The scene was indescribably awkward.
After a brief moment of confusion, Shang Lu regained his mind and remembered the last time he met Donut in this school.
Donut asked her to sign a sign for her friend but instead of saying her name, she asked her to draw a moon.
That moon probably represents picking the moon.
Peripheral parts, support, that is to say, Zhaiyueliang is not only her fan, but also the one responsible for managing her fan group.
Shang Lu has met many of her fans. Every time when fans come to support her, she will try her best to remember each one's appearance and ID. However, there is a mysterious fan who spends the most money but has never come to her to claim his ID. His name is "Don't Like the Sun".
Don't like the sun.
Pick the moon.
The answer is obvious.
Zhaiyueliang's mind went blank, and she opened her mouth to explain: "This is a..."
Pick the Moon: “?!”
Shang Lu put down the cup in his hand and looked at Cheng Baojiao seriously.
While waiting for the food, Cheng Baojiao helped Shang Lu read the script and quickly said, "It's a good script, but it's not suitable for you."
Shang Lu looked at her and said, "I don't like the sun."
Shang Lu and Cheng Baojiao went to a nearby restaurant and asked for a private room.
Even though Donut knows they are just joking, it doesn't stop them from being so friendly!
Zhaiyueliang couldn't understand: "Why do you have to ship CP?"
It was not until Shang Lu left that she slowly uttered, "Actually, I'm still your mom fan!"
Because of her work and family background, Zhaiyueliang had attended many parties and met many celebrities, but when she stood in front of Shang Lu, she even breathed much lighter unconsciously.
Picking the moon is embarrassing.
Although Shang Lu said that her boyfriend had a cross-dressing fetish, she was not a fool and she could see at that time that he had no Adam's apple.
Wow, she’s so cute, she speaks softly and her smile is super gentle, she’s such a cute girl!
Donut held his chin with one hand, thought for a while and said: "Then I am a CP fan."
Shang Lu couldn't help but ask curiously: "What do you like about me?"
Pick the Moon: “…”
Shang Lu couldn't help laughing, and Zhai Yueliang's face turned even redder.
"Although it is a story about a female college student's entrepreneurial history with poverty alleviation elements, the role setting is actually more focused on the later stage, and in this plot they are all over 30 years old." Cheng Baojiao lowered her head and flipped through the script, saying, "Your life and experience are not consistent with these two roles. If you want to act, make up your mind to do your best and watch and understand the lives of these people... But it's too late. From my personal point of view, although this is Han Cheng's crew, it is not your best choice now. If you can't act to your satisfaction, it's really better to act in some idol dramas."
And now Cheng Baojiao's words made Shang Lu completely determined.
Cheng Baojiao nodded to show that she understood, and said, "Then you guys chat first, I'll go drive and wait for you downstairs."
The script, the role and herself were not well-suited, so Shang Lu felt a sense of disharmony when she was trying it out at home these days. But because such a production team is what every actor dreams of, she has been hesitant.
How did she know
Cheng Baojiao watched from the side, but she didn't understand what was going on between the three people, so she asked directly: "Lulu, do you know each other?"
Picking the Moon looked at the donut with a puzzled expression: "What are you eating now?"
Donut came to testify that what Zhaiyue said was true: "When she introduced you to me, she said you were beautiful, beautiful, and beautiful!"
Shang Lu didn't explain much, just replied: "Well, we are friends."
For Shanglu, it was surprising enough that Donut had turned from a CP fan of Jiang Yininglin to her fan, but she didn't expect that Zhaiyueliang was also her fan.
"Okay." After Shang Lu agreed, Cheng Baojiao left quickly, leaving only the three of them in the classroom.
She recalled the time when she had a crush on someone in high school. She acted cool in front of the boy she liked, but he showed her love letter to her on the spot.
Pick the Moon: “?”
What Cheng Baojiao said was actually what Shang Lu was thinking.
Moreover, she was familiar with the ID "Don't Like the Sun" for a long time. It can even be said that Zhaiyueliang should have been her fan even earlier.
