Chasing Tides

The temperature in Sui Yi's eyes cooled down rapidly.

He sat up, got dressed and got out of bed in one go.

When she got up, Ning Lan took his hand: "Where are you going?"

Sui Yi felt that he was hypocritical, that all dependence and reluctance were all pretense.The two of them are in a relationship where each takes what they need. He should feel relieved to get this answer, but his heart is heavy and his breathing is not smooth.

He climbed back to the upper bunk, not wanting Ning Lan to find out that he was angry, so he said sullenly, "Sleeping."

Ning Lan gave a vague "um" and didn't make any more movement.

In early autumn, the first yellow leaves of the camphor on the roadside fell, and AOW's third single came as promised.

The title song "FOREVER" is a lyrical R&B song, changing from the previous energetic youthful style, singing a love song quietly.

Fans still bought it, and the electronic album sold far ahead in music stores as soon as it was released.All the websites are competing for sales, Gaohua CP ranked second, Sui Yi's largest personal website ranked first, and AOW group station only ranked seventh, debuting for more than a year, the huge disparity in popularity can be seen.

Lu Xiaochuan looked around and couldn't find his and Fang Yu's CP station. He was very dissatisfied and planned to build one himself.Fang Yu continued to swipe down with his mobile phone, turned to the end of the ranking of the number of albums purchased, and touched Ning Lan: "Hey, you are on the list."

Ning Lan raised his eyelids. A user named "Sui Bo Zhulan Chinese First Station" purchased 52 copies of the album, ranking 98th. His profile picture was a photo of him and Sui Yi embracing while dancing pas de deux on Showcase.Ning Lan smiled, feeling that it was not easy for this station to survive until now.

This time the single was not released physically, so there was no signing event. The company held several fan meetings for them in several major cities across the country.

Since the broadcast of "The First Challenge of Love", fans have clamored to see Sui Yi play the piano, so Sui Yi performed several times with the piano.Everyone in the company knew that the piano was very expensive, and bought insurance for the piano every time before boarding the plane, and it was the same when I went to S city today.

After getting off the plane, the seven people rushed to the venue by car.Ning Lan's left foot joint hurts a lot these days, and he thought it was okay, but Fang Yu made a fuss and reported to Zhang Fan that Ning Lan couldn't dance on stage.

Ning Lan only sang the lyrical song of standing without dancing, and was sent backstage.

He was the only one in the lounge, with Sui Yi's piano beside him.Ning Lan glanced at it several times, but finally couldn't hold back, she gently opened the piano case, and touched the body of the piano carefully.

This is Sui Yi's Qin, which looks as unattainable as himself, like a natural luminous body, which is not something he should covet at all.

The phone was vibrating in her pocket, and she took it out to have a look. Zhao Jinshan sent another text message to persuade him every day. It was nothing more than those "golden and stone good words" telling him to hold on to Sui Yi, even if he couldn't hold on to him for a lifetime. ", the final epilogue is always "Mom is for your own good".

Ning Lan turned her phone to silent and put it back in her pocket.He didn't know what to do to treat him well, he only knew that if he let his mother confirm his relationship with Sui Yi, according to her personality, she would definitely entangle Sui Yi and disturb his peace.

No matter what, he couldn't drag Sui Yi into the water.

The last stop of the fan meeting was still in the capital. The next day was Ning Lan's official birthday. When the event was about to end, a beautiful maple syrup cake was pushed onto the stage. The host asked, "Do you know what day it is?" Then Give the microphone to the audience.

Only a few people shouted "Lan Lan's birthday", which can be called the coldest and most embarrassing scene AOW has encountered since its debut.Ning Lan didn't know that there was such an arrangement before, so she squeezed the microphone tightly in her hand, bowed and said, "Thank you everyone."

On the way back, An Lin asked Ning Lan in the car why he didn't retweet the program announcement posted by the company's official Weibo yesterday. Ning Lan said, "I changed my phone, so I can't access Weibo."

An Lin looked at him suspiciously: "No wonder I haven't seen you blogging for a while. Remember to post a message when you go back today. Thank you fans for helping you celebrate your birthday."

Ning Lan nodded in response.In his hand is a box of strawberry chocolates, which was given by a fan girl at the clapping meeting, and she was also the one who gave the fingertips at the last signing.Just now the girl had red eyes and said to him: "Eat more, look at how thin you have become, don't really turn into bubbles and fly away."

Ning Lan thought, even for a few fans who are still supporting him, she should cheer up, at least keep smiling on stage, and not let them down.

When they arrived at the dormitory, Sui Yi talked to An Lin downstairs for a while. When she entered the room with a piano case, Ning Lan was editing Weibo with her new mobile phone.

