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About the third day after this incident, Shang Zhiyu received a phone call, which stunned him for a long time. It was a call from the editor of "Earth" magazine, which is a well-known overseas magazine. A photography magazine, the theme is usually human beings, the environment and other life, and now they are going to publish a photography book, want to invite him to join, and have enough funds to support it.

Shang Zhiyu didn't understand why he came to him. After asking, the other party was startled and said, "You have submitted an article to us before, you should be right?"

Contribute?Shang Zhiyu was even more puzzled when he said this.

"For details, we will send an invitation letter to your email. The time is stated on it. Please reply within this week. In addition, the submitted photos will be published in the magazine next month. The sample will be published in two days. You will receive it, and the manuscript fee will be called to you this month, so please inform the account number when replying." The other party said.

Shang Zhiyu expressed his understanding and decided to read the email first.

The email arrived soon, and the details of the cooperation were clearly written on it, including contract conditions, etc. There were also several shooting locations to choose from, one or two for each person, and it took about three months.

This incident happened suddenly, because the sample booklet mentioned by the other party had not yet arrived, so Shang Zhiyu always felt that they might have made a mistake, and he still didn't know if he had submitted a manuscript?Moreover, the photos he took were basically for newspapers, and there were no extra photos that could be submitted for publication, especially for a foreign magazine.

Until two days later, when the sample was in hand, Shang Zhiyu finally realized it when he saw it.

It was indeed taken by himself, but he didn't expect it to be this one.

It was a lake view, and there was a person sitting alone in the mist. It was Zhuang Xifeng, and it was the photo he accidentally took when they were hiking that day.

Shang Zhiyu remembered that when Zhuang Xifeng first moved here, he happened to be developing these photos. Because of Zhuang Xifeng's special situation, he even handed over all the negatives of the photos related to him to Zhuang Xifeng himself. While discussing the issue of shooting, some of Zhuang Xifeng's opinions are very reasonable, which made him think deeply. The so-called vitality, in fact, he very much hopes to take such photos.

"There are a few people who can find the best feeling no matter what they shoot, otherwise they will fall into a bottleneck, and this is often the case. The other few people need the cooperation of the subject because of their excellent skills. In my opinion, you are the latter. You Your advanced technology and focus on shooting make you pursue perfection, which leads to another disadvantage. Often there are not so many absolutely perfect subjects that meet your requirements. Even the scenery is the same. In fact, your technology is good enough. As long as you lower your requirements a little bit, any photos you take can be called perfect, as for your ideal 'good' photos, as long as you have some screening, isn't that all right?"

Zhuang Qifeng's words at that time made him look at the photos and think over and over again. To be honest, he didn't think he was good at technology. How could he not take good photos with good technology?But in Zhuang Xifeng's eyes, it turned out that his requirements were high, and if he lowered his requirements and released the photos, someone would definitely want them.

Having said that, the photo that was published was one that he was absolutely satisfied with. If he wanted to lower his requirements, what kind of requirements should he have?

However, although the photo sent by Zhuang Xifeng can't verify his words, Shang Zhiyu still has an inexplicable excitement in his heart at this time. Rao has already looked down on money, fame and fortune, but if he can do it on the road of photography Being recognized by people, he will always feel excited in his heart. He didn't have much sense of reality in the previous photography exhibition because of Zhuang Xifeng's relationship, but this time it is different. Although the subject of photography is still Zhuang Xifeng, from now on It is enough to tell the two apart that a photo is named "So Close to the End of the World".

For a while, Shang Zhiyu just wanted to call Zhuang Xifeng and tell him about this matter. It was obviously Zhuang Xifeng's own initiative to hide it from him, but he was not angry at all, and only felt that he had nothing to do with his ideas and support. In comparison, whether it is in words or actions, I think of Zhuang Qifeng who once said to him bluntly, "At that time, I asked you to follow the shoot, not just doing it casually. If it weren't for my confidence in your shooting skills and confidence in myself, it would be absolutely true. I won’t think about it, no matter how much I like someone, there is a sense of what to do and what not to do, just because I like the photos you take, I want you to follow them.”

He vaguely remembered that he went there with an attitude of indifference, but he was impressed by Zhuang Xifeng's hard work. Now that things have happened, should he also give back and seize the opportunity of Zhuang Xifeng to take this step for him?

Although the number was dialed out, Shang Zhiyu still couldn't dial it out. It was only three days since the last conversation between the two of them. Since Zhuang Qifeng needs enough time to think about it, he must respect his decision.

As for the magazine shooting, Shang Zhiyu didn't think about it for a long time, but the matter came quickly, and the departure was within this month. The newspaper office had to confirm the time before replying to the other party.

A few days later, he called Gu Yunlan and asked her to meet. The meeting place was not at home. Shang Zhiyu chose a western restaurant and arrived early.

