The Eye of the Storm

The voice was both familiar and unfamiliar, something Cao Ye had never heard before, Cao Xiuyuan on the other side.

With a bang, Cao Ye only felt a buzzing in his head.

He had been deliberately avoiding this matter all along, but the recording sent by Zhang Minghan dragged him into the center of the vortex involuntarily.

Only now did he realize that even though he had witnessed the entanglement between Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin, the light left by Cao Xiuyuan in his heart when he was young is still flickering faintly like sparks in embers, so that the subconscious In the past, he always felt that the so-called indecent accusation was false, a fictitious slander.

But now that last spark has been completely extinguished.

So Cao Xiuyuan is a sanctimonious, down-to-earth beast.

What a beast, Zhang Minghan is only three years older than himself, how on earth can he do it?

There was a "ding" sound from the elevator in the corridor, followed by the sound of footsteps, and Li You's voice also came: "He is like this, he hasn't changed at all for so many years..."

As soon as he heard Li You's voice, Cao Ye instinctively wanted to hide. Li You would definitely notice that his current state was very strange when he saw his current distraught appearance.

Cao Ye turned around and walked in another direction, turning into the bathroom cubicle.

The cell phone in his hand vibrated again, he picked it up numbly to look at it, Zhang Minghan sent another message, this time it was a photo, Cao Xiuyuan was lying on his back sleeping on the bed with his eyes closed, a dim lamp was lit beside him bedside lamp.

The logo on the stand above the bed is very conspicuous, and Cao Ye recognized the hotel run by his uncle—Giannis.

If they didn't live in the same hotel room, they probably wouldn't be able to take such intimate photos, so the screenshot of the text message that Zhang Minghan revealed to the media is also true.

How ironic, Cao Ye thought as he looked at the photo, this seemed to be the first time he saw Cao Xiuyuan sleeping. Before the age of 15, he really thought that Cao Xiuyuan was a god, he didn't need to eat or sleep, he always stayed in the crew, and he was always filming.

A few seconds later, Zhang Minghan sent another large text:

"Xiaoye, I couldn't get in touch with Director Cao and Teacher Zheng. I found you as a last resort. If I hurt you, I apologize first. But I just want you to do me a favor and give the recording and photos to Teacher Zheng , Tell him that I still have a lot of similar evidence, I hope they can agree to my conditions as soon as possible, otherwise I will provide these evidences to the media.”

Cao Ye did not reply to this message, he directly forwarded these two messages to Zheng Yin.

Zheng Yin quickly called back, and Cao Ye picked it up. Before Zheng Yin could speak, he said, "Can you quickly resolve this matter? How many people do you want to embarrass?"

Zheng Yin called "Xiao Ye" on the phone, but Cao Ye didn't want to listen to him, so he hung up the phone immediately after he finished speaking.

The hand holding the phone hangs down, and Cao Ye stands in the cubicle numbly letting go. The buzzing in his brain has not stopped, and it makes him feel a little headache. The smell of disinfectant water from the hospital floats into his nasal cavity. There was something, but it was suffocating him now.

He put his phone in his pocket, pushed open the door of the cubicle, and wanted to go downstairs to get some air.

In the elevator, there are two nurses who just got off work, looking down at the same mobile phone, chatting in a low voice:

"This is Li You...she is so beautiful even at 40 years old."

"It's so beautiful, but it's a pity that it was harmed by Cao Xiuyuan. It's too miserable."

"It's okay to cheat on other women. It's too ugly to molest an underage boy."

"Yeah... Hey, I heard that Li You is in our hospital these days, is it true or not?"

The other immediately "hush".

Li Xianda greeted the hospital leaders and said that Li You's hospitalization must be kept confidential, otherwise the reporter would have to find him like crazy.

Probably because they were worried that there were people around, the two were quiet for a while, but after a while they chatted again in a low voice.

"You said Li You and Cao Xiuyuan met, what did you want to talk about?"

"Let's talk about divorce. It's not mentioned in the news. I guess it's about property or something..."

