CH 23.3

After lunch, the program group allowed the guests to rest in their accommodations and meet at Room 1 at 2 PM for continued filming.

Because Lin Yu was supervising her during lunch, Su Chengyang didn’t eat enough.

She and Jiang Shanqi went back to their room in the backyard and immediately went into their own rooms.

Su Chengyang took out the plastic bag that contained the decorations she used for the lanterns yesterday. Before she could open it, she heard a scream from across the way.

“Ah!!”

Jiang Shanqi rushed into Su Chengyang’s room in a state of shock, her face pale and her words unclear. “Th-there’s a, a mouse…”

Su Chengyang was squatting in the corner with her back to Jiang Shanqi and showed no reaction when she heard this.

Gradually calming down from her fright, Jiang Shanqi looked at Su Chengyang’s back in confusion and walked up slowly. “Su Chengyang?”

Su Chengyang stiffened and slowly turned around, holding a black plastic bag with tears streaking down her face.

Jiang Shanqi’s gaze faltered. “What’s wrong with you?”

Su Chengyang opened the plastic bag and choked up, “My last ham sausage was eaten by a damn mouse through a hole.”

This was the only ham sausage she had saved after sacrificing all her snacks. She had planned to eat it secretly when she got hungry, but now she was very hungry and the ham sausage had been stolen by a mouse.

Tears streamed down Su Chengyang’s face, and she looked extremely aggrieved.

The cameraman immediately rushed over and took a close-up of Su Chengyang’s face.

Jiang Shanqi paused for a moment and asked, “Are you an elementary school student?”

Usually, Su Chengyang always appeared calm and composed, not fighting or competing with others.

Therefore, when Jiang Shanqi saw Su Chengyang burst into tears because a ham sausage she had hidden was eaten by a mouse, she actually thought she was a little…cute?

Jiang Shanqi looked at her tear-streaked face with complicated emotions and said, “It’s just a ham sausage. Is it necessary to cry like this?”

Su Chengyang showed no signs of maturity and complained, “This was my last one! I went through so many hardships just to bring it in here! I was going to eat it secretly when I got hungry, but now it’s gone! I have nothing left! Why are there mouse here… why are there mouse…”

Su Chengyang’s expression was fierce and aggrieved, like a little dog that had been robbed of its food but couldn’t get it back.

Camera brother struggled to hold back his laughter, his body trembling uncontrollably, afraid to laugh out loud.

At this point, Su Chengyang realized that this embarrassing scene had all been recorded by the camera and quickly wiped her tear-streaked face, pointing at the camera and saying, “Don’t broadcast this part, cut it out!”

Her red eyes, swollen from crying, had no intimidating effect.

Jiang Shanqi pulled out a tissue and walked up to her, patting her shoulder and awkwardly consoling her, “Don’t you have any self-respect? A single ham sausage and you’re crying like this?”

Su Chengyang took the tissue and shrugged her nose, “But I’m hungry.”

“You didn’t eat enough for lunch?”

Su Chengyang said, “Mr. Lin is sitting right next to me, supervising me. I feel like if I take one more bite, he’ll throw the card number at me and make me pay the penalty.”

Jiang Shanqi frowned, “Is Mr. Lin so idle?”

Su Chengyang looked around warily at the camera and pulled Jiang Shanqi aside, “Don’t talk nonsense, Mr. Lin is just looking out for me, he’s doing it for my own good.”

Jiang Shanqi: “…”

The impact of a ham sausage stolen by a mouse in times of hunger was even greater than expected for Su Chengyang.

During the lunch break, Su Chengyang kept thinking about her lost ham sausage. Throughout the afternoon shoot, she appeared absent-minded. Fortunately, the afternoon shoot was not that important, and they managed to get through it.

After the filming was over, the program team returned their communication devices because they had to leave early the next morning to return to their company.

However, the signal was not good in the mountains, so Su Chengyang held onto her tablet and spent the night drawing a set of illustrations depicting stray little mouse snatching food from her mouth. At the end of the illustrations, the little mouse received the punishment they deserved and were eaten by a passing big cat, becoming its food.

