The two of them discussed at the café for a long ti. Under Yang Xiaoxiu’s patient explanation, Li Jing learned a lot about acting, which gradually helped him understand the true techniques and thods of acting from a rookie’s perspective.
There’s no denying that Yang Xiaoxiu’s professional skills are indeed strong, with especially solid fundantals.
It was through this exchange that Li Jing learned Yang Xiaoxiu was the top student in their class, which made him see her in a new light.
After they left the café, Yang Xiaoxiu continued to explain the plot and analyze the characters for Li Jing.
As evening approached, Li Jing simply booked a private room at a decent restaurant so they could continue their discussion, and also try to practice so scenes.
In order to help Li Jing et the standards as soon as possible, Yang Xiaoxiu even specifically studied the female character who had the most scenes with Jiangnan and took on that role herself to help Li Jing perform.
Holding the script, Yang Xiaoxiu read: "Let’s imagine now, the sunlight shines through the sowhat outdated windows of the state-owned factory and falls on rows of machines, with the sll of oil and tal perating the air."
With that, she looked at Li Jing: "In a corner of the workshop, you, as Jiangnan, are looking at busy at the lathe, holding an apple."
Seeing Yang Xiaoxiu put down the script, Li Jing knew it had started. After taking a deep breath, his expression changed, and he smiled slightly with a bit of teasing: "Why are you like this machine, once you get busy, you can’t stop? Are you trying to see who is more dedicated, you or it?"
Yang Xiaoxiu rolled her eyes at him, her hands acting out imaginary movents non-stop: "Hmph, if I weren’t busy, this work would pile up like a mountain. Unlike you, wandering around all day."
Li Jing walked over, leaned against the imagined lathe: "I’m just balancing work and rest. Be careful not to turn yourself into a robot. Otherwise, I’ll only be able to oil you."
Yang Xiaoxiu stopped her work, picked up a wrench as if to hit him: "All you do is make snide remarks. Instead of wasting ti, why not help ?"
Li Jing pretended to dodge: "No, no, no, I wouldn’t dare provoke you, the tireless warrior. But are you working so hard to be our factory’s model worker?"
"It’s still not right here."
Before Li Jing finished his sentence, Yang Xiaoxiu suddenly dropped her character and snapped back to her normal self.
She furrowed her brow, looking at Li Jing: "Brother Jing, you’ve got the lines down, but your expressions are too forced, very unnatural. Is it because you’re still not imrsed in the character of Uncle Liu?"
Li Jing also felt that his actions and expressions were a bit contrived. After pondering a mont, he nodded, "Indeed, I found that at first, I could imrse myself, but now I lose my focus as I act."
"Maybe it’s also related to the environnt since this is your first performance, and it’s a non-physical setting, so the imrsion might be lacking."
Yang Xiaoxiu first comforted Li Jing, then suggested, "Why don’t you forget about these actions for now, and just focus on considering it as a conversation. You’re chatting with as this character, trying to approach it in Uncle Liu’s way. You know, Jiangnan, like Uncle Liu, is very skilled at engaging with won; both his speech and deanor are very natural..."
"Uncle Liu and Jiangnan are alike..."
Hearing this, Li Jing felt a sense of familiarity, suddenly rembering that Wen Lan also once said he resembled Jiangnan.
The similarities between himself and Jiangnan can be sumd up in two ways: one is the scholarly aura of a college student, with gentle speech and a high overall quality. The second is being adept at dealing with various won.
To converse with a female role, it might be more effective to imrse himself with Uncle Liu’s mindset rather than substituting it with Uncle Liu’s way of speaking.
Thinking of this, Li Jing gradually had a direction. He said to Yang Xiaoxiu: "Xiaoxiu, let’s try again, but I’ll focus on communication expression, leaving out the actions and positions for now."
"Sure."
Yang Xiaoxiu nodded, and with her eyes closed, when she reopened them, she had completely entered the character she was playing.
Li Jing observed Yang Xiaoxiu’s deanor, secretly admiring her. Imagining himself as Jiangnan, his gaze gradually changed, as if he was truly in a 1990s state-owned factory, facing a young female colleague he had so affection for.
