Jinzhu sat under the light, with her head slightly lowered. There was a shadow surrounding her, and she seemed to be swallowed up by the shadow.
A person who loves acting so much can no longer feel the charm of acting.
Chi Ruanfan wanted to comfort Jinzhu, but didn't know how to start.
Their relationship was still very strange, and he didn't know what position he should take to comfort Jinzhu.
Fans to idols? Lovers to sponsors? Employees to bosses? Or even between friends...
There are no friends like them. They are not really friends.
"I'll act and you can recite the lines with me, okay?"
Chi Ruanfan opened the script, found the first scene where the Demon Cult leader appeared, and looked up at Jinzhu.
"Yeah." Jinzhu picked up the script.
In fact, he didn't even need to read the script, as he knew every word and every line of dialogue by heart.
Chi Ruanfan lay down on the long sofa opposite Jinzhu, with his left hand slightly raised, as if he was holding something in his arms.
This is the first scene where the Demon Cult leader appears, and also the first scene where the Demon Cult leader and the Jinyiwei commander compete with each other.
The leader of the evil cult, Mu Qianqiu, disguises himself as a woman and works as a singer in the dance troupe.
Yan Jing, the commander of the Imperial Guard, led his men to hunt down the assassin and entered the dance troupe to search.
In the orchestra's main tent, a singer in red was half lying on the couch, holding a pipa in her arms and gently plucking the strings.
The footsteps approached, the curtain was lifted, and the cold air rushed in.
The singer slowly raised her eyes, and looked towards the curtain with her charming, affectionate, yet sharp eyes.
At this glance, Jinzhu's eyes happened to meet theirs.
The sofa, coffee table, script... everything in the villa suddenly disappeared, and what appeared in front of Jinzhu was the felt tent where the singer was.
In my ears I could hear the plucking of a pipa and the sounds of the Jinyiwei searching and scolding outside.
I could still faintly smell the blood on the sword and the scent of rouge and powder in the felt tent.
Jinzhu was pulled into the play.
He stood up, and at this moment, he looked at the cold and ruthless Jinyiwei commander.
Commander Yan Jing walked into the tent, his sharp eyes swept everywhere, finally landing on the bed where the singer was.
He stepped forward, his steps steady and calm.
A hint of surprise flashed across Chi Ruanfan's eyes.
Jinzhu was immersed in the play. She had just said that she could no longer get into the play, but now she had devoted herself wholeheartedly to the scene.
Unlike Yu Jinzhu, Chi Ruanfan can enter and exit a role quickly, which is his unique advantage.
He suppressed the emotions in his eyes, and his gaze changed as he looked at Mu Qianqiu, who was dressed as a singing girl.
Mu Qianqiu held the pipa in her arms, and the half of her face that was revealed behind the pipa was extremely beautiful. "She" smiled at the commander, raised her red lips slightly, and said:
"What song would you like to hear, sir?"
The voice is like water and song, softening the heart.
“Don’t listen to the music.”
Yan Jing's voice was low and cold, and the way he looked at Mu Qianqiu was so cold, as if he was looking at an ornament, a beautiful and exquisite ornament.
He raised his hand and lifted the silk quilt draped over Mu Qianqiu's legs.
The long white legs are exposed to the air.
"Sir, I only sing songs, I don't sell my body."
Mu Qianqiu's eyes were full of affection, with a look of anger and smile. He slowly moved his legs and hooked the quilt back.
Yan Jing glanced at her indifferently, leaned over slightly, clasped the singer's ankle with his hand and lifted her up, then clenched his other hand into a fist and knocked on the bed.
Mu Qianqiu struggled with the strength of an ordinary woman, but naturally failed to break free.
None found.
Yan Jing retracted his hand, released the singer's ankle, walked to the other side, looked into her eyes, and said coldly:
"Get out of the way."
Mu Qianqiu lay down holding the pipa and said with a smile, "No."
There is a heroic look in her eyes and eyebrows, and she looks very charming when she smiles.
The two contradictory characteristics are perfectly integrated in "her".
