you after the mist

"It's so late, why are you here in person?" It was already four o'clock in the morning when we arrived at N city airport.Tang Ran got into the car, only to find that apart from the driver, Shen Xi also came.

"Let me see what kind of nerves you have." Shen Xi was not polite, "It's fine if you don't report your current itinerary to me. Wherever you go, you must inform the assistant. Don't say anything, just go around Run, are you satisfied with being secretly photographed and trending today?"

"I went to meet a friend, thinking that I wouldn't be recognized." Tang Ran said.

"You think." Shen Xi pointed at him angrily, "You think everything. You didn't know how to do this kind of thing a few years ago, and you've really come back to life recently."

"I'm sorry, I won't do it next time." Tang Ran felt a headache from her noise, so she simply apologized and just wanted to calm down quickly.

"There's no next time." Shen Xi was still puzzled.

"Sister Shen." Tang Ran leaned on the seat, looked at the lights flashing outside the window, and said in a low voice, "I'm very tired."

"You are the only one who is tired. We are not tired." She didn't continue to curse after all.

There were few cars at night, and it took less than half an hour from the airport to the garage downstairs.Shen Xi opened the car door and patted him, "Get out of the car."

"Yeah." Tang Ran rubbed his eyes.I didn't feel it when the warm air was on in the car, but it was cold when I got out of the car.He zipped up his clothes, saw Shen Xi standing in the trunk to pick up his luggage, so he walked over to pick it up, "You all don't go up, I can go up by myself." Most of his things had been sent back to N City a few days ago Now, there are only two boxes left.

"They are waiting below, I will go up with you." Shen Xi walked towards the elevator, "I will tell you about the work arrangement during this time."

Hearing what she said, Tang Ran kept silent in the elevator, and only said to Shen Xi when she entered the house, "I remember I said that there will be no notifications before the Spring Festival."

"Only two are arranged. One magazine cover and one advertisement." Shen Xi took out the itinerary from his bag, "The magazine must be photographed, and this is the only one you are missing from the top five magazines. And the one you endorsed Black Tea, we’re going to shoot a New Year’s commercial.”

She handed the itinerary to Tang Ran, "See for yourself how much I pushed for you, all of them are densely crossed out. Just these two, you have to go."

"Okay." Tang Ran flipped through the pages, "Just these two, we'll talk about the rest after a year of work."

"Understood. It's almost Chinese New Year so you can take a break, and you can't be so leisurely when spring begins. Your workload this year is really too little." Shen Xi went to the refrigerator to get a can of coffee to drink, "Advertisement It was filmed on Sunday, and I will arrange someone to pick you up at that time. The notebooks collected during this period will be delivered to you tomorrow, and you can see if there is anything you want to pick up. If you are tired, you can rest. The family asked auntie to come yesterday After sweeping, the refrigerator is filled for you, and the quilt has also been changed."

She walked to the door of the cloakroom and saw Tang Ran opened the box as if she was about to pack her luggage, "Don't mess with the box, I'll call auntie and ask her to come and collect it for you in the afternoon."

"I'll do it myself, I can't find it every time she takes it." Tang Ran raised her head and frowned, "Why are you drinking coffee so late? It's cold again."

"It's okay." Shen Xi waved his hand, "By the way, where are your parents? Are you still going in the third grade? I'll ask Yang Rui to book tickets for you."

The relationship between Tang Ran and his parents was not good. He didn't tell them when he entered the entertainment industry. By the time they found out, "Song Before You" had already been released.It was rare for Tang Hui and Su Rong to reach an agreement on this matter. The two finally appeared together in front of Tang Ran after so long after their divorce, insisting that he should withdraw from the circle and go back to study.But before Tang Ran could speak, they blamed each other again, thinking that the other party didn't care enough about the child to cause such a situation.Tang Ran sat aside with a glass of water and watched coldly, thinking it was like an absurd comedy.How long Tang Ran hadn't seen them before that, whether it was a year or two, he couldn't remember.Tang Ran didn't interrupt, he still had an announcement that day, when Shen Xi came to pick him up, Tang Ran simply left and left everything to her.

"Your parents..." When he went back, they had already left, and Shen Xi hesitated to speak.

"What?" Tang Ran looked at her with a smile, but she stopped talking.Tang Ran didn't ask any further questions, so the matter was over.

Only in this way, the relationship became more and more rigid.Two years ago, Tang Hui also remarried with a nurse in the hospital. The nurse brought a child. When Tang Ran went there last year, she felt that Tang Hui treated the child much more kindly than he did back then.Su Rong gave birth to another child when Tang Ran was in college, and they are both in elementary school now.

Tang Ran has almost no contact with her parents throughout the year, but asks Yang Rui to deposit money into their account every month, regardless of whether they have used it or not.But when it comes to Chinese New Year, I still have to go and see it.He never turned thirty, he went there on the first day of the new year, it was a day of family reunion, Tang Ran would only embarrass each other no matter which family he went to.It is often the third day of junior high school, and it is just right for him to go on the day of visiting relatives.He didn't have a home for a long time, or he had, during that period of time with Jiang Ning, but that has passed.

"It's still in the third year of junior high school." Tang Ran hung his coat in the closet, "You can just prepare some gifts as you please."

"Okay, then I'll go first."

