After Filming a WLW Movie With My Straight Girl Crush 7

Chapter 7

“Good thing you weren’t hurt.” Xu Ling pushed aside the dirty thoughts filling her mind and spoke very seriously.

“Mhm.” Qin Cong’an draped her jacket over her shoulder, took a sip of water, and then looked at Xu Ling, who was still standing beside her. “Is there anything else?”

Xu Ling quickly shook her head and went to her own resting area, sitting down in a director’s chair.

“Sister An is so cool.”

“Seriously, my heart is fluttering. She’s so steady. I can’t imagine how amazing it would be to act opposite her.”

“…”

Xu Ling overheard some crew members whispering. Mmm, it is pretty amazing, she thought. She felt a little apologetic, but also a sense of satisfaction… Why does this feel the same as my in-bed relationship with her!?

Xu Ling rubbed her face, trying to stop thinking about these things.

Yi Huai brought her a protein bar to replenish her energy. As Xu Ling ate the sweet yet disgusting thing, she listened to Yi Huai discuss some details with her.

After filming ended for the day, Xu Ling was so exhausted that she had no mind for anything else. She showered and collapsed into bed.

Especially since the next few days were all high-intensity action scenes, she had to get enough sleep.

That day, Xu Ling got injured too.

It was a bit more serious than the scrape on Qin Cong’an’s shoulder.

Xu Ling was tall, which made her center of gravity a little unstable, but the deeper reason was that she still couldn’t fully control her body.

During a move that required a lot of flexibility, she lost her footing and fell to her knees, sliding forward a short distance.

Qin Cong’an, who had run ahead, immediately turned back and pulled her up.

Chang Ning hadn’t called cut yet. Xu Ling gritted her teeth, stood up, and continued with the movements.

It wasn’t Xu Ling who had fallen, but Jian Yu. If Jian Yu fell, she wouldn’t just wait for someone to help her; she would get back up and keep fighting.

“Cut!” Chang Ning shouted, and the crew immediately rushed forward to check on Xu Ling’s condition.

Fortunately, she was wearing long pants, but when they rolled up the pant leg, the sight underneath was still a bit shocking.

It was a bloody mess, a rather large scrape.

The medical staff immediately disinfected and treated the wound. The hydrogen peroxide stung so much that she grimaced, tilting her head back to avoid looking at the injury, as if not looking would make it better.

A face that instantly calmed her appeared in her line of sight. Xu Ling looked at Qin Cong’an and suddenly wanted to grab her hand. She raised her hand, and Qin Cong’an seemed to understand, reaching out to take it.

The pain made Xu Ling grip her hand tightly, so hard that her fingertips turned white.

After the wound was treated and she had rested for a while, filming resumed.

Xu Ling felt a little better. The intense pain was gone. What remained in her memory wasn’t the pain, but the feeling of her hand tightly gripping Qin Cong’an’s.

Chang Ning decided to keep the part where Xu Ling fell and was pulled up by Qin Cong’an. Xu Ling’s pain was too real, and the moment she gritted her teeth and stood up fit Jian Yu’s character perfectly.

Jian Yu was usually a bit childish and sometimes had a bit of a temper, seeming carefree, but she was strong in a way that made one’s heart ache for her.

Never mind just falling and scraping her knee; at the climax of the story, she was shot in the abdomen but didn’t give up until the very last moment.

She had someone to protect and would never let her only family member leave her again.

Because Xu Ling was injured, the subsequent scenes were arranged to be a bit easier, and they wrapped up early for the day.

This was the most serious injury Xu Ling had ever sustained. She had fallen on the runway before because it was too slippery, but that was just a bump. Not like this time, where she had scraped her skin on a gravel-covered ground.

It still stung with a burning pain.

Xu Ling returned to her room. After showering, carefully avoiding the wound, Yi Huai applied more medicine for her.

Hearing a knock on the door, Yi Huai narrowed her eyes and glanced at Xu Ling’s expression. She seemed a little flustered.

Yi Huai immediately went to open the door, wondering if the person outside was the one Xu Ling was hiding. But when she opened it, it was surprisingly Qin Cong’an.

“Sister Huai,” Qin Cong’an greeted calmly. “I came to see if Xu Ling’s injury is serious.”

“Oh… okay, please come in.” Yi Huai was a little surprised. Since when did Qin Cong’an care about such things?

Although they were both leads, and an issue with one could affect the other’s filming, as far as she knew, Qin Cong’an never cared about these things.

Everyone who had worked with her said, without exception, that she was extremely cold, showing only the bare minimum of politeness to everyone. Any more or any less was not her style.

Xu Ling, sitting on the sofa, was also a bit dazed.

She had no idea what Qin Cong’an was doing in her room. To specifically check on her injury? That seemed unlikely; it wasn’t that serious.

Then was she here to sleep with her? That also seemed unlikely. She was injured; would she still come to sleep with her? Could it be that she actually likes sleeping with me?

Her mind was a mess of chaotic thoughts. With Yi Huai still here, Xu Ling felt so guilty she didn’t dare to look at either of them, instead staring at her half-treated, ugly wound.

Yi Huai continued to kneel and apply medicine to Xu Ling’s wound, saying, “Don’t worry, it didn’t hurt the bone. It’s just a scrape, it’ll heal quickly.”

