In Shanghai in March, the fog was thick in the middle of the night, and as soon as people stepped into the night, they were ethereal.

As Karen Ni drove through the underground garage access control, she looked up and saw that the night sky between the towering floors was foggy and black.

When you open the door, the lights are on.

A figure was lying on the sofa at her house, with her eyes slightly closed, her little face was red, her lips were pasty, her long black hair was messy, she was wearing a dark green satin skirt, and the stockings she took off were rolled up and thrown on the carpet, revealing her white slender calves under the skirt.

It's like a colorful ghost wandering out of the deep mountains and forests.

Karen Ni leaned over and patted her buttocks, "Why don't you go back to your own house?" ”

Huang Xitang buried his head in the pillow and whispered, "My mother didn't sleep." ”

Ni Karen showed a look of surprise, threw away the crocodile leather bag in her hand, and sat down beside her.

Xitang gave way to the side, bent his leg and pressed it against her arm, rubbing it gently.

"Hey," Karen Ni pushed her, "remove your makeup and lie down again, and sleep with this face full of powder?" ”

Xitang muttered in agreement, lazily reluctant to move.

Ni Karen said: "Ou Lizu just got a skin booster last month, do you think you are still young? ”

Ou Lizu is the company's new little girl, with a fleshy body and a sweet smile, and a young and sexy style.

Huang Xitang sat up and said, "Injections at the age of twenty? ”

Ni Karen said: "It's in your twenties." ”

Xitang let out an "oh" in a happy voice.

is another one who has changed his age, and in this circle, age seems to be a flood of female stars.

Ni Karen glanced her up and down: "It's just that you graduated from a class, and the data file school can find it, otherwise ......"

Xitang shook his hand: "I don't." ”

Ni Karen complained angrily: "It's too late to become popular, in two years, all the actors will be younger than you, and the drama will not be able to be played." ”

Xitang sighed leisurely: "It's not too late, it's not red yet." ”

Ni Karen kicked her on the thigh: "Go and remove your makeup!" Being a female star is so industrious, I think you are going to kill yourself! ”

Xitang went with a gray nose.

When she washed her face and came out, Karen Ni was packing her makeup bag and threw a serum water to her.

Xitang took it and sat on the sofa, but began to be stunned.

Ni Karen stared at her plain face for a long time, and commented very dissatisfied: "Hengdian has survived for several years, and the good skin is ruined." ”

Xitang heard it, flattened his mouth at her, and made a listless grimace.

Ni Karen looked at her and got angry when she didn't care: "Don't give me anything to do, do you think you can stay in the crew for the rest of your life?" How cruel this circle is, you have to go out to do business activities, you stand on the stage, compare with other female stars, your complexion is not good, your face is sallow, and you are blackened by others, everyone laughs at you, and then you will know that the world is cold. ”

Xitang instantly felt that his head was an inch bigger, and he quickly picked up the lotion and slapped it on his face.

Ni Karen was finally satisfied, and glanced at her, "How about coming back so early, how about a date with Dr. Xie?" ”

Xitang replied honestly: "I had a meal, and then I came back." ”

"Not going to a movie?"

"No, it's inconvenient."

Karen Ni also knows that she is not an excuse, "The Last Princess Pegatron" has been broadcast for most of the time, and some people are beginning to recognize her face.

The last time she had dinner with Ni Karen in a restaurant near the company, that day Xitang was dressed casually, and she didn't make any cover-up, as soon as she entered, she was recognized by a lady at the adjacent table, the table next to her seemed to be a middle-aged aunt group party, after the lady shouted, they were immediately surrounded by a circle of excited middle-aged and elderly fans, Ni Karen was well-informed, and took the tone, and chatted enthusiastically with the aunts in her ** strong Mandarin as an agent, God knows that she has been in the mainland for almost 20 years, Mandarin is obviously very standard, but the group of aunts don't know why they eat her so specially, they are all elated, and then Ni Karen decisively and quickly commanded more than a dozen people to take a group photo, and immediately pulled Huang Xitang to run away, since then Ni Karen has also been cautious, and later Xitang went out, all from the agent to the assistant makeup artist layer by layer protection, almost all of them isolated the crowd.

Seeing that Huang Xitang was distracted again, Ni Karen said lightly: "Doctor Xie is a good person. ”

Huang Xitang glanced up at her slightly, since she met Xie Zhenbang, Ni Karen has never expressed any opinion, she thought that the company did not like artists to fall in love.

There was only a cold look in Xitang's eyes.

Ni Karen said: "Girls still have to be in love, otherwise there is no apple color on their faces." ”

"I asked Xie Jun to Google your name, and not only was he not scared away, but he also took the initiative to come to me and tell me that he respected your public image." Karen Ni thought about it and found it funny, and couldn't help laughing.

Xitang knew Xie Zhenbang, it was not accidental, the second time they met, he asked her for her phone number, he stood in the corridor of the hospital, took out a pen from the pocket of his white robe and handed it to her, his expression was frank and open, healthy wheat skin, and he smiled and showed a mouthful of white teeth.

Xitang had no reason to refuse him, because he had just been diagnosed with her mother's illness, so he had to take his pen with a polite smile.

The next moment, Karen rushed in from outside the corridor and slapped her hand away viciously.

Xitang had no choice but to smile apologetically at him.

“I’m so

y," the young doctor smiled slightly behind the lenses, shrugged his shoulders freely, and teased with a little half-truth: "What happened?" Are you under the age of sixteen? ”

"She looks very handsome, and she has received a Western-style education," Ni Kalin's words began, as if the more she chatted, the happier she became, she reached out and poked Xitang: "Hey, this is the favorite style of female celebrities to marry, much better than those middle-aged rich businessmen with oily heads and big ears, no wonder your mother cares so much, I said you ......"

Xitang listened motionlessly, and suddenly interrupted her words: "Okay, Karen......"

She raised her hand to cover her face.

Karen stopped.

Xitang was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "I tried, but it was difficult to invest." ”

Ni Karen heard the despair in her tone, and almost five months had passed since she returned from Beijing.

The last time I broke up with that person, I skinned and cramped and went to half my life.

This time, the man was in good order, and not only did he retreat with his whole body, but he also benefited a lot, but his soul slowly withered. Karen Ni knew that she just didn't mention it, not good.

Thanks to her, she also tried to whitewash the peace.

Xitang covered his face: "People are enthusiastic, and I feel very guilty." ”

Ni Karen comforted her and said: "It's just a meeting, it's not to teach you to promise each other for life, everyone is not stupid, men enjoy your beautiful appearance, and your temperament is smart and cute, if he can't get what he wants, he will naturally leave." ”

Xitang looked up at her and stopped talking.

Ni Karen took her into her arms, Xitang's face widened, and there were no more tears.

After a while, Ni Karen came back with a work emergency call, and saw Huang Xitang still nestled in her sofa, in a daze.

