The Eye of the Storm

When Cao Ye woke up, Liang Sizhe was not sleeping next to him.

He sat up on the bed, took a look at the phone, it was 09:30 in the evening.

Getting jet lagged was a painful process. Cao Ye rubbed his temples, and vaguely heard Liang Sizhe's voice from next door.He got up and got out of bed, pushed open the door, and was almost stumped by the smell of smoke coming from the living room.

On the coffee table in front of the sofa, the ashtray was full of ashes and cigarette butts. This man is really... He obviously asked him how to quit smoking and smoked again two days ago, but now he is smoking so fiercely.

The door of the next room was ajar, and Liang Sizhe's voice came intermittently: "We'll think about the rest of the plan later, delete the recording first."

"Then give the money, ask how much they want to name the video provider."

...what video?

Cao Ye took the phone, and there were a lot of news in the group last night, but he didn't bother to read it. He opened Weibo, and the topic of "Liang Sizhe's recording" was impressively listed at the top of the trending search.

Cao Ye clicked on the video displayed on the top, and Lin Yan's voice appeared simultaneously with the subtitles: "You are good, you will go to Cao Xiuyuan to get the Best Actor later, do you enjoy this Best Actor, do you feel at ease? The four words ungrateful—”

Cao Ye felt a twitch in his temples and a twitching of the veins on his forehead. He couldn't bear to listen, so he paused with his fingers.

It was the recording of the finale banquet that night. Cheng Duan had obviously asked Cheng Duan to prepare a gift and seal it up, but it still leaked out.

This can't be blamed on Cheng Duan, hundreds of people gathered at the dinner that day, except for Zeng Ran's core team, most of them have only worked together for a few months on the set, there are so many people, no one can guarantee that anyone will Can sell their face.

After all, as long as the recording is sold to the media, Liang Sizhe's enthusiasm for discussion should fetch a good price.

Cao Ye was upset, he didn't want to click on the comment, and after thinking about it, he knew that Liang Sizhe would suffer malice because of this recording.

The video has already been released, even if it is deleted, it probably won't stop netizens from speculating, so let's clarify, since it is from Lin Yan, it should be credible to ask Lin Yan to clarify a few words, right?

Cao Ye called Lin Yan, but Lin Yan didn't answer.He changed his clothes, took a coat from the hanger, put it on, opened the door and went out.

After Liang Sizhe made the phone call, he opened the bedroom door and walked out. Seeing Cao Ye stepping out, he said, "Cao Ye, you want to go out?"

"Well, I'll go find Lin Yan, stop smoking." After Cao Ye finished speaking, he closed the door.

He hurried to the elevator, leaned against the wall of the elevator and sighed. Every time Liang Sizhe was attacked by public opinion, he was related to him. At first, he hit the producer, and later he hit the reporter, and now he was detained for being ungrateful. hat of.

Cheng Duan said that he was the mascot of Luo Meng, but he didn't seem to bring Liang Sizhe any good luck.He didn't want Liang Sizhe to be attacked by public opinion and suffer malicious intent, but every malicious influx was related to him.

How could Liang Sizhe be ungrateful?Cao Ye closed his eyes and thought, five years ago he was trapped in his own field of vision and couldn't see Liang Sizhe's difficulties, but now from Liang Sizhe's perspective, the 23-year-old Liang Sizhe was pushed to the edge of the cliff by him and Cao Xiuyuan. There are two roads in front of him, one is betrayal and the other is treachery.

Liang Sizhe chose to fulfill Cao Xiuyuan and protect Cao Ye, but he didn't care about choosing himself. He stood on the edge of the cliff and jumped down with his eyes closed.

How could he be ungrateful and open-minded?

Cao Ye drove the car all the way to Lin Yan's residence. He slammed the car door and stepped up the stairs.

Standing at the door of Lin Yan, Cao Ye raised his hand and rang the doorbell. Lin Yan opened the door after a while. His clothes were messy, and he didn't look like he was doing something good: "What's the matter, Yezi?"

Cao Ye called up the recording from his mobile phone and stuffed it into his hand: "Listen to it yourself."

Lin Yan took the phone, Cao Ye bypassed him, and used his bathroom to wash his face.

After listening to the recording in the living room, Lin Yan yelled into the bathroom: "Who sent this to the marketing account? Hey Yezi, you can't blame me for this. Based on our relationship, if I want to release it, I have to put your name on it." Beep first."

Cao Ye came out of the bathroom with a wet face: "What name?"

"Your name," Lin Yan dragged the video to the end, "You don't know?"

