Chapter 221: So Embarra.s.sing
Yet, even though he was her eldest brother, Tan Jinqi had no idea how to repay her.
Director Liu was shocked when he heard about this and shook his head, laughing. “So, I’m not the first person she’s gotten favors from,,.”
The director was utterly surprised by Tan Mo’s ability.
Professor Zhao, Professor Guo, and President Mu were some of the most respected men in their fields.
And, yet, all of them had recognized Tan Mo as a special individual, to the point where they were willing to do anything to get her to work with them.
If that wasn’t proof of how amazing she was, then the director couldn’t think of any other way to convince people of her worth.
“And here I thought I’d seen how amazing she was during the past two days. Who knew she is even more amazing than that?” Director Liu laughed. “If Professor Zhao, Professor Guo, and President Mu all agreed to her requests, then it means my agreeing to her request must be the right thing to do.”
“So, what did she ask for?” Tan Jinqi asked, extremely curious as to what kind of favor Tan Mo had requested from the director.
From what he had seen so far, Tan Mo’s requests were always within reason. Even though she was capable enough, she would never ask the other party to do things they weren’t comfortable with.
“Your little sister literally helped prepare for your future. She knew that directing your first film as a rookie director would be full of a lot of setbacks. That’s why she asked me to help you when needed.” Director Liu smiled as he explained. If Tan Mo had been present, she would’ve been shocked to learn that the director understood the real meaning of her request. “But, I don’t think the little girl really knows how much she has helped me. If it hadn’t been for her, this whole production would’ve lost a lot of money. There’s no way I could take advantage of such a sweet girl, is there? That’s why I promised her that when you direct your first film, I’ll be your a.s.sistant director.”
“Whaaat?” Tan Jinqi could not hide his surprise. Never had he ever thought that Director Liu would make such a huge promise, and one that he had proposed himself instead of Tan Mo requesting it.
It showed how smart the director was.
The reason he told Tan Jinqi his promise to Tan Mo was for the young man to remember what he had done for him.
There was no way the director would let his chance to act like a good person go to waste.
“Don’t put any pressure on yourself because of that,” the director said. “Even though I did say I’m going to be your a.s.sistant director, I’ll mostly be there just to make sure no one screws you over. I can also help you with the makeup and costumes if you can’t find suitable people to do that. The actors will most likely empty their schedules for you if they see me as your a.s.sistant director. As long as I’m there, no one will try to mess with you.”
Despite the director saying that there was not much he would do, Tan Jinqi knew that it was more than he could ever ask for.
It was basically unheard of for a hotshot director like him to become a rookie director’s a.s.sistant.
“Thank you!” Tan Jinqi thanked him with a bow.
Seeing that the young man had understood what he had done, Director Liu smiled and encouraged Tan Jinqi to work harder before heading off to finish his own work.
…
Director Liu had arranged for someone to buy a laptop for Tan Mo and had it delivered to the hotel.
When the doorbell rang, Tan Mo had already moved away from Wei Zhiqian’s arms but was still sticking to him as closely as possible.
She was munching on the fruits that Wei Zhiqian had had room service send up.
Naturally, this man felt that it was necessary to feed her.
Tan Mo was munching on a cherry when they heard the doorbell.
She pouted with her lips that were dyed red from the cherry and turned to look at Wei Zhiqian, telling him with her expression that she did not want to move.
Wei Zhiqian smiled and shoved a strawberry into her mouth.
What a lazy kid.
Then the man got up and went to open the door.
Director Liu’s a.s.sistant jumped back in surprise when he saw a man behind the door. “Y…you are?”
“I’m Mo Mo’s uncle,” Wei Zhiqian explained and glanced at the bag in the a.s.sistant’s hand. “You are here to deliver the laptop, right?”
Tan Mo had mentioned it to Wei Zhiqian while they were eating.
“Yes,” the a.s.sistant nodded and peeked inside the room, wanting to confirm Wei Zhiqian’s ident.i.ty with her. However, he was also reluctant to invade her privacy.
Fortunately, Tan Mo shouted from inside the room, “Just give it to my uncle! Thank you so much!”
After hearing the confirmation from Tan Mo, the a.s.sistant let out a sigh of relief and handed the bag with the laptop in it to Wei Zhiqian.
“Please let Tan Mo know that if she needs anything else, she can just let me know,” the a.s.sistant said. “She should have been added into the group chat by now.”
Since Tan Mo was now the scriptwriter and the history consultant for the drama, she was officially part of the crew.
After the a.s.sistant left, Wei Zhiqian closed the door and handed the laptop to Tan Mo.
Tan Mo unwrapped the package and sighed. “Why do I have to work when Uncle has come to visit me? I want to spend more time with you…”
Wei Zhiqian smiled and patted her head. “All right, focus on your work. I’ll stay here with you.”
Tan Mo pouted but finally agreed to it.
Since it was a completely new laptop, she had to set everything up and download all the software she needed.
She couldn’t help but yawn as she waited for everything to load.
She had already been tired from staying up all night writing the script, but had gotten too excited when Wei Zhiqian came to visit and had completely forgotten about being tired..
She didn’t want to rest now as she had a lot to do and it would also mean that it would steal away the time when she would be able to look at Wei Zhiqian.
However, when she turned the laptop on, her fatigue struck her again.
“What? Are you getting tired just from turning on the laptop?” Wei Zhiqian laughed as he asked.
There was no way Tan Mo was going to tell Wei Zhiqian that she’d only slept for three hours the night before as he would definitely have made her take a rest right away.
That was something that she wanted to prevent. She didn’t want to even close her eyes when Wei Zhiqian was around.
She secretly used her healing ability to remove her drowsiness and at the same time to remove the bags from under her eyes.
At the same time, she also removed the red scar on her hand that she had gotten that morning.
Since Wei Zhiqian was the only person in the world who knew that she had the healing ability, Tan Mo only did a minimum amount of healing on her hand when she got burned and did not remove the scar so that Director Liu and other people would not suspect a thing.
She had completely forgotten about the scar when Wei Zhiqian arrived since she had been completely captivated by him.
It wasn’t until she used her healing ability that she noticed the scar and removed it as well.
When Wei Zhiqian noticed the scar disappearing from Tan Mo’s hand, he couldn’t help but gasp quietly at how amazing her healing ability was.
After removing her fatigue, Tan Mo began to create the script for the next episode. Wei Zhiqian pulled up a chair next to her and brought the plate of fruits with him as well.
As Tan Mo typed on the laptop, he would feed her fruits from time to time.
Almost half an hour had pa.s.sed, and Tan Mo finally said, “I’m full. My belly is already bulging from eating too much.”
Thinking that since they were alone and there was no need to hold back, Wei Zhiqian poked Tan Mo’s belly and noticed that it was indeed puffing up. “Ha, ha,ha, you’re right.”
Unexpectedly, Tan Mo turned to glare at Wei Zhiqian as her cheeks reddened.
“Uncle! I…I’m still a lady, you know? How could you do that?” Tan Mo was completely embarra.s.sed by what Wei Zhiqian had just done.
“Do what?” Wei Zhiqian looked at her dumbfoundedly as he thought it was normal for one’s belly to bulge a little from eating too much.
“I mean…my belly has bulged from eating too much, and you still touched it. Don’t you know ladies all like their bellies flat so they can stay pretty? This is so embarra.s.sing!”