"Detachment" was finished, and Lan Li felt a little empty.

Every time it was finished before, it was always painful for Lan Li, as if he had returned to reality from a dream. When he ended the filming of "Love Crazy", he was also seriously ill, the feeling was like a cold, the condition itself was not too serious, snot and head were hot, cough and fever, and after the minor problems were cured, the body was still extremely heavy, and his mind was groggy, as if he was pulling out the tiredness and soreness hidden in the muscles and blood little by little, so that he could really heal.

But this time it was different, the whole person had a sense of prostration, but that's all. The heart is empty, as if I have studied hard for the whole semester, and I have been looking forward to the arrival of the summer vacation, but when the summer vacation really comes, I leave my friends, leave the school, leave the heavy schoolwork, and suddenly relax and relax, but I am a little uncomfortable, not sad, not painful, not reluctant, but sure that there is some faint loss when I say goodbye.

Looking back on the past two months, every day is stepping on a fixed schedule, meticulously reading the script, preparing for the performance, getting into the state, over time, this has become a part of life, every day is hard, but also fulfilling, and the experience of life in the Bronx, it was an extremely difficult time, like stepping on a tightrope, but it was an extremely precious day, not only a part of Henry Barthes, but also a part of him.

Suddenly, it was finished, and Lan Li was inevitably a little lost when he stood in place.

The children, led by Sammy and Betty, rushed up to take pictures, autographs, and hugs with Lan Li, except for Sammy, the other children may never appear on the movie screen, this is the only screen experience in their lives, and the only special summer vacation, they all want to be able to make memories.

It's just that it is unknown whether this hot summer can change the trajectory of their lives.

Then, even many staff members came up and took pictures with Lan Li, trying to record this rare hardship, rare pain, and rare happiness of a shooting experience. No one knows what will happen after the release of "Detachment", and no one even knows whether "Detachment" will be released smoothly, but they do know that this filming experience has become a part of their lives.

After the crew disbanded on the spot, Lan Li did not leave immediately, but walked slowly along the streets of the Bronx, feeling the chaos and depression of this dilapidated area, and then recalled the group of children in the Mount Sinai Hospital, even after being sentenced to death, they were still living tirelessly, like indomitable weeds.

Life is fair, everyone is facing their own difficulties and suffering, and everyone is choosing their own way of coping, so they go to their own ending, step by step, every step on the road is their own step, and the ending is also their own choice, not to seek light, but to be worthy of.

This is true for the residents of the Bronx, for the children at Mount Sinai Hospital, and for Blue Rites. Lan Li retracted his palm, feeling the force of his fingertips pressing on his palm, which was unprecedentedly firm.

Leave the Bronx and take the subway back to Manhattan, navigating through the strange and familiar steel forests in an attempt to find your own apartment. As a result, he forgot the name of the street again, and to be honest, he had lived in the new apartment for less than three months after moving to the new apartment, which seemed less familiar than the hotel.

Lan Li regretted it a little, and he knew that he would have asked Nathan to send him back. After thinking about it, he took out his phone and dialed a phone number.

"You should know that we can't trust the client's words, and if he lies, it will make us very passive in court, which is also the purpose of our own investigation. The so-called investigation is not for you to simply repeat the client's statement!"

Charlotte-Kelly kept her head down, not daring to look up at all, her hands nervously crossed and twisted and clenched, even her toes, hidden in her heels and wrapped in stockings, curled up. There was a cold and stiff voice in her ears, there was no obvious anger or responsibility, but the indifference hidden between the lines carried a sharp thunderous momentum, so that she didn't even have the courage to raise her head and look directly at the other party.

The usual Matthew Dunlop is always polite and detached, and the iceberg temperament has some routines that no one should enter, but there is no aggression in any way. Although the employees in the law firm were in awe of him, they were not afraid, on the contrary, many female employees liked him and quietly discussed his every move.

Charlotte is no exception.

It's just that Charlotte didn't expect that Matthew at work was completely meticulous, not only rigorous, but also serious, even severe, but there was a storm of rage in his calm words, which made people feel extremely small, and they could only tremble, and even the courage to resist disappeared.

Charlotte felt like she was about to suffocate, she couldn't even feel that there was anyone else in the office, and the whole space was silent, dead silent. She didn't feel the end at all.

