It's hard to be an idol

Chapter 171 Fireworks at Twelve O'Clock
This is the first time Xu Lai saw his parents so silent, and they shed tears in the silence, but they didn't say anything to Xu, they just accepted the bank card after some comfort from Xu Lai, and told Xu's father Talked to him.

"I'm almost 50 years old now, and I'm no longer young, so I'd better forget about doing business. In my early years, my efforts and those of my parents were ruined. Now I can no longer use the money earned by my son to realize what I do. I have my own career, and the time has long since passed, so let’s forget it.”

"I'm quite used to my current life. I work in the company from nine to five every day. It's not bad to do this until I retire."

"As for your mother, I will take her out to have fun when I have time, and I will use the college living expenses I planned to give you to do those things."

"Now that you are grown up, you have to live your own life well."

……

These words made Xu Lai quite sad. He said to Xu Lai's father, "I will make more money in the future, and you can do what you want to do." But Xu Lai's father just said, "That's the end of it, every day." I feel like my life is pretty good now.”

"The most worrying thing in this life is your problem. In the future, we will need a lot of money to get married and have children. We may not be able to afford this money. In the end, we may have to rely on you. But now it seems that you don't need us to worry about it. Are you really I've grown up. So, we have prepared the dowry for your sister before, and as for the money left in this bank card to buy a house, we will keep it for you. "

Father Xu said so.

Xu Lai didn't know what to say for a while.

"If you want to buy a house, where do you think you want to buy it? I heard that a new property is being opened recently. How about buying it here? Or should I buy..."

"Buy our old house, I want to go back there."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Xu's father didn't say much, after hearing Xu Lai's decision, he just nodded and agreed with him. experience……

"Then I'll get in touch after the end of the year."

"En." Xu Lai responded sullenly, and then said again: "Dad, you can discuss this kind of thing in the future, and I will..."

"No, you have to learn to make decisions, just like you decided to go to South Korea as a trainee."

"Oh."

……

"I don't know why my parents were suddenly so willing to stop and listen to my opinion. They had no other opinions on my decision and didn't explain anything to me. I always feel weird."

"That's because they don't see you as a child."

On the night of New Year's Eve, Xu Lai was sitting in his room, enjoying the floor heating that his parents always thought was a waste of money, and looking at the night sky outside the window from his room.

The underfloor heating was installed a long time ago, but the parents felt that it was too expensive in winter, and Xu Lai and Xu Xia only came back for more than ten days in winter, so they never paid the fee. After paying, I enjoyed the long-lost heating on New Year's Eve. After all, Xu Lai still has heating in South Korea when he is on a business trip.

At this moment, Xu Lai occasionally glanced at the sky and looked at Lin Yuner on the phone screen in front of him for a long time. She was wearing low-prescription black-rimmed glasses, and it was now [-]:[-] pm.

"Is that so? But I feel like I haven't reached that level yet." Xu Lai pursed his lips, obviously not quite understanding his parents' attitude.

"Let me tell you this, in a family like ours, it doesn't mean that a child will think he has grown up when he becomes an adult, but he will think he has grown up after he has gone through a certain stage. After the first time I bought New Year’s gifts for my family with my salary, their attitude towards me was completely different. They no longer made decisions for me, and they would ask my opinion on big and small things at home. They agreed in this way my growth."

"And you may be like this too." Lin Yuner analyzed and explained to Xu Lai seriously, "You gave your parents such a large sum of money to let them buy a house, let them rest, let them go on a trip, in fact, this is you It is proving that you have grown up. You can support yourself, and you can even give back to the family. The concept of family in our two countries is similar. Men are to support the family. You are already doing this now.”

"That might be the case." Xu Lai grinned as if wanting to open his mouth, and the depression and bewilderment in his heart was a little less, but he felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier.

"Maybe now you really have to learn to make your own decisions, whether it's deciding your own life path or talking about trivial matters in your family, but don't worry too much, your parents and sister will still stand by your side. Correct you when you're wrong, don't be afraid to make decisions. Just like my sister and dad, they still stand behind me to this day."

Lin Yuner always has a smile on her face when she talks about her family, and she can tell that her family has brought her many heart-warming moments.

