Chapter 233

translator: henyee translations      editor: henyee translations

“sister zhenzhen, drink some ginger water.” xiaoxiao handed the thermos flask containing ginger water to lu zhen. when their fingers touched, she felt that lu zhen’s hands were almost frozen.

xiaoxiao knew that it was hard to be an actress, but she didn’t expect it to be so hard. on such a cold day, lu zhen was only wearing a single shirt and lay in the snow for dozens of minutes. even though she had secretly stuffed a heat pad into lu zhen’s stomach before filming began, the heat pad was already cold when xiaoxiao took it off.

lu zhen’s hands were so cold that she could barely hold the thermos. she barely took two sips of the spicy ginger soup and her cold body warmed up a little.

“i’m fine. don’t worry.” seeing xiaoxiao looking at her worriedly, lu zhen comforted her softly.

not far away, director ding zhi also walked towards lu zhen. “are you alright?”

xiaoxiao’s stomach was full of grievances, and the words “how can it be fine?

were stuck in her throat. it was all director ding zhi’s fault for coming to a snowy city in the north to film this scene. what if lu zhen fell ill after filming this scene?

lu zhen shook her head slowly. “i’m fine, director. is there anything else that needs to be adjusted?”

“you did well. it’s just that xu rui has a few unnatural expressions, so there are a few scenes that have to be reshot. i’ll have to trouble you to hold on a little longer,” director ding zhi said apologetically.

“okay.” lu zhen nodded and did not show any dissatisfaction.

director ding zhi went to look for xu rui to guide her.

xiaoxiao secretly clenched her fists. “sister zhenzhen, could it be that xu rui didn’t act well on purpose?

lu zhen stopped xiaoxiao from thinking that way with her eyes. “don’t say that. it’s such a cold day. no one wants to stay in the snow any longer. let’s try to pass in one go later.”

xiaoxiao stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.

after everyone was ready, they started filming a second time. because lu zhen had already gone through the first scene, there was no need to take a close-up of her the second time. she just had to maintain the posture of lying on the ground.

xu rui had just been criticized by director ding zhi and was not in a good state. the second time, she still did not satisfy director ding zhi.

director ding zhi was anxious. “xu rui, can you quickly adjust your condition? it’s such a cold day, and lu zhen doesn’t feel good lying in the snow. it’s not difficult for you to film these scenes. why is there a problem?

being criticized by the director in front of the entire production team made xu rui feel very embarrassed. she bit her lip hard, and anxiety appeared on her pale face.

if lu zhen did not feel good, did she feel good too?

“ruirui, don’t worry. i believe you can do it. don’t worry about the others. just act as yourself,” wu dai, who had been watching from the side, walked to xu rui and said gently.

xu rui sighed and glanced in lu zhen’s direction. her tone was frustrated. “i didn’t do it on purpose. look at how pitiful she is. the production team must be pitying her now!”

during the third round of filming, xu rui was under immense pressure and her potential was stimulated. this time, she finally passed. as soon as the director shouted that it was over, lu zhen and xu rui’s assistant walked to the middle of the set with thick down jackets and put them on for their artistes.

xiaoxiao looked at lu zhen with heartache. at this moment, there was no color on lu zhen’s face at all. it was an exaggeration to say that her face was so pale that she looked like a female ghost who had just crawled out of a grave.

seeing that lu zhen could not even stand steadily, director ding zhi and a few stage supervisors came over to check on lu zhen.

“i’m sorry, i’m going to take zhenzhen to the car to rest first,” xiaoxiao said stiffly. then, she pushed everyone away and helped lu zhen into the car.

after getting into the car, xiaoxiao asked the chauffeur to lower the temperature of the air conditioner in the car. lu zhen’s body temperature was too low at the moment, so it was not good for the temperature in the car to be too high.

“sister zhenzhen, are you still cold?” xiaoxiao hugged lu zhen and held her cold hands in her palms. she felt that lu zhen was like an ice cube, emitting a cold aura from the inside out.

“i’m fine,” lu zhen said weakly.

“let’s go back first. sleep when we get back.” xiaoxiao’s heart ached. she knew that filming was lu zhen’s job, and she couldn’t blame director ding zhi and the other staff, but her heart still ached for lu zhen.

lu zhen’s most important scene was this scene. most of the scenes after that were for actors playing party members, so lu zhen could rest well for the next few days.

after returning, xiaoxiao immediately got busy. she brewed a medicine to prevent lu zhen from catching a cold and even soaked her feet in water..