Starlight is not as good as your allure
Chapter 12
Chapter 12
If possible, I hope to live a long life, and I hope to live forever.
I hope that when I reincarnate from generation to generation, I can meet your gaze.
The days in the hospital were peaceful and peaceful, but the news from the outside world was already overwhelming.
Because Cheng Jiang and Lu Qing were in the center of the blasting point, they faced the fire head-on, and the burn area exceeded 30%. While the crew faced huge compensation, the film production was also hindered. Information related to "Watchmen" occupied the hot search terms for a whole week. Ye Qiao, because of protecting Jiang Yu, received more attention than when the work was released, and the niche movie when it debuted was also dug up again.
After Ye Qiao was discharged from the hospital, her manager selected several high-quality interviews and variety shows for her. After the broadcast, the name "Ye Qiao" began to widely enter the public's field of vision.When director Wang Qingming announced the list of leading actors for the movie "Wonderful City", Ye Qiao actually became the most popular one because of the hot news.
For the whole three months, Ye Qiao has been busy with announcements and filming, and when he hardly has a home, his contact with Zhou Tingshen only exists in occasional phone calls.
Three months later, at an awards ceremony, Zheng Xishuo finished singing and chatted with Ye Qiao in the guest seat after the performance.
Zheng Xishuo put on stage makeup, put sequins on the corners of his eyes, and smiled wickedly: "It's recovering well!"
Ye Qiao smiled and heard him mutter: "When you were injured, I visited you several times. Does your cousin have a grudge against me? They always say you are sleeping!"
Ye Qiao blinked and said, "I did sleep a lot back then."
Zheng Xishuo cursed for a while, then suddenly mentioned: "I heard that you went to re-shoot the scenes of "Watchmen" before?"
"..."
Zheng Xishuo was incredulous: "No way, Qiao Qiao, are you so benevolent and generous? Gu Jin is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, the accident compensation is still a trivial matter, mainly because the film cannot be produced, the upfront cost is in vain, and the pressure from the management is enough for him One pot. Even if he can turn around, it will be difficult to sign a contract when he establishes a project in the future. If "Watchmen" can't be shown in theaters, he will be completely overturned."
Finally, Ye Qiao said, "Do you think I should add insult to injury?"
"I don't mean it like that." Zheng Xishuo hated iron and steel, "I mean, you didn't pay him a sum of compensation to terminate the contract with him, you are kind, and you actually helped him make up the shoot?"
"If you don't shoot, you're making trouble?" Ye Qiao deliberately pretended to be a bodhisattva, "If I told you that he gave me a so-called 'breakup fee' before, and I called him back after the accident, would you think Break up with me?"
Zheng Xishuo wanted to nod in his heart.
Ye Qiao smiled, and said eloquently: "I agreed to re-shoot, not to give him a hand, but because this film can't be released, and my hard work for the previous four months was all in vain. My attitude has a great impact on the whole situation. It is very small, but it is very important to me. There is no need to kill myself in order to avenge him."
The impact of this accident on Gu Jin's financial resources and energy is immeasurable. Even if "Watchmen" can make a lot of votes by virtue of its popularity, it will only fill a huge shortfall.For Ye Qiao, "The Watcher" is a milestone in her acting career. She not only needs to reshoot, but also puts all her efforts into making it well.
Zheng Xishuo was depressed: "Then what is the purpose of refunding the breakup fee?"
Ye Qiao smiled and said, "Because I don't owe anything."
After the award ceremony, there was a media interview. Ye Qiao managed to get away and went backstage, but was suddenly stopped by Gu Jin.
Ye Qiao wore a long black dress. The streamlined cut and classic lace embellishment made her look like a god emerging from the darkness. She turned around slowly: "What's the matter?"
Gu Jin's face with light makeup could not hide his haggardness, and he could not utter a simple sentence until now: "Thank you, Qiao Qiao."
He looked as if he had aged ten years suddenly, and he was no longer as vigorous as before.Ye Qiao looked at him quietly, the title "Qiao Qiao" that had made her feel uneasy no longer sounded harsh, and at this moment it seemed that a long-overdue reconciliation had been reached.
After the year's evils and cold weather, there are only dead branches in the garden, and when the wind blows, they will return to the old ones.
She said, "You don't have to thank me. I'm not here to help you."
The ringtone of the incoming call rang at this moment.Ye Qiao said excuse me, and walked into the hall with her mobile phone.
There was heating in the building, but Ye Qiao's off-the-shoulder hollow dress, walking in the deep winter air, was still eye-catching.
Zhou Tingshen found her at the first sight, walked over and put on the coat on her wrist: "Dressed like this, why are you hanging out outside?"
Since she was injured, the people around her have become more and more strict with her. She pursed her lips: "I came out when I received your call. I'm not a greenhouse flower, so it's nothing to suffer from the cold."
Ye Qiao walked for a while with his arms around her waist, and suddenly received another call, and said apologetically, "Shen Ting said that there is still an interview coming up, and it might end at midnight. Why don't you go back to the hotel first?"
"I'll wait for you here." Zhou Tingshen whispered in her ear, "Isn't it your birthday after zero?"
During this period of time, the two of them got together less often, so Ye Qiao naturally understood his purpose of flying here on purpose: "You can't slow down work even on your birthday..." The corridor at the back door of the studio was empty. He leaned close to his chest like fishy fish, clasped his fingers tightly behind his back, his eyes were filled with tiny lights, like stars shining, "Accompany you at night?"
Zhou Ting glanced down at the lipstick mark on her chest, her frank eyes were full of hints, and he couldn't help stroking the hand on the thin back.
Every jaggedness of this body is a bone growing in his heart.
But he sighed in the end, let go of her, and smiled with unclear eyes: "Go, don't make people wait too long."
When Ye Qiao pushed open the door of the studio, he was still thinking, is it really a long time love?He didn't feel any regrets.
It wasn't until she took two steps in that she suddenly realized that there was a dull world in front of her.
The door closed automatically behind her, and her instinct drove her to open it, but it was in vain.The studio, which was supposed to be full of spotlights and cameras, was dark, no one was moving around, and it was so quiet that there was no human voice, only the sound of raindrops, which belonged to the natural world.
"Tick! Tick!"
The sound of water gradually became denser, the light came on, and a rain curtain of light and shadow fell in the empty room.Ye Qiao took two steps forward. The ground under his feet had been modified, and under the dark light, a stripe-shaped water circulation device appeared. The black metal was woven into a rose pattern, and it glowed with wet water.
The rain filled the enclosed space, the rain was obviously real, but it turned into a continuous light curtain like meteors all over the sky, losing the sense of reality.She seems to be walking between reality and fantasy, becoming a puppet who steps on the keys in a music box.
The heavy rain continued, and the countless 3D cameras hidden in the room controlled the amount of rain, which migrated as she moved.
This is an ecological installation "Rain Room" from the Museum of Modern Art in New York.The rain is given life, dodging and responding to the small movements of the participants, and the participation of light creates a visual impact of dazzling white light in the dark. Pressing the shutter anywhere is a photographic work intertwined with light and shadow.Ye Qiao once wanted to visit, but was too busy to make the trip. She never thought that this art installation would be installed here.
The adapted birthday song sounded in the studio, and it was Zheng Xishuo's voice.A projection suddenly lit up on the wall in front of him, it was a blessing recorded by the support club.On the wall beside him were wishes from all parties, and there was even a short video recorded by Lu Qing, who was still recovering after the operation, wishing Ye Qiao, who had gone through disasters with him, to spend her 23rd birthday and be happy for the rest of her life well-being.
Suddenly, the doors on both sides opened, the rain stopped suddenly, and the projection lights hit her feet from all directions.Shen Ting led the support club into the room, and friends in the circle also came to help out. Zheng Xishuo opened a bottle of champagne and poured it loudly, while the manager and the main creator of the crew slowly came out with a cake cart.The executives of the support club spontaneously shouted: "One-two-three! Happy birthday!"
It was a perfect surprise birthday party, but Ye Qiao, who was dressed in a fancy dress, was flustered and didn't see the person who should appear the most.
She looked around, and finally saw Zhou Tingshen silently looking at her from an inconspicuous corner.
He stood outside the crowd, not participating in the hustle and bustle, with his hands in his pockets.Noticing her gaze, a smile spread from the corner of his eyes, and he drew a circle on his temples with his fingers, giving her a wink.Ye Qiao touched her hair in the direction he pointed, and the hairstyle she made in the afternoon really loosened a hidden clip, protruding a bunch of fine hair.She pressed her lips to straighten her hair, and Shen Ting had already called her to blow out the candles.
Close your eyes, don't know where he is standing, but know that there must be a bunch of eyes watching her quietly.
Ye Qiao made the simplest and most greedy wish——
If possible, I hope to live a long life, and I hope to live forever.
I hope that when I reincarnate from generation to generation, I can meet your gaze.
Hope to live well and well.
Even if it is sad, even if it is mediocre.
As long as I can be by your side...
It was night, Ye Qiao made an exception and drank too much foreign wine, and was staggered back to the hotel by Zhou Tingshen.
Her thin body hung on his shoulders, and she asked vaguely: "Have you seen "A Dream of Red Mansions"?"