Xu Lai thinks about it carefully, he is also like this, his parents have never owed him in his whole life, and even after thinking about him, he is even more grateful to Xu's father and Xu mother for understanding him, knowing that he did not question him when he became a trainee , and didn't expect too much from him, just waited for him to develop slowly, and they would continue to love him when he failed and returned home, and they would not interfere with his path if he succeeded.

Just like now, Xu's father and Xu's mother were indifferent to his work, just asking him when he would start working this year.

"I see." Xu Lai looked at Lin Yun'er and smiled, and he also replied with a smile.

"Senior, are you very tired today? I finished work in the morning and arrived home in the afternoon. I haven't had much rest. It's already midnight. Are you sleepy?"

"Sleep must be sleepy, do you want to show you my dark circles?" Lin Yun'er has not removed the makeup on her face yet, but her makeup is very light today, and some dark circles can be seen faintly through the transparent lenses.

"I just asked you when I saw it."

"Emmm... I've been filming for more than a month, and I haven't had a break. I'm still a little tired. But fortunately, I had a good time in the crew. Although I'm a little tired, I think it's good to be able to act. "

"So do you want to sleep now?"

"Not now, at least wait until after twelve o'clock, and I have to send New Year's greetings to others on time."

"Is it like this?" Xu Lai looked at Lin Yuner's expressionless face when she was sending New Year's greetings, feeling cute inexplicably.

"The members of my group send out New Year greetings every year as soon as twelve o'clock. If they don't send out greetings for too long, there will be resentment."

"Because this is a sense of ritual."

"Yes, everyone is paying attention to the sense of ritual now."

"Senior, will you pay attention too?"

"There will be some."

"Where exactly?"

"you guess?"

"Are there any aspects?"

"Probably not, probably yes."

Lin Yuner gave an ambiguous answer, probably because she herself is not too clear about it.

"Suddenly I feel a little scared." Xu Lai suddenly said solemnly.

"What are you afraid of? I don't know how to eat people."

"If you can eat people, I'll know you're angry when you open your mouth, so I don't know when you're angry."

"Why do I feel that you are implying something to me..." Lin Yun'er glared at Xu Lai, and said angrily, "My mouth is obviously not big."

"Well, you really don't have a big mouth."

"Then what are you laughing at?"

"I think of happy things."

"Ok?"

"I was thinking about hot pot."

"Don't change the subject yet."

"Senior, don't think too much. I didn't mean to imply that you have a big mouth. You look good no matter what you look like."

"Why didn't I realize you were so eloquent before? You're so glib." Lin Yuner glanced at Xu Lai and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

"You'll find out more later."

"Too."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and both realized the signal from the other party from the short words.

"Xu Lai, were you really thinking about hot pot just now?"

"No, I was thinking about your smile just now." Xu Lai suddenly said a wisecrack.

"Yeah!" Lin Yun'er was immediately amused by Xu Lai, and tried to pretend to be angry while laughing back, but Xu Lai was not afraid at all.

She is not angry.

"I just think it looks good." Xu Lai explained solemnly.

"It's better not to talk about this topic. Let's talk about hot pot. Shouldn't we talk about eating hot pot next time we meet?"

"Yes, next time I will decide to eat hot pot." Xu Lai nodded towards Lin Yun'er, and then continued, "How long will you be shooting your film, senior?"

"It might still take three or four months. You have to know that I'm filming a costume drama, so there are quite a lot of costume changes and location changes, and the plot is also very long... Hey, after all, you don't know very well, you are The singer is not going to be an actor, so it’s useless to listen to it.”

"That's not what senior said, okay? Why am I not planning to be an actor?"

"You...do you still want me to say this?" Lin Yun'er blinked at Xu Lai, the drama was in her eyes.

"Ah this..."

"Think about your acting skills when you were filming the MV, and then think about the gap between the MV and the film and television works, okay brother... Anyway, I think you should stop acting, it will hurt your image." Lin Yuner suppressed a smile He said, "Think about it, such a good singer, but you can't even act in the MV, how should others think of you?"

"I can also exercise my acting skills. Isn't all acting skills acquired through exercise?"

