Chapter 127

My parrot suddenly ran away.

Li Pu touched the empty bed beside him, feeling extremely uncomfortable and still did not sleep well.

Bai Gaoxing in the other room was the same. He was used to having someone next to him, so he just tossed and turned in his arms, unable to fall asleep.

They both posted Happy New Year on Weibo after midnight. The two of them, who were just leaning against each other to discuss what pictures to match, were separated into two separate beds in the blink of an eye.

The sound of firecrackers outside lasted until midnight and continued in the early morning. The two of them heard it all from beginning to end.

When I woke up the next day, it was another day of lack of sleep.

But early in the morning, Bai Gaoxing was already diligently waiting in front of the electronic screen in the living room, releasing his third work during the holiday.

Yes, that’s right. I only sent out two yesterday, and I’ll pick two more to send out today.

Li Pu walked out of the bedroom. Bai Gaoxing flapped his wings and said, "Good morning!"

Just like before.

"……morning."

Li Pu's brows relaxed and he stood there for a long time. He couldn't help but think that the boy might just think the bed was a little small and he liked to sleep alone.

But it was hard for him to deceive himself.

Things started to go wrong from the moment the boy took the initiative to change his bed.

After breakfast, it was time to change the dressing on the wound.

Li Pu lowered his head and looked at the young man who was bending in front of him and carefully wrapping the bandage without looking up at him. He couldn't help but clench his other hand slightly.

A vague sense of uneasiness, or...a sense of crisis, began to emerge in his heart.

But this sense of crisis did not last long.

The crew only gave them five days off, and as soon as the five days were up, they boarded a plane back to Las Vegas.

During these five days, he still ate and chatted with the boy; the boy also continued his old habit of sending one or two short videos every day. Except that they no longer slept in the same bed at night, everything seemed to be the same.

No, the changes are quite significant.

It was the preparation time. In the hotel, the white-haired boy was reading the script, reading it silently, and occasionally he would come over to ask him about something he didn't understand. In the eyes of others, they still had a good relationship, but Li Pu knew that this was the second time the boy had distanced himself from him. ~

The first time was after the kissing scene.

At that time, he didn't understand why the boy suddenly became cold, just like he was confused now; but he regained the boy's attention last time because of his injury, so what can he rely on this time... ?

"Lee, you'll have to work hard when you get back." Frank came over and said. Because Blake and Adonis had the most scenes together, Adonis' part also had to be reshot.

"It's okay." Li Pu didn't really care about the filming, he was just worried about the boy.

Noah has one final scene.

After "Blake" was replaced, the reshoot was completed quite quickly. The new actor, Edel, was handsome, had good acting skills, and most importantly, had good character. He was able to rotate a prop knife 360 ​​degrees without damaging it.

This made Frank even more emotional, "I thought Park Jiahui's 'feeling' was right at the time, but I didn't expect that he would be like this!"

"Yeah. It's terrible," Darren agreed. "Everyone knows about him now."

Frank's statement that day was posted on both the Chinese Weibo and international accounts, which meant that Park Jiahui's reputation was ruined in the entire entertainment industry and he would never be able to make a comeback.

The new Blake and Adonis acted very smoothly together. Li Pho's injuries have almost recovered. Although he is still not as flexible as before, the wounds cannot be seen with the gloves on, and it has no effect on his movements.

"It seems that Bai has taken good care of you these days." Nitia came over and teased.

"What?" Li Pu was a little confused by her words.

"Don't play dumb. Everyone knows that Bai was distracted after you got hurt. He even chased the doctor to ask for the method of applying medicine, saying that he would apply the medicine to you after he returned." Nitia nudged him with her elbow and winked, "Are you two living together?"

“…”

Li Phao could neither say "no" nor "yes".

"Oh~" Nitia said she understood.

Li Pu couldn't say "no" or "yes". He only knew that the boy's behavior was too contradictory for him to ignore.

…

Most of Li Pho's filming time was still at night. When he was alone in the room, Bai Gaoxing tossed and turned in his hotel bed with the quilt in his arms.

After making a thorough decision during the few days after the holiday, he calmed down inexplicably and returned to his usual behavior and attitude.

...Or rather, force it back to the way it was before.

Bai Gaoxing suddenly stopped holding the quilt. Perhaps... Li Pu didn't notice anything wrong, right?

Although he was abruptly uncomfortable for a while after the kissing scene because he didn't know how to face Li Pu, although he suddenly asked to sleep separately, although he tried to reduce physical contact with Li Pu as much as possible after returning to the crew...

“……”It looks like there’s a big problem.

But now that I have thought about it, I can ignore these questions. Anyway, they will just be memories in the future.

Bai Gaoxing buried his face in the quilt and sighed. Then he heard the door being pushed open and footsteps approaching.

“……”Is it too late to pretend to be asleep now?

As a result, a low sound rang above my head, followed by the aroma of food.

"Would you like a midnight snack?"

"...Eat!" Bai Gaoxing turned over and sat up.

At midnight, the two sat down at the dining table.

Li Pu looked at the young man who was eating hard, and his gaze unconsciously lingered on him for a long time.

Bai Gaoxing had already noticed the gaze coming at him. His hand holding the chopsticks trembled, but he looked up with a calm expression, "Is there something on my face?"

He even raised his hand and touched it.

Li Pu looked at Bai Gaoxing for a long time, opened his mouth, and seemed to want to say something, but when he saw the young man's clear eyes, his words turned out to be: "...Nothing."