She named it <The Revenge Diary of a Ham Sausage>. Only after she completed the illustrations did her frustration and anger disappear.

The next morning, after waking up, they packed up their belongings and left Wangjing Village.

Although they didn’t stay there for long, they managed to capture a lot of great footage. The directors were extremely pleased and even thought of making it into two episodes. They never expected that a group of actors with no experience in TV would bring such drama to the show.

Before leaving, the village chief and many villagers came to say goodbye, including Xingxiu.

After bidding farewell to the villagers, Su Chengyang and her team got into the car.

She saw Xingxiu in the crowd, who seemed to want to say something to her but never got the chance. He hesitated for a moment, but then realized that it wouldn’t matter what he said, so he let it go.

The vehicle that Lin Yu and Lu Yin were riding in was at the back.

Lin Yu sat in the passenger seat with the window half-open, a laptop on his knees as he worked on some documents. Just then, someone knocked on his car window, and he slowly raised his head to find a villager who had recently chatted with Su Chengyang.

“Hello, is there anything I can help you with?” Lin Yu closed his laptop and quietly gazed at Xingxiu.

Xingxiu glanced at the vehicle in front of Lin Yu, unsure which one Su Chengyang was in, and then turned to him, asking, “Are you Miss Su’s agent?”

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. “Yes, is there something you need from her? I can convey the message for you when I get back.”

Hearing this, Xingxiu handed Lin Yu a neatly folded letter and said, “Could you please give this to her for me?”

Lin Yu looked down at the letter in Xingxiu’s hand, but did not take it right away. Instead, he said, “Your living environment is different from Chengyang’s. Are you sure you want me to give this to her?”

Xingxiu was momentarily taken aback, but seemed to understand what Lin Yu was trying to say, and nodded with a cheerful smile. “Yeah, I know there are a lot of restrictions for artists. Whether she reads it or not doesn’t matter. It’s just important that you give it to her. Thank you.”

Lin Yu pursed his lips slightly, then took the letter from Xingxiu’s hand and said, “Okay, I’ll give it to her for you.”

Watching Xingxiu turn and leave, Lin Yu lowered his eyes, staring at the thin letter in his hand. His eyes were unclear and he couldn’t discern his emotions.

“Oh no, our Little Chengyang is going to be snatched away by someone else,” Xiao Lu sat in the backseat with her hands behind her head and teased.

Lin Yu didn’t react much after hearing this.

Xiao Lu sat up and pretended to grab the letter from his hand, “Cousin, should I help you tear it up? It must be his contact information or a sincere confession. Anyway, Chengyang won’t know.”

Lin Yu gave her a glance, “Although I don’t want Chengyang to date, it’s not clearly stated in the contract, so I won’t force her.”

Xiao Lu pouted and leaned back again, “Then don’t scare her with breach of contract all the time. And, if you want her to become famous quickly, stirring up a scandal with a male celebrity should be an easy way. The company has so many male artists.”

Lin Yu didn’t answer her and reminded her, “The preview of the program should be released tonight at 8 o’clock. You should ask Chengyang to share and promote it as soon as possible.”

“Okay.”

On the way back, Tan Qi created a WeChat group for everyone because they would be filming several more episodes together and it would be convenient to communicate in the group.

When they had signal, Su Chengyang posted her own illustration.

Since Su Chengyang drew an illustration featuring herself, many netizens traced her Weibo account and her private messages and fans’ comments were flooded. They were probably some of the rich people who had placed orders, but Su Chengyang didn’t have much time recently, so she didn’t open them. After posting her illustration, she logged out of Weibo.

On the way, the WeChat group was very lively, mostly discussing the program team. Later, someone, who knows who, added the director and producer to the group. The group immediately became quiet and peaceful.

After a few hours’ journey, the group returned to the capital.

Su Chengyang said goodbye to Han Songxue and a few others and went to meet Xiao Lu and the others.

Xu Yang came to pick them up and they got into the car. Xiao Lu went to the bathroom, leaving only the three of them in the car.

Su Chengyang’s phone kept buzzing with WeChat notifications. She opened it and saw that Han Songxue had created another group and was questioning who the traitor was that added the director and producer to the group.

