1. "Phew"
2. "We've been kissing for ages here."
3. "The kissing scene with emerald and emperor only lasts two seconds!"
1. "Gosh, actors have the toughest job in the whole wide world!"
1. "Miss gu, you're doing great."
2. "..."
3. "You'll snatch that best actress award sooner or later."
1. "Well, I'm no match for you, miss qu. You can handle those steamy scenes with just about anyone and stay cool, can't you?"
2. "Nah, only because you're a girl."
1. "But that's showbiz."
2. "Back when I was a rookie actress, it took me about ten takes to nail a kiss scene."
3. "?!"
1. "When you take on a role, you become that person, not yourself anymore."
2. "If the role's going to cry, you better shed some tears too."
3. "Even if your own family just bit the dust, you have to force a laugh if that's what the acting calls for."
1. I won't let emerald's affection make me feel awkward because I am the emperor.
2. "Likewise, emerald should be happy, not resistant, when the emperor kisses her."
3. And she got this far simply because she was lucky. But it turns out she's serious about acting, way more than I ever gave her credit for.
4. "Maybe that's where I'm lacking compared to you."
1. "Jing, spending too much time at the spa might give you a nasty headache."
2. "Let's get out of here."
3. "Okay."
1. "You know..."
1. "?!"
1. "Let me help you."
1. "Well, at least you're serious about tackling this problem. Not everyone can handle smooching an enemy. It takes some serious mental strength."
2. "Despise you."
3. "Sometimes I can't stand being compared to you. It's not personal hatred or anything."
1. "So, will you consider being my friend, miss gu?"
1. "..."
2. Do I even have a choice?
1. "If you ever come at me with hostility again, miss gu..."
2. "This show is going to tank, guaranteed."
3. "Really?"
1. "No."
2. "But I hope you can believe that I don't hold any grudges against you, miss gu."
3. "I hope you'd be open to being friends"
4. "..."
1. "I'll give it a shot."
1. Maybe because I had to rehearse that ridiculously long kissing with qu xizhi, our rehearsals started happening more often.
2. And our relationship... Does get better, but it's also become harder for me to turn down her offers and gifts.
3. Smoothly.
1. "Cut!"
2. "Well done. Finally! Seems like you two have been getting along pretty well."
3. "Filming has been stressful, so I'm giving you two a couple of days off."
4. The director keeps praising my acting on set, and I'm starting to feel more confident about playing the lead role!
1. I didn't want to waste any time and wanted to keep the shooting going smoothly, but...
2. "Hey, block off four hours in the schedule for me tomorrow night."
3. "Yep, I'm going to that benefit ball..."
1. This time I have to attend the ball. Fine, let's just think of it as a chance to unwind.
1. "Miss gu!"
2. "Miss gu!"
3. "Sorry, folks, please step back."
5. "I heard that things have gotten easier between miss gu"
