Mid-May is Gao Jiyi's father's birthday.

In recent years, the cadres in Beijing, life is very low-key, the banquet was dispersed at eight o'clock, Gao Jiyi sent away a few tables of guests, arranged for his daughter-in-law to lead the child to accompany her father-in-law and mother-in-law back home, from the door of the courtyard back to the private room, there are a few small left in the house, Fang Langtong came alone tonight, Qingqing took the child to accompany his parents-in-law to Tianjin for a vacation, Gao Jiyi looked at the watch, and took the initiative to explain to Zhao Pingjin: "Zhouzi, Xiaojiang'er got off the plane half an hour ago, now come over and let's have some supper." ”

Zhao Pingjin's face was pale, he drank half a cup of tea, and put down the cup: "I'll go back first." ”

Gao Jiyi stood up with him, and reached out to wrap his hand around Zhao Pingjin's shoulder: "Well, you have to be like this?" Xiaojiang is not right, but you have been making trouble for more than two years, and it is almost the same. ”

Qian Donglin smiled and said, "Zhouzi, where did my brother-in-law offend you?" You dissipate your anger, I think you have to ask him to kowtow to you and call uncle. ”

Zhao Pingjin heard it, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, ignored him, picked up the car keys, bypassed Gao Jiyi, and left.

Not long after Zhao Pingjin left, Gao Jiyi's phone rang, it was his father's secretary, and he said a few words to Gao Jiyi, saying that when his father left just now, he found that there were several black cars with decks outside the alley, and he didn't know what the origin was, so let a few juniors disperse earlier.

Gao Jiyi turned his head and asked, "There is a leader inspecting today?" ”

Qian Donglin wondered: "I haven't heard of it." ”

Fang Langtong asked, "How did Zhouzi come back?" ”

Gao Jiyi replied casually: "I don't know either." ”

The two of them suddenly chuckled in their hearts at the same time, Gao Jiyi raised his head and glanced at Fang Langtong, their eyes met for a second, and they both understood that something was wrong, Gao Jiyi immediately called him, and Zhao Pingjin answered.

As soon as Gao Jiyi heard his voice, he asked directly: "Something happened?" ”

Zhao Pingjin's voice was still flat: "Well, I was blocked, at the mouth of Fangjia Hutong." ”

Gao Jiyi immediately beckoned people to run out: "You open the positioning." I and Lang Tong are now gone, don't get out of the car. ”

Lu Xiaojiang happened to get out of the car in the driveway at the entrance of the courtyard, Gao Jiyi rushed up with an arrow, pushed his driver back into the driver's seat, and jumped into the back seat of the car with Fang Langtong: "Zhouzi has an accident, go." ”

The car immediately turned around and drove out.

Fang Langtong pressed the window and shouted to Qian Donglin, who was following behind: "Donglin, you drive another car!" ”

When Zhao Pingjin got down from the Gao family's seat, his body was a little tired, his car was not driving fast, this area was a single courtyard, the shadow of the tall locust tree covered the street lamp, and the road seemed to be longing for the lights. He didn't go far, the car just drove out of Fangjia Hutong, he was thinking about something, a white sedan suddenly appeared in front of him, the speed was too fast to see that it was about to crash over, Zhao Pingjin was at a turn for a while, his intuition turned the steering wheel, flashed the oncoming car, and drove into a fork next to him, he slowed down the car and wanted to look at the road to go out, but found that this was a narrow alley, inside was a dark villa with no light, wanted to reverse and exit, but found that the car quickly turned and crossed, Directly intercepted the mouth of the alley.

Zhao Pingjin simply stopped the car, and at this time, several men in black had already gathered outside the car window, gesturing to tell him to get out of the car.

Zhao Pingjin first called the police, and then called the driver and Shen Min, at this time Gao Jiyi's phone also arrived, after answering the phone, he sat in the driver's seat, his car was filmed, and he couldn't see the inside outside, he sat so tiredly, watching the man standing next to the car door pick up an iron rod on his car.

The windows vibrated and then again, but the car didn't move.

The moment the final blow of the iron rod smashed open a gap in the glass window next to the driver's seat, Zhao Pingjin's hand pressing on the door handle suddenly pushed outward, overturned the two men blocking his door, took advantage of the momentum to roll to the rear of the car, lifted the trunk behind the car, and suffered a heavy blow on his back, he had already pulled out the golf club in the trunk.

Sun Kehu was taken away last week to assist in the investigation, he was just released on bail two days ago, he was completely off cooking in Beijing, his wife and children have returned to Australia, he found someone before leaving, opened a million to find someone to block Zhao Pingjin, and ordered to "teach him a lesson".

