Today is Pei Yan's childhood friend's birthday.

He specifically instructed Pei Yan to bring me along to the dinner.

After all the dishes were served, a friend asked, "Birthday star, everything is ready, can we start now?"

Pei Yan's childhood friend paused.

He looked at me, and somehow a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

"Not yet, one person is still missing."

The people present all looked surprised.

Seeing the embarrassment on the birthday person's face, everyone put on a look of amusement.

Pei Yan's ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend both appeared together.

This scene.

So, when Chen Yao pushed open the door and entered, everyone in the room involuntarily fell silent.

With a "clatter," a pair of chopsticks dropped from someone's hand.

With a crisp sound, Chen Yao walked into the private room and sat down on the other side of Pei Yan.

Perhaps to alleviate the awkwardness, someone looked at me and then at Chen Yao, jokingly said, "When Yao Yao walked in just now, I thought our sister-in-law Shen Zhi had entered."

"Don't say that, they really look alike."

After these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the private room became even colder.

Chen Yao propped up her chin with her hand, her gaze passing through the middle of Pei Yan and landing on me.

"Can I ask you a few questions?"

I nodded, "Of course."

"As far as I know, Miss Shen Zhi, you graduated from a school completely unrelated to acting, so... how did you come up with the idea of becoming an actress?"

"Because I like it."

"Is that so?"

"I heard that you previously appeared in Director Zhang's TV drama."

Chen Yao smiled, but her face was full of disgust, not bothering to hide it.

"Director Zhang usually doesn't use actors who didn't graduate from acting schools, unless..."

As she said this, she looked me up and down, "Miss Shen Zhi, your looks must have helped you a lot, right?"

Everyone present was an adult, and no one failed to catch the implication behind Chen Yao's words.

I turned to look at her, "Yes, after all, when Director Zhang casts, he never uses unattractive actors."

Chen Yao paused, seemingly surprised that I would retort.

She glanced at Pei Yan beside her, then looked back at me, "Do you want to know why Pei Yan replaced your role for me?"