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Chapter 25: How Do You Plan To Force Me?
TL: Resonance
奚墨显然是特别嫌弃这种家禽的，更何况还是死的，看起来怪怵人，不过大概是怕这鸡骇人的死状再被阮夜笙看到，她皱着眉又将折叠伞的伞布拢了拢，将那东西彻底盖了个严实。
Xi Mo obviously dislikes this kind of poultry, not to mention that it’s a dead one which looked so strange. Probably because she was afraid that this chicken’s appalling death would be seen by Ruan Yesheng again, she frowned and further closed up the canopy of the folding umbrella, covering that thing completely within the umbrella.
阮夜笙的情绪也在奚墨的这个小动作中得到了缓和，她顿了顿，轻声说：“我不怕。”
Ruan Yesheng’s mood finally eased after seeing this tiny action of Xi Mo. She paused for a moment and said softly, “I’m not scared.”
奚墨看看四周，好在大家都被开机仪式聚集了去，这里又相对较偏，暂时还没人注意，不过再拖延一会就不好办了，干媒体这行的人全都贼精，一有点风吹草动就能闻着味嗅过来。
Xi Mo looked around. Fortunately, everyone was gathered on the other side for the start-up ceremony. This place was further away and no one has noticed what happened yet. However, it won’t be good to delay any longer. People in the media industry are all very sharp, even the slightest disturbance can attract them over.
“我们走开点。”奚墨转身往那边廊檐下走。
“Let’s move further away.” Xi Mo turned around and walked under the eaves of the corridor.
阮夜笙点点头，看起来十分乖觉地跟在她后面，奚墨拎着鸡回头又凉凉地看她一眼，感觉她平常媚得跟只狐狸似的，这会却又乖得像只兔子，只怕也是个精分。
Ruan Yesheng nodded her head and followed behind her looking very obedient. Xi Mo carried the chicken and looked back at her coolly. She felt that Ruan Yesheng was usually charming like a fox, but she looked as obedient as a rabbit now, seeming like she also got a split personality.
她倒知道加个也，想来对自己的精分段位还是颇有自知之明。
Xi Mo knew to add the word ‘also’, for she is self-aware of her own split personality moments.
邓府花园里多廊道，两人走到一根朱红色大柱子旁休息，奚墨赶紧将包了鸡的折叠伞丢到一边，一脸不悦。
There were many corridors in the Deng’s mansion garden. The two of them walked to the side of a large vermilion pillar to rest. Xi Mo immediately threw the folding umbrella holding the chicken to one side with a displeased look.
她又低头审视了一番服装，幸好没有沾上血，不然下午开拍可就麻烦了。
She then looked down and studied her costume. Fortunately, it wasn’t stained with blood, or it would have been troublesome when they started filming in the afternoon.
阮夜笙一直不说话，看上去像是心事重重的，刚才那事对她影响似乎不是一般的大。
Ruan Yesheng had been silent throughout and looking deep in thought. The incident just now seemed to have impacted her rather greatly.
奚墨一番搜肠刮肚，终于将她这辈子从没有过的安慰意识拔出来那么一点苗头了，声音没什么起伏地说：“这就是个恶作剧而已，你没见过死鸡，也该吃过鸡肉。”
Xi Mo thought hard about what to say and finally managed to find a tiny bit of way from her ability to comfort others which never existed in her life before. She said monotonously, “This is just a prank. You should have eaten chicken before even if you haven’t seen a dead chicken.”
阮夜笙这才有了反应：“你还真是不会安慰人。”
Only then did Ruan Yesheng react, “You really don’t know how to comfort someone.”
奚墨冷笑：“那怎么才算安慰？要抱着你？”
Xi Mo sneered, “Then what do I have to do for it to be considered comforting? Hug you?”
阮夜笙目不转睛地盯着她。
Ruan Yesheng stared at her intently.
奚墨霎时被她盯出了一身鸡皮疙瘩，就那小眼神，差点以为她真要她抱，忙不动声色踮着脚挪了两步。
Xi Mo instantly got goosebump from being stared at by her. That little look from her almost made Xi Mo think that Ruan Yesheng really wanted her to hug her. Xi Mo hurriedly tiptoed two steps away.
