red dust upside down

Su Rong slept on the plane, and according to the time difference, this point is when he goes to work in China, so he is not too sleepy. He has not seen the sea for a long time, so he couldn't help but ran to the porch on the first floor Sitting and watching, this beach is very strange, the sand is soft, but there is a layer of reef next to it, and the waves can be seen coming up layer after layer from the darkness.The front yard is open, and there is a large grass-like plant growing in it, round and round, and the grains on it are flowers or seeds.

When Li Shang came down, Su Rong was pinching that kind of grass to play with, pinching the rice-like thing, and it turned out that it was full of stamens, and it smelled like herbs.He sniffed it curiously and wrinkled his nose in disgust.Seeing Li Shang coming down, he quickly hid his hands behind his back.

"Tequila is too bitter, I'll drink sweet white for you." Li Shang was still domineering as usual, and suddenly frowned: "What's the taste?"

"I don't smoke." Su Rong tried to shift his gaze.

"It's not the smell of cigarettes." Li Shang glanced at him, Su Rong's face was frank, he had actually done a lot of bad things since he was a child, but he had a very good face, and Vincent always spoiled him, so every time There are no consequences.But this time when Li Shang saw it, he felt a little guilty for no reason.

Li Shang didn't speak, but just took a step forward, Su Rong instinctively stepped back, and after realizing it, he quickly puffed up his chest and showed a fierce expression.

"Why?" He glared at Li Shang sternly.

"If you keep this stupid expression, I'll take it as if you want me to kiss you."

Su Rong's face turned red immediately, and she scolded, "Stop being so sentimental!"

"Oh?" Li Shang smiled, and suddenly approached, Su Rong instinctively thought he was going to kiss, but who knew he just touched the plant behind Su Rong.

"are you hungry?"

Su Rong didn't react: "What?"

"I'm hungry." He told Su Rong confidently, "I want to eat."

He often did this in China, but he only said this to Rita before. After Rita left, Su Rong took over the task. Many things about Li Shang are completely opposite to most of his colleagues.After entering the circle, many celebrities are getting bigger and bigger. They were kind and amiable before they became popular, but they gradually became more and more harsh.Li Shang, on the other hand, has been aloof since he first entered the entertainment circle. A normal person has changed from an ordinary person to a star, surrounded by a bunch of people, so he feels embarrassed no matter what, he is at peace with himself.And every time these life affairs are never told to the assistant, only to the agent, forcing the agent into a microphone. Rita was so angry that she cursed in private. Huang Lei persuaded her, saying that the BOSS might not have noticed. Rita scolded: "He didn't pay attention to anything, he did it on purpose. Don't think that he doesn't understand Chinese culture because he messed up a few words. The set of power relations is so slippery, who would do this in a serious ABC?"

No wonder Rita is sensitive, in fact, the status of managers and celebrities is at least equal and high, and many powerful managers even play artists like marionettes.Li Shang has done this a few times, not to mention outside, but inside his studio, there is a gap in status, and the employees are even more afraid of him.Of course I'm also afraid of Rita, but I'm afraid of the middle managers.When it came to Su Rong, he simply played the analogy of his parents and joked about it in the group every day.

Su Rong is better than Rita, he really doesn't care about this, whether it's whether the Li Shang test is obedience, or showing power relations, he doesn't worry at all.Sometimes after the meeting, Li Shang said "hungry", he asked Huang Lei to order a meal, and even drove to Li Shang, but he was thought to be slow, so he also sent a message for him.So this time when Li Shang said he was hungry, he instinctively took his mobile phone, and then he remembered that he was not in China now.

"Can I order takeaway here?" He asked hesitantly.

Fortunately, Li Shang didn't laugh at him this time, but said, "Unless you want to eat pizza and American Chinese food."

"Then go out to eat, there should be no paparazzi this time."

"Reservations are required for decent restaurants, or do you want me to order under my real name?"

If you really want to order food with your real name, you might actually be able to jump in the queue. The Lishang route has always been relatively high, and Su Rong took it to a higher level.Anyway, the nationality and affinity are not comparable to Xia Yi, so he just floated up completely, even the identity of Chinese is not shy, international edition magazines, blockbuster guest appearances, advertisements spread all the way to the big screen in Times Square, and countless "first Chinese" XXX" records.In fact, it takes a lot of effort for every public relations, and the effort is not worth the money, so it's not bad if you don't post it yourself.In exchange for a high-end image, plus a little popularity abroad.

However, Su Rong would not allow Li Shang to be associated with the word "queue jumping".Domestic idols now have to be morally perfect. Let the audience accept Li Shang's true image slowly, and don't give this kind of talk to others.

