Chapter 90 "We are a perfect match"...
As Shen Xiyu was buckling his seatbelt, Liang Qi stepped on the accelerator and the car started. Inertia slammed Liang Qi's spine against the back of the seat, and he let out a faint hiss.
"Is your back still not healed?" Shen Xiyu asked him.
"It's almost healed, it's nothing serious." Liang Qi still looked like he didn't take the injury seriously.
"The facilities in this place are not good in all aspects. There is really no need for you to come here and suffer." Although Shen Xiyu was indeed happy that Liang Qi came, she still couldn't help but complain a few words.
"Don't you want to see me?" Liang Qi held the steering wheel with one hand and stared at the road ahead while saying this.
Shen Xiyu was speechless, and she really couldn't say such a false statement that she didn't want to see him.
"I didn't expect you to come." Chen Xiyu deliberately avoided the conversation a while ago which wasn't a quarrel but made both of them unhappy.
"I miss you."
The night wind was a little chilly, the dirt road was narrow and bumpy, and fine dust and dirt came in through the cracks in the glass outside the window, blinding Shen Xiyu's eyes.
"It's cold at night, put on your coat." Liang Qi was still wearing the same thin black long-sleeved shirt.
“…”
Shen Xiyu gets sleepy easily as soon as she gets in the car. When she came here, it was because she was preoccupied with things and was very awake. Now that everything is resolved and the person is by her side, she starts to feel lazy and want to sleep again.
Liang Qi turned his head to glance at Shen Xiyu, who could hardly open his eyes, and said, "If you want to sleep, go ahead and sleep for a while. I'll call you when we get there." It was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.
Shen Xiyu closed his eyes completely and mumbled something in a daze. It was very soft, but Liang Qi heard it.
She said, “I missed you too.”
Liang Qi raised the corners of her lips, and when she looked at her again, Shen Xiyu had already fallen asleep.
Not such a bad night.
*
Although the first day was not very smooth, the subsequent filming went smoothly. Everyone was in good condition, and the staff who came to arrange the scene in advance were also very helpful and took care of all the needs of the crew.
They needed a lot of local people for the filming, and many of the extras were local villagers. Wade didn't deliberately ask them to perform, but just told them to live their normal lives.
The effect was unexpectedly good. Tian Ye had completely mastered the role, and his many impromptu performances made Wade very happy.
Everyone became familiar with the villagers. When the performance was not busy, Shen Xiyu would take a notebook to sketch, just like she did when she was young, and go to the fields to listen to the old people tell stories.
Many of her previous works were created in this way. She likes telling stories, but she likes listening to stories even more.
Sometimes their conversations were incoherent, and sometimes they were just pure gossip. Shen Xiyu seemed to be very interested in whatever they said, and she would complain to her about this and that.
Old man Li at the west end has taken an inch of someone else's land, and Aunt Wang at the east end has been delaying paying the fifty yuan she owes from playing mahjong for three months...
Shen Xiyu was very excited even when listening to these.
But what was different this time was that she had a little follower.
Liang Qi has changed his appearance since he came here. He wears sportswear all day long, throws his cell phone in the room, and follows Shen Xiyu around without taking anything with him. Sometimes when he sees dogtail grass on the roadside, he pulls two of them like a child, quietly inserts one into Shen Xiyu's ponytail, and casually hangs the other in his mouth.
"You're so childish." Chen Xiyu spotted the slightly yellowed dogtail grass, pulled it off and tucked it into his notebook. "Mr. Liang, you're almost thirty this year."
Seeing him being so carefree, like a lazy high school student who didn't study hard, Shen Xiyu mocked him mercilessly, "Still want to pretend to be a high school student and act young?"
Liang Qi spat out the grass in his mouth, stretched out his long arm, grabbed Shen Xiyu's neck and walked forward.
"Chen Zuo is almost 30 this year." He lowered his head and provoked Shen Xiyu, "You're still talking about me."
"So what?" Shen Xiyu didn't have any age anxiety. "My life isn't even halfway through yet. The best age is always now."
"What a coincidence, me too." The two walked synchronously in the fields, "Then we are a perfect match."
Shen Xiyu smiled without saying anything. The backs of the two people were stretched very long on the mound. They walked slowly towards the sunset, aimlessly, but also with fun.
Wade and Tian also saw this scene from a distance.
The man raised the camera at hand and said, "Click——"
The figures of the two people were frozen in this small space. Wade's camera language is very sophisticated, so even this impromptu shot is full of beauty.
"Director Wei, your photos are pretty good." Tian also came over.
Wade didn't say anything, his eyes still fixed on the two people in the distance.
"You're unhappy?" Tian also noticed his mood. "Mr. Liang is very good to Shen Zuo. Why are you unhappy?"
Tian Ye is a newcomer after all. He has become familiar with Wade and Shen Xiyu recently, so he treats them as his own people and says whatever he wants to say directly.
"I'm not unhappy."
