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As the draw date approached, Zhou Nian finally showed some nervousness.

Although he has accepted many media interviews after the organizer announced the nominations, he can always answer modestly and calmly when talking about "whether he thinks he can win the award", making it impossible to make mistakes.But in fact, no actor can really take awards lightly, especially for such an important award-it is not only a step to enhance the actor's reputation, but also the highest praise and affirmation of the actor's hard work.He has devoted himself to this cause in the past year, and the award is the most intuitive evaluation of this.

In front of outsiders, Zhou Nian never reveals his emotions easily, and only when he is alone will he unconsciously show due anxiety.He is usually not critical of his appearance, but when it comes to the lottery, he suddenly becomes dissatisfied with himself in the mirror. No matter how he looks at it, there is something wrong... As soon as Pei Xun pushed the door, he saw him frowning in front of the mirror. He couldn't help laughing. Aside laughed: "It's pretty enough."

Only then did Zhou Nian realize that he was back.Thinking that the embarrassment just now must have been seen by him, his face immediately flushed a little.

"Don't be nervous," Pei Xun walked to him, "This is just your first nomination, and there will be a second, third... many times in the future."

He gently hugged Zhou Nian.Zhou Nian hugged him back, and the agitation just now was immediately quenched by this hug.He rubbed against Pei Xun's shoulder, but another sweet worry popped up in his heart - what do you know.

The award ceremony is important, but what is more important is another matter.This is what he is anxious about this these days, and what he is afraid of being discovered by Pei Xun.

Thinking of this, he moved his hand down, caught Pei Xun's, and gently rubbed the strap on his wrist for a moment.Pei Xun only thought it was his little act of being coquettish, smiled and held him back, holding him comfortingly.

"Your hands are so cold," Zhou Nian was taken aback suddenly, and then he clasped his hands tightly and put them in the palm of his hand, "Cold?"

"...It's okay, I just washed my hands." Pei Xun looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time, don't you want to go?"

It was almost evening, and the agent was waiting for him downstairs, making final preparations for the upcoming ceremony.Hearing this, Zhou Nian pursed his lips and looked at him: "What about you? When are you leaving?"

"Later." Pei Xun said, "I still have some things to deal with, and I will be late... Don't worry, I will definitely watch you walk on stage."

He straightened Zhou Nian's lapel and kissed him on the forehead, "Go."

When she left, Zhou Nian's expression became much more relaxed, obviously encouraged by the last kiss.When he went out, he turned his head back for the last time, his pupils were bright, and he waved vigorously at him.Standing in front of the door, Pei Xun watched him get into the car sent by the company, and with a smile on his face, he waved to him and said goodbye.

The smile stayed on his face until the vehicle was out of sight.The driver who had been waiting for a long time stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "...are you going to the venue?"

"Go," he said.

From the residence to the hotel where the wedding is about to be held, Pei Xun closed his eyes all the way, as quiet as if he fell asleep.The driver silently glanced at him in the rearview mirror, then looked away quickly.

Ever since Pei Xun returned to China, this driver has been assigned to him.In the past thousands of days and nights, he has seen many different faces of this young master in various states, whether tired, indifferent, or gentle... But before this, there has never been a time when Pei Xun clearly looked calm. , but made him faintly feel uneasy.

He still looked unflappable.Over the past few years, Pei Xun has rarely been unable to control his emotions. Even now, it is difficult for outsiders to find anything wrong with this face.Everything was the same as usual, but he felt—something was different, or, something was about to be different—like a harbinger of a storm coming, the air pressure was heavy and low, so stuffy that people couldn't breathe.

"All this time," Pei Xun said suddenly, "follow me—is it very hard?"

The driver was thinking about it secretly. He was startled when he heard the words, and after a pause, he realized that he was talking to himself: "How come, this is... my honor."

In the mirror, Pei Xun smiled.

"No more." He opened his eyes and looked out the window.

At that time, the driver was far from grasping the true meaning of this sentence.You can't talk too much about the nobleman, he didn't dare to answer, let alone ask, he just stopped the car in front of the hotel.A waiter trotted forward to open the car door, followed by bursts of blinding flashes——Xu Liang didn't boast, the wedding was very ostentatious, with photographers and reporters crowded on both sides.From the moment Pei Xun appeared behind the car door, the flashing lights flashed randomly, and the surrounding area was bright as day for a moment.

