Chen Qingwu and Zheng Sizhe pondered for a long time, but they didn't figure out the right point.

"Forget it, let's talk about it later." Zheng Sizhe said.

Chen Qingwu nodded.

Today they are going to Yong'an Town in Qinghe, Yong'an Town is a famous nuclear carving town in Qinghe, where there are nearly 3,000 nuclear carving production enterprises and nuclear carving workshops, and more than 40,000 nuclear carving employees.

The town's nuclear carving sales model has always been the front store and the back factory, mainly offline sales and wholesale, and after the online live broadcast and live broadcast gradually exploded, Chen Qingwu and Zheng Sizhe took the lead in aiming at this track.

The two of them belong to the nuclear carving practitioners who are relatively young and have a high level of education, so they naturally took on the role of leaders in this emerging track, they gathered the relatively small age in the town, the nuclear carving practitioners who are relatively slippery in the operation of smartphones, and accumulated fans on Douyin and Kuaishou through live carving and shooting various interesting nuclear carving videos, and now the fans have accumulated to a certain extent, they decided to start trying to sell nuclear carvings live next month, If the track of live streaming can really be successfully opened up, then they can lead the nuclear carving merchants in their hometown to embark on the road of e-commerce, advance online and offline, and promote the development of the nuclear carving industry in their hometown.

Chen Qingwu went upstairs to change his shoes and put on makeup to go out, and when he passed by Duan Jincheng's room, there was no movement inside, and she thought that he should not have woken up yet.

She stood at his door for a moment, but instead of knocking, she pulled out her phone and sent him a message.

"I still have something to do today, you go back to Chucheng first, you can let Xiao He give you a lesson first, or you can take a day off and wait for me to come back tomorrow to attend another class."

Chen Qingwu pressed the send button, but the signal here is not very good, the signal circle has been turning, and it took a long time to show that the message was successfully sent.

"Qingwu?" Zheng Sizhe called her downstairs.

"It's coming!"

Chen Qingwu went downstairs.

Zheng Sizhe and Zheng Siyue were both in the hall.

"Oh, you're so tacit today?" Zheng Siyue looked her younger brother and Chen Qingwu up and down, both of them wore white button-down tops, but one with trousers under and a long skirt under the other.

Zheng Sizhe laughed: "We have always been so tacit, don't you know?"

"Oooo Zheng Siyue let out two coaxes.

"After all, it was taught by a master." Chen Qingwu added.

"Yes, the teacher is from the same school."

"Okay, okay, I can't stand you singing and harmonizing, hurry up and get busy, I'll make food at noon and wait for you to come back and eat together." Zheng Siyue said.

"Okay."

Zheng Sizhe's car was parked at the gate of the hospital.

The two walked outside, and Zheng Sizhe opened the door of the passenger seat for Chen Qingwu and protected her head gentlemanly.

"Let's go up."

"Hmm."

Before Chen Qingwu got into the car, he glanced in the direction of the room where Duan Jin Cheng lived on the second floor.

The glass was reflective glass, and she couldn't see anything from the outside.

"See what?" Zheng Sizhe asked, "By the way, your assistant doesn't see anyone, won't he go with you?"

"He won't go, I'll let him go back to the studio today." Chen Qingwu said and got into the car.

Zheng Sizhe closed the car door for her, went around the front of the car and sat in the driver's seat.

"Yesterday you said that Jiajia didn't leave, so what's the matter with this assistant? Are you so busy right now? I'm going to hire two assistants."

"He's not really my assistant, he's an actor who came to the studio to study. Didn't I tell you before, the crew of "Hundred Character Order" came to me to be the technical director of nuclear carving, and he was the actor of that movie, and he studied in my studio during this time."

"No wonder the mask and hat are tightly covered, it turns out to be a star, which star?"

"Duan Jincheng."

"Duan Jincheng?"

Chen Qingwu glanced at Zheng Sizhe: "No, you're also his fan?"

"Fans can't talk about it, but I still like his "Trickster", it's that spy movie, have you watched it?"

"Looked." Chen Qingwu was faint.

What she didn't say was that she had watched every work of Jin Cheng over the years.

"Duan Jincheng acted really well, and in the end, he died there to save his comrades, and I cried as a big man."

