Chasing Tides

The capital in June was extremely hot and dry. A blazing fireball hung in the air, and the surface temperature reached 70 degrees Celsius. It was so cruel that it seemed to sweep away all the water on the earth.

Sui Yi had just finished a magazine interview, walked through the windless and stuffy corridor, and the first thing he did when he returned to the lounge was to take his mobile phone from Mi Jie. Bo.

Fang Yu reposted an ad for skin care products that he endorsed half an hour ago, and Sui Yi clicked into his likes to view the content. An hour ago, he liked a video of a food blogger making pickled fish, and the follow list is the same shape.

"Lu Xiaochuan called just now and asked if you are free tonight, saying that he wanted to get together." Mi Jie said beside him.

"Did you say anything else?" Sui Yi asked.

"No, just say I haven't seen you for a long time, let's meet up."

Sui Yi opened the address book and was about to make a call back. After thinking about it, Lu Xiaochuan was not the kind of person who would keep things secret, so he switched to the WeChat interface and sent four words: [time, address]

It has been more than two years since he developed the habit of calling less often, for fear that other calls will come in during the call.His phone must remain open, waiting for news at all times.

Lu Xiaochuan replied quickly: [[-]:[-] p.m., Wangjiang Tower]

On the way to the stadium in the suburbs of Beijing, Sui Yi sent a text message to the teacher, asking if there was any news recently.He asked his father to help him find someone. Although the frequency of inquiries has dropped from once every two days to once a week over time, he has never let this matter go for a moment in the past three years.

【No, there was one at the entry and exit yesterday that matched the description. I sent someone to look at it, but unfortunately it wasn't】The teacher replied.

Sui Yi raised his hand and pinched the center of his brows, then typed: [In the future, please notify me directly when this happens, and I will go there by myself]

The car drove past the gymnasium of the Olympic Sports Center, where AOW's first concert was held, and it was also the place where Ning Lan sang on stage for the last time.

It has been three years since Ning Lan left.

Three years and four months to be exact.

No one knew how he managed to remain silent for more than 1000 days and nights, as if he had evaporated from the world.Sui Yi has mobilized all available resources. Occasionally, there will be news that he has found someone who fits the description.

Last month, a fan said on Weibo that he saw a person suspected of Ning Lan in a supermarket in a certain city in the south. Sui Yi turned down work and rushed over without saying a word, and stayed near the supermarket for a few days. It really made him wait for a young man of similar stature, but the other party was a native aborigine, not the person he was looking for.

The sea of ​​people is vast, and that person is like a drop in the sea, knowing that he is in this sea, but trying to find him is more difficult than going to heaven.

There are so many similar-looking people in the world, but none of them is the little wave he accidentally lost.

The car was parked in an open space next to a row of bungalows in the suburbs of Beijing.

This time I came here to check out Sui Yi's upcoming first solo concert.The stadium in the suburbs of Beijing was just completed last month. Originally, the company would not choose such a remote area. However, according to preliminary investigations, there are as many as [-] fans from all over the country who intend to come to the concert. The indoor venues in the capital are obviously not big enough, so they had to Consider suburban fringes.

The stadium in the suburbs of Beijing can accommodate 3 to [-] people at the same time, and the facilities are second to none in China. Except for the remote location, there are no other shortcomings.

Sui Yi got out of the car carrying the piano case, and first walked around in the sun against the sun.He was born in the capital and grew up in the capital, and he has never been to this area. He saw that the nearest venues are old houses, and the roads are narrow but tidy. He affirmed the environmental safety and convenient transportation.

This place is different from the suburbs when "Night Play" was filmed. It is surrounded by mountains, remote and desolate, and sparsely populated.Although this side is far from the city center, it is more like a small town with simple folk customs, with low and small buildings and one family, each house has a wide open door, flowers and grass are planted in the yard, and cats are squatting under the shade of the eaves. Or dogs, who are not afraid of people, stretch lazily and flick their fluffy tails.

Compared with the hot afternoon in the city center due to the hustle and bustle, this place is so peaceful and serene that it seems that it is not on the border of the capital.The only thing that seemed out of place was probably the promotional poster for the first stop of Sui Yi's solo concert that was pasted in the light box next to the bus stop called "Quanxi Station".

The purpose of this trip is to inspect the road leading to the stadium. Sui Yi and the rest of the staff chose to walk.

