Chapter 6 Pick Me Up
It was the cold winter weather in December, and it snowed heavily just two days ago.
Jiang Wanning only saw the guilt on Xiao Liu's face and had no time to react before he fell into the lake.
There was even some unmelted ice on the surface of the lake outside, and the biting cold was like a sharp knife, piercing into the bones.
Jiang Wanning was in so much pain that she forgot to react for a moment. She felt like her whole body was frozen stiff, and the next moment someone pulled her out of the water.
"I'm sorry Sister Ning!"
Xiao Liu was the person who called on Jiang Wanning the most in the group just now.
She and Jiang Wanning joined the team at about the same time. They were of similar age and had a pretty good relationship.
Now he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at her.
Around Jiang Wanning, more than a dozen cameras were set up at some point, and their lenses were all aimed at her dejected figure.
"What on earth is going on?"
Jiang Wanning was so cold that she took a long time to ask a complete sentence.
But he was breathing so weakly that the director beside him didn't hear him clearly. He just frowned and looked at the scene in the camera, waving his hand in dissatisfaction.
"This one won't work at all. My face is showing. Let's reshoot it now while it's snowing!"
Only then did Jiang Wanning notice that it was snowing again.
As the director finished speaking, about a dozen assistants walked towards her.
It looked like he was going to push her into the water again.
"No, Director, I can't go in the water!"
Now Jiang Wanning was really panicked.
She had just had a fever two days ago and has not yet fully recovered from a serious illness. Her body would definitely not be able to withstand two times in the water, and she might even develop some chronic illness.
The director was full of impatience at this: "What nonsense! You young people nowadays are just too delicate. You can't even stand being washed in cold water twice?"
"If Jasmine hadn't been unwell and couldn't go in the water, and hadn't specifically recommended you, do you think I'd be willing to hire you?"
Jasmine, is that Xu Jasmine?
Jiang Wanning looked up in disbelief, and only then did she finally understand the whole story behind all the unexpected events.
It turned out that the crew he was working for had recently received a new drama production, in which the female lead was Xu Moli.
The production crew was planning to film a scene in which the heroine falls into the water and is rescued by the hero in the next two days. Unfortunately, the temperature in Shenzhen suddenly dropped in the past two days. Xu Moli asked the director team to find a stand-in on the pretext that she was not feeling well and could not go into the water.
You should know that Xu Moli was a well-known hard worker in the industry. No matter how difficult the role was, she always performed it herself and never used a stand-in. As a result, the production team was completely unprepared and was caught off guard.
Seeing that the shooting was about to start, the director was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
Just when he was worrying about how to find a substitute who looked very similar to Xu Moli in such a tight time, the former proposed a candidate herself, solving his urgent problem.
That’s right, the candidate proposed by Xu Moli was Jiang Wanning.
The director was puzzled as to how Xu Moli, a big star, knew Jiang Wanning, an unknown amateur.
But he really has no better choice right now.
Fortunately, Jiang Wanning does look very similar to Xu Moli from behind, and if you add makeup and don't look at her face, no one would be able to tell the difference.
This led to a series of inexplicable operations.
But Jiang Wanning wanted to say that she had no idea about this and didn't want to get this inexplicable "opportunity".
But the director and assistants on the scene were obviously not prepared to listen to her.
They didn't dare to offend Xu Moli, who had a certain degree of national popularity, but it was easy for them to control a little-known amateur like Jiang Wanning with no identity or background.
So Jiang Wanning was pushed back into the water again without any preparation.
This was repeated over and over again, until she was frozen purple all over and too stiff to utter a word, and the director finally stopped with satisfaction.
"Just make do with it. Amateurs are still amateurs. It takes so long to take a photo of someone's back while swimming."
In the weather of more than ten degrees below zero, the staff who had been working with the director all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the director's words, and then scattered like birds in an instant.
No one cared about Jiang Wanning's life or death as she had just come out of the ice water. Finally, Xiao Liu couldn't bear it anymore and wrapped her up in a blanket.
"Sister Ning, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have called you back."
"The team leader said if I didn't do this, he would fire me and make me pay a large sum of money."
Xiao Liu helped Jiang Wanning wipe the ice chips off her hair while crying with tears and snot streaming down her face.
"I've just arrived in Shenzhen and haven't established myself yet. Utilities, rent, and daily expenses are all huge. I simply can't afford the compensation. I never imagined they would do this to you... If I'd known this would happen, I'd rather...!"
Before Xiao Liu could finish his words, Jiang Wanning weakly interrupted him: "Xiao Liu, please get me a cup of hot water."
She knew very well that Xiao Liu was only forced to do so to make a living, and that the real mastermind behind all this was Xu Moli, so she did not blame her.
Xiao Liu bowed to her gratefully and hurried to get some water.
Jiang Wanning was left alone, silently repeating Xu Moli's name in her heart, feeling dazed and absent-minded.
Because she suddenly remembered the time when she and Shi Wang first met.
The man of Gaoling Flower always kept her at a distance, until he accidentally caught a glimpse of her back several times, and then gradually began to change his attitude.
At that time, Jiang Wanning didn't understand the reason and naively thought that Shi Wang was fascinated by her back.
Now that everything is connected, it turns out that the other party has regarded himself as Bai Yueguang's substitute from the very beginning.
Fortunately, Xiao Liu quickly brought back the hot water, interrupting her thoughts.
After Jiang Wanning drank the hot water, she felt her numb body begin to warm up a little.
She was afraid that she would faint after suddenly having a fever like last time, so she decided to go to the hospital to get some preventive medicine before dark.
So after saying goodbye to Xiao Liu, Jiang Wanning drove to the hospital alone.
But even though she was careful, an accident still happened and her car broke down on the overpass.
The sporadic snow in the sky was now getting heavier.
It would take some time for the rescue road administration to arrive. Jiang Wanning felt a little dizzy and called Shi Wang.
The phone rang for a long time before it was connected. Shi Wang asked impatiently, "What's wrong?"
"Shi Wang, my car broke down and I'm stuck on the overpass. Can you come pick me up?"
There was silence for a long time, but suddenly Xu Moli's voice was heard.
"Shi Wang, the snow scene outside is so beautiful, come over and watch it with me!"
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