Actor, is it a joke?

"Thank you." The lady let out a long sigh of relief, and cast a grateful look at the young man who rescued him. The man pushed down his peaked cap, and she could only see the lower half of his face.

"It's nothing. Be careful in the future, and don't endure such things." Xu Chengdu said indifferently, "Your silence will only indulge his arrogance and make him push himself even further."

"...Hmm!" The lady nodded heavily, and looked away from her probing eyes.

But after thinking about it, I just feel that half of the face looks more and more familiar, because the lips are so distinctive, and there is an obvious indentation in the middle of the lower lip, which looks very much like a person she knows.

"You..." she said hesitantly, "Have we met?"

Hearing this, Xu Chengdu raised his face, his eyes fixed on that pretty face, this face slowly overlapped with a face in memory, a trace of surprise flashed by, and he took a step back abruptly.

"Aha! Xu Chengdu!" The woman swung her handbag over her shoulder and took a step closer, "It's me, Shi Xiaochan!"

Xu Chengdu looked around, the door had just closed, and the compartment was crowded with people, there was no way to hide, and the greetings were unavoidable, "Hahaha, what a coincidence. Long time no see."

Shi Xiaochan is his classmate in high school, and he is sitting in the upper right corner of him. Since Xu Chengdu was a mess in high school, boys didn't want to provoke him, and girls were afraid of him, so no one wanted to associate with him. Compared with other classmates in the class, he and Shi Xiaochan The relationship between them can be said to be really good.

"I haven't seen each other since graduating from high school." Shi Xiaochan is a timid but enthusiastic girl who has a good relationship with most of the people in the class, including Xu Chengdu naturally, "I send you emails every year at the class reunion. Come back to me."

Classmates... party...?

"Sorry, I haven't used that mailbox for a long time." Xu Chengdu shrugged, and glanced up and down at Shi Xiaochan, "I haven't seen you for many years, Banhua, you are even more beautiful."

Shi Xiaochan giggled, "It's almost three days, the day lily is cold, no matter how beautiful it is, it's useless, isn't it left?"

"You haven't married yet?" Xu Chengdu pretended to be surprised, and pursed his lips, "That must be because your vision is too high."

"Tsk, your provocative ability has not faded with the years..." Shi Xiaochan patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go, let's have dinner together, soothe my wounded heart that was raped as a single dog."

Before Xu Chengdu could blurt out his refusal, he was dragged off the subway, and the two of them wandered around and entered a barbecue restaurant. Shi Xiaochan sat down and ordered eight bottles of beer first, euphemistically saying, "Meet an old classmate , very happy."

Xu Chengdu crossed his arms and watched her open the wine bottle by bottle with a screwdriver. When he opened the sixth bottle, he grabbed the wine bottle and put it at his feet, asking: "What's the matter?" something?"

Shi Xiaochan's eyes widened in surprise, "How did you see that?"

The corners of the eyebrows are drooping, the corners of the mouth are raised but there are no smile lines at the end of the eyes, and the facial muscles are out of balance. Do you want me to say that your micro-expression reveals everything?

Xu Chengdu smiled, "If I remember correctly, you were a one-bottle back then, and today you are going to die together. I don't think it seems like you want to raise a glass to celebrate, but it looks like you want to use wine to drown your sorrows."

"You have such sharp eyes, be careful you can't find a wife..." Shi Xiaochan poured herself a glass and filled it up for Xu Chengdu, then her face collapsed, "I'm a lawyer, and I lost the lawsuit again today."

"You? Lawyer?" Xu Chengdu was dumbfounded, "As a lawyer, did you just suffer so silently?"

"Oh, one more thing is worse than one less thing." Shi Xiaochan spat, first took out a wet towel to wipe off the bright and pure lipstick on her lips, then took out a pair of pink slippers from her handbag, and changed the high heels, "I I was too tired, I didn't want to cause disputes, I was obsessed with ghosts for a while, and I just wanted to bear it and let it pass."

