Comparable species

For the next week, Xia Shishen didn't see Qi Yan, and the white van parked downstairs seemed to be a hallucination due to his own boredom.

Lu Weiyang pushed open the balcony door and saw Xia Shishen standing with his back to him against the light, with a slender cigarette more than half burned between his fingers hanging by his side.

"Sister Kang said that you should quit smoking before she comes back."

Xia Shishen ignored him, Lu Weiyang put aside the clothes he had brought, and stood at the balcony to wait for him to finish smoking.Xia Shishen should have stood on the balcony for a long time. The cotton white t-shirt was soaked in sweat and stuck tightly to the back, revealing the thin shoulder blades and shoulder line.The sweltering heat was unbearable. Lu Weiyang was already sweating profusely after standing for less than a minute, but Xia Shishen didn't seem to feel it, and stared blankly downstairs.

Lu Weiyang pushed the balcony door wider, he was a little curious about what Xia Shishen was looking at.

Because of the height difference, Lu Weiyang had to stand in front of Xia Shishen so as not to be blocked from seeing.As soon as he took a step, the man standing in front of him suddenly turned around, bumping into Lu Weiyang's shoulder with force and recklessness.

"We'll talk about it when we get back." Xia Shishen snuffed out the cigarette, skipped him and walked straight into the house, clutching a squashed empty cigarette case in his hand.

"Try on the clothes." Lu Weiyang watched as Xia Shishen took the clothes on the rack casually, and shuffled towards the bathroom.

Through the bathroom door, Xia Shishen heard Lu Weiyang walk from the balcony to the sofa, and then yelled at him, telling him that the top was made of silk.One of the light bulbs in the headlight of the bathroom mirror was broken, and the faint light cast shadows on the ground. Xia Shishen threw the cigarette case in his hand on the table.

The pure black cigarette case was completely crushed, a few wisps of shredded tobacco fell onto the table with Xia Shishen's movements, and there was also a tissue that was forced into the cigarette case because of a moment of panic.

Xia Shi leaned his back against the door, looking down at the half-exposed tissue.The corners became uneven because of always carrying it around, and the creases created by rubbing and folding could not be smoothed out, only the two skewed words on it were still clear and complete.

In fact, he didn't mean anything else, but he suddenly felt dazed while smoking on the balcony, and suspected that the white van and the child who always pretended to be timid all came from his own imagination.The tissue in his pocket was turned over and over several times. Xia Shishen stood on the balcony, his thoughts drifting away with the white smoke from his fingers. He was thinking about the reason why the little paparazzi didn't come.

Lu Weiyang's sudden intrusion made Xia Shishen feel guilty for no reason. He subconsciously stuffed the paper ball into the cigarette case, and a large piece of cigarette ash fell on the ground between his fingers, pretending nothing happened.

The sound of urging sounded outside the door, Xia Shishen changed his shirt, propped his arms and looked down at the ball of paper on the table.

Xia Shishen let the stylist behind him fiddle with his head. He attributed the emotional imbalance to his being too idle, and made up his mind to work hard.

The gate of Yuewei Building was surrounded by crowds. Photographers from various companies squeezed into the front row holding their equipment, quickly set up their tripods and changed the lens on the spot.Xia Shishen sat in the car and looked out through the coated window. Most of the people in Xuanfa Company were nervous, for fear that something wrong with the process would bring them bad luck.The fans holding the light signs were full of fighting spirit. They couldn't enter the activities, and endured the scorching heat just to see him through layers of crowds. That was the hottest and purest emotion.

Xia Shishen pushed the car door open, surrounded by ear-shattering screams, he waved to the people on both sides with a smile on his face.Lu Weiyang stood in front of him, stretching his arms to try his best to block the crowd. At a distance of tens of meters, Xia Shishen was pulled by his collar and touched his cheek by someone who didn't know where, and someone even pulled him hard. his hair.

Lu Weiyang always found out about this after the fact, because Xia Shishen smiled too brightly when facing the fans. He always ignored the security guards and stretched his arms with a marker pen to sign the fans' notebooks.

Xia Shishen was never obedient.

"Redo your hairstyle." Lu Weiyang stood aside with a folder, trying his best to make up for all mistakes.

"Put on a hat." Xia Shishen put the black peaked cap hanging on the hanger on his head. He straightened his collar in front of the mirror, "Charity activities have nothing to do with me."

Lu Weiyang could only watch as Xia Shishen ruined his two-hour hairstyle on a 30 yuan hat, because he was right, the main purpose of charity activities was not to increase the exposure of celebrities.

