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I regret it after asking.

Just about to say something else to get this topic out of the way, Jiang Ruo raised his head and met a scrutinizing gaze.

Looking down at the person on the bed condescendingly, Xi Yufeng said: "What, you want to run?"

Jiang Ruo wasn't sure whether his thoughts had been penetrated by him, but felt that there was a bit of imperceptible danger in these words.

There is also a kind of warning, which is intended to remind him that the last revision of the agreement has challenged his bottom line, and his connivance is not unlimited.

Withdrawing his hand, Jiang Ruo lowered his eyes: "Where can I go?"

This kind of soft clothing is undoubtedly pleasant, Xi Yufeng's face was slightly relaxed, and when he turned around, he said calmly: "Today is your birthday."

Jiang Ruo heard the subtext - don't be so disappointing.

Given the relationship between the two of them, some words are too clear to be interesting.

Tonight, the two finally did it.

Jiang Ruo fulfilled his previous promise and accepted Xi and Feng's similar desire to vent in an imprisoned posture.

It was like going through a storm, and it was impossible to breathe in it.

After it was over, Xi Yufeng lit a cigarette and smoked slowly, letting it burn between his fingers most of the time.

Jiang Ruo wanted to turn on the light, but he stopped him.

With the light of the street light coming in through the window, Jiang Ruo saw his cold and lonely eyes, as if the person who was so enthusiastic just now was not him.

Jiang Ruo felt cold, so he turned over and wrapped the quilt tightly, pretending that he couldn't smell the smoke, and couldn't hear the steady and deliberate breathing.

In the early morning, Xiao Shen knocked on the door of Jiang Ruo's room.

"Mr. Jiang, happy birthday!" Sending blessings first, Xiao Shen said with a smile, "I wanted to click to send blessings, but I thought you and Mr. Xi went out, so I definitely don't want to be disturbed."

Jiang Ruo also laughed: "It's okay, my phone automatically mutes after zero o'clock, so you can't disturb me."

Besides breakfast, Xiao Shen also sent a six-inch cake.

"Whipped cream and seasonal fruits are brought here as soon as they are ready. This size should be just right for two people."

Xiao Shen has always handled things properly, and Jiang Ruo expressed his sincere thanks.

Before leaving, Xiao Shen had a professional smile on his face: "I wish you two a pleasant day."

The sincerity in the smile made Jiang Ruo inexplicably ashamed, and she said that next time she would find a chance to tell Xiao Shen that he and Xi Yufeng were not in the serious relationship she thought.

Xi and Feng only took two bites of the cake, and the rest went into Jiang Ruo's stomach.

Before lunch time, Jiang Ruo went downstairs to take out the barbecue from last night to heat up, gave half to Xiao Shen, and took the other half to eat in the room.

Probably because of his birthday today, Xi Yufeng didn't show too much dissatisfaction with the smell of cumin and spicy oil wafting around the room, and only asked, "Is it counted as calories today?"

Jiang Ruo was full of oil: "There are 360 ​​and five days in a year, only today can be confidently counted."

Xi Yufeng laughed.

In the afternoon, when Xi Yufeng went back, Jiang Ruo sent him downstairs.

Before getting into the car, Xi Yufeng checked Jiang Ruo's knee and several other serious injuries. The bruises have faded, and it will take another two days for him to recover.

Then he looked down. Since he didn't have to go out today, Jiang Ruo wore a pair of loose beach pants and flip flops. No matter how thin or low-key the chain was, it would still be conspicuous.

Jiang Ruo also looked down: "Wearing such an exquisite thing, it should be matched with a dress."

Xi Yufeng said: "No, this is fine."

Jiang Ruo rarely talked less today, and waited for someone to get in the car before bending over and leaning in front of the car window: "Thank you, Mr. Xi, for taking time out of his busy schedule to send warmth. I had a very happy birthday."

Like the official formula, Xi Yufeng frowned: "Speak well."

Jiang Ruo burst into laughter: "Anyway, just be happy, welcome to Mr. Xi next time."

The car turned around, and at a corner where no one was paying attention, Jiang Ruo half-body leaned into the car, trying to send a farewell kiss.

