you after the mist

"Thank you." Tang Ran handed over the money in his hand, and then pulled up the mask before getting out of the car.The driver was old, so he probably didn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry, and he didn't realize that the guest he pulled was a star.

Zhang Shuangli is indeed still working on the crew, but now that the Spring Festival is approaching, the crew stopped working a few days ago.

When Tang Ran asked, Zhang Shuangli had already returned home.He moved away from the small town where Tang Ran met Jiang Ning for the first time a few years ago, and moved to another more prosperous city.

Tang Ran contacted him only after leaving the airport, and Zhang Shuangli was taken aback.I originally planned to meet at a coffee shop, but Zhang Shuangli's wife happened to be away today. They had a new child, and the weather was too cold, so he couldn't bring the child out with him.

"Why don't you come here directly, I'll wait for you at the gate of the community." Zhang Shuangli suggested when he heard that Tang Ran needed to find him. "I'll give you the address."

The address he sent was the same as the one Tang Ran had received earlier. Tang Ran hired a taxi at the airport, confirmed that the driver knew the location, and got into the car.

"Here." Zhang Shuangli stood at the gate of the community and waved vigorously.

"Brother Zhang." Tang Ran walked over, "I was afraid you wouldn't recognize him."

"I'm counting the time, so you should be there. After getting out of the car and looking around, I guess it will be." Zhang Shuangli said, "However, you are covering this tightly enough."

Tang Ran wore a long down jacket that covered her ankles. The mask covered half of her face, and she pulled the scarf up to the bridge of her nose.

"If found out, it will be very troublesome." Tang Ran smiled awkwardly.

"That's right, you've been really popular in recent years." Zhang Shuangli nodded in agreement. "Go ahead, don't stand here."

Zhang Shuangli's house has already pasted Spring Festival couplets, and the big blessing on the door is full of New Year's flavor.

As soon as he entered the door, a little girl ran over, "Dad, my brother has been crying, and I can't coax him."

"Tang Ran." Zhang Shuangli hurriedly handed him a pair of slippers, "You can sit on your own, and I'll see the child before coming out."

After Tang Ran changed his shoes and sat down, the little girl stood in front of him and tilted her head to look at him.

"what happened?"

"Brother." She was a little puzzled, "Have I seen you before?"

"Really?" Tang Ran patted the seat beside her and motioned her to sit over, "Where did you see it?"

"forgotten."

"Then you can think about it slowly." Tang Ran said gently

"Yeah." The little girl puffed her cheeks.After a while she said angrily, "I still can't remember."

"It's okay." Tang Ran handed her his hand, "It's okay to know each other now, my name is Tang Ran."

"My name is Miaomiao." She giggled.

"Miaomiao." Zhang Shuangli coaxed the good boy out, "Go in and do your homework, Dad and uncle have something to talk about."

"It's obviously my brother." She stood up reluctantly, "I'll tell you when I remember."

"Okay." Tang Ran nodded, watching the little girl run in, even making a face at her father on the way.

"I'm not at home often. This child is spoiled by her mother and is too skinny." Zhang Shuangli poured a cup of tea for Tang Ran.

"No, it's cute."

"What's so cute." Zhang Shuangli said in the usual tone of a parent, "If you have children, you'll know. It's so annoying."

Tang Ran was not easy to answer, but just smiled blindly.

"However, with your status, it may not be convenient for you to have a child so early." Zhang Shuangli patted the back of his neck, "Let's get to the point, you suddenly came here today, what's the matter?"

"I..." Tang Ran faltered, "I recently heard that Jiang Ning had injured his leg. It seems that you sent him to the hospital. Do you still have any memory of what happened?"

"There is such a thing." Zhang Shuangli said, "But, didn't you know it before?"

Seeing that Tang Ran's surprised expression did not seem to be fake, he recalled it carefully and said, "Oh, you may not know. One year you came to Jiang Ning suddenly, and I took you to the hotel, you remember."

Of course Tang Ran remembered that it was the summer vacation of his junior year.

……

"Jiang Ning." Tang Ran put the watermelon he bought on the way into the refrigerator and walked to the kitchen, "I'm back."

