The various situations in the capital are complicated, and any slightest bit of wind and grass is the fastest to spread all kinds of gossip.

Because he was in Beijing, Xitang heard the rumors almost immediately, and not long after the funeral of the Zhao family was completed, there were rumors that something had happened to the board of directors of Zhongyuan Group.

A mountain collapsed, the entire city of Sijiu was gently shaken, and some people outside said that the grandchildren of the Zhao family were summoned for interrogation, accused of abuse of power, and it was said that they were taken away by the Supreme People's Procuratorate in the office of the Central Plains.

For two whole days, Xitang couldn't get through on the phone.

Zhao Pingjin's and Shen Min's are all turned off.

Fang Langtong picked her up in the garage of their community.

The two of them entered the elevator, and Fang Langtong's first sentence was to say: "It's all rumors, it's okay, don't worry." ”

Qingqing was waiting at the door, saw her come in, stretched out her arm and hugged her, and said, "Don't be afraid, it's okay." ”

Qingqing looked at Xitang, her face was still calm, only a pair of eyes leaked a trace of anxiety, Qingqing asked her to sit down on the sofa: "Auntie asked for leave today, let Lang Tong tell you." ”

She asked the baby to give Xitang a loving kiss, and carried her son who was crawling on the ground back to the toy room to play.

Fang Langtong poured her a cup of hot tea.

"Xiao Min specially told me last night that it was inconvenient for him to turn on the phone at this time, please don't mind," Fang Lang smiled and teased easily: "Xitang, if there is really something, I won't wait for this kind of rumor to flow out." ”

One sentence made Xitang's heart that he had just put down instantly mentioned again.

Fang Langtong said: "He was hospitalized and rested for a few days, and when these things came out, he went back to work in the group." ”

Xitang held the cup in his hand and slowly calmed down.

Fang Langtong simply explained things to her, many things can't be said too deeply, one is that Zhouzi doesn't let her worry, and the other is that things are not as easy as he said now, Sun Kehu's incident in the middle of the year, he and Zhao Pingjin have mobilized a lot of relationships with all parties, the old man was sick at that time, this matter was hidden from the old man, but he couldn't hide it from his parents, Teacher Zhou looked at his son's state during this time, and wanted to hide it from his father for him, but in the end there was no way, His father's secretary closed the door after answering the phone in Beijing, and the father and son talked on the phone for more than ten minutes, but his father was really angry, and reprimanded Zhao Pingjin fiercely, and the table slammed the sky.

"He has been low-key in the past few years," Xitang said softly: "How could he ......?"

"When he rectified the interior of the Central Plains, some of his methods were ruthless, and it was inevitable that he would offend people." Fang Lang will stop at the point.

Xitang asked him, "What about his wife?" ”

Fang Langtong said, "The two of them have long separated, and the two parents resolutely disagree with the divorce, Yu Weimin said that if Yu Xiaoying dares to divorce, she will not give her a penny, you know, Yingzi is an only daughter, and the property that Lao Yu and his wife handled for their daughter is really a lot, and Yu Xiaoying didn't dare to go home to make trouble as soon as she said this, but at this time, I heard that the Yu family was a little relieved, and I didn't know the specifics." ”

When Xitang left, Fang Langtong sent her downstairs, remembered and told her: "Xiao Min has been promoted recently, and she is too busy to go abroad." ”

Xitang raised his head and looked at Fang Langtong.

"I guess I want to rest for a while" Fang Langtong coughed unnaturally: "You can ask him yourself." ”

When Xitang returned to the company's hotel, Li Shu'an and her assistant Ah Kuan were waiting in the café downstairs: "Your assistant can't get through to your phone." ”

Xitang took out his mobile phone from his bag: "Turn on mute." ”

Li Shu'an pulled out a chair for her: "Go back to Shanghai tomorrow?" ”

Xitang looked stunned, thought about it, and suddenly shook his head: "I won't go back for the time being." ”

Ah Kuan was anxious when he heard this, and he almost knocked over the coffee cup with a flip of his hand: "I finally signed the show, Miss Ni has to kill me!" ”

Li Shu'an said: "Ah Kuan, you go upstairs first." ”

At ten o'clock in the western restaurant downstairs of the hotel, Xitang remembered that it was the first time she had quarreled with Li Shu'an since she had known Li Shu'an for so long, since she knew him, Xitang felt that this man was mature, wise, tolerant, she has always had a family-like intimacy with him, Xitang likes that he will always have a calm and calm in the face of any difficult things, but at that moment Li Shu'an's face actually had an uncalm anger, this is not any dissatisfaction with her, but a kind of disappointment that hates iron and steel, Li Shu'an said: "Xitang." I'm not going to force you to do anything, but you have to think about it, you can't be tied up in the past forever, you have to move forward. ”

Li Shu'an put the coffee spoon on the plate and stood up: "I beg you, think about it." ”

He pushed the door open and left.

Xitang went upstairs and pushed open the door, Ah Kuan knelt on the ground, taking out the contents of the box.

Xitang said: "Take it back." ”

Ah Kuan said, "Huh? ”

"I'll go back to Shanghai tomorrow."

After returning to Shanghai, although Fang Langtong repeatedly assured her that she was fine, Xitang gradually found that the situation was not right.

At the Tokyo International Film Festival in November of that year, Xitang was invited to participate in the opening ceremony, Ni Karen arranged for an assistant to apply for a work visa for her, and the assistant came back to report, Ni Karen's face was very bad, and Huang Xitang couldn't get out.

Ni Karen had a gloomy face: "The trouble you are causing is getting bigger and bigger, wading too deep, don't kill the whole company." ”

Xitang lowered her head, she understood the seriousness of the matter.

Ni Karen came back after a round of phone calls: "Fortunately, the promotional draft of the film festival was not sent, so I had to push it, a great opportunity, an international A-class film festival, okay, you can honestly copy the documents in the company." ”

After saying that, he slammed the door and went out.