The quilt and the wind turned away their faces.

Jiang Ruo blinked: "I brushed my teeth, there should be no barbecue smell, right?"

Xi Yufeng said, ""Ying Fei" will air next month."

It means restraint and don't mess around in public.

However, Jiang Ruo didn't agree with this logic: "Then you should come here a few more times before you become popular."

Said, Jiang Ruo grabbed Xi Yufeng's neckline and kissed his tight lips.

The emotion was only in an instant, Jiang Ruo retreated after the kiss, but was wrapped around the neck by Xi Yufeng and carried into his arms.

The voice was slightly hoarse: "Don't keep me?"

Jiang Ruo was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again: "Then you stay and leave after I finish filming?"

Xi Yufeng stared at him for a while, as if confirming the sincerity of what he said.And Jiang Ruo also learned to hide his emotions, and couldn't see anything clearly in his bent eyes.

It didn't take long to cool down, Xi Yufeng let go of his arms, straightened his collar, and said, "Go back and film well."

Jiang Ruo is very obedient, and will be serious about filming for the next month.

After the scene where the second male lead died in the rain with all his efforts last time, Jiang Ruo found that the crew's attitude towards him had obviously changed for the better.

In the past, he used to be distant and polite when he met and just said hello, but now he is occasionally asked if he wants to order breakfast together, or share a table to eat fried food.

Jiang Ruozi agreed.

Soon, everyone discovered that this "resource guy" was actually very easy to get along with. He never used his background to show off, and he was very down-to-earth. He wore T-shirts and big pants all day except for costumes. Bring a cart of watermelons, wash them one by one under the sun, and then slice them for everyone.

He also took everyone to eat cheap and big bowls of home-cooked food around like a tour guide. When asked why he is so familiar with this place, Jiang Ruo did not hide it: "I used to be a group performer, and I squatted all over this area. , can you not be familiar with it?"

Later, under the organization of Jiang Ruo, the crew had a fixed group of people. Every day after the show, they would gather in the lounge, order a few plates of mosquito coils, and play two tables of mahjong. The purpose was not to win money, but to chat, amuse and relax.

It's not been a week, and even the director and screenwriter have joined in. The card table can't be accommodated, so it's just placed outside, with a lamp, and gags in the summer night breeze, which is quite pleasant.

After work was over for the day, just as the card table was set up, Chen Muxin, the leading actor, walked over with a jug of beer.

Jiang Ruo's communication with this popular young boy was only in the scene, and he helped him when he fell down and couldn't stand up last time, so he was not sure what his purpose was.

Everyone in the room also looked at him, making Chen Muxin look embarrassed, put down the beer, and scratched his head: "Do you have any space here? I also want to learn how to play cards."

"Casino" has a new face, as the organizer, Jiang Ruo personally came to the reception.

I thought Chen Muxin was being modest when he said he didn’t know how to play cards, but he didn’t think that when he got to the table, he asked Jiang Ruo where he should put it when he touched a card. He sat behind Chen Muxin and taught him with all his heart.

The other two at this table are the director and the heroine Wei Chulin. Seeing that Chen Muxin really doesn't know how to fight at all, the director said with a smile: "I was on the phone with your father a while ago. He told me not to teach you badly. I promised , I will play cards with you here, tell me, how can I explain to your family?"

Chen Muxin's parents are both actors, and they have a close relationship with the director many times, which is well known in the circle.

"It's not like being bad." Chen Muxin calls the director "Uncle" on weekdays, and he has a good relationship with him. "If my dad asks again, he will say that he wants to integrate into the group. After all, they are more worried about me than being bad." Misfit."

Since he comes from an acting family, his popularity and acting skills are guaranteed, Chen Muxin's status in the crew is naturally higher than other actors.Previously, he gave Jiang Ruo the feeling that he was a child who was very experienced in acting, and he didn't usually talk to everyone. Except for filming, he just stayed in the lounge and didn't come out.

That's why Jiang Ruo couldn't help laughing when he heard the comparison between "being bad at learning" and "being gregarious".

Chen Muxin turned to look at him with a rare awkward expression: "Brother Jiang, you laugh at me too."