"Then let's eat." Jiang Ning walked out with the bowl, avoiding Tang Ran when he reached out to pick it up, "I'll come, you go and take out the chopsticks."

Dinner was porridge, and Jiang Ning prepared three shredded cold salad and steamed bream.

Tang Ran added a piece of meat from the fish belly and sent it to his bowl, "Why have you been so absent-minded?"

"I picked up a courier for you today." Jiang Ning said, "I opened it."

"If you dismantle it, then dismantle it. What is it? I don't seem to have bought anything recently." Tang Ran lowered his head and sipped his porridge, but he didn't hear Jiang Ning's voice.He suddenly thought of something, raised his head to look at Jiang Ning.

"It was sent from your home." Jiang Ning put the piece of fish in his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it. "Your passport and a copy of your household registration book."

"Jiang Ning." Tang Ran didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Don't explain, I haven't finished yet." Jiang Ning put his chopsticks on the bowl, "There is one more thing I haven't told you. I saw your application form for going abroad on your desk last week."

"That form, I don't want to apply, it's..."

"It's already decided for you to go, so I asked you to fill it out. I seem to have heard you mention this project before." Jiang Ning even smiled.

The Law School of R University has a cooperation with a German university, and each class will select two students to go to that school for graduate studies.Candidates will be decided before the start of the senior year to avoid repeated occupancy of places when postgraduates are exempted in September.After the students are selected, they will visit that school for three weeks in October, which can be regarded as an inspection of the students by that school.However, there has never been a precedent for changing candidates after the interview.

Tang Ran knew about this project when she first entered university, so she took a special course in German as a sophomore in her sophomore year.His GPA has never been out of the top three in the department.Then followed the head of the department, a professor who taught him civil procedure law, did a project.This time the department picked someone, and he was naturally selected.

"Why don't you talk again, now you can talk."

"Jiang Ning." Tang Ran grabbed his hand, "Listen to my explanation."

"Explain." Jiang Ning pulled out his hand and smiled, "I didn't cover your mouth to keep you from talking."

"The teacher did decide to let me go, but I haven't decided whether to go or not. In addition, you were very busy a while ago, so I didn't tell you."

"But haven't I been busy these days?" The bar where Jiang Ning sang was originally a business for students nearby.The students are on summer vacation, and the bar business is not good, so they are on vacation. "I stay at home every day, and I haven't seen you say anything."

Tang Ran was at a loss for words, and it took him a long time to say, "Anyway, I didn't deliberately hide it from you. I really haven't thought about it yet."

"Oh." Jiang Ning continued to eat. "I didn't think about it, so why did you have to send the passport over so early?"

"The passport is sent just in case." Tang Ran said it was very difficult. "If I want to go, I will go there first in October."

"Then it is more likely to go." Jiang Ning said, Tang Ran did not refute.

The scene became ugly for a while.After a while, Jiang Ning lightly tapped Tang Ran's bowl, "Let's eat. My fault, I shouldn't have mentioned it to you during dinner, and I didn't eat well."

"Jiang Ning." Tang Ran was silent for a moment and called his name.But Jiang Ning just ate quietly and stopped looking at him.

It was like this for the next few days, and the suffocating calm made Tang Ran return to a certain period of time before they were together in a trance.Until one day when I went home and saw Jiang Ning packing up his things, all appearances were shattered.

"Where are you going?" Tang Ran's voice became flustered as he watched him put the clothes into the box one by one.

"Brother Zhang called me yesterday and said that the crew I went to last time has a new role now, let me go."

Jiang Ning and Zhang Shuangli have always been in touch.Some time ago, Zhang Shuangli and a film crew came to N City to shoot a scene, and stayed for several days. Jiang Ning went to see him, and made a trick by the way.The crew has already moved to another location for filming. Yesterday Zhang Shuangli suddenly contacted him, saying that the crew was short of a role, and asked him if he would like to go.

Jiang Ning thought about it, he and Tang Ran were in the current situation, it would be better to separate and calm down, so he agreed.

