Chapter 686: Chapter 686 The TV Series Premieres
She simply curled up and fell asleep at the head of the bed.
Outside the window, a dark figure silently drew closer.
He strained to peer in through the window, perhaps aggravated a wound on his body during the process, and almost cried out in pain, but managed to cover his mouth in time.
Tiffany Lynch’s room was curtained off; Vincent couldn’t see anything and was a bit disappointed, but he still gently placed a yellow flower from his pocket onto the windowsill.
Matthew Quach got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Without properly opening his eyes, he vaguely noticed a shadow darting past him. Before he could shout, the shadow had disappeared.
He rubbed his eyes, walking over to the corner.
There was nothing there except for a pile of kindling.
"Was I seeing things?"
He shook his head, turned back, and returned to his room.
He had a restless sleep for the rest of the night.
*
At eight o’clock on Friday evening, "Fairy Maiden" was finally aired.
This was the first time Jackie Qualls had left the big screen to film a TV series.
Compared to other dramas, "Fairy Maiden" was only twelve episodes long and didn’t take very long to film, but it kept everyone on the edge of their seats.
After all, two significant events had occurred in the not-so-long filming period, both of which made it to the top of the trending list.
The first was the confirmation of Tiffany Lynch’s fabricated ranking in the talent show, and the second was the distinguished movie star Jackie Qualls publicly expressing his fondness for Hannah Winter, a contestant from a talent show.
The phrase ’I have feelings for her’ was automatically interpreted by the public as a confession of love.
Even after some time had passed, netizens still vividly remembered these two incidents, especially since the role of the villain originally played by Hannah Winter in "Fairy Maiden" was rewritten to be the main lead.
Everyone was eager to see the interaction between Jackie Qualls and Hannah Winter.
As soon as it hit eight o’clock, even before the opening song finished, "Fairy Maiden" shot to the top of the trending list, with soaring views.
Despite Hannah Winter’s popularity as one of the most-followed female artists, she couldn’t compare to Jackie Qualls in terms of popularity and influence in the film and TV industry.
Especially since she was also labeled as an idol from a girl group, which alerted the haters.
— Nowadays anybody can have a go at filming TV series, seeing Jackie Qualls’ name made me interested at first, but when I saw the female lead was Hannah Winter, I was instantly put off.
— Can’t the idols just stick to singing and dancing, why must they act?
— Just a passerby, but after watching the trailer released by the official, Hannah Winter’s performance was quite impressive, right? It only just started airing for two minutes and there are so many haters. Who did Hannah Winter offend?
— Let me tell you something interesting, 70% of those haters’ pages are fans of the other group members.
— Does that group Smile 9 have too many solo fans or what? Doesn’t this group have any collective fans? They are always seen fighting each other.
— Hannah Winter gets all the resources, poor other members in the group, they didn’t get anything. Hannah Winter is so capable, why doesn’t she just go solo? It’s so annoying to watch.
— To those who say Hannah Winter gets too many resources, she earned those by her own merit, okay? The fact that she chose to stay after everything that happened is already the best proof, okay!
Five minutes into "Fairy Maiden", the online criticism was raging, accusing Hannah Winter of abandoning her idol duties and even started attacking her for embarrassing acting skills.
However, the backlash was swift, and fans defended Hannah Winter, who hadn’t even officially appeared on the screen yet, as they questioned where critics were seeing the embarrassing acting skills.
