He kissed her lips.

  "Xiao Tang, don't upset your mom, after all I've already been upset."

  Hongtang's mouth twitched, "Dad, how did you anger Mom again?"

  "Nothing much, just carelessly threw your mom's contract into the trash can as scrap paper."

  “…………”

  "What evil have I committed in my past life, to have you two men in this life." Mother Hong huffed, "The old man doesn't act like an old man, the young one doesn't act like a young one. I regret not having another daughter, if I had another daughter, at least there would be someone to help out, and I wouldn't be driven half to death by you two!"

  Hongtang smiled, "Mom, it's not too late to give birth now. If you want to have another child, I fully support it with both hands and feet."

  "Get out!" Hong's mother blushed, "I'm already over 40, a middle-aged woman, what are you talking about, it's really laughable."

  "With a son around, who dares to mock you? I'll beat him up so badly he won't be able to find his teeth on the ground."

  Mother Hong put down her chopsticks and looked at him seriously, "Son, mom asks you, have you really got a girlfriend?"

  "Mom, where did you hear this gossip from?"

  "Don't ask me how I knew it, I'm just confirming with you now, is there... or isn't there?"

  Hongtang shook his head, "No."

  "Really?"

  "Of course it's true."

  "Hongmu hummed, 'It really made me excited for nothing! Come on, let's eat!'"

  At night, Shu Xiao Ai has a midnight snack.

  She doesn't like nights.

  But the director arranged for him to have a part in the play and he couldn't not film it.

  But going back after filming at night is a problem.

  So when she called Zhong Yuchen, she added a sentence, "There is no public transportation at midnight... can you send someone in black to pick me up?"

  Zhong Yuchen asked back, "Is there any welfare?"

  Shu Xiao Ai knew what he was saying and could only say, "Yes."

  "It was worth the trip."

  After hanging up the phone, Shu Xiao Ai finally felt at ease and went to film.

  This time her role is to protect her master and replace Sun Dandan in the scene where she was beaten with a board and kicked.

  So Shu Xia Ai's throat was hoarse from shouting, and the spanking was fake, but unexpectedly, when it came to punching and kicking, it turned out to be real.

  Shu Xiao Ai lay motionless on the ground, and the director shouted "Cut! This time it's very realistic, passed in one take."

  She struggled to get up and saw Sun Dandan also looking at her with a sly smile, this smile was too despicable.

  Several times being bullied by Sun Dandan, if Shu Xiaoyi swallowed this breath, she would not be Shu Xiaoyi anymore. She was looking for an opportunity, a great opportunity to take revenge on her, let her also taste the flavor, and make her understand that those who do not know how to respect others will not get respect from others either.

  Returning to the dressing room from the filming location, her arms and legs ached with pain. She took off her ancient costume and found many bruises. A group of men had punched and kicked her, also using their feet.

  In her heart, she scolded this group of people, and Shu Xiao Ai endured the pain to change back into her own clothes. Just as she was about to leave, Sun Dan Dan came in with her assistant.

  She crossed her arms, looking down at Shu Xiao Ai from a high position, "Leaving you on the North Mountain was to teach you a lesson, I didn't expect that you wouldn't climb back up, but instead startled San Shao. Was it you who called San Shao to tattle?"

  Shu Xiao Ai replied calmly and coldly, "Is it any of your business? How dare you do something without letting others know?"

  "Hah..." Sun Dandan sneered, "Shu Xiaoxiao, I'm telling you, if I want to deal with you, it'll be like tonight - even if I can't beat you to death, I'll make you suffer until you wish you were dead. This is just the beginning."

  "When the soldiers come, we'll stop them; when the flood comes, we'll dam it. Don't think that just because you're the female lead, you can be lawless in the crew. Do you think you're a crab?"

  "Then let's ride a donkey and see how the script goes."

  Sun Dandan turned and left.

  Shu Xiao Ai slung her own small bag over her shoulder and followed them out of the locker room, heading towards the restroom.

  She had just entered when she found Sun Dandan was also there.

  "You can be seen everywhere."

  Shu Xiao Ai didn't make a sound and entered the single room to use the restroom.

  When she came out, she was standing by the washbasin washing her face. Sun Dandan stood beside her, looking at her with a slanted eye, "I really don't know what's so special about you that makes Third Master treat you with such care."

  Shu Xiao Ai was too lazy to bother with her, so she didn't say anything. She washed her face and then pulled out a tissue to wipe it clean. Just as she was about to put on her backpack and leave, her hair stood on end.

  In the mirror, a woman with long hair and wearing a red skirt suddenly appeared on Sun Dandan's right side. She was holding a wooden comb and seriously combing her long hair, her eyes not blinking, her ashen face expressionless. This woman, Shu Xiao'ai had seen before, she was the one who sang opera in Beishan that night.

  Why is she appearing here?

  Shu Xiao Ai felt a chill in her heart and forced herself to turn a blind eye.

  He stiffened his legs and walked out of the bathroom, these few seconds were almost suffocating.

  She trotted out of the restroom and left.

  She rushed all the way downstairs and when she saw Zhong Yuchen's car, she felt as if she had seen a life-saving straw.

  Without caring if anyone saw or not, he pulled open the front passenger door and got in, finally taking a deep breath.

  "What's wrong?" Zhong Yucheng asked subconsciously, seeing her expression was very unsightly.

