Di Qiuhe leaned on the door panel, before he could even turn on the light, he bowed his head and pressed the text message.
He Bai: Really angry
He Bai: I worried you, sorry.
He Bai: I have been working today. I adjusted the vibration of the phone and put it in my bag, but I didn't pay attention.
He Bai: I skipped class because I went to Province C with a customer.
…
He Bai: I have already dealt with the matter on the Internet, thank you for helping me find it out.
…
He Bai: Still filming? Pay attention to rest.
Di Qiuhe repeatedly grabbed and pulled these text messages, his expression changed for a while, and finally fixed on the expression "Since you apologized so sincerely, then I will forgive you". He hummed, turned on the light and walked to the bed. Sit down, half leaning against the head of the bed, typing slowly: I just finished the play, and I will fly to Zone D tomorrow. It’s fine if you know you’re wrong, Puppy, you have to be good, or I—
Dingdong, another new text message has come in.
He Bai: This point should be over, right? Still angry
He Bai: Is your next filming location D? I have a holiday on eleven, go to you
Di Qiuhe sat upright, stared at the two text messages for ten seconds, and then decisively deleted the text messages that were about to be edited, made a call directly, and said quickly after the call, "Puppy , Don’t lie to me! I’ll be waiting for you in Zone D on eleventh."
He Bai's "hey" was choked back and couldn't help laughing. Sure enough, Di was three years old, and couldn't hold back a little sugar.
The soft and intermittent laughter came through the electric current, with a touch of intimacy. Di Qiuhe felt his ears a little itchy, his ears became red unconsciously, his eyebrows were erected, and he yelled visibly, "What are you laughing at! This time you did something wrong, and you should admit it!" Give some compensation, too. It should be!
"Yes, yes, I was wrong. Thank you, my lord, for having a lot. Forgive me so soon." He Bai cajoled casually, and said as he sorted out the photos taken along the road when he accompanied the monarch and ministers to the tomb sweeping in Province C today. Don’t lie to you, District D is very close to my hometown. After I go to find you, I can still go home and clean it up for my parents... Hey, wait a minute."
He zoomed in on the photo on the desktop, the casual smile on his face slowly disappeared, his brows frowned unconsciously, and he tried to distinguish the two women in the corner, and then he asked, "Qiuhe, your home or Qin's Are there any relatives in Province C?"
Di Qiuhe originally heard him say that he was going to the D area to find himself, and he was so happy, and when he heard that he was going to his hometown to visit his parents' grave, he was so happy that he was replaced by an inexplicable nervousness, and then he didn't wait for him to do it. Knowing the cause of the nervousness, I suddenly heard him say to wait a moment, and my heart immediately raised it, thinking that he was going to regret it... Finally, I heard such a question.
After the emotional ups and downs, he quietly calmed down strangely, followed the question and replied, "No, why do you suddenly ask about this?"
He Bai put the phone on his shoulder, quickly opened the search engine and searched for Qin Li's photos. After careful comparison, he replied, "I just sorted out the photos I took at the airport when I left C province today and found one of the corners. There is a woman who is very similar to your stepmother, with a teenage girl beside her. I suspect that girl is your sister Di Chunhua. You turn on the computer, I will send you the photo, you think Acknowledge."
Di Qiuhe was taken aback, but he did not expect this to be the case, frowned slightly, found the computer and turned on after a response.
A minute later, the photo was posted. Di Qiuhe followed He Bai's instructions and zoomed in on the lower right corner of the photo. At a glance, he saw Qin Li and Di Chunhua with luggage in the crowd.
"Are they your stepmother and younger sister?" He Bai asked.
"It's them." Di Qiuhe frowned more tightly. He quickly analyzed their intention to go to Province C. After thinking of something, he strode to the closet and put the suitcase down, took out the mezzanine and handed him over. I opened one of the several plans for him and scanned it quickly. I couldn't help but smile, "Puppy, you are really my lucky star."
He Bai was confused, "What do you mean?"
Di Qiuhe chuckled a few times, got up and sat back on the bed with the plan, looking sideways at the cool night outside the window, his gentle eyebrows were gradually filled with a wicked smile, and he said in a low voice, "Appearance of affection. My husband and wife are finally about to start biting their dogs."
"what?"