"Then you don't have to pack so many things. Are you leaving?"

"If I don't go, should I wait for you to go first?"

"I don't have to go abroad. I haven't answered the teacher yet." Tang Ran said anxiously, "Or, or we go together."

"What?" Jiang Ning turned his head to look at him.

"Yes." The more Tang Ran thought about it, the more feasible it became. "I'll go there for three weeks in October. When we officially leave next year, we can be together. There is still a year left, and you still have time to apply for a visa and passport."

"Go together?" Jiang Ning only found it ridiculous to see Tang Ran's expectant expression, "You are going to study abroad, and you will have to stay for a year or two. I used to only apply for a tourist visa. What kind of tourist visa can allow me to stay for so long? Withdrawal Ten thousand steps, I can go there, I don’t know German, so what do I do when I go? Will I be your book boy, master.”

These words were like a scoop of cold water on Tang Ran's head, making him feel the coolness in this hot July.

"Then what should we do?" Tang Ran sat on the ground.

"This is your business." Jiang Ning closed the zipper of the box and walked to the door, "I will not stop you if you want to do anything."

Jiang Ning left just like that, Tang Ran stayed at home alone for a few days, and Jiang Ning never contacted him.He thought over and over again about the future, his and Jiang Ning's future.When the professor called again to ask how he was thinking, Tang Ran gave a negative answer.The professor felt it was a pity and repeatedly asked him to think clearly.

Tang Ran felt that he had never been so sober before. This opportunity was rare, but Jiang Ning was more important.He didn't regret it at all, and after repeatedly apologizing to the professor, he still persisted.A few days later, a law firm he had contacted before the holiday also informed him that he could go for an internship. Tang Ran went to see it, but gave up because Jiang Ning never came back.

Tang Ran didn't want to wait any longer. After making up his mind, he bought a ticket to find Jiang Ning. After arriving at the train station, he realized that he didn't know the exact location, so he asked Zhang Shuangli to take him there. Jiang Ning called.

After Jiang Ning received his call, he quickly came over from the set.The house arranged for him by the crew was a double room. It seemed that because the number of people happened to be odd, only Jiang Ning lived alone.

Jiang Ning wasn't surprised when he saw him, he looked as expected.

Tang Ran pushed him into the door, embraced Jiang Ning's neck and kissed him skillfully, but Jiang Ning didn't push him away.

"Jiang Ning." Tang Ran said to him while buttoning his shirt, "I told the professor that I will not go to Germany anymore, let's go home."

There was no trace of regret on his expression when he said this, but Jiang Ning's expression was not joyful.

"You go." He said to Tang Ran, "You don't have to stay for me."

"Duplicity." Tang Ran smiled and turned to kiss him, but Jiang Ning turned his head away.

Tang Ran didn't continue to move, he found that Jiang Ning didn't seem to be joking. "I went, will you wait for me to come back?"

"Tang Ran." Jiang Ning didn't answer his question, but whispered, "Let's separate first."

"I'm not going." Tang Ran pretended not to hear, "It's not fair to ask you to wait for me."

"Let's break up." Jiang Ning repeated, "You go to Germany. Let's talk about the future."

"Is there a future after breaking up?" Tang Ran raised his hand and pushed him, almost shouting.

"We are too tired like this." Jiang Ning covered his forehead with the back of his hand, "When two people are together, one should never give up for the other. If everyone is working hard in a relationship, there is no point in continuing. "

"That's what I want."

"I don't want to." Jiang Ning reached out to touch his face, and said firmly, "Let's separate."

"Do you still love me?" Tang Ran asked in a daze.

"I love you." Jiang Ning finally fixed his eyes, "But I don't want to love you anymore."

Tang Ran didn't ask any more questions, he buttoned up his buttons leisurely.Standing up and looking at Jiang Ning, he said again, "Do you really want to break up?"

"Hmm." Jiang Ning made a shallow nasal sound.

Tang Ran shrugged, took his bag in silence, closed the door and left.

After he walked out of the corridor, he still couldn't restrain himself from looking back.

Jiang Ning was sitting by the window sill, topless.It was the person he kissed and hugged not long ago, and the person who just insisted on separating from him.