Yan Jing didn't like nonsense, so he suddenly reached out and picked up Mu Qianqiu with one hand amid a cry of surprise, and knocked on the place where Mu Qianqiu had been lying before with the other hand.
Still nothing found.
Yan Jing loosened his hands and threw the person in his arms back onto the couch.
A hint of astonishment flashed across Chi Ruanfan's eyes, which had been full of brightness before.
I thought to myself, damn, Jinzhu is so rude.
After entering the role, Jinzhu became a completely different person.
Not only did her personality change, but she also broke the restriction of not touching him.
During this moment of distraction, Chi Ruanfan saw Jinzhu reach out and grab a handful from his arms.
Oh, his "Pipa" is gone.
Chi Ruanfan closed his eyes, opened them again, and looked at Mu Qianqiu again.
"Sir, please be gentle, don't break it."
Mu Qianqiu stood up and threw himself onto the commander, hugged Yan Jing's waist, and looked at the taken away pipa with a worried and distressed look on his face.
"Sandalwood, rosewood." The commander looked away from the pipa, looked at the singer with a sharp gaze, and said slowly, "The king of woods."
"You mean expensive?"
Mu Qianqiu was not afraid at all. She raised her head and rested her delicate chin on the commander's belt with a black background and gold patterns.
“It’s expensive.”
It is definitely not something an ordinary singer can possess.
Yan Jing pinched Mu Qianqiu's chin and asked coldly, "Where did it come from?"
"Are you mean to me?"
As Yan Jing exerted force, Mu Qianqiu pretended to be in pain and hissed. He glared at him and said angrily:
"Prince Rui gave it to me. I didn't steal, rob or cheat!"
Yan Jing let go of Mu Qianqiu, "Are you King Rui's woman?"
King Rui loved pleasure, so it was understandable that he gave his favorite singer a sandalwood and rosewood pipa as a gift.
Mu Qianqiu immediately took the pipa from Yan Jing's hand, held it in his arms, and said angrily:
"There are so many guests who invite me to sing, and King Rui is just one of them. How can I be his woman?"
Yan Jing was not interested in talking about irrelevant topics.
The felt tent was completely empty and one could see the inside at a glance. Apart from the couch, there was nothing else to search.
Yan Jing turned around and tried to go out.
Mu Qianqiu, who was lying on the couch, suddenly stretched out his hand and hooked the commander's gold-embroidered belt with his jade-like fingers.
Yan Jing turned back unhappily, his eyes falling on those slender fingers.
It's too thin, as if it would break if it was bent even slightly.
Mu Qianqiu said:
"Sir, I can be your woman. I wonder what your name is, how old you are, and whether you have a wife?"
Yan Jing was silent for a moment, waved away Mu Qianqiu's hand, and strode out of the tent.
Mu Qianqiu straightened his upper body and propped himself up on the couch, looking at the back of the Jinyiwei commander. "She" chuckled, the charm in her eyes disappeared, leaving only ruthlessness and determination.
The leader’s first act ends here.
Chi Ruanfan suppressed his emotions and quickly walked out of the play.
He looked at Jinzhu and found that he was standing upright with his head slightly tilted, as if he was listening to someone's report.
Jinzhu said that it was difficult for him to get out of the role.
Chi Ruanfan got up from the sofa and walked towards Jinzhu.
Jinzhu turned around when she heard the footsteps, her eyes fell on Chi Ruanfan, and she frowned slightly, "Miss, Jinyiwei is doing business, don't move around casually."
Chi Ruanfan: “???”
Is he already that ill? No, is it so difficult to act
"Mr. Jin?" Chi Ruanfan called tentatively.
Jinzhu frowned, but did not show any special reaction. The way she looked at Chi Ruanfan was the same as the way she looked at the singer.
He seemed to have automatically transformed the title "General Jin" into something like "Commander-in-Chief".
"I'm not a girl."
Chi Ruanfan stepped forward and took Jinzhu's hand.