The elevator went down to the first floor, the door opened, and one of the girls said when they walked out, "It's so ugly for rich people to get divorced..."

Cao Ye, who purposely hid in a corner to reduce his presence, walked out behind them. His hands were tightly clenched into fists, and his short nails were embedded in his flesh. As soon as he let go, several streaks of blood sprang from his palms. Red marks.

He took his phone out of his pocket, looked down at the screen, and the latest message was "Cao Xiuyuan and Li You met in secret, suspected of discussing divorce", which was exactly what the two nurses were talking about just now.

According to the report, Li You met Cao Xiuyuan in an off-road vehicle at around [-]:[-] p.m. Li You looked sluggish and exhausted. During the conversation, Li You shook his head and sighed several times, as if he was extremely disappointed in Cao Xiuyuan.

Cao Ye stared at the photo secretly taken on his mobile phone. Even through the dark glass, he could still recognize Li You who was sitting in the passenger seat.In one of the photos, Li You tilted his chin up slightly, leaning against the back of the car seat with his eyes closed, and in the other photo, Li You lowered his head and rested his forehead with one hand.The photo was taken very blurry, and the expression on his face could hardly be seen, but people could still easily recognize Li You's exhaustion and haggardness, as if he had suddenly aged a dozen years.

Cao Ye has never seen Li You like this before. In his impression, Li You has always been optimistic and open-minded, loves to laugh, and is very energetic. She can't see the traces of the years on her body at all. Even after being treated in the hospital for a year, Nor has she ever shown any signs of negativity.

She was such an elegant and decent woman all her life, but because of Cao Xiuyuan, she exposed the most embarrassing and embarrassing side to everyone's eyes at the last stage of her life, and became what they called a pitiful and sad woman!

Damn it, it doesn't matter if you mess around with Zheng Yin or Zhang Minghan, but can you not involve my mother? !

With a "bang", Cao Ye dropped the phone heavily.

The force of the shot was too heavy, the phone exploded the moment it touched the ground, and the screen shattered to the ground.

The people passing by were startled and turned their heads to look at this hostile young man.Cao Ye stood where he was, took a few deep breaths, and tried his best to stabilize his emotions. Then he walked over, bent down to pick up the mobile phone on the ground, and walked out of the hospital holding it in his hand.

The shattered glass pieces of the screen were held tightly in his hands, and while he was holding the fuselage tightly, those tiny pieces of broken glass were also embedded in the flesh, and blood dripped down the fuselage.

Cao Ye walked aimlessly along the side of the road. He always felt that the people around him were looking at him. What were they looking at?Will the news also report on me?The paparazzi can take pictures of everything. They first took pictures of Li You, and then they took pictures of themselves. They have to pull in all the people related to Cao Xiuyuan and sink together, right? !

Thinking about the fact that everyone around him now knows that Cao Xiuyuan is a pervert who molests little boys, what are they thinking?Pity or a joke, or look on with indifference?

No wonder Cao Xiuyuan likes to support newcomers so much. Zheng Yin always said that he is injecting fresh blood into the film industry. There was a time when Cao Ye was so proud of this, but now these facts are all mocking his innocence!

Don't look at me, don't look at me, Cao Ye walked past passers-by with a blank expression, but he was begging silently in his heart, don't embarrass me like this, and don't pity me quietly.

Someone was walking towards him, the two girls together, Cao Ye's scalp tightened, he wanted to hide - what are they doing here?Ask him if those things about Cao Xiuyuan are true?Or ask if he is Cao Xiuyuan's son?

"Your hands are bleeding," one of the girls said, looking at him.The pretty boy looked nervous and pitiful, and subconsciously took a step back, as if he didn't want to be approached.

Subconsciously, Cao Ye followed her gaze. His hand was really bleeding. When he raised his hand, broken glass had been embedded in his flesh. Looking at the wound, he breathed a sigh of relief.It turned out that he didn't recognize him as Cao Xiuyuan's son, but just came to remind him that his hands were bleeding... he was really a shadow of a snake.

