However, perhaps because of the passage of time, her memory had become inaccurate, so Xu Chun didn't take it to heart and continued talking to Xie Jianyuan.
After the movie started, darkness enveloped the surroundings, and it was so quiet that the only sound was their breathing.
Xu Chun stared unblinkingly at the scene on the screen. It started with Song Ye leaning casually against the wall in an alley, tilting his head back and taking a few vicious drags on his cigarette before throwing the last bit of cigarette butt on the ground and walking towards the dilapidated bungalow without looking back.
The camera then slowly focuses on a cigarette butt thrown into a puddle. The cigarette butt floats quietly in the filthy puddle, and the colorful lights from the cheap sign reflect on the sewage, creating a dazzling and disorienting effect.
As the film begins with soothing and melancholic instrumental music, the curtain slowly rises.
Xie Jianyuan turned to look at him, smiled, and lowered his voice, saying, "I still remember the scene where you were smoking."
Xu Chun's words triggered his memories. He didn't know how many takes he had to do for this scene. Because he didn't smoke, he forced himself to take several puffs, but he would cough from the smoke and couldn't continue filming.
"Stop talking." Xu Chun blushed slightly, feeling embarrassed. He remembered that when he finished filming this scene, as soon as the director yelled "cut," he immediately exhaled the remaining smoke from his mouth. He could still vividly recall Xie Jianyuan's expression as he watched him from the side, his bright black eyes filled with amusement.
In the movie, after their parents died, the two brothers Song Ye and Song Han began to rely on each other. Because Song Ye was older than Song Han, he took on the responsibility of raising him. Since he was also very young, he could only do odd jobs to earn money.
Later, their plight was discovered, causing quite a stir. With attention drawn to their plight, the Song brothers Song Ye Song Han, were sent to a local welfare institution, and Song Ye was able to return to his family.
Campus
Everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction.
At first, many kind-hearted people often came to visit them, but later the fervor faded and the two brothers' lives returned to normal. If those things hadn't happened later, their lives would probably have been very peaceful.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Later, the welfare home they were in faced restructuring, and the children had to be reassigned to other welfare homes.
Song Ye and his friends were also separated from their group, and from then on, their nightmare began.
The two Song Ye brothers suffered inhuman abuse and beatings inside, and even had to endure harassment and threats from female teachers. Song Ye gritted his teeth and persevered, always holding onto the idea of getting out with his younger brother, but he never expected that his brother would disappear inexplicably.
The people at the orphanage told him that Song Han committed suicide and that his body could not be found, but Song Ye certainly did not believe this explanation. When he grew up, he became a policeman in order to find his younger brother.
But when he finally found his younger brother, he discovered that the brother was no longer the same.
Song Han looked much the same as he remembered, except that he was taller, thinner, and more silent. Most of the time, he listened quietly to Song Ye, and when he smiled, he only pursed his lips slightly, his emotions restrained and calm.
This very younger brother became a suspect in a series of serial murders.
As the film reaches its climax, Song Ye finally discovers on screen that his younger brother has become a blood-stained serial killer.
With bloodshot eyes, he wrestled with Song Han, grabbing his collar and repeatedly questioning why. Of course, Song Han didn't answer him. In the end, Song Ye couldn't help but break down and cry.
Xu Chun heard some girls around her sobbing softly.
When Song Han personally handed the pistol to Song Ye, then stared into his eyes and said, word by word, "Brother, unless you kill me, I will still kill."
Song Ye, of course, failed to pull the trigger.
At this moment, the two girls next to me started whispering to each other.
"I think Xie Jianyuan's acting skills have actually improved."
"Yeah, he's so much better than when he first debuted. Back then, I could feel his perfunctory attitude even through the screen."
I still think Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun are a perfect match.
"Me too! I only came to see this suspense film because it's their first time working together on screen."
"I feel like the trip was worthwhile. The brotherhood in the movie was so touching, I want to go back to making fanfiction."
These words, of course, reached the ears of Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan without being missed.
After a moment of silence, Xu Chun coughed awkwardly.
"Someone wants to produce our grain."
He wanted to use this to test Xie Jianyuan had any resistance.
Xie Jianyuan glanced at him with a half-smile and asked in a low voice, "Hmm? What new tricks are they using this time?"
Xu Chun:... Something about that sounds a bit off.
Chapter 61 Dating
Since it wasn't appropriate to talk much in the movie theater, Xu Chun focused her attention on the film, and before she knew it, the movie was nearing its end.
The final scene of the movie shows Song Ye killing Song Han with his own hands, amidst a vast expanse of white snow.
Song Han curled up on the snow, blood slowly flowing from beneath him, blooming into a vast expanse of crimson datura on the snow. Snow and blood, white and red, created a striking color contrast, and at this moment, the film's aesthetic reached its peak.
Song Ye lay facing him on the snow, tightly holding his blood-stained hands, as if they were still children, lying in bed and whispering to each other.
"... Cold." Song Han's breath was weak, and his words were intermittent, but his eyes were dark and bright, staring intently at Song Ye's face, as if he wanted to firmly engrave his appearance in his mind.
"Why..." Song Ye choked out, not daring to look into his eyes, only gripping his hand tightly, and finished speaking in a trembling voice, "Why did you kill him?"
Song Han did not answer. His relaxed expression did not resemble that of a dying man at all. If it weren't for the small hole in his lower abdomen from which blood was trickling down, no one would have thought that he was about to die.
"Brother... sing me a song, like when we were little... to comfort me." Song Han slowly smiled. "... I'm going to sleep now."