Chapter 34: Quick, Look! Immortal Sister

  Tang Xiaosheng felt as if he had somewhat degenerated.

  In the past, his goal had always been to become a good actor, working hard for this goal every day, thinking about finding a play to shoot in the crew every day.

  But since meeting Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang, he gradually felt that if he stayed at home to chat with them, practice martial arts, adjust his emotions, cook meals, it seemed pretty good too. Sometimes, he didn't even want to go out.

  However, he also knew that he had to get out of the house and go film because this family of three relied on him for support.

  In the morning, he received a call from Director Zhang Zizong in the crew, saying that there was a scene to be shot today. After breakfast, he bid farewell to Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang, and came alone to Jinghua Film and Television City.

  Since finishing filming the diving scene two days ago, Tang Xiaosheng has temporarily become a stunt actor for this crew. Although he hasn't officially signed yet, his salary is still being paid.

  A stunt performer, as the name suggests, refers to an actor who can perform technical actions or dangerous stunts that require special physical strength and ability. In other words, if it's just a normal action performance, he doesn't need to appear on stage.

  Throughout the entire morning's shooting, only two sets of special moves were used. One set was falling from a building and another was jumping over a car. Tang Xiaosheng spent less than half an hour to complete it successfully. For the rest of the time, he sat in the studio resting, and his work was relatively easy.

  There are also many extras who are just as idle. Like Tang Xiaosheng, they can only stand by quietly when not needed on stage.

  To kill time, some played with their mobile phones, some chatted, some read books, some stared blankly into space, and others slept. But Tang Xiaosheng's behavior was undoubtedly the most eye-catching one, as he was playing handstands.

  He practiced handstands not to show off, but to cultivate the "Reversal of Meridians Method". In recent days, through cultivating this mental technique, his body has undergone many changes, and he has gained a certain foundation in internal energy. His ability to control his body has made a qualitative leap, which has had an extremely positive impact on his acrobatic performances, so he decided to spend more time practicing this skill.

  Headstands themselves are not a big deal, ordinary people can learn quickly with just a little practice. However, Tang Xiaosheng's headstand was still astonishing to the crew. Because he held his headstand for nearly two hours at a time, without stopping to rest once during that period.

  For him, there is no big difference between inverted and upright, as long as he reverses the flow of his body's meridians after inverting, it feels almost the same as when he is standing upright.

  Tang Xiaosheng started doing handstands from 10 am and didn't come down until 12 pm, when the crew began distributing boxed lunches. Like all the actors, he received a boxed lunch and sat in a corner preparing to eat.

  The boxed meal of the crew is half plain rice and the other half consists of three stir-fried dishes, which are scrambled eggs with eggplant, sautéed meat slices and hollow vegetables. With both dishes and meat as well as eggs, the boxed meal of the crew is still passable, but all the food is a bit cold, eating in such a cold winter day feels chilly.

  "Look quickly, Fairy Sister and Fairy Little Sister!"

  At this time, a sudden extra pointed to the entrance of the scene and said to everyone. Upon hearing him say so, many actors curiously looked in the direction he was pointing.

  Only two women were seen entering the scene, one of whom was dressed in white, slender and elegant, refined and otherworldly. At first glance, she really looked like a fairy descending to earth. The other woman was slightly younger, only fifteen or sixteen years old, with eyes as black as lacquer, and a lovely face with two shallow dimples on her cheeks, extremely cute.

  As soon as they entered the scene, they looked around in all directions, seemingly looking for someone.

  "These two beauties are really gorgeous, I think they look even better than our drama's female lead."

  "Speak softly, or the heroine will hear you and you'll be done for. Although I think she's more beautiful than the heroine."

  "What did you say they came here for? I really want to go over and say hello to them."

  "With your appearance, it's better not to scare people."

  ……

  Several supporting actors were chatting with each other, getting more and more excited as they spoke.

  Tang Xiaosheng heard their discussion and couldn't help but feel curious, what kind of beauty would cause such a commotion, so he concentrated his mind and looked towards the entrance of the scene.

  Just looked at it for less than a second and was immediately stunned.

  Wow, aren't they Little Dragon Maiden and Guo Xiang?!

  Tang Xiaosheng immediately put down his lunchbox and quickly ran over, saying: "Long'er, Xiang'er, how did you two come here?"

  "Big brother, Long sister has brought you lunch." Guo Xiang explained in a childish voice.

  Tang Xiaosheng only then discovered that Little Dragon Maiden was holding two small thermoses in her hand, and then heard her say: "Xiao'er, have you eaten lunch?"

  "No."

