93. Pregnant

That night, when Chu Cheng Yuan came back from massaging, he thought he could have a good night’s sleep, but he did not expect to have a nightmare all night.

When he was young, he knew that his mother was his father’s mistress. His father who promised to get a divorce and marry his mother broke his promise after he found his wife was pregnant.

But his father convinced his mother to become his mistress because his wife gave birth to a daughter instead of a son.

Chu Cheng Yuan hated his birth but he couldn’t hate his mother.

Chu Cheng Yuan was an extremely insecure person. He always felt that he had only got his mother in this cruel world. But that night, he had a dream. In his dream, his mother met a great man. The two of them decided to get married, his mother started a new family not long after she got remarried.

His mother, who had always been so gentle and loving towards him suddenly said to him, ” Yuan, it’s time to say goodbye. Don’t come back, I don’t need you anymore.”

“Don’t come back, I don’t need you anymore.” With that his mother stroked her bulging belly, she was pregnant.

In his dream, Chu Cheng Yuan seemed to be around four or five years old. He tugged his father’s clothes, begging his father to not leave, but his father ignored him and pulled him away, his back hit the corner of the tea table.

He cried and stared at his mother, looking for help. He thought his mother would rush to him and comfort him, but to his surprise, his mother turned away and repeated, “Don’t come back, I don’t need you anymore.”

Chu Cheng Yuan was so startled that he woke up from the dream!

He couldn’t fall asleep anymore. His first reaction was to get his phone and dial his mother’s number. However, as soon as he entered the number, Chu Cheng Yuan suddenly realized that it was only four o’clock in the morning and his mother must still be asleep.

Chu Cheng Yuan put down his phone in a dispirited manner. He sat on the bed in a daze until daybreak.

That morning, everyone found that Chu Cheng Yuan was in a poor state.

Qi Le An’s first scene in the morning was at six o’clock, so he arrived early. When Chu Cheng Yuan arrived at nine o’clock, Qi Le An exclaimed in surprise, “Cheng Yuan, what happened to you? Are you sick?”

Crew members around them switched their gazes on Chu Cheng Yuan, they all echoed Qi Le An and asked Chu Cheng Yuan was all right.

Chu Cheng Yuan touched his face and forced a smile, “Really? It’s okay, I didn’t sleep well last night…”

After that, Chu Cheng Yuan’s expression became worse.

Chu Cheng Yuan was a very serious and dedicated actor, he always delivered on set. But this morning, he lost all his mojo! He even froze in the camera for about ten seconds before he apologized to the director that he forgot his line.

Forgetting lines! What a taboo for a professional actor!

If you didn’t perform well, the director could forgive you. If you couldn’t grasp the feelings, the director can explain them to you. But there was not much the director could do when you forgot the lines.

This was the first time Chu Cheng Yuan had such a situation and Director Yang frowned. But when he froze for the third time, Director Yang, who had always been good-tempered, finally couldn’t stand it anymore. “What’s the matter with you?”

This was a scene where Chu Cheng Yuan’s character reported to his official superior. It was a simple scene, Director Yang fumed when Chu Cheng Yuan failed for the third time!

Everyone looked grim. Chu Cheng Yuan took a deep breath and said, “I’m sorry for Director Yang. Let’s do it again. This time, I’ll deliver.”

Director Yang was a little upset and he asked everyone to take five. Five minutes later, Chu Cheng Yuan managed the scene with an effort.

This was too different from his previous performance. Director Yang couldn’t help but say, “As an actor, you must be good at adjusting yourself, Cheng Yuan.”

Chu Cheng Yuan listened respectfully. The guilt on his face made Director Yang lose his temper. He only waved his hand and said, “Alright, you can go take a break now. See you in the afternoon!”

Hearing that, the crew members' crowd sighed with relief.

Qi Le An walked forward with concern, he handed a bottle of water to Chu Cheng Yuan and asked worriedly, “Do you want to go to the lounge and rest for a while?”

The best place in the film city was the lounge where the actors could rest and adjust themselves in private.

Chu Cheng Yuan shook his head, he sipped the water and said, “Don’t mind me, I’ll make a call.” As he said this, he walked to a secluded place.

Qi Le An stood behind him with a cold glint in his eyes.

Chu Cheng Yuan called his mother in the morning, but his mother didn’t pick up, he had been ill at ease the whole morning due to that. It was a hot day, Chu Cheng Yuan was restless with anxiety in the heat. After the scene, he didn’t even bother to reflect on himself, he walked away and dialed his mother’s number.

The moment the call went through, Chu Cheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

” Yuan?” Her mother’s voice sounded calm and gentle. Chu Cheng Yuan’s gradually calmed down and said, “Hey, Mom... I dreamed of you last night, so I’m calling you to say hi.”

A burst of laughter came from her mother’s side. “Are you going to finish shooting soon? You need to take a break after this drama, I will cook delicious food for you every day.”

Chu Cheng Yuan calmed down and smiled, “Sounds good. Mom, why didn’t you pick up my call this morning?”

Chu Cheng Yuan asked casually, but Chu Cheng Yuan’s mom suddenly stammered, “…I…I…I didn’t take my phone with me when I went to the supermarket in the morning.”

