Boiling point

In the old residential building, a deep dark alley stretched out. From the shadows came the sound of heavy footsteps. The wild dogs on the side of the road rushed away as if they were approaching an enemy, rolling up bursts of noisy dust. The figure moved to the street corner, the man was holding a criminal in one hand, shaking the handcuffs in the other, lightly kicked the snow with his toes, exhaled the smoke from his mouth, and with a click, he raised his head.

"Hey, stop, this pose is very handsome." The photographer couldn't help but beam with joy, "He Xin, you lower your head and pretend to be a punching pose, yes yes yes, wait a minute, I'll take another picture."

The other person who was held down by him panicked, "Don't really hit me, I'm afraid of your expression."

He Xin smiled, holding the other party by the collar, her arms tightened suddenly, and she glanced at the photographer, beckoning him to hurry up and take a picture. He almost lost his soul in the cold weather wearing a police uniform.

Today’s shoot is on the theme of "men", focusing on all kinds of life. The production team chose different professions to let them change their outfits for shooting. From six o'clock in the morning to now, two sets have been completed, and there are five or six sets of photos left. Although it is cold outside The ground is frozen, but the two have a high degree of cooperation and dedication, and the results are very good.

This time He Xin is playing a policeman, and Li Yanqi is a lawyer in the office building opposite.

The photographer took several sets of photos of He Xin arresting people. It is not difficult for professional fighters to take this kind of photos. They almost acted in their true colors. In the end, the film crew wanted to take another photo with artistic conception, so the remaining few carrying equipment were all fooled. Used to be a beaten gangster.

Li Yanqi changed into a suit and came out. He Xin was surrounded by a group of people, and the stylist put some bloody makeup on the corner of his mouth. Sweeping around, there was a careless smile on the corner of his mouth, quite the tone of a lonely hero fighting to the death.

The police uniform was worn on him, as if it was tailor-made, outlining his tall figure, Li Yanqi's eyes were full of legs and legs when he looked over.

He lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, put his briefcase in place, looked up and saw that He Xin had finished filming, the toy gun was twirling in his hand, he flicked his strap with a half-smile, half-closed his eyes towards Li Yan Qi fired a "bang".

Sick, Li Yanqi said so, and still covered his chest in line with the performance.

He really wanted to open the legal documents in his hand, and add a sentence on it that murdering the marshal would result in at least five years in prison.

Last night, the two of them slept together on the sofa in the ice factory. In the morning, they got up to freeze perfectly into a popsicle, and then wandered around for a few hours to take pictures. Li Yanqi felt a little tired, but this kind of tiredness It's just physically tiring, not mixed with spirituality. Compared with his previous lifeless work, this kind of work is really too easy.

Coming to Fujikawa this time is more like a trip. He Xin took him to see the scenery he had never seen before and try things he had never dared to try. There was no Li An, no learning, no pressure to overwhelm him. With huge medical expenses and no prospect of a bright future, he left behind all the mundane affairs and became Li Yanqi truly and freely.

Two days later, there will be heavy snowfall in Fujikawa, the planes will not be flying, and the trains will be out of service, so the filming must end today, which makes the task of rushing to the scene very serious. He Xin followed Li Yanqi to his office building before the wound on the corner of his mouth was removed.

He Xin used to think that Li Yanqi was very suitable for the role of a lawyer or a white-collar worker. Wearing a suit, holding coffee in his hand, standing at a crossroads and looking at his watch, even if the time was tight, he walked into the building calmly without showing the slightest panic , this calm temperament is very elite on a certain level.

For this shoot, Li Yanqi's hair was all combed up, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses was on the bridge of his nose, he was wearing a slim suit with a white shirt and a thin tie, and he stood upright downstairs in the office. The photographer asked him to slightly Glancing sideways, he pulls his tie towards the camera.

It is said that pulling a tie can tell a person's character. Some people pull their tie in a wild and rough way, while others are a looser type. Li Yanqi's tie pulling is a gradual process. , with a slightly annoyed expression on the back, and slowly pulling it hard, a collar button broke off, exposing his thin collarbone.

