Chapter 285: Keeping Her Promise to Mommy
Thanks to Mu Jingzhe’s meticulous care every day, Little Bei didn’t get heatstroke, but she would still get rashes sometimes.
When it came to filming summer scenes in the winter and filming winter scenes in the summer, no one could say which one made one want to cry more.
If this were an adult, Mu Jingzhe would think that this was something they should bear because of their profession. However, Little Bei was still young. Although she knew that this was something she should bear as an actress, her heart still ached.
Along the way, she kept fanning Little Bei. As for Shao Dong, she could only let him fan himself.
When they returned home, they first pulled up a particularly cold pot of water from the well. Only after drinking a full jar of water did they feel alive.
After resting for a while, Mu Jingzhe started preparing dinner. The weather was really hot, so Little Bei and Shao Dong didn’t have much of an appet.i.te. However, Little Bei’s schedule was full every day. Since she couldn’t eat, Mu Jingzhe could only think of ways to make some nutritious food for Little Bei. If she couldn’t eat the food provided by the production crew, she simply wouldn’t eat.
Mu Jingzhe made cold noodles, which were sour and spicy. She also stir-fried peppers and beef. Using the steamed buns she had bought, she modified the roujiamo[1] into meat buns.
The pickled pepper beef tasted delicious with rice and cold noodles alike. Little Bei and Shao Dong ate without looking up. “Delicious. Mommy’s cooking is really delicious.”
“That’s right,” Shao Dong said. Only when he saw his mother would his stomach get round, especially this summer.
After eating the noodles and meat buns, Shao Dong rushed to wash the dishes while Mu Jingzhe fanned him.
Shao Dong felt helpless. “Mom, you don’t have to fan me. I’m not hot now, yet you’re fanning me. How is that any different from you was.h.i.+ng the dishes?”
Mu Jingzhe either fanned him or Little Bei all day long, making Shao Dong feel helpless and causing his heart to ache.
However, Mu Jingzhe’s heart ached for Shao Dong and Little Bei. Shao Dong was also busy these days.
“Aren’t you hot? Look, the tip of your nose is covered in sweat.” The five kids all had a special characteristic when they perspired—they tended to perspire on the tip of their noses. In the summer, there would always be a little sweat on the tip of their noses.
Mu Jingzhe reached out and wiped the sweat from the tip of Shao Dong’s nose.
“It’s really not hot. Mom, you should rest for a while. Or you can go to work.”
Mu Jingzhe looked at Shao Dong and thought for a moment before getting up. “Alright, I’ll get busy. You can rest for a while after you’re done was.h.i.+ng the dishes.”
Shao Dong washed the dishes and went to accompany Little Bei while Mu Jingzhe busied herself for a while.
When the sky turned dark, Mu Jingzhe took out the watermelon she had bought on the way. As soon as she split it with the knife, she heard a loud crack.
“I can tell from the sound that this watermelon was a good choice.”
Upon opening it, she saw that it was indeed a good watermelon. It was completely ripe, red inside, and the skin was very thin. The middle was covered with a sand-like layer.
Mu Jingzhe was very satisfied. She hadn’t chosen it so meticulously in vain.
After a few bites, Mu Jingzhe, Shao Dong, and Little Bei couldn’t help but pick some more up and eat it. They were satisfied. “Sweet, really sweet.”
They had bought a lot of watermelons and ate less than a quarter of them. Mu Jingzhe cut the remaining watermelons into small pieces and stored them properly. Then, she and Little Bei returned to the production team.
The reason she came back was because they were still filming at night and Little Bei had some scenes to film.
As soon as they saw Mu Jingzhe bring the watermelon, all the crew members ran over to eat a piece. Although it wasn’t big, it was comfortable to eat a cool slice.
The filming session lasted until midnight. The director pursued perfection, so some scenes were filmed a few times.
As a result, when Little Bei took off her costume, she was sweaty again. She had been energetic during the filming process just now, but after the scene, she immediately became listless.
Mu Jingzhe quickly asked Little Bei to drink some water and gave her a piggyback ride on the way back. Little Bei was exhausted and fell asleep along the way.
Shao Dong wasn’t tired. He slowly fanned himself and chased away the mosquitoes for Mu Jingzhe and Little Bei. In the quiet night, he whispered to Mu Jingzhe as they returned to the rental house.
Little Bei had fallen asleep. She didn’t know that she was carried to bed when she got home. Mu Jingzhe carefully wiped Little Bei’s face and feet before she and Shao Dong went to sleep.
The rented house had two rooms, but the other room was used as a studio by Mu Jingzhe, so Shao Dong slept in the same room as Mu Jingzhe and Little Bei. However, they all slept in different beds.
“Hurry up and sleep.” After confirming that there were no more mosquitoes, she put down the mosquito net and lay down. Mu Jingzhe fell asleep within five minutes, and Shao Dong was the last one to fall asleep.
Shao Dong went to Ocean City with Mu Han. The next day, he followed Mu Han and kept himself busy with work, but when he had time, he would join the production team.
Two days later, Shao Dong suddenly told Mu Jingzhe that he and Shen Han had agreed to eat together and asked Mu Jingzhe to bring Little Bei along.
“Why did Best Actor Shen agree to eat with you?” Shen Han was called Best Actor. Although he was approachable in the production team, had interacted with Mu Jingzhe before, and everyone said that he was a nice person, that didn’t mean that anyone could eat with him.
Even though Shen Han was very focused on filming, and at the moment, he wasn’t as dramatic as the celebrities in the future, who had bodyguards and a.s.sistants surrounding them, it was difficult to even speak to him. Given Shen Han’s status, not everyone could eat with him. He also had a.s.sistants around him at all times.
Usually, Shen Han only interacted with the director and a.s.sistant director. He ate the most with them and kept his distance from everyone else. He wouldn’t eat with anyone easily. Mu Jingzhe found it amazing that Shao Dong had been able to make an appointment with him. She was also curious to know why these two unrelated people would get together.
“I helped Brother Shen solve some problems.” Because Little Bei called him ‘Brother’ in and out of the movie set, Shao Dong did the same. “Anyway, Mommy, you can come without worrying. Don’t you like Brother Shen Han? You can doll yourself up when the time comes.”
“I do like him a lot, but I didn’t expect to eat with him. What did you help him with, Little Dong? Can I really come?” Mu Jingzhe was even more nervous when she heard that she had to doll up.
Who wouldn’t like someone as charismatic as Shen Han? However, it felt a little different to eat with him in private. Mu Jingzhe hesitated. “Why would I come?” It was fine if it was for work, but it was different when she saw celebrities in private.
“Why not? Come eat and talk. Don’t you like him? Don’t be nervous.” Shao Dong paused for a moment. “As for what I helped him with, it was just a small favor. Mommy, you don’t have to mind.”
Actually, Shao Dong had helped him quite a bit. Although Shen Han was filming, he also owned some businesses. Recently, he had encountered some problems that he hadn’t solved. He hadn’t expected Shao Dong to come up with an idea and actually help solve them. Therefore, Shen Han was quite grateful to him and was naturally willing to meet him for a meal.
As for why Shao Dong had wanted to help Shen Han, he naturally had his reasons. Since Mommy liked Shen Han, he would help Mommy so that she could interact more with him.
Shao Dong thought that Shen Han and Bai Bai were quite nice too, but he hadn’t planned on interacting with them much in the past. Although Shao Dong currently looked very warm, if they were strangers, he wouldn’t have been nosy. He had done all this for Mu Jingzhe.
[1] the Chinese equivalent of the Western hamburger