Chasing Tides

After the MV was filmed, there was only more than a week left before their debut, and all members of AOW entered into a crazy practice mode.

Two songs, two dances, as if the infinite loop repeat button was pressed, from the practice room to the dormitory, there are only these two melodies in the whole world.

Ning Lan's foundation is poor, the MV can be fooled by editing, but the live stage is not enough to watch.In addition to group training, Zhang Fan also arranged for Xu Rui, a dance teacher, to give him extra lessons alone. Ning Lan was as tired as a drained salted fish every day, crawled back to the dormitory and lay on the bed not wanting to move. wake up.

"It's time to change the medicine, turn over." Sui Yi pushed him.

Ning Lan whimpered and didn't want to move, Sui Yi had no choice but to kneel on the bed with one knee, turned her back upside down, lifted the hem of her clothes, skillfully tore off the old plaster slowly, and put a new one on it.

"It's the fifth dollar, do you feel better?"

Ning Lan nodded slightly, and said weakly, "Yes, it's much better...Captain, you are my benefactor. If it weren't for you, I might have died here."

Gu Chenkai on the next bed snorted and slapped the book on the table heavily.

After laying down for a while, Ning Lan was so hungry that she struggled to get up to make instant noodles.

After Gu Chenkai dropped the book, he began to express his dissatisfaction with the sound of the piano. He played ding ding dong dong, still feeling uneasy. He stood up abruptly and walked to Ning Lan who was unpacking the seasoning package: "Hello."

Sui Yi wasn't here at the moment, Ning Lan guessed that he was calling her, so she took the time to look up at him: "Huh?"

"Don't try to seduce my brother."

The fork in Ning Lan's mouth almost fell off: "What?"

Gu Chenkai was so angry that his cheeks puffed up: "My brother is not blind, don't dream." After speaking, he turned around, took two steps and turned back, and said disgustedly, "Go out to eat, it smells great."

The young master couldn't be offended, Ning Lan went out with instant noodles in his hands, thinking while eating, so this kid hates me because of this?

Very wronged, how can the captain be able to seduce him if he wants to?

Sui Yi's family education is very good. He is gentle, elegant and responsible at a young age. People with self-discipline are often more clear-headed than ordinary people. Although I still can't understand why he joined the group to make his debut, it is absolutely impossible for a person like him to allow himself to be in the group. This kind of place invites trouble.

Besides, he should be straight.

The country can pass the same-sex marriage law, but it cannot eliminate some people's prejudice against homosexuality.Especially someone like Sui Yi who has been hurt by his family.

Ning Lan sighed softly, the plaster on her lower back was still hot, but her heart felt chilly.

He quickly finished sucking the noodles, and the children in the room were still playing the piano, so he didn't really want to go in.As soon as she was full, she began to feel drowsy. Ning Lan dozed off while sitting with the noodle bowl in her hand. She woke up only after smashing her head into the noodle bowl. She hurriedly jumped up and went to the bathroom to wash her face.

Someone is taking a shower inside.

The bathroom in the dormitory is not locked, there is only one shower room, and a simple dry and wet separation is made with transparent glass, so you can see who is taking a shower in it.

Tall and tall, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, it was Sui Yi.

Ning Lan stood there dumbfounded with her bangs still dripping oil.The few of them made a verbal agreement to knock on the door before entering the bathroom at night to prevent anyone from taking a shower inside, but they forgot in their hurry just now.

Going out now seemed even more guilty, he turned his back silently, turned on the faucet and rubbed violently.

After turning off the faucet, he still didn't dare to turn his head. He heard the sound of water in the shower room was quieter than before, and said in a dry voice, "I'm sorry, my face was dirty, and I came in without knocking on the door."

"Well, it's okay." Sui Yi's muffled voice came through the glass door.

Ning Lan ran away.

Until before going to bed, the carcass was still dangling in front of my eyes.Sui Yi took a shower and went back to the house, walking back and forth in the room, he didn't dare to move.