"Puppy, I want to send you a gift." The evil spirit disappeared instantly, as if it had never appeared before.
"Why are you crazy again?"
Di Qiuhe opened the project case again and took a look, and asked happily, "Do you want the specialty of Area D or the jade from the border province?"
"... No, I just want to know what you were laughing at before."
"Okay, I'll send you both." Di Qiuhe covered the project case and decided with pride.
He Baimei's heart beat, and patiently asked, "What is your stepmother taking your sister to do in Province C? Traveling?"
"Want to know?" Di Qiuhe's voice softened.
"Yes." He Bai replied blankly.
"Then you beg me." The tone became choppy.
"..."
"Or call me Qiuqiu, and say goodnight to me." The ending sound began to rise.
He Bai was silent for three seconds, then took a deep breath, raised his voice and shouted, "Di Spicy Chicken! I'm not going to Zone D! I will take the initiative to work overtime on November! Goodbye!"
Di Qiuhe's ears were numb when he roared, and his body shook. He conditioned his hand to move the phone away. After reacting, he immediately moved it back. He didn't dare to tease him anymore, and explained, "Xiao Bai, I'm kidding. , My stepmother went to Province C because of—"
"Toot toot..."
"..."
He was taken aback for a moment, put down his phone, and carefully dialed the call back.
"Sorry, the user you dialed has been turned off."
God's heart slammed to the ground, raising a dust of dust.
He bowed his head and stiffened for a few seconds, found out Jiang Xiuwen's number, dialed it heavily, and asked in a erratic tone, "I made Puppy angry. He turned off the phone and couldn't come to see me in Zone D. What should I do? ?"
Jiang Xiuwen: "... Cut your belly and commit suicide."
A desolate wind blew in Di Qiuhe's heart.
After a good night's sleep, He Bai turned on his phone and found that Di Qiuhe had sent him more than 30 text messages intermittently last night, and the last one was sent at one o'clock in the morning.
He frowned and typed vigorously in reply: I will hammer you to death if I sleep later!
Di Qiuhe's text message immediately replied: There is no next time sir.
He has also learned how to behave... His frowning brows were loosened, and he flipped through the explanation text messages he had sent, reluctantly forgiving the guy's screaming yesterday, typing and asking: What are you going to do with your stepmother and go to Province C? Thing
Di Qiuhe: Tell my father truthfully and let them bite the dog.
He Bai thought of Di Qiuhe's messy family relationship, frowned, and replied: Remember to pick yourself clean.
Di Qiuhe: Don't worry, I know it in my heart.
Although the Royal Capital is an entertainment company, it has a bit of exposure to some of the hotter and profitable industries. The real estate in Province C is a piece of fat they covet. The plans that Di Bian gave to Di Qiuhe were all projects that the Qin family strongly advocated and supported in the imperial capital. Di Bian gave the plans to Di Qiuhe in the hope that they could be stinked by Di Qiuhe's hands at the right time. The project weakens the Qin family’s right to speak in the imperial capital.
This decisive attitude of squeezing the Qin family out of the imperial capital rather than making money is enough to show Di Bian's dissatisfaction with the Qin family.
Now, Qin Li, who was supposed to take her daughter to spend a holiday abroad, appeared at the airport in Province C with Di Bian on his back, and seemed to be following the Qin's company. This phenomenon is a bit interesting.
Combining with the Qin family’s recent attempt to marry the Liu family, Di Qiuhe quickly speculated a possibility—Qin Li was very dissatisfied with Di Bian. Her calculation focus was to squeeze her away and completely control the imperial capital. To live happily, it became a thing to calculate and leave the Di family. He supported the Qin family with all his heart and allowed the Qin family to gradually get involved in the entertainment circle by means of marriage, robbing the emperor for business, and finally brought two children with the Qin family. Live happily.
In other words, Qin Li had already excluded Di Bian from future plans and treated him as an enemy who needed calculations.
"Sure this is Qin Mingqiang's person?" Di Qiuhe clicked on a man who was five steps away from Qin Li in the corner of the photo, looked at Assistant An and asked.
"Absolutely, he..." An Xixi glanced at Wang Boyi next to him, bit her lip, and replied, "He is the uncle of my ex-boyfriend. Although he is not prominent in Qin's company, he is actually the confidant of Old Man Qin. ."
