Flame red

She seemed to be watching a small insubstantial TV in the darkness, watching the scene of the snake woman kneeling in front of her and pleading to protect Mu Yu, playing it repeatedly.

so good.She muttered so.Someone in this life is willing to kneel down and ask for something for a person.

Then she suddenly remembered that she seemed to have a name.It's called Yanhong.

And Yanhong's life began bit by bit from then and now.

A coffin was pushed forward, and a handful of ashes were held out.Simply obliterating the existence that the soul has attached to for a lifetime into ashes, watching familiar people being swallowed up by the light in a blinding fire, only then has the faint fear of losing something.

Mu Yu told Yanhong that everyone is afraid of losing something.Lost love, lost loneliness, lost support.

Later, the snake woman's ashes were packed in a small purple bone china that can be seen everywhere in the market, and Yan Hong carried it back to the cheap rental house.Mu Yu didn't ask more about the snake lady, probably because she felt that asking about it now would make her feel uncomfortable.But even if it is just right to be thought of by others, this problem cannot always be avoided.

Yanhong put the bone china on the dining table, and the rented room was still filled with the smell of incense ash.She thinks that she should tell Mu Yu everything she knows about the Snake Woman. There may not be many opportunities for the two of them to face each other seriously. The big star spends at least half of his life on the set and on the plane. Yan Hong is not so Waiting for her in place for a long time.

Pointing to the chair by the dining table, she said, "You sit down first, and I'll pour you a glass of water."

Mu Yu didn't refuse, nodded and sat down, gently stroking the smooth bone china with his fingers.After Yanhong poured water and came out, she saw her lowered her eyes, frowning and suppressing her emotions.

"I don't know about your family." Yan Hong sat opposite Mu Yu and said. "But as long as I can remember, I have been living in such a cheap rental house, with two meals of steamed buns and one meal of rice."

She told the big star all the snake women she knew, how the old man tremblingly pushed the flatbed cart and pulled a cart of not-so-bad fruits from one end of the street to the other over the years, or when the wind blows Carrying the little yellow flag to the corner to tell someone else's fortune.I muddled along and didn't attract anyone's attention.

The snake woman hid her identity very well, as if she was hiding from something.Hold your breath and never lament, as if life has always been like this, neither better nor worse.

But after Yanhong thought about it, she felt that part of the serpent woman's indifference was due to her age. After all, the old man did not know when she said that dying early and dying late is just a clean journey, and the sun still rises in the east and sets in the west.

She forgot when the snake lady said these words, it was just such an impression.

Maybe it was in a dream, maybe it was just hearing the other person talking to himself one day.

— Anyway, it doesn't matter now.

Yan Hong sighed softly in her heart, looked up at Mu Yu who had been silently listening to her.She felt that perhaps this was the most she had ever said since she was born.

There is no wave on Mu Yu's face, it is cold and distant, and the coldness between his brows looks more lonely when he looks closely at it now.

She was silent for a long time, finally rubbed the corners of her eyes, and said, "I haven't lived at home since graduating from university, and she hasn't called me in the past few years, and she always said that she went to New Zealand to escape the cold during Chinese New Year. I actually Believe it all."

Yan Hong tilted her head and didn't know how to evaluate her words. Is it pure or unwilling to think about it?According to fans who did not know when it broke the news, Mu Yu was admitted to the University of London before, but because he later entered the entertainment industry, he chose a domestic university.Her brain should be much smarter and sharper than Yanhong who can even think about two calculus for a long time. The reason for going to escape the cold alone during the Chinese New Year is as meaningless as a blank sheet of paper.

It seems that Mu Yu's parents are not the only ones who have an abnormal attitude towards the snake lady, maybe Mu Yu himself has a somewhat alienated attitude towards this grandmother.

But Yan Hong didn't say much, just looked at the bone china. "Anyway, that's all I know..." She said, but the phone in her pocket vibrated suddenly.

He took it out and saw that the signature on the screen was Yu Le.

Mu Yu at the side also caught a glimpse, thinking that Yan Hong would answer, but the child just stared at the name for half a minute and hung up.

"...It's not very polite." Mu Yu said softly.She knows that those who can hesitate for so long usually show that the relationship is not too ordinary, and even the more important the relationship, the longer the hesitation time will be.

Yan Hong said, "Anyway, you're asking me why I don't go to school, right?"

