Chapter 015 Shadow of the Movie King (15)
"Does it hurt?" Tao Xing was also quite surprised. She wanted to touch it, but she didn't know where to start. "Do you feel pain? Where does it hurt? Is it the broken part?"
The shadow hesitated for a moment, not knowing where it hurt, or maybe it hurt everywhere, and tried to continue, "It's okay."
I'm already... used to it.
"How come you're okay? You're all broken into pieces." Tao Xing said. He didn't know if its pain was the same as that of humans. If so, wouldn't this be similar to being torn into pieces by five horses?
I can’t imagine that kind of pain.
Shadow said again: "It's okay."
"Then..." Tao Xing leaned against the bed, "Can I rub it for you?" He stretched out his hand and gently touched the edges of the cracks, not daring to use force, and stroked slowly, "Will this help?"
Shadow looked at him blankly: "It works."
Maybe this touch couldn't relieve the pain, but it diverted its thoughts and it couldn't help but feel the warm palm.
"Okay, I'll massage you and you take a nap, okay?" Tao Xing tucked the quilt in and slowly stroked her hands inside the quilt.
Shadow was still staring at him blankly, his red eyes wide open.
Tao Xing propped up her arm and lay on her side: "Go to sleep."
A sticky mass gathered around his hand, and he heard Shadow say again, "Not on purpose."
"Okay, I know." Tao Xing sighed, "Will you become like this if you don't eat humans?" But he had actually asked this question before, whether it would be unable to maintain its form if it didn't devour humans. At that time, it clearly didn't tilt its head or admit it.
"No." Shadow replied.
"No?" Not eating wouldn't turn him into this. This wasn't because he didn't eat humans, so...
Tao Xing wanted to get angry again, and in her haste to stop it, she ended up smashing the lamp she had bought with great difficulty, which she had originally intended to give to it.
But... seeing it like this, I can't get angry.
This was the first time Shadow was able to organize his own words, and he was not yet proficient. After a long while, he finally uttered two words: "Black Qi."
"Dark air?"
"What I saw... was black energy. I thought... it was a part of me." Shadow said with difficulty, "It was not intentional."
Tao Xing digested his words: "You mean, the director you see is black energy, not a human form, and you think that is a part of yourself, and you want to merge him into one?"
Shadow tilted his head.
"What was that man that we ate in the field last time, in your eyes?"
Shadow's head moved, feeling guilty: "Humanoids... black, people... are all black."
Tao Xing thought for a moment and said, "So, you knew that you ate a person last time, but this time, the director you saw was a ball of black air, and you didn't know that this was a person."
Shadow tilted his head.
Tao Xing felt a little relieved, thinking that it really wasn't intentional. But even if it wasn't intentional, it almost caused harm.
The black mass in his hand squirmed, as if gently pulling his hand and shaking it: "I won't eat it, and I won't eat the black energy either."
Tao Xing sighed and nodded solemnly again: "I believe you."
The shadow's body moved, but it was now broken and could not move entirely. Only the part connected to the head could move.
"If that's the case..." Tao Xing pondered, "The humans you see are all black, but you can also see the human form. This director was also in human form before, but today he turned into black gas in your eyes?"
Shadow tilted his head in agreement, but added, "You're... different."
You are bright.
"Okay, I'm different." Tao Xing was amused. After a pause, he let go of his smile and approached it and said, "If it's not because you don't eat humans, then why did you become like this?"
The shadow didn't speak, it really didn't know.
"Okay, you take a rest first." I just wanted to let it rest, but I said so much without realizing it, "I'll massage you again."
The black mass on his hand flowed back into the quilt, and the shadow was very obedient.
The sound of rain was loud, and the house was quiet. Tao Xing stroked his fingers.
The shadow didn't become torn into pieces just because it didn't eat anyone. It also knew that it could heal itself. Does that mean it has been like this before?
But... wasn't he able to move independently away from Jiang Lin only recently?
But the shadow already had consciousness, and even though it could not separate from its master, it was still able to perceive. This meant that it was already suffering such pain even before it was free.
Tao Xing also thought about this. Every time it fell asleep, it would squeeze its shoulders together and look frightened and defensive. Was it because of this?
If it were a person, he could be sent to the hospital. If it were a small animal, there would be a pet hospital. If it were plants and flowers, there would be pesticides and fertilizers. Even if it was something else that had become a spirit, as long as it had a human form, it could always take some medicine or get an injection. But for the shadow, nothing could be done. It had almost turned into a puddle of water, and even a comforting hug could not be given.
It hurts, but you can only endure it.
Oh, and it can’t organize its own language, so it can’t even wail to vent its feelings.
Oh, but it has learned a lot of words in the past few days. It said so much tonight. Are these words included in Jiang Lin’s lines?
Also, why did the director turn into black gas? Is there something wrong with the director too?
Tao Xing thought about it and saw that the pair of red eyes were slightly bent, and the shadow seemed to be asleep.
Being able to fall asleep, does that mean the pain isn’t that severe anymore?
He continued to rub it as the rain gradually stopped and he slept for most of the day. At night, he saw the small blisters on Shadow's body gradually disappear, as if he had stopped sweating.
This should be an improvement, right?
He paused for a moment and wanted to go to the bathroom.
As soon as he moved, the shadow also moved, raised one arm and hugged its hand. Tao Xing was stunned for a moment and was about to tell it that he would be there soon, but looking at its curved eyes, it was not awake.
He smiled helplessly, pulled his arm away lightly, came back, and put it back, letting it hold him.
In the second half of the night, Tao Xing also dozed off for a while. After an unknown amount of time, he heard the system's voice: "Host, I have reported to the bureau and can start the departure procedure. How do you plan to die?"