Outside the alley, there was a sudden burst of car lights flashing, Gao Jiyi jumped out of the car, kicked over a man in black next to the white car, and shouted: "Don't run away if I fuck your grandchildren, your grandfather is here!" ”

When the brother ran in, he only saw Zhao Pingjin leaning against the side of his black cart, carrying a club in his hand for defense, and several people couldn't get close to him at all, only to hear the junction of the sticks, the sound of metal impact mixed with a sudden scream and wail, Gao Jiyi rushed in and glanced at it, and quickly shouted: "Zhouzi, watch out for the back!" ”

On the roof of the car behind Zhao Pingjin, there were two people who were about to climb up and sneak attack, the murder weapon in their hands flashed with cold light, and it was Lu Xiaojiang who was faster than Gao Jiyi, and jumped on the front cover of the car with an arrow, raised his hand and ripped the person off, and a wine bottle smashed on the door of the person's head.

A stream of hot and humid blood splattered, and the air was suddenly filled with a strong smell of blood.

A group of men are fighting in the dark alleys, Gao Jiyi is high, most of the boys of their generation are trained, and since adolescence, their brothers have not been less partners to fight with outsiders, he and Zhouzi are in several nearby compounds, they are already frightening masters, plus Lang Tong's defense is good, Xiaojiang'er is very clever in sentry, and generally after the stubble is finished, they are still embarrassed when they clean up with each other, and they carry their schoolbags home for dinner. At this time, to deal with a few unemployed refugees from other places, I can only make do with my muscles and bones.

Only the muffled sound of bones could be heard in the darkness.

The whizzing of nearby patrol police cars began to sound not far away, and a group of ruffians ran along the darkness.

At this time, Shen Min led the people to arrive, saw that the people were fine, asked the driver to stay and call the police, and drove the car back to the house in Dongcheng District, Zhao Pingjin.

Gao Jiyi scolded and got out of the car, Shen Min entered the house and turned on the lights, and when he came back, he saw Gao Jiyi standing in the driveway in front of the villa and slapping Lu Xiaojiang's head: "Let you drag someone for me, you are patronizing yourself tonight and rushing forward, is there any organizational discipline?" ”

Lu Xiaojiang raised his colored arm: "Ouch, brother, it hurts." ”

Fang Langtong opened the car door: "Zhouzi? ”

Zhao Pingjin sat in the back seat of the car, raised his eyes and looked at him when he heard the sound, but he didn't move, and spoke in a low voice: "Let Xiaomin come over." ”

Shen Min hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to hold his arm.

Shen Min used a little force to pull him up, Zhao Pingjin, who was sitting in the car, changed his body posture slightly, and immediately shivered in pain, he frowned and held back, Fang Langtong saw that he was originally playing the arm resting on his upper abdomen, but at this time he pressed it hard into his stomach, remembering that the other party's moves just now were all aimed at his abdomen, Sun Kehu was so damaged, this is really a deep hatred.

Fang Langtong shouted: "Lao Gao, come and help!" ”

Gao Jiyi walked over with bared teeth, and when he saw Zhao Pingjin's cold sweat, he suddenly became angry again: "Fuck those grandsons beating you?" ”

Dr. Zhou Ziyu lives in the same community as Zhao Pingjin, was called by the emergency department for surgery in the middle of the night, and when he came back, he glanced at the house next door, Zhao Pingjin does not often go back to this villa to live, and it was more than three o'clock at this time, and the lights of Zhao Pingjin's house were on.

Zhou Ziyu was about to go over to take a look, when he received a call from Shen Min.

Huang Xitang started his business at the age of 30.

She and He Lufei and Ni Karen, the three parties jointly funded and founded Lukai Media in Shanghai, the company's natural artists are her and He Lufei, after the establishment of the company, Xitang rushed back to Hengdian and signed a few artists who felt that their acting skills were quite good when filming in Hengdian but had never had a chance, including Tao Ranran, after Xitang left Beijing, she later saw her a few times in the crew of Hengdian, once she was still a group performer in Xitang's crew, when Xitang was surrounded by directors and assistants, this girl is very sensible, I met in Beijing, I can't talk about friendship, Tao Ranran didn't come up to disturb her, but Xitang took the initiative to say hello to her, and when filming that play, Xitang observed her work attitude and felt that this child was a little aura, Xitang was busy recruiting some small soldiers and generals, Ni Karen was not idle, the day she left the company, she took Ou Lizu and Li Fangting from the company, an Ou Lizu had already called the thirteenth master so angry that he jumped to his feet, and what he didn't expect was that Li Fangting also wanted to follow her, this is the company's popular little student, has been walking the rivers and lakes in fresh clothes under Ma Jihong, which can be called a giant female fan harvester.

Ma Jihong was so angry that he slapped Li Fangting's head, Li Fangting didn't dare to dodge, he turned his body sideways, and didn't let her slap fall on his face, Ma Jihong suppressed his anger and said, "What does Sister Hong usually do to you?" ”

Ni Karen paid a high termination fee for him, completed the formalities and walked over, not distressed about the money at all, with a smile on her face: "Ouch, Jihong, this is a new era, the people are the masters of the country, and everything is voluntary." ”

Ou Lizu waited in the car for a long time, and finally waited for Li Fangting to follow Ni Karen out and get into the car.

