Chasing Tides

Chapter 38

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Ning Lan's cold worsened on the day she was filming the makeup photo of "Covering the River and Mountains".

Last night, he was still pestering Sui Yi until the early morning. It seemed that he could only find this way to get close to and blend in with him. He treated every day as the last day, eagerly longing for something.

Today he wore a turtleneck, which he borrowed from Fang Yu. Fang Yu pinched his thin cheeks and worriedly told him not to let the captain succeed all the time, Ning Lan smiled, if Sui Yi was no longer interested in his body, he would be in a hurry.

When changing clothes, he pulled up the neckline to block the hickey on his neck. Fortunately, there are many fabrics in the costume-style clothes, which cover up the red marks on his body that have not dissipated.

When Ning Lan walked into the shed, she saw Ji Zhinan dressed in white. When they took a group photo, the two stood far apart. When they took a solo photo, Ning Lan finished her own set early. Ji Zhinan had two sets of looks. Shooting, Ning Lan watched from the side for a while, the shed was empty and it was so cold that he couldn't hold it anymore, so he went back to the lounge to get a coat and put it on.

There was no one in the lounge, passing by where Ji Zhinan had put on makeup before, out of the corner of the eye, he caught a glimpse of something red under the makeup table.

Ning Lan picked it up and saw that it was a marriage certificate. It's quite unusual to find this thing in such a place. He opened it to see who was so careless, and saw "Ji Zhinan" written in the column of the holder's name.

Ning Lan's heart skipped a beat, there was a kind of nervousness about spying on other people's privacy, and there was a trace of inexplicable excitement.

Ji Zhinan is married, and he is already married. The one on the photo is Ji Zhinan himself, and the other is also a man, not familiar, not like an insider. Ning Lan quickly scanned the information above, glanced at the door, no one passed by, took out her mobile phone from her pocket, and took a photo of the inside page of the marriage certificate.

After doing this, his heart was still beating very fast, and he sat down on the chair. After he calmed down and hesitated where to put this thing, Ji Zhinan came in.

Ning Lan reluctantly maintained her composure and greeted Ji Zhinan: "Hi, Teacher Ji."

The other party obviously didn't know him, so he looked at him roughly, showing doubts on his face.

Ji Zhinan took off her makeup and changed her clothes at this moment. She has a small face and fair skin, and her eyes are big and bright. She has a very photogenic face without makeup. Ning Lan thought to herself, no wonder some fans said they looked alike, and others said he was a low-quality imitation of Ji Zhinan.

No wonder Sui Yi likes him.

Ning Lan stood up with a smile and reached out to him: "I almost forgot to introduce myself, my name is Ning Lan."

Ji Zhinan seemed to remember that there was such a person as him, raised his hand and shook it back: "Hello."

Ning Lan, still holding his marriage certificate in the other hand, leaned forward and said, "Mr. Ji, you lost something."

Ji Zhinan didn't like to be approached by someone and took a step back. Seeing the red book in Ning Lan's hand, her eyes widened and she grabbed it. She felt that her actions were not polite, and hesitated for a moment, "I'm sorry. , I lost it accidentally, where did you find it?"

Ning Lan pointed under the table: "It's there. Don't worry, I won't talk nonsense everywhere." He raised his hand and made a zipper on his mouth, "My mouth is tight."

After several days, Ning Lan didn't disclose this matter to anyone. It wasn't because he was so honest and trustworthy. There were two main reasons—

One is that Ji Zhinan seems to be very wary. He may be the only person in the circle who knows about his marriage. Once the matter is leaked, Ji Zhinan will be the first to suspect him. There are the most twists and turns in the entertainment industry. It is said that Ji Zhinan's family is also very good. Since his debut, no one dares to provoke him, and Ning Lan is afraid that he will not know how he died.

Second, after calming down, he didn't know what to do with this matter. Tell Sui Yi directly? Sui Yi would definitely doubt his motives. Besides, Sui Yi likes Ji Zhinan so much, if he knows that Ji Zhinan is married, he should be very sad.

Before the annual vacation, the AOW members took time to dye their hair back to normal black. Ning Lan finally got used to Sui Yi's red hair, but he couldn't get used to it when he changed back to black. He used the moonlight outside to touch Sui at night. Yi's hair, poking his palm with his somewhat stiff hair tip.

I don't remember anyone saying that people with hard hair are hard-hearted, Ning Lan thought, Sui Yi's heart is obviously very soft.

He felt that he was extremely contradictory, and sometimes wished that Sui Yi would be bad to him, and then be bad, so that he would owe him less, and he had better give up as soon as possible. Sometimes I was afraid that Sui Yi would no longer be nice to him, so when I closed my eyes and recalled the times when Sui Yi was cruel or indifferent to him, my heart would still ache as if being held by a pair of hands.

