Chapter 27

Ding Ji originally thought that the assistant job this time was to follow Lin Wuyu to fly the drone. After all, Lin Wuyu said before that he would take him out to play.

But he didn’t expect that there would be so many people.

It was unknown whether these people were familiar with one another. In short, they pretty much knew what they were doing as they moved around, carrying cameras, fiddling with cannon barrel cameras, and debugging drones.

As he stood there empty-handed, he realised it was an odd job.

Lin Wuyu skillfully took out the drone from his bag, held a notebook and discussed with a man while talking and gesturing for a while, and then crouched down beside him.

“Are you going to start?” Ding Ji asked.

“Mhm,” Lin Wuyu nodded, “Give me the display screen.”

“Display screen?” Ding Ji hurriedly looked into the bag, and in one of the side pockets of the bag was a screen that was bigger than a palm, quite thick, like a game console, he took it out, “Is it this?”

“Yes, so smart.” Lin Wuyu took it and installed the battery.

“Don’t blindly praise.” Ding Ji clicked his tongue.

Lin Wuyu installed the display screen on the remote control.

Ding Ji leaned over and looked at it, “If the sun is getting brighter at this moment, you won’t be able to see clearly, right?”

“This is a high-brightness screen,” Lin Wuyu said, “Usually you’ll be able to see clearly, but if you really can’t see clearly, just put a piece of clothing over your head.”

“…Oh.” Ding Ji nodded, “Is there anything else I need to do?”

“You can start learning,” Lin Wuyu smiled, “Little prodigy.”

Little prodigy Ding looked around, trying to find a rock to sit on, but he couldn’t find it. It was an earthy mountain, all mud, and there was no big rock to sit on.

In the end, he found a rotten tree stump and sat down. In less than a minute, he felt the water soaking his pants.

So he had no choice but to stand up again.

“I have two staffs in my bag.” Lin Wuyu said.

“Do you want?” Ding Ji was baffled as he flipped through his bag.

“You can sit on them.” Lin Wuyu put the drone on the flat ground and looked down at the screen.

When Ding Ji took out a short staff with a long arm from his bag, the drone flew up with a low buzzing sound.

He took the staff and didn’t even bother to think about how to use this stick to sit his butt on, so he quickly took two steps forward and watched Lin Wuyu’s operation.

There is already a image on the screen, and the scenery and people are very clear.

“Let’s find out where the watermelon boy is…” Lin Wuyu said and moved the small handle on the remote control.

The drone in the air slowly turned in a direction, and Ding Ji was too busy looking at the screen at one moment and looking at the drone the next moment.

When he and Lin Wuyu appeared on the screen, his state looked particularly obvious.

Lin Wuyu looked laid-back and calm, but at first glance he seemed to join in the fun, and he was very busy.

“How’s the footage?” Lin Wuyu turned his head and asked the man just now.

“Clear,” the man said, “Let’s start?”

“Okay.” Lin Wuyu nodded and glanced at Ding Ji, “Give me the staff.”

Ding Ji took the stick and handed it to him, Lin Wuyu took it and swung it, the staff became longer, thicker at the top and thinner at the bottom, and it looked quite sturdy, Lin Wuyu broke it again on the top end, and a piece of metal casing came across. Turning over, he pushed the T-shaped stick behind him and sat on it.

Ding Ji looked a little dazed, “How lazy are you? Can’t stand for a while?”

“How uncomfortable.” Lin Wuyu smiled.

The drone turned a half circle and flew forward out of the cliff.

Ding Ji picked up another staff, studied it, and imitated Lin Wuyu to support it under his buttocks.

Unexpectedly, it didn’t feel too bad?

He quickly took the stick and took a photo. This can be recommended to Liu Jinpeng. Every time he went shopping with his cousin, he couldn’t find a place to sit…

Lin Wuyu had actually brought two.

He raised his eyes and looked at Lin Wuyu, a little moved.

This guy was very attentive.

Lin Wuyu didn’t look at him, looked down at the screen in front of him.

The man next to him was talking to him: “Take a shot from the left side wide open, yes, that’s great, fly forward for a while… Can you take it higher? Good, like that…”

Ding Ji carried the stick, sat near the edge of the cliff, and looked towards the distance, the drone was already a small black spot, and he couldn’t see it clearly after blinking.

A few people with cameras on their shoulders started to go around the back of the mountain. Ding Ji sat for a while, and when he saw that there were fewer people than before, he walked behind Lin Wuyu again and looked at the screen over his shoulder.

