If Zu Qi really wanted to go home, he would take Qiao Yiyang's car unceremoniously, but now he didn't want to go back, so he politely refused: "Thank you, I'll take a taxi."
"When did you become so polite?" Qiao Yiyang laughed, then paused and said, "Are you avoiding suspicion..."
Zu Qi was at a loss: "What to avoid?"
The smile on Qiao Yiyang's face gradually became meaningful: "After all, we are also the ones who have had scandals."
"… "
Zu Qi knew that Qiao Yiyang was referring to those CP fans on Weibo, but he never took those things to heart. These days, many little girls like to force two actors together, and he is on Weibo. After such a long time, it's long past the embarrassment of seeing some fanart pictures and stories.
Before Zu Qi could respond, the director of the program group in front suddenly called out to Qiao Yiyang, Qiao Yiyang took a deep look at Zu Qi, and then stepped forward.
It can be seen that the director of the program group likes Qiao Yiyang very much, and he also left Qiao Yiyang's phone number and WeChat, and invites him to come out for dinner next time.
Taking advantage of their chatting space, Zu Qi greeted everyone and left by taxi.
On the way to the coffee shop, Zu Qi called Duan Kai, only to learn that they had received a call from President Wang two hours before they left, saying that they should hurry back to the company.
So the fake back to the company became the real back to the company.
"A paparazzi secretly filmed a video of you and Qiao Yiyang having dinner, and recorded your conversations clearly." Duan Kai said in a deep tone, as if he was in a bad mood, "They offered 50,000 yuan and asked President Wang to buy it. "
Zu Qi was shocked: "When did it happen?"
Duan Kai replied, "Years ago."
Hearing this, Zu Qi suddenly remembered the time when he and Qiao Yiyang were going for a skewer, and accidentally saw a messy footprint under the window next to him. It turned out that the paparazzi were really squatting.
But Zu Qi couldn't understand, he and Qiao Yiyang were innocent, and the content of the conversation was very normal. Where did those paparazzi get the confidence to sell them at a high price of 50,000 yuan at Mr. Wang
"I remember that time." Zu Qi explained, "Qiao Yiyang and I are just ordinary friends. We talked about some ordinary things, and we didn't speak ill of anyone."
Duan Kai sighed and said, "The paparazzi just caught your jokes and made a fuss. In fact, everyone knows the truth. It's just that your movie is about to be released. If this kind of thing happens, it won't affect anyone, especially It's Joey Yang."
"..." Zu Qi was silent for a moment before saying, "Then I'll go look for you later."
"No need." Duan Kai said, "President Wang has already given the money, so hurry up and find Xue Jue."
A few seconds after hanging up, Zu Qi received a WeChat message from Qiao Yiyang.
Qiao Yiyang: Why did you leave first? Didn't you say that I could take you there
After saying that, a series of grievances and crying expressions were sent behind.
Many people drank alcohol this evening. Zu Qi and Qiao Yiyang drank two or three glasses each during the toast. This amount of alcohol was nothing to Zu Qi, but it was enough to make the rookie Qiao Yiyang feel dizzy.
When he walked out of the restaurant before, Qiao Yiyang's pace was not very steady.
Zu Qi looked at the phone and always felt that the expression from Joe Yiyang was a bit strange. It didn't look like the expression that Joe Yiyang, who usually has a serious and gentle personality, would use it. He just thought that Joe Yiyang had been drinking tonight. He put this strange thought to the back of his mind.
So Zu Qi replied: If I have something to do, I will go first, and I will make an appointment later when I have time.
After thinking about it, Zu Qi also sent a series of gnashing expressions.
Later, Qiao Yiyang also sent a lot of messages, even seven or eight voice messages that lasted for one minute, occupying the entire mobile phone screen with white message boxes.
After hesitating for a while, Zu Qi turned off the phone.
More than half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, the driver slowly parked the car on the side of the road, Zu Qi scanned the code with his mobile phone to pay the money, and got out of the car in a hurry.
Although it is already spring, unfortunately the weather does not mean to warm up. As soon as Zu Qi got out of the car, he felt a cool breeze with a slight drizzle drilled straight into his collar.
Zu Qi shivered suddenly, and walked towards the location of the coffee shop in his memory in three steps in two steps. It was the place where he and Tang Yukuan had made appointments several times before. It seems that it has closed at this time. .
Facts have proved that Zu Qi really guessed right.
