Chapter 71
Not satisfied with just patting him, Shen Li immediately pushed him, forcefully sending him flying a long way.
She slid off the table, threw a lipstick on the floor, then bent down, wiping her mouth with one hand while pretending to look for something on the floor with the other.
The entire set of movements was incredibly smooth.
When the makeup artist came in, this was the scene she saw: Shen Li had buried her head under the dressing table, seemingly looking for something, and looked very busy.
Behind her, Luo Mingxiu raised his hand, gave an awkward greeting, and then turned around.
"Ah, my lipstick, found it." Shen Li got up from the ground and greeted the makeup artist as if nothing had happened. "Hi, Sister Zhang, we're rehearsing our lines here at noon. It'll be about time to finish, so we're waiting for you to come and do my makeup."
Luo Mingxiu sat down on the other side, and thinking about what had just happened, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The makeup artist, oblivious to the atmosphere between the two, took out some cosmetics from her bag and casually asked, "Teacher Luo, you're smiling so happily, did something fun just happen?"
Luo Mingxiu looked at Shen Li, while Shen Li glared at him from afar.
"Yeah, it's fun." Luo Mingxiu looked away and lowered his head to suppress his laughter.
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"No need for test shots?" Director Xie looked at the two people who had come to see him. "Are you sure?"
“I’m sure,” Shen Li said, her face flushing. “He and I practiced at noon.”
"Huh?" Director Xie looked at her, then at Luo Mingxiu, and then said "Oh," patting his chest, "I understand, I get it."
"All departments, prepare yourselves! Afternoon scene of 'Restoration,' filming begins!"
In the unfamiliar room, Hu Zheng woke up in bed and heard voices around him.
"Mom, the weird uncle is awake."
"Okay, I understand. Xiaoyi, go to the neighbor's house and find Xiaoqing to do your homework. Mom has something to talk to Uncle about."
The daughter clearly didn't want to leave: "I've finished my homework."
“Then you go and tutor her. Be good. Our neighbor has always taken good care of us. As a token of our gratitude, please help her with her studies.”
"Fine," Lin Zhiyi pouted, glanced at the man on the bed, walked to the bedside and said, "You vixen, you're not allowed to seduce my mother anymore!"
After saying that, the little girl ignored her mother's scolding and ran out quickly.
The room fell silent instantly. Hu Zheng stared blankly outside, while Lin Xiao leaned against the wall. The two remained silent for a moment.
Hu Zheng laughed sarcastically and said, "Am I a vixen?"
“No,” Lin Xiao walked over, sat on the edge of the bed, and handed him a cup from the cabinet. “Have some water. Are you feeling better?”
Hu Zheng took a few gulps of water, then looked at her and said, "This is bad."
Lin Xiao's heart clenched. She wanted to turn around, but after shifting her body, she didn't turn back.
"I'll go make you something to eat." Lin Xiao stood up, but her hand was grabbed and tightened tightly.
Lin Xiao did not break free, sensing his anger, which was also a way of telling her that his body had recovered.
The person behind me gradually loosened their grip.
Lin Xiao looked at the red mark around her wrist and sighed, "You can see it too. I have a daughter who isn't a college student anymore. When we were having this ambiguous relationship, I was married."
“And now? This apartment doesn’t look like a man lives here.” Hu Zheng sat up, got out of bed, and went to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao lowered her eyes: "I'm divorced. I'm a bad woman who cheated, so don't come near me. Go away, just pretend you never knew me."
"Never met before?" Hu Zheng reached out and grabbed her neck, forcing her against the wall and making her look at him.
"Lin Xiao, you are so cruel. We've known each other for five years, not just a day or two. In these five years, how is our relationship any different from that of a long-distance couple? I poured my heart out to you, and you tell me that everything you said was fake."
“Yes, I’m sorry, uh…” Hu Zheng strained, the veins on his arm clearly visible. He looked at the woman’s flushed face and her gradually dazed eyes.
A sense of pleasure welled up inside me.
