That night, Tang Li received a reply from Song Baiyan.
Seeing the reminder in the message, Tang Li cooperated fully and stopped playing with her cellphone.
When she lay down, she belatedly realized that perhaps because she had asked so tactfully, Song Baiyan hadn’t mentioned whether or not he was returning to the country.
...Probably in the next couple of days.
This is what Tang Li thought privately and she didn’t send any more messages.
On the fourth day after Song Baiyan’s return to the country, according to his schedule, he went to Shangbu for inspection.
As one of the most economically developed cities in the country, Shangbu is a financial center as well as an important port of S country, resulting in a continuous influx of undocumented immigrants.
To show his importance to Shangbu, Song Baiyan had to make the trip personally.
The day before departure, Ji Ming received the instructions that His Excellency planned to board the plane at Lishan Airport, in other words, the journey from the Capital to Lishan was to be made by car on the highway.
Ji Ming remembered that Tang Li was currently still at Lishan Film and Television City.
Therefore, with such arrangements made by Mr. Song, whether there were any hidden agendas, Ji Ming was not in a position to comment.
On the way to Lishan, as they passed the service station on the highway and with about an hour’s drive left to Lishan, Song Baiyan suddenly seemed to have a whimsical idea. He switched to a Chevrolet Suburban, still having the Special Agent drive, while Ji Ming was left in the President’s car.
Because they left three hours early, they reached Lishan before 2 p.m.
At the off-ramp of the highway, there was a rearrangement of the convoy.
Lishan Film and Television City is located in an ecological tourist area of a certain county in Lishan City, covering thousands of acres. Also, due to its remote geography and inconvenient transport, as well as less developed hotel and entertainment facilities than the city center, the residents in this area are few and far between, mostly either extras or those doing business near the film and television city.
Walking on the road, apart from tourists and actors, one hardly encounters local people.
Tang Li had several scenes to shoot that day, and she got her makeup done early to wait on set. One scene involved a long take with seven or eight actors, and it was difficult to get it right in one go. By the time it was finally done, it was around three in the afternoon; not just the actors but also the crew were delayed for lunch.
Yu Sui stood by, and as soon as Tang Li finished her scene, she hurried over with water and a fan.
Tang Li was wearing a heavy palace costume, her undershirt already soaked with sweat. She had just had a few sips of water when the crew members began to distribute boxed lunches. Seeing that Yu Sui’s hands were full, Tang Li handed her the water glass and went to collect boxed lunches for both of them.
Having gotten the boxed lunches, Tang Li led Yu Sui to a shaded area.
In a quiet corner not far away, Song Baiyan stood with his hands behind his back under the corridor, watching Tang Li sit on a small stool. As the weather was hot, she lifted her skirt high, revealing denim shorts underneath so as to avoid exposure.
Her assistant had already opened a disposable foam box.
The food provided by the crew was simple, including shredded potatoes and a box of broccoli stir-fried with pork.
Tang Li broke apart her chopsticks and chose a box of white rice to start eating.
Yuan Qin stood behind Song Baiyan.
He thought that Mr. Song would ask him to call Miss Tang.
However, Song Baiyan came quietly and left quietly, as if his appearance at the film and television city was just to see how Tang Li ate her meal while sitting on a stool.
That evening, when Tang Li returned to the hotel, she found a message on her cellphone.
—It was sent by Song Baiyan two hours earlier.
In the message, Song Baiyan reminded her to pay attention to her diet while filming.
"Even if the shooting schedule is tight, there will still be time for meals."
Tang Li looked at the message and thought of her own "wolfish" lunch. She was in a hurry to go to the bathroom, so she had eaten quickly. Chapters first released on novel·fire.net