Chapter 62: Liying: Sister Mi is Like a Sister to Me! Tangtang: What's That Supposed to Mean?

"That's quite interesting!"

"We'll find out tonight."

Zhang Li's gaze flickered, his expression remaining unchanged.

In those memories regarding the future, the exact time and location were clearly recorded.

Therefore, he only needed to go to the scene to see what was actually going on.

Putting his thoughts aside, Zhang Li asked Yang Mi and Li Qin, "Are you two free for dinner tonight?"

"We'd love to, but we have a night shoot," Yang Mi and Li Qin said, spreading their hands in helplessness.

*The Dream of Red Mansions* was an ensemble production. They didn't have scenes every single day, sometimes only having one scene a day, yet they were not allowed to leave the crew or move around freely.

"Looks like it'll just be a solo date between me and Sugar tonight, then," Zhang Li's dark eyes brightened slightly.

"What date? We're just having dinner," Tang Yan argued, the tips of her ears turning slightly red.

Meeting her gaze, Zhang Li nodded in cooperation, "Right, right, just dinner."

Tang Yan instinctively averted her gaze and turned to look at Yang Mi beside her.

The four of them sat together chatting. Yang Mi was eating mangosteen while occasionally glancing over at Zhao Liying, only to find that the latter wasn't reading her script with her usual focus, but was instead secretly sizing up Zhang Li.

*"Could Liying have fallen for this little brat at first sight?"*

*"Probably not, but developing a crush would be normal, just like how many men fall in love with me the moment they see me."*

*"What good taste."*

Yang Mi secretly indulged in her own narcissism, tossed the fruit skin aside, and looked at Zhang Li, "Ali, is Liying secretly staring at you?"

"Hmm?" Zhang Li lifted his gaze toward Zhao Liying, his eyes meeting hers directly.

Zhao Liying froze for a moment, then lowered her head like a startled rabbit.

"Normal," Zhang Li withdrew his gaze and feigned narcissism, "With looks like mine, which woman wouldn't like me?"

Yang Mi and Tang Yan immediately expressed their disgust, their casual interaction feeling just like their days on the set of *Chinese Paladin 3*.

Unlike Liu Shishi, however, Li Qin looked at Zhang Li with her large eyes and nodded heavily, "Brother Li is right."

"Qinqin, you've been bought off by his gift," Yang Mi teased.

"Sister Mi, I haven't even seen what the gift is yet," Li Qin argued with a flustered look in her eyes.

She originally meant to say that she didn't even know how valuable the gift was, so she couldn't possibly be bought off.

Whether Yang Mi didn't understand or just pretended not to, she gave a teasing look, "You're speaking up for Ali without even knowing what the gift is. Looks like you've been bought off by his face."

Li Qin had very thin skin and instantly blushed crimson, "Sister Mi, stop talking nonsense."

"I can stop, on one condition." Yang Mi rested her chin in one hand, her eyes filled with curiosity, "Unwrap the box and let me see. I want to know what Ali got you."

She needed to see whether it was something expensive or something chosen with genuine thought.

On her birthday, September 12th, Zhang Li had still been undergoing military training at school, so he hadn't celebrated it with her.

The gift he sent her later was a handbag worth twenty thousand yuan—a textbook example of an unrefined male aesthetic.

"I... I don't think that's appropriate," Li Qin looked at Zhang Li, hesitating slightly.

"I don't mind at all. It's just a master-apprentice gift," Zhang Li said with a warm smile.

With his consent, Li Qin opened the box and found a gorgeous women's watch inside.

"Is this the latest model from LQ?" Tang Yan's eyes lit up; she had been meaning to get one herself.

"Mhm," Zhang Li nodded in confirmation.

"How much is it roughly?" Yang Mi whispered to Tang Yan.

"Around eight thousand, I suppose," Tang Yan replied.

Yang Mi immediately nodded with satisfaction.

Li Qin didn't know the value of the watch; she only felt that it suited her taste perfectly, and happily strapped it onto her wrist.

