That day marked Su Yaya’s first day on set for the drama. She had just one scene, acting opposite the male lead, Xu Chaoran. Her role as the second female lead, Shu Guiren was currently a concubine seeking the emperor’s favor. To achieve this, she bribed a eunuch in the emperor’s service. Upon learning the emperor’s whereabouts, she sneaked to the lotus pond, removed her shoes and socks, and sat on a stone by the water, playfully dipping her feet in.

Su Yaya’s delicate, jade-like feet were remarkably beautiful, and in the shimmering water, they appeared even more radiant. The passing emperor, portrayed by Xu Chaoran was immediately captivated by the sight. Mesmerized, he found himself inexplicably drawn toward her, compelled to touch her feet.

According to the script, the emperor would successfully touch Shu Guiren’s feet, be utterly enchanted, and carry her back to the Qianyuan Palace. There, after a passionate night, she would be promoted to the title of Shu Jieyu.

However, things didn’t go as planned during filming. Su Yaya, clad in the heavy layers of her elaborate palace costume, sat by the pond, her feet bare, playing with the water as the sunlight filtered through the leaves above casting a golden glow over her figure and the rippling water making the scene breathtakingly picturesque.

Xu Chaoran dressed in his emperor’s robes appeared right on cue. His gaze immediately fell on Su Yaya’s exquisite feet, and he couldn’t help but approach her, captivated. As he reached out, reciting his line. “Beloved consort, you’re so beautiful…”

That’s when the unexpected happened. According to the script, Su Yaya was supposed to shyly withdraw her feet. However, as she followed the direction, her foot slipped for reasons unknown, and she lost her balance, falling straight into the lotus pond.

With a loud splash, Su Yaya plunged into the water.

Although Su Yaya knew how to swim, she wasn’t a strong swimmer. Worse, the multiple layers of her palace costume—heavy, wide, and cumbersome—clung to her arms and legs the moment they got wet. The soaked fabric became a burden, restricting her movements as if invisible hands were pulling her downward. Panicking, she flailed helplessly, swallowing several mouthfuls of water.

Xu Chaoran, being the closest was stunned for a moment when he saw her fall into the pond. He froze briefly, confused, before realizing this wasn’t part of the script—Su Yaya had genuinely fallen in. Without a second thought, he quickly stripped off his heavy costume and dove into the water to save her.

It wasn’t until Xu Chaoran jumped in after her that the rest of the crew snapped out of their daze, realizing something had gone wrong and rushed over to help with the rescue.

Xu Chaoran was the first to jump into the water. Moving swiftly, he swam to Su Yaya, wrapped an arm around her from behind, and brought her safely to the shore. Carrying the dripping-wet Su Yaya in his arms, he stepped onto dry land.

“Brother Chao, are you okay?” A crew member rushed over, asking anxiously.

“I’m fine.” Xu Chaoran replied. He looked down at Su Yaya in his arms, her face pale. Concerned, he asked, “How are you feeling?”

“I-I’m okay,” Su Yaya forced herself to respond, suppressing the discomfort in her body.

“You don’t look well. You should go to the hospital for a check-up,” Xu Chaoran said firmly.

“That might not be necessary…”

“Listen to me. If you fall ill, it will delay the entire production schedule.” Xu Chaoran’s tone was serious and left no room for argument.

Su Yaya: “…”

Yu Hui, another crew member, arrived just then and chimed in. “I think Xu Chaoran is right. It’s better to get checked at the hospital.”

Yu Hui knew very well that Su Yaya was associated with Shen Xiuqi. If anything happened to her on set, it would be fine if Shen Xiuqi didn’t care but if he got upset, it could spell trouble for the entire crew. Rumor had it that Shen Xiuqi cared deeply about Su Yaya, so there was no guarantee he wouldn’t take his anger out on the production. Yu Hui wasn’t willing to take that risk—getting her checked at the hospital was the safest option, no matter the outcome.

“Quickly help Xu Chaoran and Su Yaya change out of their wet clothes and head to the hospital for a check-up.” Yu Hui instructed. Only then did everyone notice that Xu Chaoran was still holding Su Yaya in his arms. However, given the situation, no one read too much into it; all they could think about was getting her checked as soon as possible.

Duan Xiaoyu who had gone to buy coffee for Su Yaya, returned to see her soaked and pale-faced. She was so startled that she abandoned the coffee and hurriedly took Su Yaya to the dressing room to change clothes. Xu Chaoran, meanwhile, was led to the men’s dressing room by his assistant to change.

While changing, Su Yaya noticed Duan Xiaoyu’s trembling hands. Forcing a smile despite her discomfort, she said. “I’m really fine. It’s just because my period started. Once I drink some brown sugar water, I’ll be okay. Don’t worry.”

“How can I not worry? What if something serious happened? Women need to be extra careful during their periods—no cold water, no getting chilled! And now you’ve fallen into a pond on top of that. It’s even worse! We’re going to the hospital, no arguments.” Duan Xiaoyu said firmly, dragging Su Yaya to the car.

At the hospital, the doctor performed a thorough examination. The diagnosis: Su Yaya had caught a mild cold, and with her period already affecting her due to underlying uterine coldness, falling into the water had made things worse. The doctor sternly warned her. “If you don’t take care of yourself now, you’ll suffer for it later!”

After a long lecture, the doctor scribbled out a lengthy prescription and handed it over.

Su Yaya who disliked taking medicine, grumbled to Duan Xiaoyu. “I told you I didn’t need to see a doctor, but you insisted! Now look at this—they’ve written me a small pharmacy’s worth of meds! What do they take me for, an easy mark? Who in their right mind enjoys taking medicine? I’m not a masochist!”

