What the director hadn't counted on, however, was that when the camera pushed in for a close-up, the look of admiration and burgeoning affection in Ye Sijue’s eyes was startlingly real, as if he genuinely cherished Mu Xia and was truly falling for her. “Cut!” The director emerged from behind the monitor, beaming, and started to applaud. “Miss Mu, your screen presence was already a wonderful surpri