Woof woof woof!
The scenic area borrowed by the crew for filming was quite large. Tang Lin followed the map navigation and came to an entrance that had been closed to the public for a long time. It was so remote that even the B&B was closed. There were only a few scattered self-built houses in the countryside, chickens wandering around, and a dog watching over the chickens.
"...Yeah, I saw what you said. This is it... I know we can't park here, but where are you guys parked?... Okay, it's pretty close, right? I'll tell them and they can just walk over."
Tang Lin turned around and gestured to Lu Xinyang and Ji Rongyu. They both nodded, so he dropped them off and went to find a parking lot.
Lu Xinyang and Ji Rongyu got out of the car one after another, and the yellow and black dog immediately looked in their direction. It squatted on the ground, not even as high as a person's thigh, but for some reason it suddenly started barking and pretended to pounce on them, with a very unfriendly attitude.
Ji Rongyu subconsciously took two steps back. Seeing Lu Xinyang still moving forward, he reached out and pulled him back: "Be careful, this dog is quite fierce."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Lu Xinyang barking even more fiercely than a dog: "Woof woof woof woof woof woof!"
Ji Rongyu: “???”
Lu Xinyang won. The dog retreated three steps after being yelled at by him. It stared at him with its tail raised in alertness, its ears twitching back and forth, and it howled a few times, but it was obviously much weaker than before.
"I told you not to be mean to us," Lu Xinyang scorned it proudly. "Humph, I've been the loudest in the neighborhood since I was a kid. Even the wildest 200-pound dog next door can't out-rumble me. Who are you?"
I don't know if the dog understood or not, but it tucked its head in, showing half of its teeth as if to pretend to bare them, then turned around and ran home.
Lu Xinyang still refused to let it go, standing there pointing and saying, "Ji Rongyu, look, look, I said this dog is really no good. A good dog wouldn't show off outside every day like this."
The black and yellow dog's tail, which was originally wagging, was suddenly tucked back between its hind legs.
"Haha! It feels guilty!" Lu Xinyang declared his victory with a cheer, and then began to call Ji Rongyu's name, but no one paid attention to him. In a blink of an eye, he found that Ji Rongyu had walked away at some point, so he hurriedly picked up his things and chased after him.
"Teacher Ji, why didn't you call me when you left?"
"I feel like if I continue standing there, I'll be disturbing your reunion with your friends." Ji Rongyu said calmly.
"How could that be?" Lu Xinyang carelessly hooked his shoulder, "You are my good friend!"
Ji Rongyu: “…”
No, he doesn't really want to be friends with people who are particularly good at foreign languages. He feels that he cannot participate in the other person's daily communication.
Seeing that Lu Xinyang still looked like he really wanted to teach him a foreign language, Ji Rongyu quickly said, "Okay, let's stop talking for now. We're almost there, so calm down a bit..."
After a pause, he added with a heavy heart, "Don't let the other crew members know that you only see me as a good friend."
"Yeah." Lu Xinyang nodded, and Ji Rongyu said, "Don't let them know that you're staying at my house for the next two days."
"Leave it to me, don't worry!" Lu Xinyang said confidently.
Ji Rongyu looked at him silently, then looked at him again, then shut up and continued walking forward.
The two had just returned to the crew and were giving New Year gifts to everyone one by one when Wen Zhuo and Yu Han also came back to report. Half an hour later, the director team came down the mountain carrying equipment. They looked a little unhappy because they had been working all night yesterday but didn't get the material they wanted to shoot, so they had to go again tonight.
Knowing that the male lead had returned, Director Gao had just sat down to drink some water when he called him over. He reached out his hand and expressionlessly grabbed Lu Xinyang's face: "Great! You dare to gain weight again!"
After pinching her face, she pinched her waist again, making her blood pressure spike: "My belly is fat too! I'm fat all the way!!"
Lu Xinyang was so happy when he arrived, thinking the director missed him too much after not seeing him for two days. But he was greeted with the director's furious anger. He immediately jumped back, holding his stomach: "Hey, a gentleman should use words, not fists! You can scold me but you can't hit me. My body and hair are given by my parents. You can't hit me if you haven't paid the licensing fee to my parents!"
"What did I hit you for? You ate too much so you have the energy to talk back to me, right? What did I tell you before you went back home for the holiday? Did I tell you that you needed to lose a few pounds? But you're the one who turned my words around!"
Director Gao beat his chest and pointed at Lu Xinyang, wishing he could reach back to yesterday and knock over Lu Xinyang's rice bowl: "You! Have you been hanging out with Ji Rongyu these past two days! You have such a big appetite and eat so much, I can tell at a glance that he must have fed you!"
