Find him in the crowd

As soon as An Mingye returned home, he was sent to a celebration banquet for a film he invested in before he was jet-lagged.

Returning to this city after a lapse of ten years, An Mingye only felt that everywhere he went was both familiar and strange.Standing in the banquet hall, the women are elegant and beautiful, and the men are gentlemen. Everyone has polite smiles on their faces and talks together in twos and threes. Although it is noisy, it is not too noisy. The sound of the piano and violin on the stage very clear.An Mingye rubbed his throbbing forehead, picked up his wine glass, and blended into this atmosphere.

He was worrying about how to start socializing, but a rescuer really came.

"Boss An."

"Rescue" is about 26 years old, with a pair of rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, a black suit that can't go wrong on the street, and a rigid business style.It was the assistant sent by the old man.

"My name is Zhuo Zhuo. I will assist you in your future work."

An Mingye nodded, motioning for him to lead the way.

While leading the way, Zhuo Zhuo introduced everyone he talked to. There was no one he didn't know in the huge venue. Looking young, he was unexpectedly reliable.It's a pity that An Mingye didn't have the heart to praise Zhuo Zhuo at this moment, because he saw Xiang Sixi.Just now, she flashed by in the crowd, and then she disappeared after a closer look, but it was Xiang Sixi, he was sure, he saw it right.

Apart from work, there is another reason for returning to China this time, which is to find Xiang Sixi.He even inquired about Xiang Sixi's whereabouts a few days ago.The child who came out of the mountains to study and wanted to be a writer.Now the dream has come true, and it is said that he is now a well-known screenwriter in the domestic industry.It is not difficult to find him.

Before I came today, I was still wondering if I would meet you.Unexpectedly, the sky follows people's wishes, and I really met him.

An Mingye shuttled through the crowd, looking anxious.This is a bit of a faux pas.

Zhuo Zhuo stepped forward to stop him, "Boss An, what are you looking for?"

Only then did An Mingye realize that with Xiang Sixi's reputation, Zhuo Zhuo must know.

"Screenwriter, Xiang Sixi, do you recognize it?"

"He's also here today." Zhuo Zhuo glanced around the venue, "He probably hasn't left yet. But he's used to creating independently, and the cycle is relatively long. Do you want to cooperate with him this time?"

An Mingye said without hesitation, "Yes."

Zhuo Zhuo: "He has a brokerage company. If you want to cooperate, I'm afraid you can contact him directly..." It's against the rules, and he can't make the decision.

An Mingye didn't think about it too much for the time being, and ordered, "I want to see him first."

Zhuo Zhuo was a little strange, but he did as he said, "I'll take you there."

Xiang Sixi did not participate in the creation of this film.Today I was only invited to a banquet, and I was accompanied by the manager of the corporate affairs department.The manager was busy trying to find the right way, but he went straight to the target to find Rory.

As the leading actor of this movie, Luo Rui has been in the limelight recently, and he is so busy that he can't wait for 25 hours a day.Recently, he was writing a web drama that he invested in himself, but he had to dress up to meet him even when talking about work.

Xiang Sixi was complaining about this, but the manager came over with his "results" and interrupted their conversation.

"Let me introduce first. This is Xiang Sixi, a top student at Yanda University, and a screenwriter who has won many A awards at home and abroad. This is Luo Rui, the most popular actor nowadays, with traffic and acting skills. I have had a few very valuable film stars, and they are also the leading actors of this movie." He introduced to Luo Rui and Xiang Sixi, "This is An Mingye, Mr. An. The new president of Xinghe Company."

An Mingye.He suddenly heard that the name was still a little strange, and he couldn't help but silently recited it several times in his heart, waking up to the dusty name that was hidden in the corner.The voices of the people at the banquet and the sound of the music were all switched to another channel, and there were only bursts of humming in my ears.

Ten years, neither long nor short, is enough to change a city and a person.

For example, let a submissive, soiled boy who came out of the mountains wear a tailor-made suit, which makes his figure taller and slender. The seemingly ordinary, but in fact, well-groomed hair and makeup make him stand up even when he is standing. In front of exquisite and handsome stars, he is not eclipsed.The thin lips smiled slightly, and the tear moles at the corners of the eyes were touched. They were clearly affectionate and charming eyes, but their temperament was gentle and elegant, with a bookish air.

