Chapter 67 Chapter 67 King Dad 7

The sun was scorching, and even at the foot of the lush mountain, it was unbearable at noon, so Director Yao simply let everyone take a break for an hour to eat.

Jiang Huarong finished filming after passing this line. Director Yao handed him a bouquet of flowers and said, "We've been busy with filming these past two days, so we can't have a wrap party for you. I'll invite you to dinner after everything is finished. It's scorching hot here, so you should leave now. Bye."

Director Yao waved his hand, blocking all of Jiang Huarong's polite words in his throat.

Jiang Huarong opened his mouth, and was pulled two steps by his assistant cousin. He stopped and turned back, "Brother Rong, you said..." However, Jiang Huarong found that Rong Yi was not watching the replay on the screen at all. He subconsciously looked around and saw Rong Yi under the scorching shade of the tree.

Zhuozhuo pushed Rong Yi onto the chair, then climbed up and sat on his stomach, covered his eyes with a white towel so that he could sleep, and stuffed an ice cream into his mouth so that he could eat.

The weather was getting hotter and the ice cream juices were dripping all over Rong Yi's face. Zhuozhuo grabbed a white towel to wipe off the ice cream juices and then covered Rong Yi's eyes with it again.

Rong Yi, who was tormented like this, was not angry at all. One could even hear his cheerful laughter and praise Zhuo Zhuo for being so thoughtful.

Jiang Huarong's face turned green, and she asked her cousin in disbelief, "You're still praising me like this? Aren't you angry?"

My cousin was watching the whole thing, his eyes gentle. Hearing this, he said in surprise, "Why is she angry? She's such a cute and smart child. She wanted Rong Yi to rest while she ate. Hey, if Zhuo Zhuo hadn't been so mean to you, I would have wanted to play with her for a while."

"..." Jiang Huarong didn't understand the old father's mentality. He turned his head hard and got into the nanny car without saying a word.

Under the shade of the tree, Zhuozhuo once again smeared ice cream juice all over Rong Yi's face. She carefully wiped it off for him, then said in a baby voice, "Daddy eats too slowly. Zhuozhuo will eat it for him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuozhuo, who had been thinking about sneaking a few bites, immediately stuffed the half-melted ice cream into his mouth. With a few movements of his mouth, he sucked it clean. Rong Yi pried open Zhuozhuo's mouth, but only had time to pull out a smooth popsicle stick.

Zhang Qi, who had gone to get lunch, came back and saw this. He rubbed his burning little head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "You've already eaten two ice creams this morning. Why are you still eating secretly? Be careful of diarrhea."

Zhuozhuo said seriously, "Sister Xiao Zhang, Zhuozhuo didn't eat the ice cream secretly. It just melted on its own. It's no longer cold and has turned into sweet water. It's okay to eat sweet water."

After saying this, she nodded heavily, agreeing with herself.

Rong Yi smiled and said, "Even if it's sweet water, don't drink too much, it will damage your teeth."

Zhuozhuo: "It's okay, let it break."

Those who thought Zhuozhuo would come up with some twisted excuses were amused. Rong Yi held his forehead and smiled for a moment, wanting to tease Zhuozhuo a little, but he was exhausted. He simply emphasized to Zhang Qi that Zhuozhuo couldn't have any more ice cream that afternoon and dropped the subject.

"Wash your paws, it's time to eat." Rong Yi's face and Zhuo Zhuo's hands were sticky with ice cream. He carried Zhuo Zhuo to the well to wash. Zhang Qi followed and said, "Brother Rong, Sister Wang called you this morning."

"What did you say?"

"Nothing." Zhang Qi was a little surprised. He recounted Wang Yuhe's phone call and guessed, "Maybe he forgot what he was going to say after he said a few words to Director Yao."

Rong Yi knew what was going on. "Please ask Sister Wang to come over tonight. I have something to tell you."

"Can't we wait until tomorrow when the filming is finished?" Zhang Qi asked curiously, subconsciously looking at Zhuo Zhuo, then at the way Rong Yi patiently washed people's hands, and didn't dare to speak because of the guess in his mind.

An hour's lunch break is not long, but under the intense pressure, Rong Yi actually slept for half an hour after dinner. When he was woken up by Guo Xuezhong, he was still a little dazed, not knowing what day it was.

Guo Xuezhong whispered, "Brother Rong, it's five minutes past one."

Director Yao asked us to start work at 1 o'clock, but we are already five minutes late.

