Manhattanhenge

It was windy outside, Su Hui wrapped her coat tightly, and walked quickly. When she saw the convenience store Bella mentioned, she opened the door and went in, standing at the cigarette counter to choose.

He saw the Marlboro he used to smoke at a glance, but he was upset and chose another unfamiliar one.

"this."

"Okay, do you need anything else?"

"No thanks."

The wait for the checkout is short but tough.

Carl's words lingered in his mind, Su Hui didn't want to face Ning Yixiao very much, and was afraid of hearing him say anything, good or bad, so he refused him not so kindly, but there seemed to be a little bit of trouble in his heart. People, constantly chanting "come to me quickly, come to me quickly".

Su Hui tried hard to push the villain's head down so that he couldn't make any noise, but the next second he took the cigarette and turned around, he still saw Ning Yixiao.

He was found before he even had time to escape the convenience store.

Su Hui was a little at a loss, her heart was suffocated, she couldn't treat Ning Yixiao decently and tenderly, so she pretended not to see him, and walked out by herself.

But Ning Yixiao blocked the door, Su Hui went to the left, he took a step to the left to block, Su Hui went to the right, he also went to the right.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?" He lowered his head and stared at Su Hui's face.

"No." Su Hui resisted passively. He had no position to interfere with Ning Yixiao's friendship, nor was he qualified.

He was just angry with himself and blamed Ning Yixiao, childish and unreasonable.

The cashier saw that the two were stalemate at the door, and smiled apologetically: "You two handsome guys, what... If you have any questions, can you come in or go out to chat, the door is a bit crowded, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for new customers to come in. "

"Sorry." Ning Yixiao nodded slightly, pushed the door open with one hand, and grabbed Su Hui's arm with the other, and forcibly led him out.

Su Hui wanted to get away and pulled out her hand.

Ning Yixiao let go, but still looked at him, "Didn't you want to smoke? How can you smoke while standing in the shop?"

Su Hui was silent for a while, then resignedly opened the cigarette case, took out one and put it to his mouth, but also realized that he did not bring a lighter.

If I had known earlier, I would not have given up smoking.

He became more and more bored, and planned to go in to borrow it, but Ning Yixiao took out a lighter, lit it, and handed it over with his palm protected.

"It's not like I don't even want to borrow my fire." Ning Yixiao spoke softly, as if he didn't want to get angry with him.

Just borrow fire.

Su Hui calmed down a little, and accepted the fact that Ning Yixiao had suddenly appeared. The more he hid, the more he seemed to have something. Thinking of this, he leaned over his head, lit a cigarette and dodged, turned his face and leaned against the wall pump quietly.

But he didn't expect the tar content of this cigarette to be so high, he coughed out after taking only one puff, and his eyes were red.

Ning Yixiao stood in front of him, stared at him, and asked calmly, "Stop smoking Marlboros?"

Su Hui couldn't calmly listen to what he said about "the past", so she took off the cigarette, lowered her eyes, and said something against her will, "I don't like it anymore."

"Really?" Ning Yixiao seemed to mind changing his taste, and said after a while, "Now you like the taste that makes you cry?"

Only then did Su Hui raise his eyes, his eyes were stubborn, "No tears."

Ning Yixiao laughed, "What the hell happened? If you say you're going to blow up your hair, you're going to blow up your hair. Are you really a cat?"

Now he hates all about the past.

One of the most annoying is the kitten's nickname.

But in the face of Ning Yixiao, Su Hui couldn't lose his temper, and if he spoke a little louder, it was to embarrass himself.

"It's none of your business."

Ning Yixiao knows Su Hui very well. He has always been very docile, sometimes irritable when he is irritable, but unless the illness is very serious, he will not take his anger out on him, unless the person who angered him is himself.

But no matter how Ning Yixiao thought about it, he couldn't think of what he did wrong for a while.

