On the set, Xue Xiao and Chang Yun took their respective positions.
Xue Xiao listened to the staff's countdown, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath for the last time.
As the breath was slowly exhaled, his hands gradually relaxed, and his shoulders, back, waist and abdomen, and all parts of his body relaxed one by one.
"3, 2, 1—action!"
In the studio, the audience saw posters for this set of plays.
Two young men sat opposite each other at a dining table. Xue Xiao was picking up a cup of coffee, leaning the rim of the cup against his lips, with the corners of his lips raised slightly.
Chang Yun clasped his hands together and placed them on the table, with a mixture of joy and anxiety on his face.
There is a street view outside the window. What is surprising is that all the passers-by, standing in the distance waiting for the red light at the intersection and walking along the green belt, all look like Chang Yun!
Exactly the same face, exactly the same dress, so weird!
The audience swallowed their saliva immediately...
The next second, a shout rang out.
The price list has changed, which is naturally due to the change of on-site staff, but what does this change mean
The poster for this play shows two characters clearly sitting in a coffee shop. They are indeed drinking coffee at this moment. However, at the beginning of the play, the price list clearly shows that this is a Chinese restaurant, and it even looks very similar. It's the university cafeteria, so what's going on
Zheng Nian obviously had no intention of ordering food. He was drinking coffee with a worried look on his face.
The coffee cup and coaster are both pure white ceramics. Because of Zhao Wenlei's pushing action just now, the coffee in the cup was shaking and soon stopped.
"Zheng Nian!"
But now it seems that this show is full of weirdness.
The camera suddenly turned and hit Xue Xiao.
Zheng Nian suddenly looked around, and the camera followed his gaze.
As soon as Zhao Wenlei said these words, a look of confusion flashed across Zheng Nian's face.
Above her, the price list with black characters on a flower background, which should have been "Beef Stew with Potatoes", "Sauteed Greens with Garlic Sauce", "Braised Pork" and other dishes, turned into "Fried Chicken Burger" and "Tomato Meat" with black characters on a white background. Sauce pasta", "Black tea latte" and so on.
"..." Zheng Nian looked at him steadily and forced a smile, "No, no, thank you..."
Under Zhao Wenlei's expectant gaze, he picked up the coffee cup and took a sip. Zhao Wenlei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I remember that you like to eat sweets. Is this cup filled with enough sugar?"
All the audience were stunned.
Amidst all the doubts, everyone continued to look down.
The camera zooms in on the two people's movements and expressions, and every detail on their faces and hands is intriguing.
Zheng Nian was stunned and smiled subconsciously: "Lei Zi..."
"… Year!"
The place is brightly lit and the environment is elegant. There are not many customers on the other tables, but strangely there are many people standing against the wall in the far corner.
Zheng Nian raised his eyes uncertainly and asked, "Coffee?"
As he said that, he lowered his head and took out a decent cup of coffee from somewhere and pushed it in front of Zheng Nian.
There are also two characters played by Xue Xiao and Chang Yun, and their respective reactions are also very subtle.
Zheng Nian watched his movements with dark eyes, and heard him ask: "Is there anything else you want to eat? Pasta? Steak? It's not easy to see you, I'm treating you today!"
As he spoke, he took out another cup of coffee from underneath and drank it himself.
Zhao Wenlei hesitated and said, "Why, you don't like it?"
At this moment, even Guan Ruoying, Su Shijin, and Feng Wei at the instructor's table were thinking deeply.
Soon, the poster disappeared.
The camera continued to scan, sweeping across a cashier counter. The girl was playing with her mobile phone with her head down, and above her—
The audience in the studio was in an uproar.
He plays the role of Zheng Nian. He wears a white T-shirt on the upper body and a pair of gray sweatpants on the lower body. He looks very homely.
The people were talking in low voices, glancing at them from time to time.
Could this be a horror movie?
Hearing that Zheng Nian hadn't ordered anything yet, Zhao Wenlei said enthusiastically: "Stop ordering, I have coffee here for you to drink!"
He was looking up at the price list just now when he heard the shout and suddenly came back to his senses. Following the sound, he turned around, and the camera naturally continued to turn left, turning behind him.
Zhao Wenlei, who has played Zhao Wenlei for many years, was sitting at a dining table and said in surprise: "It's really you!"
The camera focused on a row of price lists high up. The price list had black characters on a floral background and a very old-fashioned color scheme. It listed in a vertical row "Potato Stewed Beef 13 Yuan", "Garlic Stir-fried Greens 9 Yuan" and "Braised Pork 15 Yuan". Yuan"…
They were confused, and Zheng Nian seemed a little confused too.
Zhao Wenlei stood up and said, "Long time no see! I haven't seen you since I graduated from high school. Come on, come on, sit here!"
When the screen lit up again, what everyone saw was a shaking lens.
They were very busy during the rehearsal days and had no time to see other groups. Naturally, they had no idea what the story of Shen Tingyan's play was about.
But he didn't ask anything, sat over, and the two quickly started chatting.
Zhao Wenlei didn't notice anything was wrong with him and continued chatting by himself.
From the conversation between the two, the audience realized that although they were high school classmates and seemed to know each other very well, they did not seem to be very close brothers.
For example, Zhao Wenlei knew that Zheng Nian used to live across the street from his brother, who was three years older than them. His name was Hao Pengyu. He was very tall and strong. He liked to fight, was violent, and had gotten into many troubles. Zheng Nian was a little afraid of him. In high school, Every day when I go out and come home, I avoid each other.
Zhao Wenlei then asked with a smile: "Does Hao Pengyu still live across from your house now?"
Zheng Nian answered absentmindedly: "...we moved when I was a freshman."
Zhao Wenlei was startled.
A very delicate relationship.
