star [entertainment circle]

That year, Bai Huaijin went to France with her divorced mother Bai.The romantic France in the eyes of others, in the eyes of Bai Huaijin at that time, was a completely strange country.Unintelligible language, unfamiliar environment, and a tall French uncle who suddenly appeared in life.

Maybe it's an optimistic nature.A year later, Bai Huaijin finally integrated into this environment, and Bai's mother also married that French uncle, and found him a blond stepfather.At the same time, there is also a half-brother who inherits all the appearance characteristics of his stepfather, named Joe.

Qiao has liked to cling to Bai Huaijin since he could crawl.At that time, although Bai Huaijin was able to communicate with people in French normally, she was still a little rusty, and she somewhat avoided her stepfather and younger brother.This situation persisted for several years, and it was not until Bai Huaijin entered the Le Cordon Bleu that the relationship with his stepfather had a breakthrough.That year, Bai Huaijin was already 23 years old.

It was also in that year that William, the younger brother of his stepfather, came to Paris from a small town in the French countryside.

William is the younger brother of his stepfather. No one knows what kind of work he did before coming to Paris.Even the stepfather hasn't seen this younger brother for many years.

William's age was about the same as Bai Huaijin's, so his stepfather naturally hoped that they could get along well.

But for Bai Huaijin, William was a nightmare that he wanted to forget.

Back in the hotel room, Tang Tangtang squeezed into Bai Huaijin's room under the pretext of discussing tomorrow's itinerary.Turning around to lock the door, she crossed her hips and widened her eyes, interrogating, "What's wrong with that man? I saw him touching your ass!"

Bai Huaijin was stunned for a moment, turned his face away, and stood in the suitcase to get a change of clothes: "A person I know. If there is nothing wrong, Tangtang, you should go back to bed early and adjust the time difference. This place is different from China..."

"Believe it or not, if you don't answer honestly, I will tell Brother Qiu about it." Tang Tangtang snorted twice, "You know, if Brother Qiu knows about this, Brother Huo will know about it too."

Seeing Tang Tangtang's threatening expression, Bai Huaijin couldn't help stroking his forehead: "Tangtang, you are my assistant, not Brother Huo...William is my uncle in name." He paused, as if Recalling something bad, he frowned, and then continued, "He is my stepfather's younger brother, about the same age as me."

Although his voice sounded calm, girls are always more sensitive, and Tang Tangtang could hear some emotions from it: "He... bullied you?"

Bai Huaijin smiled without saying a word.Bully?The bullying that Tangtang thought was probably at most the plot of the boy bullying the weak when he was ignorant.What William has done cannot be described in words at all.

He will always remember opening the door of the house and discovering that the home that his stepfather thought was empty after he went on a trip was occupied by William and gathered people to smoke marijuana.

*****

The chaotic scene of men and women in their own living room because of taking drugs that can easily produce excitement appeared in front of him like that.At that time, Bai Huaijin's only reaction was to hug Qiao who was next to her tightly into her arms, not to let the young children see such an embarrassing look.

He found William from the crowd and asked him to immediately invite these crooked friends out of the house, or call the police immediately.William was still awake, shrugged, and said yes, but tried to pull him into the water as soon as he turned his head.

Bai Huaijin tried to tell her stepfather about it.But William was used to pretending in front of others, and his stepfather didn't believe it. Instead, he lost his temper for the first time because of what he said.Since then, Bai Huaijin has moved out of her home, rented a house near the school, and even worked part-time, and no longer reached out to take a penny from that family.

However, the matter did not end there.

Before returning to China, Bai Huaijin found an anonymous email in her mailbox.The email comes with a compressed package with units of g, and the email name only has three characters—open it.

At first, he thought it was a virus email sent by a few classmates with a good relationship in the school, so he clicked delete and ignored it.As a result, a week later, he received several photos on his mobile phone.

Every single photo makes me feel sick from the bottom of my heart.The men in the photos have their faces mosaiced without exception, but there is always a little boy in the same grade as Joe sitting in the arms of the man, without clothes, being hugged tightly or kissed with tongue, and some of them are even pressed under his body , the most critical parts are closely connected.

Almost instantly, Bai Huaijin called the number that sent the photo.But the other party didn't answer.Without hesitation, he ran to the police station with his mobile phone.The police made notes according to the procedures, asked a few questions, and transferred the photos that were obviously pedophile/pedophile from his mobile phone, intending to restore the mosaic part of the photo through technology, and follow the clues to find the other party.

In fact, Bai Huaijin had doubts in his heart, but he was not sure.It wasn't until William's phone call that he realized that his guess was absolutely right.

*****

Seeing Bai Huaijin's ecstasy, Tang Tangtang knew that he didn't want to tell him anything at all.Those leaking posts on Weibo said that the assistant is the artist's caring little padded jacket and part-time trash can, and the artist will talk to the assistant if he is stressed and has any worries, it's just farting.As far as the relationship between her and Bai Bai is concerned, Bai Bai still has something to hide from him and doesn't want to say it.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, she was too lazy to pester her anymore, she threw down the itinerary, opened the door angrily and left.

The door closed with a "bang", which made Bai Huaijin heave a sigh of relief for no reason.

