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Chapter 26: You Can Continue Being Naive In Front Of Me

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TL: Resonance

    第二十六章 你也可以继续在我面前天真。

Chapter 26: You Can Continue Being Naive In Front Of Me.

    现在正是暑夏，邓府花园的花正开得繁艳，阮夜笙走在压花展叶的小径上，奚墨不前不后地伴在身侧，摄影机也在跟随她们的脚步慢慢推进。

It is currently summer. The flowers in the Deng’s mansion garden bloomed brightly. Ruan Yesheng walked on a small trail decorated with flowers while Xi Mo followed after her at a suitable distance. The camera is also advancing slowly while following their footsteps.

    在场所有人都在注视着这一对焦点。

Everyone present is watching this pair of focus.

    工作人员是因为工作需要，必须目不转睛地盯着，冯唐唐则是因为花痴。她抱了一堆零食坐在伞下，撕开一袋从里面捏出片薯片来，却也不送进嘴里，只下意识拿在手上，眼睛看着那边正在拍戏的奚墨和阮夜笙，脸上看得几近痴呆，心里嗷嗷直叫唤，俨然集众粉丝之大成，登入无双境界。

The staff must stare intently because it is their job, but Feng Tangtang was staring because she is smitten. She hugged a bunch of snacks and sat under the umbrella. Tearing open a bag of chips, she took out some chips from inside the bag but didn’t put them in her mouth. She held them subconsciously in her hands and her eyes were focused on Xi Mo and Ruan Yesheng who were filming. She was swooning over them, her face looking like an idiot. She was wailing in her heart as if a crowd of fans had gathered within, her heart entering an unparalleled world.

    阮阮和奚姐同屏搭戏，冯唐唐要哭了。

Ruan Ruan and sister Xi are acting on the same screen, Feng Tangtang is going to cry.

    掐着剧本的时间等了一会，阮夜笙偏头看一眼旁边的奚墨，开了口：“定厄，父亲想送我入宫。”

After waiting for a moment in accordance with the script, Ruan Yesheng turned her head to look at Xi Mo who was beside her and said, “Ding E, my father wishes to send me into the palace.”

    奚墨双手交叠，笼在身前贴着，谦卑中透着几分端庄，没有说话。

Xi Mo had one hand over the other and placed them in front of her body. Dignity could be sensed through her humility and she didn’t speak.

    早期的邓绥在定厄面前没有任何保留，定厄不善言谈，很多时候都是充当着倾听者的角色，邓绥也知道她的习惯，即便没有语言上的回应，邓绥依然可以十分自然地倾诉——她知道她在认真听她说话。

Deng Sui in the early days had no reservations in front of Ding E. Ding E doesn’t like talking. Most of the time, she acted as the listener. Deng Sui also knew her habit. Even if there is no verbal response, Deng Sui can still talk very naturally—She knew she was listening to her carefully.

    于是阮夜笙看看奚墨的眼睛，接着说：“先前他着我到书房谈话，说我年岁已到，有些事也合该准备起来，言下之意是已将我的画像名册呈给陛下过目了。”

Hence, Ruan Yesheng looked into Xi Mo’s eyes and continued speaking, “Previously, he had asked to talk to me in the study room. He said that I’m already of age, and that some things should be prepared for. The implication is that my portrait has been presented to his majesty to look over.”

    奚墨没有说别的，看着前方，声音淡淡道：“小姐，秋千在前头了。”

Xi Mo didn’t say anything else. Looking at the front, she said faintly, “Miss, the swing is ahead.”

    “那咱们快走。”阮夜笙宛然一笑，回身握住奚墨的手，牵着她往秋千方向去。奚墨脚下跌宕一下，之后有些拘谨地随了她，亦步亦趋的样子有点笨拙，阮夜笙在前面亲昵地笑话她：“你真的总是老样子，木头人。”

“Then let’s go quickly.” Ruan Yesheng smiled. She turned around and held Xi Mo’s hand, leading her towards the direction of the swing. Xi Mo’s feet were unsteady for a moment, afterwhich she cautiously followed Ruan Yesheng. Her step by step movement looked a little clumsy. Ruan Yesheng, who was at the front, joked affectionately, “You are always the same like a wooden block.”

