Dai Jia sat for a while longer. She stretched, stood up, and announced, "I'm off." She went away as suddenly as she came.
Jiang Se saw her passing through a door to the makeup room where there were more people.
She thought that the day's schedule would be postponed. She was even prepared for the possibility whereby the two lead characters would only be there much later. However, to her surprise, the stage manager made an announcement with a loudspeaker shortly after that.
The director and the two lead actors must have arrived. However, none of the lead characters could be seen on the temporary set.
Many of the newcomers were standing on tiptoe to take a look at the lead actors. Some of them asked the people around them, "Do you see Hang Yuyi and Zhao Ruoyun?"