become famous

He Xiuyi felt absurd the moment he heard it.

With him... starring in "Family"?I became the first male, Zuo Ran, downgraded to the second male?

Or did Zuo Ran ask for it?

why?

If it had changed from the past, He Xiuyi would definitely think it was because of the actor's dedication to his work.However, recently, he can feel that there is some ambiguity, like the faintest gas, trying to get through the iron wall he thinks.That kind of atmosphere seems to be only a stone's throw away from "close friends", but the distance is more than thousands of miles away.Before he knew it, he had been attacked passionately and mercilessly by something he didn't even know.

He Xiuyi stared blankly at WeChat, thinking: In two weeks' time, it will be Zuo Ran's birthday, then...ask him.

……

The venue of the birthday party is Zuo Ran's home.

The layout of the villa is very characteristic.The marble floor in the living room is as smooth as jade, and the chandelier made of glass is hung with tassels.On one side is a spiral upward staircase, and on the other side is a quiet resting area - a gentle dim light band is embedded in the middle of the streamlined black ceiling, there are two small square coffee tables on the carpet, and several small coffee tables around the coffee table. Sofa, very homely.There is a huge fish tank embedded in one of the walls of the rest area. The coral inside is colorful, and some small fish swim around in it, which is really cute.There is a screening room, a recreation room, a reading room, a gym, and an open-air tea room on the first floor, while several bedrooms and study rooms are on the second floor.

The only strange thing is that on the wall at the corner of the stairs, there are a few long nails nailed in the gaps in the marble. It seems that there should be a few paintings hanging on the wall at ordinary times, but at this time it is empty and looks out of place, which is very different from the overall exquisite layout of the house. do not match.

He Xiuyi praised: "It's really beautiful...very stylish."

"As long as you like it."

"Ok?"

Zuo Ran repeated it again: "As long as you like it."

"..." This question is very strange, He Xiuyi didn't know how to answer for a moment, because whether he likes it or not has nothing to do with how Zuo Ran arranges his own house.

Zuo Ran took He Xiuyi around inside and out, and even visited the owner's extremely private bedroom.

When he returned to the first floor, He Xiuyi asked Zuo Ran: "Is anyone else here yet? It's already seven twenty." The party starts at seven o'clock, and He Xiuyi is used to arriving 10 minutes early, but he didn't expect that after waiting for half an hour, there were still only guests Own.

"The other two have something to do, so they didn't come." Zuo Ran's tone was very normal, "I don't have many friends in the circle."

"Oh..." He Xiuyi hesitated for a while, and handed over the gift bag that was put aside after entering the door, "Mr. Zuo, happy birthday." As for the gift, He Xiuyi didn't know what to choose, hesitated for a long time, and finally bought a Hermès Sterling silver tie clips, as well as cakes, beer, and drinks, I think this is not bad. Although it is difficult for the other party to like it, it is also difficult for the other party to dislike it.

"Thank you." Zuo Ran pointed at the sofa casually, "Take a rest first, dinner will be ready soon."

"You... do it yourself?"

"Ah."

"Let me help you."

Zuo Ran still said concisely: "Don't."

He Xiuyi waited for about half an hour before hearing Zuo Ran call him over.As he approached the open-air tearoom, he found that the food had already been served—steak, grilled oysters, salmon, crab deviled eggs, and a salad.A decorative rose stood in a vase, and the surrounding lamps diffused soft light.

He Xiuyi didn't expect the actor's culinary skills to be so good - the steak was so tender and juicy that even the cartilage seemed to melt on the tip of the tongue.The grilled oysters are moderately charred, soft and delicious, without any fishy smell.

He Xiuyi celebrated Zuo Ran's birthday alone.Finally, he served the cake he bought and put candles in it: "Mr. Zuo, please make a wish."

"No."

"...?" No wish?

Zuo Ran raised his eyes and looked at He Xiuyi across the table: "For about five years, I made the same wish every year, but there was no response. Last year I had no hope, but it came true unexpectedly. So, It's better not to."

"Hey, this kind of thing is just for fun."

The cake had a lot of cream, and He Xiuyi ate it all over his lips, so he stuck out his tongue and licked it around, Zuo Ran looked away stiffly.

After the meal, He Xiuyi took a rest at Zuo Ran's home.He was very interested in the reading room surrounded by bookshelves with a wooden table in the middle, so he asked Zuo Ran if he could go in and have a look.

"Okay." Zuo Ran gracefully packed the tableware and threw them into the dishwasher, "Go."

"Thanks."

