The guard beside him reacted quickly, and with a standard grappling move, he firmly pinned Dark Star down in mid-air.
"No! It's my dog!" Xia Zhining shouted hurriedly.
Upon hearing the sound, the guard immediately let go, but his sharp gaze then fell on Gu Huaiye, who was walking slowly towards him with the dog on a leash.
He warily blocked her way and asked Xia Zhining, "Is this gentleman also one of your people?"
Xia Zhining looked up and met Gu Huaiye's smiling eyes. She was surprised and almost blurted out.
"Yes, yes, it's mine."
As soon as she finished speaking, she realized how ambiguous her words were, and her face instantly turned bright red.
Seeing this, the guard immediately understood and quietly retreated a few steps away, dutifully maintaining a distance while leaving them space.
Gu Huaiye stood in the dappled sunlight filtering through the trees, his brows relaxed and his spirits high.
"How did you end up here?" Xia Zhining asked, both surprised and delighted, her voice brimming with an excitement she herself didn't realize.
Gu Huaiye stuffed the still-steaming local snack into her hand: "Anxing missed you and kept me up all night. I just finished my work and brought it to the Northwest to see you."
He had barely finished speaking when Ji Shuyun's voice came from not far away: "Ningning?"
Xia Zhining panicked and almost instinctively grabbed Gu Huaiye's wrist, pulling him back, and the two instantly disappeared behind the thick tree trunk.
With her back against the tree trunk, she could clearly feel Gu Huaiye's warm body temperature and steady heartbeat behind her.
She hurriedly lowered her head and quickly texted her brother: "Brother, I suddenly need to go to the restroom, I'll be right back!"
A low chuckle came from above her head. Gu Huaiye leaned down slightly, his warm breath brushing against her ear: "Am I really that shameful?"
"No..." Xia Zhining's ears burned as she explained softly, "If my brother saw you now, he would definitely be very uneasy on the way back..."
Only then did she belatedly realize that in her haste, she had almost pinned Gu Huaiye against the tree, creating a very ambiguous "wall-slamming" position.
She released her grip abruptly, as if she had been burned.
Gu Huaiye leaned against the tree trunk leisurely, his smile deepening: "It's alright, no rush. I've been here all these days..."
...
Soon, the day arrived for the start of filming for the short drama. The filming location was the new sand dune that Boss Ya had previously helped Director He find.
Xia Zhining traveled there by car with her "animal actor troupe".
As soon as you get off the bus, the magnificent scenery before your eyes is breathtaking.
The rolling sand dunes gleamed golden in the sunlight, and the abandoned beacon towers stood silently in the distance, making it a truly excellent location for taking photos.
However, managing these excited little ones is really not easy; it's almost like taking a kindergarten on a field trip.
"Pallas's, don't eat our colleague's jerboa!!"
"Spit it out quickly, there will be boxed lunches from the crew later when we're filming!"
"Jerboa, why are you using your tail to fish for Pallas's rabbits?"
...
Fortunately, a sand fox stepped forward to maintain order.
The sand fox, like a seasoned ace agent, deftly flicked its bushy tail, precisely stopping the Pallas's cat that was trying to chase its tail around the arena.
The Pallas's cat looks like a big, chubby ball of fur, its four short legs wobbling clumsily, its fluffy, round face displaying a naturally adorable "Where am I? What am I doing?" expression.
[Attention all departments! Line up in formation!]
The sand fox cleared its throat, adopting a professional demeanor, [Palmaro! I'm talking to you! Stop spinning your head, your eyes are practically popping out!]
[They're going to film a close-up shot of you soon. As an artist, you need to maintain an elegant presence in front of the camera at all times, understand?]
The sand fox turned its head and shouted at the jerboa, who was trying to defy gravity: "And you! Jumping that high, are you trying to become a stuntman? Be careful you don't fall headfirst into a pile of cacti!"
There's an old saying in the entertainment industry: the higher you climb, the harder you fall!
Thanks to the efforts of the sand fox squad leader, the little animals finally managed to form a crooked line.
At that moment, Xia Zhining noticed a figure.
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