My girlfriend was reborn.

Chapter 120 Wedding
"what?"

Zhou Heming was momentarily stunned by the question.

"What legend?"

"It's Xuanjun, right? All those sacrificial ceremonies and selection rituals. I heard you're from Heming Township, and your name even has Heming in it, so you should know the answer, right?"

Lu Ban showed no airs of a famous director; instead, he acted like a curious and mischievous child.

Is it because of this mindset that one appears young?

"I'm sorry, I've only seen rumors about it online."

To be honest, Zhou Heming's understanding of the legends of Heming Mountain came from the search results he had found when he mentioned it to Lu Bai last time.

He realized what he had just said.

Could this also be part of the interview process?

But this drama seems to be just a typical urban drama with a medical theme, so it shouldn't contain any folk legend elements, right?

"Director Lu, Zhou Heming grew up in Jiangcheng and doesn't know the situation here. Please don't make things difficult for him."

Lu Bai pulled Zhou Heming away, giving the impression that if he wasn't stopped, Zhou Heming would be devoured alive by Director Lu Bai.

"Oh, I was just curious."

Lu Ban sat back on the bed, and the woman sat down next to him.

Why did you suddenly think of asking this?

Lu Bai asked as if it were nothing.

"It's not that Lao Cui was itching to write another thriller script, so he thought of the legend of Crane Cry Mountain. This time, filming here is also a way of gathering material, after all, it happened seven years ago."

Lu Ban was halfway through his sentence when the woman next to him tugged at his clothes, signaling him to stop talking.

"Alright, since Zhou Heming doesn't know, then forget it. Let's try the real thing."

He looked at Zhou Heming.

"Xiaobai said you used to work at a funeral home?"

"Yes, my uncle runs a funeral company. I sometimes help out by writing eulogies for him."

"So you should be quite familiar with the entire funeral process?"

"That's it."

"Speaking of which, if you accidentally couldn't hold back your laughter at a funeral, would you really get your legs broken?"

The director stared at Zhou Heming with wide, curious eyes, like a curious child.

"We've received professional training, and we usually don't hold back. If that really happens, we might get a complaint."

Zhou Heming was taken aback before hesitatingly answering.

"Xiaobai said your funeral company has promotions like 'half price for the second tombstone,' and also offers incense-burning services, and a 'buy ten years, get one year free' deal. Did you come up with all of this?"

"Sort of? Actually, it's based on some inspiration I found online."

"I saw a tombstone with 'flowing silver powder' on it before. You know what 'flowing silver powder' is? It's one of those trendy anime toys that you can turn upside down, and as the silver powder falls, the deceased's portrait gradually appears. Do you think anyone would buy one of those?"

"what?"

Zhou Heming couldn't tell if this was an audition or a consultation about funeral matters.

"Alright, A-Ban, you can ask him again when we eat later. Let him try it out first."

The woman grabbed Director Lu Ban.

Indeed, is it true that everything has its counter?

Zhou Heming glanced at Lu Bai standing next to him and inexplicably thought of Cheng Shuangjiang, who had been reborn, and how they had interacted before, which seemed to follow a similar pattern.

This lady, whom Lu Bai calls Sister Amber, may also have the talent to become a kindergarten teacher.

"I... I'm not very good at acting, please forgive me, teachers."

Zhou Heming bowed his head in greeting.

"I'll turn on the camera first."

Sitting behind his desk, Cui Ming patted the camera on the tripod on the table and turned it on.

"Don't be nervous. This is a sample for reference later. Just do it at your own pace."

"it is good."

"Let's begin. Lu Bai, you'll act with him. You'll perform a scene where he's trying to sell you his business."

Cui Ming gestured for Lu Bai to step forward.

"Okay!"

Lu Bai came to Zhou Heming's side.

"Then let's get started."

She looked at Zhou Heming and nodded.

"Ah."

Fortunately, Lu Bai had mentioned the audition details to Zhou Heming beforehand, so they made some preparations.

Because the script for this episode is not yet finalized and some details have not been added, Zhou Heming and Lu Bai plan to use the scene from Zhou Heming's novel "My Girlfriend Reborn" where he and Cheng Shuangjiang first meet at the funeral home.

After a brief silence, Lu Bai closed his eyes.

