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This morning, it was planned to shoot an important plot, but when we got to the set, the protagonist, An Yan, was nowhere to be seen. Someone asked suspiciously, "Director Gao, why hasn't An Yan arrived yet?"

"Let's have a rest today, we won't be filming anymore." Gao Xin glanced lightly at the crew, "I know, you may have complaints, in order to wait for An Yan, the crew's progress has been delayed again and again, in fact, An Yan also followed You are just as anxious, but he has a reason to leave. Something happened to his family, so I will stop here. Please be considerate. "

Everyone in the crew immediately nodded in understanding. There is nothing to do if there is an accident at home. An Yan asked for leave repeatedly, and he probably felt uncomfortable in his heart.An Yan is usually humorous, cheerful, and popular with the crew. Everyone has no objection to his re-applying for leave, and soon he called it a day and went back.

Gao Xin turned to leave, but saw Xu Shaoqian walking towards him suddenly, and asked in a low voice, "What happened to An Yan's family?"

Gao Xin said: "He knocked on my door early this morning and said that something happened to his parents and he wanted to go back immediately. I saw his face was ugly, and the matter was probably serious, so I asked him for leave without further questioning."

Xu Shaoqian was silent for a moment, "Director Gao, I also want to take a few days off to go back and have a look."

Gao Xin frowned, "What's your reason?"

"The person I like has an accident at home, is that enough reason?"

"..." Gao Xin was silent.

"Sorry, Director Gao, the progress of the crew seems to be delayed again. At this time, I must be by An Yan's side."

"...Okay." Gao Xin had no choice but to nod his head.

Xu Shaoqian simply turned around and went back to the hotel, called to book the flight ticket for the afternoon, packed his luggage, and asked the driver to take him directly to the airport.

An Yan rushed from the airport to the hospital with a pale face, and met An Ze who came to pick him up at the hospital gate.

An Yan walked up to An Ze and asked anxiously: "An Ze, how are your parents doing now? Was it a car accident last night? How are their injuries? Which ward are they in? Take me there quickly. have a look!"

An Yan asked too many questions, and it was difficult to answer each one, so An Ze could only remain silent with a stiff face.

An Yan became even more anxious, and said while walking towards the hospital: "An Ze, what's the matter with you?! I asked you which ward they are in, take me to see it!"

The suffocating silence lasted for a long time before An Ze whispered: "Their bodies have been sent to the morgue."

An Yan was taken aback suddenly, "What did you say?"

"It rained heavily last night. My parents drove to the airport. There was a car accident on the way. When they were sent to the hospital, my father was still breathing. My mother's internal organs ruptured and she went into hemorrhagic shock. She has completely lost consciousness." The word An Ze One sentence, said with difficulty, "The doctor tried his best to rescue, but in the end there was nothing he could do..."

"At three o'clock in the morning today, he was declared dead."

An Yan was stunned for a long time, and finally realized what Anze was talking about. He stretched out his hand and tore off Anze's collar forcefully, and said in disbelief: "Anze, what did you say? They died? What are you kidding? I was still texting my mother at night, I..."

"It's not a joke." Anze interrupted him calmly, "My parents had a car accident together, and they both... died."

"..." An Yan's fingers trembled slightly, and his eyes quickly turned red.

An Ze's face looked very tired, obviously he didn't sleep all night last night, it was impossible for him to joke with An Yan on this kind of matter.An Yan also knew that what An Ze said must be true... But, An Yan couldn't accept this so-called fact at all!

After sitting on a plane for two hours, rushing to the hospital in a state of anxiety, what you got was the news that both your parents had passed away?How did it become like this?

An Yan stared at his younger brother in front of him with red eyes, and the two faced each other stiffly. At this moment, An Luo came over from the corner, grabbed An Yan, and said in a low voice: "An Yan, such an accident we will There is no way, just accept the fact."

An Yan was silent on the spot for a long time, then he choked up and said, "Take me...to see them..."

An Luo nodded, turned around and led An Yan to the morgue.

The temperature in the morgue was terribly cold, and the corpse was sealed in a plastic bag and parked in a freezer.An Yan was shivering from the cold air, bit his lips and followed them in. The doctor in charge of the mortuary opened a plastic bag against the number plate, and the woman's pale face came into view immediately.

"..." It was Zhou Bizhen.

Tears welled up in An Yan's eyes immediately, his fingers trembling as he wanted to touch that familiar face, but when he was about to touch the cheek, he shrank back in fear.He was afraid to touch that face, such a pale, bloodless, cold and stiff face, it was not at all like the mother who gave birth to him and raised him in his memory...

The woman lying in the freezer in front of him is obviously the closest and most familiar person to him, the mother he likes and respects the most, and she was still texting and chatting with her before going to bed last night, and he hasn't had time to reply to her Last text message...

But at this moment, she suddenly lost her life and was frozen in this morgue.