Chi Ruanfan originally wanted him to touch his Adam's apple, but Jinzhu was not normal now, and he was afraid that Jinzhu would accidentally strangle him to death.
So, Chi Ruanfan pressed Jinzhu's hand on his chest.
"Look, it's flat, I have no breasts."
As Chi Ruanfan was speaking, he suddenly felt his cheeks getting a little hot.
It's inexplicably embarrassing, why not just look at the Adam's apple
Jinzhu pressed it again and again, his eyes gradually becoming empty.
When he came to his senses, Chi Ruanfan crossed his arms in front of him and looked at him with a perverted look.
The memory came back to him, Jinzhu quickly withdrew his hand, and said in a hurried voice: "Xiaoruan, I, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry, I..."
Decided to keep a distance and not let Xiaoruan misunderstand, but he
Chi Ruanfan was afraid that Jinzhu would apologize to him again, so he put down his hand and said generously:
"It's okay, it's okay. I was the one who pulled you and you only pressed it three, four, five or six times too much."
Jinzhu's face turned pale instantly, and her voice trembled slightly, "I know that what I did is unforgivable, what can I do to make you feel better?"
"Really, I'm not angry."
Seeing that Jinzhu's face was getting worse and worse, and it seemed that she was about to rush into the kitchen to chop off her hands, Chi Ruanfan quickly changed the topic and said:
"How about you audition with me for 'The King's Guards 2'?"
If there is anything he really wants, all that remains is the dream he had before entering the circle.
He wants to act in a play with Jinzhu.
This was the thing he had ever desired most.
Jinzhu gazed into Chi Ruanfan's expectant eyes, and realized belatedly that she had been too immersed in the role and had successfully performed a scene.
Chi Ruanfan not only allows him to see "living" characters, but also brings him into the play.
Jinzhu lowered her head and looked at her hands which were shaking with excitement and disbelief, her expression looking as if she was about to cry.
Chi Ruanfan stood by helplessly.
It was so easy for him to get in and out of the role, it was like an instinct.
He had never experienced a situation like Jinzhu, so he couldn't empathize with the other person.
But Jinzhu's reaction made him feel distressed.
Even want to hug each other.
And so he did.
Jinzhu felt Chi Ruanfan approaching and hugging him. He paused, hugged Chi Ruanfan back with trembling hands, buried his head in the other's shoulder, and hugged him tightly.
It took a long time for Jinzhu to calm down.
He raised his head and looked at Chi Ruanfan with warm and grateful eyes.
"Xiaoruan, thank you. I also want to continue acting, but I'm not sure if I can do it."
Chi Ruanfan was able to bring him into the role once, but what about the next time? Can he bring him into the role as well
And those scenes where Chi Ruanfan doesn’t appear, can he act in them
"I'll accompany you and help you," Chi Ruanfan said, "Let's practice together and find a solution together."
If you can get into the role the first time, you can do it the second time, as long as you find the right opportunity.
He accompanies Jinzhu to find that opportunity, and they can also try non-immersive performances, or he can accompany Jinzhu into the role and then accompany her slowly out of the role.
They are together.
"Okay..." Jinzhu looked at him with a hint of affection, and said softly, "Then I'll leave it to Xiaoruan."
"no problem."
Chi Ruanfan slowly released his arms around Jinzhu and said, "I won't call you President Jin anymore. Call me something else."
"Okay." Jinzhu responded to this question quickly, and there seemed to be a hint of anticipation in his expression.
"But what should I call it?"
Chi Ruanfan pondered, "Jinzhu? Jin the Movie King? Senior? Brother Jin?"
Jinzhu's eyes were full of indulgence, "It's all right."
Chi Ruanfan met Jinzhu's eyes, and a name popped up in his mind.
"bamboo."
It came out of his mouth naturally, as if he had said it a thousand times.
Jinzhu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Well, this name is very good. No one has ever called me that. This is a name that only belongs to Xiaoruan."
Chi Ruanfan also laughed.
It seems like something is different.
They are not just lovers and financiers, nor are they simply employees and bosses.