"Would you like to go to the hospital for a bandage?" The girl looked at him and pointed to him enthusiastically, "There is a hospital over there..."

"I'll be there in a while, thank you." Cao Ye still didn't look up, he didn't dare to look directly at anyone now.

After the girl left, Cao Ye put the phone in his pocket, took out a tissue and held it in the palm of his hand, soaked the blood in the tissue so that passers-by would not see it.Sure enough, in this way, not many people looked back at him.

The twilight closed, and the last ray of sky light was put away, and the street lamps on the street were all lit up in an instant.Cao Ye turned into an alley, he didn't like the place being illuminated, it seemed that everyone could clearly see his embarrassment and fragility.

He walked on a path with many twists and turns. After walking for an unknown period of time, the anger in his heart was numb, and he barely calmed down. Then he stopped, leaning his back against the wall and facing the air in a daze.

The news said that Cao Xiuyuan and Li You met in secret, why did they meet?Couldn't it be Cao Xiuyuan who proposed it on his own initiative, that is, Cao Xiuyuan who was contacted by his mother Li You?

Li You said that the main purpose of returning home this time was to meet friends. Could it be that he came to see Cao Xiuyuan?Aren't they already separated, what is the need to meet?

Thinking of Li You, Cao Ye felt that he should go back to the hospital, otherwise Li You might be worried if he didn't show up for such a long time.

But it's really not suitable to appear in front of her in this state now, or... I won't go back tonight, go to the hotel to sleep for a night to sort out my emotions, and go there early tomorrow.

Cao Ye wanted to make a call to talk to Li You, but he soon realized that the phone had been smashed by himself, and the screen was completely shattered, making it completely unusable.

Forget it, Cao Ye straightened up and went to the hospital.

He returned the same way, and it was past ten o'clock when he reached the hospital lobby.

After getting off the elevator, he turned into the bathroom, brushed his hair in front of the mirror, and tidied up his emotions. His complexion didn't look very good. If Li You asked, he said he had a cold... Cao Ye thought so, and walked out of the bathroom , walked towards Li You's ward.

The door of the ward was not closed, it was ajar, leaving a very narrow gap.Cao Ye approached, and was about to open the door to go in, when he suddenly heard Li You talking, his voice was very soft, as if he didn't want to be heard.

"...To tell the truth, when I gave birth to Xiao Ye willfully, sometimes I regret it..." Cao Ye heard Li You say this.

The voice sighed slightly, and after finishing speaking, he sighed again, and didn't answer for a while.

Cao Ye let go of the hand holding the doorknob, and during the silence, he stared at Li You's back in the crack of the door for a while.

Li You's voice sounded again: "When the nurse showed him to me, I thought that I should be responsible for my impulse in the future..."

Cao Ye didn't want to continue listening. He lowered his eyes, stepped lightly, turned around and walked quickly towards the elevator.

If Cao Xiuyuan's recording was a sharp blade that pierced him quickly before he had time to react, then Li You's words just now were like a bone-melting palm. It didn't hurt that much, but after a few minutes, the dull pain came up densely and penetrated through the bones, making it impossible for him to pretend to be calm and calm.

driven to distraction.

His mother Li You said that she regretted giving birth to him, saying that he was just impulsive, and everything she did was just responsible for the impulsiveness back then.

So his own birth was unwelcome, and no one expected him to come into this world.

No wonder Cao Xiuyuan was so indifferent to him, he didn't want to have a son like himself at all.

He is a mistake, an impulse, a burden, and a burden.

It was hopeless.So what do you want me to do?to die?

Cao Ye walked out of the hospital. There was a traffic light at the entrance of the hospital. He forgot to look at it and walked straight through.

The car that was rushing to pass the green light was speeding all the way, when it braked suddenly, the wheels rubbed against the ground and made a sharp sound, the driver poked his head out and scolded: "You're looking for death?!"

That's right, I wanted to die, so why didn't you kill me... Cao Ye thought indifferently.

