476: Chapter 476 Crying

Ruan Xingyu didn't say yes, nor did she say no; she ran off with her hands behind her back to touch up her makeup.

The filming for the next scene was about to begin, and Lin Chuyan didn't dare to discuss such topics in public. He had to let the female lead calm down properly.

The staff were setting up the scene, and the lighting director was discussing lighting issues with Sand.

Lin Chuyan reviewed his Lines again to get back into character.

Ten minutes later, seeing that Lin Chuyan and Ruan Xingyu were ready, the assistant director called for action.

The mountaintop of Griffith Park.

One could overlook the entire city from here.

This was also the place where the male and female leads had danced when they first met, before they had fallen in love.

Recalling that spring evening, night was about to fall, and the sunset dyed the distant horizon in vast swathes of pink, just like their state of mind back then.

Now that they were revisiting the same place, they chose the afternoon, when the light was ample and bright—this lighting was requested by Lin Chuyan, precisely to ensure there was no "romantic atmosphere," because at this moment, the two were on the verge of breaking up.

Lin Chuyan's expression was somewhat "feigned ease," a classic example of "playing against the scene." Because they had been close enough in previous scenes, the audience wouldn't mistake him for being "heartless," but would instead perceive him as harboring "deeper sorrow."

Ruan Xingyu's expression appeared more serious. Since they had quarreled earlier, it felt more like they were "discussing" what to do about their future.

Lin Chuyan still had a smile on his face, but he didn't quite dare to look at her, as if he didn't dare to face their shared future. Finally, he turned his head back.

"When will you get the results?" He was asking about her audition.

"They said they would let me know in the next few days, but I don't want to count on any results."

"You will pass."

"I don't want to turn hope into disappointment."

The small talk ended quickly.

Ruan Xingyu got to the point.

At this moment, she was the braver one in the relationship.

Their positions in reality also began to shift.

Regarding this, Lin Chuyan had specifically instructed Sand to give the female lead a slight upward angle for the camera, but not too obviously.

"Where are we?" This was actually a double entendre, but Lin Chuyan clearly didn't want to face it. He played dumb and dodged the question: "Griffith Park."

Ruan Xingyu asked again, this time with emphasis.

"Where... are we?"

"I know." Lin Chuyan replied immediately, but then changed his words, "I don't know."

Ruan Xingyu lowered her head, and the two fell into silence.

With her head bowed, she couldn't help but ask softly: "What are we going to do?"

She looked up at him, expecting an answer, though she didn't know what kind of answer she was expecting.

"There's nothing we can do right now. If you get this opportunity, you must put everything aside and give it your all, because this is your dream."

Ruan Xingyu listened intently, resting her chin on the back of her right hand, her face filled with an indescribable sadness: "Then what about you? What are you going to do?"

Lin Chuyan still turned his face away while speaking: "I will follow my own plan: stay, and then work hard to do everything well. You will be in Paris by then. The jazz in Paris is quite good, and you like jazz now, don't you?"

"Yes."

Ruan Xingyu smiled, though her expression was still very sad. Her gaze never left him, as if she wanted to imprint him in her heart forever.

She seemed to know what would happen next, so the smile on her face appeared even more forced.

Lin Chuyan finally looked at her: "I guess we'll just have to let time tell." Once these words were spoken, the breakup became a foregone conclusion.

Ruan Xingyu still rested her chin on her hand, saying nothing, just staring fixedly at the man in front of her, her gaze seemingly frozen.

Her eyes were already red, but she still managed a smile. Tears welled up in her eyes. Then she spoke those words.

"I'll always love you."

Lin Chuyan also looked at her, his gaze firm, his lips bitter.

"I'll always love you too."

As the filming reached this point, the two were actually supposed to pull their emotions back and shift to teasing each other about the park's scenery.

However, an accident happened.

The tears in Ruan Xingyu's eyes couldn't be held back.

The "slowly flowing atmosphere of sadness" and the "tacit, subtle breakup" that the script originally called for were turned into a painful cry by her performance.

Yes, she was still crying. Tears were falling in large drops.

"Cut!"

Lin Chuyan quickly called for a stop, then took her hand and hugged her.

He also quietly gestured to the staff in the distance. Everyone on set knew that filming couldn't continue for the moment, so they dispersed—in fact, this situation was the norm; how could filming ever go smoothly every single time?

"Got too into character, didn't you?"

Ruan Xingyu sobbed as she spoke, her voice intermittent: "I just thought about breaking up with you, and then I couldn't help it..."

Lin Chuyan felt so much heartache watching her that he hugged her tighter and rambled on: "Pah, pah, pah, don't talk nonsense. What breakup? How could that be possible! You don't know how much I love you. I even dreamed of you last night. I dream of you even when we sleep together every day—isn't that ridiculous? Anyway, don't even think about running away in this lifetime."

Lin Chuyan shouted in his heart: Hey, I'm planning to propose on the day we wrap up filming!

Wen Qi, who was behind them, happened to run up to hand over tissues, but she didn't expect to hear things she wasn't supposed to hear. She quickly retreated, unable to stop herself from shipping them in her heart.

[Brother-in-law is so cheesy, hahaha! Do they really communicate like this in private!]

[Sis, do you have to be so in love! You actually got so into character during a breakup scene that you cried! No acting skills needed! It's all raw emotion!]

[Lock them together! Lock them together for me!]

Ruan Xingyu took the tissues, tears still falling; it seemed they wouldn't stop for a while: "I just couldn't help it... You're so cruel, do you really not feel anything at all?"

While feeling heartache, Lin Chuyan also found it funny: "How is that possible! It's a misunderstanding! I was immersed as the male lead, but you were immersed as yourself, hahaha!"

"You can still laugh!"

"I'm just trying to comfort you. I saw that you were really into the argument scene earlier, weren't you?"

"An argument is an argument; arguments are normal. But an argument is different from a breakup."

"You're right."

Whatever Ruan Xingyu said right now was right. However, Lin Chuyan couldn't help but remind her: "If you keep crying, your nose will really start running, and we'll run out of tissues."

Bang—she struck again. He said the wrong thing, and she responded with an elbow strike.