Chen Qingwu was silent, she didn't just cry, she remembered that after watching the movie, the whole person was so bad that she didn't have enough stamina to come out in three days.

"If I knew you liked him so much, I should have introduced you last night." Chen Qingwu said, "Take a group photo as a souvenir, or ask him to sign your name or something."

"Then forget it, people's private trips, they don't want to be disturbed at first glance." Zheng Sizhe is a very measured and empathetic man, he is very empathetic, so he has a lot of friends, because he is very comfortable with him.

Chen Qingwu also likes the feeling of getting along with Zheng Sizhe, but that kind of liking is definitely not the kind of liking that she and Duan Jincheng said.

Her heart twitched at the thought of that lie last night.

She glanced down at her phone.

Duan Jincheng has not replied to her message.

---

Duan Jincheng has been standing by the window, he watched Chen Qingwu and the man walk through the yard all the way to the car, the two of them wore "couple clothes" today, visually speaking, the talented woman is more compatible.

The five fingers he held the phone gradually tightened, as if he wanted to crush the phone, and finally sighed from his lips with a heavy breath, and his emotions poured out.

Duan Jin Cheng turned back to the edge of the bed and sat down, so he missed the glance that Chen Qingwu looked back at him.

However, that glance doesn't change anything.

He sat silently on the edge of the bed alone, pondering for a long time, and thousands of possibilities flashed in his mind to snatch Chen Qingwu from Zheng Sizhe's side, but in the end, he asked himself, why, why did he destroy her existing happiness?

Besides, whether it was ten years ago or ten years later, she had already made it clear that she didn't like him.

This kind of drama will only have a romantic filter when it is placed in the TV series, and in reality, it will only cause endless trouble to the other party.

Ten years later, he lost her again.

No, it can't be called a loss, after all, he never really owned her.

Duan Jin Cheng was in the room when his mobile phone suddenly rang.

It was Hutu calling.

Duan Jincheng picked it up and pressed the hands-free.

"Ah Cheng, where have you been?" Hutu's eager voice came.

"Qinghe."

"What are you doing running to Qinghe in a good way? And why don't you say hello to me before you leave?"

"Sorry, I forgot to go."

"Forget it, a living person as big as me can't occupy any place in your heart, can I?" Hu Tu was aggrieved, "And I called you so many times last night, why did you keep prompting that you couldn't get through, is there something wrong with your mobile phone?" I almost went to contact Sister Fan to call the police to find someone, okay!"

Sister Fan is Duan Jincheng's agent.

"Maybe the signal isn't good."

"Okay, okay, when are you coming back?"

"Now pack up and get ready to come back." Duan Jincheng said.

Chen Qingwu chased him repeatedly, and it didn't make sense for him to continue to stay here.

"Okay, then you be careful on the road, I'll wait for you."

After hanging up the phone, Duan Jin Chengcheng began to pack his things.

In fact, there is nothing to do, this time, he brought a change of clothes, and when he pulled out the charger, he saw Chen Qingwu's charger on the bedside table, and thought about whether to keep it for her, or take it away? Look at the book

He picked up his phone, clicked on the WeChat that had not been replied to just now, and was about to ask her when the phone suddenly rang again.

The caller ID on the screen is "Mrs. Shi".

Duan Jincheng adjusted his emotions and immediately picked up: "Master."

When the person on the other end of the phone said something, he immediately frowned and threw it down

something rushed downstairs.

"Don't worry, I happen to be in Qinghe, I'll be here right away."

---

Chen Qingwu and Zheng Sizhe visited many nuclear carving merchants in Yongan Town, and they exchanged the experience of live carving with everyone.

"At first, I was really not used to the camera, it always felt like there were many pairs of eyes staring at me, and I would be nervous with the carving knife, but now it is much better, and I am completely used to the camera." Zheng Sizhe shared with everyone the interesting story of his first live broadcast, "And some fans are really talented, and when they interact with me in the live broadcast room, they often give me new inspiration. For example, my work "Nine Dragons Capture the Pearl" the year before last was inspired by watching a TV series recommended by fans......

Zheng Sizhe spoke vividly and interestingly, and several nuclear carving merchants listened to it with relish.

