"South City" only has 30 episodes and was originally planned to be completed in three months. However, because the male lead was temporarily replaced by Chen Zhang, who had another contract, time became tight. Ming Wei often got up at five in the morning and finished filming at ten at night. After returning to the hotel, she removed her makeup, took a shower, and memorized her lines. It was already late at night when she fell asleep.
Ming Wei had no time to date Mu Tingzhou due to her heavy workload, not to mention that they lacked the conditions for dating and romance that ordinary couples have. Mu Tingzhou is a movie emperor, and he is bound to be recognized by fans wherever he goes.
It was another night scene. Ming Wei wore a cheongsam and dealt with the supporting role. When the scene was over, Mu Tingzhou was the first to rush to her side and wrapped her in a long down coat. The two were secretly in love and did not make it public, but the staff knew that the actor was ill and were no longer surprised by his attentive service to the princess.
Mingwei used her actions to refuse Mu Tingzhou's help in zipping up her down jacket, and turned her back to zip it up herself.
"Drink some water." Mu Tingzhou handed over the thermos cup again.
Mingwei felt warm inside that her boyfriend was so considerate.
"I'll treat you to some." After getting in the car, Xiao Zhao took out two red apples.
"Thank you!" Mingwei thanked happily. Tonight was Christmas Eve and the crew was busy so there was no celebratory atmosphere. It was rare that Xiao Zhao was still thinking about her.
Looking at the apples in her hand, Mingwei picked a slightly larger one and handed it to Mu Tingzhou. It was not like Kong Rong giving up his pears, but the one was too big for her to finish.
"Thank you, Princess." Mu Tingzhou took it with both hands.
"Master, didn't you prepare any gifts for Christmas?" Xiao Zhao asked casually while driving.
Mu Tingzhou remained silent.
As a "Ming Dynasty Grand Tutor" with disordered memories, Ming Wei did not expect Mu Tingzhou to celebrate such a foreign festival. She smiled and said, "It's better that you are not prepared. I am not prepared either. The three of us have such a good relationship. Don't be polite."
Xiao Zhao nodded, but glanced at Mu Tingzhou through the rearview mirror.
Ming Wei didn't notice his little action, and posed for a selfie holding the apple, oblivious to the people around her. After taking several photos, Ming Wei picked out the best one, edited it briefly, and uploaded it to Weibo with the caption: "Christmas Eve, did you eat?"
Thanks to Mu Tingzhou, Mingwei now has millions of fans. As soon as she posted on Weibo, countless comments popped up.
Fan No. 1: Was this a gift from the Master
Fan account: I didn’t eat it because I don’t have a Taifu.
Fan No. 3: Princess, we want to see Taifu. He hasn’t updated his Weibo for a long time. Please give us some updates!
Mingwei was watching with great interest, her fingers kept pulling the screen, and as she pulled, a WeChat message popped up.
Taifu: Watch a movie tonight
Mingwei's heart skipped a beat. Yu Guangzhong saw that the man was holding a cell phone. Mingwei pursed her lips and replied: Going to the cinema
Taifu: Guest room.
Mingwei blushed. It was almost ten o'clock and they were both tired after a long day. Who would believe her if she said she just wanted to watch a movie
Mingwei didn't believe it, but she agreed anyway and asked Mu Tingzhou the name of the movie.
Mu Tingzhou replied with a popular animated film released by Disney in recent years. The snow scene in the film is romantic and fits the Christmas theme very well.
As agreed, Mingwei left the door ajar when she entered the room. About two minutes later, Mu Tingzhou came and closed the door tightly.
The two turned off the lights and leaned on the sofa to watch. This was Mu Tingzhou's first time watching this movie, so he still felt fresh. Mingwei had watched it twice, just for the sake of "romance" to accompany her boyfriend. She was too tired during the day, and the sofa in the guest room was too comfortable. Mingwei became more and more sleepy as she watched, and yawned several times with her mouth covered.
