The Eye of the Storm

Chapter 43

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At night, neither of them were hungry. It was a little late to go downstairs to eat. Before going out, Liang Sizhe opened the suitcase, took out another bank card from the mezzanine and held it in his hand.

"I'll go get some money first." Liang Sizhe stood up, folded the suitcase and stood by the wall.

Cao Ye also jumped off the bed and put on his shoes: "I'll go with you."

The ATM machine was facing the street, and the two walked slowly over the one kilometer for more than ten minutes.

Liang Sizhe stood in front of the machine, inserted the card, and looked at the balance in the card. This is the only card he has left that has not been maxed out, and it is also the card with the largest balance. There are more than 40,000 yuan in it. . Liang Sizhe stared at the number for a while, then lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then took out two thousand yuan.

He rolled up the wad of money and held it in his hands, turned around and said to Cao Ye, "Okay, let's go."

"I want to take it too," Cao Ye waved the card in his hand at him, "Wait for me."

Liang Sizhe looked at the card in his hand and recognized at a glance that it was the one that he had tossed back and forth for more than two hours the night before. He wondered if this card could really take out money...

Sure enough, Cao Ye stood at the ATM and pressed the button a few times. He turned around and waved to Liang Sizhe in disbelief: "Liang Sizhe, come and see!"

Liang Sizhe knew what was going on just by looking at his expression, but he still walked over cooperatively, Cao Ye pulled him to look at the balance displayed on the screen, and said incredulously: "Do you believe it, we blew up my meal last night. Card!"

Liang Sizhe raised his eyebrows slightly: "Well, we can really eat it."

Cao Ye looked happy: "Thanks for not ordering more, otherwise we wouldn't be able to pay for the meal."

"Isn't it?" Liang Sizhe said.

"It's too risky, it's less than a hundred yuan left..." Cao Ye had lingering fears.

Liang Sizhe raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder without changing his face, thinking that when you bought that pair of jeans, it was already very dangerous.

On the way back, Cao Ye called Zheng Yin and said, Uncle Yin, you are too stingy. The card you gave me is only enough to buy a pair of jeans and a meal!

Zheng Yin was probably a little surprised on the other end of the phone, and immediately cross-examined him a few questions.

When Cao Ye was on the phone with Zheng Yin, Liang Sizhe kept doing calculations in his mind. He wondered how long the balance of 40,000 yuan on the bank card could support him.

After returning to Yancheng to finish high school, will the tuition for the university be enough? If it's not enough, I can only borrow it from everywhere, but I don't know if I can borrow it. It should be easy to say if I go to college. I can earn money while working, and I should be able to support myself...

After coming out of the emotions he had fallen into last night, he suddenly found that there was not much time left for him in his life. He was facing too many practical problems to solve. As for the violin and acting in movies, it was only a matter of time. One night, it seemed that he was quite far away from him. He had already started to worry about the next tuition fees and living expenses, not to mention the make-up courses and the college entrance examination that he would face in the future...

The past year has been murky. He was nestled in his cave as if time stood still, but now he is suddenly forced to wake up, and he suddenly realizes that the wasted time is passing by like revenge, so that many things seem to be too late to orderly. to face.

Leaving the cave and standing in front of a devastated life, he was like a wild animal that had been kept in a zoo for a long time and was suddenly released, facing the ever-changing and dangerous wilderness.

The room was stuffy and noisy. At night, the two climbed to the rooftop again. Before climbing up, Liang Sizhe didn't want to carry the guitar, but Cao Ye took it out and put it on his back.

"I'll come." Liang Sizhe said, reached out and took the guitar off Cao Ye's back, holding the neck in his hand. After going through the previous episode, he now looks at Cao Ye like he looks at his younger brother-although he doesn't have a younger brother, but if he imagines that he has a younger brother, it would be best to look like Cao Ye, innocent, simple, and worry-free. No worries.

Cao Ye is more than two years younger than him. When he didn't think of him as a younger brother, Liang Sizhe only treated him as a friend of the same age, but after having this feeling, he suddenly felt that Cao Ye was just a minor child, and inadvertently He started letting him go everywhere—although this little boy didn't bother to call him brother, except when he was acting good.

"You go first," Liang Sizhe put the guitar on the windowsill, "I'll close the window at the back."

"Oh, good." Cao Ye came down, grabbed the window frame, raised one leg and pressed it against the window sill.

"Grab it firmly." Liang Sizhe urged.

