CHAPTER XXI

There is a 24-hour convenience store not far from the hotel.

Tong Yan bought two large packs of instant noodles, a pack of ham sausages, a few braised eggs, two packs of biscuits, and a box of chocolates.

There are two ways back to the hotel, one is the one she came from the main entrance when she came, and the other is an antique promenade built on the side of the road leading to Guò, from where you can directly reach the side entrance of the hotel, right next to the parking lot.

Tong Yan stood on the fork in the door of the convenience store and watched for a while, and finally chose to go back to the hotel through the corridor.

The night breeze poured into the closed corridor on one side, with a stronger chill than the outside world, Tong Yan shrunk his neck, and quickened his pace to the hotel, but he didn't expect to be jumped at the corner of the corridor.

In the dim corner, a person sat on the railing of the corridor with his back to her, judging from her figure, it seemed to be a woman, not very old, with her long hair pulled into a bun at the back of her head, very casual. She curled up slightly, propped her hands on the railing, and looked over from Tong Yan's perspective, just in time to see a little light on the tip of her right finger.

She's smoking.

Who is this?

Tong Yan stopped, looked at the woman in front of him, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

As if sensing a person standing behind her, the woman was silent for a few seconds and slowly turned her head to look at Tong Yan.

Through the dim light of the street lamp, Tong Yan finally saw the person in front of him clearly.

The heroine of the play "If the Passing Years Have Not Come", Zuo Xiaolu. Tong Yan saw her at dinner in the evening.

How could she be here?

Tong Yan was stunned for an instant.

But Zuo Xiaolu opposite her seemed much more natural, she recognized Tong Yan, and then smiled: "Screenwriter Tong is still going out so late?" ”

"Uh, I'm going to buy something to eat." Tong Yan reflexively raised the shopping bag in his hand.

Hearing her words, Zuo Xiaolu suddenly laughed. It's the kind of smile that is very happy, showing her white teeth, but it feels very comfortable and easy to get close to.

I don't know why, Tong Yan's wariness of her has been lowered a lot.

"Uh, I bought ice cream. Would you like to come some? Before Tong Yan realized what she was doing, she had already said a word, and she suddenly wanted to bite her tongue in annoyance. But the words were out, and she couldn't take it back, so she opened the shopping bag and began to take out the ice cream from it and handed it to Zuo Xiaolu.

Zuo Xiaolu looked at the ice cream box and then at Tong Yan, reached out to take it, and at the same time turned over and jumped off the railing, standing directly in front of Tong Yan.

Feeling a strong smell of smoke coming to his face, Tong Yan subconsciously took a step back.

Zuo Xiaolu saw her movements, and the smile on the corner of her mouth became even worse, and then she threw the cigarette butt in her hand on the ground and stepped on it with her foot, then bent down to pick up the cigarette butt and took a step back.

"Thank you for the ice cream." After she finished saying to Tong Yan with a smile, she turned around and climbed over the waist-high guardrail and walked in the direction of the parking lot.

What's the situation with this girl, why did she take her ice cream and run away?

Tong Yan and the second monk were puzzled, and turned his head to look in the direction she left, but all he could see was a dense number of vehicles, and where was her shadow.

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Just sacrificing an ice cream for nothing? She hasn't eaten a bite yet!

Tong Yan was very depressed, stood in place for a while, and finally decided to buy another one, anyway, she must eat ice cream tonight.

Coming out of the convenience store again, Tong Yan hung the shopping bag directly in the crook of his arm, and the two free hands held the ice cream box in one hand and the spoon in the other. She walked all the way in the direction of the hotel, feeding ice cream to her mouth, feeling the sweet, cold cream melt in her mouth, and her mood gradually improved.

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Walking all the way into the hotel lobby, Tong Yan raised his eyes and saw Ling Zesheng and Cheng Yuan standing at the elevator door, the two of them seemed to have just come back from outside, and they were still stained with some dust.

"Why did you go?" Tong Yan took two steps and squeezed to their side.

Ling Zesheng and Cheng Yuan turned their heads to look at her at the same time, and saw that she was holding a spoon in her mouth, holding a half-eaten bowl of ice cream in her hand, and looking at them with curiosity.

Ling Zesheng frowned slightly and didn't speak.

"I'm going to take makeup photos tomorrow, and there was something wrong with the studio, so we went to take a look." Cheng Yuan replied.

"Oh, that's right." Tong Yan nodded deeply, dug up another spoonful of ice cream and stuffed it into her mouth, and suddenly she thought of the appearance she had seen Xia Qi before, and suddenly felt a little strange. He bumped Cheng Yuan with his elbow and asked tentatively, "Did you say anything to Xia Qi before?" ”

Squeezing his eyes at him as he spoke.

Cheng Yuan shook his head blankly, "No." As soon as the dinner was over, I left with Zesheng, how could I have time to say anything to her. At this point, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, he grabbed Tong Yan's arm and asked nervously, "What's wrong with her?" ”

It just so happened that the elevator arrived at this time.

