In a blink of an eye, it was time to close the net.

The cameramen carried their own equipment and pointed their lenses at each guest.

The hoisting machine clicked into operation, and the two empty large nets that were lowered luckily met a school of fish, and they collected a full explosion net, doubling their profits with profits.

A salty smell of seafood floated in the boat, and the guests excitedly followed the instructions of the fisherman captain and began to divide the items. When the fishing boat sailed into the receiving dock——

Sister Ya, who is the oldest and most experienced, does business and collects money on her behalf.

The receiving dock is in the new area, and the address of the welfare home is in the old area. After the 'money making task' is over, everyone chooses to charter a car and return the same way.

When getting on the bus, Shi Zhou met Nan Jia who was already seated in the first row.

In the brief eye contact, everything is silent.

There are some things that need to be investigated after all, but no matter how eager you are, you have to wait until the recording of this episode is over, otherwise the program team will be full of distracted people, and it's not good to be misunderstood.

Shi Zhou didn't speak, walked to the last row and sat down, Sheng Yanwen was next to him as usual.

During the transition, the atmosphere was always more relaxed than during the official recording. Shi Zhou put his mind back on Sheng Yanwen and asked in a low voice, "Are you still feeling dizzy?"

Sheng Yanwen replied, "It's okay, it's much better after swallowing the medicine."

Seeing that his complexion had recovered, Shi Zhou finally let go of his hanging heart.

The car drove out of the pier, halfway through in the blink of an eye.

Sitting diagonally opposite, Bo Yang looked at the neatly arranged Yinghai villas outside the window, and casually praised, "The seaside villas in this new area are well built, and the sea breeze blows comfortably every day."

The driver in charge of driving was very enthusiastic. He glanced at the rearview mirror and introduced, "This villa area has been built for more than ten years, and the house price has skyrocketed since the beginning."

"Most of the buyers who can afford this piece of land are rich people from other places, such as Haishi and Dijing, who usually come here for holidays. There are swimming pools, gardens, and private houses within a few steps. beach..."

Shi Zhou and Sheng Yan put their shoulders together, and after hearing the driver's introduction, they snickered and said, "It's more than that, all kinds of fruit trees and flowers are full."

When he was young, he and Lu Ran even stole it once, because the three pocket money they saved was not enough to be "hands-on" at the fruit stand, so they had to quietly exchange some food on these fruit trees that the rich people looked down upon.

Sheng Yanwen chuckled, and retorted in a low voice in Shizhou's ear, "Actually, the inside is not as good as the driver's. Facing the Haijian villa, it's bad if it's windy and rainy. It's just an occasional vacation but if you don't take care of it for a long time, the house will be ruined." It's unbelievably wet."

"Ok?"

Shi Zhou looked over and frowned instead of asking questions.

Sheng Yanwen told the truth, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, my parents were one of the 'rich people' that the driver said back then."

Shi Zhou was startled, "The Sheng family has a house here?"

"Well, I came here to play two or three times when I was a child, and then..." Sheng Yan heard his eyes flicker, and changed his words, "I don't know how to deal with this house later.

If he hadn't seen the gate of the villa area and felt familiar, he would have almost forgotten about it.

It's not that there are rumors about Versailles. The Sheng family has always been rich and powerful. In the past, the most indispensable place to stay when going out for vacations is their own house, or a star hotel invested by them.

Sheng Yanwen reached out to hook Shizhou's slender fingers, and played with them silently, "If I knew you grew up here, I should have come here a few more times, maybe we could have known each other earlier."

There was a hint of subtlety in Shi Zhou's heart, but he said, "How can it be so easy to know? Grandma won't let us children go out of the orphanage casually, for fear of accidents."

In addition to catching blue crabs, that is to go to the pier to purchase seafood in the middle of every month, and only obedient children can go out for a stroll.

"Will do."

