Chapter 383: – Teacher Lin’s Care
Originally, Lin Jin thought that it was just simply recording a video, but it ended up taking seven or eight tries and over twenty minutes to finish.
The first time it failed because Zhu Dong spaced out for a bit, causing the camera to shake so they were unable to continue. The second time was because Lin Jin’s state was off as being watched by everyone while dancing such a shameful dance was really unbearable. For the third time, it was now because her high heels were too uncomfortable. Lin Jin made a mistake and almost twisted her ankle, causing another fail. Afterwards, they took a few minutes’ break and had everyone ,except the cameraman Zhu Dong, to turn around before Lin Jin finally succeeded.
It was just recording a video, yet the skin on Lin Jin’s feet was already being rubbed from the high heels. Luckily, it didn’t take too long, or she’s afraid her feet would have formed blisters.
Xia Tian took the video they shot and directly rushed back for editing. But actually, there wasn’t much for him to edit. Afterall, they had only used one camera. He just needed to add an intro, or go online and find an intro to use, then add some subtitles. At most, it would just be adding some behind the scenes stuff or something at the end. There wasn’t really much pressure. In his words, it would only take a few hours to complete.
Well, if you don’t count the compression algorithm and there were no unexpected situations, then by tomorrow morning, this video will be uploaded to a major video site from Xia Tian’s computer. AB Station was a must have, Lin Jin will also appear on Youku and those types of sites tomorrow as well.
After the recording, the exhausted Lin Jin didn’t really thank Xia Tian or Teacher Lin much. She lifelessly changed back to her flat shoes, didn’t even change her clothes, and directly returned back to her apartment with her clothes bag.
Originally, she planned to go to Xia Tian's place at night to help direct (cause trouble to) his editing process a bit. But she was just too tired, especially her feet which were both sore and in pain. She might have been able to bear it while dancing, but once she got home and laid on her bed, she felt the pain was almost unbearable.
Although she didn’t get blisters, her skin was rubbed until it was bleeding.
She felt like she couldn't even walk.
Lin Jin never expected this. Originally when she practiced at home, everything was clearly fine. But once it became time to record, she felt her body just stopped cooperating. She clearly had no problems at all when dancing alone.
After resting on the bed for a while, Lin Jin finally regained her spirit. She took out her phone and once again made a promotion post on Weibo. Then she checked the comments on her last Weibo post but found only a few comments, so she quickly lost interest. She once again laid flat on the bed like a salted fish.
She hadn't rested long when there was a knock on the door. Lin Jin helplessly let out a sigh. She carefully placed her feet on the floor, then holding the wall for support, walked to the front door. Upon opening it, she saw Teacher Lin standing outside with a box of ointment in her hand.
"You've worked hard" Teacher Lin giddy looked at Lin Jin inside.
"It’s clearly you guys who worked hard, right?" Lin Jin replied with a bitter smile. Actually, what she worked hard at was just practicing the dance and during the recording. Teacher Lin on the other hand had worked hard for several days just to choreograph the dance. In addition, she had to spend most of her day teaching class. "Why are you here again?"
"You don’t welcome me? I saw the skin on your feet was rubbing off, so I specially bought some ointment here for you." Teacher Lin waved the box of ointment in her hand and proudly said "I figured you definitely wouldn't bother applying anything to your feet, so I might as well make a detour to the pharmacy to buy a box for you."
"If you don't apply ointment, your feet might scar" Teacher Lin said with a smile as she walked into the room, closing the door behind her. She led Lin Jin to the sofa. "Come on, lift your feet so I can take a look."
"Okay." Lin Jin didn't refuse either. She lifted her feet onto the small coffee table and raised her head towards Teacher Lin.
At this moment, Teacher Lin was already crouched down, carefully examining the torn skin on Lin Jin’s feet. She frowned, after pausing for a moment, she said: "Your feet’s so pretty!"
"Crazy..."
"What to do if such pretty feet get scarred? You don’t care for it at all." Teacher Lin opened the ointment, squeezed some onto her finger and carefully applied it to Lin Jin's ankle. Lin Jin flinched from the pain but held back from making a sound.
"Does it hurt a lot?" Teacher Lin noticed Lin Jin's slight tremble.
"It's okay, not too painful" Lin Jin forced a smile. This kind of pain wasn’t considered much to her before, but the her now seemed to be more sensitive. So even a slight pain will cause her body to flinch. She tried to act as if it was nothing and boasted "When I was in middle school, my arm broke. Even when the doctor helped set the bone, I didn’t cry. This bit of pain is nothing."
"Impressive. You didn't cry at all back then?" Teacher Lin had her head lowered, gently applying ointment on Lin Jin’s feet. She kept talking to try and divert Lin Jin’s attention "At that time, were you being reckless and broke your arm? Then you didn’t cry to save face?"
"How’s that possible? Back then, I was pushed by my cousin. I tried to use my arms to support me but it snapped. My bones are really fragile, I’ve broken my bones several times growing up." Lin Jin continued talking about her past. "Back then, my left arm was even twisted into an S shape. I just tried to catch myself when falling backwards, then I felt it really hurt. When I looked at my arm, I was so shocked I froze."
"My neighbors back then even praised me for being really strong or something, pfft."
Lin Jin always found talking about the past interesting. Back in middle school, her dad still treated her pretty well. At that time, her parents had been divorced for just a few years and Lin Jin had started taking care of the housework. Her dad back then felt very guilty for her. However, at some point, he actually felt it was very normal for Lin Jin to do the housework, cook for him, and endure his outbursts.
Even though Lin Jin still had some feelings for her dad, she couldn't deny that her feelings for him weren't as deep as those for her mom.
"Done. You need to apply this ointment twice a day. Don’t forget. This type of injury can easily leave a scar on your feet." Teacher Lin stood up and lazily stretched. She sat down next to Lin Jin and, without hesitation, stretched her arms out and pulled Lin Jin into a hug, smiling as she said. "Me, Teacher Lin, am so good to you. Isn’t there any reward for me?"
"How about I cook for you? My cooking should be decent." Lin Jin hesitantly said. "But I don’t have much groceries at home. You’d have to go down and buy some..."
"Sure, I want sweet and sour ribs! Braised fish!"
She didn’t seem to know how to make these kinds of big dishes at all.
Lin Jin was stunned for a bit, then saw Teacher Lin happily dash out the door to buy ingredients.
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