Soft intestines around fingers
Although she is not a student now and Chai Yuanlin is not her teacher, Shang Jingyan still recalls the guilty feeling she had when "my supervisor asked me about my thesis while I was traveling outside". She coughed and sent her address on Rose Heart.
Chai Yuanlin was silent for a few seconds, then found a way to praise him: "Very good, a good combination of work and rest."
Shang Jingyan: “…”
Even more guilty.
Chai Yuanlin began to transfer files to her. In fact, most of the information could be transferred online, but what she wanted to send to Shang Jingyan was the equipment for the examination.
Moreover, the actual exam will be in paper-and-pencil format, so having a paper test question bank will help her adapt in advance.
Shang Jingyan clicked one by one to receive the file packages while searching for the format of the exam. There was still a month before the exam, and she felt great that she asked about the exam right before registering.
After finding the answer, she breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, the focus of the test is still on creating the work.
The Dream Builders Association membership examination is divided into two parts: a written test and an on-the-spot dream building test.
The former is some hard common sense, accounting for 40% of the score, while the latter is to draw a theme and ask the candidates to create a work on the spot, which will be judged and scored by the judging panel and the general audience together.
Interestingly, the scoring indicators even include physiological indicators, such as adrenaline, mental fluctuation level, etc., which are similar to the system's "heart rate value".
Doesn't that mean she is taking advantage?
Shang Jingyan said sincerely: [X71, thank you for helping me prepare in advance. ]
Before the test questions were sent, Shang Jingyan started reviewing online in advance.
She discovered the most troublesome part of the written test: general knowledge questions.
"Why does being a dream builder in this world require so much common sense?" Shang Jingyan rubbed his hair in pain and leaned back on the chair.
Forget about the alliance history, planetary history, and population distribution. She reluctantly admitted that they were indeed common sense that interstellar people should have.
But why do normal people need to know questions like “Which planet was the work of a certain dream builder created on?”, “What is the emblem of a certain planet?”, “Why is the ocean of a certain planet green?”!
X71 comforted her: [Yanyan, based on what you and I have talked about, I think the membership of the Dream Building Association can be compared to the staff in your previous life, so it is normal that the test questions are similar.]
Shang Jingyan: [……]
Thank you, it gives me even more headache. I didn't expect that I didn't need to take the civil service exam in my previous life, but I have to take it in this life.
She even had an unethical thought: the entry threshold for directors in the entertainment industry in the past life was indeed too low. If everyone took an exam like Dream Builder, the quality of the works that the audience saw might be much higher.
"Ding", the message prompt on the optical brain lit up. Shang Jingyan quickly surrendered and convinced himself that he could chat and slack off for a quarter of an hour.
The person who sent the message was Pei Yi. After meeting him last time, Shang Jingyan exchanged contact information with him.
Manager Pei: [Director Shang, I've watched your short plays. I've finished watching "Evil God" and am also following "Rouge Comb".]
Pei Yi’s account name is very simple, his avatar is a white stick figure rabbit, his name is simply “Yi”, and Manager Pei is the note given to him by Shang Jingyan.
Shang Jingyan replied: [How do you feel? ]
Manager Pei: [Very pleasantly surprised! (Of course, also very frightened hahaha)]
Manager Pei: [My spirit also likes it very much. This is really incredible... It rarely shows interest in any work. ]
He sent a video of an Angora rabbit crouching on his shoulder, staring at the projection intently. Although it was so scared that its fur stood up, it was still unwilling to leave.
Shang Jingyan thought about how the unicorn of Doctor Tian was frightened at the healing center, and said: [You are quite brave.]
Manager Pei posted a GIF of a rabbit spinning in circles, which seemed to be taken with his own spirit body.
Pei Yi is indeed a very special person. If an ordinary person suffers from externalizing disorder, he will not be depressed all day long, but at least he will not be as positive and optimistic as him.
Shang Jingyan: [The rabbit’s expression is very cute^_^]
Manager Pei: [I made a lot of its expressions and share them with you. [Rabbit with arms akimbo.jpg]]
He sent a series of [rabbit heart][rabbit scared][rabbit contempt]... Shang Jingyan laughed and clicked save one by one.
For patients with externalizing disorder, the spiritual body is a very sensitive topic, but he still uses the spiritual body to take pictures of expressions.
