Morning.
Xiao He arrived at the filming location of "The Wind Chaser" on time.
This ancient town, like the mountain villa, is a top filming location for period dramas in China, attracting countless film crews every year.
The area was much larger than I had imagined. Even the street in the center was much wider than in a real scenic ancient town. Large areas were paved with bluestone slabs. Although they looked very old, they did not hurt my feet when I walked on them. The ancient buildings on both sides were also very grand, with their brightly painted redwood shining brightly in the sunlight.
Xiao He stood at the filming location, stomped his foot, and turned his head to see the wire crane from the next film crew turning around.
The person suspended in mid-air seemed like a celestial fairy, dressed in a soft pink dress, her figure ethereal and her movements elegant. The delicate pink did not make her look old; on the contrary, it made her exceptionally eye-catching. The actors waiting for their filming crews to finish all looked up at her, watching her gracefully fly from one side to the other.
This ethereal woman is none other than Yu Xuezheng, the female lead of "Cang Yue Jie".
Because of the distance, Xiao He could only see Yu Xuezheng flying around on that street from time to time, but he couldn't see the details or tell which scene was being filmed. However, Xiao He admired Yu Xuezheng's elegant figure.
However, Xiao He didn't watch the filming for long before he quickly shifted his attention back to the film crew in front of him.
Meanwhile, on the set of "Cang Yue Jie", Uncle Han, who was counting the number of extras, scratched his head in confusion.
"Hey, Xiao Wang, where's Xiao Zhou? I haven't seen him today."
"Huh? No way?"
Wang Yi, who was yawning, barely managed to stop his mouth from opening halfway, and glanced around: "Hasn't he arrived yet?"
Because accommodation in this area is always in short supply, extras who come here either rush back to the city or try to snag a regular room to stay overnight.
Some people even rent the nearest house and live nearby year-round.
Wang Yi and Xiao Zhou were both working as extras at the film studio for the first time. After spending some time together, they found that they had good personalities, were not struggling financially, and had certain requirements for accommodation. So they hit it off and became temporary roommates, splitting the hotel room costs together.
Coincidentally, the hotel they stayed at was the same one that Xiao He and the others stayed at, but it was a standard room, so the cost wasn't particularly expensive and the financial burden wasn't too great for the two of them to share.
Despite appearing quite energetic on set, Xiao Zhou actually prefers to sleep in even more than Wang Yi in the mornings. So, Wang Yi usually gets up a few minutes earlier to wash up and arrive at the set first to help with the registration.
Although Xiao Zhou usually gets up late, he is able to arrive at the film set within the last few minutes every day. This has been the case for a while now, and Wang Yi has gotten used to it.
It was only now that Wang Yi suddenly realized that Xiao Zhou hadn't come to the film set this morning!
That shouldn't be the case—
Wang Yi immediately apologized, embarrassed: "Sorry, Uncle Han, the kid probably has diarrhea. I'll go and urge him right away!"
Uncle Han saw through Wang Yi's excuse at a glance, but didn't call him out on it. Instead, he nodded and said, "Okay, go and urge him on."
It's quite common for people to arrive at the film set early to sign in, and usually no one would question it. But these two young people are usually very serious about their work and have great personalities, so Uncle Han was willing to turn a blind eye.
Anyway, there's still some time before they finish makeup and changing clothes, as long as the rest of the group arrives.
"Okay, thank you, thank you Uncle Han!"
Wang Yi immediately bowed to express his gratitude, then jogged to a corner to call Xiao Zhou.
The call went unanswered for a long time.
"Huh? Is this kid really asleep?"
Wang Yi was somewhat puzzled.
Wang Yi was in a rush this morning, and his mind was still foggy. The curtains were drawn, making the room dimly lit, so he couldn't immediately recall whether Xiao Zhou was in bed this morning.
After calling several times without getting a response, Wang Yi began to worry.
"Could something have happened? Or is she sick?"
Wang Yi muttered to himself, feeling somewhat unsure of what to do.
Just as Wang Yi was frantically calling for more people, the production crew also started urging him to hurry up.
Wang Yi hesitated for a moment.
Although he thought that Xiao Zhou had probably slept too soundly and overslept, based on his usual understanding of Xiao Zhou, it was unlikely.
They almost overslept once before, but luckily they were woken up in time by Xiao Zhou's super loudspeaker alarm clock.
The alarm clock's sound was so loud it was like a demonic noise, startling Wang Yi awake. Xiao Zhou also sat up in bed and skillfully turned off the alarm clock.
Later, Wang Yi learned that Xiao Zhou usually wore a vibrating watch on his hands and feet before going to bed to prevent himself from oversleeping and missing important things.
When Wang Yi learned of Xiao Zhou's actions, he was utterly dumbfounded, and the memory remained vivid for a long time afterward.
So when Xiao Zhou overslept and didn't answer the phone, he started to feel vaguely uneasy.
If even alarm clocks and watches can't wake someone up, how soundly must Xiao Zhou be sleeping?
Wang Yi was immediately jolted awake.
Finally, he stopped hesitating and ran to Uncle Han's side to sincerely apologize: "Uncle, something may have happened to Xiao Zhou. I may have to ask for leave from this morning's filming. I'm very sorry."
As a member of the crew of "Cang Yue Jie", Uncle Han's forehead veins throbbed whenever he heard the word "trouble": "What happened?"
"Uh, he's probably sick. I'll take him to see a doctor."
Wang Yi forced himself to speak.
Uncle Han scrutinized the young man in front of him with his sharp gaze, and finally said, "Then hurry up and go! If there are any special circumstances, contact me at any time."
"Okay, okay, thank you so much, Uncle!"
Wang Yi thanked Uncle Han repeatedly, then turned and ran towards the hotel.
Since the filming location is in the center of the ancient town, vehicles are not allowed to enter or exit the ancient street in the middle, so the actors usually take a shuttle bus to and from the town.
Wang Yi was just too worried about people, so he couldn't wait for the shuttle bus and ran back in one breath.
It took Wang Yi about ten minutes to arrive at their room, panting.
At that moment, two people were standing at the door of their ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) room, one of whom was holding a room key and trying to open the door to enter their room.
Wang Yi was startled and immediately shouted, "What are you two doing?"
The two men were startled by Wang Yi's reprimand and turned to look at him.
"Sorry, we're the cleaning staff."
It was only then that Wang Yi noticed that the two men were wearing hotel cleaning uniforms.
"We don't need regular cleaning here, as we've already said before."
Wang Yi frowned and walked over.
"Sorry, we just heard a very loud alarm clock going off inside, so we wanted to check on the situation and clean up a bit while we were at it."
One of the cleaning ladies explained.
Another cleaner said, "Young man, is this your room? Go and turn off that alarm clock right away, it's too loud. We're about to contact the manager to talk to you."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
Wang Yi's momentum immediately weakened, and he became very flustered.
It's so noisy inside, doesn't Xiao Zhou react at all?
Has something really happened to him?