Ni Karen looked at her side face from the back, Huang Xitang was immersed in her own thoughts, when she was silent, her nose revealed a stubborn and depressed atmosphere, the company had tried to shoot her short film, and put it on the hundred-inch screen in the audio-visual room on the sixth floor, a face occupied half of the big screen, the twenty-four frames of the lens were almost stagnant, the screen was full of close-ups of the characters' emotions, her beauty, could withstand the torture of the high-definition format camera for several minutes of long shots, and a small freckle in the corner of the eye without makeup was so beautiful that it was thrilling.

Ni Karen silently calculated, there is still a costume drama contract in hand, and there are several endorsements and variety shows to be discussed, and a good script also needs to be found......

She knows this circle too well, actresses around the age of thirty are the last few years of golden preciousness, women's beauty has basically reached its peak, life experience has also come out, grasp and interpret the role, there is no better time than these few years.

The youth of an actress is fleeting, and if she can't become popular in the past few years, she will never have a chance.

Huang Xitang must seize the opportunity - return to the big screen.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Xitang arrived at the location of the crew, and today the crew transferred to a chain luxury resort hotel in the suburbs.

Jointly produced by Parker Film and Television Media and Shanghai Xingyi Film and Television Company, the urban romance drama "Just Lovers" directed by Chen Zhaoliang has entered the third month of filming, Xitang has not taken a day off in the first half of this year, and two TV series have been filmed alone, fortunately, they are all modern dramas, and it is not so difficult to get out of the drama and enter the play, but in terms of work intensity, this is desperate.

The whole company is accustomed to it, and the artists who have signed contracts for many years have finally become popular, but the contract is about to expire, and the company has to take over the work for the artists in order to extract the salary. When makeup artist Xinni gave her makeup every morning, Xitang's face was almost swollen due to lack of sleep, and the whole person was almost still half-asleep and half-awake.

Even the assistant felt pitiful for her.

Up and down the whole company, probably only Karen Ni understands that this is not the worst thing.

In the past six months or so, if Huang Xitang doesn't take over work, he will have to do something.

The scenes of the main scene in the studio have been basically filmed, and the crew has been on frequent locations recently, and the filming cycle has passed a hundred days, and it is close to completion.

When Xitang arrived, the shed where the main actor was resting had not yet been erected, and the field staff and workers were setting up tents.

Xitang smiled and squeezed under the shed of the group performance, and a group performance sister poked open a bun with chopsticks and handed it to her in half.

Xitang asked, "What stuffing?" ”

The eldest sister replied crisply: "Cabbage." ”

Xitang took it, pulled a folding chair and sat down: "Thank you." ”

In the group performance, Zhang Ye sits, he plays a big boss with a human flesh background today, wearing a suit vest and combing his oily hair and playing at her: "Master Xi, you are not the first today, someone is earlier than you." ”

Ni Karen's first requirement for his artists is to be punctual when starting work, and never ask the whole crew to wait for you, this is a taboo for actors, even if Wu Zhenzhen was as big as a Chinese queen in the crew before, and every scene was honest and on time.

Now among the three leading actors in this play, Xitang is usually the first to arrive.

Xitang asked curiously, "Who?" ”

Everyone collectively yelled at Nunu in the parking lot.

Xitang looked at it from a distance, and it turned out that the nanny car of the second female had been parked in the hotel parking lot.

The actor He Lufei, who plays the second female lead, she and Zhang Zhiyin are in the same company, and they used to be called Guoshi Shuanghua, and later Zhang Zhiyin filmed a few good dramas and won the TV, which established her status in the industry. And He Lufei is said to have had a scandal because of her involvement in the marriage of a well-known director in the circle, and then she was silent for a while, and when she came out again, it was relatively rarely mentioned.

After a while, the assistant held an umbrella, and He Lufei got out of the car with Nana.

When she got closer, although it was summer, it was still a little cold on the mountain in the morning, and she wore an off-the-shoulder tight-fitting dress, with a full set of makeup and hair, and a face was very delicately depicted.

Xitang glanced at himself, because he had to wear the clothes prepared by the costume designer for filming, Xitang was generally very casual when he came to work, jeans, white T-shirts, and makeup.

Seeing this situation, Xitang asked quietly: "A reporter is coming today?" ”

At this time, the assistant Ah Kuan had already squeezed in, her chubby body was extremely flexible, she quickly took out a jar from her bag, and gently patted a layer of makeup on her face, covering her sleep-deprived dark circles.

Xitang's skin foundation is good, fair and transparent, and the pink lip gloss has been wiped over, and the face has regained its brilliance.

At this time, the male lead actor Yang Yilin came slowly.

This guy wears a pair of flip-flops, a pair of black shorts, a long-sleeved white T, unkempt hair, an overindulgent look on his face, and several entertainment reporters behind him.

The scene reporter set up the shed where the main actor rested, and the assistant opened the chair and beckoned him to sit.

Yang Yilin tugged at the corners of Xitang's mouth, which was regarded as a greeting.

As soon as Yu Ji came up, he was greeted by He Lufei, who appeared in full costume, and the reporter immediately surrounded her, and there was a noise of greeting, and the sound of camera clicks kept sounding.

Xitang squatted in a bunch of group performances, looked up, and still held half a cabbage bun in his hand.

Yang Yilin clapped his hands at Xitang: "Get up." ”

He dragged her hand and walked out, and without greeting reporters, Shi Shiran walked towards the crew's studio.

The reporter turned his head and immediately saw them.

As soon as the camera shines past, the two of them are slender figures, fluttering in white, relaxed and comfortable, lined with the shade of green trees and flowers in the morning, which is very pleasing to the eye.

The reporter's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned his pace and surrounded the two.

He Lufei immediately squeezed over and showed a bright smile: "Brother Yilin, good morning, Sister Xitang, good morning." ”

Sister.

Xitang rolled his eyes in his heart.

The titles between various characters in the entertainment industry, the number of ways is very deep, especially female stars, age basically determines the actor's acting path and the sense of drama of the role, so between female artists, if they are of similar age, if they don't want to offend people, no one will easily call anyone a sister, such as Wu Zhenzhen before, unless it is really the kind of little actor who is completely unknown in the later generation, if it is an artist of the same generation who plays for her, who dares to call her a sister in front of the media, then there is basically no need to mix in this crew, this Miss He Lufei, Even if the official information is true, she is not a few months younger than her.

Huang Xitang has just become popular, and she also plays a chick in this play, He Lufei calls her a sister like this, and she can kill people invisibly.

He Lufei became much more popular than her, and she had also acted in some heroine plays earlier, and her popularity gradually dropped a little in the past two years, and she mostly played the second female play, but she won because she had long-term experience in struggle.

Xitang was a little stunned of her.

