Ning Luo was watching intently. When he saw Sun Shaoyi slipping, he blinked: “What’s wrong? Did you lose your balance?”
Shen Wenyu covered his eyes: You still dare to ask.
“I think so,” he replied vaguely. Seeing Ning Luo wearing a large sleeveless vest, the muscles on his exposed arms were smooth and beautiful. He whistled, “I didn’t expect that Xiao Luo has quite a good figure.”
Ning Luo proudly puffed out his chest: “I have practiced.”
“Wait a minute,” Shen Wenyu pointed at the things exposed at his collar and asked, “What’s under your clothes?”
Ning Luo:?
[It’s my hot body.]
“…”
Shen Wenyu didn’t want to hear him say any more nonsense, so he lifted his collar and took a look. It was a heat pack.
“Why stick it directly on the skin? Be careful of low-temperature burns.”
Even indoors, it was still cold in late autumn. The fair skin suddenly came into contact with the cold air and shivered, becoming even paler. Only the place where the heat pack was applied was faintly pink.
Shen Wenyu didn’t feel anything when he pulled his collar, but now he felt a little awkward after seeing this scene, so he quickly let go.
Ning Luo didn’t notice it at all and tore open the heat pack: “It has been opened for a while; it’s not that hot. I’ll just keep it on for a bit now. Before going on, I still have to tear it off.”
Shen Wenyu mumbled a few vague replies.
The long shot ends, and it’s time to prepare for other shots. The second male, Bai Xi, played by Ning Luo, is also about to go on stage.
At this time, the female lead, Yin Zhijing, still didn’t know he was there; it was not until she sent Miss Gu away and went back to the boxing ring to get her things that she saw Bai Xi standing there.
He seemed to have been standing there for a long time.
“Bai Xi?” She was surprised for a moment, then smiled, “No, I should call you Lawyer Bai. I never thought that the person who followed me and called me sister is now the most prestigious litigation lawyer in the top law firm.”
The thirteen-year-old Bai Xi was cowardly and timid, a poor guy who was pulled by the hair and slapped in the toilet.
But after being abandoned again and again, the twenty-six-year-old Bai Xi has developed a strong body, and the thorns on his body can hurt anyone who wants to hurt him.
Bai Xi looked at her, and a sharp, cold smile slowly climbed up his face: “I’m so sorry that a piece of trash like me appears in front of you again. Sister, do you feel disgusted?”
When he called “sister,” the smile on the corner of his mouth became deeper and deeper, but in his eyes it seemed as though there was a tear held back, one that couldn’t fall no matter what, only able to sink into his heart.
Yin Zhijing didn’t know how to answer him: “Bai Xi, I’m sorry for leaving without saying goodbye. I didn’t expect that after I left they would treat you like that because of me…”
“Shut up, don’t say another word,” Bai Xi interrupted abruptly, with annoyance floating between his beautiful eyebrows, and raised his chin to point to the boxing ring. “A match?”
Yin Zhijing agreed. After the two of them went to the boxing ring, she found that Bai Xi was no longer the sickly boy he used to be. He even punched as if he was venting. No matter how badly he was injured, he would definitely rush over and fight back fiercely, never defending.
After being pressed to the ground by him again and again, Yin Zhijing admitted defeat: “You won. I didn’t expect that you are so good at fighting now, and you can already become a master.”
Bai Xi stared at her, without joy in his eyes: “Guess, why am I so good at fighting?”
Yin Zhijing was stunned and quieted down.
She could see the scars on Bai Xi’s body, crisscrossed.
Bai Xi didn’t expect her to answer either. Without saying a word, he let go and walked toward the door.
“Bai Xi!”
Yin Zhijing called him.
He didn’t look back.
“Bai Xi, if someone scolded you twice, and you remembered it for ten years, then that means he scolded you for ten years. If you remember it for life, then he scolded you your whole life.”
Yin Zhijing looked at his back and said word by word, cherishingly, “I treat you as my younger brother. I hope my younger brother can always be happy, learn to raise his head, move forward, and leave all the unhappiness behind.”
The camera is fixed on Bai Xi’s expression.
Under the messy hair, a pair of eyes are quietly drooping, as if there was a glimmer of moisture, or perhaps it was an illusion.
On the contrary, the small mole at the corner of the eye is hanging there, about to fall, like a tear that has not dried up for years.
…
Ning Luo has been keeping this expression for the camera to shoot enough. The loose clothes on his body make him look more miserable when the wind blows.