"Ah."

Shen Xi said he wanted to leave, but turned back when he reached the door.

"What's wrong?" Tang Ran heard footsteps and turned to look at her.

Shen Xi sighed, "Who did you go to see today? Why didn't I know you had friends there."

"A little personal matter." It's not that Tang Ran didn't expect Shen Xi to ask in advance, but he didn't want to make up an answer to lie to her, he just vaguely passed it on.

"So you don't want to tell me?" The soda can in Shen Xi's hand hadn't been thrown away yet, and she made a little noise when she pinched it, which was very clear.

"Sister Shen." Tang Ran called her for a while, but said nothing else.

"Forget it then." Shen Xi smiled at him, "Clean up early and rest."

The door was gently closed, and this time he really left.

The two boxes didn't look like much, and it was already bright after they were all packed.Tang Ran glanced at his watch, guessing that Tao Liyang had already woken up, so he contacted him to make an appointment to meet at night.

"But I already had an appointment with Yun Qing yesterday." Tao Liyang explained, "He's been in a bad mood for the past few days, and I don't want him to stay alone. Can the three of us be together at night?"

Tang Ran frowned, and was about to say that it would be another day.

Then I heard Tao Liyang say, "I know you have something to do, I will pick you up at night, if there is anything, let's talk first on the way."

"Alright then." Tang Ran agreed.

After hanging up the phone, there was nothing else to do for a while.Tang Ran went to the kitchen to fry an egg, ate it with two pieces of lettuce, and went back to the bedroom to sleep.

He slept for more than ten hours, and didn't wake up until Tao Liyang called.

"I will arrive soon."

"Then wait for me, I'll be down in 15 minutes."

When Tang Ran arrived at the garage, Tao Liyang's car was already waiting.

"What do you need me for?" Tao Liyang smiled while holding the steering wheel, "Are you so anxious that you didn't even change your clothes? Or the one that was on the hot search yesterday."

"I didn't even know you were so bored that you would remember what I was wearing." Tang Ran put on his seat belt sideways. "I won't play around with you anymore. I want you to find out for me whether Jiang Ning and Lin Yi are related?" He thought about it several times in the elevator, and finally decided to speak directly.Probably because of the time spent thinking about it for too long, a very common sentence was spoken with an incongruous grandeur.

"Jiang Ning and Lin Yi?" Tao Liyang drove the car out of the garage. "I've heard of it. When I recommended Yun Qing to try out the drama of Gao Dao, it was said that Jiang Ning was the male lead, and it was arranged by Lin Yi. But Why exactly I don't know."

"That's why I want you to ask for me. I've been asking around, but I don't have any clue." Tang Ran rested his head on the car door with one hand.

Tao Liyang came to his senses, "Do you want me to start with my dad?"

Tang Ran nodded.

"Okay, let me try. Maybe he really knows about Lin Yi."

There seemed to be a traffic accident not far away, the cars formed a long queue, Tao Liyang slowed down.

"Thank you." Tang Ran glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and said, "Do you want to know why?"

"To be honest, I'm quite curious." Tao Liyang patted the back of his neck, "But that's based on what you want to say."

The car had come to a complete stop. Tang Ran looked around. There were a few traffic policemen directing the traffic, and the traffic jam probably wouldn't last long. He leaned back in his chair and said, "I just wanted to tell you, so I had to meet and talk about it."

Tao Liyang nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"Jiang Ning, he is my ex-boyfriend." After he finished speaking, he was not surprised to see Tao Liyang's surprised expression.

"I scared you." Tang Ran smiled softly, "Don't be so surprised, I'll tell you."

For a long time, Tang Ran would not recall the past, and it could even be said that he deliberately avoided it.But when he started to tell, he found that everything was so clear, as if it had already melted into his bones and blood.

"That's it." When Tang Ran finished speaking, the car in front happened to move slowly. Tao Liyang restarted the car and drove for a long time without saying a word.

"I..., I'm really scared to death by you. When you said it just now, I thought either you were crazy or I was crazy." He didn't speak until he parked the car in the parking space at the entrance of the store.

"It's so serious." Neither of them intended to get out of the car, Tang Ran leaned on the car door, "You are much calmer than I expected."

"Otherwise, what else can I do? I can't express my shock even if I twist a piece of Yangko for you now." Tao Liyang smiled wryly, "So why did you break up? I just heard you say that you really broke up. There are no signs."

Tang Ran didn't expect that he would ask this question first, and he was stunned for a second before saying, "How do you ask me to answer, after all, as you can see, I am the one who was dumped."

He lowered his head and tapped his fingers on his leg unintentionally, "It's good to say it, this matter has been buried for so many years, and there is no one else to talk about except you."

Tao Liyang didn't say anything else, rolled down the car window and lit a cigarette, "I'll go back in two days and find out for you. But I can only say that I try my best. You know the relationship between me and my dad. After he knew that I like men, he has seen me in various ways in the past few years."

"It would be great if you agreed to inquire for me." Tang Ran said, "Whether you can ask or not, thank you."

"But Tang Ran." The cigarette was lit, but Tao Liyang didn't take a puff, "What are you going to do now that you've asked? How many years have passed?"

"I don't know." Tang Ran's face was quiet, unable to see sadness or joy, "What we will do next is never something I can decide."