So he could only bite the bullet and ask, "Then are there any ingredients in this house?"

There are quite a lot of ingredients. There are tomatoes, avocados, various vegetables in the refrigerator, and a large bottle of skim milk. Some Su Rong didn't quite recognize them, so they couldn't help asking: "Why is there no rice?"

"Unless Josh wants to be sued for bankruptcy by me."

Josh is the real estate agent of this house. It is said that he is well-known in the entire LA area. He handled the procedures of this house. Su Rong, as a broker, also saw his signed email.The real estate agent of this kind of luxury house is obviously very good at after-sales, and he may also be responsible for the renovation. He also confirmed with Su Rong when the Li merchants will move in. The tulips, flowers and cards in the living room on the first floor should be his handwriting.

Although Su Rong didn't quite understand, she also knew that it might have something to do with discrimination, so she stopped asking and concentrated on researching food.In fact, he really doesn't know how to cook. He followed Vincent everywhere since he was a child, and there are many brothers on the ninth floor, all of whom have full life skills. There is also Pei Yin, who is extremely talented in cooking, and he is spoiled. .But when he was really busy, he would obediently hold a piece of bread and eat it beside him, and people passing by couldn't help rubbing his head.

In fact, he didn't mind eating the bread in the refrigerator for dinner, but Li Shang was not so easy to kill.

He could only bring out two more eggs, ready to fry them, and then cut two more pieces of ham, which should be almost done.He felt that the dinner was already "rich", so he did it, and started to beat the eggs enthusiastically. Who knew that the pan was heated very slowly, and the eggs didn't change at all. The atmosphere was a little awkward, and he could only Pretend to look around and observe what the kitchen looks like.

But having said that, this kitchen is really good. Although it is also a Nakajima kitchen, it is not as common as the model room advertisements, and it is not blindly white, and it is quite lively.The only problem is that the fire is a little small.Under Li Shang's stare, Su Rong thought so.

After finally waiting for the eggs to turn white, Su Rong hurriedly started looking for seasonings, hesitated between salt and sugar, resisted not trying, and chose the one that looked thinner, but Li Shang looked at him with eyes With the heat, he couldn't help shaking his hands, and down half a bottle.

"Hey!" Su Rong exclaimed, and hurriedly made amends, took out a small spoon, scooped out the salt, Li Shang was so tolerant, and didn't speak at this time, until Su Rong took a bowl of water and poured it on the eggs , he finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"Actually, you don't know how to cook at all, right?" He looked at Su Rong who was in a hurry, and asked leisurely.

Su Rong still tried to struggle: "Actually, I will do some simple things..."

"Like fried eggs?"

Su Rong's ears were blushing, and he was still holding his bowl stubbornly in his hands, but the water didn't dare to pour it down, and he was just stalemate.

Li Shang laughed.

"Forget it, I'll come."

He took Su Rong's bowl, took a small pot, poured water into it, put it on the fire and boiled it, then poured Su Rong's eggs into the trash can, washed the pot, and took tomatoes and basil leaves from the refrigerator , and a bunch of ingredients that Su Rong can’t name, chop them up and fry them into a sauce, and take out the steak to marinate by the way. It’s very interesting for him to cut tomatoes. Su Rong was frightened by this expert-like operation, and asked after a while: "How do you know how to cook?"

"I went to a cooking class before." Li Shang looked calm.

"Then cook something for me."

"I can't cook Chinese food."

The water boiled quickly, Li Shang sprinkled a pinch of salt, placed the pasta, and then took out the marinated beef and fried it in the pan. After frying the steak, he also used a clip to hold the fried side. It looked too professional, Su Rong still didn't recover from the shock of "Li Shang can cook", and stared blankly at the side until Li Shang asked him: "How familiar do you want to be?"

"casual."

After he finished frying the steak, he put the pan into the oven, put the pasta on the plate, poured the tomato on it, put the chopped herbs on it, laughed as he left it, and asked Su Rong: "Do you know what the name of this pasta is? "

Su Rong shook her head.

"Puttanesca," he said to Su Rong, "translated, it means prostitute, so this side is called Firework Girl Pasta."

Su Rong's face turned red immediately, and she stared at him. Li Shang has often spoken obscenities to him recently, which is very obscene, and they are all side-kicks.This time it was just the two of them, so they scolded him angrily: "Then you can keep it for yourself."

"I don't eat carbs on weekends." Seeing that Su Rong looked like he was starving and refused to eat Zhou Li, he smiled again: "Eat quickly, don't waste it."