He and Su Hui haven't seen each other for more than half a month, and the video was fine last night, and Su Hui even showed him the ice cream after taking a bath.

"Aren't you cold?" Looking at Su Hui's open coat and shirt collar, Ning Yixiao couldn't help stretching out his hands to wrap them up for him, wanting to button him.

Su Hui wanted to say "Don't worry about it", but he was too childish to say so. At this moment, he heard a familiar voice and looked up to see Jing Ming.

"Why are you here?" Jing Ming greeted with a smile, and Chloe was beside him, smiling at them too.

The button couldn't be fastened, Ning Yixiao withdrew his hand, looked at the two of them, "You guys came here together?"

"I happened to bump into it when I was parking, so let's come together." Jing Ming skipped him and walked up to Su Hui, "Eddy's new hair color is okay, we didn't dare recognize each other just now, if it wasn't for Ning Yixiao , I really thought it was a model."

Su Hui put out the cigarette butt, "Stop making fun of me."

"Why am I joking?"

Jing Ming had a hippie smile on his face, and he could detect the awkward atmosphere between the two at a glance, deliberately making fun, "You two stand here like an idol drama, this road is full of street shots, maybe a photographer passed by and took pictures of you two Put it online."

Chloe also smiled and said, "It's true. There are many modeling agencies and street photography here."

"Look, one is a beautiful artist, and the other is an upstart in Silicon Valley. Tsk tsk, it's enough to make up a good show."

"Shut up." Ning Yixiao said mercilessly.

Chloe glanced at the time, "Let's go up, Bella will be calling again later."

"Okay, it's the first time I've come back to her place, I wonder if I can get two clothes to wear."

"You try." Chloe smiled.

The two people in front were chatting, while Ning Yixiao and Su Hui walked back, the embarrassing atmosphere was not relieved.

It wasn't that there was no small friction when we were together before, but Su Hui is actually very coaxing, sometimes you don't need to do anything, just forcefully pull her over and hug her for a while and it will be fine.

But just outside, Ning Yixiao had no choice but to ignore Su Hui and just hugged Su Hui like this, not to mention that he was not sure if this would work on Su Hui, after all he couldn't even hold his arm, he just wanted to get out immediately .

If you hug him forcibly, there is a high probability that he will only feel disrespected.

Back on the second floor of the studio, Su Hui noticed that Bella was chatting with someone, but only saw the back of that person, who was about the same height as himself, with a good figure, curly brown hair, and a cheerful laugh.

He began to have a bad feeling.

Bella waved when she saw Su Hui and his group, and introduced them to each other when he approached.

"Eddy, this is Julian. As I mentioned to you last time, he is the fashion director of this shooting. Our blockbuster will be published in the fashion magazine of their agency as soon as possible, and then spread to various channels. Print Ads."

Julian turned around, smiled and held out his hand, "Hi, nice to meet you."

But when he saw Su Hui's face, he couldn't help being stunned.

"Hello." Su Hui shook his hand politely.

"This is Eddy, a very, very talented installation artist. Of course, he is also a graphic model I specially invited. How is it? Isn't it beautiful?"

Julian smiled after hearing this, and admired sincerely: "It's really beautiful, your vision has always been the best."

"That's right." Bella smiled, "I thought you just sent two people over to take a look, but I didn't expect you to come here in person. You really did me a favor. Sit down, and I'll take Eddy to try on makeup."

Are you here on a special trip?

Su Hui lowered her eyes.

No wonder Ning Yixiao also suddenly appeared, is it because of Julian's work?

Wisdom teeth hurt, Su Hui raised her hand to cover the side of her face, and followed Bella into the makeup and hair room without looking back.

But he heard Julian greet Ning Yixiao enthusiastically, "Shaw, your perfume seems to be different today."

It was too late to hear Ning Yixiao's response, and Su Hui didn't want to hear it, so she closed the door of the makeup and hairdressing room.

