FV: Chapter 217

Lin Fei already had experienced filming yesterday afternoon. Once he started filming again, he became more and more comfortable and the effect was amazing.

The role of Fu Xi overlapped too much with his personality. Basically, he didn’t need Director Li to tell him too much and he could act according to the requirements of the script.

The only place that stumped him was the crying scene.

Lin Fei looked at what was basically written: [Fu Xi: With an indifferent expression and tears in his eyes, he quietly looked at the photo in his hand. Finally, he reluctantly put the photo away.]

He didn’t really know how to do it.

“Do I have to cry?” He asked Director Li.

Director Li nodded. “Yes. Due to this departure, Fu Xi might never see Lu Ming and Xiang Wen again. He usually seems to dislike his two uncles, but he realizes that he is reluctant to part from them once he really has to go.”

Lin Fei didn’t speak.

Director Li taught him. “You can imagine what if one day, someone takes you away and wants to separate you from your uncle. You will feel bad and cry.”

“I won’t leave,” Lin Fei said calmly.

“We are talking about what ifs, what ifs.”

Lin Fei frowned and was rarely a bit stumped.

He didn’t like to cry by nature and he didn’t like to cry in front of others. Now he suddenly had to cry and it was while surrounded by cameras and people. Lin Fei was instantly less comfortable.

Seeing this, Lin Luoqing came over and said a few words to him.

Lin Fei looked at this person. He thought that if one day he was really separated from Lin Luoqing, it must be due to Lin Luoqing uncontrollably returning to his previous world.

It wouldn’t be him leaving. Only Lin Luoqing would leave.

He thought about this and suddenly felt uncomfortable.

However, he still couldn’t cry.

He was a child who wasn’t so emotional. Even if he could understand the sadness of others and become uncomfortable at times, he hadn’t really experienced it. Therefore, he couldn’t cry.

Lin Fei tried twice but there was no way to let his tears flow out.

His emotional atmosphere was in place. He was sitting alone on a chair and looking at the photo quietly. There was obvious sadness and reluctance coming from him. His head was lowered and his eyelashes were drooping, hiding the reluctance in his eyes.

He didn’t want Lin Luoqing to be separated from him.

If Lin Luoqing returned to his original world one day, Lin Fei wouldn’t cry. He would work hard to grow up so that after understanding more about the ‘world’, he would find Lin Luoqing and be with him again.

Why cry?
Crying wouldn’t solve the problem.
Crying was the most useless thing.
Therefore, he didn’t like to cry.

He would feel sorry for Lin Luoqing’s tears and think about how to make him stop crying. He would feel soft and uncomfortable when talking because Lin Luoqing was crying.

In addition, when Ji Leyu woke up from a dream about his parents and sat on the bed whimpering like a wounded animal. He wanted to hug to comfort Ji Leyu and coax him not to be sad any longer.

However, he wouldn’t cry himself.

As other children were crying and complaining to their parents, Lin Fei had already learned to solve problems on his own.

He didn’t need to cry. He just needed to grow up firmly.

Director Li looked at the scene on the monitor, rubbed between his eyes and shouted, “Cut!”

He walked up to Lin Fei and praised him. “Fei Fei, you acted very well. Your eyes, expressions, movements and loneliness are very good. However, it would be better if you could shed a tear at this time.”

He didn’t want to poke Lin Fei’s scar directly and could only say, “Think about something sad or the bad things you have encountered when looking at the photo. Then cry a bit.”

Lin Fei pursed his lips.

“You take a break first.” Director Li took him to Lin Luoqing’s side.

Lin Luoqing handed him a bottle of water and asked him to sit on a chair and drink water first.

Director Li looked at him and thought that if Lin Fei really couldn’t do it, he would have to use eye drops. After all, Lin Fei was a child and there was no shame in using eye drops. Lin Fei already acted very well except for crying.

Ji Leyu tilted his head to look at Lin Luoqing and Lin Fei. Then he asked Lin Luoqing in a low voice what was wrong.

Lin Luoqing simply explained it to him and Ji Leyu was surprised. What was so difficult about this? Wasn’t it just crying? He could do it now.

Forget a few tears. He could even fill a basin with tears.

But… he thought about it. Lin Fei really didn’t seem to cry.

“You can’t cry?” He asked Lin Fei.

Lin Fei turned to look at him.

Ji Leyu felt he had to stand up!

He could finally stand up in front of his proud and almighty brother!

Ji Leyu immediately sat up straight. He puffed out his small chest and said in an unashamed manner, “I’ll teach you.”

Lin Fei, “……”

Ji Leyu blinked. He lowered his eyes and tears filled them without warning.