Xiang Sixi stretched out his hand. "Hello, Mr. An."

Ten years had passed, and time seemed to stand still on him.

It was still those deep and gentle eyes, even the years could not bear to leave traces, and the curvature of his jaw still seemed to remain in the palm of his hand.Just standing there has a full sense of presence, and I can't help but want to look at it a few more times, but I don't dare to be too presumptuous, so I look quietly.Inadvertently, the four eyes met, and the person who thought he had forgotten became clear again, reminding him cruelly - never left.

An Mingye held his hand, not intending to let go, "Long time no see, don't come here without any problems."

Xiang Sixi wanted to pretend that he didn't know him, so as to avoid mutual embarrassment.Unexpectedly, An Mingye didn't cooperate, his decent smile froze on his face, and then he returned to "you're all right."

Xinghe is an entertainment company under the Anyuan Group. It has a lot of momentum. The cooperation projects are all big-budget, and it is also one of the investors of this movie.

Luo Rui thought to himself, the new president's surname is An, and he must be the head of the group.From the corner of his eye, he looked at Xiang Sixi calmly - he already smelled gossip.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. An"

Luo Rui's pleasantries interrupted the weird atmosphere between the two and rescued Sixi.

"So you two know each other?" The manager really didn't know which pot to turn on.

"I know, but we haven't contacted each other for ten years." Xiang Sixi immediately dismissed it.

An Mingye nodded, "Yeah, ten years, I thought it was a long time, but I didn't expect it to pass in the blink of an eye. You have changed a lot."

Xiang Sixi was a little unhappy, "You haven't changed at all. I didn't expect to meet you here, what a coincidence."

"Unfortunately, I made a special trip to find you."

On the side, the manager completed his mission, watched his nose and nose, and waited to go back to prepare the contract.

Rory saw that he had no part in the scene, and quietly acted as the background board.

Zhuo Zhuo had no expression on his face, but in fact his eyes had rolled to the back of his head, he just felt that this little boss was unreliable and worried about his own future.

An Mingye said, "I've heard of Writer Xiang's name in Canada, and I'm here today for work."

Xiang Sixi, "Boss An is over the top. But you still need to talk to our manager about work."

As soon as the manager heard that he had appeared on the stage, he immediately opened his mouth to catch the conversation.Xiang Sixi waited for the opportunity to escape.

But after such a toss, Xiang Sixi was not in the mood to talk about work.Luo Rui was also dragged around by the agent, so he had to make another appointment with him. "I will spare some time after 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, and we will talk about it in detail."

"What are you talking about? Work or gossip?" Xiang Sixi saw through his little thoughts at once.

Rory was exposed but frankly said, "Adults don't make choices, they always want both."

Xiang Sixi couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense, so he quickly slipped away.

At the entrance of the hotel, waiting for the car to be in neutral, An Mingye followed out at some point.

"Where are you going? I'll take you off."

"No need, I've ordered a car and it'll be there soon."

As he spoke, the car stopped in front of the two of them, but it was not the car that Xiang Sixi called.

An Mingye opened the car door and motioned for him to get in.

Xiang Sixi: "It's really unnecessary, it's not on the way, it's too much trouble for you"

An Mingye: "We are not enemies, so we can't even take a car."

It's not as good as an enemy, Xiang Sixi thought to himself.

However, he was not willing to refuse him at the hotel entrance because of this matter. He is now considered a public figure, and it is not good to be seen by others, so he simply boarded the car generously and gave him an address.

"It's really not on the way." An Mingye said, "I guessed that you would move away, but I didn't expect you to move so far."

So you just want to know the way?

Xiang Sixi was really worried that An Mingye would block him behind the gate of the community.Although it is a bit narcissistic to think like this, but whether An Mingye has this idea or not, he will kill him in the cradle.

"It's near my boyfriend's studio."

If it is visible to the naked eye, it is probably the picture of the pink bubbles floating in the air suddenly bursting collectively.

"You've changed so much that you're almost unrecognizable."

An Mingye resolutely exposed the unpleasant topic, and Xiang Sixi didn't bother.

"People always change."

