Zong looked at Wang Tan unmoved.
He picked up the cup, took another sip of water, and said to Jiang Chuyi, "I'm done."
Jiang Chuyi sat on the chair with her eyes downcast, not daring to look at Zong Ye.
She felt sorry and a little embarrassed, and said sullenly, "Thank you for your hard work. I didn't think it was bad because it was quite similar to what my mom made..."
She couldn't go on.
"It's not bad." Zongye's tone was still calm and gentle, "Didn't I tell you that I'm not picky about food?"
Although Zong didn't mind, it was not so easy for the other victim to reconcile with her fried egg.
With Ji Kai's exaggerated remarks, everyone soon knew that Jiang Chuyi had made a dark dish that shocked the world and made ghosts cry.
Jiang Chuyi gave up on herself and was forced to accept all kinds of ridicule.
Only Zong didn't laugh at her.
Even when Wang Tan was curious and wanted Jiang Chuyi to do it again for him to try, Zong Ye calmly stopped him, "Wang Tan."
Wang Tan exclaimed: "What's wrong?"
Zongye looked at him for a few seconds and asked gently, "What do you want to eat?"
Wang Tan shut up instantly.
*
On January 1st, the weather in Shanghai improved and it was sunny.
When a few people were sitting in the living room watching a variety show, Zong Ye received a phone call from IM.
He listened to what was being said and occasionally responded.
On a rare afternoon without any schedule, they still have to listen to their agent's work arrangements.
Jiang Chuyi found the remote control and turned down the volume.
She picked up her phone and vaguely heard words like "reality show".
"What are you looking at?" Xin He felt bored and moved closer to her and spoke in a low voice.
Jiang Chuyi raised her phone, "Novel."
Seeing the title "September Rain", Xin He was impressed, "Why are you so dedicated?"
"Would you like to read it with me? Some of the details in this novel are worth further study."
As he was speaking, Souya had already finished his call.
Upon learning that they were about to join a group together again, Ji Kai exclaimed, "What a fate."
Fu Cheng: "Who is the male lead for this drama?"
Xin He thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be Ren Hanjun."
"Him?" Fu Cheng frowned.
When this name came out, their eyes fell on Souya.
The name Jiang Chuyi sounds quite familiar to you. He is a male star who came out of a talent show. However, the group was not very popular and disbanded not long after. After that, he was silent for two years. He became famous for starring in a male IP. He is the person that iFlytek has been focusing on promoting in the past two years.
But she has never worked with this person and hasn't paid much attention to him.
Jiang Chuyi asked confusedly, "What happened to him?"
"Nothing much, just looks a lot like Zong."
"ah?"
Xin He was surprised: "You don't know?"
Jiang Chuyi shook her head.
Not to mention Ren Hanjun, she rarely paid attention to Lian Zong before they collaborated on the movie. She didn't expect that they would have such a fate.
After hearing what they said, Jiang Chuyi searched for some pictures of Ren Hanjun on the Internet. In fact, at first glance, their eyebrows and features are indeed somewhat similar, but if you look closely, you will find that there are still big differences between the two.
The main difference, Jiang Chuyi feels, is the eyes.
The best feature of Zong Ye's face is probably his eyes, which are blessed by God and are more charming than those of a woman.
Wang Tan: "This is Ren, he was sent to Japan for surgery."
Hearing this, Jiang Chuyi couldn't help but be shocked: "Plastic surgery?"
"Otherwise, do you think you can be so similar to Zongye?"
Jiang Chuyi hesitated: "I think it's okay."
After a few seconds, Zongye, who had been sitting next to him without saying a word, spoke up, "Are you okay?"
These words were said to Jiang Chuyi.
The two looked at each other, and Jiang Chuyi hummed, "It doesn't feel very similar."
Zongya seemed to be somewhat interested in this topic and asked casually, "What's not similar?"
Under his gaze, Jiang Chuyi said honestly, "Eyes."
Zongye nodded slightly, and then asked calmly, "Is his better looking?"
Jiang Chuyi shook her head subconsciously, "Yours."
Zongye smiled and said, "Thank you."
*
Due to yesterday’s hangover and the recent non-stop work intensity, everyone was very tired. After watching a movie, everyone went back to their rooms to catch up on some sleep.
Ji Kai stood up from the sofa and asked, "Where's Zong Ye?"
