After the first two episodes were recorded, the production team originally planned to invite all the mentors to dinner. This was a pre-determined schedule, and even the hotel was arranged. However, the news that Qin Zhengchen had an accident suddenly spread, and the news became more and more outrageous, which made some people panic. After the production team discussed it, they were afraid of any negative impact, so they finally canceled it.
When going downstairs, Yang Xu wanted to talk about the gossip he had heard, but after starting several times, Li Xuan and Sheng Min remained silent, so he couldn't continue.
"elder brother."
Walking to the parking lot, Yang Xu went home alone the past two days because they took different routes. Today, she saw that the atmosphere between them was not right, and she had a big drama of jealousy and conflict over her ex-boyfriend in her mind. She was afraid that the two of them would quarrel on the way and it would end badly. After struggling for a long time, she said hesitantly: "Well, brother. I'll take you home. Anyway, I have nothing to do when I go home now."
Li Xuan didn't say anything, as if he didn't hear anything. He stood silently by the car with his suit draped over his arm.
"No need." Sheng Min then said, "Just go home."
Yang Xu looked at Li Xuan's expression again.
Li Xuan still had a sullen face. Without saying a word, he opened the driver's door and sat in.
"It's okay, it's really okay. You can go back." Sheng Min smiled at Yang Xu reassuringly and got into the car.
Today's recording task was not heavy, so I was delayed in the morning. Surprisingly, this was the earliest time I got off work in the past three days. It gets dark late in the summer, but the street lights are already on. The sunset in the distance is like the magma gradually melting after a volcanic eruption, and most of the clouds in the sky are dyed red.
"What do you mean by that?" After driving out of the garage and passing two traffic lights, Li Xuan raised his hand and pinched his brow. However, he looked straight ahead and did not look at Sheng Min.
"Nothing." Sheng Min sighed as if very tired, tilted his head to look out the window, "I was just talking nonsense."
"Lie." Li Xuan glanced at the rearview mirror and overtook the car in front.
"Then what do you think I mean?" After a long time, Sheng Min asked softly.
Li Xuan stopped talking and quietly tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
"Forget it, Li Xuan." Sheng Min repeated in a low voice, sounding somewhat relieved. "Really don't think about it. Just assume that I was unconscious and talking nonsense at that time."
Li Xuan's lips moved, but Sheng Min obviously didn't want to listen anymore, and closed his eyes in resistance and tiredness. So he couldn't say the words smoothly. Although he didn't know what he wanted to say at that moment was "I understand, I understand everything, please give me some more time."
At first, the car radio played automatically, and the two hosts chattered about the traffic information, and inserted advertisements for local restaurants in the middle, with a very exaggerated tone. Li Xuan was annoyed and randomly switched the frequency, from traffic news to folk art exhibition, and even soothing light music, but it didn't help.
"Just turn it off if you're making too much noise." Sheng Min couldn't stand it anymore and reached out to turn it off.
They drove forward in silence all the way, the atmosphere in the car was frozen and depressing, passing by a bustling commercial center, a crowded movie theater, and the entrance of a middle school crowded with small vendors... ... the two never said another word.
The recording location was not far from Sheng Min's home. It only took half an hour to get there by taking the ring road. Having gone back and forth many times, he should have been familiar with the road. However, Li Xuan didn't know why he got off the wrong road today and drove to the old city area that was being demolished.
It was already getting dark, and the old city was full of dilapidated houses, with a decadent atmosphere. Li Xuan re-turned the navigation and turned two corners to the left to get back to the highway. However, just after turning into an alley, something unexpected happened. A terrified roar came from the crowd in front: "Stop! Stop!"
Before they could react, the snow-white lights of a car suddenly cut through the gray night. A small bus suddenly appeared in their field of vision, rushing straight towards them, and it was within reach in a flash. Suddenly, it seemed as if they were back to the rainy night when the car accident happened.
The bus driver's terrified face seemed to be infinitely magnified, and he desperately stepped on the brakes and pulled the handbrake, but it was no use. The bus was like a wild horse that had run away, with no sign of stopping at all.
This is a one-way street. The roads in the old city are narrow to begin with, barely enough for one car to pass through. Unfortunately, there is already a car following behind.
There is no way around it.
The next second, the two cars might collide. Li Xuan turned his head and looked at Sheng Min deeply, and without hesitation, he turned the steering wheel to the left. Just as he was about to hit the wall, Sheng Min suddenly unbuckled her seat belt, rushed over and hugged him tightly, blocking him.
“Bang!”
It was the sound of the airbag popping out. Li Xuan's eyes went dark and he completely lost consciousness.
When he woke up again, Li Xuan found himself lying in a bathtub full of water.
This was a bathroom, strangely familiar, as if he had been there before, but he couldn't remember where. He didn't even know why he was here, and he had forgotten what he was doing. It was as if a large part of his memory had been deleted for no reason. All that was left in his mind was a blank.
The air in the bathroom was humid and stuffy, making it uncomfortable. Li Xuan stood up from the bathtub and noticed a mirror on the sink.
Under the dim light, a blurry figure was reflected in the mirror. Li Xuan looked at his face in the mirror, which had never changed. A drop of cold sweat slid down without warning.
No, he thought, something must be wrong.
But what is it? His head was splitting, but he still had no idea. Suddenly, through the shadow in the mirror, Li Xuan saw a person appear out of nowhere in the bathtub behind him on the left.
He turned away stiffly.
The water in the bathtub had turned deep red without anyone noticing. The air was filled with a faint smell of blood. There were bloodstains splattered on the walls. The shower was not closed tightly, and water droplets kept falling, dripping...
As if possessed by some mysterious force, he walked over step by step.
It was a man, lying quietly, as if he was asleep. His face was pale, even his lips were bloodless, and the most conspicuous color on his face was his dark eyelashes, which hung motionlessly under his eyelids.
I know him, Li Xuan thought, but who is he
He didn't have the slightest impression of him, but just by looking at the man's face, Li Xuan already felt an unbearable pain in his heart.
Who is he
Li Xuan pressed his chest and slowly squatted down, unable to help but want to touch the bloody hand hanging outside the bathtub. But before he could touch it, the man suddenly disappeared in front of him.
At the same time, a beautiful white bird fell quickly from the window. Li Xuan rushed to the window, but only touched a feather on its wing, which was warm and cruel, and disappeared in an instant.
At this moment, he remembered the forgotten name.
"Sheng Min!"
Li Xuan suddenly opened his eyes.