dear dreamer

The owner of the porridge shop recently made some money by speculating in stocks, so he replaced the signboards and light boxes, and bought a new batch of tables and chairs, which were stacked neatly by the door.

"We haven't opened yet, so you came early." The boss said, quickly placed a round table and two plastic chairs, and asked Luo Hengqiu to sit down. "Xiao Deng hasn't come yet, just wait."

He was familiar with Deng Tingge, but not so familiar with Luo Hengqiu.I just remembered that this person often came here to eat porridge with Xiao Deng, and saw that he was not dressed like them who lived in the market, and his manner of speaking was very calm, so he couldn't help being a little respectful.

Luo Hengqiu said I'll wait.He did come early, and many stalls in the Huahuang Street Night Market hadn't even started to be set up yet.At the corner of the congee shop, there are pancakes and stinky tofu sellers, as well as various seafood barbecues, Indian pancakes, soybean milk fritters, and Taiwanese snacks.Now the streets are still busy, people are pushing the carts, packing up the items that are about to be opened, the fire is blazing, and the sauce is gurgling and boiling.Luo Hengqiu leaned on the back of the chair and waited for Deng Tingge, there was a hint of happiness in the calmness.

Everyone calls him Xiao Deng.Luo Hengqiu thought, he should continue to call him by his full name.Although it is a mouthful, it is expensive.

When Deng Tingge came, the eel porridge was already cooking.

"Brother, have you been waiting for a long time?" Deng Tingge sat down opposite him and handed him a paper bag.

"Not long. What is this?" Luo Hengqiu picked up the bag and saw the words "Mung Bean Cake" written on it.There are six golden cakes in the paper bag. The cake skin is crispy and the layers are distinct. The mung bean paste inside is fragrant and sweet, and it is full of fragrance after you bite it.Luo Hengqiu quickly finished one.He hadn't had dinner yet, so he was really hungry at this time.

The two of them finished eating the bag of cakes before serving the eel porridge.Deng Tingge drank half of the drink and was so hot that he couldn't breathe.

Luo Hengqiu saw that he didn't mention it, so he took the initiative to speak: "I heard from Zhong Xing that you signed their studio. It's very good. Zhong Xing may be open-minded, but he is very reliable. And he admires you very much. You won’t lose money if you follow him. The more contacts you have, the more natural resources you will have, and of course you will have more good scripts to choose from.”

Deng Tinge raised his head and listened quietly to him.

"What kind of wages does that bastard pay you? He won't deduct you, right?" Luo Hengqiu said with a smile, "Tell me if you have anything, and I'll take you to the Labor Bureau to sue him."

"Director Zhong won't take this from me." Deng Tingge put down the spoon, and the porcelain spoon sank into the bowl, "After all, you asked him to do this, senior brother, so he must give you face."

The expression on Luo Hengqiu's face suddenly froze.

The owner of the porridge shop came out again to serve the porridge to the guests. Both of them remained silent, and only looked up at each other when the person left.

Luo Hengqiu's heart also sank.He saw resistance and vague dodge in Deng Tingge's eyes.

"Brother, I know that you are good to me. But now I am a little suspicious that Director Zhong wants to sign me because he is more influenced by you or because he admires me more." Deng Tingge scratched his head, "I am a little unconfident."

Luo Hengqiu calmed down his mind: "You don't need to doubt this. Zhong Xing is not the kind of person who can easily make a decision after a few words from me. You will know it after getting along with him. My words don't have that much influence. In the end, it must be your own qualifications that made Zhong Xing make this decision."

Deng Tinge's eyes turned away, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Brother, you have helped me a lot." He said, "I don't know how to repay you."

Luo Hengqiu smiled: "You and I don't need to talk about this, it's our birth share. If you don't talk about it, I won't be happy anymore."

Deng Tingge looked at him: "Brother, I have nothing to give you. I... I... It's impossible between us."

His voice became smaller and smaller, but Luo Hengqiu could hear it clearly.

Luo Hengqiu put down the spoon, pulled a tissue to wipe his mouth and hands.

"You think too much." Although he has tried his best to control his tone, the friendly tone at the beginning has completely disappeared, and he is almost speaking with a kind of indifference, "I think you are very Excellent, I have known you for several years, although the relationship is not particularly good, but at least you still call me brother, so I want to help you. Deng Tingge, I am not such a nasty person."

Deng Tingge had never heard Luo Hengqiu call his name in such a tone, and immediately forgot about the uncomfortable things in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, brother, I didn't mean that, I never thought of you like that!"

Luo Hengqiu looked at him quietly.

"Brother..." Deng Tingge didn't know where to start talking.Luo Hengqiu stared at him indifferently, he was so flustered, he was afraid that his senior brother would just ignore him, he couldn't remember a word of what he had planned to say, so he could only call him "senior brother" again.

"I admit that it was my suggestion to Zhong Xing to let you go to the crew of "The Giant Wave". I think you are a promising talent, so I brought Zhong Xing to you." Luo Hengqiu lowered his voice and said slowly, "But I never asked for anything from you, ever."

Deng Tingge looked at him very nervously.

Luo Hengqiu suddenly stopped talking.He looked at Deng Tingge, and then looked down at his clenched fists.

"Deng Tingge, I like you." Luo Hengqiu said softly, "But I'm not mean."

