Chapter 249: Cooperate Once, Cricket For Life
“Sister Shi, Sister Shi, bad news, the message was wrong, you’re going to eat cheese!”
Canada, late at night.
Five o’clock in the morning.
Shi Jinwei slept very late tonight, and she didn’t know what was going on, maybe she was in a bad mood, she got up particularly frequently tonight… she just couldn’t fall asleep…
She planned to wait another ten minutes, and if she still couldn’t sleep, then she wouldn’t sleep, and would go to the temporary gym to work out, following Chi Ye’s words, to train a healthy corpse.
Just as she had put on her clothes and was about to go to the gym, the assistant suddenly rushed in hurriedly.
“What’s wrong?”
Shi Jinwei was puzzled, even more surprised that the assistant got up so early today.
Because her usual schedule was too demonic, under normal circumstances, the assistant actually got up later than her, if it were an ordinary artist and assistant relationship, the latter would have been fired long ago, but…
The assistant was not an ordinary person, her role for Shi Jinwei was not ordinarily “big”.
“Sister Shi, bad news, I just got up, and heard the makeup and styling teacher over at Professor Chi’s side say that they were woken up by the stench early in the morning… I heard Professor Chi had Sister Liu buy blue cheese… you know, that cheese, right?”
Shi Jinwei’s expression changed: “Real or fake?!”
“Of course it’s real!”
The assistant felt a bit guilty at the moment, she really saw Xiao Liu buying chewing gum yesterday… um… but whether it was for Chi Ye to eat, she didn’t know.
But thinking about it, it made sense, tomorrow they were shooting the kiss scene, buying chewing gum now was just to “respect” the female actor and her partner, right?
Um… it doesn’t seem like it at the moment.
Blue cheese, was Sister Shi going to eat cheese herself today?
Shi Jinwei’s expression was a bit stunned, after reacting, her teeth were grinding: “He… he… how could he do this to me…”
“Yeah, Professor Chi he… how could he make you…”
The assistant was also very angry now, feeling that Chi Ye never seemed very “friendly” to Sister Shi, either sniping at her for no reason or finding ways to mess with her.
—Treating Sister Shi like a Japanese person!
“Sister Shi… what do we do now?” The assistant carefully observed Shi Jinwei’s expression: “Do we… do we still drink lemonade?”
Shi Jinwei: “…”
I’ve already drunk several pounds of lemonade, do you think that’s why I’ve been going to the toilet all night?!
Sister Qianzi felt her current emotions were as if they were shattered, with an indescribable grievance and sadness, she suddenly felt dispirited, waving her hand: “Forget it, whatever, let him do what he wants, I’ll let him mess with me however.”
The assistant was stunned, looking surprised at Sister Shi whose little face was slightly haggard.
This was the first time she saw Sister Shi in this kind of mood.
In the past, no matter what difficult situation Sister Shi faced, she always seemed to have inexhaustible strength, if others said her figure was bad, she could soak in the gym day after day for five years.
If others said her blue pupils were out of character, every time she filmed she would wear colored contact lenses a few days in advance to adapt, from filming to wrap-up, she never took off the colored contact lenses in public.
She… why wasn’t she “fighting” this time?
“You go back, I’ll rest for a bit, call me three hours… five hours before shooting, I need to do makeup.”
The assistant looked down at the time, then up: “Sis, are you sure you still want to rest? With your advance notice, there’s no time to sleep at this point…”
Shi Jinwei: “…”
She also reacted, annoyedly tapping her own head: “Alright… then call the makeup and styling teacher over, to do my makeup.”
“……Okay.”
The assistant nodded, also in a low mood, turned to leave.
Suddenly, her footsteps paused, her gaze fell on the box of lemonade she had just bought not long ago, uncertainly rubbing her eyes, then turned back very innocently to ask: “Sis… the whole box, you drank it all?!”
Shi Jinwei was stunned, then her chest heaved.
The assistant instantly like a startled rabbit, not even daring to look more at Sister Shi’s “spectacle” of turbulent waves that she usually loved to watch, turned and ran out of the room like smoke: “Sister Shi, I’ll come call you later!”
“……Bastard, heartless, I don’t need you, come on, I want to see how you’ll mess with me!”
Shi Jinwei didn’t care about the assistant’s commotion, she sullenly closed the room door, grinding her teeth, feeling that she had indeed been teased by Chi Ye, but not in a good way.
Before, she was tough-mouthed but soft-hearted, but she felt now she was tough-mouthed and tough-hearted.
Now she was unprecedentedly strong.
……
Five hours later.
《Ghost》 film crew in position, starting to shoot today’s scenes.
