The city of Beijing is always lively at night. This is a house next to the edge, east of the main road, at six or seven o'clock, the traffic is full of people, walking, stalls, square dancing endlessly.

But tonight's noise didn't seem to affect Zhong Li, she sat in front of the windowsill with her cheeks on her lips for a long time, and even felt that her thoughts had wandered away from this hustle and bustle, and she grew wings and flew and flew and flew to the other side of the city.

What is he doing? Meeting? Or rest? Have you eaten?

Sometimes, people's actions are innervated by the central nervous system, and it is a bit presumptuous for her to take out her mobile phone and dial that call.

But it's already been dialed out.

The phone rang twice, and someone picked it up over there, still in that low, magnetic voice: "Hey-"

Zhong Li only felt that everything around him was quiet, and he subconsciously covered his mobile phone and was quiet for a while.

Rong Ling frowned and glanced at the screen, making sure that he was still able to pass before he said, "Do you have anything to do with me?" ”

The secretary knocked on the door and came in, he put the phone on the other side casually, picked up the signed document with his free hand and handed it over, turned around and went to the floor-to-ceiling window to continue listening.

"If you don't speak, I'll hang up." His voice was light.

Zhong Li woke up and hurriedly said, "Don't hang up!" Have you eaten? ”

"You called to ask if I had eaten?" He seemed to laugh a little.

Through the microphone, his voice sounded distant, with a vague, hoarse magnetism.

In the quiet, it is particularly sultry.

Zhong Li's face turned red, and his voice became very soft: "...... Last time I was in Ningshi, I said that I would invite you to dinner. ”

She's like this, and people want to tease her.

Rong Ling raised his eyebrows slightly, and said slowly: "There are a lot of people who want to invite me to dinner. ”

Zhong Li didn't know how to pick it up, and the heat on his face had already exceeded the threshold.

"I won't tease you." He chuckled, "I haven't eaten yet." ”

"Haven't eaten so late?" She was a little surprised. In fact, before making this call, she didn't think that he really didn't have dinner.

"There's a meeting in the afternoon." He didn't say much.

Knowing that he was not a person who liked to explain, Zhong Li told him the address and hung up the phone.

Zhong Li stood stupidly in the room with his mobile phone for a while, and then ran into the room to choose clothes.

But she doesn't have much money, she can't afford decent clothes, she doesn't know much makeup, and her elaborate tinkering is not as good as what she usually wears.

"Li Li, where are you going?" Yang Jue heard the movement and came over and knocked on the door curiously.

Zhong Li was a little embarrassed, and gestured in front of him with his skirt: "...... A friend. ”

Sort of ...... "friend", right?

"Male?" Yang Jue smiled maliciously.

Zhong Li was embarrassed by her laughter, and changed the topic: "Hurry up and help me see, which one should I wear?!" ”

Yang Jue picked out a rose-red suspender belt for her, and put a white sweater on it.

"It's too cold, isn't it?" Zhong Leene.

"Do you want to look good or be afraid of the cold?"

“…… However, wouldn't wearing this look frivolous? ”

Yang Jue paused for a moment and asked her what kind of person the other party was and how old she was.

"Twenty-seven eight? Thirty......? Actually, she wasn't quite sure.

He seems to be very mature, and he is very sophisticated in both speaking and acting, but he doesn't seem to be that old, and he can't tell his age from his appearance.

"You didn't say it sooner." Yang Jue changed her into the most ordinary clothes, painted a no-makeup makeup and let her go out.

The agreed location is in a shopping area on the third side of the ring road, adjacent to the university, and the flow of people has not decreased at all.

On the pedestrian street where people come and go, Zhong Li stood on the steps with a crossbody bag on his back, looking around from time to time. She wore a ponytail today, a beige loose sweater and a cake gauze skirt, looking sideways, her eyes were crooked, the tip of her nose was very pretty, pure and a little charming.

Rong Ling got out of the car and saw her from a distance, so he couldn't help but stop.

He waited for a moment, a little to see how long it would take for her to spot him at such a close distance.

But he obviously overestimated some people, and his eyes went back and forth countless times, but he couldn't see him as a big living person.

Zhong Li looked at his phone in disbelief.

He finally felt that he had gone too far, and walked over: "Waited for a long time? ”

"It didn't last long." She looked up at him with sparkling eyes.

Rong Ling paused slightly, and subconsciously looked away.

She said that she wanted to invite him to dinner, but in fact, she found a small restaurant on the side of the road and invited him to eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles.

When the noodles were served, he saw that there were only a few green onions sprinkled on it and nothing else, and he was visibly flustered.

Then he laughed.

Zhong Li blushed and explained, "There are others, but we just need to wait." ”

"It's okay, I'm not hungry either." His eyebrows were faint.

