Trembling At A High Altitude

Next, the traitor leader, the collaborator, and two hidden collaborators in the revolutionary team would obtain a piece of criminal evidence they each held.

Of course, the system had to randomly select two collaborators first.

The group was led into the cafe, and just like last time, the cafe was partitioned into several small compartments.

One per person.

Each cubicle contained a sofa chair, a coffee table, and a terminal.

There was a small dish of snacks on the coffee table.

Although he was very full, Li Teng still ate all the snacks on the plate.

It was a shame he couldn't bring them back to the stone pillar; it was such a waste.

Soon, two collaborators were randomly selected from the terminal.

Of course, only the collaborators knew their own identities.

Under the director's instructions, Liu Huang, Huang Xun, and the two hidden collaborators each retrieved a piece of evidence against the traitor leader from the terminal.

Li Teng could only declare Liu Huang's death sentence and carry out his execution by firing squad after obtaining all four pieces of evidence.

"It is strictly prohibited to discuss the plot before the performance starts or to privately reveal your true identity as an actor. Violators will be fined 1000 points and immediately disqualified!" the director announced these new rules of the performance to everyone.

Li Teng quite understood why the director did this.

Liu Huang's status was different from that of the other actors, as he had the power to complain to the higher-ups.

Indeed, the director's script seemed biased in favor of Li Teng and even deliberately set a trap for Liu Huang. If he didn't enhance supervision in the subsequent plots and strive to maintain the apparent fairness and justice between the adversaries, he might well receive a complaint and then an investigation.

The entire filming process was under constant surveillance, and no violation could escape the supervisor's eyes.

If the director was judged to have violated rules, the punishment he would receive wouldn't be light.

This time, Li Teng owed the director a big favor.

After confirming the two collaborators and distributing the four pieces of evidence, the actors were escorted out of the cafe by the crew members, with every two staff members guarding one actor. They divided into eight cars and headed for the filming site.

...

Half an hour later, the cars arrived at the filming site.

Of course, they had to go to the makeup room first.

After putting on makeup, they changed into period costumes.

New China had just been established and was in need of reconstruction; the revolutionaries now wore military uniforms.

The sense of the era was equally strong.

After changing clothes, the people still had not met each other but were taken by staff members to different locations.

Li Teng appeared in a dormitory.

The dormitory window glass was adorned with a red "double happiness" character.

The "double happiness" character was somewhat faded, and parts of the strokes had fallen off; it looked several months old.

Half a minute later, Daisy, portrayed by Bunny Girl, also entered the dormitory.

Although she was only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, the makeup artist had given her a more mature look, making her appear more like a woman in her twenties.

Of course, Li Teng was now made up to look like a man in his thirties.

Ten years later, huh!

Since the director had said not to communicate casually, the two did not talk to each other and just sat down at the table separately.

No one else was seen.

It didn't take long for Li Teng to realize that something was off.

On the dormitory wall, there hung a joint photograph.

It was a simple portrait of Donna and Daisy.

Next to it, on the table, there was an old-fashioned marriage certificate.

Upon opening it, it was Donna and Daisy's marriage certificate.

Of course, Daisy had now changed her avatar to that of a Bunny Girl.

In the previous scene, Donna and Anna were about to marry, but ten years later, Donna had not formed a family with Anna, but rather with Daisy.

What did this plot twist imply?

When filming the previous scene, Li Teng had discovered that those so-called 'clues' were actually closely related to the plot; understanding the plot and the relationships between the characters would be very helpful in uncovering the true clues.

However, Feng Dahai had clearly not noticed these details, and Huang Xun, who had infiltrated the editing team, had also ignored the plot, let alone remind Feng Dahai about this aspect.

Today's scene shifted to Li Teng looking for evidence of guilt.

If Liu Huang, Huang Xun, and others steadfastly refused to confess, shouldn't there be another way, such as analyzing the evidence of guilt from the plot?

The prerequisite was that as long as four pieces of evidence were obtained, they could execute Liu Huang by firing squad.

Thus, this was also a direction worth striving for.

"Comrade Donna, what are you thinking about?" Daisy asked.

"I'm thinking about nothing." Li Teng's headphones transmitted the prompter's voice, appearing to be a dialogue between the characters.

"Comrade Donna, where did you go last night? Why didn't you come home all night?" Daisy asked again.

"I was working on revolutionary activities. Don't worry too much about it." Li Teng responded to Daisy according to the script.

"Comrade Donna, I hope you can come home on time in the future. My mother said she hopes we can have a child soon." Daisy spoke again, clearly reciting her lines. After saying this, her cheeks reddened—whether it was the character blushing, or the Bunny Girl herself, was unclear.

One could only say, she acted well, capturing the feel of the era.

"There's such a benefit? Alright! Let's make one right now!" Li Teng was about to speak when the prompter sounded again.

"The nation has just been liberated, many tasks demand our attention, how can we dissipate our energies on family matters right now? Let us focus on our revolutionary work first before discussing these matters!" Donna declined Daisy's suggestion.

"That's so hypocritical!" Li Teng lamented inwardly.

"You don't care about me at all." Daisy was very sad.

"How can your consciousness be so low? All you think about are these trivial romantic feelings! I'm really disappointed in you!" Donna slammed the table, stood up, and walked out of the dormitory room.

Daisy laid her head on the table and started sobbing.

"Loving someone who never comes home, waiting for a door that never opens, the fleeting looks, the tightly sealed lips, why continue to desperately demand, desperately inquire…" a piece of music started playing, clearly arranged by the director for the scene.

The music was full of a sense of passage through time.

Having acted out this piece, Li Teng began to suspect something.

Could it be… that Daisy was one of the Collaborators?

Because of Donna's neglect, always talking to her about revolutionary work and awareness, did she develop resentment from love, extending her hatred to the revolutionary work he was passionate about, thus turning her into a Collaborator?

This place was a dormitory area, filled with red banners everywhere, appearing to belong to an early official compound or something of the sort.

Following the tips from the headphones, Li Teng continued walking along the dormitory area's stone path.

At a corner, Li Teng saw Anna.

According to the plot setting, Donna and Anna were about seven or eight meters apart, their gazes meeting.

"Ten years later, we are friends and still can greet each other, but that kind of tenderness, we can no longer find a reason to hug, inevitably lovers finally become friends…"

The shoot provided another piece of music full of a sense of passing through time.

"Anna!"

After a moment of silence, Donna still took the initiative to call out to Anna.

It was a deeply affectionate call.

It appeared that Donna did not truly love Daisy; the person he really loved was still Anna.

Anna walked towards Donna, but as she passed by him, their gazes missed each other, and she brushed past him.

In the moment after brushing past each other, Anna pursed her lips and her eyes grew red.

Donna lowered his head and stood frozen in place.

"If an embrace cannot linger, why not enjoy and shed tears as we part…"

The music continued to play.

"Ten years ago, Donna and Anna were a couple, but now Donna is married to Daisy; what exactly did they go through? Could it be… that Anna turned from love to hate and became a Collaborator?" At the moment Donna was dazed, Li Teng pondered.