The boy in the video stepped back step by step to the elevator. The elevator door closed. After a while, Liang Sizhe, who was standing still, raised his hand to open the elevator, and followed suit.
Cao Ye looked at the gray-white picture on the projection screen, and said in a low voice, "So he still chased out later."
"Yeah," Xu Yunchu also recalled looking at the surveillance screen, "the company held the birthday party that night, and invited a lot of people, not only Si Zhe's friends in the circle, but also many media reporters, and he didn't say hello. With a bang, half of the people in the birthday party suddenly disappeared, no one knew what he did, so he went out to find you..." All Liang Sizhe's abnormal behavior back then was explained, Xu Yunchu smiled bitterly, "I was there that night. The media were very dissatisfied, so after the press conference the next day, several media joined forces to accuse him of playing big names. He never explained these things. Also... For such a private matter, who is he with? Explain..."
Cao Ye recalled himself that night five years ago. He strode out of the hotel and encountered a green light. After crossing the road, he ran for a while, and turned at the first intersection. The lights on the road were too bright, illuminating his fragility and vulnerability, so he quickly turned into the path, found a tree that would cover him, and crouched down there for a long time. long time.
What are you chasing out for? Cao Ye looked at Liang Sizhe on the projection and thought, on the night I persuaded myself to part ways with you, did you also hesitate to reject Cao Xiuyuan and think about going a little longer with me
"I found it," Xu Yunchu stepped on the low stool, holding the CD he just took off the shelf in his hand, "I remember that the full video of the press conference was placed with him. The company's logo is really hard to find." She got off the low stool, took off the seal of the brokerage company with her fingernails, and handed it to Cao Ye, "The seal has not been removed, and it seems that he hasn't read it since he got it back. Pass."
Cao Ye took the CD and said, "You haven't told me what happened to the reporter."
"Calling a reporter..." Xu Yunchu recalled, "I didn't plan the press conference back then, it was decided by Si Zhe and Teacher Zheng Yin. The decision was abrupt, and no one of them notified them. Zheng Yin contacted the venue and the venue by himself. The media, waited until a few hours before the press conference the next day before Si Zhe told me about it. I went to the scene and saw the agreement that Zheng Yin had prepared for reporters before I guessed the purpose of the press conference. "
"What purpose?" Cao Ye frowned slightly.
"At that time, many media wanted to attract attention by exposing your privacy, so they made a deal with the media to exchange your privacy with Si Zhe's privacy..."
Cao Ye was almost shocked, and said incredulously, "Trade?"
"It's hard to believe. When I went to the scene that morning, my first reaction was a bit absurd, but that's the truth. At that time, the two of you were the closest to Director Cao Xiuyuan. Si Zhe was a public figure and was originally the focus of the media's attention. , he took the initiative to expose himself, and the media agreed. After all, exposing things like Director Cao's family will indeed bring attention, but it will also attract scolding, and Si Zhe's initiative to hold a press conference is different. At the same time, no one will scold the media, and everyone is still afraid of being scolded these days."
Cao Ye was speechless for a while. After the breakup that year, he began to avoid paying attention to Liang Sizhe's news. He vaguely knew that Liang Sizhe held a press conference and ended up hitting reporters, which almost caused resistance from the entire media industry. Thinking that this conference can be traced back to the source, it actually started because of him.
"Look at the live video," Xu Yunchu said, "the truth of the beating the reporter is in it. At that time, we all thought that he was doing this to report the kindness of Director Cao, and the reporter also guessed that he and the Is there really something between Director Cao so that he can sacrifice his own reputation to preserve the privacy of Director Cao's family? Now that I think about it, I can understand everything..." Xu Yunchu bent down and picked up Xiao Xiaobai's nest from the ground. "This person is really, he is hiding such a big secret, but no one knows how long he plans to hide it..." She said and shook her head, "I'll just ask the driver to come pick me up, you stay and watch the press conference video.
Cao Ye hurriedly responded before he could recover from the huge shock. It wasn't until the sound of the door closing downstairs that he regained his senses, walked over and put the CD in the projector.
The noisy background sound in the video sounded, and Cao Ye looked up at Liang Sizhe, who was sitting in the circle of light on the projection screen.
Liang Sizhe sat on the high stool and turned slightly sideways to face the obliquely cut camera. Suddenly, Cao Ye remembered that the night before Yinsi Street separated, Liang Sizhe also bent his legs and sat on the wooden stool, blowing a clear whistle to him in the quiet night.
