24 Lies

The dishes on the table were hot and cold, and Gao Xiaoyu didn't wait for Chen Zhou to come.

I went downstairs to look at it a few times, but Chen Zhou never came back.

When he was waiting for someone, he didn't do anything, just sat quietly at the dining table and waited.

It's almost eleven o'clock, and he probably missed his appointment.But as long as Chen Zhou didn't call him and say he wouldn't come tonight, Gao Xiaoyu would wait forever.

He had nothing to do anyway.

After waiting for a while, Gao Xiaoyu seemed to have remembered something, took out the small revolving lantern that Fang Yu gave him today, and took out a small candle to light it, and put it under the lamp.

The updraft created by the burning candle made the lamp turn slowly.

Gao Xiaoyu held the lamp in her hand, turned off the light at home, walked downstairs slowly under the weak light of the lamp, stood at the entrance of the corridor, and began to wait.

He waited until one of the candles was burnt out, then went upstairs to light another candle, returned to the original position, holding the somewhat stupid revolving lantern in his hand, and waited with empty eyes.

Probably because she was a little numb from waiting, when Chen Zhou walked in front of him, Gao Xiaoyu didn't react at first.

Holding the lamp in his hand, he lifted it a little higher to look at the other person's face, and asked softly, "You... are you back?"

Chen Zhou nodded: "The factory temporarily asked us to rush a batch of tea and work overtime." After a pause, "What are you doing standing here?" There was no mention of their agreement in the words.

"Come down to enjoy the shade." Gao Xiaoyu said, "It's very hot at home."

"Have you eaten?"

"No."

Chen Zhou pointed to the thing he was holding: "What is this?"

"My colleague gave me the revolving lantern. She is an art teacher and she teaches students how to make it in the handicraft class..." Gao Xiaoyu tilted her head to look at the lantern. "I always think it's very beautiful. I've been looking at it all night."

"A revolving lantern?" Chen Zhou smiled, "I heard that before a person dies, there will be a revolving lantern in his mind."

Gao Xiaoyu didn't smile, he lowered his head, avoided the topic and said, "Do you still want to go to my house to eat something? Although... the food is cold."

Chen Zhou sized him up for a while, and finally said, "Let's go."

Together they guarded the lamp carefully and went upstairs.The sensor light in the corridor was broken, and this light helped them illuminate the road under their feet.

After entering the door, Gao Xiaoyu walked in without turning on the light, the only light source in the room was the revolving lantern.

Chen Zhou followed him in silently without asking any questions.

It spins alone.It keeps spinning as long as the candle keeps burning.

They sat at the table without saying a word.There was food on the table, but it was cold.Gao Xiaoyu greeted him with some embarrassment, asking if I would like some hot food for you.

Chen Zhou said he didn't want to eat, and would go back after sitting with you for a while.

He lit a cigarette, took a long drag, and blew the smoke towards the lamp.

In the camera, they looked at each other differently.Gao Xiaoyu's gaze seemed to be looking at a lover, while Chen Zhou seemed to be looking at a lover, but at the same time seemed to be looking at a stranger, very contradictory.

The smoke drifted away under the lamp, and the smoke drifted in twists and turns, as if they had different thoughts at the moment.

Gao Xiaoyu took off her glasses and said to Chen Zhou, "Do you see what is painted on that lamp?"

Chen Zhou took a closer look and found two kissing fishes painted on it.He reached out and touched the lips where the two fishes met.

Once, twice.

The lights are also flickering.Once, twice.

Gao Xiaoyu suddenly said: "Your hands are a bit nice."

"Really." He spread his palms and stared at them, "It doesn't look good, my hands are for rough work."

After speaking, he stood up, sat next to Chen Zhou, and said, "Shall I take a closer look?"

Chen Zhou took another puff of cigarette.

He passed his hand to Gao Xiaoyu.

Gao Xiaoyu pinched his wrist carefully and began to observe.

"Really, your hand shape is very good. It's a waste to use it to knead tea. You should learn the piano... I like your hand shape very much."

The shadows on the wall got closer and closer.

This play is all about light and shadow.There are cameras looking at them, and shadows on the wall.

Gao Xiaoyu still held Chen Zhou's hand, and he looked carefully, as if he wanted to embed himself in the palm in front of him.

Chen Zhou looked at the hair on the top of his head and asked, "Have you lived alone all the time?"

"I used to live with my grandma." Gao Xiaoyu replied, "She passed away later."