He was not in good condition, but he didn't want to delay his work because of these personal matters. After all, Su Hui decided to devote himself to this job and didn't want to disappoint Bella.

Bella has a very complete conception of the makeup, "It must highlight the sense of transparency and not have too many traces of base makeup. His skin is so good that he can even do without base makeup."

"Don't cover the blood vessels on the eyelids, this is what it feels like." Bella took out her own sketch, "The blush is the key point, and then the eyelashes. Use white mascara and blue colored contact lenses."

"No problem, do as you say."

Su Hui sat quietly in front of the mirror, obviously lack of sleep, but he didn't feel sleepy, the thought of Ning Yixiao's appearance just now really made his heart throb for a second.

But thinking of Julian, Su Hui felt that this throbbing was like a joke.

It doesn't seem like a coincidence that they showed up together, both in California and this time at Bella's studio.

Perhaps everything he thought was false, and the target was not himself, it was all an illusion.

Su Hui discovered for the first time that he was also jealous.

It turns out that jealousy can make people completely different, especially the jealousy that has no position is even more ridiculous.

He couldn't restrain his wild thoughts and overflowing sourness, and he had even silently decided in his heart what he would say to Ning Yixiao after work was over, that he should end his current improper relationship and move out of his house.

The sooner the better.

The door opened and it was Julian who entered.

Su Hui's makeup is simple and has been completed, and the makeup artist is currently choosing accessories.

"Like an elf." Julian smiled and said to Bella, "I don't think there is any need to change the effect of this trial makeup, maybe I can shoot it directly in a while, have you chosen the clothes?"

Bella nodded, "They are all the main products of the spring and summer series. There are three sets in total. Take a look."

Su Hui half-closed her eyes, waiting for the make-up artist to paste the petals. Soon after, Julian came over, bent down to stare at his face, and asked Bella, "Will you wear that aqua blue shirt for the first outfit?"

"Yes."

Julian looked in the mirror, "I don't think the petals should be attached, the petals are a bit cumbersome."

Su Hui opened his eyes, looked at himself in the mirror, and agreed with Julian's statement very much.

"Then what do you choose?" Bella liked the petals very much, "Do you want another flower?"

Julian brought over the accessories box brought by the stylist, picked and selected, and was not very satisfied with what he saw.

But Su Hui immediately noticed a transparent acrylic box inside the box, which contained a light blue butterfly.

"This one." He pointed and said to Bella.

The stylist was a little distressed, "It's just pretty, but it was damaged after using it before, and a small half of the butterfly wing was broken off. I was going to throw it away, but I was a little bit reluctant, because this imitation is very real."

"Motorfly Aurora." Su Hui said to himself.

"What?" Bella didn't hear clearly.

Su Hui shook her head and said to the makeup artist, "It doesn't matter, there is a damaged beauty as well, maybe it will be better than a complete one."

"Listen to the model." Julian smiled, "I also think this butterfly is very beautiful."

The makeup artist nodded, and finally glued the damaged fake butterfly under Su Hui's eyelids. The fluorescent blue wings complemented his water blue pupils. The effect was really good, and Bella was very satisfied.

The set was almost ready, and Su Hui changed into the water-blue shirt. The special fabric had a delicate luster under the light, like water waves.

When he went out, Ning Yixiao was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window on the phone, as if he was still dealing with business, but as if he had some kind of induction, the moment Su Hui appeared, he turned his head, and the two looked at each other from a distance.

Seeing the butterflies on Su Hui's face, Ning Yixiao was obviously distracted.

It was just a short glance, and Su Hui quickly turned his eyes away.

When Chloe saw Su Hui's makeup, she thought it was beautiful, so when he approached, she took a close-up shot of him with the top light from top to bottom.

The slightly warm light fell on Su Hui's face, the eyelashes, cheeks and butterflies were almost transparent, with a hint of holiness in their fragility.

"Looks good." She lowered her head to confirm, then handed it to Su Hui, "Wash it out for you."