She always went crazy when she was drunk, and Zhou Tingshen hadn't figured out how to do it so far. He kicked the door and put her on the bed while responding: "When I was a child, I read the four great classics, but I haven't read this one."
"It's a pity..." She chuckled, letting him violently dismantle her complicated gown, gesticulating with her arms, "I remember there was a chapter in it that said Daiyu was joking with all the sisters, but Baoyu Pay attention, with a wink, Daiyu went in and looked in the mirror, and found that her temples were loose... Hu Lancheng also commented on this passage, saying, 'It's because she is one of her own'."
Zhou Ting deeply admired her for being able to remember such a long passage when her consciousness was blurred, turning her over and stripping off a shoulder.
Ye Qiao was still talking nonsense: "Do you know Hu Lancheng?"
"The one Zhang Ailing likes?" Zhou Tingshen peeled off his second shoulder and leaned on her tiredly, thinking that she had tested him in areas ranging from astronomy, geography, botany to literary celebrities, and the ancient imperial examinations were not as strenuous as hers.
Ye Qiao told him seriously: "Well, that's him."
Zhou Ting smiled deeply.
Ye Qiao hooked his neck in a drunken dream, rolled over and pressed against him, looked into his eyes and smiled: "The book he wrote is called "This Life and This World", it is very famous."
Zhou Ting was helpless, worried that his belt buckle would get caught in her, so he hugged him up and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ye Qiao bent down limply, hugged him tightly in her arms like a bear, and murmured: "This life, this life..."
The ending sound was so foggy that it was almost inaudible, and I couldn't wait for the next one for a long time.Zhou Ting looked down at her deeply, his blushing smile was sweet, and his body smelled of hot alcohol, and he fell asleep.
It's almost the end of the new year, and the cold stars in the winter night are extraordinarily clear and transparent, falling silently.
In the morning, when Zhou Ting woke up, the sheets beside him were empty, only his body temperature remained.He sniffed the smell of her hair on the soft pillow, mixed with the aroma made stronger by the alcohol.The fragrance seemed to come out of dreams, from those absurd and passionate dreams.
Ye Qiao had already washed away the smell of alcohol from last night's revelry, and exuded the gentle fragrance of bath liquid all over her body. She wiped her hair and went into the room: "Are you awake?"
Zhou Ting leaned against the head of the bed with his upper body uncovered and looked at her.
Ye Qiao sat on the edge of the bed as if ignorant, and pillowed her wet and cool hair on his chest: "Who planned the birthday party last night?"
"Shen Ting." Zhou Tingshen took the towel and helped her wipe it, and explained in detail, "She represents the company to help you plan the birthday party, and let me keep it secret."
Ye Qiao guessed so, and said, "What about the Rain Room, did she also come up with it?"
"She came to ask me for birthday party ideas, so I told her this." Zhou Tingshen's strength was appropriate, and the towel made a rustling sound, "Didn't you want to see it before?"
"Yeah." He was such a cynical person that he could remember the art exhibition she happened to mention.Ye Qiao's heart was subtly moved. Thinking that he didn't even take a bite of the cake, he felt even more guilty, "Why didn't you come to eat cake together last night? Anyway, there are so many people, including staff and fans, one more than you It won't be very noticeable."
"What's so delicious about the cake?" He stopped moving and leaned over, his smile gradually becoming more meaningful, "Everyone is mine now."
Zhou Tingshen's hand passed through the seam of her bathrobe, and Ye Qiao clasped his wrist: "I'm serious."
Zhou Tingshen flicked his fingertips lightly, and smiled in her ear: "This is not very serious..."
The turmoil just now was gone, Ye Qiao angrily broke free with both hands, but a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, and the two of them hugged each other and rolled on the bed for half a week.Zhou Ting touched her forehead deeply and called, "Qiao Qiao."
She noticed the seriousness of his tone, and panted, "Huh?"
The ending of the soft hum floated up slightly, scratching people's itch.Zhou Ting kissed her slender neck lightly: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, you said you would accompany me home, did you mean it?"
"I have no place to go during the Spring Festival. At most, I will go back to my grandma's house. If you want me to accompany you, I will spare two more days to come out."
Only then did Zhou Ting's deep eyes lift up, and he covered her lips with a smile.When the overwhelming heat surrounded Ye Qiao, the doorbell rang.
"Hello, room service."
His face immediately turned black.Ye Qiao laughed to herself, pushed the person down, gathered up her bathrobe and went to open the door.
The breakfast she ordered in the morning was light to soothe the hangover, which happened to be used to relieve the fire.
After this breakfast, he didn't allow her to go to sleep, saying that she would make up for her birthday present first.
Ye Qiao took the document with a concise cover, and her surprise overwhelmed her tiredness, and she lost all sleepiness.
That's Ferra's endorsement deal—"Is this a gift from you, or your sister?"
Zhou Ting said indifferently, "Liang Zirao's idea."
Cheng Jiang's contract expired recently, and an accident destined her not to renew it.What's more, in Liang Zirao's words, even without the big fire, Ferra's endorsement would have been in Ye Qiao's pocket, and there was no reason for others to replace it.
Ye Qiao and his strong woman sister had only met each other briefly a few times, and when she heard such a big gift from her, she rolled her eyes and chuckled, "Is this a gift from your family?"
"It doesn't count. I have to give it again when we meet." Zhou Tingshen was planning right now, "Liang Ziluo is very generous, and the meeting gift must be more expensive than this." He put his arms around her slender waist like a broken willow, and just now Unfinished excitement surged up again.
Ye Qiaoxu blocked his hand: "An eight-figure endorsement contract is more expensive than this. What does she have to give me?"
Zhou Ting was silent for a moment.
When Liang Zirao handed over the contract to him, he was also surprised and asked her, "You don't like Ye Qiao?"
But she said: "It's not that I don't like Ye Qiao, it's because I'm afraid of what happened in the past, and I worry that neither of you will be able to pass this hurdle. Since you don't care, and she doesn't care, then it's not a problem. As for Dad, I'll take care of it." Help you through."
Zhou Ting smiled deeply: "Really?"
Liang Zirao was angry: "I am your own sister, if I am not on your side, who else will help you?"
He doesn't like to talk about being moved, he just laughs it off.
In fact, there was one sentence in Liang Zirao's words that he was still not sure about.
Zhou Ting came back to his senses, and circled the person in his arms: "Do you want anything Liang Zirao gave you?"
Ye Qiao was inexplicably asked, and said, "Yes. There is nothing I can't afford."
The sky is bright and clear outside the window, and there is no snow this winter.
This year's Spring Festival came late.
At the end of January, in the middle of winter, Ye Qiao turned off his work early and spared half a month to live on food, rice, oil and salt.There are no award ceremonies and red carpets, no fans screaming and flashing lights following her everywhere, and she fell in love with taking pictures of Ophelia and Desar in the peaceful days, with all kinds of weird words.The pet po owner who had been silent for a long time suddenly became active near the New Year's Day, and his style of painting changed drastically, causing many people to speculate.
Ye Qiao's own apartment has become a veritable empty house.She had to take an old contract that day, so she went back.
Just as he opened the door, the elevator behind him suddenly stopped on the 23rd floor.There are only two residents on this floor, and the visitors are either hers, or they are looking for Zhou Tingshen.
Zhou Ting heard the sound of entering the door and thought it was Ye Qiao who had gone and returned, but when he reached the entrance, he realized it was not.
Having not seen her for several months, Ruan Feiyan dressed up more maturely, her long legs were still bare in the cold winter months, and the girl's unique skin was slender and radiant.Through her bright smiling face, Zhou Tingshen saw the door 2301, which had just been closed, and Ye Qiao's clothes disappeared into the crack of the door, making it impossible to discern her emotions.Ruan Feiyan waved her five fingers in front of his eyes: "Brother Tingshen, what are you looking at?"
Zhou Ting withdrew his gaze, and turned to let the person into the room: "Why did you come here suddenly?"
Ruan Feiyan put a huge shopping bag on the coffee table: "You haven't come to pick up the pet toy I told you about last time. It's a nuisance and a waste to put it in my place, so I'll give it to you."
Zhou Tingshen could tell that the little girl was drunk and didn't care about drinking. He poured two glasses of water and pretended to talk heart-to-heart: "Before the winter vacation, your homeroom teacher called me and said that you missed a lot in your homework."
"Didn't she say she wouldn't tell you..." Ruan Feiyan threw down a toy bone angrily, "I said that she, an old woman, must have taken a fancy to you, and would find excuses to call you from time to time."
A teenage girl with simple thoughts and explicit words, Zhou Tingshen is not good at admonishing others, so she pursed her lips in an unpleasant gesture.
Ruan Feiyan went over to hold his hand: "Okay, okay...Brother Tingshen, I'll go to class next semester, okay?"
The door was pushed open just as Zhou Tingshen was wrapped around his vine-like thin arms.
Ye Qiao stood firmly at the door, and exchanged glances with Zhou Tingshen quietly. I don't know the meaning of her silent expression, but she actually closed the door intact!Zhou Ting watched the icy face disappear behind the door with deep eyes, and quickly cut off the slanted flower branches. It was rare to show a stern look at Ruan Feiyan: "It's okay, don't run to me."
