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Tao Liyang stopped the car in the hospital parking lot and dialed Liu Lin's number.

The provincial museum is holding a porcelain exhibition of the Ming Dynasty, and Tao Liyang recently wrote a script that involves a little bit of related content.After Liu Lin found out, he took the initiative to ask him if he wanted to watch it together.Frankly speaking, after getting along, Liu Lin is a very good playmate, and he can keep his temper. Tao Liyang has made his attitude clear, and he is not in a hurry to push the relationship further.Therefore, Tao Liyang generally would not refuse his invitation.

They decided to go today, and when they were about to leave, they received a message from Liu Lin, saying that they were still at Kangxing Hospital—N University and Hospital had a cooperation project, and Liu Lin was temporarily called to guide the experiment.

It happened to be passing through from home to the Provincial Expo, so Tao Liyang took the initiative to pick him up from the hospital.

"I'm sorry." Liu Lin answered the phone and apologized again and again, "I still have about half an hour here before I can leave after applying the antibody. I don't feel at ease as a graduate student."

Tao Liyang said it was all right, so he didn't need to worry.

"Why don't you go upstairs and wait?" Liu Lin said, "I'll show you the laboratory, maybe I can accumulate some material for you to write a script."

"Is it convenient?" Tao Liyang asked.

"It's nothing, it's not a secret. Come up, the fifteenth floor of the complex."

The air in the parking lot was indeed a bit dirty, so Tao Liyang agreed after hearing what he said.Lock the car, follow the signs to find the elevator and press the up button.

The elevators in the hospital always seem to work slower than other places, and it takes a long time to reach the first floor.The elevator door opened and Tao Liyang just walked in when he caught a glimpse of someone getting out of the car in the parking space not far away and coming this way.

It was a young man. While walking towards the elevator entrance, he stuffed something into his mouth, swallowed it with a sip of water, threw the mineral water bottle into the trash can, and put on his mask again.

The parking lot was dimly lit, and Tao Liyang didn't pay attention at first, he just pressed the door open button kindly and waited for someone to come when he got into the car.After waiting for someone to walk in, he suddenly found that this figure was very familiar.Tao Liyang couldn't help being taken aback, and his fingertips loosened.Seeing that the elevator door was about to close, he hurriedly used his hands to block it.

The door opened again, and he saw clearly the person outside the door, it really was Xu Yunqing.

Xu Yunqing was also stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he took the lead in hiding the small white medicine bottle he was still holding in his coat pocket.In the end, for some reason, the panic became more and more chaotic, and he couldn't put it in smoothly. Instead, the medicine bottle fell down and rolled to Tao Liyang's feet.Tao Liyang bent down to pick it up subconsciously, Xu Yunqing moved faster than him, stepped into the elevator and grabbed the medicine bottle back in his hand, this time he finally put it back in his pocket.

Tao Liyang stood up slowly and looked at Xu Yunqing again: "Are you sick?"

"Cold." Xu Yunqing said, his voice was indeed a little rough.

Then there was no more words, and the two stood silently, neither of them forgot to press the floor.It wasn't until the elevator lights suddenly went dark again that I finally remembered it.

"Which floor do you want to go to?" Tao Liyang asked.

Xu Yunqing didn't answer, he pressed seventeen by himself, and Tao Liyang added another fifteen.

The elevator slowly ascended, Xu Yunqing never took off his mask, and never looked at him, just staring down at the ground.

Tao Liyang recalled that they met in the hospital elevator in the same way last fall, and after that, all kinds of karmic encounters made his long-cherished wish come true.But now the second autumn has not come yet, and they have broken up for a month.

It was the first time Tao Liyang saw Xu Yunqing in the past month since he left that night.

He looked coldly at Xu Yunqing's slightly protruding shoulder blades, and the pale cheeks exposed from the edge of his mask, feeling unspeakable grievance and anger in his heart.

He wondered why Xu Yunqing lost so much weight?How could you toss yourself like this?

He obviously let him go, why can't Xu Yunqing treat him properly.What else should he do to make Xu Yunqing happy?

Tao Liyang asked himself in his heart over and over again, and when Xu Yunqing coughed repressedly, he almost couldn't help but speak.The elevator doors opened at this time.

"Teacher Tao, are you going too fast? I thought you were lost." Liu Lin stood in the corridor of the elevator entrance.

Tao Liyang seemed to be awakened suddenly from a dream, and he was still dazed: "Why are you waiting here?"

"I'm afraid you can't find the place, the laboratory is inside." Liu Lin said with a smile, "If you don't come out, the elevator door is about to close."

Xu Yunqing stood aside silently, as if he was just a stranger who had nothing to do with him.Tao Liyang reluctantly pulled the corner of his mouth and walked out.He just took two steps forward, and finally looked back.

