Qin Yuhuan handed the phone to Li Xinyu and cheered up to go back to film, but she was really nervous. This nervousness made her seem to be dreaming back to that night when Qin Yusu (Qin's younger brother) called her and told her that her mother seemed to have a stomachache and kept vomiting at home.
Every time she finished a show, she would check her cell phone. An hour later, her aunt still hadn't arrived, and instead, several aunts called and said they couldn't find her father.
At twelve o'clock, Qin Yuhuan had barely finished his morning scene. Fang Jinyao consoled him, "Maybe he went to buy groceries, or maybe he went for a walk. It's normal for elderly people to leave their phones at home when they're old and run out of battery."
The phone suddenly vibrated violently, and the call number labeled "little cousin" jumped on the screen one after another, just like Qin Yuhuan's heart at the moment. She didn't know what kind of courage she mustered to click to answer the call.
No one knew what the little cousin said on the other end of the phone, but Qin Yuhuan fell to the ground in a flash. Fang Jinyao didn't even have time to help her up, and tears suddenly fell. Qin Yuhuan's calm voice trembled, "My dad is gone... is that right?"
Hearing this, Fang Jinyao's eyebrows twitched. She looked at Qin Yuhuan and told the person on the other end of the phone that she would rush back as soon as possible. After Qin Yuhuan hung up the phone, she said, "I'll go find Zhiying. Do you want to..."
"Can you shorten my scene?" Qin Yuhuan couldn't see Fang Jinyao's face clearly. There were only tears in her eyes. "Seven days, give me seven days. I want to go back to take care of my father's funeral. After the funeral, I will come back."
The play was already halfway through, like an arrow on a bowstring. With Ziyi's backing, Qin Yuhuan could have quit the show. She had a legitimate reason, but she didn't have one. She just grabbed Fang Jinyao's wrist, pleading in her eyes, her whole body seemed to be broken: "Five days... three days is fine. The minimum funeral period is three days. Sister Jinyao, please help me. You can... you can tell others about my situation. It's okay."
"Qitian, I've told Zhiying to move your scene to the back. Yuhuan, I'll go with you." Fang Jinyao handed the tissue to Qin Yuhuan, asked Li Xinyu to watch from the side, and went to Fang Zhiying to communicate with her.
The phone kept vibrating. Li Xinyu watched Qin Yuhuan crying and trying hard to control her emotions while communicating with everyone who called. Sun Er and the others heard the news and gathered around, asking Qin Yuhuan if she needed any help.
Qin Yuhuan just shook his head, stood up and bowed to everyone, "I'm sorry, I have to go back these few days and trouble you."
"What's the big deal? It's just a matter of changing the order of filming. Yu Yu, you...you must accept my condolences." Sun Er didn't know what to say.
Fang Jinyao came out to block the greetings from many people for Qin Yuhuan. Before having lunch, Qin Yuhuan had already boarded the bus back to Changping County, alone.
Fang Jinyao looked at the gradually disappearing rear end of the car, hesitated for a moment, and then called Ziyi.
Ziyi was also on her way to Changping County at the moment, and was quite surprised to see Fang Jinyao's call. "How could Sister Fang have the time to call me?"
"Yu Huan's father...is gone."
The rest of the crew didn't know what this meant to Qin Yuhuan, but Ziyi and Fang Jinyao knew. Ziyi straightened her back in an instant, putting away all her jokes, "Why is this happening?"
"I didn't hear the call clearly. Yu Huan was restless when she woke up this morning. She hasn't been feeling well since you left, so she wanted to call her dad. Coincidentally, her aunt went to see her dad today, but she went several times but couldn't find him."
Fang Jinyao felt as if the breath was stuck in her chest and she couldn't breathe out, which made her feel uncomfortable.
"We initially thought it was an elderly person out for a walk, or their phone died or something, but Yu Huan... seemed to have a premonition."
"At lunchtime, her cousin called and said the person had been found. It was a neighbor... The neighbor smelled something and called the police. The police came and pried open the door, only to find that the person was gone."
Ziyi took a deep breath, "Where's she?"
"There's only one ticket from Shancheng to Changping, and it's past the scheduled time today. I asked the driver to take Yu Huan back to Changping County. I originally wanted to go with her, but she... maybe she's too stubborn, or maybe it's something else."
Fang Jinyao recalled the courtesy and logic Qin Yuhuan maintained when dealing with others. "Ziyi, if it's convenient for you, go ahead. If you can't make time..."
"I'll go." Ziyi made a quick decision. "I'll contact her. What about the crew?"
"I helped her adjust her role. She doesn't want to go on strike. There might be some minor disturbances afterwards, but I will handle it."
It seemed like many people in the crew came to comfort Qin Yuhuan, but sometimes... it's hard to say. Fang Jinyao still had to stay alert in case any negative news about Qin Yuhuan "being passive and slacking off and acting like a big shot after getting an endorsement" spread online.
"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Fang. Don't worry about that. I'll take care of it. Keep in touch."
After hanging up the phone, Ziyi asked the driver to stop at the service station ahead and began to arrange the work, pushing off all the tasks that could be pushed off, or letting Zhao Fengzhuo take on them himself.
In this matter, Zhao Fengzhuo and Ziyu formed a united front and let Ziyi go without worry.
The scenery outside the car window passed by like a fast-paced film, and Qin Yuhuan's soul seemed to have been hanging in the air since just now, unable to settle down, until Ziyi called.
"Xiaozi..." Qin Yuhuan still tried to pretend to be calm.
Ziyi was straightforward, "Qin Yuhuan, I'm at the Taicheng service station up ahead. Ask the driver to turn over there. I have time, and I'll go home with you."
"You know." Qin Yuhuan didn't want to cry, but her tears just fell down.
The paper packs in the car were empty one after another. The driver looked through the rearview mirror several times, but he still didn't know what was going on with his boss.
"I know, don't be afraid, I'm here this time."
Ziyi's words were like a gentle stream of water. Qin Yuhuan couldn't control herself and broke down in the car, "Ziyi, I don't have a mom and a dad anymore."
"Why? My requirements are already very low. I just want him to be alive. If he asks for money, I give him money. I answer every call from him no matter how much I don't want to. I still call him every week, and the calls can last for hours. I just... I just want him to be alive, so that I... won't be so pitiful. Why can't he even do that?"
Ziyi listened quietly to Qin Yuhuan's words. Since her rebirth, she thought that Qin Yuhuan was just having trouble with his career and his mother's affairs.
She helped Qin Yuhuan get rid of the deceptive agency so that she could have a good career development, and tried every means to make her happy, but she didn't expect that fate would be so cruel, as if it couldn't bear to see Qin Yuhuan happy at all.
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