The process of the charity event is simple. Two or three sponsored impoverished students stand on the stage and read the prepared speech after the speech of the brand manager. Then Xia Shishen, the brand spokesperson, takes a photo with the event organizer and accepts flowers.

Xia Shishen sat on the edge of the stage, his whole body sank into the soft sofa chair, but sometimes the camera swept over him, his back was still straight and his expression was serious.

The process in the first half is as tedious and boring as imagined, but the plot in the second half turns straight down.

The manager of the brand is an obese man of some age. With his stomach upright, he looks down condescendingly on the impoverished students standing in front of him receiving financial aid.After the two parties finished their speeches, the man suddenly tampered with the process without authorization, took the microphone and said that he was willing to double the amount of funding, and then faced the audience, telling the boy's hidden family background.

For example, he is a single-parent family, but his father always abuses his mother, gambles and drinks alcohol, and rapes another woman in the village.

The boy in the center of the stage looked pale and stood there bewildered.

But the one who pushed the plot to its climax was Xia Shishen who had been sitting still.

Xia Shishen, who pressed his peaked cap very low, suddenly clicked his tongue. The sound was not loud, but the microphone that was resting on his lips spread completely throughout the venue, with a sharp and noisy electrical sound at the end.

The sharp and piercing noise made the venue fall into silence. Lu Weiyang, who was standing in the background, twitched his right eyelid several times. Standing on the chair, he reached out and signaled the staff to turn off the public release of Xia Shishen's microphone.

But no one looked at him.

When Qi Yan returned home, Lin Yiling had already fallen asleep. He tiptoed to open the door, leaned against the wall and let out a sigh of relief with his head lowered. He raised his hand and squeezed the stiff back of his neck twice.Qian Youwei sent a text message at four o'clock in the morning last Friday, hoping that he could go on a business trip.

When Qi Yan asked about the time of his business trip, Qian Youwei replied quickly, saying it was now.To express his apology, Qian Youwei sent a company car and driver to pick him up, but Qi Yan waited downstairs for less than 5 minutes.

A text message vibrated from the phone, Qi Yan glanced at the sender, it was from an unfamiliar number.The text message has several lines, but the content is concise and easy to understand.It said that I hope he will have a good rest after the business trip and not be too tired. It doesn't matter if he arrives at the company late tomorrow, he will help to ask for leave.

Signed by Cheng Sen.

Probably got his number from Qian Youwei, Qi Yan hung his fingers on the keyboard, unable to type a word for a long time.In fact, he didn't want to have too much communication with Cheng Sen, but the sincerity of the text message was beyond the limit, Qi Yan felt that he needed to be polite.

The faint sound from the TV in the bedroom overlapped with Lin Yiling's breathing, and Qi Yan didn't need to distinguish carefully, but he could tell that the voice on the TV came from Xia Shishen.

On the TV, a man wearing a dark gray shirt is sitting on the sofa, with bright eyebrows hidden under the brim of his hat, he puts the microphone near his mouth,

"I'm sorry to interrupt you." Xia Shishen blinked twice, he spoke very slowly, without accent on every word, "but I really can't listen anymore."

No one made a sound in the huge venue, and the host standing aside raised the microphone several times but didn't know how to save the scene.This was the first time he hosted a large-scale event. When he learned that the guest was Xia Shishen, he was silently grateful. Everyone in the circle knew that Xia Shishen was easy to deal with, so he never thought that such a scene would happen.

Lu Weiyang didn't know when he jumped to the corner of the guest seat. He jumped several times in a row and waved his arms vigorously, signaling Xia Shishen to shut up quickly.

Xia Shishen was still sitting in his original position. He raised the brim of his hat with his hand, raised his eyes slightly, straightened his back and looked around, and finally his eyes stopped on the earthy-faced host.

"It turns out that I'm the only one who can't listen to it."

The bucket that was originally placed in the corner was knocked over, water flowed down the uneven floor tiles, and the faint light of the TV cast a reflection on the wet water stains.Xia Shi's deep and hoarse voice hit the mottled wall and bounced back, falling into Qi Yan's ears without saying a word.

The phone vibrated several times, Qi Yan turned on the phone, and one message after another jumped out.

Before he could read a few lines, he was interrupted by Qian Youwei's phone call.The order was short and powerful, asking him to quickly take the equipment to the back door of Yuewei Building, preferably squatting down to Xia Shishen's exclusive place.

Xia Shishen on the TV screen looked sharp and gentle, smiling beautifully in front of more than a dozen cameras and flashing lights.

Qi Yan raised his mobile phone, turned on the camera to face the TV screen, and pressed the shutter by accident.