Chasing Tides

A week later, when Ning Lan accompanied Sui Yi to the audition, her legs were still trembling a little.

I did it too hard that night, and when I woke up the next morning, I saw the sex/daily products that Sui Yixin had bought. In the spirit of researching to know "has this brand of lubricant improved in the past few years", the two fell out again. Once, at night, I wondered if the condom I bought together was really strawberry flavored, so I rolled for the third time.

Therefore, for the next week, Ning Lan was bedridden, which was more serious than the sequelae of being stretched by a dance teacher for the first time.

Sui Yi was more than happy to serve him. He delivered three meals a day to the bed, and followed him in the bath, rubbing his back, applying body wash, drying his hair, and dressing and undressing.

Originally, Ning Lan had no objection. The number of times they faced each other naked could not be broken with a few hands, and it was meaningless to be coy.However, I later thought that every time the two of them had sex/love, they would take off all their clothes. On the other hand, Sui Yi was either wearing a jacket or half-faded pants, just took out that object.

Ning Lan frowned, feeling uneasy in her heart.

Last night, when Sui Yi was blowing his hair for him, Ning Lan suddenly turned around and quickly pulled down his pajamas. He has hooked it on his index finger.

"What is this?" Ning Lan pulled the rope out, and was stunned when she saw the processed red bead.

There have been so many skin-to-skin kisses in the past two days, but I didn't even notice that he was wearing such a thing.

This morning Sui Yi was about to go out, Ning Lan struggled to get up from the bed and said, "The hair is growing in the room, I want to go out for a walk."

So Ning Lan was brought to the audition site by Sui Yi.

There was a traffic jam on Mi Jie's road, and she was still surprised when she received Sui Yi's order to "buy a cup of hot milk tea". She hurried into the dressing room with coffee and milk tea, and was surprised and happy when she saw Ning Lan who was sitting beside her wrapped into a ball , covered his mouth as if about to cry, turned around twice in place, and jumped a few times.

Ning Lan didn't have a deep friendship with Mi Jie, so she didn't know where Mi Jie was excited, so she greeted her, thanked her for the milk tea she brought, and took a small sip of it in her hand.

Half an hour later, Sui Yi went in for an audition. Mi Jie moved to Ning Lan's side and carefully asked him how he was doing these years. Ning Lan said it was good. Thank you Bodhisattvas from all walks of life for their blessings."

Ning Lan didn't have much desire to communicate with others. He came here with Sui Yi today on a whim, but he regretted it when he left the house. Afraid of meeting someone he knew here, he thought about jumping out of the car and running away along the way.

However, he obviously worried too much. The entertainment industry is changing very fast. He has been away for four full years. How can it be so easy to meet the so-called "old people".

Ning Lan had heard about the director of the movie that Sui Yi auditioned for today, but with his status at the time, let alone the audition, he didn't even have the chance to shake hands with this director who is known for his unselfishness.

Mi Jie was obviously also worried that the director would be difficult to deal with, and looked around with his head poking around: "Why don't you come out? You don't really want to try that shirtless scene, do you? I heard that Director Wu is the most taboo to use a double. He wants to see the captain's body. Scar, maybe..."

Ning Lan grasped the key point sensitively: "Scar? What scar?"

Mi Jie said without hesitation: "It's the wound caused by her bravery in H City two years ago."

Ning Lan shut himself off for four full years, and he didn't know anything about the big and small things in the circle. Mi Jie saw his bewildered face, so she explained it to him in detail.

It turned out that after he left, Sui Yi frantically looked for him all over the world.Two years ago, I don’t know where I heard that he was in H City in the south. He ran there and stayed there for half a month, but he didn’t make it. One day, he saw a knife-wielding gangster snatching the bags of passers-by in the street. He dodged when he offered to help. Not enough time, the vicious criminals cut from the shoulder to the back with a sharp knife, the wound was deep and bled a lot, and more than a dozen stitches were needed.

"At that time, a passer-by took a picture of the process and posted it on the Internet, so the captain's national favorability is so high." Mi Jie sighed, "It's a pity that I have scars on my body. I don't know if this character can still be used. Take it down."

Ning Lan had read Sui Yi's script when she was free these two days. The character he was going to audition for was a gangster killer with strong skills and mysterious.