“脚扭到了？”阮夜笙歪头道。
“Did you sprain your ankle?” Ruan Yesheng asked with a tilted head.
“没有。”
“No.”
阮夜笙还是盯着奚墨的脚，见奚墨没什么反应，眼睛这才又移往之前围墙那个方向，目光有点空：“没有人会在这样的时间和地点做这样的恶作剧。”
Ruan Yesheng was still staring at Xi Mo’s leg. Seeing that there wasn’t much reaction from Xi Mo, she finally looked back towards the direction of the wall previously. Her eyes were a little empty as she said, “No one would make such a prank at such a time and place.”
奚墨暂时没接话。
Xi Mo didn’t answer immediately.
其实她心里当然知道这不是一般的恶作剧，现在的人还不至于这么无聊，这里好歹在举行剧组开机仪式，出席的都是在社会上有头有脸有名的人，还有安保人员和媒体在，没有人会傻到在这种节骨眼上恶作剧，除非是想故意吸引眼球。但如果真要吸引眼球，却又不需要这样偷偷摸摸地挑偏僻的地方下手，缩在围墙后看不见脸，扔完死鸡立马消失无踪，这与逻辑是相悖的。
Actually, she also knew in her heart that this was not an ordinary prank. The people now are not so stupid. In any case, this place was holding the crew start-up ceremony. Those who attended were all well-known and famous people in the society. There are also security personnel and the media around. No one would be silly enough to play a prank at such an important juncture, unless they are deliberately trying to attract attention. But if someone really wanted to attract attention, they wouldn’t have the need to secretly pick a remote place to act. The person hid behind the wall and their face couldn’t be seen. After throwing the dead chicken, the person immediately disappeared. This contradicts the purpose of attracting attention.
这件事从头到尾都透着那么一股子说不出来的诡异，她说恶作剧也只是想安慰安慰阮夜笙，让阮夜笙认为这是个小事，不必太在意。但是看反应阮夜笙却对这事很敏感，既然阮夜笙自己先挑明了，奚墨也不再顾忌什么，回想了下前后，只说：“你之前问我有没有看过什么奇怪的东西，这么说想必是你自己见到了？你见过什么了？”
From beginning to end, there was such an inexplicable weirdness to the incident. She was only trying to comfort Ruan Yesheng when she said that it was just a prank. She wanted Ruan Yesheng to think that this was just a small issue and to not mind it that much. But judging by Ruan Yesheng’s reaction, she seemed to be very sensitive to this issue. Since Ruan Yesheng herself decided to talk about it, Xi Mo no longer has any issue talking about it. After thinking about what happened earlier, she said, “Previously, you asked me if I have seen anything weird, so you must have seen it yourself? What have you seen?”
阮夜笙静了片刻，将昨晚上看见树下那个黑影的事说了出来。
Ruan Yesheng was silent for a moment before she told Xi Mo about the black shadow she had seen under the tree last night.
奚墨听完，蹙眉沉思一番，说：“毕竟你当时没看清，只是黑漆漆的一团，暂时也不能确定什么的。”
After listening, Xi Mo frowned and fell deep in thoughts for a moment before saying, “After all, you didn’t see it clearly. It was just a ball of black, so we can’t be sure for the time being.”
“我相信自己的感觉，我感觉那个黑影是有问题的。”阮夜笙看着奚墨的眼睛：“你会相信我么？”
“I believe in my feelings, I feel that there is something wrong with that shadow.” Ruan Yesheng looked into Xi Mo’s eyes and asked, “Would you believe me?”
她的眼神就像是漩涡一样。
Her eyes were like whirlpools.
奚墨的唇轻轻动了动：“我相信事实，相信逻辑得当的推测。”
Xi Mo’s lips moved slightly, “I believe in facts and logical speculations.”