Sheng Yanwen insisted on his point of view, taking advantage of the cover of the front seat, he lightly touched Shang Shizhou's ear with the side of his lips.

"People who are destined should meet each other, like me and you."

The warm breath brushed past the ears, and the numbness aroused spread all the way, stirring up ripples in the heart.

Shi Zhou caught a glimpse of the wedding rings of the two, and happily held his lover's hand, "Well, we should meet."

It's like he who hasn't experienced anything has traveled to five years later, and he will still be moved by the rumors and develop an inseparable love when getting along.

--

The car stopped at the gate of the orphanage, and the live broadcast restarted.

All the guests drew lots and took the eight children to chat and have fun, and finally handed in the money they earned together. The program team doubled the love fund as agreed and handed it over to Dean Cui.

Three hours later, the recording task of the last session was finally over.

Taking advantage of Shi Zhou's spare time, Sheng Yanwen went to the dean's office alone.

There was a knock on the door.

The dean who was filling out the documents looked up and was a little surprised when he saw Sheng Yanwen.

Sheng Yanwen stood at the door and asked in a low voice, "Dean, is it convenient for me to have a private chat with you?"

The dean had already confirmed Sheng Yanwen's identity from Shi Zhou, and quickly answered, "Mr. Sheng, of course it's convenient."

Without the confinement of the recording headset, Sheng Yanwen did not go around, "Dean, Zhou Zhou was brought up by you, and now I am his partner. You don't have to be too alienated from me, just call me by name."

The dean was taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized, "Did Xiaozhou tell you?"

Sheng Yanwen nodded, and his attitude was still polite, "Well, I just found out two days ago."

The dean didn't suspect him, so he closed the door and said, "Where's Xiaozhou? Would you like something to drink?"

"Xiaozhou is still preparing for picking, I came up to you without telling him."

Sheng Yanwen explained briefly, expressing his purpose of coming, "Dean, there are some things that Zhou Zhou didn't elaborate on, and I didn't ask directly because I was afraid that it would touch the scar in his heart..."

But he really wanted to know about his lover's past, so he came here uninvited.

The dean understood what Sheng Yanwen was saying, and motioned him to sit down, "Xiaozhou is a poor kid."

Sheng Yanwen frowned slightly, waiting for the dean's next statement.

"Back then, I had just taken over the orphanage from the previous dean. Xiaozhou was the first child I took over personally."

"A child under the age of six was brought by the police with a small schoolbag on his back and an empty bottle of almond milk in his hand."

"The police told me that Xiaozhou's grandparents have long since disappeared. His uncle is a gambler. After losing money, all the usury loans were borrowed in the name of his own sister. As for the whereabouts of his biological father, Xiaozhou's mother was also wrong. Anyone mentioning..."

Shizhou's biological mother worked three jobs during her lifetime. It is not easy for a woman in her early 20s to raise a child. What's more, when she meets a brother who is not up to date, he loses money and drinks alcohol and makes troubles every day.

The mother and son were cornered by the debt collectors, and they even took out the only small house left by their parents to pay off the debt.

Sometimes, the string breaks when stretched to a certain extent.

"Xiaozhou's mother jumped off the bridge. The schoolbag she gave Xiaozhou contained the child's identity information and 58 yuan and [-] cents. It should be her last savings."

No matter how hard life is, you can survive it by gritting your teeth, but can you really not survive it?

"..."

Sheng Yanwen couldn't speak, and the sour feeling he had never felt before was stuck in his heart, which was hard to get rid of.

"Before Xiaozhou's mother left, she tricked Xiaozhou to sit in front of the shop and wait. He waited from day to night."

"The owner of the store felt something was wrong the first night, but Xiaozhou was very vigilant. Before she came up, he timidly ran away holding the bottle..."

The dean wiped away his tears and sighed, "I really don't know where such a young child spends the night alone."

"The store didn't open the next day, so he sat on the small steps and waited. The store owner thought it was a deliberate abandonment, so he chose to call the police."