It’s a wonderful thing to climb up and look into the distance.

He liked to climb the rooftop because of this since he was a child. He could see far, see many things.

And now the picture that appeared on the screen was something that could not be seen even from standing on the top of the mountain.

The large fields, the shimmering river water, the khaki-yellow roads, and the people and cars walking in the fields. The drone lifted up in an instant, floating in the air to face the high mountains, who knows which ones were next to it. There was a small temple on the top of the mountain, the incense was quite strong, and he could see the blue smoke early in the morning.

Ding Ji suddenly knew why Lin Wuyu liked this thing.

With this, he could fly.

“Can it come down from the south of the mountain when it comes back?” tThe man asked, “Will it block the signal?”

“It’s fine,” Lin Wuyu said, “The distance here is alright, if it’s far away, the angle can’t be so big.”

“Alright,” the man nodded. “I’ll come back later and go down that end, where they filmed the clouds.”

“Okay.” Lin Wuyu responded.

A phone rang then, and Ding Ji touched his phone subconsciously.

“In the left trouser pocket, pick it up for me,” Lin Wuyu said, “Say I have something to do, so I’ll be going back a little late.”

“Mhm.” Ding Ji took out the phone from Lin Wuyu’s left trouser pocket.

The caller’s name on the screen is Zhuli.

“Zhuli.” Ding Ji repeated the name in a low voice, wanting to make sure if it was convenient for him to answer.

Lin Wuyu paused, and whispered back to him, “My mother, take it.”

Ding Ji was stunned, Lin Wuyu’s mother?

Do not! I’m not taking it! I don’t want to take it!

It was so awkward last time!

And I still answer the phone? If he did answer it, in the eyes of Lin Wuyu’s parents, it would pretty much be solid evidence that he really was his boyfriend!

“I answer?” Ding Ji struggled and asked again.

“There may be something wrong.” Lin Wuyu said.

Hearing this, it seemed that Lin Wuyu doesn’t usually answer his parents’ calls every time, but since they called early in the morning, there should be something at this time… In case it had something to do with the college entrance examination…

There was a stranger next to him, and Lin Wuyu was currently working. Since he took the other’s money, not to mention the other was still willing to share the money… Ding Ji didn’t ask anymore, stepped aside, took a breath and answered the phone.

“Hello, auntie.” Ding Ji greeted at the first sentence.

“Who are you?” A man’s voice came from the other end.

This was embarrassing! Who was this!

Ding Ji hesitated for a moment, “Hello uncle, Lin Wuyu can’t answer the phone right now, he’ll call you back later.”

“Who are you?” The man asked again.

Ding Ji heard that it was Lin Wuyu’s father’s voice, and after two seconds of silence, he said, “I’m his work assistant.”

“Assistant?” Lin Wuyu’s father sneered, “Weren’t you still his friend when you came to the house that day?”

Unexpectedly, Lin Wuyu’s father has good ears, and he can actually tell his voice on the phone.

“When we’re not working, I’m a friend.” Ding Ji said.

“Let Lin Wuyu answer the phone,” Lin Wuyu’s father said, “Now.”

Ding Ji glanced back, the shooting wasn’t over yet, the man was pointing at the screen and saying something to Lin Wuyu, he took another two steps to the side, “Uncle, he’s flying a drone right now, he’s filming, he really can’t answer the phone.”

Lin Wuyu’s father paused, “Fine, you ask him to come back immediately and tell him that his mother is sick.”

“Ah,” Ding Ji responded quickly, “Okay.”

Before he could speak again, the phone was hung up.

Lin Wuyu watched the drone land steadily on the ground, and then confirmed with the director the route to be shot on the other side, calculated the distance and height. The wind was a bit strong today.

When Ding Ji came over with his phone, he pointed to the drone, “Take it and come with me.”

“Your dad…” Ding Ji wanted to talk to him about the call as he walked to the drone.

But Lin Wuyu turned around and walked away quickly.

The phone number belonged to his mother, but Ding Ji said “your dad”. Why did his father use her phone to call?

It’s not the weekend either, they shouldn’t be in the same place.

Because… something about Lin Zhan?

Lin Wuyu frowned.

His work today was quite troublesome, the terrain was complicated, and the director had a lot of requirements. He didn’t want his emotions to be affected. Although it was uncomfortable to have something stuck in his heart, he was afraid that if it was about Lin Zhan, his mood of the day would be disturbed.