Donut replied seriously: "If you don't buy CP when chasing stars, the fun is half gone."
Cheng Baojiao then looked at Shang Lu and said, "You are not yet at the age where you need to change your career. You have a beautiful youth. You can play more roles that suit your age. They are all your accumulation. I think you have done a good job."
Zhaiyueliang was stunned, but her body reacted faster than her brain. By the time she realized what was happening, she had already raised her phone to take a photo with Shanglu.
The accident happened before I could tell.
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Shang Lu: “… ?”
the other side.
Pick the Moon blurted out: "Beautiful!"
Fans are speechless.
"I was originally a fan of Shang Lu and Xu Ze, a mischievous girl and a reserved and loyal dog. Later, I started to fan her and Ou Yi, a lucky koi and a superstitious dog. But now I've found a better pair." Donut said very seriously: "Shang Lu and Lin Yanyan, I want to join their CP group."
It was the most sincere and dedicated compliment she had ever heard in her life.
Today, when she first asked her "girlfriend", Shang Lu did not deny it. The person who could have appeared with Shang Lu at that time last time? That could only be Lin Yanyan!
Shang Lu was surprised. He stared at Zhaiyue's increasingly red face and asked, "Would you like to take a photo?"
The road is one step at a time, there is no need to rush.
Whatever she misses now, she will get when the day comes when she is good enough.
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So in the end Shang Lu politely responded to Yu Qi, saying that he was not suitable for the script and that they might have a chance to work together again in the future.
But that night, Song Zeqian called.
Shang Lu was originally practicing yoga. When he heard his cell phone ringing and saw the name "Song Zeqian" written on the caller ID, he was surprised.
This seemed to be the first time Song Zeqian took the initiative to call her, oh no... even the first time he took the initiative to contact her.
After they added each other as friends, apart from chatting a few words about Xiaomi, they never exchanged any messages.
So Shang Lu immediately answered the phone and asked, "Director Song?"
"Yeah." There was a response from the other end, and then Song Zeqian, as always, got straight to the point and asked directly, "Have you rejected Han Cheng's new drama?"
"Yes." Shang Lu answered, and then he didn't quite understand: "How do you know?"
"He had dinner with me tonight, and drank a few more glasses of wine because he was depressed about this matter. He said that he had wanted you to play the role since the beginning of his life, but he didn't expect you to refuse." Song Zeqian paused here and commented: "But it's better that you refused. Those two roles are not suitable for you. I don't know why he trusts you so much. At best, you can play the few scenes after graduation."
Although Shang Lu felt the same way, she refused to admit defeat when Song Zeqian said it so directly, "Director Song looks down on me so much?"
Song Zeqian replied: "I already think highly of you. At least I think you can perform well in the first few scenes."
Shang Lu: “…”
Forget it, a normal person would not choose to quarrel with Song Zeqian. If he wins, he will be angry, and if he loses, he will be even angrier.
So Shang Lu asked directly: "What is the purpose of Director Song's call? You are not here to mock me, are you?"
Song Zeqian was silent for a while before he said, "I have a script here with a role that is very suitable for you. Do you want to give it a try?"
After saying that, Song Zeqian deliberately added: "I'll say it in advance, I'm just giving you a chance to audition."
Shang Lu reacted for a while, then smiled and said, "Okay, but let me be clear, if the script is not good or the role is not suitable, I can refuse Director Han Cheng, and I can also refuse Director Song."
Song Zeqian chuckled, but said with great certainty: "You will definitely like this script."
Shang Lu said "Oh", and his attitude did not change much. He said, "Then we'll wait and see."
Of course, Shanglu's calmness was fake.
The moment the phone hung up, she slapped her face.
It hurts a bit, it's not a dream.
She had just rejected Han Cheng's crew, and it was a pity that she might not be able to meet such a good production team in the short term, but Song Zeqian took the initiative to find her? Is she so popular
Although Song Zeqian only said to give her an audition opportunity, as long as it is a script and role she likes, she will do her best no matter how difficult it is.
Soon, Shang Lu received the script sent by Song Zeqian.
