Chapter 63: Two assistants dropped from the sky

"No need, Sister Ren Jia. I'll go find ice cubes to ice it myself in a while."

Xu Zishan was terrified. Ren Jia was a big star, yet she was so friendly to her and even took the initiative to get an ice pack for her to ice her face.

Her behavior seemed to be refusing, but she was actually happy and triumphant inside.

Ren Jia smiled and said: "It's okay, I happen to have ready-made ones here. It's just a matter of convenience, don't be polite."

A look of a good senior made both Shen Li and Xu Zishan have a much better impression of her.

Little did they know that after turning around, the smile on Ren Jia's face was instantly torn off like a mask, and the corners of her mouth curled up with disdain.

After getting the ice pack, Xu Zishan also knew that the top priority was to ice her face, so she snorted at Shen Li and turned to leave.

Shen Li's expression was faint, and she returned to her dressing room.

Wen Xuan was not there at this time, so she went straight to the small refrigerator and took a bottle of water to drink.

The cold water temperature instantly dispelled the heat around her, making her feel much more comfortable.

At this time, the door of the dressing room was knocked. Shen Li said "Please come in," and her gaze looked over with suspicion.

The door was pushed open, and she saw a staff member with a work badge poke his head in first, and two young people followed behind him.

A man and a woman, both looked young.

"Teacher Shen Li?"

The man's opening sentence startled Shen Li. She hurriedly waved her hand: "Don't call me that, just call me by my name."

She didn't have a single official work yet, so she couldn't afford the title of "Teacher."

The man nodded with a smile and introduced himself: "I am the person in charge of the publicity department of 'Jin Xiao', my name is Di Dong."

"Teacher Di Dong, hello. May I ask if you have anything to find me?" Shen Li asked politely.

"Jin Xiao Entertainment Culture Co., Ltd." was the producer of this play. Di Dong was instructed by the boss Lu Jinzhao to send assistants to Shen Li.

"It's like this, Shen Li. We considered that you don't have a company or a team yet, right? So in order for you to be able to fully invest in the filming in the crew, we have arranged two temporary assistants for you."

Di Dong said, turning to the side. The man and woman took a step forward. The boy took the initiative to say: "Teacher Shen Li, hello, I am your life assistant Apan."

The girl followed closely: "Teacher Shen Li, I am your personal assistant Xiaoyun

Shen Li was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and she quickly said, "Don't, don't call me that. I should be younger than both of you; you can just call me A-Li."

She then turned to look at Di Dong, appearing somewhat troubled as she politely declined: "Teacher Di Dong, I'm a newcomer. It makes no sense for me to have two assistants. I can manage on my own, really, there's no need to trouble everyone."

"A-Li, it's true that you're a newcomer, but you're one of the leads. Things on set are very complicated. Having assistants can help you solve many problems, and you can focus more on your work. These were all arranged by our company for you; you don't need to spend any money."

Shen Li was caught between laughter and tears: "It's not about the money. If you won't let me pay, I can't keep them even more."

Wouldn't that be like getting a free ride?

Di Dong only said: "Don't be in such a rush to refuse. You might not feel it since you just joined the crew today. Once you keep them by your side for two or three days, you'll know the benefits of having assistants."

Before Shen Li could refuse again, Di Dong hurriedly added: "If you still feel it's unnecessary after three days, I'll help you apply to the company to have them leave then. That's fair, right?"

Since the other party had put it this way, it was truly hard to refuse such kindness. If she were to decline again, she would seem a bit heartless.

Shen Li had no choice but to nod gently: "Then I'm really troubling everyone, I feel quite embarrassed."

Di Dong kept saying "it's only right," and before leaving, he didn't forget to give A-Pan and Xiao Yun a look that said "be sharp" before pushing the door open and leaving.

Suddenly left alone in the room with two complete strangers, Shen Li blinked, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Who would have thought that before she could even feel awkward, Xiao Yun started moving first. She saw her quickly notice the water Shen Li had left on the table after drinking half of it, stepped forward to touch it, and shook her head while whispering: "A-Li, this is too cold. Try not to drink water this cold; if it irritates your stomach, you'll definitely get diarrhea."

Shen Li nodded blankly: "Oh, okay."

Xiao Yun then found the air conditioning remote in the dressing room, turned on the ventilation mode, adjusted the temperature to 24 degrees, and set the fan to a gentle setting.

A-Pan, on the other hand, directly put down the backpack he was carrying, and then, under Shen Li's stunned gaze, pulled out a series of unbelievable items from it: a sun umbrella, a handheld fan, a folding chair, a medicine kit, an electric mosquito swatter, and more.

There was even a healthy diet cookbook inside.

It left Shen Li completely dumbfounded.

In the evening, upon hearing the news that Shen Ci had returned, the aunt's family of four came over collectively.

Shen Jingjing and her younger sister Shen Yingying worked together in the kitchen to prepare a table full of dishes. The knot between the older sister and her niece had been untied, and as a younger sister and aunt, Shen Yingying was genuinely happy from the bottom of her heart.

"A-Ci, it's been a long time since you've had your aunt's beer-braised duck, right? Eat more today." Shen Yingying placed a large duck leg into Shen Ci's bowl, her eyes reddening as soon as she spoke.

Shen Ci smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Aunt. I've been craving this for a long time. The beer-braised duck at many big hotels in Longcheng isn't as delicious as yours."

Uncle He Bin saw this and said happily: "Not waiting for Xingxing?"

Shen Jingjing smiled and shook her head upon hearing this: "Not waiting for him. He gets out of evening self-study late, and after school, he still has to go to the internet cafe to play games for a while. Let's just eat."

Hearing this, cousin He Guangrong looked at his mother and said: "Mom, look, my eldest aunt doesn't even care about my brother Xingxing playing games."

Shen Yingying glared at her son upon hearing this: "What are your brother Xingxing's grades? What are yours? Your scores on the school entrance mock exam aren't even as high as your father's blood pressure. If I scattered rice on the test paper, a chicken would do better than you. You still want to compare yourself to your brother Xingxing?"

He Guangrong curled his lips upon hearing this, but he knew he couldn't compare to his brother Xingxing.

Whenever Shen Yingying mentioned her son's grades, she felt worried. She looked at her sister helplessly and said: "Sister, tell me what I should do. Neither of the two children gives me any peace of mind."

"Sui Sui's grades have been bad since she was little. Getting into a junior college was just barely scraping by. Fortunately, she inherited her father's height. After graduating from the flight attendant major, being a flight attendant is considered quite decent."

"What about Guangrong? He only grows in height but not in brains. He can't be a flight attendant in the future, can he? He Bin and I worry every day, not knowing what he can learn if he can't get into college."

He Sui, who was focused on eating, said: "Being a flight attendant just sounds decent; to put it plainly, it's just a waiter in the sky."

"As long as you know that." Shen Yingying looked at her daughter with annoyance: "If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll be serving soda when you're older. Isn't it because you didn't strive for better?"