endless city

Almost as soon as he got the news, Xu Shaoqian rushed to An's house.

The news was sent by the manager Zhou Mu, a very simple website link and the words "An Yan has an accident".

For Xu Shaoqian, these five words are enough for him to immediately transfer his destination.At that time, he was driving to Xu's house. After seeing the news, he immediately braked and stopped on the side of the road. He opened the website and glanced at it. He frowned and turned the car around without hesitation.

Arrived at An's house at the fastest speed, rang the doorbell, and it was An Luo who opened the door. Seeing Xu Shaoqian, he invited him into the house, and asked suspiciously, "Why are you here?"

Xu Shaoqian glanced into the room, but he didn't find An Yan's figure, so he couldn't help frowning: "Where's An Yan?"

"You came to see him?" An Luo said, "He is being lectured by grandpa in the study."

"I'll go and have a look." Xu Shaoqian walked quickly to the study and knocked on the door.

The scene inside the house made Xu Shaoqian's heart suddenly throbbing——

An Yan was kneeling on the ground, his stiff back straightened, his legs were trembling all the time, his fingers were tightly clenched into his palms, and the blood vessels on the back of his hands were clearly visible because of the clenches too tightly.Half of his face was red and swollen, and there was still a row of distinct fingerprints on it, which showed how strong the man who beat him was.

An Yan's body was already injured, but kneeling like this now would make things worse!

Xu Shaoqian suppressed his heartache, and said as calmly as possible: "Grandpa, what are you doing?"

An Guangyao thought it was An Luo who knocked on the door, but he didn't expect that the person who came in was Xu Shaoqian. He couldn't help but fell silent for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Shaoqian, why is it you?"

"We were having dinner with the film crew last night, and An Yan's cell phone happened to be in my place, so I dropped by and sent it to him." Xu Shaoqian paused, "What? Did An Yan do something wrong again to make you angry?"

Although An Guangyao was so angry with his unworthy grandson, Xu Shaoqian was an outsider after all, and the An family and the Xu family were family friends. Even if he got angry again, An Yan was already an adult, so it was naturally inappropriate to punish him in front of outsiders.

An Guangyao frowned, looked at An Yan and said, "Okay, get up."

An Yan was finally relieved, rubbed his almost unconscious legs, and barely stood up.Seeing that his legs were trembling, Xu Shaoqian immediately stepped forward to support him, and asked in a low voice, "Are you all right?"

"Hmm..." No matter how thick-skinned An Yan was, he felt a little embarrassed at this moment, and touched his nose embarrassingly.

An Guangyao looked at him sternly and said, "An Yan, if you don't know what's wrong and cause trouble everywhere again, you will disappear from the entertainment industry completely, and come back and obediently learn how to manage a hotel from your brother!"

"I..." An Yan was about to refute, but Xu Shaoqian pulled his arm forcefully. When he turned around and saw Xu Shaoqian winking at him, An Yan had to lower his head and whispered, "Oh, I see..." The voice said no out of grievances.

Xu Shaoqian looked back at An Guangyao, and said politely: "Grandpa, I still have something to discuss with An Yan, is it convenient now?"

An Guangyao nodded and said, "Go."

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Xu Shaoqian followed An Yan to the upstairs bedroom, and after closing the door, An Yan breathed a sigh of relief, sat back on the bed, lowered his head in frustration, and scratched his hair with his hands.

Every time An Guangyao punished An Yan, the members of the An family did not dare to plead, because everyone knew the old man's temper, and pleading would only make him angrier.Only Xu Shaoqian, because he was an outsider and Xu Zizheng's most beloved nephew, An Guangyao had to give this junior a little face.

It seems that it started in high school, every time An Guangyao punished An Yan, Xu Shaoqian would come to the rescue at the right time, a few times he happened to pass by, and a few times An Luo saw his younger brother being beaten and asked him to help him out of desperation .

An Yan thought that his brother invited him here today, and suddenly felt that his brother's friend was really loyal, so he couldn't help but looked up at him and said, "Thank you, this time it's you who came to the rescue again."

Xu Shaoqian didn't answer. After a long silence, he sat next to An Yan, gently stretched out his fingers to lift An Yan's chin, leaned over to carefully look at the swelling on his face, and asked in a low voice, "Does it still hurt?"

An Yan froze for a moment, this... the posture where he raised his jaw...

Meeting his deep gaze, An Yan hurriedly smiled indifferently, avoided his hand and said, "I have thick skin and thick flesh, so this little injury is nothing."

Xu Shaoqian frowned, "Wait a minute."

After saying that, he turned and went out, and came back after a while, holding a boiled egg in his hand and handing it to An Yan.

An Yan hurriedly said, "I'm not hungry."

Xu Shaoqian glanced at him, peeled off the egg skin, sat back beside him, picked up the peeled egg and gently pasted it on his face, and said helplessly, "It's not for you to eat, it's for reducing swelling."

"Swelling...?" It was strange that the egg was sticking to his face. An Yan wanted to avoid it, but Xu Shaoqian pressed his shoulder firmly.

"Don't move around." Xu Shaoqian said in a deep voice, "This method is very effective. Don't forget that you will be on the show tomorrow. Don't you want to face the audience with this face?"