"Why are you like this machine, once you get busy, you can’t stop? Are you trying to see who is more dedicated, you or it?"
This ti, Li Jing no longer thought about playing a character but spoke with his original mindset, only slightly altering his words and deanor, which made it feel much more natural and smooth.
Yang Xiaoxiu could also feel that he seed to have found his state, surprised, she rolled her eyes at him and continued along the storyline: "Hmph, if I weren’t busy, this work would pile up like a mountain. Unlike you, wandering around all day."
"I’m just balancing work and rest..."
With their coordination, this attempt went very smoothly.
Especially for Li Jing, once he integrated his mindset into the role, and combined it with his observations of Uncle Liu’s deanor, he seed to truly beco Jiangnan at this mont, with a bit of teasing flirtation towards the clean and youthful woman in front of him.
Continuing along with the storyline, Li Jing reached out to stop Yang Xiaoxiu’s busy hands, pushing her against the wall: "Don’t push yourself so hard, you’re not a tireless warrior."
Yang Xiaoxiu noticed Li Jing was fully imrsed and felt happy for him, then continued acting with him, coldly snorting: "If I don’t work hard, you’ll take care of ?"
"Sure, it depends on whether you want to take care of you..."
"Hmph, don’t I know you? Besides , that young girl from the office is also your old fla, right..."
"Outstanding n are always liked by many won, that’s normal. You should be happy that such an outstanding man fell for you."
"You like ?"
"You don’t believe it?"
"I don’t believe... hmm?"
Before she finished speaking, Li Jing directly kissed her.
Originally, the scene was supposed to cut here, and although the subsequent plot implied the two indeed had a relationship, it was not supposed to be fild. The two actors would also stop acting here.
But Li Jing seed genuinely engrossed in the scene, as he not only truly kissed Yang Xiaoxiu’s lips but also embraced her.
Yang Xiaoxiu was slightly startled but, being deep in the role, didn’t dare refuse Li Jing, only allowing herself to be embraced.
Their moist lips tightly pressed together.
Initially, Yang Xiaoxiu’s lips were sealed shut, but under his hands’ roaming, she couldn’t help but moan softly, slightly parting her lips, her tongue instinctively entwining with his.
Li Jing now only felt his body heat up, as if he were really in that state-owned factory on that afternoon, finally embracing the female colleague he liked and unwilling to let go, passionately kissing.
In fact, Yang Xiaoxiu was even prettier than the girl described in the book.
In addition, Yang Xiaoxiu’s apparent inexperience and unfamiliarity in such matters only made Li Jing feel even more intense.
"Open your mouth..."
Li Jing seed to command, or was it guiding, Yang Xiaoxiu instinctively followed his lead, engaging in a lingering, heated kiss.
Just as Li Jing’s hand moved upward to that small peak, there was a sudden knock at the door.
Initially, Li Jing didn’t hear it until the female attendant who opened the door exclaid in surprise and quickly apologized, bringing him back to his senses and prompting him to release Yang Xiaoxiu.
Yang Xiaoxiu imdiately pushed Li Jing away, tidying her clothes, her face flushed red.
Looking at the flustered and apologetic female attendant, and the modern luxurious private room around him, Li Jing exhaled deeply, finally coming out of the role.
Being used to it, Li Jing, as an old hand, naturally didn’t feel embarrassed because they were caught, unlike Yang Xiaoxiu. Instead, he calmly told the attendant: "Bring the dishes up, and knock next ti. Wait for to approve before coming in."
"S-sorry."
The female attendant bowed her head in apology and quickly left after saying sorry a few more tis.
Li Jing then turned to look at Yang Xiaoxiu, noticing her head hung low, face flushed, seemingly still not recovered from what had just happened. He couldn’t help but apologize: "I’m sorry, I got too into the role just now."
Seeing that she didn’t speak, still wearing a bashful and embarrassed look, Li Jing raised an eyebrow, then seed to think of sothing and asked in surprise: "Was that your first ti?"
Hearing this, Yang Xiaoxiu blushed even more, nodded slightly, and whispered in a voice akin to a mosquito: "Mm..."
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