Lin Fei, “……”

“It is very simple.” Ji Leyu leaned close to his ear. “Just think that you want to cry and you can cry.”

Lin Fei, “……”

“You try,” Ji Leyu urged him.

Lin Fei, “……”

Lin Fei raised a hand and pinched his face.
This was really worthy of his younger brother who had different appearances, was hypocritical and cunning and was good at pretending. He could cry the moment he wanted to cry.
All his cleverness was used in this place!

Ji Leyu was pinched by him and looked at him in a slightly confused manner. Why pinch him?
He taught it so why didn’t Lin Fei try it? It was so simple. Couldn’t he learn it?
No, his brother wouldn’t be so stupid, right?

Ji Leyu had a bit of disdain in his eyes.

Lin Fei, “???”

Lin Fei felt that this person was too ignorant. Therefore, he raised his other hand, pinched the other side of Ji Leyu’s face and pulled.

Ji Leyu was pinched by him like this and instantly became obedient again. The disdain in his eyes was gone, but he wondered why Lin Fei had to pinch both sides. Wasn’t one side enough?

Lin Fei really liked pinching him.

Lin Fei saw that he was obedient again and thought that this wasn’t bad in his heart.

He withdrew his hand and continued to drink water.

Lin Luoqing exchanged a few words with Director Li. Then he came back to chat with Lin Fei about this scene.

Lin Fei still didn’t quite understand. “Why do I have to cry?”

“It is because Fu Xi is leaving. He is going to be separated from Lu Ming and Xiang Wen,” Lin Luoqing explained.

“But even if you cry, you will still separate.” Lin Fei stared into his eyes and said seriously. “It is better to wait until you grow up to come back and find them again.”

Lin Luoqing hadn’t expected him to think like this.

“You wouldn’t cry if it was you?”

“I won’t be separated from you,” Lin Fei said calmly.

Lin Luoqing was amused by his words. “I didn’t say we would separate. I just said that if you were Fu Xi, you wouldn’t cry at this time?”

“Yes.”

“So what would you do?”

Lin Fei thought about it and was a bit embarrassed.

“Say it,” Lin Luoqing said softly.

“I will leave the photo to them.” Lin Fei’s voice was low.

He would write ‘goodbye’ on the back and secretly stuff it under Lin Luoqing’s door so that Lin Luoqing wouldn’t forget him and would wait for them to see each other again.
It was good to let Lin Luoqing know that Lin Fei would miss him.

Lin Luoqing hadn’t expected him to deal with it like this. He thought about it carefully and felt that it was indeed more charming than directly crying. It was also in line with Fu Xi’s character.

In addition, he might need to figure out Fu Xi’s character but Lin Fei, who was similar to Fu Xi, must understand Fu Xi’s thinking and reaction better than them.

“I think you are right.” Lin Luoqing gave him a thumbs up. “You wait. I’ll go and talk to Director Li.”

“Yes.”

Lin Luoqing quickly stood up, went to Director Li and told him what Lin Fei thought.

Director Li hadn’t expected Lin Fei to have his own understanding and was a bit surprised for a while.

“He is still so young but he has his own opinions?”

“It isn’t an opinion. It is just his own thoughts. He has more ideas than ordinary children and you can refer to them.”

Lin Luoqing persuaded him. “Crying might be very touching but I thought about it later and I felt that Fei Fei’s words are right. It feels very common to cry. Even ordinary children will be like this. It doesn’t reflect the difference of Fu Xi’s character. I think it is better to change it to a plot similar to what Fei Fei said. This way, it feels more memorable and will increase the three-dimensional nature of the characters.”

Director Li touched his chin. How to say it? Lin Luoqing’s words seemed to be right. In particular, a child like Lin Fei was acting in almost his true colors. He was far closer to Fu Xi than them and he understood the seven or eight year old Fu Xi better.

He was just surprised. How old was Lin Fei right now? He could still have his own thoughts and express them clearly, so that Lin Luoqing could convey them on Lin Fei’s behalf.

“Your nephew really isn’t ordinary,” Director Li sighed emotionally.

Lin Luoqing smiled. “He is indeed very unusual.”

“Okay, I’ll talk to the screenwriter. You have Fei Fei wait.”

“Okay.” Lin Luoqing agreed.

Soon, Director Li and the screenwriter made changes and new plans for this scene.

Fu Xi was still looking at the photo quietly as before. The reluctance in his eyes was blocked by long eyelashes and he seemed very lonely. He put away the photo, but after a while, he took out some photos again. He took a pen and wrote a few words on it.

