Pregnant With The Pup Of A Wealthy Old Man - Chapter 8

At the end of August, Qin Zheng gathered everyone together to share the good news that an investor had joined the crew.

The crowd cheered and shouted for Qin Director to treat them. Qin Zheng waved his hand generously and announced that the night shoot was canceled. They were to go to a rural restaurant for a barbecue instead.

So, after the shoot was over, a group of people hurriedly descended from the mountain and headed straight to the restaurant to enjoy a feast.

The group of young people exhausted Old Master Tang, who had to close his restaurant the next day. They had left him worn out, and it took him half a month to recover.

Shen Yunxing didn’t have much tangible feelings about the investor joining the crew. His biggest feeling was that the food had improved. Not only did he have his favorite fruits every day, but also appetizers like pickled string beans and pickled radishes, which he couldn’t get enough of.

A few days ago, the investor’s father had even sent over several big bags of sour plums. Since they were too sour and nobody in the crew liked them, only Shen Yunxing couldn’t stop eating them. Whenever he had a moment between takes, people could see him pulling out sour plums from his pocket and munching on them.

“Phew…” Lu Bai crouched to the side, his mouth puckering from the sourness. “Bro, aren’t they too sour for you?”

Shen Yunxing paused. He suddenly remembered that this guy had said he looked pregnant before.

“Okay, I guess,” he mumbled vaguely.

Lu Bai had something on his mind and didn’t notice the expression on his brother’s face. The young teenager crouched in front of him, supporting his cheeks with his hands and sighing softly.

“In a few days, filming will be done. I’m really going to miss everyone. I don’t know if we’ll have a chance to meet again in the future.”

His words carried a sense of sadness, which made Shen Yunxing’s heart ache a bit too.

“We definitely will.”

“Yeah!” Lu Bai extended his arm, struggling to put it around Shen Yunxing’s shoulder. “Bro, we’re both from Lin’an City. After filming is done, we should keep in touch!”

“Sure.” Shen Yunxing nodded solemnly, agreeing.

At lunch break, the two brothers walked together to collect their lunch boxes. Each box was labeled with the names of the cast members, so there was no chance of mix-ups.

Lu Bai had always thought that the main actors all received the same food. He had picked up his brother’s lunchbox for him and didn’t notice which one he was grabbing. He handed over the one on his left, which was the closest to his brother. When he opened it, he was taken aback.

It contained shrimp, eggs, and dessert, and even the variety of fruits was better than his own!

“Bro, tell the truth, are you in cahoots with the investor’s dad?” Lu Bai looked pained. “No wonder you’ve been avoiding eating with us. Turns out someone’s treating you specially.”

“I’m not, I haven’t, and I don’t even know who the investor’s dad is.” Shen Yunxing’s expression was innocent. “I just found out about this too. I was avoiding you guys before because the meat smell was too strong and made me uncomfortable.”

Lu Bai certainly believed his brother, but he still felt a bit wronged.

That investor’s dad was going too far. His brother was good-looking too, and he wasn’t bad either. Sure, he was younger, but that wasn’t a big deal. As long as the food standards continued to be like his brother’s, he could put up with being a “godson”.

To console the young boy who was feeling down because his meals weren’t as good, Shen Yunxing shared half of his dessert and some large shrimp with him.

“Consider it a sealing fee.” Lu Bai muttered as he peeled a shrimp shell.

Shen Yunxing was amused. What kind of sealing fee was this? He really had no relationship with that investor’s dad.

…

The weather turned cooler, and the mountain air grew colder by the day.

Due to his physique, Shen Yunxing had already put on a down jacket, and these days, he even wore a sweater underneath. He looked like a penguin, quite different from the rest of the crew. Both Director Qin and the screenwriter Zhao Ying loved to tease him, saying he was a delicate little girl.

Shen Yunxing, feeling unwell the past couple of days, wondered if it was due to the frequent trips between the city and the suburbs for the shoot. He gritted his teeth and persevered, but he was almost at his limit. If this continued, he feared he might not be too far from collapsing.

“Action!”

The voice of Director Qin sounded, and Shen Yunxing immediately got into character.

In the police station, Xu Fei sat quietly at the table with his hands cuffed.

“That shadow has been haunting me relentlessly. He caught me three times—electric shocks, cutting flesh, placing ants on the wounds. Each torture was a hundred times worse than the last. Sometimes, I really wanted to die and end it all. But I refused. Why should I be the one to die? I don’t want to die, I want to live.”

He spoke like an outsider, calmly narrating the story where he was the protagonist. In this story, he transformed into a brave young man who fearlessly faced the criminals and ultimately outsmarted them with his intelligence, successfully saving himself.

“I won, he lost.”

“You said the criminal fell off a cliff and died, but after searching, we couldn’t find the body.” The crew-cut policeman paused for a moment. “Xu Fei, are you aware that you have dissociative identity disorder?”

The figure that had been lingering in his mind gradually became clear. Xu Fei maintained a calm expression, a serene smile on his face.

Only, that smile, in the dim lighting, appeared slightly eerie.

“Cut! Congratulations, Yunxing, on finishing your part!”

When Shen Yunxing walked out of the constructed set, he was still a bit dazed. Looking at the familiar faces in front of him, he momentarily couldn’t tell if he was still in the scene or back in reality.

Lu Bai, observing his brother’s absent-minded look, worried a lot. His brother had lost weight these past few days. Despite eating so much delicious food every day, how could he still be losing weight? It didn’t make sense – even Lu Bai, who had been pigging out, had gained some weight!

Seeing him frowning, Director Qin came over, patting him on the shoulder, and tried to console him with the wisdom of an experienced person, “It’s normal. He just started filming and needs a few days to adjust.” Then he shifted the topic, “Xiaotian, why do I feel like your face has rounded up a bit in these past couple of days?”

Lu Bai was taken aback, stumbling over his words, “N-No way.”

“Xiao Zhao, bring the scale!”

“Director Qin, there’s no need for that, please…” Lu Bai’s plea fell on deaf ears.

Two minutes later, due to gaining two pounds, Lu Bai was forbidden from having dinner that night. He felt like his world had collapsed.

Today was his brother’s wrap-up party, and they wanted him to go hungry? Might as well just kill him!

So, with a beer bottle in his arms, Lu Bai cried to Director Qin and even made a vow to the sky. If they let him eat, he would eat only eggs and bread from now on and never sneak food again!

“Deal.”

*Burp~*

Lu Bai looked up with hiccuping sobs and saw his smiling Director Qin, feeling like he had been deceived.

Mom, I want to go home. City folks play too deep, wuu wuu wuu…