Sui Yi just came out of the audition and was changing clothes in the dressing room. Ning Lan went in without knocking on the door. While Sui Yi hadn't buttoned up, he pulled his collar down. The wound on his back was exposed like this.

Sui Yi was stunned for a moment before realizing what was happening, and put the clothes on in a panic.However, Ning Lan had already seen it, the distorted and hideous wound, and the pattern cleverly tattooed on it by using the uneven edge of the wound.

Ning Lan spoke first: "What is that?"

Sui Yi knew that he couldn't hide it, so sooner or later he had to confess, and said in a low voice, "Tattoos."

"I asked what pattern it was." Ning Lan tentatively guessed, "Spray?"

"No." Sui Yi firmly denied, "Wave."

Ning Lan didn't realize the difference between "spray" and "wave" at the moment, but felt that the current Sui Yi was not at all like the captain he remembered who could handle everything with ease.

"Are you stupid?" Ning Lan asked him.

Sui Yi thought he would get a few words of care, but he didn't expect to be scolded, so he responded awkwardly: "The situation was urgent at the time, so I didn't have time to think about it..."

Ning Lan interrupted him: "Are you looking for me, or are you going to make headlines in the news?"

Sui Yi became a little anxious, and explained: "Of course I came to find you, and helping others is just in passing... No, this matter has nothing to do with you, it's not because of you, you don't need to be burdened..."

The voice became smaller and smaller, because Ning Lan tore off his clothes again, moved her mouth closer, and blew gently on his shoulder.

After blowing, I asked him, "Does it still hurt?"

Sui Yi's heart was filled with turbulent waves, and she almost couldn't hold back her expression.He wanted to shake his head and nod at the same time, and he stuck his neck for a long time without making a sound, trying to retain a moment of tenderness.

Ning Lan pretended that he was not in pain anymore, put on his clothes, went to the front to help him put on the pendant, and then helped him button up, saying while buttoning: "The director thinks you have scars, but I also think this role It's too revealing. Let's not shoot, I don't want to show you to others."

This year's first snow fell on the earth the day before Christmas, and it was also on this day that Sui Yi received the signing notice from the crew.

Ning Lan was washing rice and cooking in the kitchen. Sui Yi stood behind him and called out "baby" a few times, but he didn't respond. The rough hair poked his cheek, and he said sullenly: "If you don't want me to take pictures, I won't sign. Don't be angry."

Ning Lan poured the rice into the pot without raising her eyelids: "Why am I angry when you filmed your movie?"

"Aren't you afraid of me..." Sui Yi changed the subject in the middle of speaking, "The director said to wear a vest, not the upper body."

Ning Lan put down the rice basket, opened the arms around her waist, and turned to face him: "In your eyes, am I such a stingy person?"

I haven't seen each other for three years, Ning Lan has a tougher temper than before, and all the stubbornness and stubbornness in his bones come out to make trouble, which often makes Sui Yi, who is extremely inexperienced in love, flustered and doesn't know how to deal with it.

"No, of course not...Didn't you say..." Sui Yi hesitated to speak.

Seeing that he was too embarrassed to speak, Ning Lan raised her eyebrows and smiled: "It's your freedom to take on any drama you want, I'm not your manager, and I don't understand the current mainstream aesthetics, you can make up your own mind about this kind of thing , don’t care about my opinion.” As he spoke, he couldn’t help but lower his voice, and his eyes drifted away, “I said last time that I didn’t want to show it to others, because I was afraid that you would be sad about losing the election, and you still couldn’t bear it..."

The voice stopped abruptly, Ning Lan coughed lightly, then turned back to continue her work: "Go and sign the contract."

"Reluctance for what?" Sui Yi asked.

"It's nothing."

"Say it."

Ning Lan couldn't stand Sui Yi's coquettish tone the most, she pushed Sui Yi out with her wet hands, and slammed the door with a "bang".

Sui Yi wasn't sure if Ning Lan was shy, he didn't dare to guess wildly, but couldn't help but think about it.

As soon as the phone rang on the road, Ning Lan sent a text message: [I'm afraid you'll get hurt while filming]

There is nothing more gratifying than a guess that comes true. Although "reluctance" was changed to "afraid", Sui Yi was still happy.

