novelraw Chapter 947 - 945: Don’t Try to Guess the Young Master’s Thoughts
Chapter 947 - 945: Don’t Try to Guess the Young Master’s Thoughts
The ancient marriage tree atop the mountain is said to be a thousand-year-old tree, with a thick trunk and lush branches, yet also bearing traces of broken and decaying limbs.Nuonuo, panting slightly, put her hands on her hips as she looked up at the old yet vigorously alive tree trunk, where red ribbons fluttered. She felt a sense of déjà vu in this scene.
"Nuonuo!" A sturdy hand rested on her lower back, and she naturally leaned her body into the person’s arms behind her, resting her head on his broad shoulder.
"Do you remember many years ago, we also threw these things?"
Da Bao gently kissed her forehead, the midday sunlight filtering through the tree trunk cast onto his handsome face, accentuating his chiseled features like a striking statue.
Nuonuo gazed up at him from below, and even though she had seen this face for twenty years, this moment of staring still made her heart skip a beat uncontrollably.
"So... should we throw it again today?" Nuonuo tried her best to hide her unusual feelings.
And with Da Bao’s reminder, Nuonuo finally recalled that autumn when the family of five went out, she accidentally twisted her ankle on the way up the mountain, and it was her brother who carried her all the way up.
It was also during that trip that Zhang Ziweng chatted with her, kicking off an alternative life journey.
"Of course, back then you hadn’t had any untoward thoughts about me, so the blessing you wished upon wasn’t about growing old together with me, right?"
Da Bao clearly remembered it was that night, in the hotel at the mountain’s base, that he first had improper thoughts about this girl. Or perhaps, his special feelings for her had long been lurking, merely awakened by certain stimuli that night.
Nuonuo wanted to express that she was so young back then, just a little kid devoid of any improper thoughts towards her brother.
"So you were heartless and unkind to me back then!"
Da Bao pretended to be angry and pinched her lightly on her lower back. With the other hand, he stuffed the red ribbon inscribed with their names into Nuonuo’s hand.
Holding her hand tightly, he gave a mighty toss upwards, and the red ribbon swooshed through the air, drawing a graceful arc before landing accurately on the tree branches.
Nuonuo looked up at the red ribbon dancing in the wind, her bright eyes filled with the vivid red hue, akin to the brilliant red of her heart.
"I didn’t understand anything back then, you know I’m not as smart as you and Little Treasure..."
"Fool, whether you love or not is felt by the heart, it has nothing to do with being smart."
Meanwhile, to avoid disturbing the couple who just made a wish and were now speaking sweet words, Little Treasure and Tian Fang considerately moved to the other side of the tree. Each wrote their own wishes on the red ribbons and, with fervent gestures, tossed them onto the lush branches.
On the way down the mountain, Nuonuo couldn’t help but gossip, "Little Treasure, do you really have a crush on someone?"
If he didn’t, why would he make such a dedicated effort to come here and make a wish?
"It’s precisely because I don’t that I’m wishing." Little Treasure denied Nuonuo’s guess, playfully flicking his short hair with his long fingers, "Ah... it’s so puzzling, how could someone as handsome as Pan An like me not have a girlfriend?"
Nuonuo couldn’t help but laugh and kicked him lightly, "You just have very high standards and find no one good enough!"
Little Treasure laughed, refuting her, "I don’t!" Then he hugged her from behind, rested his chin on her shoulder, and using a playful tone, said, "Why don’t you tell me how Brother tricked you into liking him?"
Nuonuo blushed inwardly, propped her elbow to poke his stomach, "Go away, what do you mean tricked me into liking him?"
Little Treasure teased her with a smile in his eyes, "Not tricked? Then you two fell for each other mutually? I always thought it was Brother abducting an underage girl!"
Nuonuo finally realized that the young master was just teasing her!
"So, your target is also an underage girl?" Nuonuo seemed to decipher something from his teasing.
"There’s no such person!"
Little Treasure released her and "thump thump thump" hopped down the steps.
Da Bao, who had been walking behind the siblings, jumped down a few steps to walk beside Nuonuo, "What’s that young master talking nonsense about again?"
Nuonuo briefly recounted the situation to Da Bao, who shook his head, "Don’t mind him. Where does he have a crush? You’re right; he does have high standards."
The sibling pair discussed the young master’s life matters at the back, while the young master hopped down the mountain path cheerfully, occasionally chatting with Tian Fang, and sometimes circling back to playfully fuss with Da Bao and Nuonuo. In that carefree demeanor, where was there any sign of being troubled by love?
In the end, Nuonuo suspected that the young master’s insistence on going up the mountain was mainly to let her and her brother make a wish under the marriage tree?
...
Nuonuo stayed in the film city for over three months, and with just ten or so days left until Spring Festival, not only Nuonuo and the ensemble of actors were worried, but the director was also getting anxious. Everyone hoped to finish filming before Spring Festival so they wouldn’t have to return here afterward.
Hence, the director discussed with the actors and crew, and everyone agreed it was better to work overtime to finish before the festival than to stay in this wretched place afterward.
Although everything was available here, everyone had families, and going three or four months without seeing their loved ones was indeed hard.
Even though Da Bao managed to visit Nuonuo every week, the two of them truly experienced the pain and helplessness of a long-distance relationship during these months.
During the day, it was bearable as both Da Bao and Nuonuo had busy schedules. But at night, when they could only engage over the phone, laying in bed, they often talked until they couldn’t keep their eyes open but were reluctant to end the call.
And these bittersweet feelings of longing led Nuonuo to compose a series of melodious scores. She didn’t want Ning Yijia Hao to use them, keeping them for herself with the hope of someday playing or singing these lovely tunes for Da Bao.
Soon, it was "Minor Chinese New Year," and Le Tong called Nuonuo early in the morning to ask about the crew’s arrangements. Nuonuo looked at the shooting schedule, realizing that as the lead, her next few days were fully booked.
"Mommy, I definitely can’t make it back to celebrate ’Minor Chinese New Year.’"
Le Tong didn’t say much, just reminding her to rest and take care of herself. By the afternoon, a food delivery arrived—the whole crew’s dinner, paid for by the gentleman surnamed Ji.
The whole crew benefited from Si Han’s gesture of goodwill, enjoying a bountiful and delicious ’Minor Chinese New Year’ meal. The director said they might as well treat it as the crew’s annual reunion dinner.
With everyone’s strenuous efforts, the film finally wrapped up the day before New Year’s Eve, prompting such excitement among the cast and crew that they were nearly moved to tears.