Xijian

18

Zhang Chi spent a total of nine months of "treatment" in the correctional facility.

When the "counselor" told Zhang Chi that he could go home one morning, he was cleaning the tables in the cafeteria.He glanced at the "counselor", said lightly "Got it", and then carefully wiped every table.

Zhang Chi didn't bring any luggage when he came to the correctional center. He was alone when he came in, and he was alone when he came out.

Zhang Jun and Wang Qinglan were waiting anxiously at the gate of the correctional center. They waved when they saw Zhang Chi's figure far away. Zhang Chi just looked at them calmly and approached them silently.

"You have suffered." Zhang Jun's eyes were red, he patted Zhang Chi's shoulder, and said comfortingly, "But it's all worth it if it's cured."

Wang Qinglan hugged Zhang Chi tightly, her voice choked up clearly: "Our baby has lost weight."

Zhang Chi still had no expression on his face: "Aren't you leaving?"

"Let's go! Get in the car, let's go home!"

After getting in the car, Wang Qinglan observed Zhang Chi's expression, and asked cautiously, "Is baby hungry? Let's eat roast duck at noon. Don't you like the roast duck from Tingshouge the most? Let's go now, how about it?"

The car started to start, and the gate of the correctional center was getting farther and farther away. Zhang Chi turned his back and stared at the old iron door through the glass behind the car, watching it gradually disappear from sight.

After a while, he said to Wang Qinglan, "Okay."

A month later, Zhang Chi returned to school, not the high school before, they moved, and went to another completely strange city.

Although the correctional center repeatedly assured that they had cured Zhang Chi, Zhang Jun and Wang Qinglan were still very nervous. They sent Zhang Chi to a very strict boarding high school. Eat and sleep can only do one thing - study.

At the beginning, Zhang Jun and Wang Qinglan were worried that Zhang Chi would contact Wen Shao. They checked Zhang Chi’s mobile phone every week and asked the teacher about Zhang Chi’s study in school, but this was actually unnecessary, because Zhang Chi didn’t know Wen Shao at all. Now that I'm socialized, I don't talk to people, and I don't use my mobile phone to chat. There are only Zhang Jun and Wang Qinglan in the address book.

"Zhang Chi is very obedient and studies hard, but he is a bit bored, doesn't like to talk, and doesn't have many friends..."

After listening to the teacher's words, Zhang Jun and Wang Qinglan looked at each other, seeing surprise in each other's eyes, but they soon laughed in relief.

"That's good, that's good!"

A year later, Zhang Chi was admitted to a good university in the province, and his major was the finance major chosen by his parents.

Four years later, Zhang Chi graduated from university and worked in a bank with outstanding performance.

During the holidays, when Zhang Chi went home for dinner, he heard his parents and relatives brag about Zhang Chi, saying that he was smart since he was a child.

When they said this, Zhang Chi was sitting on the sofa and peeling apples for them carefully and carefully. The apple peel was hanging long on the table. From the moment he cut the knife to the last bit of peel, it never broke.

It's like a relaxed life.

From the day he walked out of the correctional facility, he walked straight forward without taking a single step wrong.

Occasionally, Zhang Chi would recall the past, but those memories seemed to have turned into scenes from a black and white TV, and Zhang Chi lost all the smell and color about them.

Only when he thinks of a certain name, Zhang Chi's brain nerves will pulsate colorfully, tingling frame by frame with dazzling colors, letting Zhang Chi know that he is still alive.

19

Zong Yingchi was finished, but the brokerage company didn't let him rest for long.A rookie idol like Zong Yingchi will soon be forgotten if he can't maintain high exposure, so they want Zong Yingchi to take advantage of the popularity of "Xi Jian" to take on as many jobs as possible.

Half a month later, Zong Yingchi entered the filming of a popular variety show and became a resident guest of this season.

The third season of this variety show has been filmed. It mainly invites some well-known actors to live in a secluded small village. Since there is no funds at all, the guests must try their best to make money, trade with the local villagers, and then cook for a living.Celebrities who were out of reach in the past have to live as hard as ordinary people. This point of view has attracted many viewers.

A total of nine guests were invited this time. Zong Yingchi is the youngest among them. Many audiences don’t know him. Zong Yingchi also wore colored glasses more or less.

Fortunately, Zong Yingchi has a lively personality, will come to things, and is humble and sincere. He quickly became one with the other eight guests. After the variety show was broadcast, he gradually gained the favor of many viewers.

When the show was filming the last episode, the director said that they had invited a mysterious flying guest.

"In fact, everyone knows this person, and he is an on-screen couple with a male guest we are present..."

When everyone was laughing and guessing which female guest it was, Ye Shaohuai suddenly pushed the door in from behind the director. Everyone was stunned for a second and then started laughing, and turned their playful eyes to Zong Yingchi.