Xitang flattened his mouth and didn't dare to cry.

Beijing Capital International Airport in December.

The whole sky was overcast, the plane stopped at the port, the purser hung up the phone, straightened his scarf, whispered a word to the flight attendant next to him, and the two walked quickly to the cabin door.

I just received a call, the scheduled VIP is about to board, the car drove directly under the bridge, the flight is not equipped with an elevator, and the purser leads a crew member to wait for passengers on the ground.

Two black vans slowly drove into the airport lane, stopped next to the ramp of the plane, the secretary and two entourages got out of the car first, and then the ground staff leaned forward and opened the back door of the next car, and the group hugged a woman out of the car.

The lady who stepped out of the back seat was in her sixties, with a luxurious temperament, wearing a beige Chinese suit, carrying a black platinum bag, and an army green tweed jacket on the outside, accompanied by a handsome and tall young man, with a black coat, and an astonishing momentum.

The purser recognized the man standing in the middle.

The first-class frequent flyer on the Beijing-Shanghai line, often travels back and forth between Beijing and Shanghai, good-looking, polite, does not eat airline meals, the little girl of the whole crew likes him, but he has always been light and simple, very low-key, sometimes alone, sometimes only with an assistant, usually only use the business VIP lounge, the purser has been flying this segment for several years, and it is also the first time to see him use the airline VIP channel, the purser bowed forward, and quietly glanced at Zhao Pingjin by holding the car door, In fact, I haven't seen him go to Shanghai on the flight for a while, and when I got closer, he had a sickly look on his face, and his handsome face was pale like morning frost, and he couldn't help but sigh quietly in his heart, I don't know if this time I brought an entourage and improved the travel specifications, because of the special identity of the accompanying lady or because of physical reasons.

Zhao Pingjin helped his mother get out of the car, and the attendant stepped forward to take Mr. Zhou's suitcase.

At this time, his phone rang, Zhao Pingjin was a second late, handed Mr. Zhou's hand to the purser, and whispered: "Thank you." ”

Zhao Pingjin answered Shen Min's call.

Zhao Pingjin made a phone call, while slowly walking up the gangway, he felt a little out of breath halfway through, the air inhaled in his lungs was cold, but a burning stinging pain slowly diffused it, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, when the company was busy, Shen Min also pinched him before he got on the plane and called him.

Shen Min didn't worry about him, but he couldn't leave, he left such a big stall to him, he wasn't worried about his ability, but that he was leaving, Xiao Min had to bear too much.

Because he was going abroad, Xiao Min postponed the wedding date.

Zhao Pingjin walked into the cabin, hung up the phone, sat on the chair, the pain in his body made him a little tired, a thin layer of sweat oozed from his forehead, the doctor who followed him was a student of Dr. Fu at home, he was very young, but he was also an expert in gastroenterology, he didn't dare to relax at all, looking at his bad face, he hurriedly came up and asked: "Zhao Dong, are you okay?" ”

Zhao Pingjin waved his hand and let people walk away.

In the old house of the Zhou family living in Shanghai, grandpa and grandfather were abroad during this time, Mr. Zhou wanted him to be hospitalized, Zhao Pingjin was unwilling, the treatment plan was not decided at this time, and the hospitalization was just conservative treatment, he refused to go to the hospital Mr. Zhou was not reluctant, Mr. Zhou also followed him at this time, in fact, the more his mother was like this, the more uncomfortable Zhao Pingjin felt in his heart, like this time he refused to fly from Beijing, and insisted on dragging his body to Shanghai, Mr. Zhou didn't want him to delay for a day, and he couldn't wait to send him to the plane. But in the end, he followed him back to Shanghai first.

Zhao Pingjin had a premonition about his physical condition, he just felt sorry for his mother, in the most difficult time of this family, Mr. Zhou showed a mother's extremely strong maternal protection, she first accompanied him to see the best experts in Beijing, and then began to contact the hospital under the guidance of experts, she worked tirelessly with his medical team, looking for an authoritative doctor in the United States, waiting for Zhao Pingjin's sick leave procedures to review and approve, from the diagnosis to the present, she has not shed a tear in front of the child.

His mother was so difficult that he wanted to live at home and be able to spend more time with her.

Rested in Shanghai for two days.

At noon the next day, Zhao Pingjin instructed the aunt at home: "I'll go in and sleep for a while, Lang Tong will come over in the afternoon, Xiaomin's phone will be picked up for me, and the rest will be blocked." ”

Fang Langtong happened to be on a business trip in Shanghai at that time, his company had a photography exhibition at the Shanghai Center of Photography, he was the curator, and after work that day, he had lunch with a few gallery owners, and at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the driver sent him to Pudong.

Two days earlier, when he first arrived in Shanghai, he contacted Zhao Pingjin, Zhao Pingjin lived in the Zhou family's house in Shanghai, and since Fang Langtong was in Shanghai, he came to see him.

Fang Langtong is not an outsider, he walked in and understood after listening to two sentences, Zhao Pingjin wanted to drive out by himself, Ms. Zhou did not allow it, and asked him to take the driver, and the mother and son were deadlocked.

Fang Langtong understands Ms. Zhou's worries, during this time, the situation in Beijing is rumored, and some of the overseas Chinese relatives of the Zhou family are also eager to transfer their industries abroad, Zhao Pingjin is running on both sides of Beijing and Shanghai, sometimes he only sleeps two or three hours a day, the ulcer recurs seriously, the biopsy results are not good, he was injured some time ago, and several of them did not dare to make a public statement, let alone expect that his physical condition has been hidden from the family, and when the health care doctor found that it was not appropriate to report to Mr. Zhou, it is said that Xiao Min can suffer, if it is not so, He also doesn't plan to go abroad for treatment.

Fang Langtong hurriedly said, "I'll drive the boat out." ”

Teacher Zhou reluctantly agreed.

