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After getting injections at the hospital until midnight, the illness was a little better, but his body was not feeling well. Yan Ge was wrapped in a thin coat, walking through the bustling night of Qitang City, his breathing was trembling.

There are people coming and going around, and the center of the business district is always full of lights and tea.

Countless streams of people, money, and sex gathered here, and in a hurry, it seemed that nothing was left behind.

The phone in his pocket vibrated, Yan Ge was slightly taken aback, then came back to his senses, sniffed, and took out the phone, it was the pre-set alarm clock that rang.

The red numbers flickered on the screen, Yan Ge casually glanced at them, his eyes froze instantly, a little stiff.

It's mid-July again.He sighed softly.

Tomorrow is the day to see my mother.

Back home in the dark, before opening the door, Yan Ge remembered something, turned to the porch, and pressed the switch twice without giving up, but the porch light above his head did not respond.

It has been broken for a long time and has not been repaired.It's okay during the day, but it's very inconvenient at night, especially the dark night without moonlight.

The old garden house is in disrepair, and the palm-sized garden is overgrown with weeds, and Yan Ge has never been in the mood to take care of it.

As soon as he entered the door, before he had time to change his shoes, the director called.

"Have you discussed the role with Ming Yuan?"

Before Yan Ge could speak, the director preemptively spoke quickly, not wanting to waste time.

"Hmm." Yan Ge didn't deny it, and affirmed it.

If you lose it, you can lose it, anyway, there is only one line, and I won't be free tomorrow anyway.

"Then you don't have to come over tomorrow." The director said.

"it is good……"

After receiving an affirmative answer, the director raced against time to hang up the phone without continuing to listen.

Listening to the busy voice from the other side, Yan Ge let out a long sigh of relief, raised his hand and rubbed the painful Jingming acupoint.

In the early morning of the next day, Yan Ge woke up early, grabbed his phone and checked, it was just after five o'clock.

But he couldn't fall asleep anyway, Yan Ge lay on the bed staring at the ceiling in a daze for a while, turned over and got out of bed to wash.

I didn't sleep well last night. The nightmare was like a lingering succubus, covering the whole night. When I woke up, Yan Ge was covered in cold sweat.

After packing everything, Yan Ge lay down on the ground, took out the old cloth bag from the bottom layer of the closet, and gently shook off the dust on it.

Slowly boiled a can of bone broth, Yan Ge tasted it, and felt that it was almost ready, so he filled a few spoonfuls, put it in a thermos bucket, and went out with a cloth bag.

Qingshan Prison is located in the westernmost part of the city, even some distance away from the suburbs. If you take the bus to the bottom station, you have to go up an endless staircase.

The visiting time was very short. As always, the prison guards had to check the food and daily necessities that Yan Ge had brought. In the small room, there was only a very simple table, and his mother was sitting opposite, and Yan Ge was sitting here.

The mother finished the soup she had cooked in silence, and sat across from him without looking at him. Her eyes seemed to have lost focus, and only fell on a floor tile in front of her.

No one spoke for a while, until the prison guard reminded that the visiting time was up, and the mother seemed to come back to her senses, and finally looked up at Yan Ge.

"How long?" she asked.

"Three years and two months." Yan Ge replied.

Mother nodded, got up and followed the prison guards away, as usual, without much words.

Coming out of the prison, there was a car parked at the door, Yan Ge glanced twice, and subconsciously avoided it, but unexpectedly the car moved slowly and blocked in front of him again.

The car window was lowered, and there was a woman with exquisite makeup sitting inside, Yan Ge paused, hesitating a little.

"Mr. Yan?" The woman tilted her head slightly to confirm.

Yan Ge nodded.

"Please get in the car." She nodded, signaling the driver to get out of the car and open the door. Seeing that Yan Ge hesitated, she added, "Jin Shao asked me to pick you up."

Hearing these words, Yan Ge subconsciously looked around, feeling a little uncomfortable. The car door in front of him was already opened, and the tall driver was standing by the door waiting for him to enter.

Sitting in the back seat, Yan Ge coughed lightly, and the smell of the perfume in the car made him drowsy.

The woman sat beside her, lazily looking out the window, not intending to communicate with him.

After the car drove for a while, Yan Ge wiped his palms on his knees, "Where are we going?"

"Port." The woman smiled politely and turned her head to answer his words.

"What can you do with me?" Yan Ge asked tentatively.

"I don't know."

"..." Yan Ge was speechless, "How do you know I'm here?"

"There is a way."

"..."

Yan Ge didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, there must be nothing to ask.