The door of the office was pushed open, and a figure cautiously leaned in, and Matthew's words stopped abruptly, but the cold low pressure not only did not ease, but poured down like a dark cloud, and even the person with the door became frightened, but still stubbornly said, "Matthew, internal phone." ”

Matthew still didn't speak, and the other party gritted his teeth and finished the full words, "It's Mr. Hall." ”

Silence, silence, the assistant at the door was almost about to give up, but heard Matthew's voice coming from the cold, "Take it in." ”

"Okay. The assistant withdrew. Charlotte only felt that her neck was extremely sore, and even her shoulders were stiff and almost unconscious, but she did not dare to move, lest the slightest movement would cause Matthew's calm volcano to completely erupt.

Matthew picked up the phone on the conference table, pulled the phone cord, walked over to the glass wall, and said, "This is Matthew Dunlop. ”

"Hey, Charles. The familiar voice on the other end of the phone made the corners of Matthew's mouth twitch slightly, "Uh, do you remember what street my house is?" ”

Matthew closed his eyes and quietly adjusted his breathing, "I'll send the address to your phone." Your work is over today?"

"Yes, it just ended. It's a really strange feeling to be in the Bronx and suddenly come back to Manhattan, and I feel like I don't know the city anymore. I've been to the slums of Rio de Janeiro, but it's a different country, a different land. It's a strange feeling to be in New York now, but to be in two completely different worlds. So, I guess I'm kind of lost. ”

Matthew smiled dumbly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, "Are you sure it's because you don't have a sense of direction in the first place?" After complaining, Matthew realized the meeting going on behind him, "Do you need me to call a taxi for you?" I can tell him the address in advance and drive you back directly. ”

"No, no. I'm going to walk back, I'm coming out of the subway station, and if I'm not mistaken, it's just three streets, right?"

Ma Xian was ready to say: The premise is to choose the right direction, otherwise if you go the opposite way, you may go directly to the Statue of Liberty. But Lan Li said "goodbye" indifferently, and then hung up the phone. This made Matthew chuckle again, and at the same time put the earpiece back, stood there and thought about it for a moment, and then turned around, and then found that everyone in the room looked away uncomfortably, including Charlotte.

Charlotte lowered her head heavily, and quickly hid her eyes, the stunned, the surprise, and the shock could not be concealed, and the momentary ups and downs made her more and more flustered. Secretly praying in his heart, Matthew didn't notice his abnormality.

In contrast, Matthew, who was the focus of attention, calmly scanned the conference room, then returned to the front of the conference table, sat down again, as if nothing had happened, lowered his head and took out his mobile phone that was turned to silent, and after sending the address to the address, he spoke again, "We have to start the investigation again, and then communicate with the customer......"

The meeting ended faster than expected, and after watching Matthew leave the conference room, Charlotte finally relaxed, her tense shoulder lines relaxed, and the colleagues next to her came up and patted Charlotte's shoulder to express comfort. Charlotte cheered up and shook her head, she knew that it was all her own mistake, Matthew's blame was justified, this level of mistake was originally the tuition that rookies had to pay, fortunately, Matthew was at least willing to teach her.

"That call just now was so timely, otherwise I would have felt like I was going to suffocate. Someone next to her whispered, Charlotte couldn't help but be stunned, and then fell into her own thoughts.

Matthew had brought his lunch thirty minutes earlier, and he was still a little worried about Lan Li after all.

That guy Lan Li is very smart, there is no doubt about it, but his life ability is terrible, the refrigerator never knows how to fill, the clothes are never washed on time, and the clutter is never sorted out on time. Matthew believes that Lan Li is likely to find his way home, and then stay in a roadside coffee shop, or find a supermarket, sit on the floor, flip through a book, and before you know it, she loses track of time.

This is not Matthew's speculation, it has happened before, and more than once.

He still remembered the first time Edith Hall called him, that polite and cold voice, asking about Lan Li's whereabouts, the Hall family was calm, no one was worried about Lan Li's whereabouts, if it wasn't for Edith, it is estimated that no one would even notice Lan Li's disappearance. Eventually, Matthew found Lan Li in the wheat section of a Tesco supermarket, where Lan Li was reading "The Metamorphosis" with relish.

Back in Lan Li's apartment, finding the key from the lintel, opening the sliding door, and seeing the canvas shoes scattered randomly on the ground, Matthew knew that the guy had finally found his way back. Is it because Manhattan Island is relatively small?