After Transmigrating as the Vicious Female Supporting Character, I Ran Away While Pregnant - Chapter 21

Li Sheng felt somewhat struck by the blow. On top of that, the day after tomorrow, she would have to go to the production crew and face Mo Yueshuang. Li Sheng’s heart was completely unsettled.

Li Sheng took out her phone. She wanted to call Mo Yueshuang, but her finger hovered over the dial button for a long while, and she still could not make up her mind to press it. In the end, Li Sheng irritably turned off her phone and forced herself not to think about this matter.

Li Sheng drove around outside aimlessly. Only in the afternoon, when Ranran got out of school, did she go to the kindergarten and bring Ranran back.

When she picked up Ranran today, even Ranran could sense that Mommy was acting strange. After Li Sheng took her from the teacher, she held her in her arms and did not move for a long time.

Ranran stretched out her little arms and wrapped them around Li Sheng’s neck. Her little head rubbed against Li Sheng’s neck. “Mommy~”

Hearing the little one call her so sweetly, Li Sheng’s iceberg-like heart melted into a stream.

“Did Ranran miss me?” Li Sheng picked her up and kissed her cheek. “Mommy missed Ranran so, so much today!”

“Mommy, Ranran missed you too.” The little one hugged Li Sheng and also kissed her fiercely.

Most of the children here were picked up by their family nannies or housekeepers. On the rare occasions when their mothers came, they still had to maintain the posture of wealthy madams and would not casually do such intimate actions with their children.

So they were extremely envious of Ranran.

Ranran did not know that, without realizing it, she had become the center of everyone’s envy and jealousy. After she felt Li Sheng’s emotions relax, she began sharing her day at kindergarten with Li Sheng.

“Mommy, I made a new friend!”

“Is Ranran happy that she made a new friend?” Li Sheng calmed herself down and stopped thinking about those messy things. She also stopped thinking about having to face Mo Yueshuang the day after tomorrow.

Ranran’s little mouth did not stop. She chattered to Li Sheng about the fun things that had happened in kindergarten.

“Ranran received a new toy! Mommy, Ranran also wants to give a toy to my friend.” The little one already understood the idea of returning courtesy.

Li Sheng smiled. “All right. After dinner later, Mommy will take you to buy a toy, okay?”

“Mm!”

The next day, when Li Sheng sent Ranran to kindergarten, Ranran hugged the toy her friend had given her, as well as the new toy she was going to give to her friend. She took small steps ahead, followed by the kindergarten teacher who had come out to receive her.

After entering the kindergarten gate, Ranran stopped and turned back to look at Li Sheng. She could not free her hands to wave goodbye, so she could only shout loudly, “Mommy! Ranran is going to study now. Mommy has to remember to come pick me up.”

“All right, baby! Get along well with your friends at kindergarten. If you run into any difficulties, look for the teacher.”

Tomorrow, she would enter the production crew. Li Sheng still had not figured out how to face Mo Yueshuang, but what should come would come sooner or later. She could not avoid it even if she hid.

Ranran was Mo Yueshuang’s child. Should she tell Mo Yueshuang this?

Li Sheng had been repeatedly asking herself this question for two days. Occasionally, she would think in a fit of pique that she was the one who had gotten pregnant and given birth to the child. Mo Yueshuang had done nothing, so why should she tell her?

But after thinking carefully, Mo Yueshuang must have done something to cause them to have this child.

Headache. Li Sheng’s head hurt badly.

…

On September 5, most of the actors had arrived, including some investors.

Li Sheng wore white casual clothes and a baseball cap as she stood in a corner. There were too many people, and they were all handsome men and beautiful women from the entertainment industry. As a result, Li Sheng, whose temperament had originally been otherworldly, blended into the crowd.

A feng shui master had already come to take a look. Chief Director Wen Tingzong also led the entire production crew in offering incense, praying, and worshiping the four directions and heaven and earth.

After that came the host’s speech. This was the stage that made people the sleepiest. Li Sheng frowned and raised her head to look at the sky. Dark clouds had gathered, and the sun had hidden halfway into the clouds. The weather was somewhat stuffy. It would probably rain.

Encountering water meant prosperity. At an opening ceremony, this counted as an auspicious sign.

“Honorable leaders, distinguished guests, and all members of the creative team, good morning!”

“Today, we are gathered here to solemnly hold the opening ceremony for the film Di Xue.”

“This film tells a story that shows us and exposes the true humanity after the apocalypse. It is a battle concerning shadows, and even more so, it is a battle of humanity against itself.”

“…Now, let us invite Chief Director Wen Tingzong to give a speech.”

“Next, let us invite Director xx of the Film Department of xx General Television Station to speak.”

