Unable to sleep at night, Sheng Min stood on the balcony and ate two pieces of osmanthus candy. In the city, even the wind was not as cold as in the town. He looked at the traffic coming and going downstairs, thought about it, and drove back to the house he bought for Wang Shuying and her family.
He hadn't been back for a long time, and the moment he opened the door he felt strange. He paused at the door for a few seconds before stepping in, always feeling like a stranger who had accidentally broken in.
They really had left, and the living room and bedroom were in a mess. They left in a hurry, with miscellaneous items scattered all over the floor. Wang Shuying and her friends only took away necessary clothes and valuable decorations.
Sheng Min didn't know what method Li Xuan used to make them move out overnight, and he didn't want to know. He just thought that he couldn't let Li Xuan do these things for him anymore.
The bedroom that originally belonged to him had long since become a storage room. The dust made him cough several times. Finally, he found a few old photos of Sheng Zhe from the box, some of which were faded.
He held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, but ultimately did not take it away. He turned the light on and off the same way he came, closed the door, and left.
I drove around the inner ring a few times and unknowingly drove back to my old house. The ditch was still there, with garbage bags and rotten vegetable leaves floating in it. It was difficult to find a place to park, so I left the car at the entrance of the alley and walked in. After thinking for a long time, I finally remembered which house it was.
This was the few assets that Sheng Zhe had earned in the past. He did not sell it even when he was sickest, but Wang Shuying lost it at the gambling table. It changed hands several times, and no one knows who lives there now.
There were several gray flower pots on the balcony. A little boy, thinly dressed, holding a notebook in his hand, was squatting in a corner doing his homework.
Why don't you go in? Is your brother crying and your mother scolding him
In a blink of an eye, the boy disappeared.
Sheng Min took a deep breath and looked up at the moon in the sky. He recalled the first time he went to film a movie when he was a child. On the day of the final shooting, everyone else had forgotten about him. He went to the set and thought the show hadn't started yet, but it was over before he knew it.
I was still young at that time and didn’t understand many things in life. It turns out that they are just like this. They start without warning and end suddenly. So many years pass by in the blink of an eye.
The cell phone rang, it was Li Xuan.
"Where are you?" His voice was worried and anxious, separating Sheng Min from his thousands of thoughts, "Why is there no one at home?"
"You came to see me?" Without waiting for Li Xuan to answer, Sheng Min smiled and said, "I'm out for a walk and not at home. Can you come and see me again? I know a delicious porridge shop. You can go with me."
On the third day after returning to the city, Sheng Min set out to return to the crew. Before that, Li Xuan accompanied him to the hospital. His mood was sometimes good and sometimes bad, but in the absence of external stimulation, overall, it was not too bad.
The quality of the doctor at the psychological clinic was obviously in line with the high medical fees. He obviously recognized Sheng Min and looked at Li Xuan several times. From beginning to end, he did not ask any inappropriate questions.
"It's normal to feel depressed. Artists are a high-risk group, so don't be too nervous. You can moderately reduce medication. If you need psychological counseling, I can provide it, but you don't have to rely too much on it. The most important thing is to pay attention to regulating your emotions and focus on things that interest you. The rest is to cooperate with diet and exercise. Of course, the weather is also a very important factor."
The short-haired girl in a white coat put down her pen, looked at her notes, and asked with concern, "Do we have to continue shooting in humid and rainy places recently?"
Sheng Min shook his head: "It has been transferred to the film and television base."
The doctor thought about it and gave a place name.
Sheng Min nodded: "Yeah."
"I went there on my graduation trip." She smiled and opened the curtains. The sun was shining brightly. "It will be nice this season."
On the way home, Li Xuan was always thoughtful.
"What are you thinking about?" Sheng Min asked, "When I answered the phone just now, did the doctor say something to you again?"
"Whether it's from the conversation or the evaluation form, it's not serious. Believe in my professionalism. But artists are generally more sensitive people. Many small emotional problems are easily magnified. Moreover, the environment they are in is more complicated. They are generally better at hiding their emotions. This is due to the high exposure of the job. Of course, this is difficult to avoid. We can only pay more attention to other aspects and cultivate some hobbies. It would be better."
