After staying up late to watch a movie, Mingwei felt extremely sleepy. She was woken up by the alarm clock in the morning, but she was too lazy to get up and stayed in bed checking WeChat.
It was a heavy autumn rain, and the assistant director sent her a private message, saying that she would take a break this morning and wait for further notice about the afternoon arrangements.
Mingwei yawned and prepared to go back to sleep, but before she fell asleep, someone knocked on the door. It was not Mu Tingzhou but Xiao Zhao who knocked on her door. Mingwei didn't want to move, so she took out her cell phone and called Mu Tingzhou. After hearing the man's mechanical greeting, Mingwei narrowed her eyes and asked, "You knocked on the door?"
"It's time for breakfast."
"There's no show in the morning. You guys go eat. I'll sleep a little longer."
Ming Wei wanted to hang up after she finished speaking, but Mu Tingzhou advised her, "Among the three meals a day, breakfast is the most important. How can the princess not eat?"
Ming Wei was sleepy: "I'm not hungry..."
Mu Tingzhou insisted: "You have to eat even if you are not hungry. Princess is really sleepy, you can take a nap after the meal."
Ming Wei was about to cry after hearing this. Why did she feel like Mu Tingzhou was possessed by his mother? In the past, when she slept late at home, her mother would say this!
"Wait for me ten minutes." Mingwei said resignedly. After hanging up the phone, Mingwei yawned and got out of bed to take care of her physiological problems. Then she unexpectedly found that her period had arrived. Thinking back to last month, it was about these few days. Mingwei was a little annoyed, but fortunately she had no obvious physical discomfort. After a simple wash, Mingwei did not put on makeup and went out with a bare face.
Mu Tingzhou and Xiao Zhao were both in the corridor.
"The princess is naturally beautiful, and she looks radiant even without makeup." Xiao Zhao looked at her seriously and said with a smile.
Ming Wei snorted coldly: "Don't think that sweet words can make up for your betrayal last night."
"Every word I say is from the bottom of my heart." Xiao Zhao looked very sincere.
Mingwei didn't believe it, so she led the way and walked away without even looking at Mu Tingzhou.
When I arrived at the restaurant, I happened to run into the director and the assistant director, and we all sat down and ate together.
"Well, Mingwei, we just discussed that the steady rain today fits the atmosphere of the rain scene where the Yu family's misfortune happens. If you have no problem with that, shall we shoot that scene this afternoon? This saves us an artificial rainfall." After chatting for a while, Director Gao asked Mingwei with a smile. He was talking about the plot where the Yu family fell into decline and Yu Wanyin's stepmother cruelly sold her to a brothel in order to pay off her debts.
Mingwei was stunned.
She would definitely get soaked when filming a rain scene. If she didn't have her period, Ming Wei would never hesitate, but...
"Is it inconvenient?" Director Gao asked curiously when he saw that she looked strange.
Ming Wei quickly shook her head and smiled, "No, I was just worried that I hadn't memorized the lines yet, but we're shooting in the afternoon, so I have enough time in the morning to prepare."
She is not a big star enough to casually refuse the director's request. It can be said that if it were not for Mu Tingzhou, she would be an ordinary newcomer. Moreover, because of Mu Tingzhou's disruption, she had already delayed a filming last night. If she refused again today, the interval was so short that even if she had a reason to ask for leave, other staff members would question her for "playing big."
She has always been in good health and it was just a rainy day, so she should be fine.
Director Gao was satisfied with the actors' cooperation. After dinner, he arranged for the supporting actors to go to the set and start filming the supporting actors first.
The two directors finished their meal and left first. Xiao Zhao looked at Ming Wei and asked with concern, "Is it really okay?"
When filming "The Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty", Ming Wei also acted in a rain scene, but the rain was just a drizzle, and it was a hot summer day, so filming the rain scene was a pleasure. Now it's autumn, and the temperature drops several degrees when it rains. Xiao Zhao is a little worried about Ming Wei, a newcomer who looks delicate. If it were Mu Tingzhou, he wouldn't ask too many questions.