"Well..." Tao Xing coughed lightly, "I won't leave."
080: “…”
"Sorry, please... cancel it later."
The system was silent for a while, then said in surprise: "This is great. That's what I told you, host. You should make some money after the plot is halfway through."
Tao Xing was shocked: "..."
He slowly opened his eyes. The lights were still on and his vision was clear. The shadow in front of him had not woken up yet. His eyes were curved and the color had returned to pure black, like ink, without any transparency.
Tao Xing wondered if the body was also closed, but he couldn't tell through the quilt. He gently pulled his hand out again, carefully lifted the quilt, glanced inside, and then his eyes lit up.
Apart from anything else, this action and expression... is very hooligan-like.
But the other party was not a human after all, so there was no need to worry so much. The shadow grew back, and the fragmented body merged back together, and the whole body returned to pure black.
He felt somewhat relieved, turned off the light, and slept peacefully.
In the early morning, he opened his eyes again, but Shadow was still not awake, and he had to get up.
When he raised his arm, he felt cold and sticky. He lowered his eyebrows and saw a black area under his arm, like a gelatinous black mass. As he raised his arm, it was gently lifted up, touched his skin and then fell down.
Tao Xing looked down at himself with surprise.
The entire black and sticky body covered the bed, and part of it hung down under the bed. He was no longer lying on the sheets, but in the darkness.
The body felt cold and sticky, and the shadow seemed to have melted again, but it was different from the diluted feeling last night. Its body was now held up by adhesion, as if... it fell asleep, in a very relaxed state.
If it were a human, it could probably be understood as sleeping with the legs spread out.
Not knowing whether the pressure was uncomfortable or not, Tao Xing chuckled twice and stood up gently.
Before he sat up, the black thing under him suddenly moved, and its curved red eyes slowly opened, as if it was half asleep. It looked around in confusion, and then looked at the person in front of it. After a moment of silence, it came back to its senses and was startled.
In fact, his expression and eyes were invisible. Tao Xing only saw that it was looking around from its wriggling head. As for whether it was frightened... that was because the shadow suddenly shrank its body.
It was originally spread all over the bed, and when it was suddenly pulled in, the part under the bed "swooshed" up and just happened to roll up Tao Xing tightly.
Tao Xing: “…”
His whole body was immersed in this cold and sticky feeling. Everything he touched was soft, yet it was wrapped so tightly that he could not move.
Shadow became even more nervous, and his body squirmed in a panic. After a while, he let go of Tao Xing, and the sticky body slowly crawled out from under him. Shadow also turned back to its original appearance. It did not continue to sleep, but slowly slid down from the other side of the bed and lay on the side of the bed, just like before, with only its head sticking out.
Tao Xing smiled helplessly: "I don't blame you, come up and sleep. You can obviously sleep on the bed, why do you have to sleep on the ground?"
He stood up and pulled the arm: "You don't have to go to the set with me today, just have a good rest here. I only have one scene in the morning, I will be back after it's finished." The backlog of scenes had to be shot quickly, but everyone's progress was delayed yesterday, so today the focus would still be on the leading actor's scenes.
As he pulled the shadow back to the bed, it lay down obediently. Tao Xing covered it with a quilt, packed up and went to the set.
When he arrived at the set and was getting his hair done, someone walked a few steps in front of him and handed him a box: "Here, our teacher Jiang gives you this as compensation." It was Jiang Lin's assistant Xiao Wang.
After Xiao Wang finished speaking, seeing that he didn't respond, he narrowed his eyes and opened the box: "This is definitely ten times more expensive than the lamp you took yesterday."
Tao Xing glanced at the box. It was a crystal lamp inlaid with diamonds. It was indeed very luxurious and glittering, but it could not flash the light of a firefly. He smiled faintly: "I told Teacher Jiang yesterday that I don't have to pay for it. I don't want it. Take it back."
It wasn't originally to save him, but at that time I was anxious to stop the shadow from swallowing people.
"You...you should be so ungrateful." Xiao Wang said angrily.
"I already said no, but you insisted on buying it. Do I have to accept it if you buy it? There's no room for refusal?"
Xiao Wang showed an incredible expression. How could this person refuse Teacher Jiang’s kindness?
Tao Xing looked up: "Why don't you leave?"
Seeing that he really didn't want to accept it, Xiao Wang had to give up and went back to talk to Jiang Lin. Jiang Lin pondered for a moment and slowly looked over.
After finishing the morning's scene, Tao Xing went home first. When he returned to the room, he saw Yingzi still lying there.
Seeing him come back, Shadow squirmed in the quilt, which usually means happiness.
Tao Xing smiled and said, "Are you so happy to see me back?"
Shadow tilted his head, and said, "Yes," and then said, "Can I...get up?"
Tao Xing: “…”
So if I let you fall asleep, you will just keep sleeping and won't dare to get up even when you want to?
You don't have to be so obedient.
He pulled the quilt aside: "Get up."
The shadow slowly stood up and stood beside the bed, like a lifted black sheet.
"In this room, you can do whatever you want without asking me." Tao Xing said again.
Shadow tilted his head, then moved his body and slowly walked into the bathroom. After a while, he heard the sound of the shower.
"Uh..." It's because I didn't get caught in enough rain yesterday.
Tao Xing had nothing to do, so he sat on the sofa. His cell phone rang. There was no number or note so he didn't know who it was. He picked up the call and the voice was familiar.
After all, I was listening to it right next to my ear.
Jiang Lin's voice.
Jiang Lin said: "It's raining, bring me an umbrella."
Tao Xing: "...did you call the wrong number?"
I'm not your assistant.
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