"I honestly can't act. Jun Yilan is the one that can," Taeyeon smiled gently.

As for the reason why the couple managed to film the scene in one take? It was because Taeyeon had helped Tiffany rehearse while the drama was still going through its preparation stage.

"I'm going to make you pay when we get home!" Tiffany said in a dissatisfied tone.

Taeyeon simply replied with a loving smile.

"Haha, this time we will definitely win against the other drama!" the staff were extra excited.

As Taeyeon was now a part of the cast, everyone was experiencing an emotional high and were exceptionally excited. When the other cast members finished filming their parts, they stuck around to watch Tiffany and Taeyeon act.

The feeling created by watching two formidable forces up against each other, let everyone learn the art of acting as well as experience the feeling of heartbreak.

They were like viewers behind a television screen. When they witnessed sweet scenes between Tiffany and Taeyeon, they would laugh like crazy. But, when they filmed heartbreaking scenes, they would find themselves crying tears of sadness.

"Oh God, I can't wait for the edited version."

"But the other drama has already been completed halfway."

"Who cares about them? They started way ahead of us. With our rate of progression, I'm sure we will catch up very soon."

"Watching Tiffany and Taeyeon acting together is so satisfying."

Of course, all this happened on the set of the drama because everything was kept confidential and nothing was leaked to the public. Whenever Taeyeon had no scenes to film, he would appear at Crown Empire and appear in front of the public like he had no involvement with filming. But, in reality, he quite enjoyed acting with Tiffany. 'The Forensic Concubine' was quite enjoyable because the love and hate between Jun Yilan and Qing Lan made the drama feel complete.

During this time, there was endless news about 'Concubine Ning'.

Kang Yong-Ji couldn't find any information on 'The Forensic Concubine', so she couldn't eat nor sleep.

Her photo had already lost to Tiffany, she wasn't going to lose in anything else.

So, she hired a professional paparazzi and instructed him to sneak into the filming studio to find out who the male lead of 'The Forensic Concubine' was. But, unbeknownst to them, the crew of 'The Forensic Concubine' were carefully selected and had gone through specific training. So, when someone came to get information, one of the staff simply smiled and replied, "We hired a new actor who has never acted before."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course. You don't believe me? Everyone on set knows this."

The paparazzi returned to Kang Yong-Ji with the information he had gathered and Kang Yong-Ji slammed her hands on the table in response, "That's great! Taeyeon is indeed tricky. He was afraid that the public would disagree with him hiring a rookie, so he kept the entire filming under wraps, forcing the public to accept it after filming is complete."

They did indeed hire a new actor and he had indeed never filmed anything before...

But...

...Kang Yong-Ji did not suspect that anything was weird.

Soon, the rumor that 'The Forensic Concubine' had hired a rookie and was too afraid to reveal it to the public, was leaked to the outside world. This, of course, attracted objection from fans of the novel. They loved the character of Jun Yilan too deeply, so there was no way they'd let it be ruined.

_"If it's an actor with no experience - we refuse to watch it!"

_"Exactly! Our Jun Yilan is a pitiful yet powerful man. I don't want someone to end up portraying him like a stupid and sweet boy."

_"I refuse! I refuse! I strongly request for the crew to announce the name of the male lead."

"Such a small scheme was enough to put 'The Forensic Concubine' into a crisis. What a joke! These fans have no brains," Kang Yong-Ji scoffed after seeing the comments left on 'The Forensic Concubine' website. 

"This President Kim is quite stupid. Even if he had no choice, he shouldn't have gone with this option."

"Yong-Ji unnie is smart for throwing the other crew into a crisis."

But, it wasn't that they didn't want to announce the male lead. They were afraid that if they announced it, they'd shock everyone to death!

So, even with everything that was happening, 'The Forensic Concubine' took on the pressures and continued to film into the night.

But, because of provocation from Kang Yong-Ji, Crown Empire's PR became extremely passive. So, news quickly spread on set that the situation had escalated to a point where fans were attacking the author, Tang Xiao.

Taeyeon immediately gave Chanyeol a phone call, "Settle the fans."