The driver drove the family car out, Fang Langtong got into the driver's seat, Zhao Pingjin wanted to sit in the co-pilot, Fang Langtong said: "Okay, you sit in the back and rest, buddy will be the driver for you." ”

Zhao Pingjin smiled, and really sat in the back seat.

Fang Langtong turned the steering wheel and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Zhao Pingjin's face was pale: "I made an appointment with Huang Xitang." ”

Fang Langtong followed the navigation on his car, and sure enough, there was Xitang's address.

"Ready for the ticket?"

"Hmm."

"Since you left Xiaomin in Beijing, there is no one around you, so transfer Gong Qi over."

"It's okay, I'll be out in two days."

The car crossed the overpass and drove onto Pudong Avenue, after crossing the Yangpu Bridge, Zhao Pingjin gradually fell silent, Fang Langtong did not speak, the Zhou family used Mercedes in Shanghai, the sedan compartment was spacious and quiet, the car silently passed through the ring road in Yangpu District, Fang Langtong parked the car at the door of the community where Huang Xitang lived, the doorman did visitor registration, the two people were very patient today, sitting quietly in the car, waiting for the security guard to call the front desk of the property housekeeper with the walkie-talkie, the owner of the phone was answered by Xitang himself, and said a few words, the security guard let him go, and Fang Langtong drove the car into the temporary parking space of the garage.

Fang Lang Tong pulled on the handbrake, turned off the fire, and said, "Is this here?" ”

Zhao Pingjin still didn't speak.

Fang Langtong felt that something was wrong in his heart, he glanced at the front mirror of the car, he didn't have the lights in the car, and Zhao Pingjin's face in the back seat was hidden in the dark, and he couldn't see his expression clearly.

Fang Langtong unbuckled his seat belt, propped his hands on the seat and turned his head, and called: "Zhouzi? ”

Fang Langtong turned his head and saw his already red eyes.

Fang Langtong was stunned for a moment, his body turned around again, he sat in the driver's seat and looked ahead without speaking, according to Fang Langtong's opinion, he should have collapsed a long time ago, Fang Langtong didn't expect him to be able to survive until this moment, he actually lasted until the last moment to see Huang Xitang, not to mention how big the blow to him was when the old man went, their children of this generation, their parents are busy with work, they have lived with the old man since they were young, and their feelings for their grandparents are very deep, but they are not an ordinary family, once people leave, thousands of things need to be dealt with urgently, and there is no way to make a mistake, All feelings can only be pressed in the heart, and there are one or two people in other people's families to share it, if it is said that Xiao Min is indeed his arm in ordinary times, but for such a major event as funeral, Shen Min is separated by a layer of blood relationship after all, Zhao Pindong has been absent from China for many years, and many people and things in Beijing are not clear. His father couldn't leave work for too long, and only Zhao Pingjin was nervous to deal with the big and small matters, and it was estimated that he didn't even have a chance to cry. Fang Langtong remembered that when his grandfather left, his brother was like this, with a straight face from beginning to end, more than a month later, his eldest brother called him in Shenyang, a forty-year-old man, crying like a child on the phone, Fang Langtong looked at Zhao Pingjin, and knew that he was physically and mentally stretched to the limit. Some time ago, Huang Xitang and Li Shu'an connected his little girl in Guosheng Hutong, in and out, in and out, in and out, and dangled in front of him like a family of three, according to his arrogant temperament that could not tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes, he didn't find a little trouble for Huang Xitang, I really don't know what he was doing in his heart, Fang Langtong has been faintly worried, and his emotions have been suppressed for a long time, which is not good for his body at all.

Fang Langtong sat in front of the car, and didn't look back at him, just talked to him: "You can bear it, you can't bear it, it's nothing if it collapses at this time." ”

Zhao Pingjin raised his head, his throat was full of sourness, his Adam's apple was trembling all the way to his shoulders, he tried to hold back his emotions all the way, but found that he couldn't control it at all, he couldn't stand it from just hearing her voice on the doorman's walkie-talkie, he choked up and his voice was broken, and it took a while for Fang Langtong to hear his words: "You know why I didn't let the driver send it, I know I can't stand it." ”

Fang Langtong got out of the car, opened the door of the back seat, and sat beside him: "Well, it's like parting with life and death." ”

Zhao Pingjin turned his face sideways, and the tears on his face kept flowing.

Fang Langtong felt uncomfortable in his heart, and raised his hand to hold his shoulder: "You cheer up a little." ”

The man's voice was cold and low, with a hint of crying: "Lang Tong, I really love her." ”

Fang Langtong's hand pressed his shoulder hard, trying to transfer a little strength to him: "Hold on a little longer, Xitang loves you more." ”

Zhao Pingjin shook his head, if a few years ago, he still knew that she loved him, but at this time, he couldn't be sure.

Fang Langtong understood that when he left, the domestic situation was unclear, he didn't know the return date, and he was not in good health, so he couldn't ask her to wait for her, and he couldn't take her away.

When he left, there was nothing he could grasp.

Fang Langtong said: "She is waiting for you upstairs, you can control it." ”

Xitang stood in the living room and waited for a while before the doorbell rang.

Xitang opened the door and saw Zhao Pingjin, who was standing in front of her house, wearing a round-necked white shirt and a navy blue cashmere sweater, his eyes were red, and a large area of bluish black and gray under his eyelids.

Zhao Pingjin sat down on the sofa and said to her: "I'll fly tomorrow night, go to Los Angeles first, I may not come back for a while." ”

Xitang poured tea for him, warm black tea with milk, Zhao Pingjin looked at her home, a wall opposite was painted light gray, beige sofa with wood-colored furniture, a pile of scripts and manuscript paper on the coffee table, clothes and hats piled up on a dark pink single sofa, the utensils and floors were very clean, a little bit just right messy, so many years, the house is mostly small, simple and wide, her home furnishings are still familiar, this house was bought by him, but he has not had the opportunity to come once.

