Chapter 401: Chapter 401: Forced to End Shooting Chapter 401: Chapter 401: Forced to End Shooting The loudspeaker’s voice echoed throughout Little Island, “King of Film Xu has been captured!”
Gu Yixing and Cheng Lu fled in disarray, with the sounds of pursuit close behind them.
Cheng Lu, her hair a mess and tears in her eyes, gasped heavily, “He was captured because he tried to save me!”
The three were spotted and desperately ran. Cheng Lu, lagging behind, almost got caught, but King of Film Xu, doubling back, pushed her forward and blocked the people chasing them.
King of Film Xu could only buy them a brief moment as four pursued him, and eventually two of them carried him off.
Gu Yixing looked back at the two quickly catching up, his expression darkening, “Let’s split up and run!”
Cheng Lu, exhausted and sweating, wiped her sweat, “I really can’t run anymore; I’ll hold them back to buy you some time.”
Gu Yixing disagreed, shaking his head, “If we split up, they might too. I can handle one of them; after dealing with him, I’ll come to save you!”
Cheng Lu took a deep breath, and with a bitter smile said, “I’m afraid I might be captured before you can get to me.”
“So you need to try and hold on!”
No sooner had the words left his mouth than Gu Yixing turned and ran left.
Cheng Lu, though her legs felt weak and powerless, gritted her teeth and mustered all her strength to run forward.
Her legs felt like they were filled with lead, making each step a struggle for breath, as the footsteps behind her grew louder, and Cheng Lu’s expression grew desperate.
Suddenly, she tripped!
Cheng Lu was tripped by something and fell to the ground.
She thought, “It’s over! That person must have caught up. I won’t wait for Gu Yixing to rescue me!”
Yet, no one came forward to grab her, and she looked up in confusion.
Her pursuer was a guest previously invited by Pastoral Life, a third-tier actress famous for her action scenes.
At that moment, the actress, with some martial arts background, looked pale as paper, her hand over her mouth, her expression one of terror.
Cheng Lu, puzzled, followed the actress’s gaze and saw the culprit who tripped her–a skeleton!
Cheng Lu’s scream reached a piercing decibel and broke at its peak.
The two women, enemies just moments ago, completely forgot their opposition and clung to each other, trembling.
Cheng Lu, “Maybe the show crew wanted to scare us, maybe it’s just a prop…”
The actress, “I… am sure that’s a real skeleton.”
Cheng Lu, “Don’t scare me…”
The actress, her voice trembling, “Before I entered the entertainment industry, I wanted to be a doctor…”
Cheng Lu, “Shh! Don’t talk!”
Cheng Lu covered her ears with both hands, not wanting to listen at all.
Hearing their screams, the director asked, “What happened?”
The camera operator zoomed in, squinted carefully, and finally fixed the lens on a skeleton.
The camera operator, trembling, “Look for yourself!”
“Why are you stuttering?” the director asked, puzzled, then leaned in for a closer look and immediately felt unwell. He questioned the Props Team, “Why would you prepare something to scare them? What if something serious happens?”
The innocent Props Team member shook his head frantically, “No, not us!”
“No! You did,” the director at the moment only hoped it was a prank by some crew member who deliberately placed the prop.
Camera operator, “It’s all over!”
“Shut up! If you’re stuttering, don’t talk!” the director barked.
The shoot was abruptly ended, and the director sullenly said, “It looks episode can’t be aired.”
Little Taotie, held by Teacher Beibei, came to the crew’s resting area, where everyone gathered.
Little Taotie, tilting his head, asked in confusion, “Why can’t it be aired?”
Cheng Lu, trembling, “Something terrible happened on the island…”
She immediately cut off her words, realizing that Little Taotie was asking, not wanting to expose him to something so horrific, she shook her head, “It’s nothing, dear, don’t ask.”