Li Xuan thought of the doctor's words and just smiled: "He said that he wanted you to do more things that interest you. He was thinking about what you like."
"Have you thought of it?"
He pretended to think seriously for a while, then said seriously: "I... why don't you speak anymore, right?"
Sheng Min curled her lips lightly: "So narcissistic."
Having said that, Li Xuan took it to heart.
One day after the play, Sheng Min received a huge express box from City N. When he opened it, he found snacks, play scripts, and recorded play CDs.
"Your office is finally full, so you have to send it all to me?" Sheng Min called him with a smile while packing, "There is only one month left to finish the filming. How can I watch all this?"
"You're not studying for a PhD in drama, so there's no need to finish reading the whole book. Just keep it handy when you're bored." Li Xuan continued typing on the keyboard while talking on the phone. The sound of the keyboard made him feel at ease.
"Don't tell me you bought flowers."
"How about sending you a bouquet every day?"
"Not good." Sheng Min warned him without any threat, "Don't mess around."
“Don’t your fans send you flowers?”
"You are?"
"I can be." Li Xuan laughed happily on the other end, "I'll buy it for you when I get home."
Sheng Min also smiled: "Okay."
"There's a play tour next month. I've already booked the tickets. If I have time when you come back, I'll go with you to watch it."
“How many games did you buy?”
Li Xuan remained silent.
Sheng Min waited for two seconds and scolded him in a soft voice: "Spendthrift."
"Whenever you want to watch it, it's better to have it than not." Li Xuan said confidently, paused and said, "I've thought about it for a long time, and I don't know what other hobbies you have. I can only catch this sheep and pull it out... Am I not a good boyfriend?"
"I noticed that you really like to do this..."
"Which one?"
Sheng Min didn't answer. From the noise, he probably went to get a glass of water. Li Xuan asked again, and he said, "Are you waiting for me to praise you?"
"How come?" Li Xuan pretended to be surprised. "Then will you praise me?"
Sheng Min smiled softly: "Come back and praise me."
"Okay." Li Xuan also smiled, and his tone dropped again, "I miss you so much, come back soon."
The recording of "Picking the Moon" has been completed, and the filming has been concentrated recently. Sheng Min does not have any work that requires him to return to City N, and they have not seen each other for nearly half a month.
Sheng Min's heart softened at once and she nodded subconsciously. Then, remembering that he couldn't see, she nodded softly.
A month is not that long. As the desk calendar turns a page, summer clothes completely bid farewell to the closet and are filled with autumn clothes. It is almost the end.
Wang Shuying did try to contact Sheng Min, but she was not able to get through. The frequent reminders from the monitoring software made Li Xuan impatient, and he was also worried that she would be desperate and would get into trouble if she went to Sheng Min. So Wang Shuying "accidentally" broke her leg, and Sheng Hui was sent to the detention center for gathering and causing trouble. After a period of comfort, he immediately became much more obedient.
Without being disturbed by the monitoring software, the world feels much quieter. One day during a meeting, Li Xuan went to the tea room to get a glass of water. When he looked up, he saw the leaves on the opposite side had turned red. He took a picture and sent it to Sheng Min. Two or three minutes later, he received a notice on WeChat.
"Filming completed?" Li Xuan zoomed in on the picture, was stunned, and typed, "Didn't you say it would be Friday?"
'Not yet, it's early. This is the last show of the day, I'm going to put on makeup now.'
This was really a pleasant surprise. Li Xuan curled up the corners of his lips. Just as he was about to ask him when he would be back, the other party had already sent the flight information.
"I have a flight tomorrow afternoon, but I have an interview with a video website and I can only go home after I go there, so please don't come to pick me up."
There was a pat on the head expression, and Li Xuan couldn't lose his temper. After thinking for a while, he typed another sentence: "I came to the airport to pick you up and then sent you to the interview? What do you want to eat tonight? I'll book a restaurant."
"It's not too much trouble."
Li Xuan could imagine the expression on his face when he typed this sentence. The corners of his lips were pursed, but the corners of his eyes must have been raised, just like he is now.
'It's a real hassle, so please hurry up and come tomorrow.'
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