The bookshelves are all made of dark solid wood, revealing a very simple taste.One side is full of film books, one side is full of history, politics, and military things, the third side is filled with some novels from Europe, America, and Asian countries, and the last side is a variety of theoretical works in Chinese and English, including philosophy, There is sociology, there is psychology, and so on.He Xiuyi discovered that many of them were related to architecture, such as "A Thousand Hand-drawn Line Drafts of Architects", "European and American Architecture Line Drafts", "Ancient Architecture Line Drafts"... So he secretly guessed in his heart that Zuo Ran's "science and engineering" God"'s undergraduate major is architecture.

Because he was allowed, He Xiuyi flipped through it at will.

By chance, He Xiuyi glanced at the inconspicuous place in the lower right corner of the "Theory Bookcase" where there were a few loose-leaf notebooks, right next to "FrancoClun High Definition Sketch".

He Xiuyi had an unspeakable premonition.As if an invisible hand was driving him to open a door, He Xiuyi opened the glass door and pulled out his notebook.

On the cover of the note, there are four large characters: [Professional Sketching].

He Xiuyi held his breath, and gently opened the cover page.

With just one look, he froze in place.As if struck by a thunderbolt, he couldn't even move his little finger.

what is this……

When he regained his thoughts, He Xiuyi flipped back in a panic, his fingers trembling, and almost crumpled the paper a few times.

Sure enough... Sure enough...

Something was suddenly flattened naked and spread before his eyes, making him feel dizzy.In He Xiuyi's ears, there was the roaring silence and dead silence that resounded through the sky.It is as if a star exploded in the universe, releasing all the energy of its life in the silent space, silently and quietly.

Several large sketchbooks, every page...is him.

At the beginning, He Xiuyi could recognize where the portrait came from - it was the two movies he had participated in before he retired from filming.In the two movies, Zuo Ran drew almost every scene with his own situation at least once.He Xiuyi himself is not very clear about many movements and expressions.

Even if he didn't understand, He Xiuyi had to admit that probably because his major was architecture, Zuo Ran could draw very well.All the portraits are not different from the ones in He Xiuyi's impression, and some places seem to be slightly beautified - the actors in the movie screenshots are often not so elegant.

And in the future... not necessarily.

The frequency of sketching has suddenly increased since the two met.He Xiuyi flipped through the pages and saw...the first time he went to the set to meet director Li Chaoyin, there was the scene when he was ordered to go to the clubhouse to take a sauna before being naked, some were on set, some were outside...

Later, there even began to be... no clothes, the number was very small, but there were still.He still recognizes the appearance in the passionate scene, but he can't remember it during the intermission.

Although most of them only have the upper body, and the two full-body portraits did not reveal the key parts, but completely restored what Zuo Ran saw in his eyes at that time, He Xiuyi still felt... very ashamed.

He has a tingling sensation.

He also couldn't tell where the sting came from.Is it because he was so annoyed by Zuo Yingdi's treatment, or because he was surprised and distressed by the other party's actions.

He Xiuyi didn't dare to read any more, closed the book with a "bang", and planned to put it back on the bookshelf, pretending that he never noticed.

However, at this moment, Zuo Ran slowly approached the room with a cup of tea: "Pu'er, are you used to drinking it? You—"

At this point, the words stopped abruptly.

Zuo Ran silently stared at the notebook in He Xiuyi's hand.A tight string lay between the two of them, and none of them dared to fiddle with it easily, as if the string would break with a "snap" if they touched it lightly.

He Xiuyi is not an ostrich-type personality.If he was, he would not quit the film and television industry, and use his previous savings to take his mother all over the country, including Hong Kong, in search of new treatments.

A few seconds later, He Xiuyi turned around and inserted the sketchbooks one by one into their original position - next to the strange "FrancoClun High Definition Sketch".

He looked at Zuo Ran pretending to be indifferent: "I...found this."

"That kind of place can be found." Of course, it's not impossible to be discovered, but the probability is too low. After all, there are thousands of books in this room, and it is only one in a thousand.

He Xiuyi gritted his teeth and asked, "You... admire me?"

Zuo Ran lowered his eyes for a while, finally raised his eyes, and looked into He Xiuyi's pair of peach blossom eyes that seemed to care nothing: "No."

"Then...?" He Xiuyi's throat tightened.He knew very well that something was about to turn upside down.The thin partition between the two people was about to be burned away by the fire that soared into the sky.He seemed to be able to see the scorched wood, hear the terrible crackling sound, and feel the sight of it breaking and collapsing.

Seeing that He Xiuyi asked clearly, Zuo Ran's glacier-like eyes seemed to be burning with flames, "It's love."