Before we knew it, it was time to join the crew.
Su Jin attended the opening ceremony.
She still feels a sense of unreality; her first drama has already started filming?
Upon arrival, I greeted every unfamiliar face and discussed the script with Director Chen.
"Director Chen, why did you choose me? I thought you wouldn't choose someone like me who comes from variety shows."
Director Chen laughed, "Why not?"
"Because I feel like I'm really bad at acting."
Director Chen shook her head. This script needed a new face. At first, she was attracted to Su Jin's face, which was very aggressive and had a cinematic feel even without makeup.
Secondly, there's Su Jin's experience. Art originates from life, and she has experienced the feeling of rebirth, so she naturally knows how to act it out.
A van was parked on the side of the road, and a familiar figure got out.
"That's... Shen Yanxiu?"
Director Chen nodded, "Yes."
Su Jin recalled the script, "But, isn't there no male lead?"
This is a coming-of-age story about a woman who encounters friends, teachers, coaches, and her mother along the way. There is no male lead.
"From the capitalists."
Director Chen glanced at her helplessly, his meaning unspoken.
As they were talking, Shen Yanxiu walked up to Su Jin and said, "Hello, we're together again..."
She looked at Su Jin with a hint of anticipation in her eyes, hoping that there would be surprise in her eyes.
But there was shock and a hint of disdain in Su Jin's eyes.
He forced a very strained smile. "We meet again."
Shen Yanxiu was at a loss. Had he done something wrong?
Are you unhappy?
Su Jin swallowed hard. "No, I'm just wondering why you joined this production team?"
She thought she liked the script so much because there was no male lead.
Shen Yanxiu clenched his sleeve, his voice barely audible, "I wanted to see you... so I squeezed in a small supporting role. Don't worry, the script is still the same."
Su Jin nodded and said "Oh".
The atmosphere cooled down.
Shen Yanxiu, trying to make conversation, asked, "Is the candy tasty?"
"Ah, that's good..."
"Time to take a picture!"
Someone shouted that they wanted to take a picture of the device being turned on.
Su Jin turned to Shen Yanxiu and said, "Let's go, let's go take pictures together."
"good."
Everyone took photos in a lively atmosphere, but Shen Yanxiu remained absent-minded.
"Will this be very hard?"
He pointed to the climbing wall in the area.
The action director replied, "Of course, Director Chen isn't planning to use wires yet, so we'll have to rely on Teacher Su's own efforts."
...
Gu Xingze propped himself up.
"Mr. Gu! I'll take care of it."
The caregiver he hired quickly came up and adjusted the angle of the hospital bed so that he could lean against the headboard.
Gu Xingze thanked him without any emotion.
His eyes never left the phone screen, and the caregiver glanced at him curiously.
"Mr. Gu is a fan of celebrities too?"
His phone screen showed photos of the filming of Su Jin's new drama.
Gu Xingze hummed in agreement.
Suddenly, I asked the caregiver, "Do you think she's pretty?"
The caregiver, a woman in her forties, came over to take a closer look when she heard this.
"This little girl is very pretty."
When Gu Xingze heard others praising her, the corners of his mouth turned up, and a hint of a smile appeared in his eyes.
"Yes, it looks great."
The caregiver rarely saw him smile. Most of the time, he would lean against the hospital bed without saying a word, either dealing with work or staring at his phone screen and silently shedding tears.
So when she saw him smile, the caregiver praised him even more enthusiastically, "Yes, yes, she looks just like a female celebrity! And the young man next to her, they make a perfect couple."
Gu Xingze withdrew his smile after hearing the second half of her sentence.
“He’s an ugly man, and I feel like he’s polluting the air when he stands next to her.”
As he spoke, he angrily tapped the screen repeatedly, as if he wanted to poke into it and crush the person inside.
Even the caregiver didn't understand why Gu Xingze was so unpredictable.
"Hmm... Actually, upon closer inspection, that young man really isn't very good-looking; he's not as good-looking as you."
Gu Xingze, like a child who had been coaxed into happiness, raised his chin and said, "How can he be as good-looking as me? He's old and ugly."
The caregiver couldn't bring herself to say that such a handsome young man was old and ugly, so she could only nod in agreement.
After Gu Xingze finished speaking, he worried that he might have become uglier during his days in the hospital.
"Bring me a mirror."
Taking the mirror, Gu Xingze saw his face clearly for the first time after the surgery.
His face showed signs of fatigue, and there was a bit of stubble around his mouth.
As he looked at it, tears began to fall, one by one, onto the mirror.
"What's wrong? Should I call a doctor?"
Gu Xingze shook his head. "It's nothing, it's just too ugly."
The caregiver choked; it turned out he was crying because he looked so ugly?
With a pulse oximeter between his fingers, Gu Xingze wiped his face clean with a tissue, his fingers trembling.
If she doesn't look good anymore, will she still like herself like this?
Gu Xingze looked down and peered through his collar at the wound wrapped in gauze.
It hurts and itches.
"boss."
Assistant Li knocked on the door and came in. "How are you feeling, boss?"
Gu Xingze regained his composure. "It's alright. I'll be back at the company soon."
"Um...did she accept it? What was her reaction?"
Assistant Li gave him a heads-up beforehand, "Boss, you just had surgery, so you can't get too emotional. Remember not to get excited."
"Miss Su... didn't accept it, and she seemed very resistant and horrified."
Gu Xingze took a few deep breaths. "Did she ask me how I was feeling?"
Assistant Li frowned and recalled, "I guess you could say I asked her. She said, 'Your boss just has appendicitis, why is it such a big deal?' That's what she said."
Gu Xingze's chest heaved even more violently.
Assistant Li quickly slapped his mouth, "Boss, I shouldn't have said these things to you. Just pretend you didn't hear it."
"Boss? Should I call a doctor for you?"
Gu Xingze gently shook his head, "No need."
"Then...shall I have Miss Su come and see you?"
Gu Xingze was very sad, "Will she come...?"
Perhaps he was too vulnerable after the surgery, or perhaps he needed Su Jin to hug him too much.
He compromised and had his assistant, Li, call Su Jin.
The phone rang for a long time before it was answered.
Assistant Li couldn't wait to call out, "Ms. Su! I..."
A man's voice interrupted him, "Who is this? Su Jin is busy."
Assistant Li's face froze, and he cautiously glanced at Gu Xingze's expression.
His eyes were vacant, as if he had been shaken to the point of collapse by those words.
"Yes, I am...yes."
Assistant Li hesitated for a long time but couldn't say anything. She couldn't very well say that she was her ex-husband's assistant, could she?
This relationship is too strange, isn't it?
"I'm Ms. Su's friend. Where is she? Could you please answer the phone?"
There was a rustling sound on the other end of the line. "She's busy. Call back later."
The call was disconnected.
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