Wang Boyi didn't respond when he heard the words, his expression was very calm, and he seemed to no longer care about An Xixi's use of his feelings.
"It seems that your ex-boyfriend trusts you very much, and he is willing to tell you even this kind of thing." Di Qiuhe clicked on a photo, and looked at Wang Boyi without looking at An Xixi's suddenly stiff body, "Go and follow me. My father contacted and said that I recently received a photo. It seems that Qin Li was taken on it. You accidentally saw it."
"Yes, Di Shao." Wang Boyi respectfully responded.
An Xixi saw that Wang Boyi was reluctant to even look at herself, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, and she slowly lowered her head.
After sending the two assistants away, Di Qiuhe took out the phone, found a number that he hadn't contacted for a long time, and dialed it.
"Hey, who?" A thick, low-pitched male voice came over.
"Uncle Ke, it's me." Di Qiuhe walked to the window, straight to the point, "The imperial capital and the Qin family have already started fighting, and Huading can get ahead. The goal is the real estate industry in Province C."
There was silence on the phone, and then a pleasant laugh came, "Okay, good, good! I didn't expect this day to come so soon, Qiuhe, you are more ruthless and harder than I expected."
"No." Di Qiuhe turned his head, looked at the table and the golden dog that he gave to He Bai, his mouth slowly turned up, "I'm just luckier than you expected."
The time shifted to the end of September, when He Bai's work in Junchen's studio entered the final stage.
"Thanks for your hard work during this time." The monarch poured a cup of scented tea for He Bai and leaned comfortably in a wicker chair. His cold facial features were bathed in the warm afternoon sun. The cover of the last MV is filmed. Do you think time flies quickly?"
After the trip to Province C, the two had a taste of friends, and the conversation became much more casual.
"I thought I wouldn't ask you to call you a red envelope?" He Bai teased, rubbed his shoulders, took a sip of the scented tea, and exhaled comfortably, "Where is my second brother? Why haven't you seen him for a few days?"
Speaking of Xu Ying, the relaxation on the monarch's face disappeared, and he tilted his head and said lightly, "I ran to take a photo."
"Take a picture?" He Bai was puzzled, and then he was silent for a few seconds before tentatively asking, "Has he found a new target?"
"Yeah." The emperor replied without emotion, "He won't be long with me, so naturally he has to find another way. Taking pictures he likes and holding lively photography exhibitions is his favorite way of life. I do some boring and well-regulated shooting work here. He is aggrieved, and I look annoying, so it’s okay. How about, are you interested in coming to my studio to pick up your senior’s class and be my exclusive Photographer?"
Through this time of getting along, He Bai has already figured out that the monarch and his subjects are deserted and not easy to get along with, and that he is actually a nostalgic temperament inside. Hearing this, knowing that he was joking, he smiled and shook his head, and replied," Don’t, I like to shoot all kinds of people. I can’t stand it if I fix one place and only shoot one person.”
The monarch and ministers also laughed when they heard the words, but the smile only stayed at the corners of their mouths, not in their eyes, and sighed, "You brothers are really alike, you are not reconciled to only take a picture of a person's temper... Cooperate again if you have the opportunity to keep each other a little fresh."
He Bai paused when he heard the words, looked at him sideways, thought about it, and changed the subject, "have you found a pet model for tomorrow's MV? Don't be a big dog that is not easy to get along with, otherwise the MV director and I will be both I'm going to cry."
"I've found it." Junchen sipped his tea and said along with his topic, "Don't worry, it's a very docile working dog. He has filming experience and won't have any problems. By the way, the pre-heating of the album On this one, I want to ask you to do me a favor."
He Bai paused while drinking tea, and asked in confusion, "Please help me? What's your favor?"
The monarch raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I heard that someone was badly hacked on the Internet some time ago. After a strong clarification, it brought out a big show of grievances with the old patrons, which occupied a lot of hot spots. Goodness. Now I, an old singer, want to keep up with the popularity of popular photographers. Is it feasible?"
He Bai was taken aback for a moment, and then replied amusedly, "It is feasible and feasible, you can rub whatever you want."
Regarding the position of the monarch and ministers, this is not to rub the heat, but to help him in disguise to clarify the matter of skipping class that day. Not only did he clarify, but he also helped him to improve his position in the entertainment industry and his compelling status! Paved a super thick brick for his future development!