Xitang has not filmed for more than half a year.

People have always been in the circle, she learned to cut films, went to vocal lessons twice a week, and that day in the music company, Lin Yuanhong gave her a recording box: "Two new demos, listen to them." ”

But no one is looking for her to make a TV series, let alone a movie, all investors and producers are still in a wait-and-see state, no one dares to use her easily, Huang Xitang has made insiders lose a lot of money, it is said that for half a year, whenever Hengdian has a meal, she is scolded.

The company has just started, and the current main business is still the artist brokerage sector, Ni Karen has been busy recently, He Lufei, Ou Lizu's new dramas have started filming one after another, Ni Karen can't take care of her for a while, Xitang is responsible for the project investment of film and television dramas in the company, and follows the team every day to study which drama has prospective income, his own company has insufficient funds, there is no way to do the main investment and control of the project, and the characters outside who are too small and too poor cannot be accepted, so there is no script to choose from, one day after a meeting with colleagues, passing through the office on the second floor, Seeing Ou Lizu reading the script with the line teacher in the room, a trace of envy suddenly arose in his heart.

One day, Yang Yilin called her agent: "I have a play here, I want to go to the northwest for location, and the actor temporarily resigned, do you want Huang Xitang to come?" ”

Yang Yilin, Xitang has only cooperated with him in one play, he is sweet and sweet in love, almost no friendship after the play, and he didn't even leave a private phone number, Xitang was even surprised at that moment why he thought of her.

Karen Ni said: "You directors don't mind? ”

Yang Yilin smiled and said, "I'll let Director Lin tell you." ”

Lin Wenming, a famous martial arts director, took the phone and spoke Cantonese to Ni Karen: "Karen, I'm a ** person, and I don't know much about the mainland entertainment industry." ”

Later, Xitang was in the wind and sand of Suyukou, and Xitang said to Yang Yilin: "Brother Lin, thank you." ”

Yang Yilin was wearing sunglasses and a mask, his eye bubbles were slightly swollen, and he still had a handsome face that was overindulgent, and he said, "Thank you, assistant." ”

It turned out that Ah Kuan was still in contact with him.

Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City in September.

The sun was scorching, the temperature in the shed was forty degrees, and the parts and cables of the dysprosium lamp were baked.

Xitang hasn't filmed costume dramas for a while, the last time I played with Yang Yilin, I played Yang Yilin's girlfriend, and the fashion drama easily talked about more than 20 episodes of love and finished filming, this time she played Yang Yilin's mother, when she was young, she was abandoned and disfigured because she fell in love with a famous and decent disciple, and jumped off the cliff with her child and died, Yang Yilin recommended him with the director, Director Lin listened to it and felt that she was very suitable, this scene had to fly all the way to Yinchuan to shoot, there were only two episodes, the weather was hot, and there were few scenes, And most of the time I cover my face with a veil, it takes two or three hours just to make hair and special makeup every day, in order not to delay the progress of other actors, I can only get up early, no female star is willing to play such a role, I finally found one, and when I signed a better role, I would rather pay liquidated damages than come, the assistant director almost wanted to find a special actor, but the character was emotionally intense and tense, and I was afraid that the acting skills of Qunte would not be able to support it, it was at this juncture, Huang Xitang agreed.

Xitang followed the crew to two scenes in Yinchuan, filmed for five or six days, hung Weiya every day, jumped three times in Guangshan Cliff, and suddenly got up one day and found that the right shoulder was stiff, the fingers of her right hand were faintly paralyzed, and the sword was unstable in her hand.

When she came back from Yinchuan, Xitang's injured right hand, which was connected to the whole arm from the shoulder joint downward, was no longer able to move, she returned to Beijing from Ningxia first, saw a doctor in Beijing first, and went to 301 Hospital to register, and the number was directly lined up a week later.

Li Shu'an said to Xitang, don't register, there is a ready-made one at home.

The old lady of the Qian family is a senior doctor in Dongzhimen Hospital, and after retirement, she was rehired to sit in several hospitals of the Department of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and sat for three days a week, and the patients were lined up for two months, and they couldn't see it at all.

Li Shu'an took her back to Guosheng Hutong, as soon as she entered the courtyard, next to the lotus pot in the courtyard, the old man and the old lady were beating dates, and turned her head to see Li Shu'an leading Xitang in, the old lady put down the pole, took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands, and said with a smile: "This is the second girl of the old Jing family?" ”

Li Shu'an replied: "Yes." ”

Xitang bowed in a proper manner: "Hello." ”

Li Shu'an said: "The old lady and your grandmother are old sisters. ”

The old lady of the Qian family smiled and said: "Lao Jing is so blessed, the second girl looks really standard." ”

It's been a while since the last time I was in Beijing, the last time Xitang came in order to deal with the lawsuit, my mind was completely chaotic, I lived in a hotel, I didn't dare to go anywhere, I just kept seeing the lawyer every day, I wanted to control myself not to watch but couldn't help but watch the messy news on the Internet, I only remember that her father came when the company opened a press conference, followed by a group of media reporters crowded below, seventy years old, lawyer Xiu was trembling with anger when he explained the case, and took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears constantly.

