I secretly liked you for the past ten years

"Huh? Big brother doesn't play anymore?"

Mao Xiaoyu suddenly came back from the memory, and saw Mao Wenwen quickly flipping through the back pages of the sketchbook, and stopped at a completely different photo, "What is this? There is no ball.

The background of the photo was an awards ceremony with bright lights. Wang Ziwen was standing on the stage, wearing a suit and leather shoes, with an elegant smile, talking to the audience.Mao Xiaoyu was silent for a while, then turned his eyes away and replied, "Big brother got into a car accident and got injured, so he can't play ball anymore."

Mao Wenwen's eyes widened in surprise, and a look of pity appeared on her palm-sized face, "Then...then he is so pitiful."

"...Why are you so pitiful?"

"Big brother is very happy when he is playing. He is smiling in every picture. He likes to play."

Mao Xiaoyu's heart ached, her eyes fell on the man's smiling face again, she couldn't help reaching out to caress those calm eyes, her mind gradually became heavy again.

It has been many years since the prince heard it. The bright and bright smile in high school has gradually disappeared. He has become more and more calm, gentle, and polite. look like.That was his real appearance, but the edges and corners were worn away by time, maybe even he himself had forgotten it.

At that time, it was originally agreed that even after Wang Ziwen graduated, he would still contact by letter. At that time, communication was not as developed as it is now, and the only way to communicate with each other was by phone and letter. For the specific address, I will definitely write a letter to him, and say that I will find out for him what major a basketball agent should choose, and I will also tell him to study hard.

But he never expected that after the summer break that year, there would be no news from the prince.

When school started again, I heard that Prince Wen was in a car accident and had a comminuted fracture of one leg, and he had to recover from the injury for a whole vacation.At that time, Mao Xiaoyu was completely frightened, and hurriedly asked the address of Wang Ziwen's house, and she didn't attend class, so she rushed all the way there.But when he got there, he found that Wang Ziwen had moved a long time ago, and those brothers who were close to him had also graduated, Mao Xiaoyu didn't know how to contact them at all.He could only wait patiently for the prince to hear the letter he was going to write to him, but after waiting for more than two months, there was no news. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he bought a ticket to Beijing and took advantage of the November holiday. I went to Tsinghua University alone to find him.

But even after searching for seven days, they couldn't find even half a person.

There was no name of Wang Ziwen in the recommended majors. He searched all over the male dormitory, and even asked for the phone number of the professional counselor, but in the end he found nothing. All he knew was that Wang Ziwen dropped out of school because of his injury, and no one knew where he ended up going. .

It was at that time that Mao Xiaoyu had to admit that what Wang Ziwen said about him waiting for him, coming back to him, and always being friends were just casual jokes and couldn't be taken seriously at all.

"Father, it's not hot here anymore." Mao Wenwen leaned over to touch Mao Xiaoyu's forehead, and then pushed him lightly, "Go to sleep, Wenwen take these back."

Mao Xiaoyu exhaled, cleared all the messy memories in her mind, got up with her daughter in her arms, and walked softly towards the kitchen, "Dad will make dinner first, and Dad will go to bed after Wenwen finishes eating."

Mao Wenwen couldn't persuade him either, so she obediently lay down on her stomach, jumped down when she got to the kitchen, flipped through the refrigerator and said, "Wenwen washes the vegetables while Dad sits."

Mao Xiaoyu smiled softly, touched her daughter's sensible little head, and felt less uncomfortable.

After the father and daughter had dinner together, Mao Wenwen stood on the bench to wash the dishes first, and then lay down on Mao Xiaoyu's bedside after washing, making sure to watch her father fall asleep before leaving.Mao Xiaoyu pinched the tip of her little nose, she was indeed tired, so she relaxed and closed her eyes, and soon fell asleep.

Feeling vaguely that the quilt had been carefully tucked up by someone, Mao Xiaoyu thought drowsily, her daughter deserves to have inherited that person's genes, and her gentle and considerate appearance is really exactly the same.

But I didn't sleep very well, I had some depressing dreams, and I was woken up by the phone ringing early the next morning.

Gritting her teeth, Mao Xiaoyu stood up, looked at the flickering phone screen, trembled suddenly, and picked it up hesitantly.

As soon as the connection was made, the other person yelled impolitely, "You are a sleeper, you are in a good mood, are you ready?"

Mao Xiaoyu bit her lip and said after a long time, "It's still [-] yuan short, I won't get paid until next week..."

"Fifty thousand less?!" The other party opened his mouth and scolded, "Then you are still fucking sleepy, hurry up and get money for me! If the money doesn't arrive this weekend, I will expose those things!"

