under the spotlight

Chapter 161 Stars and Moon

I don't know why, after meeting the elegant and amiable Professor Wu Yuan, Lu Beicen's mood improved a lot. It may be because of the hug and thank you that Zhu Wenya gave her before leaving, or it may be because of Lin Fei and Professor Wu. After the chat, his complexion improved a lot, and his whole spirit was lifted up a lot.

Then Lin Fei was in good working condition. She edited a part of Lu Beicen's shooting materials, and then drew up some scenes for Xue Feng to go out for reshoots. The manuscript passed the review at noon, and at two or three in the afternoon, the film Also cut it.

After seeing the film, Lu Beicen notified Director Wang of the Quhu District Court. After some communication, it was confirmed that the Metropolis Daily would publish the newspaper the next morning. Things went well, and Lu Beicen was in a good mood.

For the first time since he went to work, Lu Beicen decided to relax himself, get off work early to buy groceries, and prepare to go home and cook.

There are quite a few people eating at home today, and there is also a little guest who has never met.

At four o'clock, Fang Nan called and said that he was picking up the child for the senior sister who lived in the same community, and asked Lu Beicen to take care of the dinner, but the senior sister rarely said anything back, she had to take care of the little guy properly, and the meals were cooked by herself But I dare not feed it to the children, and I don’t know if the food outside is clean. If the little guy has diarrhea, he will be finished.

Lu Beicen didn't care anyway, it was just a matter of having more children with more chopsticks, so he agreed with a smile.

Chen Ke then acted as a driver and a coolie, driving to carry vegetables, very obedient, Lu Beicen joked that he had reached a new level by eating and drinking.

Chen Ke laughed straight: "Cengfan party must be confident!" By the way, he reached out and paid for the grocery shopping.

As a result, one returned home empty-handed, and the other returned home with both hands busy. Jiang Zhongze and A Hao heard the voice coming out of the study room. No matter how they looked at the scene, they felt that the harmony was a bit too much.

Ah Hao glanced at Jiang Zhongze, who had stopped in his tracks, and said with a smile as he went to pick up the vegetables, "Brother Chen, you are a good flower protector."

Lu Beicen smiled nonchalantly: "Well, I also think that if we hadn't known each other for so many years, I would have misunderstood that he was secretly in love with me, and he paid for today's food."

Chen Ke transferred all the heavy objects in A Hao's hands, shook his hands and joked: "Nonsense, I am Ming Lian, okay? No matter how many years we have known each other, we must look at things from the perspective of development. Whoever says that classmates can't Has it turned into a relationship between a man and a woman?"

"Then you underestimate me too much. Once you buy vegetables, you will become a man and a woman. Stay where it is cool." Lu Beicen waved his hands indifferently, changed his shoes and walked inside, ready to go Putting down the bag, I saw Jiang Zhongze's face was a bit gloomy, his smile was restrained, and he couldn't help but think, what's wrong with this man?
Unexpectedly, Chen Ke was still chattering fearlessly in the background: "Then tell me, what should I buy to change? I want you to pick off all the moons in the sky."

"It's exaggerated, Chen Ke, you have the ability to pick off the moon and let us Yifan children play with it. I will call you Brother Chen from now on." Fang Nan's voice appeared outside the closed door together with others. He also held a child by the hand.

The child is very active and not afraid of strangers: "Hello, uncles, my name is Ran Yifan. That uncle, can you really pick off the moon? Then can you pick a star instead of the moon."

Chen Ke saw a little boy wearing a summer school uniform standing at the door, calling him to pick the stars in a milky voice, and immediately narrowed his eyes: "Little Yifan, tell uncle why you want to pick the stars first, and I will think about it later." Take it or not."

"Mom said that my father lives in the brightest star in the sky, I want to see my father." Ran Yifan's voice was still soft and sweet, but he couldn't control several people, and he felt a little cold in an instant.

Lu Beicen came out from inside when he heard the movement, and smiled at Ran Yifan, then bowed and clapped his hands: "Come on, Yifan kid, come with auntie, don't listen to this uncle bragging, he can't pick the stars, auntie here There are delicious chocolates, would you like one?"

Ran Yifan looked at Lu Beicen, then at Chen Ke, then at Fang Nan, and then asked, "Aunt Fang, mother said that lying makes her nose grow, so will bragging make her nose grow longer?"

Several people looked at Chen Ke and laughed, Fang Nan nodded and said, "His nose will become longer tomorrow morning, so he will hide at home and dare not come out to meet people. Let's go, let's wash our little hands, and then Go eat chocolate."