She didn't stay in Guosheng Hutong for a long time, the old lady showed her arm, wrote a number and asked her to go to the hospital early in the morning to see her outpatient clinic, Xitang said goodbye and left for the airport.

At the end of Xie Zhenbang's work in China this year, in order to wait for her to come back from Yinchuan to meet her, he specially transferred from Beijing and returned to Singapore.

At the T3 terminal of Capital International Airport, Xie Zhenbang lifted the cap she was wearing, kissed her forehead quickly, and covered her again: "I know you won't forget me." ”

Xitang will never forget in this life, her mother's last night in the hospital, she knelt in front of the bed and held her mother's hand, Xie Zhenbang has been by her side, watching the data on the monitoring instrument, until the last moment, Xitang's tears flowed, Xie Zhenbang immediately stretched out his arm to hug her.

Xitang said in his arms: "Never." ”

Xie Zhenbang smiled and said, "That's enough." ”

The next night, Zhao Pingjin went home.

The sunset shone on the gray tiles on the roof of the courtyard, and the nanny aunt sat under the verandah of the east wing, chatting with the Qian aunt while choosing vegetables, I don't know what she was talking about, the Qian aunt was sighing: "How many years have it been, the Jing family suddenly got such a big granddaughter, and it was too late to hurt." ”

"I heard that the second sister is a beauty." The old nanny of the Zhao family said with a smile.

Aunt Qian immediately became interested: "No, I was shocked when I came into the house that day, I have seen her play, she is better than on TV, that little face, snow-white and snow-white." ”

"The rules are good, those who come to see the old lady to see a doctor, stand there steadily, and don't talk much."

"What's wrong?"

"It's a pain in the arm."

Zhao Pingjin entered the house and walked through the courtyard to the house, and the Qian family's aunt was sharp-eyed: "Yo, Brother Zhou is back." ”

Zhao Pingjin stepped on the stone steps into the central hall, and the driver behind him handed the computer bag and briefcase in his hand to the orderly who greeted him, and the nanny aunt followed him into the house and took the suit jacket in his hand, Zhao Pingjin raised his hand to loosen his tie, and watched his aunt busy serving him tea and slippers, he held the shoe cabinet and said in a dumb voice: "I'll come by myself, you can rest." ”

As soon as she heard him speak, the nanny aunt immediately said distressedly: "My throat is still not good, drink some pear soup at night." ”

Zhao Pingjin walked into the living room, the old man was not in good health during this time, he had been in and out of the hospital several times, and he couldn't do without people at home, so he basically came back every day during this time.

The aunt said behind him: "Doctor Fu went back to the villa in the western suburbs with the old chief. ”

Zhao Pingjin nodded, her mother walked out of the study on the first floor, and Teacher Zhou saw him come back alone, and there was nothing unusual on his face, "Let Auntie call you to eat later, I have something to go out." ”

It has not been a day or two since he and Yu Xiaoying and his wife separated.

Zhao Pingjin agreed and went upstairs.

In the evening, Zhao Pingjin ate at home by himself, sat in his usual position, the wide dining table was empty, and the fine three dishes and one soup were all resting in front of him, and after a while, the nanny heard his cough in the kitchen, and walked out uneasily, looked at the half bowl of rice that had barely been touched, took a spoon from the dining table, and pushed the scooped soup to his hand: "My heart, you can eat some." ”

Zhao Pingjin obediently took the spoon, he just didn't want his aunt to nag, he basically didn't eat at home at night during this time, and he went back early today, Teacher Zhou estimated that he told his aunt to let him eat on time, Zhao Pingjin saw that the nanny aunt was standing at the table to guard his posture, he smiled: "You sit down and eat something?" ”

The nanny aunt has all the rules all her life, hurriedly shook her hand, turned around and walked out: "Auntie stew the medicine for you, and drink some more at night." ”

Two days later, when Zhao Pingjin got off work, he saw Xitang in front of the courtyard of the Qian family.

Xitang is coming out of the courtyard of the Qian family, she is going back to Shanghai tonight, and finally went to her father's house in the afternoon, the father and daughter are still very restrained when they get along, the old man and the old lady at home don't care so much, her half-brother is not at home all the year round, and the two old and old rarely see the younger generation, and when she sees the eldest granddaughter come back, she is so happy that her blood pressure is high, her father prepared a gift for her, let her come to the Qian family to thank her, she still wants to go back to Shanghai, the work is over there, Ni Karen also found a doctor, and continued treatment in Shanghai.

