Traitor

Not many people knew that Liu Hengpei and Tang Xiaojun had known each other for many years, and no one knew that Liu Hengpei and Tang Xiaojun knew each other because of Liu Hengche.

Ten years ago, Liu Hengche severed ties with his father Liu Yuanxi, gave up the opportunity to study abroad and resolutely embarked on the path of acting. Liu Hengpei had a big fight with him, and the brothers almost turned against each other.However, Liu Hengche, who had never shown any interest in the entertainment industry before, would suddenly become an audition star, sign a contract with New Beauty Film, and even get the chance to star in the new film "Green Slough" by the famous director Zhao Youqing, which shocked Liu Hengpei .

Unlike Liu Hengche, Liu Hengpei has always had great enthusiasm and interest in acting. Although he dare not let his father, who thinks that being an artist is not a serious profession, know about it, he keeps training and learning in secret.He secretly signed up for the training courses of the art school, went to classes in his spare time, read a lot of books and excellent works, and tried to find ways to ask people to introduce him to work in various film crews.Liu Hengpei wanted to try his best to strive for a balanced development of both sides first, and wait until he could make some achievements on the road of acting before negotiating with his father, but he didn't expect that Liu Hengche would be able to take this road ahead of him, which also cut him off. the way forward.

After Liu Hengche won the Best Newcomer Award at the Star Film Festival for his role as Han Rumo in "Green Slough", Liu Hengpei went to the cinema to watch that movie.After walking out of the movie theater, he walked alone on the street at night and thought for a long time. Liu Hengpei decided to find an opportunity to go to his brother's work site to see for himself whether he is as good as the performance in "Green Slough" A genuinely talented actor with incredible talent, if he were, he would gladly step down.

But the result?

At that time, Liu Hengche had just taken over the second film of his acting career, "Once Upon a Time in Jincheng". "Once upon a Jincheng" has a different theme from "Green Slough", but it is also a realistic work with a slow rhythm and delicate style. Liu Hengche plays an ordinary worker in the film.

Looking back now, the failure of "Once Upon a Time in Jincheng" has a lot to do with the script and the director. It is obviously wrong to say that Liu Hengche was box office poison, but Liu Hengche's performance in the film at that time was indeed absolutely nothing. Nothing special.

Liu Hengche still doesn't know that many years ago, when he was thinking hard about "Jincheng Past", when he was smiling or mourning in front of the camera, his younger brother Liu Hengpei was standing in the dark not far away with the prop board on his shoulders. The corner looked at him—a crew of hundreds of people. Liu Hengche didn't know that Liu Hengpei's existence was normal, and Tang Xiaojun was there at the time.

Tang Xiaojun, who had just been discovered, landed an inconspicuous role in "Once Upon a Time in Jincheng", as the first step for the company to let him test the market.When he lamented that Liu Hengche played really well on the set, Liu Hengpei interrupted him coldly and said, "Is this also good?"

Liu Hengpei later re-acted the part performed by Liu Hengche for Tang Xiaojun. This is the opportunity for Liu Hengpei and Tang Xiaojun to get to know each other.Since then, the two have maintained a loose relationship, including the time when Liu Hengpei went abroad for further studies.Liu Hengpei learned about the situation in the industry from Tang Xiaojun, and he would occasionally give Tang Xiaojun some advice on acting, and Tang Xiaojun also knew about the relationship between Liu Hengpei and Liu Hengche.As for Ou Zilin, Liu Hengpei met while working for the crew several times.At that time, she was still a pure girl star, innocent, cute, and unassuming. I don't know why, but she seemed to have a lot of love for Liu Hengpei.He fell in love with this girl silently like this, and it was not until many years later that he learned from Ou Zilin that he only approached him because he knew that he was Liu Hengche's younger brother.

How ridiculous!

When Liu Hengche became a weakling in the industry, Liu Hengpei thought that he had completely got rid of this person. Although he could not live up to his parents' expectations and had to stay in the academic profession, he thought that the person who robbed him of his dream would not be a good person. If he doesn't like it, he has a kind of dark satisfaction.He thought, that's it, completely expel the person who robbed his dream but ruined it from his life, but who would have thought that this person seems to be gone, but he is always in his life, Does it accompany you in your career or even in your relationship?

Four years ago, when "Quick!quick!quick!Entertainment Express! "When the program was broadcast, Liu Hengpei was finishing a set of data records and turned on the TV to eat instant noodles. Suddenly, without warning, he saw on the small screen many years ago at the H film and television base. The person I met before saw Liu Hengche and him perform "A Thousand Miles of Pursuing the Murder" hand in hand with tacit understanding!

Liu Hengpei was dumbfounded at the time, he felt like someone had clogged his blood, choked his throat, and burst his heart!

