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After that day, nothing seemed to have changed.

Xi Yufeng still lives in the big flat in the city center, and still leaves early and returns late.Jiang Ruo finally brought some things here, including a few pots of plants that needed to be watered frequently.

They are busy during the day, and at night they eat together and make love.Xi Yufeng loves to be clean, and he must take a shower after washing, and every time he comes out, the person who was still in love with him just now is no longer in bed, and a dim light leaks from the door of the next room.

Occasionally we also have breakfast together.Jiang Ruo is very good at making sandwiches. The tomatoes are sliced ​​very thin, and the eggs are cooked just right. Even without the sauce, they taste good.

Sometimes when Xi Yufeng wakes up early, he will see Jiang Ruo in the kitchen, holding a spatula in one hand and a script in the other, muttering something.

I heard from Xiao Shen that he tried both of the two dramas recommended for him, not all due to Zheng Yiting, but also inseparable from his own efforts.

The TV series started filming in mid-June, and Xi Yufeng happened to be free that day, so he personally sent people there.

When Meng Chao called, he was standing at the entrance of the film and television city, looking at the 24-hour supermarket not far away. Jiang Ruo was holding two bottles of drinks in his hand. He said something, which made the middle-aged woman at the cashier laugh. bent over.

"Where is it?" Meng Chao asked.

"Film and Television City." Xi Yufeng replied.

"Send actor Jiang to work?"

"Ah."

"Hey, why is it so difficult to ask you out for a meal?"

"I should ask you that."

"Didn't I just live together, it's sticky."

"Your 'just' is over a month old."

Meng Chao smiled on the other end of the phone: "I thought you understood."

Xi Yufeng took out a cigarette: "What do you know?"

"The feeling of cohabitation is much more delicious than cigarettes, alcohol, etc."

Holding the cigarette between his fingers, Xi Yufeng snorted and laughed: "If you knew that he wanted to leave, would you still be able to laugh?"

Meng Chao: "Huh?"

Xi Yufeng did not tell Meng Chao the details of the agreement, but only said that he promised to let him go once he got married.

Meng Chao was very puzzled by this: "Since you are willing to be an unknown lover, you shouldn't care if you are single or married, right?"

Xi Yufeng also couldn't understand this point.But other than that, he couldn't understand why he felt anger-like emotions at that time.

It may be that he was irritated by Jiang Ruo's resistance, and he was instinctively vigilant when he realized that the initiative was about to be taken away.So Jiang Ruo later handed over the right to stop to him, and he quickly calmed down again.

I didn't study it carefully at the time, but now that I think about it, it seems like I fell into a trap specially set for him.

But they are all insignificant and trivial matters, and it has already passed, Xi Yufeng has no habit of reviewing and reviewing what has happened.

So I ignored Meng Chao's questioning, and turned to work: "I sent you the project proposal yesterday? Feedback as soon as possible if you have any questions, and it will be distributed tomorrow."

Meng Chao on the phone lamented: "Is your 'as soon as possible' less than 24 hours away?"

Only send people downstairs to the hotel.

I wanted to send it to the room, but if Jiang refused, he jumped down with the luggage as soon as the car stopped, left a "goodbye", and ran away.

On the way back, Xi Yufeng received a WeChat message, it was a picture, the background was the dusty wall of the hotel, Jiang Ruo half-face appeared in the camera, squinting at the camera and said "yeah" reluctantly, As if to say - look, it's still a similar room.

Xi Yufeng hooked the corner of his lower lip.

Old Liu, who was driving in front, heard the voice, thought he had some orders, and turned his head to look at the back seat.

Xi Yufeng restrained his expression and said, "Go to the company."

The good mood can only be maintained downstairs in the company.

As soon as he stepped into the lobby on the first floor, Xi Wangchen appeared out of nowhere, following behind Xi Yufeng's ass, talking nonsense.

"Brother, why don't you go to Jinyuan recently, and the company doesn't come here very often, so I can't even touch you."

"I've been at home recently."

"Which home? Oh, I see, the love nest of you and that starlet."

Hearing the fresh description of "love nest", Xi Yufeng glanced at him: "How do you know?"

"Hey, I heard from my mother." Speaking of this, Xi Wangchen felt a little guilty, "Did my mother go back and trouble you? I told her not to go, and told her that Rongsheng's project was withdrawn." It has nothing to do with you, she just doesn't believe it."

Xi Yufeng said flatly, "Oh, is that so?"