Zhong Li stared at him for a while, and really felt that he was a bit of a "not happy with things, not sad with himself".

"How old are you, Mr. Yung?"

He didn't answer directly, and poured her tea: "You guess." ”

Zhong Li was not sure: "Twenty-seven...... Eight? ”

He smiled, "Thank you." ”

When we got along, I found that he didn't talk much, but it wasn't too dull, she said a lot, he listened silently, but would give an appropriate word or two.

In fact, she wanted to liven up the atmosphere, but after saying a lot, she realized that she had too many words.

Moreover, in retrospect, some of the words are really naïve and stupid.

But she didn't know that for people like Rong Ling, naivety and stupidity were actually an advantage.

Halfway through the meal, a well-dressed beauty came in from outside and accosted: "Shaoling, is it really you?" How did you end up in ...... Here? She glanced around, then her gaze fell on Zhong Li again, and she gently covered her lips, revealing an embarrassed but polite smile.

Zhong Li heard the subtext.

What she wanted to say was, "How do you eat in a place like this"?

Rong Ling was very calm and politely exchanged a few words with her.

When she left, Zhong Li asked him curiously, "Aren't you called Rong Ling?" Why does she call you 'Shaoling'? ”

"It's the name I got when I was a kid."

"That's the name, huh?"

He was slightly stunned and smiled: "You can also say that." ”

"It's weird, over there, our milk names are all very cute, and we didn't take them so formally."

"Do you have a milk name too?"

"Yes, my name is ......," she said and then stopped suddenly, glancing at him a little embarrassed, "I said you weren't allowed to laugh." ”

"I don't laugh." He lowered his eyes slightly and said seriously.

However, when she really said that her breast name was "baby", he couldn't hold back at all, and laughed directly, pulling his broad shoulders.

"I don't laugh when I say it!" Zhong Li was angry and annoyed, feeling that he was shabu.

He had a lot of self-control and immediately put away his smile: "Don't laugh, don't laugh." ”

But that tone is like coaxing a child.

She was a little ashamed and aggrieved.

Did he really treat her like a child?

"I'm twenty years after this year." She looked at him and emphasized, "Adult." ”

The latter sentence is very soft, as if it refers to something.

After saying that, she herself came back to her senses, her cheeks slightly red, but she still stared at him stubbornly.

Rong Ling looked at her, dumbfounded for a moment.

No favorability is fake, but - not a person of the world.

In fact, she should not be provoked.

This kind of little girl, once you get involved, will be very troublesome.

"Let's go, it's getting late, I'll send you back." He stood up and said.

-

Zhong Li actually didn't know very well why he was suddenly cold that night.

She was really not smart, and she was unspeakably sad.

After that, she plucked up the courage to send him a message, but he only replied after a long time, so that Zhong Li felt that his previous feelings were wrong.

People don't mean that to her at all, it's her own affection.

The next time I saw Rong Ling was at a commercial dinner not long after.

As one of the guests who went to the show, she went with other flowers in the company.

However, the protagonist is Tan Meixi, and she and others are just foils.

Before leaving, Xue Hong repeatedly told Tan Meixi not to play with a child's temper in the nanny car, this time the organizer is not small, and invited a very important person, don't offend people.

Tan Meixi didn't think so, and when she arrived at the scene, she saw the man in the crowd holding the moon from a distance, and suddenly stopped talking.

The rest of the people thought the same thing as her.

It is said that the other party has a big background, and he is more or less able to flatter him, and he thought that he was a greasy middle-aged man who was over half a hundred years old and had a beer belly, but it turned out to be such a man with a lofty and outstanding demeanor.

"So handsome, no wonder they say that the most handsome man is not in the entertainment industry." I don't know whose little assistant exclaimed that he had never seen the world.

"Look at it, don't think about climbing up, you can't climb up. Which of these sons and sons doesn't look like a dog on the outside, but in private? People don't look down on us. Don't look at people who are good-looking, and if they have good cultivation, they will pounce up, and you will suffer hard. ”

"You're talking weird."

"You think I'm alarmist? Why did Xiang Haier forget about it? Go to the high seas with someone at night. ”

“…… No, isn't it an accident......"

"This is the Rong family." Someone couldn't help but interrupt them.

"Rong? Which one? One exclaimed, and then as if he had thought of something, he shut up.

But I can't stop some people from gossiping: "Which one is the number one in these four or nine cities?" He whispered another name.

There was silence all around.

As if they had a tacit understanding, the latter group bypassed this somewhat sensitive topic.

Zhong Li didn't understand, but seeing that they were secretive, he didn't ask much.

Tan Meixi is the protagonist of the performance, and she is not surprised, it is not their turn to be in the limelight.