At the boot-up ceremony, she crossed an elbow and blocked half of Xitang's chest, Xitang didn't notice it, only noticed that Ni Karen was grinning at her at the bottom, and when she came back to her senses, the reporter's photo had been taken.

Ni Karen was so angry that she scolded her all the way in the car back to the company, saying that Huang Xitang was the stupidest artist she had ever taken.

After joining the group, Xitang quickly noticed He Lufei's malice towards him.

She is the actor Xitang has worked with for the first time, she has never dealt with her before, and she offended people for no reason, so she called back to Karen Ni.

Ni Karen looked surprised: "If she likes you, it will be strange, your role was originally hers." ”

Xitang sighed softly.

"When you sign the contract for this play, your background can still crush people, understand?"

Xitang was silent on the other end of the phone.

Ni Karen said: "Don't think too much, it's just a drama, let's pull it down after filming." ”

At the beginning of filming, He Lufei always added lines by herself.

With a little guilt, Xitang endured it at first, but then she couldn't help it, as soon as she found out that she had added words, Xitang immediately stopped, with a pure and innocent ignorance: "Director, there is no such sentence in the script......"

The director looked at the monitor and watched as the two men stopped, got up from their chairs in annoyance, and shouted with their horns.

After a few scenes, He Lufei finally stopped.

The makeup artist was putting on Xitang's face in the lounge, chatting with her about the visit she had just visited.

Just now, a reporter asked Xitang, will he be electrocuted when he plays with Yang Yilin?

Or, the male stars who have worked together, such as Yinnan, such as Brother Lin, who is more handsome?

Xitang smiled and played Tai Chi, praising Yang Yilin for being handsome, with a sincere smile and a sincere gaze.

Yang Yilin is really good-looking, don't look at him wearing a sloppy gray old man cotton shirt in the crew every day, but as soon as the camera opened, he wore a suit and blew his hair, a pair of peach blossom eyes were shining, and even the aunts who cleaned up on the set were so electric that his cheeks were red, in this circle, the most important thing is good skin, Yang Yilin is also dedicated, he never complained when he filmed rain scenes on cold days in February.

It's just that Xitang knows that he is still different from Yinnan.

Playing against Yang Yilin, including the previous Dahe play, I basically understood after a few scenes, the routine was fixed, and it was very easy, and when playing against Yinnan, the pressure was everywhere from beginning to end, she felt the tension of his role and the degree of emotional fullness, far from the ordinary popular Xiaosheng, sometimes she was too affectionate when playing against Yinnan, and when the director shouted the card, the whole person almost collapsed.

She doesn't know if the audience can see these differences, but as an actor, she clearly understands the direction of her efforts.

The makeup artist began to chat about the crew gossip again, Yang Yilin has a fixed girlfriend in Taiwan, and he flies in two or three times a month, and the rest of the time, Xitang sees different girls coming out of his room every morning or night.

Huang Xitang secretly asked his assistant Ah Kuan during the break: "Does her girlfriend know?" ”

Ah Kuan replied: "Yes." ”

Ah Kuan's little eyes shone brightly, and he pretended to be mysterious: "It is said that the man promised to marry her before the age of thirty-five, and it is said that all the salary will be given to her, and he will never spend money on other girls." ”

Xitang wondered: "Can there be so many girls without spending money?" ”

"He also has some connections in the entertainment industry, and the producers also see his face, he has resources in his hands and can film." Ah Kuan covered his mouth and smiled shyly: "Moreover, there are countless fans who pounce on them and want to sleep with idols." ”

Xitang looked at her suspiciously: "What do you mean by smiling like that?" ”

Ah Kuan pushed her shoulder, twisted and said, "Alas, I used to like Yang Kang played by him very much when I was in elementary school." ”

The makeup artist accosted him next to him: "His girlfriend is a high-end brand, every time she comes, Brother Lin is also a spoiler for her, she makes so much money, she never cares about money, and her investment is handled by her girlfriend." ”

Xitang can see that Yang Yilin also has his advantages, he has a handsome face, he is never stingy in terms of money, and he loves his girlfriend very much, but this did not prevent him from hunting for beauty on the set night and night.

The bizarre things in the world can be seen in this circle.

In addition to Yang Yilin, the female No. 2 He Lufei is not a fuel-efficient lamp, she has two substitutes in the crew, and her lines are dubbed, except for shooting her face, she will appear on the set, and the rest of the time she basically does not see anyone.

This is simply the most relaxing drama Xitang has filmed since his debut.

Monday afternoon.

Huang Xitang got off work, walked out of the studio, and saw Ni Karen's car parked at the door.

Ni Karen got out of the car, waved her assistant off work, and Ah Kuan left happily.

Xitang got into her car: "I promised my mother to go home for dinner." ”

While reversing the car, Ni Karen said, "I said hello to your mother when I went out, saying that you would come back later." ”

Xitang glanced at her: "Let's go to my house for dinner tonight?" ”

Ni Karen twisted the steering wheel and replied with a smile: "That must be." ”

In the third week after Xitang returned to Shanghai, Karen Ni took her upstairs and opened the door of the house upstairs of her house.

The 200-square-meter simple room is made of excellent materials, the walls are painted in simple white, the sunlight spills in through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and the brown wooden floor glows with a faint luster.

Ni Karen said, "You come to sign in the afternoon." ”

Ni Karen hid from her and completed all the preliminary procedures, just waiting for her to sign it finally, after Xitang knew, she was silent for a long time, Ni Karen knew, she didn't agree.

The next day, Xitang met Guo Tianjun in the company.

He took only one secretary with him, and when he put down the papers, the secretary withdrew.

Guo Tianjun wore a pair of half-rimmed glasses, still elegant and old-fashioned, and said with a smile: "Tangtang people, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

When Xitang saw him, he couldn't keep a straight face.

He was the first CFO of Jingchuang Technology, and later quit Jingchuang to start his own business, and is now a partner of a well-known accounting firm in Beijing.

When Jingchuang was established in Zhongguancun, there was only one house, the house was bought by Zhao Pingjin before he went abroad to study, the living room was used for office, and the room was a chase shop to sleep in turns, which was like a pig's nest, Huang Xitang and Guo Tianjun's girlfriend at that time often gave them a few men to do secretarial work plus cooking and tidying up the house.

Later, Xitang left Beijing and never met him again.

Guo Tianjun took the initiative to mention it: "Did Zhou Zhou tell you that I am married to Cheng Rong, and the child is more than four years old." ”

Xitang was also happy for them, and asked with a smile: "Boys and girls?" ”

Guo Tianjun said: "Girl." ”

He took out his phone and showed her the photos.

Guo Tianjun is an old fox, he doesn't talk about business, he only talks about old feelings.