    奚墨闻言，低了头，说：“……嗯。”

Hearing that, Xi Mo lowered her head and said, “… Mn.”

    按照剧本设定，这里本来就应该表现出定厄的这种拘谨，与邓绥早期的天真烂漫做个对比，奚墨演得很到位，阮夜笙也配合得天衣无缝的，但是奚墨就是感觉到自己的那种紧张似乎已经不是按照她对剧本的理解来演的了，那种拘谨和紧张正真实地在她心底扎了根。

According to the setting of the script, Ding E’s cautiousness should be shown here, forming a contrast with Deng Sui’s naivety and brilliance during her early days. Xi Mo acted the role very well, and Ruan Yesheng cooperated flawlessly. However, Xi Mo just felt that the tension she was feeling now does not seem to have been acted out according to her understanding of the script. Instead, the cautiousness and tension she was feeling now really took root in her heart.

    不知道是天太热，还是因为别的原因，她的掌心出了一层细密的汗，这种滑腻的触感让她很不舒服。

She didn’t know whether it was because the weather was too hot or for some other reason, but a thin layer of sweat had formed over her palms. This slippery sensation made her feel very uncomfortable.

    阮夜笙感觉到了，手微松了松，却再度将她抓紧了。

Ruan Yesheng felt it too. She slightly loosen her grip, but held it tightly again.

    那种不舒服被这一松一紧，更加深了，奚墨只得硬着头皮握住阮夜笙。

That uncomfortable feeling intensified after this loosening and tightening of grip. Xi Mo could only bite the bullet and hold Ruan Yesheng’s hand.

    很多人会认为演员只是戏子，所有的喜怒哀乐都是根据剧本需要演出来的，不过披了张假皮，这样说自然会有很多演员反驳，理直气壮地说我可是用真感情演的，角色是我，我就是角色，这种言辞简直就是侮辱云云，但是奚墨听到这种说辞，她却并不会有半点反应。

Many people would think that actors are just acting, that all the emotions such as joy, anger and sorrow are acted out in accordance with the script. All they did was put on a layer of fake skin. Naturally, many actors would refute this saying. They will confidently say that they have acted with their truth feelings, that the role is them and that they are their roles. They would think that those sayings are an insult to them. But when Xi Mo heard this saying, she wouldn’t react at all.

    也许她早就将自己剖析了个彻彻底底，认为自己其实就是这样的，那些人只是阐述事实，不需要反驳。

Maybe she has already analyzed herself thoroughly and felt that that was truly the case for her. Those people were just stating facts and there was no need for her to refute.

    她在大众面前展露出高超演技，该哭就哭，该笑就笑，该含情脉脉就含情脉脉，该歇斯底里就歇斯底里，每一个表情每一个动作都是那么牵动人心。角色到了她手上就像被赋予了灵魂一样的鲜活，她虽然很多黑，那些黑却的确很少会黑她的演技。也正是她这种收放自如的演技，让她每次都能收获无数的角色粉，那些粉丝被她的演技感染，分不清现实和虚幻，即使在现实中，很多也习惯用自己喜欢的角色昵称来称呼她,大家将对角色的狂热加诸在奚墨身上，更让这种狂热的喜欢双倍了起来，爱她爱得越发疯狂。

She showed her superb acting skills in front of the public, crying, smiling, being affectionate and going hysterical when needed. Every expression and every action of hers are so touching. Whenever a role lands in her hand, they turn out very vivid as if given a soul. Even though she has many haters, the haters rarely criticise her acting skills. It is also because of her flexible acting skill that allowed her to gain countless character fans. Those fans were greatly affected by her acting skills and can’t differentiate between their imagination and reality. Even in reality, many people are also used to calling her by their favorite characters’ nicknames. Everyone directed their fanaticism for the character onto Xi Mo, which caused their fanatical like to amplify and they end up liking her more and more crazily.

