Chapter 712: Chapter 712: Persuading Li Yanzhou
Li Yufei entered the hospital room and saw Du Shaoheng lying on the bed, still wearing an oxygen mask, with various tubes coming out of his body.
He hadn’t removed the tubes, and even the oxygen mask was still on, so he couldn’t really speak.
Li Yufei approached the bed, gently placed the flowers on the nightstand, and sat down by the bed: "When did he wake up?"
Guan Yue said: "He woke up once last night, and then once this morning. He just woke up again now."
She paused, frowned slightly, her face full of worry as she looked at Du Shaoheng’s haggard face. Her eyes unknowingly reddened again: "You should have told me earlier about his illness... Yufei, aren’t we good friends? You know I can’t be kept in the dark forever about something like this..."
After speaking, she walked to the window and lightly wiped her tears.
Li Yufei watched her sorrow, momentarily unsure of how to comfort her.
She rarely comforted others because she didn’t know how to do it.
It wasn’t that she was cold-blooded.
Rather, she was always accustomed to being calm and composed, lacking an emotional side.
Li Yufei said: "Guan Yue, don’t be sad. This accident, in an unfortunate event, was fortunate; Shaoheng has passed the critical period, so you don’t need to worry anymore."
Guan Yue turned around and said: "But... isn’t his disease incurable? I heard the doctor say that there’s really no cure for this kind of illness, and how long he lives is entirely up to fate."
Li Yufei: "I know, but now that things have reached this point, worrying and being afraid won’t help, will it?"
Guan Yue: "Perhaps this is the difference between you and me. I know full well that worrying won’t help, yet I can’t help but worry. It’s a human instinct, and it’s also my instinct—I’m afraid of losing him."
She paused, lowered her head, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I’m not a cold-blooded person."
Li Yufei didn’t respond.
She looked at Du Shaoheng and saw him with his eyes open, conscious, though unable to speak. She asked: "Shaoheng, now that Guan Yue knows, it’s just as well. You can face it together."
Du Shaoheng closed his eyes wearily.
The inside of the breathing mask was covered in mist.
Li Yufei said: "As for this illness, don’t be too pessimistic. Although the doctor said it’s not an incurable disease, I will do my utmost to cure your illness."
Guan Yue choked up: "With what can you cure it? The doctors have all said that this disease can’t be cured."
Li Yufei: "Just because the doctor said it can’t be cured, does that mean we won’t try?"
Guan Yue: "That’s not what I meant!"
Li Yufei: "One must always try in everything. Even in the direst circumstances, there’s a sliver of hope if you don’t give up easily."
Guan Yue suddenly couldn’t speak, only clutched her face in distress, unable to stop herself from crying again.
Li Yufei looked at Du Shaoheng, gently held his hand: "Shaoheng, believe me, I certainly won’t give up on you, so don’t give up on yourself."
Du Shaoheng squinted his eyes slightly.
He suddenly strained to lift his hand, touched his forehead, as if asking: what’s going on?
Li Yufei knew he saw the bandage on her forehead, and without hiding it, she told the truth: "It’s a minor injury from yesterday; it’ll heal soon."
Du Shaoheng nodded.
Li Yufei asked: "I haven’t told Junjun about your situation yet. Should I tell him?"
Du Shaoheng shook his head.
He didn’t want Junjun to worry, and he hadn’t told Xixi about the car accident either.
Li Yufei said: "Alright, I’ll tell him when you’re feeling better."
Otherwise, if Junjun comes to the hospital and sees Du Shaoheng in this state, he will surely worry unnecessarily.
...
After leaving the hospital, Li Yufei headed to the film set.
Through the management company, Li Yufei learned that Li Yanzhou had recently taken on a role and had been at the film city during this time.
Actually, when Li Yanzhou first wanted to enter the entertainment industry, Li Yufei was not very supportive.
Her original intention was to help Li Yanzhou inherit the Li Family, but back then, Li Yanzhou was still very young and wasn’t really interested in this cutthroat world of business. If Li Yanzhou were willing to heed her advice and retire from the entertainment circle to come home and take over the business, she would consider stepping back to a secondary role.
Film City.
On the way, Li Yufei bought over ten cups of coffee and milk tea, along with some desserts.
When she arrived at the set, Li Yanzhou’s agent personally came to greet her, and without any obstruction, she entered the shooting area directly.
Set area.
Li Yanzhou, dressed in a white ancient costume, was in the waiting area reviewing his lines. The agent walked over to him and said: "Yanzhou, your sister is here to visit you on set!"
Li Yanzhou looked up and smiled: "Sister."
Li Yufei handed the things she bought to the agent: "You must be working hard. I bought coffee and milk tea."
"Thank you, sister!"
The agent exchanged a few polite words, happily took the coffee and milk tea, and distributed them to the staff.
Li Yufei sat down next to Li Yanzhou.
Li Yanzhou said: "It’s rare for you to visit the set."
Li Yufei looked towards the shooting scene.
Several actors stood in front of the camera reciting lines. Li Yufei glanced at them and it seemed like they were filming a martial arts scene. A large green screen was set up in the entire set, and several actors were flying up and down in the air on wires.
She found it rather uninteresting to watch.
She rarely watched TV dramas, even the ones Li Yanzhou acted in; she couldn’t get past a few episodes.
Li Yufei: "What are you playing this time?"
Li Yanzhou: "An immortal."
Li Yufei: "There have been quite a few xianxia dramas these years."
Li Yanzhou: "Yeah, but there aren’t many good scripts."
Over the years, xianxia dramas have been over-filmed, with core plots solely revolving around love and hate across lifetimes. The script Li Yanzhou took on was no exception. In the show, he played an immortal gentleman, with a master-disciple relationship with the female lead. For her, he violated divine punishment and went down to the human world to experience a love tribulation.
The female supporting character secretly cursed the male lead, making it so he would never love the female lead across many lifetimes.
The female lead, in order to be with the male lead, went to steal a thread of affection, and the main plot of the story revolved around the male lead’s love tribulations in the human world and his tragic romance with the female lead.
Upon receiving the script, Li Yanzhou asked his agent: Don’t immortals have anything else to do other than fall in love?
The agent laughed and simply replied: They’re offering too much.
It’s said that this time the female lead brought her own funding into the group, not only waived her remuneration but also brought in three additional sponsors, investing two billion just to act alongside Li Yanzhou.
Li Yanzhou is currently a hot commodity in the costume drama scene—every drama he acts in becomes a hit. Even if the script’s quality isn’t high, the buzz remains constantly at the top.
Actresses who star alongside him often soar as top stream celebrities.
Therefore, the female lead of this drama invested heavily to become a top trend.
After filming began, the female lead went crazy modifying the scenes, and the supporting female character wasn’t easy to deal with either. The third female lead even brought her own scriptwriter.
As they say, three women make a drama.
From the first day of filming, the set has been in chaos with script changes and additional scenes.
Li Yanzhou’s own scenes have changed considerably.
Li Yufei: "Are you tired of acting?"