Throughout the whole play, the actors are full of emotions and feelings. Many soft-hearted girls at the scene have red eyes and can’t help but feel sorry for the character of Bai Xi.
Sun Shaoyi didn’t come out of the play a little. Seeing Ning Luo standing there alone, she subconsciously raised her foot to go forward and comfort him.
[Ahhhhhhh, how many shots do we have to film to be done? I’m almost frozen to death. I’m an ice cube now. I’m as cold as the seals counting a thousand kilometers north of Niagara! But you don’t care about my feelings at all; you only care about your scene!]
[What does a seal’s cry sound like? It’s me: freezing to death, freezing to death, freezing to death, freezing to death——!]
Sun Shaoyi’s raised foot paused in the air for a while, and then she put it back as if nothing had happened.
She actually wanted to comfort Ning Luo? This is the most carefree person; he eats and drinks when he should and doesn’t take anything to heart.
While watching the extremely broken micro-expression in the camera, Wang Lin listened to Ning Luo’s noisy shouting: “Cut. Ning Luo, you are awesome.”
This is really crazy.
After calling cut, Taozi immediately trotted over to put the thick coat on Ning Luo.
Ning Luo sniffed, thinking that Wang Lin was praising his acting skills: “Right, I also think that my acting just now was super awesome.”
Wang Lin laughed coldly.
The next scene was about the male and female protagonists, and it had nothing to do with him. Ning Luo stood next to Wang Lin and watched the fun.
Wang Lin: “By the way, have you gained weight recently?”
“Ah? Have I?”
Wang Lin looked him up and down and nodded: “Yes.”
Ning Luo didn’t believe it, so he found a scale to weigh himself.
136 pounds, ten pounds heavier than at the beginning.
This was all thanks to the food street near the new filming location and the good cooking skills of Aunt Zhang of the Ning family.
“…Okay,” Ning Luo swallowed his saliva with a guilty look under Wang Lin’s condemning eyes and sat down next to him. “I will lose weight and lose these ten pounds.”
Wang Lin’s face was serious: “Not ten pounds, but twenty pounds. And you have to lose weight within a month.”
Ning Luo shouted: “Why?”
“Didn’t you read the contract carefully at the time? Your role has physical requirements in the later stage. You have to show a feeling of being emaciated. You must be thin, very thin.”
The contract was read by the original owner, but he didn’t read it carefully, so Ning Luo certainly didn’t know.
He was stunned by this thunderbolt.
“So,” Wang Lin patted his shoulder sympathetically, “lose weight, 20 pounds in a month, you can do it.”
Ning Luo’s lips trembled.
After a moment, he jumped up from the chair: “Withdraw investment! I want to withdraw investment!”
He won’t stay here! Change the crew tonight!
–
Withdrawal of investment or something—it’s just Ning Luo’s empty talk.
Wang Lin was not scared at all. He just said “Oh” when he heard him shouting like that, then turned around to go direct the male and female leads.
Only Ning Luo was left, who was broken into pieces and couldn’t be put back together.
He had a dull look in his eyes until he returned to the Ning family villa.
Taozi helped him draw up a complete weight loss diet. She had experience working with female stars before and was talking to Aunt Zhang at this time.
“Aunt Zhang, remember, Brother Xiao Luo’s meal plan for the next few days is all written here. You must strictly follow this.”
Aunt Zhang: “Only eat a fist of beef and a few broccoli tonight; can he be full?”
Taozi smiled: “Look at what you said. How can you lose weight if you are full?”
Ning Luo, who was sitting in the car, heard it clearly and had the following six points to say: “…”
I hate people who have no sense of boundaries.
Taozi got into the car and stepped on his heart, which had already been broken into biscuit crumbs: “Brother Xiao Luo, I made an appointment with a fitness coach; remember to start working out tomorrow.”
Ning Luo’s soul floated out of his mouth; he murmured: “…Kill me…”
When Ning Yang got home from work, he saw Ning Luo sitting at the dining table, holding a fork and poking the beef on the plate over and over. Only after he had stabbed it until it was broken did he put it into his mouth, chewing mechanically.
“What’s wrong? Why don’t you eat the vegetables?” He glanced at the other dishes on the table.
Papa Ning desperately winked at him.
Ning Luo glanced at him: “Heh.”
He lowered his head and continued to poke the broccoli in the bowl.
Ning Yang: “…”
What a dog temper.
Father Ning coughed: “Xiao Luo needs to lose weight.”
