Zuo Yuanliang had lost all his previous bravado. His legs were trembling so badly he wanted to run away immediately.
But his feet felt like they had taken root in the ground, refusing to move.
“Move, you damn legs, move!”
Watching Jiang Nian walk toward him, Zuo Yuanliang’s heart was filled with extreme anxiety.
His conscience was bothering him, and he felt insecure, so he assumed that Jiang Nian was coming over to teach him a lesson.
Driven by this psychological pressure, his feet finally regained feeling.
He then scrambled away in a panic, like a stray dog.
Seeing this, Jiang Nian just stood there, speechless.
He bent down, picked up a button that had popped off his clothes because of the sudden movement, and put it in his pocket.
He turned his head to look at Li Cheng, only to find him writhing painfully on the ground, arching his hips up like a worm.
“You doing okay?”
Jiang Nian walked over and asked.
“Hiss~” Li Cheng sucked in a sharp breath, forcing a smile onto his face that looked uglier than crying. “To be honest, not great.”
As an outstanding graduate of Decheng Martial Arts School,
Li Cheng always prided himself on being a tough guy.
No matter how hard, tiring, or painful things got, he would grit his teeth and bear it without a word.
He had always lived by this principle.
But now, Jiang Nian had made him break that rule.
Because that punch from the other guy was something he truly couldn’t handle.
Not only was his whole body aching and feeling terrible, but the key thing was, the moment Jiang Nian’s fist touched him, his entire life flashed before his eyes.
One punch sent his life flashing by.
How terrifying was that?!
No matter how much Li Cheng wanted to maintain his tough-guy image, he still had to consider the reality of the situation and his own safety!
“Sorry, I didn’t control the force well.”
“Do you want me to help you up?”
Jiang Nian reached out his hand and asked.
Li Cheng shook his head. “No, I’ll just rest here like this for a while. Hey, by the way, did someone come by just now?”
He turned his head to look to the side. When Jiang Nian had sent him flying, he had clearly heard someone cry out in surprise.
Hearing this, Jiang Nian nodded. “Yeah, it was Zuo Yuanliang. He’s gone now.”
“I see,” Li Cheng said, understanding. He didn’t bother asking why Zuo Yuanliang had been there.
After all, the film set was only so big. It wasn’t surprising that the guy had wandered over and run into them.
Besides, compared to that,
“Brother Jiang, that last move you used… what was it?”
Li Cheng asked curiously.
Although he had no experience with traditional martial arts, he had graduated from a martial arts school and had seen a lot.
Especially since Jiang Nian practiced the widely known “Shaolin Child’s Kung Fu.”
Even if Li Cheng had never learned the moves himself, he knew them all from years of exposure at the martial arts school.
That was why he could tell that Jiang Nian’s final punch wasn’t part of Child’s Kung Fu at all.
Hearing this, Jiang Nian wasn’t surprised.
Ever since he started practicing this high-powered version of Shaolin Child’s Kung Fu, he had expected that someone would eventually notice something unusual about his techniques.
So he had prepared an explanation in advance and said,
“Brother Li, you have a sharp eye. To be honest, that move was something I came up with myself, inspired by my own feelings during practice. Don’t laugh at me for it.”
As soon as he said this, Li Cheng was a bit stunned. “Inspired by your own feelings? You created it yourself?”
Then, a look of admiration appeared on his face, and he gave Jiang Nian a thumbs-up.
As the saying goes, amateurs watch the excitement, while professionals watch the technique.
As one of the seventy-two Shaolin ultimate techniques, the completeness of Shaolin Child’s Kung Fu was公认 very high!
Even the most critical people would have a hard time finding any flaws in it, let alone trying to expand upon it.
That was basically an impossible task.
But Jiang Nian had done it. Not only that, he had done it perfectly!
It was as if that move had always been a part of Shaolin Child’s Kung Fu.
“This kind of talent… it’s chilling!”
“Losing to him is no loss at all.”
Li Cheng thought to himself.
After that, he chatted with Jiang Nian for a while longer. Once he felt recovered enough, he got up and left.
Four days later, in the evening.
“Teacher Jiang, is there anything else you’d like to add?”
In the makeup room, the makeup artist, looking as nervous as a new recruit, cautiously asked Jiang Nian.
Hearing this, Jiang Nian carefully examined himself in the mirror. His temperament and appearance were now completely identical to “Du Gao.” Satisfied, he nodded. “Not bad. There’s nothing else to add. Just stick to this makeup from now on.”
“Okay, Teacher Jiang. Thank you for your guidance,” the makeup artist said.
Ever since Jiang Nian had done his own makeup last time,
the makeup artist had been completely impressed by his skill. She now treated Jiang Nian like a senior, with a very respectful attitude.
Jiang Nian waved his hand. “No need for that. We’re all colleagues. Now that you’ve learned it, it’ll be more convenient for me too.”
With that, he stood up, straightened his clothes, and headed to the set.
Today, he was filming his second scene.
In short, it continued from the previous scene. After Du Gao harassed the female lead, the male lead would come to the rescue, then the two would fight, creating a conflict between them.
“Brother Jiang, how’s your fight scene practice coming along?”
Before filming started, the director called Jiang Nian over and asked.
He was confident in Jiang Nian’s acting skills, but his fight scene performance was a bit worrying.
After all, that was a whole different ball game from acting.
There were countless actors who were great at acting but terrible at fight scenes.
The director had a feeling that Jiang Nian’s performance today might not be as good as he hoped.
Hearing this, before Jiang Nian could say anything,
Li Cheng, who was standing nearby, jumped in and said, “Don’t worry, Director. Brother Jiang has been practicing. His fight scenes will be absolutely fine!”
When he heard this, the director gave Li Cheng a slightly surprised look, a flicker of something unusual in his eyes.
He clearly hadn’t expected Li Cheng, the fight choreographer, to have such a high opinion of Jiang Nian.
But to be on the safe side, he still looked at Jiang Nian and asked, “What do you say, Brother Jiang?”
“No problem at all.”
Jiang Nian replied confidently.
“Alright!” The director nodded.
Then he waved his hand at Jiang Nian, signaling for him to return to the set.
While the three of them were talking, they completely failed to notice the other lead actor in this scene, Zuo Yuanliang, staring blankly in their direction.
Even though Jiang Nian was now in makeup, with a completely different aura and appearance from before,
Zuo Yuanliang still recognized him immediately as the terrifying man who had sent Li Cheng flying with a single punch just a few days ago.
“Damn it, why does it have to be him?!”
“And now I have to act opposite him? And it’s a fight scene?!”
“What kind of joke is this?!”
Zuo Yuanliang felt just like Kiritsugu Emiya trying to blow up an airplane – calm on the surface, but utterly terrified inside.
The scene from four days ago uncontrollably replayed in his mind.
The image of Jiang Nian throwing a punch.
The image of Li Cheng flying backward.
These weren’t from a movie. They were real events.
If that happened to him…
“I’ll definitely end up in the hospital!”
Zuo Yuanliang swallowed hard, cold sweat pouring down his back.
Jiang Nian had no idea about any of these thoughts.
He simply walked onto the set, focused his mind, and let the “Du Gao” memories take over.
Then he looked at Zuo Yuanliang, a sinister and cruel smile appearing on his face. In a sharp, high-pitched voice, he said, “Left Hero Zuo, this humble servant greets you.”
Zuo Yuanliang: “???”
“!!!”
