He Yiming drove the car himself, with a tall bodyguard sitting in the co-pilot. Su Pei and Little Cookie sat in the back seat, one big and one small. There were four people in the car, no one spoke for a while, and it was so quiet that only the sound of the car could be heard, and it became more and more like a kidnapping.
After a few minutes, Su Pei asked Little Cookie in a low voice, "Is the air conditioner cold?"
Little Cookie shook her head. She was confused and couldn't figure out the situation. She took Su Pei's arm and asked in a low voice, "Dad, are we still going to Disney?"
He Yiming, who was driving, answered the question, "Yes, let's go to Disney together."
Su Pei didn't speak to He Yiming. He took out his tablet and told Xiaoquqi a historical story, who interrupted him to ask questions from time to time. The atmosphere in the car was finally less rigid.
After getting on the plane, Su Pei and He Yiming sat together. He Yiming upgraded him and Xiaoquqi, and the environment was better.
Little Cookie eats snacks and watches animations with headphones. Su Pei saw that her attention was attracted by the animation and would not notice their movements, so she spoke to He Yiming in a low voice.
"How do you know that Little Color is going to Shanghai with us today?" Su Pei asked.
He Yiming didn't want to explain this issue in detail, he said with a calm face, "I always have a way to know."
Su Pei glanced at his daughter again, turned to He Yiming and asked, "What did you do to Xiaoyan?"
"I didn't do anything to her." He Yiming sneered.
"Then how did you convince her?" Su Pei asked. "She only temporarily told me that I couldn't go at ten o'clock last night. The excuse was poor, and it was obviously a temporary decision."
He Yiming squeezed his hands and said, "Su Pei, I said that your sense of morality is too high, and you never think bad things about people."
Su Pei looked at him, "Who are you talking about, who should I think bad about? Xiaoyan? Or you?"
He Yiming looked at his eyes and finally answered his question "Okay. I'll tell you. I didn't threaten Xiaoyan, I didn't do anything to hurt her. I just gave her a chance. I arranged for her to go today. When interviewing Bo Wenchen's wife, you can also go to her celebrity party, and someone will give her a good introduction. It's just that the time is only today, and she can't come to accompany you when she wants to go to the Bo family's mansion. She wants to come to accompany you, You have to pass up this opportunity.”
Su Pei just listened. Xiaoyan has already made a choice with her actions.
He Yiming added, "She didn't hesitate for too long and made a decision in about ten minutes."
Su Pei's face turned pale, but he was still calm. When Xiaoyan told her "brother is sick" last night, he had a premonition that something was going to happen.
"Really?" Su Pei asked meaninglessly, he had some thoughts to sort out.
He Yiming said, "You said that you were optimistic about her, but you were right. She is ambitious and decisive. With this action, she can take care of herself better than you. Selfish people always live better."
Su Pei lost his language. He was not shocked by Xiaoyan's choice, or how disappointed he was with Xiaoyan. Because he didn't have much expectations for Xiaoyan. He never saw her as salvation or thought she could change his life.
It shouldn't be He Yiming who shocked him.
This kind of practice, this kind of speech, is so "He Yiming". Su Pei never doubted He Yiming's intelligence and determination. He always believed that He Yiming could do anything he wanted. If He Yiming was an athlete, he would be an Olympic champion. If He Yiming was an actor, he would have won the Best Actor crown. If He Yiming devotes himself to writing, he will win the Nobel Prize for Literature 20 years later.
Su Pei has always thought of He Yiming this way.
Su Pei was shocked by himself.
In his heart, He Yiming has always been a near-perfect man. He Yiming's strong body and tenacious spirit seem to be the things he lacks.
No matter how many times they quarreled before, it didn't damage He Yiming's image in his heart.
But now that he knew the secret that had been hidden for more than ten years, he unconsciously began to look at He Yiming from a different angle, a new, but more intimate and weirder angle.
"what if" angle.
If this is proof that He Yiming loves him, if He Yiming is really with him...
Just like at this moment, he realized that He Yiming was authoritarian and paranoid, as if he was using an invisible net to control him. He had never thought of He Yiming like this before.
"Are you complaining for her?" He Yiming asked in a low voice when he saw that he had been silent for a long time.
Su Pei overcame the shock in her heart, and tried her best to calmly say, "No. This is her choice, and it has nothing to do with me. But you don't need to do this kind of human nature test on her in the future. It's unnecessary."
After saying this, he seemed tired, put on a blindfold, and closed his eyes to rest.
He Yiming could not mistake Su Pei's mood, Su Pei's interest was obviously hit. The beginning of the trip was not smooth, and He Yiming's spirit was also tense.
After getting off the plane, they argued again over where to stay. Su Pei wanted to live in a friend's apartment, but He Yiming wanted him to live in a hotel suite with him.
In the end, Su Pei took Little Cookie to live in the apartment, and He Yiming quit the hotel and stayed in a hotel near them.
