However, Lu Xiangbo continued, “Zitong, I’m really sorry to you. Do you want to go to the hospital?”
The doctor was still disinfecting Xiao Zitong’s last wound. This nation’s first love stared blankly at the crying Lu Xiangbo. Only after a long time did she say a sentence, “The doctor just said there’s no need to go to the hospital…”
Immediately, Lu Xiangbo said in a positive manner, “How can this be okay! Let’s still go to the hospital just to check, in case it’s really a serious injury…”
“Okay, okay! Can you say something more practical?” Director Xu’s voice came from behind, interrupting Lu Xiangbo.
Xiao Zitong suddenly looked towards Director Xu with nervousness, only to see this old man walking towards her and carefully examining her face. After a moment, he said, “It’s okay. This bruise should be able to be completely covered with makeup by next week. Just that the wounds on your arms and knees, being on the joints, might restrict your movement a bit. Xiao Zitong, can you still act? I saw you had trouble standing up just now, and next week…”
“Director Xu! I can still act, there’s no problem with these minor injuries!” Xiao Zitong blurted out.
Director Xu nodded gently, then turned and walked away, giving Lu Xiangbo a stern look on the way. When leaving, he also left Xiao Zitong a sentence, “Then you should rest for three days. Continue filming next week. You rest well for me. If you can’t even handle such minor injuries, don’t bother coming to see me.”
Xiao Zitong was so excited that her eyes were filled with tears, “Okay!”
Five minutes later, Xiao Zitong was helped by her assistant to leave the crew, returning to the hotel to rest.
Lu Xiangbo also left the crew. He took the initiative to offer to carry Xiao Zitong, whose mobility was limited, to the parking lot. Xiao Zitong initially refused, but halfway there, it was indeed too difficult for her to walk like this, her knee wounds hurting with every step she took, and could only reluctantly agree to Lu Xiangbo’s suggestion.
However, this matter couldn’t be resolved with just an apology. Before leaving the set, Lu Xiangbo called his agent and asked him to discuss the matter with Xiao Zitong’s agent.
Ten minutes later, the set returned to its usual calm state. Except for a few staff members who were still sighing softly over the incident, no one was discussing Xiao Zitong’s injury anymore.
After all, the injuries she sustained this time had been really minor.
Being an actor wasn’t easy. When the temperature was more than ten degrees below zero, if you were told to enter into cold water, you had to enter into cold water. Even this was still considered minor. In fact, actors getting injured was quite common. Actors who had never been injured were almost non-existent.
Reportedly, eight years ago, when Wen Xuan was filming a martial arts movie, she suffered a severe injury that almost left her paralyzed. At that time, she was hanging on a wire, and there was suddenly an accident with the wires. When she fell to the ground, her spine was displaced, and she couldn’t stand up. For the next three months, she almost could only sit down. Fortunately, she recovered well afterward. Although her spine was still not in great condition now, normal martial arts scenes were no longer a problem.
Compared to that, Xiao Zitong’s injuries were really nothing to mention. The only thing to note was that she had injured her face. The bruise definitely wouldn’t disfigure her, but she still had to film. If Director Xu decided to breach the contract and replace her because of this, Xiao Zitong would probably hate Lu Xiangbo to death.
“Director Xu is actually quite good. He usually looks quite fierce, but this time, he’s very considerate of Xiao Zitong and Lu Xiangbo.” Luo Xi said as she wiped the sweat off Rong Xu’s face. “If Director Xu really wanted to change the female lead, Xiao Zitong probably wouldn’t forgive Lu Xiangbo.”
Rong Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the ground without saying a word.
Luo Xi continued, “But to be honest, if you hadn’t gotten out of the way, this probably wouldn’t have happened. That ball only reached just above your shoulder. If it had hit you, it would have only hit your shoulder, but after you moved, it hit Xiao Zitong right in the face.”
At her words, Rong Xu looked up and asked, “Xiao Xi-jie, why did Lu Xiangbo hit me earlier?”
Luo Xi looked puzzled, “He hit you? No, Xiao Xu, I saw that after throwing the ball, he also looked very surprised. It shouldn’t have been intentional. Director Xu also saw it, and the cameras captured it all. Lu Xiangbo just threw the ball forward, and it was accidentally thrown towards you.”
Rong Xu pursed his thin lips slightly and didn’t say anything more.
This unexpected accident happened during the morning shoot, but everything else was normal. At lunchtime, Luo Xi brought Rong Xu a boxed meal, but he only took two bites before walking over to the camera crew, smiling as he said to the team leader, Lao Xu, “Team Leader Xu, I feel like I didn’t do well in a few scenes this morning. Can I take a look at them again?”