The two of them sat in the living room for a while, and it was rare to sit so quietly for a while.

Xitang mustered up the courage of his life and asked, "Can I go to the United States to see you?" ”

After waiting for a long, long time, Zhao Pingjin did not answer.

Xitang smiled, tears in his eyes, but he quickly held it back, and he was not very disappointed, what kind of person he was, Xitang knew better than himself.

Zhao Pingjin looked at her without blinking, wanting to see her appearance more clearly, but he slowly began to feel a little dizzy in front of him, thinking about what the doctor had told him about the survival rate, and then he spoke, his voice was already very calm: "I can't delay you." ”

Xitang smiled: "I know, you still mind that incident." ”

Zhao Pingjin put down the teacup and got up: "I'm leaving." ”

Xitang said: "I'll send you." ”

Xitang pressed the elevator button for him, and the two of them stood in the stairwell, watching the red numbers jump from bottom to top, as if a countdown to the end of a century, Zhao Pingjin suddenly said: "Xitang, can I hug you?" ”

Xitang only had time to raise his head in surprise, Zhao Pingjin had already suddenly stretched out his arms, turned sideways and pulled her, and hugged her tightly into his arms.

The elevator doors opened and closed again beside them.

Xitang's face was pressed against his chest, smelling the breath of his body, the aroma of wood was quiet and cool, and his heart was beating too violently.

The last thing Xitang remembered was the moment the elevator door closed, Zhao Pingjin stood in the car facing her, with a long posture and a cold expression, staring at her with a bottomless gaze, the moment the elevator door closed, the man looked at her for the last moment, his eyes suddenly drooped, and the shadow of his eyelashes covered his gaze, and his eyes were thousands of mountains and ravines that she couldn't read.

His handsome face in the elevator flashed in the lights and then vanished.

Fang Langtong didn't wait downstairs for a long time, and after half an hour, Zhao Pingjin came down, his expression had regained his calm, he got into the car and said, "Go back." ”

Fang Langtong started the car and drove out of the community, Zhao Pingjin leaned his hand against the window and supported his head, frowning slightly, without saying a word.

Fang Langtong looked forward at the road conditions, and called out uneasily: "Zhouzi? ”

Zhao Pingjin replied: "I'm fine." ”

"Don't worry too much about her current status."

"If she really has something, Xiao Min will come over."

"Don't be lonely, I'll watch for you, come back to me as soon as you're rested."

Zhao Pingjin smiled silently.

He didn't speak again.

Fang Langtong drove the car into the courtyard of the villa.

There was a sharp knife in his stomach that stirred slowly in the stomach tube, he slowly got out of the car, barely stood up, and then coughed lightly, the bloody breath in his throat gushed out, knowing that he was not good, Zhao Pingjin took out a handkerchief, covered the corner of his lips, there was a little flower in front of him, the person shook for a moment, reached out and helped the car door, but did not hold it steady, and the person fell backwards.

Fang Langtong called out at the other end: "Zhouzhou!" ”

The people in the house ran out of the living room when they heard the sound, and the driver held his body, and the others had already fainted.

After Xitang finished filming the movie "Autumn Tour", he appeared in "Friends of Songxue".

In the nearly two years of silence, Huang Xitang made a cameo appearance in two or three TV roles, acted in a stage play, cut out a film, and filled in two poems for Ayuan under a pen name, but none of them entered the mainstream eye, her agent and company gradually became anxious, only Xitang liked those days.

At the end of the summer of the second year, she finally got a good script, and she took over the role of "Autumn Tour" directed by Liu Zhitong.

This movie is an art film, the investment and production are not large, the box office response after the release is mediocre, and the praise is only circulated in IMDB and other film websites, but through this film, Huang Xitang let director Wang Panhua pay attention to her performance, as for the artistic achievements that Wang Panhua brought to her later, it was a very later thing, that year when Xitang came back from **, I only remembered that it was the early winter in Beijing.

The program team of "Songxue's Friend" sent an interview invitation to her agency, the host of the talk show Jiang Songxue, a senior media person, a legend, she is a Beijinger, her ancestors are Manchu, her mother is the most famous ballet dancer in Beijing in the early years, her stepfather is a famous diplomat, she herself is a socialite, a famous princess in the Beijing circle, surrounded by stars since she was a child, she filmed some dramas in the early years, but did not leave many impressive roles, it is said that she has extremely high requirements for the living treatment of the crew, As a result, many directors did not dare to find her to shoot scenes with difficult conditions, and later transformed into a talk show, Gong Li was invited in the first issue, and the show became an instant hit, this talk show has been done for nearly ten years, Jiang Songxue is nearly forty years old, her beauty is still the same, and her love life has always been a mystery, her popularity in the circle is very deep, many big names are willing to come to her show, and even the entertainment industry personnel in the industry, there are a lot of exciting news, all of which are said on her show, every time an artist is on her show, After the broadcast, it can brush up a very high topic heat.

Xitang has seen her in private, and she is completely two faces in front of the camera, but this does not prevent her from becoming the object of friendship between stars from all walks of life in the entertainment industry.

Ni Karen personally accompanied Huang Xitang to the TV station to go through the program process, and when she read the interview outline, Jiang Songxue came to the TV station for a meeting and pushed open the door of the guest lounge: "Xitang, I told the producer that I wanted you to come." ”

As soon as Xitang saw her, he immediately stood up, and when he heard it, he quickly smiled and said, "Thank you, Sister Songxue." ”

No matter how up and down Huang Xitang is in this circle, he is also the person who has won the actress, and his temperament is completely different from the little female star she saw for the first time in the hotel a few years ago, Jiang Songxue pointed to the program flow chart on the desktop, her expression was still arrogant, but her tone was an old friend-style joke: "Don't delete a single question." ”

Ni Karen was still sitting on the sofa and replied with a smile: "Ouch, Miss Jiang, your subordinates are merciful." ”

Xitang took the interview outline back to the hotel.

