On the set

Tang Xinyun walked around the set, but didn't see Qiao Airuo, returned to her seat in disappointment, and asked Ji Zhiyi beside her: "Hey, Brother Ji, is Mr. Qiao really leaving?" ”

"Or else?" Ji Zhiyi swiped his mobile phone, he didn't raise his head, he didn't bother to pay attention to this little girl's film, although he was only 2 years older than others, but he felt that she was stupid, and he was most satisfied with the film, so he always had to pester the director to go through it again, which was even more difficult to serve than he was back then.

Well, he still knew that he himself was hard to serve.

It's a pity, he didn't feel that there was something wrong with his idea just now, and he was still slandering, and he didn't know what Zhang Gang thought was good about her, so he had to set this newcomer girl as the heroine among so many people, and the two of them had the most scenes.

"Mr. Qiao's play yesterday morning was really good, and I still want to ask her for advice." Tang Xinyun leaned back in her chair in despair and said what she thought.

Ji Zhiyi closed the script in his hand, and said sternly: "Let me tell you, I'm Qiao Qiao, I'm a busy person, people are almost tired of doing business every day, how can I have the leisure to care about you, besides, are you embarrassed, an acting major, I have studied for a few years before I started filming, and I also trouble other business people." ”

Tang Xinyun was about to open her mouth to refute something, but Ji Zhiyi glared at her: "Don't disturb her!" ”

Frightened into a stupe......

"Do you hear that?" Ji Zhiyi tapped her with the script.

"Know...... Got it. Tang Xinyun came back to her senses and nodded seriously, and Ji Zhiyi leaned back in her chair, really, a little girl who didn't make people worry at all.

Tang Xinyun looked at his impatient face, and the gossip factor came up: "Hey, Brother Ji, do you know who Mr. Qiao's boyfriend is?" The two of them are so compatible! ”

"Heh, just take care of yourself, don't be so gossipy, hurry up and memorize the words, filming is about to start." Ji Zhiyi pouted, he knew and didn't tell her.

"Yes, yes, I saw that I was chatting." Tang Xinyun immediately opened the script and memorized the lines seriously.

Ji Zhiyi glanced at her and complained disdainfully, she was really a little girl, stupid to death. Jack saw his expression, he knew what he was thinking, and tried to hold back his laughter, Ji Zhiyi himself was still a child.

The two of them sat in front and looked at the script, and what they just said fell word for word in the ears of Shen Yiqian, who was sitting behind, and the words "general match" that Tang Xinyun said just now echoed in her mind, and the hand holding the script had already been tightly clenched into a fist.

Summer House

The expression on Xia Daoyuan's face became apologetic, and his voice sounded slowly: "My lover and I only have this one daughter, she is not in good health, we have never had a child again, we treat Xiaoyi as a pearl in the palm of our hand, my wife taught her to play the piano, embroidery and other things that my daughter's family likes, and I taught her to read and write, drink tea and compose poems, and our family lives a very happy life."

"Xiaoyi disappeared suddenly when she was twelve years old, we tried all means, but we couldn't find her, in those months, Xiaoyi's mother suddenly aged many years, most of her hair was gray, and finally the search team found a shoe in the port, which was made for her by her mother, and we all have to admit that she is really no longer there.

Tears flowed down Xia Daoyuan's face, and his body, which was originally sitting straight, made people feel suddenly depressed.

Qiao Airuo couldn't bear to listen to it anymore, and didn't want the old man to reminisce anymore, so he said, "Old Xia, let's not talk about it, don't talk about it." ”

"It's fine." Xia Daoyuan smiled gently, and looked at the old housekeeper standing beside him: "These old Liu don't dare to mention these things in front of me, but today, I really want to say it." ”

Qiao Airuo and the old housekeeper were the same, and looked at Zhong Qingfeng, who was sitting next to him and did not speak, but frowned the whole time, and nodded.

Xia Daoyuan's thick voice sounded again: "After Xiaoyi's disappearance, her mother was hit hard, and she didn't want to believe this fact, always lying on the bed, looking at the painting, and touching the child's face with her fingers, as if in this way, the child was still around, and later, she didn't even eat or drink, and held the painting every day."

"I was also very sad at that time, but when I saw her mother like this, I put the painting away when she couldn't stay up and fell asleep, but when she woke up, she searched the whole house, found it again, and cried loudly with the painting she had found, and the rest of her hair was gray.

"I couldn't bear to see her look at things and people, so I sold the painting, and when she found out, she didn't cry anymore, and ate quietly on time, but, only a few days later, she fell seriously ill and died.

"And I haven't seen this painting again."

The words had fallen, Xia Daoyuan lowered his head and looked at the teacup in front of him, the whole air was filled with silence, only the summer wind remained, passing through the bamboo forest and blowing on their faces.

Qiao Airuo felt the coldness on his face and stroked his cheeks, but found that he had burst into tears at some point.

"It's me...... It's that I'm sorry for her mother, if I don't sell the paintings, how can she be so sad that she gets sick and how can she die? Xia Daoyuan's apologetic voice kept ringing.

