Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Act Well
There is no time to make this meal for the moment.
The crew sent out the notice for the new week, and after enough shots of the young couple in love were taken, the first turning point arrived.
…
During the graduation season of their senior year, He Xiandu and Lin Wu were both having a farewell dinner with friends. Lin Wu finished first and, without getting through to He Xiandu, he went directly to the KTV that they had mentioned during their previous contact to look for him.
A private room for a group of college students. Just ask and you will find it.
Lin Wu followed the waiter through the dimly lit corridor. Through a small glass panel on the soundproof door, he saw his boyfriend and a pretty female classmate each biting the two ends of a pocky amid the crowd's cheers.
The distance between the two of them gradually shortened under Lin Wu's gaze.
Even the soundproof door couldn't block the cheers in the box. The girl raised her lips, took out a piece of biscuit less than one centimeter long from between her teeth, and held it up for everyone to see.
The two people sitting opposite them admitted defeat and picked up their glasses to drink.
He Xiandu smiled and leaned against the sofa behind him, with his arms naturally around the girl's back.
The beautiful girl reached out and rubbed off the lipstick on He Xiandu's lips, and there was another burst of noise in the box.
The waiter took the person away and left, leaving Lin Wu standing there stiffly.
He felt a chill all over his body, but he was not surprised at all.
There's even a feeling of "as expected", "a stone has finally fallen to the ground".
How could someone who lives with you day and night not notice it?
Occasionally, I would avoid the messages he sent me during a date. I had heard that name several times from his friends. Oh, yes, in the eyes of He Xiandu’s college friends, Lin Wu was just a good classmate of He Xiandu in high school.
He Xiandu, who was sitting in the box, seemed to have sensed something. He looked up outside the box door. It was empty and no one passed by.
His heart suddenly skipped a beat. He Xiandu looked for his phone on the sofa. When he opened it, he saw a message from Lin Wu saying that she was coming to see him.
"Hold."
They were having a great time when He Xiandu suddenly got up and walked out, leaving his companions in the box confused.
"Brother He drank too much and had to pee urgently, right? Hahaha!"
Someone laughed.
Wang Ling, who was sitting next to He Xiandu, frowned slightly.
He Xiandu caught up with the dazed Lin Wu at the elevator entrance and pulled him to the fire escape.
"Why don't you come in and find me now that you're here?"
Lin Wu smiled, a bleak smile: "What are you going in for? To see you kissing someone else?"
"Lin Wu, we are just joking." He Xiandu frowned and grabbed a handful of hair impatiently. It was hard to tell whether he was feeling guilty or not.
Lin Wu looked at He Xiandu and said coldly: "Then go back and continue playing."
After saying that, Lin Wu was about to go downstairs, but He Xiandu pulled him back: "Why are you making a fuss with me? Isn't this normal? They thought I was still single, so they pushed me to play games with girls. This is the last time we get together in college, what can I do? Am I going to spoil everyone's fun?"
Lin Wu suddenly shook off He Xiandu's hand: "Yes, you are single, then what am I? I am nothing!"
"Lin Wu!" He Xiandu's eyes were red from drinking. He blocked Lin Wu's way. The words that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time came out with the help of alcohol. He couldn't stop talking once he said it. "Can you be more realistic? What do you want me to do! Tell them that I don't like women, I like men, and I have a boyfriend, right!? Do you dare to say it? Do you dare to tell your classmates that you are gay? You have forgotten everything about high school, right!?"
"We have already graduated and are about to enter society. What should we do? What can we do? Can we really ignore the rumors from the outside world, the opinions of our family members, and the criticisms from others?..."
Lin Wu's figure swayed. He stood under the incandescent light, looking pale and thin. After swallowing, Lin Wu found his voice and asked the man in front of him: "You are telling me this now, you want to break up, right?"
All of He Xiandu's complaints were blocked by the word "break up". He loosened his collar, lowered his head and murmured, "No... No."
Lin Wu didn't want to look at him anymore. Since she couldn't go down the stairs, she turned around, went out of the fire escape, and took the elevator.
He Xiandu chased out and happened to run into Wang Ling who was looking for him.
Wang Ling looked at Lin Wu, who was standing in front of the elevator with a cold face, and then looked at He Xiandu, who was a little embarrassed, behind him: "...Who is this?"
Lin Wu had no intention of introducing himself; he just waited quietly for the elevator to come up.
He Xiandu straightened his collar, looked up and saw the thoughtful look in Wang Ling's eyes, and blurted out: "Friend."
Lin Wu's eyelashes trembled slightly as he stared at the elevator panel.
"…He is my friend, and he came to talk to me about something."
"Are you going to leave then? Or ask your friend to stay and play for a while?"
"bite--"
The elevator has arrived.
Lin entered the elevator by mistake, looked at the two people standing shoulder to shoulder outside and said calmly, "You guys have fun, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Before He Xiandu could react, the elevator door had already moved.
The moment the elevator door closed completely, He Xiandu saw Lin Wu's retracted hands and a pair of wet eyes.
