The voice was both familiar and unfamiliar. It was something Cao Ye had never heard of before, but Cao Xiuyuan on the other side.
With a bang, Cao Ye only felt a buzzing in his head.
He has been deliberately avoiding this matter for a long time, but the recording sent by Zhang Minghan dragged him into the center of the whirlpool involuntarily.
It was only now that he realized that although he had witnessed the entanglement between Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin, the light that Cao Xiuyuan left in his heart when he was young is still looming and flickering like a spark in the embers, so much so that his subconscious mind He has always felt that the so-called obscenity accusation was false and a slander that made no sense.
But now that last spark has been completely extinguished.
Therefore, Cao Xiuyuan is a sanctimonious and downright beast.
What a beast, Zhang Minghan is only three years older than himself, how on earth can he do it
There was a "ding" sound from the elevator in the corridor, and then the footsteps sounded, and Li You's voice came over: "He's just like this, he hasn't changed at all for so many years..."
As soon as he heard Li You's voice, Cao Ye instinctively wanted to hide, but when Li You saw that he was in a state of despair, he would have noticed that his current state was very wrong.
Cao Ye turned around and walked in the other direction, turning into the toilet cubicle.
The phone in his hand vibrated again, he picked it up numbly and looked at it, Zhang Minghan sent another message, this time it was a photo, Cao Xiuyuan was lying on his back on the bed with his eyes closed, with a dim light next to it. bedside lamp.
The logo on the vertical board at the head of the bed is very conspicuous. Cao Ye recognizes the hotel that his uncle runs, Janis.
If you don't live in the same hotel room, you shouldn't be able to take such private photos, so the screenshot of the text message Zhang Minghan disclosed to the media is also true.
Really ironic, Cao Ye looked at the photo and thought, it was the first time he saw Cao Xiuyuan sleeping. Before he was fifteen years old, he really thought that Cao Xiuyuan was a god. He didn't need to eat or sleep. He was always on the set and filmed without stopping.
After a few seconds, Zhang Minghan sent another paragraph of text:
"Xiao Ye, I can't get in touch with Director Cao and Teacher Zheng. I found you as a last resort. If I hurt you, I'll apologize first. But I just want you to do me a favor and send the recording and photos to Teacher Zheng. , I still have a lot of similar evidence to him, I hope they can agree to the conditions I put forward as soon as possible, otherwise I will provide this evidence to the media."
Cao Ye didn't reply to the message, he directly forwarded the two messages to Zheng Yin.
Zheng Yin quickly returned the phone, Cao Ye picked it up, and before Zheng Yin spoke, he said, "Can you guys solve this matter quickly? How many people do you want to embarrass?"
Zheng Yin called out "Xiao Ye" on the phone, but Cao Ye didn't want to listen to him, so he hung up the phone immediately after he finished speaking.
The hand holding the phone hangs down, Cao Ye stands in the compartment numbly emptying, the buzzing in his brain has not stopped, it makes him a little headache, the smell of disinfectant from the hospital drifts into the nasal cavity, and usually does not feel it. Something, but now he can't breathe.
He put the phone in his pocket, pushed open the door of the compartment, and wanted to go downstairs to get some air.
There are two nurses who just got off work in the elevator, looking down at the same mobile phone and chatting in a low voice:
"This is Li You... She's forty years old and still so beautiful."
"It's so beautiful, it's a pity that Cao Xiuyuan harmed it, it's too miserable."
"It's okay to cheat on other women. It's too ugly to molest an underage boy."
"Yeah... Hey, I heard that Li You has been in our hospital these days, is it true?"
The other "shhh" right away.
Li Xianda greeted the hospital leaders, saying that Li You's hospitalization should be kept confidential, otherwise the reporters would have to come here like crazy.
Probably because they were worried that someone was around, the two were quiet for a while, but after a while they chatted in a low voice.
"You said that when Li You met Cao Xiuyuan, what did you want to talk about?"
"Let's talk about divorce, it's not written on the news, I guess it's about fighting for property or something..."