Manager Pei: [I think if I continue to watch this, my externalizing disorder might get better. I slept through the night last night. To show my gratitude, I want to make some desserts for you. Is it convenient for you to receive the express delivery now, Director Shang?]
[I'm in Rose Heart right now, and I can't go back anytime soon.] Shang Jingyan said, [If you want to send it, you have to wait for me to return to V059, or use Interstellar Express.]
She will be staying in the Rose Heart for some time to come, as she has to oversee the on-site construction of the castle's ghosts at all times.
It seems a bit extravagant to send dessert by interstellar express. This is not like a test paper, which needs to be packed in fresh-keeping packaging.
But Pei Yi didn't seem to be short of money, so he sent a [rabbit making OK] emoticon: [I'll give it to you when I'm done. ]
Come to think of it, his teahouse was said to be closing down, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry and was even planning to move to the main galaxy to continue running it. This couldn't be done without a lot of spare money.
Shang Jingyan followed suit and sent out his address for the second time today.
Three days later.
Shang Jingyan received a message from the courier, which showed that there was only one package from Chai Yuanlin, but at the same time Pei Yi also sent a message: [It has been delivered. Director Shang can go to the courier collection point in the castle later to check. ]
Did I forget to send this message?
Shang Jingyan picked up his bag and went out. He first took his exam question book from an open-air express cabinet, but was slightly stunned when he turned around a row.
I saw a young man standing not far away. He was wearing a white shirt, black trousers, and his long, slightly curly hair was tied into a small bun at the back of his head. Who else could it be but Pei Yi?
Not only that, there was a young man squatting next to Pei Yi, also holding a gift box in his hand. He had blond hair and blue eyes, a baseball cap on his head, a lollipop in his mouth, and looked bored - it was You Yao.
Do these two people know each other?
Pei Yi raised the gift box in his hand, blinked and smiled: "Surprise!"
"Why did you come in person?" Shang Jingyan was a little surprised. He took the gift box and said jokingly, "Could it be that your teahouse is now also doing takeout business to another planet?"
"After all, Director Shang treats me like a VIP." Pei Yi imitated the voice of the express delivery app seriously, with a hint of smile in his voice, "Angora Rabbit Tea House is dedicated to serving you~"
Shang Jingyan laughed as she saw that the gift boxes were beautifully packaged. The semi-transparent side revealed the desserts inside. They all looked exquisite and she could smell the sweet fragrance when she got close.
She used the Chinese way of chatting: "Since you are here, why don't you sit in the castle?"
You Yao, who was squatting at Pei Yi's feet, waited for a few words but didn't get a greeting, so he raised his hand and waved, "Hey, hey, didn't you see me, Director Shang? I brought you a gift, too."
Shang Jingyan spoke with disdain and finally gave him a look: "Why are you here too?"
I don’t know why, maybe it’s the emotion of her original body, but her attitude towards You Shangyao becomes casual.
"I just wanted to see what you were doing in Rose Heart. On the way here, I saw your name on the gift box in this buddy's hand, so I asked out of curiosity, and then we started chatting. We're waiting for you here together. This lollipop was given by Pei Yi!"
You Yao stood up, twirling the lollipop in his hand, and approached Shang Jingyan, asking in a mysterious tone, "Pan, is there something wrong with you?"
Shang Jingyan glanced at him lightly and said, "Have you also caught the gossip habit of others? Also, just call me by my name."
This "others" refers to all ordinary interstellar people except the Zhenwu Group - the Zhenwu Group opposes the current trend and of course opposes love-brainedness. Their rules are like those of Puritans.
Pei Yi walked a little later and could not hear the conversation between the two, but Shang Jingyan felt that he should still be cautious.
You Yao chuckled and said confidently: "I'm just reminding you."
He threw the lollipop up and caught the paper stick accurately, and the pink candy drew a shimmering arc in the air.
"You can rest assured." Shang Jingyan is not very interested in maintaining a relationship for the time being.
In her previous life, she was a famous director and had had many relationships in her thirty years of life, but they all ended amicably and she was happy.
After arriving in this world, I dare not provoke others too much - everyone is love-brained, and if I am not careful, I will be accused of being a scumbag.
The VIP box had a small reception room. Shang Jingyan poured black tea for Pei Yi and said to You Yao, "There's mineral water in the freezer. Go get it yourself."
You Yao complained: "...Director Shang, isn't it a bit too much to treat me differently?"