Sui Yi turned over in his sleep, the bottom bunk was only a few inches wider than the top bunk, and it was not enough to squeeze two big men. As soon as he turned over, he was almost all pressed on Ning Lan. Ning Lan wanted to retreat to the wall, so he tightened it. Arms, wrapped tightly around his waist.

Every time at this time, Ning Lan had the illusion that she was being cherished.

He decided to put Ji Zhinan's marriage in his stomach and never tell Sui Yi.

The taste was so unpleasant that he was reluctant to let him taste it.

The last job before the Spring Festival is Starlight Entertainment Family LIVE performance.

AOW seven people with black hair appeared, which unexpectedly caused the audience to scream. The host asked them if they were afraid of being beaten when they returned home during the Chinese New Year. Sui Yi laughed and said that he did not want to be watched by the neighbors as a bala la little devil. The fans in the audience were amazed. Balala little magic fairy

The host asked questions on behalf of the fans, and Sui Yi said, "My teammates taught it."

There was an elongated "Oh—" from the audience, and they all turned their attention to Fang Yu. Fang Yu looked around blankly, which was automatically interpreted by fans as shy.

Ning Lan blinked on the side, but he didn't expect that he could still remember what he had joked about.

After the LIVE performance, the other members went straight to the airport to go home. Fang Yu kindly invited Ning Lan and Sui Yi to play at his house. Ning Lan saw Lu Xiaochuan squinting and winking in the back, and said that he wanted to sleep well, and he had to catch up tomorrow. On the train, Sui Yi also agreed that he wanted to go back to the dormitory to rest.

Fang Yu pulled Ning Lan aside and asked Sui Yi if he wanted to go home with him.

"How is that possible." Ning Lan said, "He just doesn't want to go back to his home."

"I thought the two of you were so sticky that you were going to get married."

Ning Lan was stunned: "Slimy? Getting married?"

"Tsk, in the lounge at noon today, you lie on the table and sleep, the captain got a blanket to cover you from somewhere, that's called gentleness." Fang Yu sighed.

Ning Lan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "If it were you, he would also cover you with a blanket."

"It's different." Fang Yu said firmly, "I can't tell, it's different anyway."

Ning Lan didn't take this to heart, whoever believed it was a fool.

After parting ways at the door of the company, the only two people left in AOW returned to the dormitory. Seeing that there were some ingredients in the refrigerator, Ning Lan cooked a pot of tomato and egg noodles, and fried a pair of chicken wings for Sui Yi. Full flavor.

Seeing that only his own bowl had chicken wings, Sui Yi felt ashamed of being treated as a child, so he took one for Ning Lan: "You can eat it too."

Ning Lan happily took it, went shopping again the next morning, and fried Sui Yi a pot of chicken wings, drumsticks and chicken nuggets.

Sui Yi was stunned, Ning Lan poked his abdominal muscles with a smile and said, "Eat more, don't be afraid of gaining weight during the Chinese New Year."

But he had other unreliable ideas in his heart - he likes fried chicken so much, if he can think of me every time he eats fried chicken in the future, that would be pretty good.

Of course, the big pot was not finished, and Ning Lan took half of it to the train for dinner.

Sui Yi drove him to the entrance of the high-speed railway station. He dragged his suitcase and circled around to the old railway station, and climbed on the ordinary train with the K prefix.

In addition to saving money, there is another reason that he doesn't really want to go back, but because of the nature of Chinese people looking forward to reunion during the Chinese New Year, he felt that he should go back to his hometown, so he bought a local ticket, and the train stopped for a while and moved slowly. , came home the next afternoon.

He first went to the cheese building where his mother lived, found the key in the abandoned milk crate at the door, and opened the door to enter.

There was no one at home, there were plates of unrecognizable leftovers on the table, and the kitchen sink was full of unwashed pots and pans. Ning Lan picked up her sleeves and turned on the faucet. After waiting for a long time, there was no hot water. Natural gas had not been delivered for several months, so it stopped.

He reluctantly called his mother. Zhao Jinshan didn't know where he was, and the voice on the phone was noisy.

"Why didn't I tell my mother in advance when I came back? I was shopping with my sisters. I'll be back in two hours."

Ning Lan asked her where the gas card was. She didn't have the heart to listen, so she showed off with a loud voice to the people next to her: "My son is back, the son of a star, a big star on TV..."

Ning Lan hung up the phone and went to the bedroom to find it. He folded the quilt and swept the floor again. He really found a dusty gas card in the corner behind the bedside table.

There is no online payment service in the small city. He took the bus to the business hall. On the way back, he swiped on Sui Yi's circle of friends, and basked in a plate of dark things. Ning Lan commented and asked what it was, and he replied: fried chicken.

