Chasing Tides

Chapter 79

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A week later, when Ning Lan accompanied Sui Yi to the audition, her legs were still shaking.

I did it too hard that night. I woke up the next morning and saw Sui Yi's newly bought sex/daily necessities. In the spirit of researching "whether this brand of lubricant has improved in the past few years", the two went away again. Once, in the evening, I wondered if the condoms I bought together were really strawberry flavored, so I rolled for the third time.

Therefore, for the next week, Ning Lan was bedridden, which was worse than the sequelae of being pressed by the dance teacher for Lajin for the first time.

Sui Yi was happy to serve him. He brought three meals a day to the bed, followed him in the bath, rubbed his back, applied shower gel, dried his hair, and put on and undressed.

Originally, Ning Lan didn't have any objections. The number of times they faced each other naked, they couldn't break each other's hands. It was meaningless to be coy. However, I thought later that every time the two of them had sex/love, they would take off their clothes naked. On the other hand, Sui Yi would either wear a shirt or half-faded pants, and just take out that object.

Ning Lan's brows wrinkled, and her heart suddenly felt uneasy.

Last night, while Sui Yi was blowing his hair carelessly, Ning Lan suddenly turned around and swiftly pulled down his pajamas. Sui Yi took a beat, and when he grabbed Ning Lan's hand, the rope around his neck was hanging. Has been hooked on his index finger.

"What is this?" Ning Lan pulled the rope out and was stunned when she saw the processed red bead.

There have been so many skin-to-skin blind dates in the past two days, but I didn't even notice that he was wearing such a thing.

Sui Yi was about to go out this morning, and Ning Lan struggled to get up from the bed and said, "The hair is about to grow in the house. I want to go out for a walk."

So Ning Lan was brought to the audition site by Sui Yi.

Mi Jie was stuck in traffic on the road. She was still surprised when she received Sui Yi's order to "buy a cup of hot milk tea". She hurried into the dressing room with coffee and milk tea, and saw Ning Lan sitting beside her wrapped in a ball. , covering his mouth as if he was about to cry, turned around twice, and jumped a few times.

Ning Lan didn't have a deep friendship with Mi Jie, so she didn't know where Mi Jie's excitement was. She greeted her, thanked her for the milk tea she brought, and took a sip in her hand.

Half an hour later, Sui Yi went in for the audition, Mi Jie moved to Ning Lan's side, and carefully asked him how he was doing over the years. Ning Lan said it was fine, she folded her hands in relief and sighed, and said something in her mouth: "Thank God, Thank you to all the bodhisattvas for your blessings.”

Ning Lan didn't have any desire to communicate with people. Today, I came here with Sui Yi on a whim. He regretted it when he went out. He was afraid that he would meet someone he knew here, and he thought about jumping out of the car and running away.

However, he was obviously thinking too much. The entertainment industry is changing very fast. He has been away for four full years. It is so easy to see the so-called "old people".

Ning Lan had heard about the director of the film Sui Yi auditioned for today a few years ago, but with his celebrity status at the time, let alone the audition, he didn't even have the chance to shake hands with this director who is known for his unselfishness.

Mi Jie was obviously also worried that the director would be difficult to deal with, and looked around: "Why haven't you come out yet? You don't really want to try that shirtless scene, do you? I heard that Director Wu is the most forbidden to use doubles, he wants to see the captain's body. Scar, maybe…”

Ning Lan grasped the point sensitively: "Scar? What scar?"

Mi Jie said without hesitation: "It's the wound that fell from the courageous act of righteousness in H City two years ago."

Ning Lan had been self-isolating for four years, and he didn't know anything about the big or small things in the circle. Seeing that he was dazed, Mi Jie explained it to him in detail.

It turned out that after he left, Sui Yi frantically looked for him all over the world. Two years ago, I don't know where I heard that he was in the southern city of H. He went there and stayed there for half a month, but no one was there. One day, I saw a knife-wielding gangster grabbing a passerby's bag in the street, and dodged when he came to help. Too late, he was slashed from the shoulder to the back with a sharp knife by the vicious gangster. The wound was deep and bleeding a lot, and more than ten stitches were needed.

"At that time, some passers-by filmed the process and posted it on the Internet, so the national favorability of the captain is so high." Mi Jie sighed when she said this, "It's a pity that there are scars on the body, I don't know if this role can still be used. Take it."