Unlike other children, Shizhou has been quiet since he entered the orphanage, neither crying nor making noise, just sitting in the corner with an empty bottle in his arms.

"I tried to communicate with him and asked him why he didn't lose a drink bottle."

The dean paused vaguely, still remembering the words that made her feel so distressed back then.

— Mom said she would come and take me home when I finished the almond milk in the bottle.

——Empty bottles can’t be thrown away, what if my mother doesn’t want me anymore?

"After, what about later?"

Sheng Yanwen asked subconsciously, only to realize that his voice had already been imperceptibly wet.

"Later, Xiaozhou knew it himself, and never asked why his mother didn't come to pick him up." The dean sighed.

The children in the orphanage know a lot, but Shi Zhou has never liked to talk, and likes to hide in a corner when eating and sleeping.

"He has been good-looking since he was a child, and he has no physical or intellectual defects. Logically speaking, it should be easy to find a new adoptive family, but I can see that he is not happy at all, and even deliberately grows long hair to cover his face. .”

Regardless of Shi Zhou's past, the dean can guess that he still hopes that his family will come to pick him up, so he has been unwilling to leave with the so-called "adoptive parents" who are unfamiliar to him.

Day after day, year after year.

After staying in the orphanage for a long time, Shi Zhou himself understood——

Those who don't want him will never want him again.

"Later, I was more surprised than anyone else that Xiaozhou was willing to go with the Shi family. After six or seven years of raising him, I treated him as my own child, so I asked him in private—why did he want to be adopted this time? .”

Sheng Yan asked in a low voice, "What did Zhou Zhou say?"

The dean looked at Sheng Yanwen and said word by word, "Xiaozhou said that among so many people who are willing to adopt him, she is the most like his mother."

Lou Keqin's first glance at Shi Zhou was most like his biological mother in his memory, so he was willing to trust that what the other party said was true.

Sheng Yan clenched his fists imperceptibly, his heart ached even more.

The dean's tone was complicated, "The time when Xiaozhou was adopted was the time when our orphanage had the most financial constraints."

Young children don't understand, but Shizhou is sensible.

He knew that saving himself a mouthful of food, and the adoption money donated by Shi and his wife would help the hospital recover for a while.

"I saw that Shi's couple are well-educated and gentle. The adoption conditions they handed in are quite good. They also said that they would take Xiaozhou to live abroad."

The dean's original intention to send away each child was to hope that they could live a stable life as a normal person. In her opinion, the adoption conditions of Shi's couple were already top-notch.

"Xiao Zhou even made two cross-country phone calls to me after he left the country, and he also received letters from him in the first three or four years, but we have not contacted him since then..."

The dean recalled calmly, without any complaints in his words, "I know he is good, so I am happy in my heart."

Sheng Yanwen saw the light in the Dean's eyes clearly, and didn't say much.

Who would have thought?

Lou Keqin will use Shizhou to miss another child who has passed away, and in the name of love, he will exert various pressures on his growth path.

Sheng Yanwen endured the sourness and complexity, and changed the subject, "Dean, do you have a picture of Zhou Zhou when he was a child? I want to see it."

The dean replied, "There are a few photos, but after the renovation of the orphanage last year, I took back many photo albums. Let's add a WeChat first. After a while, I will go back to the old house and find them for you to see."

Sheng Yanwen nodded, "Okay, then trouble the dean."

"No trouble."

The two exchanged WeChat smoothly.

Sheng Yanwen estimated that Shi Zhou's preparations would soon be over, and was about to leave after a polite gesture.

"Yanwen, wait a minute."

"Ok?"

The dean raised his head to meet Sheng Yanwen's gaze, and hesitated for a few seconds, "To tell you the truth, I have taken care of so many children over the years, and I understand them better than most people."