The two chatted about the situation after saying goodbye, Guo Tianjun said that Cheng Rong was also watching her TV series, and he had just watched the eldest princess she played, and he knew that he was coming, and he wanted to come together, but his daughter was pestering, and asked her if she had been busy recently, seeing that Xitang slowly let go of her defense, Guo Tianjun said: "Xitang, don't get along with yourself, this is what you deserve." ”

The location is excellent, the house type is the best, and it also comes with a garden balcony, the owner of the house bought it for investment, it has been vacant for more than a year, and it is sold at a price, and the price is high, you don't have to think about it.

Guo Tianjun saw that she was only silent and did not speak, pushed away the contract in his hand, leaned over slightly, and leaned in the direction of Xitang, and said in a calm tone: "When the company's A round of financing was completed, he left five percent of the equity in the option pool for you, and he signed the transfer contract, and you broke up suddenly, he didn't mention it later, I thought he had forgotten about it, and this time he suddenly asked me to come over, I just understood, he never let go of his heart." ”

Guo Tianjun persuaded her with a professional attitude: "The exercise price of the first batch of employees is put on the current Jingchuang, let alone buy such a house." ”

Xitang never thought of asking for shares in his company, and she had already left the company, after many years, now that she talks about it, she feels even more slim, she only said lightly: "I don't want his things, I don't want this." ”

Guo Tianjun looked at her, although she became cold and mature, but at this moment, the stubborn look that flashed on her face was still exactly the same as before, even though Guo Tianjun was used to seeing the state of the world, he couldn't help but feel a little pity at this moment, I don't know if it was for her or for Zhao Pingjin, and finally had to say softly: "He knows, he just wants you to live better." ”

Xitang finally signed it.

Ni Karen came in to send Guo Tianjun out, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao is really generous. ”

seems to praise and disparage, hiding murderous intentions.

Guo Tianjun had already collected the news when he came, and knew that this agent was not easy to mess with, so he only smiled quietly: "Goodbye, Miss Ni." ”

Xitang has mixed feelings.

The house was very comfortable, she added furniture, and went back to Xianju to take her mother over to live with her.

Since she left home to go to Beijing to go to university, she has left her mother, except for the chaotic days in the middle when her mother accompanied her to live in the hospital in isolation, this is almost eight years apart, and the mother and daughter can live together again.

Xitang renovated the best kitchen for his mother, with both Chinese and Western kitchen utensils, and took another day to accompany his mother to Jiuguang to buy a complete set of porcelain.

Xitang knew she liked these.

After years of hard life, she will also serve a plate of dried tofu and slowly warm a pot of Shaoxing wine after the shop closes at night, using a blue and white rough bowl, which is also clean.

Ni Karen, who lives downstairs, came to the house for dinner, and when she ate her mother's cooking for the first time, she ate two bowls of rice, and then chased her mother's ass and said a good obedient thing for a night.

She became her mother's new love with a set of exaggerated words, and every time Xitang came home, her mother had to ask: "Call Miss Ni to eat." ”

Huang Xitang's contract is still in the company, and the company signed a full contract for her, driving her to film and take commissions, so her time has been squeezed out by the company.

When Xitang was not free, Ni Karen drove her mother out by the way, Ni Karen treated her mother very politely, afraid that she would be lonely at home alone, so she enrolled in the university for the elderly, and her mother went to class every day, dancing and practicing calligraphy with a group of old men and old ladies inside.

The night I returned to Shanghai from Beijing was the eve of the New Year, after the New Year's Eve fireworks on the Huangpu River, it was January of the New Year, and the new drama did not start filming, and Xitang read the script at Ni Karen's house.

Under the fence, she knows how to be a person, her emotions are never leaked, at that time the assistant was still Xiao Ning, and Xitang often gave her holidays. At that time, "The Last Princess Pegatron" had not yet started to be promoted, Huang Xitang was still a little-known young actor, and Karen Ni didn't have time to take care of her itinerary every day, and she was tired of reading the script, so she took the subway to Waibaidu Bridge by herself, mingling with noisy tourists from all over the world, looking at the muddy Suzhou Creek, shrunk her shoulders and smoked silently.

Karen Ni was afraid that she would jump into the river.

Within a few days, she recruited an additional assistant Ah Kuan, who was conscientious and followed her closely wherever she went. In fact, the time is very fast, but the people who are immersed in it feel that it is long, Xitang remembers that on the day of the 8th, Ni Karen arranged for her to go to Hangzhou, publicity in the morning, photography at noon, video recording in the afternoon, and a business entertainment in the evening, from morning to evening, when she finished work, she was extremely tired, and drank a lot of wine, and went back to the hotel to sleep.

When I woke up the next day, I sat on the hotel bed with a splitting headache, a disheveled head, and dark circles under my eyes, and found that the first weekend of the new year had passed quickly.

Xitang was cold and shivering, sitting motionless in the messy futon room of the hotel, but he knew in his heart that he was finally safe.

A week later, she joined the group to film, the crew isolated the world, forming a lively little world of her own, she was pushed forward by Karren Ni's densely packed schedule, and before she knew it, it was suddenly summer.

In my memory, the snowy winter in Beijing passed quickly, as if it had become a vague shadow flashing in the subway platform.

Karen Ni took her to Luming Bookstore.

Xitang wore a brown woven hat with narrow brims, and when he got out of the car, he wore a black mask.

Long hair covers half of his face.

There are not many people in the bookstore, and some of them are gray-haired old professors, and the environment is very quiet, Xitang is relieved.

Ni Karen took her to the shelf of contemporary literature, picked it up left and right, took a lot of it, and turned around and stuffed it into Xitang's hand.

Xitang used his left hand to cushion it, but his right hand couldn't make a move, and he almost dropped the book.

Propping his elbows on his body to stabilize the pile of books, Xitang buried his head in looking at it, took out a copy and put it back on the shelf.

"I've got this one."

"Well, this one has it too, but it doesn't have this version."

"Keep this traditional one, I'll take a look at it too." Karen Ni pulled her to the shelves of the history books again.

Xitang followed behind her and whispered, "Why are you looking at this? ”

Ni Karen said: "Tang Yasong's new film, the script review was passed last week, and the shooting permission has been obtained. ”

When Xitang heard this, his eyes lit up slightly.

In the film career after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the director who has achieved great success for telling Chinese stories has always been a legendary figure in the hearts of all filmmakers.

Tang Yasong graduated from the literature department of Xitang's alma mater, Xitang has repeatedly watched all his films, and in the class of the film academy, his films are also classic teaching materials for acting classes.

Since the last "Letter from No One", Tang Yasong has not made a movie for nearly four years, and the industry has always said that the script is being written, but it has been kept secret.

Ni Karen had an ambitious glint in her eyes: "You prepare first, Director Tang's drama picks people, it is said that this time the heroine does not have a suitable newcomer, and it is possible to audition among actresses with suitable roles in the mainland." ”

Xitang was a little excited in her heart, but she was more pessimistic than Karen Ni, how difficult this matter was, she knew.

