Chapter 60.2

Xia Shutong’s right hand was held by Yun Feiwu. Her left pinky, hanging by her side, slowly curled up. It felt as though even the air in the room had solidified.

If they were alone, Xia Shutong wouldn’t have been nervous. However, the problem was that she was still wearing her wedding dress, which was covered with a red veil. When Yun Feiwu came to hold her hand earlier, she guessed what Yun Feiwu was going to do.

As expected, a few seconds later, Yun Feiwu slowly stood up, walked to her front, and leaned over to lift the veil.

The first thing Xia Shutong saw were Yun Feiwu’s light pink lips—made lighter to play the role of a maid. Immediately after, she saw those deep, affectionate grey eyes.

Xia Shutong’s heart skipped a beat.

It felt as though she had really married Yun Feiwu, and that they were about to have their wedding night.

“Miss Ke,” Yun Feiwu, with playful eyes full of emotion, asked, “Will you elope with me?”

Xia Shutong subconsciously wanted to nod. Her chin even moved, but upon seeing the smile in Yun Feiwu’s eyes, she immediately backed away on the bed and shook her head, saying, “No.”

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Yun Feiwu quickly adjusted her demeanor and asked again, “How could that Young Master Li ever compare to me?”

Xia Shutong looked at her, puzzled. Was she improvising her dialogue?

Nevertheless, she nodded earnestly. “You’re right. He isn’t as beautiful as you, not as gentle, and she’s not as kind to me. He can’t compare to you in any way.”

Having said that, she looked straight into Yun Feiwu’s eyes, moved slightly forward, and gently kissed her lips. Immediately, she pulled back.

The wolf pup was startled for a moment, her ears turning red.

Xia Shutong nodded in satisfaction, gently patting her head. Then, she took Yun Feiwu’s hand. “Maomao, let’s go watch them film.”

When dealing with the wolf pup, you need to take the initiative, but you can’t be too flirtatious. If you flirt too much, Yun Feiwu, despite her embarrassment, will flirt back. If you don’t flirt, you’re practically throwing yourself into the wolf’s mouth.

The best strategy is to flirt lightly, then quickly retreat, always leaving the wolf pup stunned.

As expected, Yun Feiwu didn’t object at all, obediently and cleverly following Xia Shutong out of the room.

They arrived at the front hall after just a few steps.

The banquet was bustling with activity.

Li Wan had a weak heart from childhood. Any strenuous exercise or emotional excitement would cause him pain. However, he had grown accustomed to it. He took the medicine prescribed by the village doctor regularly.

Normally, Li Wan followed the doctor’s advice, maintaining a strict diet. He never drank alcohol or ate meat. But today was his wedding day. He was excited and wanted to celebrate. Moreover, his relatives and friends who had raised him had all come. He couldn’t let them down. So, Li Wan toasted from table to table. By the end of the banquet, he was so drunk that he could barely stand.

After dinner, the village elders helped him to his room.

“Little Wan, we’ll leave you here,” they said.

After the elders left, Li Wan reached his room. However, he didn’t rush in. Instead, he hesitated for a moment at the entrance.

The corresponding scene here features Ke Yu anxiously waiting in her room. A shadow flashes briefly past the door, yet it hesitates to proceed. Xia Shutong has successfully filmed this scene.

Li Wan hesitates for a long time but ultimately, he did not enter. He is drunk and his heart is uncomfortable, beating rapidly. Thus, he decides to go outside to sober up. Once his emotions stabilize, he plans to meet his wife, to avoid her disdain.

Thus, Li Wan, staggering with his unsteady body, takes step after step towards the outside.

“Good! Cut!” exclaims the director. That part has been successfully filmed.

Director Hua Zinan waves her hand, “Everyone take a break. Makeup artists, please get ready.”

The next scene to be shot is when Ke Yu discovers Li Wan’s body in the pigpen. The makeup artist is currently preparing the actor who plays Li Wan, giving him a ghastly, corpse-like look. This will take a while.