"You wanted to be a writer before, and now your dream has come true. How many people in this world can dream come true? You are amazing."

"Thank you. But that was several years ago. No matter how much you like, it becomes a job, and you have a burden."

"That's a sweet burden, too."

"Perhaps. What about you? Why did you return home suddenly?"

"I... divorced." An Mingye said this lightly. "Actually, we have been separated for several years, and the divorce is not considered sudden. It will happen sooner or later."

Xiang Sixi has never experienced marriage, he even somewhat rejects marriage.Divorce and marriage are nothing but literal differences to him.

"Oh."

oh.that's a response

The small carriage was suddenly quiet, and no one spoke.The navigation was still guiding the direction dutifully, Zhuo Zhuo secretly increased the speed of the car, just wanting to end this weird atmosphere as soon as possible.The silence lasted until 10 minutes later, when the car drove into a high-end residential area.

"Just stop here." Xiang Sixi signaled Zhuo Zhuo to pull over and stop, and said to An Mingye. "Thank you, good bye."

"You're welcome"

Xiang Sixi got out of the car, knowing that the people behind him were still watching him in the car, he wished he could run back, but he didn't, instead he pretended to be careless, until he turned a corner and disappeared from An Mingye's sight, then he heaved a sigh of relief.

Xiang Sixi imagined a lot of scenes when he saw An Mingye again, hysterical, tearing up his ex's heart with his hands, embarrassing him with a knife hidden in his noble and cold words, and even crying and making troubles and hanged himself accusing him of being a heartbreaker.These scenes have been rehearsed countless times in the past ten years, but they did not expect such a reunion.After being unbelievable, the first reaction was to avoid embarrassment and pretend not to know him, and even accepted such a meeting after he said that he was fine.The turbulent waves and storms he thought did not appear. The sword of Damocles that had been hanging above his head for ten years turned into a drop of dew and slowly fell, splashing layers of ripples.Does this count as letting go?Let's let it go...then why the ripples still refuse to dissipate?

"I'm back." Xiang Sixi took off her coat and tie as soon as she entered the door, and threw herself on the sofa.

Chu Zifan was cooking the instant ramen bought in the supermarket, with fish balls, seaweed and some vegetarian dishes, it looked very similar. "I just cooked ramen, do you want some?"

"No, you can eat, I'm not hungry."

When they went out in the afternoon, the two of them were discussing what bow tie and shoes to wear with this outfit, and they tried a dozen yuan on the watch alone.

"How about the new drama?"

"It's not good. Rory is very busy today and doesn't have much time. I have an appointment for tomorrow."

Chu Zifan poured him a glass of water, "Then go to bed early."

"En." Xiang Sixi went upstairs with water in hand, "Do you want to leave a lamp for you?"

"No need." Chu Zifan said while sucking on the noodles, "Tomorrow the music will be handed in, and I have to stay up all night and work overtime tonight."

"OK, good night."

"Good night"

Good night……

An Mingye stood at the door and looked at the thousands of houses inside. There were lights on every floor, and he didn't know which one he was in.

He has a boyfriend.This is something An Mingye hadn't considered before coming back.He didn't know where he got the courage, why did he feel that Xiang Sixi would always wait for him.But that's what he thinks.

But it's normal to have a boyfriend, ten years is such a long time, and with Xiang Sixi's conditions, there should be many people who like him... Why did I leave him in the first place, why did I let him go?

That night, Xiang Sixi dreamed of the apartment where they lived together, his former home.He squatted on the ground packing his luggage, crying while packing, when An Mingye suddenly appeared and hugged him, "I'm divorced, no one can stop us anymore." He cried even more sadly.

At this time, Chu Zifan was looking at them expressionlessly at the door, Xiang Sixi pushed An Mingye away in a panic, and the tears disappeared, "Zifan is not what you think, listen to me to explain!"

Then in order to get rid of this bloody situation, he woke up.

Staring blankly at the overhead light on the ceiling, he suddenly remembered the picture of him and Chu Zifan going to the home furnishing market to buy it back.There is nothing around him - he should still be working overtime downstairs.Looking at the time, it was 4 in the morning, drank a glass of water, and continued to sleep.