Only Chen Qingwu was a little absent-minded and frequently unlocked his mobile phone. She was waiting for Duan Jin Cheng's reply, but Duan Jin Cheng never replied to her.

Was he angry because of last night's refusal?

Chen Qingwu took a deep breath, raised his eyes, and saw Zheng Sizhe looking at her, as careful as him, obviously seeing that she was not giving up, and threw an inquiring look at her.

Chen Qingwu shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

No, she had to brace herself, after all, she was going to preside over the meeting later.

After the simple exchange, Chen Qingwu and Zheng Sizhe organized a meeting of the core members of the live broadcast together.

Live streaming is easy to say, but in fact, the procedures involved behind it are extremely complicated.

First of all, the live broadcast script before the live broadcast, the preparation of the live broadcast equipment and the publicity warm-up, and how to interact with fans when the live broadcast brings goods, if the nuclear carving is recommended, how to promote the conversion rate. After the live broadcast is over, issues such as counting orders, following up on order logistics, and handling after-sales services should not be relaxed.

Chen Qingwu has been doing her homework for several months in advance for this live broadcast, and she even went to Wu Minya's mature live broadcast team for a special internship for a period of time to familiarize herself with the process.

The meeting was over, all the work was arranged, and it was already eleven o'clock.

After everyone left, Chen Qingwu turned on his mobile phone as soon as possible, but Duan Jincheng still didn't reply to her message.

She wondered if he had already returned to Chu City.

"Are you waiting for someone's call?" Zheng Sizhe came over and asked.

"Nope."

"Then why do you keep looking at your phone?"

"Look at the time."

"What time is it, what time is it?" Are you hungry?" Zheng Sizhe rubbed her heart, this was his habitual action, although Chen Qingwu had protested many years ago that he would oil her hair like this, but he only listened to it.

"I'm a little hungry."

"Let's go, let's go back to dinner. My sister made pork belly chicken soup and is already texting when we're going back."

"It's what I love to eat, Sister Yue is so good."

"No, she's better for you than for me."

"It's all sour?"

"Not sour." Zheng Sizhe glanced at her and said meaningfully, "Enjoy it."

The two returned to the B&B.

Zheng Siyue was already serving all the meals on the table.

"Wow, Sister Yue makes so many delicious things!" Chen Qingwu looked more and more hungry.

"Yes, it's rare for you to come here, of course I'm going to treat you well."

Chen Qingwu sat down and drank a bowl of soup, and thought of Duan Jincheng again: "Sister Yue, has my assistant checked out?"

"Nope."

"No? Is he still upstairs?"

"It's out. Speaking of which, he seemed to be in a hurry when he went out in the morning, and I saw how fast he ran downstairs, so I asked him what had happened, but he didn't say anything, and disappeared as soon as he slipped through the smoke."

Chen Qingwu listened to Sister Yue's description and was inexplicably worried.

"I'll make a phone call first."

She put down the dishes and chopsticks and walked out into the courtyard.

Yard signal

Not so well, she walked outside the courtyard gate again.

The phone was finally connected, but no one answered.

Chen Qingwu was about to try again, and Duan Jin Cheng called back.

"Haven't you returned to Chu City yet?"

"Nope."

"Where have you been?" Chen Qingwu asked.

"Hospital."

---

When Chen Qingwu rushed to the hospital, Duan Jin Cheng was standing outside the emergency room.

Under the cold white lights of the hospital, his back was a little depressed.

On the chair in the corridor, a woman with a haggard face and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl sat next to each other, and Chen Qingwu guessed that they should be Teacher Hou's wife and daughter.

"Duan Jincheng." Chen Qingwu called softly.

Duan Jin Cheng turned his head when he heard this: "You're here."

"Hmm."

He walked over and brought her to the woman, "Master, this is Chen Qingwu, and she is also a student of Teacher Hou."

"Master." Chen Qingwu followed Duan Jin Cheng and called.

The woman nodded, raised her hand and patted the back of Chen Qingwu's hand, but the exhaustion and worry made her unwilling to speak.

"How is Mr. Hou?" Chen Qingwu pulled Duan Jin Cheng to the side, and only then did he dare to ask him quietly.

Duan Jin Cheng shook his head very lightly.

