100 ways to stop a stand-in

After the filming ended, Jiang You and Ji Xian left the set to go to dinner, but the plan was quickly interrupted by a call from Lu Xingqi.

On the phone, Lu Xingqi's voice was a little hoarse, and there was a hint of imperceptible panic. He didn't go into details on the phone, but just told Jiang You to go back to the hotel before.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang You frowned, and after a brief explanation with Ji Xian, they parted ways, hail a taxi and headed towards the hotel where Ji Xian stayed.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel entrance, he saw Lu Xingqi standing in a daze at the entrance of the hotel. He didn't even notice that Jiang You had come to him. Seeing Lu Xingqi like this, Jiang You asked thoughtfully: "Have you found it yet?"

Awakened by Jiang You's voice, Lu Xingqi suddenly raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot and his expression was tense. After seeing that the person who made the sound was Jiang You, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Tired of living, he nodded and dragged Jiang You into the hotel in order to say more.

After arriving in the room, Lu Xingqi brought up the monitoring screen on his laptop. The screen seemed to have been processed, and all of them were edited into a collection in the form of fragments, all of which were fragments of Lu Xingqi's sleeping.

As the screen played frame by frame, Jiang You saw that Lu Xingqi in the video sat up from the bed, got out of bed, walked to the table and poured himself a glass of water, held the glass in his hand, and casually drank from the glass of water.The expression on his face was completely opposite to that of the daytime. He suddenly seemed to have seen something interesting. He stared at the camera fixedly. After a while, he showed a weird smile, which made people shudder.

When the screen turned, it was still Lu Xingqi sleeping. At 27 minutes and 36 seconds, Lu Xingqi woke up slowly from his sleep. He got up to drink water as usual, but when he drank half of it, when his eyes turned to the pinhole camera again, he suddenly hooked up in a wicked way. Cursing the corners of his lips, he opened his mouth silently and said something, then slammed the glass in his hand towards the position of the pinhole camera, and then the screen went black, and the video stopped abruptly.

Jiang You slowly looked away from the computer, looked at Lu Xingqi, who had not seen him for a few days but was already haggard, and said, "Have you tried to communicate with him?"

According to the footage in the surveillance, it can be confirmed that the two people's previous guesses were correct. Apart from Lu Xingqi, Shen Yize also possesses an unidentified spiritual body.And judging from the information that Jiang You already knows, it is unlikely that this person is Shen Yize's own spiritual body, and it is highly likely that he is a time traveler.

Lu Xingqi shook his head, hesitated for a while, and then nodded again. He wiped his face with his hand, and said with a wry smile: "After seeing the surveillance, I tried to get in touch with that person in my mind, but he seemed to be deliberately hiding Like me, not once. But once the time comes at night, I fall into a deep sleep and my body is out of my control.”

Jiang You pondered for a moment, then patted Lu Xingqi on the shoulder, and said, "Relax, don't be nervous. Think about it now, he only appears at night, have you ever felt his presence during the day?"

Lu Xingqi thought for a while, and his voice was a little uncertain: "He didn't show up during the day, but I feel that whenever I make judgments and decisions, I will hesitate for a long time in my mind, like... ..."

"It seems like someone is evaluating and interfering with your judgment." Jiang You looked into Lu Xingqi's eyes and said softly.

After hearing Jiang You's words, Lu Xingqi shuddered all over, closed his eyes and thought carefully about what happened to him these days, he nodded: "That's right, although I still make the final decision, but It’s not entirely a decision made by my own consciousness, even once I passed by a food stall and wanted to go in for a skewer, but there was a faint feeling of repulsion in my head that prevented my behavior.”

"So, did you finally get it done?" Jiang You asked solemnly.

"...No, what time is it, can you do it anyway, can you be serious??!" Lu Xingqi replied subconsciously, and after he finished speaking, he broke down and hugged his head and howled.

After hearing Lu Xingqi's answer, Jiang You was stunned: "You, being able to be influenced by him and change your original thinking, do you know what that means?"

Lu Xingqi's movements froze, his pupils suddenly dilated, and a look of bewilderment and disbelief flashed quickly in his eyes.

Jiang You reached for the mouse, clicked on the finished video again, pulled the progress bar to 29 minutes and 46 seconds, and repeatedly watched the scene of Lu Xingqi smashing the camera with a cup. When he saw No. 17 times, Jiang You's face The expression on the face became more and more dignified.

He closed the computer and asked Lu Xing strangely: "Did you see clearly what he said silently just now?"

Lu Xingqi shook his head, and said: "The range of the speech is too small, I can't understand what was said at all. If the system is still there, maybe I can ask it to help analyze it, but now..."