Children like Shi Zhou who grew up in the orphanage have a certain inferiority complex about their background and family from the bottom of their hearts. "

"Xiaozhou is a delicate child when he's young. He keeps a lot of things in his heart and won't say them until the last moment. If you have conflicts in the future, don't start a cold war with him."

Sheng Yanwen saw the dean's sincere concern for Shi Zhou, and responded with a smile, "President, don't worry, I understand."

The dean knows countless people, and seeing that Sheng Yanwen doesn't seem like a bigot, she was slightly relieved, "Just treat it as my preference for my own child, Mr. Sheng, please treat him well."

Sheng Yanwen answered without hesitation, "Yes, this recording is quite sudden. When I'm free during the Spring Festival holiday, I'll bring Zhou Zhou to greet you."

Hearing Sheng Yanwen tacitly said something similar to Shizhou, the dean smiled.

"it is good."

...

When Sheng Yanwen returned to the first floor, he found that Shi Zhou was waiting and watching in the corridor after the production preparations were over.

Their eyes met, and the two walked towards each other at the same time.

"Yanwen, where are you going? I've been looking for you for a long time, and I'm telling you..." Before Shizhou, who was approaching, could finish his words, Sheng Yanwen hugged a person on the side of the corridor tightly. An activity classroom.

pat!

The door to the room was locked.

Sheng Yanwen hugged Shi Zhou onto a small desk with one hand, and then hugged Shi Zhou tightly with unprecedented strength.

"..."

It took several seconds for Shi Zhou to recover from the sudden embrace.

He raised his hand to touch his lover's tight back, and comforted him again and again, "Yanwen, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I just want to hug you."

There was an indistinct tremor in Sheng Yanwen's voice, but the strength of the hug did not relax, "Zhouzhou."

Shi Zhou huddled in his arms without struggling, "Huh?"

Sheng Yan tilted his head and shouted again, "Zhouzhou."

Shi Zhou heard his childish stubbornness, "I'm here."

Sheng Yanwen didn't speak, but he was stuck in the dean's memory and couldn't get out. He used to not fantasize about unrealistic things, but now he wants to see his childhood sweetheart for no reason——

Whether it is Shi Zhou waiting alone on the steps, or Shi Zhou holding an empty bottle in the corner, or Shi Zhou covering his face with long hair.

He wants to see all Shizhou on his growth path.

During the short three days in the orphanage, Shizhou shared with him the few good memories of his childhood, but he didn't mention the pain and anxiety.

Just like the two years in a foreign country, he was obviously 'oppressed' by his adoptive parents and was on the verge of despair, but he was unwilling to share the slightest suffering with him who was busy filming.

The more Shi Zhou was like this, the more distressed Sheng Yan was.

Sheng Yanwen felt an uncontrollable choke in his throat, soft but firm, "Zhouzhou, I will be here from now on."

The two have known each other for five or six years, and they have already talked a lot about love, but this is the first time like this——

Mixed with the distress that is difficult to eliminate, thousands of words are reduced to this simplest promise.

After all, Shi Zhou guessed the reason for Sheng Yanwen's 'emotional', his eyes turned sore inexplicably, "I know."

I always have you.

Shi Zhou once thought secretly, if it really came to the time point mentioned by the system, how should he choose?

Now, the answer is clear——

Shi Zhou is willing to stay in the present, and join hands with Sheng Yanwen to live an unknown life, but he is also willing to go back to the starting point five years ago, and truly grasp every moment from acquaintance to love.

Because as long as the end point is grand rumors, he will be fearless.

I don't know whose WeChat vibrated.

Sheng Yanwen finally let go of Shi Zhou, and kissed his cheek, "Why is your face so hot?"

Shi Zhou snorted and complained, "It's because you hugged me too tightly and couldn't breathe."

Sheng Yanwen's heavy heart finally broke through a little lightness, "Then you didn't struggle just now, and you still let me hold you?"

Shi Zhou kissed him back, calmly and seductively, "I want to be hugged by my husband like this, can't I?"