"Yes!" Xi Wangchen hurriedly cleared himself of the suspicion, "Who doesn't know how difficult it is for you to let this project go, I invited you to come back to do it together, but I didn't honor it later, I'm really sorry for you It's..."

Xi Yufeng sneered, and said in his heart that if I hadn't shown my covetousness and reluctance for this project, how could you give up your guard and jump into the pit?

What came out of his mouth was another sentence: "It doesn't matter, as a family, everyone does the same thing."

After hearing this, Xi Wangchen felt relieved, rubbed his hands and wanted to talk about something else.

"Oh, it's a pity that these investors don't know how to do it. They withdraw their capital one by one... Seeing that the project is about to start, the funds have not yet arrived. I am worried. I haven't slept well for several days."

"That's quite worrying."

Xi Wangchen showed a flattering expression: "Brother, you have many contacts, can you help me find a way?"

Xi Yufeng asked: "Are you afraid that I will set you up?"

"Hey, that's my mother's suspicion. Brother, you are such a good person. You didn't expose me when I drugged you. If you want to punish me, why wait until now..." Xi Wangchen said, "Don't worry, brother. I will never drag you into the water this time, if my mother troubles you again, I will definitely stop her!"

Thinking of what Xiao Yin said at the door, Xi Yufeng's smile didn't reach his eyes: "You said that."

Jiang Ruo, who was filming here, was completely unaware of the turmoil over there.

It's not the first time he's filming a costume drama, but it's the first time he's filming a costume drama as a famous character. The treatment is different and the pressure he bears is also different.

Therefore, Jiang Ruo spends almost all of his free time outside filming every day studying the script. A stack of notebooks becomes thicker due to being filled with index labels, and the pages are full of bullet points and annotation notes.

About half a month after the start-up, Zheng Yiting came to see him working so hard. She said, "I have taken many actors who have become monks halfway through. It is rare to see someone who is not impetuous and willing to study hard like you."

Then he asked Jiang Ruo if he wanted to take acting training classes after filming these two films.

"Of course I want to. I'm a dancer, and stage performances are always different from camera performances." Jiang Ruo said, "But in the second half of the year, isn't "Ying Fei" going to be broadcast? At that time, there should be no publicity. time?"

Regarding the point that Xi Yufeng praised him for making money, he never dared to forget.

"There is that kind of class once a week, and I will make an appointment for you when the time comes." Xu Shi saw his concerns, and Zheng Yiting said, "In addition to providing opportunities, the agent also has the responsibility to tap your potential, and Mr. Jiang doesn't want to always act. The bitter second man, right?"

Hearing this, Jiang Ruo smiled and said, "I definitely don't want to. If I can, I even want to challenge the role of the bitter girl."

Zheng Yiting also laughed.

At the beginning of July in the Gregorian calendar, the heat in Fengcheng began to show its power. Wrapped in heavy costumes and flying around with wires, the actors were really miserable.

When An He came to visit the set, what he saw was Jiang Ruo, who had just come down from a high platform more than ten meters away, and his face was as pale as paper.

Jiang Ruo picked up his wide sleeves, exposing his sweaty arms, took the towel from Xiao Shen, pressed his face and said, "You won't feel that way when you see the salary."

The two went to talk under the umbrella.

Pinching An He's cheeks to confirm that he is not only not skinny but also fat, Jiang Ruo nodded and said, "The one surnamed Meng fed you well."

An He laughed: "It's not raising pigs."

Hearing that An He doesn't do group performances now, and only occasionally goes to the bar he knows to help out, Jiang Ruo agrees but can't help worrying: "Although your physical condition is not suitable for heavy work, but in case the two of you get separated in the future... "

An He understood what he meant: "So take advantage of the present, and count as much as you can get."

Jiang Ruo was still worried: "A son like him is the most deceptive, using money, using skin, or other things. Remember what I warned you before, don't fall into it."

"I should return this to you now." But An He said, "Brother Meng is very close to that man surnamed Xi, and I've heard everything about you and him."

Jiang Ruo was stunned: "Oh, what a coincidence."

Unable to hold back, An He asked, "Did you follow him for the 30 yuan?"

"Of course not, I told you that I borrowed the money from my classmates." Jiang Ruo immediately said, "I'm here for Hong, you know, I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time."

An He bit his lower lip, not sure if he believed it or not.

"That young lady, I've seen it before, in Jinyuan, next door to the crew's banquet." He said, "It's hard for anyone to meet such a man to stay awake."

