Chapter 93: CH 93

Lu Zhi Wei thought that Sang Wan Ci was being quite logical.

So Lu Zhi Wei honestly explained to her sister the scene that they were going to film.

Even if she didn’t let Lu Si Jiao watch now, she would see it when the movie screened. There was no way to escape it.

After Lu Si Jiao heard it: “……”

She slowly covered her mouth, shock showing in her eyes.

Then she covered her eyes too, suddenly feeling embarrassed for her sister.

God, what sort of coincidence was this?

God, she was actually going to watch her sister act out a kissing scene with another girl?

Kissing in front of so many people, isn’t it too embarrassing!

She spread open her fingers and snuck a glance at the man beside her.

Then she poked him.

“Ying Xi Ze, how can you be so calm? Your expression didn’t even change, shouldn’t you be embarrassed at a time like this?”

Ying Xi Ze chuckled and patted her head: “Classmate Si Jiao, we’re actors, it’s normal for us to have intimate scenes from time to time.”

Lu Si Jiao: “……”

Oh, right, she forgot he was an actor too.

Crap.

She snuck a glance at Sang Wan Ci.

Sang Wan Ci was elegantly eating her dinner, clearly unaffected. She was so calm that it was like the person who was going to film the kissing scene and sex scene later wasn’t her.

Of course Sang Wan Ci didn’t mind.

This was a requirement for the movie, and what was there to be unhappy about over filming an intimate scene with her beloved girlfriend?

But her girlfriend’s skin was a bit thin.

Thinking about it, she looked up at Lu Zhi Wei’s back, a smile in her eyes.

Lu Si Jiao thought about it, and decided she still wanted to watch Lu Zhi Wei filming.

It was a proper movie, the scene shouldn’t be too weird!

It’s so rare for her to come, she couldn’t just leave without seeing anything, right? At most she’ll just watch bits and pieces……

Seeing that she was truly curious, Lu Zhi Wei said she’ll speak to Director Guo about it.

She would see it sooner or later. Besides, what’s wrong with Lu Zhi Wei kissing her own girlfriend.

They were going to go public with it one day!

Having greeted them, Ying Xi Ze went off to look for Luo Xin Han.

“I’ll come back when it’s time for the filming.”

He still had to watch over the clueless child, Lu Si Jiao.

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Night fell and the sky was littered with sparkling stars.

Lu Zhi Wei climbed up onto the high wall again with the help of the employees.

This time, she had a jar of wine in her hand and her makeup was purposefully done to make her seem like she was tipsy.

Now that the goddess had the desires of mortals, she had also learnt from them how to drown her sorrows in alcohol.

With Guo Hui’s permission, Lu Si Jiao and Ying Xi Ze stood behind the monitors and watched.

Lu Si Jiao stood beside Ying Xi Ze. If it wasn’t for her excited expression, she would look exactly like a member of the staff……

She gazed at her jiejie, sitting on top of a wall dressed in ancient attire.

There was a crisp jingle that carried with the wind.

The surroundings were elegant and simple, as if she was in a painting.

If it wasn’t for the modern lighting equipment and the crew and the cameras…… It really would appear like she was in ancient times.

She shook off her thoughts and looked towards her sister again.

If it wasn’t for Guo Hui disallowing it, she really wanted to snap a photo of her jiejie working seriously and show it to other fans.

On Lu Zhi Wei’s end, she patted her chest and realised something was missing, so she looked at the employee on the ground and said something to them.

The employee turned and searched for an intricate little bottle, then climbed up the ladder to pass it to Lu Zhi Wei.

She checked again and made sure everything was ready.

She flashed an “OK” to Guo Hui.

Guo Hui gave her the “OK” sign back.

Lu Si Jiao excitedly grabbed Ying Xi Ze’s arm, restraining herself from making a noise.

Ying Xi Ze glanced at her, smiling helplessly and dotingly.

Everybody was in position, and filming started ——

This scene needed to show how despondent the goddess was.

Perhaps not everything would make it into the final cut, but they still had to properly film this scene.

Once it started, Lu Zhi Wei immediately got into character.

She lifted her head to look at the sky, a foot dangling off the wall and swaying as the bell chimed.

The goddess had taken the wine off her offerings altar. Everything on the altar belonged to her, she could eat and drink all of it.

Even if it disappeared, the temple would just assume a miracle had happened.

There were too many miracles in this world. If someone encountered something they couldn’t explain, they would believe in this illusion.

She looked at the stars in the sky.

Her cheeks were flushed and there was a hint of melancholy in her eyes.

