Chapter 91 The director told me to restrain myself. :"Teacher Jiang? Could you help Teacher Qin get into character?"

Lin Nan only lay in the isolation ward for one day, but three years had passed outside.

The black hole warped time and space, so the distress signal took a full year to reach the Federation's star system. Colonel Lin was declared dead, but the cause of death became a secret. It seemed that her superiors were intentionally concealing the reason why she was the first target of the latest technology; at least her deputy, Yan, and the chief of staff both sensed something unusual.

One afternoon, they sat by the porthole, gazing at the star-studded sky, and talked about their superior, whose body was barely cold, and the last words they exchanged before communications were cut off. At that time, the chief of staff had just reported to the colonel about that special encrypted address, located in the heart of the enemy force, the Light Wheel Alliance, at Cell N in Icecrown City.

Null Prison is a place specifically for holding political prisoners. A year ago, a scandal broke across the entire galaxy: our undercover agent, You Long, suddenly defected, and it is said that the Federation lost a lot of military secrets as a result.

Despite being condemned by everyone, Colonel Lin did not immediately believe it. After a long investigation, he discovered that You Long was likely imprisoned by the enemy. By chance, he also obtained an encrypted address, which was said to be the place where the traitor You Long was being held.

Yan: "Could it be that the commander is planning a prison break?"

Chief of Staff He Yan and Colonel Lin were classmates in military academy, so they naturally knew some of the past events. Upon hearing this, they exchanged a knowing glance and chuckled to each other.

Yan scratched his head: "Commander and that person... how many years has it been since you last saw each other?"

The chief of staff shook his head: "It's hard to say. Who can be sure what the commander is thinking? Back then, she acted like she was going to never see that person again, but after all these years, she still went and broke him out of prison."

Yan asked, "Is this the metaphysics of the former?"

The chief of staff, with a cryptic expression, said, "The predecessor...that's a very mysterious thing..."

The colonel resembled her beautiful mother, and many men confessed their love to her, but she rejected them all. Later, some persistent suitors dug into the colonel's early history and actually uncovered some shocking revelations.

It is said that the colonel had a girlfriend during his student days, and the two were very high-profile at the time.

Two top-ranked students from military academies, blasting off the streets side by side... countless suitors' hearts are broken.

They have a very good relationship.

They broke up after only a year.

The curious officers and soldiers all asked the person who was digging up the materials, "Who threw whom?"

Someone immediately said, "Given the colonel's personality, he must have dumped the other guy!"

The man paused for a moment, then shook his head sadly: "No."

"What??!"

"That guy dumped the colonel."

"......"

Undeterred, the others pressed on, asking, "And then?"

"The colonel, that kind of unyielding iceberg, couldn't stand such a shock, and from then on, they never spoke to each other again."

"......"

Colonel Lin, who was lying in the isolation pod, had no idea that she had been talked about for three years after her "sacrifice." When she was released, everything was normal, as if she had just taken a nap.

The light and shadow "Lin Xing" is gone, the robotic arm is gone, the aging universe and black hole are gone, and the Galaxy is sailing smoothly in space.

If it weren't for the chill emanating from the hydraulic chamber, she would have thought she had a mental breakdown.

Lin Nan cautiously asked, "Ms. Lin Xing? Are you still there?"

A completely emotionless voice spoke: "I am merely an artificial intelligence left behind by General Lin Xing, capable of simulating his personality. My name is Guardian Number One, and I will appear at crucial moments to protect Ms. Lin Nan."

Lin Nan paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I didn't expect Ms. Lin Xing to care about me so much."

In this day and age, children are essentially grown in incubators; their biological parents, or even just their biological parents, only have the responsibility of raising them to adulthood. She also comes from a single-parent family; her mother, Ms. Lin Xing, sacrificed her life the year she took the military academy entrance exam, leaving their mother-daughter relationship rather distant.

My impression of my mother is that she was strong and aloof. Her former colleagues and friends said she was like her mother, both of them were like ice blocks.