The elevator went down to the first floor, the door opened, and one of the girls said when they went out: "It's so ugly for a rich man to divorce..."
Cao Ye, who deliberately hid in the corner to reduce his presence, followed them and walked out. His hand clenched his fist tightly, his short fingernails were embedded in the flesh, and when he released it, a few blood splattered in the palm of his hand. Red stamp.
He took his mobile phone out of his pocket, lowered his head and looked at the screen. The latest news push was "Cao Xiuyuan and Li You met in secret, suspected of talking about divorce", which was exactly what the two nurses talked about just now.
According to the report, Li You met Cao Xiuyuan in an off-road vehicle around 4:00 pm. Li You looked bad and tired. During the conversation, he shook his head and sighed several times, and seemed extremely disappointed with Cao Xiuyuan.
Cao Ye stared at the candid photos on his mobile phone. Although there was a dark glass, he could still recognize Li You who was sitting in the passenger seat. In one of the photos, Li You tilted her chin slightly and leaned against the seat back with her eyes closed. In the other photo, Li You lowered her head and propped her forehead with one hand. The photo is very blurry, and the expression on his face can hardly be seen, but it still makes it easy for people to recognize Li You's exhaustion and haggard, as if he has suddenly aged a dozen years.
Cao Ye has never seen Li You like this. In my impression, Li You has always been optimistic and open-minded, laughing very much, and very energetic. She can't see the traces of the years on her. Even if she was treated in the hospital for a year, She also never showed any negative depression.
It is such an elegant and decent woman who has lived her whole life, but because of Cao Xiuyuan, she exposed the most embarrassing and embarrassing side to everyone's eyes in the last stage of her life, and turned into a pitiful and pathetic woman in their mouths!
Damn, it doesn't matter if you are messing around with Zheng Yin or Zhang Minghan, but can you stop involving my mother? !
With a "bang", Cao Ye threw his phone heavily.
The force of the shot was too heavy, the phone exploded the moment it touched the ground, and the screen shattered.
The people passing by were startled and turned their heads to look at this sullen young man. Cao Ye stood on the spot, took a few deep breaths, and tried his best to stabilize his emotions. Then he walked over, bent down and picked up the phone on the ground, holding it in his hand and walking out of the hospital.
The shattered glass shards of the screen were held together in his hands, and while he clenched the fuselage, those tiny pieces of broken glass were also embedded in the flesh, and blood dripped down the fuselage.
Cao Ye walked along the side of the road aimlessly. He always felt that the people around him were looking at him. What were they looking at? Will the news also cover you? The paparazzi can photograph everything. They photographed Li You first, and then photographed themselves. They had to drag all the people related to Cao Xiuyuan to sink in together, right? !
Thinking that everyone around him now knows that Cao Xiuyuan is a pervert who molested little boys, what are they thinking? Pity or joke, or indifferent spectator
No wonder Cao Xiuyuan likes to support newcomers so much, and Zheng Yin always says that he is injecting fresh blood into the film field. Once upon a time Cao Ye was so proud of this, but now all these facts are laughing at his naivety!
Don't look, don't look at me, Cao Ye hurriedly walked past passers-by with no expression on his face, but he was begging silently in his heart, don't make me so embarrassed, and don't pity me quietly.
Someone came towards him, the two girls who were together, Cao Ye's scalp suddenly tightened, he wanted to hide - what were they doing here? Ask him if Cao Xiuyuan's things are true? Or ask him if he is Cao Xiuyuan's son
"Your hands are bleeding," said one of the girls, looking at him. This beautiful boy looked nervous and pitiful, and took a step back subconsciously, as if he didn't want to be approached.
Cao Ye followed her gaze subconsciously, his hand was really bleeding, he raised his hand, the broken glass had been embedded in the flesh, he was relieved to see the wound. It turned out that he didn't recognize him as Cao Xiuyuan's son, but just came to remind him that his hand was bleeding... He was really a shadow of a bow and snake.
