"But..." Yan Ning clearly still had some reservations: "This... won’t this be too..."
"Just stop with the ’buts’. I ask you, do you want to shoot in this nonsensical style or do you want something more risqué? Choose!"
Yan Ning was at a loss, mainly because Zhang Jingdong played his cards too deeply, giving only two options, one of which was a dead end.
Yan Ning hesitated for another five seconds before finally making up her mind: "Okay, I choose the former."
"But I remind you, you only have 5 more photo opportunities left!"
"Oh no, how could I forget that!" Zhang Jingdong pretended to make a mistake and then teased her: "How about we play another game? If I win, you let me take a few more photos!"
"Don’t even think about it!"
Zhang Jingdong chuckled: "Alright, since that’s the case, I’ll make good use of the opportunity and strive to make all these remaining shots classics!"
"Because I need to set the camera to time-lapse later, I can’t control the camera, so to avoid wasted shots, we need to rehearse a bit now."
"As soon as I lean in, you make a panicked expression, it’s best to include some bodily movements, understand?"
Yan Ning nodded thoughtfully: "...Mhm."
Zhang Jingdong then walked a few steps to the side before turning back swiftly, pretending to pounce towards Yan Ning.
Yan Ning immediately panicked while putting up her hands in a blocking stance.
Zhang Jingdong barely holding back his laughter: "Classmate Yan Ning, please be more dedicated, make the panic more realistic, okay?"
Yan Ning nodded somewhat bewilderedly, trying to exaggerate her facial expression a bit more.
Zhang Jingdong sighed: "I don’t want this superficial panic, but real panic. Well, let’s do it ..."
As Zhang Jingdong spoke, he suddenly leaned in close, his face eventually coming within just a couple of centimeters of Yan Ning’s.
Yan Ning, caught off guard, was instantly panic-stricken!
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Zhang Jingdong, now quite deservedly grinning, said: "This panic is real panic!"
At this point, Yan Ning reacted, and couldn’t help but directly smack his shoulders hard twice.
Then with both shyness and anger, she said: "You’re just too wicked! You scared me!"
Zhang Jingdong pretended to rub his shoulder in pain: "Now remember the panic you just had and try to bring it out during our performance later, okay?"
"I remember, but you’re not allowed to scare me again!"
"Who would have thought that such a grand director would be so faint-hearted."
"It’s not that I’m faint-hearted, it’s that your acting like a gangster was just too realistic! Any woman would be terrified by what you did just now, you almost... hmph..."
"Alright, alright... I’ll be sure to restrain myself, come on..."
The two rehearsed it two more times, and Zhang Jingdong felt Yan Ning’s expression was nearly perfect, then he said: "Alright, let’s shoot it for real this time!"
After saying that, he operated the camera a bit and then turned to Yan Ning: "Remember all the instructions I gave you?"
Yan Ning suppressed her inner nervousness and nodded: "Remembered!"
"Good... countdown from 10 seconds... get ready! Go!"
Zhang Jingdong got the camera ready and immediately turned back.
He silently counted to three, then pretended to rush towards Yan Ning.
Yan Ning instantly wore a look of panic.
Then there was a "click" sound.
Zhang Jingdong walked over to check the result and immediately laughed: "Nice, perfect... you can take a look too!"
Saying so, he brought the camera over to Yan Ning and handed it to her.
Yan Ning took the camera, looked at it, and immediately laughed as well: "I really don’t know how you came up with this, but the effect is really quite something!"
Zhang Jingdong took the opportunity to say: "Since you style, the next photos will be easy to take!"
"This time, the scene is me sitting here while you twist my ear beside me. We’ll completely act according to our current feelings. I play the one who’s pleased as punch, and you absolutely resent me inside, so just bring out those feelings. Okay?"
Having been encouraged by their success just now, Yan Ning relaxed considerably.
And this time it meant getting physical with Zhang Jingdong, so she couldn’t help but cheerfully say: "For a more realistic effect, can I actually twist your ear without pretending?"
Zhang Jingdong laughed and nodded: "Looks like you really want revenge! Alright, for the sake of art, I’m willing to let you twist!"
Then he added: "Look at our spirit, you should take a lesson from this later; don’t be like ’this can’t be done, that can’t be done’. If everything can’t be done, then how can we shoot classic photos?"
Yan Ning, rather in agreement, nodded: "Alright, if you’re not even a bit angry after we shoot this photo, I’ll learn from you."
Zhang Jingdong feigned a bit of fear: "You’re not planning to really hurt me, are you?"
"I won’t really hurt you, but I will definitely give it my all!"
Zhang Jingdong quickly blinked: "In that case, we don’t need a rehearsal this time, just go for it, don’t hold back, so that when you shoot with me later, you can completely let go. I’m going all out!"
Zhang Jingdong said this while operating the camera again before moving to the other side of the table, looking at Yan Ning: "Are you ready?"
Yan Ning, with a smile on her face, raised her right hand: "Ready!"
Zhang Jingdong took a deep breath, then positioned the camera: "Countdown from ten... get ready! Go!"