Zhong Li went to the bathroom when he went to rest in the middle of the field, and when he came out, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

Not far away, by the floor-to-ceiling window of the corridor, the lights were brilliant, and Rong Ling leaned on the railing with one hand and looked into the distance, with a lazy posture.

Beside him stood a lady in a suit, tall and smiling, who was talking to him with her head turned to the side.

He nodded, smiling occasionally.

She knew this woman, Shang Qing, the head of the Beijing office of Zhongchen Group, a frequent visitor to financial reports, a very elegant and capable woman.

The two stood together, like a pair of beautiful people.

She doesn't even have the qualifications to set off.

"I said, how have you been absent-minded lately? You don't take it seriously when you want to audition, it turns out that your mind is here. Xue Hong didn't know when she appeared beside her, hating iron but not steel, "What are you crazy about, this kind of high branch is also something you can climb?" Don't ruin yourself! ”

The more Xue Hong spoke, the more angry she became, and ordered her to work hard and film, don't think about what she has or not.

Zhong Li didn't refute, tears rolling in his eyes.

Xue Hong was right, she looked down on herself, and even more felt that she was a ghost and delusional before.

After going back, she swiped the circle of friends for a long time and deleted him with tears.

-

With the hit of "You Are My Youth", Zhong Li was hacked very badly.

The supporting actress Jing Lan played by her is very unpleasant, constantly sabotaging between the male and female protagonists, selfish, sensitive and narrow-minded, not only stabbing the heroine who helped her, but also jealous of the heroine everywhere, making the heroine's scholarship yellow, and dividing the feelings of the male and female protagonists.

When Zhong Li went to swipe the news about himself on various platforms, he would always be shocked. However, there is a subtle sense of satisfaction.

In the past, she had never gotten this kind of heat.

"Don't worry about it, black and red are also red, just like you, black you still give you coffee, it's better than you were obscure in the past. Here's your most recent business, you take a look. Xue Hong handed her a form.

Zhong Li's eyes widened when he saw the endorsement fee above, and his joy was overflowing.

"Look at your little bit of interest. You film hard, and when you become famous in the future, are you still worried about having no money to earn? Xue Hong scoffed, not forgetting to educate her, "You also saw Zhuang Qiang's fate." When he was the most popular, he thought he could get on the throne with his son, but what happened? Now that people have had enough, kicking her away, she can only match some juniors when she comes back now. These sons and brothers, playing with women is like eating and drinking, what sincerity can they have? ”

Zhong Li was silent, not knowing how to respond.

I have to say that although Xue Hong's mouth is poisonous, what he says is very reasonable.

A man like Rong Ling, who stood at the top of the pyramid as soon as he was born and read thousands of sails, what kind of woman has never seen it, and how could it be rare for her to be like this? There have been countless excellent women who have crossed mountains and mountains for him, been born and died for him, fascinated by him and crazy about him, and she is not even qualified to be cannon fodder in it.

Even if you are tired of eating abalone and cucumber wings, and occasionally want to try the porridge side dishes, this kind of liking will not last long.

With too many people, it's hard to really care about anything, and it's rare to cherish something.

Moreover, people simply ignore her, why does she have to rush to the hot face and stick the cold ass?

Forget it, it should be regarded as Du Liniang's garden dream, and when she woke up from the dream, she shouldn't think about it.

Zhong Li is a very optimistic and forgetful person, and he forgets it immediately after being uncomfortable for a while.

Of course, a large part of the reason is that she often struggles with food and clothing, and focuses more on working to earn money, and love is just a small part of life.

-

Rong Ling found out that he had been deleted by Zhong Li three days later.

At that time, they hadn't been in touch for more than a week.

He has been very busy with his work recently, and there is a nuclear power project in Ningshi to be inspected, and many companies are striving for it, and he has held meetings several times a week in the north and south.

After the meeting that day, I returned to the first group branch in Beijing, and when I entered the stairs, I found that there were two young female employees standing inside.

It seems to be two interns, grinning together, pointing to the screen of their phones and saying something.

He took the initiative to stand in the corner and make way for someone else.

After the elevator went up to one floor, one of them found him in hindsight, put away his mobile phone with a red face, and shouted "Mr. Rong".

The other man hurriedly stood upright and shouted stiffly.

Rong Ling smiled faintly: "Don't be so nervous. It's lunch break, so it's not a desertion. ”

The two of them saw that he was easy-going and polite, and he didn't seem to be as dignified and cold as when they had a meeting, and they were a lot more relaxed.

Rong Ling asked two questions casually, and both of them answered, and unconsciously talked about what happened just now.

One person said: "This is a recent hit drama, called "You Are My Youth", but it is popular, and many platforms are discussing it, all of which are various cuts. It's a pity, it's obviously quite sweet a drama, and there are all kinds of water injections in the back. ”

"That's it, what is this Zhong Li really hates to death, and he is a demon every day."

