If The Moon Won’t Hold You

Cen Ning sat in the co-pilot and watched the neon buildings on the side rushing backwards like a tide.

It was late at night, but the city did not go quiet. Looking from a distance, the night was rendered colorful by the noisy lights. Through the car window, she saw the flickering light and silent panic in her eyes.

"What's the matter with your colleague?" Sudden words and deeds broke the silence in the car.

Cen Ning said dullly: "I know she doesn't like me, but I don't know that she doesn't like me so much."

He closed his eyes and glanced sideways at the words and deeds, "What she said just now is false."

He sneered at words and deeds: "Will I not know? You grew up when I watched. I don't know what your temper and temperament are."

Cen Ning mumbled: "...You didn't watch me grow up."

Her words and deeds gave her a look, heh, kind of caress.

Cen Ning pursed her lips and shut her mouth in time.

His words and deeds retracted his gaze: "Don't be too polite to others outside, or everyone will think you are a soft persimmon."

Although, it was originally a soft persimmon.

"Got it." Cen Ning hesitated, "I'm not that good at bullying..."

"Yes."

The tone of disbelief at all.

Cen Ning: "..."

There was no sound next to her, and she glanced at her from words and deeds, only to see the latter lowered his head and grabbed his fingers, with a grieved expression on his face.

"Cen Ning."

"Um?"

"It's so difficult for you to say a boyfriend?" He looked forward with words and deeds, with a cold expression.

Cen Ning's heart tightened, and her temples jumped nervously: "But...you are not."

His words and deeds held the steering wheel tightly: "Why, I don't want to tell a lie?"

Cen Ning glanced at him secretly: "I'm afraid that others will misunderstand."

"Who do you care about misunderstanding?"

Cen Ning bit her lip, not knowing what to say.

In fact, she didn't expect anyone to misunderstand this level, but this matter was so important in her heart that she didn't dare to say anything like this at all.

Her temperament was originally not the kind of person who could put "my boyfriend in words and deeds" on her lips, and she can't talk nonsense.

As the car continued to move, the topic seemed to end with the phrase "Who do you care about misunderstanding". No one answered, and no one kept asking.

One was a little angry because he had his own answer in his heart, and the other was too cautious to approach it.

Sometimes it’s like that, being close is afraid of hurting oneself, not close and thinking about each other everywhere.

The car stopped in front of a private kitchen restaurant with lanterns hanging at the door. The lanterns were very unique. The moment you stepped into the gate, time seemed to go back thousands of years.

Wordless all the way, Cen Ning followed her words and deeds, watching the dim lights and chic ink paintings on the corridor walls as she walked...

I'm really afraid of indigestion when I come to this place for supper.

"Mr. Yan." Turning a corner, a waiter waiting by the door helped open the door.

With words and deeds, the waiter said thank you, and walked into the private room. Cen Ning followed in and sat down obediently.

"Look at the menu and order what you want to eat." The tone of words and deeds is indifferent, and the breath of not entering in is very obvious.

Cen Ning was always afraid of him, but she didn't know what made him angry.

"Oh." I took the menu, ordered two vegetarian dishes, and then pushed the menu to words and deeds.

After reading the dishes she ordered, she added some meat dishes and handed them to the waiter.

There were not many people at this point, so the dishes were served quickly.

Cen Ning lowered his head to eat, got up and went to the bathroom outside. Cen Ning was left alone in the box. She slowly chewed on what was in her mouth, and suddenly felt tasteless.

In fact, she was not very hungry.

Putting down his chopsticks, Cen Ning took a sip of juice, leaning on the sofa and looking at the microwaved river view outside the wooden window.

It's so beautiful here.

When the words and deeds came back, the phone rang.

With a low eye, he saw the words "Meng Feiyan" displayed on the screen.

As soon as he stopped, he stopped directly at the end of the corridor, "Hey."

"Where are you?"

He didn't answer his words and deeds, but said: "Is there something wrong."

Meng Peiyan: "I heard the people from Tianying said that Bai Yi went to shoot at night to make up for the empty space of my previous photos?"

"Um."

"You arranged it."

"how?"

"Why don't you call me? I will definitely go if you call me."

Listening to the phone and looking at the river outside the window, she wondered how the girl in the private room had such a small appetite. No wonder she was so thin after eating a small bowl of rice for a long time.

"They should have called you." The words and deeds, "Since you are no longer going, I naturally find someone who is free."

Meng Peiyan: "That was someone who called me, you know that if it's you, I—"

"I don't need you to be special."

"..."

"Pei Yan, you know what I mean."

Meng Feiyan smiled coolly: "I am willing to help Cen Ning, who is protecting you, for you, but you don't come to me for Cen Ning..."

Indifferent words and deeds said: "If it's okay, I'll hang up."

"Didn't she have a boyfriend."

Words and deeds: "..."

"That boy, we have all seen it, right." Meng Feiyan tried her best to calm herself down, "Brother Xing, Cen Ning has someone she likes."