Sure enough, the photographer called a pause here, and pressed the shutter to quickly take a few shots. He Xin glanced at the loose neckline, the tie was about to be taken off, and was trying to play the role of Li Yanqi, a young lawyer who lost the lawsuit. Knowing where the discomfort came from, he tapped the photographer's camera and said, "Do you want to shoot collarbone or people?"

The photographer took it for granted, "His collarbone is beautiful, why didn't he take pictures? Didn't I also take pictures of your long legs?"

He Xin: "......"

The photographer originally wanted to take a few more shots, but there was a supervisor with "You have no professional ethics" written all over his face, staring at the camera as soon as he pressed the shutter, so he had no choice but to switch to indoors to shoot the office series.

He Xin went to the toilet to remove the makeup from her lips, and when she returned to the workplace, Li Yanqi had already finished filming, everyone packed up their things and rushed to the next location, the two passed by, Li Yanqi suddenly Grabbing him, he paused for a moment and pointed to his mouth.

"what?"

"It wasn't removed cleanly." Li Yanqi coughed, braked suddenly and stopped talking.

Like being kissed and swollen.

He Xin's lips are very beautiful. The upper lip is thin and the lower lip is thicker. The corners of the lips on both sides are slightly raised, which is a bit like smiling lips. But since this person doesn't like to smile, this is the first time for him to observe his lips up close. It seems that there is no other adjective besides sexy.

Just when Li Yanqi secretly reprimanded himself for being too idle to stare at people's lips, He Xin came over and wrapped the scarf around his neck, and tied it in a knot.

"Isn't the collarbone cold?" He Xin said, "Last night at the ice factory you bit a popsicle and cried cold, why don't you freeze to death now?"

Li Yanqi put on the padded jacket, and for some reason he felt a little awkward from these words, and before he could figure it out, he was urged to go to the next scene.

Next, I took a few sets of relatively simple ones. For example, both of them were kindergarten teachers. He Xin came out wearing the sweater with cartoon dolls printed on it and laughed at a group of people. The bright colors formed a huge contrast with his face. The photographer After taking the photos, he summed up quietly, forcibly pretending to be cute is the most deadly.

Another example is that Li Yanqi is the owner of a dessert shop, and He Xin is a wage earner. In fact, it was decided at the beginning that He Xin was the boss, but because he was full of shadows about the apron full of strawberry cakes, he gave up the opportunity to be the boss. Li Yanqi.This set of photos was taken very naturally, because the professional setting is closer to life, and the two of them can handle it at this age.He Xin was wearing a British-style vest, leaning on the bar with her long legs bent. Li Yanqi put on a strawberry apron without any psychological barriers, holding a glass of fruit drink, and carefully placed it on He Xin's tray.

"Hey, what Milk Bubble said is true." He Xin suddenly lowered her voice.

"Ok?"

"He said you look best in pink." He Xin pointed at the apron with a teasing smile.

"Are you envious?" Li Yanqi pulled off the strap of her apron and said, "I can wear any color."

He Xin hooked the corners of her mouth and said nothing, took a strawberry from his plate, stuffed it into her mouth, and chewed it happily.

After shooting this set, they went to take pictures of illustrators, architects, writers, IT men, scientific research workers, coaches and other seven or eight types of work. Finally, in order to highlight the theme of life in all forms, they went to the urban-rural integration Ministry, also selected a few more difficult and dangerous jobs in the local area.

Boys in hair salons, traffic policemen, brick movers on construction sites, fishing workers, factory operators and circuit repairers...

It was not until 08:30 in the evening that all the shooting was finally successfully completed.

Everyone was so tired that their eyelids were fighting, but they still couldn't hold back their excitement. They dragged their exhausted bodies into the restaurant, yelling at the top of their voices that they would not be drunk or return, and that they would have a celebration banquet.

A large group of people have grown up, and they can finally have fun after work. Before the dishes are ready, the wine has passed three rounds. Brother Qiu is so excited that he has forgotten that there are two minors at the scene. Pour a glass of wine for Li Yanqi and He Xin, yelling that if you don’t drink it, you look down on him. Everyone doesn’t take the jokes at the wine table seriously, but Brother Qiu is the boss after all. Several female compatriots at the scene are also the type who are bold and not afraid of things. They usually look at Wenwen and Jingjing, who raise their heads and toast more neatly than anyone else.

