Rejoice

I told Lan Yan that Vincent came to see me and I also wanted to challenge myself to see if I could play the role of a mute girl.

"You want to learn sign language in just one month? You're dreaming!" Lan Yan disagreed. "There are many different types of sign language, even those in the north and south. Learning them is very difficult."

Li Li also took this into consideration.

Even a slight mistake in sign language, or unclear expression of meaning, will affect the fans' recognition of the film and their judgment of their own professionalism.

Therefore, you have to devote 200% of your experience to learning sign language.

Hearing that she was still insisting, Lan Yan helplessly picked up the cervical massager she had given her and hung it around her neck, muttering to herself, "In this industry, is there anyone who has less say than me?"

Hearing Lan Yan's reassurance, Li Li immediately threw himself on her, but still said seriously: "This is called respecting the artist's ideas. Looking at the entire entertainment industry, which agent is as good as you?"

Lan Yan was very disrespectful and sneered, "Li Li, I signed you in to make money."

"I've made some money for you," Li Lai thought for a moment, "even though it's not much, a fly, no matter how small, is still a piece of meat."

Looking directly into Lan Yan's eyes, Li Li only felt guilty.

Of course, agents sign artists to make money, not to help them pursue their dreams in the entertainment industry.

Nowadays, acting in ancient costume dramas can quickly make you popular. Several shareholders of the company are also putting pressure on Lan Yan, hoping that Li Li will act in more ancient costume dramas and improve his business ability as soon as possible.

One can imagine the pressure Lan Yan is under now. A young actor under the company was exposed for tax evasion, which dragged down the company and caused the loss of several partners. Now they urgently need money to make back their investment.

Li Li didn't want to make things difficult for Lan Yan, nor did he want to waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Li Lai, my abilities are limited. I will do my best to help you wherever I can. If I can't, I can only buy you time."

After hearing this, Li Lai swore that she was not only trying to break through herself, but also wanted everyone in the company to look up to Lan Yan.

The sign language course requires four hours a day, and the time is arranged by Li Lai.

Lan Yan even arranged Li Li's daily schedule for fear that it would take up her study time.

Learning sign language is very difficult at the beginning. Start with simple “hello” and “goodbye” and then gradually increase the difficulty.

Sign language is not like writing, where you can't do it stroke by stroke. Even if you make a mistake, you know where it is.

If you make a mistake in sign language, the meaning expressed will be different.

Li Lai could only watch the video of the sign language class and practice it repeatedly after class.

Sometimes when he was signing in front of the mirror, Li Li felt like he was cosplaying as Naruto and was almost able to summon the tailed beasts.

Hard work pays off. In just half a month, Li Li's sign language was enough to have simple conversations with the sign language teacher. After returning home, he even showed off to Lan Yan.

He said that in the future, when Lan Yan went to the company for meetings, he would act as a sign language interpreter next to her.

"I'm just an entertainment company, not CCTV News. Why do I need a sign language interpreter?" Lan Yan laughed angrily.

"We should have lofty ideals. If you ever appear on CCTV for an interview, I'll be your sign language interpreter."

"The sign language interpreters were all signing quietly, but you were next to me. People who didn't know would think there was something wrong with CCTV's microphones, and one person was speaking with two voices."

Li Lai's smile suddenly faltered, and she asked Lan Yan formally, "Should I use sign language to speak?"

"Can't you hear it yourself?"

I really didn't pay attention to this. I was gesturing with my hands and talking at the same time.

The mute girl cannot speak and can only express herself through sign language.

As a physically healthy person, many of my unconscious actions may be exposed.

For example, I started to intentionally control my speech, and when I was making sign language, my mouth would unconsciously make some lip shapes.

You have to correct this bad habit yourself.

How to change it? Li Li thought of the dumbest way.

Take out some household tape and wrap it around your mouth, leaving only your nostrils to breathe through.

This way, the sign language movements become restrictive.

This method is indeed good, but it is a bit useless. Li Li almost died from his own stupid behavior.

In the evening, Lan Yan called and said that he had drunk some wine, so he asked the aunt who lived there to make some hangover soup.

The hangover soup requires some rock sugar. The rock sugar at home is used to stew meat, so you need to go out and buy some more.

Li Lai, who was practicing sign language, of course made the request with great enthusiasm. She wanted to give it a try and see how a mute girl could communicate with the outside world in a real environment.

Now only 24-hour convenience stores are open. When Li Lai walked into the convenience store, the salesperson on duty was a woman in her forties. She politely asked Li Lai what she needed.

Li Lai waved his hand and walked around the shelves seven or eight times before he found a bag of rock sugar at the bottom.

Then I remembered that I had run out of cooking oil at home, so I took a bucket of cooking oil, picked out some snacks, and took them to pay the bill.

The salesperson looked at her deliberately and said, "The total is 247 yuan. How do I pay?"

Li Li didn't say anything, took out his cell phone,

kindness?

My phone is out of battery. How do you express it in sign language?

