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a few days later.

Liu Qianqian was pulled out of the "You Are the Apple of My Eye" crew by Yu Le like a radish and directly stuffed into the recording studio of Salty Fish Studio.

The little girl didn't even change her clothes.

She wore a blue and white high school uniform, had a high ponytail, and her face showed obvious signs of fatigue.

For the past month, she was tormented by Ning Hao, that madman, on set during the day, and had to come back at night to memorize vocabulary and practice her voice.

Although she enjoyed it, her body told a different story.

She had visibly lost weight, and her chin was so sharp it was heartbreaking.

"Have you memorized all the words?"

Yu Le laid the A4 sheet of paper flat on the music stand.

Liu Qianqian nodded without saying anything, but her eyes were frighteningly bright.

She loved this song at first sight.

That kind of spirit—to fight to the death even when covered in mud—is practically a description of her current state.

"Go in."

Liu Qianqian walked into the recording studio and put on her headphones.

The accompaniment began.

The prelude is somber and oppressive, like dark clouds hanging low in the sky before a storm.

"They were all brave."

"The wound on your forehead—your—difference—the mistake you made—"

Chang Shilei raised an eyebrow as soon as the first sentence was uttered.

It lacks the cloyingly sweet girlishness of the past, and it doesn't deliberately imitate the world-weariness of adults.

Her voice still carried the unique innocence and crispness of a sixteen-year-old, but under this heavy arrangement, this innocence gave rise to a sense of fragmentation.

It's like a tender sprout that forcefully pushes open a concrete slab in the ruins.

Although fragile, that is fate, a fate that will never bow down.

During the chorus, the drumbeats suddenly become more intense.

Liu Qianqian closed her eyes, her hands gripping the edge of the music stand tightly, her knuckles turning white.

"I love you, walking alone through dark alleys—"

"I love the way you refuse to kneel down—"

"Loving you has faced despair—"

"Refusing to even have a good cry—"

Her voice trembled slightly, and her high notes even cracked a bit, which was completely inconsistent with the "perfect performance" described in textbooks.

Chang Shilei subconsciously reached for the fader to prepare for audio editing, but Yu Le grabbed his hand and pressed it down.

"Don't move."

Yu Le stared at the girl on the other side of the glass, who seemed weak but had actually unleashed astonishing energy in that instant.

"This is the flavor I want."

"That's the kind of clumsy thing... being terrified but still gritting your teeth and charging forward."

The song was finished being recorded.

Liu Qianqian took off her headphones, panting heavily, her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat.

Although it lacks the weight and breadth of experience gained from weathering the storms of life compared to Eason Chan's later version, this version of "Girl's Battle Song" possesses a different kind of power that strikes the heart directly.

That was the solitary courage of youth.

As long as they're not dead yet, they'll fight to the death.

……

June 20th.

Beijing has entered barbecue mode, with cicadas chirping in the trees at an ear-splitting pace.

The filming of "You Are the Apple of My Eye" has also reached its final stage.

The final scene.

An argument and a breakup during a heavy rain.

This is the most heart-wrenching and classic scene in the entire movie.

For this scene, Ning Hao brought in two water trucks to thoroughly soak the old street.

"Attention all departments! Silence!"

The megaphone in Ning Hao's hand was already cracking. He was shirtless, with a wet towel around his neck, and his eyes were wide open like copper bells.

"This is the last scene! Give it your all! After we're done, I'll treat you all to a big drinking session at the roadside stalls next to Heaven on Earth!"

There was a burst of laughter, which quickly subsided.

Yu Le stood behind the monitor, fanning himself with a palm leaf fan, his gaze piercing through the rain and landing on the two lead actors who were already soaked to the bone.

Hu Ge was wearing a white shirt that was soaked through by the rain and clung tightly to his body. His hair was a mess, and he looked utterly disheveled.

Liu Qianqian stood opposite him, rain streaming down her cheeks, indistinguishable between rain and tears.

"Action!"

The water trucks were running at full capacity, creating a torrential downpour of artificial rain.

Hugo suddenly threw his bicycle down, the wheels spinning freely on the puddle, making a hissing sound.

He roared at Liu Qianqian's back with all his might.

"Yes! I am childish!"

"I was so naive to have chased after you for so long!"

That shout, his voice cracked, released the grievances and resentment that Ko Ching-teng had suppressed throughout the entire movie.

Liu Qianqian stopped in her tracks.

She slowly turned around, and her face, which always carried a sense of reserve and pride, was now filled with despair.

The rain wet her eyelashes, forcing her to squint to see the tall boy in front of her clearly.

