Chapter Thirty-Two: The Last Day (End of Volume)

  Liu Shishi changed clothes in the room, while He Mu hid in the bathroom to change into a cooler outfit. After Liu came out, they stood together and looked quite matching, but it was a bit chilly.

  However, as an expert in guiding image work, Dolly couldn't bear to see Liu Shi's bare face and forcibly pressed down her head to give her a light makeup, changing her hairstyle. The simple changes didn't destroy Shi's liveliness but added a bit of femininity, making it hard for people to look away. Everyone praised Dolly's skillful hands, even Liu Shi, who usually doesn't care about makeup, laughed and said she wanted to make him her master, causing the guy's proud chin to almost touch the sky.

  This should be the first time He Mu and Liu Shi played a couple in their long-term collaboration, and it was done through photography. Photography is different from acting, it's static, and compared to film performances, there are many fewer steps involved, so it's much simpler, just need to find a good location according to Li Wenrui's idea, make the right expression, and then let Wang Mingfei click the shutter, that's OK.

  However, sometimes when Liu Shi and Ren Jing were being affectionate, they couldn't help but burst out laughing. After all, they are two amateur actors without professional skills. There was a scene where Lu Fei had a lot of work pressure, Ruan Jing looked at him from the side, then snuck a kiss on his cheek. Just this one photo, Liu Shi struggled for a long time before agreeing to take it.

  Although Shi Shi is usually very casual and boyish, she's only 19 years old and hasn't experienced love before, so she lacks experience in some things. He Miao has already put on a mature face, Liu Shi Shi intertwined her two fingers together, struggled psychologically for a while before quickly pecking him on the cheek with pursed lips, this shouldn't count as a first kiss, she thought.

  Wang Mingfei, holding the camera, was stunned. "Shishi, I didn't mean for you to really kiss him, just make a kissing pose, so your mouth should be on his face and then freeze."

  "Ah? Oh." Liu Shi's face turned bright red, then she slowly pressed her lips to He Mu's cheek as Wang Mingfei had requested.

  Just now, Shi Shi's movements were too fast, and he didn't feel anything. Now, He Mu can finally savor it carefully, moist and soft, this is the taste of Shi Shi's lips. He Mu feels a little itchy in his heart.

  In the end, more than 100 photos were taken, covering every stage of the plot development, all of which took place in this small room. Li Wen Hua had to select 24 from among them to make a set of "bookmarks for living with flight attendants".

  Although everyone was in a hurry, they still worked until 7 or 8 pm. After all, Liu Shishi changed her clothes and hairstyle many times during the shooting, including one time when she wore He Mu's big vest, filming the scene where Ruan Jing wakes up at Lu Fei's home after getting drunk.

  In the empty space where Shi Shi was changing clothes, He Mu quietly asked Dolly, "Can clothes be returned?"

  Dolly listened and was taken aback at first, then glared coldly at He Mu with a sinister smile: "What do you think?"

  "Alright, forget I said that," He Mu painfully lowered his head and asked again, "How much did these clothes cost?"

  "Not much, just two thousand yuan."

  He Muyong let out a sigh of relief, Dolly was really considerate of him this time, not choosing the expensive ones, after returning the money to Dolly, He Muyong found that he didn't have much money left on him, the card was also emptied, just half a month ago he was still a millionaire, unexpectedly now reduced to such a state, pitiful and lamentable.

  After finishing, Shi Shi changed back into her original clothes. He Mu put the ones she wore for the photoshoot back in the bag and had her take them home.

  "No way, I already said it's helping a friend." Shi Shi refused, she now considered Li Wen Hua and his group as friends.

  He Mu Hu's face turned red, "What's the use of me keeping it if you're not going to wear it? I don't have a fetish for strange clothes."

  Liu Shishi thought for a moment and then took over these clothes.

  He Mu Ben had planned to personally send Liu Shi Shi home, but didn't expect Li Wen Hua to pat his big belly and say: "Today everyone has been very hardworking, I'll treat you all to dinner!"

  He Mu patted his forehead and saw that Shi's eyes lit up, he knew he couldn't resist this foodie, so he suggested: "It's cold outside, how about having hot pot?"

  This proposal was unanimously agreed upon by everyone, and Liu Shishi was also very satisfied. Li Wenhua, who was familiar with He Mu's living habits, poked him and said, "Hey, the hot pot is all beef and mutton, none of your favorite dishes."

  "Of course I know," He Mu pointed gloomily at Liu Shi, "this young lady can't eat pork."

  "Could it be her..."

  "That's right, she is!"

  Li Wen's sympathetic patted He Mu's shoulder: "I thought you two had something special, now I believe your relationship is pure and will remain so, haha."

  ……

  After finishing the hot pot, He Mu volunteered to send Liu Shishi. In the car, Pooh suddenly remembered that they still had a movie to watch while patting her round belly.

  "Haven't I already treated you to dinner? So forget about watching a movie." He Mu said fiercely.