Karen has always been ambitious: "It's always good to give it a try. ”

Xitang nodded and said, "You go have a cup of coffee and wait for me for a while?" ”

Karen said, "Go ahead." ”

She knew that if she was brought to the bookstore, she wouldn't leave for a while.

Ni Karen drank a cup of coffee, processed a few work emails, and half an hour later, Xitang walked back, surrounded by a few young children with red faces, Xitang smiled and said, "Please ask my colleague to help shoot it." ”

She secretly asked Ni Karen what she meant with her eyes.

Ni Karen immediately moved the bag containing the book beside her quietly, and said in a low voice very kindly: "Don't disturb others, let's go." ”

The young college students held each other's hands excitedly, their eyes shining with excitement.

Ni Karen helped them take photos and checked them again in person, before she thanked them softly and left the bookstore with Xitang in her arms.

When Ni Karen drove the car out of college, she was quite satisfied with today's itinerary: "Let the propaganda keep an eye on Weibo tonight, if they send it, you can find familiar media to help promote it." ”

If the people around her didn't take her words, she was quiet.

Ni Karen glanced sideways, Huang Xitang's soul was out of her body, she didn't hear her words at all, her eyes looked straight out of the window, their car was passing through the activity area of college students, the lights were on, it was lively, the young girl on the side of the road was holding the tall and handsome boy, and the air was rippling with the laughter of youth.

Xitang looked at it motionlessly, his eyes full of lost confusion.

In mid-July, Huang Xitang flew to Beijing to attend the launching ceremony of the 27th Beijing Television Art Festival.

"The Last Princess Pegatron", as the most important TV series since its launch this spring, was shortlisted for "Best Feature-length TV Series", "Best Director", "Best Screenwriter", "Best Actor", "Best Actress", "Best Visual Arts", and won six awards, becoming the drama with the best screen ratings and word-of-mouth that year.

It's just that the male lead actor Yinnan will take a break for a while after filming, and he will not run the publicity period, nor will he attend the award promotion, since he won a few Shidi trophies, the contract he signed has always been like this, and the producer can't make more requirements, Xitang, as the female lead, has to stand hard and shout.

Li Mowen also came, after the crew disbanded, Xitang saw him for the first time, he has lived in Beijing for a long time, this time he played the second male Cheng Yumian in the play, there were many scenes in the early stage, the handsome and free and easy appearance of the progressive young man who stayed abroad and the deep affection for the eldest princess caused tears and ripples of tears from many female fans.

Xitang hugged him.

Xitang and Li Mowen went to Beijing to record a program, and Ni Karen was busy greeting the media who were crowding to interview Xitang.

Li Mowen's agent quipped on the side: "Ouch, Karen, leave some space for our artists." ”

Ni Karen hugged her: "Who are the two of us, we will sit together for a while." ”

From the airport to the hotel, from the hotel to the studio, from the studio back to the hotel, a day of tossing, finally finished the work. At night, Xitang stood by the window of the hotel and glanced out the window, under the black canopy, the neon also seemed to have a layer of ash, and the northern city under the high-rise buildings was huge and empty.

The next morning, Ni Karen went out to talk about business, Xitang was lying in the air-conditioned room of the hotel and applying a mask, she didn't plan to go out.

She remembers Beijing in July, when she filmed "Orange Boy", it was in July. At that time, their crew was filming in the compound of the Municipal Party School, the tall locust tree had green branches and leaves, and they screamed one after another, the sun was shining, standing in the shade of the tree squinting and looking up, the skin was attached to the dazzling sun, and it was not sweating, it was dry. At dusk, there will be old men and old ladies pushing strollers on the side of the street for a slow walk, which is very pleasant.

The imperial capital of Changping is prosperous, and there is no room for sad and frustrated people.

The next afternoon, they waited for their plane in the waiting room of the capital airport.

Ni Karen socializes too much, with a sleepy face, and constantly drinks coffee.

Xitang wore sunglasses and didn't say a word.

She only wore a thin layer of foundation, her eyes were without makeup, and she looked out of the floor-to-ceiling window.

A year ago, she came to Beijing to film "The Last Princess Pegatron", which seemed to be a matter of her previous life.

The assistant walked around the waiting room, drinking coffee and eating snacks, and Xitang and Ni Karen sat in their seats in a daze.

The plane was somehow late again, and there were a few muffled complaints in the VIP lounge, and the airport staff were softly reassuring.

At this time, a mobile phone rang in the back, and after two rings, the phone was answered, and a man's voice came from the seat not far behind them, deep and low, with a round Mandarin, with a bit of Beijing accent: "Teacher Zhou, ouch, you have to be idle today, how do you remember that your son is here?" ”

Xitang's heart shook suddenly, and he looked up at Ni Karen opposite.

Ni Karen didn't react for a moment, looked at her expression, and was stunned for a moment.

Xitang's face began to turn pale, and the corners of his mouth trembled slightly.

Ni Karen raised half of her body and glanced at the other side very quickly, and suddenly sat down again, her face was not very good.

Xitang glanced at her expression again, widened his eyes and sat still.

The man in the back walked away to answer the phone at this time, and his voice gradually lowered and he could no longer hear clearly.

Ni Karen's heart was crossed, she simply stood up, carefully saw the scene in the back seat, and then sat down down, lowered her voice and said, "Baby, it's not him, it's not." ”

Xitang's heart jumped back to its original place, but it was still fluttering, she covered her face and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

In the next second, under the cheeks covered by sunglasses, a thin line of water flowed down.

Karen Ni draws a tissue for her.

As soon as her tears fell, she burst down, and she suddenly couldn't control her emotions.

Ni Karen saw her squeezing half a cup of coffee tightly, her shoulders were shaking, and although she was trying her best to suppress her voice, she also alarmed the passengers next to her.

Ni Karen got up angrily, sat down next to her, and covered the sight next to her: "Don't cry, do you want to be photographed?" ”

When Xitang heard her words, he gritted his teeth and took a breath, trying to control himself, but he couldn't help it at all, his throat was choked, and it was even more uncomfortable.

Karen Ni dialed the phone and asked the assistant to come back.

The little girl Ah Kuan had a chubby back, and Xitang hid behind her to cover her face, sobbing and crying.

The ground staff guided the boarding at the door, and Karen Ni put on a coat and mask for her, and dragged her to the boarding gate.

Xitang was held hostage by the assistant and Ni Karen, walked into the plane, and lay down on the seat, her tears flowing endlessly.

On a flight from Beijing to Shanghai.

She cried for a whole hour and a half.

She didn't speak, just covered her face and shed tears silently.

There were very few passengers in the first-class cabin of that plane, and the flight attendant came over, quietly glanced at Huang Xitang's position, leaned down and asked with concern: "Miss Ni, do you need help?" ”

Ni Karen couldn't wait for more blankets to cover her to death, for a ruthless and unrighteous man, her face was lost.