She raised her neck and drank a glass of beer. She frowned and pouted, "I didn't expect that my ostrich attitude would make that person worse. If this happens again in the future, let him try my old lady's taste." The power of high heels!"

Xu Chengdu took it very seriously, "You have to learn to safeguard your own rights. You lawyers should understand this best."

"Hey, lawyer? At the beginning, I joined the law firm with a passion for justice for the poor, but what happened in the end? Unspoken rules and shady scenes are rampant, and all lawsuits that can be won are forced to lose. Why? Because the boss accepted red envelopes, If you don’t want to put pressure on your future, coupled with gender discrimination, the lawyer’s own rights can’t be protected.” Shi Xiaochan’s cheeks were puffed up with anger, and her eyes were red, like an inflated puffer fish. It’s not the only pass anymore!”

As a related household who once walked through the back door, Xu Chengdu drank silently and did not speak.

"What about you? What line of work did you enter? You disappeared after the college entrance examination, as if you had evaporated from the world." At this time, the pickled raw meat came up one after another, and Xu Chengdu consciously took on the task of roasting the meat. He tried his best to use his left hand to watch It looks proficient and natural, although there are still some slight bumps, but fortunately the lady opposite is not a meticulous person.

"I..." He pondered for a while, "I'm doing something for the government."

Shi Xiaochan was also dumbfounded, "What? You became a civil servant?"

Xu Chengdu thought for a while, and he was indeed living on state food, so he nodded.

As if he had heard the funniest thing in the world, after Shi Xiaochan was shocked, she pointed at him and laughed loudly, "I never thought, you, you actually took the civil service exam? My God, the world is full of wonders, You said you went to gangsters, I think it's a bit more realistic. Am I dreaming?"

Xu Chengdu's face was full of black lines, "What's the matter? The young man who lost his footing is not allowed to return to the right path?"

"No, no, it's good to be back, it's good to be back, puff...I'm sorry, I can't help it...hahaha..."

When she finished laughing, the first batch of meat had already been grilled. It was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, with a tangy aroma. Xu Chengdu put one piece at a time on the other party's plate, and said viciously: "Laugh again, I wish you to choke on the barbecue."

"Don't you put on a vicious look every time you do these gentle things... You haven't grown up after so many years." Shi Xiaochan sighed, picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth, suddenly remembered something , asked, "By the way, do you still have contact with Baige? You two brothers were good at that time, and they were inseparable."

Xu Chengdu's movement of turning the meat was slightly stagnant. On the baking tray, the pork belly sizzled, and the steaming heat made Shi Xiaochan somewhat unable to see the expression of the person opposite.

"Bage? No."

Shi Xiaochan was not surprised by this answer at all. She propped her chin and squinted her almond eyes, "That's right, he is now a hot film star, flying around at home and abroad, so naturally he doesn't have time to talk to ordinary people like us, but he is really hot." , I am not afraid of being handsome, but I am afraid that being handsome is still powerful. Many girls around me are his die-hard fans, so I never dare to say that he used to be my high school classmate, and he sat behind me .”

"Why?" Xu Chengdu put down the clip and raised his wine glass, "Isn't it an honor to be a classmate with the actor?"

"Then you don't know how crazy the fangirls are now." Shi Xiaochan waved her hands, making a horrified expression, "I accidentally revealed a little classmate relationship once, so I asked me to get to the bottom of it, not to mention the relationship history, It’s all about the academic performance, I wish I could find out what brand of white check underwear I wear, it’s too scary, too scary.”

While talking, he made a disgusting gesture to disperse the flies.

Xu Chengdu hooked the corners of his lips, and when he smiled, the notch on his lower lip would be flattened, making it look much more pleasing to the eye, "You are the right person to ask, after all, you were also Baige's early fan girl , their predecessors."

Hearing this, Shi Xiaochan immediately acted shy and covered her face, "Oh, it's been 800 years since I fell in love with him secretly, and I've recognized the reality long ago! Don't mention it, it's embarrassing."