"Row."

Sheng Yanwen stroked his birthmark, "My family Zhouzhou can do whatever he wants."

The vibration of the WeChat call stopped, and within a few seconds there was another message reminder.

When Shi Zhou took out his mobile phone, he realized that it was from Nan Jia. A text was left under the phone that could not be connected in time, revealing a secret that was only known to each other.

——Shizhou, I still have a stage announcement that I can't push back and I have to catch a plane to leave immediately, so I'll leave that to you.

Sheng Yanwen didn't peep at Shizhou's WeChat screen, but just took half a step back to unlock the door, "Let's go, it's almost time, we still have to go to the airport."

Shi Zhou jumped down from the table and took the initiative to mention, "A message from Nanjia. I heard that when I get home tonight, I happen to have something to discuss with you."

"it is good."

...

Just after ten o'clock, the plane landed at Haishi Airport on time.

Sheng Yanwen and Shi Zhou came here by car last time, and their private car was still parked on the second floor. Han Han and other staff chartered a car back to the city, and made a special statement before leaving.

"Brother Zhou, Sister An said that there is no announcement around New Year's Day, so you can rest well! The "Game of Life" program group will hold a cruise ship wrap-up banquet on the [-]th, and we will meet with you one day in advance."

"it is good."

Shi Zhou waved goodbye to his team, and followed Sheng Yanwen back to the car. Once the car door was closed, it was another space for the two of them to be alone.

Shi Zhou sighed with relief, "Finally there are no outsiders."

The next second, a file came from Sheng Yanwen's cell phone. He saw the attached text clearly, and his expression suddenly became serious, "Zhouzhou, wait a minute."

Seeing his lover's expression, Shi Zhou nodded without interruption.

At the same time, the system in my mind went online at this time, [Zhoubao, I have already found out about Li Da and his behind-the-scenes employer! 】

Li Da was the intern assistant of the props group of "Bone Mirror" back then, and his alias in the crew was Li Yishi.

Shi Zhou immediately paid attention to it, [Well, tell me. 】

Soon, a pile of information appeared on the virtual panel. In order to facilitate Shi Zhou's thorough understanding in a short time, the system dutifully opened the explanation.

[Zhou Bao, after Li Da was 'redeemed' from an overseas underground black boxing tube with money, he went to take the professional bodyguard qualification certificate not long ago, but the strange thing is that his information was not entered into the Any security company. 】

Therefore, the system was unable to find all relevant information in the first place five days ago.

[After a long time of in-depth tracking, I found that his 'work' information was transferred several times, as if on purpose, and finally a Chinese named 'Sai'o' appeared next to him. 】

The system uses the screenshots of the monitoring in public places, and compares them with the database after high-definition and finds——

The Chinese name of this Chinese named 'Sai'ao' is Qin Yi.

Qin Yi?

Shi Zhou stared at this completely unfamiliar name, and then heard the system add, [Zhou Bao, I can't confirm whether Li Da's appearance on the set of "Bone Mirror" has anything to do with Qin Yi, but I found that Qin Yi and Zhao Yanqing have the same father. half-brother relationship. 】

"Zhao Yanqing?"

Seeing this unfamiliar yet familiar name, Shi Zhou murmured subconsciously.

When the voice fell to the ground, Sheng Yanwen looked over, "Zhouzhou, you know?"

Shi Zhou's thoughts pulled back, "What?"

"Zhao Yanqing."

Sheng Yanwen mentioned the name again, and simply handed him the investigation materials he had just obtained.

"I think your memory hasn't fully recovered yet, so you probably don't remember much about Zhao Yanqing."

While starting the car, Sheng Yanwen told Shi Zhou about the things related to Zhao Yanqing back then——

Song Mingyan took advantage of Zhao Yanqing's set-up for Shi Zhou's wine game, Zhao Yanqing's dirty thoughts about Shi Zhou, and Zhao Yanqing's money-losing film and television projects.

