Chapter 1452 - 1443: Living Together With Me_2
The second still shows Chloe Winston in an azure outfit: Peach Blossom Stream, a deep valley in green mountains, the charming and enchanting smile of a young girl, light and fairy-like, completely different from the style of the first still.
The last one is a still of Merciless Gate’s master wreaking havoc, with cool special effects and powerful acting skills, as soon as the still was released, the official blog was inundated.
"I could drool over this for a year, awww, the young lady is stunning."
"I really like this young lady, Merciless Gate’s young lady, keep it up."
"Waiting for the young lady to make an appearance."
By the third day of airing, which was also the last day of the week, Mary made her official appearance. The visual impact was even more beautiful than the released stills. The plot was a mix of humor and seriousness, with quality comparable to film, instantly making the drama an absolute hit, refreshing the view count again.
"I practice the Merciless Path, would you like to enter my sect?" This line exploded on Weibo, with fans affectionately calling the young lady ’Merciless Gate Master’ and creating their own Merciless Path Sect, all stating that from today, they were entering the sect.
Some fans even tagged Emilio Greenwood, the male lead.
"Little brother, quickly enter the Merciless Gate Sect! Such a beautiful young lady, if you miss this village, there won’t be another shop."
What’s funnier is that Emilio Greenwood actually replied to this fan: "The director won’t let me join the Merciless Path, wah wah."
This reply instantly shot to the top, and fans burst out laughing, suddenly warming up to the newly debuted male lead. Emilio discovered that just by replying to a Weibo comment related to Chloe Winston, he had a mini boom on Weibo that day, gaining a large wave of fans.
Emilio looked at his 8 million fans, then at Chloe Winston’s Weibo, which she opened only a few months ago, and saw she already had over 60 million followers, surpassing him by a wide margin, and promptly closed his Weibo feeling disheartened.
Ever since the butler and servants brought by Constantine Stewart took over Chloe Winston’s daily life, her assistant Autumn had completely become idle. Her main work every day was to scroll through Weibo, take beautiful photos of Chloe Winston, then think of captions for Weibo and finally post them.
Chloe Winston’s Weibo, known for its perpetual silence, had updates since filming Deep Abyss, to the surprise of her fans. Although it was clear the assistant was updating, it didn’t stop daily posts about the crew and daily life from appearing.
Most of Autumn’s posts were about Chloe Winston’s daily life, appearing most frequently with various desserts and a little white kitten.
A cute young lady eating desserts, or a young lady snuggling with a kitten, both could make fans scream.
"I want to become the dessert in the young lady’s hand."
"Everyone, the young lady is mine, draw your swords."
"I am that little white kitten."
Every day underneath the Weibo posts, there were all sorts of playful claiming of the cat and desserts, creating a very joyful and harmonious scene.
By the second week, Chloe Winston’s screen time increased, sometimes taking up half a scene in an episode. Immediately, fans were howling with happiness. The initial concern Chloe Winston had about viewers resenting too much screen time for the female third lead did not happen.
Whenever trolls appeared, they were fiercely attacked by the fans.
"Our young lady is beautiful, her acting superb, elevating the entire drama’s class; all you water army trolls, scram, scram!"
"Our Merciless Gate Master hasn’t stolen your male lead, hasn’t clashed with the female lead, how does our Merciless Gate Sect’s development affect you?"
The entire internet sparked a frenzy of requests to increase the screen time of the female third lead, with netizens tagging the official crew blog and the main cast, urging them to finish their romance and come see their young lady developing the Merciless Gate Sect.
The crew once again witnessed the immense power of Chloe Winston’s die-hard fans and couldn’t help but give thumbs up.
Originally, the director extended Chloe Winston’s scenes, without cutting any other important storylines, just extending from the original 60 episodes to 80 episodes. The crew wasn’t short on budget, as every meal, accommodation was sponsored by Mr. Stewart for Chloe’s sake. Even wanting to criticize Chloe felt impossible.
Most crucially, Chloe Winston’s acting was commendable. The extended storyline was developed based on the original plot without affecting other actors. On the contrary, the entire drama became richer, more appealing to the female market, breaking viewership records in recent years, becoming a phenomenal fantasy drama, with everyone in the crew rising to fame.
In such a win-win situation, it was impossible to feel envious. The whole crew treated Chloe Winston as a bringer of good fortune.
Chloe Winston, however, didn’t feel much different, focusing on filming diligently every day, listening to her assistant’s chirpy and excited daily reports, filming day in and day out for a month until Finnian came by the set while on a business trip.
Upon receiving news, Chloe Winston hurriedly requested leave from the crew, then waited at the entrance of the Holiday Village.
"Why did you suddenly come?" Chloe Winston asked excitedly after receiving him.
"I had a business trip nearby, with a day of leisure time, thought of you being nearby, so I stopped by to see you." Finnian, as always, was gentle and refined, standing a head taller than Chloe Winston. Seeing she hadn’t lost weight during filming and looked quite healthy in her unique traditional outfit and gray pants reminiscent of a Republic District girl, his travel fatigue was dispelled, and he smiled with bright white teeth.
"I’ll take you where I’m staying; it’s spacious there, just me and Autumn, with plenty of empty rooms for you to stay as you like," Chloe Winston said with a smile, leading Finnian back to her small villa.
Finnian nodded, although he wanted to stay with the young girl, he thought for a moment and said, "I’ll check if there’s a vacant room at the Holiday Village."
After both inquired at the front desk, they learned that all rooms were occupied. With so many people from the crew and insufficient rooms, even some extras had to share rooms. In the end, Finnian had no choice but to stay at Chloe Winston’s small villa.
[Have you all stopped loving me? Crying for a monthly ticket!]