A few days later, Gu Nian'an arrived early on set to shoot his costume photos. A staff member led him to the makeup room, where he spotted someone familiar the moment he walked in.
"Mu Chen?"
Gu Nian'an parted his lips, seemingly quite surprised that Mu Chen would also be appearing in the film.
Mu Chen turned toward him, his eyes brightening slightly as a faint smile curved his lips. "We'll be working together now," he said gently.
The two had appeared on a variety show together, so the staff were not surprised that they knew each other. A makeup artist had Gu Nian'an sit in the chair beside Mu Chen, picked up the makeup tools, and began applying his makeup.
"Which role are you playing, Mu Chen?"
Gu Nian'an glanced at Mu Chen, whose styling was already complete, but could not think of any other major role. He had assumed Gu An and Zhao Yingfang were the only two main characters.
And given Mu Chen's standing, surely he would not be taking a minor supporting role.
Mu Chen said slowly, "Wen Chen, the person Gu An met at competitions."
Gu Nian'an suddenly froze. He remembered that person. In his previous life, after learning that he had late-stage stomach cancer, he had worried that his mother might do something desperate after he was gone, and there had truly been no one he could entrust her to.
So he had approached Wen Chen, who had competed alongside him many times, hoping he could help look after his mother, if only for a while after his death.
He had thought Wen Chen would refuse this somewhat unreasonable request, but to his surprise, Wen Chen had agreed without hesitation. He simply did not know how Wen Chen and his mother had fared after