Chapter 38: My younger brother is there to be ordered around...
This statement was a bit hypocritical, but since she was the one being favored, Shang Que accepted it with peace of mind.
Moreover, based on her understanding of Ji Jingchuan, if she spoke up for Jing Ya at this time, he would only become even angrier.
Soon the set was ready, and the assistant came over to call them. The first part they recorded was the scene from the lyrics story where the hero and heroine return the fallen chick to its nest in the tree. When they arrived at the set, the director was squatting on the ground explaining the script to the two children.
Shang Que asked with some confusion: "Why are there still child actors?"
Both children have delicate looks. The boy is about five or six years old. His hair is styled in an American style. His facial features are deep and three-dimensional. He purses his lips and has a stern face. He looks like a real cool guy, but his hand is tightly holding the girl next to him.
The girl was half a head taller than him, with two complicated braids and a few naturally curly bangs sticking to her forehead. Her black grape-like eyes took up one-third of her round face.
These two people...
"Does it look familiar?" Ji Jingchuan suddenly asked.
Shang Que looked at the boy's peach blossom eyes with obvious wrinkles, then turned to look at Ji Jingchuan, hesitant to speak: "You gave birth to it?"
Ji Jingchuan:?
"Shang Que, what are you thinking?" Ji Jingchuan glared at her unhappily and explained, "This is the child actor I finally found. Doesn't he look a bit like me when I was a kid? Of course, he's definitely not as pretty as me when I was a kid, but he's already the most charming of the few who made it to the final round."
There is indeed some resemblance. Apart from the delicate face, even the way he holds the girl's clothes tightly is exactly the same as Ji Jingchuan's childhood.
Hearing his words, Shang Que turned to look at the girl again. She was staring at the director in front of her without blinking, nodding from time to time to show that she understood. She looked serious, and her cheeks were as soft as dough, making people want to pinch them.
She doesn't look much like the current Shang Que, but rather looks a bit like her when she was a child.
Over there, the director finished explaining the last part of the content, turned around and saw the two of them. He smiled and walked over. After greeting them, he said to Ji Jingchuan, "This little boy looks so much like you. I thought he had the same temper as you, but it turns out that apart from being quiet, he listens to his sister very well."
Ji Jingchuan frowned and said, "I had a very good temper when I was little, Shang Que, don't you think so?"
When he was a child?
When he was a child, he was like a firecracker that would explode at the slightest touch. Whenever he was unhappy, he would cause chaos in the family. He was also stubborn and would not give in even if his parents beat him. He would always get into trouble.
The only one who could control him was Shang Que. No matter how angry he was at the time, as long as Shang Que opened his mouth, Ji Jingchuan would immediately become an obedient puppy.
Therefore, Shang Que was not in a position to comment on his question. She gave a vague "hmm" and changed the subject, "Are these two young actors siblings?"
"That's not the case," the director explained. "They are both young models and have worked together many times before, so they are quite familiar with each other."
He sighed, "The most difficult part of the whole process was finding these two children."
Ji Jingchuan personally designed the script, and he was the only one who knew the song's meaning, so the director did his best to accommodate his requirements. However, Ji Jingchuan was quite picky, and it took him over a month just to find a child actor who met his requirements.
However, after getting the revised script, the director had a deeper understanding of the song "Obedience", so while he was free today, he quickly contacted several people to come for rehearsal to see the effect.
"The first shot is a close-up. The picture shows a little boy squatting under a tree watching a fallen baby bird. He is afraid of small animals with sharp beaks and dares not touch it. He hesitantly turns around and calls out to his sister behind him. The two of them squat side by side, watching the bird flapping its wings on the ground, trying to think of a way to deal with it." The director explained the script content of this part to Shang Que in detail.
"Then the camera zooms out, and the male protagonist, played by Ji Jingchuan, stands behind them, watching the girl climb up a tree to return the bird to its nest. Then the two children fade away, and the chicks on the ground are still flapping their wings."
"The male lead has a startled expression. He takes a few steps forward, then slowly squats down, intending to touch the bird. But just as he's about to touch the feathers, he pulls his hand back. The camera then pans sideways, revealing the female lead, played by you, Shang Que, squatting down next to him."
This section depicts the protagonist seeing his younger self and the heroine rescuing a bird. However, the scene suddenly blurs, and the childhood figures vanish, leaving him stranded in his memories. Fearful of small, pointed-beaked animals, he reacts the same way as before, afraid to touch the fallen bird, yet feeling anxious for it. At this moment, the grown-up heroine suddenly appears beside him.
Just like when she was a child, the heroine held the bird in her arms, climbed up the tree, put it back into the nest, and then sat on it and smiled down at him.
