I slept early on Friday night because I had a filming schedule at film city (Xiao Qin told me about it from Auntie Ren). I was going to play the only role in "The Magic Cauldron" that I didn't need to speak English to play — — the deaf-mute evil monk. His main role was to loot and burn the villagers, then he would be sent flying by Ai Mi's character.
I got out of bed before dawn on Saturday. I got dressed and prepared to go to Dong Shan Lake for my morning exercise, then I would take the subway to film city.
The main reason Xiao Qin couldn't come with me was because when Auntie Ren called home on Thursday, she didn't see Xiao Qin at home and her phone was turned off. Naturally, she reprimanded her disobedient daughter and forbade Xiao Qin from spending time alone with me this weekend as punishment. Xiao Qin was tied to the passenger seat by Auntie Ren early in the morning and dragged to film city.
Without a chattering girl beside me, I felt my heart was clear and I was about to become a Buddha.
As soon as I reached my house, I felt a gentle breeze blowing on my face. I even saw a white, unidentified flying object in the wind.
Although the object was ferocious, it was a piece of cake for me who had already comprehended the realms of 'Free Proof' and 'Void Shattering'.
I bent my front legs, tightened my back legs, lowered my body, tilted my head, and perfectly dodged the white hidden weapon.
The corner of my mouth raised into a mocking smile, but it quickly disappeared — — as expected, there is an endless emptiness after victory! I took a closer look: The hidden weapon was none other than the most commonly seen willow catkins on the streets of Dong Shan city in the summer!
Why am I hiding from Liu Xu like Xiao Qin? And I even used such an exaggerated martial arts stance! How embarrassing would it be if uncles and aunties saw me!
I quickly looked around, but there weren't any uncles and aunties. I only saw a man in a windbreaker pretending to read a newspaper behind the only locust tree in the neighborhood. His eyes behind his sunglasses kept glancing in my direction.
Huh? Isn't this the private investigator who stalked me at Winter Mountain Lake? He still hasn't learned his lesson after being pranked by gramps last time, and now he's spying on me in front of my house? You're quite persistent!
Without thinking, I directly strode towards him. I wanted to know how much money Ai ShuQiao had given him, and what kind of information did he want from me?
Of course, the video of the private detective 'knocking down' gramps was still on my phone. I also made a backup copy on my computer. If he didn't cooperate, I would work with gramps to extort money from him. I wasn't afraid that he wouldn't admit defeat.
I didn't expect that the private detective, who looked like Mouri Kogoro, would become frightened after being pranked. As soon as I took a step toward him, he hurriedly got into a black sedan at the entrance of the neighborhood, stepped on the accelerator, and ran away like a wisp of smoke.
Hey, just in time. I took out my phone and took a picture of his car's butt. This time, I even have your license plate number. Let's see where you can escape to.
By the way, Ai ShuQiao, did you hire this detective for a joke? He probably didn't get much information on the target after so long, but his own license plate number and the fact that he knocked down the old man already fell into someone else's hands!
Speaking of gramps' miraculous scamming skills, I felt admiration from the bottom of my heart. Although he only used the "Hua Jin" of Yin Yang Sanshou, he seemed to have reached the point of perfection and was extremely practical. If I could learn this trick, to put it bluntly, I would be able to blackmail people all over the world.
I couldn't help but watch the video of gramps on my phone a few times. I unconsciously imitated the movements of my hands and legs while watching. Not far away, an old lady with sequelae of a stroke was doing recovery exercises with the help of her granddaughter. When she saw me walking strangely, her granddaughter thought I was imitating her grandmother and rolled her eyes at me angrily.
It looks like imitating a cat is too difficult. If I continue to imitate like this, everyone will really think I had a stroke.
Thus, I quickly ran and left behind the granddaughter and the old lady who were glaring at me with hatred.
Although it would be too forceful to suddenly comprehend it, I felt that gramps' heroic posture of falling backwards was deeply imprinted in my mind and I would one day be able to imitate it.
Gramps was waiting by the lake to practice with me as usual. The only difference was that I received a call from Peng TouSi after practicing for less than ten minutes.
"Lin, there was an accident, you don't have to come today."
Eh? Although I went to play the villain in an American drama for the sake of the salary, it was still a bit of a shock to me when he suddenly told me I didn't have to come!
"No, it's not because of you, there's nothing wrong with your character. It's because the male lead, Kyle, was injured and it caused a series of adjustments to the filming schedule, so it's not your turn today."
