The rest of the filming of "Dawn City" is basically battlefield scenes, occasionally interspersed with some emotional lines and literary dramas. The progress is not fast, but it is also steadily coming to an end.
After a day and a half of forced marching, Xia Tian finally arrived at the vicinity of the East Route Army led by Little Gray Wolf with a scout team of 20 people, but he encountered the pursuit of the city guards who came to encircle and suppress them.
Seeing Little Gray Wolf getting into a tough fight, Xia Tian finally couldn't bear it and brought his men to help from the outside, helping Little Gray Wolf to open a gap big enough for evacuation. Little Gray Wolf successfully broke through with half of the remaining soldiers, reunited with Xia Tian, and temporarily escaped from the encirclement of pursuers.
The team temporarily settled down in a secluded valley. Xia Tian, with a serious look on his face, grabbed the little gray wolf's wrist without saying a word and took him to a dense forest covered with bushes not far away.
Without much preparation, Xia Tian went straight to the point: "Why did you betray us?"
Little Gray Wolf was shocked: "...What?"
Xia Tian stared into Little Gray Wolf's eyes and said, "You are the one who betrayed us all along, right?"
The little gray wolf subconsciously looked away.
Seeing him obviously avoiding her, the remaining hope in Xia Tian's eyes suddenly dimmed.
He was furious. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the wolf's jaw fiercely, and pressed the boy against the tree trunk: "Why don't you dare to look at me? Why don't you dare to answer?!"
"...What do you want me to say?" The little gray wolf's voice was trembling, and he still didn't look at Xia Tian.
"You... In the battle at Huqiangpo, Old Wu and Xiao Xie died, and so many soldiers sacrificed their lives... How did you feel comfortable staying here?" Xia Tian stared into Little Gray Wolf's eyes and sneered, "You are friendly with me just to steal our information and then send it to your real master, right?"
Seeing the little gray wolf pursed his lips and said nothing, Xia Tian's fingers slid from the boy's jaw to his neck, and his fingertips became more and more forceful: "I trust you so much, but what did you do? During this retreat, you actually... carried the locator and revealed our location all the way. You even dared to face those soldiers in the wounded camp?!"
The little gray wolf raised his eyes suddenly, his throat was a little hoarse from being pinched: "...locator?"
Xia Tian's fingers suddenly tightened: "Still playing dumb?"
The little gray wolf pried Xia Tian's hands hard, shook his head quickly, and uttered a weak voice with difficulty: "No... I... didn't..."
Xia Tian grabbed the little gray wolf by the throat and threw him aside roughly, then chased after him with a punch, hitting the boy hard in the side of the face.
"Stop! Try again." Mu Zhixing frowned, "Xia Tian, use more force with that punch. You were betrayed and you are furious right now. I can't possibly show mercy. Do you understand?"
This plot has been polished for a whole day, but Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong's emotions always lack a bit of heat. Especially the scene where Xia Tian mercilessly strangled the little gray wolf, which was repeated many times before finally meeting Director Mu's requirements.
This punch is even more difficult to control - because the camera requires to capture the realistic feeling of the fist hitting the cheek, and it is a close-up, so the force cannot be completely released, and the actor has to take a solid punch.
Of course, the crew made adequate guarantees for Jiang Dao’s safety.
Jiang Dao took out the mouth guard he was biting in his mouth and smiled at Chu Yinlong, "Teacher Chu, it would be better if you can hit me with one punch. If you can't meet your requirements, won't I have to be beaten by you many times?"
In fact, that little bit of pain was just a piece of cake for him, but he certainly didn't want to be beaten all the time.
Chu Yinlong clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded to Director Mu: "...I'm ready."
Re-play the game.
Xia Tian punched the little gray wolf in the face, causing him to stagger and a trace of blood immediately seeped out from the corner of his mouth.
Chu Yinlong suppressed the pain in his heart and did not show any inappropriate expression on his face.
It was not until Mu Zhixing announced that the camera had passed that he stepped forward, held Jiang Dao's face, and carefully examined the wound at the corner of Jiang Dao's mouth: "I'm sorry, it was my mistake..."
Mu Zhixing didn't expect that Jiang Dao would actually be injured, so he hurried forward to check.
