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There was no tea or coffee. In the end, the two of them poured a cup of hot water and sat back on the sofa in the living room.Lu Li picked up the blanket again, and this time he took the initiative to wrap Shen Xingxuan in it.

The two of them each held couple-style water glasses, and their heads touched each other.Unknowingly, the body has returned to normal temperature.It's just that although the misunderstanding has been resolved, the emotions have not yet calmed down, and there is still some embarrassment between each other, and they don't know what to say.

It was Shen Xing who put down his water glass, put his arm around Lu Li's shoulder, and moved his head closer.

"In my father's generation, there were three brothers and sisters in total. My uncle is a university professor, and my only son is now working in finance in Switzerland. A pair of twins were born the year before last. My aunt was engaged in literary and artistic work in her early years. I met my current American husband, settled abroad and gave birth to my cousin An Huawen and two cousins. As for my family, there are also my eldest brother and my second sister. My eldest brother and us are not born of the same mother. Currently, Shen’s business The affairs are mainly handled by him, the second sister is also a capable person, and my brother-in-law works in the government department."

Realizing that Shen Xingxuan was confessing his family background, Lu Li was a little happy in his heart but didn't dare to reveal too much, so he could only pretend to be ignorant with his eyes wide open.

Shen Xing chose to pat his head dotingly: "It's very boring, but it's what you want to know. If you're not interested, you have to listen patiently."

Then, he said again: "My mother also has three brothers and sisters, and my mother is the second. Gordon is the only child of my aunt. Do you remember that when I brought him to school, I used to be with you What did you say?"

"How can I remember such a long time ago?"

Even though he muttered like this, Lu Li quickly picked out some vague memories.

"You seem to have said... His parents divorced, and he was brought up by his grandparents since he was a child. So although he was born in the United States, he has always been doted on by a Chinese-style family, and he has also learned a local dialect from the old man."

"Yeah, doting."

Shen Xingxuan nodded, "Not only the older generation dotes on him, but other people in the family follow suit. Although An Huawen is only a distant relative with him, they used to live in New York. It can be said that they watched Gordon grow up, and sometimes he would let him go. He did whatever he wanted. And my uncle—of course, Gordon’s uncle is a high-level executive of the American Film Association. If the Shen family wants to enter the film industry and conduct film business with Hollywood, he will be a very important middleman. My uncle and I The relationship with him is not too close, he dotes on Gordon more, so we also have this consideration in training that kid this time."

"I see."

Lu Li nodded, and immediately remembered the last time he followed Shen Xingxuan to the French Theater Festival.It seems that it's not just about acting, Shen Xingxuan has a lot of burdens on his shoulders.

This suddenly made him a little distressed.

"I didn't expect your house to be like a small United Nations, and the internal relationship should be very complicated."

He leaned on Shen Xingze's body, snuggled up for a while, and then asked softly: "Who else knows about our relationship?"

"Only Gordon and An Huawen."

Shen Xingze said bluntly: "My father and other relatives don't know about it."

This formulation was a little weird, and Lu Li was keenly aware of something strange.

"What about your mother?"

"..."

Shen Xingxuan's vision suddenly dimmed, and finally he gave a surprising answer.

"Heart attack, died when I was 13."

This time it was Lu Li's turn, which was unexpected.

He has known Shen Xingze for more than ten years, but he has never heard Shen Xingze mention his mother.Sometimes when Lu Li took the initiative to talk about his parents, Shen Xingxuan just kept silent and didn't respond.

Lu Li once wondered whether they had a tense parent-child relationship, or simply divorced parents, three wives and four concubines, which are often seen in wealthy families, but he never expected that the answer would be so shocking.

"I'm sorry." He apologized meekly, "I shouldn't have brought up your sadness."

"It's ok."

Shen Xingxuan shook his head.

Sixteen or seventeen years have passed, and he has long forgotten his mother's voice and smile; even when he thinks about it occasionally, he no longer has the feeling of grief and helplessness that year.

There was only one time, that is, when it was learned that Lu Li's mother had passed away, and Lu Li also fell ill and was hospitalized.That feeling of panic suddenly came back, making Shen Xing choose to put down the work at hand immediately, and returned to Lu Li's side without hesitation.

The memory came to an abrupt end here.Although Lu Li felt that his mother's death alone was not enough to fully explain Shen Xingze's strong attachment.But today the man has put in a lot of effort, he is satisfied and doesn't want more.

Unknowingly, the night has darkened.

I don't know who kept who, but in the end neither of them left.

A few months ago, while waiting for Lu Li to come back from Inner Mongolia, Shen Xingze had sent a lot of supplies here one after another.Coupled with the well-developed logistics, it is basically not a problem to maintain daily life for a few days.

More than three months ago, the unpleasant "first time" that happened in this family finally had a chance to be made up and overcome.These two people who don't know whether they should be regarded as old couples or newlyweds finally let go of the grievances in each other's hearts and fell in love frankly and without any worries.