There was a moment of silence, just when Meng Peiyan thought that she could not say anything with her words and deeds, she suddenly heard the sound of unhurried words and deeds coming from the receiver.

The voice was scattered and calm, obviously not sharp, but Meng Peiyan's heart was cold.

He said: "But everyone knows that she is my person."

After he went back to the private room, he saw the little girl lying on the dinner table.

He stepped forward and looked at her cheek facing the river, only to realize that her eyes were closed and she was asleep.

Her words and deeds did not wake her up. She has been busy for a day today, her body and spirit are strained, and she is probably extremely tired now.

So he sat down in his original position and looked at Cen Ning in silence.

The cabbage that has been raised for so many years is going to be carried by the pigs outside?

Leaning back after his words and deeds, a hint of sarcasm flashed across his cold eyebrows.

He has always ignored the promises of unmarried couples at home, and he has always been willing to give her freedom to choose.

He wanted to be willing, but he didn't expect that when he really saw the person who grew up choosing someone else, the mood was so bad that he couldn't say anything.

**

Half an hour later, the words and deeds decided to take Cen Ning back.

Sleeping here is not the same thing.

Leaving his position by words and deeds, he walked to her side, he leaned down, intending to hug her directly.

Getting closer, he heard her very shallow breathing.

The words and deeds stopped, and looked at her with a low eye. She slept really well, with her mouth slightly open, pink and moist.

His pupils tightened, he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly opened his eyes.

After a moment of silence, he put one hand around her behind her, and the other hand hooked her legs, and easily hugged her up.

But Cen Ning was still awake. The sudden flight made her feel weightless. She opened her eyes dumbfounded and saw the words and deeds in front of her at a glance.

Like waking up from a dream, she subconsciously reached out and touched his cheek: "Um..."

Words and deeds: "Wake up."

Cen Ning is too tired today, and she hasn't slowed down yet: "Huh?"

"Go back to sleep, you don't need to close the door when you sleep here."

Cen Ning's pupils shrank, as if awakened from a dream: "Brother..."

The pace of words and deeds stagnated, and he was kindly greeted.

"I accidentally fell asleep."

"Yes, still snoring."

"..."

"Affecting business, the customer next door almost came over."

"..."

Cen Ning was so embarrassed that she had always believed in her words and deeds. She blushed and wanted to come down. The smile in the eyes of words and deeds flashed away, and she let go of her.

"After a while, Aunt Wei will ask you why you came back so late, and you will say that you went to a party with me."

"Oh."

On the way home, Cen Ning thought of Bai Yi, and after hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Before contacting Bai Yi, have you asked Meng Peiyan first?"

The words and deeds looked ahead and said no.

Cen Ning was a little surprised: "Why?"

"what why."

"I thought you would ask her first... is it because she really has a job?" Cen Ning said uncomfortably, "Actually, I contacted her before, and her assistant picked it up, so her assistant would say no."

"In addition to Meng Peiyan, there are many people who are suitable for your magazine." He turned his head and glanced at her, "It's not her."

Cen Ning was stunned for a moment, then slowly nodded.

**

The next day, Cen Ning was pulled aside by a colleague when she went to work.

"Ningning, I know it might be too late to tell you this, but...but I'm really upset, I'll decide again and again, it's better to talk to you."

Cen Ning: "What's the matter?"

"It was about Meng Feiyan's photo yesterday. Actually, I saw someone enter the studio, but I just saw her enter, and I didn't think much..."

Cen Ning frowned: "Who?"

"Liu Xin."

"Liu Xin?" Cen Ning was shocked, but after the shock, it became clear again, because after yesterday, she was not surprised that Liu Xin was able to do this.

"Ningning, do you want to tell Teacher Xue?"

Cen Ning has never caused trouble, but this matter is important, and she definitely does not want to be considered by her superiors to be negligent because of some people.

If yesterday wasn't what she said and did, and it wasn't Bai Yi, then she would have to be fired.

And the person who did this was just to push her to this point!

"Will you be a witness for me."

"Me?" The colleague hesitated, "Ningning, in fact, we have no evidence. I'm afraid, after we say it, it will be useless."

Cen Ning knew that this embarrassed her colleagues. Indeed, how did she prove that Liu Xin did this? There isn't even a camera there.

"I see."

"Sorry Ningning."

"It's okay, it's already good that you are willing to tell me about this."

In the workplace, when things do not threaten their own interests, everyone is worse than doing less. Everyone wants to protect themselves. That's right.

Cen Ning knew that she was not as good as the person in front of her to make her help herself like this.

Cen Ning: "I will figure out a solution myself."

"Um...but it doesn't matter if you really can't prove it, you see, yesterday's matter has been resolved very well, thanks to you, we only photographed Bai Yi."

Cen Ning smiled and said nothing.

One yard goes to one yard. People who do wrong always pay the price.