Zhao Pingjin parked the car at the entrance of the alley, and when he closed the door, he saw that she was walking out of the courtyard gate, and when he saw him, he was not afraid, Xitang said: "Just got off work? ”

Zhao Pingjin nodded, Huang Xitang wore a cigarette pink shirt, a black skirt, and her hair was loosely braided at the back of her head.

"Are you feeling better?"

"Temporarily relieved."

"Why don't you rest in Beijing for a while?"

"No, go back to Shanghai and continue watching."

"See the doctor and heal your hand."

Xitang smiled and agreed: "Okay." ”

The tone was gentle, with a little bit of just the right amount of concern, Xitang knew that Zhao Pingjin was comforting her, and Zhao Pingjin would also comfort people, the world had really changed.

Zhao Pingjin only felt that his heart was tightening little by little, and it was slowly tightening to the point of suffocation, so he couldn't help but take a step forward, stopped again, and called in a low voice: "Xitang." ”

Xitang raised his head to look at him when he heard this, and Zhao Pingjin was about to speak, when a man's voice from the courtyard called her name: "Xitang, let's go." ”

Xitang turned around when she heard it, Li Shu'an took her daughter's hand and walked out of the courtyard, the little girl let go of her father's hand, jumped across the threshold, and hugged Xitang affectionately.

Li Shu'an turned his head and saw Zhao Pingjin: "Zhouzi, just returned?" ”

Zhao Pingjin nodded.

At this time, the driver had already driven the car into the alley, Xitang took the little girl's hand and got into the car, Li Shu'an opened the car door for her, Huang Xitang sat in the co-pilot with his head down, the driver got out of the car and held the door for Li Shu'an, Li Shu'an got into the driver's seat and waved at him: "See you later." ”

Zhao Pingjin stood in front of the courtyard and watched motionlessly as the gray sedan drove out of Guosheng Hutong.

After returning to Shanghai from Zhenbeibao Film and Television City, Huang Xitang still has no good drama appointment, her film and television prices are still extremely high in foreign reports, after all, the previous works are there, but there is no market for pure price, as things gradually subsided, Ni Karen wanted to arrange for her to go out to work again, doing public welfare is the safest way to test the waters, Ni Karen gave a few, and Xitang finally accepted an invitation from a domestic child sexual assault prevention public welfare organization.

In those days when Shanghai was closed, Li Shu'an sometimes talked to her about the work of his wife, who was the founder of a charity and public welfare organization, one of which was an important work, which was committed to the anti-sexual assault of girls.

After an interval of a week, Xitang set off to Beijing to participate in public welfare activities, the event was held in a primary school for migrant children outside the Fourth Ring Road, she came to Beijing alone, not even an assistant, Huang Xitang is now the most idle artist in their company, and he can't afford to use an agent at all, assistant A Kuan accompanied He Lufei to film in Xiamen, the night he arrived in Beijing, Li Shu'an asked her activity unit, Xitang told him, after the event, there was no big accident, Xitang saw Li Shu'an's car at the door.

He's the kind of person who makes people feel at ease.

ups and downs in the entertainment industry, such a person, to be honest, Xitang has not met for many years.

Li Shu'an came to pick her up, Xitang got into his car, Li Shu'an smiled and said: "The old lady knows that I am coming to pick you up, let you come to the house for dinner, today Donglin brings his girlfriend back, I will take you to join in the fun." ”

Xitang hesitated for a while.

Li Shu'an said: "The old lady is worried about your arm, and tells me to take you back for her to see, if you don't get used to it, I will send you back to the hotel in a while." ”

Xitang hesitated for a long time, but nodded.

went to Guosheng Hutong, the Qian family invited the chef of the Yangzhou Beijing Office to cook Huaiyang cuisine at home that day, when Xitang and Li Shu'an returned to the courtyard of the Qian family in Guosheng Hutong, Lu Xiaojiang came out to greet the guests, he was a junior in front of Li Shu'an, and he never dared to be too presumptuous, and said with a smile: "Uncle." ”

Xitang followed behind Li Shu'an, lowered his head and said nothing, only to hear Li Shu'an say: "Xiaojiang'er is back, how are your daughter-in-law and children?" ”

Lu Xiaojiang replied: "It's all right, I'll come back and settle down first, and later she will bring the child back to live for a while, so that the child can meet his grandparents." ”

Only then did Xitang know that Lu Xiaojiang had children.

Xitang followed Li Shu'an to the house, and heard Lu Xiaojiang tell Li Shu'an that Qian Donglin had a meeting in the new area today, and he rushed home at this time, Xitang walked into the house and saw that Fang Langtong and Qingqing were inside.

Qingqing was holding the child and talking to Qian Donglin's girlfriend, when she saw Xitang coming in, she pulled her and sat next to her.

Last time Xitang was in Beijing, he saw Qingqing in the hotel, and the couple came to see her, Xitang knew that the couple had given her a witness from the police, and Qingqing cried when she saw her.