That night, Liang Sizhe's profile was very tenderly outlined by the moonlight, but now, facing the media and the cameras that were glaring at him, Liang Sizhe appeared alert and sharp.
"Liang Sizhe, it is said that before you acted in "Thirteen Days", your parents drove a car and killed someone. Is it true?"
"After so many years, have you ever visited the family of the deceased again?"
"Someone in your previous school broke the news that you used to be the principal violinist of the school orchestra, so why did you use a hand substitute when filming "Thirteen Days"?"
Damn it, Cao Ye clenched his fingers and squeezed his joints hard. You have investigated so clearly what happened to him, how could you have the heart to ask such a question and cut open his healed scars bloody
He looked at Liang Sizhe's clasped hands, his right hand was repeatedly breaking the joints of his left hand, the left hand that could no longer pluck the strings, his movements seemed to be very forceful, as if he was about to break his left hand.
Liang Sizhe actually endured these questions, but when the reporter was about to upload the video, he got up and jumped off the stage, and ended up hitting someone.
So these years he has been able to live so peacefully, all because at this press conference, Liang Sizhe blocked the coming wind, rain and hail for him.
Why didn't you say anything, Liang Sizhe... Also, you didn't have the chance to say anything at all. Cao Ye thought.
After he broke up with Liang Sizhe that year, speculation about the relationship between Liang Sizhe and Cao Xiuyuan was pushed to a climax. He looked upset and made up his mind to part ways with Liang Sizhe in the future, and no longer pay attention to his news, so he completely pulled Liang Sizhe's mobile phone number. It got hacked, and that number was quickly deprecated.
After that day, Li You proposed to return to the United States. At that time, Cao Ye was in a daze amid the overwhelming public opinion about Cao Xiuyuan. The only remaining rationale told him that Li You could not continue to stay in China and be affected by the public opinion, so he quickly followed up with him. Uncle Commander contacted the hospital and the airport, and accompanied Li You back to the United States.
Across the endless Pacific Ocean, the news about Cao Xiuyuan and Liang Sizhe can only be sent back sporadically. If he doesn't pay special attention, he can pretend that everything has never happened.
"There are so many things you don't know." He suddenly remembered what Liang Sizhe said three months ago. At that time, he seemed to mention it casually, but he didn't expect it to be true.
—How much truth does he have hidden in these casual chatter
The truth that had been frozen in the ice burst out at this moment, and the words that Liang Sizhe had said rang in Cao Ye's ears one after another.
"Cao Ye, I used your cousin to catch you."
"I'm a bad guy, and I do everything for granted."
"Has the reconciliation been successful?"
"Then what do you want me to do? I take ten steps back..."
"For example... the son of actor Liang Sizhe and Cao Xiuyuan fell off a cliff in the middle of the night, suspected of being killed in love."
…
Those words he wanted to avoid, didn't know how to respond to, never dared to think deeply, at this moment every word pointed to a clear idea: Liang Sizhe likes you, he has liked you for many years.
This unspoken feeling that had been buried for many years was suddenly revealed, which caught Cao Ye by surprise.
How to face it? How to respond? Or should I keep hiding and pretend that nothing happened? His heart seemed to be in a mess, filled with bulging emotions, so that he couldn't rationally clarify his thoughts.
Cao Ye stared blankly at the collection rack in the screening hall. There was a shelf dedicated to Liang Sizhe's own works. He has never seen Liang Sizhe's films over the years. Every time someone asks him to watch Liang Sizhe's movies, he will have an inexplicable fear and withdrawal from the bottom of his heart. He seems to be afraid to face Liang Sizhe in the camera. . What are you afraid of, Cao Ye
Cao Ye thought that he should go out to get some air. It was too stuffy in the screening room, and his mind was full of various thoughts at the moment. They were all messed up, making his brain hot and unable to calm down.
He went downstairs and walked out of Liang Sizhe's house.
The night fell, and there was a light rain outside, and it was already autumn. The raindrops fell on the face with a little coolness.
Cao Ye opened the car door and sat in, started the car, and opened the window to let the raindrops in. He wanted to calm himself down as soon as possible.
He was driving aimlessly, with Liang Sizhe in his mind - he leaned against a tree trunk, exhaling white smoke in the night; Xiao Xiaobai was about to leave half a month ago, he was wearing a hood and mask, and his eyes were full of hair. The appearance of red; the appearance of him insisting on taking his own fingerprints; the second day after the completion of "The Darkest Choice", Liang Sizhe bit the cigarette and bowed down, leaning closer to borrow fire from him... He still remembers Liang Sizhe's long, trembling The eyelashes were covered like thin cicada wings, and at that moment he seemed to hear the cicadas on Yinsi Street ten years ago.
