As glasses of ice-cold beer clinked together, Lan Qingyue, drinking beer for the first time, was overwhelmed by the strange taste and felt a little tipsy. She almost lost control of her expression.

This is so hard for me.

After lunch, the group quickly washed the dishes and put them in the sterilizer. It was 1 o'clock, and the director told everyone to go back and rest. They would meet again at 2:15. The afternoon's mission would start at 2:30. Lan Qingyue said goodbye to Qi Yu, who was standing at the gate like a doorman, and pulled Chu Chu, who was full and yawning, to run towards Lu Yan's house.

"Mommy, you're running too fast! My little feet can't keep up!"

Despite straining with all her might, Chu Chu still couldn't keep up with Lu Yan's pace. She pouted and protested, "Mommy, I want a hug~~~"

hug?

You just ate, you must have gained at least two pounds, I can't even lift you.

Lan Qingyue stopped, pressed her hands on her knees, panting heavily, and said weakly, "I'm so tired, what should I do if I don't want to walk anymore?"

A drama queen can act on a whim.

Chu Chu touched her lips with her chubby little hand, looked at Lan Qingyue for a while, then wobbled over and took her hand. "Mommy, let's go, Chu Chu is holding Mommy's hand~~~"

"So good!"

Lan Qingyue put on a convincing act, walking unsteadily behind Chu Chu, appearing delicate and frail as if she were about to fall at any moment, yet without showing any signs of strain.

Back at Lu Yan's house, the gate was tightly shut, the sun high in the sky blazing down, and the vegetable garden next to it was sweltering in the warm summer breeze.

"Mommy, is Sister Lu Yan not home?"

!!

No way, she...she forgot, Lu Yan said last night that she was going to school to pick up her admission notice today. Lu Yan isn't home, and neither is Lu Yan's mother. Are they going to spend their lunch break sunbathing?

Chu Chu's expression unusually conflicted and frustrated. She gently patted the door with her little hand and called out in a high-pitched, childlike voice, "Auntie~ Auntie~ Are you home? It's me, Chu Chu~~~"

Lan Qingyue also called out, "Ayan? Ayan? Ayan's mother? Are you home?"

The house was quiet; you could even hear the hum of the refrigerator in the kitchen. It seemed they really hadn't come back.

"Mommy, Sister Yan and Auntie aren't home~~~"

Chu Chu held the dumplings in front of her, using her small body to shield them from the sun and prevent them from melting. She looked extremely annoyed.

Lan Qingyue raised her hand to shield her forehead from the sunlight, and stood in front of Chu Chu to ask her, "Should we wait at the door or go find Uncle Cai and the others?"

With the sun so bright, and who knows how long it would take to wait at the door, Lan Qingyue was more inclined to go to the production crew's tent to rest.

"Mommy, will Auntie and Sister Lu Yan be back soon? Chu Chu wants to give them some dumplings~~~"

Chu Chu held the dumplings high in her hand, carefully avoiding the sunlight.

"We'll be back in a bit. Shall we go find Uncle Cai first?"

Lan Qingyue squatted down and said patiently, "Chuchu, look, the sun is so bright now. If we wait here, the dumplings will warm up in a bit. Let's go wait at Uncle Cai's place for a while, and then come back when Sister Ayan and Auntie come back, okay?"

"But..." Chu Chu wasn't happy, her delicate brows furrowed tightly, and her sweet little voice lost its previous cheerfulness, "If we leave, Auntie won't be able to see us~~~"