The river and the bridge are the blood vessels of this ancient city, flowing year after year, witnessing the changes of history. For some unknown reason, the river dried up, and the bridge was naturally abandoned and forgotten.

This place is in the middle of nowhere, and the setting sun adds a ghostly feel. The riverbed is dry and cracked, with dead branches and snail shells scattered around.

Xie Zhao walked slowly on the riverbed, finding and picking up the scattered gold bars one by one. The setting sun fell on his handsome face, and he looked calm. The three fresh scratches on his left cheek added a sense of ruffianism to him.

Cheng Yaoyao had stopped crying and even picked up a large snail shell, following Xie Zhao closely. Cheng Yaoyao was very careful to maintain a "just right" distance, after all, she had just hugged Xie Zhao and they had broken up.

A wild bird fluttered out from the dry grass not far away, and Xie Zhao immediately turned around to take a look.

Cheng Yaoyao was also frightened and hurriedly ran two steps to Xie Zhao's side. Xie Zhao didn't say anything, but turned back and squinted his eyes to look carefully. The setting sun filled the sky, making the gold bars almost blend into the riverbed, making it difficult to distinguish. A golden light flashed in the gap, and Xie Zhao went up and picked out another gold bar. It was getting dark, and he had to find all the gold bars quickly.

Cheng Yaoyao's heart was pounding with fear, and no one tried to comfort him. He stamped his foot in anger and threw the snail shell hard onto Xie Zhao's back. The snail shell, dried by the wind, fluttered lightly, leaving a little dust on Xie Zhao's coat, and then rolled to the ground. Xie Zhao happened to take a step back and stepped on it and broke it.

Cheng Yaoyao took the opportunity to get mad: "You stepped on my things and broke them, compensate me!"

Xie Zhao moved his feet and took a look, with a hint of joking at the corner of his lips: "What should I compensate you for?"

He stared at Cheng Yaoyao, who was like a kitten, with his narrow eyes, showing amusement. Cheng Yaoyao blushed, and her little thoughts seemed to be exposed in Xie Zhao's eyes. Fortunately, the setting sun covered the blush on her face. She raised her chin and said casually: "Pay me the gold bars!"

"You want this?" Xie Zhao held up a gold bar in his hand.

It was handed down from ancient times, with crude craftsmanship, and each coin weighed one or two taels, heavy and shiny. Damn money, so beautiful!

Cheng Yaoyao confidently stretched out his hand: "Give it to me!"

Xie Zhao threw the gold up and caught it again, saying leisurely, "This is my daughter-in-law's book."

"..." Cheng Yaoyao was stunned for a moment, his peach blossom eyes were watery and he looked a little dazed.

Xie Zhao added: "It's a pity that you want to break up with me."

Cheng Yaoyao was so angry that he turned into a puffer fish on the spot!

Xie Zhao turned around and started looking again, leaving the intact half of his handsome face to Cheng Yaoyao. Cheng Yaoyao finally recovered his health and was about to go up and give him a hard blow, but he caught a glimpse of a golden light from the corner of his eye.

There is something shiny and golden sticking out from the side of a stone. If it’s not a gold bar, what could it be?

Cheng Yaoyao secretly glanced at Xie Zhao who was searching diligently, and felt secretly delighted. She pretended to walk sideways and casually hooked out the gold bar with her toes.

A shiny piece of gold appeared from under the stone. It was a gold bar! Cheng Yaoyao was about to pick up the gold bar happily, but Xie Zhao suddenly turned his head. Cheng Yaoyao hurriedly stepped on the gold bar with one foot, and the movement was so big that he almost sprained his ankle.

Xie Zhao looked over with long eyes, stood up and asked, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Yaoyao folded his hands over his chest, looked around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xie Zhao ignored her and went back to look for the gold bars.

Cheng Yaoyao dragged his feet and moved stealthily to the side.

Suddenly, someone said from behind: "There is a snake."

"Ah! Where, where!" Cheng Yaoyao felt goosebumps all over his body. He closed his eyes and jumped and screamed.

Xie Zhao remained silent. When Cheng Yaoyao came to his senses, there were no insects on the dry riverbed, so where did the snake come from? Instead, there was a shiny gold bar.