“President Xia, Xiao Yun,” Director Hua Zinan approached Xia Shutong and Yun Feiwu, smiling, “How do you feel today, President Xia?”

“I was a bit unaccustomed at first, but I’m used to it now,” replies Xia Shutong honestly.

“President Xia, your natural talent for acting is indeed strong. It’s a pity if you don’t pursue acting. The next scene might be a bit difficult, as it marks a turning point in Ke Yu’s mentality. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anytime,” Director Hua Zinan say it with a smile, but her gaze inadvertently glances towards Yun Feiwu’s lips.

At the corner of Yun Feiwu’s lips, there was a faint red mark, as if it had been touched by lipstick. However, at this moment, the vibrancy of Xia Shutong’s red lips seemed to have faded slightly.

Director Hua Zinan’s eyes sparkled with a smile and she said, “If there are no issues, I’ll go check how today’s filming turned out. President Xia and Maomao, please feel free to continue your chat.”

In the following scene, Ke Yu, due to her nervousness, had blotched off part of her lipstick. Her lips were naturally lighter in shade, so Director Hua Zinan didn’t feel the need to remind her.

“Maomao?” Xia Shutong asked, hooking Yun Feiwu’s finger with a hint of curiosity in her voice.

“Mm… Director Hua Zinan knows about my nickname,” Yun Feiwu nodded, “Because you were always around me, everyone started calling me that after hearing you. But when you left, only Sister Huang continued to call me ‘Maomao’.”

Xia Shutong had known before leaving that Yun Feiwu, at the age of fourteen, played a minor role in one of Director Hua Zinan’s movies. Xia Ruan was accompanying Yun Feiwu at the time, so she must have met Director Hua Zinan. However, she had only a vague memory of it as their encounters were probably not frequent. After all these years, Director Hua Zinan had likely completely forgotten Xia Ruan.

After a casual chat, Xia Shutong turned her head and noticed the red mark at the corner of Yun Feiwu’s lips.

“Maomao, I…” Xia Shutong started, blinking nervously. She took out a wet tissue from her bag and said, “There’s something at the corner of your mouth. Let me help you wipe it.”

Yun Feiwu softly acknowledged with a hum, obediently closed her eyes, propped herself up with her hands, and tilted her head back to make it easier for Xia Shutong.

Peng An, who was standing nearby, witnessed this scene and couldn’t help but smirk.

— He had joined the crew of “Trajectory” just to watch two beautiful young ladies fall in love, setting aside his other jobs. Now, it seemed that Director Hua Zinan’s casting had indeed been brilliant. Just two days into the shoot, and he had already been swept off his feet by the sweetness of Yun Feiwu and Xia Shutong.

By the time the actor playing Li Wan finished his makeup, it was already completely dark, and the shooting location had been moved to a nearby pigsty.

Upon entering, Xia Shutong immediately smelled an unbearable stench. The other crew members also pinched their noses and started coughing. However, they only needed to endure this for a while. The one most affected was the actor playing Li Wan, who had to lie down in one of the pigsty compartments.

“President Xia, how long Little Wang needs to lie in the pigpen is all up to you,” Director Hua Zinan playfully slapped Xia Shutong’s shoulder before the shooting started.

The filming for today was relatively smooth, although there were a few hiccups along the way. During the retake of Ke Yu’s expression under the veil, Xia Shutong also made a couple of mistakes.

“Hmm,” Xia Shutong nodded seriously. Her eyes calmed for a moment then, she immediately got into character.

“Action!”

As it was very late at night, most of the guests had already left. Only a few scattered people were left sleeping in the hall. The courtyard was quiet, with only the sound of the wind and the occasional crowing of chickens and barking of dogs in the distance.

Li Wan had not yet returned to his room.

Listening to the sounds outside the window, Ke Yu couldn’t sit still any longer. She found her way to the pigpen.

