10. Darkroom
Yellow flames burned, and waves of hot air evaporated all the moisture from the air.
Chen Li'an sat cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by flames, with a headband tied on his head, which reads Today's Lichun.
After the simulated water burial, Chen Li'an rested for a while, and then began the simulated cremation.
It's really the same as Wang Xiaoshuai said, I took a bath first, and then baked a fire to keep warm.
Chen Li'an, who was in the center of the flame, was not as comfortable as Wang Xiaoshuai said, because the crew was very poor and sour, and instead of using ether with a very low ignition point, he used a small amount of gasoline to ignite the dead branches.
The scorching waves of fire burned Chen Li'an's skin, and his long black hair was slightly curly.
Surrounded by such flames, Chen Li'an felt that he was experiencing the two heavens of ice and fire, because the biting chill brought by the water burial was still raging in his body, and the flames on the periphery made his skin feel burning.
This kind of experience is really indescribable in words, Chen Li'an only has one feeling now, performance artists are crazy!
However, because of this feeling, Chen Li'an grasped the little thing that was missing in his heart, his heart was not paranoid enough and not crazy enough, he didn't really fit the character, and he didn't become Qi Lei.
On the periphery of the flames, the camera recorded this picture, and in the dancing flames, Chen Li'an, with his eyes closed, seemed to be waiting for death to come, quiet and eerie.
The flame burns violently and goes out very quickly, and a small amount of gasoline does not last long.
The whole mock cremation didn't last long, only a short five minutes.
After completing three simulated deaths in one day, Chen Li'an's body has reached its limit, and he is also mentally exhausted.
After following the crew's car back to the West Village, Chen Li'an got out of the car tired.
Wang Xiaoshuai jumped out of the car, moved his mellow body, walked up to Chen Li'an quite high and asked, "Qi Lei, have a drink together at night?" ”
Wang Xiaoshuai has now firmly remembered that he should be called Qi Lei.
The afterglow of dusk exuded a golden light, and Chen Li'an felt that his spirit was about to be unable to support him to go down the mountain, and replied in a hoarse voice: "No, I need to eat now, and then sleep well." ”
"Okay, do you want to send you back?" Wang Xiaoshuai was not reluctant, today was indeed quite tiring, and he almost had an accident.
Chen Li'an shook his head, said hello to the crew and left.
At the intersection outside the West Village, Chen Li'an put his hands in his pockets and was a little entangled in which direction to go.
Go straight ahead to go home, turn right to go to Pak Ching.
Chen Li'an, who was tired, wanted to have a warm embrace to rest for a while.
Chen Li'an looked down at Bai Qing's self-portrait on his T-shirt and withdrew his gaze from the right.
If he continues to develop, Chen Li'an is afraid that Bai Qing will definitely fall in love with him, he is not a dedicated person.
It's good to let a relationship stay in the joy and desire before love, and if it really turns into love, it will hurt the other person.
At this point, Chen Li'an will always maintain restraint, try not to hurt any relationship, and not to disappoint every girl.
This side of the West Village is a bit remote, and there are a lot of buses, but there are no taxis in sight.
Chen Li'an stood at the intersection, expecting to meet a taxi, and the bumpy and congested bus was not on his radar.
"Hey! Where are you going? Ma Xiaoqing came out from behind Chen Li'an, her round little face was flushed, and it seemed that she had run over.
Ma Xiaoqing gasped slightly, just now she found out that Chen Li'an left first, and immediately chased after her.
She didn't know why she wanted to catch up, and she didn't know what she was going to do when she caught up, but she just couldn't control herself, and there was always an inexplicable impulse in her heart.
Chen Li'an lifted the long hair that covered his eyes, exposed his eyes, and looked at Ma Xiaoqing with doubts in his eyes.
Ma Xiaoqing was a little embarrassed by Chen Li'an, felt that she was too impulsive, and said a little crampedly: "I... Why do you think of me like that? ”
Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I'm going to eat and then go home to sleep." ”
"Is it okay to be together? I'm going to eat, too. Ma Xiaoqing immediately spoke, and after finishing speaking, Ma Xiaoqing also let go of the shyness in her heart, and without waiting for Chen Li'an to answer, she took his arm and said, "Let's go, I know there is a restaurant here that is particularly good." ”
Chen Li'an didn't agree or refute, let Ma Xiaoqing pull herself, feeling that she was a little too enthusiastic, but after thinking about it, the two were a couple in the movie, and there was no problem in getting acquainted with each other.
