The night in Chang'an is always contradictory. One half is a night of bright lights, prosperity and joy, and the other half is as dark as a dot of ink. Whether it is evil or evil spirits, they are all hidden in it.
Chi Jixia took a step forward, and when she felt the familiar touch of solid ground, her heart, which had been beating restlessly in her chest, finally settled down.
The sounds of busy traffic and the bustling voices of ordinary people...all the familiar yet unfamiliar scenes told him that this was the world in "The Dark Willows and Bright Flowers Surround the Sky".
—It is also the world that belongs to “Ike Yoshika”!
At that moment, Chi Jixia finally relaxed her body, as if the tense mind was finally surrounded by a sense of security. The fear that had been triggered by repeated attempts, as if it had been ripped open, disappeared, leaving only a sense of complete security and relief.
Safe, warm and beautiful.
He walked through the crowd and confirmed Yi Wan's current situation with the system. The system said, "The person has indeed arrived. He is currently playing the role of Ji Chongming, and is waiting for the performance in the backstage of Xingyue Tower."
"Yes." Chi Jixia said, "What is his current condition?"
System: "Very confused, just like when I just played "Wild Quest"."
Chi Jixia suddenly had the idea of playing a trick on him.
"Aren't there ghosts in this world? Let's send a ghost to scare him." Chi Jixia said slowly, "I'll come later."
System: “.”
It would always agree to all of Chi Jixia's requests, no matter whether they were reasonable or not.
Just because Chi Jixia is the host it chose.
Chi Jixia couldn't help laughing again: "What time period did I travel through? What should I do next?"
System: "According to the current plot, which is to be filmed tomorrow, you should go to Xingyue Tower and forcibly take him back to your house."
Chi Jixia: "Oh..."
He recalled the origin of this plot.
Ji Chongming in the performance reminded Leng Qiu of Ji Wan, whom he loved deeply. After a conflict of ideas with Ji Wan and the two of them became strangers, he held grand banquets in Leng's mansion every night and invited celebrities. He sat on the mahogany couch, holding a glass of wine and watching the music, not for entertainment, but just to fantasize...
Perhaps one day, Ji Wan would come to his house because of this excitement. Ji Wan was a loyal Jiangwei, and he was a villain who could not be surpassed. Ji Wan came to the banquet he carefully prepared just to invite her, even if it was just to catch him, it was enough to satisfy him.
This was also the reason why he brought Ji Chongming, who looked like Ji Wan, to his house. Opera was generally considered a low-class profession. If Ji Wan came and saw an opera singer who looked like her singing and dancing in his house... would her expression be somewhat moved
Would it be less cold and frosty... and more angry and humiliated
"This Leng Qiu is really a pervert." Chi Jixia commented.
According to the plot and Leng Qiu's mood, he brought his men to Xingyue Tower. When entering Xingyue Tower, Chi Jixia realized that he suddenly wanted to see the expression of Yi Wan, who not only traveled through time, but also saw ghosts and was about to be robbed by him.
Ever since he met Yi Wan, Yi Wan's expression was always so calm, as if nothing could trigger his special emotions.
But now, would Yi Wan, who always had a calm expression, be shocked by this? Would he look at him, confused about what had happened
Will Yi Wan's dark eyes be stained with fear? Will he avoid his gaze out of embarrassment... like a blank sheet of paper stained with more emotions by his own hands
Will Yi Wan's fair fingers... tremble because of this
Chi Jixia once didn't know how to act. He was like an empty blank slate, and all the emotions belonging to other characters were covered by a thick veil. The dream-entering golden finger allowed him to be injected with emotions. But now, he...
Wanting Yi Wan, he was also injected with similar emotions.
He wanted to see more of Yi Wan's reactions and try to understand his emotions—not just act with him and overcome his fear of him.
This was something Chi Jixia himself had never realized. He had relied on the golden finger for a long time and had not expressed the desire to explore any character for a long time, but now he was full of the desire to explore Yi Wan.