Oh, so that's how it is. But shouldn't Auntie Ren be the one to tell me?
It's not hard to understand after thinking about it. Since Auntie Ren is annoyed with me, she would avoid talking to me if she could. She must have told Xiao Qin to tell me, but Xiao Qin was afraid I wouldn't go to film city if I didn't have any assignments, so she purposely didn't tell me and wanted me to go find her.
Hmph, in your dreams! If you told me the truth, I might have even gone to accompany you (and Ai Mi). If you purposely hid it from me, then I won't go today!
"How did Kyle get injured? Did an accident happen during filming? "
I couldn't help but ask.
After listening to Peng TouSi's story, I felt that Kyle deserved his injury and he didn't deserve any sympathy.
Although Kyle was the male lead of the "Magic Cauldron" and Ai Mi was the female lead, they didn't have a good relationship in private. The main reason was that Ai Mi was especially cold towards Kyle and treated him like air.
In the current plot, the male and female leads didn't interact much, but that wasn't a big problem. Once the plot developed to the female lead joining the team, it would be a mess if they were still cold. That's why Kyle has been working hard to improve their relationship.
But there's a saying: no matter if it's male or female, young or old, there's no cure for a retard. Kyle actually thought that the shortcut to improve their relationship was to use his charm to capture Ai Mi and make her fall in love with him both in and out of the show. This kind of gossip between actors could also be used to promote the show when it airs.
So on Friday night, after a scene, Kyle ignored the hot weather and dressed up like a road rider with thick denim clothes. He drove an electric motorcycle onto the set and planned on drifting in front of Ai Mi. He even held the motorcycle with one hand and saluted with the other. At the same time, he said in half-baked Chinese: "Beauty! Look over … "
Before he finished speaking, the motorcycle flipped over. He rolled onto the grass on the side of the set under Ai Mi's disdainful gaze. Then he was hit by his own motorcycle.
Fortunately, he had a sturdy physique and didn't injure any bones. But he would have to be on an IV drip for two days to treat the bruises on his face. As a result, the originally scheduled work had to be postponed. In order to save time, the director decided to shoot the minor characters' scenes first, so even my scenes were pushed back.
Hmph, it's a good thing he only injured himself and didn't injure Ai Mi. Otherwise, I wouldn't forgive you!
Peng TouSi also told me that because of this incident, Ai Mi's scenes were also pushed back. She didn't have any work scheduled today, so she wanted me to take some time to accompany her.
"Okay." I replied casually, "Where does she want to go? An amusement park? Ocean World? Forest Park? I can go with her today! "
Peng TouSi hesitated, "Miss Ai Mi wants you to go shopping with her …"
Shopping … shopping? It's known as the activity that men hate the most. Not only do you have to spend money, but you also have to answer countless boring questions like "How do I look in this?", "Is that better?" It's definitely as sleepy as a teacher's lecture!
"Which shopping mall? Do you want to go downtown? "
I think the things Ai Mi wants to buy can't be found in normal malls, like a golden holy garment for dogs … I don't know if she bought it last time.
"Um … Miss Ai Mi thinks the high-end malls in Dong Shan city aren't high-end enough, so she might as well go to a low-class mall to increase her knowledge. She thinks the Henderson building she went to last time was pretty good, there were a lot of low-class things …"
What a bad taste! Henderson mall is already very high-end in the eyes of us poor students! Xiao Qin also bought her bra there last time!
"… But, the condition is that only you can accompany her, we bodyguards can only wait outside the mall. How about it? Can you guarantee the miss' safety? "
I think Peng TouSi is making a mountain out of a molehill.
"Dong Shan city isn't Baghdad, how could it be that chaotic? There are also security guards in Henderson mall, plus I'll protect her, there won't be any accidents! If Ai Mi wants to go shopping, I can accompany her for the whole day. You can drive her to Henderson mall, I'll be there soon! "
Peng TouSi expressed his thanks and arranged to meet me at 9 in front of Henderson mall.
After putting down the phone, gramps asked me what I meant by "acting". It seems he has a lot of opinions about kungfu movies and the actors who act in them.
"Hmph, martial arts is used to hit people, how can the techniques look good? It's a complete lie to film martial arts! If the actors themselves know martial arts, then it's even worse! "
After scolding for a while, he added: "There's also another job, it's called some bullshit martial arts director, it's just for show, pah! It's a disgrace to our ancestors! "
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