  "It's okay, I'm not afraid of being late, just got stuck in traffic on the way." Xiaolongnv changed her tone and said, "Never mind, let's eat first, otherwise the food will get cold later."

  Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaosheng's heart warmed up. After acting for six years, it was the first time someone had sent food to him on set. He couldn't help but think to himself: Long'er, you're really too considerate.

  Then the three of them walked to a corner of the set and started eating. After opening one of the thermos bottles, a burst of hot air suddenly came out, followed by a strong meaty aroma. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be braised duck soup.

  And another thermos bottle had a layer of rice at the bottom, and on top of that was a layer of tomato scrambled eggs, all still steaming hot.

  "Dragon boy, did you cook all these dishes?" Tang Xiaosheng asked curiously.

  "The rice was steamed by Xiang'er, the dishes were stir-fried by me, and the duck was killed in the supermarket and then stewed at home." said Little Dragon Girl softly.

  Tang Xiaosheng nodded, it seemed that Little Dragon Girl learned things quite quickly. Yesterday he had just taught her how to make tomato scrambled eggs, and today she was able to cook by herself. For a girl who had never cooked before and was both an otaku and a rich girl, this was already quite rare.

  He soon began to enjoy this lunch of great significance, a mouthful of duck meat, a mouthful of rice, and a mouthful of tomato scrambled eggs, eating with relish.

  Many actors and staff on the set were envious when they saw this scene, envying Tang Xiaosheng for having a steaming hot lunch on such a cold day, and even more so for having two beautiful women by her side.

  And in the corner, a few extras started gossiping again:

  "As far as I know, Tang Xiaosheng is also a minor actor, how can he get such a beautiful and rich girlfriend? I have to ask him for advice on 'The Art of Picking Up Girls' someday."

  "Yes, I also think they are too mismatched, it's like two 'fairy' flowers inserted into a pile of cow dung."

  "Don't think too highly of yourselves either; you may be able to date beautiful and wealthy women, but that doesn't mean you can afford to support them."

  "That's true. However, I think Tang Xiaosheng is being taken care of quite well, they all personally delivered lunch, the relationship should be good. My wife and I have been married for three years, she has never sent me food to the crew."

  "Damn it, your wife has been living in a rural area over 1,000 kilometers away, just send her a bird."

  ……

  Under the gaze of envy and admiration from the crowd, Tang Xiaosheng calmly ate his lunch, while Little Dragon Girl quietly watched him eat. Guo Xiang was not so idle. As soon as she arrived on set, she saw the camera crew and immediately ran over to touch and examine it with a curious expression.

  Director Zhang Zhi-zong, who was eating a boxed lunch nearby, saw her and didn't stop her. Instead, he smiled and said: "Little sister, do you also like photography?"

  Guo Xiang thought for a moment and nodded: "I have a DV machine at home too!"

  Director Zhang Zhi-zong smiled and asked, "What is Tang Xiao-sheng to you?"

  "He is my elder brother." Guo Xiang pointed to the camera and asked, "Grandpa, how do you use this machine?" She looked at it for a long time but still couldn't understand it. Obviously, the camera in front of her was much more complicated than her DV machine.

  Director Zhang Zhizong, who is also a photography enthusiast, saw that the lovely little girl in front of him seemed to be very interested in photography and felt a connection, saying: "If you want to learn photography, follow your big brother from now on, I'll teach you when I have time."

  Guo Xiang's eyes lit up as soon as she heard it, and in a childish voice said: "Old grandpa, we've decided that from now on I'll come with my big brother, you mustn't go back on your word."

  Director Zhang Zhi-zong smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I definitely won't go back on my word."

  After chatting with the director for over 10 minutes, Guo Xiang finally ran back. By then, Tang Xiaosheng had almost finished eating, having consumed two duck legs, two duck wings, three sections of duck neck, a tomato, an egg and several liang of rice.

  After finishing their meal, Little Dragon Girl tidied up and was about to leave with Guo Xiang when Tang Xiaosheng reminded them: "Dragon girl, be careful on your way home."

  "Uh-huh."

  "Goodbye, big brother."

  XXX

  Compared with the morning, Tang Xiaosheng's shooting task in the afternoon was much heavier, and he had a total of four scenes to shoot.

  Although there were many difficulties during the shooting process, they were all completed relatively smoothly in the end. This is mainly due to his cultivation of the "Reversal Meridian Method", after practicing this skill, his ability to control his body has increased by more than one level.

  When the shooting ended, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening. After Tang Xiaosheng received his 300 yuan pay for today, he rode his bicycle home as usual.

  At first, he didn't notice anything was wrong, but when riding near Heping Road, he suddenly felt that someone seemed to be following him.