"It's true to say that, but you should think about what I look like first, and then make a decision, okay?"

In order to dispel Xu Lai's thoughts about "acting", Lin Yoona did not hesitate to use herself as a negative teaching material. This negative teaching material is very real and very close, and it is indeed very educational.

"Oh, what you said, senior, is actually true."

"..."

Although Xu Lai agreed with her words, she felt a little uncomfortable now.

"Although that's what I said, my current acting skills are actually not bad." Lin Yuner thought of it belatedly and quibbled.

"Indeed, anyone can take me in the MV."

"..."

"Let's not talk about the topic of acting, otherwise I would have hung up the video directly. It's still a while before twelve o'clock."

"Are you going to hang up the video at twelve o'clock? That's right, you're so tired today."

"I am indeed tired. Didn't you tell me you saw the dark circles under my eyes? After you hang up the video, you will send a blessing text message, and then go to take off your makeup and go to bed." Lin Yuner said about her arrangement.

"Senior, do you have makeup on your face now?"

"Didn't you see it? Then my makeup skills are quite good."

"I saw that your dark circles were not covered, so I thought you had no makeup."

"A girl's bare face cannot be shown to others casually."

"Okay." Xu Lai pursed his lips.

"It's snowing again in Seoul."

"It looks like tomorrow will be a fine day."

"No, it's going to be very cold tomorrow. I really want to stay at home and not go anywhere."

"I don't want to go out either, it's cold outside."

"What's the temperature in your place now?"

“It’s one degree now.”

"Only one degree? It's three or four degrees below zero in Seoul."

"I'm talking room temperature with no heat on."

"Then you turn on the heat now? You're all wearing sweaters."

"Of course, I'm also very afraid of the cold."

"I saw it before. When I came to see me that day, I didn't show anything except my eyes."

"Hehe~"

"Xu Lai, has anyone told you that you are a bit silly when you smile?"

"Where is it? Everyone says I look good when I smile."

"Am I the only one who thinks stupid?"

"Maybe you are so unique, senior."

"Unique is a nice word."

"Actually, senior has always been quite unique, otherwise, why did you suddenly discover me when no one else could see me?"

"Maybe I think you are pitiful and I sympathize with you." Lin Yoona nodded seemingly seriously. Anyway, it was impossible for her to tell her true thoughts.

If Xu Lai hadn't looked good at the beginning, to be honest, she wouldn't have paid much attention to him, and naturally she wouldn't have thought about his mental journey, let alone risked being hacked to help him post any ins, she Picture something?

But now it seems that she has indeed figured out something.

"Senior, will you still sympathize with me now?" Xu Lai asked a little nervously.

"I sympathize with you? Why do I sympathize with you? You just signed a contract and got 120 million US dollars. I feel sour for you..." Lin Yuner suddenly looked speechless.

Xu Lai smiled silently, looking at Lin Yuner like this.

Suddenly, it became very noisy and crackling outside the window, and the dark night sky was also lit up.

"Hey, what are you doing over there?"

"Uh...it's almost twelve o'clock, and the fireworks are going off."

Xu Lai stood up suddenly, and switched the camera to the rear, so that Lin Yun'er could see the gorgeous bursting fireworks outside the window just like him.

"It's been a long time since I've seen this kind of fireworks. It's so beautiful..."

"It's very beautiful." Xu Lai also agreed. When the fireworks were exploding, he glanced at the time and found that it was twelve o'clock.

"Senior, Happy New Year."

"It's already twelve o'clock...Happy New Year Xu Lai, emmm...I hope you have a bright future and are not afraid of the future."

"Thank you, senior, you too."

"Senior, are you going to die?" Xu Lai suddenly remembered what Lin Yuner said before.

"I'm almost going to die. I waited until twelve o'clock to say Happy New Year to you. I should say the first Happy New Year to you, right?"

"Then I should be too?"

Xu Lai looked at Lin Yun'er on the screen, with fireworks on one side and people on the other, but they both laughed at the same time.

"Senior, when is our next meeting?"

"It should be soon."

　Two chapters in one.

　　
　　
　
(End of this chapter)