Chasing Tides

The sky has been cloudy since Sunday morning.

FocusShow Music Festival rehearsal in the morning, red carpet in the afternoon, and live broadcast globally in the evening, the schedule is very tight. All members of AOW gathered at the company at 6:[-] in the morning. When they arrived at the place, they queued up to wait for the rehearsal. Several singers in front of them dawdled to find the right seats. By the time it was their turn, it was almost lunch time.

Among the seven people, not many have stage experience, and everyone is very nervous. The teacher’s repeated emphasizing expressions, looking for the camera and so on can’t be remembered. Gao Ming, who is very professional, also makes mistakes one after another. , he ran into the wrong place and bumped into Ning Lan.

Ning Lan was a little hypoglycemic, and he took two steps back after being hit by him, her legs softened and she sat on the ground. Gao Ming wanted to apologize, but when he saw that he couldn't stand up, he felt that he was pretending. coming?

The music stopped abruptly, and Wang Bingyang, who was closest to them, came to help Ning Lan. Sui Yi also came from the front row to ask what was wrong. Ning Lan shook her head palely. Finally, Sui Yi went to greet the staff below, saying that they needed to rest and rectify , let the people behind get on first.

Fang Yu took out a few pieces of chocolate from his pocket and stuffed them to Ning Lan: "Eat some sweet pads first, I also have low blood sugar, and I always have small snacks on me, so come to me when you are hungry."

Lu Xiaochuan said: "The ordered meal will be delivered right away, let's continue after eating."

Ning Lan thought that when the two of them were not arguing, they were actually pretty good.

After lunch, AOW went on stage again and quickly played through the two songs, and then was led backstage by Zhang Fan to change clothes and make up.Zhang Fan is very busy today. Several groups of artists she leads have performances, including the senior sister group V-Wish. She said that the senior sister group will walk the red carpet in front of them. When the time comes, a group photo with them can increase a little exposure.

The weather did not clear up in the afternoon, and the gray-black clouds were very close to the ground, covering people's heads, as if they were about to be pressed down at any time.

Ning Lan was as nervous walking the red carpet as he was when he took the college entrance examination back then. He looked up at the sky. It was the same weather back then. He had a fever, and the typeface on the test paper floated in front of his eyes. He threw it away halfway through the test. The pen passed out on the table.

He persuaded himself in his heart, don't be nervous, it's okay, this is just work, it doesn't matter what others say about me, I'm just here to make money.

Just like the college entrance examination back then, no matter how nervous and hard you work, so what?He is doomed not to be able to go to university in a stable manner. It is a blessing to be able to finish high school. It is said that going to school is the only way for the people at the bottom to stand up, but he can't even get this opportunity.

After walking the red carpet in a daze, Sui Yi led AOW to say hello to the seniors while waiting to enter the lounge leading to the stage.Ning Lan saw that he memorized a collection of photos of active people in the entertainment industry during training intervals, and was surprised at the time. Aren't these people familiar faces that often appear on TV networks?Do you need to carry it?

It was only later that I learned that Young Master Sui studied classical music, and he didn't care about all kinds of things in the entertainment industry.As for why he suddenly entered the entertainment industry after he learned the violin so well, Ning Lan thought about it, and felt that he could only explain it by saying that he wanted to fight against his family during the rebellious period.

What a willful and random life, he couldn't help but sigh.

Because they faced the camera all the time after entering the arena, Zhang Fan prohibited them from carrying mobile phones. AOW’s performance arrangement was relatively late. After communicating with the seniors, the teenagers hid in the corner and fiddled with their mobile phones, sharing their first red carpet walk with friends and family Mood.Wang Bingyang blushed with excitement, and said to the phone: "Xue Ying, actress Xue Ying talked to me! You must not have imagined how beautiful she is in real life!"

Ning Lan was also holding the phone, pressing the power button to turn on the screen for a while and then turn it off. He didn't know who to share with, no one would be happy for him.

Just as An Lin came over to collect her phone with her large canvas bag on her back, Ning Lan's phone rang suddenly.

It was an unfamiliar number that he didn't remember. He thought it was an advertisement, so he hung up directly, but he called again within a few seconds.

An Lin walked up to him: "Quickly pick it up, it will take 6 hours to touch the phone."

Ning Lan then turned her back and picked it up.

"Bitch, you still know how to answer the phone? You didn't tell me when you changed the number, who the hell gave you the guts?"

Ning Lan's heart sank suddenly, he could only think of a way for Xie Tianhao to know his new number.

He backed away from the crowd and covered the receiver with his hand: "What do you want to do?"

Xie Tianhao laughed wildly and wretchedly: "Of course I want to do it/you, bitch/son, I spent so much money and only touched it twice, do you think I am losing money?"

Ning Lan lowered her voice: "Don't touch my uncle and aunt, the money will be returned to you soon."

"Hey, listen, listen." Xie Tianhao's voice was a little further away, the background sound was a bit noisy, and there seemed to be several people around, "Listen to what your good son said? He doesn't care about you, what he cares about is his uncle and aunt .”

Then a stern female voice came from the phone: "Lanlan, Lanlan, save your mother, Lanlan, they are going to kill her!"