However, Duan Xiaoyu remembered Shen Xiuqi’s specific instructions to take good care of Su Yaya. Ignoring her complaints, she went to get the medicine and said resolutely. “I’ll make sure you take it. Otherwise, I’ll let Sister Zhou and Mr. Shen know about this.”

Su Yaya glared at her, furious. “You’re my assistant. You’re supposed to be on my side! Snitching on me to them is wrong, don’t you know that?”

Holding the bag of medicine, Duan Xiaoyu remained firm. “But you need to take care of your health. If anything happens to you, Sister Zhou and Mr. Shen will hold me responsible for not taking good care of you.”

Su Yaya sighed deeply. She felt like she hadn’t gained an assistant but a second mother instead!

“Fine, fine, let’s just go back.” Su Yaya relented, giving up the argument with Duan Xiaoyu.

Once they drove back to the hotel, Su Yaya headed straight for a hot shower. Having been soaked to the bone earlier and then rushed to the hospital, she’d only managed to change into clean clothes without having time to wash properly. The discomfort lingered, but the hot water helped her finally relax.

After she finished showering, Duan Xiaoyu handed her the prescribed medicine, gently urging. “Yaya, take your medicine and get some rest. A nap will do you good.”

Su Yaya gave a soft “Mm,” climbed into bed, pulled the blanket over herself, and closed her eyes to sleep.

Duan Xiaoyu stayed by her side, waiting until Su Yaya was sound asleep before quietly stepping out. She pulled out her phone, intending to call Zhou Peiyun to report what had happened on set today.

However, before she could find Zhou Peiyun’s number, an incoming call interrupted her. It was a staff member from the crew, informing her that Su Yaya’s handbag had been left at the set and asking her to come retrieve it.

Duan Xiaoyu immediately remembered: during filming, Su Yaya had handed her phone over in the handbag and asked her to hold onto it. She had gone to buy coffee as instructed, only to return to the chaos of Su Yaya falling into the water. In the rush to change clothes and visit the hospital, she had completely forgotten about the bag.

“Thank you! I’ll come get it right away.” Duan Xiaoyu replied to the staff member, expressing her gratitude. She glanced back at the bed, where Su Yaya was sound asleep and unlikely to wake anytime soon. Without further delay, she left the hotel and rushed to the set.

When she arrived, she found the staff member who had called her and retrieved Su Yaya’s handbag. It was a luxury piece from Xiang, worth over a hundred thousand yuan. Inside were some of Su Yaya’s personal belongings—losing it would have been a disaster, and there was no way Duan Xiaoyu could afford to replace it.

“Check the bag to see if anything is missing.” The staff member kindly reminded Duan Xiaoyu.

“Okay, thank you,” Duan Xiaoyu replied. She knew Su Yaya’s handbag didn’t contain much—just some tissues, a compact, lip gloss, a small mirror, and other personal items. The most important thing was Su Yaya’s phone. Modern smartphones were convenient but also hold a lot of personal information. For someone like Su Yaya, a public figure, a privacy leak could be disastrous. Quickly, Duan Xiaoyu opened the bag to inspect its contents. Nothing was missing, and Su Yaya’s Fruit-branded phone was still there. Since the phone was password-protected, and only Su Yaya knew the code, everything seemed secure.

After confirming that nothing was lost, Duan Xiaoyu thanked the staff member. In a joking tone, the staff member said that if she really wanted to thank her, she could treat her to a cup of bubble tea.

Since the staff member had been so helpful, Duan Xiaoyu agreed with a smile. “Sure, let’s go together.”

The staff member happened to have some free time, so the two of them headed to a nearby bubble tea shop.

Meanwhile, Su Yaya, who had been sleeping at the hotel was abruptly woken up by intense cramping in her abdomen. It was her first period since transmigrating into this body, and the pain was unbearable. In her previous life, her periods were manageable with only mild discomfort that she could tolerate.

However, this body was different. The pain threshold seemed much lower, and her condition was far worse. The bleeding was heavy, like a constant stream, and the pain made her dizzy, cold sweat dripping from her forehead. For a brief moment, she even felt as though she might die from the agony.

Suddenly, she remembered the female doctor at the hospital earlier, who had warned her: “You already have a cold uterus, and now you’ve fallen into the water. You’ll have a hard time dealing with this later…”

Fear crept in as those words echoed in her mind. She called out weakly, “Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu!” but there was no response.

Struggling to sit up, she glanced around the room and realized it was empty. With no one to help her, she forced herself to get up and look for her phone to call for help. Unfortunately, her phone was nowhere to be found.

Just as Su Yaya was feeling distressed, a knock came at the door. Thinking it was Duan Xiaoyu, she gritted her teeth against the pain and shuffled to the door to open it.

Standing outside was Xu Chaoran. Before Su Yaya could say anything, he explained his purpose for coming. “Are you okay? You fell into the water this afternoon, so I came to check on you.”

“I…” Su Yaya began to say she was fine, but before she could finish, she felt a sudden gush of warmth flow down from her lower abdomen. Her vision went dark, and her body swayed before collapsing forward.

“Su Yaya!”

Xu Chaoran caught her just in time. Looking down, he saw her face pale as paper, her forehead drenched in cold sweat, and her body trembling slightly.

“What’s wrong?” he asked, his usual calm replaced with visible worry on his handsome face.

“It hurts… I feel awful…” Su Yaya murmured weakly, her voice barely audible. Her abdomen throbbed with sharp pain, her vision blurred, and her strength drained away, leaving her shivering and cold.

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Author has something to say: I told you, Xu Chaoran might be the second ML but you didn’t believe me! Lalala~~~