A Contemptuous Beauty

Chapter 26

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Last time, there was a lot of blank space in the character, so this time Lin Bushi put on a black suit and stood with a sword behind his back. Unlike most of the play when he was cheerful and laughing, this is the last moment to fight with the heart of death. Lin Bushi, who was dueling with the Marquis of Longcheng, was very stern.

Although there are character posters as samples, Cheng Yan still carefully discusses the screen layout and character poses with the wall painter, coloring, and adjusting some details. The painter is a middle-aged man in his 30s and 40s, with a beard and a young apprentice, and he loves to joke.

Seeing that Cheng Yan paid attention to every little detail, the artist joked: "It's the first time I've seen such a serious and narcissistic person, he deserves to be an actor."

Cheng Yan was embarrassed.

He was told that this behavior of spraying his character on the wall was indeed narcissistic, no less than hanging a large picture on the wall. But whether it is because of narcissism or to satisfy Xia Shaoqian, it cannot be explained to outsiders. Even he himself can't tell what is the cause and effect of the two.

A few days later it was the last day of summer vacation, Xia Shaoqian brought Xia Ye and Xiaomeng here. During the summer vacation, the two children went on a trip with their mother, and they also came to stay here from time to time. This was not the first time they met Cheng Yan.

Xiaomeng is only six years old, and she is not at all surprised by "Uncle Cheng" who suddenly appeared at home. Xia Ye is very precocious and knows the relationship between Cheng Yan and his father very well. So although the situation is peculiar, there is no friction.

Seeing the spray painting on the wall, Xiao Meng yelled a few times, but she didn't realize that it was Cheng Yan who sprayed it, and she didn't even realize that the two characters were the same person, so she only pulled Xia Shaoqian and asked, "Who is this?" ?so hot."

She was only curious about who this handsome stranger was, but not why he appeared on her wall.

Xia Shaoqian laughed straight away.

Xia Ye took out his phone and took a photo: "I'll send it to Li Yu."

Cheng Yan didn't understand this young man at all. If he targeted Li Yu because he didn't like men who were entangled with his father, then strangely, he was very polite to himself.

Cold, but polite. For Li Yu, it's just the opposite. Although they are intimate, they often ridicule.

Xia Shaoqian was not surprised by his son's strangeness. Cheng Yan didn't expect to develop a deep relationship with the benefactor's son, or Xia Ye's just right indifference would be more comfortable. Probably Xia Ye also likes this kind of appropriate sense of distance, and the two of them reached a tacit understanding without knowing it.

Only the ignorant Xia Zhimeng is the happiest.

In summer, the open-air swimming pool is filled with water, and this day the two children took Lucky to play in the water. Lucky is a St. Bernard dog who is very good at swimming. Like a polar bear, he uses his thick paws to play in the water. When he stood up, he threw water droplets all over his body, and Xiaomeng screamed again and again.

Xia Shaoqian didn't like swimming very much, he just sat and drank under the huge parasol. Cheng Yan swam twice and climbed up, and sat beside him.

I don't know if it's hot or slightly drunk, Xia Shaoqian's eyes are a little absent-minded.

Cheng Yan worried: "Shall I bring some more ice cubes?"

Xia Shaoqian shook his hand. Cheng Yan poured him a glass of water and squeezed some lemon juice: "Drink some water."

Xia Shaoqian took it and drank it, and suddenly said: "You don't seem to have ever asked me about my ex-wife."

Seeing that he had been staring at the two children just now, Cheng Yan guessed that he had touched a certain nerve.

"Can I ask?"

"Do you want to ask?" Xia Shaoqian's tone was faintly angry.

Cheng Yan hated this kind of test and temptation very much, and even more hated that he was still trying to figure out how to answer in order to make Xia Shaoqian happy.

"I want to know everything about you," Cheng Yan said as sincerely as possible, "but I will wait for you to tell me."

Xia Shaoqian was silent. Cheng Yan saw that he had no intention of continuing this topic, so he took the initiative to say: "By the way, I'm going to audition for a movie directed by Lu Congwu in two days. Director Chen introduced me to go."

The thin layer of haze that just shrouded the two of them seemed to be just an illusion, Xia Shaoqian smiled, the blank eyes that didn't know where they fell just now disappeared, and was finally pulled back to the living present.

He seemed very interested: "What movie is it?"

Infected by him, Cheng Yan also became happy: "It's about Tang Bohu."

Decades ago when Tang Bohu's movie was made, there was an opera version of Three Smiles, most of which focused on "fairness" and "talent", and the heroine was always the beautiful Qiuxiang. Lu Congwu is a director with a literary temperament. This time he wanted to shoot a different Tang Bohu. According to him and the media, he wanted to "restore a more real Tang Bohu".

The son of a businessman, he was immersed in the first-class wealth and honor in the world with gentleness and literary talent since he was a child, but he was framed by others at the most glorious moment and fell to the bottom of the valley, and resigned in anger. The frustration of life has made art, and it will be famous in history before and after death.

"Is this a tragedy or a comedy?" Xia Shaoqian asked after listening.

Cheng Yan replied: "According to current standards, it should be a tragedy. But who knows, in the eyes of the highest and purest idealists, it should be a comedy."

"It sounds like it won't be a hit." Xia Shaoqian pointed out this problem very practically.

Cheng Yan smiled, as expected of a businessman.

"The audience's heart is the most elusive thing in the world."

"Then do you want to play Tang Yin?"

Since it is a movie about Tang Bohu, Tang Bohu is naturally the absolute hero. If he said he wanted it, would Xia Shaoqian really grab it for him

Cheng Yan resolutely said: "I don't want to. Besides, Director Lu has already let out the rumors, and he hopes that He Linyuan will play the leading role."

Xia Shaoqian smiled. Two children in the distance were having fun with Lucky in the water. He quickly reached over and kissed Chengyan's lips: "Okay."

This good word was said very gently, although Cheng Yan wondered what he was "good", but his thoughts were still blurred by the slightly wine-scented kiss.