In the evening of the next day, when Xitang entered the recording scene, she was psychologically prepared, and the sensitive issues she had to face, including the changes she had experienced, were also because of the sensitivity of the characters and topics.

Jiang Songxue didn't talk to her too much about the incident at the beginning of last year in the show, she shook her shot and asked her about her feelings.

Jiang Songxue should be one of the few people in the circle who has ever seen her fall in love, that time, she asked, and Xitang answered.

It was almost twelve o'clock after the interview, Xitang walked out of the TV station, stood on the street in Beijing late at night, took a deep breath of cold air, a burning dust smell in his nose, the driver's car was late, Xitang tightened the windbreaker on her body, jeans were seven points, she wore high heels and bare ankles, lit a cigarette, and looked at this golden city with flowing lights.

She bought a house near Orson Park last month, and she eventually returned to Beijing.

Two weeks ago, Xitang was putting on makeup backstage at the film's Beijing press conference, and Ni Karen came in and said, "I heard that Zhao Pingjin is back." ”

Xitang was painting his eyebrows, and when he heard this, his hand stopped for a second and didn't say anything.

She turned and handed the eyebrow pencil to the makeup artist.

Gao Jiyi parked the car at the mouth of the alley.

When he walked into the courtyard of the Zhao family in Guosheng Hutong, the nanny and aunt greeted him at the door: "Brother Gao, come in and have a cup of tea." ”

Gao Jiyi kicked and changed his shoes, and looked around to find someone: "What is Zhouzi doing?" ”

Aunt Nanny smiled politely: "He changed his clothes." ”

Gao Jiyi chattered: "Where is this, as for it, buddy is an outsider, he still has to dress up when I come?" ”

He wanted to go upstairs by himself as he spoke, and the nanny and aunt didn't dare to stop him, but fortunately, Zhao Pingjin's voice came down the stairs at this time: "Old Gao, come up." ”

Gao Jiyi walked up to the second floor, Zhao Pingjin sat on the sofa in the living room to make tea, Gao Jiyi looked at his complexion when he walked over, his shirt was very neat, although the person was pale, but he looked a little more energetic, Zhao Pingjin went to the United States for more than a year, Gao Jiyi saw it once in the middle, he was in a very bad situation at that time, people were so thin that they were out of shape, and at this time, people were more complete.

Gao Jiyi sat down and said, "What are you doing kid grinding?" ”

Zhao Pingjin leaned on the sofa and said tiredly: "I've been lying on the bed for a day, changing clothes." ”

Gao Jiyi said with concern: "As soon as you came back, Lang Tong and I wanted to come over, and we called, saying that you are still in Xiehe, and you are at home at this time, how do you feel physically?" ”

Zhao Pingjin replied nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's nothing." ”

"Where's the class?"

"Well, I'll go in the morning, sometimes I come back in the afternoon to rest, basically if there's something urgent, the assistant will come over."

Zhao Pingjin handed him tea: "Is your little boy okay?" ”

Gao Jiyi's son fell down next to the slide in the community last month and broke his hand, and his daughter-in-law complained that his mother-in-law and nanny were not optimistic, and his mother-in-law was so aggrieved that the child cried at night in pain, and the family was a mess.

Gao Jiyi waved his hand: "Hey, don't mention it, the bones are okay, or my mother will wipe her neck in front of her daughter-in-law to apologize, and the girls in the family will have a lot of trouble." ”

Zhao Pingjin smiled.

Gao Jiyi asked him, "What are your plans to come back?" ”

Zhao Pingjin still had that lazy and lazy look, and he didn't have a straight face: "What are the plans, work hard and serve the people of the motherland." ”

Gao Jiyi glanced at him: "I went back to celebrate the last school anniversary, and a junior brother told me, I can't remember which level, I guess the undergraduate is the same as you, and I said that I saw Yingzi and a returnee drinking coffee in the International Trade Center." ”

Zhao Pingjin still had a thin smile on his face: "That's not good." ”

Gao Jiyi also asked Fang Langtong in private, when Zhao Pingjin went out, Lang Tong was in Shanghai to accompany him, they didn't care much about the career, he went to the United States to help Shen Min take the position, and there were a lot of thoughts in the Central Plains, but his father-in-law Yu Weimin stood still in the board of directors, and others did not act rashly, Shen Min has done his best to pass on Zhao Pingjin's true biography over the years, and he has been supervising the country, and the big mistake must not come out, and the boss naturally wants to protect the Zhao family, because the overseas Chinese Zhou family connected to the Zhao family has too deep roots to shake.

It's just that later Yu Xiaoying gradually became in the limelight again in Beijing, Gao Jiyi looked back and asked carefully, it turned out that the two signed a divorce agreement in the first month of Zhao Pingjin's departure abroad, such a marriage with a good future for both families, and since then it has disappeared directly from the network of contacts in this circle.

Gao Jiyi was anxious: "Don't mind, don't look like you can see through the red dust, I said Zhouzi, do you really don't want to live?" ”

Zhao Pingjin propped his hands on the sofa and replied angrily: "Dude, I live well, who said I don't want to live anymore?" ”

It's just that his usual love of tantrums also loses a little bit of energy, and his voice can't be raised, and he seems to be lacking in energy.

Gao Jiyi was angry when he heard it: "Why are you going back, how long has it been since the operation, there are a lot of in the capital, can you recuperate well if you want to go back, and come back after you recover." ”

Zhao Pingjin smiled at him: "I don't take two mouthfuls of haze in winter, I'm really not used to it." ”

When Gao Jiyi came out, he caught Dr. Fu, a health care doctor from the Zhao family who came to work in the afternoon, in the courtyard.

Dr. Fu was also so worried that his hair turned gray: "The medicine used is the best, but the condition has never improved." ”

"His body is not absorbing well now, and he has to stay in bed for most of the day, and even so, he still has no strength."

