Goldberg Variations

"It's nothing, I accidentally slipped and fell into the river."

"Drowning?" Hou Xuesong frowned, "When did it happen?"

"A few days ago." Such a perfunctory answer made it clear that he didn't want to talk.

But Hou Xuesong didn't care about his perfunctory at all, and still cared for him.

Yu Shuangshuang was looking at Hong Qian, winking.

First, he snubbed at Hou Xuesong, and then questioned Hong Qian.

Hong Qian shrugged and spread her hands, pointing to Fan Lei behind her, indicating that it was related to Fan Lei.

Yu Shuangshuang suddenly became angry, and gave Fan Lei a hard look, wishing she could grab Fan Lei and give him a hammer blow.

Fan Lei looked bewildered, not knowing what happened, scratching his head and asking, "Shuangshuang, what's wrong?"

The corner of Yu Shuangshuang's mouth twitched, and she smiled kindly, "It's nothing, I'm so happy to see you."

Fan Lei: "?"

Watching a few people playing riddles, Gu Kai found that these people seemed to know each other, and he was the only stranger present. This was somewhat embarrassing for him.

But how could Gu Kai embarrass himself?

Turning his head and looking at Hou Xuesong, Hou Xuesong was saying to Pei Wen with a little reproach: "Why don't you stay at home on a heavy rainy day and go to the riverside? Look, you accidentally made it like this. It's okay." There were no irreparable consequences."

Pei Wen smiled lightly, but did not answer.

Hou Xuesong spoke in the tone of an elder.But the way he looked at Pei Wen might not be noticeable to ordinary people, but to Gu Kai, it was too familiar.

Gu Kai suddenly smiled, and raised his voice: "This is not Teacher Hou Xuesong, is it?"

As a classmate, or a friend, it's only natural to help Pei Wen.

His voice suddenly raised, causing people in the ward to look at him.

Suddenly being cueed by someone, Hou Xuesong also turned around, looked Gu Kai up and down, wondering: "Who are you?"

"Are you really Teacher Hou Xuesong?!"

Surprised and delighted, Gu Kai bent down and stretched out his hand to Hou Xuesong: "Hi, Teacher Hou, my name is Gu Kai, and I'm Pei Wen's friend. I've seen many of your plays, and I really like your performances!"

"Although I know that you and Pei Wen are in the same troupe, I didn't expect to meet you here!"

It turned out to be his fans.

"Thanks for your love," Hou Xuesong smiled more gently, and shook hands with Gu Kai, "There are not many young people like you who like dramas, and young people nowadays like to watch those fast food dramas that are not nutritious."

Gu Kai held him in his arms and said, "A fast food drama is just fast food, how can you eat it all at once? It's an art form like drama, which can last forever."

Gu Kai reported several dramas that Hou Xuesong acted in like a few treasures, and gave a thumbs up: "I have watched these dramas of yours many times, and each time I have a different experience. You are really a great drama actor!"

In fact, the few films reported by Gu Kai were all played by Pei Wen, otherwise why would Gu Kai make a special trip to watch Hou Xuesong's plays?

It's just that Hou Xuesong didn't realize this detail.

As Gu Kai said, he took Hou Xuesong out and told him to stay away from Pei Wen.

After Hou Xuesong was dragged away by Gu Kai, Hong Qian and Fan Lei came over and asked about Pei Wen's physical condition.

"It's a pity that I'm usually too busy with work, so I don't have much time to watch the scene." Gu Kai sighed sadly, "When I get free later, I must go to see your play live!"

Pei Wen, who was talking with Hong Qian, heard this, glanced at Gu Kai, and thought: Too busy with work?Isn't this person spending all day in the hospital?

After hearing such compliments, Hou Xuesong's smile became more sincere, but he sighed: "But there are not many young people who are willing to engage in the drama industry, and this industry will decline sooner or later."

Gu Kai said impassionedly: "No, Mr. Hou. Isn't Pei Wen a very good young actor? I believe that with someone like him, the drama will never decline!"