At first it was some trivial daily side plots, but as time moved to the afternoon, everyone’s spirit, attention, and emotions also picked up—
The first kiss scene of 《Ghost》 was coming up soon.
And for 《Ghost》, the main creators who had read the script thoroughly all knew that this was a story romantic to the extreme, and at the same time, a story sorrowful to the extreme.
In short, it was a supremely beautiful “swan song” composed of the themes of an immortal and destiny, liberation.
The male lead Zhao Ji was the “Palace Front Duty Commander” secretly trained by Chai Rong in the seventh year of Xiande of the Later Zhou （AD 960）, the ghost-masked general who led five thousand black-armored troops to sweep Northern Han and Southern Tang.
He wielded a mao dao forged from meteorite iron, also named “Duan Jiang”, its blade wrapped with karmic fire stained from suppressing Khitan shamans.
The night of the Chenqiao Mutiny.
Zhao Ji was fed poisoned wine, and when his corpse was thrown into the Yellow River, it caused a celestial phenomenon ）—《History of Song·Treatise on the Five Elements》 records “the sky red like blood”.
He was framed by Zhao Kuangyin, charged with embezzling military funds and secretly rebelling, so his dying curse: “Where my bones sink in the sand, they will surely suppress the Zhao dynasty’s national fortune for three hundred years!”
The Great Song’s three hundred years was very long, but Zhao Ji didn’t expect his “living” time to be even longer than the Great Song—he gained “eternal life” from this death.
Because of too many killings in his lifetime, Haotian God took his heart and refined it into the “Water Essence Soul”, making him a walking ghost, “Duan Jiang” inserted into his empty heart position, becoming the eternal “curse”.
From then on, he suffered the curse’s torment and torture lifetime after lifetime.
—His curse was the result of divine punishment, every time he killed a specific human, his lifespan would increase, but the price was binding with that human’s soul, experiencing endless reincarnation.
At the same time, as “hope in despair”, every life he would meet a fated human bride, but these brides would ultimately die, unable to truly lift his curse.
Zhao Luohe’s appearance changed all this—she could touch the sword in the ghost’s heart, and even pull it out.
The ghost is a cursed immortal, unable to die or transcend reincarnation, his existence symbolizes the impermanence of fate and eternal loneliness.
Zhao Luohe’s existence represents the turning point of his fate, she allows the ghost to escape endless reincarnation, gaining true freedom and liberation.
So, this is the “swan song”, looks like Professor Chi of 《Xing Ni》 with various superpowers + eternal life, but actually, these are two stories with completely different tones.
《Xing Ni》 is more beautiful, 《Ghost》 is more heartbreaking.
Today’s kiss scene is the beginning of the two’s emotional line in the whole drama—the first snow kiss.
Zhao Luohe is a girl full of curiosity and courage, feeling both mysterious and intimate toward the ghost’s existence.
She is not afraid of the ghost’s coldness and aloofness, instead actively approaching, that is her desire to explore the unknown and sympathy for the lonely.
Her heart is full of expectation, also with a hint of tension, because she doesn’t know if her actions will change their fates.
This plot is not only the budding of their emotions, but also the beginning of fate’s turning point, the imagery of first snow and buckwheat flower symbolizes the interweaving of transience and eternity, foreshadowing the start of a sad yet supremely beautiful love.
“…”
“President Chi, Teacher Shi… half an hour to adjust emotions, okay?”
The director sat behind the monitor, asking Chi Ye and Shi Jinwei.
Chi Ye looked up: “Okay.”
Shi Jinwei: “No need.”
Director: “?”
Shi Jinwei glanced at Chi Ye, noticed his mouth moving, endured it, then said: “Okay, half an hour.”
“……Alright, all departments, do one more check.”
The director nodded, then the film crew quietly operated to build the mood.
Thus, half an hour passed in a flash.
Chi Ye and Shi Jinwei, already done with makeup and styling, stood in front of the lens.
“《Ghost》 Group A fourth scene tenth shot—Action!”
The words fell, and the surroundings instantly became “quiet”.
……
On the Canadian wilderness, dusk condensed into violet filter in the falling snow.
Zhao Luohe’s tiptoeing white sneakers crushed the ground’s dry branches.
The ghost big uncle stood against the light, black coat shoulders adorned with fine snow crystals, the two quietly facing each other, one tall one short, Zhao Luohe lifted her gaze to look up at the tall and straight Chi Ye, eyes shy yet stubborn.
“Is there a light sharper than the North Star hidden in big uncle’s heart?”
Her fingertip pressed against the button of his black turtleneck sweater, where the sword hilt piercing through centuries lurked.