The medical staff also rushed over immediately. As soon as they took out the tools, Chu Yinlong snatched the alcohol cotton ball and carefully pressed it on the corner of Jiang Dao's lips.
“Um, it’s okay…” Jiang Dao spit out the mouthguard in his mouth, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, “…I just accidentally backed off too slowly, but it’s no big deal. The wound is so small, you see it’s not bleeding now, and my face shouldn’t be swollen. It won’t affect the filming.”
"I'm sorry." Chu Yinlong still felt distressed.
"It's obviously my own fault that I was slow to retreat, why are you apologizing?" Jiang Dao said with a smile, "That's good, the wound is real, it saves a lot of trouble with makeup!"
Chu Yinlong was completely speechless.
In the past, he looked down on the spoiled and lazy kids on the set, but since Jiang Dao didn't care about his injury at all, he wanted to hold him in his arms and not let him get hurt at all.
It’s a pity that no matter how sad it is, we still have to continue filming.
Especially the only fight between Xia and the little gray wolf during this period, which is the last and most complex emotional outburst in the whole film.
Xia Tian punched the little gray wolf but did not chase him.
The little gray wolf raised his hand to wipe away a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly: "Location device... didn't you use an instrument to check it before? Don't you know whether I have a location device on my body? Is there any part of me inside and outside that you haven't felt clearly?"
"Little Gray Wolf, you haven't given me a direct answer," Xia Tian's tone was indifferent and cold, "Have you ever betrayed our information? Don't beat around the bush, just answer me, yes or no?"
After a long silence, the little gray wolf closed his eyes and asked, "Has the leader confirmed it?"
Xia Tian didn't say anything.
The little gray wolf asked again: "He let you come to me, did he force you to sign a military order?"
Xia Tian remained silent.
Little Gray Wolf continued: "The order he gave you is to execute me personally? If you fail to do it, you will be punished by military law?"
Xia Tian avoided answering and repeated the question: "Have you ever betrayed us?"
This time, the little gray wolf did not escape.
He answered hoarsely, "I am from the city guards."
The pent-up emotions in my heart could no longer be controlled, so I simply confessed everything: "I was sent by the city guards. They asked me to seduce you, steal intelligence, and sell out your combat information. Your chance encounter with me and your rescue from those city guards were all arranged."
"Stop." Director Mu called for a stop again. "Little Gray Wolf, the feeling of collapse and self-destruction is even stronger here. You have guessed that you have been abandoned by the leader, and you also know that Xia Tian is here to execute you. You don't want to implicate him, but you also want to die to atone for your sins. Do you understand?"
Jiang Dao nodded, gathered his emotions, and resumed filming.
Looking at the little gray wolf with red eyes who was almost frantically exposing his identity, Xia Tian stood there, his whole body stiff, like a stone sculpture.
The little gray wolf said indifferently: "You can kill me now."
There was still no action in the summer.
His eyes suddenly turned red, with tears gathering in them but stubbornly refusing to fall.
He stared at the boy in front of him, his lips moving and his throat trembling: "You... can lie to me, I allow you to lie to me..."
The sunset was bloody.
In the dim jungle, the little gray wolf's voice was so soft that it seemed like a whisper: "How could I lie to you? I lied to you that I really liked you? Haha... How could I possibly like you? I was just using you to eliminate the resistance's vigilance against me so that I could steal information... It's ridiculous that you took the bait so easily."
Xia Tian couldn't stand it any longer, so he stepped forward and punched the little gray wolf.
This time, the little gray wolf fought back.
He blocked Xia Tian's fist, raised his leg and swept it towards the opponent's ribs, and sneered: "It was indeed me who sent out the news of the Battle of Vice Slope. Old Wu and Xiao Xie died for what they deserved. The city guards will remember them..."
Xia Tian let out a suppressed roar from his throat and slammed into the little gray wolf's ribs.
Neither of them drew their weapons, but they fought mercilessly with their fists and feet, each move aimed at the opponent's vital points, hitting the flesh.
The little gray wolf panted and laughed hoarsely, "When you found the workshop that night, I thought I was going to be exposed. Haha, who would have thought that you were so gullible that you were fooled by a stone. Haha... Uh! Ahem..."
The two men tangled together and wrestled fiercely.