In the future, those uninfluenced stars will give him an invitation letter for the appointment, and he will be able to pose the monarch and ministers, arrogantly and directly refuse, and no longer need to go around the little mermaid.
The most important thing is that, given his current popularity in black, red and black, it is indeed a bit risky to squeeze in the heat. This move of the monarch and ministers can be said to be quite loyal.
After receiving the news from Wang Boyi, Di Bian flew to Zone D with Qin Li on his back, and met Di Qiuhe in secret.
"What the hell is going on?" Di Bian asked directly after seeing people without greeting or caring.
Di Qiuhe glanced at the people behind Di Bian, keeping the hesitant and worried expression on his face, took out the magnified and washed photo from his backpack, put it in front of Di Bian, and hesitated, "Dad, you know, I have A young student who has known each other recently but has a very good relationship. He works in Ica. A while ago, he accompanied the singer Junchen to Province C because of his cooperation... This is a photo he took by chance at the airport. Take a look."
Di Bian took the photo and flipped it quickly, frowning more tightly, turning around and handing the photo to the person behind him, looking at Di Qiuhe and asking, "The photo has been taken for a while, why didn't you tell me earlier ?"
Di Qiuhe lowered his eyes slightly, seeming to be a little depressed by his tone, and replied, "I didn't notice Aunt Qin and Chunhua in the photo before, or Assistant Wang saw the reminder with the tip of his eyes, and I realized that After that, I heard Assistant Wang said that Aunt Qin told you before going out to take Chunhua abroad to relax. I felt something was wrong, but... Dad, even Assistant Wang can contact you, but I can’t, my son. It really failed." He laughed at himself, and stopped looking at Di Bian at the beginning.
At this time, the people around Di Bian had finished reading the photos, and they thought they had secretly made a gesture under the table, indicating that there were no traces of repairs or fakes in these photos of Di Bian.
Di Bian's expression sank, and the suspicion of Di Qiuhe in his heart disappeared. Seeing him with a sad face, he came out after his father's love, and calmed down his expression and said softly, "You're filming, I'm not good to find you casually, I'm afraid It affects your work, so I just told Assistant Wang to take care of you. It was my negligence, and Dad apologized to you. Qiuhe, now this house is going to be separated, Xia Song can’t count on it abroad, Chunhua is under your control. Auntie took it, already separated from me, my family and company are all in chaos, I..."
"Dad." Di Qiuhe interrupted him. Seeing that he had softened his attitude and favored his side, he changed his attitude and calmed down. Chunhua travels around the country. The last time Chunhua was scolded on the Internet was so violent, it's okay for her to be more relaxed."
"Qiuhe, you just trust your family too much, and you are too innocent." Di Bian shook his head and sighed and said, "Do you still remember those projects I handed to you last time? Your Aunt Qin secretly went to Province C to help The Qin family grabs projects from the Imperial Capital, and her heart is no longer in this family."
"How come..." Di Qiuhe was shocked.
"I just pulled out a few bastards from the Qin family in the imperial capital... It's so chilling that she actually treated me like this." Di Bian's expression was distressed, and his shoulders collapsed as if he was many years old." She wants to slowly hollow out the imperial capital, help the Qin family up, and stop treating herself as the Di family..."
Di Qiuhe looked deeply shocked and could not speak.
"So Qiuhe, the emperor can't fall! The Qin family can't even get up!" Di Bian saw him in a trance, took advantage of the situation and brainwashed, sitting up and approaching him slightly, and said solemnly, "Qiuhe, you have to help me! I'm in B. If the city doesn’t act well, you are the only one you can trust. The business emperor in Province C can dismiss it, but he can’t let the Qin family take it! Qiuhe, help me keep this home, Dad is old."
Di Qiuhe's body was shocked, his expression changed a few times, he struggled for a long time, and finally became firm, looking at Di Bian's eyes and replied, "Okay, I will help you, as long as I can keep this home, I will do everything."
Di Bian was overjoyed, hurriedly took a document from the man behind him and put it on the table, opened it and said, "I have a team in my hand. You Qin and the Qin family don’t know about it. Now I will give you the team. , You take them to save C..."
Di Qiuhe listened attentively on the surface, but his heart was full of mockery.
This good show finally started.
