After the coordinator left, the somewhat lifeless reading session came back to life, and everyone began to exchange information in whispers.
Liu Rulan also learned about the situation and walked to Xiao He's side to explain in a low voice: "This Gao Zhenxia is the most senior one here. She is now over sixty years old and mainly teaches acting at several drama academies in Beijing. She rarely participates in film crews anymore. She came this time because of Director Zhuang. If she couldn't get away, I would believe her because she is indeed very busy."
Gao Zhenxia plays Zhang Ziyue, an ordinary friend of the female lead Yin Lan, and currently the only ordinary person in the story who knows about Yin Lan's special constitution.
She met Yin Lan when she was still a student, while Yin Lan was already an elderly woman in her twilight years. Zhang Ziyue initially thought Yin Lan was a lonely old woman without family or friends, so she would visit her from time to time. It wasn't until an accident occurred that Zhang Ziyue inadvertently learned about Yin Lan's special constitution.
However, being kind-hearted by nature, she did not distance herself from Yin Lan because of this, nor did she intend to use the news for anything. Instead, she would come to Yin Lan's place every now and then to listen to her share the past events that happened back then.
Decades passed in the blink of an eye. Zhang Ziyue had gone from a student to an elderly woman with shaky steps, enjoying a happy family life with many descendants. Yin Lan, on the other hand, remained the same as when they first met, with even the wrinkles on her face barely changing.
Nevertheless, Zhang Ziyue would still occasionally ask her son to bring her to visit Yin Lan, and catch up with Yin Lan, using her few but exceptionally happy remaining years to accompany Yin Lan through a long but empty period of time.
In Yin Lan's heart, Zhang Ziyue is a very special person.
Even in the storyline, after Yin Lan learned the secret of their medicine people's true immortality, she immediately thought of Zhang Ziyue.
At that time, Zhang Ziyue was hospitalized due to many age-related illnesses, and her life was nearing its end.
Yin Lan decisively took the stolen fragments to the hospital where Zhang Ziyue was, found Zhang Ziyue, and tried to prolong her life.
At that time, Zhang Ziyue was lying in a hospital bed, and her body was extremely weak, but when she saw Yin Lan appear, she still couldn't help but get excited.
However, when Yin Lan proposed the plan for immortality, Zhang Ziyue resolutely shook her head and refused.
"You've had such a hard life, Yin Lan."
Zhang Ziyue's voice was weak and hoarse, with a muffled sound coming from the breathing mask.
"So I thought I'd use my limited time to briefly accompany a poor person—" Her gaze turned to the window. "I'm sorry, Yin Lan, please forgive me for saying such harsh words, but I am truly content with my current life and everything I have now. Even if I face death next, I don't want to become the next you."
"The long years are truly terrifying."
Zhang Ziyue said.
"I have already lost my beloved, and I never want to experience that kind of heart-wrenching pain again. Then I will lose my children, my grandchildren, and my grandchildren's descendants—"
Finally, he was left alone in this world, wandering without any more attachments.
"Forgive my selfishness, Yin Lan. If you find the path you want to take, then go for it. It's just that I really can't stay with you any longer."
As she finished speaking, a tear slid down Zhang Ziyue's cheek. Yin Lan listened in silence, offering no further words of comfort. She simply bent down and affectionately stroked Zhang Ziyue's wrinkled cheek, just as she had stroked the little girl who had just come home from school years ago: "I'm sorry, I understand."
This might be the last time they see each other.
But Zhang Ziyue will always be her friend, forever—
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Zhang Ziyue is a character who doesn't appear many times, but she is very important, especially to the female lead. She is a figure of profound significance, and Zhang Ziyue's death eventually leads the female lead to embark on the path of pursuing immortality and fighting against the suffering of immortality.
Since the important scenes of the character Zhang Ziyue are mainly concentrated in her old age, the production team directly found two people to play the role, one in her younger form and one in her older form.
This elderly woman is naturally Gao Zhenxia.
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