Rong Yu tried several times but couldn't find the feeling of being so tired he was about to faint.
Director Chen had to guide him to recall the feeling of running endurance runs back in school.
Rong Yu thought hard and said, "You mean the five-kilometer city run? Actually, I think it was okay, not to the extent of feeling like you're about to die from exhaustion like Wu Xiaoqing described in the original text."
Director Chen: "..." Are you kidding me? With your slight build?
Director Chen: "Then film Wu Xiaoye's fight scenes first. Wait until you're tired from fighting, then come back to film this part."
This suggestion was clearly very effective. Rong Yu seemed more suited to playing Wu Xiaoye—his state came immediately, and he swiftly dashed into the maple forest.
The red maple forest was vast. In the original story, the main group quickly became disoriented and lost their way. By the time Wu Xiaoye caught up to them, he found only the rich second-generation member of the main group lying unconscious on the ground—he had been struck from behind.
The mysterious dried corpses, the increasing number of victims, the villa owner obsessed with vampire culture who suddenly disappeared, the unknown shadow in the maple forest, the scattered main group.
The plot points of this case reached a climax in this part.
Wu Xiaoye dragged the unconscious rich second-generation member of the main group back to the villa, splashed water to wake him up, and asked about what happened. He learned that the shadow was agile and tall with a strong build, not like the portly, greasy-faced villa owner.
Just then, the villa owner's daughter appeared, her face full of fear, and said: "It's him, it must be him! The vampire has appeared! The vampire that father enshrined and provided offerings to has appeared! He is no longer satisfied with offerings and is going on a killing spree, draining everyone's blood!"
As she spoke, the villa owner's daughter pointed at the giant oil painting on the staircase.
The handsome man in the painting had eyes as red as blood and thin lips as bright as if he had just enjoyed a feast, especially those icy and aloof eyes, which made one's heart turn cold with fear upon seeing them.
Of course, Wu Xiaoye did not believe it. Wu Xiaoqing, who had woken up after regaining his energy, did not believe it either. Yet when they discovered the villa owner’s body in the red maple forest, they found it had similarly been drained of blood.
The rich second-generation member said with terror in his eyes, "No way? Could there really be vampires in this world? That vampire in the painting really came out to suck blood?"
Wu Xiaoqing: "Don't scare yourself. Such things don't exist in this world. Even if they did, it doesn't matter. Humans are much more terrifying than such ghostly things, and the human heart is much more complex than this case."
"What should we do now?" the rich second-generation heir asked anxiously. "Should we look for the others and then go down the mountain to report to the police?" However, the signal in the mountains was extremely poor; their phones simply couldn't get a call out.
Wu Xiaoqing: "It's useless. If Mr. Vampire has taken a liking to us and wants to drain our blood one by one, then the path down the mountain is most likely blocked."
The rich second-generation: "Then what do we do! We can't find them now, will they be okay?"
Wu Xiaoqing: "Go back to the villa first."
However, when they returned to the villa, they saw that the eyes and thin lips of the figure on the huge oil painting facing the door above the staircase were slowly dripping with a bright red liquid.
"Cut! Good, this scene is over. Main group come over for a few pickup shots, everyone else take a break," Director Chen shouted.
Rong Yu immediately broke character. He accepted the bottle of mineral water his assistant Xiao Yang handed him and drank half of it in a single go.
Qin Linlin clapped her hands at this moment, "Alright, everyone has thirty minutes to rest. You can take photos around here. Thirty minutes later we'll film scene one hundred and two. Supporting actors, be prepared!"
"Yay! Time for photos!" cheered the actors, who had been eager to capture the beautiful scenery. They quickly dispersed with their phones, looking for companions to take pictures with.
Yin Chengjue made a discreet gesture to Rong Yu, then turned and walked into the maple forest alone. He came to a stop beneath a slightly crooked maple tree and waited.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Rong Yu walked over slowly, stepping on the red leaves covering the ground. The crunching sound made Yin Chengjue look towards him.
A long wind blew, scattering red leaves. A man wearing a burgundy shirt, a black bow tie, and well-tailored black suit pants walked step by step up to Yin Chengjue.
The man had a handsome, exquisite face, his peach-blossom eyes curved as if born with a smile.
He held his hands behind his back, as if strolling in his own backyard, and slowly raised his head slightly, smiling: "Brother, have you seen origami?"
Yin Chengjue was stunned, not quite understanding why Rong Yu asked this, so he could only reply: "Yes, I have."
Rong Yu: "Then have you seen folded leaves?"
Yin Chengjue: "If you mean folding little leaf spoons, then yes."
"Then..." Rong Yu smiled mysteriously, brought his hands from behind his back to in front of Yin Chengjue, and like presenting a treasure, slowly opened them. "Then have you ever seen... this kind?"
Hmm, okay.
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