"You big idiot..."

She choked up, her voice sounding broken and fragmented in the sound of the rain.

"You don't understand anything..."

"Ko Ching-teng, you're such a big idiot!"

At this moment, she was neither that aloof fairy goddess nor that star who was the center of attention.

She is Shen Jiayi.

An ordinary girl who is powerless to help the person she likes and can only use scolding to cover up her heartbreak.

"Card!"

Ning Hao suddenly jumped up from behind the monitor, but he didn't shout. Instead, he frowned and stared intently at the playback.

"Something's wrong! Her emotions are off!"

He rushed into the rain, wiped the water off his face, and pointed at Hugo's nose.

"Hu Ge! What are you doing? Are you acting in an idol drama?"

"What I want isn't handsomeness! Not deep affection! It wants pain! It wants fucking pain!"

"Are you even a man? The girl you like is leaving, and this is all you're capable of?"

Hu Ge was so angry at that he turned pale and stood shivering in the rain.

He's still just a sophomore in college, and these kinds of emotionally intense scenes are too difficult for him.

"Again!"

Ning Hao gave him no chance to catch his breath. "Prepare the water truck! Another one!"

the second time.

the third time.

the fifth time.

Hu Ge's voice was hoarse, and Liu Qianqian's eyes were swollen from crying.

The physical exhaustion and psychological torment brought both young actors to the brink of collapse.

Yu Le looked at the little girl on the monitor who was about to collapse, and tightened his grip on the palm-leaf fan, but he didn't move or make a sound.

This is a hurdle that actors must overcome.

If you can't get past this hurdle, you'll just be a pretty face in the end.

Finally, the seventh time.

Hugo seems to have truly gone mad.

He no longer cared about positioning or facial expression management.

Like a wounded wild beast, he rampaged through the rain, kicking the bicycle three meters away.

"I'm so naive! That's why I've been able to pursue you for so long!"

He rushed up to Liu Qianqian, the two of them less than ten centimeters apart.

His eyes were red as he stared intently at her, his chest heaving violently as he roared.

"I'm such an idiot! That's why I've liked you for so long!"

Liu Qianqian was so frightened by this aura that she took half a step back.

But the next second, she caught it.

Tears welled up in her eyes and streamed down her face, mingling with the rain.

She no longer had to worry about whether her crying looked good or not, unlike before.

She cried until her face was contorted in pain, her sobs heart-wrenching.

"Fool……"

"You're such a big idiot!"

She squatted on the ground, burying her face in her knees, her cries sounding so helpless in the torrential rain.

Ning Hao, behind the monitor, clenched his fist and punched hard.

But he didn't call a halt immediately.

The camera zooms out.

The heavy rain continued to fall.

A boy and a girl, one standing and roaring, the other squatting and weeping.

The regrets of youth are frozen in time and become eternal.

A full half minute passed.

Ning Hao took a deep breath, picked up the large megaphone that was already flooded, and shouted out those two words with all his might.

"Card!!!"

That sound was like some kind of switch.

The water truck has stopped.

After a brief silence, the staff erupted in cheers that could have lifted the roof off.

"Passed! Passed!"

"Filming's wrapped! We've wrapped filming!"

Some people threw their hats into the air, some hugged each other, and some collapsed from exhaustion in the mud.

Hu Ge was still standing there, somewhat dazed, seemingly not yet recovered from that emotion.

It wasn't until Zhu Yawen rushed up, grabbed his neck, and pressed him down so hard he almost knelt down.

"Wow, Lao Hu! That look in your eyes just now, it made me tear up!"

On the other side, Shu Chang rushed up with a large towel and wrapped Liu Qianqian, who was still squatting on the ground, like a rice dumpling.

"Sissi! That was amazing! I cried so much..."

Liu Qianqian peeked out from under the towel; her face was deathly pale, and her eyes were swollen like walnuts.

She looked around blankly, as if searching for someone.

My gaze passed through the chaotic crowd and finally settled on the calm-looking man in the corner.

Yu Le walked over.

He reached out and gently ruffled the wet head, turning the once neatly combed hair into a mess again.

"Alright, stop crying."

Yu Le took out a White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket, unwrapped it, and stuffed it into the still slightly trembling little mouth.

"If you keep crying, you'll turn into braised pig's head, and nobody will like that then."

The sweet, milky flavor melts in your mouth.

Liu Qianqian sniffed, a candy in her mouth, and looked at the man in front of her who was always so unserious. Finally, a smile that looked worse than crying appeared on her lips.

"It tastes awful..."

She muttered to herself, but tears once again involuntarily streamed down her face.