Empress Dowager's Inspection Tour (Second Watch)

  Mei Yu slowly put down her chopsticks and asked casually, "Isn't there still Cheng Wan? Didn't she perform well?"

  Han Jiali swallowed the food in her mouth and leaned in close to Mei Yu, glancing around cautiously before lowering her voice to say: "I'm telling you, don't go spreading it around, but everyone on set knows she's got a thing going on with the director, just look at how clingy they are."

  Mei Yu raised her head and forced a smile, asking: "Didn't she just win the Golden Phoenix Award for Best Supporting Actress?"

  Han Jiali spat out the bean sprout she had just eaten, her chopsticks pointing and gesturing as her voice involuntarily rose: "With her acting skills, I've acted better than her. She's the one who says NO the most on set, and everyone has to put on a smiling face waiting for her to finish work. Who knows how she got that Golden Phoenix award, I heard it was originally supposed to go to Yu Mei."

  Plum rain could only smile wryly, she used to be too focused on acting, so much so that she neglected a lot of things. Unexpectedly, even a small supporting actor saw more clearly than her. Maybe, she had looked down on herself too much.

  Plum rain patted and pulled two mouthfuls of rice, put down the empty bowl in her hand, took a look at the remaining bean sprouts and meat shreds on the plate, hesitated for a moment, and also put down the chopsticks.

  She used to have a very serious stomach problem, which was caused by not paying attention to her diet. The irregular working hours on set and the lack of regular meals made it impossible for her to survive without eating something at 2 or 3 am after filming all night.

  Han Jiali saw Mei Yu finish eating and quickly cleaned up the dishes, standing up naturally to collect the bowls and chopsticks. Mei Yu belatedly stood up, but before she could even touch the rice bowl, Han Jiali had already gathered all the bowls and chopsticks together.

  Mei Yu awkwardly smiled and stretched out her hand to grab the rice bowl from Han Jiali, saying "You've already cooked, let me do the dishes."

  Han Jiali stepped aside and commanded unequivocally: "I'll do it, don't interfere, you go get a rag and wipe the table clean."

  Plum Rain saw her resolute attitude, and it was pointless to persuade her back and forth. Listening to her, she found a rag from the windowsill, wiped it clean, and then wiped the small square table. After that, she put the table away, as the room was too small, and the table was usually placed behind the door when not in use to save space.

  After the rain stopped, she ran outside to the sink and saw Han Jiali washing dishes. Han Jiali had soap suds all over her hands and smiled at her saying: "You can just rest in the house, going out for a day is quite tiring."

  Mei Yu smiled slightly and didn't answer. She took a cloth and wiped the bowl that Han Jiali had just washed again.

  She stacked all the clean bowls and chopsticks into the washed pot, Han Jiali lifted the pot up and cheered: "Let's go, let's go home."

  Mei Yu held the rag and detergent, gazing at Han Jiali's lively back, a warm current slowly flowed from the bottom of her heart. Mei Yu silently repeated in her mind, "Going home, it's really great."

  Two people returned to the small cottage, Han Jiali put away her things and carelessly pounced onto her pink little bed, grabbed the teddy bear on the bed, and affectionately hugged it in her arms for a while.

  Mei Yu Xiao looked at her childish appearance, turned around, and with his back to Han Jia Li, changed into the T-shirt and seven-minute pants he bought in the afternoon. He would hurry up and wash Han Jia Li's clothes clean and return them to her later.

  The house is small, nothing at all, anyway, everyone is a woman. In fact, when filming, it's often like this, especially when shooting outdoors, setting up a temporary dressing room in the wild, and all the actors go in and out of this simple shed, can't let a group of people wait for you to change clothes.

  Only big-name actors will bring their own trailer, usually changing clothes in the car, other actors don't have this treatment.

  Han Jiali looked at Mei Yu's beautiful back curve, suddenly jumped up from the bed, turned out a backless dress, and threw it on Mei Yu, laughing loudly: "Put on this dress, tonight we'll go to Qin Rong's place for HAPPY."

  Mei Yu turned around, grabbed the skirt that had fallen on her body, covered her chest with it, and looked at him in astonishment: "Where are you going? What are you doing?"

  Han Jiali bounced over to Meiyu, snatched the skirt from her impatiently, and put it on Meiyu with a flourish, declaring triumphantly: "Of course it's to celebrate your failed audition!"

  Mei Yu's mouth was agape, staring blankly at Han Jiali. Han Jiali was amused by Mei Yu's silly expression and carefully tied the two straps of her purple floral skirt to Mei Yu's neck from behind, chuckling and saying: "This is how Qin Rong and I encourage each other. Being rejected isn't our fault, it's just that we're too excellent and made the other person feel inferior. In the future, they'll definitely regret rejecting a heavenly queen like us, haha!"

  Han Jia Li's outburst completely dispelled the gloom that had been brought by the audition from Mei Yu's heart. Her spirit was momentarily stunned, as if a long time ago, everyone had also encouraged each other, but as the road went further and further, fewer and fewer people persisted, and when she was left alone, she almost forgot what it felt like to have companions.

  Mei Yu sat quietly on the bed, propping up her cheek with one hand, watching Han Jiali put on another ultra-short skirt. It was a black versatile A-line skirt, over which she wore a loose-fitting black camisole with a row of round shiny sequins underneath, giving off a very dance-party feel.

  Han Jiali put on her clothes, sat down at the head of the bed, took out a makeup bag, picked up a small mirror, wiped it clean, then tied up her hair high and fixed it with a hairpin. Finally, she took out a pair of three-inch high heels and said with a smile: "Hehe, you're taller than me, to avoid being a maid's fate, I had to be a bit clever."

  Mei Yu smiled and responded, Han Jiali came over, pulled Mei Yu up and down to take a look, took out a lip gloss from her makeup bag, first wiped the top of her head with a tissue, carefully applied it to Mei Yu's lips, after applying it, Han Jiali stepped back, looked at Mei Yu left and right, nodded in satisfaction: "You're fair-skinned, putting on some lip gloss really brings out your color."

  Plum Rain picked up the mirror from her bed, and in it was reflected a stunning beauty with lips as red as fire, her snow-white face and bright red lips forming a striking contrast, her raven hair scattered over her shoulders, like a medieval vampire queen.

  Han Jiali crawled under Qin Yong's bed, pulled out a pair of silver-buckled sandals with thin heels, and carelessly threw them at Mei Yu's feet, saying with a smirk: "She treasures this pair of shoes so much, take advantage of her not being here to try them on, haha."

  Mei Yu smiled and put on the sandals, the silver straps extending all the way to her calves, perfectly outlining her slender ankles. She was very satisfied with herself as she tapped her feet, Han Jiali's taste was indeed good, she had already gained some understanding of Han Jiali's personality, this was a lively girl who liked to joke around, but wouldn't lose sight of what was appropriate when it came to getting things done.

  Two people collected the goods, Han Jiali raised her hands and exaggeratedly twisted her hips, shouting: "The Queen of Night is about to go on patrol, handsome guys, you can crawl out from the dark alleys now."