Seeing all the doubts online, Ai Mingzhu decided to respond through action. She released more stills and some behind-the-scenes footage, with an accompanying caption.
"I was the one who approached Gu Nian'an, because he was the Gu An I had in mind, and he brought the Gu An in my script to life perfectly-even more perfectly than I had expected!!"
Everyone opened the behind-the-scenes footage. It showed Zhao Ying and Gu Nian'an's scene together in the rain. Gu Nian'an smiled as he told his mother he loved her, but his voice was filled with bitterness and sorrow.
There was also footage of Zhao Ying sitting on the ground after filming, crying nonstop. Gu Nian'an walked over and hugged her to comfort her, and she held the boy tightly in her arms, only to cry even louder.
That sorrow and suffocating feeling seemed to pierce the screen and reach straight into everyone's hearts.
[Comment 1:
Mustard-loving Tuna: Who watched a video in the middle of the night and cried like an idiot? Me. I admit I'm a dumbass. I jumped on the bandwagon before and said Gu Nian'an definitely couldn't pull off the lead.]
[Comment 8:
Eucalyptus Leaf: This completely broke me, sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob. I was eating! I only meant to check out some gossip, but all my tears ended up in my food. Sob sob sob sob.]
[Comment 76:
Little Stream Will Save the World: The moment Gu Nian'an smiled and said "I love you," I grabbed my partner and started bawling. Sob sob sob. How could he possibly not love his own mom? But there was no hiding the pain and sadness in his voice. I just-sob sob sob sob.]
[Comment 136:
Dummy: "You know I love you." Sorry, this reminded me