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yet no one can laugh.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhIEQlO5fY
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Filming day arrives.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlWKbIFrhh
Crew already in position, final checks underway on set.
At the edge of the set, the director flips through the storyboard, brow still tense.
“We’re finishing the filming for Wish Without Heart and Love Unmoved today.”
“Since this is a dual-perspective script, we’ll handle the crew cameo scenes in the morning, then film the guest actors’ segments in the afternoon.”
The manager adds from the side:
“The collaborating actors have already finalized the arrangements.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKgq0489Ld
They’re expected to arrive around noon to familiarize themselves with the set.”
The director nods.
“Good. Remember—before we submit this to the challenge—61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY0LToZkF5
don’t mention this in front of the boss.”
“Let’s begin.”
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Extras playing the Ignorant crowd take their positions within the courtyard set.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFA1mBWiHAu
Lighting, sound, and camera finish calibration.
Quietly calling the shot number, the slate operator steps aside.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡed0SVfzXq2
The director raises a hand and waves.
“Action.”
On screen, Solas, expressionless, swings the cleaver in his hand.
The prop rabbit lies on the ground.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5uZ70tql5
With each strike of the blade, stage blood seeps out under pressure, staining the cracked earth and the crevices between stones.
At the tenth strike, distant commotion can be heard.
The Ignorant Crowd jostle and shout in confusion.
Liu Xiyu stumbles out of the crowd, hair disheveled, face pale as paper.
In that instant, the entire scene seems to freeze.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAAoxO1ZmQ
Only her breathing hangs alone in the air.
This is the first emotional break.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpU6Fo831Q
Emotion lies exposed, as if laid beneath the scorching sun, with nowhere to hide.
Filming continues.
At last, the shoot enters its final stretch.
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Liu Xiyu kneels beside the prop rabbit, both hands soaked in stage blood, gripping the glass phial.
Her eyes burn crimson.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh50Xi3wSdg
Only after several seconds does she slowly close her eyes.
The camera cuts.
Solas raises the cleaver and brings it down without hesitation.
Stage blood splashes outward from the momentum of the blow, scattering across tree trunks, grass, and stone pedestals nearby.
Spots of blood bloom across the ground—61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFowyRijGX
like red plum blossoms opening in the wilderness.
“Cut!”
The director calls out, and the scene halts abruptly.
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Yun Cangyue hurries forward and pulls Liu Xiyu into an embrace.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvnWhWN53x
Liu Xiyu is still kneeling, eyes closed, tears falling.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai1ieBHvvK
Slowly, Yun Cangyue pats her back.
Solas stands where he is, lowering his gaze to the cleaver in his hand, still dripping with blood.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0ROZg61HX
Brow tightly furrowed, lips pressed into a thin line.
Extras begin leaving one by one, the set gradually returning to silence.
“…This is simply a tragedy of the times.”
The art lead watches the scene beyond the lens, eyes reddening.
“How can a life be erased so easily?”
Leaning against the fake wall at the side of the set, the screenwriter stands with the script hanging from one hand, gaze vacant as if trapped in some endless loop.
“They fear what they do not understand… That’s simply human nature.”
After checking on the actors, the manager returns to the set.
“Are we really having it easier just because it’s a short piece…?61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG2DQzAxzW
I feel like the actors are even more tired…”
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And so the morning shoot quietly wraps up.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYpd2YGmwJ
What remains is not fatigue, but each person silently processing it in their own way.
and then Add to home screen.