Chapter 243: Chapter 241: Contact the ambulance of the cosmetic surgery hospital!

This scene was arranged in a bamboo forest at Starlight Film and Television City.

Jiayi changed into her Taoist Nun costume, fixed her hair bun and makeup, took the sword, and entered the scene.

Jian Meiyi had been waiting in her flamboyant Hua Yao costume on the set. The moment she saw Jiayi, her red lips slightly curled up, revealing a scornful smile, thinking that if she couldn’t outdo her in snagging men, she was certainly destined to be a mere supporting role when acting.

Jiayi noticed the smile on Jian Meiyi’s face, furrowed her brows, and gripped the Peach Wood Sword in her hand even tighter.

The lighting, photography, and sound crew all took their places!

"Action!" Ye Yongning, with a stern expression, called out.

The Hua Yao portrayed by Jian Meiyi turned and ran through the bamboo forest, her long sleeves dancing now and then, displaying panic on her stunningly coquettish face.

Jiayi, holding the Peach Wood Sword, chased after "Hua Yao" until she reached a temporary straw hut in the bamboo forest, then slowed down.

"Hua Yao," in a panic, backed away, "...please, don’t hurt me, I may be a demon, but I’ve never done anything egregious..."

According to the script, at this moment, when Jiayi was supposed to thrust her sword at Hua Yao, she would accidentally step into a trap and fall through!

Taking advantage of this, "Hua Yao" would leap onto the roof of the straw hut, then accidentally fall off, to be caught by the male protagonist.

Jiayi held the sword, passed by the "trap," and looking at Jian Meiyi’s concealed contemptuous gaze, she bit her teeth.

She paused for half a second, took a deep breath, continued walking forward holding the Peach Wood Sword, and ignored the trap.

A few assistant directors noticed something wrong and started whispering:

"What’s going on? Isn’t there a trap there? Shouldn’t she fall down?"

"Yeah, why isn’t she acting according to the script?"

"Fall down!"

"The little Taoist Nun" lifted her sword and thrust straight forward. The sword flashed, cutting through the air, and struck precisely at "Hua Yao’s" most protruding part—the chest!

Jian Meiyi was caught unprepared, screamed in agony, fell to the ground, and clutched her chest!

Even though the Peach Wood Sword was a blunt wooden blade, the thrust still hurt.

Ye Yongning stood up, "Cut!"

The entire set was flooded with light, and all eyes turned towards the little Taoist Nun in the center.

An assistant director spoke up loudly, "Why didn’t you follow the script?! You were supposed to halt halfway and fall into the trap! Why did you keep thrusting at Hua Yao!"

Jian Meiyi also started crying, "Director, these newcomers just act however they want..."

Jiayi, grasping the sword, with a movement in her throat, said, "I thought having Hua Yao get injured and then saved by the male lead might make their relationship seem deeper."

The set fell silent for a few seconds, and no one made a sound.

Suddenly, footsteps came from behind the camera, followed by a man’s lazy and magnetic voice, "This improvisation isn’t bad at all, the female lead getting injured and rescued by the male lead, shows true feelings through adversity, huh. During the healing, they can even take off some clothes. Isn’t that what the audience loves, all these melodramatic clichés?"

Everyone looked over and saw that Huo Shao had arrived. Three seconds later, they all took a deep breath, "Huo Shao is right!"

Then all eyes turned to Ye Yongning.

Ye Yongning thought Jiayi’s idea was good, that having the female lead Hua Yao getting injured might indeed make the plot more compelling.

After hearing what Huo Shao said, he gave the orders, "For this scene, let’s temporarily change it to the little Taoist Nun injuring Hua Yao! Let’s do it again!"

What! She was to be stabbed? And by this wench?!

Jian Meiyi struggled to her feet, wanting to defend herself, but was met with Huo Shao’s cold yet dignified voice drifting over, "Does anyone else have an objection?"

Jian Meiyi’s bluster immediately died down, and she couldn’t help but clench her fists. In front of others, Huo Shao still gave Jiayi so much face! He still protected Jiayi!

If it was just the directors suggesting an addition to the scene, she could have refused.

But now that Huo Shao had spoken, how could she oppose?

Jian Meiyi could only put on a brave front, showing a professional attitude, "Fine, if that’s what Huo Shao and Director Ye want, then add it."

At Ye Yongning’s command, Jian Meiyi went to the makeup room to get her makeup redone. Since she was going to be stabbed in the chest, they needed to add a blood bag under her outfit that would burst and spurt out blood when the sword pierced through.

Jiayi also followed a martial arts instructor to practice the stabbing movements on Hua Yao.

After about fifteen minutes, they resumed filming.

After the call of "action," Jiayi chased "Hua Yao" to the side of a small bamboo grove’s thatched hut, then swung the Peach Wood Sword down at her!

Jian Meiyi had never played a role where she was being attacked with a sword, her steps were a bit frantic, and coupled with guilt—having just flaunted her authority in front of Jiayi—she didn’t know if Jiayi would take this chance to get revenge.

Although the swords on set were blunt fake swords, being hit with force still hurt quite a bit.

In a moment of panic and misstep, Jian Meiyi let out a cry, her body wobbled!

At the same time, the tip of Jiayi’s Peach Wood Sword stabbed straight into Jian Meiyi’s chest. Because of Jian Meiyi’s sudden movement, the sword hit a bit off target!

Jian Meiyi immediately fell to the ground, covering her blood-soaked, ample breast, screaming in agony.

"Cut—good! This scene was very realistic!" Ye Yongning stood up excitedly from behind the camera.

Yet, an assistant director felt something was amiss and looked toward Jian Meiyi, "Director, look at Jian Meiyi... what’s wrong with her...?"

Even though the director had called cut, Jian Meiyi was still rolling on the ground in pain!

It was only then that several staff members realized something was wrong and rushed over to help Jian Meiyi up.

Jian Meiyi’s face was ashen, clearly injured, but she stubbornly clutched at her chest, "It’s nothing, no need... I’m fine."

As the director, Ye Yongning could not allow his actor to have an accident on set, so he quickly instructed the staff to support her to the nearby makeup room.

A few minutes later, someone ran out frantically, "Call an ambulance quick!"

They added, "Oh right, directly contact the cosmetic surgery hospital’s ambulance!"

As the staff were dialing 120 for emergency services, they paused, "What... contact the cosmetic surgery hospital’s ambulance?"

Ye Yongning hurriedly asked, "What happened? Is she injured somewhere?"

Jiayi remembered that because of Jian Meiyi’s nervous shaking, she had stabbed off target a bit.

But the prop was a wooden fake sword; normally, it shouldn’t have caused an injury.

The one who ran out had an embarrassed expression, "Miss Jian’s breasts... seem to have been pierced by the wooden sword. In just a short while, they’ve deflated quite a bit..."

The whole set was stunned for a few seconds, then understood what that meant and erupted into suppressed laughter.

Jian Meiyi had her breasts done, which were obviously very delicate.

No wonder they needed to contact a cosmetic surgery hospital! Going to a regular hospital probably wouldn’t help! She had to be sent directly to a cosmetic surgery hospital to get onto the operation table for repairs!

At that moment, Jian Meiyi, wrapped in a large blanket, emerged surrounded by her assistants.

Her face was flushed like liver, she walked head buried, filled with resentment, towards the exit of the set.