fringe artist

Chapter 26 26. Is it illegal to beat someone in mainland China (read more...)
With the arrival of August, Chen Li'an's leisurely life came to an end.

Now he is packing his things and preparing to take the car to Suzhou.

He went alone, Shu Qi and Cheng Kaige had already set off for Suzhou a week ago.

It is very far from the capital to Tongli Water Town, so far away that Chen Li'an bought a sleeper ticket for the train.

Fortunately, it is not the peak season for school, nor is it the dreaded Spring Festival travel rush.

Otherwise, Chen Li'an might choose to spend huge sums of money to fly.

It takes seventeen hours to take the green leather train from Beijing to Suzhou. Chen Li'an has never been on such a long train.

I couldn't sleep and couldn't sleep, and there was no one to chat with on the road, not even a card player.

There were not many people in the sleeper car, and most of them were sleeping or reading in their own berths.

Chen Li'an lay in bed in a daze for five hours after getting in the car, and continued to be in a daze for another two hours after eating a boxed lunch.

The scenery outside the car window was no longer visible, and the pitch-black scene finally made Chen Li'an feel sleepy.

Chen Li'an yawned and fell into a deep sleep.

When Chen Li'an woke up again, he had already arrived in Suzhou.

It was the flight attendant who woke him up. Chen Li'an rubbed his eyes and looked at the slightly white sky outside the car window. His consciousness was a little blurred. In just a few hours, he had several dreams.

The dream is full of crimson sunset glow and full moon emitting cool moonlight.

"Suzhou Station is here!" The flight attendant took out the ticket, handed it to Chen Li'an and returned it to him.

Chen Li'an recovered and took the ticket, took out the ticket exchange card from his pocket and handed it to the flight attendant.

Before the train entered the station, Chen Li'an ran to the rear of the carriage to wash his face to drive away his drowsiness.

After getting out of Suzhou Station, Chen Li'an touched his stomach, and ran to a breakfast shop that had just opened to buy some steamed buns.

After squatting on the side of the road and eating buns, Chen Li'an lit a cigarette and waited for Shu Qi to pick him up.

The early morning in the south of the Yangtze River was misty, and the air was gentle. Compared with the dry capital, Chen Li'an liked this place better.

Looking at the boss surrounded by the heat of steamed buns, Chen Li'an took out his camera and lightly pressed the shutter on him.

Ever since he got a camera, Chen Li'an always likes to record the beautiful pictures around him.

Drop~
The annoying whistle sound ruined the beauty of this moment, Chen Li'an turned his head to look over, and found Shu Qi sitting on a Toyota Camry waving to him.

Well, for the sake of Shu Qi coming to pick him up, Chen Li'an decided to forgive him for his rudeness just now.

Chen Li'an walked over with a bag of buns in his hand, opened the car door and sat in.

"It's been a long time, my alarm clock is late." Shu Qi explained with a yawn.

Chen Li'an shook his head and explained: "It's just in time, I just finished my breakfast, did I bring you something to eat?"

Shu Qi was a little moved, she licked her lips but still refused, "I've been feeling sick to my stomach for the past two days,"

"Can you give it to me? I like continental breakfast." A voice suddenly came from the back seat of the car.

Chen Li'an didn't notice that there were people in the back seat just now, turned his head in surprise, and saw Zhang Guorong sitting in the back seat with a woman.

"I went to pick up my brother just now." Shu Qi explained with a smile.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in the back seat, Chen Li'an froze for a second before handing over the breakfast in his hand.

"Nice to meet you, really happy." Chen Li'an's voice was a little unspeakable, with a hint of regret and happiness.

Zhang Guorong reached out to take the breakfast, squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Li'an, not quite understanding the strange tone just now.

"Are you also my brother's fan?" Shu Qi asked in surprise, he had never heard Chen Li'an say that.

Chen Li'an shook his head and nodded again, it was very strange, the other three people in the car looked puzzled.

"That's not it." Zhang Guorong took out a bun and took a bite, then said: "Thank you for the bun, it tastes very good."

Shu Qi looked at Chen Li'an with some headaches, feeling that he had returned to his dying look, talking in a cloud of fog.

Shu Qi gave Chen Li'an a white look, then acted as an introducer, and said to Zhang Guorong: "This is Chen Li'an, a very good actor."

"This is brother, I don't need to introduce you." Shu Qi looked at Chen Li'an again and said with a smile.

Chen Li'an shook his head slightly, and then looked at the other person in the back seat, a woman with long hair parted in the middle, who looked very gentle.