A short whistle sounded suddenly behind him, and the car behind was urging him to cross the traffic light. Cao Ye came back to his senses, he suddenly didn't know where he should go, he instinctively drove straight forward, and realized that he had just stopped in the lane turning left.
The brain seemed to wake up suddenly, and Cao Ye realized that he had driven the car to Yinsi again.
Since returning to China three years ago, he has always come to Yinsi unconsciously. After sobering up after being drunk, nine times out of ten he found himself back at Yin Si again.
The car stopped on the street of Yinsi, and Cao Ye sat in the car and looked at the street. It is no longer the Yinsi it used to be. It is quiet and clean, and it is less flamboyant than ten years ago.
This used to be Lao Du noodle restaurant, he and Liang Sizhe often sat at the open-air stall to eat noodles; further ahead was a breakfast stall, Liang Sizhe got up early and often brought Xiaolongbao back to Lanyan; further ahead was a stir-fry restaurant, The taste of Liuganjian and dry pot cabbage are very authentic. When they don't know what to eat, they order these two dishes. Further ahead is the fruit stand. In summer, the boss cuts watermelon and often calls them over to eat a few pieces; the fruit stand Opposite it is the blue banquet, which is very crowded in the daytime and a city in the evening.
At that time, the street full of market atmosphere had a lingering smell of oily smoke from morning to night. The ground was covered with old greasy dirt, and the blue banquet was even more filthy. At night, the guests with big belly and heavy make-up were dazzling. The singers appear in pairs.
Looking back on the past, Yinsi seemed to be the dirtiest place he had ever stayed in, and there was really nothing to linger on.
But now he is standing on this street, thinking of Yin Si ten years ago, as if he saw the silver moonlight on the ground after the rain, and Liang Sizhe sitting on a wooden stool and whistling.
He still remembers the melody to this day.
His heart began to beat fast, pounding forcefully back and forth in his chest.
His feelings that had been sealed for many years seemed to be pryed open, and then roared out involuntarily.
Cao Ye suddenly found that he didn't just want to go back to Yin Si ten years ago.
A fifteen-year-old boy only knows that his heart is beating very fast, but he does not know that it is a heartbeat;
I only knew that my heart skipped a beat at that moment, but I didn't understand that it was throbbing.
But the twenty-five-year-old Cao Ye looked at the street and seemed to wake up suddenly. He liked Liang Sizhe. Since the boy who didn't know his heart, his first heart was because of Liang Sizhe.
At first he didn't know it was liking, then he was afraid to admit it was liking. Subconsciously, he equated homosexuality with Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin, and the beginning of the collapse of his small world, so he hated what happened between them, and then angered his feelings for Liang Sizhe.
It is no wonder that when I think of Liang Sizhe, I am inexplicably upset, and it is no wonder that I am inexplicably frightened when I open Liang Sizhe's film.
He has been resisting to think deeply, because subconsciously he knows how much he likes Liang Sizhe, he is hiding, he is afraid to admit that he likes Liang Sizhe, because it will make him the same as Cao Xiuyuan and make him the person he hates the most.
Damn, Cao Ye suddenly clenched his fist and smashed the steering wheel. How many years did he miss Liang Sizhe? Since when did he miss Liang Sizhe
Over the years, he has been flirting everywhere, what is he doing? ! He thought he could stay away from Cao Xiuyuan and have nothing to do with him, but over the years he talked about one girl after another, didn't he happen to become another Cao Xiuyuan? It's absurd.
He suddenly wanted to see Liang Sizhe. Although he didn't know what to say or what would happen when he met, he still felt uncomfortable when he thought about the scene he witnessed Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin.
He couldn't imagine that he would have an intimate relationship with the same sex, just like Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin back then. That frightened him.
But even so, he still wanted to see Liang Sizhe. He hasn't seen him for half a month, and he misses Liang Sizhe very much.
He has been avoiding his true thoughts, but the fact is that every day when he opens his eyes, he thinks of Liang Sizhe, wondering what he is doing, which scenes he is filming, and whether he will think of himself.
Cao Ye turned the steering wheel and drove out of Yinsi. He was going to the airport to meet Liang Sizhe.