Chapter 66: Xiao Lan's Leg Hair X Li Moli

  Chen Ke Xin, the director, was extremely pleased. At this time, three makeup artists came to Yang Huan's side and applied red blood to her face, and also splattered it on her clothes. Then, they continued shooting the second take, Yang Huan lay down on the ground where she had just fallen, the camera moved in front of her, Yang Huan propped herself up and said to the camera: "This is the curse of the wooden puppet, it's a curse——"

  Then she fell asleep painfully on the ground, motionless. "Cut, good" - Yang Hong's part in this episode of "Soul-stirring Lovers" came to an end, and the crew applauded and presented her with flowers.

  "Ah? Isn't Yang Huan the female lead? How can she be covered in blood as soon as she appears on stage? This... this is too fast, Chen Xue Xia hasn't even appeared yet."

  It wasn't until later that we found out Yang Han was only making a guest appearance in "The Soul of the Broken Couple" for just a few minutes, and his character would die as soon as he appeared on screen. Director Chen Ke Xin continued to direct the other actors in filming. Chen Xue Xia's scenes wouldn't start until tomorrow, so he had already checked into the dormitory.

  At this time, the real heroine appeared. She was a new actress and neither I nor Chen Qiuyang knew her. Her name was Li Manli. It was said that she was still studying for a master's degree at the film academy. This was her first time to take part in filming. Unlike Fan Bingbing or Lin Zhiling, those female stars who had stunningly beautiful faces that people would never forget at first glance, she looked more like a pure and innocent schoolgirl with a strong bookworm aura, having a fresh and elegant temperament like a young lady from a noble family.

  She is the kind of woman who will gradually attract you with her temperament after being in contact with her for a long time. I don't know why, but looking at her reminds me a bit of Qing Jiang, except that Qing Jiang has long hair while Li Manli has short and neat hair. I wonder how Qing Jiang is doing now?

  Chen Ke Xin, the director, first told Li Moli about the play, then let Li Moli get into character. At this time, the prop team brought in a table, on top of which was covered with a large red cloth something half as tall as a person. As the clapperboard clapped, and someone shouted "A", Li Moli began her performance: she wore a white women's shirt, light blue over-the-knee pleated skirt, she slowly walked from afar, seeing that on this deserted island had mysteriously appeared a wooden table. On top of the wooden table was something covered with eye-catching red cloth.

  Lily stood in front of the table, hesitating with a bit of fear and curiosity, reaching out to lift the red cloth. Her right hand moved slowly, trembling, finally gathering courage, grabbing the corner of the red cloth, then lifting it up - A terrifying deep red wooden puppet suddenly appeared. The puppet's appearance was extremely frightening, with a flat face, bulging cheeks, and two pairs of eyes that were also bulging out. Its lips were evilly split open, emitting an eerie smile. Lily saw the puppet and let out a sharp scream, then turned around and ran away, her face full of terror.

  "Cut, perfect!" We who were watching from the side couldn't help but applaud lightly. It seems that Li Manli's acting skills are really good and her performance is very layered. After finishing filming for today, Li Manli went to rest alone. Maybe because she was still a student or a newcomer, she didn't even have an assistant.

  "Wow, she's still a student and a newcomer who just debuted with her first drama being directed by Chen Ke Xin, and on top of that, she gets to act alongside Chen Xue Xia? Isn't that just too lucky? Does she have some kind of background or something?"

  Actually, at first we also thought she might have a background or be closely related to the investors. But later on set, we heard many people discussing Li Manli's great acting skills, saying that she should have started acting long ago.

  I also roughly understood the background of this Li Manli: She had a study abroad experience in South Korea, and when she was a graduate student at the film academy, she was discovered by director Chen Ke Xin. Director Chen Ke Xin originally went to the film academy to select a newcomer to play a female supporting role in "The Soul of the Broken Bridge". He interviewed many people but wasn't satisfied with any of them. Later, he saw Li Manli eating quietly alone in the school cafeteria and immediately decided that she would play the female lead. So, he sincerely invited Li Manli to join the production. However, at first, Li Manli refused, meaning that during her time at school, she didn't want to go out and film, but rather wanted to focus on completing her studies first. Director Chen Ke Xin had no choice but to ask Li Manli's instructor to persuade her, and only then did Li Manli reluctantly agree. Then, during the screen test, director Chen Ke Xin discovered that this newcomer, Li Manli, had an astonishing acting talent, already at a level comparable to a seasoned actress, so he made an even bolder decision: let Li Manli play the female lead.

  After knowing Li Manli's story, we can't help but sigh: gold will always shine.

  We had dinner with the crew, Chen Xue Xia and Li Man Li ate together to foster their relationship for tonight's scene. After dinner, a green screen was set up on the set, where Li Man Li needed to act out a scene where she saw a wooden puppet that could move on its own. This is a very challenging scene for Li Man Li's acting skills, as the terrifying moving puppet in front of her will be synthesized using computer technology later. In fact, this scene is part of Li Man Li's dream content.