Of course he knew that Sui Yi had a good figure. In the practice room, everyone was wearing T-shirts and sweatpants. Only Sui Yi's chest muscles supported the fabric into a beautiful shape, and only when he was sweating, the sweat slid from the corner of his forehead to his cheeks. Dripping down the neck, it can give people a sense of strength and the beauty of hormonal explosion.

Ning Lan was even a little envious of Gu Chenkai, who could look at him openly and enjoy his care as a matter of course.

He is not only good-looking, but also gentle and reliable.

Ning Lan brought his finger to his mouth, and bit his fingertip hard. The pain made his head empty for a moment, and most of his messy thoughts were released.

Fortunately for him, other people in the dormitory were straight by visual inspection, and it was not so easy for him to be a stranger mixed in there.

Ning Lan got up late the next day because she had a sexual dream all night, and the dream was full of naked men with good figures.

Grabbing clean underwear, she ran to the bathroom, and was about to put her foot on the door after closing it, when someone opened the door and stepped in. Ning Lan looked up, and her heart skipped a beat—a naked man with clothes on.

Sui Yi came back after running, washed his face with cold water, panted and greeted Ning Lan: "Morning."

Ning Lan didn't dare to look at him.His eyes now have an additional perspective function, coupled with such a sexy panting sound, the whole thing is a 3D stereoscopic audio-visual feast.

He wiped the sweat from his palms on his pajama pants, turned around and pulled the towel off the shelf: "Morning."

Sui Yi also took the towel, and called him, "Ning Lan."

"Ah?" Ning Lan was seldom called by his name directly, so he was shocked, his face was covered with a towel full of water, and he almost choked.

"You took the wrong towel." Sui Yi said.

… No wonder this towel smells so adrenaline-inducing.

Ning Lan tore off the towel from her face, rubbed it with soap and said, "I'm sorry, the two are the same length, I took the wrong one when I was in a hurry."

Sui Yi seemed to be used to his recklessness, smiled and said, "It's okay."

Ning Lan bought a new towel the next day, and she didn't want to throw away the old one, so she washed it and dried it.

After entering the third month of the lunar calendar, the temperature gradually rises.The countdown to their debut has entered, and the seven members of AOW have spent almost all day in the practice room, singing, practicing dance, and getting in touch with each other.

The company made a vague personality design for everyone, and told them to show their personal characteristics, and just don’t break through this range. Not everyone can accurately grasp the degree of cuteness.

Ning Lan is the younger brother of the next door, so it is not difficult for him to laugh more. The service industry also needs to laugh. The target audience has changed from customers to fans. He knows how to please people.

Sui Yi and Fang Yu are the two faces of the group. It is said that fans on Weibo have already formed a CP for the two of them called Gaohua, short for Gaoling Flower. One is at a high altitude and the other is as beautiful as a flower.

When Lu Xiaochuan heard about it, he blew his beard and stared, and asked Wang Bingyang, "What about me? Do I have a CP?"

Wang Bingyang flipped through the pages: "Yes, you, and Xiaochen, Chuanchen CP."

Gu Chenkai has been on talent shows, and is familiar with this kind of routine of bundling CP hype, so he put on headphones and continued to listen to his songs indifferently.

Lu Xiaochuan was still dissatisfied: "Why not me and Ning Lan? Also, this name is too casual, it doesn't seem like much thought."

None of Ning Lan's CPs was selected, and even Gao Ming and Wang Bingyang had a "Mingyang CP" because of their good relationship during the draft, and he was the only one of the seven selected.

He's like the only outsider in the group.

The day before their debut, the family members of Gao Ming, Wang Bingyang and Gu Chenkai came, and a group of people huddled together in the small dormitory to cook hot pot.The parents were proud of their children, and they traveled thousands of miles from home to watch their children's debut performance. Even though Ning Lan had never felt such affection, she couldn't help being infected by the warm atmosphere.

He quietly exited halfway through the meal, leaving space for several families, and ran to sit in the stairwell by himself. After sitting for a while, he felt cold again, so he simply stood up and practiced dance moves.

With a "creak", the door leading to the emergency exit of the stairs was opened, and Sui Yi shone a flashlight on Ning Lan: "What are you doing here?"

Ning Lan squinted her eyes due to the light, and twisted her sore shoulders from fatigue: "I'm full, let's digest."