He didn't want Tang Tangtang to know about some things that happened in France.Tangtang, who was well protected by her father and stepmother, didn't need to know about those dirty things.

He lay down on the sofa bed in the room, and logged into the long-lost Facebook.

Joe is one of the few people he follows on Facebook.Looking at Qiao's selfie posted on Facebook, Bai Huaijin bent her lips.

Looking at Joe's healthy and natural smile, he knew that during the nearly one year since he returned to China, Joe had lived a good life and had not been bullied.

After the police report, within a few days, the mosaics in the photo were arrested and brought to justice.In order to protect the safety of the reporter, the police did not find Bai Huaijin and asked him to identify him.And he couldn't even identify it.

But William called him over a noisy bar, and the sounds of men and women frolicking in great excitement.William said a word: “Joe, tell Bai, where are you.”

Joe's voice was full of laughter, as if he didn't realize that he was in a strange place, but holding his mobile phone excitedly told him that he was playing with William in the nightclub.

Bai Huaijin broke out in a cold sweat.Since the marijuana incident, he has been keeping William at a distance, not even going back home, never expecting him to take Joe to the bar.Thinking of those meaningful photos, Bai Huaijin couldn't sit still any longer, and took a taxi directly to the nightclub Qiaokou had mentioned.

Red wine and champagne cocktails, all kinds of wines shuttle freely among handsome men and beautiful women.Across a door, behind the door are dazzling lights, crowded with men and women.

Bai Huaijin is a very self-sufficient and old-fashioned oriental man in his bones. He can drink a lot of wine with his friends at home, but he doesn't like the so-called nightlife in such a noisy environment.So from the moment he entered the door, his brows never loosened.

What's more, this street and this bar are known as gay bars.

Almost all the gays who tried to approach him and invite him mentioned here.

With the help of the nightclub staff, Bai Huaijin quickly found William and the others.There was already some confusion in the box, whether it was caused by alcohol or drugs, crazy men and women danced face to face in front of the table, and William was drinking mouth to mouth with his arms around a little boy wearing nightclub makeup.

He saw Joe sitting in the corner and being coaxed to drink at a glance.

"What are you feeding him?"

Bai Huaijin stepped forward.The music in the box was turned up so loud that his voice was barely heard.It wasn't until he snatched the wine glass away and splashed water on the face of the person who coaxed Joe to drink, that no one realized it.

"It's just wine." William rubbed the waist of the little boy in his arms, and greeted Bai Huaijin with a smile, "Bai, you are making such a fuss."

Almost at the same time William spoke, the lights in the box finally turned on normally.Without hesitation, Bai Huaijin grabbed the person beside Qiao and rolled up his cuffs, revealing a dense row of needle holes.

"I have no reason to let go of the drink given by the addict/junzi."

No matter how unconscious he was, the meaning of Bai Huaijin's words was clearly conveyed to the ears of everyone present.The men and women in the box may not be gay or les, but they are all addicts without exception.Joe doesn't look right, he can't judge whether he has ingested something that shouldn't be touched, but at the very least, he must take the person away and send him to the hospital immediately.

William made that call in order to lure Bai Huaijin to the nightclub.The appearance of oriental people always has a special charm in the eyes of westerners.Especially for a boy like Bai Huaijin who is biased towards women but behaves like a man, which makes people want to win.Therefore, William has no reason to let him leave so easily.

Watching William push a drugged cocktail in front of her, Bai Huaijin clenched her fists and looked up at him.

"Bai, do you still remember those photos I sent you earlier?"

"It's you……"

"I give you two choices. First, after drinking this glass of wine, you can take Joe away. Second, sleep with us for one night, and I will send Joe away." William laughed, and the little boy beside him was so tired that he was in his arms. , "Shouldn't you watch Joe become like us in the future?"

Looking at the cocktail handed to him, Bai Huaijin's eyes hurt a little, and the noise around him made his head swell.

The phone on his body dinged and sent out a text message.

Bai Huaijin reached out to touch subconsciously, but with a slap, it hit the glass coffee table next to her.At that moment, he opened his eyes.

Unfamiliar hotel environment, strange room, room chandelier that you can see when you open your eyes... Bai Huaijin raised his arms, covered his eyes, and let out a long sigh of relief.

is a dream.

He still didn't drink that cocktail in the end.After hanging up the call from William, he sent all the recordings and photos to his stepfather's mobile phone, and told him to contact the police if he didn't believe it.He was betting whether his stepfather would trust him for Joe this time.

Fortunately, the bet won.

Because his stepfather arrived in time, he didn't drink the cocktail, and Joe was rushed to the hospital in time.The doctor diagnosed it as mild alcoholism.

He didn't know what happened to those people in the box at that time.I just remember that William was severely beaten by his stepfather.

After Joe was discharged from the hospital, he took his luggage and left a letter, and returned home to take care of his seriously ill father.Since then, for nearly a year, he has never returned to France, nor has he even called his family.

Seeing William in Chinatown was beyond Bai Huaijin's expectation.Back in Paris, he thought of meeting any friends, or stepfather, but not William at all.

The phone rang again.

Bai Huaijin reached out to the coffee table, unlocked the lock screen, and glanced lightly across the screen, her face, which was a little unhappy because of the dream, finally eased.

——"There is a time difference between China and Paris, I wish you a good night's sleep."