salt by salt

I was sitting on the balcony basking in the sun when Xu Yucheng called, so I told him about my situation.Avoid talking about Yang Chen, just say that I have been under a lot of pressure from working overtime recently, and the doctor said that I will recover in a short time.

He asked with concern: "Your daily life is inconvenient, let me ask someone to take care of you."

"No need." I stretched out my hand and waved it in front of my eyes, barely making out the vague shape, "I'm living here with Andre now, and he's taking care of me."

"...Is that so, that's good." Xu Yucheng paused briefly, and then said, "You guys have a good relationship, so I can rest assured."

"Brother, I'm back." I was talking to Xu Yucheng when Andre hugged me from behind.He walked very lightly, I didn't even hear the sound of approaching, and he took the phone away, "Brother Yucheng?"

"Andre, don't make trouble, give me back the phone..."

He held my wrist with ease, Xu Yucheng said something on the phone, Andre just listened quietly, humming a few times from time to time, the other hand stopped my movements.

"I know. Bye."

Finally he said something short, hung up the phone and put the phone back in my hand, and kissed my cheek again.

"How could you do this?" I finally managed to get through the phone, and he snatched it away before I could say a few words, "It's so impolite!"

He immediately said: "I just went to the company, and I have also seen the venue of the exhibition."

"How about it?"

I knew he was changing the subject, but I couldn't help but pick up the conversation.Fortunately, the preparatory work has come to an end, otherwise, if something like this happens at a critical moment, I would be ashamed to face the expectations of the staff and Xu Yucheng if it goes wrong.

"It's not bad. Your secretary let you rest at ease. If you have any questions, she will let me tell you." He said, "The dinner was postponed for half an hour from the original schedule, at 06:30 pm on May [-]th, and there are three days left .The invitations have all been sent out."

I nodded, and Andre continued: "At that time, my brother's eyes probably hadn't fully recovered. Shall I attend with you?"

"Well, okay..." I was thinking about something, so I replied casually, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard." He kissed me lightly on the forehead, "I'm going to get medicine for my brother."

"Andre—"

My voice died away as he blurted out, "What's wrong?"

"...No, it's nothing." I smiled, and unconsciously slid my fingers across the phone screen, "Thank you for taking care of me."

"How do you say that, brother?" His tone softened, and he muttered coquettishly, "You don't have to be so polite, I'm happy."

I closed my eyes when I heard the sound of him leaving.

Asking Andre to help me inquire about Song Cheng's news... This kind of thing is too absurd.

When Xu Yucheng called, my fingers were trembling. I wish I could hear Song Cheng's voice and his gentle voice asking why I didn't reply to his messages.

I waited for a long time but didn't get a call, and I couldn't control my cranky thoughts.

Did Yang Chen tell a lie to anger me? Is Song Cheng really broken with Cheng Heyun? Why did he meet with Cheng Heyun alone? Why didn’t he call me? Where would he and Cheng Heyun go? go home?

Song Cheng.

I don't know about his past, and I have no right to get involved.As long as he explained clearly to me, I won't leave because of others' instigation, I just need an explanation.

Song Cheng.

You said don't abandon me, we can live a long life.

Song Cheng.

I began to persuade myself that he is very busy these days, and it is normal that he has no time to come back from the shooting.Even if there is something with Cheng Heyun, it's a thing of the past, maybe they met to talk about their relationship... Song Cheng is not a person who is in two boats, he is so kind, how could he have the heart to lie to me?

Maybe I should call him first instead of waiting for him to come to me.

I was hesitating whether to ask Andre to contact him for me, but the phone rang in my hand.I quickly picked it up in a hurry, but I didn't expect that the other end was someone I didn't expect:

"Sun Ning?"

"Why, I'm not welcome to call you?" Her usual steady voice was full of lingering fatigue, "I heard that you have something wrong with your eyes, what's the matter?"

The news spread fast enough... She seemed to know what I was thinking, and then said: "I just heard Yuzhi call, don't think too much about it."

"Temporary small problem, it's okay." Although I opened my eyes and stared into the distance, in fact, there were only some specious and blurred color blocks in my eyes.In any case, I appreciate her concern, "How is your work?"

"Ping has been transferred to the headquarters, and he is still in the running-in period with his new colleagues." She smiled, "What about you? How does it feel to be the boss?"

"The pressure is even greater than before. I am all caused by overtime work. You workaholic, you have to take care of your health." I was in a better mood and joked, "Don't be like me."