In addition to private houses on both sides of the road, there are many small shops that have only been seen in photos, such as car repair shops, watch shops, pickle shops, massage parlors... There is even an antique clothing store with old wooden doors. At that time, I moved two pieces of props against the wall, and looked at several elegantly patterned cheongsams hanging on the outside wall. Mi Jie, who was traveling with me, couldn't help but leaned over to take a few glances.

Mi Jie is now Sui Yi's assistant, responsible for his work and daily chores.

Two years ago, the movie "Night Play" became a big hit and won the box office champion of the domestic movie of the year in one fell swoop. Sui Yi's second male policeman was also nominated for the best newcomer actor at the end of the year. Although his acting skills were a little immature, he failed to win the award. , but Sui Yi still entered the public eye with this image of a young policeman who is both good and evil, and became the first member of AOW who became popular and has national popularity.

At the end of the next year, AOW announced that all members would go solo and not disband.Starlight Entertainment has been using it for many years to gather fans in a combination and then pick out the ones with the most commercial value.Sui Yi is currently the company's trump card, not only assigning him a separate agent, but also spreading out the information of all the company's assistants for him to choose at will.

Sui Yi only chose Mi Jie because she was the only one in the company who had ever been with Ning Lan.

Mi Jie was very nervous at first, the Sui Yi she saw usually walked around with a cold face, full of arrogance that didn't take anyone seriously.Coupled with the fact that his prominent family background is no secret in the circle, Mi Jie guessed that the wealthy young master must be very picky and difficult to deal with, and he was so panicked the day before he started to work that he didn't sleep well all night.

Later, after getting along for a period of time, she found that Sui Yi's temper was not only not bad, but compared to other celebrities who would be dragged to the sky when they became popular, she could even say that she was not too worry-free.

He has good living habits, he never needs an assistant to wake him up, and he doesn't even need her to prepare breakfast; Will not push other messy work to the assistant.

Mi Jie had been with another male singer in the company for a while, and the master was troublesome. She spent all day chasing after her buttocks to clean up the mess, so that when she heard her mobile phone ringing, her heart beat faster and her muscles tensed. , I wonder if there is something bad coming to the door.

Now that he is behind Sui Yi, he has a wide head, a wide body and a fat body, plus he faces Sui Yi's prosperous beauty all day long. While he is comfortable and leisurely, he feels that it is even more difficult for him to find a partner.

"Captain, there are cold drinks here, do you want something to drink?" Mi Jie stopped at the entrance of a small shop and asked.

Sui Yi turned his head, glanced at the small shop with only one freezer, two glass cabinets and three rows of small shelves, and said, "Mineral water, thank you."

Mi Jie brought drinks for the entourage, slapped the counter and shouted several times, and then a gray-haired old lady came out of the back room slowly.

Most of the shops in this area were transformed from the yards living on the first floor. A wall was built in half of the area, and a door was dug. The area facing the outside is a small natural shop.Most of the shopkeepers are retired old people, and their houses have been slightly remodeled, so they can earn a living without leaving home.

The mother-in-law is about 70 years old, wearing a flowered shirt and reading glasses, shaking the cattail fan in her hand, bending over the counter to find the abacus, and muttering while searching: "Stinky boy, where did I get my abacus again? "

In the end, he couldn't find it, so he pressed the calculator on the counter with his orchid finger up and down, and counted twice before collecting the money.

While bagging, Mi Jie saw a coffee machine next to the counter, her eyes lit up and she said, "Can you make coffee in your shop?"

The mother-in-law waved her hand: "My old woman can't use this thing, it's all in foreign languages, I have to wait for the brat to come back."

Mi Jie just asked casually, and said goodbye to her mother-in-law politely, then caught up with the large army with drinks and distributed them to everyone.

Passing the mineral water to Sui Yi, Mi Jie pointed to the back: "That small shop has a coffee machine, next time you come to the rehearsal performance, you can make an appointment with the shop owner."

After Ning Lan left, Sui Yi often couldn't sleep at night. The more he couldn't sleep, the more he wanted to drink something to stimulate his spirit. Now coffee has become an indispensable item in his daily life.

Only with bitterness in his mouth and forcing himself to stay awake all the time, he has the courage to tell himself that Ning Lan is only leaving temporarily and will come back one day.

Sui Yi looked back at the clean and tidy shop again, then withdrew his gaze and said, "Okay."

