The meeting between Alexander and Lan Li lasted less than a minute, there was no polite greeting, no false and wrongful greetings, the core content was conveyed in the simplest way, the amount of information in his mind had exploded, but on the surface it was still a light and breezy appearance.

There were still nearly 300 guests "waiting" at the scene, and both Alexander and Lan Li still had countless social work to complete, so after a brief exchange of information, they separated, and then the other guests around them flocked like a tide.

Lan Li's footsteps never stopped, but greeted politely, and after a few simple polite sentences, he said that he would talk slowly at the wine party later, and then his footsteps walked away in a slow but unstoppable manner-

Obviously, not everyone likes Lan Li's perfunctory and coping, but they are helpless, whether they complain, complain, or even get angry, it doesn't help, they can't affect Lan Li's decision, and they can't even make Lan Li talk for more than three sentences, they can only watch Lan Li walk towards an "outsider" with a smile on his face.

It can be seen from her outfit that the guests in the audience are the only ones who have no semicolon, and the dress of the shirt with jeans really looks too amateurish, but the interesting part is here, she does not feel uncomfortable or inappropriate at all, and her down-and-out demeanor calmly meets countless sights, including those who provoke and attack, she does not refuse, so she is bathed in the rain of bullets, and is content.

"Who's that? Such a faux pas. Even an assistant shouldn't be so sloppy. ”

"Stupid. It was Lan Li's sister, another Hall. ”

"Oh, the photographer? And you're dating a Hollywood star?"

Lan Li's footsteps stopped two steps in front of Edith, and he didn't speak, just looked at Edith quietly.

Although Edith had a shallow smile on her face, the tiredness between her eyebrows lingered, and a trace of sadness and confusion could be faintly captured in those dark circles, and her neat short hair hung down, outlining the arc of her face, much sharper than she remembered.

Lan Li didn't speak, but Edith couldn't bear the silence first, waved her hand, and joked, "Don't look at me with those eyes, I'm not a little girl who fell for you." Your charm doesn't work for me, so it's better to save a little. ”

"Welcome back. Lan Li finally spoke, but rarely did not fight back against Edith's complaints, but opened his arms to Edith with a smile.

Suddenly, Edith's nose was slightly sour.

Every trip to the battlefield is difficult, and it doesn't get better just because you go there more times. She had thought that like a doctor or a soldier, she would become numb and then not care when she saw too much death and became accustomed to disasters, but she was wrong, even for the tenth or twentieth time, the powerful emotional impact could easily break all the defenses.

Sometimes, she even began to wonder if she was a masochistic tendency, knowing that it was purgatory, but always moving forward as a moth to the fire, and then returning to London scarred each time, pretending that nothing had happened, and returning to the peace of civilized society.

until I can't support it anymore.

Welcome back. It's such a simple sentence, but it makes Edith understand that someone is waiting for her to come back, someone is behind her to support her to chase her dreams, no matter what happens, that guy will stick to the same place, and then use practical actions to inspire her to continue to fight.

Edith was a little embarrassed, and before she could help but think of the roar of the artillery fire and the broken corpses again. Compared to everything that happened on the front line, the eyes and voices around her, she didn't care, she really didn't care. She now finally understood Lan Li's attitude towards those people in Vanity Fair, they were so small and so simple, even ridiculously simple. That's not the same world.

"It's a little dreary inside, let's go out and get some fresh air?" Lan Li began.

The smile on the corner of Edith's mouth couldn't help but rise: Lan Li is still like this, she can always see through her thoughts, as well as her embarrassment.

"The jewel in the crown just left, are you sure it doesn't matter?" A small smile appeared on the corner of Edith's mouth, and she couldn't help but joke.

Lan Li shrugged, "They will survive." This made Edith laugh merrily.

The two siblings left the crowd one after the other, and then came to the outside on the first floor again, the sky in London was still not completely clear, but the fresh air cleared the brain, and the mood was a little smoother.

"Do you mind?" said Edith, pulling out her cigarette and asking Lan Li.

Lan Li smiled dumbly, "Yes, I still mind. ”

Edith glanced at Lan Li, but ignored it, lit her cigarette to herself, and then took a deep puff, the smoke curling around her fingertips.