Mr. Hou is lung cancer, more than five years of chemotherapy did not stop the spread of cancer cells, now the cancer has entered the advanced stage, this morning he suddenly had a series of heart failure symptoms such as dyspnea, cold limbs, confusion at home, was sent to emergency rescue when his vital signs were already very weak.

Duan Jincheng was wearing a mask, and Chen Qingwu couldn't see his expression clearly, so he couldn't tell for a moment whether he didn't know whether he was shaking his head or not optimistic.

She was about to ask more questions, when the lights in the emergency room suddenly went out.

The doctor came out of it.

Teacher Hou's wife and daughter immediately walked over to the doctor: "Doctor, how is it?"

"I'm sorry, we did our best, let's go see him one last time."

"Ahh

Teacher Hou's wife, Wang Qiaofen, let out a deep roar and sat down on the ground in an instant.

"Dad......" Teacher Hou's daughter Hou Jingjing glanced helplessly in the direction of the emergency room, squatted down to support her mother, tears poured down, "Mom......"

Duan Jincheng hurriedly ran over and helped his wife Wang Qiaofen up.

"Ah! Oh my God! Why do you do this to him!" Wang Qiaofen broke down and howled in the crook of Duan Jin Cheng's arm, "My old marquis's heart is so kind, why is his life so bitter! Why? Why?"

Duan Jin Cheng held his wife's hand very hard to control it and not tremble, he turned his head to look at Hou Jingjing, and his voice was already hoarse like another person: "Jingjing, accompany my mother to see my father again."

Hou Jingjing cried uncontrollably, but nodded obediently.

Chen Qingwu was completely overwhelmed by such bad news as soon as he came.

She watched Duan Jincheng and Hou Jingjing walk into the rescue room while helping Wang Qiaofen and follow them to the door, but hesitated, and finally did not follow up.

This should be the last time between Teacher Hou and her family, she is an outsider and should not be bothered anymore.

As for Duan Jincheng, from the moment he was notified to come to the hospital, he knew that he must have a close relationship with Teacher Hou's family.

Chen Qingwu stood at the door, listening to the movement inside, at first they were all restrained, just sobbing softly, but soon there was a cry like the end of the world.

The corridor was bright, but when she raised her head, she saw the wind and rain.

She remembered that she and Duan Jincheng went to a parent-teacher conference alone that year, Teacher Hou quietly gave them KFC, remembered that she was made a yellow rumor that year, Teacher Hou sent her home, and she was carefully and cautiously comforting her along the way, protecting her girl's self-esteem......

At that time, the whole class liked to call Teacher Hou "Great Sage", in everyone's hearts, he was the Monkey King, omnipotent, his mana could let him take care of everyone in the class, but now, the Great Sage is really riding it

The breeze feathers away.

She also wanted to ask Cangtian, why are so many demons still alive, but people as good as Mr. Hou can't get a good death?

---

Wang Qiaofen finally fainted from crying and was taken to the ward for intravenous drips.

Before Hou Jingjing went to accompany Wang Qiaofen, she handed over her mother's mobile phone to Duan Jincheng.

Duan Jincheng calmly helped to contact the relatives of the Wang and Hou families, contact the funeral, and issue an obituary.

Relatives on both sides of the Hou family's Wang family came, and the corridor was crowded with people who came to help deal with the aftermath.

Duan Jincheng walked into the corridor of the hospital at this time, took off his mask, and sat quietly on the steps.

He wanted to smoke a cigarette, but he didn't bring one, and it was a non-smoking area.

The door was suddenly pushed open.

Duan Jin Cheng's heart tightened, and he was thinking about whether to put the mask on, when he looked up, he saw that it was Chen Qingwu who came in.

"You're not gone yet?"

"Hmm."

Chen Qingwu had been waiting on the side just now, because Duan Jincheng was busy, she didn't bother him, until now when he was busy and left alone, she saw him walk into the corridor alone, so she followed.

"Did you already know that Teacher Hou was sick?" She sat down beside him.

Duan Jincheng nodded.

Over the years, he has never cut off contact with Mr. Hou.