Before nap time, Rong Yi was so disturbed by Zhuozhuo's noises that he couldn't set the alarm. He thought he wouldn't fall asleep if he just closed his eyes and rested, so he didn't pay much attention to it. But Zhuozhuo leaned on his chest and soon fell asleep with a snoring sound. Rong Yi was also dragged along by it and fell into a deep sleep.

After being woken up, Rong Yi's eyes regained clarity in an instant. He gently took Zhuozhuo off his body, put her on a chair, and put a small blanket on her belly. Then he got out of the car to film.

Zhuozhuo was transferred from the warm chest to the cool leather chair. He hummed, rubbed his nose, and fell asleep again. The air conditioner in the car was on, and the temperature was just right. Zhuozhuo slept like a little pig until 4:30 in the afternoon.

The scorching sun had already set in the west, leaving a large patch of shade at the foot of the mountain. The temperature had dropped by a degree or two, and a cool mountain breeze was blowing. Those who had some free time sat on the ground and enjoyed the breeze, which was incredibly pleasant. The afternoon shoot went smoothly, and we hoped to wrap up before midnight tonight. Everyone was in a good mood.

Except Rong Yi.

Director Yao pestered Rong Yi like he was asking for his life, nagging non-stop, "Don't worry about whether Zhuozhuo's parents agree or not. This matter mainly depends on Zhuozhuo's own wishes. Let Zhuozhuo come out and personally reject me."

When Zhuozhuo showed up yesterday, Rong Yi mistook him for a child actor hired by the crew, and even improvised a scene. After realizing it was a misunderstanding, Director Yao and Rong Yi both decided to find a new child actor for the scene.

The young actor arrived this afternoon. Although she is young, she has already acted in more than 20 movies and TV series and is very experienced. She quickly memorized her lines and started filming. She did it in one take and it was very smooth.

However, Director Yao wasn't satisfied and filmed it twice more, but it still wasn't good enough. Perhaps it was because of preconceived notions that the first time around, Zhuozhuo and Rong Yi were acting together, and Director Yao would find fault with even the best children. Furthermore, the young actor relied on technique, while Zhuozhuo's performance was genuine.

Director Yao felt that the young actor did not have Zhuozhuo's charisma, so he insisted on letting Zhuozhuo play the role.

"Letting Zhuozhuo come is also a performance." Although Rong Yi has a filter for Zhuozhuo, he can't guarantee that Zhuozhuo will have a better performance, and he is also unwilling to let Zhuozhuo enter the entertainment industry, so he firmly refused.

It was too difficult for Director Yao to just leave Zhuo Zhuo in front of him without using him, so he bombarded Rong Yi with indiscriminate attacks.

Zhuozhuo woke up and found no one in the car. She rubbed her eyes and was about to cry, but 9972 said, "Baby, don't cry. Rong Yi's father is outside."

Zhuozhuo stood on her seat and peeked out the window. Seeing Director Yao and Rong Yi arguing with each other, her eyes widened and she shouted, "Don't you dare bully my dad!"

The nanny car was soundproof, so no one outside heard Zhuozhuo's shouting. One of them wanted to approach the nanny car, while the other blocked it, and it looked like a fierce physical altercation. Zhuozhuo frantically banged on the window, then, under 9972's guidance, opened the car door and jumped out.

Guo Xuezhong had driven the nanny car over to confuse the crowd. It was parked next to the woods, with an irrigation canal for the rice paddies on the other side. Zhuozhuo jumped to the ground, lost his balance, stumbled, and fell into the grass by the roadside. With a "thump", he rolled into the irrigation canal.

Director Yao, who was concentrating on the nanny car, was stunned for a moment, "What rolled out of your car?" As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind blowing by his side, and Rong Yi appeared in front of the open car door as if by teleportation, and the next second he pushed aside the grass and jumped into the irrigation ditch.

At this moment, a howling sound came from the irrigation ditch. Director Yao, who had reacted, suddenly changed his expression and shouted, "Help! Help! Someone has fallen into the ditch!"

Everyone shuddered and immediately ran in the direction of the crying. Zhang Qi and Guo Xuezhong, who were weaving grasshoppers with leaves not far away, ran the fastest. Guo Xuezhong was stripping off his clothes as he ran, and just as he was about to dive into the grass, it swayed, and Rong Yi climbed up, holding Zhuozhuo.

Zhuozhuo was terrified and cried non-stop in Rong Yi's arms. No matter how he tried to comfort her, it was useless. Furthermore, her sobs weren't the full, full-throated ones she'd had the previous times. Her sobs were soft and gentle, like a dying kitten in a rainstorm.