Her entire brain was filled with Lin Huai Rou’s words, affirming her feelings for Zhou Ming Shan.

The goddess suddenly laughed and lowered her eyes, picking up the wine jar.

In love……

How could you be in love with a man like that?

Lin Huai Rou, could you really have fallen for him? Or are you scared of something?

She was always carrying a burden around, but refusing to tell it to people, even a stone statue.

So the goddess didn’t know, and she couldn’t be sure whether Lin Huai Rou really liked Zhou Ming Shan or not.

Maybe she really did like him, but that would be so painful.

Liking someone like that was too arduous……

She pulled out a small bottle from her clothes.

The bottle was intricate and transparent, with the liquid inside faintly glowing.

—— The potion of forgetfulness.

She had even procured this.

After drinking it, one would be able to forget all the memories concerning the person they loved.

Since she said she liked Zhou Ming Shan, then forgetting about him would definitely let her live this life a little better……

When she had forgotten Zhou Ming Shan, the goddess would take her away to Xiling and to see the rest of the world.

The goddess gazed at the potion with dark eyes.

Actually, she couldn’t be sure if she had obtained the potion for Lin Huai Rou or for herself.

She wanted to help Lin Huai Rou escape this bitterness, and she also wanted Lin Huai Rou’s love.

Not the love between a god and their believer, but between a couple.

After a moment, she kept the potion in her treasure pouch.

Then she looked up at the sky, mumbling tipsily: “I don’t want your piety, I want you……”

Then she picked up the jar, asking herself: “It’s so easy to get drunk on this wine……”

Outside of the set, Lu Si Jiao blinked as she watched.

Although she didn’t know what the context was, but just from watching Lu Zhi Wei’s acting, she knew the character was frustrated and melancholic.

Lu Zhi Wei’s acting was good. Just a few expressions and a couple of lines could pull someone into the scene.

As if it was accommodating this scene, even the night breeze felt lonely.

After a while, Sang Wan Ci entered.

Lu Si Jiao saw her elegant and beautiful costume, from the collar of her robe to the hairpins, they were all exquisite and telling of her status.

Lu Si Jiao had to admit the netizens were right.

Sang Wan Ci was really beautiful in ancient costume, unreasonably beautiful.

If someone saw it, they’d want to lock her in an ancient costume forever!

Lu Si Jiao paid attention to the two of them.

Lin Huai Rou came to apologise to the goddess.

Unexpectedly, the goddess was actually drinking.

She didn’t know where this girl had learnt to drink alcohol, or where the alcohol had come from. But seeing her unhappiness and tipsiness, Lin Huai Rou didn’t want to ask.

“Ah Yue.”

The goddess replied and looked down, then climbed down herself clumsily.

Seeing it, Lin Huai Rou was surprised, quickly walking over and catching her to help her into the house.

The house was dimly lit with just one oil lamp.

The goddess lay on the bed and her fingers loosened as the wine jar rolled on the ground.

Lin Huai Rou sat by the edge of the bed and looked at her, guilt written on her face.

Today, her husband had flown into a rage because of her and stayed out late at night.

Her parents had blamed her for being immature and not pleasing her husband.

In the entire mansion, only Ah Yue would ask if she was in pain and upset. And only Ah Yue dared to do it.

But she had been harsh with someone who was so kind, chasing her out of the room and causing her to drink alone in sorrow.

She was indeed guilty……

“Rest well,” she said lightly. “I’ll come to visit you tomorrow.”

…… I’ll come and apologise again.

The goddess was tipsy, vaguely hearing someone calling her.

It seemed like Lin Huai Rou’s voice.

That person didn’t stay long, pulling the blanket over her before leaving.

The goddess frowned, suddenly feeling bad.

Where was she going?

Why didn’t she stay by my side?

Was she going back to Zhou Ming Shan?

Don’t go……

Stay with me……

After a while, someone came again.

That person seemed to want to blow out the lamp, but they somehow walked to her bed and looked at her.

That person reached out a cool hand to touch her cheek.

That person was asking softly if she wasn’t feeling well.

That person…… smelt like Lin Huai Rou.

The goddess sat up, her black hair in a mess.

She looked at the person in front of her carefully.

She didn’t know if it was because she was missing her. In her drunken haze, it seemed as if she really saw Lin Huai Rou and heard her calling “Ah Yue”.

—— Lin Huai Rou

It’s you?

You came back, you’re staying by my side……

You’re leaving Zhou Ming Shan, you’re going to love your god, your belief……

Lin Huai Rou saw the goddess reach out a hand and press it onto her shoulder, then suddenly leaned over and pressed her lips gently to her own cheek.

