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The light was turned on by Pei Xun when he left.When the cover is suddenly lowered, it is like cold water splashing on the face.

Zhou Nian sat on the messy sofa bed and closed her eyes.The long-accumulated emotions are like shipwrecks floating on the water after a shipwreck, sinking extremely slowly, he counted a hundred times in his heart, and then slowly opened his eyes, ready to tidy up the room—he must not let the people who enter the door tomorrow morning see What clues.

He looks towards the door.

And there was already a person standing there.Under the bright light, the man's figure was straight and abrupt, like an eternal stone statue, only his eyes were moving, and they were slowly pressing towards him.

Zhou Nian's eyes froze on him.After a while, he sighed slowly.

"Dad," he said.

"I'll be here at seven."

Father Zhou said.He was standing, Zhou Nian was sitting, his gaze was lowered from above, the kind of gaze that seemed to wish to dig him up and take a look: "No one came out until nine o'clock."

Zhou Nian sat up a little more straightly, and didn't try to defend himself, but just looked at him quietly.He tried to see the master's emotion from this tense face—anger?disgust?disappointment?Distressed?It seemed that they were all mixed together, twisted into a complex expression that he had never seen on his father's face.

he guessed what was going to happen next

"Don't say you are friends." Father Zhou said.

"Not really," he said.

Hearing this sentence, Zhou's father was stunned. He didn't expect him to answer so calmly.Although father and son don't spend much time together, he thinks he knows this son well: he is quiet, well-behaved, and most of the time he can be called very sensible, he doesn't lie, but he never contradicts others outright.He is thin-skinned and knows the rules. He would never be ashamed to admit such a thing... at least he should be silent for a while.

But that's what Zhou Nian said.At this time, he was sitting calmly, with an expression and posture that seemed to remind him: You heard it right.

There wasn't even a wave on his face.Zhou Nian stared at his father and said softly, "I'm sorry."

There is not much regret in this "I'm sorry", but mostly an apology for "letting you down".Father Zhou was taken aback for a moment, and his eyes widened, as if he was about to curse.His lips trembled, and finally he just said, "Where did I see that person." He paused, "It's not a good style."

After a while, Zhou Nian realized that "that person" refers to Pei Xun—his father seemed to put down the question of "sexual orientation" and turned to the choice of a partner.This is undoubtedly a huge concession for the father in his memory.

Zhou Nian shook his head: "Those news are mostly false."

When he said this, his heart was empty, and he didn't have much confidence.But he is a good actor after all, his emotions didn't let him show his clues, and he still looked calm: "...Even if he is, he is different from before."

"Do you believe?"

"I believe."

Father Zhou smiled briefly, as if laughing at his innocence: "What if I object?"

The air stagnates at this moment, clogged in the small square space.His father stared at him closely, and he looked back with equal intensity.Both of them held up a stubborn shell, Ren Neili was exhausted in the silent consumption, but only waited for the other party to admit defeat first.

At this moment, Father Zhou realized that in terms of stubbornness, his son was very similar to himself, even exactly the same—it was just that Zhou Nian looked gentle and harmless, but he was deeply rooted and unable to beat him. Rotten bones.Only when something buried in the bones is touched, does it suddenly appear resolute and tough.

Father Zhou also saw this appearance six years ago.He still remembered that it was a hot and humid afternoon, and Zhou Nian, who was still a boy at that time, was sitting in front of him like this, his face was green and tense, but he showed no sign of retreating.

At that time he said: "I want to act."

Now he says, "He's my love."

The car body stopped in front of the closed door, and immediately a doorman eagerly stepped forward to open the door for the visitor.He bowed with his hands behind his back, bowed his head and said, "Mr. Pei."

Pei Xun nodded slightly to him, and went straight to the door.The doorman hurriedly followed, opened the door sideways for him, and took the coat he took off.Song Yu really stood behind the bar, saw him coming, and waved to him from a distance: "Oh, I finally waited for this master."

Bai Hua also leaned aside, seeing him, she nodded her head pretending to be reserved.Pei Xun walked over, took the wine glass handed over by Song Yuzhen, and took a sip.

The coldness of the wine somewhat drove away the fatigue of the day.Pei Xun raised his eyes, and saw that the doorman who followed him was still standing behind him, with a bit of anticipation on his fair face.

He was probably waiting for a tip—so he untied the cufflinks on his wrist and placed them in the opponent's palm.

The door boy looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was a handsome young man who was still in his growth stage.He didn't seem to have expected Pei Xun to react like this, he was stunned on the spot, then clenched his fingers, murmured thank you, turned and left.

Pei Xun raised his eyebrows slightly.Song Yuzhen laughed first: "Oh my god, this kid probably grew up listening to your legend... What is he thinking?"

"What legend?" Pei Xun asked.

"Isn't it your little tricks?" Bai Hua snorted, and took a rose from the side of the table, "Like this, you don't give a tip, but you put the flower stem in the buttonhole of someone's shirt, and let them come back later to receive the reward." ..."

"—It's still the kind that you have to pick up in your room." Song Yuzhen added.

There was a layer of cold water droplets condensed on the glass wall, and it rolled down when it was lightly swiped by a finger.Pei Xun took the branch of rose, and brushed his wet fingertips between the petals: "Is there such a thing?"