"What do you mean?" Ruan Feiyan turned her face and said that the wind is the rain, her face livid, "Who was that just now. Wu Zi said that you recently found a female star, Ye Qiao, right? Is it her?"
I don't know when it started, the little girl who was ignorant and ignorant at the beginning became irritable and hysterical.
Zhou Tingshen is very patient with her, but the situation is getting worse and worse, and the more he gets used to it, the worse it becomes.He also imitated his facial expression: "Sit down." He frowned, and the tone of command appeared fierce and ruthless.
Ruan Feiyan spoke back loudly: "Why do you order me?"
"Let you sit down." Zhou Ting suppressed his irritability.
"I don't!" Ruan Feiyan took a step back. It seemed that the matter had lost the meaning of whitewashing the peace. She said in a choked voice, "Do you think I don't know her? If she doesn't take her father's surname, I won't recognize her." I know, she is Xu Zang's daughter! The sinner's daughter! Her heart belongs to my mother...Why should she?"
The words came out of Ruan Feiyan's mouth, making it even more difficult to bear the pain behind her.Zhou Ting suppressed his anger deeply, his voice was burning like fire: "She doesn't even know who you are, why are you yelling at her? I am the sinner you said."
"you are not!"
She seemed to be more unacceptable to the so-called truth than he himself, and argued for him: "You were acting in self-defense, and you missed it for a while! After my father passed away, my mother took me with her through hardships. We survived by relying on the Zhou family. My mother and I have a kindness, and my mother is willing to bear the crime for you. But what is the surname Xu? If he hadn't insisted on that heart and kept silent about the case, my mother would not have been sentenced to a severe sentence and died of illness in prison. Do you think that everyone in the world is as stupid as my mother, willing to say anything!"
Ruan Feiyan bit her lower lip tightly: "He is the real sinner. His daughter's life was exchanged for my mother's life, and their family will suffer a terrible death."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhou Ting was really angry, his voice was almost cold.
Ruan Feiyan yelled again: "I said—their whole family is not well—"
The word "death" was pinched in his throat, and he was forced back by his piercing eyes.
Ruan Feiyan hated him extremely, and until now, her care for him is still deeply rooted in her bones.Even though I have warned myself countless times when I dreamed back in the middle of the night, he is the root of all evils. She shouldn't treat him differently because of his support and support for ten years, and she shouldn't treat him just because of the occasional tenderness on his unsmiling face. Hidden feelings for this person...
At the age of pure white as paper, she had no father or mother, and the only one she could rely on and tell was him.Even if she knew the truth, so what, she would rather find all excuses for him, would rather move the blood and hatred to other places, would rather hide the pain and hatred like stripping bones and bones, and exchange for a simple smiling face in front of him.
But this person, who she cared about and trusted with her short but complete life, said to her in the most hurtful and cold tone: "Get out."
She couldn't believe it: "What did you say?"
Zhou Ting's deep voice said without any emotion, "Get out."
After repeating the three words, his Adam's apple rolled slowly, slowly, as if he had exhausted all the strength he had accumulated over the past ten years.When Ruan Feiyan held back her tears and ran out, he suddenly felt extremely tired.The heart seemed to produce countless sharp needles, turning the oxygen he breathed and the light he received into ice, piercing this exhausted body that had long been unable to bear it.
Five meters away, Ye Qiao was locked in a room she hadn't lived in for many days.The heating facility in the living room was malfunctioning, and the thin nightdress could not withstand the severe winter cold, and the hands and feet were cold.She nestled in an empty sofa, hating her former self for the first time, why did she arrange the living room in such an empty appearance, so that the obvious loneliness had nowhere to hide.
Horror games that have already been cleared make people feel uninterested.Ye Qiao precisely controlled the life and death of the characters, and she threw down the control handle irritably, only the sound of the mechanical operation of the wall clock could be heard.
He still didn't show up.
Ye Qiao dialed Qianxi's phone number, and after a few words of pleasantries, she asked, "Is the little girl next door to you pretty?"
"Little girl?" Qianxi said "Oh", "What do you think of her? She is quite beautiful, and I think she can make a fortune in her school."
Ye Qiao said: "Oval face, big eyes, about 1.6 meters five, no glasses, right?"
"Yes." Qianxi said suspiciously, "Why are you asking this?"
"It's okay, hang up."
The phone disconnected unexpectedly.Ye Qiao suddenly lost the strength to investigate, hugging her knees and trying to fall asleep.
The cold air invaded the skin, and the goosebumps stood up. After a long time, I didn't feel the cold, but I just shivered all over.When she closed her eyes, it was the night when she first met him. The shower in the old rental house was hot and cold for a while, and her ears were full of men and women fighting.
I thought it was all over, but who knew it was far from over.
She remained in a huddled position, falling into a freezing sleep.In the dream, it warmed up, like a dead bug that accidentally hit and fell into the strange spring tide.
The bed sank slightly, and Ye Qiao woke up.It was already dark night outside the window, and a weak wall lamp was lit by Zhou Tingshen's bedside. She was carried here by him at some point, and she felt a little wronged by him as if nothing had happened.
Zhou Ting was deeply aware of the change in her breathing, and put his arms around her waist lightly: "Are you awake?" He pretended to smile easily, "It's so cold outside, yet you can sleep so well."
Ye Qiao suddenly turned over to face him, and said bluntly, "The little girl in the daytime is the student your family sponsored?"
"Yeah." He didn't want to hide it.
Her second sentence hit the nail on the head: "Is it your family, or you?"
Zhou Ting was silent for a moment before saying, "It's me."
Ye Qiao was unusually calm: "The night I first met you, you just came out of her house, didn't you?"
"Yes..." He was already hesitating.
Ye Qiao was so perceptive, every moment of his hesitation was infinitely magnified in her eyes.She rushed over fiercely, and Zhou Ting was crushed by her unexpectedly. He called out "Qiao Qiao", stood up and was pushed down by her again.
Ye Qiao said mercilessly, "Don't you like doing this the most?"
Zhou Ting deeply comforted her arched back, and carefully responded to her kiss.When she was in extreme pain, the hot tears from the bottom of her heart welled up and fell on his eyes, and the salty tears seeped into his eyes.Seeing him blinking sorely, Ye Qiao suddenly sobbed as if he had lost his strength.
"Qiao Qiao..." Zhou Ting called her in a hoarse voice, trying to bring her back to her senses.However, the more Ye Qiao cried, the more sad he became, and the more weary he became, she lay on top of him and remained motionless.
"Stop crying, stop crying. Listen to my explanation." Zhou Ting patted her on the back deeply, "She's just a child, what can she have with me?"
Women are the same from 16 to 60, swooning over an identified mate.Ruan Feiyan's eyes during the day were clearly engraved in Ye Qiao's mind, and her nails could not help but dig into the skin of his back.
Zhou Ting let out a deep pain, grabbed her hand and turned over so that she could see his eyes: "Qiao Qiao, trust me."
Ye Qiao was a little quiet, Zhou Ting kissed her eyes deeply, swallowed the salty liquid into his throat, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Why are you crying? What's the point of an underage child?" His eyes wandered over her beautifully contoured chest For a week, whispered in her ear, "I only like you like this."
The tears in the corners of her eyes were dried by the heat, and the sound of her heartbeat could be heard clearly. Ye Qiao's mind flashed countless faces, and she faintly felt that the girl's appearance was indescribably familiar.However, the mind gradually became dizzy, and the ruthlessness was exhausted at the time of the preemptive attack. At this moment, only the softness of prostration remained: "The night I first met you, I heard some... voices, wasn't it you?"
Zhou Ting recalled deeply, reluctantly understood, and said: "No. Her life style is not very good, and it is useless to discipline her. I happened to meet that day."
No wonder Qianxi heard the sound of fighting next door that day.The wounds on his head and face at that time must have been left in the same way.Ye Qiao recalled the meeting between the two at the pharmacy, and suddenly felt a little overwhelmed by love, so she laughed.
Tears turned into laughter so quickly, Zhou Tingshen felt even more helpless: "Don't want to know something else?" Those complicated origins that he didn't know how to explain, were only separated from her by a thin snowflake-like distance at this moment.
Ye Qiao shook her head and said, "That's enough. You don't need to say much else."
There seems to be light fluff floating outside the window.
Zhou Tingshen didn't say anything anymore, hugged her, and said softly: "It's snowing outside."
The first snow of the year finally fell before the beginning of spring.
The first snow poured down the sky and the earth, and the next morning, there was a layer of hoarfrost everywhere.
In the pure white world, all jealousies and sins seem to be forgiven.
Ye Qiao was holding a cup of hot coffee in front of the window, her nose was a little stuffy, which was the sequelae of catching a cold last night.Zhou Ting rummaged through the drawer to find medicine for her, and he threw the medicine bottle with a hoarse clinking sound.He is in good health and rarely catches a cold. On the contrary, he has more medicines for trauma than basic medicines at home.After searching for a long time, he couldn't find everything, so he simply picked up a down jacket and wrapped Ye Qiao up, and led Desa out to buy medicine.
The pharmacy is very close, within walking distance.
Desa was rejoicing in the snow wearing the little boots bought by Ye Qiao, and the heat from Kazakhstan quickly condensed in the air.