Jiang Shanqi: “It was me.”

Han Songxue: “So you’re the traitor!”

Song Mingan: “Both of you girls, calm down.”

Han Songxue: “@Song Mingan, speak politely.”

Jiang Shanqi: “@Song Mingan, speak politely.”

Su Chengyang couldn’t help but laugh and didn’t notice that Lin Yu was looking at her through the rearview mirror.

“Chengyang,” Lin Yu suddenly called out.

“Huh?” Su Chengyang raised her head in confusion.

Lin Yu turned to the side and handed her a neatly folded letter, saying, “Before leaving, a villager asked me to give this to you.”

“For me?” Su Chengyang was stunned.

“Yes, perhaps it’s something important.”

Su Chengyang took the letter from his hand, and she had a faint guess as to who the letter’s owner was, so she didn’t open it immediately.

“I see, thank you, Mr. Lin.”

After saying that, Su Chengyang put the letter away.

Lin Yu turned back and looked out the window, asking, “Aren’t you going to read the contents?”

Su Chengyang shook her head, “Whether I look at it or not, it doesn’t matter, it won’t change anything.”

Lin Yu’s lips curled slightly, and it seemed that he was satisfied with Su Chengyang’s answer.

“What do you want to eat tonight?” Lin Yu suddenly asked.

Su Chengyang raised her bright eyes in surprise and said, “Anything?”

Lin Yu nodded, “Yeah.”

“Hot pot!” Su Chengyang exclaimed.

“Which one do you want to go to?”

“Um…any of them is fine, as long as I can eat, I won’t be picky.”

As she said this, Su Chengyang gradually realized that Lin Yu was acting a little unusual today.

Normally, he wouldn’t even let her eat anything oily, let alone something as oily as hot pot.

Su Chengyang felt a bit uneasy in her heart, sitting up and leaning over the back of his seat, she asked cautiously, “Mr. Lin, this isn’t… our last supper, is it?”

Lin Yu looking out the car window, his expression hidden from Su Chengyang, who could only see his slightly curled black hair at the nape of his neck, a clear jawline, and long eyelashes. Su Chengyang couldn’t discern his emotions at the moment.

Lin Yu, not sure what he was looking at, his pupils slightly contracted. Then he turned to look at the pair of eyes that appeared from behind the seat.

Su Chengyang said in an uncertain tone: “Reward?”

“Reward…”

Half-believing, Su Chengyang asked, “Did I do something that satisfied you?”

Lin Yu raised his eyebrows and nodded. “I think so.”

Although Su Chengyang wasn’t sure what she had done to please him, as long as it wasn’t their last meal, she didn’t care. She immediately sat back in her seat, excitedly suggesting, “Mr. Lin, Brother Xu, let’s invite Xiao Lu to join us for a meal. I’ll treat.”

After two days of filming, Su Chengyang unexpectedly received a large sum of money, which she used to invite Lin Yu to a meal to express her gratitude.

“This…” Xu Yang glanced at Lin Yu and didn’t give a reply.

Lin Yu had a lot of work to catch up on after being away for two days and would soon be filming with the crew again, leaving him with little time to spare.

“Sure, you pick the place,” he said casually.

Su Chengyang shook her head. “Anywhere is fine. Is there any hot pot place you want to go to?”

“Ask Lu Yin when she comes back.”

“Okay.”

When Xiao Lu came out of the bathroom, she saw Su Chengyang’s half-body sticking out of the car window, waving at her excitedly with joy written all over her face.

“What are you doing? Did you win the lottery? How many billions?” Xiao Lu asked in confusion as she approached.

“Even happier than winning the lottery,” joked Xu Yang.

Su Chengyang pulled Xiao Lu into the car and said, “I’m treating you guys to hot pot tonight. Which one do you want to go to?”

“Hot pot?” Xiao Lu looked at the front passenger seat in surprise. “My cousin agreed?”

“Mm-hmm!” Su Chengyang nodded happily.

Xiao Lu looked at Lin Yu suspiciously, but he remained expressionless and didn’t react at all.

It seemed like he really agreed.

But this wasn’t like him.