Chasing Tides

Chapter 36

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Five minutes before the entrance, Ning Lan returned to AOW's meeting point in the background.

An Lin stepped forward and said sternly: "Where are you going? You don't answer the phone, can you run around in this situation?" Halfway through, she found that Ning Lan was in a wrong state, took back the blame she had not spoken, and asked in a soft tone. , "What's the matter, not feeling well?"

Ning Lan shook her head: "Sorry, I just went to the bathroom."

An Lin pulled Ning Lan aside and lowered her voice: "Is there any difficulty?"

Even the assistant knew that it was not the first time he had "difficulty". Ning Lan wanted to laugh at herself, but couldn't laugh. She looked down at the ground and said, "No, don't worry."

An Lin sighed helplessly as he looked at his worried but silent appearance. Among the seven people in AOW, Ning Lan is not the most prominent, but it is the most worry-free one. When he first joined the group, he was excluded, and An Lin saw it in his eyes and tried to coordinate behind him. I heard that Ning Lan's family is not in good condition. The company planned to invite his family to the company to look up his personal information. The parent's column was empty, and the emergency contact was also empty. No wonder he was sensible early. , is a world of difference from those little young masters who have been making trouble all day.

"If there is anything you can tell me and Sister Zhang Fan, don't keep it all in your heart." An Lin advised.

Ning Lan nodded and said yes, this kind of thing can only be rotten in the stomach for a lifetime, and no one can say it.

"Oh, by the way, you weren't here just now, remember something." An Lin lowered her voice even lower, "Sister Zhang Fan said, if there is no accident, the best rookie group is ours, and she asked you to lead the stage. Don't be too happy with the award, at least don't let people see it as complacent, it's even better if it can be moved to tears, selling inspirational and bitter lovers."

Ning Lan raised her head and looked puzzled. He was parachuted in, and there was no such thing as a mix of joys and sorrows and emotions that had finally come to an end after years of hard practice.

"When you debuted, you had a lot of black fans, and now you are recognized by most fans. Think about the last time you signed a sale... um." An Lin braked in time, "When the music on the stage comes out and a dozen, you must feel a little bit? "

Ning Lan thought that he couldn't cry. He lived for 23 years and experienced things that many people could never experience in their entire lives. It stands to reason that they should have been invincible long ago, and nothing could make him move or feel sad.

When the host on stage announced that the best newcomer group of the year was AOW, his heart was empty, and he didn't even have the honor of being a bystander and witness, as if it was a voice-over that had nothing to do with him.

"Hey, come on stage to accept the award." Fang Yu touched him who was still in a daze.

Seven people lined up in a neat line to take the stage from the side of the stage, Ning Lan followed at the end of the line, and the passionate music echoed in his ears, revealing illusory and unreal everywhere.

From before taking the stage to now, Ning Lan hadn't even looked at Sui Yi, or it was more appropriate to hide from him. He didn't know what to say to Sui Yi, but after the piercing pain passed, he still seemed to be left in the cold sky, unable to break free.

Sui Yi is his poison, and he shouldn't have any contact with him until he quits.

"Next, we invite guest Mr. Ji Zhinan to present the award to the winning combination."

Ning Lan was stunned when she heard the name, and then her eyes drifted to the source of the sound involuntarily. He watched Sui Yi take the trophy from Ji Zhinan with his own eyes. The two stood under the light for a short while and looked at each other with smiles that complemented each other.

"First of all, I would like to thank the organizers of the music festival, as well as our company Starlight Entertainment, and more importantly, our fans. Without you, AOW would not be where it is today..."

Sui Yi's words are eloquent, and he reads the stereotyped acceptance speech calmly and solemnly.

The voice was so close to him that it was engraved in his heart, but it seemed to be far away. He tried desperately to chase, but only caught a wisp of dust.

Ning Lan listened, her throat choked up, then her lower lip twitched, and the hot liquid rolled down as soon as it filled her eyes.

What can't be quit, up to now, he is still delusional to catch up with the light, get closer to him, and get closer.