"Would you like to go to the hospital for bandaging?" the girl looked at him and pointed to him enthusiastically, "there is a hospital over there..."
"I'll be there in a while, thank you." Cao Ye still didn't look up, he didn't dare to look at anyone now.
After the girl left, Cao Ye put the phone in his pocket, took out a tissue and held it in his palm, and the blood soaked into the tissue so that passersby would not see it. Sure enough, in this way, not many people looked back at him.
The twilight closed, and the last trace of the sky was put away, and the street lamps all turned on in an instant. Cao Ye turned into an alley. He didn't like being illuminated, as if everyone could see his embarrassment and vulnerability.
He walked along the path with twists and turns. After walking for an unknown amount of time, the anger in his heart turned to numbness. He barely calmed down before he stopped, leaning back against the wall and staring at the air.
The news said that Cao Xiuyuan and Li You met in secret. Why did they meet? Shouldn't it be Cao Xiuyuan who took the initiative to propose, that is Cao Xiuyuan who his mother Li You took the initiative to contact
Li You said that the main purpose of returning to China this time is to see friends. Could it be that he came to see Cao Xiuyuan? Haven't they separated, what is the need to meet
Thinking of Li You, Cao Ye felt that he should go back to the hospital, otherwise Li You might be worried if he didn't show up for so long.
But it's really not suitable to appear in front of her in this state now, or... I won't go back tonight, go to the hotel to sleep for a night to sort out my emotions, and go there early tomorrow.
Cao Ye wanted to make a phone call to talk to Li You, but he soon realized that the phone had been shattered by himself, and the screen was completely useless.
Forget it, Cao Ye straightened up, let's go to the hospital.
He went back the same way, and it was past ten o'clock when he reached the hospital lobby.
After getting off the elevator, he turned into the bathroom, brushed his hair in the mirror, and sorted out his emotions. He didn't look very good. If Li You asked, he had a cold... Cao Ye thought so, and walked out of the bathroom. Walk towards Li You's ward.
The door of the ward was not closed, it was hidden, leaving a very narrow gap. Cao Ye approached, and was about to push the door to go in, when he suddenly heard Li You talking, the voice was very soft, as if he didn't want to be heard.
"...To be honest, when I gave birth to Xiao Ye in a willful way back then, I sometimes regret it when I think about it..." Cao Ye heard Li You say this.
The voice sighed slightly, and after finishing speaking, he sighed again, and didn't answer a word for a while.
Cao Ye released the hand that was holding the door handle, and in the silent gap, he stared at Li You's back in the crack of the door for a while.
Li You's voice sounded again: "When the nurse showed him to me, I thought that I should be responsible for my impulses in the future..."
Cao Ye didn't want to listen any more, he lowered his eyes, lightly walked, turned and walked quickly towards the elevator.
If Cao Xiuyuan's recording was a sharp blade that quickly pierced him before he could react, Li You's words just now were like a bone-melting palm, and the moment he heard it, he only felt a sense of shock. The blow didn't hurt that much, but after a few minutes, the dull pain came up densely and drilled out of the bones, making him unable to pretend to be calm and calm.
driven to distraction.
His mother Li You said that he regretted giving birth to him, saying that he was just an impulse, and everything she did was just responsible for that impulse.
So his birth was unpopular, and no one wanted him to come into this world.
No wonder Cao Xiuyuan was so indifferent to himself, he didn't want to have his son at all.
He is a mistake, an impulse, a burden, a burden.
Really hopeless. So what do you want me to do? To die
Cao Ye walked out of the hospital. There was a traffic light at the entrance of the hospital. He forgot to look at it and walked straight through.
The car that was about to pass the green light was galloping all the way. At this time, the car braked suddenly, the wheels rubbed the ground and made a sharp sound. The driver came out and scolded: "You are courting death?!"
Yes, I was courting death, so why didn't you kill me... Cao Ye thought indifferently.