Mao Xiaoyu hurriedly said, "Don't, please don't, just wait for two more days, I'm running out of money recently, my daughter's tuition fee has just been paid, and I don't have much money left, just wait for two more days, I'll be sure next week for you……"

But the other side sneered, "Then you won't ask him for it? You are also an idiot. The prince will make a diao when he hears it, and it will be over as soon as he is happy. He doesn't know that you are dying. Do you think you are?" Guilty?"

Mao Xiaoyu bit her lips until she turned white, and said after a long time, "Anyway, I will definitely give it to you, don't talk nonsense, he is the chief director for the first time, the play has just finished, and he is about to become famous, don't influence him, he has everything I don't know, it has nothing to do with him..."

The other party found it funny even more, and suddenly became interested in the idiot's thinking, and mocked, "What do you think you are planning? Just like him that much? At that time, because he was almost killed by someone, you didn't hate him at all? "

Mao Xiaoyu didn't say anything, and took a while to say carefully, "Anyway, I'll try my best to get the money together, if I really can't get it together, just wait for me for two days..."

"Wait a fart! This matter is not discussed. This week, I am in a hurry to spend the money. If it doesn't arrive this weekend, you can wait to see Wang Ziwen's headlines!"

The man put down the phone hard, Mao Xiaoyu heard the beeping sound on the other side, his hands and feet were cold for a while, and he closed his eyes helplessly.

After another busy day with his exhausted body, Mao Xiaoyu said goodbye to Tao Yina, and was about to leave when she was suddenly stopped by the other party.

"Brother Xiaoyu," Tao Yina leaned over and said, "Are you feeling better?"

Mao Xiaoyu forced a smile and nodded, "It's much better, don't worry."

"But your complexion is very bad..." Tao Yina took a breath, and said simply, "I accidentally heard you talking with Sister Li in the afternoon. Are you planning to go to a part-time job now? You can't do this, you have to rest well For a few days, don't torment yourself like this."

Mao Xiaoyu bit her lower lip, shook her head and said, "It's okay, I'm in a hurry to spend money recently, it's only been a few days, just get over it."

Tao Yina worried, "What do you do part-time?"

"Translation, translation and interpretation are all available. I have an undergraduate degree in English."

"Hey, isn't that a lot of work? It's also very tiring. Why don't you wait until the illness recovers before you go, isn't it a few days away?"

Mao Xiaoyu shook her head again, "No way, I'm in a hurry."

Tao Yina saw that he had a low-grade fever all day long, and his face was pale like a ghost. She couldn't bear it, so she said, "How much do you need? How about I lend it to you? I just won the championship, and I have a lot of prize money. Leaving it is also letting it go, I can borrow it all from you!"

Mao Xiaoyu was startled, and hurriedly waved her hands, "How can I do it..."

"Why can't it work? You are my manager, and I can't run away. I'm very relieved." The more Tao Yina talked, the more she felt that this was a solution, so she leaned over and patted Mao Xiaoyu's shoulder, and said with a smile, "I have a bonus of 20 yuan. Well, is it enough? Not enough. I’ll borrow it from my brother, he’s such a good guy, he’s not short of money!”

Mao Xiaoyu's expression flickered, she was silent for a while, and then said, "That's your brother, I'm nothing like him, how can I bother him..."

Tao Yina snorted, and said, "You are my manager, we are a family, don't be so alien," she counted on her mobile phone, "Let's see, I have twenty... ...Add [-], plus Alipay's... [-], brother Xiaoyu, is it enough?"

Mao Xiaoyu was really moved by her, he was at a loss for words for a long time before hesitatingly said, "I'll just...just fifty thousand..."

Tao Yina immediately raised her head, dumbfounded, "Just fifty thousand? Hey, I thought it was a big deal... Uh, I don't mean anything else."

Mao Xiaoyu smiled, pursed her lips again, and said sincerely, "Nana, thank you."

Tao Yina waved her hand boldly, and asked for his card number directly, and it was done in a minute, "Okay, you can confirm."

Looking at the balance on the bank card, Mao Xiaoyu finally relaxed after a day of tension, and whispered, "I'll pay you back next week."

"Hey, don't be in a hurry, anyway, I don't spend much money now."

But Mao Xiaoyu still thanked Tao Yina a thousand times, and treated Tao Yina to dinner before leaving.Looking at his thin back, Tao Yina felt a little distressed for no reason. Like her, she has never had to worry about food and clothing since she was a child, and she got involved in the entertainment industry whenever she wanted to, and she was escorted by her family all the way. She really didn't understand what it was like to live a hard life , but she has seen a lot of them, and she always wants to help if she can.

At this moment, Ms. Tao, who is doing good every day, is staying at her cousin's house, so she couldn't help telling him about it, and added at the end, "Brother Xiaoyu really worked hard. I heard from Sister Li that he only eats and sleeps. , I’ve been working all the time, it’s not easy for a big man to take care of a child, he’s so kind to his daughter, he’s such a good man.”

