Narcissus: Before Becoming You

【Note: This article has no real-life character prototypes; any resemblance is purely coincidental.】

Actress Qiao Zheng, who gained notoriety in the entertainment industry, has endured cou...

Chapter 72: Encountering "If It Doesn't Rain Tomorrow", this movie is...

Chapter 72: Encountering "If It Doesn't Rain Tomorrow", this movie is...

Late at night, Qiao Zhizheng's Weibo super topic

"Today I ran into two girls at the cinema. From their backs they looked like Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao." [Photo of a pair of backs]

This time is exactly when night owls are active, and this super topic received a lot of replies.

"Hahahaha~ This dress is too abstract."

"Which female celebrity goes out dressed like this?"

"I don't quite believe it."

"Think about it carefully, this is something Xiao Qiao would do."

"This is definitely not Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao. If it were me, I'd eat the keyboard during a live stream."

"The words above are so familiar, giving me a sense of déjà vu."

"Did Dai Sile also say the same thing? And then he got slapped in the face."

"It's definitely not this time, of course. If it is, just ignore what I said."

"Don't you think these two ladies' outfits are interesting? Even if they weren't celebrities, it would take a lot of courage to go out wearing these clothes. They must have a very close relationship."

"It's better to act than to think. I've already ordered the same dress and plan to ask my bestie to wear it with me."

"I want to wear this kind of clothes too. It's so fun, so interesting, and so fun. But now I'm a mature adult. I'm embarrassed to wear this kind of clothes outside. I'm afraid of being laughed at by acquaintances."

"Sisters upstairs, life only lasts 30,000 days, what's the harm in trying? Sisters! Listen to my advice, if you think this way, if you don't wear it now, you'll be embarrassed to wear it when you're old. Wear it sooner and be happy sooner. The happiness you feel now is something you'll never be able to experience in the future."

"Great! I've already placed the order. Think about it, even if they really wanted to say something, they wouldn't say it to my face. At most, they'd chatter behind my back. I can't hear them anyway, so who cares what they say?"

"We've strayed off topic. Aren't we discussing whether it's Da Qiao or Xiao Qiao?"

"Did no one really notice? This time, this show, this setting, isn't it the midnight show of 'If It Doesn't Rain Tomorrow'?"

"Hey, hey, hey? What a young couple, coming out to watch a movie in the middle of the night."

"I'm a long-time fan of Xiao Qiao, and I'm sure this person is her."

"I'm a Chun Zheng CP fan, the two people in the photo are definitely these two!"

"Isn't it time for a veteran Da Qiao fan to come out and claim the steamed food?"

"This is Xiao Qiao's Weibo super topic, there are no pure fans of Da Qiao!"

"I'll go grab one."

Fans confirmed that this was Qiao Zheng and Qiao Zhizheng, and the popularity of the super topic continued to ferment. Some people asked the blogger which cinema they were in, hoping to meet Qiao Zheng and Qiao Zhizheng by chance. The blogger just had a feeling that they looked like them. While the super topic continued to discuss, the blogger was watching a movie and did not reply to them.

At the same time, in the cinema, Qiao Zheng and Qiao Zhizheng were watching the movie quietly. Even though it was their own faces on the big screen, after post-processing, background music and superb editing techniques, the effect presented was hard not to be moved. They gradually immersed themselves in the advancement of the plot. No one spoke, and Mu Gang focused on the movie.

When we look in the mirror and see our own face, our brain's self-perception fluctuates. The visual representation conflicts with our internal self-image, creating a mixture of strangeness and familiarity. We might wonder, "Eh? Is this me?" It seems a bit strange.

Two people will have this feeling when watching their own movie alone, like Qiao Zhizheng at this moment.

But if they watch each other's movies, they will be full of curiosity and appreciate each other's performance carefully, such as Qiao Zheng at this moment.

Qiao Zheng also starred in this movie. She watched the finished film with Qiao Zhizheng at home today. Her dormant memories were awakened, and she couldn't help but compare it with Qiao Zhizheng's performance.

Is it the same? No, it is not the same.

The butterfly effect brought about by Qiao Zheng's appearance in Qiao Zhizheng's world has changed Qiao Zhizheng.

As they watched, Qiao Zheng suddenly said, "You handled it very well here." After a pause, Qiao Zheng added, "Better than me."

Qiao Zhizheng paused while holding the Coke and turned her head in surprise. "Why do I feel that your reaction is more in line with Jiang Hao's character's behavior? The emotions are very well-placed."

It turned out that Qiao Zhizheng was also comparing the two people's performances in his mind and analyzing the differences.

Both of them think that the other is a better actor. Perhaps it is because of their different ages and different perceptions of watching movies.

“…Keep watching.”

"good."

"If It Doesn't Rain Tomorrow", why is this movie titled this way?