"Let go, let me go..." Lin Xiao's eyes changed from indifference to terror. She looked at the man with an expression she had never seen before, a smile on his lips, ruthless and crazy.
But then, at a certain moment, he suddenly came to his senses.
Hu Zheng released her hand a second before she was on the verge of suffocating.
Lin Xiao coughed violently, staring at him: "Are you crazy? Do you want to kill me?"
Hu Zheng was in a daze, looking at his own hands, seemingly in disbelief. For a moment, he wanted to strangle her to death.
"I'm sorry," Lin Xiao began to fear, her voice trembling uncontrollably, "How do you want to compensate me? I'll give you money, as much as you want, just take the money and leave, okay? Let me go."
"not good."
"Master, don't you like me? Why are you sending me away?" Hu Zheng lifted her chin.
"Everything about you is fake, except for this face. Why don't you even fake your photos? You blocked me, why don't you delete all your posts online? That way I'll never find the real you."
But she deleted them all.
A hint of doubt flashed in Lin Xiao's eyes: "How did you find this place?"
"Heh," Hu Zheng sneered, leaning closer to her. "Has your master forgotten? Where did you take me as your apprentice? How many manuscripts have you submitted? On which websites do you often post questions? How many editors have you worked for? Do you think I wouldn't have bothered to find out anything after five years with you?"
"I..." Lin Xiao moved her lips, but ultimately couldn't explain, "I'm sorry, I lied to you."
“I don’t want to hear this,” Hu Zheng cupped her face in his hands, his voice softening. “I just want to know your feelings. You like me, right?”
The flicker of emotion in Lin Xiao's eyes vanished in an instant. She calmly said, "I don't like you. You're just a pastime for me outside of my painful marriage... um."
Before she could finish speaking, her mouth was covered. Hu Zheng grabbed Lin Xiao's head, forcefully bit open her lips, and took away her breath.
"No, um, don't do this." Lin Xiao reached out and pushed him away twice, trying to resist, but her physical desire surged up like a tidal wave the moment he kissed her.
This is the person she has been sexually fantasizing about for five years; she likes him very much.
Hu Zheng grabbed her hand, lifted it high against the wall, and made her body arch back to meet him.
They gnawed and licked, as if devouring a person alive.
The room was filled with disordered breathing as the two embraced tightly, as if trying to meld each other into their very bones and blood.
"Cut!"
The entire audience was silent, everyone was stunned by the scene that built up layer by layer, with emotions culminating in a climax.
It wasn't until the director yelled "cut" that the two of them gradually calmed down, their ears turning bright red.
Shen Li pushed Luo Mingxiu away, her trembling heart still immersed in the kissing scene just now, and she hadn't recovered yet. It was the first time she had ever felt this way while filming a kissing scene.
"This scene went really smoothly, and both of you were in better form than expected!" With the director's applause, the first kissing scene was perfectly recreated, and the makeup artist came up to touch up the messed-up makeup.
Director Xie walked over with the script, ready to explain the next scene.
Luo Mingxiu pursed his lips and said, "Director Xie, was the effect of that scene really good? Should we do another take?"
"...Do you mean the kissing scene?" Director Xie hesitated.
Shen Li clenched her fist and punched Luo Mingxiu lightly, saying, "No need."
"Yes, Teacher Shen said so, and I also think it's unnecessary. Xiao Luo, you were so good at your first kissing scene. It seems you've been working on it a lot in private."
Director Xie's gaze darted back and forth between the two of them. Shen Li felt a little embarrassed by his stare and secretly pinched Luo Mingxiu from behind.
Luo Mingxiu put his hands behind his back and held hers tightly: "Don't be naughty."
Shen Li then pinched the tiger's mouth, causing him to wince in pain and pull his hand back.
"Let me show you whether I'm being naughty or not." Shen Li smiled smugly.
Luo Mingxiu didn't say anything, but continued to frown and rub the spot where he had been pinched.
Shen Li immediately became nervous, pulled his hand back to look at it, and rubbed it, asking, "Does it hurt a lot? I didn't use much force, did you pinch a tendon?"
Laughter came from above.