He shook his head at the flight attendant with a smile on his face.

Ni Karen looked at Huang Xitang, who was facing her sideways, and was also very worried, since she came back from Beijing on the New Year last year and left Zhao Pingjin, she probably didn't want her life anymore.

She's too calm and sooner or later something will happen.

The day after returning from Beijing, Huang Xitang returned to the crew to shoot two sets of shots, in those days there was a typhoon in Shanghai, the air was fresh and cool, and the lead-gray clouds rolled over in the sky. The final scene of the female lead was refilmed, and the whole drama of "Just Good Lovers" was officially completed.

As soon as her assistant arrived on the set this morning, she was called back to the company by a phone call from Ni Karen, and the male lead actor Yang Yilin had not yet come when she left, today is the last day of the crew, Ah Kuan looked around the set and lost his eyes.

The entertainment industry comes and goes too quickly, the atmosphere of glitz and glamour is still prevalent, and the men and women of a crew are tied together for several months, and this group of people produces a TV series, incidentally creating a history of promiscuity between directors and stars and various behind-the-scenes staff.

When I stayed in the hotel before, Ah Kuan would go out in the middle of the night, probably secretly knowing that Xitang didn't like Yang Yilin, so he deliberately avoided her, but in fact, what pastime employees like to do after work, Xitang never interfered.

Huang Xitang only buried his head in the chair and read the script.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Xitang came out of the crew and rushed back to the company for a meeting in the heavy rain.

Since the news of her nomination for Best Actress at the Beijing TV Festival was announced, all kinds of negative news about her have flowed out.

The manuscript is both true and false, there are revelations, there are rumors, and the words are basically about her plastic surgery and smoking, and there are some more unbearable rumors about selling meat, which the major entertainment media did not dare to report, and circulated in the breaking news posts of several forums.

Several photos of her smoking between work on the set were posted on the Internet.

Karen Ni summoned her to the company.

Xitang pushed open the door of the conference room.

The entertainment company is really a very strange place, the people in the company work every day around all kinds of stars, watching all kinds of brightly dressed stars walking around like dress-up dolls and toys, and the staff's dress is two extremes, such as Xitang's assistant A Kuan, who wears an old jeans and black T-shirt every day that can't see the year, and her makeup artist Xinni, who touches countless gouache rouge of various top brands every day, but she is always plain. On the other end of the spectrum, there are more stars than stars, such as Ni Karen, who is blessed by a luxury brand, and always has a blazing look. Another example is Su Yun, the head of the public relations department, who sits in the middle, with short shiny blond hair, diamond earrings flashing in his ears, and several bracelets on his hands.

Su Yun saw her come in and beckoned: "Baby, come in." ”

Karen Ni is interrogating her assistant Ah Kuan: "Does she still smoke on the set?" ”

Ah Kuan didn't dare to answer.

Xitang replied weakly: "Occasionally......"

Karen told her assistant: "Don't let her smoke in public in the future." ”

Ah Kuan nodded like pounding garlic.

Karen Ni turned her head and asked, "Who do you think took the photo?" ”

Xitang shook her head, the photo of her smoking on the set of "The Last Princess Heshuo" can be taken secretly by any staff member on the scene.

There is a lot of negative news, but Ni Karen is not in a hurry at all, and it seems that she and Su Yun are quite happy at present.

Xitang knew that in the entertainment industry, the topic of plastic surgery was a tried and tested hype method for female stars, Su Yun pushed away the laptop at hand, leaned over and said to Xitang with a smile: "Xitang, tens of thousands of clicks a day, plus fans from all walks of life come to join in the fun, saving our group a month of publicity costs." ”

Xitang smiled modestly.

Ni Karen discussed things with Su Yun, and Xitang secretly took a sip of Ah Kuan's milk tea on the side.

Ni Karen saw it in a blink of an eye, and glanced at her quietly, her eyes full of murderous intent.

Xitang hurriedly stuffed the milk tea back into Ah Kuan's hand.

Su Yun asked Xitang: "The reporter asked about plastic surgery, how do you answer?" ”

Xitang was cherishing the milk tea in her mouth, while quietly chewing two pearls, Su Yun asked, she choked, almost didn't roll her eyes, she hurriedly swallowed the sweet milk tea in her mouth, and replied crisply: "your." ”

Su Yun slapped his palms and responded loudly: "Beautiful!" ”

The temperature in Beijing continues to rise in midsummer, and the air is hot at dusk.

Karen stepped out of the taxi, walked into the brightly lit building, and looked at the guidance sign in the hotel lobby.

The Fang family and the Ouyang family held a 100-day banquet on the Wangfu Peninsula today.

Ni Karen found the banquet hall and wrapped a big red envelope at Suili, and it happened that Fang Langtong and his wife greeted the guests at the entrance of the banquet hall, and Ni Karen stepped forward to say hello to Ouyang Qingqing.

Qingqing happily shook hands with her: "Miss Ni, thank you for coming, how is Xitang?" ”

Ni Karen was full of kung fu, and said with a smile: "It's good, Xitang is not free, it's hard for you to still remember her, it just so happens that I am on a business trip in Beijing, and I was specially instructed to come." ”

The two smiled and exchanged a few words, and then turned their heads and another guest came in.

Fang Langtong beckoned to the visitor: "Xiaojiang, this way." ”

Ni Karen turned his head to see Lu Xiaojiang, the smile on his face suddenly retracted, and then found that he was holding a young woman on his arm, wearing a blue dress, and carrying Gucci's new beige handbag, which should be his wife.

Karen Ni took a step back.

When Lu Xiaojiang saw her, his expression was not very natural, but he still greeted politely: "Miss Ni." ”

Ni Karen nodded: "Mr. Lu." ”

Lu Xiaojiang didn't dare to greet her, and walked into the hotel lobby with his wife.

Ni Karen was too busy with work to sit down, so she said goodbye to Qingqing under the pretext of saying goodbye, turned around and walked out.

Ni Karen went downstairs and walked to the door of the hotel, and suddenly met a tall man in a suit, and a slightly surprised voice sounded, "Ka."

e

？ ”

The banquet hall was almost full.

Fang Langtong greeted the guests, walked to a table on the right side of the front row of the banquet hall, and glanced at the two empty seats: "Haven't come yet?" ”

Gao Jiyi teased the son in his wife's arms and replied, "No shadow." ”

Fang Langtong has also been busy for most of the day, and this table is all his own people, so he will sit down and rest for a while.

After a while, Shen Min hurried in.

Gao Jiyi stood up: "Hurry up, I'm waiting for you." ”

Shen Min apologized a few times and sat down in another vacant seat.

"Hey, Xiaomin, the boss is busy and you don't want to die, and you are also suffering?" It was Lu Xiaojiang's brother-in-law Qian Donglin who spoke.

