The Film Empress White Moonlight Wants To Be A Salted Fish - Chapter 24

After a short rest, Lu Yiran and the others were once again urged by Director Zhang to get back to work.

Under the blazing sun, Lu Yiran wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with a towel. “Sister Yiran, I’m back.” Xie Shuyao came up to Lu Yiran and handed her a bottle of water. “Thanks, I was just thirsty.” Lu Yiran took the mineral water and drank it.

Nearby, Qin Mo watched Lu Yiran and Xie Shuyao, grinding her teeth in anger. The water she offered couldn’t be drunk, and the sunshade she offered was used by everyone else…

Suddenly, Xie Shuyao felt a chilling atmosphere around her. Even though the sun was shining brightly, she had a genuine feeling of cold all over her body. She quietly leaned in and whispered to Lu Yiran, “Sister Yiran, do you feel like the surroundings are a bit strange…” Xie Shuyao shivered as she spoke.

“Huh, no.” The words had barely left her mouth when Lu Yiran saw Qin Mo staring at her and Xie Shuyao with a sinister expression. But Qin Mo quickly reverted to her normal look and smiled at Lu Yiran, who was watching her.

“How could that be? You must be overthinking it. Is your arm okay?” Lu Yiran quickly changed the subject. She sighed internally: Someone who can make the heroine feel uneasy must be an anti-hero or villain type of character. It’s definitely best to keep a distance from Qin Mo.

Although Qin Mo did not appear in the original novel and had no interactions with the heroines, Lu Yiran felt it was better to be vigilant from now on.

Seeing that Lu Shiran only had a little bit of the task left to complete, Lu Yiran said to her, “Teacher Lu, I’ll take care of the rest of this, you go and rest.”

Lu Shiran looked at Director Zhang, and Director Zhang nodded. “Then thank you, Yiran.” After thanking Lu Yiran, Lu Shiran went under the sunshade. Seeing that Wen Shiyan and the others needed water, she timely brought some over.

“Teacher Wen, I’m done here, you…” Lu Yiran was walking towards Wen Shiyan when suddenly, she tripped on a stone on the ground and tumbled towards Wen Shiyan. Just as Lu Yiran’s face was about to make intimate contact with the ground, she executed a perfect push-up followed by a roll to get up cleanly. “Safe.”

Wen Shiyan’s hand, which she had extended to help Lu Yiran, was left hanging in mid-air.

Lu Yiran was still shaken. Phew, that was close, my perfect face was almost ruined. Xie Shuyao on the side asked in astonishment, “Sister, sister, you’re amazing, how did you do that?”

Lu Yiran hadn’t expected herself to be so capable either. She chuckled a few times: “Hehe, wow, was I really that awesome?”

“First time seeing that, I learned something.” Ruan Ning nodded thoughtfully. She could try that next time.

Lu Shiran looked at Lu Yiran with some concern: “Did you really not fall?”

“No, no, not at all, I’m completely fine.”

Hearing Lu Yiran’s words, Lu Shiran couldn’t help but say, “Ah, to be young is great.”

Hearing the word “young,” Wen Shiyan’s mouth twitched. Being young truly is great.

“Alright, since everyone has finished their work, come collect your wages.” Director Zhang said, distributing the envelopes to them one by one. “The wages are inside the envelope. You are free to decide how to use them.”

Lu Yiran secretly peeked inside the envelope and found that the wages weren’t much.

Seeing that no one was speaking, Ruan Ning boldly suggested: “Why don’t we put all our money together to use?”

“Good idea. Then Ruan Ning will be in charge of all the funds, no problem?” Of course, the others had no objection to Lu Shiran’s suggestion.

Seeing that Lu Shiran had given her this important task, Ruan Ning quickly refused: “I can’t do it, let Teacher Wen do it.”

Director Zhang interjected: “I think Ruan Ning can do it, actually.”

Hearing the affirming words from Lu Yiran and the others again, Ruan Ning finally agreed to the task, her face flushed.

Seeing that the sun was already setting and they still hadn’t figured out the ingredients for dinner, Lu Yiran asked, “Are there any places selling meat in the village?”

It was Qin Mo who answered Lu Yiran. “Probably not. Shuyao and I explored almost the whole village yesterday, and we didn’t find any place selling meat.”

Xie Shuyao remembered the free-range chickens she saw yesterday. “I saw chickens in the village. Will the villagers sell them to us?”

Director Zhang suggested, “How about I go and ask for you?”

“Director Zhang is so nice! Director Zhang, please go quickly.”

Amidst a round of cheers, Director Zhang confidently went to a villager’s doorstep.

“We’re not selling.”

Director Zhang thought she had misheard and asked again.

“We rely on these chickens for eggs. If we sell them to you, what will we do? Not selling, not selling.” The person said and closed the door.

Director Zhang was shut out. She awkwardly told Lu Yiran and the others that they wouldn’t have meat for dinner tonight, but then she comforted them, saying they could buy anything they wanted at the market tomorrow.

“We usually eat vegetables anyway, it’s fine,” Xie Shuyao comforted Director Zhang.

Hearing Xie Shuyao’s words, Director Zhang felt even more self-reproachful. The guests had worked hard all afternoon, and she couldn’t even let them have a single bite of meat. What a failure!

“Alright, for today, we’ll make an exception. Our production team will sell you the ingredients you need.”

“Director Zhang is the best, we love you” Lu Yiran was about to hug Director Zhang but was rejected.

“No, no, look.” Director Zhang pointed in a direction for Lu Yiran. Lu Yiran looked over and saw the producer, who had been watching them all along.

“So that’s what’s going on,” Lu Yiran said meaningfully.

“Alright, alright, come here quickly if you want anything. Cash on delivery.”

Before starting the cooking, Director Zhang watched the interaction between Lu Yiran and Xie Shuyao and nodded with satisfaction.

Afterward, Director Zhang called Lu Yiran aside privately. Lu Yiran was confused but went to find Director Zhang.

“Yiran has grasped the essence of a dating show so quickly. A teachable child indeed,” Director Zhang praised.

Lu Yiran didn’t even know what the essence of a dating show was, so she could only give Director Zhang an awkward laugh.

After filming the cooking segment, they finally began eating. After a tiring afternoon, everything tasted delicious to Lu Yiran, and she even ate a bowl of rice.

“I’m done eating, I’ll go check on Xiao Mian.” Lu Yiran was worried that Du Mian and the elderly woman hadn’t eaten, so she went to find them, only to see the two of them eating boxed meals with the production crew.

That’s good, they’re eating even better than us. I don’t need to worry about them.

Seeing Lu Yiran return so quickly, Wen Shiyan said, “You’re back so soon.”

“Yeah, Director Zhang said the production team is taking care of the elderly woman’s and the others’ three meals a day.”

After everyone finished eating, they washed up and went to bed early since they had to get up early the next day.

In the middle of the night, Lu Yiran lay in bed and quietly asked Wen Shiyan, “Why didn’t you tell me this was a dating show? Don’t dating shows have CPs? So who is my CP?” Lu Yiran asked Wen Shiyan a string of questions.

“Too many questions. Go to sleep.” On the other bed, Wen Shiyan turned over and closed her eyes.

Lu Yiran seemed to have a lot more questions for Wen Shiyan, but hearing Wen Shiyan’s steady breathing, as if she had fallen asleep, Lu Yiran stared at the ceiling for a while and then drifted off to sleep as well.