He Xin has a steelyard in his heart. This time he doesn't want to drink too much, at least he doesn't want to get drunk. Brother Qiu rolled his eyes a few times after drinking a few times. Of course, he is not the kind of person who cares about other people's eyes, so he continued without any psychological burden. Take a sip of wine with chopsticks.

"I think this shooting is very meaningful." The photographer propped his chin and said, "First of all, you see, we have captured such a beautiful snow scene in Fujikawa, and then, what is our theme, boys and men , What is a boy, arrogant, cynical, or hard-working, gentle, innocent and romantic? Neither, not all."

It can be seen that the photographer is a very thoughtful person, he smiled and said, "During this shooting, I saw you two, at the beginning, one was wearing a stable skin, and the other was wearing a lonely shell. Pretentious, but after taking a few shots, I found that this is not the case. Your simple, bright, and purest appearance that has not been polluted by the world is not exposed, but just given to each other. How is it? You look down on us old boys, don’t you? I can only take snapshots every time. Fortunately, my skills are good, otherwise we would have to spend another month here."

Brother Qiu patted the table twice and said, "Is my vision good? These two seem to be hot material at first glance. If only I could sign them."

The photographer raised his eyes and said, "That won't work, let them enjoy the life of boys for a few more years, it's not good to be a man too early."

Li Yanqi and He Xin glanced at each other, picked up their wine glasses and touched each other lightly.

"Watching you skiing, watching you snowball fights, watching you chasing each other with dogs regardless of your appearance, I was quite envious at that time." The photographer sighed, "I also had such a period of unscrupulous foolishness with others ten years ago. , Playing around like two happy psychos, unfortunately even if someone is with me now, I don’t want to be so crazy, this is my first feeling after seeing this group of photos after losing my sense of youth.”

"Envy and regret, even if people are old and bald, but the memory of this moment is still shining."

Brother Qiu on the side let out a sigh, "You old bald man, do I have to step into the coffin?"

"Just such a metaphor." The photographer knocked on the table, "If you don't take it seriously, you will lose a few hairs."

Everyone at the scene laughed loudly. Li Yanqi turned his head and saw He Xin's eyes lowered slightly. He didn't know what he was thinking.

"So I think this group of photos was very successful." The photographer poured a glass of wine and paid respects one by one, "You two also grasped the theme of men well. The sense of the story I want to convey is shown, life is full of life, life with all kinds of life, no matter what profession people, good or bad, are constantly working hard for their own lives, even if life gives him pain points, confusion and loss of what to do."

"This may help you in your future job hunting." The photographer smiled and asked, "What kind of people do you want to be in the future?"

This is the second time He Xin has heard this question. What kind of person do you want to be? Wang Meiren asked him before. At that time, his answer was that he wanted to be himself. But after taking this group of photos and listening to the words of the photographer In the end, he suddenly understood that it may not be so simple to be himself, and it is impossible for them to be just themselves.

Li Yanqi also thought at this time that not all the themes they filmed today were positive. The policemen who fought against the gangsters, the lawyers who failed in the lawsuit, just entered the internship, and faced with a group of children who had no clue. Kindergarten teachers, dessert shop owners with poor business, workers who earn a meager salary, work overtime, day and night, and many ordinary people who are struggling in this city, maybe this is the insinuation of their future, they will Becoming one of these men loses the childishness of a boy. He will grow old, fat and ugly, and quietly become another person while he is alive, but the enthusiasm and truth will not change.

The significance of the photographer's desire to shoot this set of works is not limited to his sighs about the past, but also a kind of calmness of "since you can't keep your youth, you might as well live a chic life", whether it is a boy or a man.

"This is also the last volume before I quit the circle, and it is also the most satisfying one." The photographer said, "Thank you."

"Thank you too." Li Yanqi felt a little sour in his heart, "Thank you, brother Qiu, thank you all the staff, thank you..." He glanced at He Xin and raised his glass.

"It's done, it's done." Six or seven people yelled together, Li Yanqi raised his head to finish the wine, and shook his glass with a smile.

The photographer stood up and raised everyone's glasses together, "To these two boys, and us who are still young."