Team Leader Xu smiled and nodded. “Of course, which scene? Let me help you find it.”
The smile on the youth’s lips deepened a bit more, “No need, Team Leader Xu. I understand a bit about cameras. You should continue eating.”
Rong Xu sat alone on a plastic chair of the camera crew, looking through the footage captured by the camera. When he reached the shot facing Lu Xiangbo, it was just as Luo Xi had described. After throwing the ball, Lu Xiangbo suddenly widened his eyes, and the next moment, there was a loud “bang” — it should have hit Xiao Zitong.
Rong Xu watched it three times but couldn’t find anything tricky in it.
It seemed that Lu Xiangbo had really accidentally hit Xiao Zitong, or perhaps because he had moved, Xiao Zitong had been hit. The person Lu Xiangbo had almost hit was himself.
If that ball had really hit his back, it probably would have made him stumble a bit, without even breaking a trace of skin. So, Lu Xiangbo had really thrown the ball unintentionally, coincidentally causing Xiao Zitong’s injury?
“Rong Xu, how was it? I thought you did very well in the morning, haha.”
The youth quickly turned off the camera, smiled and raised his head, “Thank you, Team Leader Xu. Then I’ll go back first.”
That evening, after returning to the hotel, Rong Xu and Luo Xi went to Xiao Zitong’s room together. Luo Xi had a good relationship with Xiao Zitong’s assistant, so it was only natural to visit Xiao Zitong now. Moreover, Rong Xu and Xiao Zitong also got along well, so it was appropriate for him to visit her as well.
At this time Xiao Zitong was sitting on the bed listening to music. When she saw Rong Xu and Luo Xi coming, she still had the mood to joke with them, “I’m still wearing pajamas and I’ve also removed my makeup. Now you’ve seen my bare face, no taking pictures!”
Luo Xi also joked, “How could we take pictures? Of course we have to wait for the bruises on Zitong-jie’s face to fade before taking beautiful photos.”
After chatting for a while, Xiao Zitong shook her head and said, “Actually, the injury is still okay, not serious. The injuries I’ve suffered before were much more serious than these. It’s just that Lu Xiangbo, he’s too… too enthusiastic. He even had his assistant bring a pot of chicken soup for me just now. I don’t know what to say. Is he not sincerely trying to make me gain weight at this late hour? But chicken soup is good for beauty and nourishment, so I drank it all.”
Although Xiao Zitong hadn’t disclosed any details, it seemed that her agent had reached a consensus with Lu Xiangbo’s agent in the afternoon.
Xiao Zitong’s injury this time was very minor, and Director Xu had no intention of changing the lead role. It’s just that when she goes to film next week, it might be a bit painful for her to move around. Since it wasn’t a big deal, Lu Xiangbo didn’t need to compensate at all, and there was no need to pay for medical expenses either, because Xiao Zitong’s injury only required wiping with iodine and changing the bandages.
Therefore, this matter came to an end here. Everyone valued harmony. Lu Xiangbo owed Xiao Zitong a favor in the future. Neither party had explicitly mentioned this favor, but when Xiao Zitong needed help from Lu Xiangbo in the future, Lu Xiangbo would naturally understand to return this favor.
Xiao Zitong wasn’t the type of actress who nitpicked and held grudges over small matters. If she were like Liu Huizhen, she might have directly cursed and made Lu Xiangbo unable to face the situation. But overall, Xiao Zitong’s temper was quite good. As long as Director Xu didn’t change the cast, she wouldn’t be that angry.
Not to mention…
“I really feel like it’s not him owing me, but rather, I owe him something. He stayed in my room this morning and even said he could help me with the iodine, to clean the wounds on my elbow that are hard for me to reach. I still don’t have a boyfriend, if reporters caught wind of it, how bad would that be.”
Lu Xiangbo had already expressed his guilt so clearly and his attitude had also been so sincere. Just as the saying goes, don’t hit a smiling person. Xiao Zitong hadn’t even vented her anger yet, but it had already dissipated.
After returning to the room, Luo Xi had already forgotten about the “accident” in the morning. However, before she left, Rong Xu looked at her with lowered eyes and whispered, “Xiao Xi-jie, you have a good relationship with the people in the crew. Help me ask about their attitude towards this accident.”
Luo Xi was slightly stunned. Though having doubts in her heart, she didn’t ask further and just agreed.
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