"Go to sleep." Mu Tingzhou closed his notebook and said in a low voice.
Ming Wei felt embarrassed to spoil her boyfriend's fun, so she said, "Why turn it off? I want to continue watching."
Mu Tingzhou smiled and said, "Actually, I am sleepy too."
Mingwei felt relieved, turned on the light, and sent him off. When they reached the door, Mu Tingzhou suddenly turned around, put his arm around her waist, and kissed her lips skillfully. Mingwei closed her eyes, and he gently touched her. He didn't want to fight, and before opening the door, he once again reminded her to go to bed early. Mingwei nodded obediently, sent her boyfriend off, and went to wash her face with half-closed eyes, and went straight into bed after washing.
After a good night's sleep, Mingwei was refreshed the next morning. After washing up, there were still ten minutes before the three of them gathered, so Mingwei walked to the sofa in the small living room to read the script. After sitting down, Mingwei reached out to take the script, but unexpectedly found a big red sock on the coffee table, which was bulging.
There was a white-bearded Santa Claus printed on the socks. Mingwei blinked, thought about last night, and understood.
This was a Christmas gift from Mu Tingzhou to her.
Thinking of Mu Tingzhou pretending to be indifferent to Christmas in the car, Mingwei's heart was sweet before she even opened the gift. Picking up the socks, Mingwei took out a long and narrow gift box from it. It was made of wood, which seemed to be rosewood, with elegant carvings and antique flavor. Based on the shape of the gift box, Mingwei thought of a necklace. She nervously opened the box, and inside was actually a... jade hairpin.
Mingwei was stunned.
It was a emerald green hairpin with a phoenix carved on the head and a pigeon blood gem. Ming Wei knew only a little about jadeite, so she couldn't tell the quality of the jadeite used in this hairpin, but she was really amazed by it.
When it comes to women's jewelry, Mingwei's mother Jiang Yue likes hairpins the most. When she was a child, Mingwei thought her mother was the most beautiful woman in the world. She also liked her mother's classical jewelry. When she reached an age where she could feel proud of herself, she started to act coquettishly and ask her mother for hairpins. Gradually, hairpins became the most precious thing in Mingwei's heart.
After playing with it back and forth several times, Mingwei excitedly sent a WeChat message to Mu Tingzhou: How do you know I like hairpins
Taifu: I don’t know.
Mingwei was stunned and asked curiously: Then why did you give me a hairpin
Taifu: an ancient ritual.
Mingwei had filmed a TV drama about ancient costumes after all, so she immediately understood after being reminded. In ancient times, hairpins, jade pendants, and sachets could all be used as tokens of love.
He didn't say any sweet words, but the meaning of this hairpin is better than any love words.
Mingwei put down her phone, ran to the bathroom, combed her hair again, put on the hairpin and looked at it again. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it. But the hairpin looked very expensive, so Mingwei was too proud to be proud of it, so she put it back and hid it in a safe place.
"Merry Christmas." After they met at the door, Ming Wei generously handed the two small gift bags in her hands to her two assistants respectively.
Xiao Zhao raised his eyebrows and opened the gift in front of him. It was a fat, white and lucky cat car pendant.
"Princess, you really underestimated my taste." Xiao Zhao expressed his dislike for the gift in a roundabout way.
Mingwei chuckled and looked at Mu Tingzhou.
"Wait a moment." Mu Tingzhou turned around, carried the gift bag back to his room, closed the door, and lowered his head to open the gifts.
Mingwei also gave him a car pendant. The only difference was that Xiao Zhao's was a finished product that she bought, while Mu Tingzhou's was a peace knot that Mingwei bought the materials from online stores and made by herself. The jade pendant in the middle was engraved with "A safe journey." For a boyfriend who had been in a car accident, this was Mingwei's most sincere blessing.