He found a hotel to stay at random, lay on his back on the bed, closed his eyes, thinking that maybe all this was a nightmare, maybe when he woke up, he found that time was still at the age of fifteen. On Lan Yan's rooftop, there was a newspaper under him, which was a little hard, making his back a little uncomfortable, but he was in a good mood.
Then he seemed to really see the clouds in the sky. He told Liang Sizhe that my dad is the best director in the world, and he has made a lot of newcomers popular, Zhang Minghan, you know? The youngest newcomer. Uncle Yin is also very good. He is like Doraemon. He can do whatever my father asks. As for my mother, she is very beautiful and a famous violinist. Do you know her? She's awesome, right
It was like a movie, and the camera turned to the day when he and Liang Sizhe were picked up by Zheng Yin for the audition.
Zheng Yin helped him choose a suit suitable for audition from the closet, and used his fingers to help him smooth his hair.
Zhang Minghan walked towards him and joked, "Hey, you know a lot of idioms."
The crew members who have been with Cao Xiuyuan for many years came to see him specially, saying that the only seedlings of Director Cao and Teacher Zeng look really attractive.
As for himself, he watched Cao Xiuyuan sitting behind the monitor, holding back his anger because of being left out, but he still thought proudly in his heart that the man sitting behind the monitor was my dad, he was like The king who looks down on everything in this movie world.
Then he walked towards the camera, wanting to see himself reflected in the camera, but as soon as he got closer, the camera suddenly exploded, and the finely shattered glass balls came towards him, and he took a step back.
-woke up.
Cao Ye looked at the incandescent light on the ceiling a little out of focus.
It turned out that he was so happy before the age of fifteen, just because everyone around him used deception to build an illusory and beautiful castle for him.
And now, as the truth is revealed, the castle is like a scene in a dream, shattered into dregs and piled up as a ruin of memories.
He sat up, stunned for a while, then took a deep breath, calmed down, and dialed Li You from the hotel's phone.
Just dialed, and quickly hung up the phone. He didn't dare to face Li You, and he didn't even dare to hear her voice, for fear that she would be as indifferent as Cao Xiuyuan.
He dialed Li You's boyfriend and said that he was staying at a friend's house tonight and asked him to tell his mother not to worry.
"She called you just now," the uncle asked. "Why didn't you answer?"
"My phone is broken... Afraid of disturbing her rest, I called you. Just tell her not to worry. My friend told me to come over. I'll hang up first, uncle."
After Cao Ye finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
He was afraid that the uncle would notice that something was wrong with him, and he was also afraid that he would hand over the phone to Li You.
I just want to hide, I don't want to face anyone, I can't tell the truth from the illusion. What are those people who are kind to themselves thinking? Are you really good to yourself
Tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
Cao Ye slept all night.
The temperature of the air conditioner was very low, but he was still sweating, but it seemed a little cold.
It was hot and cold, and the sweaty body was sticky and uncomfortable.
But even so, I hope that this long night will pass a little slower. When the day dawns and a new day begins, will Zhang Minghan throw out new evidence? Then more and more people will approach the truth and discover the fact that Cao Xiuyuan is a beast.
He hoped that the truth would be revealed, so that Cao Xiuyuan would never be able to recover from redemption, could never turn over, and completely disappeared from the public eye.
But he was also afraid of revealing the truth. In this way, he would live in the shadow of Cao Xiuyuan forever. Anyone who had come into contact with him in this world would know that he had a virtuous and virtuous father. Is he going to be so embarrassed for the rest of his life
The next afternoon, during the most leisurely afternoon tea time, Zhang Minghan told the media that Director Cao Xiuyuan had already made a private reconciliation with him, so he would not provide evidence to the media in the future.
At the end of the interview, Zhang Minghan said: "At the same time, I also hope that actors who have had the same experience as me can bravely stand up and speak with me, so that similar things don't happen to other newcomers."
"Are you referring to Liang Sizhe?" the reporter asked bluntly.
"I didn't mean anyone," Zhang Minghan said.
