The Eye of the Storm

Liang Sizhe put Cao Ye down, let him sit on the bottom step first, grabbed the hem of his T-shirt and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then leaned against the iron railing of the stairs to rest.

While fanning the collar of his T-shirt, he waited for someone he knew to come down from the second floor so that he could help him carry Cao Ye up.But the business of the Blue Banquet tonight is surprisingly good, and this is the most lively time of the night, the waiters are all so busy that no one cares about these two embarrassed teenagers.

"Hello." Liang Sizhe walked up to Cao Ye and squatted down.He wanted to scare Cao Ye and tell him to either climb up by himself or stay below for the night.

Cao Ye was in so much pain, with his head resting on his knees, that he raised his head to look at him, his face was wrinkled, his eyes were mixed with red blood, and there was no trace of his usual vividness.

If you can't drink, don't drink... When Liang Sizhe saw him like this, his heart softened, he didn't say anything threatening, and stretched out his hand to pinch his face.Cao Ye still had baby fat on his face that hadn't faded, and it felt good when pinched, but he was listless and his face was pinched, and he looked miserable. Liang Sizhe didn't hold back, and looked at him and laughed.

Cao Ye raised his hand and brushed his hand away, with a displeased expression on his face, as if he was about to show his sharp teeth and bite him in the next second.

"Brother Calling," Liang Sizhe couldn't help teasing him, "I'll carry you up if you call, or I won't care about you."

The drunk Cao Ye exposed his true nature, and he put all his usual obedient behavior behind him, his face was stinky, and he had an expression of "if you mess with me again, I'm going to explode".

Liang Sizhe waited patiently for him to speak, then raised his hand to pinch his face: "Quickly call."

At this moment, Cao Ye saw clearly that he was in the Blue Banquet. He thought in a daze, what kind of rock city? It doesn't matter at all.

He irritably turned his head away from Liang Sizhe's hand, and buried his head on his knees again.

Liang Sizhe had had enough rest and breathed evenly, so he stopped deliberately teasing him, took the rubber band that Cao Ye was holding in his hand, stood up straight and tied up his hair, then leaned over and grabbed his arm, and carried him upstairs. Move step by step.

Usually, when he went upstairs, he would always meet one or two familiar faces to greet him, but it happened that he climbed the longest today, and he didn't meet any of them.

After finally getting Cao Ye back to the room, Liang Sizhe was already drenched in sweat, he was too lazy to take another step inside, and he lost his strength the moment he pushed the door.Cao Ye also felt extremely uncomfortable, and fell on the bed as soon as he entered the room.

Hey, this is my bed... Liang Sizhe was about to speak, but then he thought about it. The bed next to him needs to be moved at least two or three steps. He is really exhausted and doesn't want to leave any more .

He helped Cao Ye to lie down. When Cao Ye's back touched the bed, he pressed Liang Sizhe's hand. Liang Sizhe bowed his upper body, trying to pull his hand out. The sweat on his forehead flowed down the side of his face and through his jaw , Liang Sizhe felt a little itchy, and just about to raise his hand to wipe it off, a drop of sweat fell down.

After raising his hand to wipe his sweat, Liang Sizhe looked down at Cao Ye, and the drop of sweat happened to land on Cao Ye's lips—to be exact, his lower lip.Cao Ye's lips are well-shaped, and his lower lip is full, so the sweat quickly slipped between his lips.

This is embarrassing... Liang Sizhe froze.

The hand that paused in the air came down and landed on top of Cao Ye's lips.Liang Sizhe just wanted to wipe away the drop of sweat with his thumb, but for a moment he wondered if it would be more appropriate to wipe it with a piece of paper... After hesitating for a moment, Cao Ye moved his lips slightly, and wiped away the drop of sweat between his lips .

Hey... Before Liang Sizhe could speak out to stop him, the drop of sweat was no longer visible on Cao Ye's lips, so he could only raise his hand that was suspended in mid-air with a little embarrassment, and wiped it with the back of his hand. Sweat on his forehead and sides of his face.

At this time Cao Ye opened his eyes and looked at Liang Sizhe.Liang Sizhe's hand was still pressed under his body, and he didn't have time to pull it out.

The four eyes met, and the air seemed to be still.

Dude, I didn't do it on purpose... Liang Sizhe said something silently in his heart, but Cao Ye opened his mouth and called his name: "Liang Sizhe."

"Ah." Liang Sizhe replied apologetically.

After Cao Ye called his name, he paused for a few seconds and looked straight at him.

Liang Sizhe intuitively felt that he probably wouldn't say anything good.