This sentence appears many times in the movie, corresponding to many scenes and many possibilities.

This sentence first appears at the beginning of the movie.

It was a sunny day, and the bluestone slabs of the old street were bathed in golden light. The morning breeze, mixed with the chirping of birds, blew a willow leaf onto Mu Ci's head. Mu Ci stopped and raised her hand to pick it away. At that moment, she heard someone say, "If it doesn't rain tomorrow..."

The second half of the sentence was almost inaudible. Mu Ci felt a little strange and looked up at the clear sky, wondering what kind of person would say such a thing and why would he say such a thing on a sunny day. Did he hope it would rain tomorrow or not?

The wind blew open the door that was not closed tightly, and Mu Ci was caught off guard and saw the person inside the door. A thin girl was sitting in a wheelchair, looking at the person outside the door with empty eyes.

This was the first time Mu Ci became curious about Jiang Hao.

A serial murder case has occurred in a small town, but it has never been solved. The local police are under great pressure, and criminal profiler Mu Ci is sent to help solve the case.

It rains all year round in this small town, and there are only a few sunny days in a month. Mu Ci came to this small town on a rare sunny day and met Jiang Hao. The sunny day was gone in a flash, and the long rainy days returned.

Serial murders usually occur on rainy days, and the rain takes away a lot of criminal evidence, which creates a great obstacle to solving the case.

Mu Ci slowly sorted out some clues from the complicated case files and criminal evidence, but his reasoning stagnated.

Whenever his thoughts were stuck, Mu Ci would do something to change his mood, calm his emotions, and then get back to work.

Mu Ci thought of Jiang Hao’s words, “If it doesn’t rain tomorrow…” and decided to go and see what would happen if it rained.

Mu Ci felt that he was a little presumptuous. Perhaps to Jiang Hao, he was just a stranger, and even his sword-riding experience last time didn't leave any impression on her.

Mu Ci thought so, but he had already taken out an umbrella from the umbrella basket at the door and walked into the rain with the umbrella open.

The town with its bluestone streets is full of ancient charm. The willow branches on the street are green, and water droplets keep falling from the branches into puddles. The green mountains in the distance are shrouded in mist. It is really a beautiful scenery.

Mu Ci smiled and came to the door of Jiang Hao's house, where he heard a rough male voice coming from inside.

Mu Ci's intuition told her to push the door open, and she saw a tall figure inside repairing the leaking roof for Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao was indifferent to Mu Ci's sudden entry, but the man who was repairing the roof was so engrossed in his work that he was startled, his body trembled, and he almost fell off the wooden ladder.

The man laughed heartily, "I'm the good girl's neighbor. She lives alone and has a leak in her house. I came to help her."

The roof was repaired and the man left.

Jiang Hao looked at Mu Ci coldly.

Mu Ci explained his purpose. "It's raining. What do you want to do?"

After saying this, Mu Ci touched his nose and felt very strange. He quickly explained that after listening to what Jiang Hao said last time, he had been thinking about it and was a little curious.

Jiang Hao lowered his eyes, watching the wind blowing his thin trouser legs against his legs. "It's nothing, it's just that the roof leaks when it rains. I have difficulty walking, so I can't fix the roof. I have to live in a leaky house."

Mu Ci looked at the wheelchair under Jiang Hao, then quickly looked away.

After returning home, he turned off the lights and lay on the bed. He slapped himself in the face and muttered, "I really deserve to die..."

Feeling guilty, Mu Ci went to Jiang Hao's house again the next day and met a neighbor who was delivering vegetables to Jiang Hao.

This person was not the same as yesterday. He was stunned when he saw Mu Ci. This small town had little information exchange with the outside world, but the information exchange within the town was extremely fast. The neighbor obviously knew Mu Ci's identity. After greeting her, he put down the dishes and left.

Jiang Hao didn't take Mu Ci's uninvited visit seriously. Mu Ci treated him like he was in his own home, looking around before entering and looking for a chair to sit down. But before he even sat down, Jiang Hao hit him with a feather duster. It was the first time Mu Ci heard Jiang Hao speak. He said in a deep, hoarse voice, "Dirty."

Mu Ci looked down and saw a puddle of water. At the same time, he felt a chill on his head - the old house was still leaking.

Mu Ci volunteered and picked up the wooden ladder in the corner, "Let me help you fix the roof."

Jiang Hao looked at her with complicated eyes.

After this day, the two became tacit friends.

Mu Ci came to see Jiang Hao from time to time, and Jiang Hao received her with silence.

It was another rare sunny day. Jiang Hao asked Mu Ci, "Why do you always come to see me?"

Mu Ci touched her head and said, "Because I wanted to come."