"I know you have a family, so I can't bring up this romantic past," Song Yuzhen glanced at him disdainfully.He stood behind the bar, with a shaker in each hand, and made a fancy shaking motion, "Don't be afraid, with your recent ascetic appearance, you don't need to be called Young Master Pei, but Uncle Pei instead."

The bar they were in was one of the properties under Song Yuzhen's name. It was secluded and private, and most of the customers were scattered in every corner without disturbing each other.Under the faint light, they couldn't see each other's faces clearly.In the past, they often met here, saving a lot of trouble of being chased and intercepted.Pei Xun took a sip of the wine and asked with a smile, "Pure and ascetic?"

"Isn't it? I heard that you rejected the little beauty that your manager - Zhang or something - found for you some time ago," Song Yuzhen said, "It seems to be a newly signed female singer?"

"Your news is better than anyone else's." Bai Hua squinted at him.

"Don't interrupt—that person is Ozu's younger sister, and I've met him a few times." Song Yuzhen glared at him, and then turned to Pei Xun, "I never thought that there would be such a day, and we witnessed that Pei Xun became an undisturbed person." Man... is this more novel?"

Pei Xun smiled: "There is someone at home, of course we should be careful."

"..."

As if he didn't know him suddenly, Song Yuzhen was still pouring wine in his hand, and his upper body was leaning forward, making an unbelievably exaggerated expression: "Pei Xun can say such things too? Are you a fake?"

Pei Xun just laughed.After a while, he gestured to the rim of his measuring cup, "It's overflowing."

The golden orange and transparent wine dripped down intertwined and condensed into a clear line in the cup.Song Yuzhen hastily withdrew his hands and asked him, "You don't need...where is Boss Pei?"

Pei Xun was silent for a while.

"Let's talk about it." After a pause, he curled his fingers and flicked on the glass, "I think...no one follows me recently."

In the past, especially in the two years when he just returned to China, no matter where he went, there were a few unshakable sights following behind him like a shadow.Wherever he went, who he met, and what he did, they would all be turned into photos and lay on that person's desk the next day.But recently, I don't know if he has finally become irritated and impatient by him. It seems that the man didn't send anyone to follow him.

He finally got the result he wanted—although it came too late.

He also had hopes for that person, otherwise he would not let go of his reputation abroad and follow his wishes to return to China.However, the reunion between father and son after many years still ended in an irreconcilable quarrel.At that time, he was still young and energetic, and he put his hands on Pei Hong's desk to defend himself, but the man only responded with a cold expression, like a piece of carved ice.With just one word, his plan and retreat were overruled.

"Do not."

After that, there was a protracted mutual disappointment.

"Then... what about that matter?" Bai Hua asked.

"Still investigating." Pei Xun said, "If there are no accidents...the results will be available in a few days."

He lowered his head slightly to sip the wine in his glass, and the corners of his raised eyes and brows seemed to droop accordingly, showing no superfluous expression.Song Yu really thought about it, raised his glass and touched him: "I don't know what to say, I wish you and Zhou Nian a happy marriage for a hundred years."

"Thank you." Pei Xun smiled at him.

The taste of the wine is sweet and astringent, slightly sour and bitter.Song Yu was really drinking, when suddenly a call came in, and the word "Jin" was displayed on the screen.He hurriedly put down the wine glass, rushed over to grab the phone and walked out, saying, "No, I didn't drink outside..."

Bai Hua made a "beep", and Pei Xun couldn't help laughing.As if influenced by the atmosphere, he also took out his mobile phone and clicked on Zhou Nian's name.

According to two weeks since the two last met on the set, Zhou Nian's news came less than before, probably because the filming became more and more busy.The last time I saw him, Pei Xun found that he was not in a stable mood - this was also reflected in the voice and video he sent afterwards.The man probably thought that he was covering up well, but Pei Xun could still see a bit of suppressed exhaustion from his pretendingly relaxed face.

Zhou Nian didn't talk to him about these things, and most of what he told him on weekdays was just trivial and interesting things around him.But he had read the script of "Xia Ke Xing" and knew that it was a very heavy story, and thought that Zhou Nian was too deep in the play-actors, especially good actors, could never escape this kind of experience.

Let's see him again in these two days, Pei Xun thought.

The last time I received the anniversary news was last night.It was almost sunset, and they hadn't contacted each other for almost a whole day.This is really rare for Zhou Nian who seemed to have to report everything to him when he first contacted... Pei Xun thought for a while, then said something and sent it, and after waiting for a while, he still didn't get a reply—— The man is still about to be filmed.

He clicked on the chat history and flipped through their news from this week.Seeing the smile on the corner of his mouth, Bai Hua knew what he was doing, and cleared his throat loudly to show the anger of single people—Pei Xun didn't raise his head, it was very boring.Song Yuzhen was still chatting with Li Jin, and it seemed that he couldn't finish it for a while, so he had to take out his mobile phone and click on Weibo to browse.

After a while, Pei Xun heard him softly "ah".

This sound was too soft, if it wasn't for the strange silence around him, he would probably have missed it.Pei Xun paused, keenly sensing something was wrong: "Why?"

Bai Hua didn't speak, just stared at him.After a while, he slowly handed the phone screen to him: "You..."

Pei Xun stood up abruptly.

The real-time hot search list is number one, and the key word is the word "Zhou Nian is injured".