Standing on the stage of the stadium in the suburbs of Beijing, Sui Yi pinned the mic to the violin and slowly pulled the A string. The melodious and beautiful sound of the violin resounded throughout the venue.

After he finished tuning, he played a Schubert serenade. The audio-visual effect of the open-air venue was no better than that of a concert hall, and Sui Yi still finished it meticulously.He wanted to give this song as a closing song to the fans in the audience, and also to the person who didn't know if he was listening.

When he was in a foreign country, he communicated with that person through text messages, and every day he wanted to go back and play a song for him.Later, I heard from Mi Jie that he had suffered from insomnia since the filming of "Overturning the Country", and it was so severe that he took medication. Sui Yi became more determined to play this song for him.

He hoped that no matter where Ning Lan lives from now on, he can fall asleep to the sound of beautiful and warm music, without having to recall all the pain in the past, and without having to remember himself who bruised him all over.

After testing the sound system and returning to the backstage, the stage director, stylist and head of the backup dance team who came directly from the company also arrived, and they also had to conduct a preliminary survey of the scene.

The air conditioner in the venue was not activated today, and the backstage was sweltering like a sweaty steamer.During the recent period, everyone has to come here frequently for decoration and rehearsal, so the staff in charge of logistics went out to find shops, and prepared to move some mineral water for storage in the background.

Sui Yi was worried that the high air humidity would affect the qin, so she took the qin case and found an empty room next to it with an open window, and temporarily put the qin in it.

When we returned to the crowd, the water had already been delivered, and the staff was moving the water in one box after another.After moving and standing at the door to check out, Sui Yi heard a clear male voice say, "Call me in the future, our shop provides door-to-door delivery service within a five-mile radius."

The staff was amused by him: "Do you dare to say that it is delivered to your door with a small scooter? Let me drive to move it."

Sui Yi's back stiffened, and he turned his head to look at the door. The staff blocked the people outside. From his angle, he could only see a round top of his hair. A few clusters of highlighted pink hair were dazzling in the sun. .

The young man said: "There will always be times when you can't go away? Come on, remember my phone number, 187xxxxxxxxx."

The staff took out the mobile phone and wrote down the number: "What's the boss's name?"

"Just call me Xiao Zhang, Gong Chang Zhang."

Hearing this, Sui Yi's violently beating heart slowly fell back to the original place.

What Ning Lan hated most was dyeing her hair. Not only did she not like it, but she also disliked Sui Yi's hair dyeing.He firmly believes that Sui Yi still looks good with black hair. As long as Sui Yi changes his hair color, he will say that he is like a little demon fairy, who will not let go of his hair all day long, and also at night when he sleeps. Sweep it all.

Not to mention that Ning Lan hated him so much and just wanted to stay as far away from him as possible, so why did she stay near the capital until now?

Sui Yi smiled wryly and pressed her temples, thinking that she may have too little sleep recently, and even hearing a similar voice would cause hallucinations.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, and it was still bright when we arrived at Wangjiang Tower.

This private restaurant is located in the old city. The sunset casts orange-red light on the blue tiles and red walls. Looking from east to west, it seems to have traveled through a century.

Sui Yi had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery, so she hurried in after getting out of the car, and led by the waiter into the box that Lu Xiaochuan had reserved.

Lu and Fang were already sitting inside. As soon as Fang Yu saw him, he said to Lu Xiaochuan in a strange tone: "You still called the violin player? Foreign products don't suit here, so get an erhu player instead. "

Lu Xiaochuan showed embarrassment, covered his mouth and lowered his voice, "Didn't we agree to be polite before we came?"

Fang Yu stared at Sui Yi exaggeratedly: "Oh, it turns out it's our captain who's so busy, I'm sorry."

Sui Yi didn't take his sarcasm seriously, put the piano case upright in the corner, and then sat down.

Since the announcement of AOW's solo flight, the members have been busy with their careers and rarely get together.Gao Ming and Wang Bingyang were frozen by the company for nearly half a year after Ning Lan quit the group. After returning to the entertainment industry, the momentum was not as good as before. After the contract expired, both of them chose to terminate the contract. There are different opinions from the outside world, only people inside the company Know exactly what's going on.Gu Chenkai suddenly figured it out last year, and worked hard to get into a foreign music academy, but now he is doing well outside, and he is not happy to return to China during the Spring Festival this year.

