Chapter 41 Business or Jealousy (Part 3)

Huo Yan only sleeps 6 hours a day. He goes to bed at 12 o'clock and wakes up at 6 o'clock. Except for the period when he broke his leg in the accident, he rarely suffers from insomnia.

　　Insomnia is a terrible thing. In the silent dark night, thoughts are like a nest of water snakes falling into a pond, sliding out along the current, in all directions, diving deep into the bottom, without any control.

　　I changed my sleeping position from lying on my back, to lying on my side, and finally lying on my stomach. No matter how I changed, I always felt like there were needles pricking my back and it was uncomfortable.

　　Beep!

　　The subtle sound of a remote control was heard in the quiet air, and the wall lamp on the bedside wall lit up, spreading a whole wall of dark gold around the minimalist painting. The light was not strong, but the outlines of objects could be seen clearly.

　　Huo Yan sat up in the clear yellow light, her back to the light. Her soft hair was outlined with a fluffy outline, and the ends of her hair were slightly curled and hanging in the air. The whole look was messy and disorganized, completely different from her meticulous appearance during the day.

　　It's half past one, and the internet is very quiet at this time on a weekday.

　　She opened her phone and clicked on the entry that had sunk to the bottom of the trending searches: #颜昭溪夸蓝苏有人才#

　　The first video was a media interview that day. Yan Zhaoxi praised the two new actors in the film in front of the camera and wrote a lot about Lan Su.

"Lan Su's emotions are very strong, and both happiness and sadness are very immersive. As an actor, you must first make the audience believe that your emotions are real. When we first started, our acting teacher taught us to release our emotions and let others truly feel our joy, anger, sorrow and happiness. But this is only the most basic approach. Later, in advanced acting techniques, emotions must be restrained. You can feel that some people are angry without being hysterical, and you can feel their sadness without crying.

　　What surprised me was that Lan Su was actually like this. I even consulted Teacher Qu about this. She said that the reason why new actors can do this is largely due to their life experiences. For example, she may have encountered very sad things in the past, so when she acts sad, she doesn't need to cry like crazy, as long as she thinks about that thing a little, she can express it naturally. The kind of sadness that can't be suppressed is the real sadness."

　　Hearing this, Huo Yan paused the video with a thumb click. Then he turned to 30 seconds ago, when Yan Zhaoxi analyzed why Lan Su was so talented.

　　Lan Su's acting skills are not very good. At least that was the case before she joined the group for training. For example, she pretended to be shy, and she covered her chest and screamed when she saw a snake.

　　But surprisingly, is she good at acting sad?

　　The blessing of life experience...

　　What kind of life experience allows her to use sadness so easily?

　　I was bored and scrolling through my Moments, which I wouldn't normally open, when suddenly a message from my assistant Jiang Ying popped up.

　　[Finally finished work! I am a little actor who worked hard today! ]

　　The accompanying picture is a photo of Lan Su shivering in her down jacket after finishing a filming.

　　Thin.

　　Huo Yan clicked on the picture and zoomed in with his index finger and thumb. He found that the man had not yet removed his makeup. His face was bruised and red, dirty, and there was a streak of artificial blood from the left side of his face to the bridge of his nose. He must have just finished filming a fight scene.

　　When the photo is reduced to normal size, there are many passers-by in the background, but Yan Zhaoxi, who is on the hot search list, is not there.

　　good.

　　So I swiped right to the next photo, enlarged it again, and took a closer look at this nominal wife whom I hadn't seen for a month.

　　The photo was a candid shot. Lan Su was holding a document and talking to the assistant director next to her. Her mouth was pouting and curled upwards.

　　Seeing this, Huo Yan's cheeks felt itchy and his memory went back to the ambiguous kiss at the airport a month ago.

　　"See you in six months, Yan."

　　At that time, Lan Su said this to her in the camera shot by passers-by. But in fact, they were several meters away, and passers-by couldn't hear their conversation at all. The only one who heard the word "Ayan" was Huo Yan herself.

　　One and only.

　　"cough."

　　There was a flash of uneasiness in her beautiful eyes. There was no one around, but Huo Yan felt uncomfortable as if she had been caught. She coughed in her throat, thinking it was meaningless and unnecessary.

　　Huo Yan, you are being a little stupid.

　　She reflected in her heart.

　　Due to the domestic control of film themes, killer organizations are strictly prohibited from appearing in mainland China, so the story is set in Thailand. The first half of the film was also shot in a rain forest in Thailand.