He found a random hotel to stay in, lay on his back on the bed, closed his eyes, and thought that maybe all of this was a nightmare, and maybe when he woke up, he found that time was still stuck in the time when he was 15 years old, lying in blue On the roof of the banquet, newspapers were spread under his body, it was a bit hard, and his back was a little uncomfortable, but he was in a good mood.

Then he seemed to really see the clouds in the sky. He told Liang Sizhe that my dad is the best director in the world and has made many newcomers popular. You know Zhang Minghan, right?Youngest Best Newcomer.Uncle Yin is also very good. He is like Doraemon. He can do whatever my father asks. As for my mother, she is beautiful and a famous violinist. Do you know her?She's amazing, isn't she?

Suddenly, it was like shooting a movie, the camera turned, and it changed to the day when he and Liang Sizhe were picked up by Zheng Yin for an audition.

Zheng Yin helped him choose an outfit suitable for the audition from the closet, and smoothed his hair with his fingers.

Zhang Minghan walked towards him and joked, "Hey, you know a lot of idioms."

The crew members who have been with Cao Xiuyuan for many years came to see him specially, saying that Director Cao and Mr. Zeng's only child looks really attractive.

As for himself, he looked at Cao Xiuyuan sitting behind the monitor, suffocating because of being left out, but he still thought proudly in his heart that the man sitting behind the monitor was my dad, and he was like The king of everything in this movie world.

Then he walked towards the camera, wanting to see himself reflected in the camera, but as soon as he got close, the camera suddenly exploded, fine shattered glass shards rushed towards him, and he took a step back.

--woke up.

Cao Ye looked out of focus at the incandescent lights on the ceiling.

It turned out that he lived so happily before the age of 15, only because everyone around him used deception to build an illusory and beautiful castle for him.

But now, as the truth is revealed, that castle is like a scene in a dream, shattered into dross and piled up into ruins of memories.

He sat up, was stunned for a while, then took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and called Li You on the hotel phone.

Just dialed and hung up the phone quickly.He didn't dare to face Li You, and he didn't even dare to hear her voice, for he was afraid that she would be as indifferent as Cao Xiuyuan.

He dialed the phone to Li You's boyfriend, saying that he was staying at a friend's house tonight, and asked him to tell his mother so that she wouldn't worry.

"She called you just now," the uncle asked, "Why haven't you answered?"

"My mobile phone is broken... I was afraid to disturb her rest, so I called you. You can tell her not to worry. My friend told me to go over. I will hang up first, uncle."

Cao Ye finished speaking in one go and hung up the phone.

He was afraid that the uncle would notice something was wrong with him, and he was also afraid that he would hand the phone to Li You.

I just want to hide, I don't want to face anyone, I can no longer distinguish between illusion and truth, those who treat themselves well, what are they thinking in their hearts?Is it really good to yourself?

Tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

Cao Ye suffered from insomnia all night.

The temperature of the air conditioner was turned on very low, but he was still sweating, but he seemed a little cold.

It was hot and cold, and my sweaty body was sticky and uncomfortable.

But even so, I hope that this long night will pass more slowly. When the day dawns and a new day begins, will Zhang Minghan throw out new evidence?Then more and more people will get closer to the truth and discover the fact that Cao Xiuyuan is a beast.

He hoped that the truth would be revealed, so that Cao Xiuyuan would never recover, never be able to stand up, and completely disappear from the public eye.

But he was also afraid of the truth being revealed. In this way, he would live in the shadow of Cao Xiuyuan forever. Anyone who has come into contact with him in this world will know that he has a decent and respectable father. Does he want to be so embarrassing for the rest of his life?

In the afternoon of the next day, at the most leisure time of afternoon tea, Zhang Minghan told the media that the director Cao Xiuyuan had reached a private settlement with him, so he would not provide evidence to the media in the future.

At the end of the interview, Zhang Minghan said: "At the same time, I also hope that actors who have experienced the same experience as me will bravely stand up and speak out with me, so that similar things will not happen to other newcomers again."

"Are you referring to Liang Sizhe?" the reporter asked bluntly.