Accompanied by a message.
[The details have not been completely revised, the direction of the story will not change]
Shang Lu clicked on the script, and the first thing that caught his eye was the title, "Evil".
She scrolled down.
She soon realized that what Song Zeqian said was right, she really liked the script.
The script was based on a real event from the past two years that caused a huge stir on the Internet, and was created with slight changes.
It tells the story of a poor and backward remote village where many baby girls are drowned at birth. On the one hand, they despise those who are not born with boys and cannot carry on the family line, but on the other hand, they are troubled by the scarcity of women and the inability of poor families to marry and have children.
Therefore, in such a village, incidents of "buying wives", "exchanging wives" and even "brothers sharing wives" are common.
But no one thinks this is wrong, because almost every household relies on this method to continue the incense.
The human trafficking gangs also saw business opportunities here. The village is too remote, and it takes several hours to walk to the nearest town. Even if no one tries to stop them, it is almost impossible for the women who are sold here to escape because they cannot tell east from west or south due to the mountainous roads.
It can be said that this place is a "paradise", not because it is beautiful, but because it is almost isolated from the world.
Therefore, countless women were trafficked here from towns and cities, and their prices were clearly marked according to their appearance and whether their bodies were "childbearing".
The village is quite big, and every few households there is a "wife", "daughter-in-law" or "mother" who is sold here.
At first they resisted and tried to escape, but some had their legs broken, and some were tied up with iron chains in a storage room filled with firewood. In the end, every household has its own secret recipe for dealing with such women.
The story of "Evil" takes place in one of these ordinary families.
The male owner of this family has been a bachelor for many years. His surname is Wang. He used half his life savings to buy a wife. He was lucky enough to buy the most beautiful one among a group of women. I heard that she was an undergraduate student from a prestigious university, so he added an extra two hundred yuan.
Over the years, the woman gave birth to five children for him.
There may have been more, but in the end only five survived. Her body was completely broken and she could no longer give birth, so she was tied to the bed in the room with iron chains all year round.
The real story begins twenty years later.
The outside world is completely different from the mountain village. The five children have all grown up.
Perhaps because she inherited her mother's good genes, the eldest daughter was admitted to university a long time ago. After graduation, she quickly established herself in the city and became an elite white-collar worker in a listed company that everyone envied.
She studied for free during high school and was able to earn scholarships to buy wine for her father, which made him extremely happy.
After college, the eldest daughter worked countless part-time jobs and sent every penny she earned back home.
Because she earned enough money, in this abnormal environment, her father realized the importance of studying, and also changed the fate of her younger brothers and sisters.
The eldest son of the family is taciturn, but he has the same talent for studying as his sister and became a doctoral student in the medical department of a top 2 university.
The second daughter is the most incompatible with this family. She is beautiful, outgoing and cheerful. Since she was a child, she has been targeted by countless families in the village, who want to choose her as a wife for their sons as soon as possible.
She was not good at studying, but because of her outstanding face, she was lucky enough to meet a scout while working as a waitress and entered the entertainment industry.
Although he is not a big star, he has a certain degree of fame. However, he suffers from his lack of education and the company tampered with his agency contract, so he can only get a very small share of the profits.
But this amount of money is something an ordinary worker could never earn in his entire lifetime, so it is enough.
As for the second son and the youngest daughter, they are a pair of fraternal twins, a boy and a girl.
The elder brother has a bad temper and has been the bully of the village since he was young, while the younger sister is the complete opposite, being extremely cowardly.
The two of them went to school together at the "aristocratic high school" in the city. The brother disliked his sister for her weak character, and the sister was afraid that her brother would get into trouble, so the two simply pretended not to know each other.
Both brother and sister are art students, one is good at sports and the other is good at painting. They are both top performers in the provincial examinations. As long as they pass the college entrance examination, they can choose any of the double first-class universities.
These are five people who seem to have nothing to do with each other on the surface, but they come from the same family.
Other people in the village also envied Lao Wang for buying a wife with such good genes. The children she gave birth to would all be smart. He would be able to enjoy a happy life for the rest of his life.