“You,” Shen Li shook off his hand, “dared to lie to me.”
“No,” Luo Mingxiu stopped smiling and frowned, “It really hurts.”
“Really,” Luo Mingxiu touched her, “Give me another massage.”
"Just bear with it." After saying that, Shen Li nudged him, and the two of them bumped into each other like elementary school kids, going back and forth.
The remaining scenes were all between Shen Li and the child actors. The assistant director came over to call Shen Li, but saw that the two of them were so close that it was as if they had formed a barrier, making it impossible for anyone around them to get in.
Many of the staff members saw through it but didn't say anything. Only the children were curious about everything. The little actor ran over from his assistant, stood among them without any hesitation, and yelled at Luo Mingxiu, "Strange uncle, don't you dare seduce my mom!"
Both of them were stunned. Luo Mingxiu's expression changed, and Shen Li burst out laughing when she saw him like that.
"Xiao Yi." The child actor's nickname is the same both on and off screen. It was a name that Director Xie changed based on the actor's character, in order to help the child actor get into character more easily.
“This isn’t acting,” Shen Li patted her head. “Quickly apologize to your uncle.”
"No." The young actress hugged Shen Li and glared at Luo Mingxiu.
These days, the little girl and Shen Li have acted in many scenes together. The little girl's mother did not come with the crew, but left her brother here as an assistant. He only comes to pick her up every afternoon. Before filming started, she asked Shen Li to take care of the child.
Shen Li had experience working with child stars, so she got along very well with her and was well-liked by the children. Children tend to be very close to someone they have a good relationship with on set, and they might even become a little possessive.
"Aunt Chen, didn't you say you were closest to Xiao Yi? Why are you having so much fun with him?"
"Oh my god!" Her brother came over and scooped her up, but the little girl struggled and ran back to Shen Li's side, then made a face at Luo Mingxiu.
"You can't be so rude, you brat." Her brother came over and pulled her, but the little girl clung tightly to Chen Li and wouldn't let go.
"Never mind, we're about to start filming anyway," Shen Li said.
As the child's older brother and assistant, he could only apologize to Luo Mingxiu with great embarrassment.
"It's alright, children say the darndest things," Luo Mingxiu said.
After the assistant left, Shen Li looked at the little girl who was clinging to her arm and leaning against her side with her head down. She reached out her other hand and gently squeezed Luo Mingxiu, mouthing: "Filming, see you after work."
Luo Mingxiu took her hand, ignoring Shen Li's warning look, quickly touched her fingertip with his lips, and then left.
"Aunt Chen, are you and Uncle Luo dating?" The little girl blurted out this question as soon as she left.
"Don't talk nonsense, little girl." Shen Li stroked her head.
“I saw it,” the little girl snorted. “You adults shouldn’t think that children don’t understand anything. My mother said that only people who like each other can fall in love. Since Uncle is the one you like, then I won’t hate him anymore. I’m sorry.”
Shen Li immediately squatted down, meeting her gaze at eye level: "Auntie, please accept this apology on behalf of Uncle."
"Auntie also wants to apologize. It wasn't intentional to hide it from you. Uncle and I are indeed a couple, but it's not time to go public yet, so this is a secret. The crew is helping us keep it a secret, and you can't tell anyone else either."
Upon hearing the task, the little girl's eyes lit up: "Yes, Auntie, I promise, my brother and I won't tell!"
"Aunt Chen is so beautiful and gentle, no wonder Uncle likes you. You two must be happy!"
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The flashback scenes were filmed in Group A, directed by Director Xie, while the scenes of the other characters were filmed in Group B, directed by another assistant director.
Team B was located in an office building near Team A. The director's team rented the building in advance for filming and scheduling convenience, and mainly made set modifications around the characters of Yao Yunhe and the criminal investigation team leader.
Luo Mingxiu went to Team B, and the rest of today's scenes involve being questioned at the police station.
The actor changes his state in each scene. After being questioned in the same scene at different times, Luo Mingxiu's head was buzzing, and he felt like a real criminal.
The day's filming has finally come to an end.