    然而奚墨知道，演戏就是演戏，她演得再真实，也只是演。不少演员因为演戏过于代入感情与对戏的演员陷入热恋的比比皆是，她在这方面却泾渭分明得过分冷静。

However, Xi Mo knew that acting was acting, and no matter how real she acted, it was only acting. There are many actors who have put in too much of their feelings when acting with others, causing them to fall in love with other actors. In this aspect, she is very clear and distinct about it to the point of being overly calm.

    她将自己的演技与真正的内心感受残忍地剥出了一个骨肉分离，为了演戏，她可以随时随地精分，但是她知道，那都不是她自己。

She cruelly separated her acting emotions from her true inner feelings. For the sake of acting, she can have a split personality anytime and anywhere. However, she knows that those are all not herself.

    而现在在阮夜笙面前，只不过是简单地对了个戏，还只是这种细毛蒜皮的小细节，她竟然都会感到内心深处真正的拘谨——并不是她演出来的，也许是第一次尝到，于是这种陌生的感受甚至令她有点无措起来。

But now, in front of Ruan Yesheng, they were simply acting out a scene, and it was only a small tiny episode in the scene. Yet, she actually felt true cautiousness from the bottom of her heart—one that wasn’t acted out by her. Perhaps due to experiencing this for the first time, this strange feeling made her feel at a loss.

    好在奚墨自我调整能力很强，不一会就平缓了下来，将这种不舒服的感觉压盖下去，她重新回到了定厄的状态，并冷静地将定厄与她的本我切分开来，继续拍摄工作。

Fortunately, Xi Mo was very good at adjusting her thoughts and calmed down soon afterwards.  After suppressing this uncomfortable feeling, she returned back to the state of Ding E. She calmly separated Ding E from herself and continued filming.

    几台摄影机调整了拍摄位置，其中一台主要打两人特写，奚墨小心地将阮夜笙扶上了秋千。

Several cameras adjusted their filming positions, one of which is mainly for filming a close-up of those two. Xi Mo carefully helped Ruan Yesheng up the swing.

    邓绥一直十分依赖定厄，阮夜笙坐在秋千上，眉目含笑地看着奚墨：“这次推慢一点，也不要太高。”

Deng Sui has always been reliant on Ding E. Ruan Yesheng sat on the swing and looked at Xi Mo with a smile, “Push it slowly this time, and don’t go too high.”

    “放心，小姐。”奚墨道。

“Don’t worry, miss.” Xi Mo replied.

    奚墨在阮夜笙身后推秋千，天气太热，连阳光都变得透明起来了似的，又晕成许多光晕，晃得人忍不住要眯眼。秋千再度荡回来，奚墨护住阮夜笙的腰，以防阮夜笙不小心掉下去，她一低头，能看到光晕落在阮夜笙发饰上，闪闪发着光。

Xi Mo pushed the swing behind Ruan Yesheng. The weather is too hot, even the sun appeared to have turned transparent. The sunlight seemed to turn into many halos, so dazzling that people can’t help but squint their eyes. The swing swung back again. Xi Mo held onto Ruan Yesheng’s waist to prevent Ruan Yesheng from accidentally falling. Lowering her head, she could see the halo falling onto Ruan Yesheng’s hair accessories and shining brightly.

    冯唐唐在场外看着，心说这场景怎么看起来这么浪漫，到底哪里不对？

Feng Tangtang was watching from the sidelines and thought in her heart: Why does this scene look so romantic? What’s wrong?