In June of that year, my second brother and my youngest sister took the college entrance examination together. After the exam, they learned the news that their mother had passed away.
When they rushed back home, they saw their mother's rotten and smelly body, having committed suicide by jumping into the river. However, the wounds on her body proved that she had been tortured before her death.
But among the five children, except for the youngest daughter who cried, the others did not react much.
The eldest sister is always calm, while the eldest son is taciturn, as if he doesn't have much emotion about anything in this world. As for the second daughter, she calms her younger sister's emotions.
The second son is the worst bastard in the family. As fraternal twins, he seems to have inherited more of his father's bad genes. Except for taking a little care of his twin sister, he seems to care nothing about other people.
He did not even show any sadness over his mother's death. Instead, he anxiously asked his eldest sister how much living expenses he could get every month for his college studies.
Soon, my mother's funeral was held as planned.
Everything seemed normal until the three-day funeral was over, when the guests who were about to leave discovered Lao Wang's body lying at the doorstep.
His eyes were gouged out, his genitals were cut off, and he was stabbed eighteen times all over his body. He was already dead.
The police immediately launched an investigation and were surprised to find that in such a seemingly ordinary rural family, there were five such outstanding children.
After an investigation by the police, the suspects in Lao Wang's death were narrowed down to these five children.
What follows is a narrative style similar to that of the movie "Rashomon". It does not take a God's perspective, but rather narrates through a series of story lines from different perspectives. In the process of continuous exploration, the truth becomes more and more confusing.
Every time the truth seems to be coming out, new evidence emerges to reverse the situation.
True and false, false and true.
Because all five of them were lying.
Even the second son's evil and stupidity were just a disguise, so that his father would trust him more in this family as he was exactly like himself, so that he could help his mother and sister to reduce the beatings as much as possible.
The truth is no longer important. Through their narration, what is revealed is the childhood trauma and harm caused by growing up in such a deformed family.
The last scene.
In my memories, before leaving the village to go out into the world, the children would teach their younger brothers and sisters to protect their mother.
Finally, a close-up of a knife.
A hand wearing a black glove touched the knife with each finger, and finally all five fingers held it together.
Shang Lu closed the script.
This is the truth that can never be revealed.
This is also the truth that has been revealed.
These five fingers represent five children, but in the end it is a whole hand that holds the knife.
No matter who was the person who killed their father, it was a murder committed by the five children who could no longer bear the death of their mother and collaborated to commit it.
The trial may continue, but the story ends here.
After all, if I write further, what the audience wants to see will not be what can pass the review, so stopping here is the best ending, and it is open-ended and leaves hope.
Song Zeqian was right, this was indeed her favorite script.
Shang Lu also suddenly understood what Song Zeqian said to her that night in the countryside. He must have been creating this movie a long time ago.
It was already four o'clock in the morning when Shang Lu finished reading all this, and she directly replied to Song Zeqian.
I answered.
Song Zeqian didn't sleep either, but replied immediately. [What a big mouth]
Shang Lu also replied to him in the same way.
I'll let you choose mine
Song Zeqian: [Wait and see]
Shang Lu: [So which role do I play? ]
Song Zeqian: […either the second daughter or the youngest daughter is fine, but I think you are more suitable for the latter]
Shang Lu also knew this, but she had a concern.
[Is the character of the young lady similar to the roles I played before?]
Song Zeqian replied to her.
[Don't worry, it's completely different. If you are chosen in the end, I will take you to see such a child with your own eyes, and then you will know.]
Although this is a group portrait drama, the main narrative perspective is still on the youngest daughter. Relatively speaking, this character is also the main line that connects the entire drama, and has the most important role.
Song Zeqian gave Shang Lu a week to prepare before the audition.
Shang Lu liked every role in the script. He quickly became familiar with the script and began to practice acting wholeheartedly.
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At the same time, merchants.
The young man sat in a dark room piled with groceries, with his eyes closed and his lips tightly pursed.
The story begins five days ago.