Wang Ziwen was grinding coffee beans, glanced at her, and joked, "Has Nana taken a fancy to him? The offer is so generous, [-] can be given if you want?"

Tao Yina glared at him, rolled on the sofa, "You haven't seen his face today, it's too scary, I'm really afraid that if he works so hard again, what should I do if he dies from overwork? Bah, bah, I'll That's what it means."

Prince Wen finished grinding the beans, tried the aroma, and said, "If you really like him, I don't agree."

Tao Yina turned over, looked sideways and said, "Why don't you agree?"

"Bad personality, not talkative, timid, like a little girl, not as good as your man."

Tao Yina laughed, and retorted, "I'm not a man, you can't just look at your personality. Brother Xiaoyu is very strong, and he insisted on going to work even when he was so uncomfortable. In the past two days, he took me very seriously. He worked carefully and was special. Gentle, I think it’s pretty good, she’s a very reliable person.”

Wang Ziwen shook his head and smiled, ground the beans, poured hot water on them, and stirred them slowly, "Reliable is reliable, I have only been in touch with him for three months, and I can see that he is a serious and responsible person. People, they can endure hardship." He came over with a coffee cup, handed it to Tao Yina, and said with a smile, "Try it, the new variety I discovered tastes pretty good."

Tao Yina jumped up and drank a couple of sips, feeling nothing, "I can't taste any difference, it's a waste if you give me a drink." As she spoke, she walked around holding the cup, and suddenly found a booklet, and took it with her hand. Get up, "What is this?"

Wang Ziwen glanced at it, and went over with a coffee, "The high school classmate records, I looked through them in the past two days, and I can't remember most of them."

Tao Yina turned a few pages, deliberately teasing him, "Lu Mingchuan, do you have any impression?"

Wang Ziwen smiled helplessly, shook his head, "I don't remember at all."

"Where's Jian Hao?"

"I have no impression."

"...Where's Li Tongtong? Yo, this message is really nasty. I have a crush on you, right?"

Wang Ziwen took the booklet back and flicked her forehead, "Don't be naughty, I really can't remember a few."

Tao Yina looked at him thoughtfully, and suddenly asked, "I said, brother, are you suffering from a car accident? It's not normal to be so forgetful all the time. Let's just say that the crew of your last time, except you Who do you remember, the new acquaintances you knew?"

The prince shrugged with a smile, "Mao Xiaoyu."

"...Isn't it just two days ago that I remembered it?"

Prince Wen sighed, feeling a little depressed himself, "Don't blame me, I really can't remember."

Tao Yina didn't irritate him anymore, she captured her classmate records again, looked at those messages and laughed, "You are so popular in high school? Look at these girls, ouch, 'I really like your heroic figure on the court', Haha, you’re still there, did this girl talk to you about your ideals in life?”

Tao Yina complained while watching, and finally turned to the last page, and continued to laugh, "Hey, this one is even more funny, 'I wish we could be together forever', tsk tsk, this is simply a confession, what mood did you look at back then? ?”

The prince didn't smile this time, even the smile faded from his eyes, and he fell silent suddenly.

Tao Yina was stunned for a moment, and took the brochure to smack his forehead, "What's the matter?"

Wang Ziwen lifted the coffee cup, let the hot air cover his eyes, and said after a while, "That was written by Mao Mao."

Tao Yina said in surprise, "It's not easy, you can still remember one!"

The prince was silent for a while, and then said, "No one will forget him if I forget him."

Tao Yina suddenly regained her spirits, her eyes sparkled, "Which one? A man or a woman? First love? My sister-in-law? Is there a story like the wind that youth must tell?"

Wang Ziwen: "...what the hell?"

Tao Yina smiled and touched his shoulder, urging, "Tell me, who is this Mao Mao?"

Wang Ziwen took back the classmate record, stretched out his hand to touch the faint handwriting, as if recalling something, "It's a boy, a fan who likes to watch me play."

Tao Yina suddenly suppressed her smile, her expression became cramped, and she let out a low voice.

Basketball is Wang Ziwen's taboo, Tao Yina is reluctant to mention these two words, fearing that it will hurt him.But I didn't expect Wang Ziwen to say it first, "A very cute person, who follows me every day, treats me very well, and admires me very much..." After a pause, he said, "I am sorry for him, said We wanted to work together, but I escaped by myself."

Tao Yina asked tentatively, "Run...for what?"

"He just liked to watch me play, and he said he wanted to be my agent. At that time, I bragged to him, saying that we would conquer the world together, but then...you know, I can't play anymore, and I don't know what to do. Facing him, we will never see each other again."