"What time is it?" Zhang Li asked.

"4:53 PM," Li Qin answered with a sweet smile.

"Alright," Zhang Li nodded slightly. "It's getting late, I should be going."

With that, he looked at Tang Yan, "Sister Sugar, are you coming with me? I drove here."

"Sure," Tang Yan didn't refuse, adding playfully, "I'm going to eat you out of house and home."

"Do your best," Zhang Li cheered her on. He stood up and looked at Yang Mi, "Well, Sister Mi, we're off."

"I'll come visit your set again next time."

Hearing this, Yang Mi wore a look of utter contempt, "You said the exact same thing last time, but I waited a whole month. What have you even been busy with lately?"

As the four of them walked toward the exit of the production set, Zhang Li replied casually, "I was preparing for my audition for a supporting role in *The Message*. I successfully secured the part today, so now I'm free."

"And the moment I'm free, I came to visit your set. Sincere enough for you?"

Yang Mi completely ignored the last sentence and looked at him in shock, "You secured a supporting role in the movie *The Message*?"

Li Qin and Tang Yan also wore expressions of utter surprise.

With an investment of eighty million, featuring two film queens and a top young actor, *The Message* was a massive cake that many in the industry had been eyeing recently. They hadn't expected Zhang Li to carve out a slice for himself.

"Yeah, basically the third male lead," Zhang Li nodded calmly.

"Kid, you're amazing," Yang Mi put on a smile, "When you strike it rich, don't forget your old friends."

"Don't worry, once I make it big, I'll definitely let you play a maid for me," Zhang Li said with a cocky grin.

"Go to hell," Yang Mi immediately lashed out at him.

A few minutes later, Zhang Li drove away from the set.

In the passenger seat, Tang Yan took out her phone and texted her assistant, telling her to drive back first.

Meanwhile, back on the set, Yang Mi went straight to Zhao Liying the moment she returned, throwing an arm around her shoulder, "Liying, have you taken a fancy to my little brother?"

"No!" Zhao Liying instinctively denied it, her voice stumbling slightly, "I just... I just think he's quite handsome."

"It's fine even if you did. Who doesn't like handsome guys? It's not like you're chasing after him," Yang Mi smiled as she took out her phone. "Sister will give you a chance to have dinner with him sometime. By the way, we've known each other for so long and never taken a selfie together, have we? I'll take one and post it on Weibo."

"Oh, look at this angle, we actually look quite a lot alike. People might mistake us for sisters if they didn't know better."

"I'll just caption it: biological sisters from different mothers and fathers."

Yang Mi snapped a selfie of herself and Zhao Liying, added the caption, and posted it to her blog.

Seeing this, Zhao Liying felt a wave of deep emotion.

In the entertainment industry, she was still practically a complete nobody.

Yang Mi, however, was different. Back when she played Guo Xiang in Liu Yifei's version of *The Return of the Condor Heroes*, she had already garnered significant attention. She had also starred as the female lead in the historical legendary drama *Wang Zhaojun*, which earned her a nomination for the audience's favorite TV actress at the Golden Eagle Awards, and she had even starred in the fantasy drama *Strange Tales of Liaozhai: Xiaoqian* alongside her idol Hu Ge.

Not long ago, she had been borrowed by Chinese Entertainment to star as the female lead in *Chinese Paladin 3*.

To put it simply, Yang Mi was actively sending her traffic and drawing public attention to her.

"Sister Mi, from now on you are my biological older sister from different parents," Zhao Liying declared.

Yang Mi: *I've been waiting for you to say that.*

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Zhang Li drove Tang Yan to a hotel.

Under her somewhat bewildered gaze, he directly booked a room and escorted her up in the elevator.

*Thud.*

The moment the door closed.

Zhang Li scooped Tang Yan up into his arms and tossed her onto the bed, "Sister Sugar."

Tang Yan: "..."

What on earth was this?

Zhang Li informed her that they were going to study Chinese characters.

Ten, big, wood, big, wood...