It was January 17, 2014, 10 months and 5 days after the last separation, and the two finally met again.

The young man in front of him was wearing a camel-colored high-necked long sweater, a short jacket on the outside, a backpack on his back, a light brown line hat, and a big mask covering half of his face, but even if he covered it so tightly, Yan Duo still recognized him at first sight, maybe it was just because the young man's beautiful eyes were too memorable.

"You've grown taller. This was the first thing Yan Duo said when he saw Le Mingxiao again, and Le Mingxiao's first reaction was to run away, but unfortunately Yan Duo obviously expected him to make such a move, and with a stretch of his long arm, he stopped people between two rows of shelves.

"Why don't you say hello when you see someone, I'm still your boss, right?"

"......" Le Mingxiao blinked his eyes and took off his mask, so that face was completely revealed in front of Yan Duo. It's been more than a year since I saw him on stage for the first time, and this person hasn't changed much, except that he has grown taller and his face is rounder, and he is still that clean and pure teenager.

"Hello, Mr. Yan, long time no see. ”

"It won't be too long, and I can afford to wait. Yan Duo smiled, and suddenly his eyes fell on the CD in Le Mingxiao's hand, "Whose song are you listening to?" he asked, pulling out the CD directly from Le Mingxiao's hand, and looking at it positively and negatively, "Is it Li Xin's new album? Why, as a good brother, he didn't give you one?"

Le Mingxiao didn't answer Yan Duo's question, and said, "If there's nothing to do, I'll miss it first, Mr. Yan, you go shopping slowly." ”

But Yan Duo refused to let him go, stopped the person again, stuffed the CD back into Le Mingxiao's hand, and said: "Li Xin and you were once called the twin stars of the first class of stars by the media, and now one of these twin stars has released his own personal debut album and has good results, so as the other one of the twin stars, do you have no ideas?"

Le Mingxiao knew that Yan Duo was deliberately provoking himself, so he was no longer polite, he raised his eyes to look at Yan Duo, and said bluntly: "Mr. Yan wants to say anything, please say it together, and please give way when you are done." ”

The young man's eyes were clear and translucent, black and white, any love could be clearly revealed in it, seeing the obvious impatience in his eyes, the smile on the corner of Yan Duo's lips became deeper and deeper, he preferred such a frank Le Mingxiao to the humble and polite Le Mingxiao.

"I heard you own a music studio?"

"So what?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the company contract clearly states that artists are not allowed to engage in any form of commercial activity without the permission of the company. ”

"......" Le Mingxiao was a little confused.

"You're doing a good job, aren't you?"

"Yan Duo, don't go too far!"

This is the first time Yan Duo has heard Le Mingxiao call his name, although the young man's indignation is overflowing, but he can hear his own name from his beautiful voice, Yan Duo is still very useful. Seeing that the young man was glaring at himself fiercely, his eyes seemed to be about to burst into flames, and his right fist was already clenched, Yan Duo smiled and said, "What, you want to do it again?"

Le Mingxiao took a deep breath, loosened his fist with difficulty, and said as calmly as possible: "The world is so big, there are many people who can choose, why do you just stare at me?"

"It's simple, I like you. ”

――What do you like about me, I can't change it!

Le Mingxiao almost shouted out this vulgar classic line, but fortunately he had no masochistic tendencies.

"Mr. Yan likes to tell many people, but I'm afraid I can't count it. ”

"It's just you at this stage. ”

"I don't need it, Mr. Yan still leaves his overflowing love to those who need it, thank you. ”

This is the third time that Le Mingxiao plans to leave today, but Yan Duo has made up his mind not to let go, he held Le Mingxiao's shoulders with both hands, looked at the young man's dark eyes, and said, "Le Mingxiao, what is your dream?"

"......" didn't understand why Yan Duo's train of thought jumped so much, Le Mingxiao didn't reply, Yan Duo continued, "My dream is to build the No. 1 entertainment dynasty in Asia, and then promote Chinese culture to the whole world, what about you?

"My dream ......" Le Mingxiao muttered, and when he reacted, he immediately closed his mouth and frowned.