But seeing Jiang You shook his head, he said in a deep voice, "You should be glad that your system can't contact you now, otherwise you might have been wiped out directly."

Jiang You's words made Lu Xingqi shudder, but thinking about his own system and the spirit body that coexisted with him in this body, it is really unknown who will stay and who will be helped by the system.

"What he said just now was that if I guessed correctly, it should be swallowing." Jiang You looked at Lu Xingqi and said.

Lu Xingqi's expression changed suddenly, thinking of the changes that had taken place in him in the past month, from carefully concealing his existence at the beginning to now actively exposing and provoking him, he seemed to be becoming more and more unscrupulous.

Seeing Lu Xingqi's ugly face, Jiang You suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder twice, comforting him, "Don't be too nervous, since he can influence your decision, you share the same body, and you can also influence it." His judgment, and..." At this point, Jiang You's voice paused.

Lu Xingqi looked up suspiciously, and saw a smile on Jiang You's face at some point: "He said devour, since he can devour you, then you can too, devour him."

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Chen Xi looked at the reporters downstairs in the hospital. They were densely packed, carrying long guns and short cannons in their hands, pointing and talking.The floor is not high, only six floors, and the noise below can be heard.

He held a newspaper in his hand, with a headline written in huge black fonts: The quality of orphanage volunteers is uneven, should children's education be given due attention?

Below the title is an enlarged black-and-white photo of two young people standing shoulder to shoulder. The taller young man on the left has a sunny and bright smile on his face. And the shorter young man in front of him also had a smile on his face, shy and gentle.

Chen Xi gently groped Lu Yuan's bright smiling face in the photo with his hands, and his thoughts seemed to return to not long ago, when they had just received an offer from a foreign university, and the two of them hugged tightly.

He asked Lu Yuan, will we be able to stand in the sun soon?

Lu Yuan nodded with a smile, held Chen Xi's hand tightly, and replied firmly, we have actually been standing in the sun all this time.

Hearing the slamming door and loud noises from the corridor outside, a very shallow smile suddenly appeared on Chen Xi's numb face.

Chen Xi gently rubbed Lu Yuan's bright smiling face on the newspaper, and said silently, "It's not like that, A Yuan, we were wrong, we never stood in the sun, we always... stood against the light.Maybe one day, the sun can really break through the haze and shine in, but unfortunately, we can't wait for that day.

The door of the ward was knocked open, and the person on the window sill was gone, only a piece of newspaper was gently rolled up by the breeze blowing from the window.

The sun was shining that day, very warm and very warm.

"Cut." The scene was over, and Channing announced that it was done. After turning off the machine, he rubbed his sore eyes, got up and left the set.

The rest of the staff on the set also didn't speak, everything seemed to be silent, and there was no joy of finishing the movie. Many people were even immersed in the story of Chen Xi and Lu Yuan, unable to let go of it for a long time.

Jiang You sat on the ground and looked at the empty director's chair after Qian Ning left, unable to recover for a long time.I re-shot "Backlight" again, and played Chen Xi again. Those feelings that were once ignorant and incomprehensible are now becoming clearer and clearer. It is precisely because of understanding that I don't know how to dissuade them.

All the words were powerless and pale in front of those huge pains, Jiang You's expression was very complicated, he wanted to persuade Qian Ning, wanted him to give up the idea of ​​suicide, wanted him to survive well, But when those words really came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.

Recently, as long as I close my eyes, I can think of the scene of Channing jumping from a tall building. When he left, there was no pain on his face, only numbness and relief.It is precisely because Jiang You played Chen Xi and felt Chen Xi's sorrow, joy and despair that those words of comfort are more difficult to export.

Just when Jiang You was at a loss, a big hand with sharp bones appeared in front of him. Jiang You raised his head and bumped into Ji Xian's deep and dark star eyes. Jiang You reached out to hold his hand, and suddenly He asked, "If you were Chen Xi, what would you do?"

Ji Xian seemed to be taken aback for a moment, he pulled Jiang You up from the ground, and said in a deep voice, "I will stand at the highest place and let those people pay the corresponding price."

Hearing this, Jiang You's expression was a little dazed, did those people pay the price?Jiang You lowered his head and did not speak, and Ji Xian did not disturb him, but stood beside him calmly and quietly, like the hardest armor in the world, protecting his most important person.

After a long time, Jiang You suddenly laughed softly, and under Ji Xian's somewhat surprised gaze, he stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around his neck, and put a light kiss on his lips, "Thank you." After finishing speaking, Turn around and walk outside.