He had no choice but to fend for himself. When he passed by the desk, he saw Shang Jingyan's review materials. "So you've been preparing for the entrance exam recently. I was wondering if you're really taking a vacation, since you're having a meeting and preparing for the exam at the same time."
You Yao was flexible, and seeing that Shang Jingyan didn't ask any questions, he took the initiative to open his gift box. Inside were a few jars of small cookies, which looked no worse than Pei Yi's desserts.
Shang Jingyan felt like she was back to the time when having You Yao on the set was like having a thousand chattering parrots. She reached out and took a cookie and ate it, asking, "When are you leaving?"
"I'm not leaving. I also want to take a long vacation. I've booked a room, also in the castle." You Yao shook his room card.
Pei Yi continued, "I also plan to stay in Rose Heart for a few weeks. I actually travel for a while every year, and this year I chose this place."
Shang Jingyan guessed that this might be because of his illness. For patients with externalization disorder, there are not many ways to choose emotional stimulation, and traveling is one of them.
Her mind suddenly moved, and she looked up and said to the two of them, "Since you all want to stay here...how about helping me do a test in a few days?"
The efficiency of building in the interstellar world is extremely high, and Xue Jiang's haunted house has begun to take shape. Can't Pei Yi and You Yao be the first batch of tourists to test their courage?
A week later, Friday, 11pm.
"Your synovial syndrome has improved?"
The agent looked at Wu Rui's medical examination report with surprise.
"Yes, thanks to Director Shang." Wu Rui replied with a smile on her face.
Compared to the last time Shang Jingyan saw her, Wu Rui was completely different now. The most obvious change was that the dark circles under her eyes disappeared, no longer needing to be covered up with makeup, her eyes became brighter, and she looked around with high spirits.
The agent smacked his lips, remembering that he hadn't seen Rouge Comb yet, and tried to get closer in a somewhat unfamiliar way: "Well... then it's not impossible for you to become popular again."
Wu Rui had previously insisted on taking a film for free, and her agent had tried to dissuade her, but when that didn't work, she just let it go.
In last week's episode, Wu Rui and Gu Lang's appearance amazed all the audience and even made it to the hot search on the website. However, most of the praise was for Shang Jingyan's ability to select people and photograph beauties. After all, she didn't have many parts and only made that one appearance.
After the agent found out, he asked, "Why didn't you try to get the female lead? Tang Chuntao was a newcomer before, much less popular than you, but now she's more talked about than you. If you had pushed her out, you'd be the one who became famous."
Wu Rui was very calm: "I am an actor. I should listen to the director's arrangement and play the role that suits me."
At that time, the agent shook his head in disappointment.
Wu Rui is not obsessed with becoming popular again, after all, she was not very popular before she became ill. She just wants to continue acting, so she is truly grateful to Director Shang for curing her synovial syndrome.
Starting from the third episode, her role started to increase.
Wu Rui herself had not seen the finished film, so she had been waiting in front of the computer since early morning.
How will the audience evaluate her Gu Lang?
She thought nervously and with a little anticipation.
Ao Qingxue’s live broadcast room.
The screen was still black, but the chat started already.
[It's started, it's started, take a small stool and sit and wait. 】
[I've been wondering how Gao Xiaoyun will get through this crisis this week. I'm so worried! ]
[I'm different. This week I wrote a fanfiction about Gu Lang and Gao Xiaoyun. Hahahaha, am I the only one who thinks these two are great? ]
The third episode opens with the Gao family inviting a fortune teller. The fortune teller has oil paint on her face, many talismans and magical instruments hanging on her body, and her hair is disheveled. She looks quite mysterious.
As soon as she came and heard the Gao family describe the scene of that day, she said with certainty: "It is 'Soft Intestines Around Fingers'. This monster is the resentment of a woman who drowned, and it will take revenge on every living person who passes by."
All the members of the Gao family were present. The mourning period for the second young master had not yet ended, and everyone was dressed in white, which was quite a desolate sight.
Master Gao asked quickly: "Then, how can we get rid of this soft intestine?"
"It moves when it comes in contact with water and can only be removed by forcing it back with fire and sealing it in a dry place."
The witch said "clear" instead of "kill".
Her hawk-like eyes searched through the crowd. Gao Xiaoyun hid inside with his head down, but was caught off guard when the witch shouted, "There is a ghost aura on you!"