Hearing Sheng Yanwen's reminder, Shi Zhou gradually came to his senses.

Traveling so far, he has never had a formal confrontation with Zhao Yanqing. The only impression is that he has seen it in the news of the "drinking incident" back then. No wonder the name gave him a feeling of strangeness and familiarity.

Shi Zhou looked down at the phone screen again, and unexpectedly found that the content investigated by Sheng Yanwen was almost the same as that given by the system.

"Yanwen, do you think the car accident in "Bone Mirror" was Zhao Yanqing's accidental revenge on me? Li Da was hired by him?"

Sheng Yanwen shook his head slightly, and said intuitively, "Compared to Zhao Yanqing, who is empty and sweet-hearted, there is one person who is more suspicious."

Shi Zhou understood, "Qin Yi?"

Sheng Yanwen didn't deny it, "Yes, Zhao Yanqing is an investor controlled by his lower body, who only relies on resources to support his lover."

"Back then, I lost hundreds of millions of dollars in a row, and I secretly found out about tax issues. All the troubles before and after were linked together, and it seemed that they were going to go bankrupt and liquidate."

He paused, and turned at the three-way intersection, "On the other hand, Qin Yi is doing well in foreign film and television investment circles, but there is no splash abroad, don't you think it's strange?"

Shi Zhou recalled the general content of the information, "Qin Yi has been abroad for at least fifteen or sixteen years? If he intends to hide it, can we find out the information before that?"

Back then, the Internet news was not as developed as it is now, and even if the system wanted to check it, it would probably take some effort.

Sheng Yanwen glanced at him and concluded, "Someone will know."

Shi Zhou was curious, "Who?"

Sheng Yanwen curled his lips slightly, speeded up the car and drove out.

--

Half an hour later, the study of the Sheng family.

Wen Rulan, who was wearing pajamas, brought the water in, feeling faintly worried, "Yanwen, Xiaozhou, why did you come here at night? Nothing happened, right?"

"No, it's just a film and television project. Let the children ask about it." Sheng Congyun took the warm water from his wife and gave a reason to feel at ease.

"Aren't you going to be a judge in the dance competition tomorrow? Go to bed early."

Wen Rulan knew it was an excuse, but she suppressed her doubts and left the study with a slight signal.

Since it is inconvenient for the child to speak directly, she will not inquire for the time being, as long as she does not cause trouble to them.

The door of the room was closed again.

The seriousness between Sheng Congyun's eyebrows and eyes rose instantly, and he motioned for Sheng Yanwen and Shi Zhou to sit down and chat, "What you just said is true? Was the car accident of Xiaozhou's crew back then artificial?"

Sheng Yanwen replied, "It's not completely sure, but after in-depth investigation, many things are too coincidental."

Sheng Congyun raised his brows, and said bluntly, "I know that Qin Yi you are talking about is a few years younger than me, and he was considered a ruthless character in the circle before."

Sheng Congyun has taken over Beidou Film and Television for nearly 30 years, and knows a lot about the people behind the scenes in the Chinese entertainment industry.

"Do you know that 30 or [-] years ago, apart from Beidou Film and Television, which film and television capital was popular in the circle?"

Shi Zhou and Sheng Yanwen looked at each other, not quite clear.

Their age is here, how can they master everything?

Sheng Congyun didn't intend to get the answer from the mouths of the two children, and told, "Opteron Film and Television Capital."

"Although Zhao Longfeng's name is written on the ostensible legal person of this company, Qin Yi is the real person in charge behind the scenes."

"..."

When the words fell to the ground, Shi Zhou's expression changed.

Nanjia's plea not long ago popped up in his mind——

"Shizhou, I want to ask you to check someone for me!"

"Back then, the executive director of Opteron Film and Television Capital, brother Zhou and my sister's brokerage company were under the banner of Opteron!"

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