[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk-":3,"chapter-reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--chapter-7":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in Huayu: They're Forcing Me to Be a Jerk Again?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2347750,4588,"Chapter 7: The Mute's House","reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--chapter-7",7,"\u003Cp>Chen Nuo walked to the position Zhang Yi had told him about, stood quietly for a moment, emptied his mind, and then began to focus his attention, imagining the scene Zhang Yi had just described to him, after which he began to imitate a fragment from his memory that had left the deepest impression on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, Zhang Yi and the others saw a figure like this, in the deepening twilight of the alley, under the dim yellow streetlights, stumbling as he walked toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, his face could not be seen clearly; one could only see him walking unsteadily for a stretch, suddenly bracing himself against a wall, head buried, shoulders trembling, as if he were weeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, he looked back, seemingly watching someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, he pushed hard against the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just that one push, the man's previously soft and bent legs suddenly straightened, instantly becoming normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued walking outward, and faster and faster, until finally, he began to jog. His running posture was also quite strange; his fists were clenched very tightly, swinging like two hammers. It made one feel that he was suppressing something inside, with no way to vent it, and he wanted to use those hammers to smash the shackles around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance was not far; Chen Nuo reached Zhang Yi and the others in just a few steps and stopped. He caught his breath and asked, \"How is it, Mr. Zhang, is this okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo did not know if he had acted well or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he had thought of imitating a girl who had once broken up with him, but inexplicably, as he acted, it seemed that something entered his heart and was externalized during his performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, that running motion with his arms, and that motion of pushing against the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not know where these things came from either; in short, as he acted, they just went into his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really had to say, it was that in his past life he watched short videos every day, and had seen too many such pretentious videos, but when he acted just now, it seemed as if those pretentious performances within him had returned to simplicity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi looked at his face hesitantly; it was clean, without a single trace of moisture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo touched his face, \"What's wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi and Li Xiaotian exchanged a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaotian said blankly, \"Holy shit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, let me think.\" Zhang Yi rubbed his chin, pondered for a while, and said, \"Keep acting... just act as if he has run for a while like this, and is finally tired, so he stops. Note, at this moment I want you to maintain the same emotional thread as before. Come on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo was the same as before, first emptying his mind, then concentrating his attention to imagine and immerse himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi watched the boy standing there, and all the expressions on his face disappeared bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no sadness, no pain, and no imagined despair. He just lowered his head slightly, looking at the ground. His gaze was fixed, like a mental patient. At first glance, it seemed as if he were looking at the ground, but a closer look would immediately reveal that he was looking at nothing; he was just maintaining this posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following closely, large, heavy tears appeared abruptly; they rolled out from his eye sockets, slid down his cheeks, and finally hit the ground, becoming wet spots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, there was still not a trace of expression on that face; only the bulging veins on his neck were throbbing, revealing the surging emotions in the man's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Chen Nuo raised his head, wiped his eyes, and said, \"Mr. Zhang, is that okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi came back to his senses and said, \"Good, that's fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked, \"Hey, how do you make your tears come whenever you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, I deliberately didn't blink. If I don't blink for a while, I start to tear up. I even went to see a doctor about this before, and the doctor said my tear glands are relatively well-developed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi opened his mouth, with a thousand words in his heart, but in the end, he only managed to squeeze out one sentence: \"Well-developed is good, well-developed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, the tears falling on command was secondary; Zhang Yi did not think crying scenes were any profound acting skill, and he valued the restraint Chen Nuo had displayed even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi had deceived—no, taught—many students studying acting, and he could guarantee that if he called a hundred students to act this scene, fifty of them would cry heart-wrenchingly, and the other fifty would definitely be too tense to let go of their emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only that one hundred and first person could perform the suppressed outburst, the restrained sorrow, and the choked-up silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only this person was the male lead he was looking for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi asked again, \"That walking scene just now, that motion of pushing against the wall, how did you come up with it?\" In his eyes, that motion was a typical method of expressionist acting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that push, Chen Nuo's entire body changed from twisted to straight in that instant, making people immediately understand the logic behind this performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mute did not want to cry in front of his lover. So he had to leave, and the faster he left, the better. He burned his last bit of strength to support his body, and also left himself with his final dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This performance, without a doubt, exceeded his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo rubbed his nose and replied, \"I don't know, I just had a feeling at that moment, so I just followed the feeling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh, a feeling?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi nodded knowingly, looked at Li Xiaotian, and asked calmly, \"Tian'er, what do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaotian looked at Chen Nuo, then at Zhang Yi, and asked suspiciously, \"Damn it, Zhang Yi, you aren't messing with me, are you? Is this really a student from the training class you mentioned?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nonsense! Who the hell has the spare time to mess with you.\" Zhang Yi cursed, \"Just tell me if it works or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaotian said, \"If it weren't for your arrangement, what else could I say? I can only say your eye for talent is still awesome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi chuckled, turned to Chen Nuo and said, \"Alright. Chen Nuo, I now formally invite you to join my film crew.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you serious? Mr. Zhang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right,\" Zhang Yi nodded affirmatively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo felt that he wouldn't need to change careers for a short time, and confirmed, \"Mr. Zhang, do you think I can get into the Film Academy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi said, \"Shoot a movie or two with me for a month or two, and it'll definitely be no problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing Chen Nuo's expression, Zhang Yi added, \"I'm not lying to you. If you want to get into the Film Academy, you definitely won't have a chance learning at that school. That school is specifically for scamming suckers; the teachers and professors hanging on the walls are just photos posted at random. But if you come to shoot a movie with me, the situation will be completely different. The actors I hire are all veteran actors tested in real combat. You can just ask them on set, learn a trick or two, and what Film Academy—wouldn't it be easy to get into?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi held up two fingers and shook them gently in front of Chen Nuo, his tone filled with temptation: \"Besides, you have to pay tuition to go to school. If you shoot a movie with me, not only do I not charge you money, but I also pay you a salary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look, this amount. Where else can you find such a good deal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo looked at the two fingers waving in front of him and asked hesitantly, \"200,000?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you crazy? 2,000 yuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems he isn't a scammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Chen Nuo no longer hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this an opportunity? He didn't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he also understood that when an opportunity truly arrives, people often don't even know it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded immediately and said, \"Okay, Director, I will work hard. Thank you, Director.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi smiled with satisfaction and patted him on the shoulder: \"Don't worry, you won't regret it. If your classmates in that training class had your luck, they would wake up laughing in their dreams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Zhang Yi rushed back to the school dormitory, took a script, and gave it to Chen Nuo, telling him to seize the time over the next two days to read it carefully and memorize the lines and everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chen Nuo asked when they would start filming, Zhang Yi's answer was: \"Anytime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo took the script and returned to his room; those pink slippers were still in their original place at the door, and Yang Mi still hadn't returned. Chen Nuo thought this woman must have gone home to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a simple wash, Chen Nuo took the script to bed and began to read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The script was quite thin, wrapped in a hard cover; opening the cover, a title was written on the title page: \"The Mute's House.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1566,"2026-06-21T01:34:38.888Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a1b2373b66f325ff6e6769b11b048c78aec3bf1700573996de1ada7222ee299e","reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--chapter-8","reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--chapter-6",491,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--cover.jpg"]