Zhou Heming looked at her, feeling somewhat uneasy.

next moment.

The girl in front of him opened her eyes.

suddenly.

Zhou Heming felt that the person standing in front of him was not Lu Bai, but that reborn girl.

"You mean your friend is a beautiful seventeen-year-old girl who wants us to provide a suitable and affordable funeral plan?"

After a brief hesitation, Zhou Heming uttered the lines that he had already rehearsed a thousand times in his mind.

I don't know if it's because I'm too familiar with the script, or because I've experienced it myself, or because the girl in front of me is too familiar.

The conversation between the two was very smooth and natural, as if a girl who longed for death had actually met a boy in a funeral home who wanted to save her life with those strange sales pitches.

Before we knew it, a few minutes had passed.

"Crack!"

Director Lu Ban stood up and called for a stop.

"Now is not the time to use the 'ka' (click)."

The lady next to him asked Lu Ban to sit down.

"How about it?"

In just a moment, Lu Bai returned to his cheerful and lively self.

Zhou Heming was still a little dazed, seemingly not having come to his senses.

"You acted very well," Zhou Heming said.

Cui Ming turned off the camera he was using and looked at Lu Ban.

After all, he's the director, so he calls the shots.

"I feel pretty good. Although the details are a bit raw, it's great to have performed like this for the first time in front of the camera. I have a bright future ahead!"

Lu Ban clapped his hands.

"So that means it's okay?"

Lu Bai grabbed Zhou Heming's arm and asked with a grin.

"I think it's fine, Lao Cui, what do you think?"

Director Lu Ban looked at screenwriter Cui Ming, who was standing to the side.

"pretty good."

Cui Ming nodded, instinctively reaching for his pipe, but after glancing at the two ladies, he withdrew his hand.

"And what I really liked about the scene just now was that when the boy was talking to the girl, even though it seemed like he was just introducing something, he was actually subtly expressing his feelings. That cautious way of speaking is exactly the sweet taste of love at this age."

He also added a compliment.

"Y-really?"

Zhou Heming scratched his head and felt Lu Bai's grip on his arm tighten slightly.

"correct."

After thinking it over, Lu Ban decided to hand over the troublesome matter to Cui Ming.

"Let Lao Cui tell you about this episode when we eat later."

"?"

Cui Ming was taken aback, but pretended to be very busy when he looked at Lu Ban.

"also."

He helplessly reached into his pocket, wanting to take out his pipe, but stopped halfway through and could only pick up the ballpoint pen on the table and press it twice.

"By the way, we have a classmate who asked us to save a room for her before. Could we bring her to dinner tonight? It would be really awkward to leave her alone."

Lu Bai then asked again.

"Okay, it's a girl, right?"

The woman named Amber appears to be the one who helped coordinate.

"Hmm, she's a very pretty girl, about as pretty as me. Maybe we could even make her an actress to increase viewership."

Lu Bai did not hold back in praising Cheng Shuangjiang.

"I'm definitely looking forward to it."

Ms. Amber glanced at the director beside her.

"No problem, it's not a formal dinner anyway, just the few of us, we'll treat it like a home dinner."

Lu Ban stood up.

"Don't just think about it, take action now."

He was like a high school senior who had studied hard all day and was just waiting for dinner time; he was full of energy and had already arrived at the door of the room while he was talking.

"Well, there's really nothing we can do. You guys go and call that student first, we'll wait for you in the lobby downstairs."

Ms. Amber stood up somewhat helplessly and picked up the room key.

Cui Ming also stood up, nodded to Zhou Heming, and walked towards the door while taking things out of his pocket.

"He's really got real drive." Zhou Heming had finally witnessed what a fully charged person looked like.

A person like that would succeed at anything, right?
"Speaking of which, I know Director Lu Ban, and I also know that Teacher Cui Ming is the screenwriter. What is that lady's position? Is she a producer?"

Zhou Heming intuitively guessed that she was probably director Lu Ban's wife, but it seemed that there was more to her than that.

"That's Sister Xia Hu Po, Director Lu's wife. She studied psychotherapy. I mentioned to you before that I know a very good psychologist, and that's her."

Lu Bai pulled Zhou Heming out of the room and closed the door behind him.

"You even spoke to her via voice message when you had a fever during the Lunar New Year, don't you remember?"

