Qi Tang and Tang Zui were both taken aback: "Huh?"
Xu Qingzhu said, "It's so cold, I'll treat everyone to milk tea."
After she finished speaking, her secretary and assistant came in carrying two large bags of milk tea, and then went to get more.
The entire crew received one; no one was left out.
Even Sun Chengcheng, who had been sitting there crying and felt ostracized, was addressed by Xu Qingzhu in front of everyone: "Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Don't feel wronged. Director Gu is doing this for your own good and for the sake of the play. Come and have a cup of milk tea to warm yourself up. Don't cry and ruin your voice, or you won't be able to say your lines later."
His words were perfectly watertight.
But Sun Chengcheng felt even more aggrieved.
He just said he wasn't friends with me, but now he's doing this entirely for Liang Shi's sake!
And what about her?
It was nothing more than scraps used to gild Liang Shi.
Sun Chengcheng was so angry that she almost tore her clothes.
Xu Qingzhu had other business to attend to afterward, so she left with her assistant and secretary less than two hours after arriving.
Before she left, Liang Shi went outside to see her off.
Xu Qingzhu whispered to her, "Don't let her bully you again."
Liang Shi said helplessly, "Can I really fall into the same trap twice?"
"That's hard to say," Xu Qingzhu said. "If she bullies you again this time, I'll take it as you liking her."
Liang Shi: "..."
“I don’t like it,” Liang Shi immediately defended himself. “Don’t talk nonsense.”
"I don't care," Xu Qingzhu said. "I haven't even dared to bully anyone, and she's bullied them, so I..."
Liang Shi was amused by her domineering tone, "What are you going to do?"
"Make her cry even louder than before."
"And what about me?" Liang Shi asked. "Aren't you going to deal with me?"
Xu Qingzhu paused for a moment, then suddenly said seriously, "I can't bear to part with it."
//
After being reprimanded by Gu Yixue, Sun Chengcheng behaved well and was particularly well-behaved on set.
It's like someone is holding back a lot of energy, wanting to prove something to everyone.
Gu Yixue's expression also improved somewhat.
As a director, Gu Yixue is indeed qualified.
That day, Sun Chengcheng performed terribly, and she lost her temper in front of everyone. But later, Sun Chengcheng performed better, and she praised her in front of everyone, saying that she did a good job and got into character.
Xu Qingzhu returned to Haizhou City and kept spinning like a top every day.
She said she was busy developing new business.
But I never heard her mention the nightmare again, although she looked different in the video, appearing somewhat pale and haggard.
Liang Shi asked her if she hadn't rested well.
Xu Qingzhu nodded: "The company has been too busy lately."
So when there were no night shoots, Liang Shi would drive home.
Even though I have to get up very early the next day.
Xu Qingzhu felt sorry for her, so after she went home twice, Xu Qingzhu simply moved into her hotel room after get off work.
The entire crew knew that Liang Shi had brought his wife to the set.
After getting to know the two girls who played the second female lead, they would bring the two girls along when they went out for late-night snacks.
Qi Tang is a man of few words and is relatively shy, while Tang Zui is more talkative.
But ironically, in the drama, they played characters with opposite personalities.
Tang Zui was usually more curious about their relationship. When they were having a late-night snack, he would glance at them back and forth and ask them who pursued whom.
Xu Qingzhu then said, "Ask Teacher Liang."
Liang Shi said, "I pursued her."
"We never expected Professor Liang to be so proactive," Tang Zui said. "At first, we thought Professor Liang was too Buddhist, too indifferent."
Liang Shi asked in surprise, "Really?"
She thought she had only given Xiaobai and the others that kind of illusion.
Tang Zui nodded frantically: "And you seem gentle, but you keep your distance from everyone. Now we realize it's because we're not familiar with you."
Liang Shi: "..."
During the meal, it was almost entirely Tang Zui, the young girl, who did all the talking.
They called them young girls, but Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu were actually only a few years older than them.
Especially Xu Qingzhu, so Tang Zui was stunned when she heard that Xu Qingzhu was actually only two years older than her.
