Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 23: Xiaoli Mountain

After a week of waiting, it's Monday again.

It was a little late after get off work. It was raining heavily in Shanghai today. Lin Yuting took the subway, bought dinner on the way, and quickly returned home.

"It's not bad, it's only seven fifty." Lin Yuting smiled faintly, her heart full of anticipation.

This summer, the three major TV stations have launched a total of more than 20 TV series, a bunch of variety shows, music, and talent shows, all of which are of very good quality.

The four online broadcasting platforms also have a bunch of small and medium-cost web dramas, with styles including curiosity, detective, suspense, horror, and battle of wits.

But in her mind, the best work of this season is still Rurouni Kenshin.

Maybe this is what is called liking each other's eyes. Different people have different tastes.

While it’s true that Kenshin’s production isn’t fancy enough and the graphics are pretty simple, there’s no reason to like this kind of thing.

Every day I will pay attention to whether the paid viewing volume, ratings, and online ratings of Rurouni Kenshin have increased.

Recently, he even participated in several quarrels between fans of Qingfeng and fans of Rurouni Kenshin on Sakura.net.

After all, the two dramas are now in absolute competition.

"Okay, what kind of story will unfold in the third volume of Rurouni Kenshin?" Lin Yuting took a deep breath and refreshed the page.

Links with words such as [Rurouni Kenshin Volume 3: Yorisatoyama] appeared.

Lin Yuting clicked it, and the set account automatically paid, and the computer screen flashed.

What comes into view is a vast expanse of lush green mountains and fields.

Lin Yuting recognized it at once. This was the deserted little mountain village on the western outskirts of the city where she had been for company team-building activities before.

I didn't expect that the third episode of Rurouni Kenshin would be filmed there.

In the story, Kenshin is chopping wood.

And Yukishiro Tomoe, dressed in white, with her hair tied up and lipstick on, pretended to be his wife.

The text that appeared next to the picture began to introduce the background.

After the turmoil in Kyoto, Kenshin, under the arrangement of the forces behind the scenes, lived in seclusion in a mountain village with Yukishiro Tomoe as a couple of medicine merchants.

Jianxin chops wood, plows the land, and plants radishes
Xue Daiba cooks and weaves
If she hadn't watched the first two episodes, Lin Yuting would really have thought that the two were husband and wife.

"so good!"

There are no fights like in the previous two episodes, not so many political struggles, and not so many clashes of ideas.

Kenshin and Yukishiro Tomoe looked into each other's eyes.

The coldness on Kenshin's face gradually disappeared, he took the initiative to talk to Tomoe, and his eyes became more gentle.
There is not a single line of dialogue, but those who watch carefully can feel the atmosphere between the two people gradually becoming heart-warming.

Yes, that's it, a single man and a single woman in the same room.

Why are you pretending to be a couple?

Lin Yuting became excited.

However, the way the story is portrayed in a work like Rurouni Kenshin is naturally not so direct.

Under the moon, Tomoe Yukishiro, wearing a light pink kimono, looked at the full moon and sighed softly.

"I don't know how long I will live here?"

This sentence instantly broke through the vague feeling of excitement that Lin Yuting had because of the previous plot.

It also made Kenshin's eyes change from gentle to calm.

"I still have to stay here for a while, but it's hard to say how long."

The plot doesn't need to be made clear directly, but Lin Yuting can see it from the changes in Jianxin's eyes.

He wanted to continue living with Xue Dai Tomoe as a couple.

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Fake couples are always fake.

In his current life, the fake wife beside him will one day leave him, and he will one day have to pick up the sword again and kill people.

Xue Dai Ba felt resentful.

Kenshin feels guilty.

Both of them knew that this peaceful life could not continue.

But, I hope it can continue.

In the story, summer ends and autumn begins.

Early in the morning, Xue Daiba got up early.

It took out the dagger from its arms again and looked at it with cold eyes.

But finally let it go.

"Oh shit." Lin Yuting suddenly became nervous.

"Screenwriter, please don't mess up your work!"

At this moment, dozens of comments were floating across the screen.

[If Tomoe Yukishiro kills Kenshin, I will quit the show immediately. 】

[Scriptwriter, please don't get confused! He's just a fiancé, don't make it a cliché plot where the heroine chases her deceased husband. ]

[If you want to come to Kyoto and become a leader, you must be prepared to be killed after you become successful. Kenshin is right, and Kiyori is right. But it is your fault that Yukishiro Tomoe cannot let go of Kiyori's death, and that Kenshin and Yukishiro Tomoe break up. ]

[The screenwriter is the actor who plays Kenshin. I believe he can make the right choice and will not ruin Rurouni Kenshin's current good broadcast situation.]

[Let's be honest, wouldn't it be nice if Yukishiro Tomoe wanted to kill Kenshin by poisoning him? Kenshin was defenseless against her, and after all, she herself hadn't figured out whether to do it or not.]

[Obviously, still hesitating.]

The plot continues to play.

Kenshin and Tomoe Yukishiro were on their way back from selling medicine at the market.

The setting sun is blood-red, and white cranes cry in the sky.