Su Hui smiled, "Thank you."

Bella had already drawn up the lens design for the first blockbuster, and needed a female model to cooperate. Su Hui sat on the gray sofa, and the female model stood behind him, putting her hands on Su Hui's neck without showing her face. Only the upper body is in the mirror.

But there is always a deviation between the painting and the reality. Chloe is a very picky perfectionist. She took several shots and adjusted several times according to what Bella said, but she was not satisfied with the results.

Jing Ming, who was observing from the side, noticed her entanglement, and leaned over, "What? It's not pretty."

"Good-looking is good-looking, and this face can't be wrong." She stared at the film and thought for a moment, "I always feel that there is a lack of tension."

"Tension?" Jing Ming thought for a while, and felt that the problem was very simple. Su Hui's sexual orientation was different from his, so naturally he would not have too much sexual tension with women.

"Try another male model?" he suggested.

For the first time, Chloe realizes that Jing Ming is not quite a playboy.

She called Bella, called all the male models currently in the studio, and tried them one by one.

"It seems to be much better than before, but..."

Chloe closed her eyes, flipped through the videos one by one, raised her head and asked Bella, "Are there any male staff here with more obvious hand lines and veins?"

Bella turned her head and searched with her eyes. It was not easy to choose one on the spot.

"Then what..."

Jing Ming quietly came between the two, cleared his throat, "I have someone to recommend to you, and I promise to meet the requirements."

Two minutes later, Bella appeared in front of Ning Yixiao who was dealing with work, and abruptly pulled him into the shed.

"What?"

"Please do me a favor."

Bella briefly explained the current situation, and then took out the trump card that Jing Ming taught him, "Eddy is too tired to be stuck here, and it took him six hours just for this hair color, so he can rest soon." .”

Sure enough, Ning Yixiao, who had always been stern and selfless, was shaken, and accepted this extremely temporary "cooperation" half-heartedly.

Ning Yixiao almost never took off his gloves in front of others, and wrapped himself up tightly. Now that he was dragged over, he reluctantly changed into the black shirt that Bella gave him.

When he came out, he only showed his hands and did not roll up his sleeves as required.

But these hands are indeed different, Chloe nodded to Jingming immediately.

"I didn't lie to you."

Jingming is quite proud.

But Su Hui, one of the parties involved, was very embarrassed. His work partner suddenly changed from a strange female model to an ex who was having a fight, and the situation took a turn for the worse.

Ning Yixiao stood behind Su Hui as required, and put his hands on it.

"No." Chloe commanded, "Shaw, roll up your sleeves, I need forearm lines."

Ning Yixiao was unmoved, very uncooperative.

Seeing him not moving, Su Hui looked up.

"If you don't want to shoot, you can refuse." He said softly.

Ning Yixiao, who had been silent all along, finally spoke, "Of course I would refuse if it were someone else."

Su Hui froze for a moment, her heart rate rose a little.

He wasn't sure if he was talking about himself or someone else, so he didn't respond.

Chloe walked over directly, but Ning Yixiao didn't want others to touch her, so she stopped, "I'll do it myself."

He unbuttoned the cuffs, rolled up the sleeves, and exposed his arms as she requested.

When Ning Yixiao's hand came around, Su Hui realized for the first time that there were scars on his wrist and forearm, which were quite large and looked like old injuries.

"You remove these scars in the later stage."

Ning Yixiao's tone was very cold.

Chloe was unexpectedly very satisfied, and resolutely did not allow any later changes, "No, this is very good, it is the best so far."

Su Hui was a little absent-minded, keeping her head down and staring at Ning Yixiao's arm.

After the reunion, Ning Yixiao wrapped herself up all the time, even reluctant to take off her gloves. Even if they had had several intimate actions, Ning Yixiao was still unwilling to take off her clothes and meet each other frankly.

So this is the reason?

