dark fire

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Ling Zhuo appeared in the studio to shoot the cover and promotional photos of the new album that will be released next month.

While putting on makeup, Zhong Yiran came over and handed him a cup of milk tea, Ling Zhuo took it and thanked him.

Zhong Yiran asked him: "I heard that Sister Jing is looking for a house for you, are you going to move out of the dormitory later?"

Ling Zhuo avoided his gaze: "Well, she said that the dormitory expires at the end of the year, and the company may not renew the lease, and they will have to move out at that time. Brother Liu should have mentioned this before, right?"

"I mentioned it," Zhong Yiran said helplessly, "Now everyone has their own jobs, so it's more convenient to live separately, so as not to disturb other people. Brother Liu said that he will find us houses separately."

Ling Zhuo nodded, then fell silent.

"Ling Zhuo," Zhong Yiran called out to him softly, "You..."

He didn't ask what was on his lips, he didn't say anything about Ling Zhuo, he lowered his head and drank milk tea absently.

Fortunately, a staff member came to remind him soon, and Zhong Yiran was also called out.

Ling Zhuo put down the milk tea cup uninterestedly, and was in a daze for a moment, when he received a WeChat message from Lu Chixie on his phone.

"Concentrate on your work and don't think about it."

Ling Zhuo: "..."

Did this guy put a surveillance camera on him?

After that, it was busy shooting, posing poses, concave shapes, shooting over and over again, everyone's expressions were numb.But thinking that this is probably the last chance to take a photo of the five together, they all cheered up again.

During the break, several people sat together and talked one after another.

Qi Liangli didn't respond to anyone at first, and played with his mobile phone with his head down. After a while, he suddenly interjected and said quietly: "Have you checked Weibo? There is a hot search about our group disbanding."

The other four had different expressions, and Ling Zhuo was the first to take out his phone and click on Weibo.

It was indeed on the hot search, because a big marketing account broke the news of Zhang Xun quitting the group and quitting. In addition, several of their contracts expired one after another next year. The disbandment has actually been said for a long time, but today it suddenly exploded. .

Not only that, Zhong Yiran and Deng Lanluo's personal resources were also exposed, and all marketing accounts were posting similar news, and the fans of each family were fighting and scuffling.

In particular, Ling Zhuo's fans reacted the most. They were most looking forward to Ling Zhuo's solo departure from the group, but now someone else is the first one to leave. Ling Zhuo is focused on waiting for the concert, and it was revealed that he had to take care of his personal resources during the concert It's someone else, how can this make them calm?Coupled with the fact that they were intercepted for endorsement, even if Ling Zhuo's teammates and the company were torn apart, it would be difficult for them to vent their anger.

Ling Zhuo looked at it for a while and frowned, then sent Zhang Jing a message: "Sister Jing, do you know what's trending on Weibo?"

As soon as he put down his phone, Zhang Xun on the other side suddenly got into trouble, and asked him with a sullen face: "What's the matter with these marketing accounts and hot searches? Your fans cooperated tacitly to point out where to play. This is what you and your agent did? Just because I'm leaving, they took personal resources and stole your limelight, so you insist on targeting us like this?"

Every marketing account mentioned the three of them, especially him, implying that they were white-eyed wolves and ungrateful. Zhang Xunben was a hot-tempered person, so he couldn't bear it now, except for Ling Zhuo and his As a personal agent, he couldn't think of anyone else who would buy such a marketing account and hot search, so he fired at Ling Zhuo on the spot.

Ling Zhuo frowned and said, "I don't know, it has nothing to do with me."

Zhang Xun: "Why has nothing to do with you? Who else would it be if it wasn't you?!"

Qi Liangli helped Ling Zhuo to scold him: "What do you mean? Why do you doubt Brother Zhuo? There are so many people who are jealous of our group, why did it become the marketing account and hot search bought by Brother Zhuo? Is there something wrong with you? Let's talk about those The marketing account is right, why are you guilty if you don't think you are a white-eyed wolf?"

Zhang Xun raised his voice: "You are the only one who is wrong. If he didn't buy it, then all the marketing accounts would help him, saying how much he has suffered, and it is not worth it? Who is jealous of our group's kindness, but they want to help the top class?" Selling badly?"

He emphasized the word "top flow", which obviously means yin and yang.

Qi Liangli was so angry that he was about to roll up his sleeves: "You want to fight, don't you? Brother Zhuo is bothering you? Why are you stabbing? Why don't you just say that you are jealous of Brother Zhuo!"

Zhang Xun: "Which word did I say wrong? What are you doing here to help him? You're the only one who doesn't care about you because you don't have personal resources until now. If you get good resources one day, you See if he will prevent you from targeting you?!"