After Huangfu Shuo heard that the incident definitely had something to do with Kang Yong-Ji, his entire body boiled in anger. It was bad enough that she was pretentious, she even tried to hurt others. He really wanted to tear off her mask.

Meanwhile, Chanyeol had not contacted the fans of the novel yet. After all, he had nothing to subdue them with and even if he did, every fan had a different ideal for Jun Yilan. His only choice was to reveal the truth, otherwise, it was too difficult to make them settle down.

But, if he really couldn't subdue a few simple fans, then he wasn't Chanyeol.

So, he did not personally mention the male lead. Instead, he indirectly used Tang Xiao to talk to the fans, 

"'The Forensic Concubine' has suffered many obstacles. Due to manipulation from a particular person, every single male lead candidate ended up rejecting the role. Because of this, I had already suffered a setback. But, I never expected that my fans would also become my enemy's weapon."

"I have faith in Crown Empire and the production. So, why can't you guys have faith in me?"

"I created Jun Yilan, one word at a time. Don't you think that I'd care about him more than you? Since it's an actor that even I acknowledge, then it must mean the truth is unlike the rumors. As my fans, have you not considered my situation? By causing a commotion, how do you expect me to react? After all that you've done, who do you think is the final benefactor?"

"I offered this script without accepting any money for it. So, don't you dare say that I got paid out."

"Also, Tiffany accepted this role as a friend. We simply want to bring 'The Forensic Concubine'to life. I never expected my fans to end up opposing me."

"Shouldn't you know who my true opposition is?"

It was the crew of 'Concubine Ning'!

After Tang Xiao's reminder, most of the fans finally came to their senses and realized that they shouldn't allow themselves to be used. Crown Empire definitely had a reason for their actions. Plus, knowing that everyone was putting so much effort into producing the drama, they realized that they shouldn't act as obstructions if they were truly fans.

"When the time is right, Crown Empire will naturally announce the male lead. I can make a small revelation: he is better than the male lead in our opposition's drama and is even better than the two previous candidates. If the result is not according to what I've said, I will immediately withdraw from the webnovel industry and never write again!"

With Tang Xiao's guarantee, the fans immediately regained their confidence in the drama.

In fact, they began to ridicule the opposing drama, 

_"The oppositions sure are evil and shameless. They even tried to drive a wedge between the production and its fans."

_"Isn't this because my forensic concubine made them nervous? So, they did something so disgusting and shameless."

_"Forget about it. I have faith in the drama. Since Xiaoxiao said that the male lead is his dream man, then he must be perfect..."

.....

Over the next few days, 'The Best Ex-girlfriend' ended up holding a celebration for the completion of their filming. Throughout the entire filming process, Irene's change left the deepest impression on the director. 

After an entire film's worth of training, she was now a lot more natural in front of the cameras; she did not disappoint as Taeyeon's sister. It was as if her fate was destined to be tied to the entertainment industry because her ability to adapt to different situations was not something the average person could compare to.

"Irene, keep up the good work. Continue with your current attitude. Since your whole family is involved with the entertainment industry and you are working in it, you should make a name for yourself. That way you won't humiliate your brother. Plus, you have a great manager that you should appreciate..."

During the celebration, Director Wang drank a little too much, so he spoke a lot more than usual. However, his words were extremely sincere and moved Irene.

After the celebration, Suho leaned over and whispered in Irene's ear, "Let's go. We should go home to get some rest."

Irene quickly bid farewell to the crew and left the hotel with Suho. However, as soon as she stepped off the lift, she noticed a familiar figure at the reception desk. Even though the woman had a face mask on, Irene had clashed with her so many times that it was impossible for her not to recognize her. It was Kang Jung-hwa, and next to her was a man.

"I was wondering why Kang Jung-hwa hasn't been causing trouble lately. It turns out, she's in a relationship."

"Is that Kang Jung-hwa?" Suho looked at the couple in detail.

"I'm certain."

"But, if I'm correct, that man is Kang Yong-Ji's husband," Suho raised his eyebrows at Irene.

"Are you saying...?" Irene covered her mouth, "Are you saying that Kang Jung-hwa is having an affair with Kang Yong-Ji's husband?"

"Looking at their sneaky expressions and how intimate they are, I'm afraid that may be the case."

