mountains and deep sea

The chicken soup ended amidst Shen Yanqing's nagging. During the whole process, Shen Yanqing was mostly concerned about Lu Yuzhi's life.She asked, and Lu Yuzhi answered every question. His voice was beautiful, clear and crisp, like the sound of a wind chime shaking in the wind. For a little girl who had a heart for him, his voice would take away her soul. .

It should be more than just little girls.

At the end of Shen Yanqing's talk, she began to tell Lu Yuzhi about Fu Wensheng's bad habits, saying that he didn't want to go home for several years, so he only knew how to study and save people.

Lu Yuzhi looked at him when he heard the words, and met his eyes.The shock of recognizing him just now has dissipated from his eyes, replaced by scrutiny and a trace of embarrassment.

Fu Wensheng just laughed, he could see that the Lu Yuzhi now was different from when he saw him in the theater that day, he was well-behaved now, without the sense of alienation that would reject people thousands of miles away.

It's a fox, cunning and hypocritical.

They drank the chicken soup for a long time, and Lu Yuzhi cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks by himself. At the dinner table, Shen Yanqing sighed softly, and explained to Fu Wensheng, "Yu Zhi's life is not good, his mother passed away, and the Gu family treated him like an outsider. I looked distressed and took more care of it."

Fu Wensheng looked at the back of the man bent over to wash the dishes in the kitchen, and remembered what Qi Song said that the Gu family didn't intend to recognize him, and felt bitter for a while.

When saying goodbye, Shen Yanqing knew that Lu Yuzhi was going to the theater, so she asked Fu Wensheng who came by car to give him a ride.

Lu Yuzhi didn't refuse much, and it would be troublesome if he said something to him.

Even though he said that, Fu Wensheng could tell that there was not much sincerity, and the perfunctory was even more important.

The road was difficult to walk in the snow, and there were many cars on the street. Fu Wensheng carefully drove along the track swept out by the cleaners.Lu Yuzhi propped his head on his hands, staring intently at the scenery outside the window, and remained silent with him all the way.

Fu Wensheng glanced at him and asked deliberately, "Did you recognize me?"

Lu Yuzhi withdrew his gaze, landed on him, and laughed with a mocking tone, "I didn't expect that this world is so small, it was you that night."

Fu Wensheng answered, "I didn't expect you to forget me so quickly, even if you ran so fast?"

What he was talking about was Lu Yuzhi's behavior of running away without even saying hello when he woke up the next day.

Lu Yuzhi didn't pretend to be cute in front of Shen Yanqing just now, and there was not much expression on his face at the moment, giving people a feeling of alienation.

He looked at the snowflakes falling on the car window, and he didn't care, "It's just a one-night stand, there's nothing to say goodbye to. It's you..."

He paused, tilted his head to look at Fu Wensheng, and twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, "I heard that the young master of the Fu family is high-minded and lives a good life. How can he follow others and go to the bar to find someone to sleep with? He also found a man?"

Fu Wensheng also looked at him, looking at his bottomless eyes filled with teasing, "Aren't you the same?"

"I'm different," Lu Yuzhi shrugged, "Haven't you heard of it? My private life is messy, and everyone is guessing how many people I slept with, whether I slept with someone else or was... .”

"Thrilling——" Lu Yuzhi's words were swallowed back by a piercing sound of brakes. Due to inertia, he rushed forward, and the next second he was pulled back into the back seat by the safety belt.

He turned his head to look at Fu Wensheng, saw that his face was full of displeasure, he was surprised and puzzled for a moment - he didn't say anything bad about him, why did he have such an ugly face?

Fu Wensheng couldn't see the emotion clearly in his eyes, and his voice sank, "Who said that?"

"What?" Lu Yuzhi was puzzled.

"Those words, who did you listen to?"

Lu Yuzhi was stunned, and a little amused—how could he be more angry than his client.He rubbed his shoulder, which was strangled by the seat belt, "Is it important who said it?"

"That's slander."

"How are you sure it's slander? Maybe it's true?" Lu Yuzhi smiled at him that night in the bar, "After all, I slept with you that night too."

Fu Wensheng's face sank completely, and for some reason, there was faint anger in his brows.

Lu Yuzhi froze for a moment, thinking that what he cared about was dragging him into the water.He unbuttoned his seat belt, and spoke as sincerely as possible, "We were all drunk that night, what we did and what we said can be counted, and you don't have to worry that I will bother you like others said, anyway, we were originally If you don’t know each other, it’s fine if you don’t know each other in the future. Mr. Fu, there’s no need to send it away, I’ll just walk over by myself.”

Before Fu Wensheng could say anything, Lu Yuzhi had already opened the door and got out of the car.

It was windy outside, and the strong wind lifted Lu Yuzhi's scarf. Lu Yuzhi grabbed the tassel of the scarf and wrapped his neck tightly, and walked onto the sidewalk.

Fu Wensheng's frowning brows were not yet loosened, watching Lu Yuzhi step into the snow, the fine snow drifted on his shoulders, on his hair, with his white coat draped over him, and his whole being melted into the lonely world.

He was so thin that he was staggered by the wind, and he was about to walk extremely slowly, leaving a series of footprints behind him.However, when the wind and snow blow, the footprints disappear, just like Lu Yuzhi, who left no trace of his arrival, leaving only a lonely figure behind him.

