tidal lock

[12]

Spotlights, cheers, and the sound of shutters all disappear.

Surrounded by the faint, refreshing aroma of lime, which is close at hand, it is extremely reassuring.

Open your eyes, and you, who existed in the chaotic past and hazy dreams, are within your reach.

The water mist from the humidifier is spraying quietly, and the snow outside the window has not stopped.

Being in a world where there seems to be only you and me, feeling each other's warm breath, the throbbing is only in an instant.

I have never been so close to you.

The picture in front of me is too happy and beautiful, if everything at this moment is just an illusion——

Then I don't want to wake up.

This is already the fifth red light encountered on the road.

Xu Tong was sitting in the driver's seat, staring at the signal lights, feeling agitated, and the moment he reached out to touch the cigarette case in the inside pocket of his coat——

The green light is on.

Xu Tong stepped on the gas pedal, looked at the lady clerk sitting in the rearview mirror with a programmed smile, and spoke politely and comforted her in a soft tone.

The muted mobile phone on the co-pilot never stopped ringing, and reporters from major media were taking turns calling themselves.

All the busyness starts with the two photos that broke out in the early morning——

In the first photo, the crew took a blurry silhouette of Lin Xue in front of the hotel room that the crew had booked for Zhou Yichao.

The second one is the brief moment when Zhou Yichao supported Lin Xue who was about to fall at the press conference a few days ago, and raised his eyes to meet her.

Xing An's corner-changing speed is well-known in the circle. The only solution is to get the monitoring of Zhou Yichao entering the store to pick up his mobile phone and the testimony of the shop assistant at the same time as Lin Xue appeared in front of Zhou Yichao's room.

I was forced to get up for public relations in my sleep, and I was already in a bad mood.

Yet there are events that take the mood to the next level.

The self-respecting Ye Xi who was supposed to disappear returns to Zhou Yichao's side, and the subsequent derailment will only intensify.

Holding the USB flash drive with the surveillance video, Xu Tong thoughtfully and gentlemanly opened the back seat door for the lady——

There is not much time left for yourself.

at the same time--

Wrapped in a military overcoat, Xing An sat in front of the machine with a blank expression, looking at the overwhelming headlines about Zhou Yichao in his mobile phone.

The staff, who knew Xing An's temper well, lowered their breath as much as possible, and the assistant director handed over the previously drawn cast list to Xing An.

After being glanced at indifferently, the folder was dropped and put aside. Xing An called the props team and officially announced that today's filming without Zhou Yichao's role will start.

When the outside world was in chaos, Zhou Yichao was sleeping peacefully with Ye Xi.

Snowflakes fell from the sky and fell intermittently and eloquently for several hours.

When Zhou Yichao was liberated from the high fever, he only knew that the quilt was soft, Ye Xi's neck was warm, and he only needed to raise his head slightly to touch the other's soft lips.

So Zhou Yichao did exactly that.

It was a kiss as light as a feather.

A long time ago, Zhou Yichao had imagined such a scene.

Outside, covered in silver and snow falling silently, I and my beloved were covered with the same quilt, breathing and entangled, hugging and engulfing each other's lips several times.

One of the protagonists is now lying on his side in a concrete way.

Dreams come true.

No matter how throbbing it is, a dream is a dream.

All scenes can be restored as much as possible.

But the heart cannot.

Zhou Yichao got up in silence, sat barefoot on a chair beside him, and gently held Ye Xilu's cool fingers outside the quilt.

——It would be great if you could hold on to her all the time.

Can not help but give birth to such greed.

The light brown pupils slowly opened, Zhou Yichao let go of his hands, and said in a half hoarse voice——

"woke up?"

The half-dream and half-awake rabbit nodded half curled up in the soft quilt, closed his eyes and pressed his white and tender palm to his forehead.

Pound, thump.

The heart responded immediately and honestly.

Zhou Yichao subconsciously avoided the touch on the top of his forehead that made his heart beat faster. Ye Xi opened his eyes and retracted his hands, lifted the quilt on his body and sat up, then walked outside.

——"Let me go!"

——"I don't want your pity."

