In the city [entertainment circle]

55

Wu Tao came very early, almost by pinch. When Shen Xiao received Wu Tao's call, his heart was a little broken. When he hung up the phone, he checked the time by the way—7 o'clock in the morning.

Li Ruosen slept soundly, his head was buried in the quilt, and Shen Xiao pushed the quilt down a little, then stepped on the slippers carefully and got out of bed.

After saying hello to the security guard, Shen Xiao was completely out of sleepiness, so he simply washed up and sat on the sofa waiting for Wu Tao's arrival.

— Ding dong ding dong.

When the doorbell rang, Shen Xiao looked up at the wall clock on the wall. He felt that according to Wu Tao's speed, he might not have rushed over. Looking at Wu Tao, "Don't you think it's too early?"

"It's better to start early." Wu Tao said, looking at the chain on the door, he motioned for Shen Xiao to open it.

Since Shen Xiao had already opened the door, he naturally wouldn't get entangled with Wu Tao on this matter. After putting down the door chain, he returned to the living room.

After Wu Tao came in, he looked at Shen Xiao who was wearing home clothes, "Where's the young master?"

"Still asleep." Shen Xiao said, he signaled Wu Tao not to be nervous, "He usually starts at this point?"

"Slightly later, nine o'clock." Wu Tao didn't seem to be in a hurry at the moment, he said in a leisurely manner, without any intention of calling Li Ruosen to get up.

"Didn't you say to leave early?" Shen Xiao asked while leaning on the sofa.

"It's not too late at nine o'clock. If it's too early, you'll encounter the morning rush hour. It's better to go out after the hotel if you're stuck on the road." Wu Tao said confidently.

Of course, Shen Xiao wouldn't really ask Wu Tao to wake Li Ruosen to get up, so saying that was nothing more than expressing his displeasure at being disturbed.

"Then I just go back to sleep for a while." He stood up as he spoke, and was about to go to the bedroom.

Wu Tao also stood up subconsciously.

Shen Xiao looked back at him, "Watch TV and take a rest."

"Are you ready?" Wu Tao walked to Shen Xiao and asked.

"It's all there." Shen Xiao motioned Wu Tao to look at his luggage in the corner.

"We don't know how long we will go this time, do you have enough of these things?" Wu Tao asked.

"Almost, if it doesn't work, I'll buy it later." Shen Xiao bypassed Wu Tao, and was about to go to the bedroom. He looked back at Wu Tao who was a little anxious, "Don't get too deep into the drama, Li Zhengying wouldn't be so nervous here." He felt that the people in the Li family were also quite amazing. Except for Li Zhengying who took the lead, the others seemed to regard Li Ruosen as Princess and the Pea. Could it be that Li Zhengying had been too successful in brainwashing?

Shen Xiao had no intention of going back to sleep again, he just felt that neither Li Zhengying nor Wu Tao seemed to treat Li Ruosen as an independent individual.

"It's fine for Li Zhengying to think so. Don't you know that Ruo Sen is not as fragile and ignorant of worldly affairs as you imagined." Shen Xiao leaned against the wall and said to Wu Tao, "I know you don't like me, of course, I don't have any good feelings for you, after all, I don't have the hobby of putting a hot face on a cold ass."

"You are not the knights who protect the princess, and I am not some kind of dragon who snatches the princess away." Shen Xiao said, as if he thought his analogy was very funny.

He looked up at the wall clock hanging on the wall, "How are you going to go?" Shen Xiao asked Wu Tao.

"Mr. Chezi Li is ready." Wu Tao said, he seemed to have calmed down now, and he didn't know if it was because of Shen Xiao's words just now, or because he found out that Shen Xiao was not going to the bedroom.

Naturally, Shen Xiao would not reject the Li family's car, he had no doubts at all about Li Zhengying's love for Li Ruosen for these chores, and compared with the Li family's car for ostentation, Shen Xiao would not be so stupid.

"Do you want coffee?" Shen Xiao asked.