Looking at the cold and stiff corpse of this familiar woman, An Yan's heart seemed to be squeezed by a pair of cold hands, and the spasms made him almost unable to breathe.

Facing the woman who lost her life in the freezer, his voice was choked in his throat, and he couldn't even utter the word "Mom".

An Luo stepped forward and whispered, "An Yan, don't look."

"Brother." An Yan suddenly turned around and hugged An Luo tightly, her body trembling slightly, and her tears kept flowing, "She was still texting me last night...why...how did it suddenly become like this? Dad Is Mom dead? Brother, am I dreaming?"

An Luo stroked his hair lightly, "We couldn't have expected this kind of accident. Don't be sad."

An Yan didn't speak, but buried his face deeply in An Luo's chest, and the clothes on An Luo's chest were soon soaked with tears.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the brothers left the hospital and returned to An's house.

As soon as I got home, there was a knock on the door.When An Luo opened the door, he saw Xu Shaoqian rushing over. When he saw An Luo, he asked anxiously, "An Luo, what happened? Where's An Yan?"

"..." An Luo was silent for a moment, and then said calmly, "Xu Shaoqian, this is our An family's housework, you'd better not ask about it. An Yan and An Ze are discussing things, you go back first."

Xu Shaoqian frowned and said, "An Luo, what are you talking about?"

An Luo said with a stiff face: "In short, you are not welcome in the An family now, please leave first."

The door was closed forcefully in front of his eyes, Xu Shaoqian froze for a moment, and a strong uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart.Didn't An Luo lose his memory?Why would he suddenly show obvious hostility towards himself today?Even directly issued an order to expel the guest?

What is the reason for this hostility?Is it really... that his kidnapping has something to do with the Xu family?

Xu Shaoqian frowned slightly, turned around and drove to Xu's house.

An Yan sat on the sofa blankly, his eyes were red, obviously he couldn't accept such a cruel fact calmly.

Anze was silent for a moment, and then calmly said: "We must keep this matter from grandpa. Grandpa has a bad heart and is recuperating in a nursing home. If he is stimulated by such things, I am afraid that grandpa will not be able to make it through."

An Yan came back to his senses, picked up the water glass on the table with stiff fingers and took a few sips, looked up at An Ze and said, "Then tell grandpa, grandpa is sick, and parents will go to Paris to see him together, can we hide the truth?" Keep it a secret for as long as you want."

Anze nodded: "This is the only way."

An Yan was silent for a while, and asked in a low voice, "What should I do for my parents' funeral?"

Anze thought for a while and said: "Since you want to hide it from grandpa, your parents' funeral should be as simple as possible. My brothers, uncle and cousin, let's go to the grave to pay homage. The time is chosen at... [-] It’s the weekend of Tianhou, what do you think?”

An Yan paused, "Okay."

An Luo walked into the room, glanced at An Ze, and asked, "Have you discussed the funeral?"

Anze said: "The time is tentatively set for the weekend in three days. I will contact my uncle and the others and ask them to come back from Paris as soon as possible."

An Luo nodded, walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down.An Yan was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Brother, do you really not remember what happened after you were kidnapped?"

An Luo looked back at him: "Why did you suddenly ask this?"

An Yan said with some anxiety: "A few days ago, I overheard my parents arguing, and my mother mentioned your kidnapping, and said something like 'do you want to wait until all the people in An's family die?', Dad He also said... the third master has returned." An Yan paused, "Who is the third master? Brother, have you heard of it?"

"..." An Luo frowned, but did not answer.

An Yan looked at his brother and said seriously: "I always feel that it is not that simple for my parents to die suddenly. Is there something wrong at home? Does your kidnapping have something to do with that 'third master'?"

An Luo said in a low voice: "Just leave this matter to the police to investigate. It's pointless for you to guess like this."

"But……"

"I haven't found any evidence about my kidnapping yet. When the police investigate clearly, they will naturally tell us." An Luo interrupted him calmly, "Don't think about it, let's have lunch first, I'll go Order takeout."

Seeing that his brother obviously didn't want to say more, An Yan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

That night, An Yan lay in his bedroom, but couldn't fall asleep.He always thought of the scene where he saw his parents arguing before, and the strange uneasiness in his heart gradually expanded, like a dark cloud hanging over his head, making him breathless.

Who is the third master?Is it related to my brother being kidnapped and my parents having an accident...?

Thinking of the morning when he left home a few days ago, Zhou Bizhen hugged him gently, and said with a smile: "Goodbye, son", An Yan couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.Unexpectedly, he would never have the chance to see her again.

There is still the last text message from Zhou Bizhen in the phone: "I am so old, I just want to play all day long, I will give birth to a son in the future, my personality must not be like yours."

An Yan didn't reply to that text message, but there was no chance to reply again.

