The capital in June was extremely hot, a flaming fireball hung in the air, and the surface temperature reached 70 degrees Celsius, cruel as if it would sweep away all the water on the earth.
Sui Yi had just finished an interview with a magazine, walked through the windless and stuffy corridor, and the first thing she did when she returned to the lounge was to take her mobile phone from Mi Jie. In the process of removing her makeup, she clicked on Fang Yu's WeChat for the eighth time today. Bo.
Fang Yu retweeted an advertisement for skin care products that he endorsed half an hour ago, Sui Yi clicked into his liked content to view it, and liked a video of a food blogger making sauerkraut fish an hour ago, and the following list is no different. shape.
"Lu Xiaochuan called just now and asked if you were free at night, and said that he wanted to get together." Mi Jie said beside him.
"Did you say anything else?" Sui Yi asked.
"No, it's just that we haven't seen you for a long time. Let's meet."
Sui Yi opened the address book and was about to call back, but then he thought, Lu Xiaochuan is not the kind of person who has something to hide, so he cut to the WeChat interface and sent four words: [time, address]
He has been in the habit of making less phone calls for more than two years, for fear of other calls coming in during the call. His phone must remain open, always waiting for news.
Lu Xiaochuan replied quickly: [7 o'clock in the evening, Wangjiang Tower]
On the way to the Beijing Suburb Stadium, Sui Yi sent a text message to the teacher, asking if there was any news recently. He asked his father to help him find someone. Although the frequency of inquiries has dropped from once every two days to once a week over time, he has never put this matter down for a moment in the past three years.
[No, there was one that matched the description yesterday at the immigration and I sent someone to see it, but unfortunately it wasn't] The teacher replied.
Sui Yi raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, then typed: [Inform me directly of this situation in the future, I will go over by myself]
The car drove past the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, where AOW's first concert was held and where Ning Lan sang for the last time.
Ning Lan has been away for three years.
Three years and four months to be precise.
No one knew how he managed to remain silent for more than a thousand days and nights, as if the world had evaporated. Sui Yi has already activated all available resources, and occasionally there will be news that someone who matches the description has been found.
Last month, a fan said on Weibo that Sui Yi saw a person suspected of Ning Lan in a supermarket in a southern city. It really made him wait for a young man of similar stature, but the other party was a native aboriginal, not the one he was looking for.
There is a vast sea of people, and that person is like a drop in the ocean, knowing that he is in this sea, but trying to find him again is more difficult than reaching the sky.
There are so many similar-looking people all over the world, but none of them are the little waves he lost carelessly.
The car was parked in an open space next to a row of bungalows on the outskirts of Beijing.
This time, I came to step on the spot for Sui Yi's upcoming first solo concert. The Jingjiao Stadium was just completed last month. Originally, the company would not choose such a remote area. However, according to preliminary investigations, there are as many as 10,000 fans from all over the country who want to come to the concert. Obviously, the indoor venues in the capital are not large enough, so we had to Consider suburban fringes.
The Jingjiao Stadium can accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people at the same time, and the facilities are second to none in China. Except for the remoteness of the place, there are no other shortcomings.
Sui Yi got out of the car carrying the piano case, and walked around in a circle against the sun. He was born in the capital and grew up in the capital, and he has never been in this area before. He saw that the closest to the venue are old houses. Although the roads are narrow, they are neat and tidy. He affirms the environmental safety and convenient transportation.
This place is different from the suburbs where "Night Music" was filmed. It is backed by mountains, remote and desolate, and sparsely populated. Although this place is far from the city center, it is more like a small town with simple folk customs. There are low-rise buildings one by one, the gates of the houses are wide, the yard is planted with flowers and long grass, and the cat squatting under the shade of the eaves. Or a dog, who is not afraid of seeing people, stretches lazily and swipes its fluffy tail.
Compared with the hot and humid afternoons in the city center, it is so quiet and peaceful that it seems that it is not on the border of the capital. The only thing that was out of place was probably the promotional poster for the first stop of Sui Yi's solo concert in the light box next to the bus stop called "Quanxi Station".
The purpose of this trip was to inspect the road leading to the venue. Sui Yi and the rest of the staff chose to walk.
