Bi Xie breathed a sigh of relief, but his eyes were watery as he stared at Ji Gui.
As Ru Hua said, her tears were partly an attempt to excuse herself, but more so a feeling of grievance and bitterness that came out of nowhere.
She stared intently at Ji Gui, her lips still swollen from the playful biting and nibbling with Xiao Jingyi earlier.
Ji Gui's eyes darkened, and he brushed his fingertip across the girl's lips.
Bi Xie hissed in pain, looked up at him, and her watery eyes softened so much that Ji Gui felt a pang of heartache. His Adam's apple bobbed, and he surrendered, "Wife, don't cry, it's alright, I'm here."
The girl pursed her lips and didn't speak, but her face was covered in mud, making her look like a little mud figure.
Ji Gui, speechless under her glare, shifted his gaze to the trembling, fearful male extra beside him, and sneered, "Which hand touched my wife?"
My wife?
When Zhang Shu arrived and heard this word, his eyes widened in surprise.
Have they already secretly gotten married? That's so unfair! After so many years of friendship, he didn't even get to drink a single cup of wine at their wedding!
Zhang Shu's heart sank. A script supervisor ran over and asked what to do. Zhang Shu glared at him and said, "What else can we do? Filming is suspended tonight. Let everyone go back to the hotel and rest."
Upon hearing this, the lighting technicians and cameramen, who were already in their positions, paused for a moment, wondering when Director Zhang had become so generous. In the past, whenever there were unexpected situations, as long as the actors were not injured and hospitalized, filming would continue.
After all, filming is not child's play. Every second wasted costs film stock. Setting up the set and directing extras to prepare props also takes time. If you can just quit filming so easily, how much will the production cost be lost?
But since Director Zhang had spoken, who would want to stay in the deep mountains and forests and continue to feed the mosquitoes? They all consciously began to wrap up work.
Zhang Jingchu was reading the script when she noticed Xiao Jingyi had come to the set, and her gaze shifted to him.
Xiao Jingyi might not know her, but she had a deep impression of Xiao Jingyi. The two had once played minor roles together in a war drama. At that time, neither of them was very famous, and they both played dead bodies without any lines. Although they were dead bodies, it was not easy to play them at all.
She recalled that after that scene, the wound she was blasted out by the directional explosive device took about a week to subside after applying ointment.
The corpse played by Xiao Jingyi was tortured even more severely before he died. The actor playing the "Japanese soldier" didn't know if he had a grudge against him or what, but he stabbed him several times with a prop bayonet, kicked him a few times, and slapped him a few times. When he saw that he was really stubborn, he shot him dead.
Having worked as an extra on film sets for many years, how could she not tell whether someone was doing it on purpose or not?
Moreover, although the prop bayonet wouldn't cause serious injury when it pierced a person, the actor playing the "Japanese soldier" was quite ruthless, so the pain was naturally considerable. When she saw that scene, she was genuinely terrified. His acting was so realistic that it drew her into the role as well.
The assistant gestured for Zhang Jingchu to get into the car. Zhang Jingchu paused for a moment before looking away from Xiao Jingyi and An Xie and saying, "Let's go."
Finally, just before getting on the bus, she looked back one last time and asked, "What's that actress's name?"
The assistant followed her gaze and replied with a smile, "Oh, her name is An Xie. She was trending on social media a while ago as Xiao Yingdi's girlfriend, and it caused quite a stir for days. I'm telling you, Chu Chu, you shouldn't be stuck in the 2G era all the time; you should surf the internet more often..."
Zhang Jingchu, surprised, bent down and got into the car: "Girlfriend?"
The assistant said, "I didn't believe it at first either, but look at how protective Xiao Yingdi was of his own today. It's probably not unfounded. I just didn't expect someone of Xiao Yingdi's status to have a minor actress as his girlfriend."
"Perhaps it's just for fun?" The assistant smiled enigmatically.
Before her assistant could finish speaking, Zhang Jingchu interrupted, "She has great potential."
The assistant was taken aback, and after a moment, she said, "Chu Chu, do you think that actress named An Xie is a good fit?"
"..."
As the crew members gradually left, the male extra became even more anxious. He tried to explain to Xiao Jingyi, "I didn't touch her, I really didn't touch her, it was...it was for the sake of the plot, I...I just searched her body, Brother Huang, please say something for me!"
The male extra looked to the script supervisor for help, but the supervisor was also sweating profusely and had no idea what to do.
Zhang Shu coughed lightly and smiled as he tried to mediate, "Miss An, the production crew won't keep someone with dirty hands. How about this? Deduct one day's wages from him and then let him leave the crew. What do you think?"
Bi Xie patted Ji Gui on the back, signaling him to put him down.
To everyone's surprise, the man simply ignored her, even picking her up and spinning her around so that she had to face the back of her head towards Zhang Shu and his group.
Bi Xie: "..."
She flicked her leg speechlessly, but Ji Gui pressed it down. The man said without changing his expression, "If people who are dishonest don't reform themselves, they will continue to be dishonest."
Zhang Shu had a bit of a headache, but luckily he knew this Buddha statue quite well and had dismissed the crew members beforehand.
Bi Xie had her back to the male extra who had tried to grope her breasts and Zhang Shu's group. She didn't know what had happened, but suddenly there was a few seconds of silence, followed by a scream, as if something had been broken. It sent chills down one's spine.
She instinctively turned to look back, but Ji Gui gently rubbed her head.
She asked in a muffled voice, "Did you break his arm?"
Ji Gui asked, "He's not left-handed, is he?"
Bi Xie's heart skipped a beat; it seemed that it was his right hand that had been broken.
The male extra was clearly badly injured and kept screaming in pain.
After calling out for a while without anyone inquiring about his injury or asking a doctor to examine his arm, he glared angrily at Zhang Shu and then at Xiao Jingyi. Pointing at him with his left finger, he shouted and cursed in a show of bravado, "Xiao Jingyi, don't think that just because you're a movie star everyone has to fawn over you. We're all human beings, and human beings are equal. I'm going to get a disability assessment and sue you!"
"You just wait!" he shouted as he backed away. After retreating several feet, filled with anger and resentment, he turned and ran away.
Hearing the man's footsteps as he fled, Bi Xie thought to himself, "He really isn't human."
After dealing with things here, it was already late. Zhang Shu had the production assistant check the wrap party on set. Once they confirmed there were no problems, the group returned to the hotel where the crew was staying.
At the hotel reception, Zhang Shu looked at Xiao Jingyi, who had been holding An Xie tightly the whole way, with a meaningful gaze and asked, "Where are you sleeping tonight? Should we get another room?"
Upon hearing this, even Bi Xie, with his thick skin, blushed and felt hot.
Besides the film crew, there were also some hotel staff in the hotel. Given Ji Gui's personality, he wouldn't bother to keep these people quiet; he wanted the whole world to know that she was his wife!
So if Xiao Jingyi really did sleep in the same room with her, then all the rumors about her and Xiao Jingyi circulating online would be completely confirmed.
These rumors won't kill her, but what if Xiao Jing's main personality wakes up...?
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