"Don't underestimate me." Ming Wei is very confident and not afraid of hardship.
Xiao Zhao nodded approvingly.
Mu Tingzhou couldn't bear to see the princess suffer, but he knew very well that he couldn't persuade her on such an important matter.
In the morning, Mingwei was concentrating on memorizing her lines in her room. Mu Tingzhou was on duty for a while, and he notified Xiao Zhao on WeChat to buy a thermos pot and arranged for the hotel kitchen to stew ginger soup. Xiao Zhao had long been accustomed to Mu Tingzhou's kindness to Mingwei, and he did his job conscientiously. The movie star had a need, and the hotel was very cooperative, and took the initiative to propose to prepare a dinner for Mingwei to drive away the cold.
Ming Wei knew nothing. Before they set off, the three of them met in the corridor. When she saw Mu Tingzhou carrying a thermos pot and a thermos cup, she didn't think of herself at all and asked curiously, "What is this?"
"The Grand Tutor was worried that the princess would catch a cold, so he specially prepared ginger soup." Xiao Zhao explained jokingly.
Mingwei looked at Mu Tingzhou in surprise, and Mu Tingzhou was also looking at her, but his face was calm, as if to say that it was natural for a minister to care about the princess.
Ming Wei's heartbeat suddenly quickened, and then gradually returned to normal. What was she thinking about? No matter how good Mu Tingzhou was to her, it was because he treated her like a princess. It was definitely not the romance imagined by his friends. The princess in Mu Tingzhou's heart did not have the modern romantic color.
"Thank you, Master." But Mingwei still thanked him happily. It is always a good thing to have someone care about you.
The three of them set off and arrived at the set, and Chen Zhang was there too.
"You have a role too?" The duo of movie stars were not in good terms with Chen Zhang, so Ming Wei went over to talk to him. According to the plot, Gao Changsheng, played by Chen Zhang, was in the north and did not get involved in the rain scene.
"No, I came to take a look. I was bored staying in the hotel." Chen Zhang said easily.
Mingwei understood, and after the interaction, she went to change into her costume and put on makeup.
All preparations are complete, and filming begins.
During the turbulent times of the Republic of China, the Yu family's business was schemed against by the powerful and ruined. The head of the family vomited blood and died. Yu Wanyin was immersed in the grief of her deceased father every day, and she didn't know that her vicious stepmother was using her to pay off her debts. It was not until the guys sent by the brothel came to her door to snatch her away that Yu Wanyin was struck by lightning and cried out to find her stepmother to argue.
How could the brothel guys listen? They stuffed a handkerchief into her mouth, tied her up with ropes, and one lifted her shoulders and the other lifted her legs, and walked out in the rain. Yu Wanyin struggled with all her might, but she was no match for the two strong men. The heavy rain poured down on her face, soaking her clothes and hair. When her tears fell, they mixed with the rain, and she couldn't tell which were tears and which were rain.
Leaving Yu's house is one scene, and entering the backyard of the brothel is another scene. Just for these two scenes, including reshoots and touch-ups, Ming Wei spent a full four hours shooting. After the exterior shots were completed, she still had to play opposite the brothel proprietress in that wet dress.
"I've said everything I need to say. Think about it carefully tonight. If you try to commit suicide again tomorrow morning, I'll show you how I'll deal with you!"
After throwing Yu Wanyin, whose hair was disheveled, onto the bed, the brothel proprietress left a threat and stormed away.
Yu Wanyin lay sideways at the head of the bed, her red and swollen eyes staring at the ceiling, her face pale and lifeless.
The photographer held up the camera to take a close-up shot. Director Gao sat behind the monitor and asked Mingwei to maintain this state for three minutes before finally saying "OK".
The scene was over, the photographer walked away, Mingwei got rid of the plot, and when she thought about it, she suddenly felt an indescribable pain in her abdomen. She didn't know if it was the pain or the cold, she couldn't control her shaking.