He always had to add a picture when posting on Weibo. He didn't know what to take. He turned on the front camera, and he didn't even see the haggard and pale face on the screen. After much deliberation, he took a picture of a succulent plant growing on the windowsill.

Fang Yu brought this to him when he came to the dormitory last time, and seriously warned him to take care of it, and if he dies, he will pay for his life.

Ning Lan knew that Fang Yu was worried about his mental state. They all said that plants were spiritual and would bring vitality to people. He knew exactly what Fang Yu was thinking.

After posting Weibo, Ning Lan didn't read the comments or read the private message, just exited, then turned off the phone, put it back in the box and installed it.

Sui Yi walked around the room a few times, seeming to be tidying up her clothes, but her eyes wandered to Ning Lan from time to time. Seeing Ning Lan put the phone back into the box and put it in the drawer, she was really in a bad mood.

He will leave the capital tomorrow to participate in the recording of a travel program.The program is stuck during the period from the end of the year to the Spring Festival, in order to avoid the busy period of artists, so as to free up a long enough recording period.

The travel destinations are all arranged abroad, and the itinerary is very tight. In addition, the music training course that the teacher helped him contact will be at the beginning of next year, which will be seamlessly connected with the program recording. He has been away for more than two months, and he has no time to come back.

Downstairs just now, An Lin told him that Ning Lan had declined the invitation to participate in two episodes of the travel show as a guest.

This opportunity was won by Sui Yi for him, and the program team also intends to add another popular fresh meat. Sui Yi was afraid that he would be rejected if he told Ning Lan directly, so he adopted a roundabout policy, asking An Lin to ask, pretending that the company had hired him Son.Who knows that Ning Lan still refused.

Sui Yi's original intention was to let Ning Lan go out to relax, Fang Yu wasn't the only one who saw that he was not in a good state recently.

When eating together at noon, Sui Yi noticed the bony and protruding wrist bones on Ning Lan's outstretched arm, and felt that it would be better if he didn't agree, because going out to record the program would be even more tiring, so it's better to rest at home.

After dinner, Ning Lan started to help Sui Yi pack her luggage.

It took a lot of time this time. He stood up and looked through the cabinet for a while, and squatted down to fiddle with the things in the box. He checked a charger three times before remembering that it had been placed in the zipper interlayer.

Sui Yi watched from the sidelines, occasionally lending a hand.The afternoon sun shone through the glass, and Ning Lan's body was enveloped in it, turning into a small soft ball. The hazy halo around her body gradually gathered in the center, and her pale skin turned grayish blue, faintly translucent. .

Sui Yi was a little scared for no reason, as if in the blink of an eye, this person might evaporate out of thin air.

He even had the urge to take Ning Lan away in his pocket, and shook his head to erase this weird thought from his mind.

In the evening, after Ning Lan took a shower, she saw Sui Yi lying on her bed reading a book. After dawdling for a while, she turned off the light and climbed onto the bed, lying in his arms.

Every time at this time, Sui Yi felt that Ning Lan was like a cat, silent, yet people could not ignore his existence.

If only I could be so good all the time, if only for me.

Sui Yi sighed, put down the book, and hugged Ning Lan, Ning Lan also hugged him back, her breath intertwined, her temperature mingled, as if expressing her reluctance for the two of them.

Sui Yi finally couldn't bear to give Ning Lan a cold face before leaving, and pinched his chin to let him look at her: "When I'm not around, eat well."

After a while, Ning Lan nodded.

"If you come back and see that you've lost weight again, I'll..."

Sui Yi stopped speaking halfway.He remembered Fang Yu's "threat" in the same way last time, and Ning Lan agreed with a smile.

But he didn't know what to threaten Ning Lan with, and Ning Lan didn't like him. The reason why he fulfilled his order was because he regarded him as the benefactor and had to do it.

Sui Yi let go of Ning Lan's chin in frustration, wanting to go back to sleep on his own bed.Ning Lan moved closer to him one step ahead, kissed him on the lips, and agreed, "Okay."

At the dawn of the next day, Ning Lan heard Sui Yi wake up and turn over, then pulled his arm from under him, and tiptoedly got up and got out of bed.

After the door was closed, Ning Lan opened her eyes and saw a delicate box next to her pillow, with a note written "Happy Birthday" pressed under the box, and inside the box were a pair of circle-shaped earrings.

In the evening, Ning Lan received a message from Sui Yi from across the ocean: [I'm here, it's very cold here]

Ning Lan ran out of the practice room, lingered for a long time in front of the world map in the company corridor, found the country Sui Yi was in now, measured the distance with her palm, it was really far away.