Zhou Heming shook his head.

He really had no recollection of it, and even his memories of that period had become blurry.

"Oh~"

Lu Bai looked away and said again.

"However, to be precise, she is the director's encouragement officer, the person specifically responsible for comforting Director Lu when he has an episode."

"fall ill?"

Zhou Heming was puzzled.

"Well, because Director Lu was in a car accident before, he sometimes has some aftereffects and needs someone to accompany him. That's why Sister Amber learned psychology therapy."

Lu Bai explained.

"He said it was a talent, that is, the camera and images would automatically flood into his brain, but from a medical point of view, it's more like paranoia."

"Oh, how amazing."

Zhou Heming couldn't really comment, but based on his experience, Cui Ming was a very reliable person, and Lu Ban was a very energetic person. Perhaps only this combination could make a good movie?
"Wait a minute, Director Lu Ban is your uncle, so why do you call his wife 'sister'?"

He realized that something seemed off.

"I call Director Lu Director and Sister Amber Sister Sister, there's nothing wrong with that."

Lu Bai indicated that they each had their own perspective.

but
"Is the audition over already?"

Zhou Heming realized this too late.

He had originally imagined it would be like in the movies, with several people sitting behind a table, various cameras pointing at them, all very serious and focused.

It's at least in the style of a targeted exam.

I didn't expect it to be so fast?
"That means you're very talented."

Lu Bai chuckled and hugged Zhou Heming's arm.

"And you'll find out later when Teacher Cui tells you that only you can play this role."

"Am I the only one who can act?"

Zhou Heming was puzzled.

*
While riding the subway, Zhou Heming kept hearing advertisements that said, "Don't eat hot pot, eat grilled fish instead."

He once thought that grilled fish was a specialty dish of Chengdu.

However, they didn't actually go for grilled fish for dinner. Instead, they found a restaurant nearby that looked very authentic, with the owner and staff speaking fluent Sichuan dialect.

Cheng Shuangjiang followed Zhou Heming and Lu Bai, arriving a little late as they entered the store.

Just as Director Lu Ban said, besides the three young people, there were the three people in the room just now.

However, when the Amber Lady saw Cheng Shuangjiang, she narrowed her eyes slightly, shifted her gaze from Cheng Shuangjiang to Zhou Heming, and then looked away.

hum-

Zhou Heming's heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough, she still remembered!
Zhou Heming immediately felt embarrassed.

The key is.

If what Lu Bai said is true, Lu Ban is more like his guardian.

So this meal, roughly speaking, was Zhou Heming's meal when he met his parents.

In other words.

Zhou Heming brought his ex-girlfriend to the dinner to meet Lu Bai's parents, and Lu Bai's parents had previously seen Zhou Heming and Cheng Shuangjiang together.

"Zhou Heming, what are you doing?"

Lu Bai looked at Zhou Heming, who was checking house prices, with a puzzled expression.

"I'm just looking at how much a three-bedroom apartment costs in Chengdu."

Zhou Heming said, seemingly out of bewilderment.

Cheng Shuangjiang sat next to Lu Bai, glanced at Xia Hupo and Lu Ban, and pursed her lips. In Zhou Heming's opinion, she seemed a little uncomfortable.

Clearly, having that memory, she must have recognized the two people.

"How is it? Are you getting used to the food here?"

Sitting next to Cheng Shuangjiang, Xia Hupo thoughtfully avoided mentioning the previous incident at Ningjiang University. Instead, she greeted Cheng warmly to prevent the girl from feeling out of place.

"Fortunately."

Cheng Shuangjiang answered somewhat awkwardly.

It seems that even at eighteen, she wasn't very good at dealing with someone as gentle and understanding as her thirty-five-year-old self.

"You're so beautiful! Since you're staying in Sichuan for a while, why don't you make a cameo appearance in the show?"

They also invited Cheng Shuangjiang to make a cameo appearance.

"Hmm, it's not very convenient."

Cheng Shuangjiang finally managed to politely decline.

It's really like one thing that brings down another thing.

Zhou Heming wasn't paying much attention to Cheng Shuangjiang, because his neighbor Cui Ming was explaining the episode he and Lu Bai were starring in to him.