The men around were giggling, Ning Lan heard the woman cry out in pain, Xie Tianhao's voice was close to the microphone again: "Did you hear that? Your good mother is calling you, please come and save her, do you care or not? "

Ning Lan raised it in her throat and said, "You let her go."

"Tsk, to put it lightly, I spent so much money, how do you say that? Oh, I lost my wife and lost my army, I really can't swallow this breath." As he spoke, there was another messy sound on the phone, mixed with With the woman's long cry of pain.

"I said I would pay back the money, so you let her go first, okay?" Ning Lan himself felt that this was not convincing, but he didn't know what else to say.

Xie Tianhao threw the stick in his hand, and the younger brother next to him lit a cigarette for him: "How about this, I have two options for you, either collect the 20 yuan now, not less than a dime, or appear in front of Lao Tzu immediately. "

Ning Lan had no other choice, and said submissively: "Three days, brother, give me three days."

Xie Tianhao had no sympathy with him, so he slowly exhaled: "Isn't it good to be so obedient? Brother has been looking for you for so many days, and now he is very manic. How about it, before dark tomorrow, people or money , must see the same thing, I will give you one last chance, you can figure it out."

Ning Lan hung up the phone, took two deep breaths, returned to the team as calmly as possible, and said to An Lin, "Sister, I want to go back to the company."

An Lin: "What are you going back to the company for? You'll be entering the venue soon."

"I, I asked for an amulet before and threw it in the practice room. I dare not go on stage without it."

An Lin almost laughed out loud: "How can you still be superstitious at such a young age? I'll get it for you, you sit here."

Ning Lan hurriedly said: "I'll go by myself, you don't know where I am, I'm hiding very well."

An Lin looked at the time, hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I know you are nervous on stage for the first time." She pointed the direction to Ning Lan, "Go out through the back door, there are many taxis waiting for customers over there. Come back quickly."

Ning Lan agreed, turned around and left. Sui Yi caught up with him and took out two 100 yuan bills from his pocket: "Didn't you bring any money? Are you just going to take a taxi empty-handed?"

Ning Lan didn't dare to look up at him, took the money in a hurry, said "thank you", and walked through the crowd to the back door.

Arriving at the dormitory ten minutes later, Ning Lan looked up at the clock on the wall. It was six o'clock in the evening, and the last bus to go home was seven o'clock, 21 hours, and it should be still dark when I got home.

He wiped the water off his face indiscriminately.The rain that had been holding back for a whole day finally fell. After he got off the taxi and walked from the gate of the community to the stairs, he was drenched all over. The spring rain was like a torrential rain, and the windows were slammed, just like him. There was chaos.

When he ran out of the recording site, he was impulsive, but the ten minutes in the car were enough for him to think clearly.

No matter how bad that woman was, she was also his only mother, the one who hugged him to sleep and sang to him when he was a child.

The number may have been told by my aunt to my mother, or it may be that Xie Tianhao asked for it from my aunt. Either way, it is terrible.

He couldn't afford that much money, so he had to go.

Ning Lan opened Gu Chenkai's cabinet with trembling hands, he had seen the child take money from it.He found a wallet at the bottom of the cabinet, and he took out all the cash in it. There were about 1000 yuan, enough to buy a ticket.

Gu Chenkai spent the most money in the entire dormitory, all the snacks were imported, and the clothes were not repeated for a month, more than 1000 yuan, it should not affect life.

No one in the entire AOW is as down and out as he is. Maybe they will be happy and cheering when he leaves.One less person will destroy the formation, and the backup dancer can be temporarily on top. Today, Starlight Entertainment brought two cars of backup dancers, all of whom dance better than him.When the grand ceremony is over, the company's official blog should post a press release, saying "Member Ning Lan has withdrawn from the group's premiere without reason, and now he will be removed from AOW." With their efficiency, they may be able to arrange another member soon, Or simply change to a six-member combination is also very good.

As long as there is no such evil as him, everything is fine.

Maybe it was because of the rainy weather, Ning Lan felt a tightness in his chest and was a little out of breath.He tore a piece of paper from the back of his note-filled notebook. After searching for a long time, he couldn't find a pen. He went to find one on Sui Yi's desk. His hands were shaking so badly that he couldn't form a word after tracing it three times. When it was crooked, a hole was poked in the paper.

He moved the paper away, and on the table were the three letters "AOW" that Gu Chenkai couldn't sleep one night and spent half the night with the desk lamp on.

Those teenagers come from all corners of the country, with various goals, the only thing in common is that they regard this combination as a new beginning in their life, looking forward to getting rid of the past and moving towards an unknown and hopeful future.

The three words "I'm sorry" are so weak.What is he, he is hopeless, dragging innocent people into the water, and still trying to ask for forgiveness?

Ning Lan numbly threw away the pen, did not continue to write, and did not dare to look at it again. She casually took two pieces of clothes from the cabinet. Pick it up and put it in the bag with the clothes.

When he left, he didn't look back, because God never gave him a chance to repent.

When he opened the door, the voice-activated light above his head turned on, and there stood a person who was drenched in the rain just like him.

Sui Yi held the umbrella but didn't open it. His eyes slowly looked down from Ning Lan's pale face and saw the bag in his hand.

A drop of rain dripped from the hair on his forehead, and his voice was as cold as the rain: "Where are you going?"