阮夜笙笑了，没有得到她心里想听的答案，她并不意外。有些奢望因为压抑得太久了，渐渐会自我保护而退回到萌芽状态，再在上面盖层土藏起来，她有这个想法，但是如果得不到，也不会觉得有什么。她将希望自发地缩得渺茫，这样也许就不会令她自己过于失望。
Ruan Yesheng laughed. She wasn’t surprised that she didn’t get the answer she wanted to hear. When suppressed for too long, some extravagant hope would gradually protect itself and return back to its budding state, with a layer of soil on top to hide it. She has this idea, but if she can’t get it, she wouldn’t feel much about it either. She will shrink her hope spontaneously so that she wouldn’t be too overly disappointed.
她说：“这倒像是你会回答的风格。”
She said, “This does seem like the way you would answer.”
奚墨向来条理分明，继续道：“虽然没看清不能确定，但是要把它列为注意对象。既然你觉得那个黑影有问题，可以做个假设是有人在跟着监视，也许刚才那件事也是同一个人所为，刚才他把鸡扔过来时瞄头很准，显然是做足了准备。如果是这样，对方的目的可能是为了恐吓，可是刚才我们两是站在一起的，目标重合不好判断，那么他到底是想恐吓谁呢？”
Xi Mo has always been a well organized person. She continued, “Even though we can’t be certain since you didn’t get to see it clearly, it should be our main subject of attention. Since you think that there is a problem with that shadow, we can make an assumption that someone is following you to monitor. The incident that happened just now might have been done by the same person. When he threw the chicken over earlier, the aiming was very accurate. That person has obviously made enough preparation. If that’s the case, the objective of that person may be to intimidate. However, we were standing together just now. It’s not easy to judge who the target is. Then, just who was he trying to intimidate?”
她话锋一转，瞥向阮夜笙：“我只是单纯地讨厌这种行为，却并不害怕。”
Her words suddenly changed and she glanced at Ruan Yesheng. “I simply hate this behavior, but I am not scared of it.”
阮夜笙只是一直保持着微笑，任由她审度了。
Ruan Yesheng just kept smiling and let Xi Mo continue her analysis.
“你刚才在害怕，你觉得他针对的是你？”奚墨的声音放低了：“按照你的性格，突然一只死鸡还不至于将你吓成那样，你没那么弱，所以是以前发生过类似的事情么？还是得罪了什么人？”
“You were feeling scared just now. Do you feel that the one he is targeting is you?” Xi Mo lowered her voice and said, “Based on your personality, the sudden appearance of a dead chicken is not enough to scare you to such extent. You’re not that weak, so something similar has happened before? Or did you offend someone?”
曾经阮夜笙在细节上所表现的那种谨慎，还有她之前若有若无的敏感，奚墨现在似乎都有了某种程度的理解。
Xi Mo seems to have a certain degree of understanding now, the kind of concern Ruan Yesheng previously had on various details and her sensitivity that is faintly discernible.
阮夜笙咂摸了下嘴，笑道：“我的性格你又知道了？原来你这么关心我呢。”
Ruan Yesheng touched her mouth and said with a smile, “You know my personality? Turns out you care about me so much.”
奚墨一脸漠然。
Xi Mo had an indifferent look.
跟着她像是又在某个更重要的点上幡然醒悟了什么，顿时有点发怔。
Following that, she seemed to have come to a realisation about something more important and suddenly felt startled.
“是。”阮夜笙知道奚墨一旦注意到了，按照她那种严肃清晰的逻辑思维方式，还有眼下的形势，有些东西也不再适合继续隐瞒下去，还不如适当地承认一点，就大大方方地说：“以前是有点麻烦，后来风平浪静了很久，刚才突然发生那种事，我以为麻烦又回来找我了。”
“Yes.” Based on Xi Mo’s serious and clear logical way of thinking and the current situation, Ruan Yesheng knew that once Xi Mo noticed, some things can no longer be hidden. It’s better to admit it properly, so she said openly, “There used to be some trouble, then it was calm for a long time afterwards. Something like that suddenly happened just now and I thought that trouble had come looking for me again.”
奚墨却还浸在那个想法中没有回过神。
Xi Mo was still immersed in that thought and didn’t come back to her senses.
