Travels

"You have always had a contract with Huaxing Media?" Sen Ming couldn't understand, "But aren't you editing "Scenery"?"

"Scenery", a well-known domestic travel magazine, if a certain house is a man's wardrobe, then "Scenery" is undoubtedly an encyclopedia for travelers.After Xia Wanmu was frustrated in the entertainment industry, she entered "Scenery" several times and is currently an editor.If you want to say why she can complete such a large-span transformation, it is thanks to her father who teaches in the Chinese Department of a certain university.Father Xia has been teaching and educating people conscientiously for more than ten years, and the world is full of peaches and plums. The owner of "Scenery" is one of the many peaches and plums.Unsurprisingly, after hearing the news of her death, the boss who was grateful to her teacher Dade threw an olive branch to her who was almost desperate at that time. Disappointed, she gritted her teeth to catch this opportunity and gave up. The thought of struggling again officially withdrew from the entertainment industry.

Xia Wanmu smiled at him indifferently, with a relaxed tone: "Then there is no contract at all, you can understand it as... a trick of the rich. As for entering "Scenery", of course I am not that powerful, I am just a crappy It's just a relationship."

She reached for the chilled plum juice on the side and poured it steadily into the glass, her face was a bit gloomy under the cover of the steaming heat on the table.

The sour plum juice was sweet and refreshing, and the subtle sour taste stimulated her mouth. She lowered her head, her eyes fell on the wood grain of the table, and she said slowly: "Working in "Scenery" is indeed my main job now. The contract does not limit that."

"As for the previous contract with Huaxing Media, that's not important. What's important is that I can no longer return to the entertainment industry, and no one will accept me again." She sniffed and smiled helplessly, "It's just revenge from the capitalists. "

Sen Ming was dumbfounded, and asked after a while, "Why?"

"It's the most clichéd plot, unspoken rules, but I refused." She reached out to wipe away the tiny drops of water on the wall of the cup, and a ruthless emotion flashed in her eyes for a moment, "I have begged many people, but no one Help me, how should I put it, it’s not that there are no people who want to drag me, it’s just that the company that wants to punish me is too powerful, they can’t afford to offend them, and if they want to make money from me, they have to estimate the cost? Anyway, it’s them Unaffordable price."

"And the friends I made in the circle, either avoiding me or waiting to grab my resources. It's ridiculous. In the past, there were a lot of people who came to curry favor. The men called me sister and sister. I don't know how kind they are, but the women They are even more enthusiastic, each and every one of them can't wait to marry Jinlan with me, when the end of the mountain is really here... huh."

Sen Ming looked at her with pity, with a gentle light in his eyes.

"Why don't you ask something?" Xia Wanmu calmed down, raised her face and smiled softly at him, "Are you scared?"

Sen Ming shook his head, leaned over the table and shook her hand vigorously, and looked at her with serious eyes when he sat back again: "Listening to what you say is enough."

Xia Wanmu was shaken by the hand he held, and took it back under the table without showing any trace, and then said: "It's nothing, it's just a little thing, it's been so long, it really doesn't matter." She raised her eyes, so Zuo relaxed, "Although sometimes it is inevitable to be difficult to understand, but life has to go on, right?"

"Actually, when I think about it seriously, I'm not very interested in the kind of life that attracts the attention of the public. If it's gone, it's gone. It's fine to be ordinary. I've made a lot of efforts, and then I even let go of my self-esteem and go everywhere. Begging for help, I have seen countless cold faces. But, thanks to those people, they woke me up. In fact, I am not that good, and my pride is worthless. I am just... a coin for them to make money It’s just a small chess piece, when the time comes, it will become a discarded piece.”

She lowered her head, her eyes glazed over.

"After the incident, I hated a lot of people, obsessed, indulged, and hysterical. Maybe it was because I had a smooth life since I was a child. When I encountered such setbacks, I would blame others and be unwilling to face it. In fact, many things in the world are not what you want. It's ridiculous that it took me nearly 30 years to understand this truth."

Sen Ming took a deep breath and called out to her, "Wanmu..."

Xia Wanmu waved his hand to stop him, and continued: "After I calmed down these years, I thought about it many times. Could it be that I was not wrong at all from the beginning to the end? When I was young and energetic, I thought the whole world revolved around me. I offended a lot of people, and in the end this result is self-inflicted."

Her tone was calm, as if she was really relieved, but she shrank her left hand in the shadow of the edge of the table and clenched her fist where the man could not see.

"Let's just end the current matter. I won't worry about these things anymore. Isn't it good to live the life now? I think, the moment I entered "Scenery", I have already started a new stage of life .”

She didn't continue talking, the long confession made her a little tired, she picked up the glass and drank it down, the cold sour plum juice slid down her throat, feeling an indescribable sense of pleasure.

The man looked at her, his eyes were a little wet, he is not stupid, he knows what it means for her to confess her heart in front of him like this, the new beginning she said should also mean being with him.

