After thirty minutes, Su Yuchen and Xin Mei entered in the dining room where Su Zixin was already sitting. The face of Xin Mei was crimson red and she was stealing glances from her grinning husband.
She touched her cheeks and could feel them very hot. She looked at Su Zixin and blushed hard.
"How can I become so bold to kiss Su Yuchen in front of Zixin?"
"Xin Mei, take your seat. I will serve you dinner." Su Yuchen offered and Xin Mei took her seat.
Su Zixin felt glad that Xin Mei had taken a seat on the vacant seat instead of sitting on the lap of Su Yuchen. Otherwise, he would have vomited out whatever he had eaten that day.
"So, what do you want to talk with Xin Mei?" Su Yuchen asked once everyone had started to eat their food.
"Oh yes," Su Zixin remembered that he was there to talk something important with Xin Mei. "Xin Mei, I want you to be my partner for the award show which is taking place day after tomorrow."
Chopsticks in the hands of Su Yuchen froze when he heard Su Zixin. He looked at him with crooked brows. "So, you want to take my wife with you to an award show?"
Su Zixin sighed when he heard the jealousy in the voice of Su Yuchen. "Yes, I do." He raised his hands in surrender. "But only out of my goodwill."
"I know she cannot walk in the award show with you, nor can she walk in with some other male, so, the only best option left is me. Besides, I can help her in creating many new contacts during the awards show."
Su Zixin counted down the pros which Xin Mei would have if she walked with him. Su Yuchen heard his explanation and nodded his head.
"What do you think sister in law?" Su Zixin looked at Xin Mei.
"Who said that I am even attending the award show?"
"What do you mean?" Su Zixin asked in surprise. "Don"t tell me you are planning to skip the award show! Don"t you know how much importance such award functions play in the life of actress like you?"
"I know but I don"t wish to attend the award show. I can"t see Zhou Mingyu receiving yet another award for her acting. So, I will not be going. I will be spending the evening with my husband."
"Not possible," Su Yuchen interjected. "Don"t forget that I am leaving for country C on the day after tomorrow."
"Oh, you are leaving then. Sorry, it slipped out of my mind."
Xin Mei and Su Yuchen started to talk about his business trip to country C, completing ignoring Su Zixin.
"Both of you, stop ignoring me," he yelled in frustration. "Xin Mei, how can you not attend an award show because of such a silly reason? Brother, only you make her understand. She will not listen to me. Attending award show is h.e.l.l important for her."
"No one is making me understand. I am not attending an award show, no matter what!" Xin Mei declared. "Now quickly finish your food and go back to your home. Don"t forget we have an important scene tomorrow."
Su Zixin grumbled under his breath. He knew Xin Mei wasn"t going to listen to him, so he could only please to his brother.
"Brother, please change the mind of your wife. Attending an award show is of uttermost importance for her career." Su Zixin told to Su Yuchen.
"And brother, before I forget, can you please unblock any one of my bank account." Su Zixin pleaded. "You see award shows are coming but I don"t have a single penny in my account to buy a brand new dress. So can you please....."
"No," Su Yuchen rejected. "No allowance includes no allowance for the dress you need for some special occasion."
"But brother, please. I don"t have any new dress for the award show."
"Then wear any old dress." Su Yuchen wrapped his arms around his chest and looked at Su Zixin. "I am sure you have many expensive dresses in your wardrobe."
"Yeah, I have but I can"t repeat them. Please try to under….."
"No," Su Yuchen cut him off. "Use your personal saving to buy a new dress or wear some old one, but I am not giving you any single penny to buy a new dress."
"But brother…."
"No and end of the discussion here." Su Yuchen announced.
Su Zixin pouted and looked at his brother. He had already spent a large chunk of his savings. He didn"t have enough to buy a brand new suit or money to spend on getting ready that day.
"Brother, please don"t be so cruel with me." Su Zixin pleaded.
He tried his best to persuade his brother to lift the ban from his allowances but Su Yuchen was nowhere to listen.
In last, feeling defeated, Su Zixin left the house. He was cursing his brother and Xin Mei in his mind.
"Why don"t you want to attend the award show?" Su Yuchen asked to Xin Mei who was lying in his arms.
"I just don"t wish to attend the award show." Xin Mei shrugged. "I have no reason to attend. Besides, I cannot watch Zhou Mingyu climbing on the stage and receiving an award. It will only pinch on my heart. It will remind me how I was a fool once."
"What a sly reason wife? You should attend the award show; let her climb on the stage for the last time. Harden your determination that you have to s.n.a.t.c.h that trophy and t.i.tle from her hands."
"But husband, I still don"t want to go." Xin Mei pouted.
"But I think you should go." Su Yuchen pinched her nose. "I had seen Su Zixin attending every award show. He always says award show is of very much importance. You receive a chance to get pouched by top-notch directors and producers. You can also enhance your networks in the after award party."
"Su Zixin will be going with you. I am sure he will be introducing to many new faces that will help you in boosting your career. So, you should attend the award."
"Ok, I will think about it."
Xin Mei informed him and closed her eyes.
From the time, the dates of the said award show were announced; Xin Mei had decided to not attend the said award. She had made her mind and now it wasn"t easy for her to change her mind.
Next day, as usual, Xin Mei performed her morning task before leaving for the sets.
Once she was in the studio, she made her way towards the changing room and changed her dress. When she came out of the changing room, director Zhang was waiting for her.
"Xin Mei, here you come. I have something to talk to you."
"What director?" she asked.
"Are you attending the award show which is taking place tomorrow?"
"I am sorry director but I am not."
"I think you should attend it. The whole cast is attending the same award show. During the award show, we can promote our movie. It can also hype up your career as an actress. Besides, I was thinking to announce about "The flying women" in the same award show. I think you should attend it."
"Ok director, I will think about it."
Director Zhang happily nodded his head. Xin Mei thought about his words and words of Su Yuchen from last night. She also knew the importance of award show then why to ditch it.
She mentally slapped herself for being stubborn again!
Like Su Yuchen had said, she wouldn"t watch Zhou Mingyu receiving the award with pain but would see it with a smile because that award would be the last award in the career of Zhou Mingyu!
Once everything was in place the director announced on the microphone for everyone to take their place.
"Camera rolling, action." He yelled.
Today the scene to be shot was very important. With the end of this scene, filming of the first half of the movie would get complete.
In this scene, Ruyi gave birth to a baby in Jun kingdom. She looked at the baby boy with delight and determination filled eyes. Emperor Jun entered in her room and Ruyi declared to him that she was ready to learn war skills, to s.n.a.t.c.h the kingdom from emperor Kai.
Director Zhang was impressed with the way Chen Bai and Xin Mei were acting. The small baby of a crew member was used for the scene and the way Xin Mei and Chen Bai handled the baby made everyone impressed with them.
"Cut, well done both of you." director Zhang announced and the cast member rushed towards Xin Mei and took his baby in his arms.
"Xin Mei, you are very good at handling babies. Look at my baby girl; she is sleeping so peacefully till now." Cast member praised her before taking the baby to her mother.