After buying the cold medicine, Zhou Tingshen went to pay the bill, Ye Qiao waited at the door with the dog, and heard two office workers discussing gossip, one on the left and the other on the right.
"I heard that the iCloud password of the producer surnamed Z was leaked, and a lot of pornographic photos leaked out, and many female stars have been recruited."
"Wow, that's like fixing a computer error."
"That's right, it's said that the movie that's been filming recently seems to be called "Wu Wangcheng"? Several actresses in it have been recruited."
"Really? Could it be Pei Xindan and Ye Qiao?"
"These two are not available for the time being. The ones that were released before were all little stars, their name is Zhao. I just released a big news this morning. Xu Yinshan, dare you believe it!"
Zhou Ting came out carrying the medicine bag and found Ye Qiao in a daze: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing..." Ye Qiao came back to his senses and took his hand, "Suddenly I don't want to eat seafood porridge for breakfast, how about going home to order dumplings?"
"Only quick-frozen, are you used to it?"
"Ah."
She grabbed the dog leash and walked back, Zhou Ting caught a deep glimpse of her frozen red knuckles, wrapping her palms around hers, his palms were trembling with cold.Ye Qiao looked up at him, and when she smiled, the snow reflected in her eyes, which seemed to be shining.
Back at the apartment, while he was ordering dumplings, Ye Qiao checked the entertainment news.
The actress surnamed Zhao was indeed Zhao Mo, and she was involved with several fourth- and fifth-tier movie stars who had only met once.Xu Yinshan is the most famous among them, and the photos are the most explicit. They have become a sharp weapon for every bad website to attract clicks.
Ye Qiao herself was not afraid of being crooked in the shadow, nor worried about being involved in this scandal in the entertainment industry, but for some reason, she had a vague premonition.
The phone rang, and Ye Qiao started to touch the phone, but a strange male voice answered, "Excuse me, is this Miss Ye Qiao?"
"you are?"
"I am Yang Zhisong, the curator of Yangcheng Art Museum. You met me when you were a child."
It's easy to remember after a while.The curator of Yangcheng Art Museum, and her father were classmates when they were young, and they have been close friends for many years.Ye Qiao replied politely, "Uncle Yang."
"It's hard for you to remember." Yang Zhisong laughed twice, greeted her in a cordial tone, and said after a few pleasantries, "Your father seems to be in poor health recently and has been hospitalized for observation. There is a large exhibition of his works in the museum this year." , he said that he could not attend the opening ceremony, and recommended you to me as an immediate family member to unveil."
Ye Qiao was stunned: "My father, recommended me?"
Even when she had an accident while filming, she didn't hear any news about him, but the good news of Cheng Su's pregnancy reached her ears through Qian Xi's leaky mouth.Ye Qiao thought that the kinship between father and daughter was already as thin as water.
Yang Zhisong still smiled modestly: "That's right. Your father only has a daughter like you, so it's only right to invite you to represent him as the guest of honor at the opening ceremony."
She is the only one in the world, his flesh and blood whose blood is thicker than water.
Ye Qiao suddenly felt sad, and said softly, "Let me think about it for a few days, is that okay?"
Yang Zhisong was stunned, as if he didn't expect her to hesitate, but he readily agreed: "Okay...okay, you should think about it carefully. Uncle Yang knows that you are a star performer now, and the price and remuneration for attending the opening ceremony are negotiable."
Ye Qiao felt it was absurd, and laughed at himself: "It's not about the appearance fee. I've...not been very convenient recently."
"Oh? Really? If you can't come, can you introduce some of your father's students to uncle?"
"Students?" Ye Qiao thought about it, and said apologetically, "My dad seems to have confiscated students."
Yang Zhisong let out a bewildered "huh": "How could it be? I also know someone else, your father's closed disciple, the only son of the Zhou family."
Ye Qiao's face suddenly changed.
"Yes, it happened many years ago. I have no contact information."
Her tone was flat.
Yang Zhisong didn't realize it: "It's okay, this is a bad idea. It's better that you can attend, promise Uncle Yang, you must think about it!"
"Yeah." Ye Qiao smoothly reported his assistant's phone number to him, saying that he would contact him later.
His tone seemed indifferent.
She also wishes she was indifferent.
No one in the world knows how much she longed for her father to appear when she was unconscious on the hospital bed.Even if they met each other, they would just stare at each other coldly, and even without a single word of thoughtfulness to say, she still had the extravagant hope of meeting each other.But he didn't come, whether it was because of physical reasons or because he didn't want to see her as an unworthy girl again, Xu Zang didn't come to visit until the end.
Maybe some bad feelings will always lie between father and daughter.
After hanging up the phone, another call came, this time it was Shen Ting.
The energetic tone of the young girl's voice pulled her back from the sentimental memory.
On the other side, Zhou Tingshen brought the hot dumplings to the table.Ye Qiao refrained from spicy food, and the seasoning was white vinegar with minced ginger, which gave it a sour aroma.Zhou Tingshen helped her adjust the chopsticks. Ye Qiao turned his mood into appetite, picked one up and put it in his mouth, and turned on the phone for free.Shen Ting's voice came out through the loudspeaker: "Sister Qiao, did you see what happened to Xu Yinshan?"
Ye Qiao let out a "hmm" from a distance.
Shen Ting continued: "There are people on the Internet who confuse the public and put out photos of you and Mr. Zhou. It doesn't matter if they are anonymous. But now that the photos are leaked, netizens think about that and get involved together. The iCloud incident, I’m afraid it’s hard to tell.”
Ye Qiao raised his eyes to see Zhou Tingshen's expression. He was still adjusting his soy sauce dish slowly. Hearing the sound, he asked calmly, "Is the spread wide?"
"Ah, is Mr. Zhou here?" Shen Ting was quite embarrassed, her tone changed slightly, "Fortunately, they are all normal photos, and it's not difficult to clarify. I just want to remind Miss Qiao..."
"Okay, your sister Qiao is eating, let her finish eating well."
After speaking, he pressed the phone.
Ye Qiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You hang up on me now and don't even ask me."
"It's not a serious work call, so I just hung up." Zhou Ting didn't take it seriously, seeing her eyes flushed, and said, "Have a bad cold again? Go to sleep after eating later."
Ye Qiao put a dumpling in the mouth and covered her dodging eyes: "I slept for two rounds last night and couldn't sleep."
"After taking the medicine, I can fall asleep."
The girl's nose was red and her cheeks were also red when she was sick. She was as cute as a cartoon character.In the end, Zhou Tingshen didn't let her eat well, so he pinched her cheeks twice when he had nothing to do, and Ye Qiao held up his chopsticks to block people: "The cold should be contagious." Take it with you.
After he swallowed, Ye Qiao stared at him blankly, as if he had seen something extraordinary.
Zhou Ting was suspicious: "What's wrong?"
Ye Qiao blinked and said in a daze, "The dumpling you ate just now was filled with meat..."
He didn't respond when he was eating, and he realized it only after she reminded him.Zhou Tingshen's mouth was full of ginger powder, and he didn't think there was anything wrong, so he comforted her: "It's okay."
Ye Qiao thought it was a big deal.If you can eat the first bite, you can eat the second bite, and the heart disease will no longer exist over time.He had experienced some bloody scenes that he couldn't bear to recall, that's why he was taboo about eating meat. Ye Qiao knew best how long it would take to get rid of such a heart disease, so he picked up a fresh dumpling and coaxed him to eat it: "This is a pork-flavored dumpling." Celery stuffing, parsley has a strong taste, you can eat it just by chewing, try eating two..."
Zhou Tingshen turned his face away and didn't answer.Ye Qiao was defeated in the first battle, so he put down his chopsticks dejectedly, not to be forced.
The snowy weather is cold, and the air is quiet and thin, like a high-latitude polar circle city.
After eating, Ye Qiao and Shui swallowed the medicine, casually swiped through Moments, and were again bullied by Qianxi.As usual, I ignored the "ahhhhh" of the three major lines, and the tone below was even more horrifying: "I went to work early in the morning, and the first patient admitted for treatment was actually my neighbor! The baby was scared to death. I ran into it last night when I was eating supper. This morning I just can’t think of being sent to the emergency bed! The little girl is so young, how can she not cherish life so much? I am broken in love and work overtime and eat in the cafeteria all day. I am an inspirational role model! Please give me a thumbs up to continue my life, please! "
Ye Qiao glanced at the photo taken by Qianxi, and a corner of the medical record was exposed, which happened to be the second half of the household registration address.The photos were so blurry that ordinary people might not be able to recognize them, but she clearly knew who the head of the household was at that address.
On the other side of the bedroom, Zhou Ting answered the phone with a serious expression: "Yes, um...OK, I'll be there right away."
Countless clues were connected together, Ye Qiao drank half a glass of water to calm down, but unfortunately it was hot water, which made her heart and lungs hurt suddenly.
Zhou Tingshen took off his coat and came to her, coaxing her: "I'll go to the hospital, it's over there on Qingjiang Road. Get a good night's sleep, and text me what you want for lunch, and I'll bring it to you when I come back, huh?"
Ye Qiao shook her head stubbornly and said, "I'll go with you."
