Su Huan, who had been suppressing her emotions, could no longer endure it. She wanted to go over and separate the two by starting a conversation, but as soon as she moved, someone grabbed her.
Tang Tang had somehow approached her side and handed her a cup of green bean soup.
"Sister Huan, your cold hasn't gotten better. Drink this room temperature one. Give me the iced one."
As she spoke, she reached for the iced green bean soup in Su Huan's hand.
However, Su Huan moved her hand away, avoiding Tang Tang's gesture. "It's fine, I'll drink this."
She withdrew her sleeve from Tang Tang's grasp and strode toward Shen Xiaoyu.
"Shen Xiaoyu!" Su Huan took three steps in two and walked up to her, offering her the green bean soup. "This is for you."
Shen Xiaoyu turned her head away without looking at her. "If you don't want to drink it, just throw it in the trash. No need to give it to me."
"That's not it," Su Huan hurriedly explained. "I'm just not feeling well and I'm taking medicine this morning, so I can't drink these."
As she said this, her face bore an expectant expression, as if waiting for Shen Xiaoyu to show concern.
However, Shen Xiaoyu merely took the drink from her hand and turned to pass it to the director. "Qiubai was worried you might get heatstroke, so she specially saved an extra cup for you."
The director, with a straw in his mouth, stuffed the iced drink into his pocket and leisurely walked away.
Su Huan's eyelashes trembled slightly, revealing a vulnerable expression.
If her fans had seen this, they would certainly have cried out in sympathy, then done everything possible to comfort her.
Of course, this was also what Shen Xiaoyu would have done in the past. But now, Shen Xiaoyu was only focused on taking care of Shi Qiubai, going to find the makeup artist to touch up her makeup.
From beginning to end, she didn't give Su Huan a single glance.
Su Huan stood awkwardly to the side, watching the busy Shen Xiaoyu, and her heart gradually grew cold.
After the break, filming continued.
The first day's scenes weren't heavy, mainly aimed at helping the actors work together smoothly.
Everyone thought they would finish quickly, but halfway through the shooting, Su Huan kept having problems. She was either distracted when she was supposed to deliver her lines, or her body trembled when she was supposed to pick up props.
The repeated retakes made the atmosphere on set increasingly strange.
The director looked at her complexion, his brow gradually furrowing. "Let's shoot the second scene for today instead."
He turned to ask the assistant director to prepare the set, then walked over to Su Huan. "Su Huan, you don't look well. Let's end it here for today. Go back and rest early. I'll move your scenes to later."
Su Huan closed her eyes briefly and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry for wasting time."
"It's not a big deal. Your health is more important," the director said. He asked her assistant to take good care of her, then went to find the others.
The second scene involved Tang Tang and supporting actors, with no need for Su Huan.
Shen Xiaoyu looked at the script for the second scene, thinking about finding Shi Qiubai to give her some advice.
Just as she was about to leave, someone grabbed her clothes.
Looking down, she saw Su Huan sitting in a camp chair.
The exquisite makeup couldn't hide her pale complexion. Her forehead was covered in fine sweat, and her eyes looked moist as she gazed up, revealing a wronged expression.
"Xiaoyu, could you... could you take me to the hospital?"
Su Huan's voice was low and weak, her tone lacking strength, her voice somewhat hoarse, obviously quite ill.
Shen Xiaoyu drew her conclusion.
She put away the script, pulled her clothes from Su Huan's hand, and said coldly, "I'm busy. Ask Sister Qin."
With that, she turned and left, walking very quickly, as if something was chasing her.
Su Huan watched her hurriedly retreating figure, feeling her head burning hot, her vision darkening, her whole body cold and as limp as a rope, trembling like a leaf in the wind.
She stood up, wanting to follow, but after just one step, her vision went completely black, and her body collapsed limply.
"Senior Su!"
"Call an ambulance! Quickly call an ambulance!"
Shen Xiaoyu had walked several meters away when she suddenly heard the shouting behind her.
