starlight aria

"I'm going to be my brother's bride when I grow up."

The little girl threw herself on the boy, hugged his thigh, and smiled brightly at him.

The young man looked at her, suddenly laughed, and patted her head, "It's absolutely impossible."

"why?"

"Because... because they said, you are my sister, since you are my sister, you can't be my bride, understand?"

"I don't understand!" The little girl shook her head vigorously.

"You'll understand later..."

During the release period of the new album, the schedule is full, Du Yunqian has been on the variety shows of major TV stations, touring record stores around the world to hold autographs, and even the radio programs are not missed.

Although tired, Du Yunqian is grateful that these tasks allow her to divert her attention.

When she devotes herself wholeheartedly to small games such as quizzes on variety shows, she will not think of her life experience that has been concealed for nearly 20 years.

You can numb yourself with being busy during the day, but when you return to the company at night and sit alone in the dark, many inexplicable sorrows will come to your heart.She remembered that she and Du Sichen were not brother and sister, and remembered that she had no relatives in this world, no one to rely on.Whenever these thoughts came up, she would feel a pang of despair.

It has nothing to do with whether the business is successful or whether the company makes money. She feels from the bottom of her heart that her existence is meaningless.

Footsteps came from the other side of the aisle, gradually approaching, and finally stopped in front of the small conference room where she was sitting alone.

"Don't turn on the light!" Du Yuanqian hurriedly shouted, worried that his embarrassed appearance would be seen.

The other party didn't listen to her, and still turned on the light.

Du Yunqian raised his head and found that it was Ji Xiang who came, his handsome face was not smiling, frowning at her.

"what are you doing here?"

"I just finished work and came here to get something." Du Yunqian raised his hand to wipe his face, smiled and pretended nothing had happened.

"It's late." Ji Xiang remained expressionless.

"I know."

Du Yunqian thought that Ji Xiang would leave, but he randomly pulled a chair and sat down, as if he wanted to have a long talk with her.

"Director Wang is preparing to shoot a martial arts film recently, do you know?"

"I've heard. Brother Jin has participated in the production of this film. He hopes that this film can enter the international market and is raising funds everywhere. He said that this film has a deep meaning to him. All the funds must be filmed to perfection." Du Yunqian knew more than Ji Xiang, she explained to Ji Xiang that this film was co-produced by Soaring Sky and Global Pictures, the actors were selected by director Wang Ruien, and the funds were provided by Soaring Sky is responsible for raising funds.

"Is there not enough funds? Why didn't he tell me?" Ji Xiang muttered to himself with a confused face.

"Are you interested in this film? I can approach it to see if there is any suitable role for you. This is a masterpiece to enter the international market. If you can participate, it will also help the popularity."

"Thank you, I do have the willingness to participate."

Du Yunqian shook her head and suddenly smiled, "Ji Xiang, you always amaze me. I saw a girl crying silently in the middle of the night, but you sat down to discuss business indifferently."

She couldn't believe that Ji Xiang didn't see the tears on her face.

"Do you need my comfort?" Ji Xiang glanced at her strangely.

"No need." Du Yunqian took out a handkerchief and wiped away the tears on her face. She is not a girl who loves to cry, and she doesn't like being seen as weak.

"Since I don't need it, why should I say more?" Ji Xiang leaned back on the chair, posing in a comfortable posture, "I believe in your ability, so I joined the Age of Innocence. If you can't even handle your own emotions, then I just misjudged you."

"Girls need to be cared for, Ji Xiang, if you keep this kind of thinking forever, you will never get a girlfriend for the rest of your life!" Du Yunqian smiled, pretending to be relaxed.

"Didn't I tell you the first day I entered the age of innocence? I'm not interested in women."

Ji Xiang did say this at the time, and he explained to her in a serious manner, "I'm not interested in women, so please don't have any expectations for me, the more you expect, the greater the disappointment will be. "

It was Du Yunqian who thought that he was overreacting only because he was pestered by too many female fans. Listening to his words now, it seemed to have another meaning.

"You're not interested in women, so...could it be..."

Du Yunqian seemed to have grasped what Ji Xiang really wanted to say, she was about to ask, but felt a whirlwind.Although she was sitting on a chair, she felt that the whole room was shaking.

Is it an earthquake?Du Yunqian wanted to stand up, but she had no strength at all.

"What's the matter...you look bad?" It was Ji Xiang who jumped up before her, he walked around the conference table, strode over, and grabbed her hand.

"I..." Du Yunqian's consciousness was chaotic.