When Pei Wen was praised, Hou Xuesong looked at Pei Wen with relief, nodded and said with a smile, "Xiao Pei is a rare talented and hardworking actor among the young drama actors I have met over the years."

But Pei Wen didn't pay attention to him at all, just pretending he didn't hear him.

Gu Kai smiled and said: "That's right, Pei Wen was very popular with the teacher when he was in school. He is smart and studies hardest."

"Pei Wen has been in the theater troupe with you for the past few years, and you have taken care of him, right? I have to thank you, and I hope you can guide him a lot in the future. With senior guidance like you, Pei Wen will definitely benefit a lot. "

Although he didn't know where Gu Kai came from, he seemed to be very close to Pei Wen as soon as he appeared, and Hou Xuesong was a little displeased to treat him as an outsider.

But Gu Kai was admiring him after all, so he nodded reservedly, and said with a smile: "Pei Wen has a good understanding, just a few words, he can figure it out on his own, and his performance is often better than I expected. With his talent With hard work and time, there will be great achievements.”

Hearing his name, Pei Wen, who was talking to Hong Qian, glanced this way again.

He found that Gu Kai was quite interesting. Someone who never watched dramas before became a diehard fan of old dramas in just a few days?

——Is Gu Kai helping him out?Thinking of this possibility, Pei Wen looked at Gu Kai more thoughtfully.

Hou Xuesong didn't realize that he had been tricked, but had a good time with Gu Kai, who was talkative and funny, and who was always holding him up.

It wasn't until Pei Wen said that he was tired and wanted to rest that he realized that he had been discussing the drama with Gu Kai the whole time, and he couldn't have a good chat with Pei Wen.

Hou Xuesong was annoyed in his heart, while sweetly worrying that the fans are too enthusiastic, it is not good, while saying goodbye to Pei Wen regretfully:

"I haven't seen you for so many days, and I haven't had a good chat with you today. But I see that you look good, so I feel relieved. Since you are tired, I will come back another day. Take good care of your health and go back to the troupe as soon as possible. Everyone is waiting for you."

Pei Wen closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Looking at Pei Wen's peaceful sleeping face, Hou Xuesong's eyes darkened, and then he raised his head and smiled at Gu Kai without a trace: "Sorry, I have to leave. You are so interested in the dialogue drama, we can talk about it another day, and today we will talk about it." Come here first, okay?"

"Of course, of course! It's my honor to have this opportunity. I'll send you, Mr. Hou, out."

"It's okay, don't send it."

"Yes, yes."

After the two of them boasted about their business, Gu Kai enthusiastically sent him out.

Hong Qian and Fan Lei left gifts in large and small packages, said goodbye to Pei Wen softly, said they would come back another day, and left too.

After watching the three walk away, Gu Kai closed the door of the ward, and when he turned around, he saw Yu Shuangshuang looking at him with a half-smile.

Gu Kai let out a snort from his nose: "What does this expression mean?"

Yu Shuangshuang narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Are you a thief?"

Gu Kai: "You wink with that Hong Qian, your eyes are almost cramping, and I'm not blind."

Yu Shuangshuang pouted: "Who knew he would come."

Gu Kai sat down on the sofa and saw Pei Wen opened his eyes, looking a little sleepy, but he didn't fall asleep. It was obviously an excuse just now.

"So, what's going on? What happened to that person?" Gu Kai asked.

Yu Shuangshuang glanced at Pei Wen, but Pei Wen didn't say anything.

Yu Shuangshuang bit her lip, seeming very conflicted.

She was a person who couldn't hold back her words, but Pei Wen didn't want to reveal it.

Yu Shuangshuang could only sigh, and said very euphemistically: "He has a bad life style."

Gu Kai: "Then he fell in love with Pei Wen?"

Both Yu Shuangshuang and Pei Wen were a little surprised.

Gu Kai: "Is there something hard to see?"

Yu Shuangshuang shrugged: "Well... maybe it's not difficult."

Gu Kai: "But didn't the Internet say that he was married? Everyone said that he was a gentleman, as gentle as jade."

