Soot, Moonlight, Vodka

In early winter in Vienna, Austria, the air was dry and cold, and the rich aroma wafting from the coffee shop blended with the singing of teenagers selling songs on the street, which was really like a world in a painting.

Lu Xingze brought Chen Zhuo here a few times before. They celebrated their birthdays in the villa by the lake by the mountain, watching the stars shine on the water.

"Do you miss this place?" Lu Xingze asked Chen Zhuo in the car driving to the lakeside.

Chen Zhuo looked out the window and nodded.

Lu Xingze's eyes fell on Chen Zhuo's profile.

It can be seen that Chen Zhuo likes this place very much. Every time he comes, he will stare out the window for a long time, and he also likes to take a walk along the lake.

But Chen Zhuo would never take the initiative to bring it up with Lu Xingze. Chen Zhuo was very restrained and was afraid that he would cause trouble to others, so he would take whatever Lu Xingze gave. If Lu Xingze didn't mention it, he would not take the initiative to ask for it.

This is a kind of sensibility that has been severely beaten by life. No matter how much money and favors Lu Xingze piles up, he can't cultivate this person's squeamishness.

Instead, Lu Xingze likes to see Chen Zhuo's reaction when he goes to his favorite place and receives his favorite gift.A young man who is preoccupied, sensitive and easily startled occasionally shows a happy expression, the look in his eyes, the slightly raised corners of his lips, or his unrepentant laugh...it is really touching.

When Lu Xingze thought of the harm he had caused Chen Zhuo, he really wanted to kill himself.

Thinking that Chen Zhuo didn't hate himself like this, Lu Xingze wished he could save himself first, and then kill him a hundred times.

The two spent a few days of quiet life in Vienna, Lu Xingze suddenly said that he had to go back for a few days because he had something to deal with in the country.

"I'll accompany you back?" Chen Zhuo briefly packed the suitcase with him, and put the scarf on for him.

"No, I'll be back soon, don't go, it's quite troublesome." Lu Xingze quickly kissed him on the cheek: "It's snowing outside recently, try to stay at home, I'll ask Aluod to do the best for you. Delicious king pancakes and ice cream.”

Chen Zhuo supported the suitcase with both hands, his smiling eyes were dark and wet, and he was judging Lu Xingze's state.

For some reason, he felt a little uneasy, looming.

Sometimes people's intuition is really accurate. Just one Monday after Lu Xingze left, Chen Zhuo received a call from Song Qin. The call was very brief, just three words: read Weibo.

Chen Zhuo reflexively thought that he was scolded for something again, or was pulled out to block the gun, so he took a deep breath and turned on the phone...

—— Weibo is full of garbled characters.

I refreshed several times, but still can't see the content.

"Weibo exploded." Chen Zhuo said to Song Qin on the other end of the phone.

Song Qin directly sent Chen Zhuo a website.

Chen Zhuo clicked on it and saw the content on the webpage, as if he had been punched in the heart. He was stunned for a moment while feeling the pain, his brain was like a broken TV with a snowflake screen.

It took him a few seconds to understand what was on the screen.

In the live broadcast room of a certain news network, Lu Xingze was surrounded by countless microphones and cameras, with calm eyes and calm words.

"...I am indeed Lu Xingze, and I am still alive. In today's press conference, I want to clarify three things. First, to prove that I am Lu Xingze himself. Second, to clarify my relationship with Chen Zhuo. Third, explain my future plans. Then, let’s start by proving my identity.”

Lu Xingze's aristocratic temperament and calm demeanor, he doesn't need to prove it at all. Many people believe that this is Young Master Lu himself.

Chen Zhuo stared at Lu Xingze on the screen without blinking.

Lu Xingze's voice flowed through Chen Zhuo's mind like water. Chen Zhuo clearly heard him talking, but he had no time to think about the meaning of these words.

why?

Why did Lu Xingze disclose the fact that he was still alive?

Chen Zhuo clearly remembered that Lu Xingze once told him that he wanted to live with the name and identity of Xia Zhifeng and make a clean break with the past.

Below the live video, the audience's comments were scrolling rapidly, and it was almost impossible to see any information.

"There is no one of the most explosive news this year! Isn't Young Master Lu dead???? Don't scare me in broad daylight!"

"So the previous death was a fake death? Is the fake death to hide from a certain actor? Is it finally time to clarify the relationship with a certain actor?"

