Chapter 54: Safety Accident, Drowning (Please Favorite, Please Recommend)

"Ah, it's wobbling so much..." Qiu Chixuan sat in the sampan, looking at the deep, emerald river water, trembling.

This must be very deep!

The river breeze blew, stirring up ripples, and the sampan swayed from side to side.

Qiu Chixuan shivered; she felt no sense of security, feeling as if this thing could flip at any moment.

Although she had several floats tied to her waist, she still felt no sense of security.

"Are you ready?" Director Lin's voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"Ready," Qi Hui replied in a deep voice.

"Ah? I... this..." Qiu Chixuan glanced at Qi Hui, then looked at the safety officer on a speedboat in the distance, poised and ready.

"Um... I'm ready too."

"Good, cameramen ready, actors ready!" Director Lin shouted: "3, 2, 1, action!"

At the command, filming continued!

The sampan swayed violently, and in her panic, Lin Pinru suddenly stood up:

"Ah, ah... ah!"

"Don't stand up!" Hong Shixian's expression changed drastically, and he shouted: "This thing is unbalanced, don't stand up, it's very dangerous."

"Sit down quickly!"

Before the words had faded, the sampan lurched to the side, and Lin Pinru fell into the water with a "splash."

"Shixian, Shixian... I..." Lin Pinru stretched out her hands, splashing with her hands and feet, straining her neck to scream with all her might.

She wasn't acting; she really couldn't swim. If it weren't for the few floats on her waist, she might have really sunk straight to the bottom.

A person truly drowning wouldn't be shouting like this at all.

"Pinru!" Hong Shixian leaned over the edge, shouting with concern: "Pinru, Pinru!"

He stretched out his hand with all his might, trying to grab Lin Pinru in the water, but found he couldn't reach her at all.

"Hold on, I'm coming to save you!" Hong Shixian shouted immediately, leaping into the water without hesitation, "striving" to swim toward Lin Pinru.

However, as soon as he entered the water, he found he couldn't locate Lin Pinru at all.

The shimmering water surface, combined with the waves stirred by the river breeze, made it impossible for him to determine her position.

Soon, the distance between the two grew further and further.

"Very good! Cut!" Director Lin's voice sounded in the earpiece.

Qi Hui perked up, spotted the right moment, swam toward Qiu Chixuan, and grabbed her in a hug.

To be honest, it didn't feel very good; it was quite bony.

Qiu Chixuan looked terrified, holding onto Qi Hui for dear life, her fingers gripping his clothes tightly.

She looked like she would never let go even if she died.

"Alright... it's okay, pfft... don't be nervous," Qi Hui comforted her repeatedly.

But Qiu Chixuan couldn't hear a word; she still gripped his clothes tightly, and under the water, her two legs were wrapped directly around Qi Hui's waist.

Qi Hui: "..."

Quite heavy!

In the director's tent, Lei Jiayin held binoculars, watching the busy crew from afar.

Just as Qi Hui was speechless, the speedboat arrived.

The safety officers pulled the two up and handed them towels and dry clothes.

Inside the director's tent, Director Lin touched his chin while looking at the footage just captured; it was very good, but... he felt it could be better.

Should they do another take?

Turning his head, he saw Qiu Chixuan return, her face somewhat pale.

Better forget it... Director Lin quickly dismissed the thought.

"Qi Hui, change your clothes, get ready for the next scene," Director Lin called out: "Caihua, is your makeup done?"

Just now, Li Caihua also had two shots, but they were filmed on the shore.

"Done," Li Caihua called out. The makeup on her face was somewhat pale, giving her the appearance of someone terminally ill.

She looked nothing like the exquisite and arrogant urban beauty she usually was.

In the plot, she had cancer and was dying, so it was normal to look like this.

On the other side, Chi Shuai was fussing over the newly changed Qiu Chixuan, making Tu Liman and the others roll their eyes.

Are foreign women really that great?

Director Lin looked at Li Caihua's makeup and expression, nodding with satisfaction: "Good, just like this."

"Director, I'm ready too," Qi Hui walked out; he had already dried his hair and changed his clothes.

The hairstylist gave him a different hairstyle from the previous scene so that they could represent a different time and space.

"Good, get ready to shoot," Director Lin nodded and urged: "Be careful."

He didn't stand by in full alert like the previous scene; that was only because Qiu Chixuan couldn't swim.

But for this scene, both Qi Hui and Li Caihua could swim.

Moreover, unlike the previous scene in the deep water in the middle of the river, this scene was on the shallow shore.

The shore was so shallow that the speedboat could potentially run aground, so there was no need to worry.