The “ghost”‘s breathing hitched, in a thousand years he had long grown accustomed to this eternal silence, until the girl crashed into his immortality carrying the scent of buckwheat flower.
The entire maple forest suddenly startled several white doves into flight.
Zhao Luohe paused, stubbornly and persistently staring at the ghost, as if cheering herself on, pretending to be delicate yet incomparably green, leaning forward: “The contract only counts if sealed on the first snow.”
The white mist from the girl’s breath wrapped around the silver button at his collar, the sound of dry branches cracking startled passing crows into flight.
The ghost saw in her pupils the reflection of the sword in his chest dissolving, the blade flowing with star-dust-like light points.
When the maple leaves spiraled upward defying gravity, he realized this was the gods’ prank—
Zhao Luohe’s lips tentatively leaned forward…
Um…… no dodging, the big uncle opposite was like an ice sculpture, expression and eyes indifferent from start to finish.
She felt a bit deflated, also a bit unwilling to lose, eyes staring at that hated face for a moment, paused, suddenly fiercely pressed forward—not dodging, then kiss you to death!
“Fuck!”
Behind the monitor, the director, assistant director, and the second male and female leads who came to watch all exclaimed in unison—I rely, directly kissing, and with “hatred” at that…
Not quite the same as the script’s performance!
But…
“Good good good!”
The director stared at this shot, slapping his thigh hard: “This is good this is good! So natural, Zhao Luohe should have this stubborn vigor… this look… this expression… President Chi’s reaction… perfect!”
“Worthy of President Chi, I previously thought Teacher Shi wasn’t quite suited for this role, but the more we shoot the more it feels… she’s playing herself!”
Everyone: “…”
Are you flattering, or do you really think so?
However… no matter what the truth is, this scene’s effect is indeed “perfect”.
Everyone stared at the monitor.
In the lens.
Snowflakes suspended between the girl’s eyelashes and the deity’s lips, like fate’s pause button pressed.
When the girl’s lips pressed against the immortal’s cool corner of the mouth, Chi Ye’s expression didn’t change, but his eyes had a moment of stunned, then… then his first feeling was soft… um… more importantly, no taste at all!
Did she not eat anything before shooting?!
He was surprised, but Shi Jinwei was even more shocked than him—you didn’t eat cheese either! You lied to me?!
Ah no… it was… it was the assistant who lied to me?!
Lied to me again?!
Yes, at this moment when the two were pressed together, Sister Qianzi only then reacted, Chi Ye’s mouth had no other taste at all… no imagined strong cheese smell… just very normal… with a bit of sweetness… he must have really eaten chewing gum…
She was surprised and confused in her heart, her brain inexplicably dizzy, for a moment, she couldn’t hold back, revealing her “real face” under the tough mouth…
Chi Ye’s pupils shook for one second, then professionally didn’t interrupt the mood.
One second, two seconds… three seconds…
First snow carrying buckwheat flower scent exploded between their hair tips, distant church bells startled snow from pine branches, the gears of destiny began to turn…
“……Cut! Good, very good! Hard work to the two teachers, extremely perfect!!”
The director’s voice finally sounded, Chi Ye and Shi Jinwei separated at the first moment.
At this time, Sister Qianzi had already realized something, head lowered, not looking at Chi Ye at all, turned and ran without looking back.
Chi Ye: “Fuck, you just now…”
He spat twice, turned his head dumbfounded: “Where’s the person?! Where did the person go?!”
“Chi Ge, you okay?”
Xiao Liu nervously walked over, thinking Shi Jinwei had eaten several tons of cheese, making Chi Ge mad.
Chi Ye was silent for a moment, then shook his head: “I’m fine, got bit by a dog.”
“Ah?”
Xiao Liu dumbfounded.
……
“I’m fine, just got bit by a dog.”
On the other side, Shi Jinwei’s chest heaved—this time not from anger, her brain was very chaotic now, her heart very chaotic, she needed time to calm and rest.
“Sis… there’s blood in your mouth…”
The assistant beside her was already dumbfounded, weakly pointing at Shi Jinwei’s mouth corner.
“Ah?”
Shi Jinwei reacted, hurriedly lifted her hand to wipe, then only after the fact: “Oh no… bad… just now I…”
The assistant stared wide-eyed: “What did you do just now?! I didn’t see it, wasn’t it just a kiss scene? Just a kiss…”
Shi Jinwei silently didn’t speak.
She was now considering whether to leave the crew overnight, or just go now…
Can’t face people anymore, this lifetime she was really going to be laughed to death by Chi Ye, her lifetime of reputation all ruined today.