It was only then that Cao Ye heard the last sentence clearly - "Without Cao Ye, you fucking now..."

He drank the fragment that night, and couldn't remember what Lin Yan said at all, and he didn't finish listening to the recording just now, only now did he realize that the recording not only involved Liang Sizhe, but also him.

Lin Yan looked at him in disbelief: "How dare you come to me before you even finished listening to the recording? You came here to avenge Liang Sizhe, right?"

Cao Ye took the phone from Lin Yan and scrolled down to read the comments:

"What's the situation of being ungrateful? It seems that Liang Sizhe acted in Cao Xiuyuan's movie or his fault, but Cao Xiuyuan is Liang Sizhe's biggest benefactor, right?"

"Can anyone explain who Cao Ye is and what is his relationship with Cao Xiuyuan?"

"The recording means that Cao Ye is Liang Sizhe's benefactor? But Cao Xiuyuan is indeed the benefactor who single-handedly trained Liang Sizhe. What's the situation?"

"Why are you all so serious? This recording has no beginning and no end. No one can prove that Liang Sizhe was there. Maybe someone directed and acted himself."

"I found some information about Cao Ye, the founder of Luomeng, and "The Darkest Choice" is a movie cast by Luomeng..."

"So Liang Sizhe said at the airport that he wanted to repay Cao Ye's kindness by accepting the re-shooting of this film. I don't think Liang Sizhe was ungrateful in this matter. Playing a supporting role, how many people said that the price was dropped..."

Lin Yan also took his mobile phone to look at the comments: "I know Star Broadcasting, Liang Sizhe hit the reporters of this company back then, and sent them a lot of heat. After hitting there, they tasted the sweetness and started I've got my eye on Liang Sizhe, and whoever catches the news about Liang Sizhe will sell it to them." He raised his hand and patted Cao Ye on the shoulder, "Either Liang Sizhe is very powerful, I have never seen anyone who has a media dedicated to black fans. "

Cao Ye was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Lin Yan, do you know why Liang Sizhe hit the reporter at that time?"

"One of the top ten unsolved mysteries in the entertainment industry, how would I know... Do you have inside information? Let me hear it."

Cao Ye pursed his lips, and said after a while: "Back then, Cao Xiuyuan was slandered and molested by Zhang Minghan. The media took advantage of the attention and wanted to publish a report about his family. After Liang Sizhe knew about it, he held a temporary press conference to share with The media made a headline-for-headline deal. But Star Broadcasting did not abide by the agreed conditions at the time and wanted to publish the report, so Liang Sizhe hit the reporter."

After hearing this, Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, then leaned his head to look at Cao Ye: "Did Liang Sizhe tell you that? Oh, my silly brother... Liang Sizhe probably coaxed you again, do you really believe it?"

Cao Ye: "..."

Sure enough, he couldn't share his heart and soul with Lin Yan.

Cao Ye sorted out his emotions, and finally explained the purpose of this trip: "Brother Yan, this recording is related to you anyway, you have to do me a favor."

Lin Yan leaned on the sofa, lazily: "What's the matter?"

"Send a clarification Weibo."

"You want me to use that million-fan account to post clarification Weibo for you? How much advertising fee?"

"You make an offer."

"It's over, you didn't cure Cao Ye, did Liang Sizhe trick you?"

Coming out of Lin Yan's house, Cao Ye got into the car and stared at his phone for a while.

Occasionally when he was drunk and unconscious, he also thought about letting the whole world know that he was in love with Liang Sizhe.

But now when this relationship really showed signs of surfacing, Cao Ye felt a little panicked.

On the one hand, the exposure of the relationship may affect Liang Sizhe's career as an actor. Liang Sizhe is talented in acting, and he should appear on the big screen by nature. Cao Ye does not want this relationship to become a burden to Liang Sizhe.

On the other hand, for Cao Ye himself, he is also afraid of being exposed.He didn't know what he was afraid of. He obviously told Liang Sizhe not to be afraid of the camera back then, but these years he himself has an inexplicable fear of the camera.

He remembered that the streets and alleys were full of obscene rumors about Cao Xiuyuan. He walked on the street with a dodgy look, for fear of being recognized as Cao Xiuyuan's son.But now the obscene rumors are rarely mentioned, and he is still afraid of being known by everyone as Cao Xiuyuan's son.

Cao Xiuyuan's light is too bright, but that light is a huge shadow to him. He has been trying his best to avoid this shadow all these years. He is afraid that when everyone sees him and Luo Meng, the first thing that comes to mind is Cao Xiuyuan.He wanted to get rid of Cao Xiuyuan.