Tao Yina didn't know how to answer, and hesitated, "Did you really never see him again?"

Wang Ziwen was silent for a while, leaning his back against the wall and sighed, "Actually, I went back to school once after I was discharged from the hospital. It was the first time I went to his class to look for him, but everyone else said that there was no such thing as Mao Mao, so I found him." I didn't find him for a day, so I had to give up." Wang Ziwen smiled bitterly and said, "I still don't know why he lied to me."

"Then didn't you go to other classes to look for it? He was in the second year of high school, right? You can go through all the second grades."

"I checked, but I couldn't find it." Wang Ziwen didn't want to mention it again, and shook his head, "I don't know if he avoided me on purpose. The whole school knows that I had a car accident. Maybe it's because I can't play anymore. Disappointed, don't want to see me."

"Hey..." Tao Yina didn't know that this kind of thing had happened before, she felt sorry for her brother, and comforted her, "It's all over anyway, don't even think about it, you see, you've become a director in a crooked way, isn't it pretty Well, Mao Mao or something, let him go with the wind!"

The prince smiled when he heard it, hummed, and said no more.

The two chatted about other things, Wang Ziwen's phone rang suddenly, he glanced at the incoming call, hissed at Tao Yina, and answered it with a smile.

"President Du? Is there something wrong?"

The male voice on the opposite side sounded a bit cold, and the tone could not detect any emotion, it was very indifferent, "I heard that Director Wang won the IP of "Iron Sea", and I want to talk to you about it."

Wang Ziwen was always straightforward, straight to the point and said with a smile, "Does Du always want to invest?"

The person on the other side was not a mean person, so he hummed and was more straightforward than him, "If I invest, you will understand what I mean."

Of course I understand that there is no other reason for Du Ningxiu to spend money in film and television dramas except for one purpose.Wang Ziwen asked back, "It seems that you came prepared, which character did you fancy?"

Du Ning said succinctly, "Male number one, Lu Yuan."

The prince's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he felt a little headache.Lu Yuan is the leading actor. The ip of "Iron Sea" is destined to explode. The leading actor in this drama is likely to be popular, but the key is that he needs two talents, but Mr. Du The person who wants to be praised... is really hard to describe.

"For Lu Yuan, don't blame me for speaking directly. It's a bit too forced. There are too many lines. I'm afraid Tan Xiao will be under pressure. If he can't stand it..."

"He has improved a lot," Du Ningxiu said lightly. "Recently, he also signed up for classes and practiced every day. You have to give him a chance."

The prince sighed, Du Ningxiu is a big funder, one is worth ten, it is enough to find two or three more with him as the basic investor, saving him a lot of trouble, but that Tan Xiao is really stupid, I don't know what Du Ningxiu was thinking, but he was so focused on praising him, he spent tens of millions on him, and even now, not a single blister has come out. It's heartbreaking to think about it.

Wang Ziwen was still hesitating, but Du Ningxiu said, "If the male lead has concerns, the second male lead is also fine. The investment amount can remain the same, as long as you bring him more on set."

The prince heard and sighed, "The male second has already been decided, and Su Zhou has already accepted the role, so it cannot be changed."

"Su Zhou?" Du Ningxiu seemed to frowned, and soon calmed down again, and said, "He can play the lead actor even without a single work. Tan Xiao has acted in a few plays anyway, and it's not bad to play the lead actor." what?"

Wang Ziwen really couldn't laugh or cry, it was meaningless to discuss this fact with this group of laymen with a lot of money and no knowledge of business, so he planned to find an excuse to prevaricate, but the other party suddenly asked, "Or, Director Wang is the same as me, is it Who did you give up this role for?"

Wang Ziwen was taken aback by what he said, and subconsciously asked, "Me? Who can I do for?"

Du Ningxiu paused and said, "Isn't it because of Mao Xiaoyu?"

Wang Ziwen couldn't understand his logic, "What are you talking about? Mao Xiaoyu and I haven't spoken a few words, how could it be for him..."

But Du Ningxiu interrupted him and said, "It's meaningless for you to lie to me like this. Back then, he was almost beaten to death because of you, and he couldn't even go to school. You told me that you didn't know each other well, isn't it a bit too much?" ?”

Wang Ziwen was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled, and Du Ningxiu continued, "He bought sour plum soup from me for a year and delivered it to you every day. I lost a lot of weight. I remember it very clearly. You I can understand taking care of Su Zhou for him, and you don’t have to hide it from me, I’m just telling you that no matter how bad Tan Xiao’s acting skills are, he’s better than Su Zhou, so the protagonist…”

"Mr. Du," the other person suddenly interrupted him. I don't know if it was an illusion. Du Ningxiu seemed to hear a slight tremor in the other person's voice, "What did you mean by...?"