Ning Yang sat down: “Yes, he has gained a lot of weight. Pigs raised during the Chinese New Year don’t grow this way.”
Ning Luo glared at him; the pain of losing weight made him feel horrible, and he bared his little white teeth: “Anyone who slanders me in the market and lets it reach my ears will be killed without mercy.”
Father Ning almost spit out a mouthful of soup.
Compared to him, Ning Yang seemed unusually calm: “Being an actor means enduring hardship. You should suffer more now, and later…”
Ning’s father wiped his mouth and continued: “Bitter first and sweet later, it will be better later.”
Ning Yang glanced at him: “When you get used to it in the future, you won’t feel bitter.”
Ning’s father: “…”
Ning Luo looked ridiculous: “Brother, I learned a new idiom from you. I hope you are well.”
He said sincerely: “I will be fine if you don’t come back.”
Ning’s father took a deep breath: “I also learned a new idiom.”
He pointed at Ning Luo, “Wolong,”[mfn]1. Crouching Dragon [/mfn]and then at Ning Yang, “Fengchu,”[mfn]2.Phoenix chick [/mfn] and finally couldn’t bear it anymore, “You two shut up and eat.”
Ning Xibai was packed up and sent to the crew for closed-off shooting. Ning’s mother went back to her parents’ home this week, and there were only the father and two sons at the table.
Although Father Ning told them to shut up, after a while he couldn’t help but speak first: “By the way, eldest, why did I hear that you let the girl from the Chen family to be your personal secretary?”
He disagreed: “Professionally speaking, she is an art student and can’t help you. If you let her be your secretary out of emotion, I don’t agree even more. It will affect your decision-making, and others will say something unpleasant.”
Ning Luo was eating and heard about this topic again and pricked up his ears.
[Chen Yan? Why is she a personal secretary again? Could it be that the last CEO who had a uterus transplant was not explosive enough and couldn’t create a psychological shadow for the eldest brother? ]
[Should I take some drastic measures…]
Ning Yang had no intention of involving his father in this and wanted to just brush it off. But when he heard this, his eyebrows jumped, fearing that he would be tormented again if he was a step late, so he hurriedly said: “It’s not what you think.”
He explained: “It’s because I noticed that Chen Yan and the Chen family behind her have other motives. I’m afraid she didn’t approach me just for a blind date, so I didn’t want to alert the snake, so I decided to test them first.”
So even though Ning Luo’s audiobook at the time had left him with considerable psychological trauma, Ning Yang still let Chen Yan be his personal secretary.
Some people were more reassuring to keep right under your nose.
When Ning’s father heard this, his face became serious, and he began to ask him about the details in depth, and Ning Yang replied one by one.
Ning Luo listened on the side, feeling bored. And since he didn’t have much he was allowed to eat anyway, he quickly finished the food on his plate, greeted them, and went upstairs.
Watching his figure disappear, Ning’s father said: “If I remember correctly, Chen Yan seems to be introduced by Xibai to you, and the eldest brother of the Chen family is his friend. You have to remind Xibai about this, in case he is also deceived.”
Ning Yang only said: “I’m keeping an eye on him and have reminded him, don’t worry, Dad.”
…
After a busy day, Ning Yang took a bath and lay down to sleep at night.
But he forgot that there was someone on a diet upstairs who was in a bad mood because he was not full.
Ning Luo was on the bed punching and kicking a pillow, rolling back and forth because of hunger.
[Hahaha, lose weight! Reduce weight! Hahaha, what a fun thing! Amazing actors must strictly control their weight haha! OMG wake up, and still have to act! Filming! Acting! Filming! Never end! Hahaha! ]
Ning Luo finally fell asleep after getting tired from rolling around and received a call from Taozi at six in the morning, asking him to get up and go to the gym with her.
“…”
After being tortured in the gym for a whole morning and eating a salad, Ning Luo returned to the crew with eyes glowing green.
Unfortunately, the crew upgraded their meals today and had barbecue.
Ning Luo stood at the door, smelling the aroma of cumin in the air, and his resentment practically materialized.
Wang Lin and others were happily eating skewers and showing off their meat when they suddenly felt an evil force approaching.
[All my colleagues were killed! All of them!]
Wang Lin was startled and turned around to see Ning Luo in the shadows: “Well, listen to our explanation…”
Ning Luo’s eyes fell on the watermelon in his hand.
He gritted his teeth.
[Hahahaha, watermelon! Sweet watermelon, freshly killed watermelon, fresh and still bleeding watermelon!]