Because he failed to bring Shanglu home, his father was furious and wanted to beat him with a stick as usual.
But this time, Shang Mu reached out and grabbed the stick that was about to fall from the air. He seemed a little confused and asked, "Why is it that from childhood to adulthood, it is always my sister who does things that make you unhappy, but I am the one who gets punished?"
"Why are you asking such nonsense? If you want to blame someone, blame yourself. Your face has nothing in common with your mother." Mr. Shang answered with a cold expression, looking at his son with some disgust: "As a brother, you can't even do such a small thing when educating your sister. It's only right that you get a little punishment for your sister's mistakes. This will help you remember the lesson better."
As Shang's father said this, he was about to raise the stick again.
But Shang Mu still didn't let go of her hand. His eyes were complicated, as if he had mustered up all his courage. He asked firmly, "But is my sister really wrong? Am I wrong too?"
Father Shang was so angry at his resistance that he started coughing violently. He supported himself on the table with one hand, bent over, and seemed to be coughing his lungs out.
Shang Mu still stood up, took out a handkerchief from his jacket pocket and handed it over with both hands.
Mr. Shang took the handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose, coughing for a long time before he recovered.
Shang Mu lowered his eyes and saw the blood on the handkerchief.
My father's health has been getting worse in recent years, but he has kept it strictly secret and has not disclosed any information to the outside world, including his own son.
At this moment, Shang's father sneered at Shang Mu and said, "I am your father. If I say you are wrong, is it your turn to question me? Since you are unwilling to be beaten for your sister, then I will not beat you. You can stay in that room like your sister. You should feel it is fair this way."
So he was also locked up in this room.
There was only one window, but it was boarded up.
The lights in the house were deliberately removed, leaving the whole world in darkness.
He is an adult, and after only five days here, he felt on the verge of emotional collapse.
I can’t tell day from night, and can only judge the passage of time by the three meals a day.
He suddenly thought of Shang Lu.
How lonely and helpless such a young child must feel, locked up in a room like this.
She must have cried many times during that time, but no one would comfort her.
How hard must have been for her that week.
No wonder she seemed to have become much more obedient afterwards, but paradoxically she became more talkative than before, even to the point that he found her noisy.
Every time she timidly called him brother, she tried her best to find topics that he thought were extremely boring.
Is it because I am too lonely here? That is why I want to communicate with others more and more after I go out, and I am eager to get a response from the outside world.
But what about him
He never gave her the response she wanted, not even once.
He has also watched all the variety shows that Shang Lu participated in recently.
“I used to like watching ants.”
"When I was little, no one at home talked to me. I was very bored, so I had to talk to ants."
These two sentences have almost become his nightmare.
Shang Mu thought of the last time they met.
She said she hated him a little, but in the end she told him it didn't matter.
He knew very well that it was not forgiveness, it was letting it go.
It turns out that every day here is so difficult. It is not like what he thought when he was a child that it was just about staying in a room.
What he once envied was also another kind of punishment.
It's just that he suffered physical pain, while she experienced psychological torture.
What can he do
He had to do something.
He knows a secret.
The reason why my father is still alive in this world is because he and my mother have a promise.
Before she died, my mother said, "You have to wait until you are at least fifty to come and see me. I prepared a letter for you before I became pregnant with this child. It will be sent to you many years later. You have to wait for that letter."
The father nodded in agreement with tears in his eyes.
But Shang Mu knew that the letter actually did not exist at all. It was just that his mother wanted to give his father a hope to stay alive.
There is less than half a month left until my father’s 50th birthday.
He would let his father receive the letter.
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Two days later.
Early in the morning, after seeing Chi Yan liked the circle of friends he posted in the middle of the night the previous day, Shang Lu went to knock on Chi Yan's door.
Chi Yan also looked like he had stayed up all night. His hair was messy and sticky. He held a toothbrush in his mouth and squinted at her. He asked, "… Is it your home or mine?"
Shanglu habitually answered: "My home."
