As if the distant twilight gradually swallowed the last ray of sunlight on the horizon, the high-rise buildings shining with lights towered in the dark and dark blue night, the silence seemed to have merged with the darkness, and several stars could not wait for the complete fall of night to jump out, and the night of Los Angeles quietly came. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info (this chapter BGM "Starboy" - the.weeknd, here it must be explained that the word "Starboy" can be interpreted as a star-sparkling boy or a playboy, but this song is about the singer who hates the image of himself as "Starboy")

Cheng Xiaoyu drove through the crowded traffic towards Beverly Hills, his face was as usual as if nothing had happened just now, but Catherine, who had never experienced such a thing, stiffened her body and desperately looked at the noisy night outside the window, trying to make the atmosphere not so embarrassing.

But she reacted to be angry, she didn't know what she was angry about, maybe when she was angry, why didn't Cheng Xiaoyu take the initiative to reconcile the atmosphere, maybe she was angry at Cheng Xiaoyu's impolite behavior that broke through the limit of ambiguity......

In short, the two were speechless for a while, allowing the music in the car to water their eardrums wantonly.

It's just that the music is also quiet, they are all silent enough to hear each other and feel each other's breath falling together, the moonlight in the distance is like the snort of the two of them, getting heavier and heavier, and finally it is covered by dark clouds, and the invisible pen in the sky is waved, and the thick ink quickly darkens their surroundings.

At this time, the car had already driven out of the city and onto the winding seaside mountain road, which was so quiet that it seemed to be a shooting scene in a horror movie.

Cheng Xiaoyu could see the headlights of Norton following behind through the reflector, and after judging the distance, he suddenly braked sharply and put the car across the middle of the road, this action startled Catherine, who was sitting on the side immersed in a hazy unpleasant feeling, she subconsciously turned her head to look at Cheng Xiaoyu, frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Xiaoyu said lightly: "Someone is following us....."

Norton's car was not slow, but a word, at this time, Norton's Chevrolet also let out a sharp whistling sound, and braked sharply in front of Cheng Xiaoyu's Maserati, and Catherine, who was swaying through the glass, couldn't open her eyes, Cheng Xiaoyu said: "This car has been with us for a long time, you stay in the car, don't get down, I'll see if it's a paparazzi......"

Catherine nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's best not to clash with them......."

Cheng Xiaoyu said, "OK." He unbuckled his seat belt and pushed the door to get out of the car, the road was beside the rocky cliffs, the sound of the waves crashing on the shore was like the murmur of the night, the blue sky was like washing, and the sea was shining with stars, he walked straight to Norton's car, knocked on the window, and made an "empty" sound in the silent night.....

Norton pressed the window and said puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Xiaoyu looked directly into Norton's eyes, pointed to the camera hanging on Norton's chest, and said calmly: "Take it ......"

Norton immediately moved the camera hanging on his chest to his waist, wanting to put it in a place where Cheng Xiaoyu would definitely not reach, but Cheng Xiaoyu did not hesitate to reach out through the window to grab it, Norton was a little surprised, and began to call out loudly in panic: "What are you doing? You let go, or I will call the police......."

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't pay attention to Norton's call at all, pulled the strap that hung the camera, and then touched the buckle on the camera, Norton was restricted by the seat belt and the narrow seat, no Cheng Xiaoyu was convenient to perform, seeing that Cheng Xiaoyu was about to unbuckle, he was a little anxious, and quickly loosened the seat belt, opened the car door and wanted to push Cheng Xiaoyu away.

But at this moment, Cheng Xiaoyu had already unfastened the buckle on the side of the camera, Norton immediately let go of the camera, pushed the door hard, and pushed Cheng Xiaoyu, who was leaning on the door and holding the camera, down on the road.

Then Norton immediately got out of the car to grab the camera that Cheng Xiaoyu was holding in his arms, and then the two scuffled together regardless of their manners, at this time Catherine also opened the car door, rushed out of the car, shouted "Stop!", and tried her best to separate the two.