"Can you believe that kind of thing?" Yu Shuangshuang sneered, "Besides, it's just because he's married that he still behaves like this, which makes people even more contemptible."

Pei Wen didn't look at them all the time, drifting in the void, seemed to be remembering something, but didn't seem to think about anything.

Gu Kai looked around between the two of them, realizing that they were not telling the truth, and that Pei Wen was hiding something from him.

"Didn't Pei Wen refuse?" Gu Kai adjusted his posture, leaning on the back of the sofa, with his hands in his trouser pockets.

"Rejection has to be effective." Yu Shuangshuang sneered.

Thinking of how that person just ignored Pei Wen's indifference and blindly put his hot face on his cold butt, Gu Kai guessed that this person might be a bit difficult to deal with.

"Don't the rest of the troupe know?"

"After all, it's a private matter, and I don't want to make it known to everyone." This was said by Pei Wen, his brows were frowned, and his voice was weak.

He coughed a few times as he spoke.

"I'm tired and want to sleep."

After saying that, he closed his eyes.

Gu Kai looked at Yu Shuangshuang, Yu Shuangshuang helplessly spread his hands.

Gu Kai could only shut up.

It could be seen that Pei Wen didn't want to talk about this person.

……

Whether Pei Wen is willing or not, his condition is getting better day by day.

At first, Gu Kai had to help him when he went to the bathroom, but after a few days, he firmly refused Gu Kai's help, and insisted on going into the bathroom alone.

Later, I could walk out of the ward by myself and stand in the corridor for a while even without support.

Gu Kai felt a little regretful.

After half a month of rain, the weather finally turned sunny.

Entering early autumn, the sun is no longer scorching after the rain. Looking out from the window, the leaves of the ginkgo tree are slowly turning yellow.

The landscape trees planted in the hospital are no longer pure green, but yellow, red and green are mixed together, the colors are rich and eye-catching, and they look more gratifying under the sunlight.

Pei Wen looked out of the window for a long time, Gu Kai suggested: "Do you want to go out for a walk?"

Pei Wen turned to look at him, thought for a while, and then nodded.

The three walked out of the inpatient building side by side.

In front of the building is a flat ground made of cement, and farther away is a grassland, where unnamed green trees are scattered and trimmed into neat and beautiful shapes.

Stone paved paths meander across the lawn.

Family members in twos and threes on the path pushed the patient in a wheelchair out to relax and breathe fresh air.

The three of them don't seem special in it.

Pei Wen was listening to Yu Shuangshuang talking about their journey to the desert.

"The sunlight in the desert is much more poisonous than here, and it is very, very dry. Forty degrees during the day and below zero at night."

Gu Kai said: "You have taken good care of yourself."

Yu Shuangshuang was heartbroken when she said this: "I went there for a few days, and I ran out of a bottle of fairy water."

Pei Wen asked, "How about the filming?"

Pei Wen was worried about Yu Shuangshuang because he was late for work.

"Of course." Yu Shuangshuang said with a smile, "I think I will definitely win the prize this time."

Yu Shuangshuang is a photographer.

She has loved photography since she was a child—yes, her family has a mine—and she simply became a professional photographer when she grew up. Anyway, the shares her parents gave her are enough for her to eat dividends there.

This time she went into the desert with the team, just wanting to shoot something different.

"Then let me congratulate you in advance." Pei Wen said with a smile.

The three of them chatted casually, and suddenly there was a burst of "giggle" laughter not far away.

It was two children playing.

The laughter is crisp and sweet, and you can imagine what a cute little angel just by listening to the sound.

In addition, such hearty laughter has always been rare in hospitals, so many people cast kind eyes on it.

However, at this moment, the little girl who was running and chasing suddenly threw herself on Pei Wen.

The children were playing and playing, not paying attention to the road at all.

Pei Wen was weak and staggered from the knock.

"Be careful!" Gu Kai helped him up.

Pei Wen fell into Gu Kai's arms.

At the same time, the woody fragrance from Gu Kai's body penetrated into Pei Wen's nostrils.

It is the calmness and coolness of cedar, mixed with the gentleness and introversion of sandalwood, and...