It was pitch black in front of the bed, like a dark cloud covering the sun, blocking the bright light. Mingwei tilted her head and a blanket fell over her face.
She subconsciously closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she saw Mu Tingzhou leaning over and standing there, his handsome face extremely cold, his deep black eyes, also like ice. But the blanket he wrapped around her was warm, he held her shoulders with one hand, held her legs with the other, and the next moment, he held her sideways. Ming Wei had no strength left, her face crashed into his arms, his chest was warm, and there was also a warm smell.
"Mingwei, are you okay?" Chen Zhang was a step slower. It was inconvenient for him to compete with Mu Tingzhou for the person, so he asked Mingwei worriedly.
Ming Wei forced a smile: "It's okay, it's just a little cold." Her little face was pale without a trace of blood.
Chen Zhang felt upset. In fact, it was very normal for actors to encounter rain scenes, but when it came to Ming Wei, he couldn't control his heart. She reshot the scene again and again, and he wanted to turn around several times because he couldn't bear to watch it.
He wanted to say something else, but Mu Tingzhou didn't give him a chance, and walked out with Mingwei in his arms, looking arrogant. Xiao Zhao helped hold the umbrella, and Mu Tingzhou walked briskly, splashing water all the way. Xiao Zhao tried to follow him, and when he got to the car, he opened the door for Mu Tingzhou in advance, closed it, and then walked around to the driver's seat. After fastening the seat belt, Xiao Zhao looked back as usual, but saw that Mu Tingzhou didn't put Mingwei aside, but put her on his lap, holding her intimately.
Seeing that Mu Tingzhou was about to look up, Xiao Zhao withdrew his gaze in time and drove as if he knew nothing.
In the back seat, in Mu Tingzhou's arms, Mingwei's pale face slowly turned red.
"You..." She didn't know where to look, so she hid in his chest and asked in a weak voice, not daring to speak loudly for fear that Xiao Zhao would hear.
"It's warm like this." Holding her shivering shoulders, Mu Tingzhou spoke in the same soft voice.
Ming Wei moved her lips, but eventually swallowed those reserved polite words. She was indeed cold, and indeed, she liked being held by him.
Acknowledging the rationality of the hug, Mu Tingzhou held Mingwei with his left hand, and awkwardly took off her hair accessories with his right hand, then pulled up the overlong blanket behind Mingwei and slowly wiped her hair. He had never wiped anyone's hair before, so his movements were not professional, but any slow movements would bring comfort. Mingwei was very comfortable, closed her eyes, and enjoyed it obediently.
Although she felt comfortable, her body was still trembling. The effects of being soaked in rain for several hours could not be dispelled by a bit of gentleness.
Noticing that she moved her legs, Mu Tingzhou lowered his head. Under the blanket, her calves were exposed, and the embroidered shoes in the style of the Republic of China on her feet had long been soaked, and perhaps there was water inside, just like the current situation of his feet. Mu Tingzhou was not afraid of the cold, he was just afraid that she would get cold, glancing at Xiao Zhao in front of him, Mu Tingzhou let go of Mingwei's head, slowly leaned over, and took off her two embroidered shoes one after another. There was indeed water in the shoes, and the socks were even wet.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Mu Tingzhou looked at the driver's seat and took off her wet socks.
Of course Mingwei knew what he had done. It was funny to say that in modern society, girls often exposed their feet when wearing sandals in the summer, but when it came to Mu Tingzhou doing this, Mingwei actually felt shy, like a lady from ancient times. She shrank into his arms nervously, shielding her burning face. His suit was also wet, and it clung to his chest. Mingwei could clearly hear his heartbeat, beating regularly and forcefully.
Although his eyes couldn't see, his senses were more sensitive. He wrapped her feet with a blanket and wiped them through the blanket with his big hands, even between her toes.
Mingwei felt itchy and shrank back.
He was stunned for a moment, let go of her left foot and went to wipe her right foot. After wiping, he gently placed her feet on the seat next to him and covered them with a blanket.
At that moment, Mingwei's heart was warmed by him.