Lin Luoqing listened to his words and smiled. “Let’s not think about it for now.”
“So when will you think about it?”
“Once he is an adult. Right now, he is still young and needs to study. If he becomes an adult and wants to act then I naturally won’t object. If he doesn’t want to, there is no need to let him do things he doesn’t like,” Lin Luoqing answered calmly.
No matter whether it was Ji Leyu or Lin Fei, they were both too young. They were such young children and their three views hadn’t been established. They were still groping around learning many things about right and wrong. Filming was bound to take up studying time, so he didn’t think about it at all.
Of course, compared to Lin Fei, Ji Leyu was more suitable for development in the entertainment industry.
His character itself was more extreme and didn’t care about morality and law. He needed to learn more and be educated, to keep the ruler straight in his heart.
Director Li heard his words and nodded. “That’s right. But if there is a chance during the winter and summer vacations, you can let them film more scenes.”
“We will see,” Lin Luoqing said with a smile.
If there was a suitable opportunity and Lin Fei or Ji Leyu were willing then it was naturally possible.
If they didn’t have any interest then it wasn’t necessary.
After all, both he and Ji Yuxiao weren’t short of money. They didn’t really need the children to work to make money.
Whether they liked it or not was the only criterion for measuring this matter.
Ji Leyu finished trying on the costume and Director Li told him about the scene he was going to film tomorrow.
This scene was near the end of the movie.
In the original script, Lu Ming, Xiang Wen and Fu Xi finally reached their destination after traveling west to reach a small northwestern village.
This was the place where they had made an appointment with Fu Shuyi to travel when they were young. At that time, Fu Shuyi accidentally chose this place in a random game. They even agreed on what to buy for a self-driving tour. However, they later parted ways due to unhappiness and they never fulfilled the agreement.
Before Fu Shuyi died, she told Fu Xi that he should go to this place with Lu Ming and Xiang Wen instead of her. He should see the scenery she didn’t get to see and tell them to cherish the people in front of them, cherish fate and not miss their relatives or friends due to shame, making them regret it before dying.
“After you go there, see if there are any trees there. If there are, go and see the biggest tree there for me. If not, plant a tree for me.”
In the desert full of yellow sand, trees were the brightest color and hope. If possible, she hoped that her son could live forever like a tree, full of hope and bright colors.
This was her expectation of Fu Xi and her love for Fu Xi.
She looked at her son with a gentle smile. “In the future, you will see a lot of scenery and go to many places. No matter who you meet or what happens, Mom hopes you can always live in bright colors. Xiao Xi, I still want to be your mother in my next life.”
Fu Xi saw many trees, one by one, and asked the people in the village about the location of the largest tree here.
An old man told them, “On the mountain ahead.”
The old man walked with them. It was indeed a very large tree. Fu Xi, together with Lu Ming and Xiang Wen, looked at the ancient tree in front of him.
The old man stood next to him and the sun was setting to the west. The old man at dusk looked back. He was about to sink into the world behind the mountain like the setting sun.
Meanwhile, Fu Xi beside him would continue to grow while full of hope.
The fall of one hope and the birth of another.
At the beginning of this scene, the screenwriter chose the image of an old man to reflect the hope of the cycle of life. The old man standing next to Fu Xi paid attention to the sunset while Fu Xi only looked at the tree in front of him.
He was the new hope, the brave future.
Now he talked with Director Li and the screenwriter changed it to a child.
It was changed so that the grandson of the old man took them to see the ancient tree. He led Fu Xi and stood beside Fu Xi, watching the tree with him.
A child was even more a symbol of hope. Even if he was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, his vitality and splendor couldn’t be hidden.
He was growing vigorously so that the sunset behind him looked like the morning glow.
In terms of the intention of this scene, a different interpretation of the hope of a new life could be felt.
In terms of commercial elements, the audience was obviously more willing to watch a beautiful and delicate child than a gray-haired old man.
Director Li was a mature commercial movie director. On the basis that there was the same effect, he would choose the one that could win the audience’s love and make more money.
The changes in the scene weren’t big. The lines of Lin Luoqing, Wen Ziming and Hou Wenyu had barely changed while Ji Leyu only had a few lines. Therefore, they all had no opinion. They tested their makeup and were ready to change to film this scene first.
