With Ting Lan's participation, the shooting progress of *The Long Maple at the Endless Night* instantly went from the speed of a bicycle to that of a high - speed train. In the blink of an eye, it reached the part where the male and female leads officially recognized their feelings and the heart - wrenching plot began.
The female second played by Ting Lan was about to die at the hands of the female lead.
Ting Lan's last scene was set in a deep mountain and was also a scene opposite Su Yao.
The Crown Princess wanted to kill her husband and take his place. She imitated the former empress and wanted to rule the world. Her husband did die, but she failed. She was forced into the deep mountains and forests by the arriving female and male leads. It was also here that the feelings of the male and female leads started to get complicated.
"Haha," the Crown Princess played by Ting Lan laughed maniacally. "Li Changfeng, do you think you've won like this? It's impossible! I won't die at your hands. I won't even when I'm on my deathbed. Does the person beside you know what you did back then?"
Li Changfeng rarely showed panic and opened her mouth to stop the Crown Princess. "Shut up!"
"I'm dying of laughter," the Crown Princess looked at the male lead on one side. "General, you don't know, do you? Back then, when the general's wife had an accident in the palace and his military power was subsequently stripped, it was all your current wife who did it. Knowing that the poisoned wine was meant for herself, she still made the general's wife drink it. All she wanted was to drive a wedge between the general and the emperor. Why not do it?"
After saying that, the Crown Princess jumped off the cliff.
The director shouted "Cut", but there came Ting Lan's cries for help from the edge of the cliff. "Help!"
Su Yao quickly ran over. Looking down, she was so scared that she almost fell.
Ting Lan was only hanging by a wire, which seemed about to break. She was clinging to the cliff wall, with some wounds on her face.
"Ting Lan, wait for me. I'll come right away!"
All the other staff members rushed over. Normally, Su Yao didn't need to go down herself, but she was so anxious that she was one step ahead of the others. She put on the equipment for the wire and walked towards the outer edge of the cliff.
"Su..." Yan Nuo wanted to stop her, but Su Yao had already started climbing down. She was quite agile, if you ignored her shaking legs.
A group of people watched this scene nervously. Those with greater strength were pulling the wires of the two people from behind, although Ting Lan only had one wire and it was shaking precariously.
"Ting Lan, don't be afraid. Give me your hand!" Su Yao was stuck on the side, holding onto the rock wall with one hand and reaching out towards Ting Lan with the other.
"Yaoyao..." The moment Ting Lan saw Su Yao, she didn't feel so scared anymore, but the tears on her face kept flowing.
Just as Ting Lan reached out her hand, the last wire on her body snapped.
"Ting Lan!"
At the moment of falling, Su Yao jumped over without hesitation. Fortunately, she caught Ting Lan. Although it was a bit strenuous and the wrist that was severely pinched by Pei Yan before started to ache again, she had to endure it.
"Don't be afraid, Ting Lan. Hold on to me tightly," Su Yao didn't dare to let go and at the same time urged the people above. "Pull us up quickly!"
Yan Nuo had been waiting at the edge of the cliff. As soon as the distance was right, he immediately reached out and fished Ting Lan up first. At this moment, Ting Lan was still in a state of shock and fainted directly in Yan Nuo's arms. When he looked back at Su Yao, Su Yao was lying on the edge of the cliff with her limbs splayed, eyes closed, and her chest heaving violently. It was obvious that she was also scared.
Ting Lan was sent to the hospital. Su Yao's legs were still shaking uncontrollably, and her wrist was swollen again due to over - exertion.
Fortunately, the location for this shoot was a small place, so it was not easy for the news to spread. Director Jiang He had also issued an order in advance to keep it a secret for the time being. Whoever leaked the news would be held accountable.
Ting Lan hadn't woken up yet. Su Yao was sitting on the sofa in the ward, accompanied by Yan Nuo and Jiang He.
Jiang He was old and not very suitable for running errands. And Su Yao still hadn't recovered from the shock, so Yan Nuo very consciously stayed.
While Yan Nuo went to handle some formalities, Su Yao looked up and said, "Director Jiang, it's possible that one wire breaking was a problem with the wire itself. But so many wires broke, and it was only Ting Lan's. I hope to get an explanation."
Jiang He nodded. He thought to himself that he was just a film director. Where did all these strange things come from? First, Wu Shanshan died, and then Ting Lan had an accident. Although he knew it had nothing to do with Su Yao, he still couldn't help but give her a couple of resentful looks.
"Director, don't look at me like that. It has nothing to do with me."
It really had nothing to do with Su Yao. Someone wanted to kill Ting Lan, but they just didn't know who it was.
The wires would be specially checked by someone before use, and only Ting Lan needed to use them in today's scene. The set she wore was fine, so it was simple. They just needed to look among the people who had touched the wires.
After leaving the ward, Yan Nuo took out an old - fashioned mobile phone that only the elderly would use and sent a text message to someone thousands of miles away.
Ting Lan woke up near dawn the next day. Only Su Yao was there, casually covered with a piece of clothing, sleeping soundly on a reclining chair beside her. She had no idea that Ting Lan had woken up.
Seeing the thick bandage on Su Yao's wrist, Ting Lan felt even more guilty.
"Su Yao? Wake up..." Faintly hearing someone calling her name, Su Yao woke up and quickly propped herself up to ask how Ting Lan was.
"Ouch..."
Due to the large movement, the secondary injury to her wrist made Su Yao gasp in pain.
"Yaoyao, are you okay? I'm sorry. It's all my fault..."
"What are you thinking about?" Su Yao shook her head. "My hand was injured before. It has nothing to do with you. Don't think about it."
"I..." Ting Lan hesitated.
Su Yao smiled to comfort her. "It's okay. I'll find out who did it. Don't be afraid."
Ting Lan's expression suddenly became even more angry. "Who else could it be? We don't even need to think about it!"
Su Yao knew who Ting Lan was referring to, but without evidence, it was all just speculation. She valued evidence more and needed to find out clearly.
In the afternoon, Su Yao called Yan Nuo to come and take care of Ting Lan. She herself went back to the props area to check the props and the people who had touched them.
After Su Yao arrived at the props area, the first thing she did was to take the wire that Ting Lan had worn to check.
The wire itself was okay. The problem was only with the rope that hung the wire. Generally speaking, the ropes used for wires were very strong, and it was no easy task to break them.
After a long time, Su Yao finally noticed something wrong with the thing in her hand.
"So that's how it is. Fine, you're really something. I'll spend the whole day on this today." Su Yao tossed the thing in her hand.
Just then, the door of the props warehouse was pushed open. Su Yao quickly hid behind a large box.
Judging from the footsteps, there should be two people, a man and a woman, getting closer and closer to Su Yao.