The car drove out of the city and entered the road around the island. The port was already faintly visible. A few sailboats were moored near the sea, shaking with the waves.

"Can you not tell him that I went there today."

"Of course, this is your privacy." The woman had no expression on her face, and when she heard him speak, she just looked back at him politely. After a while, she added, "If he doesn't ask."

Yan Ge sneered, his lips were a little dry, "If he asks, isn't it privacy?"

"He didn't ask, it's your privacy; he asked, it's my job." The woman shrugged, "Unless you can give me a higher salary."

Yan Ge was speechless for a moment, "Then will he ask?"

"I don't know."

"..."

After getting out of the car, there was obviously no one at the port. The woman led him to the lounge beside him, and found a quieter single room. As soon as he entered the door, Yan Ge was a little stunned.

In the lounge there was a small round white oak table, two chairs, and a bed.

"This……"

The woman was sending a message, she raised her head when she heard him speak, and saw that Yan Ge's face was a little stiff, she reacted for a while, and then suddenly realized, "Oh, no."

"...?"

The woman raised her hand and drew a circle with her fingertips in the air, "As far as I know, he's usually not here."

"What are you doing here?" Yan Ge subconsciously asked back, guessing vaguely, his face was a little stiff.

The woman put away her mobile phone, poured him a glass of water, and looked up at him, as if considering whether he really didn't understand or pretended not to understand. After a while, she paused and explained slowly, "Go to bed with someone."

Speaking frankly, without concealing anything, on the contrary, it seemed embarrassing.

Turn on the air conditioner and let him sit casually, the woman confirmed the schedule, "Jin Shao went to Yawan by sea last night, and he will be back later, just wait a moment."

Yan Ge stood up and bowed slightly, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

After the woman left, Yan Ge relaxed, looked around, found a chair and sat down.

This lounge seems to be a common place for Jin Siyan, and the cups on the table are specially placed here instead of the uniform glasses in the rest area.

Thinking of what the woman said just now, Yan Ge took out his phone, clicked on the map and searched for "Yawan".

Since the accident at home, the Yinhe was sold to pay off the debt, and he hadn't touched a sailing boat for several years, so he didn't pay attention to the information in this area, and Yan Ge didn't even know the harbors in this city.

Yawan is a safe haven in the west. If you go out to sea last night, you don’t need to manipulate it. You can sail in half an hour with the wind. The underwater environment is very good and there are no reefs.

Thinking about it, he should have gone to play yesterday, Yawan is indeed a good place to relax.

Sniffing, Yan Ge felt a little cold, so he turned up the air conditioner a few degrees.

The room was filled with a faint fragrance, not strong, even Yan Ge hadn't smelled it when he first came in, and now he just noticed it after staying in it for a while.

It's a bit like the smell on Jin Siyan's body. It's hard to say what kind of perfume it is, but it's a bit like wine, with a fruity and woody scent, as if it has been deposited for a long time, long and full of layers.

Take a deep breath, the tip of his nose is full of familiar smell, reminding Yan Ge of the night when Jin Siyan sent him home, he felt this way all the way.

Opening the curtains, you can see the sunny beach in the morning from here, Yan Ge squinted his eyes, and the sparkling light in the distance made his eyes hurt a little.

With a slight bow, you can see Jin Siyan's special cup on the table.

Contrary to his appearance, Jin Siyan was unexpectedly a little lazy, so lazy that he didn't even want to look up when drinking water, so he specially bought a cup with a straw. It was like this in high school, and it still is today.

From this point of view, the man hasn't changed at all.

Looking at the scattered graffiti on the glass, Yan Ge felt a little cute, so he involuntarily hooked his lips and smiled.

There were conversations from far and near outside the door, stopped outside the lounge, Yan Ge paused, quickly put down the cup in his hand, turned his head to the glass window to straighten his hair, and hastily straightened his coat.

Jin Siyan pushed the door open and came in, followed by a young man.

When Jin Siyan saw the people standing in the room, he nodded slightly, and then turned his head to talk to the people behind him, "The wind in Yawan is very small at night, which is very suitable for novices to play."

The young man nodded in agreement, and said flatteringly, "You are an expert."

With a stack of papers in his hand, Jin Siyan pulled it out without hesitation, and only hummed softly when he heard the pain, telling people to leave quickly.

The man raised his hands, glanced at the slightly embarrassed Yan Ge standing aside, with an innocent face, "Okay, I won't disturb your date."

"..." Yan Ge stood where he was, and glanced at Jin Siyan uncomfortably when he heard the words, but the latter looked normal and did not respond.

