Blame the Villain For Being Too Beautiful - Chapter 16
Villainous Movie Queen (16)
Star in
eight different types of films in four years.
This was
Song Xu Yi's request to Zhao Qingyu.
Song Xu Yi
knew that Zhao Qingyu was extremely picky about her scripts. Eight films in
four years, excluding the time for script screening and necessary business
activities, meant that Zhao Qingyu had to stay on the set almost all year
round, and within these four years Zhao Qingyu would not be able to spare any
time to deal fully with Song Jun.
On the other
hand, different roles represent different life situations, different worlds and
outlooks on life, and Song Xu Yi hopes that after experiencing these different
roles, Zhao Qingyu will have a new insight into life.
Song Jun's
father is dead and Song Jun's grandmother is demented. Those who have wronged
Zhao Qingyu's mother and her have more or less had their karma, and Song Xu Yi
does not want Zhao Qingyu to spend the rest of her life in hatred.
Zhao Qingyu
actually deserves a better life.
Perhaps...there
might be other changes in these four years...
And in case
Zhao Qingyu is still bent on revenge four years later, Song Xu Yi will persuade
her and Song Jun to play fair and not to play dirty behind each other's backs,
each according to their own abilities...
This is Song
Xu Yi's entire plan for Zhao Qingyu's future.
……
When she saw
the message from Song Xu Yi, Zhao Qingyu froze for a moment.
Zhao Qingyu
did not expect Song Xu Yi to make such a request.
But not long
after, Zhao Qingyu replied to Song Xu Yi with the word "yes".
Starring in
eight different films in four years, Zhao Qingyu naturally knows the intensity
of the work involved.
But few
people know that Zhao Qingyu actually likes to act.
Life on the
set was indeed very boring, with no other pastime than working on the scripts,
and the occasional shift between day and night was a torture for many.
But this
will make her remembered.
If Zhao
Qingyu really does not live to be thirty years old, then the existence of these
movies or dramas can prove that Zhao Qingyu once came to this world, and in
thirty or forty years, there will still be people who will look through the
images of the past and lament, "There was an actress like Zhao Qingyu in
this world..."
What's more——among the people who love her
performances is Song Xu Yi.
Zhao Qingyu
actually understood that Song Xu Yi only liked her face, which suited her
taste, so when she was sick, Zhao Qingyu did not even dare to see Song Xu Yi,
fearing that she would see her haggard and dull face.
"Eight
films in four years is actually good..."
Zhao Qingyu
thought hopelessly and happily, "While watching these movies and TVs, Song
Xu Yi's eyes would look at her, that way she was bright and dazzling, with
character highlights, Song Xu Yi's favourite face."
"And in
case one leaves this world, in thirty or forty years from now, in someone's
mobile phone, in an old show on a movie channel...in many unconscious moments,
Song Xu Yi will still be able to see her. She will remember that a woman called
Zhao Qingyu once appeared in her life, the woman who once, in her best years,
promised her eight films in four years..."
"But
she will never know with what care and longing that woman called Zhao Qingyu
left her mark on her life..."
*
Song Xu Yi
did not expect Zhao Qingyu to agree to this so easily.
Zhao
Qingyu's "yes" was an extremely quick agreement, as if what she had
agreed to was a mere trivial matter.
The day
after Zhao Qingyu agreed to Song Xu Yi, the most representative film awards in
China began to hold the award ceremony, which revealed the nominees for Movie
Queen, and everyone already knew that Zhao Qingyu had become a candidate for
'Best Actress', but no one expected that the fledgling Zhao Qingyu would win
Movie Queen!
At the time
of the award ceremony, Song Xu Yi had just returned to her dorm room from the
library. She was greeted by the cheers of her roommates, who almost turned the
whole floor upside down, and she saw a tired and dusty Zhao Qingyu on her
roommates' tablets and mobile phones, who was still wearing a coarse linen
costume, yet her demeanour was not at all constrained, forming a wonderful
harmony with the luxurious and gorgeous stage for the award ceremony.
"This
is her look for the next scene," Huang Juan Juan happily explained to Song
Xu Yi, already incoherent with excitement, "Oooooh, I just know that
Qingyu cub won't let us down, without saying a word again, she seems to have
forgotten to attend the award ceremony and only suddenly rushed back in the
middle of the ceremony..."
"Do you
see? My wife, she's stunning even in her coarse linen..."
"Don't
be too tired cub, you're still pretty but you've got dark circles under your
eyes..."
……
Song Xu Yi
ignored Huang Juan Juan's words and looked up at the screen: on the screen was
Zhao Qingyu holding the trophy and giving her speech.
Zhao Qingyu
has always treated people well, and her acceptance speech was delivered without
a hitch. After thanking the director and the audience, Zhao Qingyu suddenly
paused and looked at the camera and smiled.
"I
actually have one more person to thank," a softness crossed Zhao Qingyu's
gaze, "That person was my saviour."
"She
loved watching me act and her only request after saving me was that I challenge
myself to do eight different types of films in the next four years..."
"I
promised her that."
"So,
I'm destined to be based on the crew for the next few years. If the directors
have a good book in their hands, I still hope that you will take me into
consideration..." said Zhao Qingyu, bowing again.
