we are not friends anymore

The wind rustled, rolling up the fallen bamboo all over the ground.

The bullet penetrated deeply into the chest, and the corner of the man's lips overflowed with crimson blood, staining the gray military uniform red.

He was arrogant and arrogant in this life, and he was once known as the god of death. Wherever the dark military cloak appeared, he made many soldiers and civilians in the south tremble with fear. The battle between the two of them on the cliff.

Born bright, it is impossible to accommodate two kings in the world, and one of them will fall into the dust in the end.

"Xiao... Jue..." The man smiled bloody, "I lost to you, not because I lost to you, but because you... are more ruthless than me."

He laughed silently, just like the arrogant young man in the past.

From the beginning to the end, the young man in front of him just watched coldly. It was not until this generation of generals suddenly fell to the ground that the man turned around indifferently with his gun in his hand. His military boots stepped on the bamboo leaves all over the ground, like a god of death leaving silently.

"Crack!"

The director shouted loudly: "Okay! This is over!"

There was cheers all around, and the staff quickly stepped forward to hand over water and small fans to the actors.Ji Yan turned around and walked back to where he was just now, reaching out to pull up Ding Xiangyuan who played Cheng Xuan.

Ding Xiangyuan is a few years older than Ji Yan. When he was a child, he made his debut as a child star and acted in many plays. Although he has been silent for a while when he grows up, his acting skills are very good.There are still traces of blood plasma on his lips, and one piece of lipstick is red: "Emma, ​​so sweet."

"My brother Yuan!" His assistant was a girl with a round face, and he slapped him violently when he heard his words, "You swallowed plasma again?!"

The girl's voice was so loud that the surrounding staff laughed when they heard it.

"I think you, Brother Yuan, are starving." Even the director yelled this way from a distance, "Okay! Take a rest, let's eat!"

Everyone cheered, Ji Yan took the water handed by his assistant and walked back to the rest area. He had already finished filming today's scene, and he just took a box of lunch and prepared to take a couple of casual bites before going to remove his makeup, but he saw the scene manager walking over with a notebook.

"Brother Yan, thank you for your hard work." The stage manager handed over a piece of paper with a printed form, "You added a few scenes today, this is a new announcement."

"Adding scenes?" Ji Yan's assistant came over and glanced at the form suspiciously, "I remember these scenes are tomorrow, right? Besides, Brother Xue is still filming in Group B?"

"There was an accident, brother Ming Xi fell into the water." The manager said, "Director Wang said that he mentioned Brother Xue's few scenes today to shoot first, and I will trouble you, Brother Yan."

Ji Yan looked at the announcement and paused: "Who?"

The scene manager was slightly stunned, and explained with a subtle embarrassment on his face: "Brother Mingxi, Qiao Mingxi. There was a mistake in the set crew. The bamboo bridge was not built properly, and it fell into the river."

Ji Yan's assistant was also taken aback: "Is it serious?"

"Fortunately, it's nothing serious. Director Wang asked him to go back and rest."

"Brother Yan?" The assistant felt uneasy and turned to look at Ji Yan.

Ji Yan didn't have much emotion on his face, he glanced at the content of the notice again, and nodded politely to the field manager: "I'm sorry for your inconvenience."

"It's all right. Brother Yan, you can eat, I'll go there first."

The field manager left after being polite, and couldn't help muttering in his heart when he turned around, the rumor that Ji Yan and Qiao Mingxi were at odds seemed to be true.

Due to the temporary change of the arrangement, it took time for the staff to set up and prepare. Ji Yan ate a few bites of the crew's boxed lunch, followed the costumer to change clothes, and then let the stylist re-do his hair while reviewing the script.

"Fortunately, these few games ahead of time are relatively simple, otherwise it would be difficult to prepare." The assistant said from the side, "How is it, Brother Yan? Do you want to help you with your words?"

"No need." Ji Yan said, "I have memorized them all."

