"What's wrong?"
Yi Wan looked back and saw Qin Xuexin's expression was blank for a moment, like a puppet, as if two emotions were conflicting in her body. She rubbed her temples, and after a long time, she uttered a few words like a puppet.
"Be careful of Lan Hua, be careful of Jiang Bei, and be careful..."
"… I."
—Stay away from people like us.
After saying this, she and her assistant walked away from here. The assistant's face was full of horror, as if everyone understood the reason why Qin Xuexin said this. She shook Qin Xuexin's arm, and Qin Xuexin shook her head as if she had just woken up from a dream after walking across a street, and it seemed that she had finally entered a kind of "sleep" again.
Yi Wan silently looked at Qin Xuexin's back. He was neither sad nor excited.
Something is beginning to change, he thought.
The scene he saw through the window the other day flashed through his mind. The crowd was enthusiastically throwing water bottles at Jiang Bei, just as they had enthusiastically thrown insults at his Weibo in the past few days.
Maybe it started from that time? A vague feeling of "awakening".
Yi Wan's pace did not change at all. He walked towards the end of the corridor. Behind it was the toilet.
This is also where Chi Jixia is.
There was a sound of running water in the bathroom, as if someone was standing in front of a running faucet, leaning on the sink with both hands. The footsteps outside the door stopped at this moment. The person who came in said, "Brother Chi..."
"Don't bother me." Chi Jixia said.
The visitor was silent for a moment, then said, "Brother Chi, commercial water is 5 yuan a ton."
Chi Jixia: …
The visitor added: "Moreover, in recent years, because there are couples who quarrel, express their feelings or do sex while turning on the tap, these behaviors have caused serious waste of water resources. The highest gradient of commercial water prices has been raised to 500 yuan per ton..."
Chi Jixia: …
The visitor said again: "Of course, they only need to sell one painting to support all the water bills..."
Chi Jixia finally turned on the faucet.
He saw Yi Wan's face in the mirror. Fair, self-confident, worried and innocent, like a pure and harmless white cotton in the field. The white cotton said, "Brother Xiao Chi, everyone is waiting for you, go and perform."
Chi Jixia: …
"Actually, the director thinks your performance is quite good..."
"I should know." Chi Jixia said stiffly.
He knew that the director thought his performance was wrong, so when he suddenly called "Cut" and left everyone behind, everyone looked so shocked and incomprehensible.
It was just like Chi Jixia suddenly went crazy and acted like a big shot.
But I am like this.
Chi Jixia looked at his own face in the mirror. This face had been with him for nearly twenty years, but it was far more unfamiliar than any other face he had played in the world he traveled through. Yi Wan was still behind him, with a calm expression, saying some nonsense to ask him to go back: "... You acted very well."
Chi Jixia suddenly felt very irritated.
Acted well
He looked at himself in the mirror, then suddenly turned around, grabbed Yi Wan's arm and pressed him against the wall.
Bang.
He stared at him with his eyes downcast, his eyelashes thick and dark. Finally, he smiled as if he was playing a prank, changing his first expression.
"Yi Wan, a simple fill-in-the-blank question. Who do you think I am playing?" he said.
"It's Leng Qiu." Yi Wan said.
Chi Jixia paused, and changed his expression for the second time: "Who am I now?"
"It's the Ghost King."
"And now?"
"Ji Chongming. But they are all you, Chi Jixia." Yi Wan suddenly grabbed his arm and said seriously, "You are the innermost core, and you are the one who brought them into this world. If I were just for your performance, no one would know or see these 'live' characters."
"… "
Chi Jixia still held his arm, and he lowered his eyes so that Yi Wan could see his eyes. Yi Wan continued: "In the eyes of others, your performance is everything to them. Their existence is also given by you. Your performance is not just a reproduction, but it is higher than theirs. Moreover, even when facing Master Yu, you still feel so much pressure. I know you are very scared, afraid to go my way..."
Then he suddenly woke up and was patted on the head twice by Chi Jixia.
"Stop giving me these inspirational quotes." Chi Jixia said to me in a happy tone, "Afraid? Who do you think is afraid?"
Yi Wan blinked. Chi Jixia put her hand on his head and suddenly began to rub his head vigorously, until all his fine and soft hair was rubbed into a mess.
Finally, the cotton wool was kneaded out. Chi Jixia felt a little angry but secretly happy.
Although Yi Wan's words were a bit too much, there was only one point that Chi Jixia agreed with.
Even without the golden finger this time, he is still the male lead!
He let go of his hand and looked at Yi Wan: "... But I have to say, what you said is true, ahem."
Chi Jixia suddenly felt his ears getting hot. He tugged at his earlobes, looked up, and tried to regain his usual nonchalant demeanor: "That's true... Thank you... Humph, forget it! I'll go back to acting now, don't feel so proud of yourself!"
He said a series of words whose logic he didn't understand. The little Chi Jixia in his heart had already started to jump around, scolding himself and bringing shame to Yi Wan.
Maybe I will do this next time!
"But I have another suggestion." Yi Wan said slowly again.
Chi Jixia immediately pricked up her ears to listen: "What?"
"Although these are common actions for people like you to communicate...but next time when you ask questions, you can move your hands and press people against the wall."
Chi Jixia: ...
Yi Wan: "Especially the toilet wall."
Chi Jixia: …
Chi Jixia let go of Yi Wan's arm like an animal whose tail was scalded. He hesitated for a moment, patted Yi Wan's clothes, and then walked out quickly and briskly as if he realized how embarrassed he was.
