dark crossing

"Liu Sheng?" Chu Huainan frowned slightly, "Let me see you off."

Shen Ting lifted the other suitcase that Chu Huainan's bodyguards were struggling to carry with both hands from the luggage transfer car with one hand: "No, you can go and do your work."

Chu Huainan wanted to say something more, but saw that Shen Ting was already pulling the suitcase to the exit, so he didn't mention it.

They all already knew that Liu Sheng was not just Song Shi's driver.Chu Huainan was very worried that Shen Ting was riding alone in Liu Sheng's car. After much deliberation, he asked the driver to follow Shen Ting secretly and took a taxi instead.

Shen Ting went to the parking lot where Liu Sheng was by himself.

Liu Sheng greeted him very politely, and then reached out to help him carry the suitcase.

"No need, I'll do it myself." Shen Ting was cautious and alert, he put the suitcase on the back seat specially, and sat beside the suitcase himself.

Liu Sheng quietly watched his face from the rearview mirror, "Mr. Song, do you want to go back directly?"

Shen Ting nodded: "Go back to my brother, Lin Huo and I made an appointment at home to discuss things."

Liu Sheng responded and started the car.

"Mr. Song."

"Ok?"

"There's soda in the backseat if you're thirsty."

Shen Ting nodded, unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip, "Hurry up, Lin Huo is quite anxious."

"Yes, Mr. Song. We'll be there soon."

……

During the trip, Chu Huainan accidentally received a call from Lin Youban.

"Huainan, are you looking for me?"

Facing the other party's calm tone, he laughed: "It's not just me, the whole world is looking for you. Yi Lan just called me and said he couldn't reach you. Where did you go to practice in seclusion? They are almost becoming gods who hide from the world."

Lin Youban also laughed: "I have been practicing meditation for a long time, and I just turned it on, and I am calling everyone one by one."

Chu Huainan was very aware of his usual "Lu Xinghe-centered" behavior style, so he immediately said: "Then you don't have to chat with me. Recently, Lu Xinghe's reputation seems to be not very good, so you guys are breaking up Even someone like me who doesn't read entertainment news has heard about it."

Lin Youban was stunned for a moment, he had just turned on the phone and hadn't come to read the information yet.The secretary did report that the public relations company had called to mention Lu Xinghe's public relations plan.

But regarding Lu Xinghe, he subconsciously avoided suspicion.After all, he promised not to interfere again, so he couldn't just go back on his word after just a few days.

He and Chu Huainan were talking on the phone when Maggie's call came in, so he immediately said goodbye to Chu Huainan apologetically, made an appointment to meet again after returning home, and then answered Maggie's call.

As soon as the call was connected, Maggie, who was always calm on the other end of the phone, almost cried: "Mr. Lin, you finally answered the phone!"

Ever since the news of "climbing to another high branch" appeared in the newspapers, Lu Xinghe's reputation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Although he himself was not in a hurry, anyway, he was on the set and there was a scene being filmed, so he didn't care much about how those media reports wrote about him.

But as an agent, Maggie was in a hurry.

The number of business inquiries has dropped to the lowest point in two years. Brands that are already in the cooperation period have also sent inquiries one after another. In the matter of maintaining one's own good image", a breach of contract was filed.

And in a recent survey of artist favorability by a leading online media, Lu Xinghe was even selected as No.3 of the "Most Disliked Artist".

This is simply unprecedented for a popular niche like him.

But Lu Xinghe himself remained unmoved.

Not even one of them participated in the interviews with the visiting media.Because their questions were closely connected with Lin Youband who had disappeared from the world, which made him breathless and unable to answer.

"Xinghe, are you really at odds with the gangster?"

"Have you two terminated your cooperation?"

"It is rumored on the Internet that Lin Youbandi did not visit you after this injury. Is this true? What is the reason?"

"Fans are very concerned, is there any conflict between you and Lin Youband because of personal relationship issues? So is there any possibility for you to continue to cooperate in the future?"

There are bandits in the forest, there are bandits in the forest, there are bandits in the forest, there are bandits in the forest everywhere.

He didn't want to answer any of those questions.

Termination of cooperation?More than that?That's not terminating cooperation, that's called not communicating with each other forever.

In the past, when Lin Youband was around, he didn't want to sleep, because he would easily have nightmares when he fell asleep.Now that Lin Youband is away, there is no need to worry about having nightmares anymore, because he can't sleep at all.

It was Maggie who first realized that Lu Xinghe was in a bad state.

During a dialogue with him, she noticed that Lu Xinghe was obviously in a trance.

He used to have a good memory not only can't remember words, but also has no response to normal daily conversations.

When he is not on stage, he just sits on the set and waits, neither looking at his phone nor reading a book, just sitting in a daze under the sun, sitting for several hours without changing his movements, and sometimes doing it all day , neither hungry nor tired.