Director Li had already chosen a suitable location for this scene. He naturally wouldn’t really go to a village. A village was easy to find, but the old trees and sunset background that met the filming conditions weren’t easy to find.
Therefore, Director Li chose a relatively unpopular scenic spot.
Ji Leyu heard this was a scenic spot and immediately became happy. “Are you going to play?”
“I’m going to work,” Lin Luoqing said with a smile. “But if you want to play then you can play after filming.”
“Okay.”
He happily ran to pack his small school bag.
Seeing his excited appearance, Ji Yuxiao laughed. “I thought you guys really would find a small village to film.”
“In fact, we can find a small village but the key scenery can’t be found. Then we won’t be able to film the scene that the director wants.”
He looked at Ji Yuxiao. “It is just right. We haven’t gone out together to play and now we can go once.”
“Okay,” Ji Yuxiao replied.
Ji Leyu and Lin Fei packed their small school bags and bought a lot of snacks and yogurt.
Lin Luoqing brought some thick clothes for the two of them. It might be summer but it would be cold in the mountains. He was afraid that Ji Leyu and Lin Fei would catch a cold.
The four of them rested for a night. Then in the early morning of the next day, they got into the crew’s car.
Lin Luoqing originally wanted Ji Yuxiao to sit in the same row as Ji Leyu to easily take care of him, but Ji Leyu pushed Ji Yuxiao to Lin Luoqing’s side without saying a word.
“Father, you sit with Uncle,” he said and grabbed Lin Fei. “I’ll sit with Brother.”
Lin Luoqing and Ji Yuxiao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry for a moment.
“Did you find out? He seems to want to tie us together every time we do something,” Lin Luoqing whispered.
Of course, Ji Yuxiao had discovered this. He deliberately said, “Why? Aren’t you satisfied with being tied to me?”
Lin Luoqing, “……”
“I thank you for not calling me Duckhead.”
Ji Yuxiao smiled and grabbed his hand. “Go back and I’ll invite you to eat spicy duck head.”
Lin Luoqing smiled and turned to look at the scenery outside the window. His hand silently held Ji Yuxiao’s hand and their fingers were interlocked. The smile on his face was as gentle as water.
The filming location this time was a bit far away and took three hours to drive there. Lin Luoqing had woken up early and hadn’t slept enough. After sitting in the car for a while, he slowly felt his eyelids struggle to stay away.
He couldn’t help closing his eyes and tilted his head along the bumpy road. Finally, he leaned against Ji Yuxiao’s shoulder.
Ji Yuxiao looked down at him, straightened his head and let him sleep more comfortably.
Ji Leyu was leaning against the window and looking outside. He saw a scenery he had never seen before and turned his head to tell Ji Yuxiao, only to see Ji Yuxiao put an index finger to his lips and point at Lin Luoqing.
Ji Leyu immediately covered his small mouth and silently turned his head.
He whispered to Lin Fei, “Uncle is asleep.”
Lin Fei looked over at Lin Luoqing. Sure enough, Lin Luoqing was sleeping sweetly with his eyes closed.
Lin Fei hadn’t seen him sleep like this and took a few more glances. He thought in his heart, ‘Won’t he fall?’
He was a bit worried and asked Ji Yuxiao, “Will he fall?”
His voice was small like he was afraid of disturbing Lin Luoqing.
Ji Yuxiao smiled, reached out to touch his head and replied, “No, I will protect him.”
Lin Fei was relieved. He turned his head back and continued to lean against the chair.
Sitting behind them, Wen Ziming saw the interaction between Ji Yuxiao and Lin Fei. Then he looked at Lin Luoqing on Ji Yuxiao’s shoulder and reached out to poke Hou Wenyu, who was playing a game. He said in a low voice, “Do you think…”
Hou Wenyu: ???
What did he think?
Wen Ziming lowered his voice. “Luoqing and his brother don’t feel as simple as ordinary brothers.”
“They aren’t ordinary brothers.” Hou Wenyu looked at Lin Luoqing.
“Then look at the two of them right now. Is Ji Yuxiao really just a brother or is he a love brother?”
Hou Wenyu: !!!
Hou Wenyu watched it seriously. He thought about the intimacy when these two people were together before and instantly felt like he had spied on the truth.
“This… I guess it is a love brother.”
“Yes.” Wen Ziming also thought so.