Ding Ji chased after him, and when he was about to ask Ding Ji not to tell him first, Ding Ji had already said, “It’s not Lin Zhan.”

Lin Wuyu glanced at him.

“You’re not happy to hear this, are you?” Ding Ji said, “You ran away so fast, I’m afraid if I didn’t say anything, you would walk off the cliff in front of you and fly with your drone.”

“What’s the matter?” Lin Wuyu laughed, “Why did my dad call?”

“Said your mother is not feeling well,” Ding Ji didn’t use the word sick, afraid of startling Lin Wuyu, “He asked you to call in a while, although he wanted you to answer the phone immediately.”

“I have a few minutes of free time now,” Lin Wuyu said, “I’ll call and ask first.”

Lin Wuyu checked the drone again. After putting it away, he arranged for assistant Xiao Ding to guard it. He walked to the side with the phone, found a place with a stronger signal, and dialled his father’s number first.

His father’s number is out of service area.

Lin Wuyu hurriedly dialled his mother’s number again, and after a few rings, it was connected.

“Are you really that busy?” Dad said, “When flying a drone, you even have to take that… Forget it, I really don’t want to talk about this…”

“What happened to mom?” Lin Wuyu asked.

“You come back right now,” Dad said. “I just got back from the hospital with your mother.”

“What’s wrong?” Lin Wuyu asked again.

“I’m telling you to come back! Immediately! Now! Immediately!” Dad raised his voice, “Is it so hard for you to come back when your mother is sick? Do you think she’s not sick enough?”

“I’m not in the city right now, I’m in the suburbs, on the mountain,” Lin Wuyu said, “How can I go before I finish filming my stuff? Even if I want to leave by myself, I don’t have a car.”

“I don’t care how you come back,” Dad said, “Your mother is in a bad mood right now. As a son, you actually…”

“I’m a little worried, will she feel worse when she sees me?” Lin Wuyu said.

“Do you think she has a minor illness!” Dad suddenly shouted, “It’s breast cancer! Do you understand! Cancer! She sat in the hospital for an hour in the morning before she came to her senses! She just got home now! She, for many years, had always suppressed her emotions, and I’m worried that one day there will be problems with her body! Now, Lin Wuyu, are you willing to come back?”

Lin Wuyu did not speak.

Dad hung up the phone on the other side.

Ding Ji squatted beside the drone and kept staring at him from a distance.

With Ding Ji’s observation skills, he must have guessed that this was not an ordinary phone call this time. Lin Wuyu didn’t hide his emotions. He lowered his head and hugged his head with his arms, and scratched his head randomly with his hands.

After a while, Ding Ji’s shoes appeared in front of him.

“Look after my stuff,” Lin Wuyu still held his head, “The equipment is worth tens of thousands.”

“I let Ben ge watch,” Ding Ji said, “Wha happened? Is your mother seriously ill?”

“My dad said that she was diagnosed with breast cancer,” Lin Wuyu said, “He didn’t make it very clear about the specific state of her body, he made me go back immediately.”

“…Ah.” Ding Ji was stunned, this illness was beyond his expectation, “How are you going to go back now?”

“I can’t go back now,” Lin Wuyu said. “Wait till noon. I still have a few shots in this part. After shooting, I need to add some more material.”

“What should I do then?” Ding Ji asked.

“Can you help me analyse how to deal with the situation?” Lin Wuyu raised his head, looked at him and smiled.

Ding Ji didn’t speak, bit his lip, and looked back at the group of people, “I’ll talk about the conclusion of the analysis first; you go back after filming.”

“Mhm,” Lin Wuyu nodded, “Okay.”

Ding Ji was stunned, “You’ve actually already decided, you just want me to tell you… Do you still need me to explain my analysis?”

“Speak.” Lin Wuyu said.

“There are so many people, it seems to me that the scale of the activity is quite big, there are still many places to film, it must be difficult to go back after shooting here,” Ding Ji said, “If you don’t shoot this part and instead leave, the loss will be huge, can you compensate others for the loss if you don’t get the money? The reputation will also be damaged.”

Lin Wuyu smiled, “Mhm, so I don’t understand why you have to force me to go back right now, it doesn’t make any sense, my mother is at home now, and my dad is at home too. If it was someone else’s family, going back to accompany and comfort them, the mother will feel more at ease… Our family…”

“I don’t think they actually need you to go back right away, they don’t have this emotional need for you,” Ding Ji said, “It’s just that your mother was suddenly diagnosed with such a disease, they were very uncomfortable and scared, but they couldn’t find a way to vent, they can only take it out on you. If you don’t manage to go back immediately, they’ll scold you for a long while, but if you go back immediately, they may not necessarily have a reason to scold you.”

