Yesterday, I went to read the screenplay with emotions running high, so focused on picking out the story's flaws that I didn't examine many of the lines in detail.
Now that I've calmed down and taken a closer look, everything seems clearer, and some of the brilliant lines have caught my attention. For example: "I'm not afraid to die, just afraid of discomfort. I'd give up my life for the sake of comfort."
At that time, he hadn't immersed himself in the story; he spent the whole morning editing. After seriously putting himself in the characters' shoes, he felt even more that Long Wenzhang was not just a little bit charming.
The sensation of literary minds clashing without contact made Zhao Mingyuan's pores open up in satisfaction.
The next day, he still went to invite Xu Qingyan. He had prepared himself for rejection, but after waiting for a while, he was met with Xu Qingyan's skeptical gaze.
"Are you... really planning to take me out to eat?"
"Of course."
"And the purpose?"