The thin figure in front of me had appeared countless times in midnight dreams.

What happened before my eyes was a real parting.

This time I really won't see you again.

Zhou Yichao was short of breath, he got up and tightly held the hand that he never held in his dreams.

The chair fell backwards and ended up lying on the gray pile rug.

Depressed feeling of suffocation.

Zhou Yichao lowered his head, his eyes fell on the back of Ye Xi's hand which he was desperately holding, sweat began to break out between his fingers.

The eyes that fell on the top of his head were as heavy as a thousand catties, afraid of seeing the other party's disgusted expression because of his entanglement, Zhou Yichao simply didn't look up.

"...It's still snowing outside."

"I... paid my salary."

"I haven't bought the milk tea you promised..."

He tried his best to search for various reasons, but the other party never gave any answer.

On that summer day six years ago, the setting sun made the shadow of the railing long and thin.

He pinched his sweat-soaked white short sleeves, his chest heaving up and down due to the violent running.

The figure in front of him gradually faded out of sight, splashed with warm orange red.

——"I said it from the beginning, you can't save him."

No matter how hard he struggled and tried his best to stay, he still became the pain itself in the end.

I don't want to see him with red eyes anymore.

"sorry."

"I just... need an excuse to keep you by my side."

Zhou Yichao let go of his hand, his eyes gradually became hollow.

The father who was burdened with endless gambling debts, the mother who resolutely divorced and abandoned her, the young mother who picked up the opportunity to cling to after becoming famous...

It took ten years to finally comprehend——

Being born in such a family, I am not qualified to be happy.

The snow outside is like someone's tears, and it has been going on and on.

This year's winter is too cruel and ruthless.

That hand should never have been attempted to grab from the very beginning.

I hope he looks up at the spire of the glass window calmly.

I wish him a peaceful and pain-free life.

I hope that he can truly perceive all the happiness in this world.

Living in hell, only one is enough.

The faint, refreshing aroma of green lemon that is close at hand fills the nostrils.

Zhou Yichao raised his head in disbelief, and met the eyes of Ye Xi who stood on tiptoe to put on his coat.

"Do you want porridge?"

The dull pain in the heart has not disappeared completely, and it is impossible to respond at all.

"There's ham in the fridge."

Ye Xi's soft, furry eyelashes blinked downwards, and after shaking off the streamer, they rose quickly again in a moment.

It was obvious that he was talking about trivial matters, but Zhou Yichao felt that he was rescued at this moment.

"…Um."

He could hear his trembling voice clearly.

The warm palm slid to the five fingers, and the closed door was opened.

Zhou Yichao was led downstairs, with a dull expression on his face, and he was a little stunned.

The little rabbit who tried his best to lose his temper with him yesterday is now so docile that it is unbelievable.

I always feel that I must have missed something, but I can't figure it out for no reason.

The sweat sticking to his body made him uncomfortable, Zhou Yichao went to the bathroom, took a hot shower, put on new pajamas, dried his hair, and when he came out, the ham and polenta had already been cooked.

His stomach rumbled after being hungry for a long time. Zhou Yichao touched his belly and moved to Ye Xi's side. On the way to grab the spoon, he suddenly remembered the scene of being photographed by the other party last time.

"You...do you hate me..."

Zhou Yichao lowered his head and stared blankly at the slippers on his feet.

Sure enough, people will become vulnerable when they are sick.

"Have you looked at the camera?"

It's a completely wrong answer.

"What camera?"

Zhou Yichao raised his head in surprise, Ye Xi was holding the porridge, and his figure quickly passed by his eyes.

"I don't hate it...you should drink the porridge while it's hot."

Zhou Yichao walked slowly to Ye Xi's side and pulled over the high stool, his probing eyes began to scan down from the hair on the top of the other's forehead.

The crimson ear tips are suspicious.

Infected by the aroma, his stomach quickly groaned loudly for the second time. Zhou Yichao, who had been tortured by the high fever all night, couldn't care about anything else, picked up a small spoonful of steaming porridge from a porcelain bowl The lips blew and blown into the mouth.

Sure enough, patients in this world who are taken care of are very happy.