Deng Tingge stayed on the spot, staring blankly at Luo Hengqiu got up, took his coat, turned and left.

Although I had speculated before, but Luo Hengqiu said it himself, the shock is still too great.He hurriedly paid the bill and chased him out. When he got to the street, the aunt selling mung bean cakes called out to him: "Little boy, can you still buy it? Our wife's cakes are just out of the oven, and they are the best!"

"No, no, no... no more." Deng Tingge dared to buy Luo Hengqiu such a terrible pancake. He had to wait for a long time for the mung bean pancake, and now it is even more impossible.He hurried to the side of the road to look for Luo Hengqiu.He saw Luo Hengqiu's car, and Luo Hengqiu was leaning on the car door and was about to light a cigarette.

But his hands were shaking all the time, and he couldn't light the cigarette no matter what.

After working hard for a while, he himself gave up, dropped his hands, sighed, staring at the bustling intersection in front of him, wondering what he was thinking.

Deng Tinge stood by the side of the road, not daring to walk over.Luo Hengqiu's figure looked so dazed and lonely, he suddenly felt sad.What I said just now was really lacking in skill. In the past, when facing the theater staff or those who came to provoke me, I was obviously eloquent, but when I faced Luo Hengqiu, I couldn't think of all those speaking skills.

After Zhong Xing learned the secret behind his signing and Luo Hengqiu's interest in him, he was always shocked.Before coming here, I thought about a lot of words over and over again, nice and tactful, every sentence can express my meaning clearly, and won't embarrass Luo Hengqiu too much.But it didn't help.He didn't expect Luo Hengqiu to be more straightforward than him.

He stood where Luo Hengqiu couldn't see and stared at him silently, and didn't turn around until Luo Hengqiu got in the car and left.

There is a sense of being overwhelmed in the brother's directness.Deng Tingge really felt uneasy when he realized this.

The text message that Deng Tingge sent to Luo Hengqiu never replied.He didn't have the courage to call Luo Hengqiu, and he didn't know what to say if he did.

After receiving a notice from the studio asking him to go over there to see his course schedule, Zhong Xing asked him what was going on gossipingly.Deng Tingge said Zhong guides us to talk about business.

Zhong Xing smiled: "The conversation is over. Lao Luo doesn't even talk to me now."

Deng Tingge looked down at the class schedule.

Zhong Xing didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.Compared with the stalemate, at least these two people still have some progress.He removed the course schedule from Deng Ting's Singer and gave him a script: "You should read this first."

The script was titled "How to Dispose of an Ex-Boyfriend's Dead Body in a Washing Machine."

Deng Tingge: "..."

Zhong Xing: "It's very interesting. You go try the mirror."

Deng Tingge read the introduction of the script, and found that it was an online drama adapted from a drama. It was covered with suspense, but actually it looked like a popular science and love sketch.

"Go to the audition and try to impress the producer." Zhong Xing was very mysterious, "The producer of this web drama is Chen Yiping."

Deng Tingge was surprised.Chen Yiping is a very famous TV producer in China.He immediately understood what Zhong Xing meant: his main purpose was not to win the role in this web drama, but to leave an impression on Chen Yiping.

"Chen Yiping is preparing for a big drama recently. The confidentiality work is done well. The basic situation is not clear, but it will definitely be topical when it comes out. He is looking for actors in a very secretive way. It is estimated that this online drama is also a test for their company. I'm not on the same page with him, and we don't have much contact with each other, but he mentioned to me that he wants to find some young people who can act and dare to act." Zhong Xing urged, "You must try. I'm Gong Da Screen, but you are still a newcomer, try to use TV dramas to accumulate popularity and familiarity, don’t worry.”

Deng Tinge said I was in no hurry.Hearing Zhong Xing's mysterious words, he became interested himself, and was about to ask some other questions when the door of the office was suddenly opened directly.

The young man who walked in glanced at Deng Tingge, and nodded to him as a greeting.Deng Tingge only thought he looked familiar, but couldn't remember who it was.The man walked up to Zhong Xing: "The newcomer you recruited? He's very handsome. I'll be leaving in a while, so say goodbye."

"Bon voyage." Zhong Xing said, raising his arms to embrace him and kiss.

Deng Tingge sat on the sofa dumbfounded and watched his boss and other people kissing each other as if no one was around. He was stunned for a while before he suddenly realized that he blushed and walked out with the documents, and closed the door thoughtfully.

Zhong Xing's assistant was making tea for him in the pantry, when he saw Deng Tingge come out before the water boiled, he was very surprised: "Is the talk over? So soon?"

"No." Deng Tingge was very embarrassed, "Director Zhong has guests."

"Why is the customer so important?" the assistant asked with a smile, "more important than the boss' business?"

Deng Tingge thought about the scene in the office, and described the young man's appearance with a blushing face: "He is tall and handsome, his hair is a bit long and tied up, and he looks like an artist."

"Oh, Fang Zhongyi." The assistant smiled again, "It's that kind of thing again. You'll know about it in the future, it's all in the newspapers."

Deng Tingge was shocked: "What kind of newspaper is so open?"

Assistant: "Are you open? Doesn't it mean that he has a new boyfriend."

Deng Tinge: "...He, they are not together?!"

Assistant: "It doesn't count. Don't go, wait a minute, there will be a quarrel soon. Help me fight."

Deng Tingge: "..."