Sui Yi raised a mango from behind: "Fruit after dinner, do you want to eat it?"

Two people sat on the steps and shared mangoes.

Sui Yi carried a key with a delicate pendant, which turned out to be a small knife.He neatly cut the mango in half, removed the pit, cut a few slices on the flesh, and handed it to Ning Lan.

Ning Lan took it and smelled it under the dim light of the corridor.

"How is it?" Sui Yi asked.

"Well, it's delicious."

"Gao Ming's parents brought it. His hometown is in the southern coastal city."

"Oh." Ning Lan began to think about what else to give Gao Ming, and she couldn't eat others for nothing, so she asked casually, "Where is your hometown?"

"Local." Sui Yi replied.

Ning Lan thought of his Maybach with a local license plate, and belatedly realized that she had asked too much: "I heard you speak without a sound, so I thought you were not from the capital."

Sui Yi: "My mother is from Jiangnan."

"Oh, it's a good place." Ning Lan didn't know how to proceed.Of the seven people, only the two of them had no family members to visit, and Sui Yi was still a local, so everything he said was like poking someone's wound.

Sui Yi asked first, "Where's your family? Are you coming to watch the show? The company will arrange seats near the front for the family."

Ning Lan shook her head: "No." Maybe it's easy for people to tell the truth in dim light, and he suddenly had the desire to confide, "My dad died a long time ago, and my mom doesn't know where she's going now. .”

"wave?"

"That's right, Lang, it means going out to play, playing crazy, and not caring about anything else." Ning Lan explained.

"Lan, does it mean waves?" Sui Yi asked.

Ning Lan froze for a moment.He never thought about why he was called "Lan".

"Perhaps..." Ning Lan said uncertainly, "My dad named it because he died early, so I didn't have time to ask him."

Sui Yi didn't speak.

"I'm sorry, I keep talking about death on such a happy day." Ning Lan felt that she was unlucky, so she raised her hand and patted her mouth.

"No." Sui Yi said, "Although my father is alive, he might as well be dead."

Ning Lan's eyelids twitched.He has a good memory, and the content of the phone call that day is still very clear. If I remember correctly, today is Sui Yi's father's birthday?

To cast such a harsh curse today, either the child is ignorant, or the father has really done something utterly unconscionable.

He prefers the latter.

The heavy topic made the atmosphere a little cold and silent, Ning Lan lifted up the mango in his hand: "Stop talking about those unhappy things, come on, cheers!"

Sui Yi was taken aback by his sudden action, subconsciously raised his hand, and two pieces of mango touched together.

"For freedom, for tomorrow!"

Ning Lan's voice was amplified several times in the small and closed space. The voice-activated lights outside the stairwell were all on, and the door was not closed tightly, and the lights shone in.

He was startled at first, thinking that someone was coming, and then thinking of the two of them squatting here to steal food, he was inexplicably poked into a smile, hehehe laughed so hard that he fell down, his hand shook, and the mango hit the newly bought shoes, white The upper of the shoe was covered with a layer of yellow pulp.

I can't laugh anymore.Seeing his blank look, Sui Yi burst out laughing, the laughter between a boy and a man was deep and sweet, with a bit of dull magnetic graininess.

He held up the mango like Ning Lan and said, "Cheers for tomorrow."

"It's over, it's over, the melons are gone." Ning Lan lowered her eyes and waved her hands in frustration.

Sui Yi brought his own mango to his mouth: "I haven't tasted it yet, you go first."

Ning Lan hesitated for a moment, leaned over and took a bite, her teeth accidentally touched Sui Yi's finger.

Sui Yi didn't seem to notice it, and after he finished biting, he also took a bite from the other end, and commented: "Mmm, it's very sweet."

Before going to bed at night, Ning Lan's ears were still a little hot.

He used mobile banking to transfer the little money left on his body to his aunt's card, and then sent her a text message asking her to use the money to buy a set of clothes for Ning Xuan. Buying her new clothes was very upsetting.

He suddenly had a little hope for the future, and began to sincerely look forward to tomorrow's arrival.

The days will always get better and better.As good as it is today.