Chapter 8: Fireside Talk

"Hey, you are. ”

Doudou was sure where he had seen this person, but if he only looked at his eyes, he really couldn't remember it for a while.

"Mr. Lin, you're here. Xu Xian shook his wheelchair, still slowly passing the gently sloping steps from the room to the patio courtyard.

Doudou turned around and complained: "Master, why did you go down the steps by yourself, what if you fall." ”

"Lin Zhen, just call me by name. Lin Zhen looked at Xu Xian, and was polite to him, his eyes stayed on his face for less than a second, and then he looked away, his long eyelashes trembled a few times because of the flow of his eyes, and they were full of ice beads, which slid down with trembling.

If it weren't for Xu Xian's self-inflicted affection, he seemed to see an amazing ingredient in his eyes, and it seemed that he hadn't spent an afternoon in vain.

"Let's go inside, it's cold outside. ”

Xu Xian looked at Lin Zhen's eyelashes, continued to go up, and saw his head full of wind and snow. His fingers moved slightly, his waist struggled, he thought that it would be good if he could stand up at any time, and remembered a very literary sentence he wrote when he was young, "You must go out for a walk with your beloved on a snowy day, and as you walk, you will come to the white head." ”

"Yes, yes, let's get inside, it's snowing again. ”

Doudou hurriedly went over and pushed Xu Xian's wheelchair and led the guests who visited at night into the warm hut.

"It's a small place at home, just sit casually. ”

Lin Zhen didn't expect Xu Xian to have a treat in his own home, let alone such a small room, where he was so big and could move back and forth freely in a wheelchair, and hung up his coat and scarf very skillfully.

"Excuse me, I didn't expect it to be the house, so I didn't prepare a gift. Lin Zhen sat on the sofa in the outhouse a little crampedly, and looked at this simple one-bedroom room a little, although it was a humble room, it was clean and tidy, and the decoration was quite warm.

"Heh, eating out is always uncomfortable, and even high-end restaurants may not be completely undisturbed, compared to home, it is much more comfortable. Xu Xian made an inviting gesture to him and invited Lin Zhen to sit down, and Doudou on the side couldn't wait, so he had already put on the table with a big grin.

The soup base of Baishui only has the aroma of green onion and ginger, compared with the various hot pots that have become popular in recent years, the imperial capital shabu shabu has a clean and pure style, although Lin Zhen did not dare to eat more, but a few chopsticks and mutton went down, which also dispelled the cold that he had accumulated after walking for more than half an hour in the wind and snow, and felt that his whole body was warm.

"Hey, wait a minute. ”

He saw that Doudou had eaten up a large plate of mutton in front of him, and he was about to dip the cabbage in it, so he blurted out a sentence to stop it, and stopped the conversation a little embarrassed.

"Hmm, what's wrong, Brother Lin?" Doudou called out to him a little familiarly.

Hearing this title, Lin Zhen, who had originally lowered his eyes, seemed to have a little more in his eyes, raised his eyes to look at Doudou, and said very gently: "When you finish shabu meat and want to shabu-shabu, you have to ask the elders if they have eaten it well, you know?"

Although he is a little slow to heat, he is very patient with children, which makes Xu Xian somewhat surprised, the first time they met, when he was in Baidu, he had seen rumors that Lin Zhen had a child out of wedlock, and he was not young anymore, and this kind of thing is really not new in the circle, didn't a male artist surnamed C expose similar news a few years ago?

Xu Xian casually scooped up the last few slices of mutton in the soup pot in front of him and sandwiched them on the plate in front of Doudou. No, he won't, Xu Xian decided to believe him, he felt that Lin Zhen was an honest man, he could come to the appointment on foot in such a harsh climate, and he must not hesitate to give his beloved a name.

"Oh, I know, Brother Lin. ”

Doudou nodded very obediently, when he was a few years old, he was transferred to the Imperial Capital Peking Opera Troupe with his parents, and later he was admitted to the Youth Peking Opera Troupe, and he has been living in a somewhat dilapidated dormitory, and his roommates are all from all over the world, and he doesn't know much about the traditional eating rules of the Imperial Capital.

"Master, Brother Lin, can I do shabu-shabu?"

"Hmm. ”

The two of them agreed almost in unison, and each was a little surprised.

"Poof!"

Doudou was in a hurry, and suddenly put half a plate of Chinese cabbage into the pot, and said with a smile: "You are like my parents, they always say the same thing when they talk about me, and they will beat each other." ”

The corners of Lin Zhen's mouth, which were originally a little upturned, suddenly pursed, and he looked away from Xu Xian, who had already met Xu Xian.

Xu Xian looked at him, through the thick water vapor coming out of the copper pot, when he lowered his eyes, he found that his eyelashes were very long and a little curly, and with the small movements of his eyes, he trembled, which was more natural and beautiful than a girl who had applied mascara.

He reached out and patted the back of his left hand, which was resting on the table.

As expected, Lin Zhen retracted his wrist as if he was burned.