“…”

Li Sheng watched the people on stage speak with spit flying everywhere and secretly felt fortunate that she was standing in the back row, so she would not suffer from it.

Finally, it was time for the leading actors to speak. This was the first time in half a month that Li Sheng had seen Mo Yueshuang.

She was as slender as before, and her back was still straight. Although she had suffered countless misunderstandings, grievances, humiliation, and suppression these days that ordinary people would never experience in a lifetime, there was still a smile in her brows and eyes.

After Mo Yueshuang came the male lead of this drama, the eldest young master of the Guan family, Guan Anru.

Thinking about it, this was probably also why Second Young Master Guan had easily let this film go back then. After all, his own older brother was going to act in it.

Later, a female actress whom Li Sheng had seen during the audition also came. Although she had not been chosen as the female lead, Wen Tingzong had taken a liking to her acting skills and selected her to play a female supporting role with quite a lot of scenes.

Just as Li Sheng was growing drowsy, the opening ceremony finally ended. Unfortunately, the dark clouds slowly drifted away, and it did not rain here. The director muttered a few words and expressed some regret.

After lunch, everyone headed to the film city.

The sets there had already been arranged. Every department was also in position, and the machines had undergone multiple inspections and were in preparation.

The entire crew was ready. Once the chief director gave the order, filming would begin.

In order to save time, funds, and manpower, the crew did not film according to the script’s order. What they were filming now happened to be the scene after the apocalypse where the female lead, Di Xue, entered the base to meet the base leader.

This base leader was the male lead, played by Guan Anru.

This was a scene between the two leads. Many extras had also put on costumes and were acting as background boards in the shots.

“Guan Anru is so handsome. His family is rich and powerful. Marrying him would be truly marrying into a wealthy family.”

“Don’t think too much. Don’t be boy-crazy. Properly organize the props and don’t provoke the director into scolding you. No matter how handsome and wealthy Guan Anru is, he has nothing to do with you.”

“It’s not illegal to fantasize these days. There’s nothing wrong with me thinking about it.”

“But I heard Guan Anru seems to be pursuing Mo Yueshuang. Is that true?”

“I know, I know. When they worked together on Phoenix Reigns last year, rumors already spread. But I heard Mo Yueshuang paid to buy those rumors to build momentum. Young Master Guan never even looked at her properly.”

“Did Mo Yueshuang offend some big figure these years? Her black material has never stopped. If she hadn’t become famous in earlier years and built a lot of connections, she definitely wouldn’t have been able to stay in the industry.”

Last night, Li Sheng had already talked over today’s filming content with Director Wen by phone. Since there was nothing especially important, Wen Tingzong still hoped the authority over filming could remain in his hands. So today, aside from watching how filming was done out of curiosity, Li Sheng spent the rest of her time “loafing around” on set.

Now, she had walked into a corner and saw a few people organizing filming props. She came over to take a look and happened to hear this conversation.

Those people turned back and saw her. Because Li Sheng had not shown herself much or revealed her identity, these people only found her familiar, but did not know who she was.

Li Sheng looked at those backpacks and asked, “What’s inside?”

“Some old newspapers, and empty water cups.”

Although they did not recognize Li Sheng, anyone who could wander around the crew so leisurely at this moment without being driven away by the stage manager or criticized by the director definitely was not an ordinary person.

So when Li Sheng asked, they obediently answered.

Li Sheng frowned. “The director values this film very much, and I also hope it can be more realistic.”

“There should be anywhere from two to ten pieces of hardtack in the backpacks, along with two or three bottles of water, some common medicines for external injuries, and in the female lead’s backpack, there should also be a change of clothes and a torn little cloth bear that has been sewn back together.”

After Li Sheng said this, those people stood in place and looked at her. Li Sheng said coldly, “What are you standing there for? Hurry and prepare everything properly.”

At that moment, the assistant director happened to come over to get props. He jogged over and picked up a prepared prop sword. It would be used in the next scene, so he had come over in advance to get it ready, to avoid things becoming chaotic when filming started later.

Seeing Li Sheng standing here in a stalemate with a few people from the props team, he came over and asked, “What’s wrong? Does Screenwriter-Director Li have any better suggestions for the props arrangement?”

Hearing the assistant director’s way of addressing Li Sheng, and seeing his respectful attitude, those people finally understood Li Sheng’s identity. They quickly followed along and greeted her, “Hello, Screenwriter-Director Li.”

Li Sheng ignored them and only pointed at those backpacks. “I never wrote in detail what exactly these people had in their backpacks, but stuffing some old newspapers and empty bottles inside definitely won’t do. I’ll list the things that need to be placed inside. Arrange for people to gather them all.”