Then she watched Chi Yan go to the bathroom, spit out the toothpaste foam, and then walked towards her home. After washing her face with cold water, she habitually reached for her apron and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Shang Lu: “…”
No, she really wasn't here to ask Chi Yan to make breakfast.
Especially with Chi Yan's sleepy expression, she looked like an unscrupulous capitalist who exploited her employees.
So Shang Lu immediately brought out a pile of bread and milk from the room and placed them on the table, then waved to Chi Yan to come over.
When Chi Yan came over, pulled out a chair and sat down, he saw Shang Lu had already placed an opened can of milk in front of him. He then stood up, bent over, opened a small bag of bread and handed it to his mouth, looking very attentive.
Chi Yan was not used to Shang Lu's deliberate attempt to please him, so he did not take the bread. Instead, he stretched out his index finger and pointed it at her nose, pushing her head back a little, and said, "That's enough. If you have something to say, just say it."
Shang Lu's thoughts were seen through by him at a glance, although she did not think of hiding it, so she muttered: "Fortunately, I haven't moved my nose, otherwise you would be finished."
Shang Lu thought of the last time they played poker, when Ye Lu pressed the sticker on Lin Yanyan's nose, which made Lin Yanyan so angry that she chased him and yelled: "If you press harder, you will have to pay for the repair!"
Hearing Shang Lu say this, Chi Yan still didn't let go, and even deliberately pushed her nose up a little: "Really? Then we need to make a pig nose and see."
Shang Lu sat on the chair, and this time it was Chi Yan's turn to look at her with half bent over.
Shang Lu deliberately bared his teeth at Chi Yan and said, "If you don't let go, I will bite you."
Chi Yan responded nonchalantly: "I'm so scared."
Shang Lu raised his head and pretended to bite Chi Yan's hand, but Chi Yan was about to withdraw his hand and his index finger fell down.
When the tip of her teeth unexpectedly touched the joint of Chi Yan's index finger, both of them were stunned.
The warm mouth wrapped around the cold fingers, and her tongue accidentally collided with the fingertips, making this strange and ambiguous feeling reach its peak in an instant.
Shang Lu reacted and naturally relaxed immediately, and said quickly: "I didn't mean it!"
“Yeah.” Chi Yan responded, not seeming to mind the incident. He raised his index finger and looked carefully at the tooth mark left by Shang Lu, praising him, “Your teeth are pretty good.”
After saying that, he bent down, stretched out his hand and pinched Shang Lu's face, and said with a smile: "But I am a magnanimous person, so I will reluctantly forgive you."
He didn't use much force, but Shang Lu's facial skin was too delicate, and such a light pinch left some red marks.
Her attention was distracted, and she couldn't help but complain: "Then why did you pinch me? How can someone say forgiveness and revenge at the same time? You are so petty!"
Chi Yan answered as a matter of course: "Wipe your hands."
Shang Lu: “…”
She couldn't even refute it.
Then she took out a tissue and handed it to Chi Yan, saying, "Wipe your hands."
Chi Yan didn't answer, but just asked: "Okay, tell me, what's the matter so early in the morning?"
Shang Lu then remembered the important matter and asked him seriously, "Are you free today?"
Chi Yan thought for two seconds, and after confirming, he answered, "I'm free in the morning."
Hearing Chi Yan's affirmative answer, Shang Lu couldn't wait to take his script from the coffee table and asked, "Can you rehearse the script with me?"
"Okay, but why me?" Chi Yan didn't seem to understand, and asked, "I'm not a professional actor, why don't you go find... Xu Ze."
When asked this question, Shang Lu thought about it and answered honestly: "I think your personality seems to be a little similar to this character."
The role played by Shang Lu is the youngest daughter, and her brother is a lawless little bully, which reminds Shang Lu of Chi Yan from high school.
Hearing Shang Lu say this, Chi Yan also became interested and reached out to her for the script.
After taking the script, he flipped through a few pages and said directly, "Okay, come on."
Shang Lu unwrapped two more pieces of bread and handed them to Chi Yan, saying, "No hurry, let's finish breakfast first."
Shang Lu said as he opened another bottle of milk for himself. Just as he was about to drink it, Chi Yan grabbed his wrist.