Ning Lan had read Sui Yi's script when she was free for the past two days. The role he was going to audition for was a gangster killer, strong and mysterious.

Sui Yi's side just came out of the audition and changed clothes in the dressing room. Ning Lan didn't knock on the door, and went in directly. Before Sui Yi's button was buttoned, he pulled his collar down, and the one that ran from the left shoulder to the The wound on the back was exposed like this.

Sui Yi froze for a moment before realizing what he was doing, and hurriedly put his clothes on his body. However, Ning Lan had already seen it, saw the distorted wound, and the pattern that was skillfully tattooed using the uneven edges of the wound.

Ning Lan spoke first: "What is that?"

Sui Yi knew that he couldn't hide it, so sooner or later he had to confess, and whispered, "Tattoo."

"I asked what pattern it was." Ning Lan tentatively guessed, "Waves?"

"No." Sui Yi categorically denied, "Wave."

Ning Lan hadn't noticed the difference between "Waves" and "Waves", but felt that the current Sui Yi was not at all like the captain who was able to handle everything with ease in his impression.

"Are you stupid?" Ning Lan asked him.

Sui Yi thought that he would get two words of care, but he didn't expect to be scolded, and responded embarrassingly: "The situation was urgent at the time, so I didn't have time to think about it..."

Ning Lan interrupted him: "Are you going to find me, or are you going to make headlines?"

Sui Yi was a little anxious, and explained: "Of course I came to you, I'm just helping others by the way... No, this matter has nothing to do with you, it's not because of you, you don't have to be burdened... "

The voice became smaller and smaller, because Ning Lan tore off his clothes again, put his mouth up, and blew softly on his shoulder.

After blowing, he asked him, "Does it still hurt?"

Sui Yi's heart was filled with turbulent waves, and he almost couldn't hold his expression. He wanted to shake his head as well as nod his head, stuck his neck in silence for a long time, trying to retain a moment of tenderness.

Ning Lan pretended that he was no longer in pain, put his clothes on for him, went to the front and helped him put on the pendant, then helped him button the buttons, and said, "The director thinks you have scars on your body, and I also think this character It's too revealing. We don't take pictures anymore, I don't want to show you to others."

This year's first snow landed on the earth the day before Christmas. It was also on this day that Sui Yi received a contract notice from the crew.

Ning Lan was washing rice and cooking in the kitchen. Sui Yi stood behind him and shouted "Baby" a few times, but he didn't respond. The rough hair poked his cheek, and said sullenly, "If you don't want me to shoot, I won't sign it, don't be angry."

Ning Lan poured the rice into the pot without raising her eyelids: "Why am I angry when you film your scene?"

"You're not afraid of me..." Sui Yi turned around halfway through, "The director said to wear a vest, not to be completely naked."

Ning Lan put down the rice basket, opened the arms around her waist, and turned to face him: "In your eyes, am I such a stingy person?"

I haven't seen each other for three years, and Ning Lan has a tougher temper than before. The strong and stubborn in her bones all come out to make trouble, often making Sui Yi, who is extremely inexperienced in love, flustered, and she doesn't know how to deal with it.

"No, of course not... You didn't say... " Sui Yi hesitated.

Seeing that he was too embarrassed to speak, Ning Lan raised her eyebrows and smiled: "It's your freedom to do what you want, I'm not your agent, and I don't understand the current mainstream aesthetics, you can make up your own mind about this kind of thing. , don't care about my opinion." He couldn't help but lower his voice and looked away, "I said last time that I didn't want to show it to others, because I was afraid that you would be sad if you lost the election, and you would be reluctant to..."

The voice stopped abruptly, Ning Lan coughed lightly, and turned back to continue her busy work: "Go and sign the contract."

"Reluctant to bear what?" Sui Yi asked.

"nothing."

"Say it."

Ning Lan couldn't stand Sui Yi's coquettish tone, she pushed Sui Yi out with her wet hands, and slammed the door.

Sui Yi wasn't sure if Ning Lan was shy, he didn't dare to guess randomly, and he couldn't help thinking about it.

