Chapter 453

On her day off, Qin Wei spent the entire day treating her back pain and resting. Li Yao was also understandable of her hardship and postponed all the work that could be delayed; for those that couldn't be delayed, he cancelled them all.

After the rest, Qin Wei felt full of energy again, ready to devote herself wholeheartedly to work.

For the upcoming scenes of escape that needed to be filmed, there would be many on-location shoots. The crew had already picked the locations early on. Today, they were relocating for the remote site shooting. Qiao Sixiao packed seven suitcases of luggage. The other actors didn't pack much less either. Only Qin Wei...

Qiao Sixiao: "That's all?"

Shen Qingqing: "Just that?"

Su Yang: "Only that?"

Li Hanming: "..."

Wei Lai: "......"

Qin Wei brought a backpack, a suitcase, and the stuffed toy Ju An. Nothing else.

She only packed the bare essentials. Other than those, she didn't bring anything else.

Even her assistant's luggage was bigger than hers.

So when the other assistants were busy handling luggage and checking them in, Li Liang had nothing to do and stood next to Qin Wei, trying to help carry her bag.

But Qin Wei didn't think it was necessary because it wasn't heavy.

After several work trips, Qin Wei gradually gained her own experience -

Don't bring non-essentials, otherwise it would be troublesome for both her and Li Liang.

...

Arriving at the destination airport that night, after another two hours in the crew's car, Qin Wei dozed off leaning on Li Liang. When she woke up, they had arrived at the hotel near the shooting location.

It wasn't quite suitable to call it a hotel. To call it a homestay would also be an injustice to homestays. The accommodation was worse than when they went to the grasslands to shoot Star Ablaze...

Chen Xinya weakly protested, but the crew also had no way. This place wasn't downtown or a studio city. There were no decent lodging facilities. It was surrounded by mountains for miles with the nearest small town simply having no proper inns.

There was only this place - a resort. During peak seasons, hikers and campers would stay here.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Shen Qingqing shook her head and lamented,

"Is the crew too poor? Putting us up in ruins..."

Qin Wei took a look. It was old and dilapidated but calling it ruins seemed a bit much...

"I don't think this is ruins." Su Yang echoed Qin Wei's thoughts. Qin Wei nodded in agreement. Then she heard Su Yang continue saying,

"I feel it's more like a haunted house..."

It didn't seem that way before she said it... but now that she pointed it out...

The shabby exterior, the uneven patches of faded red paint from years of rain erosion, the flickering neon sign on the roof that worked only occasionally,

And the antiquated fluorescent lamp at the entrance that blinked uncertainly but no one bothered to fix...

This was exactly like the creepy manor in Sharkswarm where the protagonist team got picked off one by one...

Wei Lai sidled up next to her and asked Qin Wei,

"Do you happen to have any creative inspirations...?"

Qin Wei answered dispiritedly, the light in her eyes already gone,

"No... I'm not interested..."

She slowly shuffled to her roommate's side,

"Dad..."

"Dad..."

Wei Lai echoed after her. Seeing Qiao Sixiao's slightly surprised expression, she quickly added,

"I'm mentally prepared to sleep on the sofa. This place gives me the creeps."

The place was creepy so Wei Lai was scared too. Thus, she went all out to make it sound even scarier, then she and Qin Wei begged to stay together.

Anyway, shamelessness like this, they'd done it before.

Shen Qingqing also overheard their conversation. She came over and asked,

"Can I also call you Dad and stay with you guys?"

Qiao Sixiao: "..."

Su Yang also wanted to try her luck:

"Dad?"

Qiao Sixiao: "?"

...

After understanding everyone's preferences, the crew began arranging rooms - a suite for the four actresses who requested to room together, a twin room for Su Yang and Li Hanming, and arrangements for the rest accordingly.

Luggage had already been sent to the rooms and everyone received their key cards. This hotel had no elevator, only wooden stairs.

Very clean. Under the dim lights, it looked somewhat dated. Walking up, it would make muffled wooden sounds.

Wei Lai asked Qin Wei:

"Have you watched Sharkswarm before?"

Qin Wei: "Heard of it..."

Wei Lai: "Oh, good then. Otherwise you'd definitely find it terrifying. The stairs look just like in the movie, where the female lead's teammate died on the stairs..." Qin Wei: "Great, now I've watched it..."

Wei Lai: "?"

...

They didn't have high hopes to begin with. Just bear with it for three to five days, a week at most in this place, then it'd pass. Unexpectedly, despite the dated look, the hotel rooms were clean and properly equipped. Even the television was the latest smart model.

Of course, it still couldn't compare with luxury hotels in big cities in terms of service and facilities. It just far exceeded their expectations.

But complaints aside, no one rejected staying here. Coming on set, this much hardship was nothing.

Even Shen Qingqing who had high standards for hotels didn't say anything this time.

"This little darling must be Ju An right???"

After settling down, Shen Qingqing pointed at the stuffed toy bear on the bed.

"Yup, my Ju An. You can hug him.

Ju An, this is your Aunt bleat bleat, let Auntie hug you."

Qin Wei picked Ju An up and handed it to Shen Qingqing.

Shen Qingqing scowled,

"Qin Wei, you're so childish. But I can consider hugging it if it calls me big sister."

Qin Wei didn't object at all:

"Great! Then I'll have another good big brother. And a mouth-changing fee of six hundred and sixty thousand yuan. Plus allowance you'll give me monthly from now on!"

Qin Wei beamed at her, eyes shining with gold,

"Cash or bank transfer?"

Shen Qingqing took the little bear into her arms. Its sweet and sour fruity scent made one feel like hugging a big tangerine.

"Ju An darling, granny hugs you~"

Qin Wei thought that worked too. She held out her palm to Shen Qingqing,

"Then no need for allowance, just child support will do. And still that mouth-changing fee. Bleat bleat~"

Shen Qingqing: "..."

...

Scrolling through her phone before bed, Qin Wei saw Chen Xinya trending on hot search again——

【Chen Xinya: We relocated to the mountains as a crew to film for a week today! Staying in a really cool hotel with limited rooms, be it the suites or regular twin rooms, everyone is sharing!】

Since Qin Wei publicly denounced her that one time, Chen Xinya now operated more carefully. But she still couldn't give up this source of traffic easily, so she switched up her approach. Taking advantage of how the cast was filming together, she posted tidbits of her own daily life, but still subtly exposed shipping moments of the co-stars she supported.

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