Lan Li noticed that Edith didn't wear black nail polish, as if she didn't wear makeup, and the whole person looked very plain and elegant, but it added a touch of purity - the kind of rebellion that belonged to Edith, the powerful aura that burst out from the inside out, disdainful of disguise, and could not disguise.

Neither of them spoke, just quietly enjoying a moment of silence, but Edith's tired and mixed mood slowly settled.

"Arthur said you bought a new house, can I come and live with you for a while?" Before Lan Li could reply, Edith changed her mind again, "Forget it." Can I come to your New York apartment for a while? You and Matthew have been in London lately, right? I need to be quiet. ”

"No problem. I'll tell Rooney, you know where the key is hidden. Lan Li didn't ask too much, so he simply agreed, "Or, you can go to Malibu, where I bought a villa with a private beach." It's quieter there. ”

“…… I'll consider taking a look. Edith didn't say yes, her mind was a little confused, she needed time to figure out whether Los Angeles was right or New York was right, she wasn't sure - she had just returned from the front, and then she was going to the beach? Was this too much of a luxury to enjoy? She just wanted to be quiet and quiet, maybe to be in the city of New York, feel the popularity, and the mood could be calmed.

She didn't know, and she wasn't sure.

After a moment's hesitation, Edith asked, "...... Lan Li, you say, is there any way we can help those children? I mean, is there no way to end the war except for charity fundraising? I know that human beings are greedy after all, and war is inevitable after all, but ......"

Lan Li didn't speak immediately, because he knew that his feelings and experiences were never as real as Edith's: he hadn't really experienced war. His understandings and opinions, then, are all on paper, and he himself does not know whether those discussions are accurate enough.

Edith is the one who has the say.

But Lan Li still thought seriously for a moment, and then said after considering his words:

"Did you know that women's pain is innate, it is a physiological and inevitable pain, month/case, childbirth, bloating/milk, etc., throughout life, and it has to be experienced once a month, while men do not need it. Men's pain needs to be found by oneself in order to make oneself feel alive. ”

So, you can see that religion and philosophy all started with men, about God, about hell, about forgiveness, about redemption, in the beginning, all of these things have nothing to do with women, just so that men can have a way of repentance and review, and feel those spiritual pains. ”

But in fact, women also had their own track of repentance and review, and so men invented war. It's about making each other feel pain, and if there's no war, then it's rugby — or boxing, and in this way we look for pain over and over again, trying to prove that men exist too. ”

Lan Li's words were unhurried and unhurried, and they were so eloquent that Edith herself didn't realize that the curvature of her mouth rose.

Edith tilted her head slightly, "Sebastian, you're not serious, are you?"

Lan Li chuckled directly, "I mean, for the sake of profit, for the sake of dignity, as long as there are men in this world—or, to avoid sexism, as long as there are human beings, then they will not give up fighting until they kill each other." ”

"Wow. I never knew you were so dark. Edith's eyes widened, and she looked at Lan Li with a look of incredulity.

Lan Li shrugged his shoulders, "So, instead of you thinking about how to stop humans from killing each other, you should use your lens to record those images, and then spread them to the world, so that humans can think about how we should avoid the end of the world." ”

Then, Lan Li turned to Edith, "The greatest part of the news media is that they can reflect the whole world in their own way. ”

“…… And what about the actors?" said Edith, who suddenly became curious.

Lan Li showed a big smile, "We use our own way to understand the world, and then relay our understanding to the audience. ”

Edith savored it, then withdrew her gaze, looked at the palm-sized sky above her head again, and was silent for a moment, "You ask Nathan to send me the address of Malibu." ”

"Hmm. Lan Li didn't ask too much about anything, not even Chris Evans' condition, and simply agreed.

Then, the two of them fell silent again.

Until Eton's figure appeared, "Lan Li, we need to go to the reception." Before the official reception, you still need to eat something for lunch. "Although I don't want to disturb Lan Li and Edith, today is obviously not the best occasion.

Edith gestured to Eaton, then patted Lan Li's arm, "You can go over." I'll go back first. ”

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