latelenovela Chapter 40: If you can't outsmart others as a human, you'll become a master as a ghost?
Chapter 40: If you can't outsmart others as a human, you'll become a master as a ghost?
Li Yunsheng said he was ready, but he couldn't suppress his fear.
After ten consecutive takes, the director finally lost his temper: "Li Yunsheng, do you have a problem with me personally, or is there something I did that you're not satisfied with?"
"You can film with anyone without any problems, but you keep having to do NG scenes every time you act opposite Yan Zhuoyu. What are you afraid of?"
Li Yunsheng stammered and couldn't give a clear answer, and he was worried that the props would be discovered.
The director had no choice but to ask Xu Guinan for help: "Teacher Xu, could you please give them some guidance? The rest of you can continue filming the next take."
Xu Guinan, wearing black-rimmed glasses, smiled and greeted the two of them. He had fair skin and looked very refined.
Yan Zhuoyu nodded politely and smiled in return.
"The key to this scene lies in the precise coordination of emotions and positioning. Yan Zhuoyu handled the emotions very well. I'll mainly talk to you, Li Yunsheng, about the props. Things like the dagger, teacup, and flowerpot are all fake, designed for safety, and can be extended. You also have a blood pack in your clothes, so don't be afraid..."
Xu Guinan's voice was gentle, and Li Yunsheng gradually calmed down under his reassurance.
She couldn't back down; her younger brother was still waiting in the hospital. She had had enough of this life where she had to be subservient and smile obsequiously to earn it. Once she went abroad, she could start all over again.
If she hadn't trusted the wrong person back then...
But what right does Yan Zhuoyu have?
The resentment in Li Yunsheng's eyes grew wildly. She lowered her head slightly, pretending to look at the script, to hide her emotions.
After Xu Guinan finished explaining the play, he stopped as he passed Yan Zhuoyu and asked, "Um, can I call you Xiao Yan?"
Yan Zhuoyu closed the script, leaned back in her chair, and looked up at him: "Why?"
Given his seniority, it wouldn't have been a problem for him to call her Xiao Yan, but she still asked a question, more like asking why he took that photo and why he helped her.
She made no attempt to hide her doubts and wariness, and Xu Guinan did not pretend not to understand or try to brush it off.
Xu Guinan pushed up his glasses and said gently with a smile, "Don't worry, I didn't mean any harm. I just got caught in the rain myself and wanted to hold an umbrella for others as well. I don't want someone like you to follow in my footsteps."
I appreciate your kindness and will remember it.
Yan Zhuoyu lazily rested her chin on her hand, a half-smile on her face: "But what kind of person am I?"
"Good guy."
Unexpected answer.
Not long after Xu Guinan left, the director sent someone to call them back to continue filming the scene they had just finished.
Yan Zhuoyu picked up the dagger she had just put down and used the script to block out the sunlight. Suddenly, a sinister female voice came from behind her.
"Yan Zhuoyu, you've already got everything, why do you still want to compete with us ordinary people?"
Li Yunsheng's face was deathly pale, looking even worse than before. He asked in a low, neurotic voice, "I know you're no ordinary person. As long as you apologize to me, compensate me for all my losses, or voluntarily announce your retirement from the entertainment industry, I'll let you go..."
Yan Zhuoyu paused, confused: "You have heatstroke? There's mung bean soup over there, and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water is quite effective too."
Li Yunsheng didn't say anything more. She had already given Yan Zhuoyu a chance, but the other party didn't cherish it.
……
After filming began, Yan Zhuoyu's mind was filled with the words Li Yunsheng had just said, and she felt uneasy.
She was naturally sensitive, just like in Xu Guinan's photo. She couldn't help but overthink things, a habit she had developed since childhood in order to make her life better under her stepmother's care.
What does it mean to let her go? What is Li Yunsheng trying to do?
As Yan Zhuoyu recited her lines fluently according to the script, she was also thinking about all the possible risks in her mind.
If the other party wants to harm her or frame her, where would they start?
Wire work? Makeup artist? Drinks? ...
This time, the junior sister didn't hesitate at all and resolutely stood in front of her master.
It's a dagger!
Yan Zhuoyu pressed the switch to retract the blade in advance, and sure enough, the spring was locked, and it could no longer retract into the sheath.
She quickly flipped the dagger outwards, but her sixth junior brother, who was supposed to be standing aside as a background figure, stumbled and bumped right into her arm, with an identical dagger emerging from his sleeve.
puff-
The knife tip pierced the blood pack, and also pierced the flesh.
Li Yunsheng screamed and fell to the ground. Bright red blood gradually soaked her white fairy robe and flowed onto the ground.
Yan Zhuoyu was also pushed to the ground. She forcibly put away the knife and cut her finger, her hand was covered in blood. But how did Li Yunsheng get injured?
She stiffly turned her head to look at the actor who had just arrived at the theater that day.
The sixth junior brother stood up as if nothing had happened and left with a calm expression.
The director didn't notice anything amiss, but was furious that the shot had been ruined again: "You, the one playing the sixth junior brother! Who gave you permission to add scenes without permission!"
Li Yunsheng wailed in agony, "Help...help me! Yan Zhuoyu is going to kill me..."
Her face was pale, and blood was gushing from the wound on her abdomen. The actors who were nearby screamed after just one glance: "Something's happened!"
"What!?"
The director was stunned for a few seconds, then ran over to check the situation as if his life depended on it.
Everyone gathered around Li Yunsheng. Qiao Xinyun rushed to Yan Zhuoyu's side immediately and asked anxiously, "Are you alright?"
"what's the situation?"
Yan Zhuoyu looked dazed, clutching the blood-stained dagger tightly as she forced herself to calm down.
She stood there, tightly gripping the director with her uninjured hand: "Call the police, call an ambulance, evacuate the crowd, and keep the scene as it is."
He then instructed Qiao Xinyun: "You and Qiu Tong stop that actor from leaving. Be careful, he has a knife!"
"Also, have someone retrieve the surveillance footage immediately; we absolutely cannot allow any more problems to occur."
Yan Zhuoyu quickly issued instructions, and the director seemed to have found his backbone. He immediately told everyone to disperse, some to check the surveillance footage, and others to stop people from entering.
The actor's movements were too fast, and Li Yunsheng couldn't tell what was happening at all. The massive blood loss made her feel cold all over and she started talking nonsense.
"Yan Zhuoyu, even if I die, I will haunt you as a ghost. You've already married that man, why are you still trying to steal our resources..."
"You will die a horrible death, I will not let you go."
Yan Zhuoyu looked down at her, her tone icy: "You can't outsmart others as a human, but you think you're so clever as a ghost?"
Some people vaguely caught Li Yunsheng's words and pondered the grudges between them, as well as the phrase "marrying someone," wondering who that person was.
Even now, he didn't dare say her name; the only person he could think of was from the Pei family.
Soon, the ambulance arrived, and along with it rushed in the media and reporters that Song Zhiyu had arranged beforehand.
Medical staff lifted Li Yunsheng onto a stretcher, while Yan Zhuoyu was also taken to the ambulance.
A cacophony of flashes and shutter clicks filled the air, sirens blared as they drew nearer, and the scene grew increasingly chaotic.
Some people, though unaware of what happened, were able to piece together the general situation from fragmented information: "Famous actress Yan Zhuoyu allegedly got into a conflict with someone on set and caused injury by mistake!"