The assistant didn't ask any more questions when he heard the words. Every time Ji Yan took a play and got the script, he would start thinking about it, and would spend a lot of time memorizing his lines before joining the group, unlike many newcomers or some big-name actors nowadays. That's how he backs up and shoots one after another, so this kind of temporary change arrangement doesn't have much impact on him.

The production crew made preparations in an orderly manner while busy. Xue Qiao and others who were filming on the other side of the garden over there also re-made their looks and came here. The director gathered several actors together and roughly talked about the scene. The rest of the day began to shoot.

Due to the time delay, the sky was dark in this shot, and the director called it a stop until the light couldn't achieve the effect of natural light.

The crew still had a night show tonight, but Ji Yan didn't have a part in it.The assistant had just finished packing and was going to accompany Ji Yan to find a makeup artist to remove makeup, but Ji Yan was nowhere to be seen.

"Excuse me, did you see Brother Yan?" the assistant asked a passing staff member.

"Xiao Ji is gone." The staff member was puzzled, "I just saw him go out in a hurry, and I was still wondering why you weren't together."

Ji Yan went all the way back to the hotel in silence. After he changed the costume and returned it to the costumer, he left the shooting location. The hairspray on his hair had not been washed off.In fact, he didn't walk fast, his face was very calm, and he didn't think about why he left in such a hurry.

The hotel corridor was very quiet. He walked towards Qiao Mingxi's room, and he could hear his footsteps all the way.

When he arrived at the door, he raised his hand to knock on the door, but suddenly his hand paused in the air, and he knocked three times with less force.

There was silence on the other side of the door, and Ji Yan knocked three times again, but still there was no sound.In Ji Yan's memory, Qiao Mingxi was not a person who liked to stay outside. Since he fell into the water and returned to the hotel, most of the people were in the room.

"Qiao Mingxi." He called his name in a deep voice, and the corridor was silent, as if all voices were far away.

An inexplicable anger rose in Ji Yan's heart, but he himself didn't realize it, let alone why this anger came from.He only increased his strength slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Qiao Mingxi, open the door."

Still no response from anyone.

He inexplicably remembered an incident a few years ago.At that time, the group was running outside to make announcements. No matter where they went, he and Qiao Mingxi shared a room. Once he went back to the hotel first, was very tired and fell asleep, Qiao Mingxi never remembered to bring the release card, and knocked door for a long time.When Ji Yan woke up, there was also a series of missed calls from Qiao Mingxi on his phone, and it had been an hour since the last call when he woke up.

He was also shocked at that time, and when he called back, Qiao Mingxi's cell phone rang outside the door.He hurried to open the door, and saw Qiao Mingxi sitting by the door in a daze.

At that time, when he saw him open the door, he raised his head and smiled at him, and asked normally: "Are you awake? Are you going to have dinner together?"

Ji Yan didn't know how he remembered this, he looked at the closed door, his eyes flashed, then he put down his hands and turned to leave.

Qiao Mingxi heard the gradual silence outside the door, slowly opened his eyes, and then slowly pulled down the quilt that had just covered his head.

Before Xiao Yan went out, he managed the curtains seamlessly for him, and the room was pitch black, with almost no light at all.He sat in the dark for a long time, and he didn't come back to his senses until the music of the incoming phone call rang.

He picked up the phone to look at the incoming call, but it was a series of unfamiliar numbers, with the prefix number of country r added in front of him. His heart skipped a beat, and he hung up the phone subconsciously, but unexpectedly, he called again .

Qiao Mingxi hesitated for a long time, but answered the phone at the last second, and immediately there was an urgent voice: "Young master!"

"...What's the matter?" He opened his mouth, his voice hoarse.

"Master, did Madam look for you?"

Qiao Mingxi was taken aback, and said coldly: "I'm not in country r, where can she find me?"

"Madam is not in country r, she has already returned to the country!"

"She can't even get a passport." Qiao Mingxi said, "How could she come back."

