give you a soft spot

When the lawsuit between Xi Zhuo and Yan Yiyun was messed up, I left Beijing and went home to watch my mother's last performance before retirement.

For Ms. Yuan Shujie, her retirement is more memorable than her first time putting on her dancing shoes.The excitement she felt when she called to inform me seemed to be seeing Qu Xian, which made me understand that no matter how busy I was, I had to go back.

In the auditorium of her school the evening of my arrival, I accompanied her to the closing ceremony, along with several hundred of her remaining students.

I really didn't know that I had the influence to make those college students stop and watch. They greeted me and raised their mobile phones to take pictures from a long distance.

This made me terrified. Unknowingly, I was no longer an ordinary person who could be easily ignored in the sea of ​​people. I was invisible and firmly tied to another person's name.

My mother has absolutely no plans for retirement, she told me that she wants to stay at home and wait until she dies.

I said, Mom, it’s okay to eat and drink, and it’s fine to wait for death.

I suggested to let her go out to have fun while she is in good health, to travel through thousands of mountains and rivers, to travel all over the east, west, north and south.

My mother didn't agree very happily, but I could be sure of her thoughts from her smiling and hesitant expression, so I took out a bank card and gave it to her.

"Mom, there's enough money in it for you to play wherever you want, you keep it, and don't spend your money in the future, spend mine."

I have waited too many years for this day to be able to use my hard-earned money when performing filial piety.

After graduation, I worked for one year and started a business for two years. Even when things were going badly, I would still deposit some money into this card every month, just so that I could hand it to my mother and let her buy whatever she wanted. Spend how you want, don't care about the price.

Bi Gong once asked me why I didn’t invest in a house first when I had savings, and I always smiled and didn’t answer him.It's not too complicated. With a rich and stable income, I instinctively want to give priority to my mother who has worked so hard to raise me.

I'm afraid I haven't prepared enough, I've been preparing it all the time, and I'm very excited to finally be able to give it to her.

I thought my mother would pat my head like a loving mother and praise me that I love her when I grow up, or she would push back and forth and say that her money is enough for me to keep.

No, what I waited for were two particularly clear and loud words, and she said, okay.

When everyone can't bear the grace and wants to roll all over the floor, I watched her back when she got up and went back to the bedroom happily, punching a few times frantically on the sofa pillow, and in the end I still thought she was extremely cute.

Originally, I didn’t want to stay longer when I came back. There were still a lot of things waiting for me to participate in the studio, so I set foot on the way back the next afternoon.

In the past two years, the fixed arc of my flying back and forth in the sky is from my home to the capital. If the air tickets are put together, it is enough to take a photo to show the rock-solid long-distance relationship. Every time I board the plane and land on time, and this time The trip was delayed.

What delayed my takeoff was a phone call.

When they picked up an unfamiliar local number, the other party reported their name, Dong Qianning, Yan Yiyun's mother.

She asked me with the high-quality voice of her announcer if I could meet.

I vaguely knew what she wanted to say. If I were the old me, I would probably choose to avoid things that I didn't know how to deal with right now, but after she finished speaking, I gave a very calm and affirmative response.

It was not the first time Ms. Dong met me. After I left the airport and arrived at the agreed place, she recognized me among a small group of young people who entered the door at the same time.

"I'm really sorry to trouble you to come here," Dong Qianning looked at me with a smile, "I really want to ask you for help because I really have no other way."

Since the last time we met, I haven't decided what to call her, so I still use the word you.I said politely, "If you need my help, I will do my best."

The woman on the opposite side was stirring the coffee in the cup, and it took a long time to look up: "I trained Yan Yiyun to develop in the direction of acting, and now everything is better than expected. He can't leave the strong and stable backstage at this important moment to go to that unknown entertainment. Go to the company. I think maybe you can persuade him to give up the lawsuit."

"You really value me," I smiled awkwardly, "I don't have the ability to influence his choice."

Dong Qianning's eyes fell on my face, as if examining and suspicious: "I still think you can change his mind."

The woman's gaze made me uncomfortable after that. I couldn't figure out how much she knew about the inside story. We sat in that coffee shop for more than half an hour, and the topic we talked about was Yan Yiyun's contract termination lawsuit.Although she kept persuading me, I didn't want to meddle in things that shouldn't be meddled in. In the end, I left without giving her the answer she wanted.

I temporarily changed to another flight and arrived before dark. When I closed my eyes and rested on the plane, I thought a lot about me, about Xi Zhuo, and even more about Yan Yiyun.

I can't talk about thinking it through, I just think that if the current situation drags on, it's not good for anyone.

Xi Zhuo was waiting for me to have dinner together at home. When I entered the door and saw the food and bowls and chopsticks on the table, I thought he made them, but he told me that Bai Yang sent them.

"takeout?"

"Sun Ji did it," he greeted me and gave me a big hug: "Are you tired?"

I smiled: "It's okay, I've gotten used to this journey too many times."

After changing my clothes, washing my hands and eating, I sat at the dining table and asked without taking a bite, "Brother Zhuo, how is the lawsuit going?"

Xi Zhuo paused with his chopsticks, and the frequency of chewing slowed down: "Why did you remember to ask about this?"

"It's annoying to see you." I took a bite of food for him, "I want to share it with you."

The corners of Xi Zhuo's mouth curled up, and he said leisurely: "We have a great chance of winning, it depends on how long Yan Yiyun can last. He can't afford to pay huge liquidated damages or continue to fulfill the contract period."

After I was silent, I continued: "Brother Zhuo, stop and let him go."

Xi Zhuo didn't answer me, he was looking at me quietly, then put down his chopsticks, frowned and said: "What's wrong with you, can't stand it anymore? Do you feel sorry for him?"

I quickly said: "I just think that if you want to leave, you can't keep it. It's better to let go and let him go. It's meaningless to waste like this. Why do you have to make trouble with a child..."

"You still think he's a child?" Xi Zhuo interrupted me rudely, "He's already thinking about my people, which is something a child would do? Cheng Ming, what do you think? Show me that you are for him."

I might have said something wrong, otherwise how could he be so angry, I no longer dared to speak, my arm was still holding the chopsticks, and I couldn't put them down for a long time.

"Let me guess," Xi Zhuo said in a low tone, "You are guilty and blaming yourself. You think that without you, Yan Yiyun would not have come to this point, and his future would be smooth without any ups and downs."

I admit that Xi Zhuo's words pierced my heart, I really thought so.

Xi Zhuo took my silence as a default, he stood up abruptly and shouted: "What does it matter to you if others fall in love with you? Can you put away your glass heart? All those who love you but can't be with you, Are you going to be pitiful!"

"Brother Zhuo, I..."

Xi Zhuo didn't allow me to speak at all, he continued: "You asked me to let him go, do you care about him more than supporting me?"

As he was talking, he suddenly laughed, his smile was very stiff, and his voice softened: "Why, I'm going to be out of breath now, even you are going to confront me, aren't you?"