Chasing Tides

The last song of the concert was AOW's first single "Leaving the Planet". After the singing, the members lined up and held hands to call the curtain. Four of the seven teenagers cried. Emotions are very contagious. Lu Xiaochuan saw Fang Yu was out of breath from crying, recalling the sweat shed during training and the scenes after his debut, his nose was also acidic.

Backstage, An Lin and Zhang Fan hurriedly handed out tissue paper and mineral water to appease the emotionally excited children at the first concert.Sui Yi looked around but didn't see Ning Lan, so he went out and walked around, and finally found him in the dressing room at noon.

Ning Lan sat on the ground with her arms resting on her bent knees, her head was buried very low, her whole body was lifeless, without any vitality.

Sui Yi walked up to him and stopped. Ning Lan raised her head and stared blankly for a while before confirming who the person in front of her was. She raised the corners of her mouth stiffly and said, "I'll take a rest, I'll be fine soon."

Sui Yi breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't cry.

Ning Lan's silent tears at the awards ceremony at the end of last year still scares him in retrospect.

After tidying up and preparing to go out, Fang Yu exclaimed, "Lan Lan, what's wrong with your feet?"

Sui Yi looked down and saw that Ning Lan's left ankle was swollen like a steamed bun, and the color was abnormally red.

Ning Lan also looked down, and said lightly: "It's okay, just go back and tie a bandage."

A large group of fans surrounded the exit, and Sui Yi helped Ning Lan to come out last. The fans put down the light boards in their hands, and suddenly fell into a dilemma. They didn't know whether to cheer or stay silent.A daring fan yelled loudly: "Isn't it okay on stage? Did it on purpose?"

Ning Lan hung her head and didn't respond, Sui Yi glanced coldly in the direction of the voice, the girls were so frightened that they all fell silent.

Fang Yu followed Ning Lan, Lu Xiaochuan followed Fang Yu to the dormitory, and the captain who was filming outside also came back. The house where there were only three or four people on weekdays suddenly became very crowded.

Fang Yu went to Ning Lan's room and rolled up his sleeves to help him apply the medicine. Sui Yi watched silently from the side; Fang Yu ordered takeaway to eat with Ning Lan, and Sui Yi stayed by the side. Let's go; Fang Yu took Ning Lan to play in their room, Sui Yi finally stood up and said, "It's not convenient for him to walk around now, let him rest."

Fang Yu angrily followed Lu Xiaochuan back to the next room.

Ning Lan packed the trash from the lunch box into a plastic bag and was about to throw it out. Sui Yi held him down and took what was in his hand: "I'll throw it away, you rest."

When taking a bath at night, Sui Yi also went in with Ning Lan. Ning Lan glanced at the other people sitting on the sofa, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "It's okay, I can do it myself."

When he came out of the wash, his feet were already bandaged, and he jumped onto the bed and lifted the blanket to prepare for sleep.The ointment that Sui Yi went out to buy didn't come in handy, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

"Have you gotten very close to Fang Yu recently?" Sui Yi asked abruptly.

Ning Lan was so startled that she sat up on the bed, stared wide-eyed and said, "You know he already knows?"

This was said like a tongue twister, and he was stunned after he finished speaking.

No, Sui Yi already knew about it, right?When did he know?

His memory fell into chaos again, he stared blankly at Sui Yi, Sui Yi's heart was weakened by his hazy gaze, and he stepped forward to wrap his arms around his shoulders: "Don't trust others too easily, sometimes the more people around you, Often the more dangerous it is."

He had long thought that Ning Lan's scandal was revealed by insiders. Although Ning Lan admitted it, it was obviously a premeditated revelation. Most of the photos were from last year or even earlier, so there is every reason to speculate that someone She deliberately collected black information about Ning Lan in order to harm him.Sui Yi has already started to investigate this matter behind the scenes, but there is no clue yet, and it is still at the stage where everyone around him is suspicious.