He always does this, like a cat playing with its prey, catching it and letting it go, and then catching it back after running away, seeing that it is about to be pinched to death, and let you relax.The light in the kitchen was bright, he smiled and pushed a plate of delicious pasta to Su Rong. Because of his height, he was half leaning on the island platform, with a gentle smile in his eyes, which was really irresistible.

Su Rong snorted, he was indeed hungry, and more because it was the first time he saw Li Shang cooking, so he stopped scolding him, and dragged a stool, which was placed near the bar, probably Tailored according to Li Shang's height, it was very tall. Su Rong leaned forward to sit on it, and then pressed down with her weight.When Li Shang saw it, he smiled again: "Small short legs."

Su Rong was so angry that she wanted to scold him again, but he leaned over, Su Rong dodged instinctively, but Li Shang didn't kiss him, but stretched his hand around his waist, and adjusted the height of the stool for him, the distance was so close, You can see his side face and the tip of his nose. In fact, there is no need for him to have a yellow accent, because just rolling up his sleeves and concentrating on doing something is very sexy, whether it is cooking a pasta or lowering the stool for you People are in a hurry.

Maybe it's because the lighting is too good, or maybe it's because of the drunkenness coming up at this moment, Su Rong couldn't help but feel a heat rising up in his chest, and couldn't help calling softly: "Li Shang?"

Li Shang gave a "hmm" and turned his head, Su Rong had already kissed him.Regarding sex, Lin Sa said that he never had the kind of attachment to Xiao Su to confirm that he also loved him deeply, because at that moment, he just wanted to kiss this person, possess him, and confirm that he belonged to him. My own, the impulse to get at that moment overwhelmed everything else.Su Rong probably was a late bloomer, but she gradually understood the truth, just like at this moment, he inserted his fingers into Li Shang's thick hair, hooked his neck, and could clearly touch the clear and firm texture of his shoulders, but Li Shang It is so rare to follow the direction of his strength, lower his head docilely, and give people the illusion of owning him. This feeling is like taming a dragon, which is really fascinating.

If it wasn't for the reminder sound from the oven timer, Su Rong didn't know what the situation would be like.

When the voice sounded, he woke up for a moment, and instinctively withdrew his hand. Li Shang immediately noticed it. Many previous experiences let him know that this time it was yellow again.

"If I had known it earlier, I would have been fully baked." He said regretfully, Su Rong was arranging his clothes, and when he heard this, he gave him a helpless look.

When Li Shang took out the steak, Su Rong had already started eating pasta. He has always been concentrating on eating, and has a bad habit, like a child, stuffing his mouth full and then chewing vigorously. In fact, he followed Vincent from childhood to travel all over the world. As a habit, he eats eight out of ten meals in the backstage of the dressing room. There are people coming and going, and the table is narrow and full of things. He doesn't know when it will be freed up for makeup, so he always eats hard.The same goes for sleeping. I don’t recognize the bed, but I always curl up to sleep, which is the habit of sleeping on the sofa.Outsiders don't know it, they just think it's cute.

He ate most of the plate before looking up at Li Shang.Li Shang faced a plate with several brussels sprouts, and the steak remained on the cutting board.

"What did you put the meat in there for?"

"Wake up the meat."

It sounded like some kind of professional skill, so Su Rong lowered her head and continued to eat, but Li Shang seemed to be reminded, thinking of something, suddenly smiled.

As soon as he smiled, Su Rong knew it was not a good thing. Sure enough, he quickly pushed Su Rong's arm and asked, "Did you do it?"

"What did I do?"

"The moon cake I found in your clothes that day, you made it, right?" Seeing that he poked at the pasta and said nothing, Li Shang knew it was his acquiescence, so he laughed even more: "No wonder it's so bad."

It's okay if he didn't mention it, but when he mentions it, Su Rong immediately explodes. You know, he followed Pei Yin's steps carefully and almost burned his hands. He just wanted him to eat delicious mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"It's unpalatable, you still eat it, and you scold me after eating it!"

"Who told you to give Lin Sa a box, and give me one, and if you hide it and don't give it to me, it's very stingy."

"Are you naive or not." Su Rong didn't bother to talk to him, and concentrated on eating noodles by herself, but who knew that Li Shang would still tease him: "Have you heard the joke about the restaurant?"

"Which joke?"

"Woody Allen said, life is like that joke: 'The food here is too bad, and the portion is too small', is it just right to describe your mooncakes."