Xitang said: "It's me who is careless, it's really none of your business." ”

Fang Langtong sat silently on the sofa in the hotel room, watching his daughter-in-law and Huang Xitang sobbing and talking for a long time, and when he left, he only said gently: "Xitang, you have a good rest." ”

Fang Langtong was with Zhao Pingjin at the time, and for Sun Kehu's matter, Hebei and Beijing took risks to find a lot of people, but he knew that Zhouzi and her were like this, and there were some things that they hoped that each other would never know.

At six o'clock in the evening, Qian Donglin came back, glanced at the restaurant and asked, "Zhouzi is not coming?" ”

Li Shu'an said: "I sent someone to ask at the door, saying that I was not free today." ”

Xitang sat on the sofa, suddenly secretly relieved, and his heart was suddenly astringent, especially not a taste.

In the autumn, a few months after becoming an idle artist of the company, Huang Xitang took over the stage play "The Last Night of the World" directed by Lin Yongchuan at a very low price. Xitang doesn't care about Ni Karen's cool words, this is the first time she has graduated for so many years, she has cooperated with director Lin Yongchuan again, and it is the first time she has officially had the opportunity to act in a stage play, and she has not acted for a while, she is addicted to drama, she is excited and nervous, she has to rehearse for three days a week in the rehearsal hall of the art troupe on Gulou Street, her stepmother is very thoughtful and polite, since the last time she came to the house, Xitang went for the second time, and her stepmother led her to visit a room arranged for her at home, Xitang knows that it should be his father's meaning, it is said that her brother because his father Jing Boshi divorced his mother and then married the nanny of the family, very opinionated, the perennial foreign garrison is unwilling to come back, this woman is not easy, she and her dead ex-husband The three children stayed in Taiyuan's hometown, but in the Jing family carefully curryed favor with the current husband's children, Xitang declined the stepmother's invitation to live in the house, and still lived in the company's hotel, but basically every time he came to Beijing, he went to see his grandparents.

During that time, Huang Xitang lived in Beijing for a while.

Li Shu'an often asks her to dinner, so busy people, in order to accommodate her rehearsal time, sometimes two people can sit down in the restaurant at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, once he made an appointment with her, and was temporarily called back to a meeting by the ministry, Xitang did not receive a call during the rehearsal, and went outside to see, his secretary was still waiting outside the theater, just to explain a sentence to her.

Xitang occasionally goes to Guosheng Hutong, the Qian family has been happy during this time, Lu Xiaojiang and Qian Xiyang's newborn son brought back from the United States, Qian Donglin is preparing for marriage, the children of the two families are all children, every banquet is indispensable to greet Zhao Pingjin, Xitang occasionally saw Zhao Pingjin once or twice, but the number of times is also very small, he is busy, everyone also knows that he does not deal with Lu Xiaojiang, generally Lu Xiaojiang is on the occasion, he basically does not appear, he does not wait to see Lu Xiaojiang or to avoid suspicion with her, Xitang has no way of knowing.

The circle in the capital is so big, Xitang knows about her and Zhao Pingjin, Li Shu'an may not know, but Xitang doesn't say it, he never asks, he really doesn't embarrass her at all.

When I fell in love when I was young, the love in my heart was hot and fierce, and the most lethal knives in my hands were stabbed at each other, often stabbing each other's flesh and blood, and I wanted the other party to really understand how much pain they had.

Now that my heart is tired and calm, I realize how precious this kind of thoughtfulness is.

One night in Guosheng Hutong, Xitang happened to come over to get some Chinese medicine, and was entangled by the little girl's heart to accompany her to do manual homework for a while, Zhao Pingjin came in at eight o'clock, saw Lu Xiaojiang in the house, handed a bag to the Qian nanny, patted Qian Donglin's shoulder and said: "There is something at home, I won't sit." ”

Qian Donglin stood up: "Well, let's talk about it after dinner." ”

Zhao Pingjin smiled and didn't speak, raised his legs and walked out, no one dared to keep him.

At this time, Huang Xitang suddenly leaned back from the back of the chair and looked at Qian Donglin and him, and then said softly: "It's all here, sit down for a while." ”

Zhao Pingjin froze at his feet.

Qian Donglin took advantage of the situation to pull him back.

Later, after that time, Zhao Pingjin finally stopped looking for trouble with Lu Xiaojiang in person, and a few small friendships were barely restored in Beijing.

The next day Li Shu'an and Qian Donglin took her to Zhao's house for dinner, Teacher Zhou happened to be at home, Li Shu'an said to Teacher Zhou: "This old Jing family's second girl, Xitang, Zhouzi's mother." ”

Xitang bowed shallowly and said, "Hello, Auntie." ”

Teacher Zhou stood at the door of the living room and glanced at Xitang, just like any ordinary friend of the children in the family for the first time, and his expression did not change at all: "Come in and sit." ”

Shen Min walked out of the room and saw Xitang standing in front of Teacher Zhou, she was almost not startled, but in a blink of an eye, she saw that Li Shu'an was standing beside her properly, and her heart was suddenly very uncomfortable, so she could only say politely: "Brother Shu'an, the boat is inside." ”

In the restaurant on the first floor of the Zhao family, the men's chatting and laughing voices are mixed with the crisp sound of wine glasses colliding.

