Huayu: The young actress is heavily dependent on me

Meng Ziyi opened the door.

Chen Li was standing at the door, holding a plastic bag in her left hand and a packed breakfast in her right.

"Excuse me, it's hot." He squeezed in from the side, put the breakfast on the table, and handed her the plastic bag.

Meng Ziyi took the bag, opened it, and was stunned.

Inside was a box of ibuprofen sustained-release capsules, a pack of hand warmers, a tube of topical anti-inflammatory ointment, and a small bottle of vitamin E soft capsules.

"You... went to buy this first thing this morning?"

Meng Ziyi looked up at him, her eyes red-rimmed.

"What else?" Chen Li opened the breakfast takeout boxes one by one.

"Red date and goji berry porridge, custard buns, and shrimp dumplings. Drink the porridge while it's hot; I asked someone at the pharmacy, and they said drinking something hot will make you feel better."

Meng Ziyi held the bag of medicine and stood by the bed, deeply moved.

She had even thought that Chen Li was really going to abandon her.

Unexpectedly, he was still concerned about whether I was hungry or if I felt unwell.

Sure enough, he likes me!

Hmph! What a hypocrite!

"What are you standing there for? The porridge is getting cold."

Chen Li pushed the bowl of porridge towards her.

Meng Ziyi lowered her head: "Thank you."

"No need to thank me." Chen Li pulled up a chair, sat down, picked up a custard bun, took a bite, and mumbled something.

"Eat quickly, and then take the medicine. Put a heat pack on your lower abdomen, and apply the ointment—you know where to apply it."

Meng Ziyi's face flushed red instantly, and she grabbed a lava bun and stuffed it into his mouth:

"Shut up!"

Chen Li was caught off guard, her cheeks puffed out like a hamster.

Meng Ziyi sat down, picked up the bowl of porridge, and sipped it slowly.

She secretly glanced at Chen Li.

He was peeling a tea egg, and after peeling it, he carefully removed the thin skin sticking to the egg white before putting it into her bowl.

She suddenly felt a lump in her throat.

"Eat up, why are you looking at me?" Chen Li didn't even look up and continued peeling the second egg.

"Who's looking at you?" Meng Ziyi quickly lowered her head and drank her porridge.

After a few seconds of silence, she suddenly cried out, "Ah!"

Chen Li nearly dropped the egg: "What's wrong?"

Meng Ziyi pointed to the time displayed on his phone and jumped up from his chair.

The movement was too vigorous and aggravated a certain area, causing her to wince in pain, but she couldn't care less about that now:

"Oh no, oh no, oh no! It's 11:20! My flight is at 1:00!"

She paced around the room like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Where's your down jacket? Where did you leave it yesterday?

The charger is still plugged in on the bedside table! Where's the makeup bag?

Socks! There's only one sock left!

Chen Li sat in the chair, watching her run around with her bare legs, the belt of her bathrobe almost coming undone.

"Would you like me to give you a ride?"

"No need!" Meng Ziyi said without turning her head, stuffing her makeup bag into her suitcase.

"I called a private car yesterday, it should be here soon!"

After finally managing to pack their luggage with Chen Li, Meng Ziyi hurriedly dragged his suitcase out.

As she reached the door, she suddenly stopped and turned around.

Chen Li leaned against the door frame, his hands in his pockets, watching her.

"I'm leaving," she said.

"Um."

I'll message you when I arrive, and remember to miss me~.

"Um."

She bit her lower lip, then suddenly stood on tiptoe and quickly kissed him on the cheek.

Then, like a startled rabbit, she grabbed her suitcase and rushed into the corridor without looking back.

The elevator doors opened, and she dragged her suitcase inside.

Just before the door closed, she saw Chen Li still leaning against the doorframe, raising his hand and waving at her.

Meng Ziyi was still carrying the medicine Chen Li had bought for her, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up slightly.

I need to work out my legs properly when I get back, especially my glutes and adductors.

I admit defeat this time, but I'll definitely get my revenge next time!

......

Chen Li feels that she is full of energy every day!

As expected of products from the system, they are always of high quality!

Now I only need to sleep two or three hours a day to wake up naturally, and I feel incredibly energetic.

Most importantly, this enhanced recovery ability directly reduces the cooldown of replenishing ammo.

It makes up for the lack of a "wise man" mode in men.

In the days that followed, Chen Li went to the training room to train before dawn every day.

The morning consists of basic training, the afternoon is for acting and physical training, and the evening is for practicing lines or reviewing the script.