Time seemed to have gone back to that Saturday afternoon in high school. Lin Wu looked at him in the same way, took one step back, two steps, then turned around and ran out of his sight without looking back.
…
"Card."
Liu Jiaying raised her hand and patted the shoulder of the person next to her, sighing: "You are such a scumbag."
Yu Xiangwen: “…”
Actor Yu said he felt it was unfair.
Real scene shooting, Yin Yan took the elevator down and up, back and forth several times.
After a few shots were taken and there was a break, Yin Yan sat alone in the stairwell in a daze.
Yu Xiangwen snatched the work from Xiao Wu again and went to the stairwell carrying Yin Yan's water cup.
After today's scene ended, the filming progress officially entered the workplace part. Yu Xiangwen's weight has basically returned to his usual standard. On the contrary, Yin Yan has to lose some weight because of the plot requirements.
But he didn't have to do any deliberate effort to lose weight. After skipping dinner for a few days, his face had already become smaller. The director urgently stopped him and told him to lose weight later and eat back the cheek fat first.
The people around Yin Yan would feed the little squirrel with snacks whenever they had time, but unfortunately the effect was not significant.
Yu Xiangwen handed the cup to Yin Yan and sat down on the stairs without any ceremony. Yin Yan took the cup, drank a sip of water, closed the lid, and said nothing.
Yu Xiangwen curiously stretched out his hand in front of Yin Yan's face. The face was not even bigger than his hand. It was really a small face.
Her eyelashes were still damp, making her look even more haggard.
"No matter how much I feed you, you won't get fat." Yu Xiangwen sighed.
Yin Yan laughed when he heard this. He put down the cup, crossed his knees and looked sideways at Yu Xiangwen, with a trace of resentment in his eyes for looking at a heartless man.
Yu Xiangwen: “…”
Being slow to act is also a problem. There will be many more scenes like this later. It seems that Yin Yan will not be in the mood to cook for him in the short term.
"My physique is like this, it's easy to lose weight but hard to gain weight." Yin Yan said, "Xiao Wu always says that I'm hard to please."
Then I can serve.
Yu Xiangwen didn't say anything, for fear of teasing the other person too much.
Yin Yan knew that Yu Xiangwen was worried that he would not be able to perform well, so he came to accompany him. He rested his chin on his knees, shook the water cup in his hand, and said, "I was just thinking about what I would do if I were Lin Wu or He Xiandu in that environment."
"I've been thinking about it for a long time but I still can't figure it out. I can't figure it out."
“Don’t care about other people’s eyes, do whatever you want to do boldly, and be your true self… These are easy to say, but people are social after all. If you want to survive in society, few people can get rid of kinship, friendships, and social etiquette. What’s more, people are always selfish, so it’s not surprising that they make selfish choices.”
Yin Yan smiled after he finished speaking: "When I say this, does it sound like I am making excuses for He Xiandu's scumbag behavior?"
"No." Yu Xiangwen answered without pausing, "To understand a character's psychology, you have to empathize with the character. Whether He Xiandu is a scumbag or not is a matter of opinion. As far as he is concerned, he just made a choice that most people would make."
"You are an actor, it is normal for you to analyze the psychology of different characters from a neutral perspective."
Yin Yan smiled and said, "Being neutral means being a fence-sitter, having no opinion of your own and being okay with anything."
Yu Xiangwen shook his head: "It's not that everything is fine, it's about having more perspectives on things. I've also thought about what choice I would make if I were He Xiandu. First of all, I definitely wouldn't do something stupid like playing both sides, nor would I be a coward again and again, but I'm not He Xiandu."
"Just like you said, according to He Xiandu's character, it's not surprising that he is indecisive and can't let go of either side. These are both normal choices. What I need to do is accept this choice, understand him, understand the weaknesses in human nature, accept this kind of character, and then interpret it."
Yin Yan thought for a while and said, "If I were Lin Wu, I probably wouldn't have put myself in such a predicament. I wouldn't have approached He Xiandu from the beginning. It would have been too troublesome. It would have been better not to have started at all."
But he is not Lin Wu.
Lin Wu just likes her, cares about her, and can't let her go.
For this love, I am willing to forgive even if I am hurt again and again.
There is nothing incomprehensible. This is love. It is out of control and irrational.
Yin Yan understood and accepted the existence of such feelings, but he himself was unwilling to get close.
After hearing Yin Yan's answer, Yu Xiangwen did not speak for a long time.
After a brief chat, Yin Yan came out of the play.
He realized what he had just said and felt a little embarrassed.
Yin Yan scratched his cheek and reflected: "I am avoiding it, which is not good...Brother Yu, I just said it nonsense..."
No other meaning...
Before Yin Yan could finish his words, Yu Xiangwen stood up, touched his head, and said with a smile: "Escape is shameful but useful, there is nothing wrong with it."
Yin Yan covered his head and looked up blankly, listening to Yu Xiangwen say: "If you feel happy, then you can make any choice."
"Let's go, it's time to end the break."
Standing up holding Yu Xiangwen's hand, Yin Yan pursed his lips and decided not to think too much about it.
Just act well first.
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