Seeing the entanglement in his expression, Yan Duo let go of him and said, "Reach over." ”

"What to do?" Le Mingxiao asked, Yan Duo had already grabbed his hand and dragged him over, he wanted to earn it back, but he didn't succeed.

A notepad and a pen were hung in the corner of the shelf, which were used to leave messages for customers, Yan Duo took the pen and began to write in the palm of Le Mingxiao's palm.

The tip of the pen touched the skin and wandered slightly on the surface, itchy, Le Mingxiao gritted his teeth so that he didn't let himself laugh.

"This is the address of my hotel and my personal mobile phone number," Yan Duo said as he wrote, "I will stay in Chengdu for another day, and you are always welcome to come to me before 10 o'clock on the 18th." ”

"No, I'm not going. Le Mingxiao wanted to withdraw his hand again, this time Yan Duo let go of him, he saw that there was indeed an extra line of words and a string of numbers in his palm, Le Mingxiao frowned slightly, and his other hand was about to wipe off these words.

Yan Duo didn't seem to be worried at all, and said with a determined look in his eyes: "Remember to come to me, I'll wait for you." ”

"I'm not going!" Le Mingxiao emphasized.

"You will definitely come, and I will definitely wait for you. ”

"I won't ......" Le Mingxiao wanted to refuse, but Yan Duo didn't give him another chance, and turned to leave.

Le Mingxiao's words were held in his throat, almost didn't hold back the internal injuries, and when he saw the two lines of words in his palm again, how to look at it was an eyesore, he put his hand in his coat pocket, and thought angrily that he must wash it off when he went back!

After coming out of the video store, Le Mingxiao did not go home, but went to school. At this time, the final exams have ended, and there are only a few students and school workers left on the campus who have not yet returned home, and the bustling snack street outside the school on weekdays has become deserted.

After leaving the north gate of the school, about 200 meters to the east, Le Mingxiao's music studio is located in a private house here. Not long after returning to Chengdu last year, Le Mingxiao opened this studio with a few like-minded classmates, and most of the funds were provided by him, using the money given by Lin Chen. There was a total of 50,000 yuan in that card, and when Le Mingxiao saw the number of words in the balance displayed for the first time, he was really taken aback, he never imagined that the company would be so generous, but now that he thinks about it, it is very likely that this money was given by Yan Duo privately, and he deliberately dug a trap to let himself drill in.

The house where the studio is located was rented with the help of the counselor, and the landlord only collected a nominal part of the rent, so most of the money was spent on the purchase of music equipment and advertising. A small studio like theirs doesn't make much money at all, but it's just a few classmates who get together to play music with enthusiasm, occasionally help people record a few demos, take over the later stage, and plan a few small commercial performances at the end of the year, which is barely profitable. Le Mingxiao checked the balance of the account and found that there were less than 20,000 yuan on it, if the company really wanted him to compensate for liquidated damages, this amount of money would not even be enough to pay.

Le Mingxiao grabbed his hair irritably, and suddenly the mobile phone rang, he took the backpack, rummaged through it, and when he touched the mobile phone, his fingertips suddenly touched something hard, so he took it out, but it turned out to be a CD bought from a video store.

Li Xin's album is called "Marionette", which is named after the title song, and the cover is dressed as a marionette, wearing exaggerated makeup, looking ahead blankly, full of drama. Le Mingxiao unpacked the package and put the record into the CD player, and after a while, Li Xin's unique singing voice sounded in the room.

Li Xin and Le Mingxiao's growth experiences are very similar, they are both from musical families, and they both studied music since childhood, the difference is that Le Mingxiao studied piano, while Li Xin learned violin. One of the two is in the Chengdu division and the other is in the Beijing division, and they are also the favorites to win the championship, and they have been compared by the media in the division stage. Later, the two of them will enter the final stage as the champions of the division, and they were crowned "twin stars" by the media.

After Li Xin's record was officially released, he naturally left a copy for Le Mingxiao, and when he came to Chengdu to participate in the event, he called Le Mingxiao and said that he would bring it to him in person, but Le Mingxiao refused, because he said that he would definitely go back, and he would take it in person when the time came.