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Han Ming was surprised: "With a boyfriend like Brother Ran, can she still fall in love with others?"

Gu Ran laughed at himself and said, "Maybe it's because we've been together for too long that he lost the freshness."

Han Ming couldn't help being angry for Gu Ran: "Your ex-girlfriend doesn't know how to cherish it too much. Brother Ran is such a perfect boyfriend. Where can she find a better one after breaking up?"

Gu Ran sat upright: "Yes."

Inexplicably, he felt that the air was a bit cold. Han Ming took a sip of soup to warm his stomach, but still felt that it was not enough, so he turned up the temperature of the air conditioner.

Tsk, why is it so cold?Air conditioning is broken?

Jiang Chen straightened his back, straightened his sitting posture, and kept his eyes fixed: "Mr. Gu's level of storytelling really opened my eyes."

Gu Ran smiled: "Thank you, you can expose me in person."

It is impossible to dismantle it.

But the opportunity for revenge came quickly.

Han Ming turned down the heat of the hot pot: "Speaking of cooking, I'm really curious about Brother Ran's cooking skills."

Jiang Chen said lightly: "Probably it is the level that can make the ratings of the show "Celebrity Cooking Show" explode, and the fans fall through the filter, quickly establish a black fan circle and then go back to the level."

Han Ming was stunned for a second: "Then... can I still eat it?"

Jiang Chen: "Yes."

Han Ming breathed a sigh of relief.It seems that I misunderstood, Jiang Chen was joking.

Jiang Chen fiddled with his watch: "Vinegar balls are quite delicious."

Han Ming was curious: "Who is the vinegar group?"

It doesn't sound like the name of Brother Ran's girlfriend.

Jiang Chen: "He raised a golden retriever."

Han Ming froze for a second, his expression froze.

Doesn't this mean that only dogs can eat the things Gu Ran makes?

Feeling the awkwardness of the atmosphere, Han Ming swallowed his throat and looked at Gu Ran, but Gu Ran's face did not change, and he had no intention of denying it at all.

Gu Ran: "Well, the taste of vinegar balls is quite nasty, and it doesn't even eat Dilu's dog food."

Dilo is the best brand of dog food on the market.

It is quite reluctant to win respect.

Han Ming couldn't help his curiosity and asked, "Well, Brother Chen, how do you understand it so clearly?"

Jiang Chen's face changed slightly.

Gu Ran remained calm: "Probably, I heard what others said."

Ok?

Jiang Chen said in a muffled voice, "Anyone else?"

Gu Ran lightly brushed the slender cup stem with his fingers, and his tone sounded casual: "For example, a date or something."

The air suddenly became cold for three seconds.

Jiang Chen frowned, but said nothing.

Han Ming didn't notice the delicate atmosphere between the two, and said with a smile: "Brother Chen knows so well, it must be because he and Brother Ran were classmates in high school. I remember Director Song mentioned it."

"Ah."

"However," Han Ming suddenly sensed something was wrong: "How do I remember that Brother Chen went to college a year later than Brother Ran?"

"I repeated it for a year." Jiang Chen said.

Han Ming was stunned: "Re-read?"

But anyone in the circle who cares a little about the music scene cannot be ignorant of Jiang Chen's path to fame.

University A's culture class is close to full marks, and the total score is the first in the school. It is said that he was signed by Lin Sheng, the president of Star Entertainment, on the third day after entering the school. Immediately afterwards, the song "Star River Falling" made him an overnight hit. The whole network.

With such grades, how could you go back to the exam?

"I have something to do at home, so I didn't go to the college entrance examination." Jiang Chen's voice was light, and he briefly mentioned it, as if it was really just an innocuous matter.

Gu Ran's hand holding the cigarette paused slightly, his brows furrowed.

Something at home?

In the third year of high school that year, Jiang Chen didn't say a word and missed the college entrance examination. When he went to find him, he learned that Jiang Chen had moved. After that, all contact information was blocked, and the whole person seemed to disappear.

Feeling the gaze beside him, Jiang Chen naturally avoided it.

He didn't drink, but at that moment he suspected that he was also affected by alcohol, so he said so much.

There was a knock on the door of the private room, and the waiter came in to serve the food.

Han Ming is a newcomer in the crew, so he invites a few people in the crew to have supper tonight, in an attempt to get acquainted, and soon brings the topic to the script.