Before he could get close, he saw that the glass door of the cafe was locked, and there was no light on the second floor. The whole building was silent as if it was about to be swallowed by the thick night.
There were still twos and threes of pedestrians on this pedestrian street. Seeing Zu Qi hurried over, they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him.
Zu Qi quickly stopped and exhaled a dull breath in the mask. He raised his hand and pulled down the brim of his hat, and continued to walk towards the cafe.
Along the way, Zu Qi didn't find Xue Jue. He stood in front of the glass door of the cafe and waited for ten minutes, but he still couldn't find Xue Jue, but there were fewer and fewer passers-by walking on this pedestrian street. The raindrops in the wind are also getting denser.
In less than half an hour, it rained densely in the sky, as if to cover the entire night.
There was no shelter from the rain outside the cafe. Zu Qi was worried that Xue Jue would not be able to see him after he walked away, so he had been standing foolishly in the rain, the cool wind and rain blowing straight to his body and face.
I don't know how long I waited, Zu Qi felt that he was about to freeze, and suddenly felt the phone in his pocket vibrate.
Zu Qi answered the phone quickly, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly realized that maybe Xue Jue didn't come to the cafe at all.
Yes indeed!
Didn't Xue Jue guess that he was lying
How could it be foolish to run here!
After thinking of this possibility, Zu Qi felt much better all of a sudden, and it seemed that the wind and rain didn't hurt so much on his face. He took a breath and said with a seemingly relaxed tone, "Are you home? I just had supper with Director Wang and they are ready to go back now."
"..." The other side was suddenly silent, and it took a long time for Xue Jue to make a low hum, "I'll pick you up."
Zu Qi hurriedly said: "No need, you have been so busy recently, rest early, Duan brother and Xiao Dengzi will take me back."
Xue Jue: "...Okay, you guys pay attention to safety."
"Well..." Zu Qi thought that Xue Jue was going to sleep, so he whispered, "Go to bed, good night."
Xue Jue said, "Good night."
After hanging up the phone, Zu Qi couldn't wait to open the car-hailing software, and after setting the location of the cafe and Xue's house, he was about to place an order when he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Zu Qi?" He was a little uncertain.
Zu Qi, who was holding the phone, froze for a moment, and he turned around mechanically.
The next second, he saw the tall figure who appeared in the rain curtain at some point. The lights on the side of the road were dim, but a long shadow was cast under him, just touching Zu Qi's toes.
Xue Jue didn't expect to meet Zu Qi here as soon as he hung up the phone, and there was undisguised surprise in his deep eyes. He held an umbrella in one hand and a mobile phone in the other.
After two seconds of stunned, Xue Jue strode over and leaned the umbrella towards Zu Qi.
"Are you eating supper here?" Xue Jue asked with a smile on the corner of her mouth.
"No... I'm here to find you..." Zu Qi suddenly remembered the conversation between him and Xue Jue just now, and instantly understood that Xue Jue was lying, he frowned and said, "Aren't you at home?"
Xue Jue gently took Zu Qi's shoulders and led him towards the street, where a black Land Rover that Xue Jue often drove was parked.
"I never said I was at home." Xue Jue's voice was low, and there was a different flavor in the sound of the drizzle, "After you called me, I came over, and the result was The phone is out of power, but fortunately I asked Xiao Zhao to temporarily send a phone before turning it off."
Zu Qi looked around: "Where's Xiao Zhao?"
Xue Jue pressed Zu Qi's head with one hand.
"Back to the company." Xue Jue said calmly, "There is still a lot of work waiting for him, and he can't find a place to send something. What a fool."
Zu Qi thought that Xue Jue's car was parked here, but he was walking from behind the cafe. It was estimated that Xiao Zhao could not find the direction by accident. For some reason, Zu Qi wanted to laugh a little.
When he got into the car, Xue Jue couldn't help raising the corner of his mouth when he saw Zu Qi's smiling face. He started the car and asked, "Did you win in the end?"
"Huh?" Zu Qi didn't turn the corner for a while, "What won?"
"The game you played while recording the show." Xue Jue stared straight ahead without squinting, her hands with clear phalanges held the steering wheel and turned it slowly.
"… "
Zu Qi was silent for a moment.
Xue Jue really knew that they were recording a show...
"It's a punishment game." Zu Qi shrank his head pitifully like a quail, looking guilty and aggrieved, "They asked me to call a person and ask that person to go somewhere, if that person agrees, My punishment is over."
Xue Jue couldn't hold back the smile on her lips: "So you just called me?"