"The
award was a surprise for me and a recognition of my last film."
Amidst
everyone's good-natured applause, Zhao Qingyu smiled once again. In her circle,
Zhao Qingyu is known for her gentle and good-natured personality, yet something
seemed different this time——her smile was as gentle as ever, while her words came out
with confidence and certainty: "But this is just the beginning! I have
many more films to do, and in the future, I will win even more
trophies..."
"Oh my
God! Who was so cruel to ask my cub to do so many films?" Before Zhao
Qingyu had finished speaking, Huang Juan Juan had already hugged Song Xu Yi in
excitement: "Eight scenes in four years! I'm sure it's hard for her!
But...I think that she's doing a great job! My daughter is so beautiful, she
should act more, otherwise it's a waste..."
The
"cruel" Song Xu Yi hung her head.
She did not
expect Zhao Qingyu to go to this extent.
In fact, if
Zhao Qingyu had failed to do so, Song Xu Yi would not have blamed her, as this request
was indeed extremely difficult.
Yet Zhao
Qingyu said it on such a big occasion.
It was the
equivalent of a military order, the same as sending her handle directly into
the hands of the world.
After that
countless eyes would fall on her, and if she failed to do so, she would be
subjected to countless attacks and criticisms, deliberately instigated by rivals...
Zhao Qingyu
was so smart that she could not have been unaware of this, but she still chose
to go public with the matter...
Song Xu Yi
sighed with mixed feelings: she felt that she was really getting more and more
confused about Zhao Qingyu.
But Song Xu
Yi liked the Zhao Qingyu on the podium more than the gentle and calm she had
pretended to be before: the Zhao Qingyu who had become confident and even a
little arrogant really looked brighter than a pearl...
*
The matter
of Zhao Qingyu's side of the story has come to an end in Song Xu Yi's mind.
Even though
Zhao Qingyu still contacts her from time to time, as Song Xu Yi expected, Zhao
Qingyu stays on the set and does not have enough time to expand her business
territory.
For at least
four years, Zhao Qingyu and Song Jun will remain on the surface in peace with
each other.
With a huge
stone dropped from her heart, Song Xu Yi began to devote herself to her studies
again.
This year,
after the second year of university, Song Xu Yi found out that Huang Shuo, the
"Old Black Mountain Demon", was not teaching his class anymore, and
when she inquired carefully, she learned that he had recently started the
retirement process.
Although
Huang Shuo was strict, it was also because of his presence that he helped this
class of students adapt to the profession of a doctor as soon as possible, with
the rigour and commitment that medical students should have, and although
everyone was quite scared of Huang Shuo during the previous classes, most of
the students were a bit sad to hear the news of his retirement.
Time flies
and soon the Chrysanthemum Festival arrives. Huang Juan Juan responded to the
request of the class to organize a hiking activity and invited all the teachers
in the class to climb the mountain together...
Song Xu Yi
also didn't expect the busy person Huang Shuo to take the time to come climbing
with the group.
Huang Juan
Juan whispered to Song Xu Yi, "I went to the student office to collect
materials and overheard the teachers gossiping and realised that Mr. Huang was
also quite poor..."
"He was
so focused on helping the sick and wounded that he seldom cared about his
family, always thinking that it was still early and he was still young. It was
only when his wife fell asleep one day and never woke up that he realised she
was suffering from 'sleeping sickness'. Mr. Wong regretted it so much that he
never remarried and was left alone for nearly thirty years..."
It's
sleeping sickness again!
Song Xu Yi
sighed softly.
Sleeping
sickness is one of the most torturous diseases in the world, and everyone who
suffers from it does not live past the age of thirty.
The disease
runs in the family in some cases, and in others, the disease suddenly strikes
and kills on a single day, without any pattern.
It is called
"sleeping sickness" because it is a disease in which a person's body
appears to be as normal as a person's, and which cannot be detected by existing
equipment, but he or she dies suddenly in his or her sleep one day before the
age of 30.
So far, no
one in the world has researched prevention or testing methods for sleeping
sickness.
Song Xu Yi
hung her head, she seemed to understand a little more why Huang Shuo had given
herself a zero for the last question at that time.
*
Song Xu Yi
also did not expect Huang Shuo to approach her.
Halfway up
the mountain, Song Xu Yi was too weak to continue climbing, so she could only
sit by the roadside and rest, but she didn't expect Huang Shuo to walk towards
her.
"How is
life these days? Is there anything you don't understand about your
schoolwork..." when he wasn't in class, Huang Shuo was actually extremely
calm.
Song Xuyi
replied to each of them. Huang Shuo nodded, and then raised his eyes to Song Xu
Yi: "Do you plan to graduate school? Have you thought about which subject
you want to pursue in the future?"
"I've
been planning to take the exam," Song Xu Yi smiled at Huang Shuo's suddenly
wide eyes, "I've been planning my studies for a long time, and I've been
preparing for it since the beginning of my freshman year..."
"I want
to study "medical genetics", or more precisely, I want to study
"sleeping sickness"..."
Thank you for the chapter!
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