"Hmm." It was natural.Mu Yu nodded, and then looked at this cheap rental room.

The two of them were silent for a long time facing the bone china.

Then Yanhong asked: "When are you going back?"

Mu Yu didn't answer right away, but instead asked: "What will you do next?"

"...What should I do..." Hearing her question, the girl was not even half surprised, she stared at the ceiling as if saying something and said in an orderly manner: "Clean up the snake woman's room, clean the room, and warm up the leftovers in the refrigerator. After eating, sort out the remaining savings..."

Then——Yan Hong paused for a moment, said that after discussing with Uncle Zhang next door, she would go to the newsstand to help get some food money every day.

Mu Yu listened, lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "So you called her Snake Woman..."

And Yan Hong obviously didn't hear her words clearly, and came back to her senses. "Um?"

"It's nothing."

Mu Yu shook his head, just as he was about to say something, he heard Yan Hong yell again, and then the child said naturally: "But I think I will go to the Guofu to find a place to settle down after a while."

"But isn't your school here?"

"Yeah. It's just that the last thing Snake told me to do was to protect you..." Yan Hong paused, then looked at Mu Yu quietly. "If I don't finish it, maybe her old man can't rest in peace, right?"

Looking at her calm eyes, Mu Yu faintly felt a chill in his heart.The child's eyes and the plainness on his face were so natural that they seemed weird.

Like a marionette who has no pursuit of his own life.The scary thing is that Yanhong seems to be obsessed with this.

"What about you going to school?" Mu Yu took a deep breath and asked.

Yanhong said casually: "Let's drop out of school, I don't have any money anyway..."

"Are you stupid?" Interrupting her, Mu Yu picked up the bone china.Yan Hong stared at her closely, while the star's pale eyes looked back without flinching. "I said Yanhong—"

At that time, her figure was tall and indifferent in the dim light of the sky, and the earnestness in her brows was dyed brightly by the morning light. Even the tiny shadows under her forehead and hair flowed like a reflection board of spring water.

——It’s so beautiful.Yan Hong thought in a daze.I don't know if it's for the people in front of me or the scenery.

Outside the window gradually came the noise of traffic on the streets in the morning, and the world is still entering the daytime with the wind blowing and flowers blooming.

Yanhong later returned to school on the day the autumn outing notice was posted on the bulletin board.

She looked blankly at the students who were still carrying brand-name schoolbags and wearing limited-edition sneakers. When she was going up the stairs, the head teacher came to meet her, who even asked about the condition of Yanhong's arm with concern.At that time, she had already removed the plaster, and her shoulder still had a dull pain, and she could only carry her schoolbag on one shoulder, but as long as she didn't do strenuous exercise, it didn't have any effect.

The classroom was talking about the broadcast time of the second season of "Rainy Day". If Yanhong remembered correctly, Mu Yu said before that it was around the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Yu Le huddled in his seat and played with his mobile phone sullenly, while Yang Bai in front of him was talking non-stop, probably about some celebrity or something, but the eldest lady looked absent-minded and didn't express any opinions.

It was the end of get out of class when Yan Hong returned to the classroom, no one noticed her.

She walked all the way to the seat, Yu Le raised his eyes and saw Yan Hong, but his face brightened obviously.

"Where did you die?" He said fiercely.Yan Hong smiled apologetically, and Yu Le stretched out her hand to open the seat for her.

Yang Bai also glanced at Yan Hong after a long absence, and asked in a businesslike manner, "Where have you been all this time?"

"Oh... I hurt my hand, so I lay down in the hospital." Yan Hong replied simply.Then sit down.

Yu Le put down his phone to look at it, and suddenly said, "Yanhong, have you changed your schoolbag?"

"Huh? Uh, uh."

Yang Bai glanced at it, a little surprised. "Isn't this the brand Mu Yu and Shi Han endorsed last week?"

"Really?" - I don't know?Yan Hong smiled awkwardly.

"Hands okay?" Yu Le looked at her worriedly, and then said. "It's time to go on an autumn tour in two weeks, are you okay?"

"It's just a dislocation. It's okay." Yan Hong shook her head, afraid that she would ask her further, so she could only ask Yu Le casually. "What were you looking at just now?"

"Oh, it's nothing, "Rainy Day"." Yu Le replied. "Mu Yu has taken over other scripts, and everyone is wondering if she will continue filming the third season."