"No, no," Qiao Airuo looked at the old man's slumped shoulders, looking extremely helpless, which made her tear ducts collapse even more: "They must not blame you, Mrs. Xia must have seen that Aunt Xia was too lonely, so she wanted to accompany her." ”

"They must be doing well in heaven now, Xia Lao, you are so sad, they will not be happy when they see it." Qiao Airuo's hand trembled and stroked Xia Daoyuan's shoulder, and gently soothed.

Zhong Qingfeng turned to the side and wiped away the tears on his face: "Yes, teacher, Miss Qiao is right, they don't want to see you so sad." ”

Xia Daoyuan looked up at them, and the fragility in his eyes was extremely obvious, like an abandoned child.

Qiao Airuo opened her mouth, and finally squeezed out a smile and said, "Old Xia, if you like that painting, I'll send it to you when I go back?" ”

Xia Daoyuan looked at her eyes, and finally said: "Forget it, it seems that that painting is related to you, and I am very relieved to exist with you." ”

He opened his mouth, then stopped, and still said, "Your eyes are very similar to Xiaoyi's eyes." ”

……

The housekeeper sent Qiao Airuo and Zhong Qingfeng to the gate of the courtyard, and then said goodbye and left, the cobblestone path looked quiet and soft under the light of the warm yellow palace lamp next to it.

Zhong Qingfeng smiled at Qiao Airuo and said: "Miss Qiao, today is the first time I have seen the teacher so happy, you play chess and write with him, I don't know why, in my opinion, there is a feeling of extreme closeness and harmony." ”

"I'm also very close to Xia Lao." Qiao Airuo looked in the direction of the main house over there, and the warm lights were still shining in the main house, like a warm and peaceful old man.

"The teacher likes you too." Zhong Qingfeng looked at her face, the emotions in his eyes were complicated, and he unconsciously said this sentence, but in fact, what he wanted to say was another sentence.

Qiao Airuo turned his head to look at him, but he didn't see his eyes quickly put away, and said with a smile: "I will come often when I have time." ”

Zhong Qingfeng took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to her with both hands: "Miss Qiao, this is my business card, if you come to Hong Kong City again in the future, if you need anything, just tell me, as long as I can help, I will try my best to help." ”

Qiao Airuo stretched out his hands to take it, the design of the business card was very simple, with blue characters on a white background, like the design of elegant blue and white porcelain, with the words "Zhong Qingfeng" written in italics, as well as a string of numbers.

"The business card of the dignified mayor is so simple?" She joked, but in her heart, she understood that she was worthy of being Mr. Xia's student, and her peace and indifference were exactly the same as Mr. Xia's.

Zhong Qingfeng lowered his head and chuckled: "It's just a false name." "That posture is very much like the humble gentleman who was as gentle as jade in ancient times, and it was very elegant.

She opened the small bag in her hand, carefully put the business card away, then took out a business card from the mezzanine and handed it to him: "Mr. Zhong, this is my business card, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

……

"Sir, it's time to rest." Steward Liu, who returned to the main house, was just about to report, but saw that Xia Daoyuan was still sitting at the chess table, pondering the game of chess he had just played with Qiao Airuo, and couldn't help but remind.

"Someone sent out?" Xia Daoyuan looked up at him.

"Well, it's gone." Steward Liu came over and wanted to help him clean up the chessboard.

Xia Daoyuan looked like a calf protector, holding the chessboard in his hand, to stop Lao Liu: "Hey, don't accept it, don't accept it, can't I go to sleep?" ”

Steward Liu looked at him helplessly like an old naughty boy and gave up the idea of collecting the chessboard.

Xia Daoyuan looked at the black and white two sons on the chessboard with a smile: "Hey, Lao Liu, how did you say that Ai Ruo, a little girl, would think of this step?" ”

"Master, Miss Qiao is very smart." Steward Liu has followed Xia Daoyuan for so many years, played against him countless times, and his chess skills are also very proficient, and it can be seen that Qiao Airuo's chess skills are not simple.

Xia Daoyuan's gaze became distant: "In the past, Xiaoyi played chess with me, and she always had wonderful ideas, and she was able to make new moves, so that my old man, I couldn't prevent it, and I would lose to a teenage girl." ”

"Yes, the young lady was extremely intelligent back then." Steward Liu also sighed.

"It's just that fortunately she didn't learn her mother's chess skills, and every time her mother played chess with me, she had to play tricks, and she had to hold on to it if she lost." Xia Daoyuan twisted his snow-white beard and said with a smile.

Steward Liu is also smiling, he has come to the Xia family since he was a teenager, married a wife and had children here, watching Xia Daoyuan start a family and live a happy life, but in the end he lost his beloved, and he has always been his most loyal servant.

Xia Daoyuan's eyes became gloomy: "If Xiaoyi hadn't disappeared, I would have such a big grandson or granddaughter now, they may all have a other half, and I may have a great-grandson." ”

Steward Liu patted him on the shoulder, comforted him, and wanted to remind him to rest.

"However, my students are also the greatest comfort to me." Xia Daoyuan looked at the works sent by several students on the wall, and he was also relieved that his life's work was not in vain.

"Yes, sir, look at Mr. Zhong who came today, he is the most praised and loved mayor of Hong Kong City, and the children you bring are all outstanding."