Su Hui's heart felt sore, and there were fine and small pains. These wounds seemed to be spreading, which made him afraid.Knowing that he has no position, he should hold back and not care, but in the end he couldn't restrain himself.

"how did you make it?"

Ning Yixiao didn't answer, but threw the question to him.

"Ms. Su is caring about me?"

Su Hui fell silent.

"Aren't you angry?" Ning Yixiao asked.

Su Hui still didn't speak.

Chloe tried to take a picture, and then gave new instructions, "Shaw, try to hold Eddy's neck with your hands?"

Ning Yixiao is not used to being exposed in front of the camera to accept demonstrations, "You won't get your face photographed, will you?"

Bella dispelled his worries, "Don't worry, if you don't want to, you can also be anonymous on the appearance list, but it's a great honor, you are the most expensive model I have ever used."

Ning Yixiao's hand changed from a drooping posture to holding his neck, the veins stretched, interlaced with the scars on his arms.

His forearm is a little wheat-colored, which contrasts strongly with Su Hui's snow-white and slender neck.

"I might use a little more force, if you feel uncomfortable, stop it." Ning Yixiao said in a low voice.

Su Hui could feel the tightness and contraction of his fingertips.

The small scars on the knuckles rubbed against his skin, the beating pulse was trapped between Ning Yixiao's fingers and the tiger's mouth, it seemed that his breathing and life were under his control.

[Can you do it by choking me? ]

He uncontrollably thinks about the past, and thinks of the unreasonable demands he made to Ning Yixiao when they were still together—he is very sick, longing for pain and strong love, and wanting uncontrollable suffocation from his lover.

"Very good." Chloe ordered the assistant to pass the lit cigarette to Ning Yixiao, "Shaw, hold it in the other hand. Bella can help adjust the wind so that the smoke floats on Eddy's face."

Breathing gradually became difficult. Driven by instinct, Su Hui's lips were slightly opened, her face was half raised, and her eyes showed conflicting struggle and sinking.

Cigarettes, blurred lights, broken butterflies, scars and blood vessels, faces that are so fragile that they can be pinched to pieces, skin color and disparity in strength are all collected by Chloe's lens, showing a natural sexual tension, Repressed desires waiting to explode.

The smoke evokes dreams and illusions, and those beautiful and charming memories emerge in front of his eyes. Su Hui really wants to get rid of them, but everything is in Ning Yixiao's hands, and there is nowhere to hide.

Every sensory stimulation is beating Su Hui's heart, repeatedly reminding him how much he loves Ning Yixiao and how unforgettable these memories are.

"Good, very good, Shaw's hand goes up a little bit, Eddy looks up, look here."

Chloe was finally satisfied and put down the camera, "I think the first group is okay."

Su Hui felt that Ning Yixiao's hand was loosened, and his tense nerves also relaxed, regaining oxygen and freedom, but what followed was an irresistible emptiness.

Everything just now is like a dream, which can be broken at the touch of a finger, just like their short past.

"Su Hui, you are blushing."

Ning Yixiao walked out from behind the sofa, sat beside Su Hui, straightened his sleeves with his head down, and asked calmly, "What did you think of?"

"I didn't think about anything." Su Hui couldn't look at him, and touched his face with the back of his hand, it was indeed very hot.

The staff came and went, Bella and Chloe were picking films, Jing Ming struck up a conversation with the assistant girl, and Julian stood outside the shed and stared at them.

Ning Yixiao didn't seem to care about all of this, she turned her head, her expression was very calm, but her words were very straightforward, "You are beautiful today, and you are beautiful when you are angry."

Su Hui was slightly taken aback, her face became hotter and hotter.

Suddenly, Ning Yixiao stretched out his hand in front of him, spreading his palm upwards.

Su Hui didn't know why, so he took a look at Ning Yixiao.

"What?"

"Although you are cute like this, being angry is not good for your health."

Ning Yixiao looked at him, "My fault, you can hit me."