In addition to the houses on both sides of the road, there are many small shops that have only been seen in the photos, car repair shops, clock shops, pickle shops, massage parlors... There is even an quaint clothing store, the door of which is made of old wooden boards. At this time She moved two pieces of cheongsam to the side of the wall, and there were a few simple and elegant cheongsams hanging on the wall outside. Mi Jie, who was traveling with her, couldn't help but look at it a few times.
Mi Jie is now Sui Yi's assistant, taking care of his work and daily chores.
Two years ago, the movie "Night Play" caught fire and won the box office championship of the annual domestic movie. The second policeman played by Sui Yi was also nominated for the best new actor at the end of the year. , but Sui Yi still came into the public eye with the image of this young police officer who was both righteous and evil, and became the first member of AOW to be popular and well-known in the country.
At the end of the following year, AOW announced that all members would not be disbanded for solo flights. It is the usual method of Starlight Entertainment for many years to gather fans in the form of combination, and then pick out the key cultivation with the most commercial value. Sui Yi is currently the company's trump card, not only assigning him a separate agent, but also spreading the information of all the company's assistants for him to choose at will.
Sui Yi only chose Mi Jie because she was the only one in the company who had followed Ning Lan.
Mi Jie was very nervous at first. The Sui Yi she saw on weekdays came and went like the wind with a cold face, full of arrogance that didn't take anyone seriously. In addition, his prominent family background is no longer a secret in the circle, Mi Jie guessed that the rich and powerful young master should be very picky and difficult to deal with.
Later, after getting along for a period of time, she found that Sui Yi not only has a good temper, but compared to other stars who became popular and dragged to the sky, it can even be said that it should not be too worry-free.
He has good living habits. He never needs an assistant to call him early, and he doesn't need her to prepare breakfast. He doesn't go to nightclubs at night, and he doesn't need an assistant to cover up for him. He is rigorous and serious about his work. Don't push other messy jobs to assistants.
Mi Jie had been with another male singer in the company for a while before. The master likes to cause trouble. She followed her buttocks all day to clean up the mess, so that when she heard her mobile phone ringing, her heart rate quickened and her muscles were tense. , I wondered if there was something wrong coming to the door.
Now I'm not talking about being fat and wide-body after Sui Yi, and facing Sui Yi's prosperous beauty all day long, I feel comfortable and leisurely, and at the same time I feel that it is even more difficult for me to find a partner.
"Captain, there are cold drinks here, do you want something to drink?" Mi Jie stopped at the entrance of a small shop and asked.
Sui Yi turned his head, glanced at the small store with only one freezer, two glass cabinets and three rows of small shelves, and said, "Mineral water, thank you."
Mi Jie brought drinks to the entourage, patted the counter and shouted several times, before an old grizzled old lady slowly came out of the back room.
Most of the shops in this area were renovated from the yard on the first floor, and half of the space was freed up to build a wall, and then cut a door. The one facing the outside is a natural small shop. Most of the shop owners are retirees, and their houses have been slightly remodeled, so they can make a living without having to leave home.
The mother-in-law was about seventy years old, wearing a floral shirt and reading glasses, shaking the palm fan in her hand, bent over to look for the abacus at the counter, and muttered as she looked: "Stinky boy, where did you get my abacus? ?"
In the end, I couldn't find it, so I stammered with the orchid finger on the calculator on the counter, and counted twice before receiving the money.
While packing the bags, Mi Jie saw a coffee machine beside the counter, and her eyes lit up, "Can you make coffee in your store?"
The mother-in-law waved her hand: "My old woman can't use this thing. It's all in foreign languages. I have to wait for the stinky boy to come back."
Mi Jie asked casually and politely said goodbye to her mother-in-law.
Handing the mineral water to Sui Yi, Mi Jie pointed to the back: "That small shop has a coffee machine. You can book it with the shop owner next time you come to the rehearsal performance."
After Ning Lan left, Sui Yi often couldn't sleep at night. The more he couldn't sleep, the more he wanted to drink something to stimulate his spirits. Now coffee has become an indispensable item in his daily life.
Only with the bitterness in his mouth and forcing himself to stay awake at all times, did he have the courage to tell himself that Ning Lan was only leaving temporarily and would come back one day.
Sui Yi glanced back at the neat and tidy shop again, and withdrew his gaze and said, "Okay."