Speaking of which, although Chen Muxin is an old actor, he is one year younger than Jiang Ruo.Thinking of the shock when Chen Muxin called him "brother" for the first time, Jiang Ruo pushed him on the shoulder to make him turn back: "You study hard, don't embarrass me, I won't laugh at you."

Chen Muxin said "Yes", turned around and continued to stare at the cards in his hand bitterly, as if he was thinking about what the pattern represented and where it should be placed.

After a while, Chen Muxin came every time.

Jiang Ruo played with him a few times, but most of the time he could only sit beside him and "point out the country".

One day, the female guard Chu Lin who sat at the table with them suddenly said, "Xiao Chen, I see that you usually memorize your lines so fast, why can't you memorize all the mahjong rules?"

The words were addressed to Chen Muxin, but Jiang Ruo shivered.

Later, even though Chen Muxin said that mahjong was different from lines and that he was not good at these card games, Jiang Ruo never sat next to him, but ran around, wherever there was a shortage of people at the table.

There were also unavoidable times, such as this day, when Jiang Ruo just sat down, Chen Muxin dragged a chair over and said that he lost again yesterday and that he wanted to learn from him.

He also handed Jiang Ruo a bottle of iced drink, the kind Jiang Ruo used to drink, even Xiao Shen didn't notice that he only drank this brand and this flavor.

Jiang Ruo didn't take the drink, and was about to repeat his old tricks and get up and run away, when suddenly he heard Wei Chulin who was sitting across from him laughing: "Who is different from me? Xiao Jiang lost to me yesterday."

Before Chen Muxin could react, Jiang Ruo pushed him towards Wei Chulin as if he had been pardoned: "Yes, yes, it's the same with Sister Wei."

The newcomer Chen Mu sat down, and his eyes still fell on Jiang Ruo: "But——"

Wei Chulin interjected at the right time: "By the way, Xiao Jiang, you didn't learn your poker skills from those young masters from Jinyuan, did you?"

Jiang Ruo was taken aback.

Twirling a card in her hand, Wei Chulin turned her head and winked at him: "I've heard that Mr. Xi often takes you there."

It was midnight when the show ended.

Jiang Ruo deliberately stayed at the end, and waited for everyone to disperse before going to the alley next to the shooting site and knocking on Wei Chulin's nanny car.

Wei Chulin was taking off her make-up in the car, and before Jiang Ruodao could explain why she came, she said, "If you are here to scold me, then walk slowly."

Jiang Ruo said, "I'm here to thank you—"

"That's absolutely unnecessary." Wei Chulin said, "Chen Muxin is too simple, he doesn't get involved in those dirty things in the circle, and he never thinks of people as bad. Behavior in the pot."

The words made Jiang Ruo feel ashamed, but what should be explained still needs to be explained: "I didn't know that he was treating me at first... and I didn't want to be with him..."

"It's better not to."

Wei Chulin put down the makeup remover wipes in her hand, and turned her eyes from the mirror to Jiang Ruo, with a disdain of "I really don't know what he likes you".

"I hope you know that you are not in the same way as him. Even if you earn enough and become a good man in the future, you will still be far from worthy of him."

Later, Jiang Ruo learned from Lin Xiao that Wei Chulin was Chen Muxin's cousin, but the two families kept a low profile and did not publicize the matter to the outside world, so the fans and spectators didn't know about it.

Half a month later, the filming of Jiang Ruo's scene ended, and on the way back, he found out of his bag the wrapping gift that Chen Muxin forced for him—a little dancing doll, and was worried about what to do with it.

However, there was not enough time left for him to think. Lao Liu drove him back to the city and stopped at an office building that Jiang Ruo had entered. After waiting for about 5 minutes, the door on the left side of the back seat opened and he was dressed in a suit. Xi and Feng sat up.

I haven't seen him for a month, and he is still the same. When he got in the car, he loosened his tie first, exhaled heavily, and then closed his eyes to cover up the exhaustion in his eyes.

Jiang Ruo couldn't help stretching out his hand, put it on his eyelids lightly, and said, "Sleep for a while, I'll call you when we arrive."

After returning to the flat floor, Xi Yufeng finally recovered and asked Jiang Ruo if the filming was going well.