Cheng Yaoyao shouted: "Hey, there's a gold bar here!"

Cheng Yaoyao's little face was filled with exaggerated surprise and cunning. She bent down to pick up the gold. Her skirt fit her graceful curves and slid over her slender waist.

Cheng Yaoyao lifted up the heavy gold bar, turned around, and ran into a hot hug: "What are you doing?"

She was hurt by the collision. Cheng Yaoyao raised her head in annoyance and met a pair of eyes. The scorching sun was like fire, all reflected in those narrow eyes.

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The scorching sun lit up half the sky, and the winding corridors of Suzhou Garden were also shrouded in a layer of sunset glow. The woman in a white cheongsam with pink flowers met the tall military officer on the narrow road. She couldn't hide her panic and hid back for a while.

"No!" Director Rong shouted, "Yaoyao, you are in the passionate period of love at this time. You are hiding because you are shy, not because you are afraid! Start over!"

The two of them stood in position and re-shot the scene. This time, before Meng Rui's hand was on her shoulder, Cheng Yaoyao instinctively shook his hand off and fell into a trance in the middle of her lines.

This shot was shot over and over again for more than ten times. She would lose her focus whenever Meng Rui touched her. Director Rong was so angry that he lost his temper and called Cheng Yaoyao over to teach her a lesson: "You've been out playing all day and your mind has gone wild? You came back so late yesterday. Did I tell you? You can't let your relationship interfere with your work!"

Under normal circumstances, Cheng Yaoyao would have argued back, but today he was silent and absent-minded. Director Rong said a few words and softened his tone: "Shoot well, and I'll let you go to see Xie Zhao after you finish."

Cheng Yaoyao suddenly raised her head, her face burning with anger: "I'm not going to see him! We're breaking up!"

"Huh?" Director Rong finally understood why Cheng Yaoyao had been so distracted that day. "So you're having a tantrum? When Xie Zhao comes, I'll teach him a lesson for you. Just focus on filming!"

Cheng Yaoyao got angry, and her originally resentful face suddenly became lively. She muttered softly: "I don't need your lecture!"

Meng Rui, dressed as a military officer, came over and pleaded for Cheng Yaoyao with a smile: "Director, I will rehearse these scenes with Yaoyao later. They are quite difficult."

Director Rong laughed and said, "It's a good thing that you have this intention. Get ready and shoot it again."

Sister Meng came over with a box to touch up Cheng Yaoyao's makeup. The makeup artists of that era did not have as many cosmetics as those in later generations. Sister Meng's small wooden box contained porcelain boxes of duck egg powder, blush, lip balm, charcoal pencils, Miss Buddha powder, Revlon lipstick, a dazzling array of products, a combination of Chinese and Western styles. All the cosmetics that can be found on the market can be seen here.

The crew only had two shades of lipstick: one bright red and one magenta. This lipstick was rich in color and dry in texture, which made Cheng Yaoyao's lips moist and didn't look bad when she put it on.

After styling her hair and applying rouge to her cheeks, Cheng Yaoyao applied lipstick in front of a small mirror. When she first joined the crew, she had a long fight with the makeup artist over makeup. She didn't want the old-fashioned lip liner and heavy blush of this era, and she wanted to choose her own lipstick.

Sister Meng stopped, and the new makeup artist was so angry that she asked Cheng Yaoyao to paint herself. Cheng Yaoyao really took the makeup and finished it in a few minutes. Her eyebrows were like ink, her eyes were like dots of paint, her blush was lightly applied, and her lip biting makeup was very attractive. The girls in the crew saw that they all wanted to do this kind of makeup, and the makeup artist was so angry that she wanted to quit. It was the director who came out to smooth things over - the crew wanted to unify the makeup, and the others also had to paint according to the makeup of the leading actress.

Facts have proved that Cheng Yaoyao's makeup is very beautiful and consistent with the style of the entire movie. When later generations judge the movie "Tiao Tiao", they often praise the makeup in this movie as being clean and smart, and it is not outdated at all in later generations.

Sister Meng smiled as she watched Cheng Yaoyao putting on makeup and said, "Yaoyao, I just bought a box of imported eye shadow. Can you come back and teach me how to apply the eye shadow?"

