Baby Serendipity: The Whole World Fell In Love With Me
Chapter 214 - 213: The Crew Needs a Few Zombie Actors

Chapter 214: Chapter 213: The Crew Needs a Few Zombie Actors

"Little Auntie, did you catch a ghost?"

Jin Tai, who had already left Chen Jin’s crew, felt he shouldn’t ask, but his curiosity got the better of him, and he eventually blurted it out.

Mianmian nodded her little head, "Yes, the ghost has been caught~"

She took out a small compass and showed it to Jin Tai.

As expected, the needle on the small compass no longer moved, proving there were no malevolent spirits nearby.

Jin Tai looked at the small compass and curiously asked, "Little Auntie, what is this thing called? Is it for detecting where ghosts are?"

"Mhmm, it’s for spotting the bad ghosts. Now that it’s not spinning, it means there are no bad ghosts around here. Rose and the others are also here, but since they aren’t doing anything bad, they don’t count~"

Jin Tai was aware that ghosts with Daoism accompanied Mianmian, having seen Phoenix Fairy’s true form himself.

Thus, he could infer that the quiet children following behind, who neither complained of being tired nor made any strange requests, were likely not ordinary kids, but probably fell into the category of demons.

Out of curiosity, Jin Tai asked another question, "Then, if there are demons in the Film and Television City, would this compass be able to detect them?"

Mianmian shook her head, "The Demonic Qi of demons is different from the Qi of ghosts, and a different compass is needed for that."

She took out another small compass, "Look, look, this one is for detecting demons. Because it’s not as easy to tell if demons are good or bad like with malevolent spirits, and they may possess inherited Divine Power that allows them to conceal themselves, this compass can only tell us where demons are, not if they are good or bad~"

Indeed, the needle on the small compass, after spinning around, pointed behind them. That just happened to be Liao An and the others’ position, indicating they possessed Demonic Qi.

Jin Tai looked behind him, following the direction shown by the compass, and his smile became a bit smug as he confirmed his guess was correct. He whispered, "So, what kind of demons are they?"

When Mianmian heard Jin Tai whisper, she put the compass away and whispered back, "Mianmian can’t tell you, but you can go ask them and see if they’re willing to tell you~"

Jin Tai looked at the expressionless children behind him and felt a bit scared.

He was a bit afraid of snakes; there wouldn’t be a Snake Demon among them, would there? He had a certain fear of Zombies from watching Daoist priests catch them when he was a child, so there probably wouldn’t be any Zombies.

Jin Tai thought to himself and shook his head, "Forget it, forget it, I’m afraid to ask. The more I ask, the more curious I’ll become, and the more curious, the more scared."

He seemed to be speaking to himself, and Mianmian didn’t join the conversation, instead looking around curiously.

She arrived in too much of a hurry earlier and hadn’t had a proper look around.

On the mountain, her mother had told her that because time was always moving forward, pavilions, bridges, and palaces that appeared in the illusion would be hard to find down below the mountain. She hadn’t expected to see them all here.

"The houses here are different from the ones outside," Mianmian said, then turned to Ying Fang and Ying Miao, "Do you guys like it here a bit more?"

Because when Ying Fang and Ying Miao weren’t Zombies yet, they must have lived in an environment like this, right?

Ying Fang and Ying Miao looked at each other, their faces expressionless as they looked at Mianmian, "We, like, being with Little Auntie. We like Little Auntie."

Mianmian hadn’t expected such an answer, and the siblings’ gazes were very focused.

She blinked and smiled sweetly, "Mianmian likes you too~"

The siblings didn’t reply.

But their natural way of walking went back to how it was when they first became Zombies, moving both their arms and legs in unison.

When they noticed they were moving in sync, the small Zombies looked at each other, their tacit understanding telling them they couldn’t walk so oddly. They tried to walk normally but unintentionally ended up hopping.

Their Zombie level was high, so their walk wasn’t like that of ordinary Zombies, with stiff bodies and hopping movements. But Mianmian’s statement about liking them made the siblings revert back to their original state.

Liao An’s eyes held some envy, but unlike the Zombie siblings, he understood more about human interactions and was too embarrassed to directly confess his affection for Mianmian.

So he could only feel envious.

As for Jin Tai, he was dumbfounded.