After the chickens and dogs jumped and settled down, Su Pei's mood finally improved a lot. Mainly, the little cookie was a lot happier. She likes traveling and loves new environments. The friend who lent him the apartment was away from home for two weeks, and the house was lent to him. As long as he helped take care of the green plants and trees at home, it would not be troublesome.
The little cookie had a good look and took a small watering can to water the flowers.
Su Pei read the notes written to him by his friend and directed Little Cookie. Looking at his daughter's smile, Su Pei comforted himself, maybe he should think less of unpleasant things. This trip has already taken place, the purpose is to relax. It's not the first time for him to come out to play with He Yiming.
Two days later, they went to Disney to play. Su Pei put a princess dress on Little Cookie. He Yiming also brought a couple, who had twins about the same age as Xiao Qiqi, who happened to be with Xiao Qiqi.
Su Pei was a little strange. He asked He Yiming why he would invite a couple he didn't know well.
He Yiming said, "Don't you think it's too strange for us two men to bring a little girl to Disney?" He asked someone to cover it up. It's not that embarrassing to be recognized when three adults and three children travel in a group.
Su Pei couldn't help laughing, "You are so easy to be recognized."
He Yiming was originally wearing sunglasses, but he couldn't help taking it off. He looked at Su Pei and asked, "I'm in a better mood? I thought you were going to be angry with me all the time."
Su Pei said, "I'm not angry with you, Yiming, really, I won't be angry with you at all."
He Yiming looked at him. Su Pei can't look directly into his eyes now. That kind of look seems like if it weren't for the children running around everywhere, He Yiming would immediately grab him and kiss him.
Su Pei took a few steps quickly, "They are walking too fast, tell them to rest."
He was completely unprepared for this transformation and could only flee.
Little Cookie met new friends, bought a lot of things in the store, and watched fireworks at night, and was very tired from playing. Su Pei could not sit with her on the project, He Yiming sat with her.
After leaving Disney, Little Cookie fell asleep in the car. He Yiming's driver took them to the apartment. Su Pei wanted to wake up Little Cookie, but He Yiming said, "Don't call her, let her sleep." Su Pei took Little Cookie out of the car, and He Yiming picked it up immediately. Come over, Su Pei's heart is not good, so he can't be too tired.
He Yiming hugged the little cookie and followed Su Pei upstairs and into the apartment.
Su Pei put the sleeping little cookie on the sofa, and then chatted with He Yiming on the balcony.
This scene seems to have appeared many times in his imagination, but in that scene, he and He Yiming are open-hearted friends.
He Yiming told Su Pei, "I'm going back in two days. It's work. In addition, there are birthday arrangements. I didn't want to have a big party. But the publicity didn't agree."
Su Pei smiled, "You are also thirty years old."
He Yiming said, "Are you going to stay in Shanghai until the book fair? You'll miss my birthday. Was it intentional?"
Su Pei shook his head, "I've prepared a gift for you. Besides, if you have a big party, there will be too many people. We can't even say a word. We can celebrate in advance, or get together after your birthday."
They were silent for a while, and Su Pei said, "My new book sample book has arrived, do you want to see it?"
He Yiming nodded, and Su Pei went to get a new book to show him.
This is the novel "Unfinished Days" that Su Pei wrote for three years. This time he participated in the book fair and promoted this book.
He Yiming had already read the original manuscript, the content was very exciting, but he thought that the heroine would remind him of Shen Lan... He opened the novel and found that there was an author's preface in front of him, probably because the publishing house asked Su Pei to write it himself An autograph of .
He Yiming saw this preface for the first time. He read the preface and couldn't help but say, "Why did the publisher want you to write this? Why did you write this?"
In the preface, Su Pei mentioned a lot of things, and even talked about his disappointment with physical publishing and the matter of switching to a screenwriter. The matter was written as it was, and there was a bit of melancholy between the lines.
Su Pei thought that the preface was written very sincerely.
"Any questions?"
He Yiming said, "Readers won't like this kind of complaint."
Su Pei retorted, "I'm not complaining, I'm just talking about the writing background."
He Yiming said, "Don't expose your wounds to others, because no one will pity those who cry."
Su Pei didn't understand why a simple preface touched He Yiming so much and made He Yiming say such heavy words. "There is no problem with the editor, no problem with the publisher, and the first edition has been printed," he said.
He Yiming said, "Perhaps all novels with this preface printed should be destroyed."
Su Pei thought, does he really know He Yiming well
"I didn't expect this preface to make you so angry, what's the problem?" he asked He Yiming.
He Yiming said, "I just... From a business perspective, such a preamble is not good for sales."
He knew he was wrong. Especially at this delicate and critical time, he and Su Pei's future is unclear, and the two are in this ambiguous tug of war.
But he just couldn't speak to Su Pei and say something sweet. Maybe he is too nervous. He has been in Shanghai for several days, and he has not played sandbags yet.