She was stunned.

The goddess was still kissing her, as she asked: “Does it still hurt?”

The goddess didn’t know what she was doing, she only spoke the words in her heart:

“It’s Zhou Ming Shan’s fault, he doesn’t know how to cherish you.

“Leave him, I’ll bring you away, I’ll bring you away……

“You won’t hurt again, and you won’t be upset anymore……”

Her kiss landed on Lin Huai Rou’s cheek, on Lin Huai Rou’s eyebrow, and finally, her lips hovered just in front of Lin Huai Rou’s.

The atmosphere was good, even the warm orange light from the lamp had an ambiguous feeling.

Lu Si Jiao suddenly felt embarrassed watching it.

She slowly raised her hand and covered her eyes. Not only did she cover her eyes, she even covered Ying Xi Ze’s eyes.

Ying Xi Ze’s world suddenly turned dark and he was forced to bend over.

Ying Xi Ze: “?”

Knowing that an intimate scene would be filmed today, the scriptwriter Wen Shuang also came over to watch.

At this moment, she was sitting behind the monitor with Guo Hui, watching Lu Zhi Wei and Sang Wan Ci act.

On the monitor, Lu Zhi Wei held Sang Wan Ci’s face, her eyes shining.

The distance slowly closed between their lips…… before they pulled away.

Lu Zhi Wei turned away and laughed.

Sang Wan Ci held her waist and chuckled before calling out: “Teacher Lu.”

Lu Zhi Wei’s face was made up to look like she was drunk, so nobody could tell if she was blushing. She could only suppress her laugh and say: “Sorry, I suddenly felt like laughing……”

Wen Shuang pointed at the monitor and told Guo Hui: “Look, her ear’s red. She’s embarrassed.”

Guo Hui smiled: “The other girl’s not embarrassed at all.”

Wen Shuang: “In terms of how thick their skin is, Teacher Sang is more impressive than Teacher Lu.”

Guo Hui nodded seriously, then let the actors adjust their emotions and start filming again from the kiss scene.

Hearing it, Lu Si Jiao slowly moved her fingers away and relaxed.

Then, she suddenly heard Ying Xi Ze asked: “Si Jiao, can you let go of me now?”

Lu Si Jiao immediately pulled back her hand.

Ying Xi Ze finally saw the world again.

Lu Si Jiao patted his arm and said out of consideration for her sister: “Let’s go back to the hotel, my jie will definitely be embarrassed if we’re here.”

Ying Xi Ze didn’t have much opinion, he was fine with anything.

Lu Si Jiao nodded: “Alright, I’ll go back with my jie‘s assistant first, you can go look for your friend.”

Ying Xi Ze rubbed her head again: “Alright, call me if there’s anything.”

Lu Si Jiao wanted to punch him: “Don’t mess up my hair!”

Ying Xi Ze smiled and tidied up her hair: “Aiya, it’s not messy.”

Wen Wen ran to inform Lu Zhi Wei, then brought Lu Si Jiao back to the hotel.

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly felt that the child had grown up, she even knew to spare her sister the embarrassment.

Although she would still see it after the movie started showing……

Lu Zhi Wei and Sang Wan Ci stood by the pond, quietly adjusting their emotions.

Guo Hui told the crew not to disturb them, and that they would resume filming after they were done getting into the mood.

She wanted the best results, of course the actors had to bring out their best, most natural emotions.

Lu Zhi Wei leaned over and looked at the pond.

She wasn’t someone who couldn’t accept intimate scenes. It’s only that she suddenly felt a little embarrassed and nervous when she had to do something that she had done multiple times in private with Sang Wan Ci in front of the cameras.

Sang Wan Ci patted her back, comforting her: “Don’t be nervous.”

Lu Zhi Wei looked at her and asked curiously: “Wan Ci, are you nervous?”

Sang Wan Ci nodded.

Lu Zhi Wei straightened up and smiled: “Nervous about what?”

“It’s the first time filming a kiss scene with you,” Sang Wan Ci said in a low voice that only they could hear, “I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist kissing you a bit longer.”

Hearing that, Lu Zhi Wei smiled and replied honestly: “I’m afraid too.”

Afraid she couldn’t hide her liking for Sang Wan Ci.

Afraid she would reveal her feelings.

Sang Wan Ci suddenly said: “Zhi Wei likes me a lot, the goddess also likes Lin Huai Rou a lot.”

Lu Zhi Wei immediately understood.

That’s right. If she really couldn’t resist kissing Sang Wan Ci a bit more, she could just say she got too into character.