“Why did you apply for engineering mechanics,” Lin Wuyu said, “Did you not consider psychology?”

“When you have time, think about how to comfort your parents when you go back,” Ding Ji frowned. “This disease is not very scary. If it is discovered early, there are still many treatments.”

“Mhm.” Lin Wuyu responded.

“Don’t think too much first,” Ding Ji took his hand and rubbed it, “Don’t feel bad.”

“Am I a little cold-blooded?” Lin Wuyu looked at him, “I’m surprised and a little worried, but… I’m not very sad.”

“The emotions aren’t not to that extent,” Ding Ji sighed, “It has nothing to do with being cold-blooded or not.”

Lin Wuyu’s ability to control his emotions impressed Ding Ji with admiration.

When he put away his phone and walked back to his drone to pick up the remote control, the whole person returned to the previous state, and no one could tell that he received such a call.

Lin Wuyu said that he was not very sad, Ding Ji believed it, but his dad probably said something that wasn’t very nice on the phone just now, and it was not an ordinary illness. It was definitely impossible to say that his emotions were not affected at all.

But when it comes to not being very sad… Ding Ji thought about this, but felt that Lin Wuyu was very pitiful.

The shooting time was similar to what Lin Wuyu had estimated before, but it was a little late. There was a sudden strong wind while recovering the scene, and it was delayed for about an hour until the wind subsided before continuing to recover.

When he packed up and went down the mountain, Lin Wuyu didn’t talk much and walked silently with his head down.

Meanwhile Ding Ji who walked next to him had more to say on the way, asking him if he wanted a Snickers bar, and teasing him with itching grass again. He finally spoke.

“I’m not hungry, are you hungry?”

“Childish.”

“Look at the road, don’t fall, if you owe me money on top of breaking the equipment, you’ll have to repay the debt until you graduate from college.”

After getting into the car, Lin Wuyu said to Ben ge, “Send Xiao Ding back first…”

“Send you first,” Ding Ji said immediately, “I can take a detour.”

“Okay.” Lin Wuyu was not courteous to him.

Arriving at his house, Lin Wuyu got out of the car empty-handed, and let Ding Ji bring all the equipment back to his grandma’s house and put them there first.

When he got out of the elevator, he remembered that he didn’t have the key to the house.

When he was a child, he occasionally forgot to bring the keys, and every time he came home and knocked on the door, he would be taught a severe lesson. After all these years, he never forgot it again.

He really didn’t expect to go home today.

He sighed and rang the doorbell.

Dad opened the door for him, and when he saw him, his expression was very unpleasant, “Making money is too important, is it?”

“Where’s my mother?” Lin Wuyu glanced at the living room, but didn’t see his mother.

“Lying down and resting.” Dad said.

“Asleep?” Lin Wuyu asked.

“Can she sleep at this time!” Dad stressed his voice.

Lin Wuyu didn’t speak any more, walked into his parents’ bedroom, and saw his mother leaning on the bed in a daze, her eyes were red and swollen, and there were tears in her eyes.

“Mom.” He walked over and called out but didn’t know what to say.

He can speak on any occasion, and not stammer one bit, but when facing his parents, he often can’t find what to say.

“Your dad was fierce to you, wasn’t he?” Mom turned to look at him.

This sentence made Lin Wuyu stunned for a moment.

In his memory, his mother never spoke to him like that.

“Are you busy these days?” Mom asked again, “Picked up work?”

Lin Wuyu was very uncomfortable with her gentle tone, and was also very uncomfortable with the ordinary conversation between mother and son, but in his shock his nose turned a little sour.

“No, not much work these few days,” His voice was a little unsteady, “There will be other work after the volunteering work is completed.”

“Then why don’t you go for a run?” Mom suddenly grabbed his wrist, “Aren’t you going to apply for H University? If you have time, you can go to see the school environment in advance…”

“What’s wrong?” Lin Wuyu was stunned, his whole body froze suddenly.

For many years, he had no physical contact with his parents at all, and when his mother grabbed him, he felt that he was almost out of breath.

“Look at the photo, it’s really your brother,” Mom started crying, took out a photo from under the pillow, and shoved it into his hand desperately, “It must be your brother, Wuyu ah, go there and take a look. You help us to see… I’m really afraid I won’t see him before I die…”