Chapter 54 Extra: Filming (Part 2) “Back then I…
The drama in which he made a guest appearance received a very good response after it was broadcast, and although he had only a few scenes, he was on several trending searches.
He left the crew after finishing his scenes and had no idea about the subsequent plot. He and Tang Ruining watched the show together when it was aired. Tang Ruining was actually only interested in the part where he appeared, but Li Xi wanted to watch the whole show, so he watched it with him.
After his character died in the play, the heroine began to travel alone. On the way, she met the hero who appeared as a villain and was willing to help her get revenge. The heroine doesn't mind his villain identity. After her master's indifferent treatment of her senior brother's death, the heroine has become disheartened. She has never fully agreed with the black-and-white view of good and evil, and believes that not all people in the good sect are righteous. She is even more disappointed after this incident and would rather go with a villain who is willing to help as long as he can help her find the murderer of her senior brother.
The middle part is the scene where the relationship between the hero and heroine grows. Li Xi thought it was very interesting and watched it with great gusto. He also praised the actors of the hero and heroine from time to time, saying that their emotional scenes were so natural.
Tang Ruining did not comment. He was not very interested in romantic dramas, especially because he thought that the dramas nowadays were becoming more and more childish. He could not help but complain, "Why are they still flirting with each other? They are lying together and chatting under the covers?"
"It's been 33 episodes and they haven't even kissed each other yet. Isn't this male lead the legendary villain? Why is he pretending to be innocent?"
"Why are you crying? What's there to cry about? I..." Li Xi couldn't stand it any longer, so she covered his mouth with her hand and said with a smile: "If you say anything more, go back to your room and sleep."
Tang Ruining shut up obediently, washed a basket of cherries, fed them to Li Xi, and reached out to catch the kernels he spit out.
The plot reaches an important turning point - the male and female protagonists break up. One day, the hero accidentally discovered that the jade flute that the heroine carried with her and cherished so much was actually left by her senior brother. Finally, his villain side was revealed, and in a rage he smashed the jade flute in front of the heroine.
Now Tang Ruining also looked at it seriously.
The male protagonist's eyes were red, and he said hatefully: "The living can never compare to the dead."
The heroine stared blankly at the broken jade flute on the ground, muttering "Senior Brother..."
The male protagonist laughed in anger and said viciously: "Don't say that your senior brother died a long time ago. Even if he didn't die, I would grind his bones and scatter his ashes, just like this flute, and let him die in front of you."
The heroine left, and the hero watched her leave, shedding tears.
After this scene, Li Xi shook his head and sighed, "How can I catch up with someone like this?"
Tang Ruining also shook his head. "He said such harsh words, but he was still let go. What a useless person."
Li Xi tilted her head and asked him, "It's already like this, what else can we do if we don't let her go?"
"Of course, we'll try every possible means, even locking him up."
Li Xi slowly opened her mouth, then closed it again. "Is this your view on love?"
"Yes." Tang Ruining looked at him and said gently, "My plan B back then was to lock you up if you didn't agree to me."
Li Xi smiled: "You wouldn't dare."
"Well, I don't dare." Tang Ruining also smiled.
When the story was almost over, Li Xi suddenly said, "Do you want me to give you a spoiler? There's a twist later."
"Are you actually the villain who wants to harm your junior sister?"
Li Wei was stunned: "How do you know?"
When the director was talking to him about the play, Tang Ruining was sitting very far away and definitely couldn't hear it. Li Xi only knew this part of the plot and he did not participate in the rest.
"You acted it, didn't you? I saw it." On the second day, they filmed some shots of his face changing to a darker color, but there was no specific plot to express what bad things he did. We had to rely on other characters in the play to tell us about it later. Li Xi thought it wasn't obvious on the set.
"You are so smart."
"You acted well. I can tell what the plot is saying even though I don't know it."
After this reversal, #白月光变黑月光# remained on the hot search list for a long time, and there were also many calls online to see him play a villain. Perhaps it was because of these well-placed shots that Director Xiong chose him and asked him to star in his next criminal investigation drama.
Li Wei plays a highly intelligent criminal in the drama. He battles wits and courage with the male lead throughout the whole process, but is ultimately defeated and arrested.
His appearance in the play is neatly combed half-long black hair, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and wearing a slim three-piece suit all year round, looking both beautiful and sick.
She speaks softly and calmly, and every time she talks to the male protagonist, her logic is rigorous and flawless, and her smile is extremely bewitching. Until the end when she lost to the male protagonist, she looked elegant and graceful, without any embarrassment at all.
This drama has a lot of scenes and takes a long time to shoot, so Tang Ruining couldn't accompany him all the time, but he would come to accompany him whenever he had time.
One day when Tang Ruining arrived on the scene, Li Wei was filming a scene where he climbed out of the water. He was completely wet, and he didn't know how many takes he was in. He was shivering and was wrapped in a bath towel brought to him by his assistant.
"Take a break and do it again." the director shouted.
Tang Ruining hurried over, half hugged the person and asked with concern: "Are you cold?"