How could it be possible to quit

AOW sat in the audience until the end of the awards ceremony.

The company's celebration banquet was scheduled for noon tomorrow. It was past eleven o'clock in the middle of the night when they returned to the nanny's car. Fang Yu and Lu Xiaochuan also followed the army to the dormitory. There was a lot of chatter in the car. Wang Bingyang also took a bite, screaming in pain.

Fang Yu couldn't help laughing: "Do you think this is the Oscar statuette?" He grabbed the trophy and said, "Lan Lan hasn't seen it yet. Now, touch this trophy, something unexpected will happen tomorrow."

Ning Lan curled up in the corner and slowly turned her head, stunned for a while, then raised her hand to touch it.

Lu Xiaochuan clapped his legs and laughed: "If it wasn't for an unexpected good thing, Lan Lan would not be willing to touch hahahahaha."

Wang Bingyang craned his neck to look at Ning Lan: "Brother Lan, are you all right?"

On the stage just now, Ninglan cried the most, not crying, but bursting into tears without a word. When the seven people hugged in a circle on stage, the other members realized that he was crying. Gao Ming also mocked him for "really good at acting".

"It's okay." Ning Lan whispered.

Sitting in the front row, Sui Yi turned around and took the trophy handed over by Fang Yu, and glanced at it. Ning Lan's nose was still red, and the corners of her mouth drooped slightly. There is an indescribable pity.

This looks a bit like Ji Zhinan when he was a child.

Today he met Ji Zhinan, his eyes were as clear as before, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was not as simple as before, and the polite arc seemed to be practiced many times in front of the mirror. He also seemed to have something on his mind.

Sui Yi should have been thinking about why Ji Zhinan was unhappy, maybe it was the reason for not being focused enough, and thinking about it, his thoughts went back to the person in the corner of the back seat.

I don't know if Ning is really acting, or if he thinks of something sad, if it's the latter, maybe it has something to do with what he said to him.

At that time, I saw him chatting with the old man with a fat stomach, and I said it without thinking. Looking back now, it was indeed a bit too much.

Going downstairs to the dormitory, everyone went out to find something to eat. Gu, Gao, and Wang went to the gate of the community to have a barbecue. Fang Yu and Lu Xiaochuan didn't drive, and ordered Sui Yi to take them to eat hot pot. Ning Lan was about to go upstairs alone, Fang Yu hooked his arm around his neck: "Lan Lan accompanies me. As promised last time, he will make a secret sauce for me."

Fang Yu looked at a thin and slender person, but his strength was as strong as a cow. He dragged Ning Lan to Sui Yi's car without any effort. Seeing that it would be inappropriate to refuse, Ning Lan had to compromise.

Sui Yi helped him open the passenger car door, Ning Lan took a step back, climbed into the back row and sat beside Fang Yu, Lu Xiaochuan saw that the two of them were good, and took the initiative to give up his seat to the passenger car, and shouted: "Let's go!"

In fact, Ning Lan has no appetite at all, and is even a little nauseated.

When he was a child, he loved to cry, because if he cried, the neighbors would hear it, and someone would take care of him, and persuaded his father not to beat him like this. Because of his face, his father would always start lightly or end earlier. Later, his father thought he was noisy and stuffed a dirty rag in his mouth. He couldn't cry, and after gritted his teeth, he just wanted to vomit. Later, as long as he shed tears, he vomited reflexively.

He went to get the sauce for everyone, and when he came back, the dishes were already on the table, and the soup was boiling.

"Hey, why didn't Lan Lan make sauce for herself?" Fang Yu said, biting his chopsticks.

Sui Yi looked at the one in front of him and pushed it to Ning Lan opposite: "You eat it first, I don't eat the sauce."

Ning Lan lowered her eyes for a while, then pushed back: "Yours."

Sui Yi didn't understand.

"I didn't add minced garlic, coriander and green onions, it's slightly spicy, yours," Ning Lan added.

