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The promotion of the movie will last until it is released, and the leading actors need to go to several press conferences, not to mention that the film has attracted a lot of attention before the filming starts. Naturally, the promotional efforts must be increased, at least to make a lot of money at the box office.

Meng Liangren's schedule is very full, it is impossible for him to attend every game, but he must attend the two important games.

Everything in the press conference went according to the procedure. Even though Meng Liangren is not in a good mood recently, he is unambiguous in terms of work. He is still a perfect image of gentleness and maturity in front of the camera.

The second scene was nothing more than asking some questions related to filming, how did you get along with the crew, how did the director direct, the reporters had arranged in advance, and followed the prepared script, and went through the process like acting.

At the end of the show, Meng Liangren secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and planned to rest for half an hour after going back, and there was a show to be shown later.

Just as he was about to walk back accompanied by his assistant, a reporter suddenly emerged from the crowd and asked, "What do you think of the role you played?"

Meng Liangren was stunned for a moment. This was not a pre-arranged question, but he still asked, "What do you think?"

A reporter with an unfamiliar face held up the microphone and handed it to him: "As you can see, the character you play is a homosexual, so what do you think about homosexuality?"

Meng Liangren frowned slightly. This kind of topic has always been very sensitive and would not be a question for the press conference, but he had already answered the call, so he could only continue to answer.

He thought about it for a while, and the word Meng Jun couldn't help jumping out of his mind. He felt a little gloomy, thought it over and over again, and said: "I believe that some people still have resistance to the topic of homosexuality, but I think everyone He has the right to the pursuit of happiness, and he shouldn't be criminalized just because he's different from the majority, that's my opinion."

At this point, Meng Liangren turned around and was about to leave. The reporter held the microphone and asked behind him: "Is your attitude towards homosexuality because you are a homosexual yourself?"

This sentence was like a stone stirring up thousands of waves, and all the media that were asking questions in a mess suddenly fell silent. Meng Liang stopped, turned to stare at him and said, "What did you say?"

The reporter showed the photo in his hand and said: "This is a photo taken by a reporter from our news agency. It has been confirmed that it is you..."

Meng Liangren's eyes shifted to those photos, and his heart twitched. This was the scene of him and Meng Jun downstairs in the apartment that day. How could it be photographed by the paparazzi?

He stood there, thinking about the origin of all this quickly in his mind. Cheney had already heard the news and rushed to him, and pre-emptively said to the reporter: "Which news agency are you from? How can you lie and smear others at will!" Winking He signaled the assistants to escort Meng Liangren away quickly.

Meng Liangren was expressionless, and while walking with his assistant, he searched carefully in his mind, and finally remembered that when he left the community of Meng Jun's apartment that day, the security guard seemed to have mentioned to him that someone from Meng Jun's family had sent him off. When something came, he asked him to tell this person to come out quickly, otherwise the door would be locked.

But Meng Liangren had several contacts with his family afterward, but no one mentioned this matter, and he himself ignored this detail because his thoughts were too confused that night.

Now that I think about it, who else could that person be if he wasn't a paparazzi?

He returned to the waiting room, after a while Cheney walked in sullenly, and said to the assistant: "Go and ask the film crew for me, which news agency is that reporter, the one who asked the question, and who let him in! "

The assistant hurried over.

Cheney breathed a sigh of relief, sat down opposite Meng Liangren and said, "The photo has already been circulated, let me ask you first, is that photo...real?"

Meng Liangren was silent for a moment, then nodded.

Cheney was speechless, and after a while said, "Who is the other person?"

Meng Liangren was silent again, and said after a while, "Don't ask."

Cheney actually had a candidate in his heart, but he couldn't say it directly.The two of them were relatively silent in the lounge, when suddenly the assistant opened the door and said, "Brother Cheney, I asked the film crew, they said that this person was not on the list of invited media, and that person had already slipped out when the staff arrived. "

Cheney was angry and angry, and kicked the sofa resentfully: "Damn, this is a shame."

Meng Liang said humanely: "Anyway, I'll go back first to avoid the limelight for a few days, and I will leave the public relations to you."

Cheney said: "What are you talking about? This is my job. Just wait. Anyway, I have been in the industry for more than ten years. This trouble is not a problem for me." When he said this, he swept away the previous Annoyed, he became calm and active, full of fighting spirit, even if Meng Liangren had a headache, he couldn't help laughing.

He canceled all the activities in the past few days, returned to his apartment, covered his head and slept for a long time. After waking up, he sat alone in the room, and the oppressive silence made him breathless.The phone vibrated, and he picked it up to see that there were countless missed calls, some from the company, and some from Meng Zhemeng's selection.

With a flick of his finger, he answered Meng Zhe's call.

After connecting, there was silence for two seconds, and then there was a deep voice: "Fourth?"