Zu Qi shrank his neck in a guilty conscience, and hummed inaudibly.
But soon, Zu Qi realized something and turned his head abruptly: "You know I'm recording a show?"
Xue Jue nodded lightly: "I heard the screams from your side. It should be the sound of the audience, right?"
Zu Qi paused, in the end he was embarrassed to say that he had contacted Heng Jingchen before calling Xue Jue.
wrong…
This is not the point!
"You all know that I'm recording a show, why are you still coming?" Zu Qi didn't know when Xue Jue came, but he was sure that Xue Jue had waited in the cafe for more than three hours.
After all, it took him and Director Wang two hours to eat supper, plus an hour's drive...
What's more, it was so cold at night and it was raining lightly. When Zu Qi thought of this, he only felt a burst of pain in his heart. He immediately regretted calling Xue Jue at the instigation of the audience at that time. , you don't have to let Xue Jue wait in the rain for so long.
Zu Qi couldn't extricate himself from the guilt, but Xue Jue still looked like nothing was wrong, he said, "I thought that only if I came here, you can win in the game, and in front of so many people, you can't lose face. "
"..." Zu Qi said, "Oh..."
The coffee shop is not far from Xue's house, only less than half an hour's drive, it seems that it won't take long to arrive.
Xue Jue drove the car to the garage and was about to get out of the car, only to find that Zu Qi hardly spoke any more along the way, and buried his head in dejection, not knowing what he was thinking.
Until Xue Jue got out of the car and went around to open the co-pilot's door, Zu Qi hadn't broken free from the overwhelming negative emotions. He looked up at Xue Jue who was standing beside the car.
The light in the garage was weak, and Xue Jue stood in the shadow of a large area of light.
"Why are your eyes red?"
Not only did Zu Qi's eyes turn red, but even the tip of his nose was red. He sat on the car seat a little helplessly, a clear layer of mist filled his eyes, and he looked pitiful like a bullied bunny.
"I'm sorry, Xue Jue." Zu Qi sniffed. He rarely shed tears when he was so sad, but now there is a sadness that is like a flood breaking through a valve, and it can't be controlled.
Xue Jue rubbed Zu Qi's hair and suddenly laughed: "Why are you apologizing?"
"I just feel sorry for you." Zu Qi said, a drop of tears slid down the corners of his eyes, his expression did not fluctuate, but tears crisscrossed his cheeks.
Without his explanation, Xue Jue knew what he was talking about.
Xue Jue looked down at Zu Qi for a while, sighed, stretched out his hand and pulled Zu Qi out of the car, then pressed him against the door, and gently wiped the tears from Zu Qi's face with slightly cold fingertips.
"Don't apologize." Xue Jue pressed Zu Qi's forehead, breathing intertwined, he said softly, "I don't want to hear those three words."
For some reason, Zu Qi suddenly couldn't control his emotions. With Xue Jue's comfort, the tears that could have been held back burst out even more wanton.
"I just think I'm too selfish sometimes."
Zu Qi hiccupped and tried to suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart. He felt Xue Jue's kisses falling on his face like raindrops, and stammered, "Although I've been in love a few times before, But this is the first time that I have truly fallen in love with someone, and it is also the first time in such a long time that I have my own home. My parents left early, and I have always lived alone, maybe I have been a loner for a long time. I forgot how to care about other people's feelings."
"Well..." Xue Jue responded, he took Zu Qi into his arms and buried Zu Qi's face in the crevice of his neck.
Zu Qi didn't know what was wrong with him. He actually had the urge to tell Xue Jue his identity as a traveler. This secret was like a boulder in his heart.
getting heavier.
It was also getting more and more pressure that Zu Qi couldn't breathe.
He pushed Xue Jue away, his heart sank, pointed his finger at his chest, smiled and said, "Maybe you won't believe it, the soul in my body is almost twenty-six years old."
Xue Jue stared at Zu Qi for a moment and said, "I believe it."
Zu Qi was stunned and did not speak.
Xue Jue put his hands on Zu Qi's shoulders, bowed his head slightly, and his eyes were serious and serious. He slowly repeated what he said just now: "I believe that you are not the you that you used to be."
"… "
Zu Qi blinked and seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand.
"But no matter who you were before, now you are Zu Qi, the real Zu Qi, this is a fact that no one can change." Xue Jue said again.
At this moment, Zu Qi's head buzzed, he couldn't hear anything, couldn't think of anything.