He didn't even look at the things that Lin Youband had told him he liked to eat.He is not picky about the meals prepared by the crew, he just eats two bites when the meal is ordered, and the appearance of counting the rice grains is slow and uncomfortable, not like eating a meal specially made according to his taste, but like eating poisonous food. poison.

During the filming, he was NG several times due to lack of concentration.

In the end, even the director who has been praising him as "the most suitable candidate" couldn't help being furious at the scene, scolding himself for his unlucky life, how could he be so unlucky and choose an actor with bad luck to cooperate with him.

Because Lu Xinghe was kidnapped and injured during the filming period, the production crew paid a sky-high compensation, and with the delay of Lu Xinghe's recuperation, the budget had already been exceeded by a lot.The management was so angry that they jumped up and down. If it weren't for the fact that the filming was coming to an end, they would have wanted to withdraw their investment.

After returning to the crew, Lu Xinghe's poor condition seriously affected the progress of filming.Seeing that the expected filming time is approaching, the leading actor still has a lot of scenes to film.

Everyone was very anxious, in fact Lu Xinghe himself was also anxious, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Both body and consciousness are out of control together.For a large part of the time, he felt like he had lost control of his body.Sometimes, he wanted to stand up, but no matter how hard he tried, he seemed to be stuck on a chair, unable to move.

The most frightening thing was that he didn't feel sleepy at all, he was just tired, and the more tired he became, the more he couldn't fall asleep.If you can't sleep, you will feel more tired, so it's a vicious circle.

But fortunately, there is still one thing to be happy about.

He no longer thinks about Lin Youbandit all the time.

He became very forgetful, and sometimes he would even forget who he was while sitting on the set.

All kinds of strange sounds began to appear in my ears, at first it was a sharp brake sound, and then it turned into a violent heartbeat.

He couldn't tell whose heartbeat it was, it might be his own or someone else's.

Whose could it be?

He vaguely remembered that on some nights he had put his ear on someone's chest and listened to the heartbeat all night, all night.

But who is that?He couldn't remember again.

After receiving Maggie's call, Lin Youband immediately held a press conference via video.Although Lu Xinghe failed to appear in the same screen because he was "rushing to schedule" with the crew, his first appearance after the turmoil still attracted a large number of media and netizens to watch.

Lin Youban, who has always been a good man, had a hard time sullen, and solemnly clarified that the rumors about his "discord" with Lu Xinghe this time were pure media nonsense.

And he never named them, and even at the end of the live broadcast, he specially "respected" some contemporary artists who wanted to step on Lu Xinghe's shoulders to climb up.

In the final group questioning session, the person in charge of the public relations company, who was about to apologise, boldly chose two CP fans to ask questions.

Lin Youband answered everyone's curious questions about his relationship with Lu Xinghe one by one.He said: "We are fine. The previous rumors are all nonsense. I didn't reply before because I was dealing with some urgent personal matters overseas and didn't pay attention to domestic news."

Because of the rumors of the discord between the master, the Xipi fans who were almost exhausted, were given a mouthful of fairy energy by the master, and all of them felt that they had been revived with full blood.

For the last question, the fan representative chose a very old-fashioned one to ask.

"So, what kind of existence is Xinghe to you?"

This question often arises between two idols who have "chemical reactions".The usual answers are "He is a very good actor, and his professionalism is worth learning." Or "We are very good friends" and other standard answers.

Lin Youband has answered such questions more than once before.

But what they said was also full of routine answers.

But this time, in the face of fans' questioning, he was silent for a long time, and finally said: "He made me feel that this life is not in vain."

……

Lin Huo waited at Song's house for more than an hour but did not wait for Song Ci.

It takes four to ten minutes at most from the airport to Song's house. There will be no traffic jams at this point, and no matter how late it is, it shouldn't be so slow.

He impatiently dialed Song Ci's phone to urge him, but at first he didn't answer, and then he simply turned off the phone.Lin Huo suddenly had a bad feeling, and immediately dialed the phone to Liu Sheng, and also turned off the phone.

Song Ci told him about Liu Sheng's situation early on. Originally, he had some doubts about the accuracy of Song Ci's news.Now it seems that it is really a problem of breeding tigers. He immediately contacted the assistant who secretly arranged to follow Liu Sheng's car.

……

Song Ci drank the water, and not long after, fell asleep in the back seat with heavy eyelids.

When he "woke up" again, he was in a hotel with his hands tied behind his back.

The carry-on suitcase had been opened, the lock was broken, the clothes were scattered and turned upside down.

Liu Sheng was sitting with the backlight, saw that he was awake, and asked bluntly, "Where is the thing?"

Shen Ting pretended to be confused: "What is it?" He moved his wrist, and the rope was tied tightly around his flesh: "Liu Sheng, are you crazy? Why tie me up?"

The driver Liu Sheng, who had worked hard by Song Shi's side for more than ten years, put the thing in his hand on Shen Ting's neck with a gloomy expression.

The cold touch frightened the playboy young master to shrink his neck.