He still clearly remembered that in the advertising audition that Liu Hengche participated in, one of the items was to ask contestants to improvise a theme, and Liu Hengche got the highest score in this level, and was evaluated as talented by the judges.Now we can think about going back, what did the great, talented, and Best Newcomer winner Yoo Hengche perform in that audition?

It's performed, improved from what Liu Hengpei performed before, which belonged to the little secret between him and Zhou Yuanzhi's Qian, Li, Chasing, and Fierce!

The performance on the TV screen was still going on, Liu Hengpei stared at the square inch without blinking, staring at that person, his gaze almost burned a hole in the TV screen.Tang Xiaojun called at this time, and he said: "Liu Hengpei, have you watched Cui Falcon's "Entertainment Express" program, Brother Liu improvised a part in it, it's amazing!!!"

Liu Hengpei was in such a bad mood at the time that he made a wrong decision that if he could regret it later, he would never make a second wrong decision.He said: "Tang Xiaojun, I'm in a bad mood, you can find a place to take me to play."

Tang Xiaojun wandered outside with Liu Hengpei for a long time, and finally took him to the Fiona Bar on Lanyu Road, because Liu Hengpei wanted a noisy and indulgent environment, whether it was drinking, cursing, or even doing something more outrageous.As a result, Liu Hengpei met Ou Zilin who was being entangled by a group of hooligans at the toilet door, and the follow-up happened.

When Liu Hengche came out of the police station and was surrounded by the media, Liu Hengpei, who was temporarily staying in the hospital due to soft tissue contusion, mild concussion and other symptoms, also received a call from Ou Zilin, who asked Liu Hengpei not to publish anything about this matter to the outside world for the time being. Speech, crying and saying that the company's public relations team will definitely handle it well, and ask him to help with this.

As a result of the handling, Ou Zilin acted first and pushed all the responsibilities to Liu Hengche!

At that moment, Ou Zilin's image in Liu Hengpei's mind changed. She was so smart and cunning. She didn't even say at the press conference that it was Liu Hengche who took her to the bar, but referred to her as Mr. Liu.Although because of Liu Hengche's presence, the media didn't have time to pay attention to Liu Hengpei who had just been beaten, but after a little inquiry, word might leak from the police station that Liu Hengche was not alone in the incident.Ou Zilin made the golden cicada out of its shell and bound the two of them with the chain of life and death. In this matter, there is only the difference between the death of one Mr. Liu or the death of two Mr. Liu, and has nothing to do with her.

As for Tang Xiaojun, can you count on him?A timid and cowardly man, he wished that the matter had nothing to do with him, and hung up high. Calling the police when he saw something was wrong was probably the most courageous thing he could do. Later, because of the downfall of the Zhang family, Tang Xiaojun Liu Hengpei once doubted whether Tang Xiaojun was the mastermind behind the scenes.

However, there are too many coincidences.He was the one who proposed to take a break. Although Tang Xiaojun provided Fiona on Lanyu Road, Ou Zilin's appearance was an accident. It was an accident that Liu Hu would follow Ou Zilin. It was probably an accident that he bumped into Ou Zilin and Liu Hu and they had a conflict. Liu Hengche will really come here in person, it's...another accident.

How to arrange the chain of accidents?Unless Ou Zilin and Tang Xiaojun even colluded with Liu Hu, what good would it do Ou Zilin?During the incident, she was bullied. After the incident, her reputation was damaged and she was hidden in the snow. She had no benefit at all. Although she escaped from death and went to Fengxing to develop, that was later.Liu Hengpei later thought that this might be the result of many mistakes. Liu Hengche became like that in the end...it was not his fault.

He comforted himself like this, until Liu Hengche came to the door and pointed out that he had set a trap.At that time, he thought, just let this trap come true!It's as if he is really omniscient and omnipotent, in control of everything, as a gorgeous villain, to avenge his revenge...

As soon as Liu Hengpei let go of his hand, Zhou Yuanzhi had already broken free from his grasp, and stood aside looking at him with a complicated expression.

The waiter at the door knocked on the door again: "Sir, are you okay, can we open the door?" There were some noisy voices, it seemed that they suspected that they had a fight, and the security guard was called.

Zhou Yuanzhi picked up his mobile phone and stuffed it into his pocket, and walked over to open the door.

"Sir, are you okay?" The waiter looked inward with his head poking his head, and was a little surprised to see the broken glass on the ground.

"It's nothing, I accidentally knocked over something." Zhou Yuanzhi said, "Please wait a while and come over to clean it up."

"Are you really all right?" The waiter confirmed again and again. In her eyes, this middle-aged man who looked gentle and honest was much weaker than the young man who looked violent and tall.

"Really." Zhou Yuanzhi nodded at her, waited for the waiter to leave, and closed the door.