She walked to the control panel and checked the current location. The Starship was currently located in... a public star system, very close to the Light Wheel Alliance.

She glanced at the time again and realized that three years had already passed.

Searching for "Lin Nan" yields no results; the user has been deprived of their identity.

Lin Nan took a deep breath and tried to contact the Federal military. At this moment, Guardian One suddenly spoke with a meaningful tone: "According to system analysis, it is not advisable for you to contact the military at this time."

Lin Nan's eyes flickered.

"Is this a message left by Ms. Lin Xing?"

Guardian No. 1: "General Lin Xing did not leave any clear information. I only made my judgment based on the general's attitude."

He was attacked suddenly and has now been killed. It is not recommended to contact the military.

Therefore, she could only draw one conclusion: her attack was related to the Rock Federation, which was her home planet.

Lin Nan lowered her eyelashes and thought for a moment: "Change the target, go to Nth prison."

"Changed, it is recommended to dock at the marked coordinates." Guardian One quickly analyzed the best hiding spot.

The Star River was too large a target, so Lin Nan needed to sneak in quietly in a small aircraft.

Qin Lan didn't have any scenes in this film, but it wasn't good for her to just lie in the hotel, so she took the script and read it on set.

I'll just look at the flowers and grass, but not the mist over the river.

After Jiang Yan finished filming, Xue Wumi nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, hurry up and prepare for the next scene."

The assistant director was full of praise: "I didn't expect Teacher Jiang to play a character who doesn't show his emotions so well. You can always see subtle emotional changes at crucial moments."

Jiang Yan smiled as she took the towel and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

When she walks, the silver highlights sway with her movements, making her look absolutely stunning.

Qin Lan was surrounded by compliments, and she felt incredibly itchy inside but couldn't do anything about it. Finally, she casually got up and walked into the studio, looking at Xue Wumi under everyone's gaze: "Director Xue, there's a part of the script that I didn't understand. Would it be convenient for me to take a look at it now?"

Xue Wumi nodded, and then she took the script and went over to her.

Standing here, you can see Jiang Yan resting.

Her assistant and makeup artist surrounded her, only half of her face was visible.

This design is really beautiful.

Surprisingly, Jiang Yan is quite suited to this cold-faced style.

While she was distracted by her conversation with Xue Wumi, she kept glancing at Jiang Yan. Suddenly, the assistant walked away, and Jiang Yan's face was fully revealed. Caught off guard, their eyes met.

Xue Wumi: "So You Long needs to be more restrained here... Teacher Qin? Qin Lan?"

Qin Lan suddenly snapped back to reality: "Huh? Ah. I'm here."

Xue Wumi looked doubtful: "What did I just say?"

Qin Lan reluctantly withdrew her gaze and began to straighten her clothes, as if she were very busy: "Restrain yourself, you want me to restrain myself."

Xue Wumi's questioning gaze fell on Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan quickly looked away.

Xue Wumi understood.

These two really don't need to get into or out of character; they're a sight to behold just by standing there.

The crew was busy making adjustments in the afternoon, and Jiang Yan mostly just sat in a chair deep in thought. Xue Wumi, on the other hand, directed the staff to repeatedly find the right angles and study the blocking and lighting.

Qin Lan felt a sudden, inexplicable unease.

It seems she won't be filming today.

She didn't really want to go back to the hotel, but she was too embarrassed to go in, so she just stayed in the lounge.

It got dark. After some time, a commotion arose, and Xiaoqing bounced in, cheerfully calling out, "Sister Qin, Sister Qin, we're done working!"

Qin Lan glanced at her slowly and said, "Oh, anyway, I didn't do any work."

Should we go?

Qin Lan showed the game interface: "Finish this game before you leave. Go out and take a look."

Xiaoqing was now very familiar with her "Go out and take a look," and upon hearing this, she happily ran out. After discovering that Jiang Yan had finished removing her makeup, she quickly slipped back: "Sister Qin, Sister Qin, the others are leaving, let's go too."

Qin Lan responded with an "oh".