But if she really couldn’t hide it…… Then forget about hiding it!

Filming was most important, the rest could be discussed later.

Go with the flow and leave it up to fate.

“Let’s go, continue filming.” Lu Zhi Wei held Sang Wan Ci’s hand. “The faster we finish, the faster we can end work.”

This might be the only time they had a collaboration with a kiss scene, they had to cherish the opportunity.

After preparing, the crew started filming again.

The two of them got into character.

Guo Hui was surprised to find their attitude was much more relaxed this time.

Lu Zhi Wei held Sang Wan Ci’s face and kissed it again.

From the cheek to the eyebrows, showing an intimate love from the goddess’ tipsy expression.

She paused again in front of Sang Wan Ci’s lips.

Lu Zhi Wei was trying her best to forget about the cameras, to immerse herself in the goddess’ character.

The effect was good. Soon, her eyes and mind were filled with only the beautiful person in front of her.

Sang Wan Ci’s Lin Huai Rou sat there unmoving, a trace of shock in her eyes.

Lin Huai Rou had never expected that there was someone in this world who cared about her so much, that would still be thinking of her even when they were drunk.

She didn’t expect Ah Yue would actually…… kiss her.

The goddess held her face, looking straight at her lips.

There was no rationality, she was intoxicated.

The next second, she kissed Lin Huai Rou, pressing her down.

The goddess felt like she was dreaming.

It was only in a dream that she could have what she wanted.

Only in a dream would Lin Huai Rou respond to her and give her everything she wanted.

Thinking about it, her actions became even bolder.

A dream with Lin Huai Rou was a good dream. Since it was a good dream, she shouldn’t have any restraint. She should do what she wanted to do.

The fabric of their clothes rubbed together, causing a rustling sound.

The ankle bell jingled, but the sound was no longer gentle like it usually was.

The goddess undid the waist belt of the person below her, pulling off her restricting and elegant clothes.

Her actions were filled with reckless dominance, full of resentment and selfishness.

Lin Huai Rou, your belief has her own selfish desires.

She likes you, she wants to have you, all her dreams are of you.

So can you like her and leave with her, give up everything here and give yourself a way out……

This bed scene was beautifully yet vaguely filmed.

Because the actual scene only showed the goddess kissing Lin Huai Rou. The more intimate scenes would appear in the future in the form of the goddess recalling the dream, and so it would not directly tell the audience whether or not the goddess actually did anything with her believer.

So after the two of them finished the kissing scene, they started getting into position for the bed scene.

Fingers interlocked.

A kiss on the shoulder.

A bare back, a slightly raised chin.

The goddess buried her head in the crook of Lin Huai Rou’s neck, pressing a kiss to the skin.

All these living beings, but she only loved her.

This intimate scene was successfully filmed.

Sang Wan Ci lay under Lu Zhi Wei, looking up at her.

Lu Zhi Wei brushed away her hair unconsciously.

The atmosphere was good.

The two of them also successfully suppressed their desire for each other, but they felt it was odd.

—— Why was Director Guo not calling to cut?

The script was only written until here, what else was there to film?

They couldn’t need to still hug each other and passionately kiss, right?

The two of them communicated with their eyes.

—— Why is Director Guo still not calling to cut?

—— We didn’t film it well?

—— That can’t be it, she would call to cut and get us to refilm if we didn’t do it well!

—— Ask her directly.

The secret conversation came to an end.

Lu Zhi Wei maintained her position on top of Sang Wan Ci, slowly turning to look at the camera and asking: “Isn’t this scene supposed to be over, or…… Did we take the wrong script?”

Behind the monitors, Guo Hui and Wen Shuang finally came back to their senses.

Guo Hui smiled: “Our two female leads had such a good atmosphere, I was a bit too embarrassed to disturb.”

They didn’t do anything but it felt like they did.

Why did these two people look so compatible even just lying there together?

Especially that kiss, the two of them looked like they had a lot of experience, not like it was the first time they were kissing someone.

Wen Shuang joked: “Aiya, if Teacher Sang and Teacher Lu fall in love because of filming, then our movie would have committed a good deed.”

Lu Zhi Wei’s face turned red as she lowered her head and covered her face.

Seeing it, Sang Wan Ci smiled and hugged her, rubbing her head.

Their personalities were completely different from their characters’.

The goddess was the daring one in the movie, while Sang Wan Ci was the daring one outside of the movie.

Lu Zhi Wei? She couldn’t do it, her skin was too thin, she wasn’t even at 30% of Sang Wan Ci’s level.