(End of this chapter)
If possible, I hope to live a long life, and I hope to live forever.
I hope that when I reincarnate from generation to generation, I can meet your gaze.
The days in the hospital were peaceful and peaceful, but the news from the outside world was already overwhelming.
Because Cheng Jiang and Lu Qing were in the center of the blasting point, they faced the fire head-on, and the burn area exceeded 30%. While the crew faced huge compensation, the film production was also hindered. Information related to "Watchmen" occupied the hot search terms for a whole week. Ye Qiao, because of protecting Jiang Yu, received more attention than when the work was released, and the niche movie when it debuted was also dug up again.
After Ye Qiao was discharged from the hospital, her manager selected several high-quality interviews and variety shows for her. After the broadcast, the name "Ye Qiao" began to widely enter the public's field of vision.When director Wang Qingming announced the list of leading actors for the movie "Wonderful City", Ye Qiao actually became the most popular one because of the hot news.
For the whole three months, Ye Qiao has been busy with announcements and filming, and when he hardly has a home, his contact with Zhou Tingshen only exists in occasional phone calls.
Three months later, at an awards ceremony, Zheng Xishuo finished singing and chatted with Ye Qiao in the guest seat after the performance.
Zheng Xishuo put on stage makeup, put sequins on the corners of his eyes, and smiled wickedly: "It's recovering well!"
Ye Qiao smiled and heard him mutter: "When you were injured, I visited you several times. Does your cousin have a grudge against me? They always say you are sleeping!"
Ye Qiao blinked and said, "I did sleep a lot back then."
Zheng Xishuo cursed for a while, then suddenly mentioned: "I heard that you went to re-shoot the scenes of "Watchmen" before?"
"..."
Zheng Xishuo was incredulous: "No way, Qiao Qiao, are you so benevolent and generous? Gu Jin is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, the accident compensation is still a trivial matter, mainly because the film cannot be produced, the upfront cost is in vain, and the pressure from the management is enough for him One pot. Even if he can turn around, it will be difficult to sign a contract when he establishes a project in the future. If "Watchmen" can't be shown in theaters, he will be completely overturned."
Finally, Ye Qiao said, "Do you think I should add insult to injury?"
"I don't mean it like that." Zheng Xishuo hated iron and steel, "I mean, you didn't pay him a sum of compensation to terminate the contract with him, you are kind, and you actually helped him make up the shoot?"
"If you don't shoot, you're making trouble?" Ye Qiao deliberately pretended to be a bodhisattva, "If I told you that he gave me a so-called 'breakup fee' before, and I called him back after the accident, would you think Break up with me?"
Zheng Xishuo wanted to nod in his heart.
Ye Qiao smiled, and said eloquently: "I agreed to re-shoot, not to give him a hand, but because this film can't be released, and my hard work for the previous four months was all in vain. My attitude has a great impact on the whole situation. It is very small, but it is very important to me. There is no need to kill myself in order to avenge him."
The impact of this accident on Gu Jin's financial resources and energy is immeasurable. Even if "Watchmen" can make a lot of votes by virtue of its popularity, it will only fill a huge shortfall.For Ye Qiao, "The Watcher" is a milestone in her acting career. She not only needs to reshoot, but also puts all her efforts into making it well.
Zheng Xishuo was depressed: "Then what is the purpose of refunding the breakup fee?"
Ye Qiao smiled and said, "Because I don't owe anything."
After the award ceremony, there was a media interview. Ye Qiao managed to get away and went backstage, but was suddenly stopped by Gu Jin.
Ye Qiao wore a long black dress. The streamlined cut and classic lace embellishment made her look like a god emerging from the darkness. She turned around slowly: "What's the matter?"
Gu Jin's face with light makeup could not hide his haggardness, and he could not utter a simple sentence until now: "Thank you, Qiao Qiao."
He looked as if he had aged ten years suddenly, and he was no longer as vigorous as before.Ye Qiao looked at him quietly, the title "Qiao Qiao" that had made her feel uneasy no longer sounded harsh, and at this moment it seemed that a long-overdue reconciliation had been reached.
After the year's evils and cold weather, there are only dead branches in the garden, and when the wind blows, they will return to the old ones.
She said, "You don't have to thank me. I'm not here to help you."
The ringtone of the incoming call rang at this moment.Ye Qiao said excuse me, and walked into the hall with her mobile phone.
There was heating in the building, but Ye Qiao's off-the-shoulder hollow dress, walking in the deep winter air, was still eye-catching.
Zhou Tingshen found her at the first sight, walked over and put on the coat on her wrist: "Dressed like this, why are you hanging out outside?"
Since she was injured, the people around her have become more and more strict with her. She pursed her lips: "I came out when I received your call. I'm not a greenhouse flower, so it's nothing to suffer from the cold."
Ye Qiao walked for a while with his arms around her waist, and suddenly received another call, and said apologetically, "Shen Ting said that there is still an interview coming up, and it might end at midnight. Why don't you go back to the hotel first?"
"I'll wait for you here." Zhou Tingshen whispered in her ear, "Isn't it your birthday after zero?"
During this period of time, the two of them got together less often, so Ye Qiao naturally understood his purpose of flying here on purpose: "You can't slow down work even on your birthday..." The corridor at the back door of the studio was empty. He leaned close to his chest like fishy fish, clasped his fingers tightly behind his back, his eyes were filled with tiny lights, like stars shining, "Accompany you at night?"
Zhou Ting glanced down at the lipstick mark on her chest, her frank eyes were full of hints, and he couldn't help stroking the hand on the thin back.
Every jaggedness of this body is a bone growing in his heart.
But he sighed in the end, let go of her, and smiled with unclear eyes: "Go, don't make people wait too long."
When Ye Qiao pushed open the door of the studio, he was still thinking, is it really a long time love?He didn't feel any regrets.
It wasn't until she took two steps in that she suddenly realized that there was a dull world in front of her.
The door closed automatically behind her, and her instinct drove her to open it, but it was in vain.The studio, which was supposed to be full of spotlights and cameras, was dark, no one was moving around, and it was so quiet that there was no human voice, only the sound of raindrops, which belonged to the natural world.
"Tick! Tick!"
The sound of water gradually became denser, the light came on, and a rain curtain of light and shadow fell in the empty room.Ye Qiao took two steps forward. The ground under his feet had been modified, and under the dark light, a stripe-shaped water circulation device appeared. The black metal was woven into a rose pattern, and it glowed with wet water.
The rain filled the enclosed space, the rain was obviously real, but it turned into a continuous light curtain like meteors all over the sky, losing the sense of reality.She seems to be walking between reality and fantasy, becoming a puppet who steps on the keys in a music box.
The heavy rain continued, and the countless 3D cameras hidden in the room controlled the amount of rain, which migrated as she moved.
This is an ecological installation "Rain Room" from the Museum of Modern Art in New York.The rain is given life, dodging and responding to the small movements of the participants, and the participation of light creates a visual impact of dazzling white light in the dark. Pressing the shutter anywhere is a photographic work intertwined with light and shadow.Ye Qiao once wanted to visit, but was too busy to make the trip. She never thought that this art installation would be installed here.
The adapted birthday song sounded in the studio, and it was Zheng Xishuo's voice.A projection suddenly lit up on the wall in front of him, it was a blessing recorded by the support club.On the wall beside him were wishes from all parties, and there was even a short video recorded by Lu Qing, who was still recovering after the operation, wishing Ye Qiao, who had gone through disasters with him, to spend her 23rd birthday and be happy for the rest of her life well-being.
Suddenly, the doors on both sides opened, the rain stopped suddenly, and the projection lights hit her feet from all directions.Shen Ting led the support club into the room, and friends in the circle also came to help out. Zheng Xishuo opened a bottle of champagne and poured it loudly, while the manager and the main creator of the crew slowly came out with a cake cart.The executives of the support club spontaneously shouted: "One-two-three! Happy birthday!"
It was a perfect surprise birthday party, but Ye Qiao, who was dressed in a fancy dress, was flustered and didn't see the person who should appear the most.
She looked around, and finally saw Zhou Tingshen silently looking at her from an inconspicuous corner.
He stood outside the crowd, not participating in the hustle and bustle, with his hands in his pockets.Noticing her gaze, a smile spread from the corner of his eyes, and he drew a circle on his temples with his fingers, giving her a wink.Ye Qiao touched her hair in the direction he pointed, and the hairstyle she made in the afternoon really loosened a hidden clip, protruding a bunch of fine hair.She pressed her lips to straighten her hair, and Shen Ting had already called her to blow out the candles.
Close your eyes, don't know where he is standing, but know that there must be a bunch of eyes watching her quietly.
Ye Qiao made the simplest and most greedy wish——
If possible, I hope to live a long life, and I hope to live forever.
I hope that when I reincarnate from generation to generation, I can meet your gaze.
Hope to live well and well.
Even if it is sad, even if it is mediocre.
As long as I can be by your side...
It was night, Ye Qiao made an exception and drank too much foreign wine, and was staggered back to the hotel by Zhou Tingshen.
Her thin body hung on his shoulders, and she asked vaguely: "Have you seen "A Dream of Red Mansions"?"