"Did he eat on time?"

"If you eat it, how can you not eat it, a bunch of nannies and doctors are guarding, but you haven't vomited too much after eating."

Gao Jiyi walked out of Guosheng Hutong, picked up his mobile phone and called Fang Langtong: "Second brother, you can ask Huang Xitang to come out." ”

Xitang met Fang Langtong in a café in Houhai the next afternoon, accompanied by Gao Jiyi, Xitang was a little surprised, she answered Fang Langtong's call, generally speaking, in private, she and Gao Jiyi basically do not meet.

Fang Langtong didn't take a detour, and after a few words of greeting, he explained his intention to her.

Xitang listened, shook his head and refused directly: "Brother Lang, this is not appropriate." ”

A few people sat down and talked for a while, and seeing that Fang Langtong had nothing else to do, Xitang got up to leave.

Fang Langtong couldn't keep it, so he had to follow her out, Xitang pressed the car key, Fang Langtong came over and blocked her car door, and said anxiously: "Do you really think he doesn't want you?" In order to come back early, he tried his best to heal the disease, Xitang, you can't do this. ”

Zhao Pingjin has known her for nearly ten years, Fang Langtong has always been silent about their relationship, and he occasionally serves as Zhao Pingjin's listener, but when it comes to anything that will really interfere with the relationship between the two, he will never participate, in fact, not only to Zhao Pingjin, but also to which child, he will not give advice on their emotional problems, he understands that feelings are a matter of two people after all, but this time, it is not too much, even he himself can't help it.

Xitang listened, was silent for a while, and still shook his head gently.

Fang Langtong had no choice but to let go, Xitang got into the car, started the car, turned the head of the car, and drove out of the parking space next to the café, at this time a black Buick sedan suddenly rushed out of the rear, and quickly braked after inserting it diagonally, blocking Xitang's car on the edge of the road, Gao Jiyi stuck his head out of the window: "I'm sorry, you come with me." ”

Xitang pressed the window and looked at him expressionlessly.

Gao Jiyi shouted at her: "Xitang, don't be so ruthless, he has put it on you in this life." ”

Xitang held the steering wheel tightly, pursed her lips, and felt a little irritable in her heart, at that moment she suddenly remembered Li Shu'an's face, and it was also the time she was so irritable, Li Shu'an said to her seriously: "Xitang, you have thought clearly, you can't want everything." ”

Xitang looked at him, and his heart suddenly became clear.

"I've figured it out." She placed her hand on the back of his.

Li Shu'an stretched out his hand and scratched her nose: "Let's go pick up Xinxin after school, and then go grocery shopping, I'll make sweet and sour pork ribs for the two of you?" ”

Both laughed.

Xitang decisively reached out to gear and reverse, carefully looking at the rearview mirror, there was still a car parked behind her butt, so it only reversed a short distance, Xitang shifted gears and kicked the accelerator suddenly, the car accelerated instantly, slammed into Gao Jiyi's car, knocked open a gap, and she continued to reverse.

Gao Jiyi roared angrily: "Fuck, Huang Xitang, you're fucking crazy!" ”

Two seconds later, there was another violent crash, and the people in the open-air café next to them turned their heads to pay attention.

Fang Langtong stood aside and shouted anxiously: "Old Gao, hurry up and move her and let her out!" ”

Gao Jiyi pushed the car door and jumped down, watching Huang Xitang's white car staggering away, he went around to the side of the car to look at a large piece of paint that had been scraped off the side of the headlights, looked at Fang Langtong's helpless face, and scolded angrily: "This crazy woman's heart is as hard as the copper horns in the Summer Palace." ”

Fang Langtong suddenly said, "I heard that she is with Shu An." ”

Gao Jiyi was stunned, stopped for two seconds, and suddenly kicked the tire fiercely with a gloomy face.

Huang Xitang's episode of "Song Xue's Friend" was broadcast on TV two weeks later.

After the talk show was broadcast, there was another good news, the spy war drama "Shanghai Spy Shadow" she filmed was finally scheduled to be broadcast after being hidden in the snow for more than a year, so a producer who was not afraid of death began to hand over the script to her company, and after the winter, she started life in Hengdian again, and occasionally had holidays, basically flying to Beijing.

That day she rested, it happened to be the weekend, she went to the children's toy store to buy balloons, when she came back, it began to rain heavily in the middle of the road, this year the winter was early, only the end of October, the cold wave came, fortunately when she returned to the rain gradually smaller, Xitang stopped the car at the mouth of the alley, put on a down jacket for Xinxin, and hugged her out of the car, the little girl tightly pulled her several colorful balloons, Xitang opened the umbrella, the balloons floated to the outside of the umbrella, fluttering all the way in the rain, Xitang held the little girl's hand, the little girl pulled the balloon, The two walked home with a smile, and when they walked into the alley, Xitang saw the door of the Zhao family opposite Guosheng Hutong open.

It was Zhao Pingjin who came out of it.

He was neatly dressed, a white plaid shirt, a brown tie, a gray-blue blazer, and a banquet outfit, and the driver was waiting under the eaves with a black umbrella.

Both of them were a little stunned for a moment.

The little girl has always been polite, but when she saw Xitang stop, she immediately yelled: "Uncle Zhao! ”

When Zhao Pingjin heard it, he smiled and said, "Xinxin, you are all in elementary school, and the teacher will give you a balloon?" ”

The little girl shook her head like a rattle, and replied proudly, "This is what Aunt Xitang bought for me!" ”

Zhao Pingjin glanced at her, because he wanted to give the child an umbrella, the raindrops were constantly falling on half of her shoulders, he lowered his eyes and said, "It's raining, hurry up and go home." ”

Xinxin waved at him: "Goodbye Uncle Zhao!" ”

When Fang Langtong came back at night, Qingqing was watching TV in the living room, and saw Fang Langtong walking in, coming up to take his coat, Fang Langtong kissed her and said, "What about my son?" ”

Qingqing said, "Sleep." ”

Fang Langtong sat down on the sofa, and Jiang Songxue's interview was being broadcast on the TV on the opposite wall.