Shen Min took an overheated towel to wipe his hands: "I'll do it too." ”

There were still a few acquaintances during the banquet, and they greeted each other with a smile: "Xiaomin, it's been a long time, and now it's been transferred back?" ”

Shen Min replied with a smile.

Gao Jiyi glanced at Lu Xiaojiang, who was sitting in the banquet, and asked Shen Min in a low voice: "Zhouzi is really not coming?" ”

Shen Min's smile disappeared for a moment, and he only nodded cautiously.

Fang Langtong said: "Forget it, it's not convenient for him." ”

Gao Jiyi nodded and didn't ask any more.

The banquet ended at nine o'clock in the evening, the guests said goodbye one after another, the ladies made an appointment to go to the SPA, and Gao Jiyi asked a few buddies to play cards in the hotel for a while.

At about eleven o'clock, the card game was scattered, and Lu Xiaojiang lay on Shen Min's car window: "Brother Xiaomin, take a ride?" ”

Shen Min still had that calm expression, but his tone was not warm: "You didn't come by car?" ”

Lu Xiaojiang said: "I just drank wine. ”

Shen Min unlocked the car door.

Lu Xiaojiang thanked him and sat in his co-pilot.

The car melted into the bright night of Beijing.

After Lu Xiaojiang went abroad, at the beginning, because of his father's relationship, the rumors were relatively tight, and he didn't come back often. In the second half of the year, he slowly relaxed, and there were still a lot of things in Beijing, and he came back from time to time. Lu Xiaojiang naturally asked a few children to have dinner when he returned, but Zhao Pingjin never showed his face, and Shen Min naturally couldn't see him, so Shen Min and Lu Xiaojiang hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Lu Xiaojiang understands that although Shen Min looks gentle on the outside, he is kind to everyone, Zhao Pingjin has a tough personality, sometimes he can't talk to Zhao Pingjin when he has something, and if he asks Shen Min for help, he can help Zhao Pingjin in a roundabout way to ease up.

But Lu Xiaojiang knew that Shen Min's feelings for Zhao Pingjin were real. Shen Min has always maintained and respected Zhao Pingjin as if he were a brother, because Zhao Pingjin did not deal with him Lu Xiaojiang, and Shen Min did not want to see him now.

The two of them didn't say anything all the way, and the car was about to drive to Lu Xiaojiang's parents-in-law. After Lu Xiaojiang's parents immigrated, the house in Beijing was rented out, and when he returned to China, he usually lived with his wife in his parents-in-law's house.

The Qian family's courtyard in Guosheng Hutong is separated from the Zhao family by a wall.

Lu Xiaojiang broke the silence: "Where is Zhouzhou?" ”

Shen Min replied politely: "When I came over in the evening, he was still in the company. ”

Lu Xiaojiang hesitated for a long time and asked cautiously: "Xiaomin, can I ...... Meet him? ”

Shen Min still maintained the gentle demeanor of being Zhao Pingjin's secretary: "You have to ask him this." ”

Lu Xiaojiang touched a soft nail that was not too big or small, and his cheeks were a little red.

Shen Min endured it for a while, and suddenly said lightly: "He went back to his hometown in the northwest two days ago, and he just came back, and it is not easy to have so many things at home." ”

The tip of Lu Xiaojiang's nose suddenly became sour.

Shen Min slammed on the brakes, the car stopped at the mouth of the alley, and he said expressionlessly: "It's here, you can get off." ”

Shen Min slowly poured the car out of the alley, the phone next to the driver's seat was ringing, and he glanced at the screen, it was Zhao Pingjin's secretary.

Shen Min stretched out his hand to take it.

After two minutes of calling, Shen Min ended the call and drove to his home.

Walked two streets along the main road to the third ring road, the lights on the viaduct flashed endlessly, he was driving, thinking about things, getting off the viaduct, Shen Min twisted the steering wheel suddenly, and then parked the car on the side of the road.

After settling down, he raised his hand and began to dial the phone.

The phone went through, but no one answered.

Shen Min stared at the shiny mobile phone screen, waiting motionlessly, and almost at the last moment, a low female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello." ”

Shen Min knew it was her as soon as she heard it, and whispered: "Xitang? ”

Huang Xitang politely replied at the other end: "Shen Min, it's me." ”

Since she left Beijing, Zhao Pingjin's friends have deliberately avoided suspicion, including the invitation to the Qingqing Children's 100-day banquet, all of which were contacted through her agent, and no one has ever called her private number.

She knew that Shen Min was not a frivolous person.

I only heard Shen Min ask very kindly over there: "Are you in Beijing?" ”

Xitang responded: "Well, how do you know?" ”

Shen Min glanced at the LCD screen in front of the car, it was more than eleven o'clock in the evening, a little late, he said, "I just got down from the Lang Tong banquet and saw your agent go." ”

Xitang didn't want to ask more, so he only responded softly: "I see." ”

"Busy?"

"Okay, what's wrong?"

Shen Min stopped going around in circles, and asked directly: "Xitang, can I ...... Please, what? ”

Shen Min went to work on time at eight o'clock the next day.

The office building of Zhongyuan Group in Beijing headquarters stands outside Chaoyang Gate, solemn and solemn, looking from afar, only a huge gray building can be seen, and there is a sentry post outside the gate, and tourists cannot approach.

Shen Min's car drove into the garage and saw that Zhao Pingjin's big black car had been parked in the exclusive parking space.

He went upstairs and entered the office, Zhao Pingjin had two meetings in the morning, one was with the management department below, to review a recently developed project of civil explosive equipment, such a meeting, sometimes Shen Min made a speech for him, he generally didn't talk much, after listening, he could make a decision.

After the ten o'clock meeting, Zhao Pingjin had another meeting with the board of directors, this kind of high-level meeting, except for a confidant secretary to make meeting minutes, the meeting was attended by the directors of the board of directors, Zhao Pingjin wanted to talk about the salary assessment, this assessment has been proposed for more than half a month, has not passed, every time Zhao Pingjin goes up to discuss things with those old bones, it is very difficult.

Sure enough, it was almost one o'clock, and Zhao Pingjin came down from the board room upstairs.

He went straight back to his office.

The secretary knocked on the door outside and said dutifully: "Mr. Zhao, it's a little bit, you remember to eat on time." ”

Zhao Pingjin was resting on the sofa with his eyes closed, and when he heard this, he turned his head slightly sideways and responded in a dumb voice: "I know." ”

He closed his eyes and waited for the dizziness in front of him to pass, then lay down for a while, sat up and opened a warm lunch box on the coffee table.

A bowl of white porridge, soft and glutinous, with hot air, and a few side dishes in another box.

Turquoise greens, a steamed egg, a dish of sauced radish.

The secretary's lunch today is quite exquisite.

Zhao Pingjin picked up the spoon on the side, and casually scooped it into his mouth.