“There is also the feeling when the two of them are with Fei Fei and Xiao Yu. It is like a family of four and it is much warmer than our home.”
Hou Wenyu nodded. Yes, this was right. He also felt so. Every time he passed them, he felt that he was an outsider and he was embarrassed to go over and talk out of fear of destroying the harmonious atmosphere of the family of four.
But…
“Xiao Yu calls Ji Yuxiao by Father. Ji Yuxiao has to be married, right?”
“That isn’t necessarily the case. Xiao Yu calls Luoqing ‘Uncle’ but they have no blood relationship.”
This seemed to be true.
Hou Wenyu suddenly became an uncle looking at his niece and son-in-law. The more he looked, the more satisfied he was.
“It’s okay, he isn’t bad. He is a good match with Luoqing.”
“He is quite polite when talking. He isn’t arrogant or rash,” Wen Ziming also said.
“It’s good, it’s good. Even the relationship between the two children is good.”
“I just don’t know if Luoqing likes him or not?”
“He should like it. Otherwise, how could he sleep so well on Ji Yuxiao?”
Wen Ziming nodded. “I think so too.”
Ah, he didn’t know how far his little nephew and nephew-in-law had progressed now.
Were they together?
Were they ready to be together?
When did they get together?
Would they go public or not?
As far as his popularity was concerned, there must be a very exciting scene after their relationship was made public.
Wen Ziming thought of this and silently felt sorry for Weibo’s programmers.
He could tell with the naked eye that Weibo would collapse to the point where it was miserable.
Lin Luoqing slept for two hours until the car was almost at its destination. Finally, he woke up slowly. He habitually held Ji Yuxiao and said in a daze, “Where are we?”
Ji Yuxiao, “……”
Ji Yuxiao silently moved his hand. He thought in his heart, ‘Good guy, are you really not afraid of others seeing it?’
Wen Ziming and Hou Wenyu, who had already glimpsed the details, quickly glanced at each other. Then they were more and more convinced by this pair of CPs.
Lin Luoqing’s mind hadn’t returned yet and he was still in a daze. Now his hand was pulled away and he felt a bit aggrieved.
Ji Yuxiao, “……”
Ji Yuxiao could only gesture with his head and whisper, “We are outside.”
Lin Luoqing’s mind returned and he immediately sat up straight.
Ji Yuxiao laughed, leaned close to him and whispered in his ear, “Still hugging? Do you want to keep hugging me?”
Lin Luoqing turned his head and glared.
Ji Yuxiao smiled and wanted to pinch his puffed-out face. However, he couldn’t really do it here and only said, “We are almost there. There are ten minutes left.”
Ten minutes later, the car stopped at the farmhouse in front of the scenic area.
Lin Luoqing took Lin Fei and Ji Leyu out of the car. Ji Yuxiao walked behind and followed the three of them.
Ji Leyu and Lin Fei were coming to a place like a farmhouse for the first time and it was very novel.
The owner of the farmhouse knew they were coming and had prepared lunch. He waited for them to get off the bus and led them toward the restaurant.
Director Li asked the person in charge to take the actors and other staff members to the arranged rooms. Then they ate together and entered the scenic area.
He and the assistant director had already been here before. The two of them walked in front and led everyone to the ancient tree. Then they turned on the camera and had Lin Luoqing, Wen Ziming and Hou Wenyu try out their positioning. Then they let Ji Leyu try a few positions alone.
It wasn’t sunset yet and sunlight fell in large swaths behind Ji Leyu. He was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, khaki shorts and held a long branch in his hand. He was like an angel walking toward the world.
However, he was never an angel. He was a demon with evil intentions.
But if he wanted, he could always disguise himself as an angel.
He picked flowers all the way, walked to Ji Yuxiao and handed the wildflowers in his hand to Ji Yuxiao.
Ji Yuxiao took it, kissed his face and looked at him gently.
Ji Leyu stood on tiptoe, reached out to cover his ear and whispered to him, “You should give flowers to Dad. You haven’t given flowers to Dad yet.”
His father would often give flowers to his mother, but his uncle wouldn’t do so.
Still, it didn’t matter. Now his uncle had flowers to give to his aunt.
Ji Leyu laughed happily and looked at Ji Yuxiao expectantly. He was no different from the simplest and most ordinary child.
Proofreader: Jesse
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