    她咂摸了下，没咂摸出里面她觉得不对的原因来，但是莫名得觉得激动，浑身血液都像是翻涌起来。然后她扭头又看了看，看见保镖顾栖松在不远处站得笔直，跟座眺望塔似的，便赶紧朝顾栖松招招手，让他到伞底下来乘凉。

She pondered over it, but couldn’t think about the reason why she felt something wrong. However, she felt inexplicably excited and her blood seemed to be surging. Then she turned her head to look again and saw the bodyguard Gu Qisong nearby standing very straight like an observation tower. She quickly waved at Gu Qisong and let him come under the umbrella to enjoy the shade.

    顾栖松走过来，冯唐唐递过开了口的薯片袋子给他：“顾哥，吃点吧？”

Gu Qisong came over and Feng Tangtang handed him the opened bag of potato chips. “Brother Gu, have some?”

    “谢谢。”顾栖松顶着一张闷锅脸点头道谢，却没吃，眼睛再度看向那边的拍摄点。经过之前死鸡一事，他看起来浑身紧绷，片刻也不敢放松。

“Thank you.” Gu Qisong nodded in thanks with a stiff face, but he didn’t eat. His eyes looked back once again in the direction of the filming. After experiencing the dead chicken incident earlier, he looks tense and dare not relax for even a moment.

    冯唐唐知道他工作敬业，也不好再打扰他，于是只将薯片袋放在手上，继续兴致勃勃地观看，手则随意举着，这样顾栖松想吃了也可以伸手过来拿。

Feng Tangtang knew that he is dedicated to his work, so she didn’t bother him anymore. Hence, she placed the bag of potato chips in her hand and continued watching excitedly. She raised her hand casually so Gu Qisong can just stretch his hand over to take it if he ever wishes to eat.

    那边阮夜笙背对着奚墨，还在戏中，说：“我入宫一事，定厄你作何想？”

Over there, Ruan Yesheng had her back facing Xi Mo and was still acting. She said, “Ding E, what are your thoughts of me entering the palace?”

    奚墨轻缓地推着秋千，道：“我没有什么想法。小姐的想法，便是我的想法，所以小姐你现下是何感想，可以同我说。我一直在听。”

Xi Mo pushed the swing gently and said, “I don’t have any thoughts about it, Miss’s thoughts are my thoughts. Therefore Miss, you can tell me about your thoughts. I’m always listening.”

    她已经从之前那种不小心真正入戏的不适中解脱出来，感觉灵魂出了窍，可以继续冷眼旁观自己与阮夜笙对戏。她演技炉火纯青，清风绕来，且在这种深处的冷静中感觉到了一些以前习惯了的自在，那种被入侵心底的感受终于被她彻底抛下。

She has already got out of the discomfort she felt when she accidentally acted with her true feelings previously. Feeling as if she has an out-of-body experience, she can continue watching coldly from the sidelines Ruan Yesheng and herself acting. Her acting is great and comes as easily as the spring breeze. In the calmness found deep within herself, she felt the comfort she was used to. The feeling of being invaded deep into her heart was finally completely left behind by her.

    很好，她还是以前那个自己。

Very good. She was still herself from before.

    没有因为什么而发生改变。

It didn’t change because of anything.

    ……更不会因为眼前的女人而发生改变。

… And it definitely will not change because of the woman in front of her.

    阮夜笙嘴角依然挂着笑意，但是又偏了下头，似乎有种浅浅的忧虑：“我愿意入宫。我晓得父亲的意思，祖父仙去已久，邓家蒙其余荫，纵然一直显贵，也怕往后恩泽日薄，圣宠渐失，他让我进宫，也是为了邓家日后基业着想。如今朝廷暗潮汹涌，陛下与窦太后暗里斗得厉害，父亲如今亦不晓得站哪一方，既怕哪一日触了窦太后不悦，招致祸端，又怕招致陛下不满，夹在其中，心惊胆战。父亲说过朝廷迟早生变，只是不晓得变故到底何时来，我若入宫，也能一面侍奉陛下，一面侍奉窦太后，替父亲细察情形，倘那一日当真到来，也不至于手足无措，任人宰割的。”