Thinking of what Lin Xiao had said similarly, Jiang Ruo laughed: "Is he some kind of high-concentration wine? Whoever drinks it will get drunk?"

After a pause, Jiang Ruo slowed down when he spoke again: "I'm awake."

An He curled his lips: "Really? Who was the one who lost his nerve in Moments in the middle of the night?"

It was about the night when He Xi and Feng finished eating the Japanese food, Jiang Ruo posted a photo in Moments. Afterwards, Xi Yufeng leaned against the bedside and lit a cigarette. In the dark, Jiang Ruo patted his hand holding the cigarette down.

"That's not called being crazy, that's called sealing up things that shouldn't be kept." Jiang Ruoxiao, "Besides, it's private, you can see it except me."

"It's all sealed up, and he said he didn't fall into it. Don't forget, these sons and brothers will get married in the future—"

"An He, do you like fireworks?"

Jiang Ruo suddenly asked something irrelevant, and An He was stunned: "I like it, beautiful things, who doesn't like them."

"Yes, beautiful things." Jiang Ruo continued, "Even if it's short, even if you know it will be endless darkness afterward, you still want to touch it and have it."

At the shooting location not far away, the director called the actors to gather with a loudspeaker.

Jiang Ruo stood up and walked outside the umbrella. The midday sun made him squint his eyes, as if smiling.

"So I set a deadline for myself. Before that, just enjoy yourself as long as you don't violate public order and good customs." Jiang Ruo turned around with a somewhat proud expression. Brother Jiang, learn something?"



When work was over in the evening, the director announced that due to the continuous high temperature starting tomorrow, the production crew would temporarily take a three-day vacation.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Jiang Ruo changed out of his heavy costumes and took the last bus to the city with An He.

Transferring to the city center, Jiang Ruo hails a taxi for An He to take him back, while he walks on the noisy and lively streets of Fengcheng in summer.

I specially walked through a few alleys, stepped on the stone road, stopped for a while beside the barbecue stalls and food stalls, and walked towards the tall building like a landmark building.

Pushing open the door, what I faced was another deserted room.If it weren't for being too tired today, Jiang Ruo would definitely turn around and go back to the barbecue stand, and order twenty mutton skewers first.

I used to eat ten sticks at most, but now I am a well-known actor, so doubling it is not too much.

Just think about it, I'm so exhausted, I don't have any strength left.

Dragging his tired body into the room, he planned to lie down in the room, but when he passed the sofa, he couldn't hold back, Jiang Ruo opened his arms and fell down.

When Xi Yufeng came back, what he saw was Jiang Ruo sleeping on the sofa lying on his back.

It looked like he woke up halfway, the zipper of the backpack he threw aside was ajar, the script he took out from it was thrown at his feet, there was a glass on the coffee table, most of the water in it was drunk.

Jiang Ruo was very quiet when she fell asleep, her eyes were tightly closed, and her mouth was also pursed. She couldn't tell that she was such a talkative person when she was awake.

The central air conditioner in the house is always on 24 hours a day, and the body feels cool.

Xi Yufeng brought a thin blanket from the room, put it on Jiang Ruo, and went to the study.

Less than half an hour after turning on the computer, I received a call from Xi Chengli.

Ask him why he doesn't go home on weekends as usual, Xi Yufeng said he was busy, Xi Chengli snorted: "Busy messing around with that little boy you raised?"

Good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles away. As expected, Xi Yufeng said, "Why don't we wipe Xi Wangchen's ass with you?"

Xu knew he was wrong, but this time Xi Chengli suppressed his anger and said, "I heard from Wang Chen that you gave him the land that you just won the bid. It was because Dad and your aunt Xiao wrongly blamed you earlier."

Later, he even reasoned nicely with Xi Yufeng: "I know you blame me, but no matter what, I waited for your mother to leave before I brought you Aunt Xiao and Wangchen home."

"In short, many things are not what you think. You were still young at that time, and you may not understand it if you say it."

"In the past, your mother... Forget it, she is gone, and she still talks about what to do."

Xi Yufeng didn't make any sound since he finished choking that sentence. He put his mobile phone on the table and turned on the speakerphone. He squeezed a lighted cigarette with his left hand and listened to a one-man show in the curling white smoke.

After hanging up, he sat alone in the quiet room for a while until he heard very light footsteps.

The door of the study room was not closed tightly, half of the head and a round eye were exposed through the crack.

It's Jiang Ruo.

Obviously he appeared suddenly, but he was more like the one who was frightened.