In reality, Wei De was happy for Shen Xiyu. She was a capable and ambitious woman, young but highly accomplished. Her future was limitless. Liang Qi was worthy of her, her talent, and her love. Even if things went differently, Shen Xiyu would be able to live a fulfilling life. And Liang Qi would be able to protect her in the years ahead, giving her a helping hand and resolving a knot in her heart that had been weighing on her for so many years. As a friend, Wei De shouldn't feel unhappy.
"But you don't look very happy." Tian Ye exposed him.
Wade's eyes narrowed. "Go memorize your lines. If you forget them next time, you have to copy the script for this scene five times."
Is this the price of telling the truth? Tian also reasonably suspected that this was Wade's personal revenge on her.
After Tian Ye left, Wade looked through the photos he had just taken.
For many years, Wei De felt that he and Shen Xiyu were too similar, so he also had a dark feeling in his heart that Shen Xiyu, like him, did not have the so-called "love" thing, which only existed in movies. He thought that all Shen Xiyu's love affairs would be like the one with Chu He.
Neither close nor distant, neither salty nor bland.
But at that time, he didn't know that Shen Xiyu had someone hidden in her heart. Perhaps even she herself didn't know. The regrets left over from her youth troubled her year after year, and she didn't dare to open that scar.
But when Liang Qi returned, Wei De realized that Shen Xiyu was different from him. His previous sense of belonging and identity was lost again.
He had never liked Shen Xiyu before. He only liked the part of her that was similar to himself. Now Wade was shocked to realize that the missing part of Shen Xiyu had been gently filled by someone.
Someone went to teach her how to face love.
But I am still the same.
Wade put the camera aside, looked past the two figures, and looked up at the setting sun on the horizon.
Never mind, there's nothing wrong with this.
At least he could witness the fiery sunset.
*
It was time to harvest corn in Baiba Township. Wade had originally planned to continue working on his scene, but his extras had all run away, and even with more money, they refused to accept the offer. The villagers insisted on harvesting the corn they had been growing for half a year.
So in the end he simply waved his hand and stopped the show for a day, and those who had nothing to do went to help the villagers pick corn.
Shen Xiyu, Liang Qi and Wade went to an old lady's house to help.
This lady was very talkative, so Shen Xiyu especially liked to come and chat with her. Her husband passed away a few years ago, and her daughters in the city wanted to take her to live outside, but after a few months, she was unwilling and ran back.
"There's a rush to enclose land in the city, and I have nothing to do there. I have so much land at home, and if I leave, no one will take care of it. The village chief will definitely secretly grow vegetables for me. I won't let that happen."
So day after day, year after year, she guarded the huge empty house and a large piece of yellow land, unwilling to leave.
Shen Xiyu has never seen her grandmother, but according to the stories told by many friends, she and the people around her also don't understand why the older generation likes to hold on to things that don't make much money. Obviously, after several generations of hard work, everyone has enough food and clothing, but cultivating a piece of land is still the obsession of many elderly people.
The land connects the blood vessels and lifelines of the elderly. They once resonated with the fate of this land, so when the industrial age comes, the elderly will subconsciously hide in the place they are most familiar with.
This can be seen in this talkative old lady and all the elderly people in Baiba Township.
"Oh, I want to play too." Tian Ye is really brave now. He dares to confront and resist Wade in public.
"Ask your assistant to help you rehearse." Wade retorted, his neck red. "Ever since you came here, you've been throwing a tantrum. I can't find you after the performance. You forget your lines once every scene, on average!"
Wade felt that he was completely blind at the time, thinking that she was a quiet and obedient person.
"No, the whole crew is on vacation, why can't I take a vacation? Besides, my assistant has his own things to do."
"I don't care..."
"Enough, enough." Shen Xiyu squeezed in between the two people, "Stop arguing."
"Sister Xi Yu, look at the director." Tian Ye complained aggrievedly, pouting, tears flickering in his eyes.
Wade was furious, "You can only act this well when you're on camera!"
"Alright." Shen Xiyu glared at Wade. "Let her do what she wants. She can also experience country life. It will be easier for her to get into the role."
Vader went to the side and sulked, but he no longer objected.
"Sister Xi Yu, your words are still effective." Tian Ye got the upper hand and acted well.
"Just make fun of him every day."
Shen Xiyu finally discovered that Tian Ye was a hot pepper who didn't obey orders. In the past, when filming, it was always Wade who scolded her. She had never suffered any loss. At the beginning of this play, Tian Ye was still respectful and cautious.
After getting to know her, she became just a little more lively. Since going to the countryside, she has completely let herself go. She plays happily with the children in the village every day. She often has to put on makeup and you can't find her.
Wade searched the village for her every day with a vine. When he found her, he would swing the vine at her and drive her back.
The crew members were laughing to death at this strange sight. It was like herding cattle, more interesting than watching a performance, especially since one of the protagonists was their boss who exploited them every day.
"Director Wei, you've finally met your match."
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