　　Huo Yan did not hesitate and immediately opened the travel app and booked a cross-border flight.

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　　The story of "Blade" is cold and realistic.

　　The killer played by Lan Su ranks first in the industry and has never failed. But at the same time, she has offended many enemies. In order to protect her family, she has to stay away from home and send money back home with a temporary account all year round. Even when her mother is terminally ill, she cannot visit her and can only look at her from a distance outside the window.

　　When Huo Yan went to visit the set, he happened to come across this scene.

　　Lan Su changed into the character's clothes, pulling her black jacket to the top, wearing skinny jeans and a pair of sneakers. Her waist-length hair was cut to past her shoulders and tied into a neat bun at the back of her head. The brim of her baseball cap covered her brow bone, and the lower half of her face was hidden in a black mask, revealing only a pair of eyes.

　　"The person lying inside is your mother, she is dying."

　　Director Mi Huai was explaining the scene to her, "This is the most emotional scene in the whole movie, but I ask you not to make any sound. Because of your identity and your enemies, you have to endure it. You can't be discovered. You are the killer."

　　The lights, equipment, and microphones were all in place. The director shouted into the intercom in front of the monitor:

　　"Action!"

　　The camera slowly moves forward from the back. It is already evening. After the sunset, all the warm colors disappear, and the vision is filled with the dark blue light approaching the sky. A thin black figure stands outside the hospital window, with his hands in his pockets and his shoulders narrow and thin. From a distance, he looks like the newspapers pasted on the windows in old movies, vulnerable to a single blow.

　　That was the back of a woman.

　　When the camera got closer, it slowly turned to the side and captured the woman's profile. But I found that she was wearing a mask, which completely blocked the lower half of her face, and her eyes were also covered by a layer of dark light under the brim of her hat.

　　She is trembling.

　　The whole person fell into a physiological slight twitch, the lips under the mask rubbed against the rough mask fabric, the thick eyelashes were like a dying butterfly, the eyeballs were like a shattered spider web in the wind outlet, and under the trembling, two huge tears rolled down and were drowned in the mask.

　　The root of her tongue collided with the upper palate, making a sound of crying. She raised her hand to cover her mouth, and with trembling hands, she pinched the mask to make sure it fit the bridge of her nose. Then she turned around, put her trembling hands back into her pockets, lowered her head and walked away quickly.

　　There was not a single line of dialogue throughout the entire shot, but it made all the staff immersed in the scene and feel her pain of watching her mother die with her own eyes.

　　"Cut!"

　　Mi Huai's voice came from the intercom, wiping away tears and choking as he said:

　　"Passed, this one passed. Very well acted."

　　In fact, it's not that Lan Su acted well.

But as Yan Zhaoxi and Qu Tang said, the talents of new actors are mostly acquired from life experiences.

　　On that day, Lan Su regained the emotions she had just felt when she lost her parents, and the grief she felt when she felt powerless and overwhelmed. However, just like she is now, she cannot reveal her identity.

　　As she walked out of the performance area, her grief grew more and more severe—she couldn't get out of the play.

　　She missed her mother.

　　She thought about the time when she acted like a spoiled child in her arms, about wearing the little skirt her mother made for her, and about asking her mother not to go out or take the car that night.

　　No one in the crew caught up, and everyone was immersed in the joy of not having to work overtime.

　　Except for one person.

　　"Lan Su."

　　A familiar voice came from behind. Lan Su thought he had heard it wrongly. He looked back in surprise and saw Huo Yan walking out of the crowd in a wheelchair.

　　Human nature is inherently weak and will unconditionally run towards anything that is warm and tolerant.

　　When the wound in her heart was reopened and shattered into pieces, Lan Su was like a puppy that fell into a mud pit on the side of the road and would run to what she thought was a warm harbor.

　　Run there.

　　She threw herself at Huo Yan with all her might, and her whole body crashed into her arms. Her baseball cap was knocked off by Huo Yan's shoulder, her hair rope was loosened, and her long hair fell down, wrapping her together with Huo Yan's arms.

　　"Ouch..."

Finally, she whimpered and cried, letting out the howl of an abandoned kitten, completely releasing the pain of her heart being stabbed by a knife.

　　Some time later, Lan Su went to the small town tavern and asked Yin Qiu, "I don't even know when I fell in love with her."

　　Yin Qiu pushed the prepared wine in front of her and said:

　　"The moment you start to depend on her."

　　For example, now and in the future.