As soon as the phone rang on the road, Ning Lan sent a text message: [I'm afraid you will get hurt while filming]

There is nothing more gratifying than a guess that comes true. Although "reluctant" has been changed to "afraid", Sui Yi is still happy.

Immediately afterwards, Ning Lan sent another text message: [What birthday present do you want?]

Sui Yi didn't want Ning Lan to give him anything again, but he wanted a lot, and everything was related to Ning Lan.

So he picked the one he wanted the most and said to Ning Lan, "I want you to attend my concert."

This year is the year of Sui Yi's life. Because of the tight schedule, there is no birthday party, and it is announced that the surprise will be put on the concert in February.

Concert tickets sold out in half a minute. At the end of January, Starlight Entertainment officially revealed that the AOW group will reunite at Sui Yi's concert next month.

Said to be a reunion, fans agreed after a private discussion - at most three people.

Wang Bingyang and Gao Ming have been out of the circle for a long time, and the reason they were picked up before is also very contemptible. The dirty behavior of their own team members can't be forgiven by any company. As a cousin, Gu Chenkai will definitely come. Lu Xiaochuan and Sui Yi have a good relationship and should also attend. Fang Yu and Sui Yi have been in a state of "old and dead" since they flew solo, and they attended the same performance with each other. He didn't even say hello, and now even the CP fans who were holding the old sugar to the death were scattered, the possibility of coming is half and half.

As for Ning Lan... it's a complete mystery. There are rumors that he quit the circle because of the double blow of his physical and mental condition. Back then, the whole network black had a great impact on him, and now he is so well protected by Sui Yi that no one knows what his condition is.

But the food blogger called "Can't Fried Chicken Wings", in the "Homemade French Fries" video posted on January 9, was reluctant to fry the remaining oil of the French fries, and by the way fried some chicken wings, drumsticks and chicken nuggets.

Attentive netizens found that another hand with distinct joints appeared in the middle of the video, and it was suspected that a wild man who had previously sent flowers to the blogger was officially in the position.

On February 14th, backstage at Sui Yi's solo concert, Ning Lan and Fang Yu leaned against each other to play a battle game together.

Fang Yu had lost three games in a row, and he seriously suspected that Ning Lan had been playing secretly at home for at least three months, and his skills were so skillful that it didn't look like he was just getting started.

"It's really only been three days." Ning Lan said with a smile, "I heard that Sui Yi wanted to accept this endorsement, so I downloaded it and played it."

In fact, today is also the third day after picking up the smartphone again. He originally thought it would be difficult, but Sui Yi casually asked him if he wanted to try the game he endorsed. Ning Lan picked up the phone and played for a while, only to realize that he had already Not too much resistance.

Fang Yu felt that he was being shown affection, glanced in the direction of the locker room where Lu Xiaochuan was, and handed the phone to assistant An Lin: "No more playing, no more playing, there is still an hour to start, let's go, change clothes and go."

Until five minutes before the opening, Ning Lan hadn't decided whether to take the stage.

Because of the Black Sea back then, his feelings for the stage were very complicated, and this time it was Sui Yi's home court, he didn't want to screw up the whole concert because of himself.

At the end of the day, I still have no confidence, I am still scared to death, I still want to continue to be a tortoise and continue to live by.

Two-thirds of the way through the concert, Ning Lan was still watching Sui Yi from the monitor in the background. Compared with four years ago, Sui Yi's singing skills and stage performance have made great progress. Ning Lan's doubts about "being out of breath due to poor business ability" were also dispelled, and she immediately felt like an old mother who was worrying about her own children.

Sui Yi on stage finished singing a song and got off the stage to change clothes. Ning Lan stood up and stretched his muscles. Suddenly, a hand covered his eyes from behind.

Familiar temperature, familiar taste, Ning Lan's heart just skipped a beat before relaxing, and asked the person behind him, "What are you doing?"

Sui Yi put his other hand on his shoulder and pushed him out: "Take you to see something good."

Sui Yi's hands were very large, and Ning Lan's vision was completely blocked, so she couldn't see anything. But he was not afraid. Wherever Sui Yi took him, he would follow his pace and go wherever he went.

When she heard Sui Yi say "Be careful there are steps ahead", Ning Lan guessed what would happen next. His throat was dry, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he felt a light hitting his head, and there were screams one after another around him.

"Are you ready?" Sui Yi asked next to his ear.

