Easily Set Aflame

Chapter 2.3 - A Forced Cameo Role (3)

All around them, it was unusually quiet. The indistinct noise of a car driving by could even be heard.

It was merely a small action but it very easily tugged at everyone's heart. Jia He gazed unblinkingly at him. All she could remember was that she did not have any lines, but she could not for the life of her remember what she should do next. She could only lament silently in her heart that they likely would need to do another take yet again.

Yi Wenze's expression was as it should be. With very natural motions, he brought his hand back down. "For this matter today, I shall not affix responsibility and punishment anymore. And there is also no need for you to stay here in the Prince's manor any longer." With those words, he bent over, picked up his "son," and left the hall, his manner cool and distant.

In that entire hall, only Jia He remained, her face stained with tears, lonesomely standing in one spot.

......

"Okay!" Pleasure was on the director's face as he rose from his seat. "We can pack up for the day."

Tears still lingered on Jia He's cheeks, and she gave a couple of awkward swipes at them. When she had stepped over to the threshold, Qiao Qiao straightaway enveloped her tightly in her duvet coat, saying, "You sure are talented. You somehow took a scene of severing a relationship and nearly acted it out as one of in-love sweethearts facing separation and death. Good thing your idol reacted fast enough on his feet."

"It was really bad?" Jia He had not been feeling confident in herself in the first place, and now with Qiao Qiao's words, she felt even more uneasy.

"It was okay." Qiao Qiao stuffed to her a cup of hot water. "Why think so much about it? It's just a cameo anyway. Do you really think the viewers will be watching you in this scene? They'll all be staring at Yi Wenze."

Despite that being the truth, she, this unknown extra who had worked so earnestly and done her best in her role, nevertheless felt that her chest was tight with glumness.

When everyone was one after the other leaving the film set, Yi Wenze still stood by the monitor, talking on his phone. In contrast to the calm, easygoing smile he normally wore, his brows were currently pulled together in a slight frown, and as he spoke, he massaged his temple. Jia He stole a quick look at him before she dragged her feet out the door with Qiao Qiao.

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Because he had a promotional event for a movie of his, in the three days that followed, Yi Wenze requested time off from the production and returned to Hong Kong.

Prior to his departure, he specifically had a discussion with Director Jiang about the subsequent scenes that were still to be filmed, and left quite a bit of feedback. The outcome of that was that Xiao Ou brought ten filled, A4 pages to Jia He and, feeling rather guilty, stuffed them into her hands. Furthermore, she word for word conveyed what Director Jiang had said: "Deadline is in three days. All revisions must be completed by then."

Xiao Ou gave a "hee hee," then instantly hightailed from there, so quickly it was as if she was flying.

As Jia He held those papers, her eyes fixed on that stack of densely-written suggestions, a feeling suddenly arose in her that this was very similar to when she was in primary school and her teacher who had gone to do three days of continuing education at another school had purposely left a mountain of homework, for fear the students would slack off during that time...

However, grumbling was just grumbling; she was still very professional and dedicated and shut herself away for two days. Late in the night of the second day, she finally could be considered to have completed her task.