Ning Lan laughed so hard on the bus that she couldn't take care of herself, and texted him to ask what was going on. Sui Yi said that he wanted to warm up and continue eating, but that's what happened. The two chatted for a while, Sui Yi asked him if he had eaten, Ning Lan just got out of the car, ran to the package building against the whistling north wind, and said to the phone, "Immediately."

Sui Yi also sent a voice over: "Why is there any wind? Are you outside?"

Ning Lan ran to the leeward corner of the stairs, clutching her phone and saying, "No, at home."

When I entered the room, I remembered something, and sent another voice: "Don't cook by yourself, be careful of burning your hands."

Sui Yi: "What happens when your hands get hot?"

Ning Lan hesitated for a while and said, "It will rot."

In fact, he was afraid that Sui Yi would not be able to play the piano in the future. Besides, it's a pity to hurt such beautiful hands.

Sui Yi asked him, "Really?"

Ning Lan pretended to be serious: "Really, do you want to know about the fried pig's trotters?"

Sui Yi sent an expression with a black line.

Zhao Jinshan only came back on New Year's Eve, wearing a festive red wool coat, Ning Lan looked flimsy and asked her why she didn't buy a down jacket, Zhao Jinshan turned around in front of him smugly: "Your mother, I will be born this year. Dress beautifully!"

Ning Lan smiled and continued to cut vegetables without looking away.

In the evening when the Spring Festival Gala was broadcast on TV, the host said that the golden dog was celebrating the New Year, and he remembered that this year was also his birth year. He wrapped the old padded jacket tightly around him and wiped the frozen snot. At this time, he felt that the north with heating was better, and someone's warm embrace was better.

When the bell struck the twelfth time, Ning Lan stepped on the dot and sent Sui Yi a message of "Happy New Year". Sui Yi probably thought it was a group message and replied "Tong Le". Ning Lan was curled up in a damp bed that had not been exposed to the sun for a long time, and she was scrolling through the circle of friends. Sui Yi had a New Year's Eve dinner, and the photos were taken casually. Seeing Gu Chenkai's face accidentally caught in the mirror, Ning Lan was relieved, at least. He has family by his side.

Ning Lan cut it out and deleted the words "I miss you" that had not been sent out in the dialog box.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, Ning Lan went to her uncle's house with a big bag and a small bag for New Year's greetings. Zhao Jinshan followed behind with a late mother's face, and she was nagging along the way that she had carried too many things, so it is better to stay at home and let her slowly eat.

After entering the door and sitting down, her sister Ning Xuan squeaked out and said "Happy New Year to my brother". She looked more sensible and sensible than before, and she didn't even ask for money and things. Ning Lan sealed a red envelope for her, Ning Xuan smiled like a flower after measuring the thickness, picked up the bag and said to find her classmates to play with.

The uncle and aunt were concerned about his work situation. Zhao Jinshan spit out shells on the ground while eating melon seeds, and said yin and yang, "My son is my son after all. No matter how much money you earn, it has half a cent to you?"

Aunt Jinfeng was so angry that her face turned pale. When preparing lunch, she came to Ning Lan who came to the kitchen to help her, and said in a low voice, "Lan Lan, don't be stupid, save the money yourself, even if you let your uncle take care of it for you. It's all good, give it to your mother, it's meat buns beating dogs, there's no return!"

Ning Lan looked at her aunt with admiration, and if she hadn't seen her for a year, she would use her words after a break.

"Overturning the Country" is scheduled to officially start on February 14 after the new year. The crew booked a hotel a few days in advance. Ning Lan has nothing to do at home except as a cash machine, so he plans to go there early.

On the day of leaving, Zhao Jinshan uncharacteristically didn't sleep in, and went out early in the morning. Ning Lan squatted on the ground to sort out the luggage, felt the plastic water pipe that he had placed diagonally at the bottom of the suitcase, and took out the contents to take a look.

The bow looks very simple, a long, slightly curved wood with a pinch of white horsehair stretched on it. Ning Lan imitated the performers on TV, tightening the bowstrings, fingers along the rounded wood, slowly touching the tip of the bow. Going to the root of the bow, it seems that in this way, I can draw the appearance of Sui Yi playing the qin in my mind, and I can get closer to him.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps and the sound of the key being turned in the lockhole came from the door.

Ning Lan put the bow back on, and said without looking up, "Mom, I'll be leaving in a while, lunch is ready on the table, and it'll be hot..."

The voice stopped abruptly, and a pair of men's leather shoes appeared in his field of vision.

Ning Lan raised her head, the person who opened the door was not Zhao Jinshan at all, but Xie Tianhao who had taken him to the basement and imprisoned him for a whole week.