"Wait a minute, heat it up." Chi Yan said as he picked up the bottle of milk and walked towards the kitchen.
Shang Lu was slightly stunned.
The dull pain in her abdomen reminded her that her menstrual period was coming.
She has always had severe dysmenorrhea, so she had prepared some painkillers long ago, and now she feels okay.
But...how could Chi Yan know
Shang Lu found it strange. She was not the type to keep secrets when facing people close to her, so she couldn't help but ask directly, "How do you know my menstrual period?"
Chi Yan replied awkwardly: "I bought you painkillers several times when we were in high school."
Shang Lu: “!?”
Is this true
Wait, she seemed to remember.
During adolescence, menstruation did not come on time. Sometimes she did not have time to carry painkillers with her, and the school clinic would contact her family to prescribe medicine, so she simply endured it.
But I don’t know why, but after I go out to get hot water, I always see the painkillers I need in the drawer, as well as... brown sugar water bought from the convenience store.
She didn't have many friends at that time, and she thought it was a kind-hearted female classmate who secretly gave it to her, but she didn't expect it was Chi Yan.
Shang Lu felt strange: "What was the reason for you to get the painkillers from the infirmary?"
Chi Yan answered frankly: "Wrap a bandage on your leg, pretend to have a fracture, and go to the infirmary to act in front of the doctor."
Shang Lu: “…”
It’s amazing. It’s a loss if Chi Yan didn’t enter the entertainment industry with his acting skills.
But Shang Lu still couldn't understand: "Why don't you just give it to me?"
"Are you sure, Miss?" Chi Yan placed the hot milk in front of Shang Lu. He didn't dare to look her in the eye and answered as confidently as possible, "I was a middle school boy with a bunch of younger brothers. Do you understand what a school bully is? Doing something like this is not in line with my personality, okay?"
Shang Lu was amused by his words and said, "Master Chi, are you still trying to establish your own persona? Indeed, I don't know how many girls had a crush on you in high school at that time."
Regarding Shang Lu’s words, Chi Yan really wanted to ask her: What about you
But this is a question that doesn't make much sense.
So Chi Yan did not respond to this, but said: "Hurry up and eat, I will act with you after dinner."
“Okay.” Shang Lu responded, then peeled an orange. Halfway through peeling, he felt the skin was too hard and would break his nails, so he handed it to Chi Yan and asked him to peel it and give each of them half.
After dinner.
Chi Yan accompanied her in looking at the script. A man's frivolous voice sounded, reciting the lines with an indescribable laziness, which was particularly pleasant to hear.
"It doesn't matter what that home does. That kind of place is not a home at all."
"What's there to cry about? The man is gone."
"Okay, dry your tears. Don't ask me for compensation if your precious painting gets wet. I have spent all my living expenses."
Shang Lu also tried her best to play this role. She hung her head cowardly and hesitantly persuaded her brother: "But we have to go back, otherwise he will beat us and Mom."
"He's just an old beast, don't be afraid of him." Chi Yan stood up, but did not hug Shang Lu directly as written in the script. He just reached out and covered her eyes: "He will die, he will die."
There was a black patch in front of my eyes, blocked by my palm.
Then there was a very gentle hug.
Her memory went back to a certain summer in high school, when Chi Yan came for the first time to stop her from waiting for Jiang Yi.
It was already dark when a vicious dog suddenly appeared at the school gate.
There was no one in the security booth and the school gate was closed.
At that time, she wanted to escape, but she didn't dare to act rashly.
When the wild dog approached and she was scared to the point of wanting to cry but didn't dare to run, Chi Yan appeared.
He did the same, covering her eyes with his hands and patting her shoulder with his other hand in an awkward manner to comfort her.
"It's just a beast, what are you afraid of? It's really troublesome... Stop crying, grab my sleeve and take you home."
"He's just an old brute. Don't be afraid of him. He'll die. He will."
One is true and the other is false, one is reality and the other is a script.
But the two voices seemed to overlap at this moment.
(End of this chapter)