  Shu Xiao Ai shook her head, "It's nothing, now that I've seen you everything is fine, thank you for driving here to pick me up yourself."

  He raised an eyebrow, his thin lips curling up. "No need to thank me, because I didn't come for nothing. I've already told you that when I went to the hotel to deliver your clothes last time."

  "Nevertheless..." She looked at him, "it's still worth mentioning that for a big boss like you to personally come pick me up is quite rare."

  He looked at her carefully, with a hint of a smile on his lips, "It's been days since I met you, and finally, you've said something that makes sense."

  Then he twisted the key and stepped on the accelerator, ready to start the car when Shu Xiao Ai grabbed his right arm and shouted, "Not yet."

  Zhong Yuchen looked at her with a puzzled expression, "What's wrong again?"

  Shu Xiao Ai tightly hugged her arm, looking out the car window, her gaze fell on the hotel entrance and said, "Zhong Yu Chen, drive a bit slower."

  "Okay."

  When the car stopped at the traffic light, Shu Xiao Ai saw that the red-clothed woman who was originally walking shoulder to shoulder with Sun Dan Dan was actually leaning on her back.

  Then, Sun Dandan started running wildly. A large truck with dazzling headlights was driving over from the front. Shu Xiao Ai quickly got down from the car door and shouted at her, "Sun Dandan!"

  As soon as the voice was heard, Sun Dandan was rolled under the wheels of a large truck. A sharp and ear-piercing screeching sound, people's discussions and comments, and the words that entered Shu Xiaoyi's ears: "Someone has had an accident!"

  She came to herself and rushed quickly to the scene of the accident.

  Sun Dandan lay on the ground, convulsing all over, a pool of blood flowing from her body to the ground, under the car lights, it was exceptionally bright red.

  Sun Dandan was then rushed to hospital by ambulance, and the driver responsible for the accident was also taken away by police.

  Shu Xiao Ai stood there, her whole body chilled to the bone, just because the female ghost attached to Sun Dan Dan was standing not far from her, looking at the fresh blood on the ground with a cold smile.

  It seems to Shu Xiao Ai that this female ghost has a grudge against Sun Dan Dan, otherwise why would she want to harm her?

  Just as she turned around, her arm was suddenly grabbed by Zhong Yuchen and pulled onto the car. He himself also got on the car immediately.

  Shu Xiao Ai went back to look at where the female ghost was standing earlier, but now there is no shadow.

  "Do you know her?"

  "Ah, yes, I know her, she's the female lead of the crew, and I play her maid."

  "You don't have to go to the film set tomorrow, the female lead was in a car accident, and even if you went as her maid, there's no way to perform."

  Shu Xiao Ai nodded, "But tomorrow we still need to go and take a look at the situation."

  Her hand clenched tightly, her heart as cold as an ice cellar. She didn't know why the red-clothed female ghost wanted to harm Sun Dandan, but she felt that there must be a reason for it, and this reason was something she didn't want to touch upon.

  Because she was afraid, fearful, and besides, Sun Dandan had nothing to do with her. She repeatedly warned herself not to interfere in things that weren't her business. She didn't want to get involved, let alone the fact that she was powerless, having just acknowledged a master and learned only a little bit of superficial knowledge. What could she use to fight against the red-clothed female ghost? These were all problems.

  The car stopped in front of the Zhong family's villa compound.

  As soon as she got off the car, Dudu ran around Shu Xiao Ai's legs excitedly. She bent down to pick it up and stroked its smooth fur, "Did Little A feed you today?"

  The man in black, Xia A, hastily said, "Three meals a day, all fed."

  Xiao Ai smiled and said, "Thanks, Xia A."

  Xiaoa was taken aback, "Miss Shu, you're too polite, it's only right."

  Shu Xiao Ai hugged Dudu and followed behind Zhong Yu Chen into the house.

  As soon as she went upstairs, Zhong Yuchen handed her a bag. She opened it and found that it was a swimsuit.

  "Want to go swimming? It's already midnight."

  "There is a swimming pool in the yard."

  Shu Xiao Ai heard this and hastily nodded her head, then quickly returned to her room, put it on, stood in front of the mirror, and for the first time felt shy.

  The swimsuit fits her perfectly, as if it were tailor-made for her, with every inch in the right place.

  And it also set off her figure, making her look even more charming.

  Zhong Yuchen stood at the door, nodded in satisfaction, "Not bad, put this on and follow me downstairs."

  He tossed a bathrobe at her and Xiaoxiao put it on, following him downstairs.

  The sky is filled with stars, the moon is round and bright, shining down on the earth.

  As they stood by the side of the huge swimming pool, Shu Xiao Ai suddenly spoke up, "But I don't know how to swim."

  "I'll teach you."

  In the middle of the night, just to teach her how to swim?

  He's not so free, and she wouldn't think that way either.

  It's just teaching her when adjusting/maintaining emotions, nothing more.

  Shu Xiao Ai took off her bathrobe and put it on the chair. At this time, Zhong Yu Chen had already plunged into the swimming pool, and the splashing waves sent a wet splash onto her body.

  Then he poked his head out of the water and beckoned to her, "Come down, I'll catch you."

  Shu Xiao Ai leaned forward, gently pounced on the water's surface, and wrapped her arms around his neck.

  He pulled her waist and kissed her lips.

  A faint minty flavor clung to her, cool and refreshing, seeping into her senses.