"This is what Doudou taught me, two people talk at the same time, and whoever hits the other first will rob him of his blessing. ”

"Well, yes, my parents used to joke like that. ”

The innocent and cute Doudou child didn't think there was anything wrong with this analogy at all, buried his head in a small bowl and ate cabbage and vermicelli, and muttered.

"But I'm not a blessed man. Lin Zhen's smile was slightly bitter, and he looked away after speaking.

"Then it's good to bounce back, my share of half will be given to you, and you will share the blessings and difficulties. ”

“……”

"After all, we're fast forward to a group. Xu Xian felt that Lin Zhen was not a person who could be familiar with himself, so he shrugged his shoulders and made up for it.

"Mr. Xu......"

"Xu Xian, we're even. ”

"Okay, Xu Xian, I haven't thought about the script yet. ”

"Heh, don't worry, have you eaten it all?" Although he had only been in contact once or twice, Xu Xian knew that Lin Zhen was a reluctant person, and he was not obsessed with the topic of the script, seeing that Lin Zhen had already put down the dishes and chopsticks, and Doudou was already holding his little belly and tilting his feet on the chair, so he covered the mouth of the pot with a copper sheet to extinguish the fire.

"Eat well, burp. ”

Doudou burped very undisciplinedly, jumped up and patted his stomach and said, "Master, you sit down, I'll clean up and I'll come over and bring you tea in a while." ”

"Heh, this little guy just can't be idle, let's sit inside. ”

Xu Xian skillfully turned the direction of the wheelchair and moved inside, which was a dilapidated desk, squeezed on the side of the single bed, forming a very shabby workbench.

"Sit casually. ”

"Hmm. ”

Lin Zhen didn't really want to sit on the same bed as Xu Xian, but in such a small room of less than ten square meters, there was really not much place for him to stretch his legs, so he had to sit across a small kang table from Xu Xian.

“……？”

As soon as he sat on the bed, Lin Zhen was enveloped by a sense of happiness, the bed was hot, and the numbness of his legs, which had been walking for a long time in the wind and snow, was suddenly relieved.

"This is a fire kang, it's rare now, but fortunately it is kept in the courtyard, my legs are not very good, so I asked the master to get through, and it will be able to be used, and the winter is much better." Xu Xian lifted the bed circumference to Lin Zhen, and sure enough, it seemed to be a single bed, but he didn't expect it to be solid underneath, not to mention this kind of fire kang in the city, even the houses in the suburbs are difficult to see again.

"That's right. Lin Zhen nodded, looking at this room with some confusion, except for the various books and materials neatly placed everywhere, it can almost be said that the house is surrounded by four walls.

I heard Wenji say that Xu Xian's book has always sold well, because he is a senior screenwriter and dividends according to the series, although he doesn't know the inside story of their industry, there are always hundreds of thousands of dramas down, and it is not impossible to buy a suite in the fourth and fifth rings of the imperial capital, why is he bothering, or is his money used for other purposes.

"Do you like acting?"

"Huh?" Xu Xian's voice interrupted Lin Zhen's speculation, making him stunned for a moment.

"Like. Lin Zhen adjusted his state, nodded, and his expression became stern.

"What about this story?" Xu Xian shook the script in his hand, looking at Lin Zhen's eyes flowing with his movements, his eyes were very smart, and he was a man with a lot of aura.

Xu Xian knew that he liked this book, otherwise he would not have taken off his scarf and wrapped his script in it on a snowy night, preferring that his cheeks were red from the cold, and until now he still had a little crimson.

"Like. Lin Zhen nodded solemnly, for the star, his expression was too honest, so Xu Xian couldn't help but look at it twice.

"What's the problem?"

"Making a TV series requires repeated planning proposals, and it is not something that can be decided by my own ability. ”

"Heh, let's not talk about that for now. ”

Xu Xian knew that he couldn't push too hard now, so he diverted from the conversation: "Have you finished reading the book?"

"Because it's about today, I'll bring it here first, and I'll take a cursory look at it, but I'd like to see it again if I can. Sure enough, when it comes to the book, Lin Zhen's interest comes, although he is forbearant and well-behaved, he is a very good man, Xu Xian thought in his heart.

"No problem, the snow hasn't stopped outside, it must be very blocked, otherwise you can take a look at the book here with me, take a break and wait for the snow to stop. ”

Lin Zhen wanted to refuse, but what else could he say about this kind of "stay in the guest sky", and what made him even more embarrassed was that Xu Xian's kang was so comfortable that it made him a little happy.

"Okay, then bother. ”

……

Buckle buckle clasp.

Doudou held the teapot and bowl, opened the door without his hand, and gently kicked the door panel outside, and within two clicks, the door was immediately opened by Xu Xian, he reached out and took the tray, and booed Doudou.

"Hey, you're asleep, it's so late, do you want to wake up Brother Lin?"

"No, you can go to sleep too. Xu Xian casually put the tray on the dining table in the outhouse, and was about to close the door.

"Hey, Master, what should Brother Lin do?" asked Doudou as he persevered through the crack in the door that was about to close.

"Don't worry so much, kids. Xu Xian reached out a little on Doudou's forehead, gently pushed him out, and locked the door with his backhand.