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Chapter 208 - 207: Is There a Kissing Scene? (4K)_2

Chapter 208: Chapter 207: Is There a Kissing Scene? (4K)_2

"Oh, their relationship was getting better, but then the young male protagonist also had to transfer schools and go far away," he said. "It would take a month or two for letters to reach there, and knowing that real-life difficulties were about to pile up, the male protagonist decided to visit the girl’s city to see her. After a series of challenges like train delays and blizzards blocking roads, he finally met the girl who had been waiting for him. They walked around her small town, talking about their thoughts after so many years of separation, and finally kissed under a cherry blossom tree."

Mu interrupted, "Kiss?"

Lin Qingyue looked at him puzzled, "Yes, what about it?"

Mu repeated, "There’s a kissing scene?"

Lin Qingyue stared at him strangely for a moment before her expression turned amused. "Don’t tell me you still have a psychological barrier about kissing scenes."

Mu nodded honestly, "A bit."

Lin Qingyue didn’t quite understand. "But I remember in the TV dramas and movies you’ve shot before, there were kissing scenes, right?"

He had shot kissing scenes before, so why not now? Besides, didn’t he and his female boss do everything, and it wasn’t even his first kiss, so what kind of psychological barrier could there be?

Lin Qingyue looked at him very puzzled.

Mu felt somewhat guilty.

What happened before was in the past; now is now.

His predecessor had done kissing scenes, but he, a corporate drone turned game company boss, certainly hadn’t.

Though he had quite a few romantic experiences, they were with respectable women, where intimacy happened naturally in the thick of love.

But now, to start with a kissing scene with another actress... Mu had to admit, it did feel a bit odd.

However, as an actor, kissing scenes were indeed hard to avoid, and being a man, to say he had a big psychological barrier about kissing scenes would be too pretentious.

"I just haven’t shot them in a while and am not quite used to it, but I can adjust," Mu responded.

Lin Qingyue didn’t know whether to believe him or not, nodded slightly, then started explaining, "If it’s a low-demand shot, using tricks is fine, but this shot is pretty important. It can’t be faked."

Mu nodded, signaling that he understood.

Lin Qingyue continued her story introduction, "Then after the kiss, the male protagonist and the girl parted ways. The distance between the boy who transferred schools and the girl grew even farther. At first, they were able to keep in touch, but slowly their communication dwindled. Many years later, when the male protagonist, now working, and the girl crossed paths again at a train crossing, the girl had an engagement ring on her hand and was about to be married. The male protagonist turned back to make sure it was her, but just then a train passing by blocked his view. After the train had passed, there was no one on the other side."

Mu waited a few seconds. Seeing that Lin Qingyue had stopped talking, he seemed a bit startled, "That’s it?"

Lin Qingyue smiled and shrugged, "That’s it."

"Although there are some other plot elements, that’s basically the structure of it."

Mu speechless, "Isn’t this story a bit too simplistic?"

He had thought there would be a whole series of close calls, the two being toyed with by fate’s torrents, creating barriers in their story. But to end like this?

That was way too bland!

The whole story didn’t really have any significant ups and downs, did it? And people are supposed to watch this kind of film?

Mu once again felt the unreliability of Director Lin’s new project.

He couldn’t quite understand, "What is this story trying to say?"

Lin Qingyue, still smiling, continued to gesture, "It’s trying to say exactly what I just told you. You don’t understand it?"

Mu honestly shook his head, "I don’t understand."

Lin Qingyue wasn’t offended and still smiled, "It’s an art film, it’s normal not to get it."

But even for an art film, isn’t this too artsy!

It doesn’t even have a complete structure as a story!

Mu couldn’t help but recall something he had once heard in Paris from a French director, saying Lin Qingyue’s films were like landscape films.

Director Lin wasn’t planning to make another "landscape film," was he?

He muttered to himself.

Lin Qingyue, seemingly sensing something, glanced at him with a rolling eye, "Are you thinking something rude?"

Mu kept a straight face, "No, just wondering how I’m going to act in this story when I can’t even understand it."

"Just act normally; there’s still time. Preparation will probably take a few months; no rush," Lin Qingyue said nonchalantly, waving it off.

The two had already walked through the tree-lined path to the school’s sports field.

Lin Qingyue looked at the plastic track on the field and felt nostalgic again, "This place hasn’t changed since I was in school. We used to have running competitions during gym class, and I was always the first in my class."

Wu Mu looked up and down at Lin Qingyue’s neat and fresh outfit and nodded, not surprised, for she looked like she had good physical abilities.

He was curious, "Was the story you just mentioned, Director Lin, adapted from your own school days? Did the boy you liked back then not end up together with you?"

Lin Qingyue turned to look at him and shook her head, "No, it’s adapted from a novel called ’Letter, Cherry Blossoms, Parting.’"

Adapted from a novel?

Wu Mu noted down the name of the novel, planning to find it later and see if he could understand the story Director Lin was talking about through the novel.

From what Director Lin said, he felt everything sounded too plain.

After introducing the source of adaptation, Lin Qingyue smiled again, "I didn’t date anyone when I was in school. I didn’t have such experiences to draw from."

Wu Mu was surprised, "Director Lin, you must have had many admirers in school, didn’t you date anyone?"

Lin Qingyue laughed helplessly, "Maybe I wasn’t as good-looking as you, Teacher Wu. Nobody pursued me when I was a student."

Really?

To say that Lin Qingyue was not as good-looking as him was true; after all, he had a 90-point facial attractiveness score now.

But with Lin Qingyue’s looks, if materialized into an attribute panel, she would surely score around 85 points at least, definitely a crowd’s top attribute. Could she really not have had any admirers with her looks?

Wu Mu looked at Lin Qingyue skeptically.

Lin Qingyue spread her hands innocently, "Really, none."

All right then.

"Maybe it was because you had such a strong presence, Director Lin. Your classmates probably didn’t dare," Wu Mu guessed.

The two continued walking along the field, planning to visit the school’s teaching area next.

But before they could leave the field, a younger female teacher was running towards them from a distance, shouting as she ran, "You two, which class are you from? How did you get in here? Why are you at school during the summer break?"

Lin Qingyue looked at Wu Mu and laughed, "See, I told you that you could pass for a middle school student."

You aren’t bad either.

Wu Mu muttered internally.

The young female teacher soon approached them and then she could see their faces clearly.

She had no special expression upon seeing Lin Qingyue, just a bit puzzled.

But when she saw Wu Mu, she froze completely, stopping in her tracks with a shocked gaze fixed on him.

Lin Qingyue laughed again, "See, you’re far more famous than me. I graduated from here and nobody remembers, but everyone recognizes you, a big star."

The young female teacher indeed recognized Wu Mu.

The closer they walked, the more bewildered her expression became.

Really, the star Wu Mu?

How could such a big star end up at their school?

This was completely unrelated.

But as she continued walking, she suddenly realized and turned excitedly towards Lin Qingyue, "Lin Qingyue?"

Lin Qingyue greeted with a smile, "Teacher Qiu, you’re still as healthy as ever."

Turns out they knew each other.

Not only did they know each other, but this female teacher, though looking young, was actually in her early thirties and had taught Lin Qingyue before; she was Lin Qingyue’s former teacher.

Delighted by her former student’s visit, the teacher known as Teacher Qiu said, "It really is you. I was just talking to Teacher Hu about your program recently, and now here you are in person."

Hmm, aside from being delighted, she felt a bit odd.

Her gaze shifted hesitantly between Lin Qingyue and Wu Mu, "What’s this about?"

This was clearly a private meeting, and with Lin Qingyue bringing Wu Mu to her old school... Could these two be dating?