Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

Lan Xinya looked at the hairpin and said with heartache, "This hairpin must be very expensive. Why didn't you save some money for yourself? Your clothes are torn too; you should buy new ones."

“Money can be earned back, and clothes can be worn out. Xinya, everything I have will be yours. Whatever you like, I will earn it for you, even if it means going to heaven and earth. In this lifetime, I will only be good to you.” Ren Shaohua’s eyes were ardent and sincere, as pure as a flawless crystal.

Lan Xinya blushed deeply, shyly accepting the silver hairpin, her voice as light as a feather, "I like anything you give me."

The two sat under the pear tree. Ren Shaohua placed a silver hairpin in Lan Xinya's hair, and a pure white pear blossom fell into her hair. He reached out and took it off, looking at the pear blossoms all over the tree above his head, and said to Lan Xinya, "Xinya, when the pears ripen in autumn, I will pick the sweetest one for you."

Lan Xinya also looked up at the pear blossoms covering the tree, her eyes filled with longing, anticipation, and the bright and cheerful smile of a young boy.

Beneath the pear blossom tree, Lan Xinya bowed her head, mending clothes. After Ren Shaohua finished performing a set of boxing techniques, he picked up a wooden sword, its blade flashing amidst the falling pear blossoms.

Under the pear tree, Lan Xinya brought over another bowl of white rice, and once again picked out the chicken leg from under the rice, saying to him, "We killed another chicken at home, and I saved one for you."

While eating, Ren Shaohua asked, "You gave me one chicken leg, what about yours?"

She was content just watching him eat with gusto.

Lan Xinya then advised him, "Don't just keep eating rice, eat the chicken leg to nourish your body."

"Mm!" Ren Shaohua responded and buried his head in his rice again.

"Cut!"

With the director's "cut," another scene came to an end.

Hu Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief. The filming went very smoothly today, and she finished the scene with only a few takes. Judging from the director's satisfied look, he was very pleased with her acting skills.

It was worth it for her to review these scenes with Teacher Xia Qing again and again.

Seeing the large chicken leg on the rice on the table, Hu Xiaoxiao smiled and urged Mingxu, "Such a big chicken leg, it's good for your health, eat it quickly! I worked hard to kill this chicken for you, I couldn't bear to eat it myself, I only saved it for you."

Mingxu almost vomited up the rice he had just eaten, and said to Hu Xiaoxiao with a tearful look on his face, "Xiaoxiao, don't turn this big chicken leg on top of the rice next time, or you'll make the rice go bad."

Mingxu then shouted at the director in dissatisfaction, "Director, can't you just use a different chicken leg? We've been filming with this chicken leg for three days already, and it'll get infested with worms if we don't replace it soon! Surely the company isn't so poor that it can't afford a single chicken leg?"

The director gave him a gloating look. "Who told you to finish that chicken leg in just a few bites during the first scene?"

Charlie happened to see this, and he immediately ordered the props team to use a spoiled chicken leg for filming. They ended up using that spoiled chicken leg for three days straight.

Hu Xiaoxiao felt sorry for him for a second, then got some water for Mingxu to rinse his mouth and whispered to him, "If you make chicken drumsticks again next time, I'll secretly change them to roasted chicken drumsticks for you."

Mingxu didn't believe her, waved his hand, and said to her, "Forget it, one roast chicken isn't enough for you."

The day before yesterday, Mingxu brought his own roast chicken, intending to replace the prop so he could eat it openly during filming. However, Hu Xiaoxiao, who was waiting for her scene, ate the chicken leg. In the end, they used the spoiled chicken leg for the scene.

Hu Xiaoxiao was a little embarrassed. At that time, she was holding a steaming bowl of rice with a fragrant chicken leg on top. The director was busy with other things and didn't call "action." She got hungry and couldn't help but finish the rice and chicken leg.

"I thought a chicken has two legs, and if I ate one, there would be another one left, but who knew..."

Who knew the roast chicken smelled so good that Charlie, who was on patrol, caught it and confiscated the rest.

Mingxu rubbed his hungry stomach, gave Hu Xiaoxiao a wink, and the two quietly left the filming studio and found an empty room.

The room was filled with props. After Mingxu went in, he familiarly took out a bag of snacks from a wooden box in the corner.

He generously shared half of his food with Hu Xiaoxiao and urged her, "Eat quickly, before Charlie finds out."

Hu Xiaoxiao asked, "Why does Charlie always forbid you from eating?"

"He said I was too fat and wouldn't look good on camera, so he wouldn't let me eat much. He only allowed me to eat half a bowl of rice at each work meal. Look at my size, how can I possibly eat half a bowl of rice in one meal?"

Most of the dramas he filmed were period dramas with many action scenes, and he would spend most of the day filming on an empty stomach.

His rumbling stomach in the movie was so realistic that it didn't even need dubbing in post-production.

Mingxu finished a small bread roll in a few bites and drank half a bottle of beverage. Suddenly, he heard Charlie calling him from outside. He hurriedly stuffed the food into the bag, grabbed the unfinished food from Hu Xiaoxiao's hand, stuffed it into the bag as well, and put it back in its original place.

"Hurry up and wipe your mouth!"

Hu Xiaoxiao became nervous under his urging. She wiped her mouth hastily and sneaked out with Mingxu.

Charlie was watching the playback with the director when he saw Mingxu and Hu Xiaoxiao coming over. He asked, "Where have you two been? I've been on set for so long and haven't seen you."

Mingxu said nonchalantly, "I'm tired of filming, let's go out for some fresh air."

Charlie looked at him suspiciously for a few moments before calling Hu Xiaoxiao over.

Charlie praised Hu Xiaoxiao, saying, "Xiaoxiao, you acted well. I didn't realize this was your first time acting, not counting that small role you played before. I thought you would have to do at least a few takes before you could get it right, but I didn't expect you to get several takes right on the first try."

To avoid delaying the filming schedule, Charlie has prepared a replacement for Hu Xiaoxiao, and it now seems that Hu Xiaoxiao is fully capable of playing both roles.

"Teacher Xia Qing said that I have a special talent for acting." Hu Xiaoxiao said with great confidence, without mentioning that she would rehearse every night when she got back, sometimes several times, and go directly to Xia Qing for approval on important scenes.

But this confidence also gave Charlie confidence in Hu Xiaoxiao, and he stopped considering backup options. "Keep up the good work. Lan Xinya did a good job. You need to do just as well in Zhou Bijun's scenes later."

“No problem, I won’t let Charlie down,” Hu Xiaoxiao said.

Charlie was very satisfied after hearing this and praised Hu Xiaoxiao a few more times.

Mingxu, standing to the side, was a little jealous and said, "Charlie, I acted very well too, why don't you praise me?"

“You’re a veteran actor, it’s normal for you to act well, it would be a problem if you didn’t.” Charlie looked at Mingxu with suspicion again, “Why do you look like you’ve gained weight?”

"No! Absolutely not! I've lost half a pound lately because of all the action scenes," Mingxu said.

"There's no such thing as 'best'! You're already tall. If you get fat, you'll just look like a big, burly guy. What kind of swordsman would you be playing? You'd be better off playing a butcher!"