Xitang found that he ate very little.

At first, I thought it was for the sake of socializing outside, Xitang knew that he had always eaten less at dinner, he generally went out to socialize, and the things discussed at the dinner table were not trivial, and if he was a little careless, it was easy to make mistakes, so his mind was placed elsewhere, and he didn't care about eating, but these few times later, when he saw him in his own home, his expression was obviously relaxed, and he talked a lot, and he looked very happy, but after a meal, there were not many bites of what he ate, Xitang ate five or six minutes and consciously stopped, and his hands were propped on the table, Listening to them talk and laugh, occasionally a quick glance at it, I saw the man's sitting posture upright and chic, his fair and thin face was slightly dull, and he didn't drink any more wine, only a cup of warm tea at hand.

That day on the day before Qian Donglin's wedding banquet, Qian Donglin invited the best man and Fa Xiao to dinner at home, Xitang accompanied Li Shu'an to sit in the banquet to greet the guests, Zhao Pingjin came in after work, wearing a white and light brown plaid shirt, rolled up his sleeves, dark blue silk tie, Xitang controlled his gaze very calmly, not looking in his direction.

At this time, Xitang's arm was suddenly shaken, and the little girl sitting next to her said in her heart: "Aunt Xitang, I want to drink water." ”

The little girl who poured the water in the glass was not happy to drink, and asked her for the pink water cup, so Xitang stood up and found her the Hello Kitty water cup she wanted, and found that the aunt put it on the top floor of the cabinet, Xitang stepped on a pedal, reached out to get the cup on the cabinet, Li Shu'an was finding a bottle opener from the kitchen, and hurriedly stepped forward when he saw this: "I'm coming, your hands are not good, beware of falling." ”

Li Shu'an took the cup from the cupboard, took it down and handed it to Xitang.

Everyone at the dinner table saw this scene in their eyes, Qian Donglin knew Li Shu'an's thoughts, he smiled at the dinner table and said, "It seems that the second sister is going to marry into our family." ”

Lu Xiaojiang suddenly raised his head and glanced at Xitang, his face was terrified, and his lips trembled slightly.

There was a video of Xitang at nine o'clock in the evening that day, she sat for a while and left the table early at about seven o'clock, Li Shu'an handed her the car keys and bag: "I'll send you over?" ”

Xitang smiled and said, "I can go over by myself." ”

At this time, Xinxin called his father loudly in the house, and Xitang waved at him and walked out: "The girl called you, go back quickly." ”

Lu Xiaojiang saw Li Shu'an walking back, pushed away the chair, and walked out quietly, Huang Xitang was reversing at the entrance of the alley.

Lu Xiaojiang walked over and stood next to her car, and Xitang pressed the window.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Xitang, are you really going to be with my uncle?" Lu Xiaojiang's face was a little anxious.

"It's my own business." Huang Xitang's expression was faint, she touched up her makeup after getting in the car, looking at Lu Xiaojiang, the young female star sitting in the car, with a slender and snow-white neck, the hair hanging down her shoulders was pulled behind her ears at will, and a diamond stud earring on the side of her black hair flickered faintly, and her skin was better than snow, and her red lips were gorgeous, as if she was no longer the same person as the little girl they knew many years ago.

Lu Xiaojiang's face was anxious, but his mouth hesitated: "You and Zhouzhou...... You don't know, he'......"

Huang Xitang looked at his stumbling expression, a thrill in his brain, suddenly cut off his words, and didn't realize that his voice was rapid and sharp: "You told him?" ”

Lu Xiaojiang's expression was suddenly stunned.

Huang Xitang glanced at his expression, and already understood everything, a desperate anger in her heart rushed around, but there was nowhere to vent, she gritted her teeth and sneered: "Why don't you just hide it from him for the rest of his life, so that he can suffer less." ”

Lu Xiaojiang lowered his head in shame: "Xitang, I'm sorry." ”

Xitang only felt that something in his heart was cracking apart, and his anger was slowly washed away, and he seemed to be relieved in an instant, and it was pointless to pursue anyone now.

She held the steering wheel and froze in her hand, turned her head suddenly, looked straight ahead, and looked extremely indifferent: "Xiaojiang, that is the best relationship in my life, ruined is ruined, sorry three words, too light." ”

Lu Xiaojiang was still talking anxiously in his ear.

"Lu Xiaojiang," Xitang put his hand on the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator, "That's it." ”

Lu Xiaojiang turned around and saw the man standing in front of the door.

Zhao Pingjin stood in front of the door of the courtyard, his face pale and cold, and he looked at him motionlessly, as if looking at a huge monster.

