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【Five years later】

When Shi carried his luggage and got off the plane, his face was ashamed and his hair was disheveled by the wind at the airport. He looked like a sloppy beggar.

He didn't sleep all night last night.Ever since Luo Wenjiao left the hotel in silence, Shi Que has been thinking about what he said to himself before leaving.

He said, Shi Que, I am not married.

He said I'm not lying to you, I don't have the wife and children you said.

His expression was soft and firm when he spoke, and it didn't look like he was joking at all.With just this one sentence, Rang Shi could no longer stop thinking about him.

If it wasn't for Xing Ming's sudden return, Shi would have wanted to ask more questions, but as soon as Luo Wenjiao left, he lost the courage to ask questions.The whole night, Shi Ke was tossing and turning in the quilt, unable to sleep, and kept opening and closing the dialog with Luo Wenjiao, but finally failed to send a single word.

Early the next morning, Shijie received a call from the boss of the studio, He Baichuan.

Suddenly something went wrong in a radio drama that had been completed before. He Baichuan was in a hurry and rushed to the studio without washing his face.

Beiyuan handed over all the rest of the work to Xing Ming, but Shi packed his luggage immediately and went home.

He actually hesitated for a while before leaving, but he really had to.Firstly, Brother Chuan’s affairs are urgent, and he cannot be delayed for another two days in Beiyuan; secondly, after such an incident yesterday, Shi’s tendency to run away from the battle has gained the upper hand, and he just wants to find a place to stay for a few more days , so that I can figure things out.

He thought, all this time, maybe he had wrongly blamed Luo Wenjiao.

If it was really like what Luo Wenjiao said, everything was Shi Que's misunderstanding, then he couldn't figure out what to do now.

He was a little overwhelmed.

The separation in the past few years seems to have become a deliberate joke made by God, making all the contradictions and obstacles he thought before become a false mirage.

He really wanted to call Luo Wenjiao right now and ask everything clearly, but the closer he got to the so-called truth, the more he was afraid that there might be unknown dangers hidden behind it.

He didn't want to be knocked down again by the sense of loss after his hopes had been dashed.

After returning to Minghai, Shi Que plunged into the recording studio.

The collaborator was in a hurry and needed him to work day and night to re-record a small part of the clip and hand it over to other departments of the studio for post-processing.

For two consecutive nights, the studio was brightly lit.Several voice actors, sound engineers, reverberators, and post-production all worked day and night, and occasionally they couldn't make it, so they took a nap on the sofa and spring bed in the lounge, and then got up to continue working.

Fortunately, the house that Shi Ke rented is just behind the studio. When I feel too tired, I can go back to rest after walking a few steps.

On the afternoon of the third day, after four or five hours of continuous shouting in the shed, Shi finally successfully completed all the clips that needed to be re-recorded, with a voice that was about to smoke.

In the work area, a colleague from the operation department bought a cup of hot coffee, but it took another 10 minutes to find the mobile phone that was pressed under a pile of scripts, and then sat down in the lounge exhausted. on the sofa.

Two interns who had just entered the studio were chatting inside, but when they saw it, they came in and greeted them cordially.

"Xiaoqian, let me tell you, Miss Liuye just went out to buy coffee, and saw a tall, fair, handsome guy outside. I went out and took a look, and he really was a very unique one." One of the girls was so excited that his mouth closed. No, he showed the other party the photos he secretly took.

The other girl saw it again and again, and sighed sincerely: "This is too good-looking. I have been hearing from Sister Liuye that Wen Si, who was in our studio before, looks very good-looking in real life. It's a pity that he is gone now. Otherwise, we're in for a treat."

"Look at what you said, brother Shi is not bad, isn't he?" the girl from just now said to Shi with a smile.

But when he smiled politely, he didn't speak again.

Since Wen Yixuan left Chuanxing suddenly three or four years ago, Shi Ke has lost another friend who can talk.

He left very suddenly, without even leaving a word of explanation, and only used a statement on his official account announcing his withdrawal from the circle, completely disappearing from everyone's sight.