"This episode features a terminally ill girl and a boy at a funeral home, but the specific plot differs greatly from what Lu Bai initially received."

As Cui Ming picked up some food, he explained that he had been smoking heavily outside the restaurant before putting away his pipe and returning to the table.

Judging from his appearance, despite being a heavy smoker, he was very mindful of public etiquette and did not smoke in indoor public places.

"In the beginning of the story, the two met at the funeral home after the girl fell ill, and then got to know each other and fell in love."

Upon hearing Cui Ming's words, Cheng Shuangjiang slowed down her chopsticks movements.

"But later we discussed that this was a bit too much of a suspension bridge effect, and it would be difficult for the audience to empathize with the two of them and feel for their love within a single episode, especially since it's only 30 or 40 minutes of content."

Cui Ming picked up a piece of roasted duck from the spicy soup, dipped it in his rice, and didn't put it in his mouth right away.

"So we changed the script so that the boy and girl had known each other for many years, but the girl never understood the boy's work. There was an ambiguous relationship between them, but it was never made clear until the girl was diagnosed with the disease."

"Are you in an ambiguous relationship?"

Zhou Heming glanced at Lu Bai subconsciously.

Lu Bai seemed to know the outline of the script and was not surprised; on the contrary, he was very interested.

"When the girl broke down, the boy confessed his feelings and encouraged her to actively seek treatment. Unfortunately, the girl's condition gradually deteriorated and she didn't have much time left."

Cui Ming ate the piece of roasted duck, chewed it carefully, and swallowed it completely before continuing to speak.

"In her final days, the girl was transferred to a hospice ward, where she met the protagonist, Riko. Riko suggested that since the ending could not be changed, they should try to make the farewell as beautiful as possible and let the girl design her own funeral."

The sound of the glass being set down followed by Cheng Shuangjiang's fingers tracing the inside of the glass filled with juice.

"So, in the end, the girl passed away, but her funeral left a deep impression on everyone?"

Zhou Heming speculated.

"The farewell ceremony they planned was a wedding."

Lu Bai spoke up at this moment, a little embarrassed.

bang-

Cheng Shuangjiang's chopsticks slipped from her grasp and fell onto the table, colliding with the tableware and making a crisp sound.

"Oh, I'll get you a new pair of chopsticks."

Xia Hu Po, who witnessed this, immediately called the waiter to bring her a new pair of chopsticks.

"wedding?"

Zhou Heming, unaware of what had happened over there, suddenly realized what was going on.

"A farewell ceremony doesn't necessarily have to be a funeral. Rather than having relatives and friends cry and mourn after death, it's better to say goodbye to everyone in the most beautiful way in the final moments."

"That's right, that's also the central theme of this drama."

Cui Ming snapped his fingers.

"Indeed, it was an angle I hadn't considered before."

Zhou Heming thought to himself that as expected of a professional screenwriter, he really knew how to make a point in the expression of the theme. Moreover, compared to an ordinary funeral, using a wedding as a farewell ceremony would create a greater contrast and make the visual impact stronger.

However, he was also somewhat bewildered.

"Lu Bai said before that only I could play this role. Besides my professional advantages, is there anything special about me?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Ming smiled meaningfully.

Lu Bai hesitated, wanting to stop Cui Ming but not daring to speak up to stop his senior.

Cheng Shuangjiang put down her chopsticks. Although she seemed to still be looking at the dishes on the table, she had already pricked up her ears and was listening intently to what was happening here.

Xia Hu Po looked over with a smile and handed a tissue to Lu Ban, who was focused on eating.

"Because this young boy is the lover of the girl played by Lu Bai, you two have to hold hands and hug in front of the camera. The wedding scene will also include a wedding dress and a kiss. This is Lu Bai's first on-screen romance scene with physical contact."

Cui Ming said with a smile.

"If it weren't for you, Lu Bai definitely wouldn't have agreed to this kind of plot."

crunch--

Before Zhou Heming could react.

The sound of a chair coming from the side came from nearby.

He turned his head and looked towards the source of the sound.

Cheng Shuangjiang stood up somewhat awkwardly, causing the chair to move. She seemed to have bumped her knee on the table leg, and her cheek twitched slightly.

"I'm going to the restroom."

She left with those words, turned around, and fled as if running away.

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