"Brother Ran, I heard from Director Song that you put a lot of effort into the role of Shen Qing, and you discussed many plots with him?"

"It took a while."

"Brother Ran likes this character?"

"That's not true." Gu Ran's answer was unexpected.

"Ah?" Han Ming was surprised, "Then why?"

Gu Ran didn't answer, just smoked in silence, his eyes were filled with bottomless darkness.

It took a long time before he spoke, his voice was cold and his words were sharp.

"It's because I really can't imagine how a seemingly affectionate person can be ungrateful, play with other people's feelings, and leave without saying goodbye after the other party falls in love."

Such a remark, spoken by Gu Ran with full of emotion, as clear as love and hate like reciting lines, inevitably makes people feel that there is meaning.

Jiang Chen lowered his eyes: "This is the first time I know that Teacher Gu has a habit of poking people's backs."

Gu Ran was also very calm: "After all, I thought that those who clean themselves will clean up themselves, and anyone will refute things that have not been done. Now it seems that I am overthinking."

The atmosphere was awkward and dull.

The smile on Jiang Chen's lips faded a bit.

After a while.

"If I say no, will Mr. Gu believe it?"

Gu Ran paused while holding the wine glass, and suddenly said: "It was a line from the play just now. Teacher Jiang won't be impressed, right?"

"..."

Jiang Chen's face changed slightly.

Grass!

There is such a line?How come he has no impression at all?

He was about to take the juice in the glass slowly, but found that the glass was empty, so he subconsciously went to get the juice bottle, and it turned out that Gu Ran had already done what he wanted to do.

He stopped in time without changing his face: "Thank you, Mr. Gu."

Gu Ran paused for a moment, quickly covered it with smooth movements, and covered him calmly: "Mr. Jiang wants my help, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

……Ha ha.

There was a faint smile on Jiang Chen's lips: "Because I know, you won't embarrass me too much."

When he said this, his voice was very soft, and his tone was extremely gentle, which made people unable to help being emotional.

Gu Ran frowned slightly.

However, in the next second, Jiang Chen looked over with a pair of phoenix eyes: "It's also a line, Teacher Gu won't forget it, right?"

Gu Ran: "..."

He sat upright: "Thank you Teacher Jiang for reminding me, I'll review the script when I get back."

Jiang Chen looked away, and then took a sip of the juice from the glass: "Well, I have to take another look."

Han Ming inexplicably felt that the atmosphere was awkward, so he quickly changed the topic: "Well, Brother Ran, Brother Chen, I'll add you on WeChat. I'm afraid I'll have to ask you for advice when I'm on the set..."

It's just such a request, no one will refuse.

After exchanging WeChat, Han Ming asked casually, "Brother Ran and Brother Chen should have added it earlier, right?"

Jiang Chen's fingertips holding the phone suddenly tightened, which was well captured by the people beside him.

"Added it." Gu Ran replied lightly, without any emotion in his tone.

Jiang Chen did not deny it.

Gu Ran was right.

WeChat, they added it nine years ago.

Only later...

His thoughts were interrupted by Han Ming's voice: "Huh?"

Jiang Chen came back to his senses and saw Han Ming stunned in his seat with a shocked expression on his face.

"how?"

"Brother Ran, Brother Chen," Han Ming fiddled with his phone, thinking he had read it wrong, "Why do your WeChat names look so similar?"

Jiang Chen was startled, suddenly realized something, and his heart sank.

To avoid embarrassment, he took a deep breath and picked up the wine glass that had not been touched: "It's just a name, there is no need to..."

Before he finished speaking, the wine glass was taken by one hand.

"I'll do it." The voice was low, like a sharp blade, slicing across the heart.

Gu Ran picked up the wine glass and drank the white wine inside without frowning.

By the time the dinner party was over, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

As Gu Ran's assistant, Lin Yu has always been reticent, but when he left, he suddenly called Jiang Chen: "Brother Chen, I have never had a chance to tell you, thank you for taking care of me in high school."

Jiang Chen had a good relationship with Lin Yu in high school, so he didn't think too much about it: "You're welcome, I told you in high school, if you need help, just ask."

Lin Yu nodded with a smile: "Okay, Brother Chen, then I'll just say it straight."

Ok? ? ?