So far, the only AOW members who are active in the public eye are the three who are now in a box in Wangjiang Tower.

Fang Yu just released a new album at the beginning of the year, Lu Xiaochuan specializes in acting, and now he is also among the ranks of traffic niches with a TV series adapted from a big IP.Needless to say, Sui Yi's singing and acting are flourishing everywhere. Last year, she went abroad to participate in a violin competition and won a silver medal. When it was revealed, everyone was dumbfounded.

Some media praised him as a real artist, and wrote an article: "How did he manage to find time to practice piano and win awards when his 24-hour itinerary is exposed to the eyes of the people of the whole country?"

Sui Yi's fans are very proud of this, saying that their idol is a superman who can use 24 hours as 48 hours.

However, "Superman" was completely devoid of energy at this time. After removing his makeup, his black and blue eyes could not hide. Enveloped, staring at a certain place in the void, the eyes will not turn.

"Don't be discouraged. If you've already found this one, just use the method of elimination. The longer it takes, the greater the chance of finding it." Lu Xiaochuan comforted.

"Is there any news from the police missing persons? Or the hospital?" Fang Yu asked while peeling shrimp.

Before Lu Xiaochuan could answer, Sui Yi suddenly punched the table: "He won't die."

Fang Yu sneered: "How do you know he won't seek death? He's been forced into that. What's the point of living?"

Sui Yi couldn't tell whether Fang Yu was telling the truth or provoking him on purpose. He was so irritated by this frightening assumption, bloodshot eyes burst out, his fists creaked, and he repeated through gritted teeth. : "He won't die."

Fang Yu tossed the half-scrambled shrimp on the table, and looked up at him fearlessly: "Then tell me, where did he go?" His throat choked up as he spoke, "You...you all treat him like this, he Where else can I go?"

A dinner broke up badly.

When Lu Xiaochuan coaxed Fang Yu to take him out, Fang Yu's nose and the corners of his eyes were still red.

Sui Yi sat alone in the box for a while, until the waiter knocked on the door and came in to clear up the tableware. When he went out with his piano in hand, there was a sudden burst of thunder in the sky.

The weather in summer is always changing, and the sun is still shining in the afternoon. At this moment, the rain breaks through the clouds and falls into the mortal world one after another. The whole piece.

Sui Yi didn't pick up the umbrella that the hotel waiter gave out, he walked two steps forward into the rain, letting the big raindrops hit him.

It was also a rainy day when Ning Lan left.

Three years and four months, 210 six days and nights, it's not that he was impatient to wait, but after staying outside for so long, longer than the time they stayed together, he should come back, right?

He always guessed that Fang Yu might have something to do with Ning Lan, so he peeped at his Weibo, hoping to find clues.Before coming out of the restaurant, Sui Yi believed in this, otherwise Fang Yu would not be able to utter those curse words openly.

But now, he is surrounded by an unprecedented despair. This despair cannot be relieved by paralyzing himself with a busy schedule. It is like a vine, which spreads wildly with the passage of time, and now it has pierced the heart. It's about to pierce the skin and grow out.

The rain wets the hair and soaks the clothes, and the wind pours in through the hole in the heart, and the internal organs are almost numb with pain.

Sui Yi didn't know who to ask, so he could only look up at the dark sky.

why don't you come back

At the same time, on the other side, the rusty bus stop sign was soaked by heavy rain, only the three words "Quanxi Station" that had just been painted became more and more clear under the brush of the rain.

The noise of the wheels rolling across the road came from far and near, and they ran over the puddles caused by the uneven terrain. The splashes were as high as half a person. The rider cursed and continued to move forward.

The road returned to calm, leaving only the sound of rain.

Not long after, the sound of jingling and clanging came back again.The man got out of the car, put the bicycle dragging the cart on the side of the road, and trotted all the way to the light box at the station.

The light box has been in disrepair for a long time, the glass covering it is broken, and a corner of the poster stuck inside has fallen off under the attack of rain.

Then, a drenched hand appeared in front of the poster, and the white fingertips brushed against the face of the person on the poster, and after only touching it, it was retracted like an electric shock.

A few seconds later, I slowly touched it again. My slender fingers moved up along the words "concert", unfolding and smoothing the folds at the corners. Then I took out a thumbtack from nowhere and pressed it with my thumb. Fasten the dropped corner back into place.