Jiang Ruo stood at the door with a blanket in his arms, like a child afraid of thunder: "You're back, why didn't you wake me up?"

Dinner for two is still simple, cook half a pot of rice, and heat up the dishes in the refrigerator.

During the period, Jiang Ruo told Xi Yufeng that the film crew was on vacation for three days, Xi Yufeng nodded and remained silent.

During the meal, Jiang Ruo thought that he had lived here for so long and hadn't seen the cook, and was about to ask the aunt when she came, but looked up at Xi Yufeng's face, but didn't ask.

Jiang Ruo keenly sensed that Xi Yufeng was in a bad mood.It was similar to the state after seeing the woman wearing the heart of the ocean last time. It looked the same as usual, but Jiang Ruo could find the difference from the change in his appetite, the slight frown of his eyebrows, and even the curvature of the corner of his mouth.

This is the self-cultivation of a lover—Jiang Ruo silently put a dedicated little red flower on herself in her heart, then stood up on tiptoe, intending to quietly wash the dishes, and then quietly go back to the room.

As soon as he stood up straight, Xi Yufeng grabbed his wrist.

"Don't move." The voice was deep, not only tired, "sit for a while."

At nine o'clock in the evening, after sitting on the sofa in the living room from the dining room, Jiang Ruo touched the soft leather under her buttocks, and couldn't help thinking, did she drool on it when she was sleeping just now.

When Xi Yufeng was looking for the remote control, he handed over his mobile phone: "Use this."

This house has probably just been renovated, and the style has not changed, only a whole-house smart system has been added, and a mobile phone can control all electrical appliances within sight.

And it generally supports voice control——Thinking of this, Jiang Ruo tried to shout into the air: "Turn on the TV."

After waiting for five seconds, the [-]-inch laser TV in front of him did not respond.

Instead, Xi Yufeng laughed: "Forgot your password?"

Jiang Ruo took the phone over in embarrassment, lowered his head and turned on the screen, and whispered, "I haven't forgotten."

Sitting still is not a problem, Jiang Ruo picked a movie from the movie library.

A British film in 78, adapted from Agatha Christie's novel of the same name, Death on the Nile.Jiang Ruo chose it because it was in the suspense crime category, and he had heard about this novel before, so it shouldn't be too bad to make a movie with a good reputation.

In fact, Jiang Ruo had no idea what kind of movie Xi Yufeng would like to watch.

Xi Yufeng doesn't look like someone who would waste time watching movies.

Surprisingly, Xi Yufeng looked at it fairly seriously, for at least two hours and 10 minutes, he sat there motionless, his posture didn't change much.

Jiang Ruo, on the other hand, dozed off for a while.Because before the half of the plot, he guessed who the murderer was, and even guessed the motive. The second half of the plot was no longer attractive to him.

Opening my sleepy eyes for the last time, the movie is about to let the detective solve the mystery, and the real murderer reveals the reason for the murder, all of which stem from the despicableness, greed, and so-called love of human nature.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but after watching the movie, Xi Yufeng's mood seems to be even worse.

He didn't take the water glass that Jiang Ruo handed over, but when Jiang Ruo stood up, he grabbed his arm and tugged. legs.

Such a situation makes it difficult not to think in the wrong direction.Jiang Ruo leaned over and asked if he wanted it, but Xi Yufeng kept silent, staring at him indifferently with eyes like a cold pool.

Jiang Ruo didn't like being looked at like this, and felt cold.He raised his hand to cover Xi Yufeng's eyes, and lowered his other hand, buttons, belts, zippers... as if layers of defense were removed.

It was surprisingly less difficult and less shameful to do this for someone other than myself for the first time.

It's just that it took a long time. In the end, Jiang Ruo was so tired that he was dizzy and almost gave up.

When it was finally over, Jiang Ruo exhaled a long breath, and lay down on Xi Yufeng's shoulders as if exhausted.

After resting for a while, he touched the corner of the straight mouth with his lips, before getting up, Jiang Ruo whispered in Xi Yufeng's ear, "Don't be unhappy."

Maybe this method worked. When Jiang Ruo came out of the bathroom, Xi Yufeng returned to normal state, with the laptop on his lap, as if he was processing files.

Jiang Ruo walked to the refrigerator, intending to get a bottle of ice water for himself who was "working" hard.

Suddenly there was a voice.

"Hello teachers, my name is Jiang Ruo, I am 17 years old, and I am applying for the exam..."

The hand that will touch the bottle shakes violently, Jiang Ruo suddenly turns around and walks quickly towards the sofa.