Meng Liangren took a deep breath: "Brother."

Meng Zhe asked directly, "Is the photo real?"

Meng Liangren was ready to refute, but Meng Jun's face flashed before his eyes, and what he said was: "...Yes."

There was silence over there, and it took a few seconds before he said: "Are you forced, or...do you like men?"

Meng Liangren confirmed that there is no problem with his sexuality, but what about Meng Jun?If Meng Zhe found out that his only son likes the same sex, Meng Jun might be in bad luck, he thought so, and said dryly, "What if I say yes?"

"What is it?"

"I like men."

The words over there seemed to be blocked, and it took a long time before he said in a deep voice: "You..."

Meng Liangren keenly noticed something wrong in the words: "Us?"

Meng Zhe paused for two seconds and said, "Meng Jun told me a few months ago that he couldn't marry a woman."

Meng Liangren seemed to be struck by a bolt of lightning, what did Meng Jun say?He actually said it?What did he say?

Meng Liangren was tongue-tied on the other end of the phone, but Meng Zhe couldn't see him, thinking he was too surprised to speak, and continued: "I started to get very angry, and I got angry at him, and threw him to the bottom of the company. They didn't know about the choice, and he didn't say anything. I let him come back in two months. The fourth child, Meng Jun, was because I took too little care of him when he was young. Sticking to you, I... don't know how to communicate with him."

This was the first time Meng Zhe said so many words in one breath, and Meng Liangren listened quietly, understanding that Meng Jun only explained his sexual orientation to Meng Zhe, and did not pull himself in.

After Meng Zhe finished speaking, he remained silent. He felt that it would be better if he knew these things than not.If he didn't know, he could continue to be indifferent to Meng Jun until he completely gave up.But all that Meng Jun did was clearly pushing himself to a dead end, leaving him with a way out.

He was asking him to have a disturbed conscience, to live his life alone, to think of him constantly and to condemn himself, and that hit the nail on the head.

"Fourth."

Meng Liangren came back to his senses, and said hoarsely to the other end of the phone: "I see, I will persuade him."

Meng Zhe was silent for a while, and said: "I originally wanted you to persuade him, but you said that you too... Over the years, I haven't seen you bring someone back. You are not young anymore. Find someone to settle down with." Good thing."

Meng Liangren laughed and said, "You don't blame me?"

Meng Zhe said lightly: "I promised my parents that I will protect you forever."

Meng Ting's first wife, Ms. Zhou, was dying when she gave birth to Meng Xuan. It was Lin Yuxin who led a group of obstetricians and gynecologists to guard them day and night, so that the mother and daughter were safe.At that time, Meng Zhe had already known about the personnel, and Ms. Zhou took his hand and said, "Aunt Lin saved her mother and sister with all her life. In the future, Aunt Lin and her children must be protected with all their strength."

Later, Ms. Zhou became pregnant again. Her body was no longer able to conceive, but she insisted on giving birth to this child. In the end, the treatment failed, and Meng Xu died when she was born.Later, when Lin Yuxin married into the family, Meng Zhe didn't understand why his aunt became a stepmother, but he was a dull gourd and would not contradict his father. After Lin Yuxin married in, he was just like Ms. Zhou who was pregnant with Meng Xu. Very poor, lying on the bed all day, not letting Meng Zhe brothers and sisters call her mother, only Aunt Xin.

A few days before Aunt Xin entered the delivery room, she called him into the room alone, asked him to touch her belly, patted his shoulder, and told him like an adult that she was leaving after the birth of her younger brother, please He takes care of future generations.

Meng Zhe asked where are you going?Aunt Xin laughed. It was the first time Meng Zhe saw her laugh. She and Ms. Zhou were completely different in how they handled things, but that smile made the two of them overlap.

These details have passed for many years, but when I occasionally recall them in my spare time, it seems like it was yesterday.

Meng Zhe broke away from these thoughts, and changed the topic: "But Meng Jun, no."

Meng Liangren licked his lips and said, "Brother..."

"You still want to intercede for him?"

"He is your child." Meng Liangren was lost in memories, and said to himself, "Even if he clings to me, he will still sit next to you when eating, and he will always be you when he draws adults and villains."

"..."

"He will inherit the family business in the future, and he will be responsible for all of us, just like you. So, even if he has a little flaw, can you treat him as a child and love him a little?"

Meng Zhe remained silent for a long time before saying, "Impossible."

Well, the family card is useless, Meng Liangren surrendered: "I will tell him."

"Yes." Regarding the photo, Meng Zhe gave a few brief instructions, then hung up the phone.

Meng Liangren swipe his finger in the address book a few times, landed on Meng Jun's name, and decided to go to him tomorrow and tell him everything.

But he didn't expect that worse was yet to come.