DSMC Chapter 166.1

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“Hahahahaha, I love this ridiculous move by the system! The first female lead? I’m fucking dying of laughter!”

“Holy shit, the system really knows how to play! Is this something I’m actually allowed to watch? Kitty Baby became the female lead, so doesn’t that mean he’s going to have scenes opposite his master? Ahhh, I want to see it!!!” 

“I’m dying. I never would’ve thought they could play it like this. When it comes to messing around, the system really knows how to do it.”

“Director Jiang, please let me see the scene where Mimi licks his master’s chin. Anything from the neck up is fine too~ let them put their arms around each other’s necks. Whatever kind of intimacy they have while Mimi is in cat form, give me all of it!”

“I want to know how Kitty Baby is supposed to look for clues if he’s playing the female lead.”

“Isn’t that obvious? Director Jiang must have his eye on the little kitty. I already guessed that he might be one of Qu-laoshi’s personalities. I just don’t know whether he’s the main or alter. And he has a nose like a bloodhound, he immediately noticed that our Kitty Baby was different from everyone else and chose him to play the female lead.”

“Has anyone watched the [Mingya High School 2.0] instance? Don’t tell me the kitty has derailed the plot again.”

“Isn’t it obvious? Which player has ever gotten the first female lead role? Hahahahaha! What a sudden change in genre! It actually fits the female lead’s character setting really well, too. The kitty looks like he’s really afraid of supernatural things, while the female lead’s character is afraid of ghosts and constantly has to cling to the male lead. Otherwise, none of them would be able to get out in the end.”

Yan Jiyun never expected to appear in front of his teammates and the other players in this manner.

Director Jiang pushed him in front of the production crew. “This is the new first female lead I just hired. Have the makeup artist do his makeup later.”

Yan Jiyun seriously hugged himself. “I’m a man. I’m not wearing women’s makeup!”

Director Jiang said, “I know you’re a man. I never said I was making you cross-dress.”

Qi Feng had already been called back to film and was looking at Yan Jiyun with great interest, seemingly wondering where he had come from.

Lan Mo, as his assistant, had also hurried back to keep an eye on the NPCs at the scene. Even Shi Yan and He Yuanle had returned.

Gu Wenzhu and Qiu Xi were talking about something, both of them smiling. They were the happiest to see that Yan Jiyun was safe and sound.

As expected, Yan Jiyun was the most mysterious player. Everyone else had gotten into the vehicle, while no one knew where he had run off to.

Yan Jiyun boldly rolled his eyes at Director Jiang. “Then why am I playing the female lead?”

Director Jiang whispered, “Or should I call the police?”

Yan Jiyun: “……”

Calling the police to take him away would basically mean being eliminated from the game. Director Jiang really knew how to manipulate a player’s psychology.

As the first male lead, Qi Feng asked, “How are we filming this scene?”

Good question. Straight to the point.

Qu Wanqiao also crossed his arms, seemingly dissatisfied. “Director, you’re changing the script without telling us beforehand?”

Director Jiang said, “The script hasn’t changed. We’re just changing it into a dual-male-lead story.”

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“I get it. Brotherhood~ yoooooooo~”

“I get it. Brotherhood~ yoooooooo~”

“I get it. Brotherhood~ yoooooooo~”

“Holy shit, Qu-laoshi is so good at this. I’m going to call him the most entertaining NPC in history! I’m dying. Everyone, guess whether Qu-laoshi and the kitty will have scenes together!”

“Other than Si Hao, won’t other male leads all have scenes with Kitty Baby?”

“I suddenly want to see the script. Please, system, make the script public. Are we going to get all kinds of love-triangle chaos? Hahahahaha!”

“I’m fucking dying. This live stream brings me so much joy, hahaha!”

“Quick, quick! Let me see how the next scene is going to be filmed!”

Yan Jiyun had never imagined that there would be a day when he would stand in front of a camera.

The makeup artist and costume designer took him through the entire process, then pushed him in front of the camera.

There was no need to reshoot the scenes Su Xiran had filmed earlier. Director Jiang truly lived up to his reputation as a genius director. He was also a famous screenwriter, and on the spot, he simply gave Yan Jiyun a new identity, successfully turning him into the “female” lead.

After hearing him explain the scene, Yan Jiyun cursed inwardly.

Fuck this “female” lead.

Director Jiang said, “You secretly followed them here. After Qi Feng discovers you, you join the group. The rest of the plot remains unchanged, just like the original. Only your entrance is different.”

Yan Jiyun asked, “How do I make my entrance?”

Director Jiang handed him the freshly written pages he’d just scribbled out. “This is your entrance.”

Yan Jiyun quickly skimmed through them. After reading it, he was fairly satisfied, but also not entirely satisfied.

“When I slide down the stairs, why can’t I jump down in a cool way? Why do I have to fall and then have Qi Feng catch me?”

Would anyone actually want to watch a plot like this? It made absolutely no sense!

Director Jiang said, “I’m the director. If I say this is how we’re doing it, then that’s how we’re doing it.”

Yan Jiyun said, “But Qu Wanqiao was just discussing the plot with you, and you changed it.”

Director Jiang said, “Reporter Yan, police.”

Yan Jiyun coughed lightly. “Fine. We’ll film it this way, then.”

After all, Qi Feng had carry and held him plenty of times before. He was quite used to it. He just thought the scene was illogical.

Then it suddenly occurred to him: why had he stupidly argued with Director Jiang about the plot? Director Jiang was an NPC. There was no way he would discuss whether the plot made sense with a player.

His cold must have muddled his thinking.

The other players could only marvel at how bold Yan Jiyun was for directly arguing with an NPC.