As if the two didn't hear, they fought over the camera, Catherine hugged Cheng Xiaoyu's arm, stared at Norton's medicine with one foot and said loudly: "Cheng......!

In the chaotic situation of Catherine's persuasion and actual help, Cheng Xiaoyu finally dropped Norton's camera directly off the cliff......

The scramble finally stopped, Norton gasped and got up from the ground, and Cheng Xiaoyu was helped up by Catherine, and the angry Norton immediately roared: "You madman! That's my camera, why did you snatch my things...... I'm going to call the police!You're going to jail!" Norton immediately took out his phone and dialed 911 to call the police.

Cheng Xiaoyu, whose hair was a little messy, said disdainfully: "You dare to swear, you didn't secretly photograph me and Catherine just now.....?

Norton glanced at the camera that had fallen under the dark cliff and was gone without a trace, and sneered, "What evidence do you have that I secretly filmed you?"

Before Cheng Xiaoyu could refute, the police call had been called, and Norton hurriedly said, "Hey, I was attacked by a man surnamed Cheng on Highway 66 to Beverly Hills, and with him was Catherine Blanchett......."

As soon as she heard that this paparazzi really called the police, Catherine immediately pulled Cheng Xiaoyu and walked towards the car, and then whispered, "Let's go first....... It's going to be a problem when the police come....."

Catherine stuffed Cheng Xiaoyu into the car, he returned to the car without saying a word, Catherine turned back to Norton who was on the phone, took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Norton and said coldly: "Make this call, I will compensate you for the camera, don't spy on her life arbitrarily in the future, you can be a serious reporter, what is the difference between consuming other people's privacy and robbers......"

When Norton, who was standing in the middle of the road and looked a little embarrassed, took the business card she handed over, Catherine left straight away and sat back in the passenger seat, Catherine closed the car door, turned to Cheng Xiaoyu and said, "Let's go." Although she is used to dealing with paparazzi, this is the first time that there has been such a direct conflict today.

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't speak, returned to the right direction, and then stepped on the accelerator, and in an instant Maserati threw the parked Chevrolet away in the roar and continued to gallop forward.......

Catherine turned on the roof lights and took a closer look at Cheng Xiaoyu's side face and body, except for some gray sweat stains on her face and body, she didn't suffer any obvious injuries, but she still asked, "You're not injured, are you?" There was still some vague worry in her tone, if Cheng Xiaoyu was injured because of this, she felt that she was also responsible......

Cheng Xiaoyu shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'm not injured....."

Catherine breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back back into her seat with a straight back, she looked ahead and said, "It's good that you're not hurt, you were too impulsive just now...... By the way, how do you know it's a paparazzi?"

Cheng Xiaoyu was silent for a moment and said, "Because he was invited by me......"

Cheng Xiaoyu's answer made Catherine a little confused, her back left the backrest again, turned her head to look at Cheng Xiaoyu and asked with some surprise, "What did you just say?"

Cheng Xiaoyu did not panic because of Catherine's burning gaze, held the steering wheel firmly with one hand, and said expressionlessly: "Because the paparazzi just now was invited by me to take pictures of you and me, I want to hype up my movie through you......."

Hearing Cheng Xiaoyu's emotionless answer, Catherine's good mood for the afternoon suddenly disappeared, she suppressed the disappointment and anger that was swelling in her heart, and said coldly: "I treat you as a friend! How can you be so ...... You're so ..... Disappointment!" was the cruelest word she had ever used for Catherine, as proud as she had ever been disappointed in people......

Cheng Xiaoyu did not change his attitude because of Catherine's somewhat cold tone, he still said in a very flat tone: "Alexander Aniston, a professor at Princeton University, described adult friendship as much like art, it is not always 'good', nor is it completely moral, on the contrary, it will contain many complex and immoral parts. Sometimes, people are friends and foes, and Merriam-Webster's dictionary has now included a new word 'frenemies' to describe such relationships: even the closest friends can hurt each other, and that doesn't even prevent them from continuing to be friends, let alone ....... Didn't I tell you the truth now?"