Tong Yan took the lead in and stood against the wall and smiled meaningfully at Cheng Yuan.

Ling Zesheng came in after her, and as soon as he stood beside her, he took the ice cream in her hand, Tong Yan was stunned, turned his head to look at him, and saw that he had a cold face as soon as he entered, and changed the ice cream to his right hand, which was far away from her.

What's going on?

Before Tong Yan could speak, Cheng Yuan had already followed, reached out and patted her to let her look at him, and asked again: "What's wrong with Xia Qi?" ”

Tong Yan thought about it and didn't know how to answer this question, so he could only answer lightly: "She's angry." But as for why angry, I don't know. She pursed her lips and patted Cheng Yuan's shoulder comfortingly, "I think you may not know, but I still hope that you can maintain a good attitude when you go back later." ”

Cheng Yuan was speechless, and he spent the rest of the time meditating until the elevator stopped on their floor.

Cheng Yuan was the first to step out of the elevator, then Ling Zesheng, and Tong Yan followed behind. Because she had been staring at the ice cream in Ling Zesheng's hand, she didn't know when he would return it to her.

Boom, I want to eat and tell her, can't she help him buy it? Why rob her!

Tong Yan was a little complaining, but she didn't dare to say it, so she could only follow Ling Zesheng, and it wasn't until Cheng Yuan swiped her card into the room that she realized that she had followed Ling Zesheng to the door of his room.

I don't know why a strange feeling suddenly appeared in the bottom of my heart, Tong Yan immediately stopped her steps, took a step back, and then pretended to walk in the direction of her room as if nothing happened, but before she could take a step, she heard Ling Zesheng's voice coming from behind.

"Where are you going?"

It's just four words, but the tone is cool, and if you listen carefully, you seem to be able to distinguish a little displeasure mixed with it.

"Go back, go back to my room." Tong Yan stopped and turned to look at him, and answered honestly.

Why did she have the illusion that Ling Zesheng was angry?

What is he angry about?

Tong Yan doesn't understand.

"Don't rush to leave yet." Ling Zesheng spoke, "Come in with me." With that, he brushed open the door.

"Oh." Tong Yanmu nodded and stepped forward. I heard that Ling Zesheng also came in behind him, and the door closed softly.

His room is a suite, the outside is the living room, the inside is the bedroom and bathroom, Tong Yan stood at the entrance of the door, he could only see the layout of the living room, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Sit." Ling Zesheng said.

He passed by Tong Yan, glanced at her lightly, walked to the living room and casually put down half a bowl of ice cream on the coffee table, turned around and took off his coat and walked back to hang it on the hanger at the door.

Tong Yan followed him back to the living room, only then did he find the sofa closest to the door and sit down, leaned the shopping bag in his hand against the edge of the sofa, and then looked up at Ling Zesheng, who was already sitting opposite her.

"Brother Zesheng"

"What time is it?"

Both spoke at the same time.

Tong Yan was stunned for a moment, and reacted to his question, a little inexplicable, but he still took out the mobile phone in his pocket and glanced at it, and replied: "10:46." ”

"What are you doing so late?" Ling Zesheng asked again, his face a little colder than just now.

Tong Yan blinked, and immediately understood the reason why he was unhappy, he was worried about her.

"I'm hungry, go buy food." She pursed her lips.

Ling Zesheng glanced at the shopping bag leaning against her sofa, and could vaguely see the bag of instant noodles inside, and suddenly felt a little headache. In a blink of an eye, I saw half a bowl of ice cream on the coffee table, and I only felt that the headache was a little worse.

He pinched his eyebrows, then looked at Tong Yan who was nesting in the sofa with an aggrieved face, and his tone involuntarily softened: "Now that the weather is cold, you don't want to eat this kind of cold food anymore, what should I do if I have a cold tomorrow?" ”

Tong Yan couldn't help but glance at the ice cream again, and lowered his head: "Oh." ”

"Don't run around alone when it's dark, this is a suburb, there is no one at night, and it is easy to get out of danger." Ling Zesheng said patiently, even he felt a little annoyed, but looking at the harmless Tong Yan on the other side, he felt that it was for her good to say more, so he sighed silently in his heart, and could only continue, "I'm usually very busy in the group, I can't keep an eye on you all the time, you pay attention to yourself."

Tong Yan listened quietly, and kept nodding her head like pounding garlic, and from time to time she said "um" to prove that she was listening, but in fact, she had already begun to do other things in her heart - it felt so good to be controlled by Ling Zesheng~~~ Being able to feel his own care so intuitively, although it may be just out of concern for her sister, but in her opinion, it was enough for her to wake up with a smile from her midnight dream.

Oh roar roar.

"Tong Yan, did you hear me?" Ling Zesheng seemed to notice her desertion and asked in a cold voice.

Tong Yan was startled, looked up at him, and nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "I heard it." Heard it. Then she was silent for a moment, then stretched out a finger and pointed to Cheng Yuan's room across the wall from them, and said with a smile: "Brother Zesheng, do you think they quarreled?" ”

Ling Zesheng held his forehead: ""