"Right? Hahaha, I think it tastes good too," Qiao Ziqian laughed heartily. He then looked around, leaned closer to Meng Jingwei, and asked in a low voice, "The videos exposed that someone in the crew swapped the props. Do you know who did it?"
Meng Jingwei shook her head. "No. Do you?"
"If you don't know, how could I?" Qiao Ziqian frowned. "Alas, it's so frustrating to not get the full gossip."
His words made Meng Jingwei laugh. "You're a man, how can you be so gossipy?"
"What's wrong with being a man? It's the nature of a spectator," Qiao Ziqian said. Just then, he heard Li Shang calling him, and he immediately said, "I can't talk to you anymore, Shang Ge is calling me."
He jumped down from the corridor and jogged towards Li Shang, who was standing by a tree not far away.
Li Shang saw Meng Jingwei and waved at her from a distance, greeting her.
Since Li Shang learned that Meng Jingwei was a skilled fighter, his attitude towards her had undergone a complete 180-degree turn.
Afterward, she went to the makeup room to get her makeup done.
In the following days, everything in the crew went smoothly, and the shooting progress also increased significantly.
Director Li was exceptionally pleased, and the atmosphere on the entire set improved considerably.
...
Jiangnan, Central Hospital.
Shi Ran, who had been hospitalized for a week, felt sore all over. She propped herself up and sat up in bed. "The weather outside is nice. I want to go out and get some sun. Lying down all day is really tiring."
Yuan Wei nodded. "Yes, that's fine. Come on, I'll go down with you."
He stepped forward, intending to help Shi Ran. Shi Ran waved her hand. "No need, I can walk by myself."
Being cared for too intimately made her uncomfortable.
Yuan Wei didn't think much of it. He went to get a black down jacket and handed it to her. "Put this on, it's quite cold outside."
"Thank you."
Shi Ran took the down jacket and put it on, bending down to zip it up.
Although it was a loose down jacket, it still accentuated her good figure without making her look fat. Instead, it highlighted her delicate face, rosy lips, and radiant complexion, making her look even more slender.
Since she was only two months pregnant, she wouldn't show for a while, and it was impossible to tell.
The two of them walked out of the ward together and took the elevator downstairs.
Central Hospital had a large rear garden for hospitalized patients to relax.
By the pond in the garden, Tang Si sat in a wheelchair, being pushed out for a stroll by his caregiver, Qiao Yu.
He was wearing a gray and white down jacket and a black knitted hat. His chin was covered in stubble, and he looked decadent and dejected, like a disillusioned youth.
"Mr. Tang, look, the sun is so good today. Coming out for a stroll will surely lift your spirits," Qiao Yu was a cheerful person who liked to make people happy. Seeing Tang Si’s constant melancholy, she tried her best to cheer him up.
Tang Si was accustomed to Qiao Yu's nagging. He stared blankly at a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the pond, lost in thought.
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the pond, Shi Ran and Yuan Wei were walking on the wooden bridge by the pond, watching the mandarin ducks play.
Looking at the pair of mandarin ducks, Shi Ran couldn't help but think of Tang Si. She let out a sigh of melancholy and loss. "Look, those mandarin ducks in the pond are so carefree. How enviable."
As she spoke, she raised her hand and touched the mask on her face, which was the pain of her lifetime.
If it weren't for that scar, perhaps she and Tang Si wouldn't have had to part ways forever.
"Of course, otherwise, why would people say 'only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals'?" Yuan Wei said with a smile.
But the moment he finished speaking, there was a splash as a stone was thrown into the pond, startling the entwined mandarin ducks and making them fly away.