This is the first time Zong Yingchi lost control of his expression management.

At this time, the camera gave a close-up of Zong Yingchi's face, clearly recording all his expressions.Because of the shock, his eyes widened, but his eyebrows were lowered instead, and there was a crease between his brows. He opened his mouth halfway, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just pursed it tightly, showing a depressed expression. Forbearance.

But soon he calmed down all his emotions, showed a decent smile, and was the first to go up and hug Ye Shaohuai, saying, "Brother Shao, long time no see."

Because it is the last episode, the guests already know the village very well. In the morning, everyone went fishing in the fish pond, then took it to the fish shop to exchange money, bought ingredients for lunch, and then came back to cook.

In order to welcome Ye Shaohuai, when cooking at noon, everyone specially made double skin milk to celebrate.

Zong Yingchi saw some crushed peanuts sprinkled on Shuangpi Nai, and immediately stepped forward and whispered to Ye Shaohuai: "You are allergic to peanuts, pick out the middle one and give it to me."

Ye Shaohuai smiled gently: "You misremembered Xiao Chi, Wen Shao is allergic to peanuts, I'm fine, but thank you anyway."

Zong Yingchi froze for a moment, showing a bit of embarrassment: "Okay."

This was just a small episode, although Zong Yingchi remembered it wrongly, but he was kind after all, and everyone's jokes passed away.

In the afternoon, the director team arranged a small confrontation game, tearing each other's famous cards. There were five people in each group, two women and three men. Zong Yingchi and Ye Shaohuai were divided into a group.

In the game, Zong Yingchi changed the image of the flower protector in the past, and only revolved around Ye Shaohuai. The female guests laughed at him like Ye Shaohuai's little tail. He said that I am not without me, but as long as Ye Shaohuai is chased He immediately followed up and led people away.

In the end, Ye Shaohuai was blocked by two guests from another group in a small courtyard of a villager. While talking to them, Ye Shaohuai tried to find a way to escape, and Zhang Chi also entered the courtyard after a while.

While the two guests turned their heads to communicate with Zhang Chi, Ye Shaohuai moved his steps, trying to sneak around them and escape from the courtyard through the gate. When they arrived at them, the original balance was broken, and the bamboo poles were tilted, and they were about to fall towards Ye Shaohuai.

The incident happened suddenly, and no one else noticed the abnormality of the bamboo pole, except Zong Yingchi.

At that moment, Zong Yingchi's mind went blank. When he realized it, he had already rushed in front of Ye Shaohuai, propped his hands on the wall, and held him firmly in his arms.

Zong Yingchi panted heavily, staring closely at Ye Shaohuai's surprised expression, waiting for the pain from the bamboo pole falling down, but after a few seconds, nothing happened.

It turned out that the bamboo pole was stuck by the rough wall when it tilted halfway.

In this way, Zong Yingchi's nervousness seemed unnecessary, and the action of supporting Ye Shaohuai with his hands on the wall also seemed exaggerated and weird, making people laugh like playing a Ba Zong idol drama.

Under the gaze of Ye Shaohuai's light brown eyes, Zong Yingchi slowly withdrew his hand and stood awkwardly: "I'm sorry Brother Shao, I thought the bamboo pole was going to fall..."

"Are you okay?" The startled crowd gathered around to ask about Ye Shaohuai's situation, but Zong Yingchi was gradually squeezed out of the crowd.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. There are too many debris in the yard and it's too dangerous. Let's go out." Ye Shaohuai shook his head, smiled to comfort everyone, and then shouted to Zong Yingchi who was outside the crowd, "Thank you, Xiaochi!"

So a group of people left the yard one after another, and Zong Yingchi and his follow-up photographer were the last to leave.

After this little accident, Zong Yingchi stopped following Ye Shaohuai. The photographer asked him why, he scratched his head uncomfortably, and said to the camera: "It was a joke just now, sorry to follow Brother Shao again, we Go find someone else."

At the moment when he turned his back to the camera, Zong Yingchi put away his smiling face, pursed his lips and tried his best to hold back the sourness in his eyes.

The moment he held Ye Shaohuai in his arms, Ye Shaohuai put his hand on his shoulder, and the camera captured this movement. It looked like Ye Shaohuai supported Zong Yingchi in a panic, but only Zong Yingchi I know how much strength Ye Shaohuai used with that hand.

Facing Zong Yingchi's sudden approach, Ye Shaohuai's first reaction was to push Zong Yingchi away.

So Zong Yingchi said: I'm sorry.

Sorry, I just wanted to protect you.

……

Two days later, the filming was drawing to a close, and this season's variety show was coming to an end.The night before the farewell, the guests sat around the bonfire in the yard and drank the rice wine brewed by the villagers while chatting, lamenting the speed of time and expressing the melancholy of parting.Everyone expressed their feelings, and when it was Ye Shaohuai's turn, he first said a few words on the scene, and then suddenly threw out a big news——

"Finally, I would like to share the good news through the program team——Chu Chu is pregnant."