Standing on the stage of the Beijing Suburbs Stadium, Sui Yi pinned Mai to the violin and slowly pulled the A string, the melodious sound of the violin resounded throughout the stadium.
After he finished tuning, he played a Schubert serenade. The audio-visual effect of an open-air venue was no better than that of a concert hall. Sui Yi still played it meticulously. He wanted to give this song as a curtain call to the fans under the stage, and also to the person who didn't know whether he was listening or not.
Back then, in a foreign country, he texted that person through text messages, and every day he thought about going back and playing a tune for him. Later, I heard from Mi Jie that he began to suffer from insomnia when he was filming "Overturning the Rivers and Mountains", and it was once serious to the point of taking medication. Sui Yi was even more determined to play this song for him.
He hopes that no matter where Ning Lan lives from now on, he can fall asleep to the sound of beautiful and warm music, without recalling all the pains in the past, nor remembering himself who made him bruised all over.
After the sound test, I went back to the backstage. The stage director, stylist, and head of the dance team who came directly from the company also arrived, and they also had to conduct a preliminary survey of the scene.
The air conditioner of the venue was not turned on today, and the backstage was sultry like a sweaty steamer. Recently, everyone has been coming here to arrange and rehearse, so the staff in charge of logistics went out to find stores and prepared to move some mineral water to store in the backstage.
Sui Yi was worried that the high humidity in the air would affect the qin, so he carried the qin case and found an empty room with an open window next to him, and temporarily put the qin inside.
When we returned to the middle of the crowd, the water had been delivered, and the staff were moving the water in boxes one by one. After moving in and standing at the door to check out, Sui Yi heard a clear male voice say, "If you need to call me in the future, our store provides door-to-door service within a five-mile radius."
The staff was amused by him: "Dare to say that it is delivered to your door with just a small scooter? Let me drive and move it."
Sui Yi's back stiffened, and he turned to look at the door. The staff blocked the people outside. From this angle, he could only see a round top of hair, and the highlighted clusters of pink hair dazzled in the sunlight. .
The young man said, "There's always a time when you can't leave, right? Come on, write down my phone number, 187xxxxxxxx."
The staff took out the mobile phone and recorded the number: "Boss, what's your last name?"
"Just call me Xiao Zhang, Gong Chang Zhang."
Hearing this, Sui Yi's beating heart slowly fell back to its original place.
What Ning Lan hates most is dyeing her hair. Not only does she dislike it, but she is not willing to dye her hair too. He desperately thought that Sui Yi still looked good with black hair. As long as Sui Yi changed his hair color, he would say that he was like a Balala little devil. All light up.
Not to mention that Ning Lan hates him so much and just wants to be as far away from him as possible. How could he stay near the capital so far
Sui Yi pressed his temples with a wry smile, thinking that he might have been sleeping too little recently, and hearing a similar sound could cause hallucinations.
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, and it was still bright when we arrived at Wangjiang Tower.
This private restaurant is located in the old city. The setting sun dazzles the orange-red light and shadow on the green tile and red walls. A glance from east to west seems to have passed through a century.
Sui Yi didn't have time to enjoy the beautiful scenery, so he got out of the car and walked in in a hurry, led by the waiter into the box that Lu Xiaochuan had reserved.
Lu and Fang were already sitting inside. As soon as Fang Yu saw him, he said to Lu Xiaochuan in a strange tone: "Did you even call a qin player? Foreign goods don't match here, so let's change an erhu player. "
Lu Xiaochuan was embarrassed, he covered his mouth and lowered his voice and said, "Didn't we agree to be polite before we came?"
Fang Yu looked at Sui Yi exaggeratedly: "Oh, so it's our busy captain. I'm sorry."
Sui Yi ignored his sarcasm, put the piano case upright by the corner of the wall, and sat down.
Since AOW announced their solo flight, the members have been busy with their careers and rarely get together. After Ning Lan left the group, Gao Ming and Wang Bingyang were kept in ice by the company for nearly half a year. After returning to the entertainment industry, their momentum was not as good as before. After the contract expired, they both chose to terminate the contract. know what's going on. Gu Chenkai suddenly figured it out last year and worked hard to get into a music academy abroad. Now he is doing a good job outside, and he is not happy to return to China during the Spring Festival this year.