Chi Jixia did what he said. He coughed lightly and expressed his idea to the shivering leader of Lingyun Troupe (Ji Chongming's troupe) in Xingyue Tower. The leader was shivering, but despite this, he could not resist the majesty of Leng Qiu, who was known as the "Eight Thousand Years Old", and he immediately ordered someone to call Ji Chongming (Yi Wan) over.
Chi Jixia was leaning back in the armchair at ease. He stared at the direction Yi Wan was about to go and asked the system: "Has the ghost sent over? What is Yi Wan's reaction now?"
It must be very scary.
The system adjusted the angle and looked for a while before replying, "Yi Wan looks..."
“It’s my pleasure.”
Chi Jixia:?
"After seeing a ghost?" Chi Jixia was a little confused.
System: "There is something very strange on his face, as if he had met an old friend in a foreign land, or returned home after a long journey."
Chi Jixia was a little speechless, and thought that the system must have read it wrong. Or, it was because the ghost used to scare Yi Wan did not show up.
System: "His expression has changed. You sent someone to call him over, and he looked very reluctant and didn't want to move."
Chi Jixia was happy. He narrowed his eyes and continued to perform while watching the trembling crowd.
"… Ji Chongming looks a lot like an old friend of mine." Chi Jixia said with a half-smile, "I wonder if there is any misunderstanding between Chongming and me, so that I can't have the honor of inviting him to my house for a chat?"
He tapped the teacup slowly, pretending that his patience had run out. Finally, after much anticipation, he heard footsteps.
The heavily made-up actress was finally asked to leave due to the situation.
Chi Jixia raised his eyes to look at him. His peach blossom eyes were full of playfulness, not wanting to miss any expression of Yi Wan.
"Yi Wan" stood behind the crowd, his face covered by the oil paint of a female role, with his head down. Somehow, Chi Jixia felt that his mood was a little strange.
"I feel like he's a little... not like Yi Wan." said the system.
Chi Jixia thought for a moment, and then gave the system a cold smile that belonged to Leng Qiu: "Do you think I look like Chi Jixia now?"
System: “… not like that.”
"That's it, there's only one reason - Yi Wan has also been immersed in the role! Of course, it's different from his usual performance!" Chi Jixia patted the table with her fan, "Just like in the script, he didn't remove his makeup when Leng Qiushi was seen... It's because of his nobleness, arrogance and disdain. Yi Wan himself has some mysophobia, it's impossible for him not to wash his face. This is enough to show that he has been immersed in the role!"
He thought about it, and said according to Leng Qiu's personality: "In the next script, according to Leng Qiu's idea, Ji Chongming seeing him but not removing his makeup should be an insult to him. Ji Chongming not coming up for a long time has touched his taboo. He will bring a basin of water and ask someone to wash Ji Chongming's face to break his pride."
Thinking of this, he turned to "Yi Wan" and said to him with a half-smile according to the script: "How are you, Boss Ji? I originally wanted to invite Boss Ji to my house for a gathering, but I didn't know that Boss Ji was so arrogant that he didn't even want to show his true face."
Yi Wan hung his head and said nothing. Chi Jixia's words seemed to make him nervous. He finally said, "I'm not very... convenient."
This sentence is different from the script. In the script, Ji Chongming should have shaken his hand away indifferently.
—Maybe Yi Wan has a gentle personality, Chi Jixia thought.
"What's the inconvenience?" Chi Jixia continued to follow the plot, using the folding fan to lift Yi Wan's chin, and suddenly sneered, "Boss Ji's figure on the stage is really as graceful as a startled swan and as agile as a swimming dragon. But why did you come on stage to see me, but you are still wearing a costume and oil paint? Boss Ji thinks he is Yu Ji, but I am not the King of Chu who is kind and gentle to women... Bring a basin of water and wash Boss Ji's face."
As he spoke, he tapped Yi Wan's face with his fingers and said, "On stage, you are Yu Ji or the Imperial Concubine, but off stage, you are just a commoner, Ji Chongming."
Yi Wan kept his head down and didn't say anything. Chi Jixia felt that the touch of his hand was a little strange - he was looking forward to the feeling of hitting Yi Wan's face. But it didn't feel like human skin, but like flesh.
Like flesh that hides meridians, blood and flesh.