"Okay, but Mom said you can only eat one piece of candy or chocolate a day..."

The three young men in the room already understood the little guy's words. This should be a child who grew up in a single-parent family. As for why the little guy's father didn't live with their mother and child, the three of them don't know, but the little guy The childish words touched the softest part of the hearts of the three of them, and they were all willing to play with the little one.

Seeing the three men accompanying Ran Yifan to see the animal world, Fang Nan took turns explaining to him, and went into the kitchen with a smile, rolling up his sleeves to help Lu Beicen cook.

"I can't tell, the three of them are quite similar, and they are willing to take care of such a small child." Fang Nan smiled while washing his hands.

Lu Beicen was cutting fresh beef and was preparing to fry beef with celery for the little guy. The bright red beef tenderloin was sliced ​​into thin slices. Hearing Fang Nan's emotion, he couldn't help asking: "Jiang Zhongze also Watching TV with you?"

Fang Nan couldn't help laughing: "You can't judge by appearance. He speaks the most professionally and meticulously. The little guy is sitting closest to him now."

"Well, I really can't tell. But what is his mother's special situation today, why did she arrest you, a young man?" Lu Beicen asked casually.

"I told you that she is a lawyer, right? Today, one of her legal aid recipients suddenly jumped off the building, and she was on the construction site of the disputed unit. The case has not yet been closed, and there is a new situation. She was temporarily arrested. please go over."

"The family originally invited an aunt, but today the aunt's mother celebrated her [-]th birthday, and she asked for leave early to return to her hometown in the countryside. When she received the call, she was almost out of school, and her colleagues didn't take advantage of it, so she had to call me. Made a phone call."

"Hey, it's not easy being a single mother. In fact, my senior sister is quite capable, but no matter how capable she is, it's very difficult to take care of a child by herself, and to balance career and family." Fang Nan said with emotion. .

"Isn't the family local? No one can help?" Lu Beicen finished cutting the beef and put it in a basin to wash it with cold water. He was going to wash it and dry it before marinating it.

"My family is in the next city. I heard that her father is a leader, but why no one helped me. I can't ask carefully. After all, we haven't seen each other for so many years. We just had dinner together before my business trip." Fang Nan explained.

After the beef was marinated, Lu Beicen began to clean the mandarin fish that had been packed, and was going to steam it in the pot later. The mandarin fish was delicious and had no thorns, which was especially suitable for children.

Because there are children, the dishes tonight are mainly light. Lu Beicen only plans to make a scrambled egg with crushed pepper, which can be regarded as a meal.

"There are quite a lot of dishes. I have to cook rice. Why don't you just send a text message to your senior sister and let's save some food for her. She must be in a mess over there. She may not have food to eat. After a long day, there will be something to eat when she comes back." It's better to eat hot rice than instant noodles." Lu Beicen instructed Fang Nan while scooping up rice.

Fang Nan took the washed lettuce out of the basin, wiped his hands and said, "Wow, you're so considerate, it's just that, whoever marries you as a wife in the future, I don't know if it's the blessings of several lifetimes. I'll text her right now."

"Well, it's also the first time I discovered today, your glib new feature." Lu Beicen smiled and turned back.

"I'm serious, if I were a man, the only important thing in my life would be to marry you home as my wife no matter what." Fang Nan typed quickly on the keyboard of his mobile phone, not forgetting to continue talking to her. Lu Beicen was joking.

"If you become a man, your old Zhan will become a female if you appoint him. I don't want to rob someone like your old Zhan. He is on duty today?"

"Yeah, I don't know when it's a head, hey..."

"What's the rush? Being a doctor isn't like that. After these few years, better days are coming."

"Hey, I don't know if we can make it to that day. Our group recently had a meeting, and two publications are about to be discontinued. I feel like it's time for survival." Fang Nan said suddenly after sending the text message.

Lu Beicen was a little surprised: "The situation is so serious? Did you start cutting publications?"

"Well, I cut down two books for young people. Now that children have time to go online, why would they want to read magazines? But I heard that the sales of comic books in our group are soaring. Now there are smart phones, that is, mobile phones Have you ever seen the one that can directly access the Internet? Someone in our office uses it, and I think it’s really easy to use, and I want to change my phone.”

"But when I think about it the other way around, I feel quite sad, especially what you said last time when you had a meal with our editor-in-chief. Thinking about the popularity of smartphones sooner or later, we will really be facing a difficult situation. I don't know how long I can last." Fang Nan's face showed a trace of bewilderment.