This will be the scene of the biggest news happening this week except for the Gold Award.

Pei Xun turned a blind eye to all this.He picked up the bouquet in the backseat, bowed his head and asked a few words to the host, and then walked straight into the hotel, leaving behind all the lights and crowds.

Like every other part of the hotel, the groom's lounge has been uniformly decorated according to the wedding design, with a warm palette of white and blue, and the scent of orange blossom and lisianthus filling the air.Pei Hong stood by the window, and Xu Liang stood in front of him.The expressions of the two were exactly the same solemn and calm, as if what was about to be held was not a wedding, but an important board meeting.

"Is everything arranged?" Pei Hong asked.

He was over fifty years old, but still looked in his prime.Xu Liang lowered his head slightly and answered "yes".

"Then what are you worried about?" he said. "Since everything is going according to plan, there is no need to think about anything else. Don't worry about other people's reactions when the time comes—just do your part."

"I know," Xu Liang said in a low voice without raising his head, "it's just, Xiao Xun, he... sent someone to check this before. I'm worried..."

"Him? What can he do." Pei Hong just smiled, "—what can he threaten? Don't worry about it."

"……Yes."

"Knock, knock, knock."

The door was knocked at this time, three times in a row, evenly falling on the door panel.Xu Liang raised his head, and quickly exchanged glances with Pei Hong—they were making a final review of the arrangements for tonight, and they had previously ordered that no one should disturb them.The knock on the door came so abruptly that people couldn't help but think about it. After he straightened his expression, he said softly, "Please come in."

Someone pushed the door open from the outside, and then gently closed it behind him.The person who came was holding a bouquet of white roses in full bloom. Xu Liang fixed his gaze on the bouquet before seeing the person behind him.

He was taken aback, his eyes slightly widened.

Pei Xun was standing by the door.His gaze first passed over Pei Hong, and then turned lightly to look at Xu Liang's eyes.

"Happy newlyweds." There was a smile on his lips, but his eyes were not smiling, "—Brother."

"Looking for him?" Song Yuzhen asked Zhou Nian.

Zhou Nian was counting the rows of seats backwards, when he heard this, he nodded and said in a low voice, "...his seat is still vacant."

The nominees and guests had already entered the venue and took their seats, but the seat belonging to Pei Xun was still vacant, which was particularly conspicuous among the bustling crowd.

"Isn't Brother Ling's wedding tonight? He will definitely have to stay a little longer. It's not surprising that he's late." Song Yuzhen patted the back of his hand, "Don't worry, he has a sense of proportion, and he won't forget."

"Whose wedding?" Zhou Nian asked.

"Brother Ming—Xu Liang," Song Yuzhen said, "you don't know him? He grew up with Pei Xun, a few years older than us, so I followed him. He is getting married tonight. It is said that the scene will be It’s very grand, and most of the reporters who weren’t guarding here have gone there to stay.”

"……Um."

Having said that, he didn't know this person who was said to have a close relationship with Pei Xun, and he didn't know that today would be a particularly important day for Pei Xun's family—Pei Xun only said "I have something to do" and never mentioned it. What exactly is it.This is nothing to worry about, but in normal times, he would just take it as Pei Xun's usual considerateness, the purpose is to not distract him from other things... But at this time, for some reason, it is difficult for him to really let go.It was as if the space that had been closed for a long time had suddenly cracked, and uneasiness and worry rushed in, forming a lingering worry.

He thought of all the strange things that Pei Xun had been doing this week: from time to time, he would be distracted, as if he was thinking about other things; occasionally his eyebrows would be lowered, and he would immediately pretend nothing had happened when he noticed his gaze; he would open a document repeatedly But it closed quickly, I don't know what I didn't want to see... Zhou Nian became more and more worried as he thought about it, he almost stood up, but had to sit down again——

The lights above the crowd were suddenly extinguished, and there was a wave of applause all around in an instant.The beams of light on both sides of the stage were lit up one by one, slowly spreading out a piece of light.The curtain was lifted, and the host was walking up the stairs, holding the microphone with a smile.

The camera slowly scanned the candidates under the stage.When the light hit his face, Song Yuzhen touched his shoulder and waved to the camera with him.

--it has started.