  Liu Shi didn't give in and reasoned, "But this meal was paid for by Ge Qian, so it can't be counted as your treat. You still owe me one, either we watch a movie or you take me out to eat."

  "Alright, let's go watch a movie," He Mu suddenly said with a sly smile. "Why don't we go now? The cinema is definitely less crowded at this hour."

  Shishi shook her head firmly, it's already past 9 o'clock now. She has been staying at home for the past few days, if she doesn't go back now, her mom will definitely be worried sick. So she made an appointment with He Mu to watch a morning movie tomorrow.

  After parking under the poet's building and watching her struggle to carry several sets of clothes up the stairs, He Mu asked: "Don't you invite me to go up and sit for a while?"

  "My dad will break your legs." Liu Shishi left with these words and happily slipped into the corridor.

  He Mu scratched his head for a while and didn't understand what was going on, so he just shrugged and sighed: "I don't know how you're going to explain those clothes to your parents, haha." He Mu drove away quickly.

  As expected, Liu's mother became nervous and stern as soon as she saw her daughter carrying so many clothes: "Tell me, where did these clothes come from? If you can't explain clearly, you won't be allowed to eat dinner."

  "Mom, I'm full," said Liu Shishi with a satisfied pat on her own belly.

  "There's tomorrow too, don't interrupt me, just confess honestly." Liu Ma said again. The money Liu Shi made from filming was all in her parents' hands, and she usually only had some spare change to buy snacks. How did this greedy girl suddenly buy so many clothes? Although Shi Shi has been obedient and sensible since childhood, as a mother, it's hard not to worry.

  Liu Shishi is not good at lying and confessed that she helped a friend take some photos and the friend gave her these clothes.

  "Is it a boyfriend or girlfriend?" Liu's dad suddenly appeared from somewhere, holding a newspaper in his hand and leaning on the sofa to ask.

  "It's a boy, friend."

  "Come on, old man," said Mrs. Liu, pushing Mr. Liu, "our baby is already this big and almost graduating from college, you don't have to be so tense all the time, as if those boys were wolves and leopards waiting to pounce."

  Liu's father waved his hand, "Bao is not even twenty yet, still young and not too clever usually. You know how bad those kids are now? If I don't keep a close eye on her, you'll be the one crying later. In a few days, Bao isn't going to Heng shop or something? You go with him and keep an eye out. If any of those bad kids dare to have ideas about my daughter, watch me break their legs!"

  Shishi originally wanted to argue about the topic of "not being too smart in daily life", but when she heard her father say something about breaking legs, she stuck out her tongue and stood obediently listening to his lecture, while thinking to herself: Fortunately, He Mu didn't come up, otherwise, hmm...

  …………

  Back in the apartment, looking at Li Wen Hua's rearranged room, He Mu didn't plan on changing it either, this way was quite cozy.

  Look at the time, it's already past 10 o'clock. Look again at the date, December 31st. Today is the last day of the year 2005. Time has passed so quickly. He Mu dialed his home phone number while rubbing his mobile phone.

  This phone call has three purposes: Firstly, with the new year approaching, to wish his family and parents a happy new year and let them know he's safe; Secondly, to inform his parents about his current situation of filming and his unlimited future prospects, so they can be at ease; Thirdly, since he is currently struggling financially and it's unlikely he'll make money in the short term to change his living situation, he has no choice but to rely on his mom to take care of his living expenses, so he can live comfortably.

  The abacus is played quite well, but as soon as Mom answered the phone, she jumped directly to the third question, "Is it that there's no money?"

  "Mom, how did you know? Can't I just make a phone call to report safety or something?" He Mu asked nervously.

  "What's mom thought: 'If it's just a call to report safety, you won't make it at 10pm in the middle of the night. It must be something urgent, and all I can think of is that you want money.'"

  "Alright, mom, you must have watched too many Detective Dee Renjie shows, you're too perceptive!" He Muo exclaimed.

  "Tell me, how much? I'll transfer it to you tomorrow."

  ……

  The next day, He Mu finally got to see the long-awaited "Wuji". The gorgeous backdrop, gorgeous action, gorgeous colors, and gorgeous dialogue, as well as the misty plot, left He Mu at a loss for words. Was it that his own appreciation level hadn't reached that realm yet? He Mu hoped to hear others' opinions, "Shishi, what do you think of this movie?"

  "Ah, I'm done, let's go." Liu Shishi rubbed her eyes sleepily and said, she was trained all night yesterday and came to watch a movie with He Wu early this morning, how could she not be sleepy?

  He rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "Let's go."

  He Mu is leaving today, his flight is at noon, he and Shi Shi parted ways on the spot, telling her to go home and take a nap, then went to Hu Lu Film and Television, it is said that boss Xiao Fang has just "grabbed" a new script...

  (ps: The first volume of 2005's extras is finished, and next I'll write a summary for 2005. It's almost time for the second volume - what will be its key word? Seeking votes? No, seeking votes is the key word that runs through the whole book~~)