"That's true. It's better to let go as soon as possible. There are too many rivals in love, and it's not my turn." Xu Chengdu joked.

Shi Xiaochan was saddened, "Originally, I could win the moon first, but I didn't seize the opportunity. If God gave me a chance to do it all over again... then I wouldn't dare to confess. Besides..." She lowered her voice and approached, "I There was a time when I suspected that he didn't like girls at all!"

Xu Chengdu thumped in his heart, "What nonsense?"

"Really!" Shi Xiaochan opened her eyes wide, as if she wanted to share her secret speculation all the time with others, "You two were tired of being together every day at that time, the interaction between you, the way he looked at you, wow, can you tell People are so tired! I have seen good feelings between brothers, but I have never seen you so good."

Xu Chengdu raised his eyebrows, could this be the legendary sixth sense of women?

"You're so interesting." He shook his head, as if bowing his head to the power of rotten girls.

"Ah, there's another one. When I was a freshman, Baige once called me. At that time, it showed a foreign number. I didn't answer it for a long time." Shi Xiaochan thought of new evidence, and said hastily, " Later, he kept calling unremittingly, and I answered the phone. I really didn't expect it to be Baige. Let me imitate his tone at that time. "

Xu Chengdu crossed his legs and watched her performance leisurely.

"Hello? Xiaochan? I'm Baige. Do you have Xu Chengdu's contact information?" Shi Xiaochan smiled like a virgin, "That's right, it's straight to the point, straight to the point, and in a hurry."

"He looked for me?" Xu Chengdu held the beer mug in his mouth, his tone was flat, but his hand holding the chopsticks involuntarily strengthened.

"Yes." Shi Xiaochan nodded sharply, "It was only after the class reunion that I found out that he not only asked me about you, but also asked several other students in the class."

"Did he say he wanted me for something?"

"……No."

"Oh."

"How is it? Do you think it's tricky?" She smiled maliciously, Xu Chengdu looked at the malicious light in her eyes, and knew that she wasn't serious, so he didn't try to get rid of it, but joked along with her.

"If the object is Baige, it's not impossible to force me to bend it."

"Ha! You handsome guys, why are you robbing us women of men? Can you give us a way to survive?"

A fragrant barbecue meal was reminiscing about the past, and it didn't end until nearly ten o'clock. Xu Chengdu exchanged contact information with Shi Xiaochan, sent her to a taxi, and then went to the bus station to take a bus.

Has Baige ever looked for me?What are you looking for?These two questions have been circling in Xu Chengdu's mind since Shi Xiaochan left.

To put it bluntly, the relationship between him and Bai Ge really started inexplicably, ended in a perfunctory way, and finally came to an abrupt end due to the sudden departure of one party, and even... there was not even a decent breakup or a formal farewell.

Xu Chengdu leaned against the bus stop sign, with his head bowed, the beer slowly fermented in his stomach, and was blown by the night wind, and penetrated a little deeper into his blood.With his eyes closed, he carefully lifted the thick veil covering his memory, little by little, every time he raised a corner, he wanted to calm down the turbulent thoughts. The old earthenware pots that he kept were long gone, but he didn't know which corner he squeezed into them.

He was a little at a loss for a while, feeling lost.

From deliberate ignorance at the beginning to natural forgetting now, the neurons and dendrites responsible for this memory have not received the stimulation they should have all year round, and I am afraid that they have shrunk and disappeared long ago, and they will no longer be able to establish new connections. .

All the once clear pictures are covered with dust, like looking at another world through a layer of frosted glass, which makes the familiar scene a little strange.

But... I can't even remember, why is my chest still sore?Like old sour vinegar injected into a needle, the soreness caused a dull pain in his muscles.

It must have been due to lack of exercise for too long... The overnight bus stopped in front of him, Xu Chengdu opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and put on his peaked cap.