"Didn't I send you WeChat every day?" Jiang Ruo couldn't help but roll his eyes, "I knew you didn't read it."

Taking the water glass from Jiang Ruo, Xi Yufeng said, "Look."

"Then you won't come back?"

"No time to."

"I don't know who it is, but I'm absent from work for three days."

Xi Yufeng laughed: "If it wasn't for those three days of absenteeism, I wouldn't be so busy."

Jiang Ruo pursed her lips and immediately lost her temper.

After dinner, Jiang Ruo pushed Xi Yufeng's shoulder and urged him to go to rest, but Xi Yufeng grabbed his wrist and took him to the east room.

In my impression, this place used to be a guest room, with wardrobes and beds, but it has changed a lot after not seeing it for a few months. The furniture and appliances have been removed, and the European retro wallpaper has disappeared. Instead, it is replaced by a shiny mirror and a row of wooden walls. armrest.

The floor has also been replaced with a new one. It is slightly soft when stepped on. It is made of plastic material. The purpose is anti-slip and shock absorption. It is often used in dance studios.

When Jiang Ruo was stunned, Xi Yufeng had already led him to the center of the room: "This is already the biggest room, although it is still a bit small for a dance studio."

Hearing the word "small", Jiang Ruo reacted and shook his head dully.

The dance studio he stayed in when he was a child was only half the size. Later, when he entered the dance academy, he had to make an appointment in advance, and he had to squeeze his head to get a chance to grab a dance studio.

And it is only the right to use it for a certain period of time, the dance room does not belong to him.

And the room he is staying in now is created for him and exists for him. He can dance here to his heart's content without worrying that he won't be able to grab it, and he doesn't have to worry that the lights will be turned off when the time comes.

Looking around, there was a dazed and dull face reflected in the mirror.

Only now did Jiang Ruo feel the truth—Xi Yufeng gave him a dance studio and helped him realize his wish to last more than ten birthdays.

At night, Jiang Ruo, who finished a dance in the new dance studio, hugged his only audience, and kissed like a raging fire.

Tired and panting on Xi Yufeng's shoulders, when Xi Yufeng asked if he was satisfied with the belated birthday present, Jiang Ruo was stunned again, and after a while he said, "Then that anklet..."

Xi Yufeng's tone was flat: "Who said you can only give one birthday gift?"

"Then how do you know that I want a dance room?"

"Guess."

"I do not believe."

It's been a long time since I danced like this to my heart's content, Jiang Ruo blushed with excitement, so what she said was no different from cheating, and in Xi Yufeng's eyes, there was a different kind of delicate and fresh.

He raised his hand and touched the corner of Jiang Ruo's eye, brushing the trembling eyelashes with his fingertips.

"Because it's shining." Xi Yufeng said.

Jiang Ruo didn't understand: "What light?"

"It's the same as when I watched other people dance last time, there is light in my eyes."

From dark to dawn, I can't tell you how many times I have done it, in bed, in front of the window, by the pool, even in the dance studio.

In the end, Jiang Ruo had the illusion that he was on the verge of drowning, and his body kept sinking. When he was about to touch the bottom, he was picked up by a pair of hands and thrown into the clouds.

Fortunately, all senses have not yet been closed, and in a drowsy state, he heard Xi Yufeng ask: "Do you still want to?"

Do you want to?

Jiang Ruo believes that as long as he wants to, Xi Yufeng will give it to him.

It seems that as long as he is good enough and obedient enough, he can get anything.

On the first morning after leaving the film crew, just before falling into a deep sleep, Jiang Ruo's mind came up with Wei Chulin's "congliang" for no reason.

At that time, I was patronizing embarrassment, but now that I think about it, I feel that this metaphor is not appropriate.

The cause of being good is the involuntary depravity, the yearning for freedom in the deep mud.

And he, knowing that the road ahead is dangerous, still plunges headlong into it, knowing that there will be no result, but letting himself get drunk, thinking that if he closes his eyes, tomorrow will not come.

In the dream, Jiang Ruo saw himself walking towards the cliff. Originally, he was only curious about how deep it was, but he heard the sound of rocks loosening under his feet.