"Thank you."

Shen Xiao went to the kitchen, tore up two packs of instant coffee, brewed it and brought it out, and then saw Wu Tao's speechless expression, "Why? Do you want freshly ground coffee?"

"No." Wu Tao said.

Shen Xiao stood beside Wu Tao, the coffee in the mug was not very tasty, tasteless, almost full of water, and I don't know when it was stuffed into his house.

He took a few sips and put it on the coffee table, then sat on the sofa.Then Shen Xiao heard some movement in the room, hurried over and opened the bedroom door, and saw Li Ruosen leaning on the bed.

The other party's expression seemed a little confused, and when he saw Shen Xiao coming in, he smiled, "I was looking for clothes just now." He whispered, as if a little embarrassed.

Naturally, Shen Xiao would not give him yesterday's clothes.Shen Xiao searched in the closet for a while, and found two slightly smaller sportswear - it's strange to say that Shen Xiao likes to wear sportswear when he is free, even if some sports brand endorsers are not there. So competent.

Holding the clothes, Shen Xiao walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, motioned for Li Ruosen to raise his hand, and then put the T-shirt on him.

Li Ruosen is obedient and obedient, whether it is dressing him or trousers, he is very cooperative, just like a large rag doll.

After getting dressed, Shen Xiao lowered his head and kissed Li Ruosen naturally, "Are you still sleepy?"

"Is Wu Tao here?" Li Ruosen asked.

"It's been a while."

"Then I'll go out." Li Ruosen said, he stretched out his hand, motioning for Shen Xiao to hug him.

Then Shen Xiao carried Li Ruosen to the living room, turning a blind eye to Wu Tao's eyes.

After sitting down, Li Ruosen looked at the mug on the coffee table in front of him, "Coffee?"

"Drink?" Shen Xiao asked with his arms around Li Ruosen, "It's just instant."

Hearing this, Li Ruosen picked up the mug and took a sip, then thought for a long time before saying, "The taste does seem to be a little different."

When Shen Xiao heard the words, he just said to him, "If you're not used to drinking, don't drink it."

Li Ruosen shook his head, he didn't know whether he thought the coffee was not good, or told Shen Xiao that he could try again.After taking a few more sips, he looked at Wu Tao beside him, "Is everything ready?"

Wu Tao nodded in agreement.

"...did brother say something?"

"Sir, please pay attention to safety." Wu Tao repeated Li Zhengying's words honestly, "Master Ruoyu also wants to come."

"What is he here for?" Li Ruosen was a little curious, as if he didn't understand why Li Ruoyu wanted to follow, after all, they were not traveling this time.

"I said I haven't been there, I want to see it." Wu Tao replied.

Li Ruosen thought for a while, but still couldn't guess whether Li Ruoyu's words were true or not, so he said, "I won't bring him this time." Then he looked at the home clothes on Shen Xiao's body, "Mr. Shen, won't you change your clothes? "

"Preparing to go." Shen Xiao originally planned to go back and change his home clothes after he carried Li Ruosen out. Because he didn't have many hats and accessories, the cloakroom that was originally prepared at home was gradually used for other purposes, and he usually changed clothes Everything is in my bedroom.

It's just that after Li Ruosen stayed by his side, he wanted to sit down for a while before leaving. It seems that a young boy who has just fallen in love can't help but get closer to the person he likes for a while, and get closer.

Because the journey was relatively long this time, Shen Xiao and Wu Tao basically drove alternately. According to Shen Xiao's original expectation, if he was the only one, he should take a break in the middle and take Li Ruosen to see the surrounding scenery by the way. .

But now that Wu Tao's light bulb is here, this plan is naturally gone. They plan to rush to that place as much as possible, and stop when they rest at night.

To make a long story short, when he arrived at Shen Xiao's hometown the next afternoon, it was Wu Tao who drove the car.