Yang Bai said: "Many people said that it should continue. After all, she has been praised continuously since she played the heroine. The crew will not change easily if they want to maintain a good reputation."

"Is that so..."

"But it depends on what Mu Yu thinks. Although we really want her to continue acting." Yu Le smiled and said.

"Oh……"

Yan Hong didn't even count how long she had taken leave, anyway, it was only a month from when the plaster was applied to when the plaster was removed.Yu Le told her a lot about the homework and things that happened in school during this period, and by the way, sighed that it would be much less fun without Yanhong.The biggest disappointment is that there is no one to accompany me when I go to the toilet or hand in homework.

But now the favorite place for high school girls to relax is the toilet, right?Yanhong thought.

The relationship between Yu Le and Yang Bai has improved a lot. Yanhong saw Yang Bai turn around and talk to her a lot this day. The things they talked about ranged from trivial matters to inquiries about homework and textbook knowledge.Although the two often argued, Yang Bai would always surrender in the end without any reason, with an expression that he didn't want to fight with her anymore.

Later, Yu Le quietly complained to Yan Hong that the man was becoming more and more annoying.

You said that when Yanhong said she was arguing with you, and now you say that when she is not arguing with you.

——It seems to be...

Yu Le was stunned for a moment, then muttered to himself.

In fact, Yan Hong also thought it was quite amazing, after all, according to Yang Bai's personality, he should be the type who would fight to the death with others, and the reason why he would argue with Yu Le in the past was because the two were unwilling to give in to each other.In comparison, Yang Bai must be on the stronger side.

So, the world of rich kids is really fickle.

She sighed in her heart.

But no matter how fickle it is, it's not half as good as a certain big star.Later, Yan Hong secretly added another sentence.

I passed the day safely without incident, and I didn't even see a few ghosts that hindered my eyes.Everything in front of me was clean.

That day after school, Yu Le wanted to attend a family gathering, so he said goodbye to Yan Hong at the school gate, got into the silver-gray Mercedes at home, and drove off in the dust.

Yan Hong waved at the rising yellow dust, turned around and saw Yang Bai standing behind her with his schoolbag on one shoulder and his hands crossed.Among the stream of students coming in and out of the school gate, it was obvious that they stopped because of Yan Hong.

She couldn't handle an arrogant girl like Yang Bai, so she subconsciously took two steps back.

But Yang Bai didn't say anything, and looked at Yan Hong openly, as if he was just waiting for his family to pick him up.Yanhong recalled that Yu Le had told herself before that Yang Bai had a younger brother who went to elementary school on the other side of the city, and every time the driver would go to pick up her younger brother first and then pick her up, occasionally there would be a traffic jam and would wait for a while.

Yan Hong also saw Yang Bai standing at the school gate waiting at the end of her duty before, playing with her mobile phone, standing tall and straight, like a lonely peacock, not caring how many people come and go around her.At that time, she was actually a little strange. It had been more than two hours since the end of her duty after school. If it was an ordinary person, she would have already returned home.

The rich lady who was as proud as a peacock didn't feel annoyed at all, she just stood there as usual.In this bustling and hurried dusk, it seems a little lonely.

So I guess it is because of waiting that I am standing here today, right?Occasionally, he stood a little close to Yan Hong, so he began to look at her unabashedly.

She originally wanted to lift her legs and leave, after all, compared to Yang Bai, Yan Hong didn't need to wait for anyone to pick her up.No one will have time to pick up and drop off.

But just after walking a few steps, Yan Hong suddenly turned around and returned to Yang Bai's side as if remembering something.

"That, Yang Bai." She said with some hesitation.

Yang Bai's gaze was always on Yan Hong's body, and he raised his eyebrows. "Um?"

"Can you lend me some money? I'll pay you back later."

It seemed a little surprised, but Yang Bai still just raised his eyebrows.He stared at Yanhong for a few seconds, then nodded generously. "Can."

"……Really?"

Seeing that Yan Hong seemed to be in disbelief, Yang Bai raised the corners of his mouth and smiled. "—Anyway, I'm a child of a rich family, am I not?"

Yang Bai said this to Yan Hong, without leaving traces but without concealing his sharpness, he pointed out what she thought in her heart on weekdays, with a look of no surprise or care, which made people stunned for a few seconds.