Bai Gaoxing smiled, lowered his head again, and loosened his fingers holding the chopsticks slightly.

…

Time flies by so fast, and before we knew it, the filming of "Casino" had already started.

Near the end.

Today, we filmed the final scene of Adonis and Noah’s separation between life and death.

As long as we finish filming today's plot, the character of Noah can be officially finished.

Although Noah's role accounts for a small proportion of the entire film, because it carries the most profound emotions, director Frank specially set aside a day to shoot this scene.

"Great, the sun is shining brightly today." Frank opened the curtains to let in as much sunlight as possible.

"Can't you just stop being so disgusting?" the screenwriter said. The hero and heroine welcomed the dawn of victory, while Adonis and Noah had to face death.

And it happens in the most beautiful weather, like a piece of snow melting quietly, like a flower gradually withering.

"What do you know?" Frank straightened the quilts piled at the end of the bed and waved his hand to signal Bai Gaoxing to lie down on them.

Bai Gaoxing lay down as he was told—not completely flat on his back, but with some blankets under him so that his upper body could be slightly raised.

Bai Gaoxing's makeup today is different from before.

In the past, he always made his face look pale and weak, but today, the makeup artist gave him a slightly rosy look, which made him look more lively.

What the director wanted to highlight was a turn of events from improvement to immediate decline, and he accidentally hit the so-called "last gasp of life".

He also has experience in dead plays.

Bai Gaoxing lay in bed and thought, when a person dies, he doesn't have to struggle like a parrot, he can just be quiet and close his eyes.

Uh...come to think of it, he only acted in two dramas in total, why did each of them end like this?

But in some ways, it also fits his current mood.

Bai Gaoxing watched Li Pu come over, recite Adonis's speech, and then shook his hand.

The moment their palms touched, the burning temperature made him move reflexively, but the tiny struggle was covered up by the big palm and could not be seen at all under the camera.

Ah, I'm dead.

Bai Gaoxing's heart skipped a beat, and he silently thought about what he should do now. He slowly lowered his eyelids with a smile on his lips.

"Cut." Frank called a halt.

He discussed a few words with the screenwriter beside him, complaining about why she wrote so crudely, then turned around and said, "Bai, I think you can cry here."

Crying...why are you crying?

Bai Gaoxing was stunned.

As if seeing his surprise, Frank said, "Noah was very happy that Adonis was with him until the last moment, but he also regretted that he couldn't stay with Adonis forever, and he couldn't wait until his favorite spring." He paused, "The two emotions are mixed, so I hope you can laugh and cry at the same time... um... I don't know if you can understand what I mean."

"It's hard to laugh or cry?" Bai Gaoxing said jokingly, and then nodded, "Okay, I understand."

He immediately understood what the director wanted, which was that Noah was already satisfied with what he had already gotten, but was reluctant to let Adonis go.

In addition, there are many complicated things... such as the fear of death of such a young person and the regret of not being able to completely get out of here, which can cause the effect of tears.

But he didn't know how to cry smoothly.

Except for the time when he just had his adult breakdown, he actually hasn't cried for a long time.

Even now when I recall how I felt at that time, I don't have the same feeling anymore, my eyes are dry.

"Do you have...eye drops?" he asked directly.

"Oh, no, not that," Frank said disapprovingly. "I need real emotion and tears. One drop will be enough."

"Then I don't know how long it will take to brew." Bai Gaoxing said helplessly.

"Think about sad things," Frank said. "Even though it's hard to bear, you still have to let your heart feel the pain."

Sad things...

Bai Gaoxing thought, there were actually many things that made him sad, but most of them were because he cried for too long when he was a child, and he was tired of crying. Now he had accepted the reality and only felt pain and numbness, but not a single tear.

So, what else can make him cry? It must be magnified and make him feel heartache.

The crying scene did not need to be continuous. The director only needed to capture the crying scene, so the camera was always facing the boy with his eyes closed on the bed without moving away.

Suddenly, a crystal teardrop rolled down the boy's eye. Frank was about to say something in surprise when he saw more tears pouring out one after another, soon wetting the pillow.

"No, that's too much crying." Frank said cut again.

Bai Gaoxing suddenly opened his eyes.

But the tears didn't stop.

Li Pho could no longer stand there, so he asked the person next to him for a tissue and walked forward.

Bai Gaoxing had already sat up, tears streaming quietly down his cheeks, and he pursed his lips stubbornly, not making any sound.

Water droplets gathered at the chin and dripped down, staining a small area of ​​the quilt.

Li Pho was deeply impressed. This scene was very similar to the time when a boy first became an adult.

Bai Gaoxing smiled with a blank look in his eyes, very reluctantly, "I'm sorry, I seem to..." His emotions were a bit out of control.

He was unable to continue and his voice became a little hoarse.

Not until a pair of warm fingertips holding a tissue was placed against his face did Bai Gaoxing raise his eyes. His eyes narrowed slightly, and his tears were like tiny crystals.

Li Pu paused and his eyes darkened slightly.

But he didn't ask why. He just carefully and gently wiped the wet marks from the boy's eyes.

Everyone present was a little moved. Several actors nearby came over to comfort them. Even the scriptwriter said it was okay and there was no rush to finish the scene.

Bai Gaoxing wiped away his tears, cleared his throat, and a relaxed mood returned to his face.

He quickly glanced at the man next to him, his eyelashes drooping.

You can't just say...

He wanted to separate from Li Pho.