The porridge was boiled just right, soft and thick, and it went down the throat, and the stomach suddenly warmed up, and it was very comfortable.

Zhao Pingjin pinched the spoon and was stunned for a second.

In the next second, Zhao Pingjin stood up on the sofa, walked to the table and pressed the internal phone.

The secretary immediately picked it up, and Zhao Pingjin said in a deep voice, "Let Shen Min come in." ”

After a while, Shen Min knocked on the door and came in: "Are you looking for me?" ”

Zhao Pingjin motioned for him to sit.

Shen Min sat down across from him.

Zhao Pingjin didn't speak, just stared at the bowl of white porridge in front of him, frowning slightly, and the spoon in his hand pressed the soft rice grains one by one.

Shen Min couldn't sit still, and cleared his throat: "Zhouzi ......"

Zhao Pingjin heard him speak, raised his head to look at him, and said lightly, "Did you see her?" ”

Shen Min's heart jumped, he thought that he would at least doubt it, but he didn't think that Zhao Pingjin didn't even need to ask, he would know.

He pretended to be stupid as if nothing had happened, and replied, "What? ”

Zhao Pingjin's eyes drooped for a moment, and then he raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes were calm, and he couldn't see a trace of emotion: "Huang Xitang." ”

He said it so calmly and straightforwardly, Shen Min was a little frightened for no reason, and he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to nod.

"She's in Beijing?"

Shen Min nodded again.

Zhao Pingjin was silent for a long time, his face was really not good-looking, Shen Min thought he was going to be scolded, but who knew that he sighed long, and his tone was a little sad: "Don't trouble people like this in the future." ”

Shen Min didn't dare to come out.

Zhao Pingjin sat on the edge of the coffee table and drank porridge slowly and methodically.

Shen Min texted on the side.

At this time, Zhao Pingjin's mobile phone resting on the desk rang.

Shen Min looked at his expression, saw that he acquiesced, walked over to pick up the phone, and handed it to him.

The three words "Yu Xiaoying" flashed on the screen.

Zhao Pingjin took the phone and didn't answer, just silently put down the spoon.

The phone rang again and again, until the fourth ring, and Zhao Pingjin reached out to pick up the phone, as if the number of rings had been calculated.

Yu Xiaoying said softly over there, "Have you had lunch?" ”

Zhao Pingjin replied: "I ate it." ”

Yu Xiaoying said again: "Mom will go back to Beijing today, let you go home for dinner tonight." ”

Zhao Pingjinying: "Okay, did you drive?" Do you need a driver to pick you up? ”

……

Shen Min turned his head and typed a few lines on his mobile phone, then turned his head and found that Zhao Pingjin had hung up the phone.

When he was on the phone, Zhao Pingjin unconsciously pressed his stomach, and then put his hand down, but he couldn't hide that his face slowly turned pale, and fine sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead.

Shen Min got up and handed him the medicine and water cup.

He took it and said casually: "Okay, don't delay your efforts, don't you want to have lunch with Teacher Xiao Tan?" ”

Shen Min was dating recently, and the girl introduced to him by Ms. Zhou's secretary, Zhao Pingjin also knew that this was not what Teacher Zhou meant, and seeing that Shen Min did not refuse, he went. Zhao Pingjin knows that her mother is a little stronger, but there is no doubt that she loves the child's heart, and the girls who have been inspected by Teacher Zhou, not to mention anything else, must be decent in appearance and family background. The girl is a Chinese teacher in a key middle school, her work unit is near Zhugan Hutong, quite close to Chaoyangmen, sometimes she is not busy with work, and the two of them will have a meal together at noon, and Shen Min will send her back to school.

Shen Min said unhurriedly: "Don't be busy, you take the medicine first." ”

Zhao Pingjin took the medicine and rested on the sofa.

Shen Min packed up a few documents for him, and turned his head to look at him from time to time.

Zhao Pingjin didn't speak, he lay motionless silently, he was like this for a while, and his stomach hurt when he ate.

Shen Min moved a stool and sat on the edge of the sofa.

Zhao Pingjin saw that he was still in front of him: "I'm fine, you can go out." ”

Shen Min couldn't follow him at this moment, and whispered, "You lie down for a while, don't worry about me." ”

Shen Min knew that the Zhao family was kind to him, and the whole family treated him as their own child, and they didn't want him to do anything else, his own parents were gone, Zhao Pingjin was an only child, and the old man wanted him and Zhao Pingjin to take care of each other, the older generation couldn't take care of the young people's affairs, Shen Min had a pure and loyal personality, and now he was following Zhao Pingjin to do things, and he could mention a little.

But if Zhao Pingjin wants to pay attention to his body, this matter is now shelved by Shen Min, it is really too difficult to do.

From last winter to now, since getting married, all kinds of turmoil have followed, Zhao Pingjin has been so busy that he has hardly rested, and he has lost too much weight.

Before his uncle's illness, the family was worried about the heart, for more than a year, no one was kept, and the funeral was also grand, during which the old man lost his eldest son and fell seriously ill, Zhao Pingjin was busy with the funeral, and he had to cooperate with the medical team to set a treatment plan for the old man, and the hospital ran on both sides of the house.

His father couldn't come back easily because of work, and after the old man fell ill, only Zhao Pingjin went in and out as usual with a cold face, fortunately, there were also newlywed in-laws Yu Jia who went to the hospital to visit from time to time, plus Mr. Zhou tried his best to mediate back and forth between Beijing and Shanghai, and the situation finally stabilized slowly.

The situation was the most tense for more than a month, Shen Min suspected that Zhao Pingjin had never slept a night, the hospital often called in the middle of the night, Teacher Zhou was also sixty people, and he couldn't help but be frightened at night, Zhao Pingjin felt sorry for her mother, and ordered the doctor, the old man's condition changed, and he was notified first. The old man lived in the hospital for half a month, and he was discharged from the hospital and recuperated for more than 40 days, and he carried it off like this.

On the day of Uncle Zhao Pingjin's funeral, the scenery was grand, and someone was sent to mourn.

The night after the funeral, the family had dinner, maybe Zhao Pingjin's face was so bad that even his father could see it.

Zhao Pingjin has always been afraid of his father, his father's requirements for his style and discipline are as strict as iron, every time he goes home, he has a straight face, he has never given him a good face, and he can't see Zhao Pingjin's unscrupulous appearance, but that day his father rarely said to his son at the dinner table: "Young people pay more attention to their bodies." ”

Zhao Pingjin responded with a "yes".

After the funeral, Zhao Pingjin was promoted to the general manager of Zhongyuan United Holding Group, busy with work, family harmony, and everything was back on track.

Only Shen Min knew in his heart that he had not improved, he had always been under high pressure at work, had a bad spleen and stomach, and lost his appetite.

There is also something that Shen Min doesn't dare to speculate about - he has something in his heart.