In fact, Su Rong should ignore him anymore, but even if he gets angrier after being ridiculed, it is not difficult for him to find out that the jokes that Li Shang casually used to tease him all came from the master director Woody Allen.In fact, even if Li Shang laughs at him for watching literary and artistic films all day long, he also knows that Li Shang's taste in movies should not be superficial. In terms of IQ, he is higher than himself, and he has studied in a top film school in the world for four years. Can learn something.It's just that he's always been like that, sneering, irritating, and sniffing at all serious, in-depth discussions.If you will, you will just pretend you won’t. If you want to say the most sarcastic words and make the most lucrative scenes, Lin Kou is so frank and full of kindness that it is difficult to get a glimpse of the truth. You can only see him if you stay patiently by his side and watch him for many years. Occasionally, a little trace is unintentionally exposed.

The next day Su Rong slept until early in the morning.

He finally realized that drinking alcohol can help him fall asleep. He slept very comfortably this time. When he woke up and opened the curtains, it was sunny outside and there were people playing on the beach, but few people went into the water this season. They are all villa areas, not as crowded as tourist areas, but I saw someone walking a big dog. The dog kept running into the water and couldn't be pulled.

As soon as Su Rong went downstairs, she saw that Li Shang had changed his clothes. He was obviously about to go out. He was dressed in black and wearing sunglasses. He couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going?"

"Go out and walk around."

He didn't say anything, Su Rong didn't ask, didn't follow, just stood on the stairs, still wearing pajamas, with messy sleeping hair, like a bewildered child.Li Shang glanced at him and said, "Do you want to come with me?"

"Okay, I'll change my clothes."

He ran up quickly, and then ran down again. He didn't see anyone at first, only the sound of footsteps on the stairs, and then he saw people running down. Li Shang was dressed formally, and he followed suit, wearing a tie and a shirt while walking. None tucked into pants.When he got in the car, he was still leaning forward and stuffing his shirt into his trousers. He was lying on the seat with his waist upright. His waist has always been beautiful. If it was before, Li Shang would definitely touch him on purpose. This time, he just drove the car all the way. to fly fast.

In fact, not long after driving, Su Rong discovered that Li Shang didn't look like he was out for a stroll, the destination was very clear, in fact, Su Rong also vaguely guessed it.

Malibu is not far from Beverly, and this is the first time that Su Rong has come to Li Rui's big villa, which is said to be "just an empty shelf", "the lawn is broken", and "it's impossible to take a panoramic view". After becoming a cash cow, these descriptions no longer exist.Drive up along the road, the villa occupying a small hill looks like a small manor, with green lawns, blue open-air swimming pool, the swimming pool extends to the glass wall, and there is also a tennis court.

It was the butler who opened the door. Li Rui stayed in the living room. Without Pei Yin's makeup and hair, she could still see the sense of age, like a peony about to wither, with yellow spots on the petals, and the flower plate was still heavy.She is more restrained in terms of medical beauty, Li Shang doesn't want to contact her at all, and the money is always enough for one time.Unlike many people in the circle who open secondary cards and can see every where, Su Rong is just a makeup artist instinct, she can see that Li Rui is taking botulism, maybe even made an ultrasonic scalpel, but she always concentrates on maintenance , There is also a reason why I didn't wear makeup today.

Su Rong is not Li Shang. He didn't know that Li Rui always put on full makeup every day at home. In the past two years, she began to be soft and play the role of mother, only to show her haggard side.

Li Shang has always been too lazy to talk to her, and he didn't say hello when he entered the door. He only asked two words: "Where is she?"

Li Rui stood up quickly, as if asking a servant to fetch something, she couldn't afford to offend Li Shang, and tried to greet Su Rong: "Mr. Su, sit down, do you want some tea?"

In fact, Su Rong knew that as long as he got close to Li Rui, he would definitely make Li Shang angry, but he politely agreed to sit down. He didn't have any close female elders in his childhood, so he was always very good in front of them. He kneaded and flattened, and at the end he was a little gentler, and he forgave it very hopelessly.Picking up the tea prepared by Li Rui and drinking it, she nodded to show that it was delicious.

Fortunately, the servant quickly took out the item. It was a ceramic jar with a lid, and the enamel on it was an ancient painting. Su Rong didn't realize it at first, but after realizing it, she almost jumped up.

Li Shang didn't care about other people's reaction at all, took the jar directly, held it in his arms with one hand, and called Su Rong: "Let's go."

Su Rong hurriedly stood up and walked with him. At first, the matter was considered calm up to this point, at least she maintained a superficial manner, but Li Rui seemed to be stimulated by Li Shang's behavior, and she stood up "cracking", her chest heaved violently, her face pale. Also very excited, Chao Lishang said: "Grandma promised to stay with me in the United States!"

Li Shang ignored her and continued to walk out. Li Rui's tone became even more agitated, and he shouted at him: "You are robbing me! You just want to take revenge on me. Grandma knows that she will hate you. She was born after I was born. She started to take care of me, she came to the United States for me, and I was her favorite person, she didn't want to leave me at all! You are being selfish."