Xu Yunqing, who had been lowering his head slightly, raised his eyes at this moment.His gaze froze on Liu Lin for a few seconds, and the moment he met Tao Liyang's gaze, he immediately avoided it.

The elevator door closed quickly, Tao Liyang turned his head, and asked Liu Lin softly, "Which department is on the seventeenth floor?"

Liu Lin thought for a while: "It seems to be a cardiology department, what's wrong?"

"It's okay." Then Xu Yunqing should have come to see his mother. Tao Liyang heaved a sigh of relief, and then he heard Liu Lin say, "Was Xu Yunqing next to you just now?"

Tao Liyang froze for a moment: "Have you seen it?"

Liu Lin swiped his card to open the door of the laboratory: "He's a big star, he's so popular. I've seen it on TV. He's just wearing a mask, so I didn't see it clearly. Is it right?"

Tao Liyang forced a smile: "Really."

Liu Lin was a little strange: "Your tone...is from the entertainment industry, don't you know it?"

Tao Liyang didn't answer. He thought to himself that maybe he hadn't really known Xu Yunqing for so many years, otherwise why he always couldn't understand him.

But Tao Liyang remembered the moment when the elevator door closed.He didn't see Xu Yunqing's last expression clearly, but he caught a glimpse of the watch on his wrist, which was still the one he had given him many years ago.

The grievance and anger in his heart suddenly seemed to have been cut open, and there was nowhere to put it.

"Yunqing, are you here?"

Xu Yunqing stood at the door of the ward for a while before the aunt noticed him and walked over lightly: "Your mother just fell asleep."

Xu Yunqing nodded: "Aunt Wang, go and rest for a while. I'll just stay here."

"Okay." The aunt replied, and persuaded her with some worry, "Then don't quarrel with your mother."

Xu Yunqing said softly, "You shouldn't have told me that."

The aunt gave him a helpless look, closed the door and went out.Xu Yunqing exhaled softly, walked to the side of the hospital bed, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Lu Yin turned her back to him, as if she was still sleeping, but her fingertips exposed outside the quilt moved, Xu Yunqing lowered her eyes: "Mom, if you don't want to see me, you don't have to make a special call to call me back. I am also very busy at work. Busy, it's a waste of everyone's time."

Lu Yin sat up slowly after a while, and sneered: "Your mother is going to die, so asking you to take a look is a waste of your time."

"I just went to see the doctor." Xu Yunqing said lightly, "The doctor said that you are recovering well and you can be discharged from the hospital at any time. Of course, it doesn't matter if you want to stay in the hospital. I won't pay you any money."

Lu Yin has always suffered from mild coronary heart disease①, and had an attack last year due to cold.It was indeed a bit serious at the time, and I was sent to the hospital, where a critical illness notice was issued.But the operation was very successful, and the doctor had already said that he could go home to recuperate, and there was nothing serious about it.Lu Yin refused, always saying that her heart was still uncomfortable.Xu Yunqing also understood the reason, it was nothing more than using his body to force him to remarry Li Shuang.

After the child's miscarriage, Xu Yunqing and Li Shuang separated, and they rarely saw each other unless it was necessary for work.

It's just that the marriage has already damaged his public image, and he left rashly, which seems somewhat irresponsible.In addition to the previous idea of ​​living a life, he and Li Shuang jointly established a studio and took on some activities for two people.Work and the economy are entangled in some, and it is not so easy to clean up.

Xu Yunqing actually doesn't care whether these businesses will be affected.But for many years, Li Shuang had indeed relied on his relationship to get a name in the entertainment industry, and Li Shuang refused to divorce.Xu Yunqing felt that she was pitiful, so it didn't matter.

Second, although it wasn't because of Lu Yin that he and Li Shuang pretended to be in love and married, but after he got married, Lu Yin did appear to be more normal and no longer vigilant all the time.Simply let this marriage, which was false from the beginning, continue to maintain a superficial harmony for two or three years.

Until the day Lu Yin entered the operating room, the agent didn't know, and just called him to tell him that the last two-person endorsement between him and Li Shuang was about to expire, and asked him if he wanted to renew the contract.

"No more." Xu Yunqing looked at the sign of surgery not far in front of his eyes, and suddenly felt that everything was absurd.He thought of the critical illness notice he had just signed, if Lu Yin could not get off the operating table smoothly, it would probably be a relief for her.But I am afraid that I will continue to be tied up for the rest of my life. If so, it may be better if the shackles are lighter.

Li Shuang also quickly got the news that he would not renew the contract, so he hurried to ask.

"If you are short of money, I will give it to you. If you want any resources, I will give it to you if I can." Xu Yunqing answered her calmly, "When this endorsement expires, let's divorce the marriage."

Xu Yunqing thought of this, and heard Lu Yin ask him: "Didn't you come with Li Shuang? Where is Li Shuang?"

"What is she here for?" Xu Yunqing raised his hand and pressed the center of his eyebrows, "She won't come. You don't want to contact her in private anymore."