Ruan Yesheng was still smiling, but she turned her head back again. There seemed to be a little bit of worry as she said, “I am willing to enter the palace. I know what my father meant. Grandfather has been long gone. The Deng family is benefitting from our ancestor’s efforts, so we still remain a noble family now. However, the family is also afraid that this grace will be lost with the passing day and we will gradually lose our favour. He let me enter the palace because he was thinking about the future of the Deng family. Right now, the imperial court is in turbulence. His Majesty and the Empress Dou are fighting fiercely in secret, and father doesn’t know which side to stand with now. He is afraid that if he offended Empress Dou, it would cause trouble for the family. However, he is also afraid of causing his majesty to be dissatisfied. Caught in the middle of the two of them, he is very frightened. My father said that the tides on the court will change sooner or later, just that he didn’t know when it would occur. If I enter the palace, I can serve His Majesty and Empress Dou at the same time and help father watch the situation. If that day really comes, we won’t be at a loss and be slaughtered by others.”

    阮夜笙将这么长一串台词说完了，没有半点卡顿，配合表情动作自然流露，冯唐唐看得连东西都忘了吃，心说奚姐不发脾气专注演戏的时候，简直就是女神。眼看着她一不小心就要成了脑残粉，还是个怀疑自己是斯德哥摩尔综合症的脑残粉，旁边不知道什么时候又来了个人，一看是等待补妆的化妆师，化妆师看得专注，还拿冯唐唐的零食吃，两个脑残粉吧唧着嘴跟两只松鼠似的在那吃，时不时交流下看戏的感想，赞叹一下那边两位的演技，旁边还杵了个木棍子似的顾栖松。

Ruan Yesheng finished such a long series of lines without any pauses, and her expression changed along naturally with her lines. Feng Tangtang was so focused on watching she forgot to eat her chips. She thought that Sister Xi is simply a goddess when she doesn’t lose her temper and concentrates on acting. She is so close to turning into a silly fan, and one that suspects herself of having Stockholm syndrome. Someone had appeared beside her at some unknown timing. When she took a look, she saw that it was the makeup artist that is waiting to touch up makeup. The makeup artist was watching very focusedly and even took Feng Tangtang’s snacks to eat. These two silly fans had their mouths opened as they ate like squirrels. From time to time, they share their thoughts about what they saw, and admire the acting skills of the two over there. There was also Gu Qisong who stood like a wooden stick next to them.

    这时阮夜笙说罢，又噗嗤笑了：“定厄，我一味说着入宫之后的事将会如何如何，却不想如今八字还没一撇，是我言之过早了。”

After Ruan Yesheng finished speaking, she chuckled, “Ding E, I just keep talking about what will happen after entering the palace, but nothing has been confirmed yet. I have spoken too soon.”

    奚墨淡淡说：“以小姐姿容气度，博闻强识，只要小姐想，入宫是必然之事。只是小姐虽愿意，却并不开心。”

Xi Mo replied calmly, “With Miss’s looks, magnanimity and knowledge, entering the palace is inevitable if Miss wishes to. It’s just that although Miss is willing, you’re not happy.”

    两个人一来一回的，相互都能接得住对方的戏。

The two conversed back and forth, both able to respond to each other’s acting.

    阮夜笙这下示意奚墨荡高点，她轻轻盈盈地坐在秋千上，像只自由的飞鸟：“我入宫是为邓家，而我与陛下素未谋面，却要侍奉在旁，又怎会开心的。不过我想着日后见了陛下，可以慢慢培养感情，若我当真爱他，自然可以开心许多。三哥不愿意我入宫，十分不满，说我此番感想不过天真而已，父亲晓得了，揪着三哥骂了一顿，也不晓得三哥现下跑去哪里了。”

Ruan Yesheng signaled Xi Mo to push the swing higher. She sat gracefully on the swing and looked like a free bird. “I’m entering the palace for the Deng family, but I have to serve his majesty when I have never met him before. How could I be happy? But I think that when I see his Majesty in the future, we can slowly deepen our feelings. If I really love him, I can be a lot happier naturally. Third brother didn’t want me to enter the palace and was very dissatisfied. He said that my thoughts were nothing but naive. When father learned of this, he grabbed Third brother and gave him a scolding. Who knows where third brother has gone now.”