It took me a whole night to get you up, and if you dare to say something bad, be careful I'll beat you up, little friend... At that moment, Liang Sizhe thought so in his heart.

"Did you drink fake wine for me?" Cao Ye looked at him for a while and asked, then closed his eyes and muttered in a low voice, "Why is it so salty..."

Liang Sizhe was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help laughing after realizing it.

He pulled his hand from under Cao Ye, looked at Cao Ye and smiled for a long time, thinking that this night was so miserable, but now he can still smile like this at the culprit in front of him.

He sat sideways on the side of the bed with his back to Cao Ye. Actually, it didn't seem that funny, but he could hardly stop laughing, as if he hadn't laughed for a year, and he had saved it all up to this moment.

In the middle of laughing, Cao Ye was behind him, raised his hand and patted his back, and whispered hoarsely, "Don't cry..."

Liang Sizhe took a deep breath to stop laughing.Sometimes his expressions of wanting to cry and laughing seem to be quite close. For example, now, when he is clearly smiling, Cao Ye mistakenly thinks he is crying.

"I'm not crying." He looked back at Cao Ye, who looked at him with open eyes, the eyes were full of drunkenness mixed with obvious worry, he patted his head, like coaxing a child, "Go to sleep."

"Don't move my head." Cao Ye said dissatisfiedly, then he closed his eyes and continued to sleep as if relieved.

Liang Sizhe stood up, grabbed the collar and pulled the T-shirt off his body, then took a towel and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

He felt very comfortable when the warm water poured down his head, and his mood became better for no reason. Even he himself couldn't figure out why. Obviously, everything that happened today was very bad, and it was worth shutting down. His eyes tossed and turned in the dark for a long time, but at this moment he was too lazy to think about these things, almost throwing them all out of his mind.

When reaching out to turn off the shower, he whistled a brisk "Little Star" melody, then wiped his hair with a towel and left the bathroom.

When he walked out of the bathroom, suddenly a white mass swirled towards him. He quickly raised his hand to catch the thing, lowered his head to hold it, and Cao Ye threw over a script—— The book he read last night was "Thirteen Days" written by Zhou Ru.The only difference from that night was that at that time Liang Sizhe didn't know that the script was related to him, but now he has realized that he is a candidate for "Thirteen Days" and Cao Ye is the appointed lead.

He looked up at Cao Ye.When he was taking a shower just now, Cao Ye crawled back onto his own bed for some reason, and now he was lying on the pillow, with his back to him, muttering, "I'll see you off."

Liang Sizhe stared at him for a while, without flipping through the script in his hand.After a while, he took the script and walked to Cao Ye's bedside, and placed it neatly next to his pillow.He thought that Cao Ye was really drunk, he could give up such an important thing, but who would allow himself to be considered a gentleman... Thinking of this, he held Cao Ye's shoulders and helped him turn over with some effort .

Don't let your body become numb tonight, he looked down at Cao Ye and thought.

After turning off the light, Liang Sizhe lay down on his bed.There is still a faint smell of alcohol on the bed, which is not unpleasant.

The cell phone next to the pillow vibrated, he touched it and held it in front of him, the glaring light on the screen made him squint his eyes.

Someone sent a text message: "Si Zhe, happy birthday! I heard that you were selected by director Cao Xiuyuan to be an actor. That's great. Let me tell you that a talent like you won't be buried anyway. If you have time to call back, everyone In Beijing, I can come out to get together when I find time, everyone misses you very much. I wish you a happy day!"

When Liang Sizhe was reading this text message, his phone kept shaking. He went back and glanced at the text message interface, all of which were birthday wishes from his classmates in the Music High School.

Today is June 6rd... Liang Sizhe glanced at the date at the top of the screen and thought, if he hadn't received a text message of blessing, he would have completely forgotten that today is his birthday.

He replied "Thank you" one by one, then put the phone on the pillow and turned it off.When he closed his eyes, he thought, this birthday is really full of mixed flavors...Happy birthday, Liang Sizhe, it's okay to be unhappy, and you will be better when you are one year older, he said to himself in his heart.

Originally, he wanted to climb to the rooftop to think about life for a while, but carrying Cao Ye on his back had exhausted his physical strength. Now he felt as if he had just finished a [-]-meter run. I wanted to lie paralyzed on the bed, but I didn't have the energy to climb two floors.

The sound of the downstairs KTV was as noisy as ever, but maybe it was due to exhaustion. Tonight, Liang Sizhe closed his eyes and didn’t put on his earphones. After a while, he fell asleep amidst the loud music. What audition, violin, thinking Life... all left behind.