现在身体互换，她摇身变成了阮夜笙，这个秘密只存在她们二人之间，别的人都不知道。如果真的如阮夜笙所说是在担心以前的麻烦找回来了，那么刚才那只死鸡砸过来的目标应该是……现在用着阮夜笙这副身子的自己才对。
Currently, their bodies have been exchanged and she became Ruan Yesheng. This secret is only known between the two of them and no one else knows. If it’s really like what Ruan Yesheng said, that she is worried that the trouble from before came looking for her again, then the target of the person who threw the dead chicken over just now is… her who was using Ruan Yesheng’s body right now.
阮夜笙本身已经不再是目标了。
Ruan Yesheng herself is no longer the target.
那么她为什么还要那么惊慌失措？
Then why was she still so frightened?
是因为以前的阴影而条件反射感到害怕么？
Was she frightened because of her conditioned reflex to pass trauma?
奚墨绷着脸，内心突然有点不大平静。
Xi Mo’s face was stiff and her heart suddenly didn’t feel so calm.
难道她是担心我代替她成为目标才……
Don’t tell me she was worried that I have replaced her as the target…
……错觉。
… Misconception.
……这必然是错觉。
… This must be a misconception.
奚墨冷道：“那你怕什么？如果真是以前什么不干不净的人要找麻烦吓吓你，现在也是我在挡枪子，你都不是以前的自己了，谁认得出来你？”
Xi Mo said coldly, “Then what are you afraid of? If it’s really some strange person from last time looking for trouble to scare you, it’s me who is blocking the bullet. You are not the self you used to be, who can recognize you?”
阮夜笙故意一副恍然大悟如梦如醒的模样：“也对，我怎么没想到，我真笨啊。”
Ruan Yesheng purposely made a look of realisation. “That’s true. Why didn’t I think of it? How stupid of me.”
奚墨：“……”
Xi Mo: “…”
完全就是错觉！
It was totally a misconception!
奚墨骤然又感到没来由的不悦，表情冷冰冰的：“你以前到底惹了什么麻烦？怎么还会有人用这种手段来恐吓？”
Xi Mo suddenly felt unhappy again and said with a cold expression, “Just what trouble did you get into in the past? How can someone use such a method to intimidate you?”
“人活在世上，谁没点大大小小的麻烦呢。”阮夜笙偏了下头，表情沉敛了起来：“既然你现在已经知道了我以前有过麻烦，就一定要小心点，诸事注意，看到什么不对劲的就跟身边的人说。听欢是我的朋友，你可以相信她。”
“Who wouldn’t face some sort of trouble when they live in this world?” Ruan Yesheng turned her head and her expression became serious, “Since you now know that I had some trouble before, you must be careful and pay attention to everything. If you see something wrong, tell the people around you. Tinghuan is my friend, you can trust her. “
“我能问下是什么麻烦么？”奚墨道。
“Can I ask what kind of trouble it is?” Xi Mo asked.
阮夜笙摇摇头：“也许你很难相信，但是很多时候我自己也……不大明白。我一直在想办法面对，可是即使到了现在，我连带来麻烦的是谁也不知道，很多东西，总是莫名其妙地就来了。”
Ruan Yesheng shook her head and said, “You might find it hard to believe, but there are many times when I myself… do not understand. I have been thinking of ways to face it, but even now, I don’t even know who is the one causing me trouble. A lot of things always come inexplicably.”
奚墨发现她的眼神非常认真，还带着些复杂的愁苦，可能是有苦衷不方便说，也就没再问了。
Xi Mo realised that her eyes looked very serious and even had a complicated sense of sorrow. It may be inconvenient for her to say, so Xi Mo did not ask anymore.
阮夜笙轻轻说：“我会尽快想办法跟你换回来的。”
Ruan Yesheng said softly, “I will find a way to exchange back our bodies as soon as possible.”
奚墨目光飘了飘。
Xi Mo’s eyes lost focus.