    秋千在奚墨的手上稳住了，阮夜笙在这一瞬的停顿中抬起头来：“定厄，你觉得我天真么？”

The swing stabilized in Xi Mo’s hand. Ruan Yesheng raised her head during this moment of pause and asked, “Ding E, do you think that I’m naive?”

    奚墨看着她的眼睛，看到里面闪耀的光，心里顿时一紧。

Xi Mo looked into her eyes. When she saw the light shining within, her heart clenched. 

    不知道为什么，她在这看似纯净实则迷离惘然的眼神中看到了青葱过去。

For some reason, she saw the springful past in this seemingly pure yet at a loss look.

    大学的时候，她曾说过阮夜笙天真，还是那种略带头疼烦躁的语气说的。

When they were in university, she once said that Ruan Yesheng was naive, and she had said so with a slightly irritated tone.

    那时候她周身气场足以让身边人都退避三舍，而阮夜笙总是可以旁若无人地向她靠过来，她自认跟阮夜笙不熟，阮夜笙却似乎总是认不清，也许是巧合，有两次阮夜笙都在同一个路口遇到她，之后阮夜笙就时常早起，在那个路口等她经过。

At that time, her aura was enough to make everyone around her retreat thirty miles, yet Ruan Yesheng was always able to approach her confidently. She felt that she and Ruan Yesheng were not familiar with each other, but Ruan Yesheng always couldn’t seem to tell. It might have been a coincidence. There were two times when Ruan Yesheng ran into her on the same intersection. After that, Ruan Yesheng often got up early and waited for her to pass by at that intersection.

    然而她那时并不知情，因为某些原因换了去教室的路线，只是有一次她再度经过路口，看见等在那的阮夜笙。

But she didn’t know about it at the time. Due to some reason, she had changed the route she took to the classroom. When she passed by the intersection once again, she saw Ruan Yesheng waiting there.

    那时候的阮夜笙还是那样青涩的模样，穿着雪白的裙子，天下着细雨，她还可以打着伞在雨中转几个圈，笑盈盈地踢几下雨中落花。

At that time, Ruan Yesheng still looked pure and innocent. She was wearing a snow-white skirt and it was drizzling, yet she was still able to twirl a few rounds while holding an umbrella, smiling as she kicked the petals that fell with the rain. 

    “天真，幼稚。”这是奚墨当时走过去对她说的话。

“Naive, childish.” This is what Xi Mo said to her when she walked over.

    记忆中，她的确曾经天真过。

In her memories, she has indeed once been naive. 

    可是之后她就变了，在一次较长的请假之后，她再度回来，奚墨差点就要不认识她。

But then she changed afterwards. After she came back from a relatively long leave of absence, Xi Mo almost couldn’t recognise her.

    阮夜笙蜕变得那样的快，成长像是要饱涨到撑开她的骨骼一样迅速，只不过一段时间不见，她那些青涩彻底褪去，待人接物成熟知礼，进退有度，活着活着，活成了学校出了名的妖精。她聪明，妩媚，像戴了一张笑脸面具一样，谁也看不透她，游走在人群中，手段游刃有余。

Ruan Yesheng changed so fast, the speed of her growth was like she was going to grow out of her bones. She hasn’t seen her only for a period of time, but her naivety has completely faded. She interacted with others maturely and courteously and knew when to advance and retreat. As time went by, she became the school’s famous siren. She was smart and charming, and as if she had worn a smiling face mask, no one could see through her. She was able to interact with people with ease.