In the year when Duan Jincheng took a leave of absence, even if he was no longer in school, even if he was no longer a student of Teacher Hou, Teacher Hou still often went to see him and his father, sometimes with fruit, sometimes with milk, and sometimes with braised pork made by his wife...... Teacher Hou said that these are not valuable objects, so Duan Jincheng must not take it to heart, just eat, he said no matter what, nutrition cannot be left behind, the body is the capital of the revolution.

Teacher Hou understands best, the predicament of the teenager and the broken but arrogant self-esteem of the teenager, he carefully helps and guards it.

Duan Jincheng didn't want to owe Mr. Hou too much favor, so he hid for a year, but Mr. Hou always had a way to find him.

In his most difficult times, Mr. Hou was always by his side.

Later, he finally survived the college entrance examination, met Sister Fan, signed a brokerage company, and went to college while acting, life was no longer stretched, and after the economic situation began to gradually improve, Mr. Hou stopped calling him often and began to slowly "avoid" him.

Of course, just like he can't hide from Teacher Hou, he won't let Teacher Hou hide from him.

Every year during the New Year's holidays, no matter how busy Duan Jincheng is, he will take the time to visit Teacher Hou's house, so he is very familiar with his wife Wang Qiaofen and Teacher Hou's daughter Hou Jingjing.

When Mr. Hou was found to have cancer during the physical examination, he still wanted to hide it from Duan Jincheng.

Duan Jincheng remembered that it was a Mid-Autumn Festival, he had just finished a play, and he went to Mr. Hou's house for dinner with moon cakes.

After the meal, he quietly went to ask Jingjing, but Jingjing didn't know about his father's illness, so he was fooled by Teacher Hou that time.

Not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Duan Jincheng received a call from Jingjing stealing her father's mobile phone, and she cried and told Duan Jincheng that her father was sick and had a very serious illness.

At that time, Duan Jincheng was filming in other places, he immediately asked for leave and rushed back to Qinghe, Teacher Hou saw Jingjing calling Duan Jincheng back, and also reprimanded his daughter, blaming her for being ignorant and delaying his work.

Fortunately, Duan Jin Cheng came back.

At that time, Mr. Hou was too sick to go to work, and he considered that his family had just bought a house, the mortgage pressure was heavy, his wife Wang Qiaofen's income was unstable, and his daughter was young, so he decided to give up treatment and spend his last days at home.

This is waiting for death.

Of course, Duan Jincheng did not agree with Teacher Hou waiting for death.

He immediately arranged for Hu Tu to come over with money and asked Sister Fan to help contact a famous doctor, and he was determined to cure Teacher Hou.

Teacher Hou was very reluctant not to go, and said several times that he would not be cured, and he said that even if he was cured in this way, what he owed Duan Jin Cheng would never be able to pay off.

Duan Jin Cheng was far from what he is now

He just filmed a few low-paying dramas, the broadcast response was mediocre, and he didn't have much savings, so he divided the money in his hand into two parts, one for his father, and the other for filling the bottomless pit of chemotherapy.

In order to comfort Teacher Hou, he bragged in front of Teacher Hou from time to time: "Old Hou, don't worry about this money, I'm popular now, and it's as easy to pay you some medical expenses as when you bought a carton of milk to see me."

Teacher Hou's eyes immediately turned red: "I knew that I would affect you like this now, I would never have bought milk to see you."

Duan Jin Cheng grinned and held his hand: "Don't, if you don't come, I'm so pitiful."

No one knows, maybe even Mr. Hou himself, what he meant to Duan Jincheng in the past.

Duan Jin Cheng's foil is a full five years.

Halfway through, Mr. Hou also persuaded Duan Jin Cheng to give up on him countless times because of excessive psychological pressure.

Duan Jincheng also told him countless times: "You have to be cured, and now you are cured of you is my upward motivation, you see that my development is getting better and better, this is the strength you give me."

Really, he really never felt that Mr. Hou was a burden to him.

Duan Jincheng's mother also died of cancer, and at that time, Duan Jincheng felt that saving Teacher Hou was like saving his original mother and saving his own suffering in the past.

Mr. Hou is the motivation for him to become stronger.

And now, when it really became as easy as buying milk for his medical bills, Mr. Hou was gone, and the force that supported him was completely gone, as if he had completed his mission.

Hidden sobs rang out in the hallway.

This is the second time Chen Qingwu has seen Duan Jin Cheng crying.