But the wrist was firmly held by a big warm hand, and then the whole person was pulled into a familiar embrace. Ji Xian lowered his head and kissed, the delicate kiss fell on Jiang You's eyebrows, eyes, cheeks, and finally on Jiang You's face. On those light-colored thin lips, the fleeting kiss just now deepened.

I don't know how long it took, but it was so long that Jiang You felt that he was about to suffocate, so he was slowly let go, and he raised his eyes to meet Shang Ji Xian's smiling eyes, his voice was deep and hoarse, and there was something indescribable. Sexy: "I prefer this kind of thank you gift."

Jiang You also laughed, leaned close to the man's ear, and said softly, "Don't even think about sleeping in my bed again within a month." After speaking, he pushed Ji Xian away, waved him, and walked out the door again, leaving only Ji Xian, who was completely frozen in place because of his words, stretched out his hand to touch his lips, and a look of annoyance flashed in his eyes.

On a night in June, the temperature was a little stuffy. Not long after he walked out of the studio, Jiang You saw the figure sitting by the flower bed on the road smoking a cigarette. Under the street lamp, there were only his shadow and his own shadow, and the flickering fireworks. He looked lonely. And lonely.

Jiang You walked forward slowly and sat down beside Qian Ning.When he felt the movement around him, Qian Ning's body was a little tense, but after seeing that it was Jiang You, he slowly relaxed. He smiled a little shyly, and extinguished the cigarette butt.

At first the two of them didn't speak, but later they probably felt that the surrounding environment was too quiet. Qian Ning turned to look at Jiang You and said, "You acted very well, and you will definitely become popular in the future."

Jiang You smiled: "I would like to borrow your good words. But it should be us, the movie is great, and we will become popular."

Perhaps it was because Jiang You's voice was too firm, but it didn't sound like he was comforting at all. Qian Ning's expression was startled, a trace of loneliness flashed quickly in his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "But you know, because of the subject matter, we You can't even pass the audit."

Jiang You didn't turn his head to look at Qian Ning, he pointed to the sky above his head, and said, "If the sun still can't shine in, then we will climb up until we reach the highest place, and no one can block the sun anymore Alright."

Qian Ning followed Jiang You's hand and looked up. There were tiny stars scattered in the night sky. Time seemed to return to the day he left. I remember that the night was also very beautiful.

After a long time, Qian Ning suddenly shook his head and said, "But it's too late, I've already lost the strength to continue climbing." When the words fell, Qian Ning stood up from the flower bed, smiled at Jiang You, and agreed Compared to the illusory one just now, this time Qian Ning's smile was a little less lonely and a little more tired.

"Thank you, really." Qian Ning leaned forward and hugged Jiang You, and said softly.After the words fell to the ground, Qian Ning walked towards the set again, and his figure gradually disappeared into the night.

After he left, Jiang You sat on the ground alone, raised his head and stared blankly at the stars all over the sky, as if a stone had been crushed in his heart, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

After all, it can't be done.

Probably because of the undisguised exhaustion in Qian Ning's eyes at the end, blocking back all Jiang You's original thought. Maybe being alive is really a crueler torture for Qian Ning.

"Everyone's experience determines their final choice. You have done the best you can, don't go into a dead end." At this moment, a voice came from in front of him, a familiar voice that Jiang You knew even if he didn't look at it Who is coming.

Jiang You nodded and said, "It's just that you will still feel uncomfortable after all."

Ji Xian put his hand on Jiang You's head, rubbed it gently twice, and said, "Then you have to work hard, take his share and climb up together until you stand at the highest and most conspicuous place."

Jiang You nodded, suppressed the sadness in his heart, stood up from the flower bed, and walked forward with Ji Xian.Suddenly, Jiang You stopped and asked, "Do you have a name?"

Ji Xian stood there, thought for a while, nodded but shook his head, and said in a low voice, "I don't have a name, but I have a code name. My code name is Yuan."

Yuan, Jiang You repeated this word in his heart several times, looked up into Ji Xian's eyes, and said, "In our world, everyone has their own surname."

"Huh?" Ji Xian lowered his head and met Jiang You's gaze. He didn't know if the moonlight was so beautiful that day, and the orange light from the street lamp hit Jiang You's body. But amazingly bright.

Jiang You chuckled: "We used to have a tradition here that after a man and a woman get married, the woman should take her husband's surname."

"..." Ji Xian.

The smile on Jiang You's face deepened, and he said again: "Would you like to take my last name?"