The stage play "The Last Night of the World" opened a national tour on the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, starting from the first performance in Beijing, Ah Kuan came back to Huang Xitang as an assistant again, that night from the celebration banquet, Xitang saw a handful of orange-red flower branches on the car, slender branches wrapped in newspaper, revealing a few fleshy and plump petals, and a few small red berries in the branches have been formed. For every public event or performance, fans and fans send a lot of flowers, and artists rarely bring them back, but the assistant Ah Kuan picked this bunch alone and put it on the back seat of her car.

Ah Kuan remembers this flower, the last time it appeared was on the night when Xitang won the first movie trophy in his life with "Spring Delay".

Xitang got into the car, glanced at the bouquet of flowers lightly, and didn't say anything, when he got back to the hotel and got off, Xitang pushed the car door and walked out, Ah Kuan packed up her things for her, and asked: "What about this flower?" ”

Xitang froze for a moment and didn't look back, before he said, "You deal with it." ”

After the performance in Beijing, Xitang followed the crew to several cities in the south, occasionally had a break, basically went back to Shanghai, and had not been to Beijing for a while, the days were busy, and then she had time to come to Beijing, it was the end of the tour that season, and her grandparents invited her to live in Beijing.

In Beijing in November, the temperature has dropped, Xitang accompanied the old man and the old lady at home to catch up and see the last wave of red leaves, the maple leaves will fall quickly in the second half of the year, the autumn breeze is bleak, Xitang went to Guosheng Hutong several times, never saw Zhao Pingjin again, asked Li Shu'an casually, only to hear that the old man of the Zhao family is in the hospital, almost more than a month, it is estimated that it is not very good, now the situation is unclear, Zhao Pingjin does not often come out to play.

That night, Li Shu'an made an appointment with Xitang to have a meal with their father and daughter, because Xitang took over the work and was going back to Shanghai in a few days, Li Shu'an answered a secretary's call in the middle of the meal, and there was a meeting in the ministry to be held immediately, Xitang let him go, and he stayed and finished eating with Xinxin, and then drove the little girl back to Guosheng Hutong, and when she came out, she saw Zhao Pingjin's car parked at the mouth of the alley, she walked to the door of the Zhao family's compound, Xiao Wu on duty at the sentry post recognized her, and said with a smile: "You have something?" ”

Xitang said: "Zhouzi is at home? ”

The wide courtyard was empty, only a lamp under the eaves fluttered in the wind, Xitang walked through the verandah, walked to the small flower hall in the west, the lights were on, there was a figure in the study, Xitang approached, saw that it was Zhao Pingjin, one hand pressed his stomach, lying on the table and resting with his eyes closed.

But the man did not fall asleep, but when he heard the noise, he immediately woke up.

Xitang stood at the door, looking at him quietly.

Zhao Pingjin looked at her in a daze for a long time, feeling as if she was sleepwalking, and after a while, he said in a dumb voice: "Come here." ”

Xitang walked over and stood beside his chair.

Zhao Pingjin sat up, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around her waist, and leaned his head silently in her arms.

Xitang glanced at the table, his mobile phone and cigarette case were thrown on it, and there was half a glass of water and pills next to it, and she said softly, "Are you okay?" ”

Zhao Pingjin shook his head.

Xitang said: "The old man's situation is okay? ”

Zhao Pingjin shook his head again.

Xitang didn't expect him to shake his head, this is the news that even the doctors at home must keep strictly confidential, she asked simply politely and caringly, and didn't dare to really want an answer.

Xitang controlled the proportions and comforted: "Don't be too tired." ”

Zhao Pingjin raised his head, glanced at her, and closed his eyes to lean on her: "I used to think that I was quite capable, but in the past few years, I realized that I actually did few things well, like yours, I didn't do anything well, and now the old man is lying in the hospital, it is when I should serve him, but I can only come back to rest." ”

The doctor told him today that the family should be mentally prepared at any time.

Now people are maintained by machines, waiting for Zhao Pindong's plane to land.

Xitang comforted him: "Okay, my entire acting career was built by you." ”

Zhao Pingjin smiled tiredly, his smile flashed, and he didn't answer her words.

Xitang's arms hung down on the sides of his body, hesitated for a while, but still raised his hand and hugged Zhao Pingjin in his arms, his elbow was on his back, his palm was gently attached to the back of his neck, his hand touched the back of his head, the structured collar of his shirt, and the extremely short black hair on the back of his head, clean and sharp, which was where she loved to caress him the most.

Zhao Pingjin closed his eyes, sighed, and buried his head deeper in her arms.

Xitang put his hand on the back of his neck and gently stroked him, and again, Zhao Pingjin only snuggled up to her motionlessly.

Xitang saw a figure shining on the ground with the light swaying slightly, turned his head to the side, and found Zhao Pingjin's mother standing at the door of the study, looking at the two of them fixedly, and he didn't know how long he had been watching.

Seeing that Huang Xitang saw her, Teacher Zhou didn't speak and turned away silently.

Two days later, Xitang saw an obituary on the evening TV news.