But Director Jiang didn’t regard Yan Jiyun as a player at all. After all, he was an NPC. Most of the time, NPCs followed their own plot, and when they weren’t following the plot, they simply improvised.

Director Jiang said, “Come here. I’ll coach you through the lines.”

Just as Director Jiang was about to pull Yan Jiyun over, Qi Feng stepped forward and gently pulled Yan Jiyun toward him. “Director Jiang, I’ll practice the lines with him.”

Director Jiang didn’t see anything wrong with that. “Fine. I’ll give you five minutes to practice your lines and positioning.”

Yan Jiyun and Qi Feng walked to the side and began practicing their “lines.” In reality, Yan Jiyun could memorize the dialogue after reading it once, so remembering his lines wasn’t an issue at all. He understood that Qi Feng was simply helping him get out of the situation.

After they reached a corner, Qi Feng gave Yan Jiyun a strange look. He only felt that Yan Jiyun’s face looked even more youthful than theirs, still like that of a high school student.

Qi Feng asked quietly, “You came directly from the elementary school instance back to high school?”

Yan Jiyun hadn’t expected him to guess so accurately, so there was no point hiding it anymore. “Yeah. How did you figure it out?”

Qi Feng said, “You still look like a high school student.”

Yan Jiyun touched his face. If his appearance hadn’t remained unchanged, he probably wouldn’t have caught the attention of that perverted Director Jiang.

Director Jiang seemed to sense someone’s resentment toward him and turned around to watch the two of them practicing their lines.

Qi Feng shifted his body to block Director Jiang’s view. “What do you think about this instance?”

Yan Jiyun said, “You guys have more information than I do. I only woke up a little while ago, and then Director Jiang discovered me and immediately assigned me the role of female lead.”

He deliberately made the time he appeared different from the time “Caramel” had appeared. In any case, no one could corroborate his story, so he could say whatever he wanted.

His explanation was perfectly reasonable. The first female lead had just jumped from the rooftop, and then he happened to be caught by Director Jiang. It looked as though Teacher Qu had deliberately arranged everything.

Qi Feng didn’t say anything more about it. The possibility that they could appear in different places and wake up at different times did indeed exist.

The two pretended to practice their lines while actually exchanging information.

Qi Feng briefly explained the current situation to him. Yan Jiyun already knew everything, but he still enjoyed listening to Qi Feng recount the whole sequence of events. He was beginning to feel a little guilty and almost wanted to tell him that he was Caramel.

Five minutes passed quickly. Yan Jiyun offered his own idea. “Is it possible that we can find some clues in the script? Maybe the progress of the filming is also the progress of our mission?”

Qi Feng nodded. This was indeed something Yan Jiyun had thought of that he hadn’t considered before. The script and the instance’s plot overlapped to a remarkable degree. It was possible that the events depicted in the script were a reflection of what had actually happened in Teacher Qu’s past. “Then let’s follow Director Jiang’s instructions and film for now. Maybe we’ll trigger a new plot.”

For them, the female lead jumping from the building was no longer a new development. The system hadn’t even given them a mission prompt.

Their conversation ended, and they returned to their positions in front of the camera and began filming.

This was Yan Jiyun’s first appearance in the movie Mingya High School.

He was supposed to take on the role originally played by the female lead, Su Xiran. Except now, the female lead had been changed into a male lead, making this a dual-male-lead movie. There were plenty of dual-male-lead films in the real world as well.

His entrance was lively. Director Jiang had him appear relaxed and carefree, then sit on the stair railing and slide down it, deliberately appearing in front of Qi Feng and the others. But because he lost his balance, he crashed straight into Qi Feng’s arms.

Yan Jiyun was familiar with this. He sat on the staircase railing and slid down smoothly, even striking an especially cool pose before crashing directly into Qi Feng’s arms. Qi Feng successfully caught him.

Director Jiang didn’t have much to say about their position, but somehow felt that something was off. “Let’s do another take. Qi Feng, after he crashes into you, don’t catch him immediately. Take two steps backward, and the two of you should tumble together.”

Yan Jiyun happened to have one hand braced against Qi Feng’s chest. He muttered to him, “Director Jiang has such high standards.”

Qi Feng unobtrusively took a step backward, putting a little distance between himself and Yan Jiyun. When they had been children, he hadn’t felt anything about it, but now that Yan Jiyun was leaning against him, having them so close together made his face feel slightly warm, and his heartbeat reacted strangely.

This was Yan Jiyun at not even eighteen years old. He was far too young…¹T/N: ASDSLAJLAKSJFLIAJ QI FENG WHY ARE YOU FLUSTERED WITH THIS UNDERAGE YAN JIYUN???? YOU ARE NOT BEATING THE ALLEGATIONS!!

He said, “A little.”

Under Director Jiang’s tyrannical demands, Yan Jiyun and Qi Feng did the scene again. The two were still remarkably in sync. Even with Qi Feng taking two steps backward, he still managed to catch Yan Jiyun steadily as he came crashing toward him.

Yan Jiyun landed on top of Qi Feng. The two looked at each other for three seconds. Qi Feng picked up his cue right on time and said with an annoyed expression, “Get off.”

Yan Jiyun immediately performed a one-second retreat. “Do you think I wanted to? If there hadn’t been something terrifying chasing me from behind, why the hell would I have crashed into you?”

For his first time acting, Yan Jiyun delivered the line smoothly and continued the scene in one natural flow.

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  T/N: ASDSLAJLAKSJFLIAJ QI FENG WHY ARE YOU FLUSTERED WITH THIS UNDERAGE YAN JIYUN???? YOU ARE NOT BEATING THE ALLEGATIONS!!