"I hope that when you face the complex reality in the future, you will have a brave honesty, a passion in your heart, be the toughest version of yourself, and calmly walk through the unpredictable life."

"I'm uneducated, I just want to say, cheers! It's not human if you don't finish drinking!"

"Dry!"

Everyone was a little excited about the toast, and the dinner table was like a wind and cloud. Brother Qiu ordered another pot, and the few people who were not drunk ate it all. He Xin started drinking. He didn't know what happened. , his heart was in a panic, and his mind felt a little messy. He wanted to try to numb himself with alcohol, maybe it would stimulate him to wake up.

He knew very well that something was wrong since the photographer said the phrase "Your truth is not exposed, but it is all spread out to each other".

He Xin began to think of him in the past. In the eyes of his parents, he was a puddle of mud that couldn't support the wall. He was doing nothing, indifferently drawing a clear line between Chu and Han in this world. Live in panic, go my own way, provoke him, he beats him, don't provoke him, just be the air.

But after getting to know Li Yanqi, he became different.

He can really feel the changes in himself, not only in his personality, but also in his behavior and life goals.

There is also something quietly growing in the bottom of my heart, and it is about to break out of the cocoon several times.

He raised his head and took a sip of the wine, his chest was so hot that he almost poked a hole that he wanted to cover up.

He was going to know what it was soon, soon.

Maybe he already knew what it was, but he just didn't face it honestly.

"He Xin!" Brother Qiu called him from the side, and He Xin drank another bottle of wine, raised his eyelids and smiled, "What's the matter?"

"It's okay. I just see that your state is obviously different from that in Bincheng this time. I want to ask if Nanxi has the effect of purifying the soul?"

Li Yanqi said, "Brother Qiu is welcome to play, the price is more than five times lower."

"Haha, that's for sure. I'll come over and rest for a few days when I'm done with the work at hand." Brother Qiu turned to look at He Xin, "Brother asked a more serious question, He Xin...... "The other party said with a rare stern expression, "Are you really planning to stay in Nanxi forever and never come back? In terms of resources, development, and future, Bincheng is much better than Nanxi. I don't know what you think, but I want to use a As someone who has been here, I would like to remind you that many impulsive choices will eventually reap the consequences, but you are happy now, who makes you still a boy, and you have the capital to be presumptuous. Hey, let’s not talk about it, I just suddenly felt it And hair."

He Xin fumbled in his pocket, took out a cigarette and drank it. Although he didn't answer the question, he was obviously thinking.

Li Yanqi turned his head and took a sip of his wine.

There was no such obvious pain as a slap in the face, but I still felt a bit confused.

Habit is a terrible thing, and so is dependence. Whether he admits it or not, if He Xin says he is going to leave now and is no longer here, he will definitely be very, very sad.

But the chances of this happening had been ignored by him before.

It wasn't until Brother Qiu's seemingly joking words broke the whitewashed peace in his heart.

That's right, He Xin doesn't belong to Nanxi. He has been in high school for three years, and now there is only one and a half years left. He will definitely leave. If he doesn't leave, can they still be together in college?What about after work?

Li Yanqi used to think that he was a person who had little desire for feelings, but later found that he was not. He would be jealous and jealous because of little things, and he would inevitably be greedy, and he would inevitably want more selfishly.

But he couldn't be sure what He Xin was thinking, so he never took this step boldly.

Said he cowardly and he also admitted.

"Hey, Li, you'll get drunk if you drink like this." Someone next to him said something concerned, Li Yanqi turned his head and smiled, but didn't put down his glass.

He has always done things properly, and he has never wanted to get drunk so much. There is a voice in his head that keeps clamoring, get drunk, get drunk, feel good when drunk, don't think about anything.

Then there was another burst of toasting, Li Yanqi silently took an unopened bottle of wine in the corner, bit open it and poured it in.

Coming out of the hotel, everyone had smiles on their faces and hummed songs from time to time. The three of them were hugging each other, both very drunk. Li Yanqi leaned against the wall and covered his face with a scarf. Soft, with a small golden flower in his head, his ears were buzzing because of dizziness, after a long time the noise died down, and he smelled the familiar smell of tobacco.

He looked up at He Xin and smiled slightly.