Yi Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He stayed alone in the bathroom, looking down at the calendar...
There are still two days before I can leave the crew.
Yi Wan opened the app and prepared to read a novel.
Later, Chi Jixia came back and grabbed his arm.
"Let's go, follow." Chi Jixia said.
Yi Wan: ?
"Let's go to the set." Chi Jixia snorted, and then said fiercely, "I'll let you see whether I'm scared or not!"
He said this, exerting force on his wrists, but he felt a vague sense of self-confidence...
I really feel like I can become friends with Yi Wan.
Even though Yi Wan might be a ghost, he would help him integrate into society.
…
Yu Rongshi witnessed the changes in Chi Jixia after his visit.
This time, Chi Jixia didn't seem to have rehearsed for the gold finger. His quality allowed him to maintain basic acting skills, but he also became anxious and uneasy. Chi Jixia returned to the stage without the previous hesitation. He sat on a chair, touching up his makeup while reading his own script.
And all of this was brought by Yi Wan, Yu Rongshi thought.
Yi Wan... is really kind.
Yu Rongshi felt a little warm in his heart again.
"Brother Yu." When Chi Jixia looked at Yu Rong and said eagerly, "Please give me your guidance in this decisive battle scene."
Yu Rongshi smiled slightly: "Please give me more advice."
"Chi Jixia is getting into the game." Director Yang said with some surprise.
Chi Jixia's performance this time was indeed better than before, and there was even some subtle breakthrough. When he stabbed Yu Rong with the sword, after the scene was over, cheers came from the entire set!
"Good! Today's scenes are finished! Call it a day!" Director Yang gave him a thumbs up, "Young talent as always!"
Chi Jixia was quite cocky and made a sword flower when he retracted his sword: "Actually, I want to thank someone..."
His eyes swept across everyone and finally stopped at one position.
A place for his audience...
Chi Jixia:?
Why is Yi Wan lowering his head and playing with his phone with the other passers-by next to him
Chi Jixia felt that a corner of his own studio had collapsed.
The picture should be like this! Yi Wan should be sitting in the room, watching him, and applauding his desperate counterattack! And I am here yawning, like an ordinary 996 worker who just wants to wait for the end of the day, bored and scrolling through Weibo!
What happened to the promised friendship? !
"Who are you thanking?" the director asked him.
Chi Jixia: “…It’s gone now.”
... Easy! Late!
Yi Wan was browsing Weibo when he sneezed strangely.
"Are you off work?" he asked the extras around him.
Yi Wan really knows how he has offended Chi Jixia. After this scene, Chi Jixia treats him awkwardly again. He no longer carries a yellow paper amulet with him like he used to, and no longer dozes off all day like he used to. Staring at Yi Wan seems to have become his hobby, but every time Yi Wan looks back, Chi Jixia always turns his head to the side.
… It is indeed difficult to get along well with teammates.
Chi Jixia's abnormal reaction also caused some problems in his relationship with Yu Rongshi. After the night of the auction, Yu Rongshi often brought him midnight snacks. Chi Jixia didn't know whether it was out of his own thoughts or because of Liu Ge's instructions on a phone call, but he always inserted himself between the two of them. The three of them sat on the flower bed to eat, which was a bit like a happy ending for three people.
In addition, there are some strange changes in Yi Wan's life. He always feels that he is being spied on by a famous person on the set. But every time he looks back, he can find the whereabouts of that person.
He wondered what people wanted from him.
Finally, the filming reached the last minute. Because everyone's acting was very good, the filming was even completed a minute ahead of schedule.
After Yi Wan's character died, the scenes he and Chi Jixia had to reshoot came to an end. Yu Rongshi still had a few scenes about the final battle to shoot, and the actors of the heroine and the hero would also come, but this had nothing to do with Yi Wan and the others.
Director Yang treated them to a simple wrap-up dinner, and then it was time to go back home. Brother Liu took time out of his busy schedule to personally drive over to pick them up. While packing, he looked Yi Wan over from head to toe like a hen, feeling quite relieved.
Yi Wan said: "Brother Liu, is there any problem?"
"Nothing, just celebrating that you haven't been disqualified as an idol." Brother Liu said tiredly but happily.
Both of them had a lot of luggage, so they could pack it up quickly. Yi Wan took a last look at the room where nine people lived, hugged Gui Lan, and walked out.
Then he saw Yu Rongshi.
"... I see you're leaving, so I came to see you off." Yu Rongshi looked at him with a gentle expression, "Have a safe journey."
Brother Liu stood behind the two of them, trying desperately to wink at Yi Wan. But Yi Wan seemed not to understand his glances, and said to Yu Rongshi: "Master Yu, can we talk alone?"
"good."
They arrived on the stage under Brother Liu's murderous gaze. Yi Wan poked the green plant in his arms with his fingers, looked up at the sky, and spoke calmly.
"I saw news about Jiang Bei on Weibo yesterday. He left the group due to 'illness' and is facing liquidated damages for several advertisements. He is in a very bad state, but I don't think he wants to die."
"Really?" Yu Rongshi said, "I thought you would feel very sad?"
"I, everyone has to pay the price for what they have done. The same goes for Qin Xuexin." Yi Wan said, "I just..."
Hopefully all the storylines will stay within the limits, that's all.
There was a whistling wind, the sound was even. Yi Wan spoke at this moment.
"Teacher Yu, is this pot of green plant of mine special?"