The guests collectively froze for two seconds, and then cheered together, congratulating Ye Shaohuai.

Throughout the night, Zong Yingchi was the craziest. He even performed an impromptu dance on the spot, saying it was dedicated to his sister-in-law and the unborn baby, which aroused booing and applause from everyone.

Ye Shaohuai looked at him intently, applauded vigorously after his performance, and said, "Thank you, thank you Xiao Chi."

Zong Yingchi laughed happily, but his eyes seemed to be crying.

20

"Xi Jian" has won many awards in foreign film festivals, and Zong Yingchi also won the Best Newcomer Award for his infectious performance, so one night, the crew of "Xi Jian" made an appointment to have dinner together to celebrate .

Ye Shaohuai came late because of work. When he arrived, Zong Yingchi was already quite drunk, so drunk that he dared to grab Ye Shaohuai's shoulder with his dirty paws stained with alcohol.

"Shao... Brother Shao, you are late, you will be punished with alcohol!"

Seeing Zong Yingchi's appearance, the director laughed and scolded him: "The brat is so drunk, when he is sober, he sees Ye Shaohuai and the class teacher with the bastard students, not to mention touching him, even if he looks at him secretly. "

"Teacher in charge? Am I so scary? I thought I was quite gentle." Ye Shaohuai smiled helplessly, and helped Zong Yingchi sit down on his chair.

"Metaphor, do you understand metaphor? Come on!" The director also drank a lot, and he filled Ye Shaohuai's glass while smoking.

"Brother Shao, don't you want to drink?" Zong Yingchi held his bar in both hands and looked at Ye Shaohuai eagerly.

Ye Shaohuai clinked glasses with him: "Drink, you are the biggest tonight, brother will have a good drink with you."

Zong Yingchi was already quite drunk, Ye Shaohuai reckoned that it would take less than three cups to drink him down, but he didn't expect Zong Yingchi to be so troublesome when he became drunk.He pulled Ye Shaohuai to save his phone number, added his WeChat, followed his Weibo, and tried to ask Ye Shaohuai to change the phone wallpaper from Chu Qiu to his photo.

Ye Shaohuai hid the phone behind his back, frowning at Zong Yingchi.

"Xiao Chi, stop making trouble."

His voice was not loud, and his tone was not heavy. Under the noisy background of punching, laughing and cursing at the wine table, he could hardly be heard by a third person.

But Zong Yingchi seemed to wake up all of a sudden, withdrew the hand that was pulling Ye Shaohuai's sleeve, and sat up straight.

His face was flushed from the smell of alcohol, his eye sockets were wet and red, his clothes were stained with alcohol, his hair was messed up, and he was embarrassed and ugly.He looked at Ye Shaohuai nervously, like a down-and-out wild dog being bullied by the side of the road.

Ye Shaohuai softened his heart and took away his glass: "Stop drinking, I'll take you home."

Zong Yingchi didn't speak, his eyes were covered with mist, as if he was looking at Ye Shaohuai, or at something else, he didn't refuse when Ye Shaohuai helped him up.

Zong Yingchi's driver and assistant, Xiaotao, was waiting in the car. Ye Shaohuai was afraid that Zong Yingchi would go crazy and Xiaotao couldn't handle it, so he followed them into the car and went to Zongyingchi's apartment with them.

Fortunately, Zong Yingchi was very quiet all the time. He leaned his head against the car window and closed his eyes as if he was asleep, but when Ye Shaohuai was about to help him out of the car, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Under the dim headlights, Zong Yingchi stared at Ye Shaohuai, and suddenly asked—

"Brother Shao, come to my house for dinner."

"Next time." Ye Shaohuai reached out to pull him.

"Next time? Next time..."

Zong Yingchi chewed these two words, avoided Ye Shaohuai's hand, and moved out of the car awkwardly and with difficulty.

After getting out of the car, Zong Yingchi's figure was shaken by a burst of dizziness, Xiao Tao and Ye Shaohuai reached out to support him at the same time, but Zong Yingchi stood up straight and immediately pushed them away.

He walked towards the corridor of the apartment step by step, stumbling and stubbornly.

The light in the corridor left a long solitary shadow behind him.

He thought, it's time for Wen Shao to call me, he will stop me, and then say he will come downstairs to pick him up at two o'clock in the afternoon, it will be soon, he will talk about it soon.

But until he stumbled into the elevator, slumped on the ground, and watched the elevator door close, he didn't wait for the line he wanted.

In a daze, Zong Yingchi suddenly remembered.

Wen Shao is gone.

There is no more Wen Shao.