She quickly grabbed it and held on to it tightly, afraid that someone would snatch it away from her. She wolfed it down and consequently choked on the food.
As a result, she was wracked with a violent coughing fit.
“Huanhuan!” Ye Shuyun quickly ran to her side and patted her back firmly, actually believing that Yan Huan was choking.
In the meantime, the others stood awkwardly by the side.
Finally, Yan Huan swallowed the steamed bun.
“Mom, I’m fine,” Yan Huan was so frustrated that she wanted to pound her chest. She had nearly choked to death. Nonetheless, she shook her head at Ye Shuyun, indicating that she was fine.
“I’m fine. I just ate too quickly.”
The staff who were standing by the side quickly led Ye Shuyun away. Yet, she was still concerned about Yan Huan, worrying if she was truly fine.
After a while, Yan Huan gradually recovered. She gestured at Director Jin, signaling that she was capable of continuing the shoot.
Director Jin nodded. In fact, the next scene must be shot in one take following this scene. However, he had no choice but to repeat the entire scene again. This was a complication that no one had ever expected.
The staff gave Yan Huan another steamed bun, which she pinched forcefully.
When Director Jin shouted ‘action!’, she placed it in her mouth, forcefully shoving it down her throat.
As she guzzled the steamed bun, it fell off her hand and dropped on the ground.
“Cut!” Director Jin halted the filming as he had no choice.
“Try again.”
Yan Huan was in despair. She had already eaten four steamed buns and her stomach was on the brink of exploding. In both lifetimes, her greatest fear was to act an eating scene, especially when she had to eat steamed buns. For instance, this was already her fifth steamed bun today.
If she continued to eat, she would probably throw up.
She was extremely distressed, but she was not allowed to cry. In spite of the strong urge to cry, she had to continue acting out the scene even if her stomach was extremely full.
She continuously pushed the steamed bun into her mouth while her eyes constantly checked the surroundings, as though someone else was going to steal her food.
At this moment, a man took a seat beside her. She turned to look at the guy, who was also covered in dirt and clotted blood. His clothes seemed to be badly ripped and his face was coated in dust and blood.
He must have been involved in a fight…
She grasped the steamed bun tightly in her hands. The man’s cold and thin lips quivered, but he did not speak nor move.
Xiao Bai continued to eat her steamed bun one bite after another. Eventually, she offered the other steamed bun in her hand to the man by placing it before him.
The man looked at her and accepted the steamed bun on her hand. He tore off a piece of the bun and placed it in his mouth. Unlike her hideous table manners, he ate gracefully. On the other hand, she appeared as if she had not eaten for 800 years. In fact, that was not all wrong as she truly felt like she had not had enough food for a very long time. Since her power as a deity began to dissipate, she was slowly turning into a normal human being who got hungry easily. Even the thought of returning to Snow Mountain was no longer possible because she did not have sufficient strength for the journey.
She would die of hunger before she arrived at her destination.
After she finished her steamed bun, she picked up the crumbs that were stuck on her clothes and sent them into her waiting mouth.
Director Jin’s eyes lit up, astonished by her improvised acting.
He did not call for a cut to the scene. Until Yan Huan finished every last crumb on her shirt, he finally stopped the recording. Subsequently, they ended their shoot for the day and planned to resume tomorrow.
During meal time, Ye Shuyun handed Yan Huan a lunch box.
“Burp…” Yan Huan belched.
“Are you alright? Have you not had enough food? Are you feeling bloated?” Ye Shuyun immediately rubbed Yan Huan’s stomach caringly.
“Nope,” Luo Lin, who was eating, raised her head. “Aunty, you don’t have to worry about her. She ate five steamed buns today. She has already had her fill for both today and tomorrow.”
Yan Huan had an urge to cry as she carried her lunch box.
“Oh, I see,” Ye Shuyun quickly took the lunch box away from Yan Huan and placed it in front of Zhou Zizhe. “Zizhe, you’ve had a long and tiring day as well. You should have this.”
“Thanks, aunty,” Zhou Zizhe immediately received the lunch box from her hands as he mumbled, “The only food I had today was the steamed bun that Yan Huan gave me, so I have been feeling hungry since just now. It’s great that I get an extra portion now.”
Yan Huan looked at her empty hands while everybody else was eating.
Tears brimmed in her eyes.
“Burp…” she belched again. Ye Shuyun shook her head and said, “Huanhuan, shall we skip tomorrow’s breakfast as well?”
Yan Huan was speechless.
Indeed, Ye Shuyun did not allow Yan Huan to eat anything the next morning after she learnt that Yan Huan had overeaten. Five steamed buns might be normal for others, but it was way too much for Yan Huan as she was well known for her small appetite. To eat five steamed buns at once, she might stuff herself to death.
Besides, were the steamed buns really that delicious?
However, nobody told her that Yan Huan did not eat the steamed buns out of her own will. If Ye Shuyun had not interrupted the scene in her worry that Yan Huan was choking, Yan Huan would have eaten any more of it. But, Ye Shuyun was not informed about it and Yan Huan would not complain either.
Of course, Luo Lin agreed with Ye Shuyun’s decision. Yan Huan had eaten too much, it was better to let her stomach rest. If she continued to eat, she would not be able to fit into her costume. The costume was tailored according to her body. They would be in trouble if Yan Huan failed to fit into the costume.
They began to shoot another scene.
The clothes on Little White Fox was so dirty to the extent that it looked completely different from its initial colour. Everyday, she would receive two steamed buns at the city gate. She would take one in the morning and save another one for her supper.
The county was slowly recovering from the catastrophe. The number of deaths began to decrease. However, nobody understood why all the ill patients were healed overnight.
Seemingly, it was also that night when the people started to detect the pleasant scent.
No one could ever forget the scent once they smelled it. There was nowhere else where they could find this scent.
“Come with me.”
A young lady stood before the little fox. She was wearing a long dress that was as white as the moonlight, resembling the Ice Sister whom Little White Fox met in the Snow Mountain. Ice Sister was the most beautiful woman in Snow Mountain. However, she said that Whitey would definitely replace her once Whitey grew up to be a fine lady.
Nevertheless, in Whitey’s opinion, Ice Sister would always be the prettiest.
This young lady looked exactly like the Ice Sister.
She pulled at her sleeves self-consciously as her curious gaze landed on the young lady before her. Something did not feel right.