Liu Hengpei turned around and looked at him: "Why don't you leave?"

"You haven't finished talking yet," Zhou Yuanzhi said, "I'll give you a chance to listen to what you have to say."

Liu Hengpei smiled self-deprecatingly: "Why bother, anyway, you will only think I'm despicable and a liar."

"Really? Then I have to wait until you have finished speaking, and I will draw conclusions." Zhou Yuanzhi said, "Liu Hengpei, if you are really wronged, if you keep silent, you will never be understood. .”

Liu Hengpei was stunned for a moment, Zhou Yuanzhi's words hit him, making him stunned for a moment.

"Including when I told you that when I went to Lanyu Road Bar, I went with Tang Xiaojun?" He asked with a mocking smile.

"Did you take him, or did he take you, who was the first to suggest going to Fiona?"

"You doubt Tang Xiaojun?" Liu Hengpei was very surprised, he thought that Zhou Yuanzhi hated him to the bone, and had a deep prejudice.

"I just want to know the truth."

Find the person who really wants to harm Liu Hengche.Although the first reaction was to doubt Liu Hengpei, when Zhou Yuanzhi calmed down, he also felt that Liu Hengpei, who was so scheming and could control everything, might just be a false illusion.Probably subconsciously, he is still willing to believe in the ability of Liu Yuanxi and his wife to raise their children. On a deeper level, he loves Wu and Wudi and hopes that their family can return to harmony.

"It's Tang Xiaojun." Liu Hengpei hesitated for a moment, and told Zhou Yuanzhi what happened four years ago.He didn't hold any hope of being understood, but Zhou Yuanzhi insisted on listening, so he would tell him every detail, but he didn't realize that when he was telling the story, even the struggle and confusion at that time Also said it together.

Zhou Yuanzhi has been listening and watching quietly until the end.

After Liu Hengpei finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Yuanzhi and snorted coldly.

"I can guess what you're thinking right now."

"What are you thinking?"

"I think Liu Hengpei is still behind the scenes. Although Tang Xiaojun made a short-term profit in the incident four years ago and squeezed out his competitors and succeeded in taking the position, but because of this incident, Xinliying caused internal conflicts, resulting in personnel chaos, a decline in word-of-mouth, and a decline in performance. In the end, Fengxing took advantage of the loophole and successfully merged. Tang Xiaojun didn't have a good time, but Liu Hengpei, who was also at the scene, made his debut in Fengxing and has developed to this day. In other words, the biggest beneficiary of the whole incident is Liu Hengpei." Liu Hengpei paused, " So, you must be thinking, what Liu Hengpei said to me today is just to clear the relationship, making me think that everything is planned by Tang Xiaojun behind the scenes.

Zhou Yuanzhi looked at Liu Hengpei: "Is it important what I think?"

Liu Hengpei was taken aback for a moment.

"Is it so important that you need to find ways to frame Tang Xiaojun and go around such a big circle to tell me? What if I don't look for you, don't ask you? What good will it do you if you cheat me?"

"You...you mean...you believe me?" Liu Hengpei couldn't believe it, and looked at Zhou Yuanzhi stupidly.

"I only speculate based on the facts." Zhou Yuanzhi said, "Liu Hengpei, in addition, let me tell you three things I know. First, the segment that Ah Che improvised when he participated in the audition was not "A Thousand Miles of Pursuit", but a He wrote the original script by himself, and he still has the manuscript of the script; second, in the past four years, Ache has never mentioned to anyone that you appeared in Fiona Lanyu Road back then, and he has been maintaining it You, even I didn't know you appeared in that bar until recently..."

Liu Hengpei looked at Zhou Yuanzhi in disbelief: "He never...never..."

"Third, even if Ah Che told me that you appeared in that bar, even if he had doubts about you at the beginning, he also said later that you should not be the mastermind of the whole incident, and he even thought that you might just be A passive participant."

"This is impossible!" Liu Hengpei was extremely shocked, "If he knew that I was not the planner, why would he target me everywhere?"

"Aiming at you?" Zhou Yuanzhi felt that there was probably no funnier joke in the world. "How did you know that Ache was targeting you? He robbed you of your job opportunity? Was he the one who scolded you in the media? Or did he?" what else?"

"He...he..." Liu Hengpei choked suddenly. Ever since Liu Hengche came to accuse him of setting up a trap, he always thought that Liu Hengche had completely exposed the hostility towards him buried in his heart. When they met at the airport At that time, no one was willing to give in to each other, but if it was said that Liu Hengche had done anything against him, it seemed, probably, indeed there was nothing.