Immediately afterwards, Ning Lan sent another text message: [What birthday gift do you want? 】

Sui Yi didn't want Ning Lan to pay anything for him, but he wanted a lot, and everything was related to Ning Lan.

So he picked the one he wanted the most, and said to Ning Lan, "I want you to attend my concert."

This year is Sui Yi's zodiac year. Due to the tight schedule, there is no birthday party, and it is announced that the surprise will be held at the concert in February.

Tickets for the concert were sold out within half a minute.At the end of January, Starlight Entertainment officially revealed that AOW will reunite at Sui Yi's concert next month.

It is said that it is a reunion, and the fans agreed after private discussion-up to three people.

Wang Bingyang and Gao Ming have withdrawn from the circle for a long time, and the reason for the snow that was picked out before is also very embarrassing. No company can forgive the dirty behavior of cheating their own team members.As a cousin, Gu Chenkai will definitely come. Lu Xiaochuan and Sui Yi have a good relationship, so they should also attend. Fang Yu and Sui Yi have been in a state of "old and dead" since they flew solo. He didn't even say hello, and now even the CP fans who were holding Laotang to death were all scattered, so the possibility of coming is half and half.

As for Ning Lan...it's a complete mystery.There are rumors that he quit the circle because of the double blow of his physical and mental conditions. The whole Internet blackmail had a great impact on him back then, and now he is too well protected by Sui Yi, so no one knows what his condition is.

On the contrary, the food blogger called "Can't Fried Chicken Wings", in the "Homemade French Fries" video posted on January 1, was reluctant to part with the oil left over from French fries, and fried some chicken wings, chicken legs and chicken nuggets by the way.

Careful netizens noticed that another hand with sharp bones appeared in the middle of the video, and it was suspected that a wild man who had sent flowers to the blogger before was officially in charge.

On February 2th, backstage at Sui Yi's solo concert, Ning Lan and Fang Yu leaned head to head to play a battle game.

Fang Yu lost three games in a row, and seriously suspected that Ning Lan had been playing secretly at home for at least three months, and his skills were so proficient that he didn't look like he was just getting started.

"Really only played for three days." Ning Lan said with a smile, "I heard that Sui Yi is going to accept this endorsement, so I downloaded it to play."

In fact, today is also the third day since he picked up his smartphone again. He originally thought it would be difficult, but Sui Yi casually asked him if he wanted to try the game he endorsed. There is not much resistance.

Fang Yu felt that he was shown affection. He glanced in the direction of the locker room where Lu Xiaochuan was, and handed the phone to his assistant, An Lin: "Come on, let's play. There is still an hour to start. Let's go and change clothes."

Until 5 minutes before the opening, Ning Lan hadn't decided whether to go on stage or not.

Because of the Black Sea back then, he had complicated feelings about the stage, and this time it was Sui Yi's home stadium, so he didn't want to screw up the whole concert because of himself.

In the final analysis, I still have no confidence, I am still terribly afraid, and I still want to continue to be a turtle and muddle along.

Two-thirds of the concert was going on, and Ning Lan was still watching Sui Yi from the backstage monitor.Compared with four years ago, Sui Yi's singing skills and stage performance have made great progress.Ning Lan's doubts about "the lack of professional ability leading to anger" was also completely dispelled, and immediately felt like an old mother, worrying about her own children.

Sui Yi on the stage sang a song and came off the stage to change clothes. Ning Lan stood up and stretched his muscles and bones. Suddenly, a hand covered his eyes from behind.

With the familiar temperature and familiar smell, Ning Lan's heart skipped a beat before he relaxed, and asked the people behind him, "What are you doing?"

Sui Yi pressed his shoulder with the other hand and pushed him outside: "I'll take you to see something good."

Sui Yi's hands were very big, and Ning Lan's vision was completely blocked, so she couldn't see anything.But he was not afraid, wherever Sui Yi led him, he would follow his pace, step by step.

When Sui Yi said "be careful there are steps ahead", Ning Lan guessed what would happen next.His throat was dry, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, feeling a light hitting the top of his head, and screams came and went from all around.

"Are you ready?" Sui Yi asked close to his ear.

Ning Lan wanted to say "no", and wanted to turn around and leave, but the soles of her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, and all the muscles in her body were stiff and tense, and she couldn't even make a simple movement like shaking her head.