Lu Yin's voice became cold: "You just don't want to listen to me, are you remarrying Li Shuang? What's wrong with Li Shuang?"

Ever since Lu Yin learned about his divorce from the news, Xu Yunqing had heard it countless times.He raised his hand to press the center of his brows, and said slowly, "You and Li Shuang are actually not familiar. The biggest advantage she has to you is that she is a woman."

Hearing this, Lu Yin stopped breathing, her eyes widened, she grabbed the teacup on the bedside table and threw it at Xu Yunqing.Xu Yunqing tilted his head, and wiped the tile against his forehead, leaving a white mark.

Broken porcelain pieces were scattered all over the floor, and the dark brown tea splashed out and wet Xu Yunqing's cuffs.The aunt opened the door and came in when she heard the movement, oops: "What's the matter?"

Xu Yunqing pursed her lips and stood up, her expression still calm: "It seems that we can't talk today. Mom, you have a good rest, I'm leaving first."

"Xu Ning!" Lu Yin called him from behind, "Don't think I don't know who you're thinking about."

Xu Yunqing's back froze for a moment, and he turned around: "You know, what then? I'm 29, not 19, can you lock me up once, and can you lock me up a second time?"

Lu Yin was so angry that she trembled all over: "Why can't you change it? You have to force me to death, don't you?"

"Mom, your illness is not that serious. You don't need to curse yourself every day." Xu Yunqing raised the corners of his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes, and he answered simply, "Maybe, I'll die first?"

Xu Yunqing didn't look back, he could fully imagine what Lu Yin would say.I've heard enough, and I'm tired of hearing it.Every time before he came to see her, Xu Yunqing always had the idea that it might be better this time, but in fact, every time it was an extravagant hope.

He was afraid of meeting Tao Liyang or the young man next to him again, so he didn't dare to take the elevator and walked down the stairs slowly along the safe passage.

"So fast?" Shen Xi was still waiting for him in the car, she was always worried and followed Xu Yunqing all the time.Looking back from the co-pilot, he was stunned again, "On your forehead..."

"It's okay. The skin was broken a little, and there is no bleeding." Xu Yunqing said lightly.

Hearing what he said, Shen Xi couldn't ask any more.Just ask Zhang Xin to drive.

Xu Yunqing leaned on the back of the chair, his headache felt like it was about to explode, and his chest was also constricted.He hesitated for a while, then took out An Ding from his pocket, making Shen Xi lose the strength to pass the water, and chewed and ate two more tablets.

He knew that this was not good, it was a three-point poison, but it was really uncomfortable.

In fact, it wasn't just because of the conversation with Lu Yin.More because of Tao Liyang.

Xu Yunqing really did not expect to meet him here.The moment he saw Tao Liyang at the elevator entrance, his first thought was that Tao Liyang was haggard, and his second thought was to run away.

But at that time, he looked at Tao Liyang, but he couldn't take a step away.He wanted to reach out and touch his face again, but he didn't have the qualifications and position.

Xu Yunqing remembered what Lu Yin said just now, Lu Yin knew who he was thinking about, and Li Shuang also knew who he loved.Everyone who has nothing to do with it knows it, but Tao Liyang doesn't believe it.However, this was not Tao Liyang's fault, it was what he dared not convince Tao Liyang.

Xu Yunqing felt that everything was really ridiculous, so he really laughed silently.

Tao Liyang was right to leave.Xu Yunqing thought that the person he met today looked a good match for Tao Liyang.That may be someone Tao Liyang can love and get a response from.Unlike him, who lives in the shadows and cannot escape.

As Xu Yunqing thought about it, their backs appeared in front of his eyes, so familiar.His smile slowly froze on his face, a crack was gradually torn from his heart, and turned into a huge gap that couldn't be repaired, making his whole body cold.

Xu Yunqing raised his hand to cover his eyes, as if he could drive out of his mind those images that made his bones ache with jealousy.

"Sister Shen." After a while, Xu Yunqing said sullenly, "Next week is the Yaoxing Annual Meeting, isn't it?"

Shen Xi turned his head: "Yeah, I've already asked for leave for the production team for you. I've asked for a week, and after attending the annual meeting, you can rest for two days. You're really in a bad state lately..."

"Can I not go?" Xu Yunqing said in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" Shen Xi was suddenly interrupted by him, and was taken aback, "Yun Qing, you..."

"It's okay. I was joking." He turned his head away.

Xu Yunqing understood that, as Yaoxing's artiste, it was impossible for him not to go to such an occasion.

But he was really afraid of seeing Tao Liyang.I was even more afraid of seeing him, but the person beside me was not myself.

Sometimes Xu Yunqing would rather live like acting in a movie, and the separated protagonists can stay away from each other forever.It's better than it is now.He obviously loves him, but still wants to be his so-called friend.

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