也许是习惯了阮夜笙一贯装模作样的狡黠，随时随地的发骚，现在陡然这么认真，看起来还颇有那么一股子脆弱得令人心软的味道，她有点不大适应。
Perhaps she has gotten used to Ruan Yesheng’s sly pretense and random flirtatious act. Now that Ruan Yesheng was suddenly so serious and even had a look of fragility that made people soft hearted, Xi Mo couldn’t get used to it.
“没什么。”奚墨不以为意：“我不像别人，还不至于被一只鸡吓坏。”
“It’s okay,” Xi Mo said indifferently, “I’m not like others, I won’t be frightened by a chicken.”
“你现在不着急了？之前不是恨不得掐着我的脖子强迫着我换回来？”
“You are not in a hurry now? Previously, didn’t you want to strangle me so much to force me to change back our bodies?”
“强迫你有用？”奚墨随口一句：“要强迫你有用，我早就天天强迫你。”
“Does forcing you work?” Xi Mo casually said, “If forcing you worked, I would have been forcing you everyday.”
阮夜笙脸上泛起莫名的红晕，晕着春水的眸子看她一眼：“你打算怎么强迫我？”
An inexplicable blush appeared on Ruan Yesheng’s face. She looked at Xi Mo with glistering wet eyes and asked, “How do you plan to force me?”
奚墨：“……”
Xi Mo: “…”
你脸红个什么劲！
Why are you blushing!
也许是太烦躁了，她也莫名奇妙地越来越热，之前心静带来的凉爽一下就被大太阳蒸发了个一干二净，浑身上下都要冒烟。
Perhaps she felt too irritated, she started feeling hotter. The coolness brought by the calmness of her mind before was evaporated by the big sun and she was about to emit smoke from all over her body.
阮夜笙突然转过头，奚墨顺着她的目光看过去，看见柳于丝不知道什么时候经过了这里，手里拿着把道具宫扇扇得起劲，一双眼正往自己身上斜过来。
Ruan Yesheng suddenly turned her head. Xi Mo followed her line of sight and looked over and saw that Liu Yusi had come here at some point of time. She was holding a prop palace fan and fanning herself vigorously, her pair of eyes looking towards Xi Mo.
柳于丝自认使出浑身解数都不能让严慕对她有什么表示，眼前这个过气的女人竟然第一天就吸引了严慕的注意力，心里很不是滋味，当下也没拿正眼看奚墨，只是笑着看向阮夜笙：“奚姐，你怎么在这呢？”
Liu Yusi admits that she can’t get Yan Mu to express any interest towards her even if she tried her best. Yet, this woman before her who had long lost her popularity actually managed to attract Yan Mu’s attention on the first day. She felt very unhappy about it, so she didn’t even look at Xi Mo. She only smiled and looked at Ruan Yesheng, “Sister Xi, why are you here?”
阮夜笙没什么起伏地说：“乘凉。”
Ruan Yesheng said monotonously, “Cooling down.”
“这倒是挺凉快的。”柳于丝显然想继续套套近乎：“林导不是请你去拍照吗？”
“It’s indeed pretty cooling here.” Liu Yusi obviously wanted to continue to get closer. “Didn’t Director Lin invite you to take pictures?”
“拍了。”
“I have taken it.”
说了几句，阮夜笙的回答都像是刚从冰箱里冻出来的，冷气直冒。柳于丝也听说过这位大牌有时候的性情，比较难以接近，此番讨了个没滋没味，却也没办法，她摇着宫扇左右看看，当下看到了一旁地上那把散开了的折叠伞。
They have conversed a little, but Ruan Yesheng’s answer all seemed to have come out from the freezer and were emitting cold air. Liu Yusi has heard of the temperament this big shot has sometimes, that she was hard to get close to. She didn’t get anything interesting out of this conversation, but she couldn’t do anything about it. She shook the palace fan and looked around and immediately saw the spread opened folding umbrella on the ground.
“天啊，这伞里怎么有血流出来？”柳于丝的声音叫出了那么一点装腔作势的夸张。
“Oh my god, why is there blood flowing out of this umbrella?” Liu Yusi’s voice had a little bit of pretentious exaggeration.