Her words were illogical and extremely agitated, and her voice became extremely tense as a result, close to broken.Su Rong got close to her, and could clearly see that the skin on her chest and neck exposed by the neckline of her skirt were all flushed rapidly, and her eyes were also shining with tears and anger. Her dignified and beautiful appearance added a thick layer of excitement to this excitement The background, the whole person is like an angry lioness.

However, when Li Shang turned around, the lioness was instantly discouraged.Li Shang didn't even speak, just looked at her coldly, there was no emotion in his eyes, anger, disappointment, even offended humiliation, nothing, just like looking at a stranger.

Seeing such gazes, Li Rui shivered and fell down on the sofa unbearably.

"Why? You don't believe this at all..." Her attitude seemed to have turned into a powerless reproach, and she murmured in English: "You can't even feel it, why do you do this?"

"Because I can." Li Shang answered her in English.

After he finished speaking, he didn't look at Li Rui again, but only glanced at Su Rong, Su Rong hurriedly followed, and heard Li Rui's crying behind him.Leaving with such sad cries makes people feel a piercing sense of guilt, as if they are robbers who have robbed others of their most important things.

Li Shang didn't seem to feel any guilt at all, he opened the car door directly, didn't put the can in the trunk, but held the can and tried to fix it on the back seat, he always couldn't see his emotions when he was concentrating on doing things , Su Rong stood beside him, and said, "If you can't put it down, let me hold it."

Li Shang glanced at him and said, "Do you know what this is?"

Su Rong just looked into his eyes quietly, he often had such a naive look that made Li Shang want to destroy him, not to mention he replied so seriously: "I know."

That's ashes.

The stories Rita told, the old maid in Li Rui's mansion, the old nanny who followed her from Shanghai to Hong Kong and finally went abroad, and the Shanghai grandmother who can cook authentic braised pork.In Li Rui's memory, she couldn't speak English, and she was worried that Li Shang would go to the beach to swim. Please take care of the old lady who secretly cut the drowning news from the English newspaper and put it on the breakfast table. After her death, Li Shang never returned to this place. City.Even if Li Rui is not a competent mother, she is still the one who knows her son best and knows his weaknesses.He tried to soften his heart by mentioning his old grandmother, but unfortunately he failed.

Li Rui said that the old grandmother promised her to stay in the United States to accompany her, but Su Rong knew that the older generation had deep thoughts about returning to their roots. .

But the most deadly thing about Li Shang is that he never speaks.

So Su Rong chose his words carefully, and asked him: "Actually, grandma wants to go back to her hometown, right?"

Li Shang was driving the car to seventy miles, when he heard this, he sneered.

"Didn't you hear? She promised Li Rui to stay in the United States, and asked the woman to sprinkle her under the tree in the garden, so that she could be her slave for generations to come."

Li Rui was so wrong, even if Li Shang had a so-called weakness in his heart, he would not back down a bit because of this.He was born a boxer and lived in the ring all his life.

Only Su Rong, a fool, was still holding the jar, and insisted on declaring: "Anyway, I know you must have a reason."

Li Shang just sneered, waited for the next red light, and suddenly said: "Now you know why I gave Li Rui so much money? The final decision was made by herself."

Su Rong actually asked this question before. The money that Li Shang gave Li Rui was directly taken from the account of the studio. Because it was given once in a long time, it was an astronomical figure. When Su Rong saw it for the first time, she thought she was wrong. I also went to Li Shang to confirm it personally, because Li Shang's personality is not the type of "they are my parents after all".

Now he understands.Although Li Rui loves to buy luxury goods, she is actually a normal person. The old grandmother is equivalent to her closest family member, and she still occupies a very important role. Looking at her appearance today, she must really want to keep her by her side. Even if Li Shang gave her money in exchange, she might not agree, after all, she has been embarrassed for so many years.

So Li Shang gave her money first, let her go back to the consumption level many years ago, repaired her villa, hired a full set of servants, gardeners, guards, bought luxury goods and went to the VIP customer channel to watch shows in the front row, people are so strange For animals, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

"If you want to take it first, you must give it first." Su Rong said with a heavy heart: "Boss Yin said the truth."

"Yin Xi is a theorist, and he can't do business. Xia Yi's endorsement is that the coffee is the model, there is no demand, and the demand is created." Li Shang put his hands on the steering wheel, his face was as cold as a mountain, very calm: "Don't look at me like that, The pot you are holding has been in Li Rui's living room for more than a year, even if I have the habit of being sad about these things like you, I have already been desensitized."