The cover of the last MV was successfully filmed. According to the plan, He Bai compiled some of the snapshots taken when he accompanied the monarch to the tomb sweeping in Province C, uploaded it to Weibo, and thanked the monarch for his appreciation according to the routine and talked about the shooting time. In the end, I wish Junchen's new album a big sales.
After this Weibo was sent out, the official blog of Junchen Studio immediately forwarded it, replied some words of thanks, and revealed some news about the new album by the way.
After He Bai was hacked, strongly clarified, netizens rebel against the whistleblower, accidentally brought out the boss behind the icon, deep-seated the strange things that the owner of the icon did in those years, sympathized with He Bai just entered the trade, and waited for such a boss. After the stage, the popularity has been fired to the apex, causing netizens to shout that the way to fame of genius is always so many. In addition, he had been popular for a period of time when he was shooting in the amusement park before, and he gained enough popularity among passers-by. Therefore, once this Weibo promoting the new album of the monarch and minister was released, it was immediately sent to the popular.
Popular photographers collaborated with the popular Xiaoge God, and the situation is just adding fire to the fire!
Netizen 1: Fuck you monarch and minister! His new album has been difficult to give birth for more than half a year, and it is finally coming out! Weep with joy!
Netizen 2: Hahaha, aren't those stubborn sunspots holding He Bai for skipping class? Why isn't it jumping now? People have missed such a day of class since university, because they have to work! Heizi, dare you say that you haven't skipped class or skipped class for something more important? Everyone is a perfect saint, right? Shameless
Netizen 3: If I can take pictures of the monarchs and ministers, I would also skip class! It’s no problem to escape for a week!
Netizen 4: In the past, I only thought that He Bai took a beautiful girl. Later, I found out that He Bai's group portraits were also good-looking. Now I know... He Bai looks better when shooting men! These photos simply overturned my previous impressions of monarchs and ministers! I used to see kings and ministers only dared to look far, but now I really want to rush in and hug him! I'm going to become a fan!
Netizen 5: Weak, Xiaohehe, are you going to abandon my little Qiuhe? No…
The warm-up was very successful, and He Bai's popularity has gone to the next level after being bombarded by monarch fans! And He Bai’s status in the hearts of the stars in the entertainment industry has also been elevated from a talented rookie photographer to a very popular and excellent photographer who can take the lead!
From retoucher to photographer, from filming the new host of TV station to filming the album cover of Xiaoge Shen, from obscurity to the current popularity, He Bai is like a legend, breaking into it at a shocking speed. In the eyes of senior people in the entertainment industry.
Lin Xia hung up the fifth call to test Ika's attitude, and sighed with joy and sorrow.
The good news is that Monarch's album has become so popular before it is officially released. The Little Mermaid is destined to follow Monarch's album once again. The worry is that once the album cover is successful, He Bai’s time in Ica is estimated to enter the countdown.
She sighed, picked up her mobile phone and dialed Zhu Ke's number, and asked helplessly, "Sister Ke, how is your job of finding a new costume photographer for Ika..."
As the eleventh was approaching, He Bai temporarily handed over Weibo to the company's special personnel for management, and he took his luggage, and boarded the plane to Zone D the day before the eleventh holiday.
Autumn is officially coming, and the weather is getting colder day by day. He Bai closed the collar of his coat, adjusted the mask and sunglasses on his face, and appeared outside the shooting base with his luggage.
This time, Jiang Guanshan's new work "The Married Army" was filmed secretly throughout the whole process. The crew all signed a non-disclosure agreement to hide the news of the film. At this time, a strange young man with luggage suddenly appeared outside the closed and isolated base. The security staff of the crew immediately became vigilant, fearing which well-informed newspaper sent the paparazzi to test, and hurried forward and drove them out according to the agreed routine. Said, "There is construction ahead, so you can't go, let's make a detour."
He Bai took off his sunglasses and mask, smiled fondly at the security guard, and said, "Hello, I was sent by Teacher Xu Yinrong to send information to Director Jiang. This is my business card. Could you please let me know? a bit."
The two security guards were taken aback when they heard the words, took the business card and looked at them. They were friendly and smiled, "It turns out that it is Mr. Xu's apprentice. Director Jiang has been waiting for a long time. Please ask."
He Bai nodded, lifted his luggage and followed them towards the base.