When Yan Hong heard this, she felt a little nervous and shook her head again and again. "...No, I don't mean anything else..." She was shocked that this rich lady who never seemed to take herself seriously could be so perceptive.

——However, maybe the more absent-minded a person is, the more sensitive he is.

Yan Hong over there was nervous in her heart, but Yang Bai at this end didn't mind at all.

"Not blaming you." She shrugged. "How much do you want?"

"Well... I don't know the exact amount, but I just want to buy something." Yan Hong said awkwardly. "For example, do you know where there is a place that sells jade?"

Yang Bai looked at Yanhong again, and sighed: "I don't see that you are still interested in this area?"

"That's it."

"...But I really know." After thinking for a while, Yang Bai blinked, Yan Hong's eyes lit up.Then the rich lady smiled again and said, "I'll take you there this week."

Yan Hong was taken aback. "Huh? But...is it okay?"

"Anyway, I'm staying at home, so let's go for a walk." Yang Bai said.

"Well, um, thank you, then..."

"By the way, there is no need to pay back the money so quickly." Yang Bai interrupted her, thought for a while, and told Yanhong. "You just need to keep a little distance from Yu Le in the future."

"……what?"

The thoughts of the children of the rich family are really difficult to understand...

But after seriously thinking about the pros and cons, Yan Hong still nodded and agreed temporarily.

Later, she waited with Yang Bai at the school gate for more than an hour, but she couldn't wait any longer, so she had to find an excuse to leave.After walking tens of meters, Yan Hong looked back at the girl, still playing with her mobile phone, without the slightest bit of impatience or helplessness, it seemed that even this loneliness that was still in the dusk seemed proud and natural.

Yan Hong sighed, and walked forward along the route she had walked for several years.

Habitually returning to the street of cheap rental houses, he stood downstairs and paused for two seconds. First, he thought that the man died where he was standing now, and then he remembered that he should not come back here now.

She passed through the ghosts wandering the street and walked to the other side.

After walking two stations, we came to a newly built community. The brightly lit buildings were surrounded by ancient Greek-style arches, and there were many old people walking in the small park in front, chatting in groups of twos and threes.

Yanhong swiped her card to enter the community, walked slowly through the garden, took the elevator, and finally came to the top floor.

The key I took out of my pocket was much heavier than the previous apartment, like a half-fallen iron stone in the palm of my hand.She looked up at the door in front of her, and inserted the key in.

A burst of pop music was playing wantonly in the house, and a lot of newly moved luggage and furniture were still piled up at the door.Yan Hong stared at a brand new bicycle for a long time, finally sighed, and walked into the living room.

"It's said that the sound insulation of the model room is not very good. If you play such loud music, the downstairs may complain." She said.

Mu Yu turned over on the gray sofa that was big enough to serve as a bed, and a few pages of the script fell on the carpet.

"No one lives downstairs." The big star replied sleepily.

Yan Hong shrugged her shoulders, she didn't care anymore, she put her schoolbag beside the sofa, and turned her head to look at the bone china placed next to the TV.She stood there silent for about 2 minutes, and then said: "I thought you would not come back when you said you were filming."

Mu Yu sat up, his black hair was draped over his shoulders, it was messy but he still looked damn good. "I also thought you would go back to the previous house."

Yan Hong smiled helplessly. "It was all returned to the landlord by you."

The big star snorted and fell back on the sofa.

Yan Hong stared blankly at the few pages of the script that fell on the black carpet, like a few pieces of snow abandoned on the rocks.She remembered that in the cheap rented room, Mu Yu hugged the bone china and said to herself without giving in:

——I said Yanhong, don't come to the government.I moved to Wuzhi, you just live with me.

After all, rich people.The next day, I really bought the newly built model house this year, and lived in a high-end community.Compared with the previous rented room, it was two extremes.When Mu Yu brought Yan Hong to the door and handed over the key, she froze with a dazed expression.

"...At that time I thought you were joking." Yan Hong rubbed her eyebrows and muttered.

"Huh?" Mu Yu asked lazily.

Yanhong shook her head, picked up her schoolbag, walked into the room slowly, and said casually: "It's nothing, do you want to pick up the third season?"

There was silence in the living room for a few seconds, and then came the sound of picking up the script, and then Mu Yu replied lazily: "The plot is so bloody, I don't want to take it."