Last time, it was because his father was dying, and this time, it was because people like his father left him.

Chen Qingwu's eyes were wet with tears, and she couldn't say a word of comfort, she got up and walked in front of him, stretched out her hand, and gently hugged his head.

His forehead pressed against her lower abdomen, and she could feel the piece of his shirt slowly wetting with his tears.

Her hand landed on his back, slapping him again and again......

This is the hug that sixteen or seventeen-year-old Chen Qingwu can't give Duan Jincheng, and now, she knows that she shouldn't and can't, but she wants to give it to him no matter what.

---

The funeral took place two days later.

After the classmates in the class learned the news, they rushed from all over the world to see off Mr. Hou for the last time, and Wu Minya hurriedly bought plane tickets abroad to rush back.

At the last class reunion, there were only 20 people in the class, and this time at Mr. Hou's funeral, no one in the class was absent.

After the condolences were over, Xu Wei said, "Since everyone has arrived, let's have another meal together."

Wu Minya asked Chen Qingwu if he was going, but Chen Qingwu was worried about Duan Jincheng after all, shook his head and said, "I'm not going, you can go."

"Okay, I'm going to fly back in the afternoon, and I'll come to Chu City to find you when I'm done."

"Okay."

Duan Jin Cheng was inconvenient to show up because of his special identity, so he had been waiting in the infield.

Chen Qingwu sent Wu Minya and them away, and when he turned back to the infield, he heard Wang Qiaofen talking to Duan Jincheng.

"Ah Cheng, thank you for your help in the past five years, I have kept an account of the medical expenses over the years, even if I am a cow or a horse in my life, I will slowly pay you back."

"Master, as soon as Teacher Hou left, you said such things to me, what's the matter? When he's gone, don't you treat me like family?"

"How can I not treat you as a family member, thanks to you, Lao Hou has been with us for the past five years, Lao Hou often said when he was alive that you are the one who owes the most favors in this life."

"Mr. Hou is like my other father to me, without him there would be no me now, he saved me back then, but now I have not saved him, if I want to say that I owe, I will always owe him."

Wang Qiaofen's emotions had originally calmed down, but when she heard Duan Jincheng's words, she began to cry again.

Duan Jincheng reached out and patted Wang Qiaofen's shoulder: "I."

I can't say anything to make you mourn, I just want you to pay attention to your body, Jingjing still needs you."

Wang Qiaofen nodded, wiped away her tears and clenched her daughter's hand.

"And the cost of Jingjing's schooling after that, you don't have to feel pressure, I will provide Jingjing with education until she works."

"How can this be done......

"Mother!" Duan Jin Cheng interrupted Wang Qiaofen's words, "Jingjing is my sister, she has no father now, the eldest brother is like a father, I will definitely not ignore her."

Hou Jingjing lowered her head and sobbed softly.

Duan Jincheng walked over and touched Jingjing's head.

"Don't be sad and don't be afraid, you can call me for anything in the future as before, remember?"

Jingjing nodded vigorously.

Duan Jin Cheng was a little relieved at this time.

Back then, Mr. Hou gave him love and redemption when he was young, and in the future, he should return this love and redemption to his daughter.

Goodness is a cycle.

Chen Qingwu waited for them to finish speaking before entering.

It just so happens that this is over, and Wang Qiaofen and Hou Jingjing are also going home.

Chen Qingwu and Duan Jincheng sent them to the car together.

"Ah Cheng, Qingwu, see you next time." Wang Qiaofen waved to them after getting into the car.

"See you next time, Master."

The car is gone.

Suddenly the wind began to blow outside, and the sky was gray, and it looked like it was going to rain.

"Let's go, let's go to the B&B and get something first." Duan Jincheng said to Chen Qingwu.

"Okay."

Their luggage is still at the homestay, and in order to attend the funeral here in the past two days, they temporarily bought two clothes in a nearby shopping mall.

Duan Jincheng's Cullinan stopped on the side of the road.

He didn't have a good rest in the past two days, and he didn't have the energy to drive back to Chucheng by himself, so he asked the driver to come to Qinghe to pick up people.

As soon as the driver got out of the car, Chen Qingwu was stunned.

It's an old acquaintance.