Then, the hand covering the eyelid slowly moved away.

The sudden bright light was a bit dazzling, Ning Lan squinted her eyes for a few seconds to get used to it, and the blurred light and shadow that formed a piece turned into concrete lines in front of her eyes, and the first thing that caught her eyes was a bright sea of ​​stars.

There were [-] spectators in the audience, and there were [-] fluorescent sticks, none of which were extinguished, and they were all dancing and cheering.

Apart from him and Sui Yi, there were three other people on the stage.Ning Lan was still in a daze, and the microphone was stuffed in his hand. Soon the music started, and he was sandwiched between Sui Yi and Fang Yu, and he began to listen to them singing AOW's debut song in a daze.

In the middle of singing, Sui Yi took his hand and led him to the front of the runway, and pointed to the huge banner hanging on the second floor of the auditorium, which read: Pao Pao Lan, welcome back!

From the time she opened her eyes just now, Ning Lan seemed to have lost her ability to think, her hands and feet no longer belonged to her, and she was led away by Sui Yi like a marionette.The screams of the fans in the audience turned into inexplicable sounds in his ears. He held the microphone and remained silent. When the music was about to end, he sang a sentence involuntarily following the rhythm.

Seeing that he was not in good condition, Sui Yi didn't force him anymore, and sent him back to the audience after the song, and asked An Lin and Mi Jie to take care of him.

Half an hour later, when the concert was over, Sui Yi rushed to find Ning Lan before she took off her make-up. Seeing him still sitting in a daze, squatting in front of him, holding his cold hand, she began to regret her self-assertion just now.

He originally wanted to fill the nightmare in Ning Lan's mind with good memories. This move was very dangerous, but he couldn't wait for Ning Lan to come out, so that there would be no darkness in Ning Lan's life from now on.

Sui Yi didn't speak for a while, but it was Ning Lan who spoke first. He pulled the corner of his mouth and showed a bleak smile: "Don't look at me like that, I'm fine, it's just... just my legs are a little weak, and I can't stand up."

After sending away the three friendly guests, the staff almost evacuated, and the two left through the backstage door.

There was still a distance from the parking lot, Sui Yi let go of Ning Lan's hand, and squatted in front of him: "Come up, I'll carry you on my back."

Ning Lan refused at first, but her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand up. It would be a waste of time if she had to walk by herself. Seeing that there was no one around, she lay on his back slowly.

When Sui Yi stood up abruptly, Ning Lan was startled, and quickly put her arms around his neck.Sui Yi achieved his goal, pinched Ning Lan's thigh to lift him up, and walked forward at a leisurely pace.

There are no street lights in this area, and the light depends entirely on a lighthouse in the distance and the moon that appears and disappears in the sky.In this quiet cold night, the biting wind also restrained its momentum and blew slowly in the ear.

After walking for a while, Ning Lan broke the calm first: "Are you cold?"

Sui Yi tilted his head and exhaled hot air, "It's not cold, but it's warm when you walk."

"Then let me down."

"No."

Ning Lan raised her hand and punched him gently.

After a while, Ning Lan asked hesitantly, "On stage just now, do you have anything else to say to me?"

"Yes." Sui Yi immediately admitted, "Happy Valentine's Day."

For some reason, Ning Lan always felt that what he was going to say was not this, but she couldn't guess other possibilities for a while.

Seeing that Ning Lan didn't ask any more questions, Sui Yi secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and felt annoyed at his retreat on stage.At that time, his hands were all in his pockets, and inside was a small box that had been warmed for a long time.

At this moment, Ning Lan didn't know what the person behind his back was struggling with.

He was drawn to the street lights ahead.

The light cast by the street lamp at the corner draws a straight line on the ground, as if dividing the world into two distinctly cold and warm spaces.

Ning Lan lowered her head, looked down, her body swayed slightly following Sui Yi's steady steps.When he saw a foot stepping into another space, he opened his mouth and exhaled lightly a mouthful of white hot air, blurring the boundaries in front of him.

The person who was carrying him was once his entire light, and he had pushed him into the darkness by mistake at a young age, and finally, now that time has passed, he used a solid and reliable body to carry him step by step to the place full of light. place.