Romance Variety Show: Director, there's something wrong with my script!

Chapter 34 A Piece of Kindness

The desert sky is sparkling with stars.

The program crew, including the director, who had set off earlier, had already arrived in Dunhuang and were loading equipment onto trucks. Director Zhang and several colleagues squatted to the side, smoking and watching the smoke rise into the sky.

"Tell me, what would you do if we went on a budget trip and I lost all my money?" Director Zhang suddenly asked.

"Truth or lie?" a fat man asked quietly after a moment.

"Take the false one first," Director Zhang said after thinking for a moment.

"It's okay, just be more careful next time."

"The truth."

"Fuck you..." The fat man rambled on for a minute, then stopped with a satisfied look on his face.

The others around him stared at the fat man in astonishment. He had gotten away with it, finding an opportunity to berate the director.

Director Zhang felt he had been scolded, but judging from the fat man's feedback, it was probably quite interesting, right?

"Clatter, clatter~~"

The white noise of the train continuously lulled the sleeping tourists into a state of slumber.

When Xu Zhiyi and Su Qingyuan arrived at the hard sleeper carriage, they were suddenly stunned by the scene before them.

The corridor here was different from theirs. There was a row of small stools in the corridor, which were now full of people, and some people were even sitting on other people's beds.

If their tickets were also for hard sleeper berths, how awkward would that be? Someone sitting on their bed while they're sleeping.

Occasionally, a foot will stick out from the top bunk.

The two carefully made their way through, both afraid of disturbing others and uncomfortable being stared at.

After passing through several sleeper carriages, the two soon spotted Chen Yuan talking to someone not far away.

"You're not busking?" Su Qingyuan asked in surprise.

"Do you think busking on a train late at night is a joke?" Xu Zhiyi said speechlessly.

Seeing Chen Yuan talking to someone else, the two did not approach, but stood aside and waited.

"Clang~"

Several guitar melodies filled the carriage. The girl with the earring checked them over and confirmed that there was nothing wrong.

Are you really going to sell?

"Even though a brand new one isn't that expensive, it looks like it's been around for several years, right?"

"I mean, is this the instrument you use to accompany you?" the girl added, afraid that Chen Yuan wouldn't understand.

Seeing that the other party was interested, Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, sell it. One hundred yuan will do."

The girl looked at Chen Yuan seriously. He had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and a gentle temperament, but he didn't seem like someone who played music. So she said, "Okay, then I'll have the staff exchange it for 100 yuan in cash."

After saying that, she asked her companion to exchange 100 yuan in cash for Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan accepted the hundred yuan and smiled, "Thanks. May I ask for your contact information?"

"A new way to pick up girls?" the girl murmured, stunned.

The men beside Chen Yuan immediately looked at him warily.

"Huh?" Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "No, I was thinking of redeeming it later. Of course, I'll pay extra."

"Okay, treat me like a pawn shop then." The girl smiled, but still wrote down her phone number on a piece of paper and gave it to Chen Yuan.

"That's settled then. Call me when you need it." With that, she left with the others.

"Hiss~"

"Did you see that just now? There are two incredibly beautiful women over there!" a girl exclaimed in surprise.

"I saw it, it's so beautiful."

"Oh my god, are you going together?"

"It doesn't seem like it, they're probably tourists," a few boys couldn't help but mutter.

"Then why don't you go and chat them up?" the girl with you asked curiously.

"Please, we can't do that level!" one of the boys said with a wry smile.

"..."

In the convenience car, Chen Yuan had just turned around to go back and call the two of them when he saw Xu Zhiyi and Su Qingyuan standing there.

"Huh? When did you arrive?" Chen Yuan asked in surprise.

Xu Zhiyi and Su Qingyuan frowned, feeling an indescribable irritation. Such a small matter, and as music creators, they had sold their guitars to someone else.

"I won't say anything more. Can't we just bear with it and it will pass?" Xu Zhiyi said calmly.

"Exactly, I can tolerate it." Su Qingyuan said, walking up and poking Chen Yuan's forehead with her finger, saying, "You, you're such a loser, selling the guitar, the guitar is practically crying."

"Oh, I see. I'll redeem the guitar, but you won't have any water or food until tonight. Is that alright?" Chen Yuan said seriously.

"Um..." Su Qingyuan ground her little tiger teeth, looking conflicted, but finally hardened her heart and said, "No problem, it's just one day without food or water."

"..." Chen Yuan looked at her in surprise, then a bright smile appeared on his face as he exclaimed, "You are such a wonderful girl."

"And Xu Zhiyi too."

"Nonsense, we always were." Su Qingyuan rolled her eyes at him.

"But I'm only giving it to her temporarily, not selling it. I'll take it back later with my own money. She doesn't mind the trouble; it's a kind gesture of help to us," Chen Yuan said.

Then he waved the hundred-yuan note in his hand, "It's not a lot of money, so use it wisely. Buy some bread and water, and that'll be enough for the three of us."

"Really?" Su Qingyuan thought it made sense. "The other person is a kind person."

Xu Zhiyi didn't say anything. Although she could really bear it, it was still a bit uncomfortable not to drink water. Besides, those young people seemed easy to talk to, and she could just buy some more later.

Therefore, she stopped worrying about it.

But Chen Yuan...

Xu Zhiyi looked meaningfully at Chen Yuan's back. Although this guy had accomplished nothing, that was not the whole story.

On the way back, Su Qingyuan held bread in one hand and a can of cola in the other, and said happily, "Eating is the most delicious thing when you're hungry."

"Chen Yuan, why don't you just give the rest of the money to Zhiyi for safekeeping? Otherwise, you'll lose it again," Su Qingyuan said.

"No need, just keep it yourself." Xu Zhiyi refused decisively, not giving Chen Yuan a chance to speak at all.

"Don't worry, it won't get lost this time," Chen Yuan said with a smile. If it gets lost again, there's nothing left to pawn.

Back in the private room, Su Qingyuan ate two loaves of bread and drank a bottle of cola, feeling quite satisfied. She climbed onto the top bunk and quickly fell asleep, feeling content.

Chen Yuan lay on his side, looking at Su Qingyuan's satisfied expression opposite him. He hadn't expected that two loaves of bread and a bottle of cola would make her so happy.

"The lights are off," Xu Zhiyi's voice came from the lower bunk.

"Mm," Chen Yuan replied.

Then, the lights in the private room were turned off, leaving only a nightlight on.

Everything soon returned to silence, with only the white noise of the train echoing.

"Waaaaah~~~"

After an unknown amount of time, the train whistle sounded, followed by the screech of brakes.

Chen Yuan woke up from his sleep, turned his head and glanced out the window; it seemed they had arrived at the station.

Chen Yuan had a ten-minute stop at the station, and he figured he wouldn't be able to sleep after that, so he decided to go downstairs for some fresh air.

Su Qingyuan and Xu Zhiyi woke up when they heard the noise. Seeing that Chen Yuan was about to go out, the two got up and prepared to follow him.

"I'm just going down for some fresh air, I'll be back up soon," Chen Yuan said.

"I want to get some fresh air too," Su Qingyuan said, putting on her shoes and grabbing a yellow vest from the side.