Ning Lan shook her head and said, "No, Xiaoyu won't."

Seeing that he believed in Fang Yu so firmly, Sui Yi felt even more uncomfortable. Since there was indeed no evidence at hand, she thought that it would not be too late to tell Ning Lan after finding any clues.

He told Ning Lan to be careful of the people around him. Ning Lan nodded half-understood, her eyes flickering with panic. When Sui Yi let him go, he subconsciously grabbed the hem of his clothes, like a frightened little animal.

Sui Yi checked his injured foot, then leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, comforting him: "It's all right, go to sleep."

Ning Lan had the only good sleep in the past two months, and when she woke up, the people around her had already left.

Gu Chenkai knocked on the door outside, and when he came in, he directed Gao Ming and Wang Bingyang to help him carry the electric piano away. He didn't even look at Ning Lan from the beginning to the end, treating him as air.

The sun was shining brightly outside the window. Ning Lan stood at the window and looked at the Starlight Entertainment Building in the distance. She counted again and again with her fingers. In one year and five months, even Gu Chenkai had matured. Why is there still no progress?

Sui Yi returned to the crew of "Night Play", and spent half a month to finish filming. Just after wrapping up, she rushed to the filming scene of the final episode of the second season of "The First Challenge of Love".

Throughout the summer, Sui Yi dominated the screen almost every day. Although the idol drama is not a big production, it is an adaptation of a well-known IP. The plot is fresh and unpretentious, and there are no weird plots such as tearing up or miscarriage. Sui Yi's young and fresh face also makes the audience With a bright spot, coupled with the blessing of "The First Challenge of Love", it was recently reported that he would join director Zhang's new movie, Sui Yi's number of fans broke through the tens of millions overnight, and he became the most talked about small drama. One of the fresh meat.

Sui Yi was busy chasing announcements everywhere, and had no time to care about the changing situation outside.When he came out after recording the show, he saw a crowd of fans holding banners and lights with their names on them. The building had to dispatch three times more security guards than originally planned. It took him more than an hour to get on the car with difficulty. Only then did he have some intuitive feelings about his rising popularity.

Sitting in the car, some fans chased after him and patted the car window, showing him the light sign saying "Yinan is the sweetest in the universe". The man appeared as the sponsor who provided the program recording venue, and interacted sweetly with Ji Zhinan like no one else was there. Ji Zhinan obviously didn't know that he would come, and his face turned red.

Thinking of this, Sui Yi didn't feel any soreness in his heart. He just wanted to go back quickly and give Ning Lan the things he kept in his bag all night. Maybe Ning Lan would blush and look at him with flattered black eyes. .

Sui Yi rushed back in a hurry, but unfortunately, she was in vain.

Ning Lan didn't make an announcement, didn't stay in the dormitory, and there was no one in the company's practice room. When she asked Gu Chenkai how many of them were there, she said she didn't know, and she hadn't seen him since noon.

Sui Yi dialed Ning Lan's phone, but the other end rang several times before answering. I don't know if it's the signal problem of the mobile phone or the surrounding environment is too noisy. Ning Lan's voice could not be heard intermittently. After talking for less than half a minute, she hung up inexplicably .

Sui Yi was a little worried and asked him to post the location on WeChat. After waiting for a few minutes without receiving a reply, he remembered that Ning Lan had changed to a broken phone that couldn't install WeChat at all.He personally experienced Fang Yu's panic that day, so he clicked on the message interface and sent Ning Lan a text message: [Where are you? 】

Ning Lan replied nonsense: [Outside]

Sui Yi had no choice but to ask: [Address]

After a long time, Ning Lan sent three words: [Emerald Garden]

Sui Yi frowned, his foot injury is still not healed, why go to that crowded tourist attraction?

Getting off the bus at the place, passing through many tourists with difficulty, I found Ning Lan in the long queue in front of the ticket office. Seeing his half face flushed red under the sun, Sui Yi suddenly lost his temper and threw He took off the hat on his head and put it on his head, and asked, "What are you doing here if you don't stay in the dormitory on a hot day?"