The little gray wolf was still laughing: "You actually risked your life to save me. At that time, I was thinking... How stupid do you have to be to save a guy like me... Hey, cough cough... You saved me with your own hands, so those guys who died in the resistance army also have your share, Xia Tian!"
The limbs collided violently and blood splattered everywhere.
"Xia Tian, you actually don't know anything," the little gray wolf bared his teeth and said in a hoarse voice, "Before you, I was already the leader of the city guards! He was the one who taught me how to sleep with people and how to act like a virgin so that I could deceive you——"
"Shut up!"
Xia Tian roared angrily and pressed the scarred little gray wolf under him. He pulled out the pistol hidden behind his back like a madman and pressed the barrel hard against the soft flesh of the little gray wolf's lower jaw.
He shook off his tears viciously: "Say it again... say it again!"
The little gray wolf looked at Xia Tian, whose clothes were disheveled and whose face was full of anger but who couldn't hold back her tears. He clenched his teeth, raised the corner of his mouth, and smiled.
Then he suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Xia Tian's finger that was on the trigger.
A gunshot broke the silence of the dense forest, startling all the crows in the tree.
Not far away, the soldiers who were resting and recuperating in a temporary camp heard the gunshots and became alert. The patrol team immediately rushed to the place where the gunshots came from fully armed.
Breaking through the dense forest and bushes, what came into view was a scene that they could not understand -
Xia Tian, covered in wounds, sat on the little gray wolf and pinned him to the ground.
The black muzzle of the gun hung above the little gray wolf, trembling slightly.
The little gray wolf slowly opened his eyes, with no sadness or joy in them.
He stared quietly at the tear-stained face of Summer in the last ray of sunset.
Beside the little gray wolf's ear, on the ground, there was a deep bullet hole - in that brief moment, Xia Tian seemed to realize what he was about to do, and he forcibly moved the gun barrel, and the bullet instantly drilled into the ground.
But just a brush against his ear still injured it, and blood slowly flowed out of his ear and dripped into the mud and sand opened up by the bullet.
Xia Tian looked down at the little gray wolf. After a while, the muzzle of the gun fell powerlessly beside him.
After a long silence, he asked in a hoarse voice: "Why did you provoke me? If you were really a member of the City Guard, why didn't you lie to me? Why didn't you beg me to let you go? You know, as long as you ask, I will definitely let you go... You... Why didn't you lie to me? Why did you provoke me?!"
But the little gray wolf couldn't hear clearly what Xia Tian said.
There was a buzzing in his ears and he felt dizzy even when lying on the ground. He could only see Xia Tian talking but couldn't hear a word he said.
So, the little gray wolf spoke indifferently and cruelly: "...Kill me."
Xia Tian suddenly stopped talking.
The little gray wolf closed his eyes again, and his voice was low and firm, as if he had deliberately shouted it out loud so that everyone who gathered around him could hear: "I am an undercover sent by the city guards. I don't need your pity. I would rather die in your hands!"
The silence lasted for a long time, until the patrol captain who arrived called out tentatively: "Xia..."
Xia Tian suddenly stood up, grabbed Little Gray Wolf's collar and lifted him up, then turned his gun around, knocked the man unconscious with the butt of the gun, and threw him aside.
"The gunshots just now will attract the enemy, everyone prepare to evacuate." He ordered in a calm voice, "Everyone, no one left behind, evacuate!"
The man was surprised: "But the squadron leader, Little Gray Wolf..."
Xia Tian gritted his teeth: "...Let him fend for himself! Retreat!"
Not long after everyone left, the little gray wolf slowly woke up.
The injury caused by the bullet close to the ear has not improved. Although the ear has stopped bleeding, his hearing has not recovered. He still cannot keep his balance when he stands up and will fall down after walking a few steps.
Finally, the little gray wolf gave up struggling and slowly sat down against a big tree.
After being in a daze for a while, he suddenly remembered something and raised his hands to slowly take off his clothes one by one.
This young body was covered with scars, some new ones that were still bleeding, and some old ones that had healed long ago. The most thrilling one was a scar that ran through his flank and back. It looked like it had healed a long time ago, but one could still tell how thrilling it must have been when he was pierced.
The little gray wolf lowered his eyes and stroked the scar on his abdomen, as if recalling something in the past that had almost been forgotten.