Catherine sneered, "You think I'll forgive you because of your flexible conscience, because of your frank selfishness and your shrewd pragmatism?

Cheng Xiaoyu smiled at this time and said: "When you come to a dead end, you can't do anything anymore, you can't always hope that God will take over, and expect God to help you solve everything, right?" In my opinion, fair exchange is not robbery, equal transaction is not fraud, sometimes we have to lie to achieve our goals, and even many times lying is to protect ......."

"You are arguing with strong words, if you tell a lie, it will hurt sooner or later....." Catherine actually felt that she was calmed down by Cheng Xiaoyu's words at this time, although she was still a little annoyed, but she didn't start to feel the pain of being betrayed, she said coldly: "I'm curious how you found out with your conscience and stopped yourself?"

"Sometimes we think we're in control, but we don't. What should happen will happen, and what should have passed will pass. Accepting life as it is is so that we can open our eyes to know that there is a higher power than ourselves. ”

Catherine sneered and sneered, "Hmph! I thought you really regarded money as dung! It turns out that you are also an unscrupulous person for money......

Cheng Xiaoyu was silent for a short time, the roar of the engine outside the window and the sound of the wind blended together, and he said in a slightly sad voice: "Not everyone's world is as beautiful as you see, we are often crushed and can't breathe, everyone has their own responsibilities, we are carrying the weight of the whole world and trekking forward, one day you will understand that many things can make you involuntarily, many times it is not only fate, life and death and loneliness that can crush us, but also mundane things like money and power." You want to try to roar, to warn those who are ruining your life, but no one cares, you want to rebel, only to find that no Satan even wants to buy your soul, even in exchange for what you think is justice - that's the truth of life, and it's the curse I want to break......."

Although Cheng Xiaoyu's words did not explain anything, but everything was explained clearly, Catherine did not know how heavy life was for Cheng Xiaoyu, but she felt a heavy struggle from the words full of resistance, he was struggling to resist the shackles of fate, which made Catherine's unhappiness in her heart all subside, and even full of sympathy for Cheng Xiaoyu, she projected her eyes to the bright place on the top of the mountain, and said in a better tone: "Although you are very rude, sometimes very unappetizing, and you have to do some unobstructed things." ....... But it's not like there's no cure......"

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't ask Catherine if she forgave herself, she just smiled casually, as if what happened just now had never happened, and he said lightly: "Thank you for your compliment, for self-redemption, I will definitely remember to take medicine......."

Catherine couldn't help but chuckle a little, and her stiff face relaxed........

At this time, it was also close to Staven Bell's manor, Catherine called the door open, and Cheng Xiaoyu entered the huge manor for the second time, although Staven Bell occasionally called him to talk about the plot of "The Shawshank Redemption", but did not invite him to be a guest again...... They are all waiting for the final result......

Cheng Xiaoyu parked the car firmly at the door of the villa, and before getting out of the car, Catherine hesitated and asked: "In addition to hyping up the scandal, what other purpose do you have?" I remember you started to say that you wanted me to help find my grandfather for something.......

Cheng Xiaoyu smiled "hehe", held the steering wheel with one hand, propped up the window with the other, turned his head to look at Catherine, and said lightly: "How can there be enough scandals? I also want to know how Mr. Staven evaluates me, and only by writing these into the news can I enhance my persuasiveness..... You can't deny ....."

After listening to Catherine with a calm face, she didn't say anything, pushed the door directly and got out of the car, and before closing the door, she lowered her head and said to Cheng Xiaoyu in the car: "Don't have a next time......

Cheng Xiaoyu nodded silently, and the car door was slammed shut by Catherine...... He sighed inwardly and was about to step on the gas pedal to leave, when Catherine grabbed the edge of the window with another hand and looked down and said, "Don't forget to pass 'in.the.end' to me later......"

(The 4,000-word chapter is updated, and I cry for all kinds of tickets...... ）