Ning Lan was on the verge of falling from the heat, and with the brim of her hat covering her face, she opened her eyes a little bit. Seeing Sui Yi as if she was surprised, she pulled off her mask and asked nonchalantly, "Why are you here?" Then she looked around, " No jumping in line is allowed here."

Sui Yi didn't bother to explain to him, so she dragged him out of the team.

Ning Lan was not as strong as him, so he dragged her to stand still under the shade of a sparsely populated tree, gasping for breath before speaking: "My mother and sister are here, I will take them for a stroll."

Sui Yi didn't expect such a reason, he was stunned for a while, and asked: "Then what about them?"

Ning Lan pointed to the small pavilion in the distance: "Wait there for me to buy a ticket."

Sui Yi bought tickets online with her mobile phone, and the four of them directly swiped their ID cards to enter the park.

Ning Lan's mother walked in front holding her son's arm. Ning Lan's foot was not fully healed and he was limping. Sui Yi tried to help him several times, but failed to find a suitable opportunity. After all, his family was there.

Ning Lan's younger sister trailed behind and walked side by side with Sui Yi. Not long after entering the garden, Sui Yi had already learned her name, age, height, and even weight from her endless chatter.

Ning Xuan brushed her hair back shyly and asked him, "Are you my brother's teammate?"

Sui Yi was absent-minded: "Yes."

Ning Xuan bit her lip: "Let me guess...are you Sui Yi, the captain of AOW."

"Ah."

Ning Xuan's eyes lit up: "I, can I add you on WeChat?"

After half a circle of shopping, there was an intermission. Ning Lan was carried by Ning Xuan to buy a drink. Sui Yi sat on the bench and looked through the Moments of friends who had refurbished. The one next to Lanta is a photo of a reunion dinner posted during the Spring Festival, and half of Ning Lan's body in an old padded jacket accidentally appeared in the photo.

Sui Yi withdrew and put the phone back into his pocket, when Ning Lan's mother suddenly came over and said mysteriously, "Young man, can I ask you something?"

Zhao Jinshan is less than fifty and looks very young. 80.00% of Ning Lan's facial features are inherited from her, which shows that she must have been a beauty when she was young.Facing such a face, Sui Yi couldn't say no to it, and said politely, "Auntie, tell me."

Zhao Jinshan looked around, and then asked with a smile: "Our family, Lan Lan, do you have a... er, good friend, does he have a good friend named Zhou Zhou?"

Sui Yi thought for a moment. The only Zhouzhou he knew was Lu Xiaochuan's younger brother Lu Xiaozhou. Thinking of that kid, his expression suddenly became tense, and he said cautiously, "I don't know which boat you are talking about?"

Zhao Jinshan stretched out her hand and wrote on the palm of her finger: "Here, it's this boat, a flat boat."

Sui Yi looked uncertain, and Zhao Jinshan hurriedly asked, "Is he the one from Lanlan in our family? That's the one, you live together every day, you should know? He called Lanlan in our family every day. I made several phone calls, and I saw it all."

that?

The corners of Sui Yi's mouth behind the mask rose slightly, and he smiled coldly.

Sending Zhao Jinshan and Ning Xuan back to the hotel, on the way back, Ning Lan sat in the passenger seat and clicked on the old antique, still muttering something, as if calculating something.

Back in the dormitory, Sui Yi took out a rectangular box from her bag and threw it to him. Ning Lan took it and looked at it for a long time before realizing that it was a mobile phone. She hurriedly returned it to Sui Yi and said, "I have a mobile phone, so I don't need this."

"Your thing can also be regarded as a mobile phone? You can't even answer the phone call."

Ning Lan wanted to refute, but couldn't find a suitable argument for a while, so she gave up for now.

Sui Yi felt unhappy, and said again: "Still, Lu Xiaozhou's calls can be answered, but mine can't?"