奚墨感觉她满头满脸的脂粉味都要喷自己身上，表情漠然，懒得搭理她。
Xi Mo felt that the powdery smell covering her face was almost spraying onto her body. Xi Mo’s expression remains indifferent and she was too lazy to talk to her.
“到底是什么东西啊？”柳于丝好奇之下，就想凑过去看。
“Just what is this?” Liu Yusi was curious and wanted to go over to take a look.
“死东西。”奚墨道。
“A dead thing.” Xi Mo answered.
柳于丝：“……”
Liu Yusi: “…”
柳于丝壮着胆子打开看了一眼，她十指没沾过阳春水，怎么杀鸡都不知道，自然毫无悬念地被吓了一跳：“你们怎么把死鸡装在这里？”
Liu Yusi boldly opened the umbrella to take a look. She has lived a pampered life and doesn’t even know how to kill a chicken. Naturally, she was shocked by what she saw. “Why did you all put a dead chicken here?”
一个当红影后，一个过气女演员，还带着一只死鸡在旁边，这种组合到了柳于丝的眼里，最终汇聚成“变态”两字。
One was a popular film empress, one was a female actress who lost her popularity, and they have a dead chicken by their side. In Liu Yusi’s eyes this kind of combination ultimately converged into the word “abnormal”.
怕她误会到处乱说，奚墨这才牵着唇角，冲柳于丝微微一笑：“中午加餐，我杀只鸡吃。不想吃饭店的，就想吃个自家味道。”
Afraid that she would misunderstand and talk nonsense everywhere, Xi Mo finally raised the corner of her lips to smile at Liu Yusi. “I killed a chicken to eat for my lunch. I didn’t want to eat the restaurant food and wanted to eat something that tasted like home.”
心说你走。
Her heart was saying ‘leave’.
盒饭难吃，剧组里的确很多人会选择自己开小灶，柳于丝没想别的，只说：“你怎么还自己杀鸡呢？”
Takeaway doesn’t taste nice, and there were indeed many people in the crew who chose to prepare their own meal, so Liu Yusi didn’t think much about it. She only said, “Why do you kill the chicken yourself?”
奚墨一副孤家寡人无人照顾的娇弱样：“柳小姐，我身边只有一个经纪人，还不靠谱地在那睡大觉，什么都得我自己来的。”
Xi Mo put up a delicate look of someone who doesn’t have people to take care of her, “Miss Liu, I only have a manager by my side, and she is being unreliable by still sleeping there. I have to do everything myself.”
快点走。
Faster leave.
柳于丝刨根问底，可能学生时代十分好学，以至于老师也会被她问烦：“可你杀鸡不在厨房杀，跑这来做什么？”
Liu Yusi wanted to get to the bottom of it. She might have been an earnest student in the past to the point that the teacher would be annoyed by her questions. “But why didn’t you kill the chicken in the kitchen but ran all the way here?”
奚墨摆摆手，精分现场全身都是戏，说：“是这样的，原本我是借了个小厨房，结果没留神鸡跑了，一跑跑到这，我就一路追过来，心里这个着急啊，别提了，然后就在这碰上了奚墨跟她保镖顾栖松。顾栖松一下帮我把这鸡给捉住了，又顺手在这帮我把鸡杀了，到底是特种兵，一刀干净利落，还借伞给我装着，这样我提着鸡就可以直接回去拔毛了，顾栖松同志真的是活雷锋呢。”
Xi Mo waved her hand and put on a full show, saying, “It’s like this. Initially, I borrowed the kitchen to kill the chicken. However, in a moment of distraction, the chicken ran away. It ran all the way here, so I chased after it here. Let’s not mention how anxious I was. Then, I ran into Xi Mo and her bodyguard Gu Qisong here. Gu Qisong helped me catch the chicken, and also helped me kill the chicken along the way. He was once from the special force after all, all it took was a neat cut. He even lent me the umbrella to store the chicken. In this way, I can just carry the chicken back to pluck the feathers. Comrade Gu Qisong sure was a living Lei Feng.”
你还不走！
Why haven’t you left!