Qingqing looked at Xitang on the TV screen while talking to her husband: "Did Zhouzi go today?" ”

Fang Langtong nodded: "Sit for a while, leave in advance, everyone is used to it now, he rarely comes out to socialize in person, he comes to have a show, if he is in good spirits, he will sit for a while, if he leaves in advance, it is nothing, and he has to go back to rest." ”

Qingqing said: "Is he feeling better?" ”

Fang Langtong said: "It's okay, I can't see anything, it's still the same." ”

Qingqing suddenly stopped talking and concentrated on watching the show.

Huang Xitang on TV wore a red off-the-shoulder shirt and light blue jeans, his skin under the camera was white and shiny, with a very peaceful smile on his face and a very soft expression: "I haven't been in love for several years." ”

Jiang Songxue asked with a smile: "When was the last time you fell in love?" ”

Xitang thought seriously: "Two years? I can't remember exactly three years. ”

Jiang Songxue just smiled.

It's completely impossible to be a celebrity if you just record a show like this, unless you are very cold and gorgeous, otherwise on such a show, don't give a topical answer, the media and reporters can't write a script, and the effect of the show won't be good, and next time there will be no good programs to continue to find you, everyone has received so many years of professional training, the host and the artist know this, she looked at the camera and continued to speak: "My life is quite peaceful now, filming and work, eating and recreation, traveling abroad, and even meeting, I can pretend to shake hands." , each other's lives have changed too much, and some things, what has passed is in the past. ”

Jiang Songxue looked at the guests with her eyes and listened attentively: "Hmm." ”

Xitang with a slight smile: "I remember one year of New Year's Day, the New Year's Eve party work is over, back to the hotel at one o'clock in the night, everyone is very tired after a day of work, the lights are out, but they can't sleep, the hotel room is very quiet, my assistant sits on the carpet next to the bed, plays music quietly with his mobile phone, at that moment suddenly heard a love song, at a special moment, there is a moment, all so many years have passed, or think of someone." ”

Because she was recording the show, Jiang Songxue could only smile slightly, in fact, she was so happy in her heart at this time, no one listened to the love gossip of this group of high-ranking disciples in the capital more than her, who was Huang Xitang talking about, she was clear in her heart, and she couldn't help but hint euphemistically at this time: "Since you are still thinking about it in your heart, have you ever thought about it - do you want to try it again?" ”

"Ah, no, what are you going to try?" Xitang hurriedly pretended to be stupid and played Tai Chi.

"Don't pretend," Jiang Songxue leaned over and poked her arm, glaring at her: "Try your ex-boyfriend again." ”

Xitang quickly shook her hand flatteringly, and the two of them laughed on the sofa.

Xitang shook his head and said, "I don't dare to think about it." ”

Jiang Songxue asked meaningfully: "Thinking about the past, is it because you haven't met a better one?" ”

Xitang immediately shook his head and smiled, his expression was still very soft, it was the kind of softness that was firm in his heart: "No, it's not fair to say this, there are many excellent people, but love is not easy to get, of course I still hope that I will be happy, I just don't want love obsessively." ”

Jiang Songxue looked at her with a little surprise: "Xitang, is it a little pessimistic to say that?" ”

Xitang thought for a while before speaking, and his voice was soft and soft: "I don't know if this is pessimistic, I still believe that of course there will be people who have love and live happily, but this does not necessarily happen to everyone, it doesn't seem to matter what profession you are engaged in, whether you look beautiful or not, how much wealth you have, whether you work hard in life, this is a kind of luck, love is not hard work." ”

Xitang smiled mischievously and said in an open-minded tone: "Just like a ** writer I like very much said, love is an encounter." In fact, after so many years, I particularly agree with this point of view, I think love is an opportunity, not a merit, all we can do is to do our best. ”

At that moment, Jiang Songxue suddenly turned her head, tears flashing in her eyes.

was in the middle of the broadcast, when the program on the TV suddenly stopped, and the content was cut from this section and began to insert commercials.

Fang Lang sat stunned for a while, looked at his daughter-in-law, and sighed.

Qingqing said angrily: "Look at the good things you men have done. ”

Fang Langtong stretched out his hand and hugged his daughter-in-law, he knew that she felt sorry for Zhouzi, and now the whole circle in the capital secretly knew it, because occasionally there were important occasions, Li Shu'an would take her out to banquet, Huang Xitang is a celebrity, and everyone who has seen it will not forget, Li Shu'an and his ex-wife's daughter are also very close to her, Li Shu'an's attitude is very clear, the two are going to get married, Zhao Pingjin and Huang Xitang's paragraph is completely over, before Qingqing dared to quarrel with him for Xitang, but now, No one dared to face Huang Xitang in front of Zhao Pingjin.

The recording of that day was paused for five minutes.

Jiang Songxue's tears flashed, and the audience began to applaud, but all the choreographers and photographers in the audience were stunned.

Xitang looked at the stands, her assistant, makeup artist, no one dared to move, she stretched out her arm, across a sofa seat, and patted Jiang Songxue's shoulder.

At the end of the show, Jiang Songxue asked her if she could sing.

Xitang laughed: "I learned acting, and I sing averagely." ”

Jiang Songxue deliberately praised her field, and said with a smile: "Haven't you been taking vocal lessons recently, come on." ”

Xitang understood that Jiang Songxue was promoting her to give her a chance, she thought for a while, and suddenly said, "One of our acting undergraduate classes left last month. ”

Jiang Songxue restrained her smile and said, "It's Fu Mingkun." ”

Xitang was still smiling softly, she controlled her emotions and said softly: "This is the song we sang when we were in school, and I gave this song to him." ”

She sang "Proverbs of Love".