She always went crazy when she was drunk, and Zhou Tingshen hadn't figured out how to do it so far. He kicked the door and put her on the bed while responding: "When I was a child, I read the four great classics, but I haven't read this one."
"It's a pity..." She chuckled, letting him violently dismantle her complicated gown, gesticulating with her arms, "I remember there was a chapter in it that said Daiyu was joking with all the sisters, but Baoyu Pay attention, with a wink, Daiyu went in and looked in the mirror, and found that her temples were loose... Hu Lancheng also commented on this passage, saying, 'It's because she is one of her own'."
Zhou Ting deeply admired her for being able to remember such a long passage when her consciousness was blurred, turning her over and stripping off a shoulder.
Ye Qiao was still talking nonsense: "Do you know Hu Lancheng?"
"The one Zhang Ailing likes?" Zhou Tingshen peeled off his second shoulder and leaned on her tiredly, thinking that she had tested him in areas ranging from astronomy, geography, botany to literary celebrities, and the ancient imperial examinations were not as strenuous as hers.
Ye Qiao told him seriously: "Well, that's him."
Zhou Ting smiled deeply.
Ye Qiao hooked his neck in a drunken dream, rolled over and pressed against him, looked into his eyes and smiled: "The book he wrote is called "This Life and This World", it is very famous."
Zhou Ting was helpless, worried that his belt buckle would get caught in her, so he hugged him up and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ye Qiao bent down limply, hugged him tightly in her arms like a bear, and murmured: "This life, this life..."
The ending sound was so foggy that it was almost inaudible, and I couldn't wait for the next one for a long time.Zhou Ting looked down at her deeply, his blushing smile was sweet, and his body smelled of hot alcohol, and he fell asleep.
It's almost the end of the new year, and the cold stars in the winter night are extraordinarily clear and transparent, falling silently.
In the morning, when Zhou Ting woke up, the sheets beside him were empty, only his body temperature remained.He sniffed the smell of her hair on the soft pillow, mixed with the aroma made stronger by the alcohol.The fragrance seemed to come out of dreams, from those absurd and passionate dreams.
Ye Qiao had already washed away the smell of alcohol from last night's revelry, and exuded the gentle fragrance of bath liquid all over her body. She wiped her hair and went into the room: "Are you awake?"
Zhou Ting leaned against the head of the bed with his upper body uncovered and looked at her.
Ye Qiao sat on the edge of the bed as if ignorant, and pillowed her wet and cool hair on his chest: "Who planned the birthday party last night?"
"Shen Ting." Zhou Tingshen took the towel and helped her wipe it, and explained in detail, "She represents the company to help you plan the birthday party, and let me keep it secret."
Ye Qiao guessed so, and said, "What about the Rain Room, did she also come up with it?"
"She came to ask me for birthday party ideas, so I told her this." Zhou Tingshen's strength was appropriate, and the towel made a rustling sound, "Didn't you want to see it before?"
"Yeah." He was such a cynical person that he could remember the art exhibition she happened to mention.Ye Qiao's heart was subtly moved. Thinking that he didn't even take a bite of the cake, he felt even more guilty, "Why didn't you come to eat cake together last night? Anyway, there are so many people, including staff and fans, one more than you It won't be very noticeable."
"What's so delicious about the cake?" He stopped moving and leaned over, his smile gradually becoming more meaningful, "Everyone is mine now."
Zhou Tingshen's hand passed through the seam of her bathrobe, and Ye Qiao clasped his wrist: "I'm serious."
Zhou Tingshen flicked his fingertips lightly, and smiled in her ear: "This is not very serious..."
The turmoil just now was gone, Ye Qiao angrily broke free with both hands, but a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, and the two of them hugged each other and rolled on the bed for half a week.Zhou Ting touched her forehead deeply and called, "Qiao Qiao."
She noticed the seriousness of his tone, and panted, "Huh?"
The ending of the soft hum floated up slightly, scratching people's itch.Zhou Ting kissed her slender neck lightly: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, you said you would accompany me home, did you mean it?"
"I have no place to go during the Spring Festival. At most, I will go back to my grandma's house. If you want me to accompany you, I will spare two more days to come out."
Only then did Zhou Ting's deep eyes lift up, and he covered her lips with a smile.When the overwhelming heat surrounded Ye Qiao, the doorbell rang.
"Hello, room service."
His face immediately turned black.Ye Qiao laughed to herself, pushed the person down, gathered up her bathrobe and went to open the door.
The breakfast she ordered in the morning was light to soothe the hangover, which happened to be used to relieve the fire.
After this breakfast, he didn't allow her to go to sleep, saying that she would make up for her birthday present first.
Ye Qiao took the document with a concise cover, and her surprise overwhelmed her tiredness, and she lost all sleepiness.
That's Ferra's endorsement deal—"Is this a gift from you, or your sister?"
Zhou Ting said indifferently, "Liang Zirao's idea."
Cheng Jiang's contract expired recently, and an accident destined her not to renew it.What's more, in Liang Zirao's words, even without the big fire, Ferra's endorsement would have been in Ye Qiao's pocket, and there was no reason for others to replace it.
Ye Qiao and his strong woman sister had only met each other briefly a few times, and when she heard such a big gift from her, she rolled her eyes and chuckled, "Is this a gift from your family?"
"It doesn't count. I have to give it again when we meet." Zhou Tingshen was planning right now, "Liang Ziluo is very generous, and the meeting gift must be more expensive than this." He put his arms around her slender waist like a broken willow, and just now Unfinished excitement surged up again.
Ye Qiaoxu blocked his hand: "An eight-figure endorsement contract is more expensive than this. What does she have to give me?"
Zhou Ting was silent for a moment.
When Liang Zirao handed over the contract to him, he was also surprised and asked her, "You don't like Ye Qiao?"
But she said: "It's not that I don't like Ye Qiao, it's because I'm afraid of what happened in the past, and I worry that neither of you will be able to pass this hurdle. Since you don't care, and she doesn't care, then it's not a problem. As for Dad, I'll take care of it." Help you through."
Zhou Ting smiled deeply: "Really?"
Liang Zirao was angry: "I am your own sister, if I am not on your side, who else will help you?"
He doesn't like to talk about being moved, he just laughs it off.
In fact, there was one sentence in Liang Zirao's words that he was still not sure about.
Zhou Ting came back to his senses, and circled the person in his arms: "Do you want anything Liang Zirao gave you?"
Ye Qiao was inexplicably asked, and said, "Yes. There is nothing I can't afford."
The sky is bright and clear outside the window, and there is no snow this winter.
This year's Spring Festival came late.
At the end of January, in the middle of winter, Ye Qiao turned off his work early and spared half a month to live on food, rice, oil and salt.There are no award ceremonies and red carpets, no fans screaming and flashing lights following her everywhere, and she fell in love with taking pictures of Ophelia and Desar in the peaceful days, with all kinds of weird words.The pet po owner who had been silent for a long time suddenly became active near the New Year's Day, and his style of painting changed drastically, causing many people to speculate.
Ye Qiao's own apartment has become a veritable empty house.She had to take an old contract that day, so she went back.
Just as he opened the door, the elevator behind him suddenly stopped on the 23rd floor.There are only two residents on this floor, and the visitors are either hers, or they are looking for Zhou Tingshen.
Zhou Ting heard the sound of entering the door and thought it was Ye Qiao who had gone and returned, but when he reached the entrance, he realized it was not.
Having not seen her for several months, Ruan Feiyan dressed up more maturely, her long legs were still bare in the cold winter months, and the girl's unique skin was slender and radiant.Through her bright smiling face, Zhou Tingshen saw the door 2301, which had just been closed, and Ye Qiao's clothes disappeared into the crack of the door, making it impossible to discern her emotions.Ruan Feiyan waved her five fingers in front of his eyes: "Brother Tingshen, what are you looking at?"
Zhou Ting withdrew his gaze, and turned to let the person into the room: "Why did you come here suddenly?"
Ruan Feiyan put a huge shopping bag on the coffee table: "You haven't come to pick up the pet toy I told you about last time. It's a nuisance and a waste to put it in my place, so I'll give it to you."
Zhou Tingshen could tell that the little girl was drunk and didn't care about drinking. He poured two glasses of water and pretended to talk heart-to-heart: "Before the winter vacation, your homeroom teacher called me and said that you missed a lot in your homework."
"Didn't she say she wouldn't tell you..." Ruan Feiyan threw down a toy bone angrily, "I said that she, an old woman, must have taken a fancy to you, and would find excuses to call you from time to time."
A teenage girl with simple thoughts and explicit words, Zhou Tingshen is not good at admonishing others, so she pursed her lips in an unpleasant gesture.
Ruan Feiyan went over to hold his hand: "Okay, okay...Brother Tingshen, I'll go to class next semester, okay?"
The door was pushed open just as Zhou Tingshen was wrapped around his vine-like thin arms.
Ye Qiao stood firmly at the door, and exchanged glances with Zhou Tingshen quietly. I don't know the meaning of her silent expression, but she actually closed the door intact!Zhou Ting watched the icy face disappear behind the door with deep eyes, and quickly cut off the slanted flower branches. It was rare to show a stern look at Ruan Feiyan: "It's okay, don't run to me."
