"Hongyi, did you really do that? Tell me it wasn't you!" Chu Dianlan was playing a young general in *A Melody from the Other Shore*, while Su Yao was a martial artist. The scene they were filming today was the one where the martial artist was framed after the general took her back to his mansion.
Su Yao had filmed some extremely heart - wrenching scenes earlier and hadn't adjusted her state yet. As a result, they had retaken this scene several times without success.
"So what if it was me?" Hongyi stubbornly raised her head, her eyes filled with tears.
"Director, I can't bring myself to do it." Lan Mao's next move was supposed to raise his hand and slap Hongyi opposite him, knocking her to the ground.
"Hey, Sister Yao, I haven't even acted yet! Why did you fall already?" Lan Mao turned around and saw Su Yao, who was out of sorts, already preparing to fall in line with his action. But she didn't expect that he hadn't actually struck. Due to inertia, Su Yao fell to the ground.
"Hahaha." The whole crew burst into laughter, and even the usually serious director twitched the corner of his mouth.
"Let's do this scene one more time. Hurry up." The director ordered.
"Sister Yao, could you please focus a bit? Let's get this right in one take this time, okay?" Lan Mao widened his big cat - like eyes, with dots of gold glistening in his pupils. He was so close that Su Yao could clearly see the creases in his eyes.
"Sure, it'll definitely pass this time." Su Yao was still thinking. Since she met Pei Yan again, he had always been gentle with her. What was going on recently? He didn't reply to her WeChat messages and only talked about work on the phone. Could it be that visiting him at his home last time had hurt him somehow?
"Hongyi, did you really do that? Tell me it wasn't you!" Chu Dianlan repeated the line and shook Su Yao by the shoulders twice. Su Yao snapped back to reality.
"So what if it was me?" Su Yao, worthy of being a movie queen, immediately had tears welling up in her eyes. With a "pop", Su Yao fell to the ground as expected.
"Cut!" This scene was a success. "Everyone's worked hard. Take a break. We'll start the next scene." The set immediately became chaotic with people packing up props and cleaning the venue.
"Lan Mao, who told you to really hit me! Ouch, look, my face is all red. Didn't we agree that you just make the motion and I'll fall?"
"Sister Yao, are you heartbroken recently? Why are you always absent - minded? Am I really that unattractive?" Lan Mao neither apologized nor explained. Instead, he lectured Su Yao.
"No, no. How could I be? I don't even have a romantic partner. Where could heartbreak come from? Don't make wild guesses." Just thinking that Pei Yan was ignoring her, Su Yao felt a tightness in her heart.
"Sister Yao, based on what I know about you, you must have been dumped." Lan Mao's face instantly lit up. "How about having a talk with me?"
"Talk your head off." Su Yao slapped at Chu Dianlan's head. Chu Dianlan nimbly dodged and said, "Look, you're trying to kill me to cover up after being exposed. You won't last two episodes in the drama like this." Then he ran away.
Seeing him acting like a child, Su Yao could only sigh and shake her head, then turned around and left the set.
"Su Yao," the director suddenly called out to her.
"Director, what's up?"
"For our next scene, we need a large, desolate open space. Have you filmed anywhere nearby like that before?" The director hadn't filmed in the vicinity before and wasn't very familiar with the area.
"A deserted wasteland? Yes, it's near the military camp. But we need approval, which is a bit troublesome."
"Can you find the contact person from last time? We just want to borrow that location for one day to film a large - scale scene."
"I'll give it a try." Su Yao took out her phone, scrolled through her contacts, clicked on Su Jin, and sent him a message.
Not long after, Su Jin replied, saying that approval procedures were needed and asking her to go and pick up the materials. Su Yao relayed this to the director, and thus their crew borrowed the land for a day.
The next day, Su Yao and the crew members went there. From afar, Su Yao saw Su Jin running towards her. She originally wanted to pretend not to see him, but Su Jin's shout was as loud as thunder. Su Yao had no choice but to brace herself and walk towards him.
"Brother, we're filming here today." Su Yao greeted him.
"I know. You're borrowing this place for a day." While talking, Su Jin carefully examined Su Yao. "Yaoyao, why do you look so listless and haggard? You look like you've just been heartbroken."
"Me? You know I haven't." Su Yao was a bit depressed. After Chu Dianlan, Su Jin was the second person to notice that she was heartbroken, and he was a straight - laced guy. Was she really that obvious?
"Pei Yan called me the other day. He was asking about your business last year." Su Jin still stared at Su Yao.
"Pei Yan? He's getting a divorce recently. He doesn't have time to care about my business." Knowing that Pei Yan was investigating her whereabouts last year, Su Yao was a bit unhappy. She waved her hand impatiently and said.
"Really? Pei Yan is getting a divorce. This is your chance. Why do you still look like you've been dumped?" Su Jin was puzzled.
"Brother, you're meddling too much. I'm fine, fine, fine." Su Yao now wanted to shake off Su Jin and leave right away.
"Sister Yao, come quickly. It's time for your makeup." A sweet voice came between them. Song Xiuxiu, a new makeup artist in the crew this time, was extremely enthusiastic towards people, sometimes a bit overwhelming. Song Xiuxiu saw Su Jin, looked at him a few times, and then a few more times. Suddenly, her enthusiasm waned, and she dragged Su Yao away for several steps.
"Brother, I'm leaving first." Su Yao was grateful to Song Xiuxiu in her heart, and the two women ran back to the dressing room together. Along the way, Song Xiuxiu's enthusiasm returned. She pulled Su Yao and asked all kinds of questions, especially about Su Jin. Su Yao suspected that this young girl had a crush on Su Jin. In fact, Su Jin was tall and strong. Both Su Yao and Su Jin had inherited their mother's excellent genes, with handsome faces and cheerful personalities.
"Do you have a crush on my brother?" Su Yao was sitting while Song Xiuxiu was doing her makeup. Su Yao was bored and decided to tease this young girl who had just graduated from school.
"Brother Su is really a nice guy." Song Xiuxiu's ears suddenly turned red, and two blushes appeared on her face.
"You just met him today, and you know he's a nice guy? My brother is not as good - looking as he seems on the outside. In fact, he has a lot of flaws." Su Yao then opened up and complained to Song Xiuxiu about all of Su Jin's flaws, including his embarrassing incidents.
If Su Jin knew that Su Yao was slandering him like this, he would probably come and beat her up again.
"Haha, Brother Su is really a good person." After listening with a red face, Song Xiuxiu's big almond eyes were curved into a smile.
"Hey, you naive young girl, don't be deceived by the big bad wolf." Although Su Yao said so, she thought to herself, Brother, this is all I can do for you. You have to work hard.