During the process of climbing to the rooftop, Liang Sizhe raised his head to look at Cao Ye from time to time. Cao Ye climbed much faster than before, and his two long legs stepped on it accurately and steadily, and he climbed up after a while. When Liang Sizhe saw him on the rooftop, he breathed a sigh of relief. He grasped the drainage pipe next to him with his fingers, lowered his eyes and started to concentrate on climbing up.

Climbing to the fifth floor, he looked up and was about to reach out to grab the edge of the rooftop when Cao Ye stuck his head out, leaned on the edge of the rooftop, looked down, and stretched out a hand toward him, although Liang Sizhe could easily climb up, and He didn't need to take advantage of it, but he still held Cao Ye's hand and let the other party pull him up.

Climbing to the rooftop, Liang Sizhe took off the guitar on his back and handed it to Cao Ye. Cao Ye fiddled with the guitar and played the song "Little Star" all the time. Once again, enjoy yourself and not be bored.

"Didn't you come back with a violin?" Liang Sizhe turned to look at him.

Cao Ye stopped playing the guitar: "I brought it, but I didn't bring it at home. Do you want to play the violin?"

"No," Liang Sizhe smiled, "I'm a little curious about how you play the violin."

"Hey, I'm not good at pulling," Cao Ye was a little embarrassed, "You must know it at a glance."

"Do you know that I must pull it well?"

"I think you should be able to pull well." Cao Ye thought for a while and said.

Liang Sizhe smiled. In fact, he played the violin really well before, and he never humbled himself in this regard.

Cao Ye came over holding the guitar and shoved the guitar into Liang Sizhe's arms: "I taught you to play 'Little Star' last time, but I haven't delivered it yet."

"Aren't you going to be hungry again?" Liang Sizhe made fun of him.

"No, it was an accident that day," Cao Ye raised his hand and scratched his forehead, "This time it's really teaching... Do you know the score?" He squatted to Liang Sizhe's left, pressed the string with his left hand to demonstrate to him, and hummed softly. Composer: "do do so so so, fa fa mi mi re re do..."

Of course Liang Sizhe can play "Little Star". He knew this song by heart before he was two years old, so when Cao Ye pressed the strings with his left hand to demonstrate to him, he plucked the strings with his right hand, and the acoustic guitar suddenly sounded. The crisp music sounded like water flowing invisibly under the moonlight. He followed in a low voice the four lines that Cao Ye had been repeating beside him, and continued to sing:

"whraveller in the dark,

Thanks you for your tiny spark,

He could not see which way to go,

If you did not twinkle so.”

When Cao Ye sang out, he glanced at Liang Sizhe in surprise, Liang Sizhe lowered his eyes and plucked the strings, but did not take his look. Cao Ye was very polite and did not disturb the atmosphere. He continued to press the strings with his left hand. He stopped pressing the strings when Liang Sizhe finished singing four lines and stopped.

"Hey, you sing really well!" Cao Ye was surprised, his eyes looked bright, and the stars above his head and the clouds in the sky could all be traced inside.

"It's okay," Liang Sizhe said with a smile, "Can you make money for a meal?"

"Yes, what do you want to eat?" Hearing the joking in his tone, Cao Ye jokingly returned, "I'll treat you to a good meal?"

"Forget it," Liang Sizhe said with a smile, "don't deceive me."

Cao Ye also laughed and said, "So the last few lines were sung like this, I forgot all about it." He recalled the lyrics that Liang Sizhe had just sung, and sang it acapella in a low voice.

Entering midnight, the roaring voices and singing downstairs quickly quieted down like a low tide. After climbing down from the rooftop, the two took a shower and climbed onto their own beds to lie down and sleep.

Liang Sizhe came out of the bathroom, went to the door, turned off the light, and closed the curtains again. The room was pitch-dark, and the moving head fan was humming to send wind to the two beds. He walked to his bed in the dark. Cao Ye lay down first after taking a shower. Liang Sizhe guessed that he was almost asleep by now.

When Xu Shi heard the movement, Cao Ye turned over and turned his face towards Liang Sizhe.

Liang Sizhe was gently taking off his shoes and going to bed. Hearing this, he paused and asked in a low voice, "Have you fallen asleep yet?"

"Asleep..." Cao Ye's voice was sleepy, "Good night."

"Good night." Liang Sizhe said softly.

After saying this, he didn't go to bed immediately, but sat beside the bed and looked at the boy who fell asleep on the opposite bed. He suddenly felt that a certain part of his heart seemed to be soft at this moment, as soft as Cao Ye's voice saying "good night" just now.