Cao Ye was taking a taxi from the hotel to the hospital at the time. The interview was broadcast on the car radio. When the three words "Liang Sizhe" were mentioned, the buzzing sound in his brain the day before suddenly rang again, this time sharper and more intense. It was so harsh that he had a splitting headache, so much so that he had to bow his head and hold his temples with both hands.
"Please... turn off the radio." Cao Ye said to the driver. He groped for the drive window, but the hot wind blowing in made him even more uncomfortable.
He told the driver to stop, got out of the car and walked for a while before the buzzing in his head subsided.
Then he thought it was a bit ridiculous. Zhang Minghan's speculation was baseless. He himself was molested, so he thought that Liang Sizhe had the same experience as him.
After the audition for "Thirteen Days" that year, he accompanied Liang Sizhe to change clothes in the crew room, and was mistaken by the security guard that they were "stealing chickens and dogs" inside. At that time, Liang Sizhe almost went to theory with the security guard. If he was really molested by Cao Xiuyuan, what would he do? Maybe hold your breath
In any case, he never believed that Liang Sizhe and Cao Xiuyuan had any relationship beyond the director and actor.
This interview, which should have marked the end of the incident, will push public opinion to a climax.
"Cao Xiuyuan can agree to a private settlement to prove that the evidence is true."
"There is no need to wash, they themselves are at a loss."
"Zhang Minghan, don't settle in private, go to court and put Cao Xiuyuan in jail."
"Zhang Minghan can agree to reconcile in private, proving that he only wants money, so it's really unclear whether it's dating or obscene."
"Cao Xiuyuan's rational fans are still in love, please, why should they reconcile in private?"
"If you want me to say that Zhang Minghan is not easy to provoke, it may be that he deliberately left evidence when he fell in love back then, just to pour dirty water when he needs it in the future."
"Don't whitewash Cao Xiuyuan. Has Cao Xiuyuan ever thought about how he would feel when his son was molested like this, or fell in love with an uncle who is almost forty?"
Cao Ye didn't read the comments on the Internet. He smoked a cigarette downstairs in the hospital and walked for a while. He didn't take the elevator upstairs until the smell of the smoke was almost gone.
Li You leaned on the bedside and read a book. When Cao Ye came over, she put down the book and smiled at Cao Ye: "Seeing your friend come back?"
"Yeah." Cao Ye responded and sat on the chair that accompanies the bed.
"Did you have fun?"
"It's okay, it's nothing fun."
"Isn't Lin Yan very good at playing?" Li You raised his hand and touched Cao Ye's hair, "Didn't I bring you a drink this time?"
"No."
"What is Lin Yan doing now? Has he graduated from college?"
"He's at his brother's film company."
"Is that so?" Li You nodded, and added, "Xiao Ye, you have studied film for two years. Will you be able to be a director and make films like your father?"
"I'm not a director."
"Huh?" Li You was a little surprised, "I thought I had a chance to see your films. Didn't you say you made some short films with your classmates at school, when will you show them to me?"
"Those ah... they were just casually filming and playing," Cao Ye said. "I can't take it out." This is the truth. Those films are short stories of experimental nature. .
"Okay," Li You said with a smile, "It's okay, there will always be a good movie in the future."
Cao Ye didn't speak.
Li You was also speechless for a moment, and the atmosphere became silent. She looked at Cao Ye and asked tentatively, "Have you read the latest news about your father?"
"Almost." Cao Ye said. In fact, he didn't really want to talk to Li You about Cao Xiuyuan.
"Your dad is..." Li You sighed, "Although it may be a bit out of the ordinary, but molesting is such a thing..."
Before she could finish speaking, Cao Ye stood up, looked at Li You, and called out "Mom".
Li You looked up at him and stopped when he saw that he didn't want to listen.
"Take care of your illness," Cao Ye said. "Let's stop watching his news. He hasn't been very involved in my life since I was a child. To me, he is just a stranger. I didn't really care."
Li You was stunned for a moment.