Ji Rongyu was just about to come over to wish the director a happy new year, but before he even entered the door, he was yelled at from a distance. He immediately went back the same way he came, and hid dejectedly beside the assistant director, pretending to watch the show, leaving Lu Xinyang alone to bear the criticism.
Soon everyone in the crew knew about it. The director set rules for the male lead on the day he came back from vacation: he was not allowed to eat meat, touch sauces, drink spicy drinks, or dip food in oil.
"Ouch," the cameraman said, holding a cup of spicy oden and waving a bunch of fragrant beef meatballs in front of him, "You really can't eat this?"
"Yeah." Lu Xinyang covered his eyes with his hands and nodded weakly.
"Did you get scolded again?" The eldest brother pushed the beef balls to the front of the wide gap between his fingers.
"Hmm..." Lu Xinyang continued to turn his head away, his voice becoming even lower, "Ah..."
Seeing him so sad, the photographer felt much better.
It was just that Lu Xinyang had been on vacation for a few days and looked so radiant. Big Brother couldn't help but feel jealous, so he came over and said, not knowing whether to comfort or to add fuel to the fire, "Don't be too angry. This isn't the first time the director has scolded you. He scolded you many times during your days off, and his scolding was much harsher than it was now."
When Lu Xinyang heard this, he put down his hand and showed sympathy: "That director is really pitiful. Okay, I have decided to forgive him."
The eldest brother was stunned: "Huh?"
"The person I want to scold is not around, no matter how harsh the scolding is, no one can hear it. It's really pitiful." Lu Xinyang said sympathetically.
Gao Daojue didn't feel sorry for himself, but no one else knew. Anyway, Lu Xinyang was under strict control 24 hours a day and didn't even have chicken leftovers to eat, so he seemed more pitiful.
Still unable to escape Director Gao's scolding, Ji Rongyu held up his takeaway meal and said sarcastically, "You're a big star, so you might be a little pitiful now, but you'll be successful in the future. There'll be a sign of your humanity next to the shelf of aged vinegar in the supermarket."
Thinking about how he had gone to great lengths to carry the computer home, but hadn't gotten any real work done in two days, Ji Rongyu became even more displeased with Lu Xinyang. He picked up a large spoonful of pickled fish, waved it in front of Lu Xinyang, and then put the fragrant flavor into his mouth.
Chew chew chew, it’s so delicious.
"Now you are a bad guy too." Lu Xinyang held the corn steamed bun in his hand, and hummed as he moved his butt away from Ji Rongyu, so that he was back to back with Ji Rongyu.
Then he looked up and met the eyes of the familiar black and yellow dog in front of him.
The dog had a piece of sizzling pork ribs in its mouth, and its round black eyes looked at him as if it was looking at a poor relative from afar, who was tall but had a miserable life.
Lu Xinyang: “…”
It has been a long time since I saw someone who ate worse than a dog. Even the dog couldn't help but feel a little pity for him, spitting out the leftover bones and pushing them in front of him.
Lu Xinyang said thank you, then translated and barked at it twice. It was not known whether it understood or not, but it lay down on the spot with its body tilted, continuing to look at the dining companion in front of it.
From a distance, they looked like a pair of beautiful dogs, one sitting and the other lying.
But this warmth did not last long. Ji Rongyu first caught a glimpse of a stranger walking towards him, and he was followed by the deputy director Chen Feng. It was obvious that he was not a tourist who accidentally entered the crew.
Ji Rongyu was just thinking about it when he noticed his gaze fixed on him. He then shouted, "Yang Yang! Yang Yang! Look who's here to see you?"
Oh, so you are here to look for Lu Xinyang.
Ji Rongyu politely stood up and made way, walking to the side with Chen Feng. Lu Xinyang suddenly turned around and looked at him in surprise: "Uncle! How come you have time to come here?"
"You have been quarreling with your mother and haven't even come home yet. Even if I am not free, you must be free now." Lu Huaiqian smiled helplessly and pulled him over to look him over carefully.
During the Chinese New Year, Lu Xinyang ran out of anger and didn't come home all night. Two and three nights passed and he still hadn't been seen. When he asked his old friends, he couldn't get any information.
Liu Qingzhi had originally thought that Lu Xinyang was such a grown man, so he wouldn't get lost in his hometown of Shangchuan, right? But after waiting for a few days without any news, she couldn't sit still and asked around. She found out that Lu Xinyang had already gone back to film, so she quickly called Lu Huaiqian to visit him on set.
Seeing him in person now, he looked quite good. He had even put on his thermal pants. Aside from the slightly plainer steamed bread in his hand, he still had the same hardship-free look he was most familiar with. His brother and sister-in-law should be relieved.
"Where have you been spending the New Year these past few days? I heard that you asked Xiao An from next door to help you drive the car your uncle gave you back to the garage. Xiao An said he would meet you at Baijiang Bridge. Why did you run so far? We all thought you would stay in Yuntu for a few days."