阮夜笙端着神色，淡淡点头，表示自己是证人。
Ruan Yesheng held her expression and nodded her head lightly, expressing that she was a witness.
奚墨又哦一声，对柳于丝说：“你是不是要还问我顾栖松去哪了呢？杀鸡杀得满手血，他洗手去了，一会就回来，我们在这等他。”
Xi Mo made an ‘oh’ sound and said to Liu Yusi, “Are you going to ask me where Gu Qisong went? His hand was full of blood after killing the chicken, so he went to wash his hand. He will be back soon, let’s wait for him here.”
你到底走不走！
Are you leaving or not!
柳于丝抬眼看去，刚好看到远处一个男人往这边走过来，正是顾栖松。她本身也光顾着长胸去了，没剩下多少智商，一琢磨感觉好像是那么回事，有理有据令人信服，再说这也不是什么大事，在这讨个没趣，说声：“奚姐，我过去那边了啊，你慢慢乘凉，有空聊。”
Liu Yusi looked over and happened to see a man not far away walking towards this direction. It was Gu Qisong. Her body had spent most of its energy in growing her breast, so there wasn’t much IQ left in her. After pondering, she felt like that really is the case. It was also reasonable and convincing. Besides, this is not a big deal anyway. Since there was nothing interesting here, she said, “Sister Xi, I will go over there, take your time to enjoy cooling down here. Let’s chat when we are free.”
阮夜笙点点头，柳于丝扇着扇子走了。
Ruan Yesheng nodded her head and Liu Yusi left while fanning her fan.
瘟神离去，阮夜笙眼珠滴溜一转，笑了：“你还挺会扯的。”
After the plague had left, Ruan Yesheng’s eyes turned and she smiled, “You’re pretty good at coming up with stories.”
“你也挺会装的。”奚墨回她。
“You’re pretty good at pretending too.” Xi Mo replied to her.
顾栖松一张闷葫芦脸走过来，朝阮夜笙肃然说：“对不起，没抓到。”
Gu Qisong walked over with a stiff face and said respectfully to Ruan Yesheng, “I’m sorry, I didn’t manage to catch the person.”
当时顾栖松离得有一段距离，等他做出反应处理完鸡翻出墙去的时候，墙后面那人早就跑远了，阮夜笙本来也没抱有多大希望，只问：“那看见了么？”
At that time, Gu Qisong was some distance away. By the time he reacted by handling the chicken and climbing over the wall, the person on the other side of the wall had already ran far away. Ruan Yesheng didn’t have much hope in the first place. She only asked, “Then did you see it?”
“看见了，隔得远看不太清楚，背影挺瘦的，戴了鸭舌帽，像是个女人。”
“Yes. I couldn’t see it clearly as it was far away, but the back figure looked thin and the person was wearing a baseball cap. It looks like a woman.”
奚墨和阮夜笙同时看着他：“女人？”
Xi Mo and Ruan Yesheng looked at him at the same time: “Woman?”
顾栖松说：“她跑得很快，而且很熟悉周围环境。请放心，我会继续调查的，附近路段上可能也会有监控，待会就去申请。”
Gu Qisong said, “She ran very fast and was very familiar with the surrounding environment. Please be rest assured, I will continue to investigate. There may also be CCTV on the nearby roads, I will go make a request later.”
阮夜笙想了想，说：“你去告诉路清明，让他再多安排几个人盯着。”
Ruan Yesheng thought and said, “Go tell Lu Qingming and ask him to arrange a few more people to be on the lookout.”
“他已经知道了，正在处理。”
“He already knows and is dealing with it.”
“这事先别声张出去，私下来，静观其变。”
“Don’t tell anyone about this yet, keep it private first and watch out for any changes.”
顾栖松点头。
Gu Qisong nodded his head.
阮夜笙让顾栖松把鸡带回去交给路清明，看看能不能调查出什么细节来。经过这场风波，奚墨什么心情也没了，直到开机仪式结束，众人散场，阮夜笙都不远不近地待在奚墨身边，保证奚墨能在自己的视线范围内。
Ruan Yesheng asked Gu Qisong to take the chicken back to Lu Qingming to see if he could find out any other details. After experiencing this turmoil, Xi Mo was no longer in the mood. Ruan Yesheng stayed not far away yet not close to Xi Mo until the start-up ceremony was over and everyone had dispersed, ensuring that Xi Mo remained within her line of sight.