International text messages are expensive, so he can't help but talk meaningless nonsense, he thought about it again and again, and replied: [Put more clothes]

Before going to bed, Ning Lan had just swallowed two pills when she received another text message from Sui Yi: [It's raining]

Ning Lan didn't quite understand the purpose of his report like this, nor did he know what kind of answer he wanted to see, but he replied after careful consideration: [It's not raining in the capital, have you brought an umbrella? 】

Sui Yi at the other end seemed to be waiting for such a question that could lead to other topics, and replied: 【You helped me pack it in the box, but I forgot to take it out】

Ning Lan: [Then remember to bring it tomorrow]

For the next month or so, Sui Yi continued to send him text messages, two or three messages every day, mostly talking about the weather, local customs, and some trivial things that happened around.

Ning Lan guessed that he was homesick. Working was no better than real travel. He was in a foreign country and had no one he knew well. He must be tired and lonely. He couldn't bear to tell his family, so he had to tell himself.

Ning Lan is actually willing to communicate with Sui Yi in this way, without face-to-face, without doing everything possible to hide, and without being afraid that his true thoughts will be invisible, which makes him feel relaxed and at ease from the bottom of his heart.

What's more, this is the most peaceful period of time since he and Sui Yi have known each other. He cherishes it very much, and even secretly hopes that God can give some more such tender time.

More than a week past New Year's Day, it was Sui Yi's 20th birthday.Ning Lan sent Sui Yi a birthday greeting message at zero o'clock, and within 3 minutes, her phone rang.

Ning Lan didn't know if there would be a charge for receiving international calls, so she answered in fear. Sui Yi's voice was very loud, as if she was outside, and she always shouted: "I'm recording a program, skiing!"

Ning Lan said again without thinking: "Happy birthday."

Sui Yi on the other end smiled: "Make a wish!"

"I make a wish on your birthday?"

"I'll give you one." Sui Yi said, "My wish is very good."

Ning Lan huddled under the cold blanket, rarely being infected by his joy, and blurted out, "I want to hear you play the piano."

for me alone.

Sui Yi's ears were filled with wind, but he couldn't hear clearly: "What? Speak louder."

However, this courage is fleeting, and it will only be enough for Ning Lan to be impulsive once.

He shook his head: "It's nothing, you have fun."

A few days later, Starlight Entertainment hosted a reality show for all members of AOW except Sui Yi. The filming took three days and two nights.

Everyone complained that this winter was extremely cold, and the capital had already experienced several heavy snowfalls. Shooting an outdoor program at this time would definitely freeze people to death.

Ning Lan has not received any announcements except for a few shootings since the promotional period of the third single.For him, it is good to have a job, and he is not qualified to pick and choose.

Before leaving, he went to the hospital with Fang Yu as his companion.

Chatting on the road, Fang Yu heard that he had blocked Lu Xiaozhou, and yelled, "Don't do this, he really likes you, so just save yourself a spare tire, it's better than hanging from a tree let's go?"

Ning Lan couldn't laugh or cry: "Spare tire? How can you be such a big sister-in-law?"

Fang Yu blushed at being called "Sister-in-law", and turned his head away to ignore Ning Lan.When it was time for Ning Lan to go in for medical treatment, he stood up awkwardly and went in with him.

Since the fall of last year, Ning Lan's leg pain has become more frequent and more severe. The doctor diagnosed it as traumatic arthritis, and suggested rest, more heat compresses, and less activity.

Ning Lan breathed a sigh of relief. Earlier, he thought it was because the bones hadn't grown well, and he was afraid that he would have to undergo an operation, so he delayed coming to the hospital to see him.Fang Yu was so worried that he said that this kind of chronic disease was the most fatal, and that if he didn't take good care of it when he got old, he would suffer, so he called Zhang Fan and asked Ning Lan for leave.

Ning Lan stopped him: "Please do me a favor, it's only three days of filming, if you don't let me go, I'm afraid I won't even have the money to see a doctor and buy medicine."

Although Ning Lan doesn't usually talk about it, Fang Yu can still tell from his thrifty living habits that he is financially stressed.I couldn't screw him, so I could only sarcastically said: "How capable are you, jumping up and down like a monkey, you don't want your life for money, how about breaking your leg again and cheating for insurance compensation?"

Unexpectedly, it became a truth.

The outdoor survival program was filmed in the mountains on the outskirts of Beijing. The snow has not completely melted all over the place, and it is very difficult to walk with one foot deep and one foot shallow, let alone complete various wonderful challenges in this environment.