"Enough is enough," Zhong Yiran interrupted them, "Don't slander people without evidence."

Zhang Xun sneered: "Captain, his fans keep saying that you are a vampire, sell rot and hold your thighs, cross rivers and demolish bridges, and curse you for three years, you can really bear it."

Zhong Yiran also turned cold: "I said, there is no evidence, so don't slander people casually."

Deng Lanluo frowned, looked at Ling Zhuo, and asked him: "Ling Zhuo, don't you really know?"

Ling Zhuo stood up and said "I'll go out and make a phone call", no matter what other people said, he went outside.

Go to the corridor to call Zhang Jing, who answered quickly there, Ling Zhuo asked her directly: "Sister Jing, did you know about the ones that were revealed by the marketing account in the hot search?"

Zhang Jing was angry: "Do you doubt what I did? I'm full. Although those people are indeed white-eyed wolves, I still don't like those resources. They are far from you. I Why target them if there is nothing to do, I have the money to buy marketing accounts and hot searches, I might as well save it for you to do more positive publicity."

With Zhang Jing's tone, Ling Zhuo knew that she really didn't do it: "Then do you know who bought it?"

Over there, Zhang Jing pondered for a moment, and said: "Those people are indeed doing well recently, and there are a bunch of people in your group staring at them. Soon, new talent shows on various platforms will be launched. The idol market is only so big, and the cake is not enough. Yes, it’s possible for anyone to buy it, don’t think too much about it, it’s just to make fans fight and vent, what’s the use of it.”

Ling Zhuo remained silent.

Zhang Jing probably sensed his emotions, and asked him: "Are you taking a promotional photo for the new album with them today? Did you quarrel with them? Do they all think it's me, or even the hot search and marketing account you bought? them?"

Ling Zhuo didn't say a word, Zhang Jing said "Oh", "So what's the point of you staying in this kind of group? It's been so many years, and I don't even have the most basic trust. I'm not worth it for you."

Ling Zhuo: "...I know."

Noisy is noisy, and the shooting will continue after that.

Liu Tao didn't come today because he had something to do, so he could only rely on Zhong Yiran, the captain, to coordinate everyone. Zhang Xun's nose was not his nose, and his eyes were not eyes, but Zhong Yiran would still give him face, and Ling Zhuo didn't say a word. He listened to the arrangement of the staff, and finally finished the work reluctantly.

At the end, Ling Zhuo stopped Zhang Xun, and said in front of several other people: "I'll just say it once, whether you believe it or not, I didn't do it, and it wasn't Sister Jing."

Of course Zhang Xun didn't believe it, he scoffed and left.

Qi Liangli tried to comfort Ling Zhuo a few words, Ling Zhuo shook his head: "It's okay, you can go back too."

Qi Liangli wanted to say something, but was called away by Deng Lanluo. Deng Lanluo looked back at Zhong Yiran, and pulled Qi Liangli away first.

Ling Zhuo packed his things, and Zhong Yiran apologized to him: "Zhang Xun has always spoken outspokenly, don't take it to heart, what happened today is his fault, I apologize to you on his behalf, and I will blame him later."

"Forget about the captain," Ling Zhuo interrupted him, "It's really all right."

After a little hesitation, he asked Zhong Yiran: "Captain, do you think I did this?"

Zhong Yiran: "No, I know you won't do such a thing."

Ling Zhuo: "But it's not Miss Jing, do you believe it?"

Zhong Yiran paused for a moment, and then said: "Ling Zhuo, don't care about these things, I don't want to affect everyone's relationship because of this matter."

Ling Zhuo: "You don't believe that sister Jing didn't do this."

He said firmly: "That's right, if I were you, I wouldn't believe it either."

And it's not that Zhang Jing has never done similar things. Last time when his personal representative became the group representative, Zhang Jing was not angry, so he sent a message to lead his fans to pinch him. This time when this happened, everyone naturally Everyone thinks of Zhang Jing.After all, the whereabouts and resources of the few of them can be revealed accurately. The source of the news can be said to be well-informed, and the probability of being someone close to them is obviously higher.

Ling Zhuo couldn't tell what was in his heart at this moment. From the perspective of a bystander, he could understand Zhang Xun and other people's thoughts, but as a party involved, it would be false to say that he was not disappointed at all, even if Zhong Yiran didn't trust him. Yes, not himself.

But he always hoped that Zhong Yiran would stand by his side unconditionally.

Ling Zhuo packed up his things, Chong Zhong nodded abruptly: "I'll go back first."