Fu Cheng didn't see it either, and said casually, "I don't know, maybe he went out."
Xin He has a bookcase at home, which contains many books.
After seeking Xin He's consent, Jiang Chuyi picked up a comic book at random, curled up in the hanging chair to read it, feeling lazy in the afternoon sun.
She was the only one left in the living room. After looking for a long time, her eyelids began to twitch and she felt a little dizzy.
Suddenly, there was a sound from the door lock.
Jiang Chuyi was awakened by the noise and looked up.
Zongye pushed the door open, put the key on the shoe cabinet, and held a plastic bag in his hand.
She sat up slightly.
After changing his shoes, Zongye walked straight over with the bag.
Jiang Chuyi put down the comic in her hand, still a little confused: "You went out?"
Zongye took off his mask and said, "I bought some things."
He put the plastic bag aside, leaned over slightly, took out a tube of ointment from it and handed it to her.
Jiang Chuyi was stunned: "What is this?"
"Burn ointment." Zongye glanced at her, "The back of your hand is burned."
Jiang Chuyi lowered her head.
If Zong Ye hadn't said it, I wouldn't have cared.
It's not a big deal, you can't see it unless you look carefully.
Jiang Chuyi was shocked and blurted out, "You went out just to buy this?"
Zongye took the mint in his hand and shook it at her, "Buy some candy. I just happened to see a pharmacy on the side of the road."
"so."
Jiang Chuyi took the ointment and felt a little touched. Zong Ye was really considerate and attentive.
If you treat your friends like this, how about your girlfriend...
Jiang Chuyi immediately braked and stopped thinking in her mind.
This wasn't something she should be thinking about.
When Jiang Chuyi unscrewed the cap of the ointment and applied the cold ointment on the back of his hand, he was absent-minded for a moment, but he couldn't help but indulge himself and felt a little sore.
I don't know which girl is so lucky...
How hard must one's heart be to be indifferent to a man like Souya.
After applying the ointment on the back of her hand, Jiang Chuyi looked up and saw Zong Ye was already sitting on the sofa, holding his mobile phone, looking down as if he was replying to a message.
She put the ointment away carefully.
After all this, the sleepiness she had just felt disappeared. She picked up her comic book, changed her lying position, and prepared to continue reading.
Zongye suddenly turned his head and asked her, "Do you mind if I take a nap on the sofa?"
Jiang Chuyi: "I don't mind, go to sleep."
The living room became quiet again, with only the sound of pages turning.
The warm sunlight gradually crawled across the floor and spread towards the sofa.
Jiang Chuyi turned the page of the comic and suddenly heard a few cat meows.
She looked to the side and saw Luke coming over with his tail up.
Luke was lingering under the sofa, occasionally rubbing his head against Souya's wrist which was hanging on the edge of the sofa.
It seemed to like Souya very much. After rubbing against him a few times, it jumped lightly onto the sofa.
Zong Ye seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep and was not awakened by the noise.
Luke circled around and finally curled up into a ball, nestling on his shoulder, sniffing with his little head, then licked Souya's neck with his little tongue, seeming to like the rouge mole on his neck very much.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Chuyi whispered, "Little pervert."
I don’t know whether I am scolding the cat or myself.
Because she also likes this mole.
The cell phone suddenly rang several times in succession. Jiang Chuyi was afraid of waking Zong Ye up, so she quickly turned it to silent mode.
Chen Yi sent several WeChat messages.
She clicked it.
Chen Yi: "Picture" "Picture" "Picture"
Chen Yi: "I really saved my life. I just went to Weibo to check private messages and saw all these people asking me if you and Zong Ye are real, when are you going to bed??? Can you live broadcast them when you kiss???"
After clicking on these pictures, Jiang Chuyi almost smashed her phone on her face.
Chen Yi: "My blood pressure is really high. Are you and Souya's CP fans so crazy? They actually danced in front of me. Fans who are related to Souya are a little crazy."
Jiang Chuyi: "..."
Chen Yi: "The most outrageous thing is that I used a secondary account to check out the super topic of Yi Jian Zongqing. I watched it for an hour and was actually touched by the sweetness?! It's too crazy. Is there any hope for this world?"
Jiang Chuyi: “?”
Chen Yi: "So are you and Zong Ye real? I really want to know now, are you real!!"
Jiang Chuyi: "Of course not, I already said it was my agency that was hyping it up, are you crazy..."
