Director Li Mo looked at Su Qianqian, his brows furrowing even more.
So beautiful, too beautiful.
Standing there, graceful and elegant, how could this be Lin Wan, an undercover agent struggling between two factions and burdened with blood debts and betrayals?
This is clearly the school beauty, the white moonlight, cherished by countless boys in a youth idol drama.
The tiny flame of hope in Li Mo's heart was extinguished in an instant.
Funds are gone, the crew has fallen apart, and now even the actors...sigh.
He irritably tossed the script outline aside, his voice carrying a sense of resignation:
"Let's just try the last match."
"After turning against them, the old faction perished."
"The part where the monarch sets himself on fire, and you walk into the flames to die for him."
He waved his hand, signaling the staff to take her to change into her costume, which was a simple old-fashioned cheongsam.
Su Qianqian nodded quietly and walked towards the temporary changing room next to her.
The curtains were drawn.
A moment later, the curtain was pulled open again.
Su Qianqian came out.
The simple off-white fabric somewhat concealed her breathtaking beauty, outlining her slender waist and exuding a fragile tranquility.
She walked to the center of the venue, not looking at anyone, but simply lowering her eyelashes and immersing herself in her own world.
At this moment, she is Lin Wan.
“Action.” Li Mo’s voice was weak and listless.
——
In the center of the empty space, Lin Wan slowly raised her head.
There was no sadness or fear on her face.
There is only a kind of tranquility after the dust has settled.
It's like a traveler who has finally seen the end of a long journey.
Her gaze swept over the burning palace, searching in vain for something.
Is she looking for the monarch she once revered as a god, who gave her a new name and a reason to live?
Or is it that secret, buried deep in her heart, the hidden longing that belongs to a young girl?
In the end, only desolation remained in her eyes.
If nothing can be found, then there's no need to search for anything anymore.
She turned her head slightly, casting her gaze in another direction, where the new faction was located.
There was her revered teacher, whom she respected like a father.
Back then, it was the monarch who devised a ruse, leaving her severely injured and on the verge of death in the street. A passing teacher rescued her, took meticulous care of her, and introduced her to medical school, leading her down the path of a doctor.
With a doctor's heart of compassion, saving lives and healing the wounded... her teacher taught her to respect life.
But her mission was to personally push those teachers' cherished lives into the abyss.
Senior Brother Zhou Zhengyang is resolute and upright, while Senior Sister Shen Yunshu is gentle and resilient.
They treated her like a precious jewel, giving her a kind of kinship she had never experienced before, and a genuine equality that even a monarch had never given her.
But she concealed a sharp blade behind her outward appearance of kindness and innocence, stabbing them time and time again.
This guilt gnawed at her soul day and night, more painful than a knife cut and more intense than fire.
She was the last noble bloodline of the old dynasty, and also the sharpest knife in the monarch's hand.
She was the teacher's most prized student and the most beloved junior sister among her senior brothers and sisters.
She was an undercover agent codenamed "Nightingale," a shadow who sang forever in the darkness but could never see the light.
Lin Wan turned her head, and the fire burned even more fiercely.
Deep within the flames, she seemed to see that young, aloof man.
He stood in the middle of the sea of fire, but his gaze pierced through the flames, fixed firmly on her.
At eighteen, he took in a girl who had lost her parents at the age of eight.
She once knelt at his feet and swore an oath in blood: In this life, I will obey your every command until death.
Now, she's back.
They did not die in an assassination attempt in a foreign land, nor were their bodies left to rot in the wilderness during the new faction's purge.
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