"Isn't that too ridiculous? Why don't we follow them and take some photos? Hasn't Kang Yong-Ji been bothering Fany unnie a lot lately? If news of this gets out..." Irene immediately tried to follow the couple, but Suho stopped her.

"Silly, there are security cameras...Go home and get some rest. I'll handle this matter."

"Awww...but, it's so exciting," Irene couldn't hide her excitement.

Suho looked at her in a helplessly doting way. After escorting her to the car, he made her wait half an hour before they returned home. As soon as they walked in through the front door, Irene immediately pounced upon Suho and wrapped her arms around his neck, "Did you get the evidence?"

"What do you think?" Suho asked as he pinched her on the bottom.

"Why don't we do something exciting too?"

Suho knew what she was thinking, so he immediately rejected her, "You're still young..."

"I'm already 20-years-old..."

"Go get some rest. I'm going to speak to Tiffany about what to do with the security footage of Kang Jung-hwa cheating with her brother-in-law."

"Fine, you have serious matters to tend to. Kang Yong-Ji is going to suffer..." After speaking, Irene slid off Suho's body.

Suho patted her on the head as a bitter smile appeared on his face. This woman didn't seem to understand the dangers of rubbing against his body. Worst of all, he was finding it more and more difficult to control himself. If he could no longer endure one day and actually slept with her, what would he do?

Suho sighed and turned around to return to his study room. He then gave Tiffany a phone call. But, the person to pick up was Taeyeon.

"Errr...I didn't mean to call Tiffany so late at night, but there's something that I really want to share with her."

"Uh huh, I guess you're a qualified girlfriend of hers," Taeyeon said as he raised an eyebrow.

Suho held his head helplessly. Although he didn't want to admit that he was like a woman in Taeyeon's mind, in front of Taeyeon, he had to admit defeat.

"Keke, well...Irene and I attended a celebration dinner today. But, we ran into Kang Jung-hwa and Kang Yong-Ji's husband having an affair at the hotel. Due to the fact that Kang Yong-Ji has been clinging to Tiffany, I thought this information would be of use to you guys. So, I went to the security office and secured a copy of the surveillance footage."

......... (blah blah)........

"What did Suho say?" Tiffany was actually standing by Taeyeon's side feeding the babies.

"He discovered Kang Jung-hwa having an affair with Kang Yong-Ji's husband," Taeyeon said as he put down his phone.

Tiffany was a little stunned but quickly accepted it, "It doesn't really come as a surprise. Kang Jung-hwa is young and beautiful, whereas Kang Yong-Ji is ambitious and ruthless. Any man would go for the first option."

"I wouldn't," Taeyeon looked at Tiffany seriously. "My every choice is you."

Recently, Tiffany discovered that she had turned into Taeyeon's fangirl. She had become a lot more obsessed with this man. Everytime she discovered something new about him, she would wonder if there was anything that he couldn't do.

After putting down her babies, Tiffany tugged on Taeyeon's shirt and pulled him closer to her, "I still have a debt to collect."

Taeyeon smiled as he followed Tiffany into their bedroom.

"How many other things have you not told me?" Tiffany asked as she pressed Taeyeon against the wall. "After marrying you for so long, I've realized that there is still so much to discover about you. Mr. Kim, you sure know how to surprise and delight me."

"Doesn't it make you more attracted to me?" Taeyeon asked with a smile. "But that can't be right Mrs Kim, I feel like the thing that attracts you the most about me is something else..."

"You..." Before Tiffany could finish talking, Taeyeon lifted her in his arms and carried her to the bed.

"Mrs Kim, I can't hear a word you're saying at the moment. All I can think about...is having you."

Throughout their day of filming, especially when they acted alongside each other, the majority of their scenes were heartbreaking. It was a combination of love and hate; of being in love, but not being able to be together. Everytime she experienced scenes like this, Tiffany would reflect on herself and be even more grateful for the man before her and their family.

...

'The Forensic Concubine' ended up filming for a good few months and remained under wraps the entire time. At this point, there were still a few big scenes that had not been filmed yet.