As soon as the director yelled "Cut the call," Luo Mingxiu walked over to Xiaowen and took the phone.
Pear the Puppy: You should eat first after you finish work. Xiaoyi is in a bad mood because she filmed a crying scene. I'll stay with her until her mother arrives before I leave.
Pear the puppy: There's a teppanyaki place nearby that I want to eat at, you guys can go there.
The location was also listed: This is the place, Director Xie said it's delicious.
Luo Mingxiu replied via voice message: "Then I'll go first, I'll wait for you."
As soon as I sent it, they replied: "Yunhe is going too. She's treating. She has a role to ask for advice on. I'll talk to her about it after we eat."
Luo Mingxiu replied with a "good", and then saw Yao Yunhe walk over: "Oh, it seems the rumors in the crew were true, you and Teacher Shen are really together."
"You didn't even dare to meet before, how did you manage to win her over so quickly?"
“This is none of your business,” Luo Mingxiu put away his phone and walked forward, then stopped after a couple of steps, turned back to her and said, “It’s not public yet, you shouldn’t…”
Yao Yunhe: "I understand, I won't let it slip to anyone."
"Thank you." Luo Mingxiu said the two words with a slight bow, then fell silent.
Along the way, Yao Yunhe talked about the scenes they had just filmed, and Luo Mingxiu could only nod and say "uh-huh".
Yao Yunhe couldn't hold back any longer. Before getting into the car, she stopped and looked at Luo Mingxiu with a puzzled expression: "Hey, why are all you men so taciturn? You're so boring. I don't understand why Sister Shen Li likes you."
Luo Mingxiu thought of Shen Li's face and her confession, and the corners of his mouth curved up, his eyes showing a hint of smugness: "She just likes it."
"..." Yao Yunhe silently rolled her eyes.
She simply stopped talking. When they arrived at the restaurant, Yao Yunhe booked a private room, ordered the food, and then played a game with her assistant. Just as they finished the game, they heard footsteps outside, and a waiter led the people over.
Yao Yunhe straightened up, about to speak.
Seeing that Luo Mingxiu had somehow ended up standing next to Shen Li, talking to her and asking her all sorts of questions, and then pulling her to sit down next to him, smiling at her.
Yao Yunhe was dumbfounded.
Okay, she takes back what she said earlier.
Luo Mingxiu was no quiet type; when he saw Shen Li, he was as enthusiastic as a dog, wagging his tail wildly.
Watching the two's sweet gestures, Yao Yunhe was at a loss for words, her eyes filled with envy.
Shen Li noticed her gaze, patted Luo Mingxiu who was still holding her hand, and reminded him to watch his behavior.
Yao Yunhe saw this, smiled and said, "Sister Shen Li, it's okay. When Luo Mingxiu and I were filming the last movie, I could tell that he liked you. You two can do whatever you want, just don't be too lovey-dovey."
Despite saying that, Shen Li wasn't the type to flaunt her relationship in front of others, so she still gave Luo Mingxiu a warning look.
Then I finished the meal properly.
“You should go back to the hotel first,” Shen Li said, always keeping the important matter in mind, “Yunhe and I will finish our rehearsal here before we go back.”
"Oh, then I'm leaving." Luo Mingxiu dragged his feet and slowly walked out, glancing back at Chen Li before closing the door, as if he wanted to say something.
Shen Li quickly waved her hand, urging him to leave.
The door closed, and Shen Li took the script from Yao Yunhe, preparing to go to the other sofa area.
As I got up, I suddenly heard some noise outside the door.
Yao Yunhe looked towards the door and deliberately raised her voice: "Oh my, this person is too exaggerated, Sister Shen Li, I'm not a man, why are you being so wary of me?"
Shen Li went to open the door and bumped right into Luo Mingxiu.
"Aren't you leaving yet?" Shen Li frowned.
"I wasn't eavesdropping, I have something else to tell you."
"Then hurry up and tell me, it's annoying."
Luo Mingxiu blushed slightly and whispered in her ear, "I want to go to your room tonight."
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