Xiang Sixi was born in a mountain village.It is a very backward mountain village, with poor land and no special products to sell. The mountain roads are muddy and narrow. When it rains, there will be mudslides. Those who can walk in the village will leave, and those who cannot walk will live on the subsidies of the village.There is very little subsidy money, and you can't eat enough, and you can't starve to death, but if you want to add some other household expenses, it is absolutely impossible.

Xiang Sixi's father wanted to change his destiny through learning.He lived up to the expectations and was admitted to the university. At the beginning, the village head personally sent him on the train. Who would have thought that he would fall in love with an official lady at school, but he would not be able to climb high, but the girl's family knew about it. Half a leg returned to this mountain village in desperation.

Even this poor mountain village is divided into classes.Whoever has a large field, whoever has a large population, and whose relatives are doing well outside, then they have a backer.However, his family is an outsider in this village, and no one occupies it. Even his proud status of "college student" is regarded as a joke by the villagers.

The village chief felt sorry for him and asked him to teach in Hope School.Unexpectedly, his leg deteriorated year after year without money to treat it. In the end, he couldn't even do the job of teaching.

Even so, he did not give up his desire to change his destiny at all, but pinned this hope on his son.

Xiang Sixi - from the name alone, one can tell how much his father expected of him.He grew up with such expectations.The children in the village don’t have much preschool education at all. When the four and five-year-old children are at the entrance of the village and in the mud, Xiang Sixi is supervised by his father to write, recognize numbers, recite Tang poems, and recite multiplication formulas.At that time, he didn't even understand what these poems meant, but he still memorized them obediently.The nine-year obligation was completed at the Hope Project School two miles away from the village. Including children from neighboring villages, there are about a hundred students in each school.Every once in a while, there will be college students who come here to support teaching. When they come, they always bring new clothes, new books and pencils, and some delicious food that he has never seen before.When the teacher who supported him for the first time asked about his ideal, he timidly replied, "I also want to be a college student in the future."He hoped that he could live a life of unbridled flamboyance like the college students who came to teach.

College students come and go, but there are only two permanent teachers. One is a village cadre from a neighboring village, who is also the principal. They have been teaching for decades.There is also a teacher who is in his early thirties and has shoulder-length hair. His hair is a bit naturally curly and sometimes tied into a small braid. The teacher's name is Li Qingming.

The name is catchy and easy to remember.Xiang Sixi blurted out "there is a lot of rain during the Qingming Festival", and the teacher praised him for this.It gave him a little sense of accomplishment, and therefore he liked to be close to this teacher.

Every time between classes, Mr. Li would hold an acoustic guitar and sing.Xiang Sixi would surround him with his classmates every time, listening to his singing and playing the guitar.Different from the folk songs in the village, the melody is the tune of the city, foreign style.After listening to a lot, Xiang Sixi would also sing a few passages, humming home after school.The teacher said he was a poet without a home, wandering around, because the students here are so cute, so he stayed here.When one day they both graduate and are admitted to university, or a better teacher comes, maybe he will leave and continue wandering.

Slowly, the classmates who went to school together left one by one.Some married daughters-in-law, some became other people's daughters-in-law, and some went to work in the city early, and there were only a dozen or so people left in the second class of junior high school.The teacher still plays the acoustic guitar, but he doesn't sing anymore, and plays nice tunes tinkly.Xiang Sixi doesn't understand music, but feels that the teacher's music is affectionate and gentle. The crisp sound of the acoustic guitar is like a mountain spring dripping into a deep pool. When you close your eyes, you can see wild flowers all over the mountain. There is a spring breeze blowing on your face, and the fragrance of flowers is overwhelming. The affectionate smile of the person in front of him...accompanied him through the monotonous and tense student days.

A year later, Xiang Sixi was admitted to a key high school in the town.As an outstanding poor student, he goes to school for free and also provides accommodation.It was only when I came back from the winter vacation that I realized that Teacher Li was gone.The old man in the village said that the tractor the teacher was riding on when he returned from buying textbooks overturned, and he and the car fell down the mountain together, but the body was not recovered, only a few soaked textbooks.

Later, the village erected a tombstone on the cliff where the teacher fell to commemorate the teacher who had stayed in their remote mountain for more than ten years.

Everyone said that Teacher Li did not die, but was washed too far by the water, unable to swim back and continued to wander.