Lu Beicen also sighed, and he was equally at a loss. This is a crisis for the entire industry, but it's just a matter of precedence. The difference between fifty steps and one hundred steps is fifty steps.

The topic was too heavy, and both of them lost interest, so Lu Beicen simply changed the topic and talked about Lin Fei.

Fang Nan's spine also felt chills when he heard it: "Do you think it was someone's trick or a cat scratching it?"

Lu Beicen shook his head: "It's hard to say, if someone tricks me, I wonder how that person can find out where her home is. There was a colleague in our station who was found at home because of a manuscript. Later, Everyone, especially the colleagues in the news department, are very careful about protecting their privacy. But if it is a cat, it is logically impossible. There seem to be wild cats in our community. It seems that no one has heard anything unusual at night. ring."

"If it's really a trick, don't you think it's Yu Lan's father?" Fang Nan asked nervously.

Lu Beicen knew Fang Nan's worries, so he couldn't help comforting her, "It's not like that, besides, Sister Lin has been in the news department for so many years, and it seems that her marriage has problems, so it's bound to happen... ..."

When Ran Zhen knocked on the door of Lu Beicen's house, dinner was over, the dishes were cleaned, and the three men were going to take the children out for a walk.

When Ran Yifan saw his mother coming in, he rushed forward, and mother yelled loudly. Although Ran Zhen's lips were a little pale, and although she looked capable in her business attire, she also showed fatigue, but she still smiled and hugged her son into the room. into his arms, and lightly pecked his cheeks on both sides.

"Are you good, are you listening to Aunt Fang?" Ran Zhen's voice was also hoarse.

Fang Nan laughed and said, "Our baby Yifan is so well behaved, we had a lot of fun with our uncles."

Fang Nan and Lu Beicen invited Ran Zhen into the room, introduced them with a smile, and then said to Ran Zhen: "Senior sister, they were just about to take Yifan out for a walk, why don't you drink some water and eat, and let them take Yifan with you?" Go play."

"Mom, I want to go out to play with my uncles. Mom, just play for a while, okay?" The little guy opened his big eyes eagerly in Ran Zhen's arms. As a mother, especially at the moment when he was tired, Ran Zhen couldn't help but have a sore nose , nodded happily, let his son down, and said: "Don't run around!"

"Yeah, I won't run around. Besides, uncles must run faster than mother, so they won't let me run away, right, Uncle Long Nose?"

Seeing the little guy looking at him, Chen Ke pointed at the little guy amidst the laughter of several people: "Don't worry, uncle will carry you all the way and will never let you run away!"

A five-year-old child is always fond of jumping and jumping, and will only ask for a hug when he is tired. After hearing this, he turned his face to Jiang Zhongze: "Handsome uncle, you will definitely take Yifan for a walk, right?"

……

Lu Beicen and the other three laughed and sent the three big men and a little clever ghost out of the house. Lu Beicen went to the kitchen and brought out hot meals. Fang Nan poured a glass of water and put it in front of Ran Zhen. She gulped and couldn't help sighing: "Senior sister, don't you say that your lawyer is holding a golden job? Why do I feel that you are so tired?"

"Hey, don't mention it, wow, this dish is really delicious, it should be Xiao Bei's craftsmanship, right?" Ran Zhen followed Fang Nan and called Xiao Bei.

"Senior sister, your eyes are still so sharp. Try it. Yifan likes it very much. If one bowl of rice is not enough, he will add more. I'm afraid it's not good for him to eat too much at night, so I didn't give it to him."

Ran Zhen was also polite, nodded and drank the sliced ​​mushroom soup first, and then began to eat.

Seeing Ran Zhen eating quickly, Fang Nan couldn't help persuading him, "Senior sister, eat slowly, and you're not in a hurry."

Ran Zhen waved her hand, as if a little embarrassed: "I'm hungry, go watch TV, don't stare at me here, it makes me uncomfortable."

After Ran Zhen finished her meal, Lu Beicen made her a cup of tea and invited her to sit on the sofa in the living room.

Ran Zhen was not polite, and naturally leaned on the sofa, looking very relaxed: "Thank you, Xiaobei, your skills are really good. I heard that you work in a TV station?"

Lu Beicen admired Ran Zhen's unrestrained attitude. She felt that she couldn't do it herself, and this person had an inexplicable temperament that made people willing to communicate with her: "Well, speaking of my work and yours There is also some connection with my work, I am making a feature film."

Ran Zhen pondered for a moment before saying, "The legal aid case I'm dealing with today is really tricky. It also involves a sick child, and the other party is a big company. Both of you work in the media. See if you can Can't you give me a tip?"

(End of this chapter)