The next day, the online storm still hadn't subsided.
Although Su Shengxi's side solemnly declared that he was currently single, and Xu Youyou also denied the fact of her relationship with Su Shengxi, many people defaulted that they must have "broken up" under pressure.
After all, the power of netizens who love gossip is truly unimaginable; with just a suspicious target, they can verify the truth from various angles and using various methods.
Even if no intimate photos of Su Shengxi and Xu Youyou's faces truly appeared in the end, most netizens already had a clear idea, with only the die-hard fans of both sides still struggling and self-deceiving.
However, none of this had anything to do with Xiao He, or Xiao He's "the thief catcher" film crew.
As soon as he arrived on set, Xiao He was surrounded.
Hearing Xiao He talk about saving Xu Youyou, Pu Rong was startled and quickly pulled Xiao He, examining him up and down: "Are you alright then?"
Xiao He spread his hands: "I'm fine; it was that illegitimate fan who got a bit injured."
"That's good."
Pu Rong breathed a sigh of relief.
"That paparazzi is too unethical, daring to expose such fake news; they must be desperate for traffic," Lin Yipeng also said.
Xiao He sighed: "There's nothing I can do. The commotion was quite big at the time, and Xu Youyou was standing next to me, so it's normal for those guys to intentionally twist the facts."
"You should sue him," Pu Rong said indignantly.
"Let's just forget it," Xiao He shook his head helplessly, "The paparazzi who photographed me probably doesn't even know who I am, and the leaked news didn't reveal my face or relevant identity information.
If I were to pursue it, there's not much I could do to him."
At most, he just compiled that person's past criminal records and social death information and reported him to the police station and relevant departments... Hmm, but that was done by a kind-hearted netizen, what does that have to do with Xiao He?
Unaware, Pu Rong also sighed: "That's true, that guy got off easy! Annoying!"
"Xiao Xiao, it's better not to get involved in this matter actively, lest you get implicated and perhaps even be accused of trying to ride on the coattails of the hype," Lin Yipeng calmly analyzed.
Xiao He looked at Director Lin playfully: "Director Lin, this traffic is quite high, aren't you going to seize this opportunity to promote your movie?"
Lin Yipeng: "I'd like to, but to save you from being cursed at like a dog, let's just forget it."
Xiao He chuckled.
Don't even mention it, if he dared to claim that "masked guy" identity and then promote their "the thief catcher" film crew, it would probably take less than an hour, within ten minutes, everyone in their entire film crew would be cursed at like dogs.
Forget it, better not, it's better for both dogs and people this way.
So, everyone stopped mentioning the matter, and Xiao He continued to follow the crew to shoot his current scenes.
Now they had successfully finished the inn storyline and moved on to outdoor fight scenes.
Originally, the plot was set against the backdrop of a water town in Jiangnan, but their film crew was too poor.
It would be quite expensive for the entire crew to pack up and go to Jiangnan, but Lin Yipeng wasn't satisfied with using an indoor green screen.
So, in the end, they found a lake park as the real-life shooting location for the final fight scene.
In this part of the storyline, Jiang Rushuai, who had already investigated the true mastermind behind the official salt smuggling case, successfully obtained evidence, but was also intercepted by several other powerful the thief catchers.
A fierce confrontation ensued between the two sides.
And at this critical moment, Jiang Rushuai's friend Shen Jue arrived, successfully helping Jiang Rushuai hold off these masters, allowing Jiang Rushuai to escape smoothly.
This fight scene was divided into two parts: one for Jiang Rushuai and one for Shen Jue.
Jiang Rushuai was skilled in Qinggong, with light and graceful movements, able to quickly move between different small boats, while Shen Jue had a stable lower body and broad, open movements, mainly fighting different masters on the boats.
These two parts were the most important fight scenes in the entire play, and everyone took them very seriously.
Xiao He gripped his De-boning Knife tightly, feeling a little anxious, and turned to look at Pu Rong next to him.
Jiang Rushuai, played by Pu Rong, was a master swordsman.
He held an elaborately decorated long sword in his hand and gracefully showed off a sword flourish towards Xiao He: "What's wrong? Are you nervous?"
Xiao He: "A little."
Their film crew was so poor that they didn't even have a martial arts director; everything relied on Pu Rong, the professional.
Even the "master" supporting actors they were sparring with were real masters Pu Rong found from his family's martial arts school, the kind who had won awards in swordsmanship and martial arts.
Only Xiao He was the sole outsider among this group of insiders.
How could this not make Xiao He nervous?
"It's okay, just go all out.
My several martial uncles are very skilled; they can cooperate with your moves."
Pu Rong said, smiling to comfort Xiao He.
Xiao He sighed: "I'll try my best."
Pu Rong saying that just made him even more nervous!
Thinking of this, Xiao He opened his golden finger system.
Since the serial killer video went viral, his points had been steadily increasing recently, and he had now successfully accumulated over six hundred points, enough for Xiao He to draw six times from the low-level pool.
However, Xiao He had been saving them and hadn't drawn yet.
Thinking about the upcoming shoot, Xiao He felt a little eager now.
What he was most satisfied with now were the 【De-boning Knife Technique】 and 【Beginner Hacker Skills】; the former successfully helped him find acting jobs, and the latter gave him greater autonomy online, allowing him to escape the fate of cyberbullying multiple times.
Now Xiao He somewhat hoped he could draw a skill similar to Qinggong from it; that would be best.
However, since it was a criminal golden finger, Xiao He was really a bit unsure if there would be any strange things inside.
Forget it, never mind, let's draw and see, what if there's a skill that can be used later?
Xiao He ultimately couldn't resist and extended his sinful claw towards the lottery button—
【Congratulations on obtaining "Lifespan + 30 days", automatically redeemed】
【Congratulations on obtaining "Lifespan + 7 days", automatically redeemed】
【Congratulations on obtaining "Lifespan + 60 days", automatically redeemed】
...
【Congratulations on obtaining "Hound's Intuition", automatically learned】
【Hound's Intuition Details: Natural criminals can always detect surrounding plainclothes "hounds" at the first instant.
From this moment on, you can keenly sense hidden "hounds" around you.】
He didn't know if the first two skills had exhausted Xiao He's luck, but this time, all six draws resulted in lifespan value, with only one being somewhat unique, similar to his original "Kin Recognition" and akin to a passive skill.
And the hounds that the system referred to... were naturally the police.
Xiao He was speechless with emotion.
Alright, alright, now it's complete.
One passive skill automatically identifies criminals around him, and another passive skill automatically identifies police around him.
How did he turn into a human identification machine?
This truly is... completely useless!!!
He had originally wanted to draw some skills to boost his confidence, but now, after the draw, Xiao He felt so unlucky he could barely breathe.
Meanwhile, Lin Yipeng was already calling him: "Shen Jue, come over quickly! The weather is good now, we're starting to shoot soon!"
When Xiao He got a little closer, Lin Yipeng pulled him aside and whispered a reminder: "Many of these props are one-time use, so try to be conservative with them.
If you can get it in one take, do it in one take."
Xiao He felt his vision darken again.
Director Lin, you're treating me like I'm on a tight budget!