After a long while, he silently pulled out a dagger from his boot, turned the tip of the knife slightly, and pressed it against the hideous scar, making a dent in the skin, as if he wanted to open this old scar again...
Just as the tip of the knife was about to pierce the skin, footsteps suddenly came from the dense forest not far away.
The little gray wolf was startled, and hid in the shadows by holding onto the tree trunk, and clenched the knife in his hand.
The visitors were two scouts from the city guards, who quickly found the bullet hole on the ground and the clothes that the little gray wolf had left under the tree.
The little gray wolf was not well prepared and left too many traces at the scene. The two scouts quickly found the direction where he was hiding and followed his staggering figure.
Although his hearing had been restored, his head was still dizzy. The little gray wolf struggled to deal with the two for a long time, but suddenly ran into a team of city guards who had found them somehow.
The little gray wolf was startled and subconsciously dodged, but was still suddenly pinned down. A long knife stabbed into his side without hesitation, piercing through the old wound again.
The cry of pain was ruthlessly pressed into the soil. The little gray wolf's body twitched violently, and its fingers gripped the ground tightly, grasping a piece of withered grass roots.
The leader of the city guards found a small chip from the bloody wound, rubbed it with his blood-stained fingertips, stood up and said calmly: "The recovery mission is completed. Retreat."
The little gray wolf slowly raised his head from the mud and vaguely saw the backs of several people who were about to leave. His eyes were lifeless, indicating that his life was slipping away rapidly...
Bang!
A gunshot pierced the silence of the forest at night.
Immediately afterwards, Xia Tian rushed in with dozens of people and surrounded the city guards who had not yet had time to evacuate.
Fire and smoke exploded, and gunshots and roars rang out one after another.
A rapidly approaching figure suddenly appeared in the little gray wolf's pupils. Then, he felt someone carefully holding his head on his lap... and then it seemed... it was raining?
But why is the rain so hot?
After being in a daze for a long time, the little gray wolf barely recognized the human face, and suddenly seemed to have some strength in his body.
“Xia…Tian,” he called softly, raising his hand to grab the corner of the other person’s clothes, “The locator…is in my stomach…I didn’t know…I’m sorry…I didn’t know…”
Xia Tian didn't say anything.
He bent his body and kissed the forehead of the boy on his lap, and his tears slowly soaked the blood on the boy's face.
"It turns out that they had buried it long ago... when they rescued me..." The little gray wolf tried to force a smile, his pupils, which had already begun to dilate, turned dark, "He had already... figured it out..."
Xia Tian pressed his forehead against the boy's forehead, and his whole body trembled.
The little gray wolf's voice became weaker and weaker: "I can be your bait for the last time... I am very happy... Xia Tian..."
The dense gunfire in the forest gradually stopped, but in the distance, the sound of a large army's charge horn was heard.
In the light of the fire, the little gray wolf Han^0^Ge^0^E^0^Zheng^0^Li's voice became lower and lower word by word: "...You must...forget me..."
Xia Tian threaded his fingers into the boy's hair and gripped it tightly, then he pressed his cheek against his trembling lips, and finally, he burst into tears.
Around the set.
The cameraman's eyes were red without him noticing, the lighting secretly wiped his nose, not daring to make a sound, the makeup artist covered her mouth, tears dripping down her cheeks...
Mu Zhixing coughed lightly: "It's over. Okay...get up."
Chu Yinlong seemed not to have heard it. He still knelt there, bent his body, rested his forehead against Jiang Dao's forehead, and sobbed silently.
Jiang Dao's scattered eyes slowly focused, he raised his hand and touched Chu Yinlong's cheek, then turned over and sat up in an awkward position, hugged Chu Yinlong into his arms, and gently patted his back: "Teacher Chu, it's not good to get too deep into the role... I'm not dead yet."
Unexpectedly, Chu Yinlong not only did not let Jiang Dao go, but instead suddenly grabbed his neck, hugged him tightly in his arms, slightly turned his head, and gave Jiang Dao a vague kiss on the side of his neck.
The close-up cameraman was still crying, but when he saw this scene through the camera, he was so scared that he hiccuped and his tears stopped immediately.
Mu Zhixing coughed twice: "Ahem, it's getting late, let's stop here for today, everyone pack up and go back to rest. Um... Xiaodao, Xiaochu might be a little too immersed in the role this time, you should comfort him and don't make him depressed, he still has several more scenes to come."