Sui Yi was stunned. He never told anyone about his taste preferences, and he never said his taboos at group dinners. Just avoid what you don't eat. He doesn't like to trouble others.

I didn't expect Ning Lan to know her own taste so clearly.

Fang Yu tasted his and Lu Xiaochuan's share, and pouted: "Lanlan, you are partial, make something special for the captain."

Lu Xiaochuan threw a plate of balls into the pot: "It's about sleeping in the same bed, can you be the same?"

The speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. Sui Yi's heart tightened. Looking at Ning Lan's expression, Ning Lan's face was still light, as if she didn't hear anything.

After a meal until two in the morning, Fang Yu drank some fruit wine and sang in the back seat from "The Great River Flows East" to "The Cool Night Misses You as a River", and felt that the song was unlucky, so he sang "Good Luck" instead. I wish you good luck", Lu Xiaochuan played the B-BOX accompaniment all the way, Sui Yi looked at Ning Lan several times from the rearview mirror above, he was clapping his hands to find the rhythm for the drunk Fang Yu.

Approaching the dormitory, the noise in the car subsided a little. In the underground parking lot, Lu Xiaochuan got off the car and went to the back seat to carry Fang Yu, who was still humming, out, shouting "Why is this guy so heavy" and going to the elevator, Sui Yi got off the car and waited for a while, but did not see the back row Someone came down again, walked over and opened the car door. Ning Lan was lying on the seat, motionless, and seemed to be asleep.

"Ning Lan?" Sui Yi shouted.

No one should.

Sui Yi stepped up with one foot, leaned in and patted Ning Lan's face: "Wake up, go back to sleep."

Ning Lan suddenly raised her hand and hooked him around his waist, and brought the person to her body. Sui Yi was caught off guard and fell on top of him. She supported the back of the chair with one hand to stabilize her figure. , so close that the tips of their noses almost touch each other.

Ning Lan stared at his eyes, wondering if he was really looking at that person through himself, but Sui Yi looked back with a candid look, there was no crack in his pupils, as if he had no reservations, Ning Lan didn't know anything. Couldn't find it.

He closed his eyes hopelessly, raised his hand and pushed Sui Yi, just as he was about to speak, the car door that was not closed suddenly opened.

"My scarf is here—" A gust of cold wind drifted into the car with Fang Yu's voice, and then stopped abruptly.

Because Fang Yu and Lu Xiaochuan were staying overnight, Gu Chenkai had to move back to the original dormitory.

Ning Lan felt uncomfortable in his stomach, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. Gu Chenkai who was facing the bed annoyed and kicked the bed board twice, he simply sat up, hugged the quilt and went to sleep on the sofa in the living room.

Fang Yu couldn't sleep either, so he kept texting him, asking him what happened to the captain and whether the captain bit the tooth mark last time. Ning Lan said nothing. Although Fang Yu didn't believe it, he didn't want to see him more. After all, he didn't ask any further questions, and he took the initiative to promise not to go out and talk nonsense, even Lu Xiaochuan didn't tell him.

Ning Lan put down her mobile phone, her stomach turned upside down, the pain was like a knife, she couldn't stand it anymore, she ran to the bathroom and vomited all the food she ate at night, until she had nothing to vomit, she still felt sick, and she almost vomited stomach acid while holding the toilet. got a clean.

After finally calming down a bit, just as I stood up holding the sink, someone knocked on the door outside the bathroom.

Only Sui Yi knocked so unhurriedly, Ning Lan opened the door, and without looking at anyone, turned around to get a towel to wash her face.

He turned the water to the maximum and poured a handful of water on his face. Sui Yi suddenly held down his wrist wearing the red rope, and turned the faucet to hot water with the other hand, saying, "If you are not feeling well, don't let it go. Wash your face with cold water."

Ning Lan looked up at the embarrassed self in the mirror, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

This man just used the tenderness that slipped out of his fingers unintentionally, made him addicted, made him sink deep, made him step on the soft cloud, but didn't tell him that after the cloud was cleared, what stood below was quenched Poisoned sharp knife.