"When was the last time you ate?" Sensing that Du Yunqian's limbs were cold and his face was pale, Ji Xiang asked vigilantly.

"I do not remember."

In my impression, she didn't eat anything after breakfast, and she had a tight schedule. Every time she finished a job, she immediately rushed to the next job, and she didn't even have time to stop, let alone eat.

"Go to the lounge and lie down first, I'll find something for you to eat."

Ji Xiang wanted to help Du Yunqian's body up, but her footsteps were weak, she couldn't support herself up, and she slipped to the floor as soon as she stood up.

"Yunqian!" Ji Xiang shouted in a panic, catching her body in a dangerous way before she landed, "Are you sick?"

"Ji Xiang..." Du Yunqian wanted to stop him, but couldn't say a complete sentence.

Don't make the matter a big deal, if you send it to the hospital, Du Sichen will definitely be alarmed, and then he will be blamed a lot!

"I'll take you to the hospital right now!" Ji Xiang hugged Du Yunqian, "Don't worry, I'll ask Cheng Zhongxuan to notify your brother."

"No!" Du Yunqian shook his head, Ji Xiang didn't understand what she wanted to express.

Du Yunqian kept uttering incoherent words, her consciousness was confused, even though Ji Xiang called her again and again, she just opened her eyes in a daze, only when she heard Du Sichen's name, she opened her eyes slightly, as if the name To give her strength.

On the way to the hospital, Ji Xiang urgently contacted Cheng Zhongxuan, asking him to tell Du Sichen the news.

"Cheng Zhongxuan has already contacted your brother, and he is on his way."

Ji Xiang didn't know how to comfort the girl, so he could only secretly hope that Du Yunqian's relatives would arrive soon.

"He's not my brother..."

Hearing Du Yunqian repeating this sentence in a state of unconsciousness, Ji Xiang stared at her with pity.

Once again, I felt how similar Du Yunqian's situation was to his. She grew up alone, but now, she found that the brother she had always admired and loved was not related to her by blood.What a cruel thing it is for everything that has been believed in for more than ten years to collapse like this.

In comparison, he is much luckier. He has a father who wants to beg him to forgive him, and an elder brother who keeps beckoning him.

Although it was more than ten years late, he finally found his family, and now he is no longer alone.

Jin Haoxun said that he has changed, most of the credit is because of this family relationship!

And what about the other one?

Looking at the unconscious Du Yunqian, Ji Xiang thought for a while, took out the cross badge from his pocket, and stuffed it into Du Yunqian's hand.

The sound of string music resounded throughout the house, and the aroma of food wafted into the air. After more than fifty guests were squeezed into the originally spacious living room, it seemed extremely narrow. The whole space kept laughing and talking, and the atmosphere was very warm.

The little girl hid at the corner of the stairs, trying to sneak a peek at the banquet she didn't attend.

After watching for a long time, the guests who came were either middle-aged couples or old men who had difficulty walking.

Really boring!

While the adults were not paying attention, the little girl sneaked out of the house. Although the sun had already set, the projection lights in the courtyard made the spacious and quiet forest look like daytime.

Under a tree, the little girl found the figure of the boy, and she couldn't wait to run over and grab him by the corner of his clothes.

"Brother!" she called out with a smile.

"Why did you run out?" The boy frowned when he saw her, and pushed her hand away.

"Come out and play."

Seeing her running towards the pond, the boy quickly grabbed her by the collar and pulled her back.

"At your age, you only know how to play. Have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future?"

"future?"

What is the future, something that seems to happen a long time in the future?The little girl looked at the boy in puzzlement, she didn't understand why he looked sad.

"What do you want to do when you grow up?"

"When I grow up, I want to be my brother's bride." Since you can't go to the pond to play in the water, you can change the direction.The little girl threw herself on the boy, hugged his thigh, raised her head, and smiled brightly at him.

The young man looked at her, suddenly laughed, and patted her head, "It's absolutely impossible."

"why?"

"Because... because they said, you are my sister, since you are my sister, you can't be my bride, understand?"

"I don't understand!" The little girl shook her head vigorously.

The little girl answered frankly, which made the boy show a rare smile again.

"You'll understand later..."

The teenager squatted down and met her eyes, "You are lucky, you have many choices, I don't have any! From birth, I was destined to take over the business of the Du family. Over the past few years, they have told me over and over again that I will The business of the Du family will flourish, at least, it cannot be ruined in my hands, so I will inherit their business and marry the daughter-in-law they want. This is my future. A person can see through himself completely on his 15th birthday for ten years , Life after 20 years, isn’t it very interesting?”