Perhaps to speed up the progress, after causing trouble between Crown Empire and fans of the novel, Kang Yong-Ji went under the radar for a while and placed her focus on 'Concubine Ning'. Actually, when it came to acting, she really wasn't bad. However, she acted kind while playing vicious tricks, which was much too disgusting.

After Suho handed the evidence of Kang Jung-hwa cheating with Kang Yong-Ji's husband to Taeyeon, Taeyeon was in no rush to put it to use. After all, President Kim had always been black-bellied. He knew that good things should be used where they made the biggest impact because that was the most effective way to utilize a resource.

Before anyone knew it, the time of year with the most award ceremonies came around again.

"'Concubine Ning' is scheduled for the 15th of the new year. Their aim is to be released before 'The Forensic Concubine'. Whenever two ancient dramas are released around the same time, the one to be released first always holds the advantage. Firstly, viewers always favor whoever comes first. Secondly, when two similar things follow each other, the viewer will easily get bored. Moreover, 'Concubine Ning' has secured a place on the best channel and is due to be broadcast during primetime. This is definitely not beneficial for us."

During a meeting at Crown Empire, an executive in charge of operations began to voice his opinion.

"Kang Yong-Ji has always had a good relationship with the public and her image has been well-maintained. Even though she previously had a falling out with us, when we look at the bigger picture, the crew of 'Concubine Ning' has kept everything under control."

"Most importantly, we have yet to reveal our male lead. After the first round of promotions, the anticipation for 'Concubine Ning' has doubled in comparison to us."

"President Kim, 'The Forensic Concubine' hasn't finished filming yet. What should we do? Are we going to vie for a vacation release instead? If that's the case, we will miss out on this year's Fei Tian Awards."

"Who said that we will have a later release date than 'Concubine Ning'?" Taeyeon asked the people in the room. "'Concubine Ning' has indeed secured a place on the best channel during primetime, but they are merely occupying the weekday time slots. What about Saturday and Sunday?"

"Weekends are ruled by variety shows..."

"What about after the variety shows are over?"

"Is President Kim trying to say that we will take the weekend time slot?"

Taeyeon was going to let 'Concubine Ning' promote in whatever way they wanted. After all, he had plenty of explosive information in his hands. If he was to reveal it, 'Concubine Ning' would become nothing. Most importantly, he had evidence that Kang Jung-hwa was cheating with Kang Yong-Ji's husband. But the thing was, since Kang Yong-Ji was the victim, he couldn't reveal it to the public; he had to deal with it in private. Because, he knew that if he was to reveal it to the public, Kang Yong-Ji would end up gaining sympathy.

It was during this decisive stage that something big happened to the crew of 'The Forensic Concubine'.

Due to the weather and the negligence of the production crew, Director Chen Feng ended up getting into an accident during filming and was sent directly to the hospital.

Soon, news of this was leaked and a variety of speculations began to form.

_"I heard that Director Chen Feng fell off a cliff and died..."

_"I heard that the location where 'The Forensic Concubine' was filmed is cursed. There have already been multiple deaths there."

_"Oh no, how unlucky..."

_"I also heard that when Director Chen Feng died, his head was separated from his body. How terrifying!"

Regardless of the rumors, one thing was for sure: 'The Forensic Concubine' would need to be suspended and its progress delayed.

Actually, regarding a matter like this, all Crown Empire had to do was step forward and clarify the situation and the truth would be revealed. But, the distressing thing was, Director Chen Feng's legs were currently not very convenient to do so.

...

"Even God is on my side," Kang Yong-Ji sneered after reading the news. "Let's see how long this tattered crew can hold on."

"There's actually no need to be worried, Yong-Ji unnie. The ratingswill eventually prove who the real winner is," her assistant comforted.

"In that case, help me keep a close eye on the competition. 'Concubine Ning' is almost due for release, I don't want any accidents to happen," Kang Yong-Ji instructed coldly.

As Tiffany was aware of the history between Kang Yong-Ji and Huangfu Shuo, she decided to tell him that Kang Jung-hwa and Kang Yong-Ji's husband were having an affair to help him relieve his anger. But, after Huangfu Shuo finished listening to Tiffany, he did not feel as satisfied as he would have before. It wasn't because he didn't