"I'm so scared... I don't want to read it, what is clarifying the relationship with Chen Zhuo, clarifying what?"

"Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar"

"Why don't you play sit-ups here? It's fun to lie to people, isn't it?"

"Although I am very happy to know that the person is not dead, but the mood is very complicated..."

Chen Zhuo's heart beat fast.

On the screen, Lu Xingze plays Lu Xingze, playing another self, and easily proves his identity through fingerprint matching data.

"Now, there should be no doubt that I am Lu Xingze. As for my death, I will clarify it later."

The impatient reporter couldn't help asking: "May I ask if your suspended animation involves the inside story of the Lu family?"

One raised a lot of questions, and the other reporters were not far behind: "Did Chen Zhuo know and help you hide it?"

"What was your purpose of appearing as Xia Zhifeng before?"

The voices of asking questions came one after another, forming a mess.

Lu Xingze moved his lips, pretending to be talking, but the reporters couldn't hear his voice. In order to be able to hear the answer, the reporters started to maintain order spontaneously. The riot gradually quieted down, and everyone was waiting for Lu Xingze's reply.

Lu Xingze smiled politely and distantly, his eyebrows were like Xuefeng, and he said slowly: "Everyone, don't worry, all questions will be answered later."

"I want to clarify the relationship between me and Chen Zhuo first. This is very important." Lu Xingze glanced at the camera, and Chen Zhuo's eyes met him across the screen.

"Many people may have misunderstood our relationship, thinking that Chen Zhuo is my lover for the resources of the film and television industry, or that we have reached some kind of hype agreement... In fact, the truth is simpler than everyone imagined. After Chen Zhuo entered Before the film and television industry, he was already my lover, and many of my friends can testify to this."

"At the very beginning, I was the one who pursued him. When I pursued him, he was still a straight man. He refused to agree to my pursuit, so I took advantage of his sympathy. I said I had a terminal illness and hoped that he could To fulfill my long-cherished wish before death, he really couldn't bear to refuse, so he just stayed with me like this."

"He himself has no intention of entering the film and television industry. I love vanity and want to show off to my friends that I have a celebrity boyfriend, so I sent him out." Lu Xingze lowered his eyes slightly: "From the beginning to the end, he has never used me this time. The thing is, I use him to fill my emotional void."

"I must admit that I am a selfish, fragile, cowardly, and despicable person. After cheating his sympathy with a terminal illness, he wanted me to feel love in the last moments of my life, and gave me a perfect love experience. I I kept pretending to be sick, and I was afraid that once he found out that I was not terminally ill and everything was a lie, he would leave me."

"I can't accept the fact that he left me at all. Under the fear, anxiety and confusion, I took the worst strategy and made the fake come true, making him think I was dead..."

"You should all know what happened next, I won't go into details about the process." Lu Xingze stood up slowly, his figure made people feel very proud, but also very thin.

"I did something wrong, I admit it. I will try my best to repay the consequences and losses caused. I want to say publicly to those who have been deceived and hurt by me, I am sorry. I am sorry that my immature decision has caused incalculable harm. .”

Lu Xingze looked at Chen Zhuo through the screen again, he believed that Chen Zhuo was looking at him at this moment.

"If it wasn't for Chen Zhuo, I don't think I would have the courage to confess this secret in my life. Now that I have resumed my identity as Lu Xingze, after handing over the management of the group under my name, I will serve as his lifelong assistant and assist him in his work."

Lu Xingze is talented and intelligent. Everything is very simple in his eyes, and he can learn it easily. Instead of getting a sense of accomplishment and fun, he finds it boring.Whether it is investing or running a company, although it has brought huge wealth, it is not what he really wants to do.

He was very happy when he was working as Chen Zhuo's assistant.He will follow his heart and do what makes him happy.

"By the way, even so, I still have a lot of shares in those three film and television groups. To put it bluntly, I will still do my best to support my lover."

The whole place was silent.

This is the truth that no one expected.

The answer to everything is love.

It was impossible for Lu Xingze to lie, no one would take such a big scapegoat for himself by waiting for nothing, and the reporters didn't think anyone could force Lu Xingze to say these words.

He himself admitted that it can only be true.

So far, the public opinion has completely turned to Chen Zhuo, clearing away all the unfavorable speculations and rumors against Chen Zhuo, while Lu Xingze must be nailed to the pillar of shame and welcome everyone's scolding and accusations.