Regardless of the situation, the actors were confirmed. Peak's preparation work was precise and swift, soon setting a date for the film's commencement. Everything was on the right track, except that Peak always kept its guard up against Qiao Yihan.
Deng Lishan still ran to the set whenever she had the chance, except that Xi Cheng mostly ignored her, and she ignored Qiao Yihan completely. These three formed a peculiar love triangle, amusing the rest of the crew.
After Xi Cheng's acting skills were proven, the crew's focus shifted to other quirky aspects of him.
For example, they assumed he was poor, had never seen the world, was uneducated with a low level of schooling—in short, the clique mentality in the crew persisted, not out of malice but because they didn't know how to interact with someone from the countryside.
The only one willing to get close to him was Deng Lishan.
But he didn't pay attention to anyone; he could freeze out even the director's daughter.