He reached out and took her hand, with firm eyes: "I will have me in the future, and I won't leave you alone."

Xia Wanmu was a little stiff when he pulled her up, but soon relaxed, letting his wide and warm hands wrap her, a voice in his heart was speaking.

Try to accept him, this man is not bad, how many people in the world really love you?

"Hearing an inexplicable complaint, don't you know what it means?" Xia Wanmu raised his head and smiled at him, then slowly withdrew his hand, picked up the chopsticks on the table, and tapped them lightly on the side of the porcelain white dish, Taohua stared at him with bright eyes, "You are very nice and considerate, and you won't go to the bottom of the matter to find out the truth, I am very grateful..."

"I understand." The man looked at her calmly, as if he wanted to look deeply into her heart, "Maybe you don't fully trust me now, maybe you still can't let go of what happened back then, I understand."

"But one day these uncomfortable things will really pass, and then you will be able to tell me clearly." He smiled confidently, "I'm waiting for that day."

Xia Wanmu's eyes flickered, she raised the corners of her mouth, her bright black pupils were dazzled by the light from the restaurant, she looked extremely beautiful.

"There will be that day."

After eating, they went shopping again, and it was almost eleven o'clock after the feeling of fullness went away. Sen Ming drove her to the apartment downstairs, and the two exchanged pleasantries for the last time in the car.

"Next month's new issue is almost done. As long as my results last month are not so failed, the editor-in-chief will give me the new column she brings, and I will be busy again by then." Xia Wanmu lifted Fiddled with a string of small jade gourds hanging from the rearview mirror, complained to him pretending to be distressed, "Maybe Professor Sen's vacation has to be paid for by someone else."

"I can't say for certain. Recently, there are a few new teaching assistants in the department. The girls in their early twenties are very enthusiastic. It seems that it's time to develop my second youth?"

In some respects, Sen Ming is indeed very cooperative with her, although this kind of cooperation is not very satisfactory.

She made an exaggerated expression, and dragged her left hand upwards, signaling that Sen Mingda could do whatever he wanted.Sen Ming looked terrified, crossed his hands to protect his chest, they looked at each other, and laughed.

It was nearly midnight and the streets were empty. The early autumn night wind blew over the street trees, and the dusty and dull leaves trembled under the dim street lamps.Xia Wanmu glanced casually through the windshield, and a few trees in the distance seemed to be dancing, and the leaves on the top were turning gracefully and rhythmically, like green sea waves.

The atmosphere in the car also sank, the laughter and joy just now seemed like hallucinations.Sen Ming looked at her beautiful side face, and felt extremely uneasy for some reason.

Will such a good girl really fall into my hands?Didn't she fall in love with anyone in that circle in those years?Why on earth did she agree to be his girlfriend and continue to develop with him?

He was sitting in the soft leather chair, feeling light and powerless all over his body. This girl was sitting beside him, no more than one meter away, but he couldn't detect her heart no matter what.

She is like a handful of sand, if you hold it tightly, it will only pass faster.

"Are you going back?" He put one hand on the steering wheel casually, trying to show that he didn't care, but his palms were slightly sweaty, "It's late, you go to bed early, the day after tomorrow is off, and I'll pick you up to play again?"

Xia Wanmu came back to his senses, and asked him with a smile that was not a smile: "It's so late, don't you want to sit up?"

His heart suddenly fell to the ground, and the strange feeling towards her before disappeared like a burst bubble.

"You're not me, how do you know I want to go up there?" He raised his brows, his brisk energy came back to him, teasing her with interest, "I'm not you, how do you know whether I'm popular or not?"

Xia Wanmu cooperated with him in acting, looked up at him with a contemptuous expression on his face, stretched out his left hand, and said in a drawn-out tone: "In that case, then kneel down, Komori."

"Congratulations, Her Majesty the Queen."

Sen Ming grabbed her fingertips, lowered his head and kissed the back of her hand lightly. He closed his eyes, as if he was performing some pious ceremony.

Seeing Xia Wanmu's eyes, the tip of his nose suddenly became sore.There were many such cold and lonely nights, when the wind was blowing like this, she sat alone in the house and looked at the shadows of the trees outside the window.When she was young and energetic, she always proudly declared that she didn't want to settle down, but after many lonely nights, having a gentle and caring person by her side turned out to be something that people desire, even if she has no love for him.

She withdrew her hand, looking at the moist and soft light in the man's eyes, and the smile on her face was as refreshing as the warm winter sun.

"Next time, I promise you."

She opened the car door, waved her hands under the surprised gaze of the man, and nodded with a smile: "Then good night."

The man in the driver's seat was holding the steering wheel tightly, trembling slightly with excitement. The pretty figure of the woman was submerged in the deep shadow cast by the apartment building, but it lit the fire in his heart.