Following the directions given to him by the Calabash Brothers, Su Ping headed straight for his destination.

With filming about to begin and Su Ping still nowhere to be seen, Tu Hengchuan hinted to Song Yifei countless times that he was ready and Su Ping could come out, but Song Yifei kept changing the subject and pretended to be clueless.

With only ten minutes left before the computer was to be turned on, he couldn't sit still any longer and decided to go find her himself.

I had only taken a few steps when I saw that familiar figure.

Her steps seemed hurried, as if she were searching for something.

Is it looking for oneself?

Tu Hengchuan smiled slightly and took a long stride to follow.

Suddenly I saw her squat down in front of a pile of props, talking to herself as if she were talking to someone. There was no one around, but she was still quite cute.

Tu Hengchuan suddenly wanted to surprise her, so he hid behind a big tree. From there, it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

He watched as Su Ping squatted in front of the row of things for a while, then suddenly picked something up and looked at it.

He recognized it as a firework tube. What was she doing with that?

Just then, the staff member wearing a black hat noticed what was happening and walked over to her, shouting, "What are you doing? Don't you know you can't just come in here?"

Su Ping was startled and quickly jumped three times on the spot, silently chanting "One, two, three, grow taller quickly!"

“You’ve overlooked something. This firework tube is faulty. If it’s lit, it will launch in the opposite direction, which could threaten the safety of the performers.”

Upon hearing this, Tu Hengchuan was stunned.

The staff member was also dumbfounded, but just in case, he walked up to Su Ping with a serious expression, squatted down, and carefully examined the firework tube.

After carefully examining the structure underneath, the staff member's expression turned somewhat grim. He quickly stood up and apologized to Su Ping: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you earlier. Thank goodness you noticed, otherwise, if the actors had been injured, the leaders would definitely not have let me off the hook."

After saying that, he left with the firework tube in his arms.

Tu Hengchuan felt a warmth in his heart. So Pingping knew he had a fireworks show tonight, so she came over to check on him?

At this moment, he saw Su Ping stand up, as if she wanted to go back the way she came.

Why? If I hadn't discovered this, would she have planned not to tell me?

Or was it that she never intended for him to know she had secretly come to the mountain because of what happened last time he deleted her? That's why she's become so cautious.

Tu Hengchuan watched her retreating figure, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.

[Ding! The corruption level of the romanceable character Tu Hengchuan has decreased by 3%, currently at 7%!]

When Su Ping heard the Calabash Brothers' announcement, she was a little surprised. She stopped and looked around. Why didn't she see Tu Hengchuan?

Seeing her stop, Tu Hengchuan mustered his courage and went out, wanting to tell her everything that had been building up in his heart for the past few days.

Before he could get close, Song Yifei, who couldn't find him because filming was about to start, came over and quickly pulled him by the sleeve.

"Brother Chuan, we've finally found you! The director is asking you about it, let's go over there quickly."

Tu Hengchuan opened his mouth, but could only look in Su Ping's direction, and then saw that a tall boy had appeared next to her at some point.

The sight of the two people from behind was truly jarring.

Seeing that Tu Hengchuan was stuck in place and couldn't be pushed, Song Yifei realized that his gaze was on Su Ping over there, and sighed.

"Brother Chuan, don't overthink it. I asked Pingping, and that boy is her bodyguard, protecting her safety."

Are they really just bodyguards?

Tu Hengchuan actually wanted to see the boy's face, but the two of them kept their backs to him and were talking to each other, without turning their heads even once.

Song Yifei had already heard the director shouting "Actors, take your positions!" over the loudspeaker. She didn't care about anything else and grabbed Tu Hengchuan's sleeve, pulling him towards the director's side.

Otherwise, she'll definitely be the one getting scolded later.

After resolving the matter here, Su Ping turned around and saw Tie Niu standing not far away.

"Sister, why have you been out for so long?"

His voice is very pleasant; he could easily work as a part-time voice actor.

Su Ping noticed that he was staring behind her, and just as she was about to turn around, he stood behind her and blocked her view.

"What's wrong?"

Tie Niu shook his head and said, "Sister, there are too many mosquitoes on the mountain. How about we go home first thing tomorrow morning?"

Su Ping had the same idea. Tu Hengchuan must have seen him just now. Since Tu Hengchuan felt guilty towards him, she couldn't meet him so soon.

But now it seems there's an even bigger problem.

Where will they sleep tonight?

Last time, Sister Yu helped me make arrangements, but this time I came secretly without telling the production team. It doesn't seem right to go there rashly now.

Because it was a late-night shoot, Song Yifei took out her phone and told Su Ping not to wait for her and that she could go to sleep first. As for Tie Niu, there was a spare folding bed next to her bed.

As for who the folding bed was for, Su Ping didn't even need to guess to know.

Upon seeing this message, Su Ping quickly stopped Tie Niu, who was about to go find the cave.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

He had just overheard Su Ping muttering that he didn't know where to sleep tonight. He had seen a cave when he went up the mountain during the day. It hadn't rained for the past few days, so there should be enough space to sleep in the cave. He could just find some dry grass to put down.

"We have a place to sleep tonight. Come on, let's go to bed."

Upon hearing the word "sleep," Tie Niu's face immediately lit up with a smile, and he obediently let Su Ping lead him in that direction.

Even when Su Ping took out a folding bed and spare mattresses for him to make, the smile on his face never faded.

What are you grinning about all by yourself for?

Why does it feel like after taking him hiking, he looks even sillier?

The only response she received was a series of chuckles, and the bed was made up in less than half a minute—an astonishingly fast pace.

"You're so fast?"

Tie Niu nodded, looking proud, as if waiting for her to praise him.

What she got in return was Su Ping's back as she walked towards the bathroom with clothes from the other layer of her backpack.

The wooden door was a temporary structure, only covering most of the body; the head and calves were still exposed to Tie Niu's view.

"You stay there and don't come any closer."

Upon hearing her words, Tie Niu stopped walking in that direction and sat down on the folding bed, feeling somewhat aggrieved.

Why does he feel that his sister dislikes him a little? Is it because of that ugly man?

He felt very uncomfortable just thinking about the way that man looked at his sister.

He needs to keep a close eye on his sister before she meets that man tonight. He'll drag her down the mountain before dawn tomorrow!