After a Contractual Marriage, Little Taotie Went Viral!-Chapter 321 - 315: Where Did My Big Bag of Sunflower Seeds Go??
Just as she hesitated over whether to go buy another bag right now, she heard the director urging, "Have you got the sunflower seeds?"
"I’m here." Yuanyuan closed her eyes briefly, looking utterly defeated as she handed over the last little bit of sunflower seeds.
The director was talking to others, and without thinking much, he took the bag handed to him, preparing to pass it to the crew to pack up, but he noticed the weight seemed off. Where were the two or three pounds of seeds he expected?
He looked down and saw that there was barely enough left to fill a handful...
Director Chen was stunned: "???"
Where did my big bag of sunflower seeds go??
He turned and saw Qin Yun’s assistant with the same hopeless expression, immediately guessing what had happened, and shouted, "Qin Yun!!"
"Director, I’ll be ready in just a minute," Qin Yun responded promptly.
The makeup artist sped up her work, quickly finishing the touch-up.
"Where are the sunflower seeds from the pocket?" Director Chen asked with a stern face while holding the empty bag.
Qin Yun was momentarily stunned, recalling how she might have accidentally eaten a bit too much.
Seeing the director’s furious face, she was briefly stiff, and thinking on her feet, said, "Director, I have a solution."
Director Chen gave a cold laugh and gestured with his eyes, "Go ahead, solve it for me!"
Qin Yun silently took a bowl from the crew, filled it with some dirt wrapped in paper, and then poured the handful of remaining sunflower seeds on top.
Well... if you don’t look closely, it could really pass for the real thing.
The spectators, especially when they saw the director’s somewhat distorted face, wanted to laugh but dared not.
"Is everyone very free?!" The director glanced at the onlookers, roaring angrily.
"Director, we’re not free, we’ll get busy right away!" the crew members quickly said.
Everyone else scrambled to claim they were busy and dispersed.
Having just changed her clothes, An Yueqian heard the director’s roars and saw a group of people gathered, unclear about what was happening.
Driven by curiosity, she walked over, and by the time she got halfway there, the crowd had already dispersed.
Seeing the director looking obviously upset, she didn’t continue forward but instead pulled someone aside to ask, "What’s going on?"
"Qin Yun ate all the prop sunflower seeds," the person said casually.
An Yueqian understood instantly, no wonder the director looked so angry.
Looking at Qin Yun, who appeared ’innocent, weak, and pitiful’ next to the fuming director, An Yueqian inexplicably felt a sense of ’sympathy’ and walked over.
"Aren’t there still some left? Just have someone go buy more," An Yueqian said as she walked to Qin Yun’s side, seeing her holding a bowl of sunflower seeds, and gave her a reassuring look.
As she spoke, she picked up a few seeds and began to eat them.
"Crunch—"
An Yueqian had just cracked open a seed, without getting the chance to bite into the seed inside, when she met the director’s commanding and deep gaze.
She paused, "...??"
What’s going on?
"Sister Yueqian..." Qin Yun whispered, hesitantly saying, "There’s dirt underneath..."
An Yueqian heard this, stiffly turning her head, "Dirt?"
Qin Yun nodded firmly.
Then they heard An Yueqian sputtering, "Why didn’t you say so earlier!!"
Qin Yun kept a straight face, "You didn’t give me the chance..."
An Yueqian couldn’t help finding it both irritating and funny, and placed the sunflower seeds back in the bowl. No wonder the director’s expression was indescribable, anyone in this situation would find it hard not to laugh.
Director Chen obviously caught An Yueqian’s intention and gave her a meaningful look, saying, "Since you’re so free, why don’t you go ahead and mentor her?"
An Yueqian: "..."
She just came to watch the show, not to get involved herself.
"Thank you, Sister Yueqian!" Qin Yun’s peach blossom eyes sparkled with light, thinking a free A-list actress teacher was too good to pass up.
Under Qin Yun’s gaze attack, An Yueqian placed her hand on her face in surrender, "I want braised pork for lunch!"
Qin Yun smiled, "No problem!"
"Qin Yun, I’ve been craving that special dish of yours for days!" Director Chen commented nonchalantly.
"Director, what would you like to eat? I’ll have the chef make it for lunch." Qin Yun immediately caught on and asked.
Director Chen thought for a moment and said, "Then let’s have some twice-cooked pork."
"Anything else?" Qin Yun asked again.
The director waved his hand, "I’ll go check if everything is ready so that we can shoot this scene; otherwise, we’ll be filming hungry at noon!"
Qin Yun nodded.
Seeing the director walk away, An Yueqian joked, "You missed yesterday, you didn’t see Director Chen’s face, it was as colorful as a painter’s palette."
Qin Yun, hearing about yesterday, asked, "What happened?"
"Isn’t it about Qiong Hai? It looks like your previous scenes might need reshoots. With this issue, they’ll have to find a replacement for Qiong Hai, and the director will have headaches since reshooting costs money, and the production budget is already tight. Now they might worry about it for a while," An Yueqian said, examining Qin Yun closely, "But your fighting posture yesterday was pretty cool. Who knew you had such good skills."
Qin Yun furrowed her brows slightly at the thought of doing reshoots; her past scenes with Qiong Hai weren’t fond memories. She could only hope the new actor would be better.
"By the way, Sister Yueqian, did they find an actor for Qiong Hai’s role?" Qin Yun asked.
"Probably not yet," An Yueqian thought for a moment and said.
Then she turned to Qin Yun, raising an eyebrow, "What? Do you have someone to recommend?"
Qin Yun shook her head, "No, just curious, worried another one like that will come."
"Shouldn’t be, Director Chen always focuses on acting skills; no backing can force people in, so no riffraff can come," An Yueqian said as she recalled the Qiong Hai incident, went silent for a few seconds, and added, "We’ll find out when the time comes. After this event, they’re likely more cautious in selection, probably choosing from familiar faces."
"But these aren’t your concerns anymore," An Yueqian said with a smile, patting her shoulder, teasing, "Should I warn you before filming? In case you think I want to hit you and throw me over your shoulder, I can’t handle that."
Qin Yun was amused, "I’m not a fighting fanatic."
"But seriously, the last few moves were really cool, especially that shoulder throw, it was exhilarating! Girls should be like that, so no one dares to bully them." An Yueqian appreciated it and gave Qin Yun a thumbs-up.
Having said that, An Yueqian saw the director wave them over, "Director’s calling you, hurry up."
"I’ll head over then." Qin Yun said and walked towards the director.
Watching Qin Yun’s back, An Yueqian lowered her eyes, thinking if she had those skills, maybe what happened back then wouldn’t have occurred.