So when Qin Lan came out, she ran into Jiang Yan and the others who were also walking towards the parking lot.

Qin Lan continued to hold the game horizontally with her head down, to prove that she was only staying a little longer to finish the game: "It's getting dark, I'm not playing anymore. We can play three more rounds when I have time."

They made it sound so real. If Xiaoqing hadn't known what was going on, she would have believed them too.

She looked up and saw that although the timing was "coincidentally" the same, the two big shots had no intention of leaving together. At most, they were about seven or eight meters apart and going the same way. Then they got into their own cars without even exchanging glances.

Yu Shan hasn't been raising the partition lately, but after she closed the door, she asked again, "Sister, are we leaving now?"

Qin Lan glanced to the side, pretended not to hear, and waited for two seconds.

After the other car drove off, he said, "Okay, let's go."

Yu Shan: "..."

Yu Shan followed silently, in a subtle way.

Anyway, everyone has to go back to the hotel.

With Xiaoqing chattering away around her, Qin Lan didn't feel lonely no matter how down she was in the car. Usually, she might find it annoying when she was in a bad mood, but today she was actually glad that Xiaoqing was so talkative. The streetlights cast their light into the car, silently brushing against her arm. Qin Lan gazed wistfully at the busy cars outside the window, feeling lost for the first time.

She knew Jiang Yan was sitting in that car not far away, but she was helpless. She didn't know whether she should approach her, whether she would feel repulsed, or even what Jiang Yan's current mood was.

Xiaoqing tried her best to cheer her up, but felt a little sad seeing Qin Lan still in a daze. In her memory, Qin Lan was proud and confident, and had never bowed her head to anyone.

She might hesitate, feel lost, want to step forward but not dare to reach out.

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Qin Lan hasn't been sleeping well lately, and has developed dark circles under her eyes from staying up late.

The makeup artist looked her over from left to right but didn't try to cover her up. According to today's scenes, Qin Lan was supposed to play a prisoner, and being too energetic didn't fit the script.

Her makeup and styling were done very quickly, so Qin Lan didn't have time to be nervous before entering the venue.

She glanced at Jiang Yan. Today, Jiang Yan had taken off her military uniform and was wearing a smart, tight-fitting outfit; her figure was so alluring that she couldn't take her eyes off her.

The scene begins with Jiang Yan, with the martial arts instructor demonstrating the moves she'll be doing. Jiang Yan can replicate most of the moves after just one demonstration, her movements incredibly graceful.

The martial arts instructor repeatedly praised him, saying he hadn't expected Teacher Jiang to have such good acting skills, excellent delivery of lines, and expressive acting, and even such good martial arts foundation...

They even asked her who she learned it from, since her posture was so perfect. Jiang Yan smiled shyly and said, "I learned it from my bodyguard, Ye Wei. She used to be an armed police officer."

"I see." The martial arts instructor nodded repeatedly. "That's indeed very standard."

Qin Lan held her breath, wanting to say that she had taught her as well.

She was unhappy again and decided to perform well in a while, then inadvertently revealed her... cough cough, brief master-disciple relationship with Jiang Yan.

Xue Wumi called "Action!" and the set fell silent.

After the last intellectual and technological explosion, humanity entered the Star Age and began a large-scale migration to outer space. Many habitable planets were developed and quickly occupied by various forces.

The two largest official powers are called the Rock Federation and the Light Wheel Alliance, or simply the Federation and the Light Wheel.

The number of planets associated with the Light Wheel is small, but they were among the first to adapt to the new environment, and their technology advanced rapidly. Thirty years ago, they successfully turned the Dyson sphere theory into reality, greatly improving energy efficiency. The Light Wheel's home planet, Aether, is now the most advanced civilization on Earth.

The Rock Federation lagged behind, only receiving 30% of the Dyson Sphere's usage rights, to accommodate planets and populations dozens of times larger than the Light Wheel.

After parking the spaceship, Lin Nan activated stealth mode and piloted a small aircraft to smuggle himself into the country.