The tip of Tang Ran's nose felt sore for a while, and he sent a text message to Jiang Ning.

It's heavy at night, let's go in.

Then he deleted Jiang Ning's number and left him like this.

Was leaving at that time really leaving?Tang Ran sometimes thinks.He cared too much and didn't want to keep him, not to mention that he was determined not to leave, and he felt that Jiang Ning would come back as long as he waited.The so-called breakup was only temporary, but who would have thought that it would last so many years in a flash.

……

Zhang Shuangli was still talking about "On the second day, there was a scene with him. The crew couldn't find anyone, and the phone didn't answer. I was afraid that something happened to him, so I went to watch it. After I went, I kept calling for a long time. The door didn’t even open. When I took the spare key from the front desk and opened the door, he was sitting on the window sill, as if he had lost his soul. I called him several times before he responded.”

"and then?"

Zhang Shuangli stopped suddenly when he said this, and he had a distressed expression, "Then I don't know what happened, he fell. Fortunately, it was the third floor, and there was another shed below, so he didn't lose his life. I just broke my leg and lay in the hospital for a long time.”

Listening to Zhang Shuangli's words, Tang Ran felt that his internal organs were all squeezed together, so he put down his teacup, ran to the bathroom, and vomited it out.

He was in a hurry to find Zhang Shuangli, and he didn't eat anything along the way.At first I was able to spit out a little tea, but then I kept retching, my face was pale, and tears flowed out.

"Tang Ran, you are..." Zhang Shuangli followed.

"It's okay." Tang Ran stood up straight, clutching his stomach, and rinsed his mouth with water. "Sorry, I suddenly feel uncomfortable."

He leaned on the wall and walked back to the living room, "I just laughed, I'm so sorry."

"You have a bad stomach, right? This is also an occupational disease of your artists. There is nothing to laugh at." Zhang Shuangli said for him.

Tang Ran sat for a few more minutes and took out two red envelopes from his bag. "It came in a hurry, and I didn't buy gifts for the children. This is the lucky money for them."

"No, no." Zhang Shuangli hastily declined. "What are you doing?"

"It's for the child, not for you. Brother Zhang, don't push it away." Tang Ran changed shoes at the door, "I'm sorry to bother you today, I'm leaving first. I came to look for you, I hope no one else will know, Jiang Ning will also keep it a secret for me."

"Tang Ran, you and Jiang Ning..." Zhang Shuangli vaguely guessed.

"What about me and Jiang Ning?"

"I'm familiar with Jiang Ning. You, I don't have that much contact. But you two are very good, I can't get it wrong." After all, Zhang Shuangli didn't ask, "I've heard a lot about you two in recent years. I don't believe the rumors of discord. Jiang Ning only told me not to let me tell others that you knew each other before, and he didn't mention anything else about you."

"There is no discord." Tang Ran turned and entered the elevator.

"Brother Tang, where are you now?" After leaving the unit building, he received a call from Yang Rui.

"Outside, I'll be back at night, just wait for me at the hotel, we'll go back to City N tomorrow." When he left, he sent a message to Yang Rui, saying that he was delayed and would leave one day late.

"What are you doing when you come back to the hotel? Just find a place to wait there, Yang Rui will come and pick you up and go back to City N." Shen Xi's voice sounded abruptly, and only then did Tang Ran realize that he had switched to the multi-party call mode.

She yelled, "Do you think I have too few things to do, and I don't want to be free. What are you running around? You think you can't be recognized by others if you wear a mask. Are you pretending to be muddy?"

Shen Xi quit the call after cursing, Yang Rui was frightened, her voice trembling, "Brother Tang, you find a place to stay first, and then send me a location. You were secretly photographed, and you have been on the hot search. Already Someone is picking up your exact location."

Tang Ran hung up the phone, opened Weibo, and saw his name hanging brightly.Judging from the photo, it should have been taken at the airport.

"Then you come and pick it up, I'll find a hotel to sleep first." Tang Ran dialed back again, "Don't worry, you've already been photographed anyway, it's okay."