novelhk Chapter 132 Acting Alone
Chapter 132 Acting Alone
While the opening ceremony of "Phoenix Dances the World" was being held with great fanfare, Yu Zihan turned down all work for the day and stayed at home alone.
She tied two slipknots on the fitness equipment and felt her body changing. She gritted her teeth, put her hands into the slipknots, and pulled hard. The slipknots tightened and tied her up.
As a film queen, she must not be controlled by others.
After a while, cold sweat soaked her back. She clenched her teeth, but couldn't stop the broken moans from leaking out of her mouth.
Soon, she felt that she could no longer endure it. The feeling of being eaten by thousands of ants was worse than death. If her hands had not been tied, she believed that she would have run to the Royal Garden without hesitation.
Her lips were bitten and bleeding. She struggled desperately, roaring like a wild beast. Her long hair fell down, covering her face, and she looked like a madman.
Unable to break free, she began to bang her head against the fitness equipment. Bright red blood flowed down her forehead and covered her eyes. She looked extremely terrifying.
Just when she thought she was going to die, the door was suddenly slammed open. Yu Zihan looked up and vaguely saw a man rushing in through the blood. She murmured, "Please... please take me... to the Royal Garden."
Qi Nanfeng untied the knot on her hand without saying a word. Her wrist was already bloody from her struggle. He carried her on his back and walked out, taking her to Zhou Mufeng's hospital.
If Ruan Haoyu didn't feel that the accident happened while she was doing things for him and Qi Nanfeng had to save her, he really didn't want to save this woman. He really hated this kind of woman who dared to drug Ruan Haoyu and would do anything for her own benefit.
However, he just saw her tying herself up in order to quit drugs, and he admired her determination. One of the reasons why Yu Zihan could become a movie queen was that she was cruel to herself.
When they arrived at the hospital, Zhou Mufeng first gave her an injection of tranquilizer to calm her down, then asked the nurse to help her deal with her external injuries and took her for a check-up.
"She's just addicted, so it should be relatively easy to quit. The hard part is the psychological barrier. As long as she can control herself and stop touching that thing, it'll be fine. The only thing to worry about is..."
Zhou Mufeng wanted to say something but stopped himself. Qi Nanfeng knew what he meant. If she didn't stay away from that circle or the person who poisoned her, it would not be easy for her to really quit.
Physical poison is easy to deal with, but psychological poison is difficult.
"I understand. I will tell Haoyu. Please help her quit drugs first."
After saying that, he went out and called Ruan Haoyu.
After listening to him, Ruan Haoyu hung up the phone and looked at Mu Xiaoqiao who was still reading the script seriously not far away.
In her previous life, Mu Xiaoqiao was almost controlled by Sister Ling with drugs. At the most critical moment, she escaped, but witnessed Lianxi being tortured to death.
She was terrified and ran out desperately, but was caught by people sent by Sister Ling. If she had gone a little later, Xiao Qiao would have been killed.
He remembered that Mu Feng had said that she was beyond saving, but he eventually saved her with the Liuguang Ring and the Murui Bracelet, so she had no memory of this.
This time she recognized Lianxi and said she wanted to investigate. He did not stop her. Calculating the time, there were only five days left before Lianxi's death. He didn't know whether the changes in this life would affect Lianxi's ending. This was also the main reason why he asked Qi Nanfeng to investigate Lianxi.
Fortunately, this time, she was by his side.
"Phoenix Dances Around the World" started filming smoothly, and Mu Xiaoqiao began her life as a permanent member of the crew again. In the early stage, her role was very heavy, and her growth line needed to be filmed first. During this period, Ruan Haoyu's role was not that large.
However, he would stay on the crew every day even if he had no scenes to shoot, under the pretext of guiding the newcomers. In fact, both Li Wei and Julie knew that he had other intentions.
After several days of filming, Director Jiang finally admitted that Ruan Haoyu had made the right choice of actor. Mu Xiaoqiao's acting was very agile and made people feel involved. There was an explosive scene that even made Director Jiang almost cry, and he forgot to call cut for a long time.
However, Mu Xiaoqiao was able to keep acting, completing it in one take from beginning to end. Even if she was the only one acting alone, she could make everyone on the set feel involved, as if they were already watching the drama.
After a scene, her clothes were soaked with sweat. Director Jiang gave her a thumbs up. Mu Xiaoqiao thanked the director but did not feel proud of herself as she had just performed normally.
Back in the dressing room, Julie told her that Director Jiang had specially approved her to rest tonight. She had been shooting for several nights in a row, and if she didn't rest, her dark circles would be gone.
Mu Xiaoqiao was indeed tired. She nodded and began to remove her makeup, then asked casually, "Where's Ayu? Why don't I see him?"
Normally he would sit with Director Jiang and watch her filming, but today, for the first time, he was not there.
"It seems like Qi Nanfeng came to see him, and then he went out for something." Julie wasn't very clear either.
"Afeng is here." Mu Xiaoqiao paused, fearing that something might have happened. Could it be about Lianxi?
Or, it’s time to meet Lianxi. I have some free time tonight, so I might as well go and talk to her.
Mu Xiaoqiao thought about it and made a decision immediately. He has been so busy lately that if he doesn’t take advantage of tonight’s free time, he doesn’t know how long he will have to wait.
"Julie, ask Xiao Wei to come over and take me to the Royal Garden."
"Royal Garden? Isn't that a nightclub?" Julie was a little puzzled. Why didn't she go home and catch up on her sleep instead of having the energy to go to a nightclub?
Mu Xiaoqiao knew she had misunderstood, so she didn't explain and just said, "Yes, it's a nightclub."
"Don't you need to tell Mr. Ruan?"
"No need, we're just going to find someone. There's no need to alarm him." Mu Xiaoqiao felt that Ruan Haoyu must have gone to do something very important, and it would be more appropriate for her to go and find him for this matter. After all, both of them had been cheated by a man.
"Well, Mr. Ruan actually left a driver and a car for you. Are you sure you want to take Xiao Wei's car?"
"What? You don't want me to be a second wheel?" Mu Xiaoqiao teased Julie.
As expected, Julie immediately became shy and said coquettishly, "Sister Xiao Qiao, what are you talking about? It's your car, of course you can sit in it anytime you want."
"Let's go." Mu Xiaoqiao had removed her makeup, put on some light makeup, picked up her bag and went out with Julie.
When she arrived at the Royal Garden, she asked Julie and Xiao Wei to wait for her in the underground garage and went into the Royal Garden alone.
It was already dark and more people were starting to gather in the nightclub, with many more arriving. This was a paradise for playboys and young men, with so many young people addicted to this world of decadence and decadence and unable to extricate themselves.
Mu Xiaoqiao wore sunglasses and a mask and entered the hall in a low-key manner. Women were free to enter and there was no inspection, so she came in easily.