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Things are fermenting faster than expected. Liang Sizhe is like an enticing but airtight mystery to the public, but now a hole has been broken in this mystery, so many people try to spy on Liang Sizhe through this hole private life.

Liang Sizhe sat on the sofa, looking at the comments on the phone screen.The recorded video has been deleted by the public relations department.But the speculation about Cao Ye's identity is still going on:

"I found an old film about Cao Xiuyuan, in which the actor of the little proton was Cao Ye, and there was an interview that Cao Xiuyuan took his son in his arms to act on the set, so Cao Ye should be Cao Xiuyuan's son, right?

"Cao Xiuyuan's son is about the same age as Liang Sizhe, how could he be Liang Sizhe's benefactor..."

"A few years ago, the media broke the news that Cao Xiuyuan's only son competed with Liang Sizhe for Xiaoman during the casting of "Thirteen Days", and Liang Sizhe finally got the role."

"It seems that not only "The Darkest Choice" is a film of Lomon, but also "Try One More Sentence"."

"My friend who works on the film crew said that the person who put on the tie for Liang Sizhe was Cao Ye, and the two went to the Berlin Film Festival together."

"So what is the relationship between the two of them? Some say they are competing, some say benefactors, and now they say they are lovers???"

"President Luo Meng has been with Lin Huan, and Liang Sizhe has been with Lin Huan. They can't be lovers, right?"

Overwhelming, there are different opinions.

It didn't take long for Cao Ye's name to become a trending search.

Liang Sizhe pinched the phone, his knuckles turned white from the force.

He had always wanted to protect the youth's innocence, and let Cao Ye avoid the media's lens and the public's prying eyes, but now Cao Ye was forced to be exposed in front of the public because of him.

Liang Sizhe always clearly knew that if he wanted to go on with Cao Ye, it would come to this day.They can't be lucky enough to avoid the camera forever and have an underground relationship that the world doesn't know about, but he didn't expect this day to come so soon.

On the day of the awards ceremony, Cao Ye came over to help him tie his tie. Liang Sizhe actually thought about whether he would be photographed secretly, but he didn't say it. His teenager stood in front of him and helped him tie his tie. This scene was as beautiful as a dream. I couldn't bear to interrupt this dream with my own hands.

Cheng Duan said that Cao Ye hated the hidden relationship, and broke up with Lin Huan because of this. Liang Sizhe didn't know how far his relationship with Cao Ye could go.

Liang Sizhe was leaning against the window and lighting a cigarette with a lighter. Just as the cigarette was lit, the door was pushed open with a beep, and Cao Ye came back.

The two looked at each other, and Cao Ye said, "Why are you still smoking?"

"You haven't smoked since you went out." Liang Sizhe stubbed out the cigarette, raised his hand to open the window for ventilation, and said in a deliberately relaxed tone, "You came back just after the light was on, and you pushed the door just in time."

"I'm just lucky. I can catch whatever I want." Cao Ye changed his shoes and went into the house, put the food he brought back on the dining table, and made a joke, "So Liang Sizhe, be careful not to be caught I caught rape."

Liang Sizhe laughed cooperatively: "Are you still worried about this?"

"Can you not worry? How many people are staring at you. Come and eat, I'm starving to death."

Both of them felt relieved, but they both felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

Everyone had their own concerns, and no one made it clear first.

After eating a few mouthfuls, Cao Ye answered a call from Cheng Duan, "Understood," he replied, "You can ask Xiaomeng to send over the documents to be signed tomorrow."

From a few words, Liang Sizhe deduced the content of Cheng Duan's speech.After Cao Ye hung up the phone, he asked, "Is there a paparazzi squatting near you near Lomon?"

"That's right," Cao Ye put down his phone, and put his hand on Liang Sizhe's shoulder, "I can go on vacation again, Brother Sizhe, let's hang out tomorrow."

Liang Sizhe thinks that Cao Ye hasn't changed in these years. Cao Ye has always been the best at quietly bypassing topics that others don't want to mention. love affair.

Before going to bed at night, Cao Ye saw the news in the group, and knew that the moving picture of him tying Liang Sizhe's tie had spread all over the Internet.

Cao Ye clicked on the moving picture. He hated being secretly photographed, but when the camera was on him and Liang Sizhe, he didn't seem so disgusted.

Because in that GIF, they look close and at ease, the best friends and the best lovers.

Lin Yan posted a message on WeChat: "Weibo has been posted."