“All right, all right. Please write them down.” The assistant director breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Li Sheng’s expression look wrong, he had thought something major had happened. It turned out that, like the director, she simply wanted to strive for more perfection.

The assistant director smiled and introduced those people. “These are colleagues from the props team. Screenwriter Li, once you finish writing, just hand the list to them.”

Those people smiled awkwardly and nodded. “Yes, just leave it to us.”

After the assistant director left, Li Sheng wrote a long list and handed it to the people from the props team. “I remember that these action backpacks will be used in the final scene today. It would be best to gather everything before then.”

After Li Sheng finished speaking, she left. The remaining people stared dazedly at the list.

“These things aren’t hard to buy, but having to prepare this many items by this afternoon—our legs are going to break…”

“And what the hell is this little cloth bear? Tear it apart and sew it back together? We’ll need to prepare needle and thread too, right?”

“Why are you still standing there? Hurry and go! If we’re late and delay things, the director will skin us alive!”

The few of them chatted sadly with cold faces, then very quickly scattered in all directions like startled birds to make preparations.

From far away, Li Sheng watched those people run outside. Her somewhat gloomy mood from earlier gradually improved. She even hummed a little tune softly by herself.

She also did not know why she disliked hearing those people gossip about Mo Yueshuang behind her back. Clearly, Mo Yueshuang had nothing to do with her. It was only because of Ranran that they had some interaction.

As Li Sheng thought this, she looked toward Mo Yueshuang. Mo Yueshuang was sitting in the resting place arranged for her by the crew. Under a large tree, a sun umbrella had been set up. Beneath the umbrella were a lounge chair and round wooden table arranged by Chen Yue. Beside them were water, towels, and a small fan.

The weather was not hot at this time, but when they moved around while filming, it was still easy to sweat all over. On top of that, they were filming winter scenes, so the actors were wrapped in thick layers. Their rest time was very short. Taking off the costumes and putting them back on again would take time and effort, so it was better to wear the padded jackets and blow the fan.

Mo Yueshuang was truly beautiful. Beauty was in the bones, not the skin. Mo Yueshuang’s beauty carried a unique charm. Even if she did nothing and merely stayed there, holding a script and flipping through it back and forth, there was still a scholarly air about her.

Li Sheng had some understanding of Mo Yueshuang’s experiences too. She knew Mo Yueshuang’s educational background was not high, but at such a young age, she had still managed to carve a scholar’s bookish air into her bones. She must have spent a great deal of effort in private.

Online, it was said that for the sake of filming one historical costume drama, Mo Yueshuang had even specifically joined a closed group training for six months.

In this era of quick success and instant benefit, there were not many people still willing to steady their hearts and polish themselves for the sake of one scene. Mo Yueshuang counted as one.

Li Sheng only watched from afar and did not want to disturb her. She understood that Mo Yueshuang did not have it easy, and she also understood that although Mo Yueshuang looked very relaxed right now, in reality, she was still putting in several times more effort than ordinary people.

She really only looked relaxed. The sweat she shed behind the scenes was no less than anyone present, and only more.

Yet, despite working so earnestly and hard, she would still be hurt by so many malicious words. Li Sheng thought that this was probably the reason she had gotten angry.

Li Sheng was unwilling to disturb Mo Yueshuang and only admired her from afar, but others would not think this way.

After the first scene ended, Guan Anru changed out of his costume and rushed over without stopping.

“Yueshuang.”

Guan Anru came over with his script. Hearing him call her so intimately, Mo Yueshuang still felt somewhat uncomfortable, even though she had already heard it for three or four months last year.

She came back from the script, stood up, and could be considered to have politely welcomed him. Guan Anru smiled. “You can sit. It’ll be your turn soon.”

Mo Yueshuang did not stand on ceremony and sat down openly. She still wanted to read the script a little longer, but Guan Anru had clearly come to find her for something, so Mo Yueshuang waited for Guan Anru to speak.

Guan Anru sat down on the chair beside Mo Yueshuang. He flipped through the script and smiled at Mo Yueshuang. “I didn’t expect that so soon, we would be working together again.”

There was nothing important. As soon as he opened his mouth, it was small talk. Mo Yueshuang felt somewhat regretful, but this small emotion vanished in an instant.

She smiled politely and followed Guan Anru’s topic.

“Yes. When we parted at the wrap banquet last year, I thought it would be very hard to have another chance to work with you again. I didn’t expect us to be in the same crew again so soon.”

“I’ve said many times that you don’t need to use honorifics with me. You’re too polite.” Guan Anru was somewhat displeased, but he did not show it at all. His face still maintained a gentle and faint smile.