而就算这样，工作还是得继续。
Even so, work has to continue.
时间很紧，中午吃过饭休息了一段时间，剧组在邓府集合，准备开拍。
There wasn’t much time. After having lunch and taking a rest for a while, the crew assembled at the Deng’s mansion and prepared to start filming.
为了节约资源开销，电视剧基本都是场景集中拍摄模式，怎么方便怎么来，先把一个场景里所有的戏都拍完了，才换到下一个场景，根本不会按照剧本的发展顺序来，成剧全靠后期剪辑，于是转换神速，上一场拍摄男女主角才还没王八看绿豆对上眼呢，下一场他们就能回老家结婚。
In order to reduce their spending, TV dramas’ filming modes are basically scene-focused. They would proceed whichever way is convenient and finish filming all the scenes of a location before proceeding to the next location. They will not follow in sequence the plot development in the script when filming and creating the drama in the right sequence all depended on post production. Hence, everything changes quickly. In the previous scene, the male and female lead hasn’t even come to like each other. But in the next scene, the male and female lead can already go back to their hometown to get married.
天气热得不行，片场工作人员忙忙碌碌，到处都是器材和人影，更是将这种闷燥推到顶点。
The weather was extremely hot. The staff at the set were all very busy and there were equipment and people everywhere which pushed the feeling of suffocation to the limit.
阮夜笙坐在伞底下让化妆师给她补妆，冯唐唐忙着在旁边帮她扇风，林启堂叫来了奚墨，给她们俩说戏：“今天都是邓府的戏，你们主仆两人的对手戏很多，先拍那场秋千的戏，这时候邓绥还没入宫，心思相对单纯，从小在定厄的庇护下长大，对定厄是十分依赖的状态。你们第一次合作，先磨合磨合，找找感觉。”
Ruan Yesheng sat under the umbrella and let the makeup artist touch up her makeup and Feng Tangtang was busy fanning her from the side. Lin Qitang called Xi Mo over and talked to the both of them about the script, “The scenes today are all in the Deng’s mansion. There are many scenes of the two of you as master and servant. We will first film the scene at the swing. At this time, Deng Sui still hasn’t entered the palace and was relatively simple minded. She grew up under the protection of Ding E and is very dependent on her. You two are acting together for the first time, run through the scene first to get a feel of it.”
阮夜笙中午没能午睡，眼神有点疲，不过对上林启堂的时候还是让自己看起来精神了那么一些，她一边补妆，偶尔跟林启堂做些交流。
Ruan Yesheng didn’t get to take a nap this afternoon and her eyes were a little tired. However, she still made herself look more energetic when facing Lin Qitang. She touched up her makeup while occasionally conversing with Lin Qitang.
大致交待完了，林启堂又看向奚墨：“至于阮夜笙你呢，很多时候奚墨有戏的时候你得在旁边，奚墨出来的时候你好好跟着，时刻注意一下自己，就算没台词的时候，表情什么的还是要到位，到时候会给到特写，还有注意走位。”
After he was more or less done with explaining, Lin Qitang looked at Xi Mo and said, “As for you Ruan Yesheng, many times when Xi Mo has a scene, you have to be beside her. When Xi Mo comes out, follow closely behind her. Always pay attention to how you act. Even when you have no lines, your expression still has to be appropriate. There will be a close-up shot later. Also, pay attention to your positioning.”
“好的，林导。”奚墨表面装出谦逊的模样，连连点头。
“Okay, director Lin.” Xi Mo put on a humble appearance and nodded her head repeatedly.
等到各机位就绪，演员到位，林启堂坐在监视器前示意开始，场记啪一声打个板，开拍了。
When all the equipment is ready and all the actors are in place, Lin Qitang sat in front of the monitor and signaled to start. The log keeper clapped down the clapboard and the filming started.
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