Zhang Qi felt guilty and scared, and kept shaking unconsciously. "Brother Rong, what happened to Zhuozhuo? Should we take him to the hospital for a checkup?"

Guo Xuezhong had already put on his T-shirt again, got in the car and started it, "Brother Rong, get in quickly."

Others also gathered around worriedly. Some of them were sincere, while others were afraid that something unexpected would happen on the crew and affect the movie just as filming was about to be wrapped.

Director Yao was also frightened, but he was old and experienced, so he was able to hide his emotions. He just calmly asked Rong Yi to send Zhuozhuo to the hospital immediately.

Rong Yi had no idea what was wrong with Zhuozhuo, and he couldn't tell her. Even though he had almost gotten her out of the car the moment she fell, he wondered if she'd been hurt. He carried Zhuozhuo into the car and was about to close the door when she suddenly saw Director Yao. She straightened up and said, "Bad guy! You hit my dad! Get out of here!"

As he said this, Zhuozhuo reached out to push Director Yao and made faces at him to scare him.

Everyone looked at Director Yao and Rong Yi in confusion, expressing their doubts about what Zhuozhuo said. They thought that she might have lost her mind, and they became even more worried.

Rong Yi paused, turning his head to take a closer look at Zhuo Zhuo. Zhuo Zhuo had stopped crying and regained his energy. Like a howling puppy, he bared his claws at Director Yao and said, "If you hit my dad again, I'll eat you!"

Director Yao was amused. Seeing that Zhuozhuo was fine, he asked her, "When did I hit your father? Look at your father, he's as strong as an ox. I'm just a skinny, artistic old man. How could I beat him?"

Zhuozhuo grumbled, "I saw you hitting my dad. You were walking this way while we were fighting." She gestured as she spoke, quickly letting Director Yao understand what was going on. He immediately laughed in anger, "What do you mean I hit your dad? It was clearly your dad who hit me!"

"No!"

"If he wants to stop me, he must attack first!"

"It must be because you are disobedient that Dad wants to stop you."

"So in your heart, your father is always right, right?" Director Yao was amused and angry. "You little brat, you're so partial at such a young age."

Rong Yi suddenly interrupted, "What do you mean by partiality? It's just that in the eyes of children, there are relatives and strangers."

Director Yao: "You two, father and daughter, teamed up to bully an old man like me."

Rong Yi ignored Director Yao and put Zhuo Zhuo on his lap to check her arms and legs, asking her if she felt any discomfort. After confirming that Zhuo Zhuo was fine, Rong Yi asked her how she fell off the car. Zhuo Zhuo said childishly, "Zhuo Zhuo wanted to protect Daddy and beat up the bad guys, so I got off the car."

"Dad is so happy, Zhuozhuo is so brave. But the car door was locked, how did Zhuozhuo open it?" Seeing that Zhuozhuo didn't understand, Rong Yi first affirmed her behavior and then asked more specific questions.

Zhuozhuo immediately ran to the driver's seat and excitedly demonstrated the unlocking process to Rong Yi. She also explained that she had lost her balance and rolled into the irrigation canal. However, Rong Yi pulled her out as soon as she fell into the water. Apart from drinking a sip of water, she was unharmed.

Rong Yi thought he couldn't leave Zhuozhuo alone anymore; children really couldn't leave their homes. Worried that Zhuozhuo might catch a cold, he gently praised her before getting out of the car with Guo Xuezhong and having Zhang Qi get in to wash and change her clothes.

Seeing Zhang Qi's red eyes, Zhuozhuo belatedly realized everyone's nervousness and said in a baby voice, "Little Sister Zhang, eat ice cream. Eat ice cream and you won't be sad anymore."

Zhang Qi almost cried again. She was really scared to death just now. If Zhuozhuo got into trouble because of her negligence, she would never be able to forgive herself for the rest of her life.

However, seeing Zhuozhuo's little hand eager to open the car refrigerator, Zhang Qi laughed again, "No matter what excuse you make, you can't eat ice cream today."

Zhuozhuo looked innocent, "Zhuozhuo didn't want to eat, Zhuozhuo was just helping Sister Xiao Zhang."

"Oh, is that so? Then Zhuozhuo doesn't need to watch. I don't want to eat." Zhang Qi pretended not to see Zhuozhuo's disappointed look, changed her clothes and dried her hair. "Okay, let's go downstairs and change Dad. Come up and let him change his clothes too."