After Cao Ye finished speaking, he brought Li You a glass of water and left the ward under the pretext.
He lied, of course he cared about whether Cao Xiuyuan had acted indecently, and no one hoped that it was fake more than him. But he couldn't throw the recordings and photos to Li You, and let her analyze whether Cao Xiuyuan just slept with Zhang Minghan or did he molest him.
When Li You was a child, he built an illusory ivory tower for him, and now he is going to use a lie to create an illusion for Li You.
Cao Ye left the ward and stared at the night at the end of the corridor for a while.
Then he heard the name "Cao Xiuyuan", and he felt agitated for a while. Why is everyone talking about this
Just as he was about to get up and leave, he heard Liang Sizhe's name again.
- "Liang Sizhe doesn't really have anything to do with Cao Xiuyuan, right? No... Liang Sizhe is my male god."
- "Who knows, he didn't talk to Hu Yusi Lin Huan, and his eyes look straight."
- "I will dedicate myself to the resources. Otherwise, why has Cao Xiuyuan never used the same newcomer twice, but he made an exception? I heard that the purpose of participating in the Academy Awards illegally is to win another best actor for Liang Sizhe. , isn't true love able to pay such a high price?"
- "And Cao Xiuyuan didn't say that he would make a film with a same-sex theme, but nominated Liang Sizhe to play it. Yingzi, your male god is going to take this film, and it's no different from coming out of the closet."
- "No no no no, I believe he won't pick it up."
An overwhelming sense of anxiety rushed up his throat.
It was obviously a broken affair between Cao Xiuyuan and Zhang Minghan, so why did it involve Liang Sizhe again
Cao Ye turned around and left, not wanting to hear those people continue to talk about it.
There is a free daily newspaper next to the nurse's desk. Someone has just read it, and just turned to the page of the entertainment page - "Song Yu revealed that he refused to play Liang Sizhe in Cao Xiuyuan's same-sex film or was invited to play the leading role"
Cao Ye stared at the headline for a while, but still couldn't hold back. He picked up the newspaper and scanned the report. The report said that Song Yu, a popular niche student, broke the news when he participated in the event today that he had recently received an invitation from Cao Xiuyuan's studio. , invited him to appear in a movie with the same sex theme, but considering that his personality was too inconsistent with the role, he rejected the opportunity.
Cao Xiuyuan was also interviewed for the first time. He still did not respond to the lewd incident, nor did he talk about private reconciliation, but he refuted Song Yu's remarks mercilessly: "Who is Song Yu? I never thought of letting him come. He is not qualified to play my film. I will ask the casting department when I look back. If someone has really approached him, then be prepared to leave directly. I don't need Liang Sizhe, and use this kind of actor? Really? joke."
"Then do you really plan to make a film about the same sex?"
"right."
"Are you making this film as a response to recent news?"
"Nothing to answer."
"Do you intend to invite Liang Sizhe to star?"
"This film couldn't have been made without him."
Cao Ye put the newspaper back on the table.
He didn't understand why Cao Xiuyuan had to do this, but at such a time, he announced that he would make a film with a same-sex theme. And also nominated Liang Sizhe to play.
How many more people did he want to embarrass him with
Will Liang Sizhe take this film? As the nurse said, taking this film and playing a gay character is tantamount to admitting that there is a tricky relationship between him and Cao Xiuyuan.
- "This film couldn't have been made without him." Cao Ye stared at the sentence in the newspaper. It was said by Cao Xiuyuan himself.
Then let him fail. Cao Ye raised his head. As long as Liang Sizhe refused the invitation, not only would Cao Xiuyuan fail to make this same-sex film, Liang Sizhe himself would be able to draw a clear line with Cao Xiuyuan. Dirty water continued to splash on him.
Yes, he is going to convince Liang Sizhe not to act in Cao Xiuyuan's films.
It made Cao Xiuyuan doomed forever, and was suppressed by public opinion so that he could never turn around, so that he disappeared for the next five years, and he disappeared from the public eye in the future.