When Wang Yue and Si Teng returned to their home in Hangzhou, there was no one in the villa. Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing were both out.
Wang Yue took out his phone and called Xu Hongdou, but she didn't answer for quite a while, so he immediately called Chen Nanxing instead.
Chen Nanxing picked up quickly. As soon as she answered, she asked excitedly, "Honey, you're back!"
Wang Yue could tell how happy she was to hear from him, and it lifted his spirits too. Smiling, he said, "Yeah, I'm back. But where are you and Hongdou?"
Chen Nanxing hadn't been sure before, but now that he'd confirmed it, she happily replied, "We're still in Hengdian. We've been pushing hard to stay on schedule, but we're still a little behind where we expected to be.
"Luckily, I came up with a solution. For some shots, we only needed someone's back on camera, with no lines, so I had Bai Xianchu fill in as a stand-in.
"So things have gotten a lot easier for Hongdou. She isn't as busy as she was before."
Wang Yue hadn't expected Bai Xianchu to start working just like that. Smiling, he asked, "Is the director okay with that? Can Bai Xianchu handle it?"
Chen Nanxing immediately laughed and explained, "Of course! And get this: when the director saw Bai Xianchu, he immediately thought of a plot about twins and signed Hongdou on for another script."
Wang Yue frowned at that, asking uncertainly, "A new script? Does that mean you won't be able to go back to Mingde anytime soon?"
Chen Nanxing realized what he meant and hurriedly tried to appease him. "Honey, Hongdou's really interested in this script. Let's put off going back a little longer, okay?"
Seeing Chen Nanxing already starting to coax