Li Lai looked at the salesperson with a slightly apologetic look, reached into his pocket, searched his body and took out 19 yuan in cash.

Li Lai calmly put the money on the cashier and took out a bag of rock sugar, meaning that he only wanted this one.

The salesperson looked at her again and said, "19.9 yuan."

This is how I should deal with these 90 cents.

Li Lai held up her phone and made a charging gesture. The salesperson looked at the charging port of the phone and took out a data cable from the shelf. Li Lai made an OK gesture.

After charging, he turned on the phone immediately, but Li Li discovered a fatal problem.

This is not her phone, it's the cleaning lady's phone. How did she take out the cleaning lady's phone?

Now I can’t explain myself even if I have a mouth.

He waved his hands to indicate that he didn't need anything anymore.

The salesperson looked up at her again and asked, "What about this data cable? It's 30 yuan."

Li Lai scratched his head and used sign language to sign, meaning, "Sorry, I don't have any cash. I want to go back and get some money before buying it."

However, the salesperson didn't understand sign language, and to her, Li Li's gestures for a long time just looked like a spirited girl doing finger dance.

Li Li gestured for a long time, but she was still confused and had no idea what Li Li wanted to express.

Li Lai was so anxious that he was about to open his mouth. When he was about to speak, he suddenly realized that his mouth was still wrapped with tape.

For the past ten days, I have been wrapped in tape except for meal times. My mouth has become numb and I have no feeling. I tried to remove the tape when I went out, but I only removed the first layer of tape. There are still several layers of tape stuck on my mouth.

No wonder the salesperson looked at me the same way.

Anyone who is on duty alone late at night and meets a woman with her mouth taped up coming to buy something, and still gestures towards him, will be panicked.

"Don't be afraid, you must be having difficulties, right?" The salesperson stood cautiously under the surveillance camera and told Li Lai to stay calm, everything could be discussed, and she must not do anything extreme.

Seeing her taking it quietly in her hand, Li Lai was anxious and wanted to explain. She started to remove the tape around her mouth, but couldn't find the end for a long time. She kept touching her mouth with both hands.

"Calm down, calm down." The salesperson told Li Li to stay calm and not to do anything impulsive.

The doorbell electronically announces: "Hello, welcome."

The attention of both people in the room was drawn over.

Salesperson: "Oh my God, the savior has come."

Li Lai, "Oh my god, someone else is coming."

Jing Shengxi was wearing sportswear, having obviously just finished a run. He lowered his head and sent a WeChat message to his phone. He asked the salesperson hiding in the corner, "Do you have electrolyzed water at room temperature?"

When no one answered, he looked up, thinking the salesperson hadn't heard him.

Li Li looked at Jing Shengxi and thought, if there was a shooting star in this world, let it take her away.

Destroy this earth.

Jing Shengxi, who was standing at the door, was also stunned. He even took a step back, looked outside the door, then looked at the salesperson in confusion, and finally fixed his gaze on Li Li.

At this moment, this convenience store is really dramatic.

A man with tape wrapped around his mouth gestured to the salesperson, a popular star came in to buy something, and a salesperson was trembling with fear.

The salesperson didn't know what to do now. Should he invite Jing Shengxi into the store to look around, or tell Li Li to calm down?

Jing Shengxi was also very confused. He looked at Li Li very seriously, as if he couldn't believe it. He even asked with his lips: "Are you Li Li?"

Li Li nodded heavily.

Jing Shengxi was still confused, his eyes fixed on the cash register where there was also 19 yuan in cash. Perhaps something unreasonable but very normal was happening here.

He was extremely calm. He took a bottle of electrolytes at room temperature from the shelf and said to the salesperson, "How much are these in total?"

These include those products of Li Lai.

The salesperson quickly said, "The total is 350 yuan."

After hearing the payment was successful, the salesperson secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, his eyes were fixed on Li Li, and he whispered to Jing Shengxi, "Be careful, she doesn't seem to be a normal person."

The sound was not loud, but Li Li was right next to her and she could hear it.

That's right, who normal person would go out at night and tape their mouth? She kept touching the tape on her mouth with both hands. I thought she was going to mutate.

Jing Shengxi winked at her, and Li Li hurried out and waited for him outside.

The things were all in Jing Shengxi's hands. Li Lai wanted to take them back. When she was about to speak, Jing Shengxi asked, "Why can't you speak now?"

Uh...how should I explain my performance art to him?

"You're under too much pressure. You should see a psychiatrist, or, uh, stop torturing yourself too much."

Li Li was silent. She really couldn't think of a more perfect excuse than this, so she could only nod in agreement.

"Um, where are you going tonight? I'll take you there."

Li Li gestured to Jing Shengxi: "I want to go to Lan Yan's house. Her house is on the street ahead."

Jing Shengxi's eyes turned from clear to wise: "How about you take off the tape on your mouth first."

Li Lai…………

She thought that Jing Shengxi might be glad that he was her ex-boyfriend now.