After all, Shen Xiao hasn't been home for many years, and he doesn't know about the change of his hometown. Although Wu Tao's family has been taken to the place by him, they will still come back here after all.

So it seems a little familiar.

Shen Xiao looked at the county town that was almost brand-new outside, and he still felt a little emotional in his heart. He hadn't been back to this place for almost 20 years, but in fact it was just the place he lives now. If he didn't come back for a year, the changes were so great that he couldn't see it. Not to mention the hometown where he hasn't been back for nearly 20 years.

"Your home is in the village?" Wu Tao asked.

"Well." Shen Xiao said the home address in his memory, and then watched Wu Tao drive the car out of the county.

Slowly, the surrounding roads are full of tall and straight trees, and there are endless hills in the distance... Shen Xiao sighed, and looked at Li Ruosen beside him, "Actually, I'm a little nervous in my heart. "He couldn't express his feelings. He said that he was close to his hometown, but his hometown no longer had his relatives.

So I don't know where this feeling of half apprehension and half timidity comes from.

Li Ruosen quietly took his hand.

Shen Xiao held it back, and then looked out of the window. After the continuous woods and the narrow gray-white road, suddenly there was an open space... It turned out to be a graveyard.It's just that the place is not big anymore.

"Wait." Shen Xiao said suddenly.

Hearing this, Wu Tao stepped on the brakes, and the car rushed forward due to inertia.Shen Xiao looked at the cemetery, then rolled down the window and looked outside. After a careful look, he judged that this should be the place where his mother was buried back then.

It's just that there were hills around here at that time, not like there is a straight concrete road now.

"What about those around?" Shen Xiao asked Wu Tao.

"It should all be moved away." Wu Tao still comes back often, so he has a little understanding of the situation here, "At that time, most of the cemeteries here were moved to open this road... now it should be The rest of them, I don’t know why, have not moved.”

Shen Xiao didn't get any notification, which made his heart sink. He didn't know if it was because he hadn't been contacted, or because his mother was still here.

He opened the door and got out of the car.

Stepping on the slightly moist soil, Shen Xiao walked slowly towards the open space.

The surrounding weeds have grown very tall, and people from the nearby villages were buried here after they passed away.Shen Xiao looked along.

Finally saw the one of his own mother.

Due to years of erosion, there were spots on the cement, and the surrounding weeds grew very tall. Shen Xiao looked at it for a while, then suddenly squatted down and pulled out all the weeds.

Then I looked at the words that had lost their color on the tombstone - Zhang Xiaohong.

Shen Xiao squatted on the ground and watched for a while, many childhood pictures appeared in his head... He touched the faded name with his hand.

This is the past that he kept saying that he didn't hide it, but subconsciously discarded it.

"—Shen Xiao."

Shen Xiao suddenly heard someone calling him. He turned his head and saw Li Ruosen supported by Wu Tao. He waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, and then turned his head to look at the tombstone.

"...I didn't expect that I just came back now." He said to the tombstone, "Actually, I've been thinking, do you hate me?"

"I'm an actor now. Is my future better than you think? I'm also somewhat well-known." Shen Xiao continued to clear the weeds around him as he said.

He seemed to start rambling suddenly, "I've also fallen in love recently, but the other is a man." He sighed as he said, "Although you didn't have any expectations for my partner at the time, I think, You probably wouldn't have guessed that it's not even the same gender."

"But he's pretty nice." Shen Xiao continued.

He talked for a long time, as if he had said everything he hadn't said in the past 20 years.

Finally, he glanced at the tombstone again, stood up, bowed, and prepared to walk back.

He left all his past behind, he looked at Li Ruosen sitting on the side of the road, but his future was in front of his eyes.

"Let's go." When Shen Xiao walked over, he subconsciously wanted to touch Li Ruosen's head, but found that his hands were full of mud, so he changed his movements.

Li Ruosen looked at him, as if he wanted to ask a lot, but he was too embarrassed to speak.

"Go back first." Shen Xiao said and looked back, "There is still time to come back later."