Chapter 45: When Did We Ever Have Intense Feelings?

The scene in the morning was shot in the forest behind the village. Cang Xingyun escaped from the river in the mountain behind Chengfeng Villa, and entered the Mysterious Forest, and had a life-and-death battle with the pursuers.

The scene where the two heroines meet again will not be filmed until the next scene. Shen Qingzhi finished her scenes early and sat on a small stool not far away, watching Gu Jinrong's acting.

Cang Xingyun fought alone with a sword, surrounded by a group of black-clad assassins.

After consecutive tough battles, she was getting weary. Even her originally clean clothes now had quite a bit of dirt and bloodstains.

Because she had just come out of the river, her clothes and hair were still wet. This outlined her already slender figure, making the usually cold-hearted young villa master look somewhat pitiful.

Battle scars, wet body, words like these are applied to a character who is like a flower on the mountain. It is like turning on a beauty filter, making people unable to help but have delusional thoughts when they look at her.

For example, at this time, Shen Qingzhi was clearly enjoying the action scenes of her co-actress seriously, but she began to have wild thoughts involuntarily.

This figure, this beauty, if it were real... it seemed like she wouldn't be at a disadvantage herself.

Speaking of which, earlier in the morning, Shen Qingzhi was absentmindedly asked about her inner thoughts, and to her surprise, Gu Jinrong not only wasn't embarrassed when she heard it, but she also earnestly discussed the feasibility of becoming legal "friends with benefits."

When she heard this magical turn of events, she became completely Spartan*, and her whole face turned red and she was at a loss.

*hysterical 

Fortunately, Gu Jinrong's assistant knocked on the door later, so the embarrassment did not continue.

Since Shen Qingzhi arrived in this village, in their several encounters, she has often found herself at a disadvantage.

It should be a blessing to have finally escaped. But looking at it now, she actually feels a little regretful.

"Zhizhi-jie, Zhizhi-jie?" Li Qian's call brought Shen Qingzhi back from her daydream.

"Mm, what's wrong?"

Li Qian pointed at Gu Jinrong not far away and kindly reminded, "You were just staring at Queen Gu, your eyeballs were almost falling out."

Shen Qingzhi:…

Li Qian had been by her side for some time now, and her courage had grown. She dared to say anything.

Shen Qingzhi straightened herself, pretending to be reserved. "Don't talk nonsense, I was just thinking about something serious."

Li Qian looked at Gu Jinrong, then at Shen Qingzhi, made a gesture of sealing her mouth, and nodded seriously, "I understand."

Shen Qingzhi: What do you understand? You act like this as if I have some unspeakable thoughts for that person!

"I don't!" Shen Qingzhi couldn't help but refute at the speed of light.

Li Qian:?

"Zhizhi-jie, I didn't say you had anything."

Ah, it is so hard to be the assistant of a top tsundere.

Someone here who's saying there are no three hundred taels of silver here*, seeing their own assistant's innocent look, grumbled to themselves in their heart for a while and finally fell temporarily silent.

*obvious lie

On the other side, Gu Jinrong had finished filming her scene, wiped her long hair that was still dripping with a towel and walked straight to Shen Qingzhi.

She rolled up her damp sleeve on purpose, feigning weakness. "Qingqing, my wrist got bumped by the sword hilt when I was filming just now, and it's all red now."

Shen Qingzhi looked closely and saw that there was indeed an obvious red mark on her wrist that was originally as white as jade, which looked quite abrupt.

She carefully stretched out her fingertips and touched it lightly, "Does it hurt?"

Gu Jinrong lowered her brows and looked meek and pitiful, "It hurts. If you massage it, it won't hurt anymore."

"So delicate," Shen Qingzhi said disdainfully while her fingers honestly landed on the reddened skin, massaging it carefully and repeatedly.

The crew members were already used to the good relationship between the two main actresses, and Li Qian wished her own eyes had a built-in camera function at this moment to record all these sugar-feeding scenes.

At this time, the person with the most inner drama was Gu Jinrong's assistant Xiao Ling.

She had been by Gu Jinrong's side for many years, and in her perception, her boss had always been someone who appeared warm on the surface but was quite cold-hearted deep down.

Over the years, she has seen many handsome men and beautiful women take the initiative to stick to her boss, but none of them received a favorable look.

But all this seems to have changed after joining the crew of "Divine Beings".

Her boss' treatment of this young actress was very special. Almost every day, she would go out of her way to approach her.

At first, she just thought it was because the boss admired the other person's talent. After all, it was her first time producing, so it would make sense for her to pay more attention to the leading actress.

But gradually, she found that this "care" was a bit too much.

Preparing various snacks, personally cooking, and not just once, it wasn't merely looking after a co-star; it was more like pampering her ancestor*.

*to treat with utmost respect/care like treating an esteemed ancestor or figure of great importance.

Some netizens on the Internet previously commented, 'Shen Qingzhi must have put a spell on Gu Jinrong.' She couldn't help but think there might be some truth to those comments.

It wasn't until this morning when she went to the boss' room and saw Shen Qingzhi blushing like a cooked shrimp that she realized: Perhaps it was her boss who was the one trying to put a spell on someone.

Seeing the two leading actresses acting as if no one else was around, Xiao Ling felt a storm in her heart: It's over, my boss' reputation will soon be ruined.

She glanced over at Li Qian, whose mouth seemed to stretch to her ears, and it only added to her frustration: This person doesn't know anything, and she's just smiling foolishly.

No, I can't let my boss' lifelong reputation be ruined here!