"I didn't refer to anyone." Zhang Minghan said.

Cao Ye was taking a taxi from the hotel to the hospital at that time. The interview was broadcast on the car radio. When the word "Liang Sizhe" was mentioned, the buzzing in his brain from the day before suddenly rang again, this time it was sharper and more intense. It was so harsh, it gave him such a splitting headache that he had to put his head down and put both hands on his temples.

"Please... turn off the radio," Cao Ye said to the driver.He fumbled to open the window, but the hot wind that came in made him feel even more uncomfortable.

He asked the driver to stop, got out of the car and walked for a while before the buzzing in his head subsided.

Then he felt a little ridiculous, Zhang Minghan's speculation was groundless, he himself was molested, so he thought that Liang Sizhe had the same experience as him.

After the audition for "Thirteen Days" back then, he accompanied Liang Sizhe to change clothes in the crew room, and the uncle security guard mistakenly thought they were "sneaking chickens and dogs" inside. At that time, Liang Sizhe almost went to argue with the security guard. Maybe swallow it?

No matter what, he never believed that Liang Sizhe and Cao Xiuyuan had any relationship beyond director and actor.

But this interview, which was supposed to mark the end of the incident, will push public opinion to its climax.

"Cao Xiuyuan's party can agree to a private settlement, which proves that the evidence is true."

"There's nothing to wash, they're all wrong."

"Zhang Minghan don't reconcile in private, go to court and send Cao Xiuyuan to jail."

"Zhang Minghan's ability to agree to a private reconciliation proves that he only wants money, so it's really hard to tell whether it's a relationship or an obscenity."

"Cao Xiuyuan's rational fans are still in love, please, why should they reconcile in private if they are only in love?"

"If you want me to say that Zhang Minghan is not easy to provoke, judging from this posture, maybe he deliberately left evidence when he was in love, just to splash dirty water when it is needed in the future."

"Don't whitewash Cao Xiuyuan. Has Cao Xiuyuan thought about how his son would feel if his son was molested like this, or if he fell in love with an uncle who is almost forty?"

Cao Ye didn't read the comments on the Internet. He smoked a cigarette downstairs in the hospital and walked for a while. He waited until the smell of cigarettes on his body was almost gone before he took the elevator upstairs.

Li You was leaning on the bed, holding a book and reading it. Seeing Cao Ye approaching, she put down the book and smiled at Cao Ye: "Your friend is back?"

"Yes." Cao Ye replied, sitting on the chair accompanying the bed.

"Did you have fun?"

"It's okay, nothing interesting."

"Isn't Lin Yan very good at playing?" Li You raised his hand and stroked Cao Ye's hair, "Didn't I bring you a drink this time?"

"No."

"What is Lin Yan doing now? Has he graduated from college?"

"He's in his brother's movie company."

"That's it," Li You nodded, and then said, "Xiao Ye, you have studied film for the past two years, will you be able to be a director and make films like your father in the future?"

"I'm not a director."

"Huh?" Li You was a little surprised, "I thought I had the chance to see the films you made. Didn't you say that you made some short films with your classmates at school, when will you show them to me?"

"Those...are just filmed for fun," Cao Ye said, "I can't get them out." It's true, those films are all experimental short stories. hand.

"Okay," Li You said with a smile, "It's okay, there will always be a film that can be sold in the future."

Cao Ye didn't speak.

Li You was also speechless for a moment, and the atmosphere fell silent. She looked at Cao Ye and asked tentatively, "Have you read all your dad's recent news?"

"Almost." Cao Ye said.In fact, he didn't really want to talk about Cao Xiuyuan with Li You.

"Your father..." Li You sighed, "Although things may be a bit out of line, but obscene things..."

Before she finished speaking, Cao Ye stood up, looked at Li You, and called "Mom".

Li You looked up at him, seeing that he didn't want to listen, so she stopped.

"Take good care of your illness," Cao Ye said, "Let's stop watching his news. He hasn't been involved in my life since I was a child. To me, he's just a stranger. He's obscene or not. In fact, I didn't really care."