—Is Yi Wan's real skin so bad? Chi Jixia clearly remembered that his skin looked pretty good.
But what made him happy was that he was really not afraid of Yi Wan in the world of Golden Finger, and he even acted with him unusually smoothly, as if this person was not Yi Wan.
The water was brought up soon. Chi Jixia sat on the armchair, feeling that he could complete the exercise and overcome his fear. Yi Wan looked at the people coming around him and turned to leave. Chi Jixia raised his hand lightly and ordered someone to hold him down and wipe the paint off his face with a wet cloth.
"Go on, let me see your true face." Chi Jixia watched leisurely as one of them put the cloth on Yi Wan's face, "Boss Ji, it's time for us to be honest with each other... Huh?"
This looks like a face painted with white paint... How come there are so many red spots...
red…
Red paint...
…
…? !!
Late at night, a shrill scream woke up everyone in the hotel.
The crew of "The Dark Willows and Bright Flowers Surround the Sky" occupied the entire first floor of the hotel. The shrill howling that seemed to be inhuman woke up the entire crew. Even Director Yang opened his eyes from his sleep.
"What happened?" He wrapped himself in a coat and ran out of the room. "The hotel caught fire? Was it robbed? Was it robbed?"
The others looked at each other in bewilderment. Only one person said, "It seems to be coming from Chi Jixia and Yi Wan's suite."
Director Yang immediately brought people to knock on the door to check, but the one who opened the door was the sleepy Yi Wan. After seeing Yi Wan, Director Yang immediately looked inside and said, "Yi Wan, what happened?"
"It's nothing. I was just watching a horror movie on my tablet and accidentally turned up the volume." Yi Wan said, "The quality of that speaker was really poor, so the screaming sound came out. I'm sorry."
Director Yang: "... Are you kidding me? That voice sounds very familiar, like a person's scream."
Yi Wan's cover failed. He paused and said, "... Well, actually Brother Chi had a nightmare."
Director Yang was relieved: "Just be sure you're all okay. I was scared to death. We still have to continue filming tomorrow."
After confirming that everything was safe, several people returned to their rooms one after another. Yu Rongshi stood behind the crowd. He looked at Yi Wan wearing a yellow nightcap, but his back was empty.
The Painted Skin Ghost no longer exists.
Yi Wan made eye contact with him for a moment, but did not speak. He returned to the room as quietly as he had opened the door.
Chi Jixia was still curled up on the bed, holding onto the quilt, his face full of shock, like a broken rag doll. When Yi Wan approached him, he couldn't help but let out another scream—
"Keep your voice down, Brother Chi." Yi Wan's face was half buried in the darkness. "Do you want to alarm everyone again?"
Chi Jixia: ... Damn, this conversation is weird, as if they just discovered a relationship that they hadn't known for a long time.
"Who the hell are you?" Chi Jixia lowered her voice, her face pale, "I just saw you... I saw you in my dream..."
It's a ghost!
"?" Yi Wan didn't seem to understand what he said.
Chi Jixia wanted to stand up, grab his shoulders, press him down on the bed and question him, but when Yi Wan approached, he couldn't help but shrink back in fear.
—and mentally despised himself as if he were a frightened omega.
At this moment, Yi Wan put her hand on his forehead.
Yi Wan's fingers were very cold and soft, like a piece of cotton that had been refrigerated in the refrigerator. Chi Jixia was stunned at that moment, and the turbulent feeling in her heart seemed to be calmed down at that moment.
"you… "
"Brother Chi, we are here to perform properly, right?" Yi Wan tilted his head to look at him, his eyes dark, "The performance will start in the morning, you should be sleeping, resting, and studying the script, instead of...right?"
There seemed to be a strange magic in his voice, which made anyone who heard it calm down. Chi Jixia opened his mouth and said, "But why..."
—Isn’t it you I was pulling? Why is there an extra ghost in my dream? !
"Go to bed early, Brother Chi." Yi Wan said, "Don't think too much, just focus on your acting skills. You have this talent, don't let yourself down, and don't let it down."
"Good night."
He did not offer any explanation.