Xiao Ling walked up to Gu Jinrong's side and whispered, "Boss, villagers are entering the forest on this side. The set hasn't been completely cleared."

Gu Jinrong was busy pretending to be pitiful in front of Shen Qingzhi. Upon hearing Xiao Ling's words, she didn't even turn her head and replied, "It's okay, the production team has rented this whole area. Just go make sure no one crosses those three red lines."

Xiao Ling, seeing her boss becoming increasingly reckless and not at all catching her subtle hint, felt quite anxious. She thought: No, what I meant was... Hey, why are you pulling me?

"Ling-jie, let's go check if anyone has crossed the red lines together, together."

Li Qian dragged Xiao Ling and walked to the sideline of the set, thinking silently in her heart: I will protect my CP.

"Let me go, I still have something to say to the boss." Xiao Ling's protest did not make Li Qian slow down.

She hadn't noticed before that this little girl, who looked like she had thin arms and legs, was as strong as a bull.

Li Qian pulled the person out more than ten meters away. Seeing that her CP could finally be undisturbed, she stopped and said seriously: "Ling-jie, Boss Gu probably doesn't want the two of us over there right now."

Xiao Ling raised her eyes and looked towards the rest area of ​​the set. From her perspective, the two people were getting closer.

So she became even more anxious: Of course, she doesn't want it, she is almost head over heels for your artist now!

She looked at Li Qian, who was still acting as an accomplice, and said angrily: "Don't you see that there is something fishy between the two of them? Your artist is following the path of popularity, right? Aren't you afraid of sparking a scandal?"

Li Qian thought to herself: My artist's most indispensable thing is scandals.

Seeing Xiao Ling's anxious expression, she comforted her and said, "What are you worried about? With Queen Gu's current status, even if there is any scandal, it won't affect her."

Having said that, the boss has been so abnormal recently. She seems to be a different person compared to before, which makes her really uneasy.

She only blamed herself for being slow to notice, and now there was such a big obstacle standing by her side.

On the other side, Shen Qingzhi was still diligently massaging Gu Jinrong's wrist. As she continued to massage, she noticed that there were noticeably fewer people around.

Why do there seem to be two people missing?

Before she could express her doubts, Director Xue finished checking the monitor lens, walked up to the two of them, and cleared her throat, "Ahem!"

When Shen Qingzhi heard this, she went to look in her small bag and said, "Director Xue, do you have a discomfort in your throat? I have throat lozenges here."

Director Xue has taught her a lot recently, and she respects her very much.

Director Xue held the throat lozenge handed to her by Shen Qingzhi in her hand. She looked at the two leads as if no one was around and straightened her face.

"Both of you, you better keep it in check. The love potion storyline is long over, and at this stage, you don't have such intense feelings."

Shen Qingzhi:?

When did we ever have intense feelings?

Director Xue, do you have an issue with your eyes?

"It's not like that, Director Xue, Boss Gu was hit on the wrist just now, so I was just massaging it for her."

Senior Gu, Queen Gu, Boss Gu, what scheme are you two playing in private?

Director Xue snorted coldly and glanced at Gu Jinrong's even-skinned wrist. She really didn't see any injury that required massaging for so long.

She couldn't bear to look coldly at the young girl, so she could only glare at Gu Jinrong fiercely.

This person didn't even cry out in pain when she fell and fractured her bones before. But now, with a little bump on her wrist, she's having it massaged for so long, she looked like a big-tailed wolf*

*pretentious 

Gu Jinrong received Director Xue's angry gaze without feeling guilty at all. She waited until Shen Qingzhi had handed over the lozenge and then placed her arm back where it was.

She raised her head and looked at Director Xue, looking calm and composed, "The scene just now should be fine, right? Are we going to film our scenes next?"

Director Xue: Hah, now you're even cueing the process by yourself. Are you the director or am I the director?

At this moment, she wanted to get someone to reshoot the scene and undermine someone's prestige. But her profession does not allow her to joke about her work.

"After the scene just now, the next scene will be about you two meeting on a cliff."

***

The whole day the two of them were walking around, wandering into the forest, and climbing cliffs. By evening, both of them were covered from head to toe in dirt as if they had been coated in dust.

After dinner, Shen Qingzhi went back to the house and took a shower. She lay on the bed and didn't want to move.

In comparison, Gu Jinrong was much more energetic. On this day, her movements and performances were the most intense. To say that her body was not sore would be a lie.

But when she saw the limp little girl lying lazily on the bed, she couldn't help but start teasing her.

She climbed into bed in her pajamas, deliberately squeezed behind Shen Qingzhi, and blew into her small, round earlobes: "Qingqing, it's only 9 p.m. Are you going to sleep so early?"

Shen Qingzhi's ears were itching very much, but she couldn't even lift her arms.

She treated herself as a piece of clay at this moment, burying her nose in the pillow and making a muffled sound, "Mmm, mmm, mmm (so tired), mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm (what else can I do if I don't sleep)?"

The scenes for the next few days mainly involved physical activities with few lines but lots of actions.

Shen Qingzhi had already thoroughly studied the script before the location change, but when it came to actual filming, it was incredibly demanding.

She used to film mostly indoor literary dramas, so she was really not used to doing so many martial arts dramas all at once.

But for Gu Jinrong, these are within her comfort zone. In other words, she has expanded her acting comfort zone extremely wide over the years.

She lay on the bed, picked up a strand of Shen Qingzhi's long light golden hair, and played with it, unwilling to waste this rare and well-behaved moment for her little girl.

"Qingqing, why don't you think about the matter that we didn't finish discussing this morning?"