"All platforms are scolding her, good fortune."

Rong Ling nodded and stopped asking.

Back in the office, he took off his suit and hung it on the back of his chair and poured himself a cup of tea.

The afternoon sun is just right, and the floor-to-ceiling glass is quietly sprinkled indoors, with a kind of warm warmth.

Outside the window, it is a snow-capped winter scene.

This morning's weather forecast shows that Beijing is more than 10 degrees below zero today.

Rong Ling stood by the window, looking down at the vehicles and pedestrians under his feet.

This is the CBD commercial center, extending from Chang'an Avenue to Guomao, with a lot of traffic, every inch of land.

If the whole of Beijing is the Colosseum of outstanding people, this is the strangulation plate among the elites, and those who can stand in this place are often the elites of the elites.

Rong Ling has always been accustomed to being above others, and this kind of arrogance and self-confidence has been engraved in his bones since childhood.

But just now, he found out that he had been deleted, and he didn't even say hello.

He didn't really want to admit that he was a little embarrassed.

But that's about it.

Women have never been a big deal for him.

Rong Ling raised the corners of his mouth, sneered silently, and turned off his phone.

If she wants to play this kind of trick with him, she probably sees the wrong person.

-

Zhong Li has been in a good mood recently, and with the rise in popularity, she received a female supporting role for a play. Although it's not a good role, the role is not bad, much stronger than in the past.

Although she is scolded every day to the point of being bloody, she is still happy.

Xue Hong is right, black and red are also red.

As long as there is money to earn, she is just scolded twice, and no one can do anything to her across the network cable.

She also participated in a variety show, and she got along well with the guests inside.

However, people are polite to her on the surface, but in fact, they still don't look down on her, who is not even a third-tier artist.

At one event, the host also deliberately embarrassed her to please the audience of the play.

She just smiled and didn't feel at ease.

However, she also met some good friends who were similar to her, such as Tan Xu.

He is from Tianyu, and he is also a paste artist outside the third and fourth lines. He was once accidentally injured by a first-line male artist during an event, and he was drugged in the background, and she handed him a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao when she passed by, saying that the effect was good.

"How did you get this?" He lifted his face in surprise.

He was a typical sunny boy look, with tall white skin, sitting there in a sweatshirt with big thorns, and his exposed arms were muscular.

"I play Jinglan in "You Are My Youth"." Zhong Li said unhappily, "Didn't you ask knowingly?" ”

Tan Xu paused for a moment, and then laughed.

Her character has been very popular recently, of course, it is the kind of fire that is annoying, and it belongs to the kind that is easy to be smashed when you go out.

Yunnan Baiyao, be prepared.

Another time later, when she left the program team, she was accidentally followed by black fans and threw things at her.

It was Tan Xu who helped her run away and called the police.

"Let's go together in the future, anyway, I will also live in your area."

So, the two often walked together during the recording of that show.

It is the same on this day.

They had a bite to eat at the nearby snack street and strolled towards their lodgings.

"You're so beautiful, don't you have a good company?" Tan Xu asked her.

"You are so handsome, why don't you see your company praising you?" Zhong Li was not angry.

Tan Xu smiled, revealing a shallow pear vortex on his lips, clasping the backpack strap with one hand, looking at her sideways, his eyes suddenly hesitated a little: "Zhong Li, do you have a boyfriend?" ”

"Huh?"

His look in the dark was somewhat unnatural.

Zhong Li said: "Yes." ”

Tan Xu's expression froze for a while, and then he heard her say again: "But it's broken." ”

Tan Xu took a deep breath: "Can you stop panting so loudly when you speak?" ”

Zhong Li giggled, bared his tongue and said, "Are you going to chase me?" ”

A shallow flush appeared on Tan Xu's face, and he looked at her for a moment.

Zhong Li stopped his steps and was a little stunned.

She was just joking.

After such a dull moment, Tan Xu's trembling hand was placed on her shoulder, but he didn't dare to make the next move.

Suddenly there was a dazzling high light behind him, and in the darkness, it was as bright as day.

A Beijing A8 sedan slowly approached.

Zhong Li felt dazzling, and couldn't help but reach out to block his eyes.

Tan Xu also stood to the side, squinting at it, only to feel that this car was familiar, as if he had seen it downstairs in Tianyu Company.

When the vehicle passed by, the driver asked nervously: "Mr. Rong, that's not ......"

Rong Ling looked ahead, was silent for a moment, and ordered, "Go." ”

The driver was frightened and looked into the rearview mirror hesitantly: "Mr. Rong......"

His voice suddenly froze: "I'll let you go!" ”