There was a pink note pinned to the peace knot. Mu Tingzhou took it off and read the words:
to Mr. Taifu
Merry Christmas!
ps: I made it up myself, please don’t think it’s ugly, [heart]
Mu Tingzhou smiled. The princess was lovely and her handwriting was beautiful, so how could she be ugly
After putting the gifts away, Mu Tingzhou went out empty-handed, looking serious and calm, no different from usual.
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After all, it is Christmas, so Director Gao showed some mercy today and finished filming in the afternoon and called it a day, without arranging any night scenes.
Xiao Zhao booked a hot pot room, and the three of them went back to the hotel first, and Mingwei wanted to change clothes. When they arrived at the hotel lobby, Mingwei walked towards the elevator accompanied by her male god assistants. When they got off the elevator and stepped in one after another, a young girl suddenly ran over in the corridor and rushed in recklessly.
Mu Tingzhou carefully pulled Mingwei behind him.
Ming Wei didn't take it seriously, blushing as she struggled to get rid of Mu Tingzhou's hand. He let go, and Ming Wei looked at the new girl curiously. She had big wavy hair, fair skin, delicate features, and was beautiful and elegant, not much worse than some female stars. To be honest, Ming Wei liked the girl's appearance very much. It would be better if the girl didn't stare at Mu Tingzhou with such a fiery look.
"Brother Tingzhou, you really don't remember me?"
In the closed elevator, the girl looked at Mu Tingzhou with resentment and said something shocking.
Mu Tingzhou frowned.
Mingwei opened her eyes wide. Brother Tingzhou, who is this person
Xiao Zhao, who had been silent the whole time, coughed, stretched out his hand to pull the girl to his side, and introduced her to Ming Wei: "She is my cousin. Tingzhou and I have been together since we were young, so Linlin also knows Tingzhou. Linlin is talkative and noisy, and Tingzhou is annoyed by her. We just have an ordinary relationship."
"What ordinary relationship? Brother Tingzhou has always liked me. What is she? She is just a little star who just debuted. Do you really treat her like a princess?" Xu Lin shook off Xiao Zhao and walked around to Mingwei. She looked at Mingwei with picky and disdainful eyes, and then said in a warning tone: "Miss Mingwei, right? Brother Tingzhou had a car accident and lost his memory. He treats you as a princess for the time being, but I ask you to remember your identity and don't take the opportunity to seduce him, lest Brother Tingzhou will look down on you when he returns to normal in the future, and you will lose face."
Mingwei was angry, but she didn't show it.
"She is your cousin?" Mu Tingzhou stood in front of her all the time, without even looking at Xu Lin, and asked Xiao Zhao in a cold voice.
Xiao Zhao really wanted to deny it, but no matter how disliked his cousin was, she was still his cousin, so he could only nod.
"Then take her away." The elevator opened, and Mu Tingzhou walked out with Ming Wei, saying without looking back.
Xiao Zhao had a headache, but Xu Lin chased him out angrily, took out her phone, and held up the photo she had prepared in front of Ming Wei: "Ming Wei, this photo is enough to prove my relationship with Brother Tingzhou. You are a little star now after all, and you have taken advantage of him a lot. I advise you to stop while you are ahead, cherish your reputation, and don't be a mistress."
Ming Wei had a blank expression on her face, and her eyes turned to the phone in front of her. In the photo on the screen, Mu Tingzhou leaned against the sofa, his head tilted back slightly, and his eyes were slightly closed. Behind the sofa, Xiao Zhao's cousin smiled and lowered her head, with a pair of slender hands pressing on Mu Tingzhou's forehead, as if gently massaging. The photo was too small for Ming Wei to see clearly, and just as she was about to take a closer look, the girl took back her phone, her eyebrows and eyes provocative.
"How come I don't know about this photo?" Xiao Zhao asked suspiciously, "Is it photoshopped?"
Xu Lin glared at him, then said proudly: "There are many things between us that you don't know." (83 Chinese.83.)