Well, his bad friends betrayed him.
But it is also possible that they are deliberately asking questions, and after asking Xiao An, they are now asking me!
Lu Xinyang immediately became alert, forcing himself not to look in Ji Rongyu's direction or say Ji Rongyu's name. "What are you doing? I can go wherever I want. If you don't want me, then why don't you allow others to want me?"
"Who said she didn't want you anymore? Your mom just wanted you so badly that she hoped you'd stop filming and come home," Lu Huaiqian comforted him. "Your dad has been saying he misses you these past few days, and your mom misses you too. Even though she said she didn't, she called me five times to urge me to send you your phone and clothes as soon as possible, fearing you'd be inconvenienced if you didn't have any."
"That's more like it." Lu Xinyang pouted and swallowed the remaining half of the steamed bun in one gulp.
"Everything is in your suitcase. We brought it here together. Oh, and we ate the spicy and sour chicken feet you brought home. They were delicious. Your dad asked where you bought them."
"A good friend of mine gave it to me," Lu Xinyang said. "I originally learned the recipe from him and wanted to go back and make it for you. See that bag of raw chicken feet? They were all prepared for you. But I was kicked out of the house before I could cook them, so you guys should just eat them raw."
Lu Huaiqian: "...I thought you had calmed down just now."
"It's only gone now." Lu Xinyang clapped his hands coldly.
Lu Huaiqian coughed uncomfortably, remembering his sister-in-law's repeated warnings before leaving. He continued to express his family's concern to this fearless nephew: "You're going to work right after eating? You're really busy. Tell your uncle, what scene are you filming today?"
"We were shooting a night scene today. The character I played ran into the deep mountains and forests to catch the bad guys. Then the police uncle thought I was a bad guy, so he came to catch me at night with the police dog uncle... Oh, this is not appropriate to call him uncle, right?" Lu Xinyang put his hands on his hips.
His uncle, standing beside him, had already put on a scowl: "You said you'd calmed down."
"Yes, why do you doubt me?" Lu Xinyang said, "I never lie!"
Lu Huaiqian: “………………”
He chatted with Lu Xinyang over a poor signal, feeling like he could explain everything when he returned, yet it seemed like he couldn't. Lu Huaiqian came in with a grumble, then went back feeling frustrated.
After the assistant director escorted him out of the crew, director Gao Jian suddenly appeared out of nowhere, pulled Lu Xinyang aside, and asked, "What's going on? Why did your uncle suddenly come to visit us?"
Lu Xinyang was about to go find Ji Rongyu, but when he asked, he stopped and explained: "This is a long story. I have a mother, you know, you should know that you should also have a mother."
Director Gao: “…”
Director Gao: "It's a long story, so don't waste time talking. Just tell me, what did your mother do to you?"
"My mother kicked me out of the house," said Lu Xinyang.
"Then what?"
“No more.”
Director Gao: “………………”
"Okay," Director Gao touched his almost translucent bald spot, "So, have you been staying at Writer Ji's house these days?"
"No!" Lu Xinyang retorted loudly, "Absolutely not! I don't know Ji Rongyu at all!"
"Oh..." the director stretched out his words, "But I saw in the group chat that you used his phone to send red envelopes on New Year's Eve? And the next morning he said he met you and wished you a happy new year. You really didn't live at his house?"
Lu Xinyang's rebuttal was powerful and forceful: "Really?! We just happened to run into each other that night and then happened to run into each other again the next day!"
"How could it be such a coincidence!!" Director Gao glared at him, thinking to himself, you really are treating me like a fool.
"It already existed," Lu Xinyang rolled his eyes and said mysteriously, "You didn't know this, but I'm telling you in secret. Ji Rongyu's grandfather is very good at fortune-telling, and he predicted what we would encounter."
Having started this rumor, Lu Xinyang continued excitedly: "Grandpa Ji is an old master. He is very accurate in fortune-telling. Ji Rongyu must have inherited this skill from his family. The other day, we went shopping and ran into each other while visiting the mall. Ji Rongyu said that I would definitely become famous in the future and that I could be the spokesperson for this and that brand..."
After a long chatter, Lu Xinyang concluded decisively: "I think he's right! I believe what he says!"
Director Gao frowned at his deception and glanced hesitantly in Ji Rongyu's direction, only to find him holding up four fingers, calculating with his thumb. He couldn't help but wonder, does he really understand? Then, when the time comes for our crew to wrap up filming, do we have to ask him to calculate an auspicious date?
Not far from them, Ji Rongyu looked at a sticky black stain on his middle finger after he helped move things. He tried to scrape it off with his thumb nail for a long time but couldn't get it off.
I want to wash my hands, but I want to get off work even more.
Alas, after two days of vacation, I am not used to this class at all.
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