Although he could no longer be contacted, Shi thought that a free-spirited person like Wen Yiling should live happily in some unknown place.

He believed that enough.

After the phone was powered on, it finally restarted.I have been busy these days non-stop since I got off the plane, but sometimes I didn't even take a look at my phone.

Xie Cheng sent him a message three days ago, wanting to ask him out to eat hot pot, but seeing that he didn't reply, he even called a few times, but unfortunately they didn't get through.

Xing Ming made a phone call once, but he didn't find it through other colleagues, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

Other than that, there is no news worth noting.

He was still looking forward to some news about Luo Wenjiao, whether it was a message or a circle of friends, but he searched the phone and found nothing.

Shi sighed helplessly and threw the phone aside.

After taking a nap in the living room, it was just dark when I woke up.At that time, I felt that the fatigue of the past few days had eased a lot. Seeing that there was nothing to do in the studio and a little boring, I decided to go to the bar I used to go to.

His newly bought two-cylinder motorcycle was parked not far downstairs, and people in the studio always said that his soft temperament did not match such a cool motorcycle at all.

It is the rush hour for getting off work, and every intersection will be stuck for a long time.But when I rode to a famous bar street by the sea, it was completely dark.

For some reason, from the moment he left the studio, Shi always felt a little strange, as if there were always two eyes staring at him behind him.

I've never had this weird feeling before, and when I looked back, I couldn't see any unusual people following.At that time, he put the motorcycle away suspiciously, secretly thinking that the coffee in the afternoon might have made him overly sensitive.

At a bar at the corner of the intersection, the laser light at the entrance clearly reveals the name of the store - "The Riddle".

When Wen Yiling was here before, he always liked to patronize this Qing Bar.Although Shi didn't agree with his wandering lifestyle, he also became a pretty good friend with him in private, and over time, he became a frequent visitor here.

But when he hesitated, he looked behind him a few more times, and stepped into the bar.

Pushing open the glass door of the bar, the wind chimes on the door rang for a while, and the guitar tunes played by the resident singer floated into the ears.

At that time, he passed through the almost full lobby, came to a bar full of black beer bottles, and greeted the girl with the golden bob hair sitting in the corner.

"Yuyou."

The girl's name is Lu Youyou, dressed like a young lady in Hong Kong movies in the early years, she is only in her early 20s, and she is a friend of the owner of the bar. When the owner is away, she often takes care of the business in the bar.

"Hey, Brother Shi." With a lollipop in her mouth, she was purring, but she smiled at Shi, "I haven't seen you for a while."

At that time, he sat down on the high chair next to him listlessly, rubbed the dark circles under his eyes, "Well, I was on a business trip recently and ran around for activities, and I just came back."

Lu Youyou snapped his fingers at the bartender behind the bar, and the latter quickly brought two glasses of low-alcohol sparkling wine and placed them in front of them.

"Please." She blinked her big eyes and knocked on the table.

The bar recently had a new resident singer, who was singing an old folk song emotionally, and the audience in the audience was very quiet.The surrounding environment was extremely dim, but Shi stared at the stage silently, and his mood inevitably became sad again.

"I haven't seen you like this for many years." Lu Youyou gracefully picked up the wine glass, looked at it with great interest, but said, "I remember when I first met you, you had this expression, as if someone The scumbag broke my heart, if I didn't see you as a man, I would suspect that you were pregnant."

At that time, he forced a wry smile, looked around unnaturally, and said absent-mindedly: "It's just that I've been too tired recently, it's nothing."

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he just had something to worry about, but he suppressed it and didn't say it.

Lu Youyou looked around curiously following his gaze, but didn't find anything worth noticing, so he asked casually, "What are you looking at? Have an appointment today?"

"No." Shi frowned tightly, shook his head and said, "I always feel that someone is staring at me, maybe I'm too nervous."

Lu Youyou opened his mouth wide, and said "ah" a few times, and began to search around suspiciously, thinking, "No way, the evil forces in the innermost part of this street were defeated three or four years ago. Now, even though you are pretty, you were really easy to be targeted by perverts a few years ago, so maybe there are really strange people coming out recently?"