The assistant tactfully slipped away. Li Xi raised her wet eyelashes and smiled at him: "You're here."
Water was dripping from his hair and his face was pale from the cold, but these were all minor matters. Li Xi asked Tang Ruining to sit aside as they were going to shoot it again immediately.
Fortunately, this time it passed. Li Xi went to change his clothes, clean and dry his hair, and Tang Ruining was waiting for him outside.
Li Xi saw his expression and knew that he was distressed, so she comforted him, "This is how filming works. Other actors have much harder times. Yesterday, during a fight scene, an actor broke his leg. Mine is nothing."
"I kind of regret encouraging you to film." Tang Ruining said.
It wasn't just today that he regretted it. He didn't come to the set for the past two days. Last night, he was on a video call with Li Xi. Someone knocked on the door. Li Xi put her phone on the bed and went to open the door. Tang Ruining heard him talking to someone else on the other end. They were casually chatting and laughing for a few words. When the man left, he said to Li Xi, "Come to my room later."
Li Xi replied: "Okay."
Tang Ruining's mood dropped at that moment.
When Li Xi came back and picked up his phone, he was still smiling. Tang Ruining suppressed his inner uneasiness and asked him, "Who's here?"
"Bai Guang." Li Xi answered. Bai Guang is the male lead in this drama. He has a very handsome face and has been very popular in the past two years.
"Why did you go to his room?"
"Let's talk about the play." Li Wei saw Tang Ruining's expression through the screen and realized that he was not happy. He added, "The other actors are here too."
"Yeah." Tang Ruining responded and said nothing more.
Li Xi continued to film the next scenes. After finishing the scenes with the male lead, Bai Guang patted Li Xi's shoulders and talked and laughed with him. It seemed that they had a very good relationship.
Their relationship in the play is very complicated. The male lead actually admires the second male lead very much, but has to oppose him because of his position. The second male lead also often shows double standards towards the male lead and almost ruins his carefully arranged plan because of him.
Tang Ruining was sitting nearby watching and could already foresee how popular the couple would be after the show aired.
His expression became even uglier.
After today's filming, Bai Guang asked him if he wanted to go out for dinner together in the evening. Li Wei waved her hand and said, "My boyfriend is here."
"Oh." Bai Guang turned his head and looked over there. He also knew that Jiang Yilan's boyfriend was his teammate. The previous few times he came over, Bai Guang didn't look carefully. This time, he was curious and met the man's eyes, and he found that there seemed to be a murderous look in that man's eyes.
It must be an illusion...
Bai Guang looked away and instinctively wanted to run away, "Then I'm leaving, you go on your date."
Li Xi smiled: "Okay, bye."
The two of them went to eat, and Tang Ruining didn't say much, just picked up some food for him.
"Eat more. You're getting thinner again."
He spoke in a calm voice, and although it was not much different from usual, Li Xi could still tell that he was unhappy as they had been together for so long.
Li Xi put down his chopsticks and just looked at Tang Ruining.
"What's wrong?" Tang Ruining asked.
"Do you have anything to say?"
"No." Tang Ruining denied it quickly.
Li Xi did not question him and waited patiently.
Tang Ruining lowered his eyes and stirred the plate with his chopsticks. After a moment, he whispered, "I don't want you to feel as if I don't support your career."
"But when you integrate into another circle and meet new people, I will feel out of control again, as if you are farther away from me." Tang Ruining curled the corners of his mouth and said in a self-deprecating tone: "I know that this is wrong, so I don't want to say it out loud and cause trouble to you."
"It's not the first day I know you're narrow-minded." Li Xi smiled, "I'll be troubled if you don't say it out loud."
Tang Ruining pursed her lips and grabbed his hand, "I'm sorry."
After apologizing, he immediately added: "But I can't change. I will be narrow-minded towards you all my life."
Li Xi had an expected expression on his face and picked up his chopsticks again, "Let's eat, and then we'll go back to the hotel."
It was still early when they got back to the hotel. They washed up and lay down, not planning to do anything as usual. Tang Ruining was very well behaved, but today Li Xi hooked her arms around his neck and kissed him, the kiss getting deeper and deeper.
Seeing that the gun was about to go off accidentally, Tang Ruining pinched his chin and said in a trembling voice: "Don't you have a scene to shoot tomorrow?"
"Yes." Li Xi panted and pulled down her bathrobe.
"Then, why are you..." Tang Ruining gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to kiss her, "You don't have to use this to...please me."
"I didn't." Li Xi was amused by his choice of words, "Do you remember, when we first had sex, you said you just wanted to be closest to me."
Of course Tang Ruining remembered it, and also remembered his ridiculous misunderstanding at that time.
"I just want to be close to you." Li Wei kissed his chin, "No matter what happens, we are the closest. No matter where I am and where you are in the future... it can't change."
His voice was like honey. Tang Ruining's Adam's apple rolled and he repeated his words in a hoarse voice: "No matter what happens, it can't be changed."
Tang Ruining rubbed his lips with his thumb, parted his lower lip and kissed him.
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