Why did these siblings suddenly start bouncing around happily? The way they jump with stiff legs, doesn’t it actually look like zombies? Can’t be such a coincidence, right?

Fortunately, this place is already a Film and Television City, where many people might ponder their own scripts, so it’s common to encounter strange behaviors.

Passersby who saw the siblings hopping thought the kids were just performing for fun.

Just as the siblings returned to normal, a person rushed over and started speaking to Jin Tai directly, "Hey buddy, hello, hello, I’m the Assistant Director of the ’Zombie Resurrection’ crew. My surname is Liao, I’m Liao Xuan."

Jin Tai was taken aback and his gaze lingered a few seconds longer on the man’s caterpillar-like eyebrows before he said, "Um, Assistant Director Liao, hello."

The man had already handed over his business card, and Jin Tai glanced at it, waiting for Liao Xuan to explain the purpose of his visit.

"Our crew is short of a few child actors to play zombies, and I thought your kids did a good job hopping just now. I want them to join our crew for filming. The contract is formal, and I’ll offer you..." Liao Xuan thought the kids were really cute, and probably would look good dressed as zombies. He gritted his teeth and said, "a compensation of two thousand five hundred for each child, what do you think?"

"I can’t make this decision," Jin Tai looked down at the Little Auntie in his arms, "You have to ask our Little Auntie."

Liao Xuan was startled, "Huh?"

This guy can’t be wrong, can he? Isn’t this Little Auntie also a child? Is a kid really going to make this decision?

Could this be another polite rejection?

Liao Xuan couldn’t help but think.

Rejection would actually be quite normal.

Lately, for some reason, other crews around the base had children’s parts, but finding child actors willing to act was hard.

They were just a small web drama crew, relying on a video platform, and not as well-funded as the major crews. Child actors had to keep hopping and jumping for over ten days straight. Some children had never acted before, and parents who were interested in letting their children act weren’t agreeable when hearing that the compensation was only two thousand.

Indeed, Liao Xuan had just privately increased the offer by five hundred.

The adult’s storylines in their drama were wrapping up, but they still hadn’t found suitable child actors for the relevant scenes.

Liao Xuan had seen these two kids hopping like zombies from afar and, figuring he had nothing to lose, decided to give it a shot.

As for what these people looked like, what they were wearing, and the fact that they had a big group of Bodyguards following them, Liao Xuan didn’t take a close look.

Just when Liao Xuan thought he was going to hit another dead end, Mianmian spoke up, "No, no, you don’t have to ask Mianmian, just go ask them directly."

Whether their friends wanted to act or not was for their friends to decide.

After hearing this, Liao Xuan turned his gaze towards the children.

He tentatively walked over and stooped to ask, "So, I’ll ask you guys, little brother, little sister, do you want to play little zombies? I saw your jumping earlier, and it was very much in character. If you’re willing to act, you can use the money to eat at McDonald’s many times and buy lots of toys."

Actually, Ying Fang had borrowed money from Mianmian last time and was thinking about making some to repay her. After the siblings bought clothes, they hid away the rest of the money. If possible, they wanted to save enough to buy back their beans and repay Mianmian.

Now someone was offering them the chance to act as zombies and earn money; the siblings were very happy and nodded expressionlessly, "We, are willing."

Liao An hesitated for a moment, then also agreed.

Although he had no acting experience, his two little buddies were real zombies, so imitating them shouldn’t be too hard. Liao An had thought about farming before coming to the Su Family, but he had since given up on that idea.

No need for farming in the Big City!

Upon hearing that all three children had agreed, Jin Tai remembered the boss’s instruction to explain everything thoroughly whenever it involved the Little Auntie. So, he spoke up, "Little Auntie, legally speaking, they are the Seventh grandchild adopted by Elder Su. If they want to act, Elder Su has to sign the contract for it to go through."

Mianmian nodded upon hearing this, "Then we’ll talk to the Seventh grandchild and take Assistant Director Liao back with us to get the signature from the eldest nephew, and that should do it~"

Seeing things resolved, Liao Xuan was also very happy and hesitantly looked at Mianmian, "Actually, there is another role in our web drama that might suit... Little Auntie you. I wonder if you would be willing?"

Liao Xuan just wanted to try his luck, mainly because he found Mianmian adorable and thought that if she joined, the web drama might gain more popularity.