    镜头还在推进，从开始到现在林启堂都没有喊过咔，浑身上下舒爽地写着满意二字。他也不知道奚墨此刻的感受，毕竟监视器屏里所有的显示都是堪称完美的，没想到两人没怎么磨合第一次就能合作得如此融洽，林启堂高兴，其他工作员更高兴，拍摄过程越顺利，他们就越轻松，不用来回反复地折腾。

The cameras were still advancing forward. From the beginning until now, Lin Qitang had never shouted the word ‘cut’. The word ‘satisfied’ is exuding from all over his body. He also didn’t know how Xi Mo felt at the moment. After all, everything displayed on the monitor screen was perfect. He didn’t expect that the two of them could cooperate so harmoniously during their first try even though they had no prior practice. Lin Qitang is happy, and the other staff are even happier. The smoother the shooting process, the easier it will be for them and they don’t have to keep repeating the process.

    奚墨手心又像之前那样出了汗。

Xi Mo’s palm is sweating again like before.

    好在这时候剧本上是不需要有定厄的台词的，这个时候还是邓绥的台词部分，阮夜笙自嘲笑笑：“也罢，反正入了宫便会全然不同了。三哥操心我天真，也的确是不需要。”

Fortunately, there is no need for Ding E to speak in this part of the script as it was still Deng Sui’s part. Ruan Yesheng gave a self-deprecating laugh, “Never mind. It will be totally different after entering the palace anyway. There really wasn’t a need for third brother to worry that I’m too naive.”

    奚墨眼中神色飘忽，她想起曾经的阮夜笙，差点就要分不清回忆和现实，那种渗透到心底的感受再一次让她无措起来。

The emotion in Xi Mo’s eyes was erratic. She remembered the past Ruan Yesheng, and almost couldn’t distinguish between her memories and reality. The feeling that penetrated deep into her heart once again made her feel at a loss.

    不明真相的林启堂看着监视器里奚墨的面部表情大特写，看着她准确流露出来的表情，激动得脸部肌肉直抽搐。不过他为了自己作为导演的面子，也不好太明显地表现出自己的激动，于是在那憋着，憋得眉毛也在抖。

Lin Qitang, who doesn’t know the truth, looked at the close-up of Xi Mo’s expression on the monitor. Seeing her accurately portrayed expression, his facial muscles twitched with excitement. But for the sake of his pride as the director, it wasn’t good for him to show his excitement too obviously. Hence, he could only hold it in, to the point his brows were trembling.

    奚墨的手扶在阮夜笙的腰背上，轻轻又将秋千送了出去。

Xi Mo put her hand on Ruan Yesheng’s back waist and gently pushed the swing out again.

    她缓声说：“我会陪在小姐身边，小姐在宫里，我就在宫里。即便往后诸事不可测，小姐你也可以继续在我面前天真。”

She said slowly, “I will stay by Miss’s side. If Miss is in the palace, I’m also in the palace. Even if things get unpredictable in the future, you can continue being naive in front of me.”

    这声音清淡，却又柔和，散在夏日的光中。

Her voice was light yet gentle as they scattered in the summer light. 

    ——我的妈呀！

—Oh my god!

    冯唐唐听到这，差点就要和化妆师抱着从凳子上跳起来，摇旗尖叫。然而她哪里来的旗子，只有手里一袋薯片，想要摇着薯片袋代替的时候，就见袋子快空了，一脸闷葫芦样的顾栖松一边从她袋子里拿薯片吃，咔嚓咔嚓的，一边看着那边对戏的奚墨和阮夜笙，虽然还是死人脸，看起来却看得精精有味的样子。

When Feng Tangtang heard this, she almost jumped up from the stool while hugging the makeup artist and waving a flag while screaming. But where could she get a flag from? There was only a bag of potato chips in her hand. When she wanted to use the bag as a replacement for a flag, she noticed that her bag of potato chips was almost empty. Gu Qisong who had a stiff expression was eating from her bag of potato chips, letting out munching sounds while watching Xi Mo and Ruan Yesheng who were acting over at the other side. Although he still had a deadpan face, he seemed to be engrossed in watching the show.