"It's true." The other side said anxiously, "We don't know how she came back, but we found that her location is indeed in China, hasn't she come to you yet?"

"No." Qiao Mingxi said lightly, "I'll hang up if it's okay."

"Young Master, Young Master, please wait! If Madam comes to you, please take her in for a few days, after all, she is your mother..."

Qiao Mingxi hung up the phone resolutely, and the voice over there stopped abruptly.

However, there was only a few seconds of silence before the phone rang loudly again.Qiao Mingxi stood up abruptly, grabbed the phone and threw it towards the wall.

The expensive mobile phone was smashed against the wall, and the entire casing was cracked into several pieces.

The room returned to silence, and he sat blankly on the bed, feeling that the silence could almost suffocate him.

Just like a century ago, when he was young, he knelt in the attic and beat on the door desperately, crying so loudly, but the whole world was so terribly silent.

It was also like when he was sitting by the door of the hotel, listening to the sound of no one answering the phone, and the beeping sound of the phone was so violent that it almost broke his heart.

No one spoke to him, no one listened to him, no one would open the door for him.

He stayed in a daze for a long time, then slowly got up and got out of bed. Regardless of the dead body of the mobile phone on the ground, he took out a tablet from his backpack, opened the mailbox and clicked on the sending page.

There is only one address in the frequently used contact column of this mailbox number.

He typed little by little like an old man with slow hands and feet, but he typed a few words for a long time.Finally, he clicked send, saw the automatic receipt of "email received" on the screen, and reached out his hand to touch the corner of his eyes in a daze.

Qiao Mingyue has not been in good health these past few days, she didn't wake up until it was dark after a nap, and was woken up by the noise coming from far outside the window.

She stretched out her hand and rang the call bell that had been prepared by the bedside all year round, and soon the housekeeper came and opened the door.

The housekeeper's Aunt Hui has been in Ji's house for many years, and she has white hair on her head. Seeing her wake up, the housekeeper smiled and said, "Miss is awake?"

"What are you arguing about? You can hear it from here."

Aunt Hui showed a look of hesitation: "Yes...the Fourth Madam is here and said she wants to see the young master."

Qiao Mingyue frowned, and said coldly, "Get out."

"Yes." Aunt Hui nodded, and said again, "I asked Ah Lei and the others to stop me, but the Fourth Madam has always... always been a little crazy, you know."

"I don't blame you." Qiao Mingyue had a sneer on his face, "But I'm curious as to who dared to let her back."

Aunt Hui lowered her hands and said nothing. Qiao Mingyue remembered something and asked again, "Does Ah Xi know?"

"I don't know about that either." Aunt Hui said, "The young master is in the crew, so he probably didn't know."

Qiao Mingyue nodded: "Call over there and ask how Qiao Qifeng is doing."

"A few days ago, I asked as usual." Aunt Hui whispered, "It's still the same. I guess the fourth lady came back by herself."

"Yeah." Qiao Mingyue turned her head to look out the window, and said with a sneer, "Two dog skin plasters that can't be shaken off are disgusting."

"Why do you care about it?" Aunt Hui bent down and pinched the corner of her back for her, "Now this house belongs to you and the young master, and the fourth madam is a crazy woman. No matter what, I can't make waves."

The noise in the distance gradually stopped, and the entire Qiao family became quiet again.Qiao Mingyue smiled, and said to Aunt Hui, "I'm a little hungry, let Mama Chen make something to eat."

"Hey." Aunt Hui replied, "Mother Chen made hot soup in the kitchen this afternoon, and I'll bring you a bowl of padding for your stomach first."

Qiao Mingyue nodded, seeing Aunt Hui opened the door and went out, she sat for a while, thinking about it, she still seemed uneasy, picked up her mobile phone and called Qiao Mingxi, but the phone was turned off.

Maybe it was because the crew was busy with filming, but Qiao Mingyue didn't take it to heart. She hung up the phone and pulled the wheelchair by the bed, slowly moved it up, and shook the wheelchair out of the room.