Jiang Dao smiled at Director Mu with a bloody face: "Okay! I will definitely coax him!"
As he said this, he took the warm, wet towel from his assistant and wiped Chu Yinlong's face.
The next second, his wrist was caught by Chu Yinlong.
"It's for you." The man finally let go of his hand, sniffed, and snatched the towel from him, "Wipe the blood off your face..."
After peeling off the special effects makeup for the wound and simply wiping off the blood and dirt on his body and face, Jiang Dao put on a clean sunscreen jacket. He did not go to the dressing room to carefully remove his makeup. He followed Chu Yinlong into the car and returned to the hotel.
As soon as the door was opened, Chu Yinlong dragged Jiang Dao into the bathroom and stripped him of his clothes in a few seconds.
The two of them scrubbed the dirt, blood, and scars off each other's bodies, and the bathtub gradually filled up with water.
After Jiang Dao was rubbed clean from head to toe by Chu Yinlong, Chu Yinlong hugged him from behind, and the two of them stayed tightly together in the warm water.
Chu Yinlong kissed Jiang Dao's face and neck, his voice slightly hoarse: "...It's great that you are still alive."
Jiang Dao couldn't help but laugh: "Teacher Chu, are you too immersed in the role? Of course I am alive! That scene was not done in one take, we filmed it over and over again so many times, why are you still obsessed?"
Chu Yinlong's breathing became faster and faster: "Because... it's too real..."
Jiang Dao turned his head away and whispered in the man's ear, "Oh, so it was because it was so real that Mr. Chu subconsciously pressed my carotid artery to confirm whether I was still alive. Then Director Mu scolded me for making a NG?"
"I'm really scared when you look like that..." Chu Yinlong said in a hoarse voice, "...it's as if you really died in my arms."
"So... what about now?" A fierce wave of water suddenly arose between the two of them, and Jiang Dao smiled teasingly, "Now, Teacher Chu, are you sure that I am alive and kicking?"
Chu Yinlong smiled and gently scolded Jiang Dao in his ear: "...you don't know what's good for you."
The mist covered the mirror, and the beautiful scenery in the room could not be reflected...
An unknown amount of time had passed before Chu Yinlong stepped on the water stains on the floor, carried Jiang Dao into the bedroom, and put him on the bed.
Jiang Dao did not let go. He put his arms around Chu Yinlong's neck and pulled him towards himself.
The two of them exchanged a long kiss, and Jiang Dao smiled and said, "Is living like this passionate enough? Hmm? If not, how about a few more times?"
Chu Yinlong smiled and pinched Jiang Dao's nose, then simply turned over onto the bed and hugged him in his arms.
After lying quietly for a while, Jiang Dao suddenly asked, "A few days ago, I saw the documents that your assistant brought to you. After we finish shooting the last scene of falling into the water, are you going to shoot the national defense propaganda program in cooperation with the army?"
Chu Yinlong closed his eyes and said, "The show will start filming in early August, and I will probably have to go into the mountains. Before that, there will be the premiere of Red Owl and a series of publicity... Then in September, I will be invited to the third season of Sports Superstar, plus the pre-production of the new movie... I will be busy again."
Jiang Dao rolled over and stood up, his eyes sparkling: "A new movie? The adventure action movie where you can do anything, whether it's the sky, the earth or the sea?"
Chu Yinlong nodded: "Yes. This is the script that the studio had signed before. They showed me the progress of pre-production recently. The situation is pretty good. It is estimated that we can start the shooting process at the beginning of next year."
Jiang Dao blinked his eyes, pretending to act coquettishly, and drew circles on Chu Yinlong's shoulders: "Then, brother, can you assign me a role? You see, I was working so hard in the bathroom just now..."
"Tsk," Chu Yinlong frowned, but couldn't help laughing, "Can you learn something good?"
So Jiang Dao raised his hand and pinched Chu Yinlong's chin, squinting his eyes and asked: "Tell me, have you arranged a role for me? If not, hmph, you will sleep on the floor tonight!"
Chu Yinlong: ...
After a moment of silence, Chu Yinlong said, "Don't visit Dragon Island anymore in the future. There's nothing good there."
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