"What do you mean?" Ruan Feiyan turned her face and said that the wind is the rain, her face livid, "Who was that just now. Wu Zi said that you recently found a female star, Ye Qiao, right? Is it her?"
I don't know when it started, the little girl who was ignorant and ignorant at the beginning became irritable and hysterical.
Zhou Tingshen is very patient with her, but the situation is getting worse and worse, and the more he gets used to it, the worse it becomes.He also imitated his facial expression: "Sit down." He frowned, and the tone of command appeared fierce and ruthless.
Ruan Feiyan spoke back loudly: "Why do you order me?"
"Let you sit down." Zhou Ting suppressed his irritability.
"I don't!" Ruan Feiyan took a step back. It seemed that the matter had lost the meaning of whitewashing the peace. She said in a choked voice, "Do you think I don't know her? If she doesn't take her father's surname, I won't recognize her." I know, she is Xu Zang's daughter! The sinner's daughter! Her heart belongs to my mother...Why should she?"
The words came out of Ruan Feiyan's mouth, making it even more difficult to bear the pain behind her.Zhou Ting suppressed his anger deeply, his voice was burning like fire: "She doesn't even know who you are, why are you yelling at her? I am the sinner you said."
"you are not!"
She seemed to be more unacceptable to the so-called truth than he himself, and argued for him: "You were acting in self-defense, and you missed it for a while! After my father passed away, my mother took me with her through hardships. We survived by relying on the Zhou family. My mother and I have a kindness, and my mother is willing to bear the crime for you. But what is the surname Xu? If he hadn't insisted on that heart and kept silent about the case, my mother would not have been sentenced to a severe sentence and died of illness in prison. Do you think that everyone in the world is as stupid as my mother, willing to say anything!"
Ruan Feiyan bit her lower lip tightly: "He is the real sinner. His daughter's life was exchanged for my mother's life, and their family will suffer a terrible death."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhou Ting was really angry, his voice was almost cold.
Ruan Feiyan yelled again: "I said—their whole family is not well—"
The word "death" was pinched in his throat, and he was forced back by his piercing eyes.
Ruan Feiyan hated him extremely, and until now, her care for him is still deeply rooted in her bones.Even though I have warned myself countless times when I dreamed back in the middle of the night, he is the root of all evils. She shouldn't treat him differently because of his support and support for ten years, and she shouldn't treat him just because of the occasional tenderness on his unsmiling face. Hidden feelings for this person...
At the age of pure white as paper, she had no father or mother, and the only one she could rely on and tell was him.Even if she knew the truth, so what, she would rather find all excuses for him, would rather move the blood and hatred to other places, would rather hide the pain and hatred like stripping bones and bones, and exchange for a simple smiling face in front of him.
But this person, who she cared about and trusted with her short but complete life, said to her in the most hurtful and cold tone: "Get out."
She couldn't believe it: "What did you say?"
Zhou Ting's deep voice said without any emotion, "Get out."
After repeating the three words, his Adam's apple rolled slowly, slowly, as if he had exhausted all the strength he had accumulated over the past ten years.When Ruan Feiyan held back her tears and ran out, he suddenly felt extremely tired.The heart seemed to produce countless sharp needles, turning the oxygen he breathed and the light he received into ice, piercing this exhausted body that had long been unable to bear it.
Five meters away, Ye Qiao was locked in a room she hadn't lived in for many days.The heating facility in the living room was malfunctioning, and the thin nightdress could not withstand the severe winter cold, and the hands and feet were cold.She nestled in an empty sofa, hating her former self for the first time, why did she arrange the living room in such an empty appearance, so that the obvious loneliness had nowhere to hide.
Horror games that have already been cleared make people feel uninterested.Ye Qiao precisely controlled the life and death of the characters, and she threw down the control handle irritably, only the sound of the mechanical operation of the wall clock could be heard.
He still didn't show up.
Ye Qiao dialed Qianxi's phone number, and after a few words of pleasantries, she asked, "Is the little girl next door to you pretty?"
"Little girl?" Qianxi said "Oh", "What do you think of her? She is quite beautiful, and I think she can make a fortune in her school."
Ye Qiao said: "Oval face, big eyes, about 1.6 meters five, no glasses, right?"
"Yes." Qianxi said suspiciously, "Why are you asking this?"
"It's okay, hang up."
The phone disconnected unexpectedly.Ye Qiao suddenly lost the strength to investigate, hugging her knees and trying to fall asleep.
The cold air invaded the skin, and the goosebumps stood up. After a long time, I didn't feel the cold, but I just shivered all over.When she closed her eyes, it was the night when she first met him. The shower in the old rental house was hot and cold for a while, and her ears were full of men and women fighting.
I thought it was all over, but who knew it was far from over.
She remained in a huddled position, falling into a freezing sleep.In the dream, it warmed up, like a dead bug that accidentally hit and fell into the strange spring tide.
The bed sank slightly, and Ye Qiao woke up.It was already dark night outside the window, and a weak wall lamp was lit by Zhou Tingshen's bedside. She was carried here by him at some point, and she felt a little wronged by him as if nothing had happened.
Zhou Ting was deeply aware of the change in her breathing, and put his arms around her waist lightly: "Are you awake?" He pretended to smile easily, "It's so cold outside, yet you can sleep so well."
Ye Qiao suddenly turned over to face him, and said bluntly, "The little girl in the daytime is the student your family sponsored?"
"Yeah." He didn't want to hide it.
Her second sentence hit the nail on the head: "Is it your family, or you?"
Zhou Ting was silent for a moment before saying, "It's me."
Ye Qiao was unusually calm: "The night I first met you, you just came out of her house, didn't you?"
"Yes..." He was already hesitating.
Ye Qiao was so perceptive, every moment of his hesitation was infinitely magnified in her eyes.She rushed over fiercely, and Zhou Ting was crushed by her unexpectedly. He called out "Qiao Qiao", stood up and was pushed down by her again.
Ye Qiao said mercilessly, "Don't you like doing this the most?"
Zhou Ting deeply comforted her arched back, and carefully responded to her kiss.When she was in extreme pain, the hot tears from the bottom of her heart welled up and fell on his eyes, and the salty tears seeped into his eyes.Seeing him blinking sorely, Ye Qiao suddenly sobbed as if he had lost his strength.
"Qiao Qiao..." Zhou Ting called her in a hoarse voice, trying to bring her back to her senses.However, the more Ye Qiao cried, the more sad he became, and the more weary he became, she lay on top of him and remained motionless.
"Stop crying, stop crying. Listen to my explanation." Zhou Ting patted her on the back deeply, "She's just a child, what can she have with me?"
Women are the same from 16 to 60, swooning over an identified mate.Ruan Feiyan's eyes during the day were clearly engraved in Ye Qiao's mind, and her nails could not help but dig into the skin of his back.
Zhou Ting let out a deep pain, grabbed her hand and turned over so that she could see his eyes: "Qiao Qiao, trust me."
Ye Qiao was a little quiet, Zhou Ting kissed her eyes deeply, swallowed the salty liquid into his throat, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Why are you crying? What's the point of an underage child?" His eyes wandered over her beautifully contoured chest For a week, whispered in her ear, "I only like you like this."
The tears in the corners of her eyes were dried by the heat, and the sound of her heartbeat could be heard clearly. Ye Qiao's mind flashed countless faces, and she faintly felt that the girl's appearance was indescribably familiar.However, the mind gradually became dizzy, and the ruthlessness was exhausted at the time of the preemptive attack. At this moment, only the softness of prostration remained: "The night I first met you, I heard some... voices, wasn't it you?"
Zhou Ting recalled deeply, reluctantly understood, and said: "No. Her life style is not very good, and it is useless to discipline her. I happened to meet that day."
No wonder Qianxi heard the sound of fighting next door that day.The wounds on his head and face at that time must have been left in the same way.Ye Qiao recalled the meeting between the two at the pharmacy, and suddenly felt a little overwhelmed by love, so she laughed.
Tears turned into laughter so quickly, Zhou Tingshen felt even more helpless: "Don't want to know something else?" Those complicated origins that he didn't know how to explain, were only separated from her by a thin snowflake-like distance at this moment.
Ye Qiao shook her head and said, "That's enough. You don't need to say much else."
There seems to be light fluff floating outside the window.
Zhou Tingshen didn't say anything anymore, hugged her, and said softly: "It's snowing outside."
The first snow of the year finally fell before the beginning of spring.
The first snow poured down the sky and the earth, and the next morning, there was a layer of hoarfrost everywhere.
In the pure white world, all jealousies and sins seem to be forgiven.
Ye Qiao was holding a cup of hot coffee in front of the window, her nose was a little stuffy, which was the sequelae of catching a cold last night.Zhou Ting rummaged through the drawer to find medicine for her, and he threw the medicine bottle with a hoarse clinking sound.He is in good health and rarely catches a cold. On the contrary, he has more medicines for trauma than basic medicines at home.After searching for a long time, he couldn't find everything, so he simply picked up a down jacket and wrapped Ye Qiao up, and led Desa out to buy medicine.
The pharmacy is very close, within walking distance.
Desa was rejoicing in the snow wearing the little boots bought by Ye Qiao, and the heat from Kazakhstan quickly condensed in the air.