In the past few days, he has been thinking, in Gu Yunlan's eyes, does he really care too much about Zhuang Qifeng, even more than her?If this is the case, how do you show your kindness to her?Do you want to ask her about her health every day, and take good care of her three meals a day, or do you have to tell her the vows you made before to prove how much he attaches to her?And the most important point is how to distinguish the two, but how should he distinguish this kind of heartfelt concern?How can it prove that Yun Lan is more important than Zhuang Qifeng?If you can treat Gu Yunlan well, you can't treat Zhuang Qifeng to the same extent, is that right?However, once this kind of thing needs to be proved in a certain way, it is no longer natural to do it, but it will become quite deliberate. He asked himself that it would be difficult to do it.

Gu Yunlan has always been punctual, and she showed up at the door 5 minutes before the appointed time. When she saw Shang Zhiyu, she lowered her eyes subconsciously when they met each other, and then raised her head to look at him again, as if she hadn't seen him for a long time. The embarrassing appearance made Shang Zhiyu startled.

"You're here." Shang Zhiyu stood up and smiled at her as usual.

"Zhi Yu." Gu Yunlan still refused to look directly at him, only glanced at him before lowering her gaze again.

"Are you okay?" Shang Zhiyu felt a little worried, because her complexion was not very good, and she looked almost reluctant.

"...Mmm." Gu Yunlan just nodded.

This kind of her makes Shang Zhiyu feel very puzzled. Since a long time ago, in Shang Zhiyu's heart, Gu Yunlan has always been a cheerful and strong woman. Although she doesn't look so outgoing, she always She encourages the people around her with her smile. Even if she is hit or encounters any setbacks, as long as she comforts and enlightens her a little, she will soon cheer up. This is the Gu Yunlan he once liked and cared about, and It was the first time he encountered a situation where he kept crying and refused to speak like last Saturday, and it was the same today. She obviously should have something to say, but she didn't say a word.

"Yun Lan, just say what you have to say, or do you have any scruples, and it's not convenient for me to say it?" Shang Zhiyu said.

Gu Yunlan bit her lip, and after a long time, she finally sighed again, "I'm sorry, Zhi Yu, I...I've been keeping something from you, and...I haven't dared to tell you, it's my fault .”

Hearing her suddenly say this, Shang Zhi was startled suddenly, and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Gu Yunlan lowered her head, seeming to be in a very difficult situation. Finally, she plucked up her courage and said, "I was married once, and I have always wanted to tell you, but I have never dared to tell you. I am afraid that once I say it, you ... Between you and me ... there is no possibility of continuing ... I ... I'm sorry ..." Before she finished speaking, tears couldn't stop falling.

Shang Zhiyu never thought that what Gu Yunlan said would be such a thing. He has been silently paying attention to Gu Yunlan for so many years, and has never heard of her being married. If so, he would have let go of it. A heart, because originally as long as she lived happily, he would be satisfied, but now that he heard about this for the first time, and she appeared in front of him again, I am afraid that even if he is married, it may not be a happy and happy life. marriage.

Shang Zhiyu didn't know how to feel for a while, he remained silent, Gu Yunlan said intermittently, "...I even went to France with him, but...although he was very kind to me at the beginning, later...his nature was exposed , not long after, there were other women outside, and they would beat people when they got home drunk. After you, I only want to be with you, but I feel very uncomfortable hiding it from you... That day... I didn't cry in front of you on purpose that day, but I suddenly felt very scared... Qiwu is so dazzling How can I compare with him? You value him so much, which makes me feel insignificant... Plus that incident in the past, I always feel... I feel that once you know about this... between us, it's over……"

When Gu Yunlan spoke, she kept her head down, her tears fell more and more fiercely, her voice was choked up, her shoulders trembled slightly, and her hands were tightly clasped on her knees, which made Shang Zhiyu suddenly feel a sense of embarrassment. The emotion of giving up came to my heart, in front of me was the woman he loved the most, but she had been enduring so much all by herself, how did she spend these years, did she often cry secretly by herself?

Shang Zhi silently handed her a tissue, waiting for her to calm down slowly.

"...Sorry." After a long time, Gu Yunlan spoke.

"Yunlan, I said, you should never say sorry to me." After making up his mind, Shang Zhiyu looked at Gu Yunlan, spoke slowly, and said to her, "Actually, I'm very glad that you told me about this , I can understand the difficulties you couldn’t confess to me before, I don’t blame you, Yunlan, since I decided to come together with you again, I have already decided to face many things, including the ten years of blankness between us, Everything that happened in the past ten years was the fault of me giving up on you. I don't want you to blame yourself for my fault. I feel sorry for what happened to you. If it weren't for me, how could you meet such a person? Every woman has the right to pursue her own happiness, and you also said that was a long time ago, so how can I blame you for this?"

Because of these words, Gu Yunlan stared at Shang Zhiyu in a daze, the tears that had not been wiped away were condensed on her long eyelashes, and they would fall again as long as she blinked slightly.