"Cut!"
"That’s it for today, everyone can go back and rest."
"We’re done!"
Chuzheng opened her eyes and found herself standing in the water, her eyes dazzled by the lights, sowhat blinding, with nurous machines surrounding her.
Is this... a film set?
She should be in a pool now... an outdoor pool.
Chuzheng was dressed in very thin clothing, which was completely soaked and clinging to her body.
She could feel that the temperature here was especially low, her limbs had long since beco numb from the cold, and the wind blowing only made it colder.
As Chuzheng glanced around, she found that everyone else was wearing cotton coats.
Great.
In the dead of winter, she was soaking in a pool.
What kind of treatnt is this?!
Bang—
The lights that had been shining on her were turned off, and not far away, a crowd of people was escorting a few individuals away, while other staff were tidying up equipnt.
Chuzheng stood alone in the water, and if it weren’t for soone occasionally glancing her way, Chuzheng might have suspected she was a ghost, invisible to everyone else.
Damn.
So cold.
Chuzheng quickly walked towards the edge of the pool, grabbed the nearby handrail, and prepared to climb out.
As soon as she got out, a gust of cold wind blew across, making her shiver. However, given the number of people around, Chuzheng had to tough it out without showing any signs.
"Hey, why haven’t you left yet?"
A sowhat sharp voice interjected from beside her.
"It’s shaless, standing here flaunting instead of tidying up..."
Chuzheng turned her head to see a young girl standing behind her, examining her with a critical gaze.
Chuzheng’s clothes weren’t particularly revealing; the top was dark-colored, and even if wet, except for outlining her curves, there wasn’t any issue.
Chuzheng didn’t have any mories and couldn’t recall who this girl was, so she didn’t respond, giving her a cold glance and then looking away.
However, the girl wasn’t satisfied: "So people have their eyes higher than their heads, yet don’t see their own worth."
As she spoke, the girl walked towards Chuzheng, suddenly bumping her with her shoulder.
Chuzheng was standing at the edge, and such a bump would definitely cause her to fall back into the pool.
Splash—
Soone fell into the water, but it wasn’t Chuzheng.
Chuzheng stood above, calmly watching the girl flail below as surprised voices sounded around them, then headed in the direction those others had left.
At this mont, everyone was busy rescuing the girl screaming like a slaughtered pig in the water, and no one had the ti to pay attention to Chuzheng.
The pool was only 1.2 ters deep; as long as one doesn’t act foolishly, there’s no way to drown.
-
The original protagonist’s na was Qin Chuzheng, and the Qin Family was considered one of the influential circles in high society, but the original protagonist wasn’t favored within the Qin Family.
She was a troublemaker from a young age, defying everyone, always like a lit firecracker, causing much trouble for the Qin Family.
The original protagonist had a fiancé who was a popular film emperor.
Unfortunately, she didn’t like this film emperor; she was in love with his archrival, Fu Xingchen.
For Fu Xingchen, she dove into the entertainnt industry.
The Qin Family opposed her entering the entertainnt industry, not bothering to pave the way for her and grateful if they didn’t try to trip her up.
But the original protagonist’s heart was solely set on Fu Xingchen, never caring about these matters.
She was a novice latecor, spending her days running walk-on parts and learning, while the Qin Family cut off her finances, making her life exhausting.
But she persevered through it all for Fu Xingchen.
The original protagonist sought every possible way to break off the engagent.
However, before she could succeed, news ca that her fiancé was in an accident while filming—not fatal, but definitely keeping him off the set for a while.
The Qin Family feared being accused of ingratitude and dared not break off the engagent, no matter how hard the original protagonist protested.
Yet, it was at this mont that people from her fiancé’s side ca knocking, hoping to fulfill the marriage agreent and have the original protagonist move in for a period.
Of course, the original protagonist was unwilling, but the Qin Family dared not offend the other side and eventually forced her to move in.
The fiancé’s villa was devoid of any warmth; although handso, he had a poker face every day, an intimidating and gloomy deanor, which the original protagonist couldn’t stand and ran off in less than a day.
It was around this ti that she discovered Fu Xingchen had fallen for soone else.
And that soone was the assistant she had personally brought up, Nian Yue.
The original protagonist t Nian Yue when she was sitting on the roadside after losing her job, and the original protagonist, just entering the entertainnt industry as a gofer, took pity on her and hired her as her assistant.
The original protagonist thought of Nian Yue as a sister, sharing everything with her.
Nian Yue volunteered to gather information on Fu Xingchen for her, but unexpectedly, Fu Xingchen ended up falling for Nian Yue.
This was sothing the original protagonist couldn’t comprehend and promptly went to confront Nian Yue.
The confrontation revealed nothing, and instead, Fu Xingchen caught them, thinking she was bullying Nian Yue and took Nian Yue to his side.
Heartbroken, the original protagonist went to a bar to drown her sorrows.
No bloody drama unfolded; she rely ended up hitting soone by the roadside and got locked up.
The original protagonist wasn’t famous, but sohow managed to make it to the trending news.
The Qin Family was furious over her behavior, as it brought negative attention to the family, and they harshly reprimanded her, forbidding her from going out.
The original protagonist completely fell out with the Qin Family.
After that, she was continually sabotaged by Nian Yue, making a fool of herself in front of Fu Xingchen, earning his disdain.
The original protagonist’s end was quite tragic; Nian Yue, having been her assistant, had plenty of dirt on her and exposed it.
The issues themselves were minor, but after being embellished, they beca serious.
The original protagonist ultimately despaired at Fu Xingchen’s "How could you be so cheap?" and, in a drunken stupor, failed to spot an oncoming vehicle and ended up as a vegetative state.
Chuzheng dried her hair while accepting the original protagonist’s mories.
The original protagonist was filming a youth idol drama with modest investnt, and her role was... well, it’s unknown which number female character, but it involved abruptly confronting the female lead, trying to push her into the pool.
Of course, the female lead remained unhard, and the vindictive side character t a deserving end.
The tiline had reached the point where the original protagonist and Nian Yue were at odds.
The Qin Family had cut off her economic resources, and she was running so walk-on roles, but that paltry sum was used up in no ti, and with Nian Yue gone, the original protagonist couldn’t afford an assistant.
That’s why she was standing there alone earlier.
The main cast had left, and nobody was asking her to co out, let alone worried whether she’d catch a cold.
She was a side character; it was normal not to be noticed, especially since the original protagonist had offended Shen Qingman, who played female number two, upon joining the group.
The person who found fault earlier was Shen Qingman’s loyal follower, whose primary role was to target those Shen Qingman disliked.
The scene was originally supposed to be fild indoors in a heated pool, but Shen Qingman convinced the director to borrow a friend’s rooftop outdoor pool for shooting, as it would better fit the storyline.
The pool was free, and the director imdiately agreed.
Then...
Since Shen Qingman wasn’t going into the water, the unfortunate victim was the original protagonist.
User Comments
0 comments from readers