Most of the staff had gathered around. The director jogged over to take charge.
Shen Xiaoyu stood where she was, faintly seeing Su Huan's tightly closed eyes and pale, fragile face, looking as if it would shatter at the slightest touch.
She watched for a minute, then suddenly turned and left.
The ambulance arrived quickly. Qin Miao and the assistant director took the unconscious Su Huan to the hospital.
The director stayed behind to continue filming.
Shen Xiaoyu sat to the side, watching Shi Qiubai film while also monitoring the online trends.
Such a good opportunity for marketing and tormenting fans—Qin Miao wouldn't let it pass.
Sure enough, within minutes, the hashtag #SuHuanFaintsWhileFilming# climbed to the top of the trending searches.
The accompanying images showed a triptych: panicked staff members, Qin Miao and the assistant director boarding the ambulance, and Su Huan, surrounded by people, her face blurry and indistinct.
The entertainment accounts described the events as if they had witnessed them firsthand: Su Huan filming while ill, then fainting on set.
Fans cried out in sympathy while questioning the manager: how could this happen? How could a manager not be aware of their artist's physical condition? What right did they have to be a manager?
Shen Xiaoyu found it ironic.
Su Huan's fans were always like this—as soon as something didn't go well, they started causing trouble everywhere.
In the past, Shen Xiaoyu had been the target. No matter what happened, blaming her was the right move.
But now she was no longer Su Huan's manager, so let Qin Miao be the target.
Thinking this way, Shen Xiaoyu's mood suddenly improved. She stretched lazily and continued watching Shi Qiubai film.
The director was worried about Su Huan in the hospital, so they didn't film much of the remaining scenes before calling it a day.
When Shi Qiubai returned after removing her makeup, she learned about Su Huan fainting and going to the hospital.
She frowned, looking concerned. "I hope something happens to her."
Shen Xiaoyu laughed at her comment. "What nonsense are you saying? If something happens to her, how will this drama continue filming?"
"If something happens to Su Huan midway, her fans will tear the production apart, and all these people will be left with nothing."
After saying this, she looked around, then reprimanded her in a low voice, "In the future, when you're outside, remember what you can and cannot say!"
If Su Huan's fans had heard those words just now, Shi Qiubai's career would have ended right there.
Shi Qiubai finally realized what she'd done, and furtively looked around. Seeing that no one had heard, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister, don't be angry. I won't speak carelessly again."
Shen Xiaoyu hummed in acknowledgment and got up to go with her to the training room.
Shi Qiubai had quite a few fight scenes in this drama. Considering she had no foundation at all, the production arranged training.
They had wanted her to come earlier, but with filming about to start, the lines were most important, so they could only schedule the fight scenes later, trying to squeeze in practice time early on.
Since there was nothing scheduled from afternoon to evening, Shi Qiubai thought she'd get familiar with the training.
While she was training, Shen Xiaoyu found a safe place to rest, taking out her phone to check the online trends. Unexpectedly, she saw her own name.
#ShenXiaoyuChasingAfterSuHuan#
She clicked in and found a video posted by a marketing account, taken on the day she had hitched a ride with Su Huan to go on the business trip.
In the footage, she deliberately got into the car before Tang Tang, then deliberately closed the door, not letting Tang Tang in, leaving Tang Tang behind, alone.
The second video showed Shen Xiaoyu carrying her suitcase getting into Su Huan's car again.
The inside of the car was filmed, but due to the angle, Tang Tang was completely hidden, so it appeared as if only she and Su Huan were in the frame.
These two videos greatly angered Su Huan's fans, Tang Tang's fans, and the CP fans of the two, 'Huan-Tang.'
The top trending searches all became her name, with even the news of Su Huan's fainting shifting onto her. Once again, she became the person being cursed by the entire internet.
Shen Xiaoyu couldn't help but laugh angrily.
Fine, fine, fine, so this is how you want to play? Let's see who plays better!