He hadn't felt this way for a long time. Soft-hearted always accompanied weakness. He never knew that he couldn't let himself be weak. But a certain part of his heart still fell softly and involuntarily at this moment, which made him realize the feeling that an all-conquering heart could not experience.

It felt a little sour and astringent, mixed with a little sweetness. He felt that his heart was wrinkled and turned into a bitter pomelo with a rough skin and a rich and juicy inside. The juice of the bitter pomelo was squeezed with every heartbeat. Come out, and then slowly flow through his limbs and bones along every blood vessel and every nerve ending in his body.

When he lay down, Liang Sizhe felt that he was in a good mood. It wasn't that everything was resolved in a relaxed way. It was a matter of knowing that he was overwhelmed with troubles, but he was still able to put everything aside for the time being. The back of your head, empty your head and enjoy the goodness of the moment.

He suddenly felt that maybe he was not so eager to return to Yancheng. Perhaps while persuading himself to spend more time with Cao Ye, he also subconsciously hoped that Cao Ye could spend more days with him. After all, after returning to Yancheng, he will discuss the matter of transferring himself to another school, and facing an unfamiliar environment and an unknown future alone, this feeling is quite uneasy to think about.

The next morning, Liang Sizhe was woken up by the ringing of the incoming call. He closed his eyes and touched the mobile phone beside his pillow and brought it in front of him. He opened his eyes reluctantly. A string of unfamiliar numbers were displayed on the screen. Liang Sizhe frowned slightly. I thought it was another harassing call, but I still endured the sleepiness and pressed the connect button to put the phone to my ear.

The voice of the man on the phone was low and steady, the voice of an adult man, and the man said straight to the point, "Sizhe, come out for a moment."

This voice made Liang Sizhe wake up immediately, he immediately opened his eyes without sleepiness, and sat up from the bed: "... Director Cao?"

"Yes, there is an old Du noodle restaurant on the corner. I will sit outside and wait for you." Cao Xiuyuan said on the phone.

"Oh, okay," Liang Sizhe replied, then glanced at Cao Ye, who was sleeping soundly on the other bed, "Do you want to call Cao Ye?"

"No, you come alone."

After hanging up the phone, Liang Sizhe hurriedly rolled over and got out of bed, tidied his hair, and then put on his slippers and went to the bathroom to wash up quickly. When he came out, Cao Ye was still asleep, and there was no sign of being awakened by the phone call just now.

Liang Sizhe found a clean T-shirt and put it on, changed his shoes and went out with his phone. When he went downstairs, he couldn't help but guess why Cao Xiuyuan suddenly came to find him in person. He clearly said that Zheng Yin would come to inform him if there was news.

He recalled the audition that day, when Cao Xiuyuan sat behind the monitor, frowning and shaking his head at the screen. Could it be that Cao Xiuyuan came to him for a showdown? - Telling him personally that when he brought him to Beijing, he was completely blind.

The road from Lanyan to Laodu Noodle Restaurant was more than 200 meters in total. When Cao Ye was brought back that night, the road seemed to be crumbling, but now it is so short that it seems that it can be completed in just a few steps.

Along the way, he was extremely uneasy. Although he had been mentally prepared for the past two days to convince himself that he should wake up from this movie dream that did not belong to him, but now when he really has to face this result, he still has no choice but to avoid it. Dodging fell into the struggle of "can you not wake me up".

At a distance of more than ten meters, he saw Cao Xiuyuan sitting in front of Lao Du Noodle Restaurant. Cao Xiuyuan was sitting in the open-air booth. This gaze made Liang Sizhe feel that his fragility had nowhere to hide, but he couldn't make his pace look stronger and freer. Maybe Zheng Yin was right, he was not suitable for being an actor.

Do you have to be in such a hurry? Liang Sizhe's footsteps slowed down involuntarily. After the showdown, he had to leave this alley, right? Zheng Yin said that he could live here for a longer period of time, but Cao Xiuyuan may not think so. Why should Liang Sizhe, who has nothing to do with Xiaoman, stay in the place belonging to Xiaoman and refuse to leave

Liang Sizhe reluctantly calmed down when he walked in front of Cao Xiuyuan. His stress response always came in time, and the feeling of "let's do it" came to him at the right time, making a clumsy response to his fragility and anxiety. occlude. That's it, leave Yin 4th Street, say goodbye to Cao Ye, and then return to the established life track. He should remember this derailment experience for a long time.