When passing by, Zhong Yiran held his arm: "Ling Zhuo, let's go have dinner together."

Ling Zhuo: "...No, I have a lot of scenes tomorrow, and I haven't finished memorizing the lines yet, so I have to do my homework when I go back. Next time."

It was almost seven o'clock when I got back to the hotel. During dinner, I received another WeChat message from Lu Chixie. He also just finished work and was eating.Lu Chixie took a photo and sent it over, a table of delicacies, said it was a treat from the advertising company.

Ling Zhuo also took a photo of the dining table and sent it back: "I'm eating."

Half a minute later, Lu Chi took a break and said, "That's right, I'm obedient, and I didn't go outside."

Ling Zhuo: "Are you checking the post?"

Lu Chixie: "Well, let's see if you have been dishonest while taking advantage of your boyfriend's absence."

Ling Zhuo was too lazy to talk to him.

After dinner, Yang Ming helped him clean up and went back to his room downstairs.Ling Zhuo was bored, sitting on the sofa watching TV to pass the time, he didn't tell the truth to Zhong Yiran, he had already memorized the lines of the scene to be filmed tomorrow, he just didn't want to go.

Lu Chixie's face suddenly appeared on the TV screen, Ling Zhuo concentrated and looked at it seriously.

This is a Republic of China spy war film made by Lu Chixie last year. He played the role of a young underground party member in the drama. Pointing the gun, he slapped people's faces with a casual smile, looking a bit evil.

Ling Zhuo stared at it, secretly thinking that Lu Chixie seemed to be very interesting in any role, and he was born to eat this bowl of rice.

The phone rang, Ling Zhuo looked down and saw Lu Chixie's name displayed on the caller, and pressed to answer.

An episode of the TV series on the screen had finished, so he turned it off casually, got up and went to the balcony outside to talk to Lu Chixie.

Lu Chixie heard his voice and asked him, "In a bad mood?"

Ling Zhuo: "Can you hear that too?"

Lu Chixie: "I guess."

Ling Zhuo was silent for a while, and told the truth: "I had a conflict with my teammates this afternoon."

Lu Chixie: "Because of that hot search?"

"You saw it too?" Ling Zhuo said "hmm", "They think that if it's not me, it's the trending search bought by my agent, and they want to stir up fans' emotions and deliberately target them, but I really haven't done it. No, why don't they believe it?"

Lu Chixie: "Do you really care whether people believe you or not?"

"That's not true," Ling Zhuo said in a muffled voice, "I'm a bit aggrieved, obviously I didn't do it...even the captain, he trusts me, but he doesn't trust my manager, maybe he still thinks that Sister Jing is hiding it from me, Or you think I mistrusted Miss Jing."

Lu Chixie: "Since you haven't done it, why bother with them?"

Ling Zhuo: "I don't know, I'm just a little disappointed."

When Zhang Jing mentioned quitting the group again today, he did feel tired and powerless, more than ever.

There is a voice in my heart that keeps repeating, why don't I just let it go, don't insist on it anymore.

But I can't help but want to complain to others.

Ling Zhuo: "... It seems that I can only tell you these words, and it is not appropriate to tell anyone else."

Lu Chixie laughed over there: "Should I say that I am honored that you are willing to talk to me?"

Ling Zhuo: "Can't you comfort me?"

"Well," Lu Chixie said, "In the end, the bridge will return to the bridge, and the road will return to the road. Isn't it good to see clearly now? What can't you let go of? I didn't expect Teacher Ling to be so soulful? I still can't bear to part with that big team leader?"

"I'm not reluctant to part with him," Ling Zhuo said seriously, "I just feel that my thinking was too simple and naive before, and I thought of some things too ideally."

"People's hearts are sinister." Lu Chixie reminded him.

Ling Zhuo: "Maybe."

Lu Chixie: "Don't think too much, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge, and it will be fine in the future."

Ling Zhuo squeezed the phone tightly and asked hesitantly: "Mr. Lu, what about you, will you let me down?"

There was silence for two seconds, and he answered: "Ling Zhuo, I'm not a good person."

Ling Zhuo: "What?"

Lu Chixie: "I'm domineering, have a bad temper, possessive, extreme, and use any means to achieve my goals, but I don't intend to change, are you mentally prepared?"

Ling Zhuo: "Are you scaring me?"

Lu Chixie: "In case you think of me too idealistically."

Ling Zhuo: "So?"

Lu Chixie: "So you are with me, you have to be mentally prepared for these things."

Ling Zhuo didn't know what he meant, but didn't think much about it: "It's not the first day I know your virtue."

Lu Chixie smiled again: "Just remember this sentence."