"Cheng Shufen, my manager." Zhang Guorong took the initiative to introduce.

Chen Li'an nodded slightly, then looked at Zhang Guorong and Cheng Shufen and said, "My name is Chen Li'an, nice to meet you."

"Why don't you be so polite, we're all friends." Shu Qi complained aloud, he didn't like this kind of atmosphere because of his casual temper.

"Okay, Mr. Shanks." Chen Li'an smiled and called Shu Qi the nickname he had given.

At some point, Zhang Guorong had finished eating those steamed buns, and asked curiously, "Why are you called Mr. Aqi Shanshan?"

Shu Qi immediately protested dissatisfiedly: "He's out of his mind. He insisted that he joined the film crew because he hugged my thigh. What kind of thigh am I, so he called me a calf."

Out of his mind, Chen Li'an curled his lips and reminded, "You said it was the calf."

Zhang Guorong leaned forward on the seat, smiled and watched Chen Li'an and Shu Qi bickering, and couldn't help but said: "You two have a very good relationship, I don't know, I thought you had known each other for a long time."

"Well, it hasn't been long, but his personality is still compatible. I admire him a lot. He is really serious about acting."

I don't know if it's because of seeing a fellow villager, but now Shu Qi speaks like a Hong Kong pop.

Chen Li'an was not used to listening to it, but he still liked that Shu Qi with a slightly softened accent.

Zhang Guorong said very interestedly: "You have praised him several times, isn't he that good?"

"It's really good. You'll know when you start the machine tomorrow." Shu Qi replied seriously.

Zhang Guorong turned his head and looked at Chen Li'an curiously, because the distance was relatively close, he even saw his own reflection in Chen Li'an's pure black eyes.

Zhang Guorong wiped his hair, apparently using Chen Li'an's pupils as a mirror.

"I don't know if acting is good or not. He looks pretty, but he is not as pretty as me." Zhang Guorong said the second half of the sentence in Cantonese. It seemed that Chen Li'an couldn't understand it and said it as a joke, so he couldn't help laughing.

Chen Li'an could understand some everyday Cantonese, but he couldn't speak it very well, so he looked at Zhang Guorong who was laughing out loud.

He seemed to like laughing very much, but why didn't he laugh later.

"Wow, do you understand?" Zhang Guorong noticed Chen Li'an's expression and said in surprise.

Chen Li'an couldn't help but looked at Zhang Guorong and said, "I understand, you are more handsome."

"Haha. Haha, what an embarrassing feeling."

There was a burst of laughter immediately in the car, and it spread far away with the faint mist in the early morning of Jiangnan
In the faint mist, the boat swayed forward gently, breaking through the water surface full of lotus leaves, forming a beautiful ripple.

Zhang Guorong sat on the boat and looked at the lotus in the pond, but his temperament was not compatible with the misty rain, apricot blossoms, small bridges and flowing water in the south of the Yangtze River.

Hong Kong people always have a very obvious temperament. One side supports the other side. People under different customs and cultures seem to have great differences.

However, Zhang Guorong's own temperament can be well integrated into this Jiangnan scenery, like a noble son with a graceful temperament.

Chen Li'an didn't have the temperament of a nobleman, he was more like a proud black swan swimming in a pond with his slender neck upturned, contented but repelling others thousands of miles away.

Cheng Shufen sat at the stern and Shu Qi was communicating in Cantonese, but Chen Li'an couldn't understand what was being said too fast.

Zhang Guorong reached out and touched the lotus leaf on the water, trying to let the water drops on the lotus leaf flow into his palm, but he forgot to move forward, and accidentally tore off a piece of the lotus leaf.

The water splashed onto Chen Li'an's camera lens, and Chen Li'an turned his head to take a look at this "childish" guy.

Looking at half of the lotus leaf in his hand, Zhang Guorong threw it away in a little embarrassment, looked at Chen Li'an who was cleaning the camera, and deliberately asked the topic: "How old are you?"

"It's 21 soon." Chen Li'an put down the camera in his hand and replied.

"You are so young, I feel a little bored seeing you."

Zhang Guorong seemed a little surprised, looked at Chen Li'an, he looked very young, but his temperament was not like that of a 20-year-old.

Chen Li'an glanced at Zhang Guorong and said, "Some people are over 30, and they look childish."

Zhang Guorong was stunned for a moment before saying: ".You are so poisonous."

"Well, naive people think so."

"Shufen! Is it illegal for me to beat someone in mainland China?"

(End of this chapter)