After buying the cold medicine, Zhou Tingshen went to pay the bill, Ye Qiao waited at the door with the dog, and heard two office workers discussing gossip, one on the left and the other on the right.
"I heard that the iCloud password of the producer surnamed Z was leaked, and a lot of pornographic photos leaked out, and many female stars have been recruited."
"Wow, that's like fixing a computer error."
"That's right, it's said that the movie that's been filming recently seems to be called "Wu Wangcheng"? Several actresses in it have been recruited."
"Really? Could it be Pei Xindan and Ye Qiao?"
"These two are not available for the time being. The ones that were released before were all little stars, their name is Zhao. I just released a big news this morning. Xu Yinshan, dare you believe it!"
Zhou Ting came out carrying the medicine bag and found Ye Qiao in a daze: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing..." Ye Qiao came back to his senses and took his hand, "Suddenly I don't want to eat seafood porridge for breakfast, how about going home to order dumplings?"
"Only quick-frozen, are you used to it?"
"Ah."
She grabbed the dog leash and walked back, Zhou Ting caught a deep glimpse of her frozen red knuckles, wrapping her palms around hers, his palms were trembling with cold.Ye Qiao looked up at him, and when she smiled, the snow reflected in her eyes, which seemed to be shining.
Back at the apartment, while he was ordering dumplings, Ye Qiao checked the entertainment news.
The actress surnamed Zhao was indeed Zhao Mo, and she was involved with several fourth- and fifth-tier movie stars who had only met once.Xu Yinshan is the most famous among them, and the photos are the most explicit. They have become a sharp weapon for every bad website to attract clicks.
Ye Qiao herself was not afraid of being crooked in the shadow, nor worried about being involved in this scandal in the entertainment industry, but for some reason, she had a vague premonition.
The phone rang, and Ye Qiao started to touch the phone, but a strange male voice answered, "Excuse me, is this Miss Ye Qiao?"
"you are?"
"I am Yang Zhisong, the curator of Yangcheng Art Museum. You met me when you were a child."
It's easy to remember after a while.The curator of Yangcheng Art Museum, and her father were classmates when they were young, and they have been close friends for many years.Ye Qiao replied politely, "Uncle Yang."
"It's hard for you to remember." Yang Zhisong laughed twice, greeted her in a cordial tone, and said after a few pleasantries, "Your father seems to be in poor health recently and has been hospitalized for observation. There is a large exhibition of his works in the museum this year." , he said that he could not attend the opening ceremony, and recommended you to me as an immediate family member to unveil."
Ye Qiao was stunned: "My father, recommended me?"
Even when she had an accident while filming, she didn't hear any news about him, but the good news of Cheng Su's pregnancy reached her ears through Qian Xi's leaky mouth.Ye Qiao thought that the kinship between father and daughter was already as thin as water.
Yang Zhisong still smiled modestly: "That's right. Your father only has a daughter like you, so it's only right to invite you to represent him as the guest of honor at the opening ceremony."
She is the only one in the world, his flesh and blood whose blood is thicker than water.
Ye Qiao suddenly felt sad, and said softly, "Let me think about it for a few days, is that okay?"
Yang Zhisong was stunned, as if he didn't expect her to hesitate, but he readily agreed: "Okay...okay, you should think about it carefully. Uncle Yang knows that you are a star performer now, and the price and remuneration for attending the opening ceremony are negotiable."
Ye Qiao felt it was absurd, and laughed at himself: "It's not about the appearance fee. I've...not been very convenient recently."
"Oh? Really? If you can't come, can you introduce some of your father's students to uncle?"
"Students?" Ye Qiao thought about it, and said apologetically, "My dad seems to have confiscated students."
Yang Zhisong let out a bewildered "huh": "How could it be? I also know someone else, your father's closed disciple, the only son of the Zhou family."
Ye Qiao's face suddenly changed.
"Yes, it happened many years ago. I have no contact information."
Her tone was flat.
Yang Zhisong didn't realize it: "It's okay, this is a bad idea. It's better that you can attend, promise Uncle Yang, you must think about it!"
"Yeah." Ye Qiao smoothly reported his assistant's phone number to him, saying that he would contact him later.
His tone seemed indifferent.
She also wishes she was indifferent.
No one in the world knows how much she longed for her father to appear when she was unconscious on the hospital bed.Even if they met each other, they would just stare at each other coldly, and even without a single word of thoughtfulness to say, she still had the extravagant hope of meeting each other.But he didn't come, whether it was because of physical reasons or because he didn't want to see her as an unworthy girl again, Xu Zang didn't come to visit until the end.
Maybe some bad feelings will always lie between father and daughter.
After hanging up the phone, another call came, this time it was Shen Ting.
The energetic tone of the young girl's voice pulled her back from the sentimental memory.
On the other side, Zhou Tingshen brought the hot dumplings to the table.Ye Qiao refrained from spicy food, and the seasoning was white vinegar with minced ginger, which gave it a sour aroma.Zhou Tingshen helped her adjust the chopsticks. Ye Qiao turned his mood into appetite, picked one up and put it in his mouth, and turned on the phone for free.Shen Ting's voice came out through the loudspeaker: "Sister Qiao, did you see what happened to Xu Yinshan?"
Ye Qiao let out a "hmm" from a distance.
Shen Ting continued: "There are people on the Internet who confuse the public and put out photos of you and Mr. Zhou. It doesn't matter if they are anonymous. But now that the photos are leaked, netizens think about that and get involved together. The iCloud incident, I’m afraid it’s hard to tell.”
Ye Qiao raised his eyes to see Zhou Tingshen's expression. He was still adjusting his soy sauce dish slowly. Hearing the sound, he asked calmly, "Is the spread wide?"
"Ah, is Mr. Zhou here?" Shen Ting was quite embarrassed, her tone changed slightly, "Fortunately, they are all normal photos, and it's not difficult to clarify. I just want to remind Miss Qiao..."
"Okay, your sister Qiao is eating, let her finish eating well."
After speaking, he pressed the phone.
Ye Qiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You hang up on me now and don't even ask me."
"It's not a serious work call, so I just hung up." Zhou Ting didn't take it seriously, seeing her eyes flushed, and said, "Have a bad cold again? Go to sleep after eating later."
Ye Qiao put a dumpling in the mouth and covered her dodging eyes: "I slept for two rounds last night and couldn't sleep."
"After taking the medicine, I can fall asleep."
The girl's nose was red and her cheeks were also red when she was sick. She was as cute as a cartoon character.In the end, Zhou Tingshen didn't let her eat well, so he pinched her cheeks twice when he had nothing to do, and Ye Qiao held up his chopsticks to block people: "The cold should be contagious." Take it with you.
After he swallowed, Ye Qiao stared at him blankly, as if he had seen something extraordinary.
Zhou Ting was suspicious: "What's wrong?"
Ye Qiao blinked and said in a daze, "The dumpling you ate just now was filled with meat..."
He didn't respond when he was eating, and he realized it only after she reminded him.Zhou Tingshen's mouth was full of ginger powder, and he didn't think there was anything wrong, so he comforted her: "It's okay."
Ye Qiao thought it was a big deal.If you can eat the first bite, you can eat the second bite, and the heart disease will no longer exist over time.He had experienced some bloody scenes that he couldn't bear to recall, that's why he was taboo about eating meat. Ye Qiao knew best how long it would take to get rid of such a heart disease, so he picked up a fresh dumpling and coaxed him to eat it: "This is a pork-flavored dumpling." Celery stuffing, parsley has a strong taste, you can eat it just by chewing, try eating two..."
Zhou Tingshen turned his face away and didn't answer.Ye Qiao was defeated in the first battle, so he put down his chopsticks dejectedly, not to be forced.
The snowy weather is cold, and the air is quiet and thin, like a high-latitude polar circle city.
After eating, Ye Qiao and Shui swallowed the medicine, casually swiped through Moments, and were again bullied by Qianxi.As usual, I ignored the "ahhhhh" of the three major lines, and the tone below was even more horrifying: "I went to work early in the morning, and the first patient admitted for treatment was actually my neighbor! The baby was scared to death. I ran into it last night when I was eating supper. This morning I just can’t think of being sent to the emergency bed! The little girl is so young, how can she not cherish life so much? I am broken in love and work overtime and eat in the cafeteria all day. I am an inspirational role model! Please give me a thumbs up to continue my life, please! "
Ye Qiao glanced at the photo taken by Qianxi, and a corner of the medical record was exposed, which happened to be the second half of the household registration address.The photos were so blurry that ordinary people might not be able to recognize them, but she clearly knew who the head of the household was at that address.
On the other side of the bedroom, Zhou Ting answered the phone with a serious expression: "Yes, um...OK, I'll be there right away."
Countless clues were connected together, Ye Qiao drank half a glass of water to calm down, but unfortunately it was hot water, which made her heart and lungs hurt suddenly.
Zhou Tingshen took off his coat and came to her, coaxing her: "I'll go to the hospital, it's over there on Qingjiang Road. Get a good night's sleep, and text me what you want for lunch, and I'll bring it to you when I come back, huh?"
Ye Qiao shook her head stubbornly and said, "I'll go with you."
(End of this chapter)
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