Seeing the man leave the lounge, Jin Siyan turned around and poured a glass of water.

Perhaps it was because he came back just after getting off the boat, Jin Siyan was still wearing a sun-proof windbreaker, a navy blue coat, and a printed armband of "Long Sail Club" on the sleeve.

Taking off his coat, Jin Siyan drank half a glass of water, looked down at the stack of documents on the table, as if he hadn't seen Yan Ge, after a while, he raised his head and looked at Yan Ge, wondering why this man was still standing. "Please sit down."

"What do you want from me?" Yan Ge asked back without sitting down.

Jin Siyan ignored him, and only rustled the paper in his hand while drinking water.

Without a response, Yan Ge himself felt a little embarrassed, and unconsciously rubbed his palm on the corner of his clothes, thinking that this person might be too focused to hear, and after a while, he asked again, "What do you have..."

"Please, sit down." Jin Siyan repeated, his voice a little louder, with faintly detectable displeasure.

Yan Ge's face froze slightly, he didn't speak any more, and sat down as he wanted.

Jin Siyan read it hastily, closed the file, threw it aside, sat down opposite Yan Ge, took out a cigarette and lit it, and glanced at the person who was sitting upright, "Have you ever filmed a romance movie?"

Yan Ge paused slightly, nodded, "I did."

Silver-gray smoke flowed out from between the man's fingers, like incense, and dissipated in an instant, making Yan Ge purse his lips involuntarily.

"Like?"

Yan Ge thought for a while, then replied, "Dead Deer."

"Dead Deer" was Yan Ge's first film in which he starred in the leading role when he first debuted. Although it was a same-sex theme, it was considered a romance film anyway.

Jin Siyan looked at him, his eyes seemed to be sizing up, but he didn't speak.

Yan Ge thought he didn't know, so he quickly explained, "It's a three-episode mini-series about..."

"I don't need your introduction, I've seen it." Jin Siyan raised his hand to interrupt him.

"Have you seen it?" Yan Ge was a little surprised.

"of course."

"Oh."

"You call this a romance movie?" Jin Siyan frowned, apparently in disbelief.

"Ah? Isn't it..." Yan Ge was stopped by his question.

Jin Siyan stared at him for a long time, with complicated eyes.

"What's the matter, did I say something wrong?" Yan Ge was a little uncomfortable being stared at by those eyes.

Jin Siyan had a half-smile, and looked at him with a hint of playfulness in his eyes, "Honey, as far as I know, this movie is about illegal imprisonment and fraudulent organ harvesting."

"..."

"This is not a romance movie."

"but……"

"For the sake of his deceased blind lover, the male protagonist tricked his current boyfriend to kill him in the outskirts of the city, and then took out his cornea. How can there be love? — By the way, are you playing the murderer or the murdered one? I can’t remember clearly gone."

"...the one who murdered."

"Look. Can this be called a romance movie?"

"..."

"This is called a suspense thriller crime film."

"...Okay." Yan Ge shrugged, still not reconciled, "But the emotional line is well drawn."

"What emotional line? Where is the emotional line?" Jin Siyan asked, retorting like a cannonball, "Is the mentally ill male protagonist keeping his lover's body like a corpse lover, or is he imprisoned for a cornea that is not needed at all?" Abusing another innocent person? Is this called a relationship line? You have a bad taste."

"..."

"Is there anything else? A normal romantic drama. Is there?"

Yan Ge racked his brains and searched for his few works, but finally shook his head resignedly.

"No."

"It's so pitiful." Jin Siyan smiled and sighed, "I originally planned to ask you to send me two works, but who knows that you won't be able to get them out."

"Why?" Yan Ge didn't understand.

"Give it to the director." Jin Siyan tilted his head and looked at him calmly, "Didn't you say that I made you lose a lot of scenes last time, so I can find resources to replenish you now?"

The natural tone made Yan Ge a little unexpected, and he just shrugged slightly, "Thank you."

Jin Siyan was noncommittal, and after a while, he seemed to have lost his mind, "Tsk, forget it, just "Dead Deer", it's better than nothing, maybe the director likes this kind of heavy emotional drama."

Yan Ge looked at him helplessly and shook his head slightly.

"By the way, when are you free?" Jin Siyan suddenly remembered something, "Li Ke wants you to audition."

"So soon?" Yan Ge was taken aback, "Didn't Teacher Li's script say to wait until the second half of the year?"

"Now is the second half of the year."

"...I mean August and September."

"It will be launched in mid-August, and of course casting will begin now."