Jiang Chuyi sent a sweating emoticon.
Chen Yi: "What the hell? It's really yours?! Those CP fans didn't make a mistake?!"
Jiang Chuyi: "It's not what you think."
Chen Yi threw question marks all over half the screen.
Jiang Chuyi paused while typing, feeling that she was getting worse and worse, thinking about how to explain to her friend. She couldn't tell Chen Yi directly that Zong Ye already had someone he liked for many years.
It was his personal privacy, so she didn't want to tell anyone about it.
Jiang Chuyi was worried: "Please don't make things worse. Zong and I are just friends. How can I lie to you?"
The other party was silent for half a minute, and then sent a message: "Chu Yilaosi, I have decided to take back all the words I advised you before. I really didn't expect that the love between you two is so sweet."
Chen Yi: "When you and Zong are no longer friends, I'll give you 200. I won't watch the sex scene, but remember to live stream the kiss."
Chen Yi: "However, CP fans say that Mr. Zong looks very strong. He is the kind of man who can turn Shanghai into a magnitude 10 earthquake. You should be careful."
Turn Shanghai into a magnitude 10 earthquake?!
Jiang Chuyi was made angry and embarrassed by the obscene words spoken by Chen Yi, a mature and lustful woman, and threw her phone away.
I picked up the comic again and flipped through a few pages, but I felt restless.
She simply covered her face with the comic strip, calmed down for a while, then pulled it half way down, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed, and looked at the man who was said to be able to "create earthquakes."
Zong Ye was completely unaware and continued to sleep peacefully.
This was the second time she had "watched" over this person as he slept.
There is a person and a cat on the sofa, and under the warm sunlight, the picture looks particularly harmonious and warm.
Sensing someone's gaze, Luke moved his tail, opened his eyes, and looked in the direction of the hanging chair.
Then, the fat cat shook its body, stuck out its butt, and stretched.
Jiang Chuyi saw with her own eyes that its furry little paws blossomed, and it jumped onto Zong Ye’s legs and started to squeeze his milk, making a purring sound.
She was instantly overwhelmed by the cuteness, and all the distracting thoughts in her mind were thrown away. She couldn't help but reach out her hand and coaxed in a low voice: "Lukeluke, meow meow, little fat, little cutie, come to sister."
Jiang Chuyi put down the comic book and carefully got down from the hanging chair.
Luke stopped moving, staring at her in boredom.
Jiang Chuyi was afraid of scaring it, so she squatted on the ground and slowly moved over step by step.
Just as she was racking her brains to think of how to trick the cat over, a chuckle suddenly rang out.
Jiang Chuyi looked up.
Zong Ye had just woken up, his voice was unclear, and he smiled lazily, "Why did Teacher Jiang give it so many nicknames?"
"Did I wake you up?" Jiang Chuyi felt a little embarrassed.
"Hmm?" He said in a hoarse voice, sitting up a little and sighing softly, "No, I woke up by myself."
Jiang Chuyi said "oh" and while talking to him, she couldn't help but look at the cat again.
She thought of an idea and asked with a little expectation: "Can you help hold Luke? I want to touch him, but he is very shy and runs away when I get close to him."
Souya glanced at the fat cat curled up next to his hand.
He stretched out his arm, put one hand around the cat, and lifted it to his chest.
Luke behaved well and didn't resist, he even glanced at him coquettishly.
Seeing this, Jiang Chuyi felt like vomiting blood.
Even a cat is so obsessed with looks.
Jiang Chuyi finally dared to approach, stretched out her hand, and touched Luke's head hard several times.
"You like cats?"
"Hmm?" Jiang Chuyi sat on the carpet, raised her hand and stroked the cat, saying, "I like all those fluffy animals, such as hamsters, rabbits, and kittens."
“I have a cat at home, too.”
Jiang Chuyi scratched Luke's belly and showed some interest: "What kind of cat is it?"
Zongye recalled and said, "Blue and gold gradient."
"Wow." Jiang Chuyi exclaimed, "Cats of this breed are all very cute."
Souya narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I have pictures on my phone, do you want to see them?"
"Okay." Jiang Chuyi agreed happily.
Zongye unplugged the charging cable, unlocked his phone, opened the photo album, and found the photo of the cat.
Then he held the phone, turned it over, and motioned for her to come over and take a look.
Jiang Chuyi waited for a while.