"Oh!" It was so profound that the little girl couldn't understand, "But, I still want to be your bride, a beautiful bride."

She has seen on TV that the bride always wears a beautiful white gauze, a lace veil on her head, and a large bouquet of flowers in her hand.

The distance was shortened, she stretched out her hand, and tapped the boy's nose, "Your!"

"Didn't you say it's impossible?" The boy frowned.

"I just want it!"

"You're so self-willed! In a family like ours, you can't even marry casually, you know? Regardless of family background and background, you must be well-matched, and it's best to help the Du family's career..." The young man showed a mocking smile , "This is a family that doesn't even have the freedom to have a girlfriend... You have come to the wrong place."

What does it matter to her whether she has a girlfriend or not?She still doesn't understand.

The little girl sat down on the grass, listening to the string music coming from the house.From a distance, it sounds very ethereal and ethereal.

She showed an intoxicated smile, "Listen well!"

He pulled the boy and asked him to sit beside him.The boy refused to move, but after she worked hard for 5 minutes, he reluctantly sat down.

"I just don't want to go to the banquet, I don't want to play with you, you know? What kind of birthday party, the protagonist is not me at all, it's used to win over political and business celebrities, and it's just an excuse to meet." The young man snorted coldly.

What kind of banquet or celebrity, this is not what the little girl cares about.

"I want to be your bride." Finding a good angle, she leaned on the boy's shoulder with a smile and said it again.

The young man said nothing, just looked at her with mocking eyes.

"It's just a kid."

"I must!" she said loudly.

"Well, since you're so persistent..." The young man said helplessly, "If I could choose myself, I would choose you as my bride, is that okay?"

"Long live!" The little girl hugged the boy, even if the boy didn't have the slightest intention of hugging back, she didn't care.

She crossed the path alone, skipping and galloping across the grass.

"Be careful! There is a pool over there, I will never save you if you fall, you know?" the boy said in a deep and angry voice.

"I know!" The little girl raised her hand in response, and when she turned around, she ran wildly again.

"Come after me, hurry up!"

The little girl walked briskly into the darkness.

She didn't look back, she believed that the boy would follow.She ran hard, knowing the boy would catch up to her when she reached the finish line.

After Du Yunqian's eyelashes fluttered a few times, his eyelids slowly opened.

"Yunqian, are you awake?"

"Ok!"

Barely squeezed out a voice to respond.

There was only one standing lamp leaning against the corner in the room, Du Yunqian rolled his eyes, trying to adapt to the darkness in the room.

There was light from the street outside the window, and all sounds were blocked out. Except for the sound of the air conditioner, there was no sound in the ward.

After moving the limbs a little, I found that the wrist was connected to the drip tube.The drip bag hanging high on the side reinjected the vitality into her body bit by bit.

"How does your body feel?"

The one guarding her was Cheng Zhongxuan, which made Du Yunqian feel very confused.In her consciousness, the last person she saw was Ji Xiang.

"What's wrong with me……"

"You were overtired and passed out suddenly. It was Ji Xiang who sent you to the hospital." Cheng Zhongxuan explained how Ji Xiang notified him, and also relayed the doctor's diagnosis instructions.

Du Yunqian turned her head and found that there was no one else in the room except Cheng Zhongxuan.

Seeing through her thoughts, Cheng Zhongxuan explained, "The general manager has already visited you, but you haven't woken up for a long time, so he left first. He is going to Europe and has an important meeting, and the ticket has already been booked. good……"

"You don't need to explain, I understand."

Du Yunqian's throat was thirsty and her voice was hoarse. With Cheng Zhongxuan's assistance, she took a sip of water, lay down and continued to rest.She turned her back to Cheng Zhongxuan, not wanting him to see her frustration.

Of course she understands.

From childhood to adulthood, when she was sick, not only would she not receive Du Sichen's care, but she would be severely scolded for not knowing how to take good care of her body.

Even if she is sick, unless she is bedridden, she has to go to school obediently, and even the exam must be carried out on time with her weak body.

In Du Sichen's dictionary, there is no such word as sickness, so how could he have the slightest pity for his sick sister?What's more, she is no longer Du Sichen's younger sister.

"Miss..." Cheng Zhongxuan behind him hesitated to speak.

"Is there anything else?" Du Yunqian turned her head and tried to force a smile.

"About the European meeting that the general manager went to this time..."

"Huh?" Du Yunqian stared at Cheng Zhongxuan with some wariness.