Shi Shi snorted coldly, obviously not taking her guess to heart. "That's not true, don't worry about it, it must be my illusion."

The other party shrugged, and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, anyway, there are Ah Yi and the others in the store, and they will definitely protect you."

At that time, he didn't speak, and he was thinking about Luo Wenjiao again.

When he was brought to this bar by Wen Yixuan a few years ago, his mood was roughly similar to that of now.

At that time, he had just graduated, and he planned to meet Luo Wenjiao when he went back to school to participate in the ceremony, but Uncle Luo told him that Luo Wenjiao had gone to Song City temporarily and would not be able to come back for a while.

He waited for a week in the room where he had been with Luo Wenjiao day and night for several years, but in the end he couldn't wait for him to show up.

On the first night after returning to Minghai, Shi Ke sat at the same seat in this Qing bar, drinking until tears flowed down his face.

But now, he fled from Beiyuan again, and came back here after going round and round, still confused, melancholy, and heartbroken.

The singing of the folk singers on the stage became more and more sad, making it difficult for people to calm down.But when he drank the wine that Lu Youyou gave him, he felt that he could no longer be the same as before. After crying a lot after drinking, he pretended to forget about it.

It has to be different this time.

"Are you leaving?" Lu Youyou was just drinking happily, but when he saw it, he stood up and asked a little puzzled, "I thought you came here specially to get drunk today."

Shi was taken aback, shook his head, "No, I'll go back first."

He turned around, walked through the hall full of seats, and walked into the boundless night.

The motorcycle parked behind the bar, but it turned around the corner of the street and turned into the quiet street behind.This is the location of the back doors of this row of bars. The huge outdoor air-conditioning unit is humming, and there are scattered plastic baskets full of empty wine bottles on the side of the road.

When I walked a few steps inside, I suddenly felt something strange.

This time he could clearly feel that someone was following him, and it wasn't his illusion.

With a flash of his figure, he deliberately deviated from the main road and turned into a dark fork beside the road.The person behind him obviously didn't expect his actions, his steps were confused for a while, and he followed him in.

Waiting at the entrance of the alley for a moment, Shi almost thought that his eyes were dazzled.

He thought he would be blocked by a boring illegitimate fan, but he didn't expect that the person who came was a tall, thin man with an unshaven beard in a neat black sportswear.

He recognized the familiar height at a glance.

Luo Wenjiao stood blankly, his three-dimensional and beautiful face was obviously haggard, his hair was messed up, and he was a little at a loss.

He followed Shi but went all the way. He wanted to find an opportunity to say hello, but he was afraid that he would be unhappy if he did something wrong, so he followed him silently, but unexpectedly he was caught.

"I..." Luo Wenjiao lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, and tentatively reached out and grabbed Shi Que's arm.

But when he looked at Luo Wenjiao who was in a state of embarrassment, he couldn't help being a little dumb, but then he thought about it, his appearance was not much better at the moment, and couldn't help calling the other party's name in surprise and bewilderment.

"Luo Wenjiao? You...how do you..."

Before the question could be uttered, it was interrupted by a loud shout from the side——

"There it is! You pervert... Let go of your hands!" Lu Youyou walked through the alley with a fierce look on his face, and finally found the target person. He gave an order to the two young men behind him, and came straight to them.

Dare to molest her friend in Lu Youyou's territory, this person is so courageous that it is outrageous.

Luo Wenjiao turned his head abruptly, avoiding a sap coming from behind, subconsciously trying to protect the person in front of him.

With a muffled sound of "dong", Luo Wenjiao was hit hard on his right arm, and he staggered a few steps. He pushed his hands on a rusty iron frame next to him, and felt a sharp pain from the end of his palm. He couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"Don't fight!" Seeing Luo Wenjiao leaning against the wall in pain, with red blood dripping on the ground, he hurriedly pulled the two men away and shouted, "Stop - he is my friend !"