    冯唐唐知道她的顾哥可能也加入脑残粉阵营了。

Feng Tangtang knew that her brother Gu might have also joined the team of silly fans.

    奚墨说完这句，适逢阮夜笙又顺着秋千的节奏荡回来，阮夜笙心里砰砰直跳，忍不住又抬头看了奚墨一眼，耳根通红。

After Xi Mo finished this sentence, it coincided with Ruan Yesheng coming back down with the swing. Ruan Yesheng’s heart was pounding. She couldn’t help but raise her head and glanced at Xi Mo again, her ears red.

    奚墨也低头看到阮夜笙微红的耳根，两人对视，她突然也有点手忙脚乱，这一下两个人都没顾得上配合秋千的节奏，秋千摇来晃去的，阮夜笙一个没坐稳，身子前倾着就要往前栽倒。

Xi Mo also looked down and saw Ruan Yesheng’s red ears. The two looked at each other, and she suddenly became a little flustered. With that, neither of them could care about matching the rhythm of the swing, causing the swing to sway about. Ruan Yesheng wasn’t sitted well on the swing. Her body leaned forward and was about to fall down.

    林启堂本以为这场拍得这么顺利，他都快忘记咔字怎么念了，这下看到阮夜笙往前栽，吓得差点也从凳子上翻下来，同时大喊一声：“咔！”

Lin Qitang thought the filming went so smoothly, he almost forgot how to pronounce the word cut. Seeing Ruan Yesheng falling forward, he was so scared that he almost fell off the stool. At the same time, he shouted, “Cut!”

    与此同时，片场一下从之前那种凝神静气拍摄的气氛中转为沸腾，脑残粉一号冯唐唐担心得蹭一下站起来，新晋脑残粉顾栖松沉下脸，差点就要跑过去。

At the same time, the calm atmosphere of filming before in the set suddenly turned into a turmoil. Silly fan no. 1, Feng Tangtang, stood up in worry. The face of the newly joined silly fan Gu Qisong turned grim and he almost ran over.

    所幸奚墨早已伸手去拉，眼看着拉扯不住，她下意识往前跨了一大步，从后面将阮夜笙牢牢抱住了。

Fortunately, Xi Mo has already reached out to pull. Seeing that she isn’t able to pull Ruan Yesheng back up, she subconsciously took a big step forward and hugged Ruan Yesheng firmly from behind.

    阮夜笙坐在秋千上，奚墨双手从后面紧紧箍着阮夜笙，这回好歹将秋千稳住了。

Ruan Yesheng sat on the swing. Xi Mo held Ruan Yesheng tightly with her hands from behind and managed to stabilize the swing this time.

    阮夜笙：“……”

Ruan Yesheng: “…”

    奚墨感觉到怀里阮夜笙的悄无声息，又看见阮夜笙几乎快要血红的耳根子，顿时也呆了。

Xi Mo felt the silence of Ruan Yesheng in her arms. Then, she saw Ruan Yesheng’s almost blood-red ears and was stunned.

    然后才感觉到手里捏握的两团浑圆柔软的滋味，脸上白一阵红一阵的，慌忙将手从阮夜笙胸前缩了回来。

Then, she felt the roundness and softness of the two lumps in her hands. Her face paled and flushed and she hurriedly retracted her hand from Ruan Yesheng’s chest.

    阮夜笙连忙跳下秋千，转过身，也在那站得笔直，跟个被轻薄的良家女子一样，抿着唇，眉目却又含着春似的，不说话。

Ruan Yesheng quickly jumped off the swing, turned around, and stood straight there. Like a good girl who got played with, she pursed her lips. However, her brows and eyes seemed to contain the colour of spring and she didn’t speak.

    奚墨：“……”

Xi Mo: “…”

    ……我没有非礼你！

… I didn’t molest you!

    ……那本来就是我自己的胸！

… That was originally my own chest!

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