Saturday, March 20, 2021

Incurable Chapter 22 Part 1

Mu Wan finished the last shot. She was blown off by artillery fire, rolled down the trench, and fell to the ground. Liu Qianxiu sat in the car and watched her. She tried her best to make herself look better. However, her eyelashes were covered with thick ash when she got up after the fall. She knew that she must be as dirty as a refugee now.

After filming, Mu Wan went to the dressing room to change her clothes. Before seeing Liu Qianxiu, she washed her face in the bathroom. Looking up again, the face in the mirror looked like a freshly peeled egg, delicate and tender. Under her long black eyebrows, she had a pair of crystal-clear eyes, a small nose, and little red lips.

Although she was not wearing makeup, Mu Wan was still beautiful. She expertly wiped the water from her face, turned around, and walked out of the bathroom.

Liu Qianxiu’s car was parked outside the photography base. Today, the weather picked up. It was already 30 degrees at ten o’clock in the morning. Mu Wan seemed to have walked past Huoyan Mountain, sweating and quickly evaporating. When she got to the car, Mu Wan opened the car door and saw Liu Qianxiu in the driver’s seat.

The air conditioning in the car rushed towards her. Her eyes reflected Liu Qianxiu’s figure. Her body was cold, and her heart was also chilly.

Mu Wan’s eyes moved. She got into the car with a smile on her lip and pulled on her seat belt.

She didn’t wipe her face before leaving, and the humid air didn’t feel dry. The air blew when she entered the car, and her skin felt tight. Mu Wan took out the moisturizer and tapped it a few times on her face. The hair around her ears was wet and quietly stuck to her cheek. Mu Wan asked, “Why are you here?”

She previously went to the hospital to wait for him to get off work. It was the first time Liu Qianxiu came to the photography base to look for her. She was so happy because it differed from the past, and something must have changed between them. As for where the changes have occurred, she hasn’t figured it out yet because she is overwhelmed with joy. But she only feels sweet and cold, like eating a strawberry-flavoured popsicle.

“It’s on my way.” Liu Qianxiu replied calmly.

“Oh.” Mu Wan said with a light and long tone. She stretched out her long, slender fingers and spread the white lotion evenly from the tip of her nose to her warm cheeks.

She came to the shooting location at four in the morning and took six hours to shoot. After getting in the car, her tight nerves and body relaxed. After applying the moisturizer, she looks like a stray wild cat who finds shelter to protect herself from the wind and rain. She stretched out her slender body, leaned against the car window, and looked at the still-hot photography base.

“Do you usually shoot like this?” The car started and shook slightly. Liu Qianxiu’s voice seemed to come through the forest with the coolness of dew.

“Yes, many of the supporting roles are like this. In the end, they will die.” Mu Wan retracted her gaze, raised the corners of her eyes slightly, and said to Liu Qianxiu, “I’ve died a million times during the shooting. I have experienced all kinds of death, more than you, a doctor, have ever seen.”

Her tone was cheerful and proud.

When the car stopped at a T-shaped intersection, Liu Qianxiu turned on the left light. He looked at the delight and pride in Mu Wan’s eyes and asked in a deep voice, “Do you like being an actress?”

“That’s not true.” Though momentarily, Mu Wan shook her head and said, “I only have beauty. It’s better to be an actor and make money faster.”

Liu Qianxiu took a deep look at her, and Mu Wan’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and he muttered with a guilty conscience: “Today is covered by dust.”

When the red light turned green, Liu Qianxiu started the car. He had an exquisite profile on his side face. The corners of his lips curled, and his expression was noncommittal. He turned the vehicle left onto the main road, looked at the broad, flat road ahead, and said lightly, “Famous is more profitable.”

The roadside trees rapidly retrogressed. The sky was high, and the clouds were white. Mu Wan looked at Liu Qianxiu and slightly licked her lower lip. She retracted her gaze, looked at the main road ahead, and said: “But then, I can’t go to you every day. I want to make money quickly and have a safe and stable life.”

Liu Qianxiu muffled his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes. The voice of the woman in the car didn’t seem to fade. He drove the car and didn’t speak anymore.

Mu Wan changed her slippers when she arrived at Liu Qianxiu’s house. She looked at Liu Qianxiu, who was walking towards the bedroom. After hesitating for a while, she opened her mouth.

“Can I take a shower in your house?”

Liu Qianxiu paused, turned his head, and looked at her.

Mu Wan looked back with her quiet eyes. Her heartbeat gradually accelerated, and she explained: “I’ve been filming all morning. I’m covered in dirt, which makes me uncomfortable.”

After speaking, she scratched her hair, which was beautiful black and tied into a ponytail, exposing her white and soft face to the outside. Her face looked cleaner than all over her body.

Liu Qianxiu didn’t speak. He turned from the bedroom direction, walked to a room Mu Wan had never been in before, and opened the door.

“There is a separate bathroom here.” Liu Qianxiu said.

“Thank you.” Seeing that he agreed, Mu Wan hurriedly went inside. Walking inside, she asked, “Do you have anything I could use to take a bath?”

“No,” Liu Qianxiu replied.

Mu Wan: “...”

“I’ll get it.” Two big bedrooms are in the room, with separate toilets and bathrooms. But there is no shared one.

Hearing Liu Qianxiu’s going to take it, Mu Wan’s heart seemed to have been slapped by the wind on the grassland. What he takes should be what he uses. Does this mean that the two are in indirect physical contact?

Mu Wan’s face became hot again.

Liu Qianxiu looked at her reddened cheeks, and his gaze fell on her slender shoulders. She wore a short black T-shirt, revealing half of her white belly, and some dust fell on the short T-shirt.

“Do you need clothes too?” Liu Qianxiu asked.

Mu Wan looked up, her eyes trembling slightly.

Mu Wan’s face seemed to be redder, from the profile of her face to the earlobe. She didn’t know what she was thinking, and her throat tightened slightly.

“Huh?” Mu Wan’s voice rose like a cat’s, and her teeth bit her lower lip. She said, “Do you have women’s clothes here?”

“No.” Liu Qianxiu said, “The clothes I usually wear.”

He usually wears.

“Yes, I do.” Mu Wan said.

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