Cao Ye clicked on Lin Yan's Weibo, and Lin Yan's Weibo post was quite interesting:

"Don't guess, I spent money to delete the video, and I also said the recording. I had a little misunderstanding with Liang Sizhe at the time, and I got drunk and played a little crazy, which made everyone laugh. Now the misunderstanding is clear. , Let’s go to watch the excitement, I’m sorry bro @梁思喵, I’ll buy you a drink tomorrow and I’ll apologize to you.”

Lin Yan's Weibo certification is the CEO of Dongsheng Films. As soon as he posted this Weibo, the discussion about Liang Sizhe's ungratefulness quickly weakened.

After all, the person who accuses Liang Sizhe of being ungrateful is now considered a brother to Liang Sizhe, so there shouldn't be much conflict.

After taking a shower, Liang Sizhe came over holding a water glass: "Do you want some water?"

"I'm not thirsty," Cao Ye handed the phone to Liang Sizhe, "Look at this, do you want to reply him in the comments?"

Liang Sizhe leaned over and put the water glass on the bedside table, took a glance at the phone, the texts sent by Lin Yan seemed intimate, but they were all casual, he had nothing to answer, so he threw his phone to Cao Ye: "Look at it Bar."

Cao Ye took the phone, opened Liang Sizhe's Weibo, and replied to Lin Yan's comment: "Thank you, Brother Yan."

Lin Yan quickly replied: "Tsk."

Sleeping too much during the day, and hiding something in his heart, Cao Ye lay with his eyes closed for a long time without falling asleep.He was still thinking about those comments on the Internet. Now everyone is picking his identity, and there is a posture of digging three feet into the ground. Cao Ye wonders if he will completely change from Cao Ye to "Cao Xiuyuan's" after waking up. son".

But he didn't dare to turn over, for fear of waking Liang Sizhe, who probably hadn't slept well after getting off the plane.

After an unknown amount of time, he realized that there was nothing around him, and Liang Sizhe got up and left the bedroom.

What is Liang Sizhe thinking?Cao Ye lay alone on the bed thinking, is he worried that their relationship will be exposed?

He found that he was not very good at guessing Liang Sizhe's thoughts. Liang Sizhe was like this when he was young. He never told others about his thoughts, preferring to climb to the rooftop and lick his wounds silently.Even though they had been together day and night for three months, Liang Sizhe never confided to him about his parents being in a car accident.Liang Sizhe seemed to be like this all the time, he was stuffed in his chest to digest everything by himself.

Cao Ye sat up, walked lightly to the door, and opened the bedroom door.

The living room was flooded with moonlight, Liang Sizhe was leaning against the floor-to-ceiling windows, turning an unlit cigarette between his fingers.

Cao Ye stood at the door of the bedroom, Liang Sizhe looked at him.

At first, neither of them spoke. After looking at each other for a few seconds, Cao Ye walked over, squatted in front of Liang Sizhe, looked at him and said in a low voice, "Liang Sizhe, why are you unhappy?"

Liang Sizhe looked at him quietly for a few seconds, his eyes looked dark, and he said, "And you, why are you unhappy?"

"I'm not unhappy."

Liang Sizhe turned his head and smiled lightly: "Then neither do I."

Cao Ye had no choice but to say, "Then I'll tell you the truth, and you have to tell me too."

Liang Sizhe said, "Okay."

Cao Ye was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm afraid of being exposed."

He used "afraid" instead of "don't want to". Liang Sizhe looked at him and asked, "Why are you afraid?"

"I," Cao Ye continued after a pause, "it may be a bit naive to say that, I don't want to be regarded as Cao Xiuyuan's son by everyone, and I don't want to live under his light."

This answer was different from all the possibilities that Liang Sizhe had imagined, he was slightly taken aback: "Just because of this?"

"Well," Cao Ye said, "this idea is quite hypocritical, I know. But... I don't want everyone's kindness and attention to me to come from Cao Xiuyuan, that would make it seem...other than Cao Xiuyuan, my existence is meaningless .”

Liang Sizhe looked at Cao Ye, Cao Ye rarely showed negative emotions, so much so that Liang Sizhe almost forgot the side of Cao Ye who belittled himself when he was drunk.

He thought for a while, held Cao Ye's wrist with one hand, and stood up with the other hand supporting the ground: "Come with me, I'll show you something."

Cao Ye got up with him: "What?"

"A video." Liang Sizhe pulled him towards the screening room. "I originally wanted to wait until your birthday this year to show you, but suddenly I felt that there was no need to wait. Let's treat it as a make-up for your 26th birthday."