"No, right?" Zhou Yuanzhi said coldly, "You said that Ah Che was hostile to you and didn't trust you, but when he heard that something happened to you, he rushed to Fiona to rescue you without saying a word, and was drunk After the incident, Wan Fu accused you and didn't say a word about you, and you, knowing that your brother was framed and ruined, but for yourself, selfishly refused to stand up and say a word for him, It was you who betrayed his trust and love, so what right do you have to accuse Ah Che of suspecting you, distrusting you, and targeting you!"

Liu Hengpei's face was pale, his tall body swayed, and he fell back on the sofa.

"I... At that time, Ou Zilin held a press conference, and the media hyped it up so much. Even if I were willing to say it, who would believe my words? We are brothers, and everyone would definitely say that I was lying for Liu Hengche."

"How do you know if you haven't tried?"

"I want to know..."

"Think?" Zhou Yuanzhi shook his head, looking at Liu Hengpei's expression with pity, "It's not that difficult to admit that you are selfish and not noble, it's not that difficult to admit that you are cowardly and dare not take the first step to become an artist It is not so difficult to admit that you are weak and incompetent, and like to avoid and shirk responsibility when things happen..."

"Liu Hengpei, you know right from wrong, you are neither an idiot nor a villain," Zhou Yuanzhi said, and finally took a last look at Liu Hengpei, who was discolored, "You are just a coward!" He pushed the room away door, strode out.

With cars passing by on the street outside, Zhou Yuanzhi walked in the night, but his heart was not at ease.

He went to Liu Hengpei to confirm the purpose of sending the courier, but now it seems that Liu Hengpei is probably not the person who sent the courier.He's just a selfish, cowardly, competitive, immature kid who cares about his older brother more than he could ever imagine.It wasn't that he was unaware of his elder brother's talent, and it was even because of his awareness that he was extremely hostile and harsh to Liu Hengche, and even used him as a reformer to dampen Liu Hengche's enthusiasm.

Liu Hengpei is not a real villain, so who is it?Could it be Tang Xiaojun who delivered the photos of Mu Xian and Zhu Gui?Was it just his idea to encourage Ou Zilin to assassinate him?Does he have the ability?What exactly does he want?

Zhou Yuanzhi thought, could he really just passively wait for the other party to show his true intentions and reveal his identity?Will the other party do the same to Liu Hengche?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but froze for a moment.How could I be so impulsive that I came to negotiate with Liu Hengpei without confirming Liu Hengche's situation in advance.He thought about it, took out his phone and planned to call Liu Hengche, but his finger stopped pressing the shortcut key, how would he tell Liu Hengche about this?Would Liu Hengche think that he doubted him again?

Liu Hengche couldn't be allowed to have such thoughts.Zhou Yuanzhi thought for a while and made a decision. He decided to fly to Liu Hengche's crew to visit the crew the next day.

***

Liu Hengpei's cell phone rang, and it took him a long time to answer it.

"Hello?" The voice was hoarse, which surprised the people over there.

"What's wrong with you, Marvelous?" Luo Sifu's voice came from over there.

"It's nothing." Liu Hengpei cleared his throat, "What do you need from me?"

"You forgot the time." Luo Sifu reminded him dissatisfiedly.Liu Hengpei looked at his watch, it was already a quarter past six, and he missed the time for dinner with Luo Xiangyi.

Luo Xiangyi is the daughter of Luo Zhendong, the boss of Fengxing, and the granddaughter of Luo Baishan, the second boss of Hongxiang.After Liu Hengpei got a degree abroad, she started to work as her tutor because of a chance. She was only 14 years old that year.And it wasn't until Fengxing's official debut and Luo Xiangyi turned 16 that Liu Hengpei knew that this frail girl with a congenital heart disease was actually his boss's child.

"Sorry, I'll be right over." Liu Hengpei stood up.He looked at his appearance in front of the glass window on one side, he was down and out, looking like a ghost.He didn't want Luo Xiangyi to see him like this, so he tidied up his appearance a little.

There are probably not many people in this world who need him and trust him, Luo Xiangyi may be the only one.

As Liu Hengche had investigated, Liu Hengpei and Ou Zilin dated for a short period of time after the Lanyu Road incident, and Ou Zilin initiated it.Maybe it was because he had something in his hands, and he was afraid that he would say it, or it was the mutual comfort of two frustrated people, but this relationship is undoubtedly worthless. In the end, Ou Zilin also admitted that if it wasn't for Liu Hengche, she would not have approached him at all.

But Liu Hengche's relationship with Luo Xiangyi and the outside world's relationship between Luo Xiangyi and him is still wrong.Luo Xiangyi is a sister and a confidant, but not a lover.In these years, only to this precocious and intelligent girl who was unable to move freely due to a congenital disease, Liu Hengpei could put her face down and confide all her confusion and troubles. He kept all the secrets and shared all the sorrows. If there was anyone in the world who knew Liu Hengpei best, maybe only Luo Xiangyi was the only one.