“Mhm.”

Yi Huai looked up at her. “Is your shoulder okay now?”

“Completely healed,” Qin Cong’an said, handing over a tube of ointment. “You can apply this after the scab forms. It won’t leave a scar.”

Yi Huai took it, surprised.

Qin Cong’an said, “It’s new.”

“Thanks.” Yi Huai was still a bit dazed as she watched Qin Cong’an leave.

After the door closed, Yi Huai asked Xu Ling, “When did you two get so close?”

“Huh?”

“What ‘huh’? She came all this way to bring you ointment. I’ve never heard of her being so nice to anyone else.”

“Uh… I have no idea either.”

Yi Huai gave her a look, a little speechless. “Are you that dense?”

She thought it might have something to do with their characters, Jian Yu and Wen Xi. After all, they were deeply connected lovers, and the two actresses had filmed several scenes that tested their chemistry. They must have developed some feelings.

“Alright, you should thank her properly. She is your senior, after all, and has a lot of resources. If you have a good relationship with her, she might be willing to help you out in the future.”

Xu Ling couldn’t even imagine it. After She and Her and the Knife wrapped, would they have any interaction again?

As expected, Yi Huai immediately poured cold water on her thoughts. “But don’t get your hopes up too high. She’s known for only looking out for herself.”

After applying the medicine, Yi Huai left. “Rest well, and go to bed early.”

Xu Ling agreed, but as soon as the door closed, she went to it, counted to thirty, and then went out.

She crept over to Qin Cong’an’s room and knocked.

Qin Cong’an opened the door and looked up at the woman who, due to her large frame, looked even more like she was sneaking around. “What are you doing here? Not resting?”

“Can’t sleep.”

“Can’t sleep again,” Qin Cong’an said as she walked back in. “Weren’t you tired enough today?”

“I am tired, but there’s something I can’t figure out.” Xu Ling swallowed and asked, “Why did you come find me just now?”

“To bring you medicine.”

“Why bring medicine?”

“Because you were injured.”

Xu Ling felt like they were going in circles. But what kind of answer was she hoping for? She couldn’t possibly expect to hear Qin Cong’an say, Because I like you, and it hurt me to see you injured, so I brought you medicine.

That was so ridiculous she wouldn’t even dare to dream of it.

“Oh, I thought you came looking to sleep with me.”

“That’s an option too.” Qin Cong’an grabbed her by the wrist, pushed her down onto the sofa, then bent her knees and knelt on the carpet in front of her, her hands sliding under the hem of her shirt. “Then today, you just have to lie there.”

“W-wait a minute!” Xu Ling pressed against her shoulders. She was just joking. Why was she getting serious, and on the sofa, no less?

Qin Cong’an stopped and looked at her. “So, what did you come here for?”

“…Just to ask why you came to find me.”

“To bring you medicine.”

Alright, they were back to square one.

Xu Ling said, “Thank you for the medicine. I’ll use it.”

“Mhm.” Qin Cong’an squeezed her waist. “So, do you want to?”

Everything below Xu Ling’s waist went numb. She looked at the woman kneeling before her, asking such a question with a completely indifferent expression, and felt it was driving her crazy. Mmm… okay, yes, she wanted to. Very much.

“But won’t you be too tired?” she asked.

Qin Cong’an didn’t answer the question with words. She buried her head and got to work, answering with her actions that she was not tired.

Xu Ling felt that she was getting more and more skilled, and more and more familiar with her body.

She gently avoided her wound, and waves of pleasure made her completely forget about her injury.

Although Yi Huai had said that Qin Cong’an was known for only looking out for herself, in bed, Qin Cong’an’s spirit of service was exceptionally good.

That night, Xu Ling slept very soundly. It wasn’t long, but the quality was excellent.

The next morning when she woke up, apart from feeling sore in her inner thighs, everything was fine. Her spirits were especially refreshed.

They filmed some light scenes in the morning. In the afternoon, it was the scene where Wen Xi teaches Jian Yu how to use a knife.

Wen Xi’s marksmanship was impeccable, whether with a rifle or a handgun—fast, accurate, and ruthless. But she was even better with a knife.

This was also for the sake of the film’s visuals. While large-scale gunfights looked cool, when it came to action scenes, close-quarters combat with knives was the most beautiful.

Jian Yu was trained by Wen Xi herself, and great importance was placed on knife skills.

But knife practice was tiring and tedious, and Jian Yu often threw tantrums and refused to practice.

During the filming of these formative scenes, the two changed into many different outfits, especially Jian Yu, who transformed step by step from a naive high school student into an assassin.

That’s right, there were no younger actors. The scene of their first meeting was also filmed by Xu Ling and Qin Cong’an.

At first, Xu Ling wondered how someone as big as her could pull off the look of a high school student, but Chang Ning chose the angles well, and it really wasn’t noticeable.

However, when filming the early parts of the story, she had to bend her knees to be in the same frame as Qin Cong’an.

At home, Wen Xi used markings on the wall to track Jian Yu’s height. As she watched her shoot up to nearly 1.8 meters, her expression grew darker and darker.

Jian Yu, having picked up a flirtatious expression from somewhere, would lift her chin with her hand while being measured, only to have it swatted away.