Jiang Chen was startled, and subconsciously looked at the expression on Lin Yu's face.There was a thud in my heart, and I suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Brother Chen, can I trouble you tonight to send Brother Ran back for me?"

Jiang Chen's smile instantly froze on his face.

What he said was clearly polite.

However, Lin Yu didn't hear it, and Gu Ran beside him was even more indifferent, as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all.

Seeing that he didn't agree, Lin Yu showed apologetic expression: "Brother Ran drank alcohol tonight, so he can't drive. Brother Chen, I can only entrust this matter to you."

Gu Ran was the only one who drove here this evening.And Jiang Chen was the only one who didn't drink tonight.

Speaking of this, all escape routes were directly blocked.

Jiang Chen was silent for three seconds, saw the empty wine glass, paused slightly, and finally agreed: "Give me the key."

He still hasn't refused.He doesn't like to owe favors to others, so today Gu Ran replaced him with wine, and he sent Gu Ran home, which is considered a settlement.

From childhood to adulthood, his most clear and clear principle of life is just three words: no debt.

Because of these three words, he lived with his mother for 12 years, missed the college entrance examination for a year, and...

Jiang Chen's eyes darkened, he didn't let himself think about it, took the key from Lin Yu, and went downstairs to reverse the car.

Gu Ran's car was parked not far from the hotel.

When I walked around to the door, I suddenly noticed the license plate number.The last four digits are 9229, which happens to be his and Gu Ran's birthdays.

A subtle feeling rose to my heart.It was like a flame falling in the dark night, igniting the ashes that had long been burned.

Hearing the familiar footsteps behind him, Jiang Chen looked away in time, opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat.

There is someone sitting next to you.

Jiang Chen glanced at him through the front mirror of the car: "Has the address changed?"

"No." Gu Ran put the back of his hand on his forehead, his eyes drooped slightly, his complexion showed a rare paleness, and he looked a little tired.

Jiang Chen didn't say any more, and started the car skillfully.

He and Gu Ran didn't speak during the journey, and the silence seemed to be a tacit understanding.

The red Bentley was driving smoothly on the spacious road, and it was gradually raining outside the window.

The air is quiet, and the night is getting darker, like the scene in the play——

In the pouring rain, Shen Qing drove the car alone in the dark night, and what kept coming back to his mind was the kiss scene that Qin Yu and the crew had filmed eighteen times.

All illusions are shattered at this moment.It was originally a pleasure that you love and I wish, but he sank deeper and deeper, like a hysterical patient, unable to control himself.

Because the love is too deep, the only way to let go is to cut off all ties with this city.

After all, while falling in love with you, I have already fallen in love with the sunshine you see every day and the street view of this city.

But the crazily surging undercurrent in the dark night, the suffocating fate that engulfs everything, and this extremely lonely torrential rain, after all, I was the only one who saw it.

"Your driving skills have improved." Gu Ran suddenly broke the silence.

"There was a drama that involved drag racing." Jiang Chen replied calmly.

"Well," Gu Ran said hoarsely, "I didn't think it was anything else."

I don't know if it was because of the alcohol, but Gu Ran's tone sounded inexplicably gentler.

Jiang Chen lowered his eyes and stopped making a sound, but his hands holding the steering wheel tightened imperceptibly, with a look of concentration that had never been seen before.

He didn't say it.

It's not because the show requires fast driving to practice driving skills, but because there are important people sitting next to you, so you have to be especially careful when driving.

Ten minutes later, the car stopped at No. 10, Lan Hai Bie Yuan.This is the single-family villa with the best view in City A. It is located in the most expensive location by the river, with a simple yet elegant design.

Nine years later, he stepped into Gu's house again, and he no longer had the resistance he had when he first entered, let alone the desolate mood he had the last time.

He had already spent enough time calming down the pain, and he was able to maintain the calm that should appear on the surface.

He parked the car at the door without further intention to see Gu Ran off, and Gu Ran also did not invite him in.

"How did you go back?" Gu Ran asked.

"Zhou Yan will come to pick me up." Jiang Chen pushed the car door and was about to close it, but felt the car door being held against by a force.

Incomparably firm and unshakable.

"Wait." Gu Ran suddenly stopped him.

"how?"

"Your WeChat."

Jiang Chen froze, but did not move for a long time.

He didn't even look back.

