Chapter 67 - Chapter 67: Rehearsing the Lines With Huo Zheng
Chapter 67: Rehearsing the Lines With Huo Zheng
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Xiaowan felt inspired. When she returned home at night, she brought the script with her, hoping to rehearse with Huo Zheng.
Huo Zheng raised an eyebrow, flipping through the script.
“Which character should I play?”
Lin Xiaowan was most familiar with Feng Xiaohe, whom Chang Ning played. She pointed and said with a smile, “Let’s rehearse these lines.”
“This seems to be a female character?”
“That’s right. Brother, you won’t mind it, right?”
As time passed, Lin Xiaowan had grown more and more unrestrained when she was with Huo Zheng. When she needed something, she would address him as ‘brother’. Even her tone would change when she spoke to him.
Faced with this, Huo Zheng was helpless against her. He was in a state where he was ruthlessly controlled by the word ‘brother’.
Huo Zheng held the script and slowly read out the lines that Lin Xiaowan had pointed out earlier. He raised an eyebrow and looked at her indifferently as he said, “I wonder what the goddess has to say to me in private?”
The script was not rigid. As long as the lines retained their original meaning, it was fine to change them occasionally. For example, when Lin Xiaowan was rehearsing with Chang Ning during the day, Chang Ning would change her lines, but the meaning was still the same.
Lin Xiaowan was surprised by Huo Zheng’s performance. He had said the lines very naturally. He leaned against the couch and rested his elbow on the side; his posture did look awkward at all. For a moment, her brain seemed to have short-circuited, causing her to forget her lines. She blushed and said, “Let me look at my lines again.”
Huo Zheng silently watched as Lin Xiaowan took a seat, cleared her throat, and read the lines a few times. After a moment, he read his lines again.
Lin Xiaowan tried to immerse herself in her character. She furrowed her eyebrows and said disapprovingly, “You seemed to have forgotten your responsibility as a priestess. You’ve sullied your divinity by hanging around those people.”
“Oh,” Huo Zheng replied indifferently, “Divinity is meaningless to me, and I’ve never cared about being a priestess.”
Then, Huo Zheng looked up with a glint in his eyes and an insouciant smile before he continued to say, “However, I do have a way to change the goddess’ opinion of me.”
‘Huh? Why is this line so different from what I remember?’
Lin Xiaowan moved closer to Huo Zheng to have a look at the script.
Seeing that Lin Xiaowan took the initiative to move closer to him, he lowered his head and gently kissed her ear.
Lin Xiaowan felt his warm breath, and she shivered, struggling to read the script in her hand. This script was the one that Gu Yuwu had asked the director to give her, and she had read it page by page earlier. She did not remember reading such messy lines.
Huo Zheng chuckled and whispered in her ear seductively, “Since the goddess thinks I’ve sullied my divinity, if I sully the goddess’ divinity, the goddess won’t think that way anymore.”
Lin Xiaowan jolted as though she had been electrocuted. Her ears were red as she tried to push Huo Zheng away and complained, “Why did you change your lines? Feng… Feng Xiaohan isn’t a hooligan like you…”
Huo Zheng laughed. “Can’t 1 even kiss you?”
“There’s no kiss in the script!” Lin Xiaowan said indignantly, “How dare you kiss the goddess! I’m going to deduct your points! Moreover, Feng Xiaohe is a female character. Why are you reading her lines as though she’s a man?”
Huo Zheng’s expression did not change at all, and he continued to hold her in his arms. He said seriously, “I’m sorry, I’m not good at acting, after all. Qingqing, you think too highly of me.”
“Nonsense! You clearly acted very well earlier.”
Huo Zheng’s powerful and lazy aura when he read his lines earlier was even better than hers. However, it might also have something to do with his personality. He was usually high and mighty and domineering, used to giving orders at work.
Thinking about this, Lin Xiaowan had a flash of inspiration. She thought she could try to imitate Huo Zheng’s cold and aloof image when working. She quickly expressed her thoughts to him.
Huo Zheng nodded and asked, “Why don’t you follow me to the company to observe how I work?”
Lin Xiaowan pushed Huo Zheng away and said, “1 decline.”
Huo Zheng was puzzled.
Lin Xiaowan ignored Huo Zheng. She grabbed the script that had been left at the side, humming a tune as she went upstairs.
Huo Zheng laughed. He calmed down his restless heart before he read the news report.
The next day, Lin Xiaowan left in the same car as Huo Zheng.
When they arrived at Huo Zheng’s company, Huo Zheng got out of the car reluctantly. He knew that Lin Xiaowan was going to film her scenes for the first time today, and he wanted to watch her. He had mentioned it to her, but he was ruthlessly rejected. After getting out of the car, he still did not give up and asked, “1 really can’t take a look?”
“No,” Lin Xiaowan said, not giving in. She pried his hand off the car door, chasing him away as she said, “Alright, hurry up and go to work.”
Huo Zheng knew she probably felt shy and embarrassed so he could only give up, feeling regretful.
On the other hand, Lin Xiaowan, who was in the car, saw his aggrieved and helpless expression and could not help but feel a little guilty. She said, “After I get my makeup done and change into my costume, I’ll send you a photo.”
Huo Zheng was unaware of her thoughts, and he just nodded.
While Lin Xiaowan was on the way to the set, she received a call from Qiao You’an.
Qiao You’an and Gu Yuwu kept in contact from time to time. As such, she knew that Lin Xiaowan had been going to the set so she called to ask about it.
“How do you feel? Do you feel comfortable? Did anyone bully you?”
Lin Xiaowan replied, “No, it’s quite fun. 1 think acting is interesting.”
She laughed and continued to say, “Perhaps 1 find it interesting because the role isn’t difficult. I just need to sit and say my lines.”
“If you find it interesting, you can ask Gu Yuwu to keep an eye out for suitable roles for you. Our family doesn’t dabble in the entertainment industry. Gu Yuwu is a professional, and she has an entertainment company.”
Compared to acting, Lin Xiaowan felt like she was more interested in the murder mystery game that Chang Ning mentioned. According to Chang Ning, the game was a role-playing game. Everyone would be given a role, and it would only take a few hours to complete the game. It could satisfy one’s interest without taking too much time.
“There’s no need for that,” Lin Xiaowan replied before she asked, “Sister, have you ever played a murder mystery game?”
This was the first time that Qiao You’an had heard of this. She asked, “No. What is it?”
“It’s a game where everyone is assigned a role, and the objective is to find the murderer. 1 haven’t played it before either. Someone in the production told me about it,” Lin Xiaowan said before she seized the opportunity and asked, “Shall we find time to play this game?”
It was rare for Lin Xiaowan to suggest such a thing so Qiao You’an did not refuse her. She said, “That sounds like a good idea. If you come across such a thing again in the future, we can play it together..”