Mu Ci glanced at the door next to him. He saw men working in the yard, a few of them gathered together, eating melon seeds and chatting, their eyes occasionally glancing at the woman at Jiang Hao's house. Mu Ci closed the door and reminded Jiang Hao for the umpteenth time, "If you're in danger, just use the electric baton I gave you to knock the person unconscious. I've saved my phone number in the shortcut key on your phone. Just press it and I'll come right over."

At this time, the rain outside the window stopped and the sky cleared up. The sun finally broke free from the dark clouds and descended on this small town. Jiang Hao smiled for the first time since the beginning of the movie, "Okay."

Mu Ci thought it was not too late. There had been a small breakthrough in the case recently. She thought that after finishing the things here, she would help Jiang Hao apply for a public welfare fund to treat her legs, send her to study at her own expense, and then tell Jiang Hao about such a project.

A friend asked Mu Ci, "There are so many poor people in the world, why do you only help her?"

Mu Ci said, "She's a few years younger than me. When I was her age, I was still studying, traveling, and playing games, but she... Alas, there are so many pitiful people. I just happened to meet her. Since we met, it must be fate. Anyway, I don't need this little money, so I'll help her if I want to."

Her friends called her "living Bodhisattva", and Mu Ci responded with a smile.

The sky outside the window is full of stars. Tomorrow should be a good day. I have made some progress at work, so I will call Jiang Hao to celebrate together. Well... I will use this as an excuse to buy her new clothes, have a good meal, and buy her a new phone.

A thought suddenly flashed through my mind - come to think of it, no one has died since I came to this town.

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The author has something to say: I found a great idea while browsing Xiaohongshu, and the person who wrote it also asked me to write it, so I started, pushing my new pre-collection, and writing the next one, which will start around the end of September. I’m asking for a collection here - "The Mary Sue Lover of the Abusive Heroine"

Introduction: The article will be published in late September~

As a typical heroine in a sadistic novel, Ni Su has - a gambling father, a cowardly mother, a biased grandmother, an unlearned brother and a secret crush who misunderstands her and thinks she is materialistic.

According to the original story, Ni Su would use her truth, goodness and beauty and her indomitable and tenacious attitude to influence the people around her. After experiencing a series of hardships and sufferings, and turning minor illnesses into major ones, which lasted for three or four hundred chapters, the people around her suddenly woke up. In the last two chapters of the story, they used one chapter of the plot to punish themselves with tears and beg for Ni Su's forgiveness. Ni Su forgave them, and achieved a happy ending with a tattered body.

It should have been like this, but one day, when Ni Su's life of abusive writing had just begun, she met a strange person——Hua·Mengli·Shang·Tears of Butterfly·Angelina·Zi Mo Tears·Vivile·Ice and Snow Shangli Mengyuan·Alice·Antalia·Hathaway·Liuli·Ice Crystal·Butterfly Shadow·Flying·Snow·Falling Cherry·Rose Rose Tears·Shangxue·Cai

She has long colorful hair that changes with her mood, a pair of beautiful eyes like seven-colored glass, her tears turn into diamonds, and flower petals rain down wherever she goes. She is a jack of all trades and got a doctorate from the best university in the world at the age of twelve. She is proficient in ten languages ​​and is good at all sports. She is a true Mary Sue heroine.

"Hello, Hua·Mengli·Shang·Butterfly Tears·Angelina·Purple Mo Tears·Vivile·Ice and Snow Shangli Mengyuan·Alice·Antalia·Hathaway·Glass·Ice Crystal·Butterfly Shadow·Flying Dance·Snow·Falling Cherry Blossoms·Rose Rose Tears·Shangxue·Miss Cai."

Miss Mary Sue said, "Very good, you are the first girl who calls me by my full name when you see me. I declare that from now on, you are my friend Hua Mengli Shang Die Zhi Lei Angelina Zi Mo Lei Weiwei Er Bing Xue Shang Li Meng Yuan Alice Antalia Hathaway Liu Li Bing Jing Die Ying Fei Wu Xue Luo Ying Qiang Wei Rose Lei Shang Xue Cai."

This Miss Mary Sue spoke so quickly that Ni Su became her friend before she even had time to refuse.

Sick? Miss Mary Sue immediately called the world's top medical team.

Unhappy? Miss Mary Sue will rain down colorful petals on you.

The crush mocked Ni Su for being materialistic? Miss Mary Sue ordered people to surround Ni Su's crush with gold bricks and build a golden house on the spot - "You? You are not worthy of her worship."

As for Ni Su's life as the heroine of the sad novel, she has been completely suppressed by the halo of Miss Mary Sue, leaving nothing behind.

On the day Ni Su confessed her love to Miss Mary Sue, Miss Mary Sue was surprised and said, "Haven't we been together for a long time?"

Ni Su: ??? When did it happen?

Want to know? Come and read this story with me~

The original sad story heroine X sad story is a fart in the world I am the strongest Mary Sue heroine