So far, only the three AOW members who are active in the public eye are now in a box in Wangjiang Building.
Fang Yu just released a new album at the beginning of the year, and Lu Xiaochuan specializes in acting, and now he is among the ranks of traffic niche students with a TV series adapted from a big IP. Not to mention Sui Yi, singing and acting are blooming everywhere. Last year, he went abroad to participate in the violin competition and won the silver medal. When it was revealed, everyone was stunned.
Some media touted him as a real artist, and wrote: "How did he manage to find time to practice the piano and win awards when his 24-hour trip is all exposed to the eyes of the people of the whole country?"
Fans of Sui Yi are very proud of this, saying that their idol is a superman who can use 24 hours as 48 hours.
However, "Superman" was completely devoid of energy at this time. After removing his makeup, Wu Qing had nowhere to hide. When he heard Fang Yu say "there are no new clues", he was visibly depressed, and his body was covered with thick fog. Shrouded, he stared at a certain place in the void, his eyes wouldn't turn.
"Don't be discouraged, if you find this one, you should use the elimination method. The longer the time, the greater the chance of finding it." Lu Xiaochuan comforted.
"Is there any news about the missing persons from the police? And the hospital?" Fang Yu asked while peeling shrimp.
Before Lu Xiaochuan could answer, Sui Yi suddenly punched the table: "He won't die."
Fang Yu sneered: "How do you know that he will not seek death? He has been forced into that, what's the point of living?"
Sui Yi couldn't tell whether Fang Yu was telling the truth or deliberately provoking him. He was infuriated by this terrifying assumption, red blood shot out of his eyes, his fists creaked, and he gritted his teeth and repeated. : "He won't die."
Fang Yu threw the half-allocated shrimp on the table, raised his head to look at him fearlessly: "Then tell me, where did he go?" Then he choked up, "You...you treat him like this, he still Where can I go?"
A dinner broke up.
When Lu Xiaochuan coaxed Fang Yu to take him out, Fang Yu's nose and the corners of his eyes were still red.
Sui Yi sat alone in the box for a while, until the waiter knocked on the door and came in to clean up the tableware. When he went out with the qin, there was a sudden burst of muffled thunder in the sky.
The weather in summer always changes as soon as it changes. The sun is still shining in the afternoon. At this moment, the rain breaks through the clouds and scrambles to fall into the mortal world. The whole piece.
Sui Yi didn't take the umbrella given by the hotel waiter. He stepped forward two steps into the rain, letting the bean-sized raindrops fall on him.
When Ning Lan left, it was also a rainy day.
Three years and four months, one thousand two hundred and sixteen days and nights, he was not impatient to wait, but after staying outside for so long, it was longer than the time they spent together, so it was time to come back
He always guessed that Fang Yu might have a connection with Ning Lan, so he peeked at his Weibo, hoping to find clues. Before coming out of the hotel, Sui Yi believed this, otherwise Fang Yu would not be able to say such curse words openly.
But now, he is surrounded by an unprecedented despair. This despair cannot be relieved by paralyzing himself with his busy schedule. It is like a vine, spreading wildly with the passage of time, and now it has pierced through the heart. About to pierce the skin to grow out.
The rain wetted his hair, soaked his clothes, and the wind poured in from the opening in his heart, and his internal organs were almost numb with pain.
Sui Yi didn't know who to ask, so he could only look up at the dark sky.
Why haven't you come back
On the other side at the same time, the rusty bus stop sign was wet with heavy rain, and only the words "Quanxi Station" that had just been repainted became clearer and clearer under the rain.
The noise of the wheels rolling across the road was from far to near, running over the puddles caused by the uneven terrain, and the splash was half a person's height.
The road returned to calm, except for the sound of the rushing rain.
Not long after, the tinkling sound came back. The man got out of the car, put the bicycle with the scooter on the side of the road, and trotted all the way to the light box at the station.
The light box was in disrepair for a long time, and the glass covering it was broken.
Then, a wet hand appeared in front of the poster, and the white fingertips brushed the face of the person on the poster, and just touched it and retracted it like an electric shock.
After a few seconds, he slowly touched it again, and his slender fingers moved up along the words "concert", smoothing out the folds in the corners, and then took out a pushpin from nowhere and pressed it with his thumb, Fasten the fallen corner back into place.