She had done some preliminary research and found that Nth Prison's security system had three layers. You Long, a two-faced spy from an enemy country, was surprisingly imprisoned in the least guarded area. Lin Nan suspected this was a smokescreen from the prison, but still decided to give it a try and devised two escape plans. Unexpectedly, just five minutes after she infiltrated, a sudden change occurred: the entire prison's security system abruptly upgraded to S-level, catching Lin Nan completely off guard.

She was exposed, and shrill alarms instantly filled every passageway.

"Alert! Unknown intruder in sector C!"

The large group of people approached Area C.

As Lin Nan maneuvered and retreated, he could faintly hear them saying things like "The fugitive is over here" and "Why are they still in Zone C?"

Looks like someone escaped today. What a coincidence, also from Sector C...

Fifteen minutes later.

Jiang Yan lifted her foot, her boot landing on the floor, just barely over the tiny drops of blood that were constantly dripping down.

"So handsome!" Xiao Qing exclaimed, her eyes sparkling.

Qin Lan pursed her lips.

This outfit makes Jiang Yan look like she has legs from the neck down.

The colonel rubbed his shoulder and, carrying the antimatter laser cannon, blew up the doors one by one.

The prisoners rushed towards the door, eager to see who was coming to break them out of prison.

Lin Nan checked them one by one, but didn't see her ex's face.

A large number of guards, wearing gas masks, rushed through the poison zone set up by the colonel, only to be entangled by a large number of liberated prisoners.

Another squad of guards appeared ahead. The colonel frowned, slid his goggles off with a swipe of his hand, threw a bomb across the corridor, kicked open the rickety door of the cell in front of him, and slipped inside.

One-hundredth of a second later, the colonel was blown out.

There was no one inside; there was a bomb hidden behind the door.

The colonel coughed up a mouthful of blood, shakily stood up while leaning against the wall, but collapsed back down in less than two seconds.

If she hadn't been wearing a shockproof suit, she would have been sent flying.

Lin Nan lay on the cold floor, his mouth crooked, eyes squinting, and limbs twitching, muttering, "You Long, you're awesome, you're really awesome."

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"Card!"

Jiang Yan went offstage for a break, and Qin Lan strolled back with her script in her arms and sat down on another chair.

Two groups of makeup artists squeezed in to touch up their makeup.

Qin Lan hadn't even been on stage yet; the makeup artist checked her over once and then left.

After Xue Wumi finished filming, he walked over and asked, "When you go on stage later, is there anything you're unsure about?"

"No." Qin Lan covered her mouth to stop herself from yawning.

"Didn't you sleep well last night? Was the hotel bed uncomfortable?" Xue Wumi was taken aback.

"The presidential suite is fine, nothing uncomfortable." Qin Lan couldn't help but yawn again, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I almost forgot, Miss Qin pays for everything herself when she joins the crew." Xue Wumi slapped her forehead: "Are you nervous because you're going to perform today? Don't let it affect your performance later."

"It's alright, Director." Qin Lan feigned modesty. "I'm fine. I'll be able to get into character once we start rehearsing."

"What are you waiting for? Let's find someone to rehearse with you right now."

Xue Wumi had never worked with Qin Lan before, so he genuinely thought she needed to warm up before getting into the zone. He didn't care about exes anymore and directly called Jiang Yan over.

"Teacher Jiang? Could you help Teacher Qin get into the right mindset? Teacher Qin hasn't had enough rest."

Jiang Yan walked over slowly, and everyone passing by slowed down and started looking in her direction for various reasons.

Qin Lan raised her chin and calmly stared at Jiang Yan as she walked towards her step by step.

Finally, I reached her: "Teacher Qin, do you need to rehearse?"

"I need to, I didn't sleep well last night."

Qin Lan glanced quickly at the lights behind her and sure enough, she felt the urge to sneeze.

She stubbornly refused to hit him, her eyes were red, she looked both dedicated and pitiful.

Xiaoqing, with great tact, laboriously carried Jiang Yan's chair over, bowing and scraping obsequiously, "Teacher Jiang, please sit down and let's talk."