Ning Lan looked at him with her mouth wide open, then lowered her head, put the new phone case on the table, rubbed her fingers along the edge of the package, and asked Sui Yi with determination: "How much is this?"

When Sui Yi heard the word "qian" from his mouth, his head grew dizzy.He felt that he was an idiot who bought a mobile phone with joy a few hours ago and wanted to please him with a smile.

"Why, do you want to pay me back?" Sui Yi asked Ning Lan in turn, "Did you settle accounts just now? Calculate today's expenses?"

Ning Lan didn't know where to annoy Sui Yi again. He just felt very tired. He sat down with a chair, turned on the calculator of the black and white phone, and tried to be as clear as possible: "A ticket is 150, four people are 600, and souvenirs are 528." RMB 1128 in total, I will call you tomorrow."

Sui Yi said coldly: "Why haven't I seen you so preoccupied before?"

"It's not fussy, it's different..." Ning Lan's mind was in a mess. Poor sleep had seriously affected his mental state, and his memory was getting worse day by day. Sui Yi unexpectedly joined in today and paid four people. He felt that this should be settled on the spot, and he was afraid that he would not remember it after he came back to sleep.

"What's the difference?" Sui Yi smiled angrily, took two steps forward, supported the back of the chair with her hands, and bent down to look at Ning Lan, "It's the same with you and Lu Xiaozhou? You settle the bill once you sleep?"

Ning Lan held her breath in her throat, raised her head and stared at him with wide eyes.

"Did I say something wrong? Didn't you get adopted before you debuted? Are you familiar with this kind of thing?"

Ning Lan has not refuted the topic about Lu Xiaozhou from just now to now, which means that he has a guilty conscience and that something is true.

As long as Sui Yi thought of Ning Lan moaning and turning under others, he would be furious.In the days when he couldn't see Ning Lan, he tried hard to convince himself not to worry about the past, but the appearance of Lu Xiaozhou, like a spark the size of a fingernail, easily ignited the anger suppressed in his heart.

"I don't...no."

Ning Lan's face was pale, and her lips trembled violently.

He raised his arm to touch Sui Yi, Sui Yi waved his hand away, stood up straight and turned around to leave, Ning Lan chased after him and grabbed his hand: "I didn't, really not."

His ears were buzzing, and he couldn't hear his own voice clearly.

In the past, he was not afraid of anything, not afraid of being hurt, not afraid of being misunderstood. Stubbornness and self-esteem were the last fig leaf on him, allowing him to hide his fragility and face all wind and rain with his head held high.

But now he has become timid. He is afraid that if he does not explain, he will never have another chance.He can throw away that fig leaf and step on it under his feet, as long as he can keep the person in front of him, even if he stays for a while, a few minutes, a few seconds is fine.

He was too afraid to face the darkness alone.

Sui Yi turned his back to him, and there was no trace of warmth in his voice: "You didn't? Then those black materials were fabricated out of thin air? I brought my mother here to act for me, right?"

Ning Lan's mind was in a mess, and he didn't know where to start to explain. His throat was dry and his pronunciation was difficult, so he grabbed Sui Yi's hand tightly: "Don't go, don't go..."

Sui Yi couldn't wait for an answer, so she turned around and slammed Ning Lan away. Ning Lan staggered two steps back, and then, a series of crackling and piercing sounds pierced into her ears.

The red agate bracelet he was wearing on his left wrist broke, eighteen beads scattered, bouncing and falling on the floor, until they could no longer bounce, rolled down and lay down in an unknown corner of the room, gradually disappeared There was movement.

Sui Yi left anyway.

Ning Lan lay on the ground, picked up the red beads one by one, and counted them over and over again in the palm of her hand. There were only seventeen, and the number 18 fell somewhere.

He wiped the beads one by one and put them in the box.When he closed the drawer, he saw the new mobile phone on the table. He opened the package, picked it up, touched the cold screen, put it back, opened the drawer again, and put it together with the jewelry box.