The gentle and loving father, the strong personality but hard-spoken and soft-hearted mother, his favorite and most cherished family members, suddenly passed away like this. An Yan even hoped that this was just a long nightmare.

There are not many SMS records with my mother in the phone, and An Yan's eyes couldn't help but feel sore when the text messages in the dialogue mode were scrolled down one by one.When they were still there, I was busy with filming and publicizing every day, and I had very few calls and text messages to them. Now it is impossible to talk to my parents properly.

I used to think that one day, I will win the best actor trophy and hold it in front of my parents, so that they can be proud of this "unbelievable" son.But now, everything is too late, they will never see it...

An Yan's vision gradually became blurred, and even the words of the last text message on the phone screen were somewhat unclear.At this moment, a text message suddenly popped up on the screen, with a familiar profile picture from Xu Shaoqian.

"Is it convenient to answer the phone?" Xu Shaoqian sent a brief inquiry.

An Yan was silent for a while, and then called back the phone.The phone rang as soon as it was connected, and Xu Shaoqian's familiar low voice came from next to his ear, "An Yan, are you home now?"

An Yan said softly: "Well... what's wrong?"

"I'm downstairs. Come out, let's talk."

An Yan was stunned, walked to the window and opened the curtains to take a look. Sure enough, there was a familiar silver Audi parked not far from downstairs. A tall man was leaning against the car, looking up at his bedroom. The direction, the warm yellow street lamps stretched his figure very long, the night wind blew the hem of his shirt, and even messed up his hair...

An Yan hung up the phone with a complicated mood, turned around, changed his shoes and went out.

Walking in front of Xu Shaoqian, An Yan lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "Why are you here? Aren't you in Jiangzhou?"

Xu Shaoqian said in a low voice: "I don't worry about you, I asked for leave and rushed over."

"..." An Yan suppressed the soreness in his heart, pretending to be calm and said: "I'm fine, I... I'll be back to the set in a few days, you go back first, otherwise, Director Gao and the others will have some objections..."

Before he finished speaking, he was suddenly hugged tightly by Xu Shaoqian.

An Yan was startled, and then he heard the man whisper in his ear, saying softly, "An Yan, I know everything about your parents. If you are sad, just cry, don't hold back. "

"..." An Yan's eyes turned red again.

Xu Shaoqian had probably been waiting here for a long time, with the coolness of Night Breeze on his body.

But An Yan felt that this was the warmest hug for him.

Xu Shaoqian once again came to his side at a critical moment.

It was like this every time. When he was most uncomfortable, Xu Shaoqian would always appear by his side in time to give him a hug, a little encouragement or a little comfort.He is like a most intimate friend, more like a most intimate lover, for so many years, he has never left him.

Even though he had used extremely bad words to drive him away, at this critical moment, he still did not leave. Instead, he asked for leave to come to see him because he was worried.

An Yan's heart was moved for a moment, and he no longer cared about his face, he immediately stretched out his arms and hugged Xu Shaoqian tightly, hugging him tightly as if grabbing a life-saving straw, and buried his face deeply in his arms.

Smelling the familiar scent of this man, An Yan Kongluo's heart felt a little fuller.

An Yan obviously cried a lot in the hospital today, his eyes were almost swollen, and his voice was pitifully hoarse.

Of course Xu Shaoqian knew the importance of An Yudong and Zhou Bizhen to An Yan. The death of these two people in a car accident at the same time was undoubtedly a huge blow to An Yan. Xu Shaoqian couldn't even imagine anything more serious than this.

Seeing An Yan's red eyes, Xu Shaoqian was very distressed, he couldn't help tightening his arms slightly, and said in a low voice: "Speak out when you feel sad, it will make you feel better."

An Yan nodded, hugged Xu Shaoqian tightly, and said intermittently: "Both my parents passed away, and they got into a car accident together... It was so sudden, I really couldn't accept it for a while..."

An Yan talked intermittently in Xu Shaoqian's arms, such as his parents' love for him when he was a child, his mother's silent support when he chose to go to film school, the cake his father personally made on his birthday that year... There are many details in the past, now I think about it Waking up, bit by bit, made him feel unbearably sad.

Xu Shaoqian listened patiently, gently stroked An Yan's back over and over again, and comforted An Yan gently. He knew that An Yan just needed someone to talk to at this moment, and he was willing to be a silent listener.

It wasn't until An Yan said he was tired and broke free from Xu Shaoqian's arms that Xu Shaoqian looked into his eyes and said softly and softly: "An Yan, don't feel too bad...you still have me...I I said, I will never leave you."

An Yan suddenly raised his head and met Xu Shaoqian's eyes.

Under the warm yellow street lamp, in the man's deep eyes, there is an indelible attachment and affection.

Even after a long time, An Yan couldn't forget that Xu Shaoqian's hug gave him the greatest warmth and tenderness in the cold night when his parents died.