  For the first time, Li Manli's performance wasn't very good, so she proactively asked to do it again. Li Manli walked step by step in front of the green screen, her eyes suddenly widened, and she stared at the "puppet" that was walking towards her step by step: "Who are you? Why do you keep following me?"

  "It's impossible, you're just a lifeless wooden puppet, you can't possibly move."

  The wooden puppet attacked Li Manli, was knocked to the ground, screamed and desperately resisted.

  "Fantastic! It's really too fantastic!" The staff helped Li Manli up, while Chen Kexin couldn't suppress her excitement. The main actors returned to their dormitory one after another to rest.

  Chen Ke Xin continued to shoot, in front of the green screen, starting to arrange 12 wooden puppets, all identical, but each with a different pose. Chen Ke Xin directed the photographer to take shots from various angles and positions.

  I gazed at the 12 wooden puppets from afar and said, "This puppet looks incredibly eerie. If I watch this movie in a cinema in the future, I'll definitely be scared to death by this puppet. The prop team is amazing, they can create so many terrifying and frightening puppets."

  A middle-aged man in charge of food next to me heard my words and smiled: "You're wrong, these puppets weren't made by the prop team, but were brought in by the production team at great expense from the world-renowned Guo Jie Acrobatic Troupe. These props are all genuine. Tomorrow's scene where the male and female leads meet will take place while watching a puppet show at the Guo Jie Acrobatic Troupe. You can see the wonderful performance of the Guo Jie Acrobatic Troupe tomorrow, don't forget to come and watch!"

  The dormitory where the three of us lived was very simple, all temporarily built. The three of us were in the same room, but there were two beds, with a curtain in between. In fact, whether there was a curtain or not, we three had no problem at all, because we didn't think of Yueran as a girl from the start. Before when we lived in the same room several times, Yueran also wore loose sleepwear and shaved her legs with a razor in front of us, without any distinction between male and female.

  However, with the appearance of handsome Chen Xue Xia, it triggered Yu Ruo Lan's feminine side. Her estrogen levels have skyrocketed and she has become even more delicate than Lin Chi-ling. Therefore, we still need to keep a distance from her - although as soon as she returns to her room, her tomboy nature is revealed again: she has started secretly using Chen Chun Yang's razor to shave her leg hair again.

  Regarding the issue of Kui Ruo Lan growing leg hair every day, both I and Chen Qiu Yang suspected that Kui Ruo Lan might not be a real girl. Although she has a height of 180 cm, long legs, and a devilishly sexy figure, we had never heard of any respectable woman having thick leg hair growing out every day. This slightly troubling issue was finally dispelled when one time at the Wu Xie Society's main hall while drinking tea, she accidentally pulled out a large package of sanitary napkins from her bag instead of toilet paper.

  There is only one wooden bed here, which means I have to share a bed with Chen Qiuyang tonight...

  Although I think that there is true love between boys, and it's very beautiful, those are just the stories of Korean pretty boys loving each other that look good to watch. But if it were me, a skinny monkey-like person, and Chen Qiuyang, who's as fat as a bear, sleeping in the same bed, that scene would be too ugly for anyone to watch. Moreover, Chen Qiuyang is always so feminine and still single, I really can't tell his sexual orientation.

  But this dormitory is very narrow, and I also can't sleep on the floor, so tonight I have to share a bed with Chen Qiuyang.

  At night, the dormitory area fell into a deep silence. The isolated island itself was very quiet, with almost no one else except for us who came to film. Except for the sound of waves crashing against the shore in the distance, you could hardly hear any other sounds.

  The wooden bed was very small, Chen Qiuyang's body was huge, he occupied two-thirds of the space by himself, and during sleep, I was startled awake once, it turned out that Chen Qiuyang had turned over, his left hand suddenly rested on my waist, giving me a fright. Sleepless, I looked at Chen Qiuyang who was sleeping like a dead pig, then went outside to smoke a cigarette.

  The dormitory is actually not far from the filming location, surrounded by dense and lush strange trees, but there is still a large open space about half the size of a football field. The night is very dark, fortunately, there is an orange lamp at the entrance of the dormitory.

  I sat down on a rock in the open space, lit a cigarette and puffed out a smoke ring. On this isolated island far from the mainland, the temperature dropped sharply at night, and even wrapped in a thick military coat, I still felt chilly as it slowly seeped through the coat into my skin.

  After finishing smoking, I threw the cigarette butt on the ground and covered it with mud until the fire was completely extinguished before standing up to head back to my dormitory to sleep.

  When I had just taken my first step, I suddenly saw the heroine Li Manli slowly walking out of the dormitory, squatting in front of me at a distance, with her hands holding onto an infant's hands.