However, even so, preparations still had to be made.

"Director, actors in position, cameramen in position, everything is ready."

The voice sounded in the walkie-talkie.

"Very good," Director Lin shouted: "3, 2, 1, action!"

Li Caihua, playing Aili, paced slowly along the shore, walking leisurely along the long riverbank.

The cameraman first took a long shot, then another cameraman followed, the lens gradually zooming in.

Finally, a close-up of Aili's upper body.

At this moment, Aili's face was deathly pale, her lips bloodless.

Her hair was tied up casually, and her once-exquisite clothing had become dowdy and old.

The former urban beauty was lifeless, with sadness and dead silence permeating her face.

"Very good," Director Lin shouted: "Cameraman follow, low-angle close-up."

"Caihua, walk toward the water, get ready to go in."

Li Caihua maintained the deathly emotion on her face and walked slowly to the shore; the rippling river water soaked her pant legs.

In the director's tent, Director Lin breathed a sigh of relief. It looked good; it should be a one-take pass just like the last scene... this was a sure win!

In the lens, tears welled up in Aili's eyes, a look of relief and helplessness appeared on her face, and then she slowly walked into the water.

Gradually, the river water submerged her ankles, her knees, and finally reached her hips.

"Qi Hui, it's your turn, go!" Director Lin shouted into the walkie-talkie.

Qi Hui, who had been ready, showed an anxious expression, panting as he shouted loudly:

"Aili—!"

"Don't!"

Facing Hong Shixian's shouts, Aili only paused for a moment, then continued to walk firmly into the depths.

"Aili! Aili!" Qi Hui ran over frantically, taking off his top as he went.

He had to; Qiu Chixuan had been gripping his clothes earlier, hurting him, so it was better to take them off.

"Huh?"

Inside the director's tent, Director Lin looked at Qi Hui throwing away his clothes and subconsciously picked up the walkie-talkie to call for a stop.

This wasn't in the script.

But he stopped with the walkie-talkie at his lips; taking off clothes to enter the water was, in itself, a rescue action.

Moreover, Qi Hui's anxious expression and running movements conveyed that sense of urgency and desperation to save someone.

It wasn't a mistake, and it even added a nice touch... Thinking of this, Director Lin put down the walkie-talkie.

"Damn... this kid Qi Hui actually has a really good physique!" Lei Jiayin said, looking shocked as he held the binoculars.

This kid usually looked thin in his clothes, not even as sturdy as him.

But once he took his clothes off, those six-pack abs and the well-defined pectoral muscles made him grind his teeth in envy.

"Really? Quick, quick, let me see!" Tu Liman said excitedly, calling out repeatedly.

In the river, the acting between Qi Hui and Li Caihua continued:

"Aili!" Hong Shixian grabbed her.

Aili struggled continuously: "Go back, Shang'en still needs you to take care of him, go!"

"I won't let you die!" Hong Shixian shouted: "Last time I didn't save Pinru, didn't save my child, this time no matter what, I won't let go, and I won't let anything happen to you!"

The two struggled, but their feet went soft, and they fell into the water.

Waves crashed over them, and the two drifted toward the deeper water further away.

"Aili, I'm here to save you!"

"Let go, let go!"

"Give me your hand... I'm going to save you and get you up."

"Go away..."

A man and a woman struggled and pulled at each other incessantly, drifting further and further toward the center of the river.

In the end, the two vanished into the river waves.

Director Lin watched the footage on the monitor and nodded with satisfaction; that was about enough.

"Very good, cut!" he pressed the intercom and called out.

Hearing this, Qi Hui let go of Li Caihua in the water, turned his body, and swam toward the shore using the freestyle stroke:

"Let's go, we're done filming."

He didn't pay attention to Li Caihua; this woman was a nuisance if one got too involved with her.

Besides, she knew how to swim, so there was no need to worry.

Soon, Qi Hui’s feet touched the riverbed, the water reaching his knees; there was no need to swim anymore.

But suddenly, Qi Hui realized something was wrong—where was Li Caihua!?

Turning his head, he saw two slender arms raised above the river surface in the distance, with no sound coming from her.

But white waves were churning constantly in that spot.

"Damn it!" Qi Hui exclaimed: "Something's wrong!"

"Director, something's wrong!"

After shouting this, Qi Hui tossed the intercom aside, dove headfirst into the water, and swam frantically toward Li Caihua’s direction.

The good swimmer drowns—the ancients truly did not deceive me!

Inside the director's tent, Director Lin shuddered: "Quick, get the kayak to save her!"