Chapter 16: Biscuits (Please keep reading, thank you everyone!)

Seeing the effect presented on the screen, several actors gathered around were secretly startled.

Especially Li Erpeng, who couldn't help but scratch his cheek.

Regardless of how fierce the exquisite sword techniques looked in the drama, those were all choreographed moves and footage effects from post-production editing; in terms of actual harm to the actors, nothing compared to that strike.

At the very least, he himself would absolutely never dare to play like that.

To be honest, Li Erpeng had previously held some contempt for Li Luo. He was a professionally trained actor who had bounced around until the age of twenty-five before landing a substantial role.

This guy was young, yet he had a very heavy workload in the drama.

He also had good relationships with everyone in the crew.

Being all smiles and laughter all day long made Li Erpeng feel somewhat resentful, though he hadn't expressed it openly.

After such a fall.

He suddenly felt that, perhaps, this kid's acting wasn't bad at all.

"Director."

Li Luo's voice drifted out from inside the house: "Is this take actually okay, or not? Give me a straight answer."

He had been lying on the wooden boards for quite a while now.

And there hadn't been a peep.

He really couldn't hold it in anymore, so he spoke up to ask.

"Hahaha."

"It's a wrap, it's a wrap."

Laughter erupted from behind the monitor, and Zhang Jizhong couldn't help but scratch his beard as he continued to shout: "Keep the scene as it is, it'll be convenient for matching the next shot."

"Clatter~"

Upon hearing it was a wrap, Li Luo immediately flipped over the wooden board.

He sat up, grimacing in pain.

Even though he had taken some protective measures, falling hard from that height, it would be a lie to say it didn't hurt.

"How is it?"

Du Yun walked over quickly to help him check his condition: "Is it more comfortable than a massage?"

"Yeah, yeah~"

Li Luo retorted irritably, signaling for the other man to help him rub his back.

At the moment of the fall, he had indeed felt some fear.

However, the stimulation from performing such a stunt made his spirit exceptionally excited, leaving him with a sense of wanting more.

【Personally experienced a stunt, enjoyed the thrill of an adrenaline rush】

【Indulgence successful】

【Reward: Constitution +1】

As he took the mineral water handed over by Lin Can, several characters drifted before his eyes, and Li Luo's fingers couldn't help but tremble slightly.

He had maintained high-intensity training during this period.

His constitution had also risen.

However, this attribute was extremely difficult to increase.

Even with daily weightlifting, it had only risen from the original 65 to 66; now, following the system prompt, the value jumped again, successfully reaching 67.

A faint stream of warmth was born within his body.

After circulating once.

It quickly vanished without a trace.

It didn't seem to have much effect, but Li Luo felt the pain in his back diminish significantly, and his body felt a surge of strength, though he suddenly felt empty in his stomach.

It was the kind of feeling one gets after not eating for a long time.

"How is it?"

Yuan Bin also walked over with long strides: "Can you continue filming?"

"No problem."

He gulped down more than half the bottle of water and gave a big thumbs up.

Taking advantage of Yu Renyan being distracted by Linghu Chong, Lin Pingzhi stabbed a short blade into the other man's stomach with a ferocious expression.

This scene was now finished.

The scene inside the house also came to an end.

Walking out of the wooden house, Li Luo couldn't wait to go behind the monitor.

Not just directors and producers, but actors could also come here to watch the playback of their performance state; some actors with significant influence, if they felt dissatisfied or felt they didn't look good enough on camera,

could even demand a retake.

Li Luo naturally didn't have the qualifications to make any demands, but watching was perfectly fine.

"Not bad."

Looking at the footage on the monitor, Zhang Jizhong said with satisfaction: "The emotional grasp in that moment was very precise; you expressed the panic of killing someone by mistake very well!"

"Thank you."

Li Luo smiled and waved his hand to wipe away the water droplets sprayed onto his forehead by the props team.

Light footsteps approached.

The scent of chocolate drifted to his nose, and Li Luo sniffed.

He turned to look.

Xu Qing, who played the female lead Ren Yingying, walked lightly to his side. She was crunching on a biscuit, and scattered chocolate crumbs stained her charming red lips, looking exceptionally alluring.

Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't dare eat like this.

However, since they were filming a martial arts drama involving a large amount of physical activity, she didn't need to worry about gaining weight.

So she took the opportunity to indulge herself properly.

"Hmm?"

Noticing his gaze, Xu Qing hesitated for a moment before handing over the biscuit in her hand:

"Would you like some?"

"No need."

Li Luo shook his head repeatedly.

Regardless of how well they knew each other, he couldn't bring himself to snatch food from someone else.

"Gulp~"

Just then, his stomach betrayed him and let out a roar.

It didn't just growl.

The sound was like thunder.

Hearing that, it sounded like a clap of thunder.

The people around twitched their ears and shot their gazes over. Li Luo looked up with a blank expression, watching the bamboo leaves sway and the white clouds drift leisurely.

"It seems."

Zhang Jizhong looked at producer Wang Weiguo and joked: "Is the food in our crew that bad?"

"It's not bad."

Chen Lifeng secretly found it amusing and chimed in: "I remember someone ate two boxed lunches at noon; the taste shouldn't be that bad."

"Pfft~"

Miao Dingding couldn't help but laugh out loud.

No matter how thick-skinned Li Luo was, he turned beet red with embarrassment.

He couldn't help it; after his constitution increased, he felt ravenously hungry, and he had been barely holding on to finish filming the previous scene.

"Alright."

Xu Qing smoothed things over, smiling as she grabbed a few chocolate biscuits from her bosom: "He's still just a kid; it's normal to get hungry easily. Just eat, if it's not enough, sister has more here."

A youthful face, yet speaking like an older sister.

Yet there was no sense of incongruity.

"Thank you, Sister Qing."

Li Luo couldn't refuse anymore, so he thanked her and took them, tearing open the packaging and eating mouthful after mouthful.

The others, seeing there was no more fun to be had,

continued looking at the monitor.

Li Luo was chewing while staring ahead.

The crisp sound from his mouth was like a tyrannosaurus devouring its prey.

The little nun stood with her back to him, clearly feeling a scorching gaze landing on her, constantly roaming up and down, and a wave of inexplicable wetness spread rapidly.

She exhaled softly.

She scratched her bald head with her fingertips a few times; it looked like she was in for a rough night!

After eating.

Li Luo and Li Erpeng, along with Miao Dingding, entered the set to prepare for the scene of digging a pit to bury a corpse.

Zhang Jizhong also came up to explain the scene.

As they left, a large space opened up behind the monitor, and Xu Qing walked forward while biting on the biscuit in her hand.

She fixed her eyes on the replayed footage.

Her scenes for the day hadn't started yet, and she was very curious about how the filming had gone.

The screen flickered.

The footage on the monitor showed the conflict between Lin Pingzhi and Yu Renyan; Li Luo performed the moves fluidly, and his leap to the second floor was exceptionally graceful.

When he was dragged down, the fall looked incredibly real.

It gave her a start.

Xu Qing came back to her senses and looked forward steadily. Li Luo stood by the small vegetable garden with his hands behind his back, listening attentively to Zhang Jizhong's explanation of the scene.

Sunlight fell on his robes, and the silver crown on his head gleamed.

Seeming to notice her gaze.

This handsome young swordsman turned his head and returned a brilliant smile.

Seeing this, Xu Qing's breath hitched.

She crunched down on the biscuit in her mouth.