Because when he left without saying goodbye, he had blocked all of Gu Ran's contact information.

For so many years, that name has been like a taboo for him, lying quietly in a certain corner, he cannot forget it, and he dare not touch it.It always occupies a place, like a thorn rooted in the heart, inseparable.

"Let's add it," Gu Ran explained seeing that he was indifferent, "it is convenient for communicating the script."

He paused, and then said: "I really don't want to keep it, I'll wait until the filming is over..."

"it is good."

For some unknown reason, Jiang Chen replied softly.

He lowered his head and looked for the entrance to unblock the block on the WeChat interface, but he couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

The fingers gradually become stiff.

Until he sighed, his bony hand took over his mobile phone: "I'll do it."

Gu Ran lowered his eyes, calmly clicked on his block list.

No matter when he was a teenager or as an adult, Jiang Chen's popularity has always been very good.So for so many years, I was the only one on this list.

After removing himself from the list, Gu Ran quickly returned the phone to him.

"Contact."

After finishing speaking, Gu Ran paused for a second, and quickly added another sentence.

"It's okay when it's okay."

Jiang Chen's hand tightened for a moment, but he didn't turn around.

"More." I don't know what came to mind, Gu Ran paused for a long time this time, so long that Jiang Chen thought that the sound just now was just an illusion.

"Let me know when you get home." His voice was very soft.

At that moment, Jiang Chen felt a faint pain in his heart.

He suddenly began to regret not drinking tonight.

For a moment, he felt that he should say something, but the door of the villa had already been opened.

The person who came to pick him up was Gu Yue, the butler of the Gu family, who was nearly forty years old and a very elegant gentleman.

Seeing Jiang Chen, Gu Yue was a little surprised: "Master, this is..."

"Colleagues from the film crew, take me back tonight." Gu Ran replied.

"Oh... I always feel a little familiar. It's like..."

"I drank tonight," Gu Ran interrupted him, "Come and drive the car in."

"Yes, sir. But does this gentleman need to stay overnight?"

"No, he's going back tonight."

"Understood, young master." Gu Yue nodded his thanks to Jiang Chen, and quickly got into the car.

The red Bentley drove into the villa, and the door slowly closed in front of him.

The memory went back to many years ago, when he came to the Gu family for the second time.It was also him and Gu Ran who met Gu Yue at the same place.

Even the dialogue is very similar to tonight.

"Master, who is this next to you?"

"I'm at the same table, come to make up lessons for me this holiday."

"It turns out that this is the Young Master Jiang that Madam mentioned. Then, I will prepare a room for Young Master Jiang."

"I don't think so. If Mr. Jiang dared to take this tuition, he must be prepared to stay up all night. Isn't that right, Mr. Jiang?"

……

……

The once tit-for-tat confrontation is full of affection in the memory, but in reality there is only a cold and deserted one.

Jiang Chen didn't ask Zhou Yan to pick him up, so he took a taxi back to the apartment that night.Because my body was wet from the rain, I went to the bathroom to take a shower first.

He sank himself into the bathtub full of water.

Like drowning.

At first, it was difficult to breathe, and then the consciousness faded, and countless memories were shattered in the mind, becoming more and more blurred, until I was about to lose the desire to survive.

After being separated from you, I got used to smoking alone at night, and I also learned to race in the empty streets.Reviewing the feeling of dying every night, covering useless emotions with pain, and also expelling the disease and addiction called excessive longing.

But what I can't quit is always you.

An hour later, Jiang Chen suddenly sat up from the bathtub, and his breath, which had been suppressed with all his strength, became short and weak.

His appearance was reflected in the mirror, embarrassed and downcast, but with a vicious vigor.Drops of water slid down the hair, and the temperature was so cold that it seemed to congeal blood.

He took a breath, got up from the water, put on a towel and left the bathroom.

Habitually picked up the phone on the table, but suddenly remembered that Gu Ran asked him to send a message when he got home.

Zhou Yan had said the same thing to him countless times, purely out of concern for his friends.

But Gu Ran...

His eyes darkened, and he put the phone back.

At the age of 26, he already knew what to say should be taken seriously and what to say is just polite.

However, the next second, the phone rang.

An unread message from Gu Ran: "Are you home?"

The author has something to say:

Real heart: keep him overnight, sleep with him, chat on WeChat, how to make the scene more intimate.

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