Before the filming started again, Chen Yue took advantage of the gap and hastily brought a cup of warm tea to Siyu. Siyu sipped half of the tea and finally felt her body warming up a bit.
“Siyu-jie, how about I go talk to Director Jiang to let you rest for a while…..” Chen Yue was very worried.
Siyu shook her head, “Don’t. We just began shooting, it’s only been this amount of time and I’m already asking for a break. It’s improper. Furthermore, even if I take a break, I have to go back into the water later. I might as well finish the shooting at once.”
Chen Yue had no choice but to oblige. However, as a loyal fan-girl, she was really worried about Siyu’s health. Hence, she stood on the corner and secretly opened her phone camera to record the two people by the pond.
This time, Xu Qingwan finished her lines as usual. Then, the topic shifted, she suddenly turned to Siyu and said, “I’ve been lecturing you for half a day and you don’t have any reaction at all?”
This line wasn’t in the script, so Siyu was taken aback. However, the director hadn’t shouted ‘cut’, so the scene had to continue. Therefore, she stayed silent according to Yunhe’s personality.
Xu Qingwan looked at her and sneered, “Even clay figurines would have a temper. But you, you have the same father as us, yet you are so weak and incompetent! You’re simply a stain on the royal bloodline!”
Saying so, Xu Qingwan suddenly squatted down and pressed Siyu’s shoulder. She pressed her down fiercely into the water, “Since that is so, why should you continue to stay in this world?!”
“！！” Siyu really had never expected that Xu Qingwan would use this move. Her body was more fragile than the average woman. She was really pushed into the water by Xu Qingwan while her guard was down. Fortunately, Xu Qingwan seemed to still remember that they were filming. After Siyu sank into the water for two seconds, she immediately pulled her out of the water.
Xu Qingwan’s movement had been too fast. Before everyone else could react, she had let go of Siyu’s shoulders. Director Liang opened his mouth, he didn’t know whether to call for them to stop the scene or not. It seemed that Xu Qingwan was still aware of the proper limits. Moreover, due to the current high tension between the two people, he didn’t want to miss these shots……
While the director hesitated, Xu Qingwan had already continued.
“Look at yourself——” She looked contemptuously at Siyu’s sorry figure as she gasped for breath. She arrogantly raised her chin, returning to original lines, “If you lose your title of a princess, someone like you will surely be a slave or a servant!”
Siyu calmed her breathing down with great difficulties. She raised her head and caught a glimpse of the ridicule that flashed through Xu Qingwan’s eyes. She instantly realized: This person, she did it on purpose. She intentionally made her choke on water. Perhaps even her prior act of forgetting her line had also been on purpose
After she figured things out, her anger immediately rose up. Siyu didn’t understand, where did she offend Xu Qingwan that even during the shooting she had to intentionally make her suffer?
The scene was still in progress. It didn’t end until the Director yelled, ‘Cut!’ Siyu closed her eyes, her gaze darkening.
Since Xu Qingwan wanted to use this scene to bring out the innate qualities of her character, fine, she didn’t need to be courteous anymore. She’d pay her back!
Siyu pondered over Yunhe’s character design. She was the proudest princess. When the country fell and her kin died, she was abandoned by her own family. However, even when she was in dire straits, she kept her bottom line and refused to sell her life for the thieves. Finally, she died for her country. How could such a person truly be a coward and incompetent? She merely didn’t want to strive for anything. Being unwilling to strive for something didn’t mean that she couldn’t if she wanted to. Those who endure everything silently will always erupt in the end——
Xu Qingwan waited, attentive but also at ease as she waited to see how Siyu would continue to act. Since the director didn’t call for them to stop, that means that he had acknowledged her acting decision If Siyu couldn’t continue….. then the fault would certainly fall onto her.
Yet, at this moment, she suddenly saw Siyu raise her head and wipe the water on her face. The ice-cold expression in her black eyes made Xu Qingwan dumbfounded. When she looked again, those eyes returned to their lifeless appearance, as if it had been an illusion.
“Yunmeng.” Siyu suddenly opened her mouth and Xu Qingwan responded subconsciously. Then, she felt a pull from her ankles. She was standing by the pond where the ground was wet and slippery. Thus, she lost her balance and immediately fell into the water!
“Ah——” Xu Qingwan flailed around, wanting to grab something to keep her balance. But she grabbed nothing but air. Her entire body fell into the water. When her legs took a firm stand on the bottom of the pond, she turned around with anger to see that Siyu had already climbed up during the time she fell in.
Siyu was completely drenched. From head to toe, she made for a sorry sight. Her health wasn’t good. Having touched water, her whole figure was shivering. Her complexion was extremely pale. Nevertheless, she did her best to straighten her back.
She had never tried to be so audacious, dragging her beloved sister into the water and even climbing up to the edge first…… She had always been bullied and had never done such things. To the extent that when those people saw her head bowed, they immediately thought that her backbone was also curved.
Now, the position of the two people had swapped. Siyu welcomed Xu Qingwan’s irate gaze. She recalled Yunhe’s state of mind, her pride had always been hidden in the shadows.
In this split second, Siyu seemed to feel a trace of pride that belonged to the princess who died for her country. Using her usual mild-mannered tone, she softly spoke to Xu Qingwan who was in the water, “If the princesses are all like you, younger sister. What harm is there in being a slave or a servant?”