Without hearing Chen Li'an's answer, Ma Xiaoqing turned her head to look at Chen Li'an's side face and asked curiously, "You don't like boiling?" ”
"No, it's good to boil."
Silence is the main theme between the two, but Ma Xiaoqing likes this feeling, but she can't control her curiosity.
"Is your girlfriend painted on your clothes?"
"It's not."
"You drew it yourself?"
"It's not."
"Do you have a girlfriend then?"
"Nope."
Ma Xiaoqing, who had been asking for a long time, was a little discouraged, and said with a little resentment in her eyes: "Don't you want to talk to me?" Think I'm too annoyed. ”
"Nope."
Ma Xiaoqing: "......" forget it, give up, this is a wood!
There are less than ten tables in the small fly restaurant, and the owner is a chubby middle-aged big brother, and the steaming cauldron constantly exudes an enticing aroma.
Ma Xiaoqing pulled Chen Li'an to find an empty table and sit down, turned his head and shouted to the boss: "Two nights of boiling, four burning!" ”
The stew is very fragrant, the soup is rich, and the fire is not bad, Chen Li'an ate two fires and a bowl of braised boil to make up for the lost calories.
Ma Xiaoqing eats slowly, Chen Li'an sat there and watched her eat after eating, Ma Xiaoqing's appearance is not very outstanding, she can only be regarded as an ordinary beauty, but her round face looks quite cute.
Chen Li'an's eyes were filled with a hint of appreciation, and Ma Xiaoqing bit the fire a little embarrassedly, she had never encountered such an undisguised gaze.
Ma Xiaoqing took the spoon and flicked it in the bowl, and asked pretending to be nothing, "Are you going home later?" ”
"Well, I'm waiting for you to finish eating." Chen Li'an replied.
Ma Xiaoqing put down the spoon in her hand and said, "I've eaten well." ”
"Well, let's go."
Chen Li'an took out ten yuan from his wallet and put it on the table, Ma Xiaoqing didn't rush to pay after seeing it, anyway, there wasn't much money.
After coming out of the braised boiled shop, Chen Li'an moved his waist, turned his head to look at Ma Xiaoqing and said, "Why are you going back?" ”
"I'm not far from where I live." Ma Xiaoqing was entangled for a moment and then said, "Why don't you go to my house and sit down and take a look at the photos taken today?" ”
"Do you have a darkroom at home?" Chen Li'an asked curiously, he originally thought that Ma Xiaoqing only brought the camera because of the needs of the characters in the movie.
In the movie, Ma Xiaoqing's character is a photographer.
Ma Xiaoqing nodded and said, "Yes, do you want to go and have a look?" ”
"Let's go, I haven't seen how the photos were washed out."
"Can you let me take a few more shots later?"
Chen Li'an: "......" How do you feel that you have heard this before?
In the dim darkroom, the red light is a little dim and can only barely see, and the smell of the developer is a little pungent, and it does not smell good at all turpentine.
Ma Xiaoqing wore white rubber gloves and shook the photo paper with tweezers and shook it a few times in the developer.
Chen Li'an, who was standing behind Ma Xiaoqing, watched Ma Xiaoqing wash the photos seriously, it was not very troublesome to wash the photos, but there were more steps, but Ma Xiaoqing was obviously a veteran.
After about 20 minutes, the first photo was washed, and Chen Li'an leaned over to take a closer look at himself in the photo.
"Why did you wash this one first?" Chen Li'an looked at himself half-naked in the photo, and the angle in the photo was slightly backlit, showing his figure perfectly.
Ma Xiaoqing's hand holding the photo paused, and said with confidence: "I happened to choose that negative." ”
Of course, it's not a coincidence, Chen Li'an saw that before washing the photo, Ma Xiaoqing deliberately looked at the negative, and this photo must have been specially chosen by her.
Chen Li'an did not expose Ma Xiaoqing's "lies", and after she washed all the film and hung it up, the two came out of the dark room.
As soon as she came out of the darkroom, Ma Xiaoqing picked up the camera and said to Chen Li'an: "I want to... Take a few more shots. ”
"You can take the camera in your hand, but can I borrow your couch for a while?" Chen Li'an sat on the sofa and said nonchalantly.
Ma Xiaoqing: "......" How can I shoot when you sleep!