"Okay." Cheng Yaoyao's knowledge of beauty and makeup is enough to teach a makeup artist from the 1970s. She asked Sister Meng, "Then what are you going to give me as a thank you?"

Sister Meng laughed and scolded: "I asked Lao Li to buy your favorite dishes every day, and you still ask me for compensation?"

"That doesn't count. I only appreciate Lao Li's favor." Cheng Yaoyao snorted and handed the mirror to Sister Meng.

Sister Meng pushed her and squinted her eyes at the distance: "You are so sticky. I come to pick you up again."

The tall young man in the black coat was talking to the director, causing many actresses to secretly look at him. They all knew that this was Cheng Yaoyao's girlfriend, but they still couldn't help blushing.

Sister Meng was not afraid of the trouble and waved in the direction of Xie Zhao: "Xiao Xie, I'm here!"

Cheng Yaoyao pulled his hand back forcefully and said angrily, "Stop yelling, who wants to pay attention to him!"

Sister Meng groaned and pretended to be surprised: "Hey, what's wrong? Weren't you fine yesterday? You even went out to play for a whole day?"

Xie Zhao looked over in the direction of the sound. Cheng Yaoyao's heart skipped a beat. She couldn't help but touch the collar. The small high collar bound her swan neck, hiding the marks on her neck. She touched the cool and smooth silk with a guilty conscience, but her cheeks were flushed.

No matter how Sister Meng urged her, Cheng Yaoyao just refused to go over. Sister Meng was so angry that she poked her on the head and said, "Just act like that! Such a good guy has come all the way to see you, and you're still acting like that!"

Sister Meng went to greet Xie Zhao enthusiastically. This young man was very sensible and brought her many rare things. Others also looked for opportunities to greet Xie Zhao and watch closely the warrior who won the high-ranking flower of the crew.

Cheng Yaoyao rubbed his forehead, and was so angry that he turned into a pufferfish. Why did everyone think that she was wrong? It was obviously Xie Zhao who was too bullying!

On the other side, Director Rong was stunned: "What? You're leaving now?" He thought Xie Zhao was coming to see someone!

Director Rong's last words were filled with a hint of joy. Xie Zhao glanced at him, and Director Rong coughed twice, slapped his thigh and said regretfully: "Why are you leaving so soon after you arrived? I was thinking that when you have some free time, I would treat you to a meal and meet these colleagues from afar!"

Xie Zhao looked at Cheng Yaoyao from afar, his eyes were tender but his tone was firm: "Yaoyao, please take care of him."

To be honest, Director Rong was relieved that Xie Zhao had left. When Cheng Yaoyao was tricked into filming, he was told that the filming would be finished in a month. However, filming a movie is a complex project that requires coordination among many parties. There are many variables, and Cheng Yaoyao's beauty and understanding also inspired the scriptwriter to change the role of the leading actress more and more, so it was impossible to finish the filming within a month.

If Xie Zhao proposed to take Cheng Yaoyao back, Director Rong would have to cut Cheng Yaoyao's scenes reluctantly. Unexpectedly, the two of them actually had a quarrel! Director Rong was secretly happy, but he felt a little sorry when he thought that the two of them had a quarrel and had to be separated.

Director Rong said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of her. Yaoyao is pretty, so it's inevitable that she has a little temper, so you just need to coax her more. Don't break up with her casually, such a precious girl, there will be many people who will snatch her away if you let her go."

Xie Zhao's lips curled up slightly, and the smile was fleeting: "No."

At this time, Cheng Yaoyao finished shooting a scene, and Sister Meng came forward with her coat and put it on her. She turned around and pointed in the direction of Xie Zhao and said something to her. Cheng Yaoyao turned her head away proudly, and was half-pushed and half-coaxed by Sister Meng to come over.

Director Rong saw Xie Zhao's lips curl up, and then he returned to his cold expression and walked towards Cheng Yaoyao.

Director Rong looked at Xie Zhao's tall and straight back, and for a long time he couldn't figure out what Xie Zhao meant by "no". Did he mean he wouldn't coax people? Would he not break up? Or would he not let go?

Author's comments: Interview: What happened under the bridge? Why did you hit Xie Zhao?

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