The crowd made way for her, and the witch grabbed her sleeve and accurately took out the comb from inside. Her face suddenly changed, "Locust wood is a ghost wood. How dare you use a comb like this?!"
"What, what locust wood? I don't know!" Gao Xiaoyun didn't expect that the witch could see it at a glance. She didn't have time to react. She quickly thought of a way and stomped her feet like a spoiled girl, "You're talking nonsense. This is a relic my mother gave me! It's not a ghost wood at all, it's walnut wood, you're talking nonsense!"
"Master, is it okay to burn this comb? What about my daughter? Does she need to be married off quickly?" Mr. Gao asked. Looking at his expression, it seemed that he couldn't wait to send Gao Xiaoyun away.
The witch said, "It's hard to be sure. We need to wait and see."
She glanced at Gao Xiaoyun, and for some unknown reason, she added, "...Since it is a relic, I might have seen it wrong."
"I need a quiet room and a basin of clear water. The basin must be made of fine white porcelain so that I can sense spiritual energy. No one is allowed to disturb me tonight." The witch made the request.
[What kind of feudal superstition is this? Is this really okay? ]
[There are indeed demons and monsters in this world view, so there must be talented people among humans. It is not superstition. 】
[Does the witch have real knowledge or is she just pretending...? Why did she change her words again? 】
That night.
"Gu Lang, Gu Lang...what should I do now?"
Gao Xiaoyun paced back and forth in the courtyard anxiously, looking in the direction of the witch's room from time to time.
As if to calm her down, Gu Lang's voice came from the void:
"No problem."
Gao Xiaoyun was surprised: "Gu Lang!"
The bone-faced scholar came in the moonlight, his clothes were hazy, and he said softly, "I will take care of it, don't be afraid, Ayun."
He opened three compartments of the folding fan, and there was a magnolia painted in ink on the fan. Gu Lang pressed his bony hand, and the magnolia blossomed, turning from ink into reality, growing branches, and spreading towards the witch's room.
With a "clang" sound, a golden barrier with a fire totem on it rose outside the witch's room, burning the white magnolia to ashes.
"Heh." Gu Lang sneered, his eyes revealing obvious contempt. From this moment on, he finally had a bit of "liveliness" in the eyes of the audience - he was still a big demon, not just a gentle lover, and everyone except Gao Xiaoyun was indeed an ant in his eyes.
He simply walked out of the flowers and opened his folding fan an inch more. This time, what appeared on the fan was no longer magnolia, but a dragon painted in splashed ink.
Gu Lang's expression turned cold as he watched the dragon smash the golden barrier, and everything returned to silence.
After a while, a sound of coughing up blood was heard in the room.
Gao Xiaoyun asked timidly: "Is it over?"
Gu Lang stretched out his bony hand and broke off a knuckle as white as mutton-fat jade. The knuckle fell to the ground and flowers bloomed. From the flowers, a silvery-white man ran out and ran towards the direction of the witch's room.
Ao Qingxue couldn't help but think that Director Shang was actually quite good at filming characters that made people want to fall in love madly. From the evil god to Gu Lang, they were all beautiful and strange, and their behavior was unexpectedly charming.
And because of the horror background, these two characters are more human than the people in all the romance works nowadays.
"She'll understand when she sees it."
Gao Xiaoyun asked blankly: "What if you don't understand?"
Gu Lang sighed and held her in his arms: "It's such a pity."
Gao Xiaoyun was a bystander from beginning to end. Watching this fight, he was worried at first, then excited, and finally confused.
"Gu Lang... I didn't know you were so amazing before."
"Why do you like me? I am just an ordinary lady... We first met when I ran into you by chance in the garden one night when I was sixteen."
[This is the first time I heard a protagonist in a skit ask another protagonist why he loves me. Does this have to have a reason? (Confused)]
[According to Director Shang’s question, half of the romance dramas would not be able to handle it hahaha. ]
[But to be honest, Gao Xiaoyun is not ordinary, right? She dared to fall in love with the White Bone Demon and dared to go out alone to spend the night in the dilapidated temple. And you heard what she said, "at the age of sixteen" and "in the garden". According to her family rules, she sneaked out... This girl is really brave! She was like this before she met the male protagonist. ]
This time, Gu Lang did not respond to her question, but just said: "You don't need to think too much. But please believe me, Ayun, I won't hurt you."