He didn't seem to have any intention of handing over his phone.
But it was normal, as professions like theirs valued privacy. Jiang Chuyi understood it very well.
She took the initiative to move closer.
This album seemed to be dedicated to photos of cats. There were a lot of them. After she finished looking at one, Zong patiently marked the next one for her.
But Zongye's way of holding the phone didn't accommodate her, maybe unintentionally, he even held it a little far away, so Jiang Chuyi had to get very close to see it clearly.
She rested her elbows on the edge of the sofa, and her upper body unconsciously moved closer to Zongye. If her shoulders relaxed a little, they would touch his legs.
At first glance, the two of them look very close.
He flipped very slowly. Jiang Chuyi watched for a long time, and her shoulders felt sore. She had to keep changing positions. Inevitably, she bumped into Zongye.
Fortunately, Zongye’s cat is really cute. Jiang Chuyi looked at every picture with great interest and kept praising it.
"By the way, what's the name of your cat?" Jiang Chuyi turned around and asked with a smile.
Then, she froze.
She was so focused on watching the cat video that she didn't even notice when Souya bent down and looked at his phone with her.
The two were very close, so close that when she turned her head, she could see his face.
The nose is straight and the lips are red and soft.
The two people's breathing was audible. Zong did not dodge or avoid it. He naturally met Jiang Chuyi's straight gaze and looked at her quietly.
After a few seconds, Jiang Chuyi regained consciousness and moved back a little.
"What did you just say?" Zong Ye asked slowly.
Jiang Chuyi swallowed silently when he couldn't see her. Her face flushed, and she said unnaturally, "I asked you the cat's name."
"One hundred million."
"One hundred million..." Jiang Chuyi read it again and praised against his conscience, "It's a good name, very special."
"Special?" Zong Ye casually replied, as if he had discovered something by accident, "Why are you blushing?"
She paused, "Is there..."
Zongye looked at her, his lips slightly raised, and a smile appeared in his words, "No, I was mistaken."
Jiang Chuyi: “…”
Jiang Chuyi was so upset by his teasing that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet and had no intention of looking at the cat at all.
She was distracted and thought that when they were alone, Souya was really not very serious.
After finally finishing flipping through the photos, Jiang Chuyi was absent-mindedly preparing to get up.
I don’t know what Zongye’s finger touched, but the background showed that a music app was playing.
She realized it later: "Is your phone playing music?"
"Yeah, I listen to it before I go to sleep."
Jiang Chuyi looked up and noticed that he had a white earphone in his right ear.
He sat up straighter. "Do you want to hear it?"
Jiang Chuyi rubbed his sore shoulders, feeling uneasy, "What are you listening to?"
"The song I wrote hasn't been released yet." Zong Ye paused and told her, "I recorded it during the Spring Festival last year."
After thinking for a few seconds, Jiang Chuyi asked, "Can I listen?"
"Can."
"OK."
Souya leaned over, picked up the other headset from the coffee table and handed it to her.
Jiang Chuyi took it and put it in her ears.
Listening to music is much easier than watching cats, so she lay down on the sofa.
Zong Ye opened the music app and moved the progress bar back to the beginning.
Jiang Chuyi waited.
The song just started with a rap by Fu Cheng, the lyrics were sung very quickly and Jiang Chuyi couldn’t hear clearly.
After the fast-paced rap in the front is over and the chorus begins, the melody suddenly becomes slow.
After a bass solo.
Souya's special low voice appeared in my ears—
I have embraced the stars,
So short that no one knows.
It was a tsunami hidden in my heart.
What you have spied on is just the tip of the iceberg.
Unfortunately it was too noisy outside, so I kept wandering around.
It’s a pity that you are so close to me, but I always miss you on rainy days.
This seems to be a version that was recorded temporarily. The song gradually comes to an end, and there is a long section in the accompaniment, which is the background sound of Ji Kai and Wang Tan chatting and laughing.
Wang Tan asked, "What day is today?"
Ji Kai replied nonchalantly: "The first day of the new year."
Zong Ye said, "The first day of the new year is a good day."
"how."
Jiang Chuyi was listening intently and didn't notice that Zong Ye's fingers holding the phone moved.
He pressed the volume button and turned it up.
So, at the end of the song, there was no tune. Souya's voice rang clearly in her ears.
—I wish you a happy New Year.
(End of this chapter)