Chapter 146 Spin-off Program (Final) Part 2
Xie Qingyu lowered her eyes, and her eyelashes cast a trembling shadow in the sunlight.
He avoided Grandma Wu's concerned gaze and uttered only two words softly: "No." Any more words were like a thorn stuck in his throat, and he could no longer say them.
He shouldn't have said that.
As an artist who has been in the entertainment industry for many years, he should understand the importance of being cautious in what he says and does better than anyone else.
But at this moment, sitting on this sun-drenched hillside, facing this old man who looks so much like my grandmother, all the regrets hidden deep in my heart suddenly burst forth.
Memories flashed by like frames from an old movie - those busy days after debut, rushing to attend announcements during the day and practicing dancing until the early hours of the morning.
I installed a phone specifically for my grandma, but there are very few call records.
Until late that night, he felt inexplicably anxious after the performance, but no one answered the phone he called.
At that time, I just thought that grandma was asleep, but I didn’t know that it was a missed opportunity forever.
Xie Qingyu unconsciously clenched the corner of his clothes, and the fabric wrinkled in his palm.
To be honest, although the company was harsh and treated him averagely, it at least gave him the opportunity to settle down and even gave him a share of the profits not long after his debut. He was already extremely grateful.
He worked desperately as if grasping at a life-saving straw. Every commercial performance and every notice made him feel that he was one step closer to his dream of "letting his grandmother live a good life."
Until that sudden online storm targeting him, that was when NOVA-X was just starting to gain momentum...
It was then that he realized that there really were parents who did not love their own children!
The tearful accusations of his biological parents in front of the camera, the overwhelming abuse on the Internet, the hesitant look of his agent... Xie Qingyu's shoulders trembled slightly, as if he was back in that cold winter when he was abandoned by the whole world.
Just when the company decided to give up on him, Uncle Wang from the village who also worked in the city brought back grandma's belongings.
And... there was hope of saving him. Even though the old man was gone, he still left him with hope of survival and gave him one last push.
It was only later that he learned that his grandmother had been in poor health for a long time. When she anticipated her possible death, she, who had never wanted to trouble others, asked the villagers she was close to to prepare all the necessary funeral supplies in advance, just to avoid disturbing her grandson who had finally started a new life and let him work in peace...
How can I not feel regret?
The phone call that didn't go through that night... If he had insisted, would he have received timely treatment? Would the outcome have been different? Would...
"Xiao Xie?" Grandma Wu called out softly when she saw that he looked dazed and there was an inextricable sadness between his brows.
Her rough fingers brushed across the boy's slightly furrowed brow, as if to smooth out the painful wrinkles: "Well, how can life be without regrets? Look at me--"
The old lady suddenly changed the subject and began to describe her troubles in vivid detail.
She has two children, one son and one daughter, and many grandchildren, but she can never learn how to use those smart appliances.
She couldn't get used to living in the city. She went to work and school, but she didn't know the way and couldn't go anywhere. She just sat on the sofa and stared at the TV from morning to night.
The children asked her to rest more, but she joked, "When spring comes and we lie down in the soil, we'll have plenty of time to sleep." This made her children very angry.
Xie Qingyu rested his chin on his knees, and the gloom in his eyes was gradually dispelled by a smile.
Grandma Wu's deliberate winking looked like a naughty child who had succeeded in a prank.
"So," the old lady suddenly became serious and patted his shoulder, "my sister would rather see you running forward with a smile than see you always looking back and counting your footprints."
Grandma Wu picked a trembling dandelion from the side, the fluff had already formed into a fluffy white umbrella.
She handed it over carefully, but by the time it reached Xie Qingyu's hands, most of the seeds had already been blown away by the wind, leaving only a few strands of fine hairs lingering on the receptacle.
"Look," the old woman pointed her finger at the bare flower stems, then at the seeds flying all over the sky, "they are born to fly far away."
The mountain breeze blew through her silver hair, carrying the little white umbrellas higher and higher. "But the wind will always remember and send them back to the land where they took root!"
Xie Qingyu stared at the last few strands of fluff in his palm and blew gently.
Crystal tears fall with the dandelions, planting silent thoughts in the soil.
He suddenly leaned over and picked a bunch of wild chrysanthemums in full bloom. The golden flowers looked like little suns setting in the mountains.
"You too." He gently placed the wild chrysanthemum in Grandma Wu's palm.
These three words made the old man smile so hard that his teeth showed and he nodded repeatedly.
Those small yellow flowers that can be seen everywhere carry the simplest blessing in autumn - health and longevity.
Suddenly, a quick breeze blew by, and dandelion seeds danced in the light and shadow.
Grandma Wu suddenly hummed an ancient folk song, and the hoarse tune was wrapped in the mountain breeze and drifted far away.
"What are you doing squatting here?!" Xie Qingyu's personal PD, who was squatting next to a tree and concentrating on adjusting the focus, was suddenly startled by someone patting him from behind.
He maintained his pose for the photo shoot and turned his head with resentment. It was Xiao Zhang from the program's logistics team.