"..." An Yan really stopped moving.

The house suddenly fell silent.

Xu Shaoqian's movements are very gentle, the corners of the eyes, cheeks, mouth, and the swollen half of his face are taken care of by him. He holds the warm egg in his hand, presses it against the skin, and rolls it slowly on the face. It's like a gentle massage.

Very comfortable……

An Yan closed his eyes, curled up his mouth and smiled, "It's amazing, I didn't know there was such a way."

An Yan, who closed his eyes and smiled, looked like a lazy cat nestling in the arms of its owner.Xu Shaoqian's heart softened, and his movements couldn't help becoming more gentle, "I also learned it from my fourth uncle."

An Yan enjoyed Xu Shaoqian's massage for a while, and then asked curiously: "What is the principle of this method?"

Xu Shaoqian explained: "The main component of eggs is protein. Nutrients can be absorbed by the skin through pores, dilate blood vessels, promote blood circulation on the face, clear away heat and reduce swelling."

An Yan smiled and nodded, "Oh, I learned it, I can try it in the future."

The two stopped talking, and Xu Shaoqian carefully massaged his cheeks until the egg had completely cooled down, then withdrew his hand.Immediately afterwards, he went to the bathroom attached to the bedroom and took a towel, soaked it in cold water, then walked back to the bed and handed the wet towel to An Yan, saying, "Use the towel for a few minutes to cool down."

"Oh, thank you." An Yan nodded, took the towel and stuck it to his face.

After a while, Xu Shaoqian said in a low voice: "Actually, that post on the forum... I also saw it."

An Yan's movements suddenly paused, and then he pretended to be relaxed and smiled and said: "I made you laugh. Hehe... The person who posted the post seems to hate me very much. Seeing the anger between the lines, he almost came to poach our Anjia I don’t know when I offended this person..."

An Yan, who pretended to be nonchalant, made Xu Shaoqian feel even more distressed.

He knew that An Yan was actually very sad.

From childhood to adulthood, An Yan always smiled heartlessly all day long, as if he didn't care about anything. Even though everyone laughed at him when he was repeated twice, he still had a nonchalant expression on his face. He said embarrassingly: "Repeated twice in a row, can my name be written in the school history of Shijing Middle School?"

But this time is different. This time it involves his most important family members, especially his mother.The cynicism and sarcasm towards Zhou Bizhen in that post directly pierced the deepest weakness in his heart—yes, the weakness in An Yan's heart is his family, even if his family always thinks that he is the most unworthy one in the An family, he also Still love them deeply.

Since he was a child, he was not the kind of student with excellent grades that his parents would be proud of. In terms of exams, he would never be able to compare with his elder brother An Luo and younger brother An Ze.There are more children in the family, and the elders always like to compare them together. An Yan is not as good as the eldest brother, not as smart as the fourth brother, and not even as obedient as the third brother. scold.Although he has a mischievous personality, he is also a human being after all, and he also has self-esteem. He is always called the "least up to date". Is he very happy?

So after entering the entertainment circle, he will redouble his efforts, even if he only gets a word of praise and approval from his family.

When filming Endless City, in order not to delay the progress of the crew, he even had a high fever and was still acting with Xu Shaoqian.

However, who knows these?

An's family didn't know, the reporters and fans in the entertainment industry didn't know, and even the director of the film crew didn't know.

Only Xu Shaoqian, because he paid more attention to An Yan and cared a little more, could understand everything about him so clearly.

An Yan never said how hard I worked in front of the media, let alone show the slightest bit of fatigue in front of fans, he didn't bother to earn sympathy points.Even though he was exhausted and had thick dark circles under his eyes, he was able to participate in the awards ceremony under the cover of a makeup artist, showing the brightest smile in front of the camera.

Yeah, he's always smiling heartlessly, so no one notices that he gets hurt too?

That post negated everything about An Yan from a one-sided point of view, abruptly describing him as a "worthless kid from a rich family", and even Zhou Bizhen, who has always been low-key, was dragged into the water.

As the executive president of Huaan Entertainment Group, Zhou Bizhen is shrewd and capable. The person An Yan admires and respects the most is his mother.Her mother's photo was hung up to be ridiculed, as the culprit, as the "mud that can't support the wall" in the mouth of the people, as "the most hopeless one in the An family" in the mouth of the grandfather... How could An Yan feel better?

Isn't this to open the deepest wound in his heart, and then sprinkle a handful of salt?

Seeing An Yan bowed his head in silence, Xu Shaoqian couldn't help feeling distressed, put his hands on his shoulders, and then, as if to comfort him... gently hugged him into his arms.

"Okay... don't think too much." Xu Shaoqian gently tightened his arms and said in a low voice, "How is your strength? I have the right to speak with you who have played against you. I won the newcomer award this time, isn't it? The best proof?"

The voice next to his ear was very low, and he spoke slowly, as if there was a strange reassuring force.

An Yan couldn't help but raised his head and met Xu Shaoqian's gaze.

Having known each other for so many years, An Yan never thought that Xu Shaoqian, who is called Bingshan in the entertainment industry, and Xu Shaoqian who is always cold and serious, would be so gentle when comforting others.