"This is the shot for this scene. We've taken protective measures on the prop tree, so it's not difficult to climb. Shang Que, can you do it?" The director said, then noticed that Shang Que was distracted and waved his hand in front of her eyes: "Shang Que?"
"Um?"
"That part just now—"
"I heard it," Shang Que nodded, "I roughly know how to act now."
The director breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "That's good. You're a professional actor indeed. I thought you were distracted and didn't hear me. Turns out you were just thinking about the plot."
...Shang Que was actually distracted.
When the director was explaining these shots, she suddenly remembered that when she was a child, she and Ji Jingchuan once rescued a fallen bird together.
Ji Jingchuan was afraid of such creatures and dared not touch them, so he called out to her helplessly. But when he was little, Shang Que was very brave and picked up the bird and rubbed it against her before climbing up the tree.
After putting it back in the nest, Shang Que maliciously pretended that she couldn't get down. Seeing Ji Jingchuan was so anxious, she sat on the tree trunk, swinging her legs and showing a smug smile.
So this verse is about this incident?
Maybe it was just inspiration, Shang Que wasn't too sure, but she nodded and said "hmm" twice in response to the director's compliment, accepting it calmly: "It's professional, don't worry."
After all the preparations were completed, the first rehearsal began. Shang Que didn't appear until the fourth shot. According to the script, she walked over from outside the camera, squatted beside Ji Jingchuan, hugged her knees and looked at the bird on the ground.
Realizing that there was someone next to him, Ji Jingchuan subconsciously turned his head and saw that it was her. A look of surprise and joy appeared in his eyes. This emotion was very complicated, like an old friend who had not been seen for a long time suddenly appeared in front of him. His first reaction was: Is this a dream?
So within that joy, there was also a little bit of caution, fearing that she would disappear once she woke up from the dream.
It was very difficult to blend two strong and completely different emotions together and express them with eyes, at least in Shang Que's opinion. But Ji Jingchuan seemed to have practiced it countless times. The moment he saw her, such complex emotions appeared in his eyes very naturally.
Shang Que was even stunned for a moment, and then the director shouted "Cut". She immediately put away her expression and said, "Sorry, one more take."
Ji Jingchuan gave her a strange look: "Shang Que, why did you suddenly become dazed just now? Are you feeling unwell?"
There was a subtle worry in his tone: "If you don't feel well, you can shoot it another day. Don't force yourself. If anything happens later, it will be considered a work injury and I will be responsible."
"No," Shang Que said casually, "Your acting is too good, I didn't catch it."
Ji Jingchuan's eyes widened slightly, and then he raised the corners of his lips proudly: "Of course, this genius has a very high talent."
There were no more NGs in the storyboards after that. After the shoot was over, the director clapped his hands with satisfaction and said, "Great, great! It turned out even better than I expected. Since we're still early, why don't we shoot a few more shots that don't require set construction?"
Ji Jingchuan frowned: "You are such a jerk, exploiting people like this?"
"This is taking advantage of Shang Que's free time. Shang Que hasn't said anything yet."
"She doesn't need to tell me," Ji Jingchuan said without hesitation, emphasizing each word: "I don't work overtime."
"Okay, okay, let's make an appointment next time. We should be able to finish the filming directly next time." The director knew his temper well and stood up and called for the end of the film.
Watching the staff begin to clear the venue, Shang Que blinked: "Actually, we can take two more shots."
"Why are you filming? Aren't you feeling unwell? If you're feeling unwell, why don't you go back and rest?" Ji Jingchuan asked unhappily, "Is work more important or your health?"
Shang Que had heard this many times, but it sounded strange when it came out of Ji Jingchuan's mouth. After being taught a lesson, she curled her lips and said, "Then I will go back.
"
"Wait a minute, Shang Que." Ji Jingchuan suddenly called her, "I'll go back with you."
Shang Que stopped and asked curiously, "Our homes shouldn't be in the same direction, right?"
"Yes," Ji Jingchuan got straight to the point. "My water pipe burst and it's flooded. Can I stay at your house for a few days?"
Shang Que frowned: "Can't you stay in a hotel?"
“The ID cards were flooded.”
"Then go find your agent."
“It was flooded too.”
Shang Que paused for two seconds and said tentatively: "My condolences?"?
"I mean, his house was flooded," Ji Jingchuan said confidently, "so I have nowhere to go now. If you don't take me in, I will-"
"Sleep under the bridge." Shang Que quickly helped him think of a solution.