The filming PD pointed with his chin at the two figures on the hillside not far away, his eyes full of grievance: What else can I do? Film Xie Qingyu!
This S-rank player is becoming increasingly difficult to please. He is often asked to leave or avoid him, which makes him so angry that his cheeks are puffed up. He is so angry!!!
Xiao Zhang curled his lips speechlessly. "No, why don't you usually seem so obedient?" Then he pointed to his collar and asked with his mouth: "Is the collar microphone turned off?"
At this distance, I'm afraid I can't even capture a single hair clearly, right?
The PD who was filming rolled his eyes, turned around and continued to film the backs of the two people not far away.
Are you kidding? How could Xie Qingyu, who is such a detail-oriented person, make such a low-level mistake as "forgetting to turn off the microphone"?
Last time, a staff member accidentally knocked over a water bottle at the door of the training room, but this guy was able to elegantly avoid it a second before it splashed onto his trouser legs. It can be said that he paid great attention to details.
Just as Xiao Zhang was about to convey the director's instructions, the PD who was filming the scene suddenly got a start...
In the camera, Xie Qingyu was looking back.
His eyes immediately lit up, and he carried the machine steadily and rushed out "whoosh", here, here!
Yuah, your fat PD is back again!!!
After the cameraman who was following the filming came back, Xie Qingyu and Grandma Wu started to use local ingredients. There were quite a lot of wild vegetables here.
Within two minutes, Wei Liangchen excitedly ran over from a distance, holding a basket and shouting, attracting everyone to gather together.
She lifted the cloth from the basket like she was presenting a treasure, proudly displaying her accomplishments. "Grandma Wu, I picked a basket of mushrooms. Everyone should have mushroom soup for lunch, right?!"
He is not stingy, and he will definitely share good things with everyone!
Grandma Wu hardly needed to confirm it. When everyone saw the basket of colorful mushrooms, their hearts trembled and they all gasped in unison.
Oh my god, red, white, purple, green... it's like a color palette has become a spirit, there are all kinds of colors.
Where did Wei Liangchen go to pick so many evil mushrooms? You can tell at a glance that they are not good mushrooms.
Grandma Wu took just one look and silently took half a step back, the wrinkles on her face relaxed a little with fear.
The old man has been frugal all his life and was reluctant to throw away even rags of cloth, but now he wishes he didn't even want the basket anymore.
The fact that this basket of mushrooms could make an old rural lady make such a decision shows how lethal this basket of mushrooms is.
"Pa--" With a crisp sound, others were reluctant to take action, but You Jinzhao, his childhood friend, slapped Wei Liangchen on the back of the head without any hesitation. The force was so strong that it almost knocked over the mushroom basket.
His face turned pale and his voice changed: "Don't tell me you've tasted it in advance?!"
Although my childhood friend was unscrupulous, he still had some conscience. At this moment, I was afraid that Wei Liangchen, the idiot, would chew two of them before bringing them back. Thinking of Wei Liangchen's bad temper...
After hearing this, the others seemed to remember something as well. Their expressions turned serious and they looked over with suspicion.
Even a few quick-witted contestants immediately stepped forward, one choking him and the other arm-locking him, their coordination as tacit as if they had rehearsed. You Jinzhao even went so far as to pry his mouth open for inspection.
"Ouch!" Wei Liangchen struggled like a fish just out of water. "I didn't eat any of them! I brought them all back when I found them!"
So you really want to start early? ! ! !
He rubbed his reddened arm in grievance, "You don't have to do this even if you want to eat, right? Am I the type to eat alone?!"
Everyone present pursed their lips at the same time - if the camera wasn't pointing at them, they really wanted to give him a row of middle fingers to express their inner resistance.
MD, thank you so much for considering everyone. You even took the program team to the hot search before the show.
Before the night of the group formation, all 20 contestants were truly "annihilated", the kind that deserved wreaths!
Grandma Wu looked at the group of children whose expressions suddenly changed drastically, and shook her head with both anger and amusement.
She took the basket of colorful 'artworks' and said to Wei Liangchen earnestly, "Xiao Wei, if this mushroom soup is really cooked, we can start the feast today—" After a pause, she added seriously, "We're eating for everyone's funeral, don't you understand?"
Perhaps she was aware of Wei Liangchen's intelligence. As she spoke, she swung her arm and threw the basket and mushrooms together into the distance.
The bamboo basket drew a beautiful parabola in the air and landed in the bushes in the distance with a "click". After all, it is all natural bamboo material, so it is like returning to nature.
The mushrooms that Wei Liangchen had worked so hard to pick turned out to be the "death mushrooms". Wei Liangchen didn't want to do anything else and sat next to Xie Qingyu and Grandma Wu in a daze.
I don’t know whether he was commemorating the lost Destruction Mushroom or feeling scared about the thrilling moment when he almost tried it in advance.
He would let out a few melancholy sighs from time to time, causing Xie Qingyu to reach out and rub his head.
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