Soon enough, someone also replied a short sentence.
Cheng Chen: “The script has problems, come over to Xin Jiang to discuss.”
…
…
Not only did he mentioned (@) at her, he even posted it on her Weibo page.
Therefore within three minutes, she was mentioned more than three thousand times, all of them were Cheng Chen’s fans. Only three person sent her private messages.
Shen Wei Jue: Oh my, your first love got jealous.
Shen Zhe: Xin Jiang welcomes you, remember to buy me xiao long bao, ha.
Lin Xin: Haha haha haha…
Si Nian nearly grasped at her cat’s fur. She first replied Lin Xin: “How did he know of my Weibo?”
Lin Xin: Didn’t you realize that your first love and I are mutual friends?
…
The air conditioner was blowing warm air, yet she actually felt chilled to the bone.
This time she was really done for… After thinking for a long time, she took out her phone to call Cheng Chen. She was going to ask if he really wanted her to go to Xin Jiang. It was already almost winter, all the actors were paid in millions of RMB, even if it was cold they could just bear it. But she was just being useless there, what for she had to go?
The phone was left ringing for a long time, yet he did not answer. She was about to hang up when she heard Cheng Chen’s voice. “What’s up?”
“… about that, what problems did the script have? I want to first hear your opinion,” Si Nian said, trying to sound reasonable and polite.
“The problem isn’t really big.”
Si Nian quietly let out a breath of relief.
“It’s best if we discuss face-to-face.”
…
For anyone who was arguing about conditions, they would be most afraid of the word “best”. The meaning of the word was very clear, it meant no further discussion necessary, that was the best solution. Therefore as a scriptwriter who seriously lacked human rights, she had no choice but to wait for Cheng Chen to hang up and book plane tickets online.
She was supposed to take the plane at four pm but upon reaching the airport, she found out that the flight was cancelled. She was arranged for a plane at an even later time.
When she reached Urumqi airport, it was 23:40. It took another three hours for her to reach Jimsar.
Tonight they were filming a night scene. When she got off the car, they were wrapping up. Everyone was having supper together.
The weather was so cold that everyone was huddled together, surrounding a pit of fire. When Si Nian was walking over to join them, one of the assistants was already setting down a huge bowl of spicy duck-blood soup from Urumqi with a happy smile. “Si Nian jie bought this for us after she got off the plane.”
At three am in the morning in the biting cold, there was actually a bowl of steaming hot, fragrant duck-blood soup, who cared if it wasn’t authentic? Especially when everyone was already so exhausted and cold.
Si Nian glanced at Cheng Chen who was sitting near the fire pit. Having stayed in the desert for so many days, it was inevitable that he would get somewhat tanned.
But, a slight tan also seemed to look good…
“Eh?” Shen Zhe seemed to have thought of something. “Our Director Cheng likes this the most, this is seriously coincidental.”
Si Nian fumingly glared at him.
“Look at how fragrant it is,” one of the female actors Tong Jia said. “I like spicy stuff the most. But the weather here is too dry, I’m scared of getting pimples. You guys eat, I’ll go to sleep first.”
She stood up and started hugging everyone one by one, thanking them for the hard work.
When she reached Shen Zhe, he immediately buried himself in the food, ignoring her.
When she reached Cheng Chen, he was about to put down his chopsticks. He was going to tell Si Nian something but Tong Jia had already walked over to him, telling him softly, “Director, you’ve worked hard.” She extended her hand, about to hug him…
Dong Xiao looked so bewildered seeing the scene. Si Nian merely glanced at Cheng Chen, then immediately looked away. With a low voice, she told Dong Xiao, “You must get used to this. The cast and crew are a family, don’t you know. It’s very normal, very normal.”
“You’ve also worked hard today,” Cheng Chen said indifferently. He glanced at Si Nian. “That day, didn’t you say you don’t quite understand the script, coincidentally the scriptwriter is here. You can discuss it with her tomorrow during lunch.”
“Okay, thank you Director Cheng.” With a smile, Tong Jia retrieved her hand and left.
The rest of them continued to discuss the latest rumours.
“Si Nian,” Shen Zhe said, pulling a chair between him and Cheng Chen, “Come, let’s discuss the script.”
In the middle of the night, what was there to discuss about.
Si Nian suddenly felt depressed, her mood became very bad. She sat down and stared at the spicy duck-blood soup, it was beginning to irritate her. Just look at the colour of the pepper, just how dark it was, it definitely couldn’t be fresh, there was so little blood, they even put in so much vegetables, how dark was their hearts… in conclusion, the bowl of soup irritated her.
Even Shen Zhe could tell something was amiss, he only quietly finished his food.
Cheng Chen’s voice was very quiet. “Tong Jia is like that, everyone’s already used to it.”
Everyone else was sitting close to the fire pit, only the three of them sat further away. Even if someone was watching them talk, most of them would have thought they were discussing the script.
Si Nian made an “oh” sound but didn’t say anything.
He continued, “I never hugged her, you don’t misunderstand.”
“I’m not misunderstanding anything.” Si Nian kept on looking everywhere but him.
“I’ve also never hugged her,” Shen Zhe interrupted, wanting to adjust the mood.
Si Nian and Cheng Chen simultaneously looked at him.
“Just pretend I never said anything,” Shen Zhe immediately shut up.
Cheng Chen cleared his throat. “Since you’re already here, tomorrow morning I’ll take you around. There’s some rather nice scenery around here.”
“Didn’t you say that tomorrow I have to discuss the script with Tong Jia?” Si Nian thoughtlessly picked up a pair of chopsticks to stir the contents of the bowl. She ate a slice of spam, it was so spicy that she immediately started coughing.
He immediately handed her a bottle of water, it was his personal thermos.
“Drink some water, eat slowly.” His voice sounded tired yet there was undeniable gentleness.