"...I am willing." This is a proposition, and the only way to refuse is a dead end. Of course, Ji Xian himself does not want to refuse.Although he had already seen clearly Jiang You's behavior of wanting to take advantage, he was not reluctant, and even felt a surge of joy in his heart.

Two months later, an obscure, low-budget film, "Backlight," appeared on the Venice Film Festival's best-picture shortlist.From the director to the actors are all unfamiliar names, and these names have never appeared in China or abroad.Not to mention the audience, even some senior industry insiders are at a loss.

However, Mr. Robert, the senior director of the recommender, was very confident in this film, and once believed that this film from Huaguo would definitely become a dark horse and won countless applause and praise.

Later, after the film festival officially kicked off, it turned out that, as Mr. Robert said, this unpopular and low-cost film made by an unknown director and actor finally attracted the attention of many people. Jiang You's performance in the film was full of tension. Every move, every move, every frown and every smile seems to bring Chen Xi to life, especially the speculation of Chen Xi's state of mind has reached a peak state, as if he is Chen Xi, giving people a very strong sense of substitution.

Channing's shooting technique is not very good, even a little immature and young, but although Channing is young, he has a strong personal style and unique lens language. It is obviously a film with extremely sharp contradictions and disputes. But under Channing's lens, those pains and darkness are only touched upon, but not deepened.

It's like cutting flesh with a blunt knife. At first, I didn't feel any pain, but as the film progressed and progressed, those small wounds that seemed insignificant at first slowly accumulated, and finally when Chen Xi jumped off the hospital building, , broke out completely.

A very heavy movie, a very marginal subject matter, very superb acting skills and the director's unique shooting style and technique, finally led to this movie becoming a dark horse, which won countless applause and flowers, even Many investors and directors are looking for Qian Ning and Jiang You.

Although in the end the winner of the Golden Lion Award did not fall on "Backlight", but was won by a literary film by a well-known director, this did not affect the waves that "Backlight" caused abroad.

Especially after the film was officially released, it received rave reviews abroad. Many viewers came out with red eyes. They were immersed in the tragedy of Chen Xi and Lu Yuan and couldn't break free. Many people were moved by their bravery and persistence. , and also sad and sad for everything the two have experienced. Jiang You's acting skills are very good, and his portrayal of emotions and psychology is very deep. It is easy to mobilize the emotions of the audience and make them feel empathetic.

When Chen Xi sat on the window sill and finally looked at the photo of himself and Lu Yuan in the newspaper, the very faint smile he showed was called the most heart-wrenching smile by many movie fans.

On the day of the film's premiere, Jiang You and Ji Xian accompanied Qian Ning to watch the entire movie. After the lights dimmed, the surroundings were plunged into darkness. The theater was very quiet except for the sound of the movie.

As time goes by, at the beginning of the film, Lu Yuan and Chen Xi's struggles, confusion, and the sweet warmth after testing and confirming the relationship are destroyed in the face of reality, until Chen Xi falls into a coma after rushing out of the fire with a little girl , Lu Yuan glanced at his lover who was carried into the ambulance, gritted his teeth, and finally rushed into the fire scene for the third time, this time he was not as lucky as before, and Lu Yuan never came out again.

I heard that when Lu Yuan was found, his back was already carbonized by the fire, and he was the only one who unfortunately died in that fire. As for the child who Lu Yuan turned back to look for in the fire for the third time, in fact, he had already died. He escaped, but he was not at the scene because he was greedy for fun.

When receiving the news of Lu Yuan's death, Chen Xi didn't cry. He lay on the bed blankly, staring straight at the ceiling. It seemed that all the anger in those eyes had been taken away instantly, leaving only Numb and eerily calm.

Obviously there wasn't a single tear, but it made the audience feel as if their hearts were tightly held by an invisible hand, making it difficult for them to even breathe.

Just when everyone failed to recover from this great sadness, a group of journalist-like people rudely pushed open the door of the ward with their equipment, and each question was more acute than the other, like a sharp knife , until the flesh and blood of everyone's heart stab was blurred.

Some people were angry, some were at a loss, they didn't know why such a hero was insulted like this, and they also didn't know why such two such outstanding people were treated like this, but more people couldn't control their emotions anymore and became red orbital.

When Chen Xi jumped from the window sill, the sunlight outside was very good, and it was a little dazzling. It shone on the gentle and modest young man all his life. With a 10-minute long shot, the film ended.

At the end of the film, the screen was fixed on a piece of yellowed and slightly creased paper. The handwriting on the paper was somewhat scribbled. Many foreigners could not understand Chinese characters, but no one left the scene early.

Lu Yuan once said that where there is sunshine, there will be shadows, but I still don't understand why it is always us who stand behind the light.