From this night onwards, the real honeymoon begins.

Shen Xingxuan was like a wolf who had suffered from famine for several years, and maintained a strong desire every day for the next few days.All the curtains in the room were tightly closed, and the air that only relied on the air conditioner for circulation was always filled with a faint scent of semen.

In this absurd atmosphere of half-dream, they loved each other almost all the time and everywhere.As soon as the night came, he would get hot-headed, take off his clothes and get entangled on the ground from the bed.During the day, they would nest together and watch TV and movies, and they would also get shot because of a kiss.

Even sleep has become a part of making love. For Lu Li, the trance after orgasm is almost seamlessly connected with drowsiness, and the reason for waking up is often a long and entangled kiss, or a new fierce battle.

They spent three or four hot days like this, when their desires were finally satisfied.Only then did other things slowly seep into their field of vision.

The Berlin Film Festival is underway.

Unsurprisingly, "Longevity" was shortlisted for the competition unit of this film festival, and completed its first meeting with the public on the viewing day.Almost overnight, the film became a hot topic of discussion in circles, with domestic journalists dispatched to Berlin reporting back describing the film's enthusiastic reception at screening days.Those self-media commentators who were invited or went to Berlin at their own expense also published articles on the platform one after another, praising how magnificent, moving and exciting the film is.

It sounded like a good time, but it didn't seem surprising to Lu Li.

Literary films are originally like a kind of "high-brow" decoration.Some people show their appreciation level by touting literary and artistic films, and often take the opportunity to express their grief at the commercial film market—although Lu Li has no love for commercial films, at least he knows how to respect the market's choices and will not be filled with righteous indignation for the audience's choices .

And Shen Xingze's focus was different from Lu Li's.

In fact, as early as January this year, on the third day after Han Weimin's studio invited all parties to participate in the preview, he got the analysis report of the "Longevity" project from Star Cinema Line - as a literary film, even the big-name Like Han Weimin, he didn't have the confidence to sign any VAM agreement.The number of films scheduled in theaters will directly affect the box office revenue, and it is not a small amount.

If you consider it purely from an emotional point of view, Shen Xingze is of course willing to spend a fortune to promote Lu Li's debut work.However, how to make this matter go smoothly without arousing criticism, let alone make Lu Li feel that he has received charity from him - this is a very sensitive issue.

However, the feedback at the Berlin Film Festival gave him the most perfect answer.

"They all said that your performance in "Longevity" was wonderful and perfect."

After kissing his beloved's neck, Shen Xing raised his chin and signaled Lu Li to watch the interview on TV.

Lu Li snorted disapprovingly, found a comfortable position in Shen Xingze's arms, and played with his phone.

"This year is the only Chinese film shortlisted, who else can I praise?"

"But didn't those foreign judges say the same?"

"That may be because Director Han is an old friend of the Berlin Film Festival."

"Then why don't they praise Linkan, they only praise you."

Hearing Shen Xingxuan mentioning Lin Gan again, Lu Li finally put down his phone, reached out and pinched his lover's cheek.

"Do you know that what you are saying now is naive? Why do you want to praise me through someone else's mouth? Just admit that I act better than you?"

Shen Xing chose to ignore Lu Li's provocation, and used his fingers to play with the broken hair on his lover's sideburns.After a moment of silence, he leaned over to Lu Li's ear and said what he really wanted to say.

"How about signing with my studio? I will definitely make you a more successful star than anyone else."

Hearing these words, Lu Li turned his head and looked at him with gentle eyes, neither agreeing nor refusing.

"I still have a year to graduate and don't want to make a decision so soon."

In order not to let Shen Xing choose to feel that he was being perfunctory, he paused for a while, and tried to express his true inner feelings.

"Actually... after going through so many things, I feel more and more that what I want to be is an actor, not a star."

Having said that, the two people looked at each other.Although opinions were divided again, the atmosphere unexpectedly did not become tense.

And Shen Xingxuan's response was also more tactful than Lu Li expected.

"After all, this is what old man Shen has been trying to teach us. You have studied under him for seven years, and it is normal to have such thoughts... But in fact, we can only roughly decide the direction we are going, but in the end we will What kind of person you become is determined by many external factors.”

"Ah."

The timing was not right, Lu Li only responded, and did not continue to dig deeper into this topic.But he could clearly sense that there was something in Shen Xingze's words.

After these few days of short but sweet time together, he felt more and more that Shen Xingxuan was opening his heart to him little by little, and that some dark and gloomy things hidden deep in the man's heart would also slowly surface. The water surfaced.

On the fifth day of the "honeymoon", the awards ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival was held at [-] am Beijing time.In order to watch the webcast, Lu Li and Shen Xing chose to make a lot of preparations - mainly a lot of high-calorie snacks that the two of them usually resolutely avoid in order to keep in shape, and a case of beer.