Jiang Yan thanked him, sat down in the chair, and habitually crossed her long legs: "Where should we begin, Teacher Qin?"

Qin Lan glanced down at the script, paused for two seconds, and then said, "Let's use the scene where they first meet in the script."

Jiang Yan lay down on the ground, her face showing weakness as she closed her eyes.

Sensing Qin Lan's approach, she began reciting her lines. Just then, Jiang Yan's agent, Wang Zihan, arrived to visit the set. Seeing her lying on the ground, she thought she had fainted and rushed over, accidentally knocking Qin Lan away in the process: "Jiang Yan? Jiang Yan!! Can you hear me?"

Jiang Yan's lips twitched as she opened her eyes: "We're acting..."

"Oh, oh." Wang Zihan patted her chest, still shaken. "I thought someone had bullied you..."

Jiang Yan sat up to look at Qin Lan. Qin Lan was completely stunned, clutching her waist and coughing violently while leaning on the table, which frightened Xiao Qing, who circled around her in fright.

"Are you injured?" Jiang Yan asked anxiously.

Qin Lan felt a surge of relief; her pain intensified. "I'm fine..."

Then he limped over and sat down, clutching his waist and crying.

She was genuinely not in good shape this time.

When Wang Zihan saw that Jiang Yan's expression had changed, her heart skipped a beat and she quickly apologized to Qin Lan.

Qin Lan said magnanimously, "It's alright, Manager Wang was just worried about Teacher Jiang."

"I'm sorry, Ms. Qin, my agent offended you." Jiang Yan apologized, then sat down next to him, hesitated for a moment, and extended her hand: "Would you like me to take a look for you?"

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it! Come and touch me!

Qin Lan turned around with a grimace, a slight smile playing on her lips: "Thank you for your trouble, Teacher Jiang."

Two seconds later, a hand gently lifted the hem of her shirt, and the familiar warmth touched her skin.

Qin Lan wanted to tremble, but she forced herself to hold it in.

He lightly touched the broken skin with his fingertip: "Does it hurt here?"

Qin Lan hissed.

Jiang Yan shifted her position slightly: "And here?"

Qin Lan lied through her teeth: "It hurts here too."

Jiang Yan nervously softened her movements: "It's all scraped... Sister Zihan, why were you so impulsive..."

Wang Zihan stared at Qin Lan expressionlessly.

Qin Lan curled her lips slightly and met her gaze defiantly.

Wang Zihan took a deep breath, realizing that Jiang Yan wouldn't listen to anything she said at this point, so she wisely apologized again: "I'm sorry, Teacher Qin, I was impulsive just now. I'll have someone bring some medicine over later. I hope Teacher Qin will forgive me."

"Will your medicine work?" Qin Lan asked with distrust. "Is it for external or internal use? It's not convenient for me to apply the medicine myself."

Wang Zihan gritted her teeth: "Didn't you hire an assistant?"

Qin Lan glanced at Xiao Qing, who was gnawing on a pig's trotter: "She's still a child. It's not good for her to see women."

Xiaoqing: "???"

Wang Zihan: "???"

Wang Zihan took a deep breath.

"What can I do to get Teacher Qin's forgiveness?"

Qin Lan was also thinking about it.

How can I subtly hint to Jiang Yan that I want her to apply the medicine for me...?

Jiang Yan spoke up before she could even say anything: "Teacher Qin was injured because of me. If Teacher Qin doesn't mind, I'm willing..."

Qin Lan made the final decision: "As long as you don't mind, and it won't interfere with Teacher Jiang's work."

Jiang Yan said calmly, "How could that be?"

But she very carefully lowered the hem of her dress, covering Qin Lan's slightly reddened waist.

Wang Zihan's face twitched.

Xiaoqing stared with her big, round eyes the whole time.

The skin is only the size of a mung bean, and these people are making such a fuss about it???

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I've been very busy with family matters these past few months, so I'll try to review manuscripts a day in advance. Occasionally I might be a little late, but I'll definitely update before midnight. [rose emoji]