm out of forgettable."
2. "What? You are halfway through already!"
3. "Jing, don't mess around with your career like that."
4. "No joke, I'm dead serious. I"
1. "Overheard you and ling qian."
2. "I'm clued in on what sun tingyou's after. Saw him in action before."
3. "When?"
5. "At last year's big bash. Sun tingyou was strutting his stuff. I know what kind of man he is."
1. "!"
2. Sun tingyou's got this infamous reputation in the showbiz.
3. But he's got connections and clout, and that's got everyone too scared to take a stand.
1. Especially those young artists who have no back-up and just started their career not too long ago.
1. "I've been scouring the place forever. Finally tracked you down."
2. "Got something I need to chat about."
1. "Hold up over there!"
1. Protect
1. "Hi, mr. Sun, what's up?"
1. "You're a solid actress. But you've been kind of on the short end of luck. Not many good breaks are coming your way. People keep sizing you up against qu xizhi. It's a real raw deal."
2. "I'm cool with that, mr. Sun. I'm pretty content as it is, not feeling wronged."
3. "You really see it that way? I beg to differ."
2. "I can see a whole other dimension to you. You know, the more composed a woman is, the more she's got hidden away to offer."
3. "..."
1. "I overheard you and ling qian. I've got the lowdown on what sun tingyou's after."
2. "That skeezy old creep's out to get any actress he can. Best I can do is protect myself by giving up my part."