He lowered his eyes and looked focused. Ao Qingxue only remembered now and said, "Wu Rui acted very well. It's amazing that she was never popular before..."
The lower half of Gu Lang's face is all white bones, with no muscles to mobilize to express emotions, which means that the actor conveys emotions to the audience through the upper half of his face, but Wu Rui is neither stiff nor strained, and the changes in her expression are clearly visible.
The next morning, an angry roar broke out from the room where the witch lived.
"You old liar!!"
He angrily threw the basin of water, and the white porcelain shattered into pieces, breaking all over the floor.
It turned out that the Gao family waited for the witch to come out in the morning but did not see her, so they boldly went in to take a look. However, the witch had disappeared, leaving only a letter.
The central idea of the letter is: The monster in your house is too powerful. I can't deal with it, so I'm leaving now. Please find someone else to deal with it!
The barrage was full of joy.
[This secret battle is so interesting. I actually feel it is more interesting than falling in love...]
[It's a pity that it's too short. Is there any lady who can expand it? ]
[Really, really, I have been looking up a lot of ancient materials these days. I spent an entire afternoon reading. I didn’t know before that folk customs are so interesting! ]
Mr. Gao felt that he had been fooled and clamored to send people to hunt down the witch and escort her to the government.
He did not give up, and sent someone to invite a man with a big nose.
This Taoist priest has a greater presence than the fortune teller and is paid a higher fee. He is unruly, with a wine jug hanging from his waist, and looks quite intimidating.
As soon as he arrived, he overturned the previous conclusion of the sorceress: "What is the meaning of 'soft intestines around fingers'? Is there any monster that would give itself such a name?"
The Taoist pinched his beard and pointed at Gao Xiaoyun: "The problem lies with her! Master Gao, I think your daughter is the reincarnation of a disaster star! You can't keep her, you can't keep her!"
He also asked for a room, saying that he wanted to fight the "house demon" in the house.
"This...isn't it said that the problem is my daughter? Why is there a house demon?"
"This is not something you can understand." The Taoist said impatiently, and then gave Master Gao a reassurance, "Master, don't worry, I have used my magic power to protect your house. From now on, you only need to ask me to stay here for a long time, and I can ensure that your family will have no worries for years."
That night, Gao Xiaoyun asked worriedly, "Gu Lang, Gu Lang, are you going to use the bone to remind him again this time?"
The finger joint that Gu Lang lost last time has not healed yet, and she felt very distressed holding it in her hand.
Her comb was also confiscated by Mr. Gao and burned to ashes.
This time, Gu Lang just flicked his folding fan, sneered, and said sarcastically: "Is he worthy? Anyone can come and fight with me!"
This happened twice in a row, and it seemed that the monster's patience had finally been exhausted.
Nothing happened the next day, and Mr. Gao thought to himself that this was indeed a master.
But on the second night, he was awakened by a rustling noise. When he opened his eyes, he saw a dark shadow moving on the beam. He looked with the candlestick in his hand and found that it was a ball of wet hair!
At first glance, it looked like a stain, but it was alive, squirming and growing, and more and more of them were coming out of the cracks in the roof. Master Gao was horrified: "Why is it here again?!... Master, Master!! Save me!"
He tripped before he could run out of the house, and was caught up by his hair!
"My wife! My wife, please save me!...Save me..."
Master Gao asked for help from someone else. He was now suspended, his feet kept kicking, and his face turned liver-colored from lack of oxygen. The candlestick fell over, but the wet hair knew how to avoid the candle flame and parted out to extinguish it.
Mistress Gao suddenly sat up straight in bed, but she was not awakened by the cry for help from the person beside her.
Her eyes were open, but her pupils were empty and lifeless, and there was a peaceful smile on her face.
Ao Qingxue took a breath of cold air, and the comments were all screaming:
[Ahhh, I wasn't even scared when I saw Master Gao, but I got goosebumps all over my body! ]
[What happened? She is obviously unconscious. Is she being controlled by her hair? ]
【What is she going to do? ? 】
Mistress Gao mechanically stood up and got out of bed like a puppet, wearing a white underdress, with her long hair loose, and walked barefoot to the dressing mirror.
The surprise on Mr. Gao's face was fleeting and turned into deeper fear and despair.
Then the woman sat in front of the bronze mirror and picked up a wooden comb.
Here it comes, the horror movie classic of combing your hair in front of the mirror.
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