"I'm very concerned about maintenance. By the way, which hospital are you in now? I'm fine this afternoon, so I'll come and visit you." Sun Ning said, "Don't be polite to me, I've bought all the fruit baskets."

I was speechless for a moment, and after a while I said: "I live with my brother, and he takes care of me."

Sun Ning's tone was a little surprised: "Why didn't you stay in the hospital for such a serious matter?"

"It's not very serious, and it will recover in a few days." Knowing that I was in Andre's villa on the mountain, I told her the address, "It may be a little far away, and it will cost you gas money."

After chatting for a few more words, Sun Ning just hung up the phone when I heard Andre's voice behind me: "Who is my brother calling?"

"My former colleague." Although I couldn't see clearly, I turned to the direction of the voice, "Come here to see me."

Andre didn't speak for a long time, I asked blankly: "...Are you unhappy?"

"No." He handed the pill to my mouth, and my lips touched his warm palm, "Brother, take the medicine."

"If you don't like being disturbed, then I'll tell her not to come." I swallowed after taking the pill, and said tentatively, "Andre?"

His fingers touched my cheek, and his voice couldn't hear the emotion: "It's okay."

"Do you really not mind?"

"My brother's friend is my friend." He put the water glass in my hand, "I will tell the housekeeper that someone will come, if my brother is thirsty, drink water."

"it is good……"

I always feel that he is in a bad mood, but I dare not ask more questions.

What's more, I want Sun Ning to come here... There is still a layer of selfishness.

"Please."

The housekeeper's voice sounded outside the door, she opened the door respectfully and let Sun Ning in.

I looked up in the direction of the voice and smelled the faint scent of perfume: "Are you here?"

"It looks serious," she said. "The wound on your face...what's going on?"

I touched my forehead, pretending nothing happened: "Isn't it invisible, it can happen if you touch it."

"It's fine. The one at the door is..."

"It's my brother's butler." The butler has been guarding the door, presumably for the convenience of providing help, so he raised his voice, "My friend is here with me, you go to rest."

"It's really rich." Sun Ning said bluntly as always, "The house on this mountain can't be bought without some money."

I was silent for a moment before opening my mouth: "... Has the butler left?"

"Let's go." She said, "It's so mysterious, what do you want me to do? Let me tell you first, I won't help if it's too much."

"You really are..." I shook my head helplessly, "I can't see and I can't make a call, so I want you to use my mobile phone to contact someone, just look it up in the address book."

"Just this matter?" Sun Ning took my phone, "Okay, who do you want to contact?"

"A man named Song Cheng. Cheng Jing Cheng."

She quickly dialed out and handed the phone back to me.My palms were sweating a little, anxiously waiting for the call to connect:

"Jun Yan?" Song Cheng's voice was still gentle, "Why didn't you reply when I sent you a message? Are you busy with work?"

"No...very busy." I managed to squeeze out a few words, "What are you doing?"

"Shooting on location, there are so many things these days, I don't have time to come back to rest, you have to go to bed early by yourself." He said with a smile in his voice, "What about you?"

Song Cheng, do you really know nothing?

"I'm with my brother."

"How is your brother's condition? Is he healthy?"

"It's okay, but I may not be able to go back to sleep these few days, and I want to spend more time with him." I clenched the phone tightly and tried to pretend to be natural, "You were also on location yesterday?"

"Yesterday? We were filming yesterday morning. In the afternoon, our high school classmates gathered at a particularly beautiful place. I will take you there in the future."

Song Cheng answered so frankly that I was speechless.

The overlapping color blocks in front of my eyes became more and more blurred, and I didn't realize that I was crying again until Sun Ning put the paper into my hand.

"Song Cheng, you didn't lie to me, did you?" I asked, "You never lied to me, did you?"

"... Jun Yan."

"Then tell me, what is your relationship with Cheng Heyun?"

Asking this question was easier than I thought, and waiting for an answer was harder than I thought.

"Don't think about it, you'll be happier."

"Song Cheng, as long as you tell me, I will believe it."

"Jun Yan."

He sighed over there, and hung up the phone simply after finishing speaking in a helpless tone.

I was in a trance for a moment, as if I heard a heavenly book, completely unable to understand the meaning of his words, just listening to the busy tone on the phone blankly.

Song Cheng, what do you mean—"Don't compare yourself to him"?