They are so familiar with each other that they even know who their neighbors are, but they don’t know that their families moved when they were freshmen in college.
In other words, the two have probably not contacted each other even once since they separated after high school.
Zhao Wenlei nodded in a daze: "Oh... Will your father still beat you now?"
Zheng Nian took another sip of coffee. When he raised the coffee cup, his cuffs slid down slightly, and the camera scanned the old scars on his wrists, which shocked the audience.
Zheng Nian whispered: "... We have stopped fighting now."
Zhao Wenlei: "That's good, that's right. You're already so old, it would be outrageous to hit you again..."
Zheng Nian said nothing.
He raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Wenlei muttering to himself, "I wanted to call the police every time I saw so many injuries on you in high school." His eyes were very sad.
Xue Xiao's eyes are beautiful, and almost no one on the Internet would disagree with this.
These eyes are large and have soft lines. When he stares at someone quietly, the soft water waves are always telling silent words, conveying quiet and strong emotions.
At this moment, these eyes were extremely sad.
The shots are also very subtle.
Zheng Nian stared at Zhao Wenlei silently, and Zhao Wenlei seemed to have blocked all information from the outside world and was immersed in his own world, sometimes excited and sometimes sad.
Two people sitting at the same dining table seem to be living in two different worlds, unable to intersect.
Until Zhao Wenlei said: "... Do you still have those scars on your body? They should all disappear, right? Those scars don't look good... "
Zheng Nian seemed to not want to hear this topic anymore and interrupted him: "What about you, how are you and your parents doing now?"
Zhao Wenlei stopped abruptly.
Zheng Nian stared at him: "Do you still hate them now?"
Zhao Wenlei's expression suddenly became dull.
Zheng Nian was silent for a moment and said, "Your parents used to stare at you so much because they wanted you to study hard... Now that you are working, they shouldn't do that anymore, right?"
Zhao Wenlei shook his head silently.
Zheng Nian's brows furrowed: "Is it still like that? I won't give you a mobile phone, limit your time outside every day, and even control how many bites you take in a meal?"
Zhao Wenlei still said nothing and lowered his head.
"... How can you go to work when they control you like this?" Just after saying this, Zheng Nian suddenly remembered something and his expression swayed, "... Oh, by the way, your dad owns a company... "
Seeing this, the audience understood that Zheng Nian and Zhao Wenlei were both very unhappy people in their original families.
Zheng Nian's father was a domestic violence maniac who often beat him since he was a child. The scars on his wrists must have been left when he was severely depressed.
It seems easy to imagine Zhao Wenlei's family. At first glance, his parents seem to love him very much, but manage him as a personal property.
Restricting all his behaviors with inhuman requirements, this almost perverted discipline method turned Zhao Wenlei into the dull and neurotic person he is today.
The reason why these two people got closer in the first place was probably because they were in similar situations and sympathized with each other.
However, it is precisely because their relationship is based on each other's scars. Scars are painful and cannot be exposed to the air all year round. They will become inflamed and rot. Therefore, one day, they will naturally cover up their scars and pull them apart. Keep distance from each other.
They need breathing room.
At this moment, both of them suddenly fell silent.
Zheng Nian seemed to be hesitating about something. He glanced at the people in the corner of the coffee shop from time to time. He bent his index finger and rubbed his thumb, feeling a little nervous.
But Zhao Wenlei seemed to be simply in a daze, with his head lowered and motionless.
Suddenly, both of them made up their minds at the same time and spoke.
Zheng Nian said: "Leizi, there is something I have to tell you -"
Zhao Wenlei raised his head: "A-Nian, there is something I have never dared to tell anyone!"
Both of them were stunned.
Zheng Nian first said: "Tell me first, what's the matter?"
Zhao Wenlei swallowed.
He suddenly moved closer.
Zheng Nian leaned towards him cooperatively.
The distance between the two of them was so close that they were just one centimeter away from each other.
Zheng Nian heard Zhao Wenlei lower his voice and say with a slight tremor in his ear: "...Actually, my parents suddenly disappeared a month ago."
Zheng Nian was stunned.
He asked suspiciously: "Disappeared? Missing?"
Zhao Wenlei's face turned very pale at some point, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.
There was an air of uneasiness and fear hanging over his whole body, and this atmosphere was transmitted to all the audiences watching the show in the studio at this moment.
The audience also became restless, and they clearly felt that something was coming.
Zhao Wenlei swallowed and said: "I don't know, I don't know if they are missing..."
Zheng Nian was a little confused: "What do you mean?"
Zhao Wenlei: "Because, my parents disappeared, but two other people appeared in my family."
Zheng Nian was stunned.
Zhao Wenlei's sweat slid down his cheeks like rain: "... Those two people look exactly like me, but they claim to be my parents."
At this moment, Zheng Nian froze.
He looked at Zhao Wenlei in shock, and almost all the viewers could feel his chills standing on end at this moment.
This topic obviously frightened Zhao Wenlei, and he was trembling all over.
But because the person sitting in front of him was Zheng Nian, who had the same problem as him, and who knew his worst and most cowardly side, he was willing to muster up the courage to speak out.
His teeth were chattering and his voice became more erratic: "From that day on, other 'me's often appear around me. I don't know what they are, whether they are aliens, ghosts or monsters. Sometimes they are They will appear out of thin air, and sometimes they will transform human bodies and turn others into them... "
As he spoke, his eyes subconsciously drifted behind Zheng Nian, and suddenly he looked away in extreme horror. His whole body tensed up, he grabbed his hands and said hastily: "'It' is behind you now... just ten meters diagonally behind you. The place!"
Zheng Nian was startled and quickly turned his head to look.
A burst of small exclamations broke out in the studio!
(End of chapter)