Li You was stunned for a moment.

After Cao Ye finished speaking, he brought Li You a glass of water, and left the ward with an excuse.

He lied, of course he cared whether Cao Xiuyuan had acted obscenely, no one hoped that this matter was false more than him.But he couldn't just throw the recordings and photos to Li You and ask her to analyze whether Cao Xiuyuan had only slept with Zhang Minghan, or whether he had really molested him.

When Li You was a child, he built an illusory ivory tower for him, and now he has to use lies to build an illusion for Li You.

Cao Ye left the ward and stared at the night at the end of the corridor for a while.

Then he heard the name "Cao Xiuyuan", and felt agitated. Why is everyone talking about this?

Just as he was about to get up to leave, he heard Liang Sizhe's name again.

——"Liang Sizhe won't really have anything to do with Cao Xiuyuan, right? No... Liang Sizhe is my male god."

—— "Who knows, didn't he talk to Hu Yuslin Huan, his eyes looked straight."

——"Dedicating myself for resources. Otherwise, why did Cao Xiuyuan never use the same rookie twice, but why did he make an exception? I heard that the reason for participating in the Golden Statue Awards this time was to win another best actor for Liang Sizhe. Goods, isn't true love able to pay such a high price?"

——"Furthermore, Cao Xiuyuan also said that he would make a same-sex film, and named Liang Sizhe to act in it. Yingzi, your male god is going to accept this film, and it is no different from coming out publicly."

——"No, no, no, I believe he won't answer."

An overwhelming sense of anxiety rushed up his throat.

It was obviously a mess between Cao Xiuyuan and Zhang Minghan, so why did it involve Liang Sizhe again?

Cao Ye turned around and left, not wanting to hear those people continue to discuss this matter.

Next to the nurse's desk is a free newspaper of the day. Someone probably read it just now, and happened to turn to the entertainment page—"Song Yu revealed that he refused to act in Cao Xiuyuan's same-sex film Liang Sizhe or was invited to play the leading role."

Cao Ye stared at the headline for a while, but couldn't help it. He picked up the newspaper and scanned the report. The report said that the popular and popular student Song Yu broke the news when he participated in an event today, and he recently received an invitation from Cao Xiuyuan's studio. , invited him to star in a same-sex movie, but considering that his character was too inconsistent with the role, he rejected the opportunity.

Cao Xiuyuan also gave an interview for the first time. He still did not respond to the obscenity incident, nor did he talk about the private reconciliation, but he refuted Song Yu's remarks mercilessly: "Who is Song Yu? I never thought of letting him come He is not qualified to act in my film. I will ask the casting department later. If someone has approached him, then be prepared to leave. I will leave Liang Sizhe alone and use this kind of actor? Really? joke."

"Then you really plan to make gay-themed movies next?"

"Correct."

"Is this filmed as a response to recent news?"

"There's nothing to respond to."

"Do you intend to invite Liang Sizhe to be the lead actor?"

"This movie couldn't have been made without him."

Cao Ye put the newspaper back on the table.

He didn't understand why Cao Xiuyuan insisted on doing this, but at this moment, he announced that he would make a same-sex movie.And also named Liang Sizhe to play.

How many more people does he want to embarrass with him?

Will Liang Sizhe accept this film?Just like what the nurse said, accepting this film and playing a gay character is tantamount to admitting that there is something wrong between him and Cao Xiuyuan.

——"This film cannot be made without him." Cao Ye stared at the sentence in the newspaper.That was what Cao Xiuyuan said personally.

Then let him fail, Cao Ye raised his head, as long as Liang Sizhe rejects the invitation, not only will Cao Xiuyuan not be able to make this same-sex film, but Liang Sizhe himself will be able to draw a clear line with Cao Xiuyuan. The dirty water continued to be poured on him.

Yes, he is going to persuade Liang Sizhe not to act in Cao Xiuyuan's movie.

Let Cao Xiuyuan be doomed forever, be oppressed by public opinion forever, let him disappear for the next five years, and disappear from public view ever since.