He stood up and walked over to the things that his mother had packed to leave for Lu Ming and Xiang Wen.

There were two coats that she had bought for them. Fu Xi stuffed the photo into the coat pockets and then folded them again so it seemed like no one had touched them.

It wasn’t until Lu Ming and Xiang Wen received the courier later that they found out that their sister, whom they had grown up with, was gone and had taken her son abroad.

The regretful, sad and angry Xiang Wen came home, saw the coat, picked it up and held it against his body.

It was the right fit. His sister had already remembered his clothing size.

He slipped his hand into the coat pocket and touched a piece of paper.

He took it out and found that it was a photo. It was a photo taken of the three of them with little Fu Xi when they hadn’t fallen out with each other yet. Fu Xi was standing in the middle and Fu Shuyi was standing behind him. She was smiling and hugging the cold-faced Fu Xi.

He and Lu Ming stood on either side of Fu Shuyi. They each stretched out a hand and made a pair of rabbit ears for little Fu Xi.

At that time, all three of them were smiling happily.

He looked at it quietly. On the other side, Lu Ming had dropped his coat on the ground. He picked it up and also accidentally found the photo.

On the back of the photo were the words: [Goodbye, Uncle.]

It was a note from Fu Xi. He was saying goodbye to them or maybe he was waiting for their next meeting.

Lu Ming hugged the coat in his arms and squeezed the photo in his hand tightly.

Lin Fei finished filming the scene of folding clothes and he was completely finished.

His filming was so efficient that it took less than a week from the start to the end.

Director Li obviously liked him very much and specially ordered a cake to celebrate his completion.

Lin Fei cut the cake and ate it slowly on a small plate. Seeing this, Director Li deliberately dipped his finger into the cream and wiped his face when he wasn’t prepared. Lin Fei glanced at him in disdain and ate his cake vigilantly.

Director Li laughed and asked him, “Will you come to act next time?”

Lin Fei thought about it. “It is possible during winter and summer vacation, but there must be a salary.”

“You are really a little money fan,” Director Li said with a smile.

Lin Fei hadn’t forgotten his original intention. He just wanted to make money to give pocket money to Lin Luoqing. So why do anything without money?
Lin Fei thought about this and was a bit curious about whether the other half of his salary had arrived yet.

He returned to the hotel in the evening and went to Lin Luoqing again to ask him about this matter.

“It is here,” Lin Luoqing said with a smile. “It came this afternoon.”

Lin Fei felt relieved.

“Then I’ll give it to you. You can spend it slowly.” There was a bit of pride in his tone.

“Okay.” Lin Luoqing hugged Lin Fei onto his lap. “In a few days, I’ll take the pocket money you gave me to buy clothes, snacks and other things I was reluctant to buy before.”

“Yes.” Lin Fei’s voice was indifferent but he was a bit happy in his heart.

Lin Luoqing hugged him and shook him while whispering softly, “But it doesn’t seem good for you to just give me pocket money without giving it to your father?”

“If he knows, he might be jealous again. So let’s give him a bit?”

Lin Fei hadn’t expected this problem.

He had always only remembered that this was his agreement with Lin Luoqing and it had nothing to do with Ji Yuxiao. But now that he thought about it again, Ji Yuxiao also bought him things and gave him pocket money. Under normal circumstances, children grew up with two people to support them, a father and a mother. Then he should really support two people, his dad and his father.

Lin Fei nodded. “Then give half of it to Father.”

“Then you go and talk to him,” Lin Luoqing said with a smile. “If you go and tell him, he will be very happy. He likes you very much. If he suddenly receives your pocket money at this time then he will probably be happy for the whole night.

“But I don’t have any money,” Lin Fei said honestly.

Lin Luoqing took out a card and put it in his hand. “Go and give this to him. It contains your salary from today.”

Lin Fei looked at the bank card in his hand and felt it was quite novel.

He was young and didn’t have his own bank card. Still, he knew that money was stored in this card and could be withdrawn when needed.
“Where is he?” Lin Fei asked Lin Luoqing.

“In the office room, the innermost room.” Lin Luoqing rubbed his head.

Lin Fei jumped off his lap and walked outside.

Lin Luoqing watched his back with a smile, his eyes full of tenderness.

Of course, what he gave Lin Fei wasn’t Lin Fei’s salary card, but his own card.

How could he be willing to spend the salary that Lin Fei earned from his first part-time job? All of it would be stored in a card specially for Lin Fei. He would wait until Lin Fei grew up to give it to him as start-up funds.

He just wanted Ji Yuxiao to feel his joy, so he took out one of his cards to allow Lin Fei to send pocket money to his father and make his father happy.

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