Ning Lan rubbed her face with a towel, and the skin on her face was numb, so she turned on the faucet and bypassed Sui Yi to go out.

Sui Yi stopped him: "What's wrong with you?"

"I vomited, it's uncomfortable." Ning Lan said.

Sui Yi frowned, it's not that he didn't have eyes to see.

"I asked you what happened on stage, why are you crying?"

Ning Lan replied, "I thought of something unhappy."

This answer was impeccable. Sui Yi didn't think he had the position to ask "what's the matter". He was surprised that he actually had the idea of continuing to ask.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Ning Lan turned sideways and tried to squeeze out again. Sui Yi couldn't say anything, his chest was stuffy, so he simply reached out and grabbed his arm.

Ning Lan looked at him quietly.

Sui Yi remembered that Ning Lan usually made trouble with him, but when he was restrained by him, he always pretended to struggle, or tickled him in turn, and then giggled to himself until the end of his eyes were dyed bright red.

This time his eyes were red too, but it was obviously not because he was happy.

Ning Lan suddenly opened the corner of his mouth and smiled: "I want it? You said it earlier, why do you have to go around like this." After that, he squatted down and unbuttoned Sui Yi's pants with his free hand.

"What are you doing?" Sui Yi was startled, released his hand and pushed him.

Ning Lan was pushed to the ground by him, stood up slowly while holding the sink, and reached out to touch the toothbrush on the shelf: "Can I use my mouth today? My legs are weak and I can't stand... I'll brush my teeth first."

Sui Yi was even more depressed. It seemed that this guy not only found out his appetite, but also found out his minefield, and rammed his gun.

"No, I'm going to sleep." Sui Yi dragged him back, suppressing his anger.

Ning Lan swayed before standing up, the corners of her lips raised slightly, she took the initiative to wrap around his neck and kissed him, then put her mouth to her ear, and said softly "good night".

A week later, Wang Bingyang said that he was absent from the recording of the Spring Festival Gala on a certain satellite TV at the end of the year due to illness, and Sui Yi learned from An Lin that the role of Wang Bingyang was originally assigned to Wang Bingyang, which was filmed later this year, but was replaced by Ning Lan after the audition.

He called Ning Lan to the stairwell, and Ning Lan looked half-truth and ignorant: "Why did you ask me to come here? Are there any mangoes to eat?"

Sui Yi asked him straight to the point: "Why did you take Wang Bingyang's role?"

Ning Lan let out a "tsk" and leaned against the wall lazily with her arms crossed, "Don't say it so ugly, what is robbery? Before the final announcement, it's a fair competition.

Sui Yi couldn't stand his understatement, and said solemnly: "You know how much Wang Bingyang expects this role, and you congratulated him in front of so many people, but now you openly robbed him of his role and let him How will you look up in front of your teammates in the future?"

Ning Lan looked out the window as if she didn't care. The weather forecast said it would snow today. The sky was like the mouth of a monster trying to devour the world. It was terribly gloomy.

"Why can't you look up?" He said leisurely, "The situation in the entertainment industry is very good now. Every month, a bunch of new dramas start shooting. He is still young, and he will have more opportunities in the future."

Sui Yi couldn't make any sense with him, so he turned around and was about to leave, Ning Lan suddenly took two steps forward, hugged him from behind, and muttered in a different attitude: "The New Year is coming soon, I will join the group after the New Year, you will have I haven't seen me for a long time, why don't we have a few more shots in the limited time? Today I brought lube... "

Sui Yi didn't wait for him to finish, then broke his arm, opened the door of the stairwell, and left without looking back.

Ning Lan stopped chasing her, took two steps back, and leaned back against the wall.

He stood there for a long time, until the first snowfall of the year.

He didn't know how much Wang Bingyang was looking forward to this role, he only knew that he couldn't miss this opportunity.

God doesn't like him either, so he is harsh to him. If you don't fight for it, you can only watch the last bit of hope disappear.