These past few days, Master Liu has been guiding their action scene training.

Even a fool could see that Master Liu had a great fondness for Chen Li.

"Little Chen! Come here, I have some good news for you!" Master Liu said with a smile, waving to Chen Li.

Chen Li put down the water bottle and stood up: "Master Liu, what's wrong?"

"I've discussed it with Director Zhang, and we need to add a fight scene for the character Kou Feng." Master Liu slammed his spear on the ground with a dull thud.

"It's that gun technique you used during your audition. The more I think about it, the more I feel it would be a shame not to film it."

Chen Li's eyes lit up: "Really? That's great!"

"But there's one move I've always been unsure about, it's that—"

As Master Liu spoke, he gripped the gun barrel with both hands and gestured a couple of times, his brow furrowing.

"I tried your combo last time, where you first create an opening and then sweep the lower body, several times, but I always felt that the connection was not quite right."

"Go and show me how it's done!"

Chen Li nodded and took the spear.

The prop gun feels slightly heavy in the hand. Although the gun head is made of soft rubber, the shaft is made of solid white wax, and it feels just like a real gun.

He took two steps back, found an open space, took a deep breath, and twirled the gun barrel in his palm.

First came three basic thrusts.

The spear tip pierced the air, whistling through the wind.

Immediately afterwards, his body suddenly sank down, deliberately leaving his upper body exposed.

The gun barrel, however, emerged like a venomous snake from its hole, thrusting out diagonally from the side and then sweeping horizontally in the same direction.

The entire sequence of movements was executed in one smooth motion, with the butt of the gun striking the ground as it was sheathed, kicking up a small cloud of dust.

Master Liu's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands repeatedly:

"Yes! That's the taste! Look at your perfect balance of movement, beautiful!"

He turned and waved to a group of young actors waiting in the distance.

"Come here, everyone! Come and see what real kung fu is all about!"

Dilraba was the first to run over.

Today she wore her hair in an ancient style, with floral decorations on her forehead, and her hairpins jingled as she ran.

Following behind were Zhang Yijie, who played the third male lead, Li Tingting, who played the supporting female lead, and several extras who played guards.

"What's wrong, Master Liu?" Dilraba asked, blinking her big eyes.

Master Liu pointed at Chen Li:

"You guys have been following me for days, and you still can't even master a simple spear flourish. Especially you, Xiao Di."

He named names without any politeness, his tone carrying the disdain typical of a martial arts master.

"That backhand thrust I taught you yesterday, you practiced it eight times and still tripped yourself. Look at Xiao Chen—"

Dilraba's face flushed red, and she pouted and muttered softly:

"I didn't have any foundation..."

"If you don't have a foundation, watch carefully! Make sure you understand!" Master Liu gestured with his chin towards Chen Li.

"Xiao Chen, do that routine again, let them see what you're made of."

Chen Li felt somewhat helpless, but he couldn't refuse, so he picked up the spear again.

This time he deliberately slowed down and broke down each movement.

The final shot finished the job, the tip of the gun drawing a silver arc in the air before coming to a steady stop in front of his chest.

There was silence for a full three seconds.

"Holy crap—"

Zhang Yijie broke the silence first, his eyes widening.

"This...is this really something a human could do?"

Li Tingting covered her mouth with both hands:

"My God, Chen Li, have you trained before? This is even better than all the stuntmen I've seen in Hengdian!"

One of the extras playing a bodyguard, who was also a stuntman, looked shocked and leaned over to ask in a low voice:

"Dude, who taught you your marksmanship? You're obviously a trained marksman."

Master Liu stood with his hands behind his back, beaming with pride, as if he himself had just been wielding the gun.

"See that? That's what you call skill!"

"You lot, all you do is complain about being tired all day long. You don't practice the basics, and you expect to put on some good fight scenes?"

"Especially you, Xiao Di! All you do is slack off all day long!"

Dilraba pouted and looked at Chen Li expectantly.

Upon hearing this, Chen Li wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"It's okay, I'll ask you to practice together next time, don't be discouraged..."

Dilraba's eyes lit up.

It seems that the girl named Meng Ziyi has left, which gives Chen Li another chance to be alone with her.

Moreover, he had already received Jing Tian's true teachings.

She's been watching instructional videos on small websites every day for the past few days and has already gained quite a bit of knowledge.

Dilraba's eyes darted around as she looked at Chen Li with a grin.

This left Chen Li completely bewildered.

I was just offering you a few words of encouragement, why are you grinning like an idiot?

Was what I said really that funny?