A dim light hung above the pigpen. As soon as she stepped in, several pigs were startled awake. They grunted in discontent, which scared Ke Yu back a few steps. She leaned against the wall, trembling for a while, before she finally took a step into the pigpen.

For some reason, she had a hunch that Li Wan was in the pigpen.

Ke Yu walked slowly along the edge of the pigpen. At one point, a pig nudged her with its snout, causing her to withdraw her hand in fear. She was so terrified that she almost cried, but she managed to remain silent.

Suddenly, Ke Yu noticed a shadow ahead of her – a pair of human legs, hanging upside down from the door of the pigpen.

Ke Yu’s eyes widened slightly. She covered her mouth and slowly approached it.

One step, two steps, three steps…

Until she stood directly opposite the stall.

Ke Yu carefully peeked into the stall, and her eyes met a pair of bloodshot ones. Under the light, the owner of the eyes had a pale, blue-black face, bulging eyes, one hand clutching his heart, and the other lying weakly on the ground. His feet were hanging from the railing.

He looked more like a death-demanding ghost than a human.

“Uh–” Ke Yu fell to the ground, almost screaming out loud.

For several seconds, the pair of legs in front of her didn’t move, and apart from her panting and the grunting of the pigs in the pen, there was no other sound.

Ke Yu stared for a while before carefully getting up, leaning on the railing, and looking again at the “person”.

Or rather, the corpse.

Ke Yu was still quite terrified. However, she somehow mustered the courage to slowly lean on the railing and move closer. Then, under the light, she carefully scrutinized the man.

Ke Yu had encountered Li Wan only a few times, but she recognized him instantly. The demonic corpse in front of her was indeed Li Wan’s.

She had been tricked by her family into marrying into a remote mountainous area. On her first night of marriage, her husband suffered a heart attack and died in the pigsty.

Ke Yu observed closely for a long time.

She had thought she would be terrified and want to flee, but she didn’t. She still clamped a hand over her mouth, however now, she was not holding back a scream.

Instead, she was stifling the uncontrollable laughter that threatened to erupt on her face.

Ke Yu felt something stirring within her.

Ke Yu’s earlier life had been entirely devoid of freedom.

Abandoned by her biological parents at a tender age, she was later adopted by kind-hearted city dwellers, yet treated as an adopted daughter-in-law. Only her sister at home showed her kindness. As she matured, Ke Yu realized that her affections lay not with men, but with her caring sister. Thus, she summoned the courage to declare her feelings.

Yet, in the end, all she received was disdain from her family and odd stares from her town’s residents.

“Ke Yu has no idea how fortunate she is. The Ke family provided for her lavishly, and this is how she repays them. It’s repulsive.”

“The young mistress of the Ke family is truly ill-fated!”

“Tsk tsk, such an ungrateful creature…”

Unable to withstand the abuse and beatings from her family, and the town gossip, Ke Yu ultimately chose to flee. She wanted to escape the home that had brought her so much torment. However, before she left, her beloved sister found her and engaged her in a lengthy conversation, expressing her support.

So, Ke Yu abandoned her plan to escape.

Only when she was tricked into these deep mountains did she finally realize she had been deceived by her sister.

She was betrothed to a mountain butcher, potentially trapped there for life—she would rather die. No, her heart had already succumbed. It had completely perished the moment she donned her wedding dress and bowed to that man.

But now, her husband, Li Wan, had just died of a heart attack in the pigsty!

Unable to control her expression any longer, Ke Yu released the hand that was covering her mouth. She crouched down, gasping for a long while, her face contorted in a terrifyingly ecstatic expression.

Ke Yu had never experienced freedom in her life. Abandoned by her parents in childhood and by her cherished sister as she grew up, she was made a child bride, deceived into the remote mountains. But now, freedom was within her grasp.

Ke Yu’s fingers lightly grazed the pigsty fence, and she couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

Perhaps… this was the divine opportunity she had been granted.

An opportunity to transform her life.