Fu Wensheng stared at it for a long time, his jaw line stretched into an arc, which was reflected on the car window.

He was really upset just now, because of those words, and because they were malicious speculations about others about him from Lu Yuzhi's mouth.

It's strange to say that he doesn't know Lu Yuzhi well. As Lu Yuzhi said, they only had a one-night stand, and they were drunk, and they could understand how outrageous things they did, so it was nothing.

But on the contrary, he showed so much sympathy for Lu Yuzhi for no reason.

Born more than 30 years ago, Lu Yuzhi is the most special person he has ever met. This person seems to wear many masks, which are constantly changing. He is the cool dancer on the stage, and when he patiently chats with Shen Yanqing, he will occasionally reveal a trace of tenderness. It was him, and he was the one who flirted at the Paris bar that night.

What does one have to do, how much does one do, what does one have to go through to pretend to be like this?Fu Wensheng didn't know, and couldn't guess.

The heavy snow has no intention of stopping, and the dark clouds in the distance are piled up, always pressing on the city.Fu Wensheng drove the car extremely slowly, followed behind Lu Yuzhi, and stopped at the side of the road after watching the person enter the theater and disappear from his sight.

His eyes looked at the vast expanse of whiteness in the distance, as if Lu Yuzhi was still there, engraved deep in his pupils.

Lu Yuzhi said forget it?

Such a person, Fu Wensheng didn't want to just let it go.

Today, there is a yellow warning for wind and snow, and there is no performance arrangement, so there are not many people in the theater.When Lu Yuzhi arrived at the administrative building in the snow, his coat was already soaked through.He walked quickly to the dance studio, trying to hide in a heated place.

When passing by Du Mengqiu's office, he unexpectedly found that there was light inside - he thought that in this weather, Du Mengqiu would not come to the theater if he had nothing to do.

After thinking about it, Lu Yuzhi knocked on the door, opened it and went in, "Teacher?"

Du Mengqiu's office is warm. He only wears a long shirt and plain clothes, and stands tall and tall in front of the window. His hair is shaved, which looks very bright, and reflects the light of the incandescent lamp above his head.

Hearing the sound, he turned his head and watched Lu Yuzhi walk in while taking off his long coat, "Why are you here in such a weather?"

"I have nothing to do at home, so just come and have a look." Du Mengqiu used to be the chief of Wannan Dance Troupe. When he was young, he won almost all the awards.

Fu Wensheng felt that Lu Yuzhi played Yu Jimiao, so he had never had the chance to watch Du Mengqiu, and that was called a masterpiece. Lu Yuzhi might not even be able to match half of his skills, even if he was taught by Du Mengqiu. But it didn't make the green out of the blue and better than the blue.

Du Mengqiu saw that the sleeves of Lu Yuzhi's coat were soaked, and couldn't help frowning, "I know you are young, but you should pay attention to your body. Why don't you bring an umbrella with such heavy snow?"

"Ah," Lu Yuzhi first poured himself a mouthful of hot tea and drank it, and when the warm tea poured into his stomach, he took a breath from the cold and responded lightly, "Okay, I will meet you next time." I remember."

Du Mengqiu saw that he didn't take his own words seriously, and knew that he had such a temper, so he had no choice but to change the topic, "How is grandpa?"

The smile on Lu Yuzhi's face faded away, "It's okay, I called a few days ago and scolded me for a long time, and I sound quite energetic."

"Your grandfather... a white-haired person giving a black-haired person, it's hard to avoid, you are more considerate, more considerate..."

"Teacher," Lu Yuzhi interrupted before Du Mengqiu finished speaking. He got up and picked up the clothes he had put on the sofa, and was about to leave, "You have said this many times, I remember It's getting late, I'm going to rehearse a dance first."

"Yu Zhi," Du Mengqiu called to stop him, "You don't recognize Gu Yunping, grandpa is your only relative..."

Du Mengqiu knew that even though he had returned to Gu's house now, that place had not really become the home in Lu Yuzhi's heart.

The pale white light from the incandescent lamp shone on Lu Yuzhi's head, making his already white skin even whiter, and he could faintly see the blue blood vessels under his skin that was as white as paper.

Du Mengqiu suddenly realized—why did this child lose weight again?He called him, "Yu Zhi?"

"I know." Lu Yuzhi replied, after a moment of silence, he answered again softly, "I know."

Du Mengqiu watched Lu Yuzhi grow up and had no children all his life, so he treated him as his own son. Hearing how he responded to him, he couldn't help but feel tight.He looked out of the window, and outside the window, dark clouds were pressing down on the city, and the wind and snow continued, but he thought of that woman for no reason, Lu Yuzhi's mother, that woman who had been amazing for years but had no good results—if you know what your son is now Situation, will you regret it?

"Teacher," Lu Yuzhi recalled Du Mengqiu's thoughts, "I'm going first."

"Okay, you go." Du Mengqiu suddenly remembered something and stopped him, "I see a car parked downstairs, and the one following you is your friend?"

Lu Yuzhi was slightly surprised, shook his head, and nodded again, "That's right."

After coming out of Du Mengqiu's office, Lu Yuzhi stood in the corridor, leaning against the window, looking at the black Land Rover parked downstairs. The hood was covered by heavy snow, but the owner did not avoid it.

His eyes narrowed slightly, Taohua couldn't see any emotions clearly in his eyes, he stood for a moment, then turned and left.

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Zuo Erdong Chen

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