"What are you watching?" Jiang Ruo asked, still able to maintain three points of reason at first, "How did you have this video?"

Ke Xi and Feng ignored it, but continued to look down.

The melody that I have heard countless times so familiar that I can't forget it even if I close my eyes sounds, Jiang Ruo's breathing is stagnant, and before his brain gives an order, his body rushes forward first.

He touched Xi Yufeng's computer without permission, tapped the space bar a few times to stop the video from being paused, then pushed away Xi Yufeng's hand, and touched the touchpad himself, trying to move the cursor to turn off the video.

Xi Yufeng would not let him mess around, he held the computer to his side, and grabbed Jiang Ruo's fluttering hand with his other hand: "Don't make trouble."

"I didn't make trouble." Jiang Ruo hurriedly turned off the video, and almost climbed onto Xi Yufeng, "Don't watch it, you can't watch it."

The unreasonable stop undoubtedly angered Xi Yufeng, his voice sank: "I can't watch?"

Immediately afterwards, I repeated it again: "You are 17 years old, I can't watch it?"

Jiang Ruo was stunned for a moment, his breathing was still trembling, but his hands slowly lost strength.

"I'm right here..." Jiang Ruo regained his composure, but his smile was a bit forced, "What else are you watching?"

And these words fall into Xi Yufeng's ears, it can only mean flirting.

So he let go of his hand: "Then show me the dance, the dance in the video."

The silence lasted for a few seconds before Jiang Ruo said, "Can I stop dancing? It's late, and the neighbors downstairs will have objections."

In normal times, maybe that's the case, but Jiang Ruo forgot that Xi Yufeng is an extremely powerful person at heart.

Not long ago, Jiang Ruogang challenged his authority and forced him to sign the agreement.At that time, Jiang Ruo should have known that what he owed due to a lucky escape would not disappear in thin air, even if it was changed to another form, he would definitely return it in full.

Besides, he had no right to refuse.

"Don't you want me to be happy?" Xi Yufeng looked at him, and said in an undisputable tone, "Dance now."

The hour and minute hands point to the number twelve together, and the bell tower makes a distant and solid sound.

Sparse moonlight spilled on the floor through the window, and Jiang Ruo danced in the empty room.

I haven't danced for a long time, and the movements and rhythm are a little rusty, but dancing to the melody has become an instinct engraved in my bones and blood.He even thought that even if he died and turned into a handful of loess, that soil would still be able to dance, and would float to the sky when a gust of wind blew.

This dance once carried all his imagination about the future, enough to support him to travel long distances here with passion.

Only later did he realize that there are two types of dreams. This is not only the pier where the dream sets sail, but also the place where the nightmare begins.

He heard many voices.

What I learned here is not dancing, it’s the art of catching men... The little broken shoes of the old broken shoes... Is it considered a talented student of the dance academy if you drop out of school... Back then, he was entangled with the son of our old group leader... Mainly It's Mr. Jiang's past record...he's been involved in the police...how shameless.

Gradually, the whispers in the ears turned into sharp shouts and laughter, and finally boiled into a pot of boiling water.

He couldn't escape, couldn't hide, under the watchful eyes of everyone, first he stepped in with his feet, then his legs, torso, arms, and the mouth for calling for help and the nasal cavity for breathing...

Until the end, his whole body fell into the boiling water and was instantly swallowed up.He opened his eyes wide and fluttered desperately, looking for oxygen in the gaps, eagerly occupying all his thoughts, burning inside and out, the pain was like a fire.

When he was pulled up from the ground with his arms clenched, Jiang Ruo's soul shook with his body, feeling as if he had been fished out of the water.

Xi Yufeng let him sit on the sofa and asked him what's wrong and if he felt uncomfortable somewhere.

Jiang Ruo shook his head and nodded again, straightened his shoulders, lowered his head again, mumbling something, the voice was too small to be heard clearly.

With no other choice, Xi Yufeng had no choice but to pinch his chin to make him look up.

Jiang Ruobang inevitably looked at him, or looked at someone else through him, and repeated in a broken voice: "I jumped, I jumped...I jumped."

Finally heard clearly, but Xi Yufeng stood there in a daze.

The eyelashes were already wet, Jiang Ruo blinked lightly, and the water that couldn't hold in the eye sockets rolled down from the corners of the eyes, dripping on the mouth of Xi Yufeng's left hand, and when it slid to the palm, it was almost ice-cold.

But it made Xi Yufeng feel hot, on the heart.