Kenshin walked in front carrying a medicine basket.

"The couple's identity really wouldn't arouse suspicion."

"Yeah, and business is good," Xue Dai Ba responded with a smile.

"That dagger, you didn't bring it with you?" Jianxin asked suddenly with a normal expression. At this moment, white cranes were calling in the surrounding pools.

Tomoe Yukishiro had a shocked expression on his face.

Just like Lin Yuting’s feeling at this moment.

dagger?

Did Kenshin discover it early on?

Xue Dai Tomoe always carries a dagger with him.

That’s right, if this couldn’t be discovered, Kenshin would have died in Kyoto long ago.

The barrage also started exploding at this moment.

[Fortunately, Tomoe Yukishiro didn't attack Kenshin, otherwise it would have been the end. ]

[Kenshin only knew that Tomoe Yukishiro was carrying a dagger. This is normal, isn't it? In this world, a woman would carry a weapon for self-defense.]

[That's why Kenshin said these words to her so calmly! He obviously thought so, so he said so.]

[This shows that Kenshin completely trusts Tomoe Yukishiro. If he didn't trust her, he would definitely not have said anything about this and would have pretended not to know.]

Lin Yuting's emotions have not yet calmed down. In the play, after the shock on Xue Dai Ba's face, there was a flash of struggle, and then the tone returned to calm.

"Well, the dagger is at home, because I am now the wife of a drug dealer."

In the setting sun, the backs of the two people, one in front and one behind, seemed to be closer.

Lin Yuting took a deep breath and felt a little nervous.

The dependence of these two people on each other at this moment, and the truth beneath their superficial relationship, make the sense of crisis that they bring to the audience grow stronger as their relationship progresses.

The camera cuts again.

At night, Kenshin fell asleep with his sword in his arms, just like he did in Kyoto.

Xue Dai Ba stood up and put his clothes on him.

From beginning to end, Kenshin did not move at all, he was sleeping very soundly.

Lin Yuting's nose suddenly felt sore for no reason.

She has a good memory.

I remember in the second episode, when Kenshin, who was still working as an executioner in Kyoto, fell asleep, Tomoe Yukishiro approached him, and then he woke up and drew his sword and put it on Tomoe Yukishiro's throat.
And now, Kenshin didn't make any movement.

If Tomoe Yukishiro really wanted to kill Kenshin with a dagger, it would actually be a piece of cake.

In late autumn, the rainy season arrives.

At night, Yukishiro Tomoe took out the dagger he had collected, and recalled the devastating day after her fiancé Kiyosato died. Tears of pain flowed, and she whispered with sadness.

"When you're not killing people, you're so gentle."

Tomoe Yukishiro knew from the beginning that Kenshin killed his fiancé Kiyori.

He approached him only to assassinate him.

But I can't do it.

"So, don't seek revenge! He's not your husband, he's your fiancé. In ancient times, you might never even have met the fiancé. He might just be a relative assigned by your family. Is it necessary?" Lin Yuting felt a little uncomfortable watching this.

Keep reading.

The following plot reveals all the conspiracies.

Tomoe Yukishiro was hired by Kenshin's enemy organization.

She and her brother Yukishiro Enishi are all like this, their purpose is to get close to Kenshin, and it would be best if they could find an opportunity to assassinate Kenshin.

If not, then use your ordinary life and Yukishiro Tomoe to corrupt the strongest sword in Kyoto.

At least when Kenshin was sleeping, he was no longer on guard against Yukishiro Tomoe.

Their goal was indeed achieved.

The spy in the organization behind Kenshin is Iizuka, who has always served as Kenshin's liaison.

The Chain Assassin that Kenshin and Tomoe encountered before their first meeting was the one Iizuka betrayed and reported to Kenshin.

Lin Yuting was stunned for a moment.

Autumn ends and winter comes.

The radishes that Kenshin and Tomoe planted together have grown and can be pulled out.

In the evening, Kenshin and Tomoe Yukishiro ate the white radishes they had grown themselves.

Kenshin ate rice and radishes in big mouthfuls.

Xue Daiba looked at him with a smile on her face and said softly.

"This is the first time I see you enjoying your meal so much. If..."

"If our life is real, would you be willing to live like this forever?"

Lin Yuting felt even more uncomfortable.

She was always immersed in the warm life of Tomoe Yukishiro and Kenshin in the story.

The screenwriter always uses Tomoe Yukishiro's mouth to tell everyone that this is fake.

Kenshin is a fake drug dealer and a fake husband.

Tomoe Yukishiro is the fake wife, and she approaches Kenshin with the purpose of avenging her fiancé.

What about the radishes that these two people planted with their own hands?

What about the feelings we had accumulated from living here together for half a year? Was that fake too?

"I've been thinking since I came here. After learning the sword-controlling style, I want to protect the weak and want to protect the happiness of as many people as possible, but..."

Kenshin took his eyes off the radish and looked up at Yukishiro Tomoe.

"Now that I think about it, I was so proud. I have done my best to protect this daily life. I have never known what happiness is."

"But now I know. Life at this moment is happiness for me."

(End of this chapter)