In October, the 60th anniversary of Alma Mater Week was celebrated, and many of my classmates returned, and their acting undergraduate class organized a party.

At the party, it was Zheng Youtong who spoke on behalf of the boys, and Huang Xitang who spoke on behalf of the girls.

That night, Xitang drank some rare wine, some people were playing the piano, some people were singing, looking at the past under the lights, as if everyone's faces had not changed, and their young faces were still shining.

Fu Mingkun is gone, stopping at the eternal age of thirty-one.

Zhong Qiao'er is gone, forever stopping at her twenty-two years old.

But their lives still have to go on.

Zhao Pingjin remembers that song.

At that time, Huang Xitang's graduation ceremony, he was sitting in the family seat.

At that time, he was still working in Jingchuang, and he specially pushed the job in the morning and rushed to their school, as soon as the car entered the school gate, he only saw graduates wearing black robes and bachelor's uniforms scurrying around the campus, and when he found Huang Xitang, their class was taking a group photo, Huang Xitang took advantage of the fact that the photographer did not press the shutter and winked at him.

The graduation ceremony of the film academy was held in the school's standard screening room, Zhao Pingjin sat cross-legged under the stage, surrounded by a bunch of counselors, class teachers and parents of graduates, and when it was their turn to be in their class, their class leader led the class to sing a song dedicated to his alma mater and teacher, and it was that song that was sung.

A group of young children with good faces and full of vitality, Huang Xitang stood on the stage, like a fresh and strong tree, at that time she was already filming "Orange Boy", with a bright future and full of dreams, even if she stood in the middle of a group of beautiful girls, her appearance was still outstanding, and her small face was shining.

She was his little one at the time.

"I give you my youth and keep the years to myself."

Ten years later, when she sang the song again, so many things changed.

Zhao Pingjin was lying at home, the window of the study in the west wing was pushed open by him, and the afternoon sun came in, and the weather in Beijing was very good after the beginning of spring this year.

Teacher Zhou went back to Shanghai yesterday, and since she insisted on coming back to Beijing, she basically spent half of her time in China, sometimes to see him, sometimes to see his grandmother, and half of the time abroad, with her mother's family.

His father is still in Nanjing, intending to retire.

It is said that he found the female soldier of the art troupe, who was married and had children, but the family life was more difficult, and his father went to a trip and seemed to arrange a school logistics for her, and then never went to that city again.

His mother didn't care about it.

He is still doing it in the Central Plains Board of Directors, and the intensity of work is not as good as before, but there is no big problem in doing it, Shen Min is the general manager, and he will be consulted in advance for important things.

Zhao Pingjin heard the sound of Suosuo's footsteps coming from the screen at the door behind him, and the nanny aunt came in to cover him with a blanket, and touched his cold hand while complaining: "Open the window to blow the wind, it is cold in the morning and evening, so you shouldn't be worried about catching a cold." ”

Zhao Pingjin persuaded her to retire and provide for her, but the old man said that it was useless to be at home, so she went back to her hometown in the northeast.

The old nanny carefully folded the blanket for him, and mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally: "The other door is very lively today, the second sister of the Jing family is engaged to Shu An'er today." ”

Zhao Pingjin naturally knew about this, but it sounded like this, and he was still speechless for a while, so the nanny touched his hand to warm it up, and walked out slowly.

A few nights ago, when he came home from work, he saw Li Shu'an about to go out, followed by the secretary, both of whom were carrying a few lunch boxes in their hands, Zhao Pingjin greeted: "Shu'an, go out?" ”

Li Shu'an agreed: "Xitang is recording, it's estimated that it's late, I'll send her some supper." ”

Zhao Pingjin glanced at the lunch box packaging bag he was carrying: "The hand-rolled noodles at the intersection?" ”

Li Shu'an smiled: "Well, Donglin also said that the family is okay." ”

Zhao Pingjin nodded, didn't speak again, and walked into the alley.

Li Shu'an got into the car and started the car.

"Shu'an," Zhao Pingjin suddenly walked around and stopped him: "That house is very good, but the noodles are made with fresh eggs, and she is allergic to egg whites." ”

Li Shu'an looked obviously stunned, but quickly reacted, and waved his hand at him with a smile: "The secretary bought it, it's okay, these are for the staff, and I'll buy her a separate copy." ”

Zhao Pingjin stood next to his car, smiled, and walked home again.

Behind him, Li Shu'an leaned out of the driver's seat and said to him: "Hey, Zhouzi, thank you." ”

Zhao Pingjin heard it, raised his arm and waved his hand behind him, he didn't look back.

He is still worried, no matter who she marries, he is afraid that she will be bullied, and sometimes he suddenly remembers that in fact, she is by his side, and the grievances she suffers are the most, and suddenly he understands it in an instant, but his heart is uncomfortable.

Lately, he has been thinking about the year when he went to Hengdian to see her.

She went to the night scene, he was waiting for her to get off the scene on the set, at that time she was still a small group actor with no name, the starring star came out, and took away a lot of reporters and fans, and suddenly the surrounding fields were empty, and the two of them walked in the ridge in the middle of the night.

Far away on the opposite bank, there are crews setting off fireworks in the fields.

It was too far away, silent, only to see the fireworks rise in the night sky and go out again.

Huang Xitang stopped and looked up for a while, and the person watching the fireworks beside her at that moment was a man she loved deeply.

It's a pity that he didn't understand it at that time.

They walked in the middle of the night in a small town in southeastern China, without speaking to each other.

Now that the weather is warming up in the early spring afternoon in Beijing, there is a Xifu begonia planted outside the window of the study, and the top of the young leaves and twigs are blooming in clusters of pink and white flowers.

Zhao Pingjin lay quietly in the spring light for a while, feeling a little tired, and closed his eyes slightly.

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