On the set, Di Qiuhe finished another filming. He took the cell phone from Wang Boyi and opened it and looked at it. He was disappointed to find that He Bai still didn't reply to his text message.
It has been many days, the puppy suddenly became busy, and he didn’t answer his phone calls and didn’t reply to his text messages very much. I didn’t mention the thing about coming to Area D that I mentioned before, and seemed to have forgotten it. .
I must be angry...
He stared at a corner of the set with his eyes far away, and the bleak wind in his heart hadn't stopped since it blew that day.
Tomorrow is the November holiday, and the puppy may have already returned to his hometown. Even if he hurries back to City B, he may not see anyone...
"Di Shao, Director Jiang let go, saying that there are many tourists from all over the country during the 11th holiday, and there will definitely be more people here on the base. To be on the safe side, the crew will be off for three days. Do you need to book you a ticket back to City B? "Wang Boyi walked over after inquiring about the news, and said respectfully.
Di Qiuhe returned to his senses, looked at the phone again, and shook his head slightly, "Don't book the ticket first, I'll wait..."
"Waiting for?"
The familiar voice rang two steps away.
Di Qiuhe's words stopped abruptly, turned his head in disbelief, his eyes widened slightly, and then immediately got up and pushed away Wang Boyi, who was looking at him vigilantly, and stepped on two steps with long legs to the young man who was still carrying a suitcase. In front of the person, his face tightened, and his hands tightened unconsciously.
"What is your reaction?" He Bai raised his eyebrows, raised his hand to help him tidy up the collar that was crooked because of getting up too quickly, and squeezed the bulging muscles on his arms, deliberately asked, "Body collapsed. It's so tight, why do you want to fight?"
Di Qiuhe stared at him, uncontrollably heated up the place he touched, his apple moved, suddenly stretched out his arm to hug him in his arms, and rubbed his head vigorously. He gritted his teeth and said, "Puppy, I hate such surprises."
"Is this a surprise?" He Bai moved his body, still not accustomed to his way of expressing happiness. He tilted his head back and said, "I clearly said that I will come to you during the eleventh meeting. How can it be considered a surprise?"
Di Qiuhe raised his hand to support the back of his head, pressed him back into his arms without refusal, and then picked him up, regardless of his struggles and exclaims, he hugged him on the lounge chair and squatted down to support the lounge chair. With the handle, looking up at him in a trapped posture, the emotions in his eyes collided fiercely, and he said in a deep voice, "Puppy, I..."
"Wait!" He Bai patted him on the head and interrupted him, turning his head to signal Wang Boyi to bring his suitcase over.
Wang Boyi had guessed his identity from the boss's reaction, so he honestly helped him carry the suitcase.
He Bai said thank you, then hooked his body to open the suitcase, took out the camera from it, opened and adjusted it and pointed the camera at Di Qiuhe, who was still squatting in front of him. He pulled his head and urged. "Quickly, reproduce your expression just now, that look is so handsome, like a wolf seeing the prey, it seems that you are very involved in the filming this time, not bad. I came here this time the teacher assigned me the task , You cooperate, hurry up."
Di Qiuhe, who almost confessed impulsively, said: "..."
"Tsk." He Bai put down the camera and looked at him disgustingly, "Why are you so unpretentious, you have changed from a wolf to a dog in just one sentence, can you be better, hurry up, your teeth will smash!"
Di Qiuhe looked at him deeply.
"Hurry up, my vacation this time will be upset if I don't finish my homework." He Bai raised the camera again.
"..."
"Di three years old?" In a threatening tone.
Wang Boyi frowned, feeling that this student seemed too presumptuous in front of Di Shao and might be beaten.
Di Qiuhe lowered his head, clenched and relaxed his hands, then raised his head, looked at He Bai deeply, and slowly twitched the corners of his mouth, "...Is that so?"
Wang Boyi, who is about to step forward to stop the bloody case: "..."
"Yes... Can you be more aggressive?"
Di Qiuhe lowered his head a little in coordination, pressed his eyebrows, and asked, "So?"
"Come live." He Bai's enthusiasm was reduced.
Di Qiuhe hurriedly changed his expression again, trying to cooperate with him.
Wang Boyi, who was watching, was already full of ellipsis at this time, and there was only one thought in his mind—Di Shao really looked like a dog in front of this schoolboy.