Chen Zhou: "Where are your parents?"

"My mother had a difficult labor when she gave birth to me, and she left long ago."

Chen Zhou was silent for a while, then asked again: "Where's your father?"

Gao Xiaoyu paused: "...I don't know, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"You two have a bad relationship?"

"That's it."

"Why don't you live with him?"

Gao Xiaoyu suddenly let go of Chen Zhou's hand.

He shrank back, and the shadows on the wall that had been relying on each other also separated.

Gao Xiaoyu seemed a little displeased: "Are you here to accompany me or to interrogate me? There are so many questions."

He stood up, as if to go.Chen Zhou suddenly grabbed his arm and gently moved it towards him——

The figures on the wall got entangled again.

The light was ambiguous, and their faces were half-lit.In the camera, Gao Xiaoyu stared at Chen Zhou steadfastly, looking at him with helpless, depressed and desperate eyes.

At that moment, Mingzheng's mind went blank.

Zheng Guanyu's eyes were full of drama, heavy, and Ming Zheng was a little lost.

He was distracted, and after he realized it, he realized that he and Zheng Guanyu had already kissed each other.

Different from the audition, this time it was Gao Xiaoyu who took the initiative.

Mingzheng felt that his heart was quite numb. There were so many cold machines and more than a dozen staff members watching them kiss, so he was not in the mood to be embarrassed.Obviously, Zheng Guanyu didn't have time to be shy, he was putting on a fight and kissed himself like no one else was around.

He is still the out-of-control Gao Xiaoyu, throwing himself on him in a hurry.His eyes were out of focus, and he grabbed him like he was drowning, with a painful expression, as if he would cry in the next second.

Mingzheng felt as if he heard Zheng Guanyu's heartbeat, like the sound of a bell.

This kiss is actually not like Zheng Guanyu's personality, Mingzheng thought.Zheng Guanyu gives people the feeling of gentleness and kindness, and he has a temperament that makes people feel at ease.And this kiss was reckless and jerky, a little nervous, and a little reckless, unlike him.

Mingzheng began to lose his mind, thinking that kissing Zheng Guanyu would be more comfortable, but the experience of kissing Gao Xiaoyu was really bad.

Just after thinking this way, his brain exploded, and he felt that he seemed to be a little mad.

Zheng Guanyu in front of him was still looking at him with half-opened eyes, and rubbed his shoulders.

Breathing and smelling each other, the senses seem to come back in an instant.

Mingzheng felt the heavy smell of cigarettes in his breath, Chen Zhou had just smoked.It's annoying, but Zheng Guanyu smells much better than himself, his whole body is fragrant, and so is his mouth.

Ming Zheng suddenly became anxious.

He dodged a few times with some resistance, wanting to end the kiss quickly... just turned away from the beginning, Zheng Guanyu immediately caught up, took the corner of his lips and bit it lightly, as if to remind him not to be distracted.

Patting and clapping, Mingzheng was a little downcast.

This kiss must have lasted too long, why didn't the director call out?

Ming Zheng felt that he was beginning to be at a loss what to do.This kiss is often beyond imagination, he feels that his mouth is a little numb from being sucked by Zheng Guanyu, and the concept of time also becomes blurred in his brain.

Also, the smell of smoke is really bad.

The living room of Gao Xiaoyu's house was not big, but it was full of staff members at the moment. He had just smoked a cigarette, and the smell couldn't escape for a long time, and it smelled very stuffy.

And the smell of smoke in my mouth...

Ming Zheng didn't want Zheng Guanyu to smell it, so he held his breath childishly for a while.A futile move, but he was too depressed to do something for himself.

When he relaxed and began to breathe normally... Mingzheng was already a little dizzy.

Feeling of lack of oxygen.

The shadows on the wall kissed each other, even the light and shadow were lingering.The revolving lantern on the table is still turning quietly, this is their moon tonight.

"—cut."

A spell that shatters dreams.

They didn't leave each other immediately.Zheng Guanyu was so tired that he pressed Mingzheng's forehead and put his hands on his chest, still panting.

Mingzheng held his shoulders and remained silent for two seconds, then pushed him away unbearably and stood up, strode to the bathroom to wash his face and rinse his mouth.

The staff quietly looked at Zheng Guanyu who was left at the table.It seemed that he hadn't pulled out yet, he was panting like that, looking at the revolving lantern on the table in a daze.