Chapter 40

Run a small shop of your own. Wait for a man.

It all sounds very romantic. But Ning Huanxin knew that after Zhang Yunshu’s husband passed away, she brought up her child on her own and had never even thought of remarrying. She had also heard that Zhang Yunshu had a very good relationship with her husband.

Then what was Zhang Yunshu waiting for, by renting out Siheyuan and opening a hotel?

Two days passed quickly, and Ning Huanxin was fully recovered from the flu. At the same time, Qin Su was also discharged from the hospital in the city. Although he had just been through an unfortunate incident, Qin Su seemed to be in good spirits and always wore a charming smile after returning.

Since Qin Su’s moment of “insanity” had been recorded on the film that day, the directing team held a discussion and decided to retain that realistic clip for better impact. The original ending for the movie involved the male protagonist rebuilding a tomb for the female protagonist. Later, the male protagonist also planned to drink poison by the female protagonist’s grave but was saved by her spirit.

From then on, a human and a ghost depended on each other for life—The End.

But now, the outcome of the story had gone through some major changes.

The male protagonist went mad at the female protagonist’s grave after losing the love of his life. He goes through a lot of pain and sorrow and falls ill upon returning home.

The male protagonist’s mother was convinced that a demon had possessed her son, and so she sought a highly skilled exorcist to treat him.

As per the exorcists, an evil aura had infiltrated the male protagonist’s body, and he did not have much time to live. The only way to save him was to find a girl in this little town who had yin birth characters, conduct a sacrificial ceremony, and then marry the girl to the male protagonist to cleanse his luck and bring good luck.

On the night of the cleansing ceremony, the female protagonist’s spirit possessed the young girl’s body and used the girl’s soul energy to bring the male protagonist back to life.

Lastly, the female protagonist would lay feebly in the arms of the male protagonist and urge him to forget about her and move on with his life and live well.

After that night, the male protagonist indeed recovered and had let go of the past. He left home and started a new life on his own.

As he traveled around the world, during a chance encounter, he met a young girl that bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead female protagonist.

Amidst a sea of people, at a bustling crossroad, their eyes met, and they smiled knowingly at each other.

The End.

Love can make a person fall into depths of despair. It can also make someone rise from the ashes by reigniting the fire to live.

Wang Nianping felt this ending was better than the original. The directorial team and editing group were also very pleased with the revised end in the final cut.

Furthermore, this new ending was not in conflict with the original storyline. The only thing to be done was to find two young girls for the sacrificial ritual.

When Ning Huanxin and Zhang Yan received their respective scripts, Zhang Yan appeared to be exceptionally excited. Although she only had two scenes, sacrificial ritual and marriage ceremony scenes, one of them involved acting opposite Qin Su.

For this movie, the actress playing the female protagonist, Wan Xin, was called Yan Yu. Because of her schedule, she could not be with the production team during this time, so the focus was to shoot Qin Su’s parts in the film.

“You must memorize your lines. Tonight, we will shoot the water sacrifice ritual scene.”

Wang Nianping gave some simple instructions and left.

Ning Huanxin looked at the script in her hands and subconsciously tightened her grip on it.

This scene was very similar to the ritual held 20 years ago that she had witnessed. Furthermore, the production team had even found that river outside of the town. The props department had already gone to the river to set up, and everyone in the production team was blown away by the beautiful scenery by the river.

In the days upon arriving at Zhang Clan Town, everyone had been busy with the filming. Occasionally, they either collapsed on the bed, taking their required rest, or taking photographs for souvenirs around the old town. Although this river was very near to Zhang Clan Town, the vast fields concealed it. Thus, it wasn’t easy to discover its presence if they didn’t intentionally look for it.