Tonight’s intimate scene was finished with just a small stumbling block.

When rewatching the scene through the monitor, Lu Zhi Wei was still a little embarrassed.

But it was good that she could accomplish Guo Hui’s requests.

Another scene would be filmed tomorrow, so they didn’t need to show up on the set and they could rest for a day.

They had planned to spend the day together, but Lu Si Jiao’s arrival had disrupted those plans.

So they could only enjoy alone time while they were walking back to the hotel.

Xiao Qiu had left early too.

The autumn night was quiet as they slowly walked.

Ever since they entered the production crew, they hadn’t had a lot of time to accompany each other and slowly stroll like this.

The time spent with each other suddenly became very precious.

After filming an intimate scene, Lu Zhi Wei had a lot of emotions left over.

She was most concerned with Wen Shuang’s joke about them falling in love after filming.

It wasn’t the first time she had heard someone say that. Everybody acted so naturally it was as if they had already come out of the closet. They felt it was very normal and expected too.

Was it really like that?

She wasn’t sure, but she was a bit curious.

—— She wanted to know the answer too.

“Wan Ci.”

“Mm?”

Lu Zhi Wei held her hands behind her back as she walked and looked at Sang Wan Ci: “Do you really not mind people knowing about us?”

Sang Wan Ci paused, immediately understanding what she meant: “Zhi Wei?”

Lu Zhi Wei smiled: “I’m confirming again.”

Sang Wan Ci smiled: “I don’t mind, I’ll be very happy.”

She had wanted to openly date for a very long time.

Hearing it, Lu Zhi Wei held her hand and swung it happily.

“Let’s go, I’ll bring you to meet my family too!”

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Lu Si Jiao stayed in the room and scrolled through her phone.

She was looking at the comments for 《Shackles》.

Although it wasn’t released yet, many people online had expressed their excitement for this movie.

She had scrolled until she was a bit tempted.

As a family member who could visit the set, she really wanted to tell everybody that this movie was worth waiting for.

Even if she didn’t know the story, it didn’t hinder her from being excited after watching Lu Zhi Wei film.

Although it was a little embarrassing watching her sister kiss Wan Ci jie, but she wanted to watch the movie now!

Besides that, she didn’t forget to thank Ying Xi Ze for bringing her to visit.

Just as “thank you” had been sent out, she received Ying Xi Ze’s message.

[Ying Xi Ze]: Do you want to eat grilled skewers?

[Lu Si Jiao]: ?

What the heck, why did this man eat grilled skewers everywhere he went?

[Ying Xi Ze]: Xin Han said there’s a really good grilled skewer restaurant near the hotel, so I ordered some and just got it, it’s really delicious!

[Ying Xi Ze]: I ordered a lot, do you want it? If you do, I’ll bring it over for you

Lu Si Jiao looked at her stomach and replied immediately: [I want it, thanks boss!]

She would pay, she wouldn’t freeload off Ying Xi Ze!

…

Lu Zhi Wei asked Lu Si Jiao for her room number on WeChat, then happily brought her girlfriend up.

Sang Wan Ci didn’t say much, she just kept smiling at Lu Zhi Wei, her eyes filled with gentleness.

Her Zhi Wei was bringing her to meet her family now too.

They were one step closer to going public with their relationship.

The lift door opened.

They found Lu Si Jiao’s room.

They knocked and waited.

Soon, Lu Si Jiao rushed over to open the door with a skewer of grilled corn in her hand.

“You’re here, come in, come in, there are grilled skewers!”

Lu Zhi Wei and Sang Wan Ci walked into the room and closed the door.

The skewers weren’t the important point, coming out of the closet was.

“Jiao Jiao,” Lu Zhi Wei said. “Jiejie has something to tell you.”

Sang Wan Ci bit back a smile and looked at her.

Lu Si Jiao held onto the grilled corn: “Mm, what is it?”

Lu Zhi Wei wasn’t planning to beat around the bush, she wanted to be as direct and as brave as Sang Wan Ci was when she came out to Meng Lian Yu!

So she pulled Sang Wan Ci to her side and introduced her solemnly: “Jiao Jiao, this is your sister-in-law.”

Lu Si Jiao: “……?”

Sis, sister in what?

Lu Zhi Wei and Sang Wan Ci were waiting for Lu Si Jiao to say something.

The next second, they saw Ying Xi Ze walk out from behind the wall, wiping the water from his hands as he asked with a surprised face: “Who’s sister-in-law?”

Sang Wan Ci: “?”

Lu Zhi Wei: “?”

Why are you here too?