Cheng Zhongxuan was Du Sichen's helper sent to her. For a long time, Du Yunqian remained wary of him, and then gradually realized that he was capable of handling affairs without being verbose. Although he was a bit rigid, he attached great importance to some rules and etiquette. , but basically a nice guy.

After understanding Cheng Zhongxuan's nature, Du Yunqian gradually trusted him, and the management of the innocent age also admired him more and more.

He was the bridge between Du Yunqian and Du Sichen. Oftentimes, Du Yunqian had to learn about Du Sichen's recent situation from him.

"The general manager is going on a blind date." Cheng Zhongxuan said concisely, and one sentence grabbed Du Yunqian's heart.

She felt that she couldn't breathe. Du Sichen never mentioned this matter, and there were no clues in the newspapers or magazines. She didn't know about it beforehand. Until now, an outsider told her about it.

Du Yunqian once again felt that she had always been an outsider in the Du family, and she couldn't directly participate in everything.

Her heart sank, and there was a stabbing pain in her chest.

"Who is the other party?"

"Even if I say it, the eldest lady may not know each other. Besides, it doesn't matter who it is. The marriage contract of the general manager is just an incidental condition in the business terms."

Cheng Zhongxuan spoke calmly, as if what he was discussing was not a major event related to Du Sichen's life.

"Is there such a commercial marriage? Why did he wrong himself?" Du Yunqian couldn't help but sat up and shouted.

Back then, because Du Yunqian opposed commercial marriages and was unwilling to exchange her happiness for the interests of the Du family, she left angrily and started her own business without being attached to the family and becoming a parasite.

She resisted fate and succeeded, but Du Sichen jumped into that cage by himself.Wouldn't he be unwilling to dedicate his life to his career like this?

"The general manager doesn't think it's a grievance. For the sake of the family, he will do everything he should do." Cheng Zhongxuan explained.

Indeed, for Du Sichen, this marriage was just an exchange of commercial interests.Combining the strengths of the two companies will allow the two parties to reduce each other's wariness in cooperation.

Du Sichen has his purpose and considerations in everything he does. For him, love has no need for existence. His past contacts are just playmates that he brings with him to play on occasion.

What Du Sichen really cares about is career and family, and Du Yunqian understands this better than anyone else.

"The Du family is already rich enough, what difference does a few more zeros make?" Du Yunqian muttered to himself.

"The competition in the shopping mall is fierce, and a little carelessness may destroy the foundation of the past few decades."

"If you want the Du family's career to reach a higher level, there must be other ways..."

"It doesn't make any difference to the general manager who you marry, so don't worry too much, Miss." Cheng Zhongxuan had a tolerant smile on his face, as if mocking Du Yunqian's childishness.

Of course Du Yunqian knew that Du Sichen was such a person, even his subordinates followed suit and did not take feelings seriously.

For them, doesn't marriage need to have an emotional basis?Du Yunqian thought indignantly.

She lay back on the bed, feeling her whole body was chilling, she must be too weak, right?She didn't even have the strength to speak, she just wanted to sink into the darkness and return to her childhood dreams.

"The doctor said to take a day off today and leave the hospital tomorrow. I will come to pick up the eldest lady." Cheng Zhongxuan tidied up the sundries in the room and said with a bow.

"Zhong Xuan, do you agree with this marriage?" Du Yunqian looked at him and asked softly.

Cheng Zhongxuan showed a gentle smile, and said softly, "Why not?"

He turned around and went out, leaving Du Yunqian staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Although Du Sichen would always blame her for her illness, every time she lingered on the sick bed and opened her eyes, she would always see Du Sichen sitting by the side, silently accompanying her.

He would never leave her alone in the dark and let the disease eat her away.

Today he left for another girl, making her feel very lonely.

Since the mystery of her life experience was revealed, her memory seemed to have been opened, and many forgotten childhood memories came back to her mind scene by scene.

Including the childhood time she spent with Du Sichen, they were all remembered one by one.

Sometimes, these memories would appear in dreams, seemingly real or not, which made her feel very nostalgic.

At that time, she was lively and innocent, said the eternal vow without fear, and fought for what she wanted again and again, but when she grew up, she lost the courage at that time.

Who said that when you grow up, you will definitely grow up?

If only she could be as brave as the little girl in her dream... Now she has too many scruples.She is already a public figure and cannot do whatever she wants.

Du Yunqian hugged the quilt tightly.

However, no matter how tight the hug was, there was no way to drive away the chill deep in my heart.