Chu Cheng Yuan frowned. ‘Supermarket? Mother never goes to the supermarket, we have a housekeeper!’ A thought flashed across Chu Cheng Yuan’s mind and his voice became low, “You went to see him, right?”

“Yuan, don’t misunderstand me. Listen to me…” Chu Cheng Yuan’s mom panicked.

“Why are you still seeing him?” Chu Cheng Yuan couldn’t help but raise his voice, “I told you that I can support you! The two of us are doing well. You don’t need his support anymore!”

” Yuan…” Chu Cheng Yuan’s mom sounded like she was in great pain, “He’s your father…”

Chu Cheng Yuan shouted, “He’s not my father!”

He said that too loud. As soon as he said that, the crew members around him looked over.

Chu Cheng Yuan instantly realized that he was still on set, so he took a deep breath and said, ” If you love me, don’t see him again.”

Chu Cheng Yuan’s voice was cold and his eyes were full of despair. His mother didn’t say anything on the other side of the phone, she just made a sigh.

Chu Cheng Yuan hung up.

Qi Le An witnessed this from afar, he took great pleasure from that, he even began to hum while he was browsing Weibo. Chen Shan poked him and told him to get ready for his next scene. Then Qi Le An put the phone in Chen Shan’s hand and ran to the camera.

Compared to Chu Cheng Yuan, Qi Le An did an excellent job, he had even recovered the time delayed by Chu Cheng Yuan.

Director Yang was very happy. He immediately said that everyone could have lunch on time!

Chen Shan took food for both of them from the crew cafeteria, he asked Qi Le An whether he was going to have lunch in the car or not.

Qi Le An looked around, searching for Chu Cheng Yuan, “Where’s Chu Cheng Yuan?”

Chen Shan shrugged, “How would I know?”

Qi Le An smiled and happily got into the car with Chen Shan.

Chu Cheng Yuan wasn’t having a good time at all. He went to the lounge to take a break, he was mentally exhausted, but he couldn’t fall asleep. At noon, he finally couldn’t help but call his mother again.

No one picked up and Chu Cheng Yuan was even more upset. He didn’t even bother to get his lunch from the crew cafeteria, he called the housekeeper directly.

The housekeeper’s message almost made him squash his phone.

“Young Master, Madam She… Madam, she just had miscarriage prevention, everything turns out to be fine in the end, the unborn baby is fine! You don’t need to worry!”

‘Baby? Is my dream last night true!’

Chu Cheng Yuan’s face turned ghastly pale. He made a shrill, “What did you say? My mother is pregnant?”

The housekeeper said with joy, “It’s been almost two months. Young Master, you are going to be a big brother!”

Chu Cheng Yuan calculated quickly in his heart. He came to the film city in mid-June. In other words, his mother was pregnant not long after he left home? And his mon chose to not tell him?

Chu Cheng Yuan was devastated, he braced himself and asked, “Who’s the father?”

The housekeeper was stunned for a solid second, then she said, “Of course it’s Mr. Chu, your father’s.”

Chu Cheng Yuan closed his eyes, he felt like the sky and earth were spinning around him. The housekeeper was saying something on the phone, but he couldn’t hear anything. His mother was pregnant, the father was the man he hated!

Chu Cheng Yuan hung up and sat on the sofa in a trance.

He was no longer his mother’s only baby.

No one else was in the lounge. Even Qi Le An himself did not know that the dream he made up turned out to be true.

The scene in the afternoon was between Qi Le An and Chu Cheng Yuan, but Chu Cheng Yuan did even worse than in the morning. He was like a dead-alive person.

Director Yang couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted angrily, “Chu Cheng Yuan! What’s wrong with you? Can you continue?!”

Chu Cheng Yuan had always been very modest and tame on set, he always listened attentively when Director Yang instructed him. This time, Chu Cheng Yuan just said, “I’m sorry Director Yang, I’m not feeling well… I can’t continue today. I’m really sorry.”

Director Yang’s face darkened. In the next second, Chu Cheng Yuan left without even waiting for Director Yang’s permission.

Director Yang looked at Chu Cheng Yuan’s retiring figure with disbelief. It was understandable that he was not feeling well. But everyone else was still standing here, how could you just walk away! That was purely disrespectful!

Director Yang said angrily, “You can’t continue today. Then, I guess this is the end of our cooperation!”

The people present did not even dare to breathe heavily. Qi Le An was also surprised. He didn’t expect it to happen so soon and so smoothly!

Screenwriter Li who was standing by the director’s side tried to comfort him “Old Yang. Chu Cheng Yuan usually has really good manners, maybe he is really feeling unwell.”

Director Yang took a deep breath. He was under great pressure from the investor and the producers, he didn’t have time to teach a young actor basic manners. He was so disappointed at Chu Cheng Yuan!

” Jiang, reschedule Le An’s scene, let’s shoot his part for the rest of the afternoon,” Director Yang said in frustration.

Qi Le An showed an uncanny smile. He was so pumped to continue fabricating a “good dream” for Chu Cheng Yuan at night.