However, the audience loved to watch it, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and shoot.

After three days of filming, we finally reached the last day, and everyone was exhausted.After a guest separately drew the hiding spot on the map, everyone gathered at the designated place. Gu Chenkai's follow-up photographer arrived last, and said in a panic that he lost the guest on the way up.

The mobile phone couldn't get through, and the call couldn't be heard, so everyone split up to find it.Ning Lan vaguely remembered that before leaving at noon, Gu Chenkai pointed to the map and said that he was going to the farthest treasure location, maybe the treasure there had the highest score.

So Ning Lan walked to the depths of the mountain alone, with a good sense of direction, and called Gu Chenkai's name while looking for it.

Sure enough, when the sun was about to set, he heard a faint cry for help, and he followed the sound. Gu Chenkai was afraid that he would be under a steep slope with a height of three to five meters, pressing his legs and crying loudly.

Ning Lan slid down the steep slope without thinking.Gu Chenkai wiped away his tears, seeing that there was no one behind him, he panicked all of a sudden: "Why are you alone!"

Ning Lan ignored him, touched his leg, Gu Chenkai screamed, it seemed that he twisted his foot.

The young master was in great health and was in so much pain that he couldn't stand up. Ning Lan tried to support him, but he could barely walk a few steps, but he refused to cooperate, crying so much that he couldn't leave, and waited for someone to rescue him.

Ning Lan looked up to the west, and saw a bright yellow sun hanging in the sky, mostly blocked by clouds.In winter, it gets dark early, and after a while there will be no sunlight, and the mountain road will be more difficult to walk. Sleeping on the mountain overnight in such weather will have disastrous consequences.

He bent his knees and squatted involuntarily: "Come on, I'll carry you on my back."

Gu Chenkai was unwilling: "I don't, if you want to go, go by yourself, I don't want you to care."

Ning Lan turned around and said sharply, "Hurry up, do you want to stay here until dark and be eaten by wild wolves?"

Gu Chenkai shivered for a moment: "Here... Are there wolves here?"

How can there be wolves on this kind of hill, Ning Lan frightened the child with nonsense: "Yes, wolves especially like to eat young masters like you with thin skin and tender meat."

Gu Chenkai was so frightened that he jumped up on one foot and lay on Ning Lan's back, and said anxiously: "Then let's go quickly."

The way she came here could no longer be turned back, so Ning Lan followed the impression of the map and went on a detour from below.

Just halfway through, it was dark.

Gu Chenkai had never encountered such a bad thing when he was so old. He was so frightened to breathe when he heard a gust of wind, he hugged Ning Lan's neck tightly, treating him as the last straw.

"You...don't hold back, I'm almost out of breath." Ning Lan said with difficulty.

Gu Chenkai burst into tears again, choked up and said, "But...but I'm afraid."

Ning Lan carried a young man about his height on his back, and his footprints in the snow were several points deep.The snow water seeped into the shoe, miraculously making his injured foot unconscious, and it didn't hurt much.

"Such a short hill can only be regarded as a slope in our place. I'm afraid of nothing." Ning Lan weighed him up, panting, "Back then, my brother and I were in the mountains, the real mountains, You, you, were still lying in the cradle when you were crawling and rolling."

Gu Chenkai wiped away tears: "Are you really 24?"

Ning Lan snorted twice: "This year, I'm 25."

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5... Then you are 6 years older than me." Gu Chenkai suddenly felt relieved.

In the second half of the road, Gu Chenkai was mostly talking, and Ning Lan occasionally gave an "um" to show that she was listening.

Having been teammates for nearly two years, no one thought that the first peaceful conversation between the two would be in such a situation, one was terribly scared, the other was exhausted, and neither of them mentioned the unhappy things in the past .

After an unknown amount of time, a human voice came from a distance, and a flashlight came over. Ning Lan breathed a sigh of relief, let go of her hands, threw Gu Chenkai on the ground, and lay down on the snow with no strength.

Gu Chenkai said in a low voice: "Thank you." Then in a lower voice, he murmured, "Well... you and my brother, I have no objection, if you need help in the future, just call me."

Ning Lan couldn't laugh or cry, she felt that children's love and hatred really come and go like wind, and they can't be counted.

He was lying on the ground, the cold sweat on his body had already soaked his underwear, and the breath he exhaled almost lost its temperature.

He opened his eyes wide, staring at the dark sky above his head, and suddenly remembered that time in the mountains, he didn't want to be rescued by Ji Zhinan, and even mocked him as the Virgin.

I didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly.

Ning Lan thought, I'm the real Holy Mother.