Ning Lan wanted to say "no" and wanted to turn around and leave, but the soles of her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, her whole body muscles were stiff and tense, and she couldn't even make simple movements like shaking her head.

Then, the hand covering the eyelid slowly moved away.

The bright light was a bit dazzling, Ning Lan squinted her eyes for a few seconds, and the blurred light and shadow turned into concrete lines in front of her eyes. The first thing that caught her eye was a bright sea of stars.

There were 10,000 spectators in the audience, and there were 10,000 light sticks, none of them were extinguished, they were all dancing and cheering.

Besides him and Sui Yi, there were three other people on stage. Ning Lan was still in a daze, and the microphone was stuffed in his hand. Soon the music started, he was caught between Sui Yi and Fang Yu, and he began to listen to them singing AOW's debut song.

Halfway through the singing, Sui Yi took his hand and led him to the front of the runway, pointing to the oversized banner hanging on the second floor of the auditorium, which read: Bubble Lan, welcome back!

Ever since she opened her eyes just now, Ning Lan seemed to have lost her ability to think, her hands and feet no longer belonged to her, and she was led away by Sui Yi like a puppet. The screams of the fans in the audience all turned into inexplicable sounds in his ears. He held the microphone and said nothing. When the music was about to end, he involuntarily sang along with the rhythm.

Seeing that he was not in good condition, Sui Yi didn't force it any more. After the song was over, he sent him back to the stage and asked An Lin and Mi Jie to take care of him.

Half an hour later, when the concert was over, Sui Yi hurried to find Ning Lan before removing her makeup. Seeing that he was still sitting in a daze, crouching in front of him, holding his cold hand, he began to regret his decision.

His original intention was to fill the nightmare in Ning Lan's mind with good memories. This move was a very dangerous move, but he couldn't wait to let Ning Lan come out and let Ning Lan have no darkness in her future life.

Sui Yi didn't speak for a long while, but Ning Lan was the one who spoke first. He opened the corner of his mouth to reveal a bleak smile: "Don't look at me like that, I'm fine, it's just... It's just that my legs are a little weak and I can't stand up."

After the three guests who were supporting the scene were sent away, the staff were almost evacuated, and the two left from the side door in the backstage.

There was still some distance from the parking lot, Sui Yi let go of Ning Lan's hand and squatted in front of him: "Come up, I'll carry you."

Ning Lan was reluctant at first, but her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand. If she had to go by herself, it would be a waste of time. Seeing that there was no one around, she dawdled on his back.

When Sui Yi stood up in a hurry, Ning Lan was startled and hurriedly wrapped around his neck. Sui Yi achieved his goal, pinched Ning Lan's thigh and weighed him up, and walked forward slowly.

There are no street lights in this area, and the light depends on a lighthouse in the distance and the moon that appears and disappears in the sky. In this quiet cold night, the bitter wind also restrained its momentum and blew slowly in my ears.

After walking for a while, Ning Lan broke the peace first: "Are you cold?"

Sui Yi tilted his head and exhaled rounds of hot air: "It's not cold, it's warm to walk."

"Then let me down."

"no."

Ning Lan raised his hand and punched him lightly.

After a while, Ning Lan asked hesitantly, "Did you have anything else to say to me on stage just now?"

"Well." Sui Yi immediately admitted, "Happy Valentine's Day."

For some reason, Ning Lan always felt that this was not what he was going to say, but he couldn't guess any other possibility for a while.

Seeing that Ning Lan didn't ask any more questions, Sui Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was annoyed at his retreat and loss on stage. At that time, his hands were all stretched into his pockets, and he was carrying a small box that had been warmed for a long time.

At this moment, Ning Lan didn't know what the person behind his back was struggling with.

He was drawn to the streetlights ahead.

The light projected by the street lamps at the corners draws a straight line on the ground, as if dividing the world into two spaces with a clear distinction between cold and warm.

Ning Lan lowered her head and looked down, her body swaying slightly with Sui Yi's steady pace. When he saw a foot step into another space, he opened his mouth and breathed out a breath of hot white air, blurring the boundaries in front of him.

The man who carried him was once all his light, and he once pushed him into darkness by mistake at a young age, and finally, now that time has passed, with a solid and reliable body, step by step, he carried him to the full of light. place.