"Other people are in love and getting married at twenty," Tang Zui lamented. "I'm a single widow at twenty."
Qi Tang then stuffed something into her mouth: "Eat more."
These days have been going quite smoothly.
But Liang Shi was always worried about Xu Qingzhu. Once, she woke up in the middle of the night and saw Xu Qingzhu staring straight at her.
It startled her.
Xu Qingzhu said softly, "I dreamt that you killed me."
Liang Shi tried to comfort her, but Xu Qingzhu cried bitterly in her arms.
Xu Qingzhu cried and said, "Wife, if one day you really point a knife at me, don't feel guilty."
Liang Shixin was incredibly soft-hearted.
Liang Shi told her, "Even if you point a knife at me, I won't point it at you."
She said she would still say the same thing: even if she only had one knife, she would definitely hand the handle to Xu Qingzhu and point the blade at herself.
The two talked very seriously for a long time before finally saying in a daze, "Why are we discussing this kind of issue? Isn't it better to live a good life? Let's just live well."
Apart from that one time, nothing has ever happened that sad.
//
Halfway through the filming of "The Journey of the Heart," after all the scenes in the house were filmed, the entire crew moved to the suburbs, to a place specifically for filming Republican-era dramas.
The new location is too far from Xu Qingzhu's company, and Liang Shi's scenes will be finished in another week.
Xu Qingzhu then went home to stay.
Life on set was ordinary, just like many other days before.
Gu Yixue would arrange everything in an orderly manner, and she worried the most about everything.
Fortunately, all the staff had been trained by Gu Yixue through countless trials and tribulations, and they could almost tell what Gu Yixue wanted with just a glance.
It is truly rare to cultivate such a tacit understanding.
However, it was visibly that Gu Yixue was smoking more and more frequently.
Before filming started, Gu Yixue wasn't so dependent on cigarettes, but as filming progressed and the pressure increased, she started smoking less than a pack a day.
If there are many scenes to film and the filming takes a long time, she will only concentrate on smoking at night.
Liang Shi saw it many times.
He stood alone in the corner, like a ghost in the dark, his figure desolate.
Light a cigarette in front of the wall, smoke it slowly and deliberately, and then throw the cigarette butt into the trash can.
To avoid others smelling her perfume, she would spray some on her cuffs.
Liang Shi later invited her to have a late-night snack, but Gu Yixue would drink and smoke at the same time.
However, I smoked less.
Liang Shi asked her what was bothering her.
Gu Yixue paused, and her initial answer was that she was under a lot of pressure.
Later, after drinking too much, she said incoherently, "I want a jerk."
Gu Yixue, who was drunk, was off guard, and her eyes remained cold.
Liang Shi helped her back to the hotel and then back to his own room.
Sun Chengcheng took a photo from a corner where Liang Shi couldn't see her.
Staring at the photos on her phone, Sun Chengcheng quickly returned to her room.
The annoying guy Gu Yixue mentioned soon arrived at the film set. At first, Liang Shi didn't know, as he was rehearsing with Qi Tang and discussing how to act.
Then someone stood there demurely and asked, "Is Director Gu Yixue here?"
Gu Yixue, holding the script, glanced at her before looking away.
The person who came was wearing a moon-white cheongsam with a long white coat over it, and a jade bracelet on her wrist. The bracelet was translucent and looked very valuable.
Her arrival brought the entire crew to a standstill, and everyone turned to look at her.
"Continue," Gu Yixue said coldly, and everyone then went back to work.
Gu Yixue got up and walked over, handing her the script she had been flipping through, and said calmly, "There are only a few lines, just a dance. You can dance it, right?"
The other person nodded: "Sure."
The other person has a dimple when they smile, and looks dignified, elegant, gentle and approachable.
Qi Tang couldn't help but glance at her a few more times, and Liang Shi had to call her several times to bring her back to her senses, "What are you doing?"
Qi Tang chuckled, "I'm sorry, Teacher Liang."