"you're drunk?"

"Yeah." Li Yanqi said, "I haven't been drunk, but I don't feel bad."

He Xin picked up the bag on the ground, looked at him silently, and said after a long time, "Let's go, I'll take you there to wake up."

Li Yanqi was dragged forward by him, feeling that the other party was also in a slightly drunk state, his hands were hot, and he ran in a straight line in a crooked manner, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from the obsessive-compulsive disorder in his heart.

But he was drunk and dizzy, and he couldn't move He Xin who was so big.

He Xin didn't know what kind of madness was going on, so she dragged Li Yanqi to the skating rink, it was a natural ice rink, one could skate without wearing skates, Li Yanqi staggered forward as soon as she was brought inside.

However, He Xin slid far away, stood at the finish line and hooked her finger at him, "Brother Ta, you are too good."

Li Yanqi, who was drunk, couldn't bear the excitement, got up from the ground with a swipe, flung the scarf, and quickly moved to He Xin's side, pulling his arm around in a circle, "Are you convinced?"

He Xin narrowed her eyes, "Not convinced."

Li Yanqi pulled his arm again and pushed him forward, He Xin tapped his toes, and slipped him very skillfully, turned around and smiled happily.

This boring competition started when you pushed me and I bumped you. The two skated around the ice rink again and again. The phrase "convinced" is included.

Their steps are chaotic, their minds are chaotic, everything is chaotic, only the heavy breathing when they are close to each other is real.

He Xin leaned against the railing, took a few breaths and said, "You still need to practice your sense of rhythm and balance."

Li Yanqi glanced at him, "How much did you drink and how much did I drink?"

He Xin didn't speak, raised her eyebrows and slid to Li Yanqi's side, lowered her head and took off the string of small gourds from her wrist and stuffed them in his hand, "I'll give you a fancy slide."

Suddenly, he added in a serious manner, "Don't break it for me, it broke once last time, and it hurt my heart."

Holding the small gourd with He Xin's body temperature, Li Yanqi watched his figure go from near to far, and then back to him from a distance. Because of the aftereffects of drunkenness, his brain was still dizzy, and his vision was blurred, but The touch in the hand is very clear.

There was a crack on the little gourd. It was broken, but He Xin repaired it carefully.

At that moment, he couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed him with a trace of lingering fear.

Why are you so precious, this crap?

What is so precious about it in your life of spending money like water, He Xin?

Are you baby it or is it because I sent it?

Li Yanqi relied on being drunk, because he was not clear-headed, because he had never been so crazy before, his right hand tightly grasped He Xin's arm, and pushed him against the wall, all the fortresses of reason collapsed. , He felt annoyed, irritable, hot, and felt too uncomfortable in his heart.

But He Xin looked at him and asked again, "Are you drunk?"

Li Yanqi was in a daze, only to realize that his behavior just now was attributed to drunkenness in his eyes.

The 1 minute of silence seemed extraordinarily long, Li Yanqi wanted to make this drunk look more realistic, so he reached out and grabbed his hair, and pulled it forward fiercely, but his tone was very light, "Yes, I just now Drank too much."

He Xin was very close to him, and the other's hot breath hit his face.

Is he drunk?Why is there a hot sigh in his throat, why is he so thirsty that he wants to bite down on this man's neck.

Li Yanqi's hand was still grabbing his hair, just as he was about to take it back, He Xin grabbed his wrist suddenly.

The eyes of the two met, and Li Yanqi returned the sentence to him, "Are you drunk?"

He Xin felt that whether he was drunk or not, at this moment Li Yanqi's Adam's apple, collarbone and faint dimples were constantly touching his bottom line.

In such a cold day, he walked such a long circle, hasn't he finished venting?

Li Yanqi shook his heavy head and laughed hoarsely.

Then he heard He Xin say aggressively, "Laughing fart, are you only allowed to be drunk?"

Immediately afterwards, his bewildered, even aggrieved voice rang in Li Yanqi's ear, "I'm drunk, why can't I be drunk?"

After speaking, he leaned forward, Li Yanqi thought he was going to fall, so he hugged him quickly, He Xin stared at him for three seconds, then tilted her head and kissed his dimple.