Yan Ge took a deep breath, and carefully looked at the announcement arrangement of "The End". Since Ming Yuan took away the lines that should belong to him, the subsequent scenes basically disappeared, and had to be assigned to Ming Yuan.

"I'm free anytime after the end of this month," Yan Ge said.

"Okay." Jin Siyan made an OK gesture, "Then you can send me some works later, preferably representative, and the more different styles, the better - scan me." Jin Siyan handed over the WeChat [-]D code.

Naturally, Yan Ge didn't refuse, and quickly took out his mobile phone to scan and add.

"Uh." Jin Siyan suddenly raised his head and looked at him hesitantly.

"what happened?"

"What's your name?"

Yan Ge opened his mouth, but was speechless for a while.

"Yange. Color..."

"Forget it, you can call." Jin Siyan didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and directly handed him the phone, "Do you want to go back by yourself later or let Lin Xin take you?"

Lin Xin was probably referring to the woman who picked him up just now.

"Go by yourself." Yan Ge didn't want to meet her face to face again, after all, this person could know his whereabouts casually, and it was too insecure to be in the same room with her.

"Be careful on the road."

It just so happened that the phone rang, Jin Siyan nodded at Yan Ge, and went to the balcony to answer the phone without being polite.

The sea breeze was blowing, and it made Jin Siyan's white shirt bulge slightly. On the side of the glass, the voice of the voice could not be heard clearly, only the lips were fluttering. Looking at his profile, Yan Ge raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. .

When we left, the harbor was still sparsely populated, only a few sailing enthusiasts were resting under parasols, drinking cold beer, and discussing the recent excellent weather.

The sun was so bright that Yan Ge couldn't keep his eyes open. In a trance, he caught a glimpse of a familiar shadow from the corner of his eye. He took a closer look, and there was a sailboat moored in the harbor.

The smooth hull, the mast that is still strong after so many years, and the metal texture of the ship's side are still bright. Yan Ge was slightly startled, and his heartbeat accelerated a lot.

As the ghost got closer, Yan Ge stopped breathing, and his eyes trembled suddenly when he saw the writing on the boat.

Galaxy.

The word Yinhe was faintly written on the hull, which was somewhat blurred by the sea water and sun in the long time, but Yan Ge recognized it at a glance.

"This..." Yan Ge was astonished.

In order to repay the debt, Yan Ge had to sell his sailboat at a low price. Why did the Yinhe appear in Qitang Harbor thousands of miles away from home after so many years?

Yan Ge walked in slowly, his mind was blank, he raised his hand involuntarily, and rubbed the palm of the ship that he had been away for a long time.

"Sir?" came a question from behind.

Yan Ge was startled, and when he turned around, he saw a young strange man in front of him.

In fact, they are not unfamiliar, they met in Jin Siyan's lounge half an hour ago.

"This is your... ship?" Yan Ge asked tentatively, his voice a little dry.

"Probably." The man smiled, turned his head to look at the ship parked in front of him, his eyes were full of love, "It's called Yinhe."

"I know." Yan Ge said, and suddenly realized that he was a bit abrupt, coughed lightly, and pointed to the hull, "It's written here."

"The name Jin Shao gave is very nice." The man said again.

Yan Ge was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he recovered his voice, "This boat belongs to him..."

"I bought it." The man nodded, confirming his guess.

"Oh." Yan Ge hastily agreed, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute." The man stopped him, "Are you the one in Jin Shao's lounge just now?"

After a pause, Yan Ge only felt that his throat was a little dry.

"I said why it looks so familiar." The person behind him smiled lightly, his voice was clear and his tone slightly raised, "Are you Yan Ge?"

Before Yan Ge could say anything, the man added, "It's amazing, you dare to cut brother Mingyuan's bark."

The tone was calm, no compliments or criticisms could be heard, but it sent chills down Yan Ge's spine.

Thinking of the absurd rumors that caused a storm all over the city before, Yan Ge just wanted to leave here quickly, and laughed twice without embarrassment, "He and I are just friends."

The man stared at him for a long time before raising his eyebrows indifferently, "I don't really care about your relationship. However, it seems that you don't think of me at all."

Now it was Yan Ge's turn to be dumbfounded.

"No way." The man suddenly laughed, "You locked me in the basement for three months, and even dug out my retina, and now you don't remember me?"

Yan Ge paused, looked into the man's eyes, and suddenly realized.

Isn’t this person—the other leading actor who starred with him in "Dead Deer" a few years ago—the unlucky guy who was killed—what’s his name... Yuan, Yuan...

"Wildness?"