Ji Jingchuan choked, glared at her angrily, and complained: "Shang Que, do you still have any sympathy? I'm just staying here for a few days. I can drive you, cook for you, pick up your packages, carry your bags, open the door, and clean the place. You don't even have that—"
"Deal." Shang Que interrupted him with satisfaction, "Let's go."
Although the accusation seemed to have turned into an application declaration, he was employed after all... No, he had achieved his goal after all. Ji Jingchuan said nothing, and followed obediently with an "Oh".
On the first day he moved into Shang Que's house, he made the bed, cooked the meals, and even picked up the express deliveries that Shang Que had stockpiled for several days from the post office and carried them upstairs.
At night, Ji Jingchuan lay on the bed in the second bedroom, staring at the ceiling without blinking, unable to sleep.
He moved into Shang Que's house? !
It was amazing. The distance between him and Shang Que, from being separated by oceans at first, to later when she returned to China and they were both in Jinghai but couldn't see each other, to appearing on a variety show together...
And now.
Shang Que was in the next room, separated from him by only a wall.
So amazing!
Ji Jingchuan couldn't believe it and didn't dare to close his eyes for a moment, for fear that when he woke up, everything he had now would no longer exist.
Just like in his previous dreams, as soon as he woke up, his sister would disappear from his sight.
Was this also a dream? But it was too real. Ji Jingchuan wanted to confirm it, but he was afraid of disturbing Shang Que's sleep, so he endured the uneasiness and lay back down.
I'll confirm tomorrow. Yeah, I'll confirm tomorrow.
Ji Jingchuan stayed up all night, falling asleep just before dawn. When he woke up again, it was already noon. He jumped up from the bed with a start, looked around, and was relieved to see that he was not at home.
Fortunately, it was not a dream.
But it was getting late, so Ji Jingchuan checked his phone and quickly got up to make lunch. However, when he opened the door, Shang Que was changing his shoes at the entrance, getting ready to go out.
She wore an apricot shirt and pleated skirt suit, with a short vest jacket on the outside. She had curled her hair, put on full makeup, and had a faint smile on her lips. It was obvious that she had an appointment with someone.
Ji Jingchuan's alarm bells rang: "Shang Que, where are you going? Aren't you going to eat?"
"No, I have a dinner date."
Ji Jingchuan immediately said, "I want to go too!"
Shang Que put one hand on the door handle and turned around to ask in confusion, "I have a dinner appointment with someone, why are you going there?"
She thought for a moment and said, "If you don't want to cook, you can order takeout. If you're not hungry, I can bring you some food when I come back."
Ji Jingchuan pursed his lips and said, "No, I'm going."
"Ji Jingchuan."
Seeing Shang Que's voice lower, a sign of anger, Ji Jingchuan immediately softened his stance and said, "I'll drive you there! Didn't I say yesterday that one of the conditions for living with you is that I'm the driver?"
"Are you sure?"
"Sure!"
Of course he was sure. He wanted to follow and see who was trying to steal his sister.
*
"Ning Sheng, Lin Jinyi?" Ji Jingchuan looked at the two people sitting in the restaurant's private room and frowned. "Why are you here?"
"Why can't it be us?" Lin Jinyi was unhappy when she heard this, "I haven't asked you why you are here yet."
She turned around and complained, "Shang Que, they didn't say we could bring them to the sisters' gathering... Is this a family member or something?"
Shang Que calmly replied, "Driver, part-time bag carrier."
"That's great," Ning Sheng said with a smile, "The mall we're going to later is a bit far from here."
Ji Jingchuan became alert: "What do you mean?"
Two hours later, at the mall.
Ji Jingchuan was carrying countless bags in his hands and followed them listlessly.
These were all things Shang Que bought. Seeing a water cup handed over, he angrily said, "Why are you giving it to me?"
Can't you see that he has no hands free?
Shang Que stopped, looked at him, and suddenly realized: "You don't have any hands to hold it, right?"
Ji Jingchuan snorted and turned his head away.
It's too late to coax him now! He's going to die of thirst here, and Shang Que will regret it!
The next second, the sling water cup was hanging around his neck. Shang Que smiled and said, "This way we can take it off."
Ji Jingchuan:?
Isn't it for him to drink?
"Shang Que, you're really going too far!"
"Who told you to come with me?" Shang Que patted his shoulder. "Brothers are there to be ordered around. Come on."
After saying this, she turned around and went to look for Ning Sheng and Lin Jinyi in front of her, leaving Ji Jingchuan standing there in a daze.
Wait, brother.
Shang Que calls him brother. !!!
Ji Jingchuan instantly felt full of strength. Not to mention a dozen bags and a water cup, even carrying the store and running around the mall back and forth would be no problem at all!
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