At five in the afternoon, in the company, Luzhou's entire person was very haggard.
"Where did he go?" Luzhou said.
"I don't know." Dumei said, "I was in a meeting just now when he said he wanted to resign, Lin Yao picked up his call and told him that we'll see. You chased him away? Lin Yao asked him to come to the company but he didn't want to, then Lin Yao told him to take a break, and discuss this again later."
Luzhou: "......."
Dumei said: "His phone is switched off, when my meeting ended I tried to return his call, but it was a public phone. Luzhou? Wait! Hey!"
"It's not that I want to lecture you." Dumei walked and stood outside in the corridor saying, "What did you throw such a huge tantrum at him for? That matter can always be discussed, Xiao Yi even knelt down for you on the public road, if not for Ning Yaqing giving him a hand, the paparazzi were coming right behind you guys...."
Luzhou dashed into the elevator.
6pm in the evening, Beijing Airport.
Xiao Yi bought an air ticket at the airport, and proceeded to check in.
When he was going through the security checkpoint, the staff curiously looked at him.
"Xiao Yi." the staff said.
"Yes." Xiao Yi uneasily said.
The staff gave a nod, and Xiao Yi passed the security check.
Xiao Yi kept feeling like the entire world was not right today, the flight was delayed, and could only take off at 11:30pm at night. Xiao Yi had no choice but to buy a cup noodle at the waiting area. When he bent down to take some water from the water dispenser, he realized some travelers were staring at him, and they were even whispering.
Xiao Yi: "???"
Xiao Yi scratched his head, he had no mood to pay attention to the movements of the outside world now. When he arrived in Wuhan it would be 2am at night, there would be no more cabs, his phone was lost, he had no way to get Xiao Qiang to fetch him. He could only find a cheap place near the airport to stay for a night, then take a train back home the next day.
And then? Xiao Yi only felt that this world was now a patch of gray.
You are just a waste, why can't you go find Duma ah! Luzhou chased you away, but the company didn't, why not continue to work there? You have nothing now that you're going back home.
I am really just a waste, I love to do what I want. Xiao Yi sat in the waiting area eating his cup noodles, slightly hating the kind of person he was. But if he stayed, he definitely couldn't resolve the issues in his heart, not only did he disappoint Duma and Li Changzheng's goodwill, he also angered Luzhou, everything was done for, why not hide.... hiding back home, he wouldn't come into contact with anything, and nothing would matter anymore.
The two girls sitting opposite were fervently staring at Xiao Yi, and was whispering again.
Xiao Yi finished his cup noodles, and when he raised his head, he realized everyone around him was staring at him.
Xiao Yi: "?"
"Sorry....." Xiao Yi said, "I was too hungry, my bad."
Xiao Yi went to throw the empty cup noodles into the trash and came back to sit. The surrounding people were still whispering, as if nothing had happened, Xiao Yi sighed, sat down, and after a moment, an elder sister came by and said: "Hey lad, hello."
Xiao Yi looked up immediately and said: "Can I help you with something?"
The elder sister smiled saying, "Nothing, the flight is delayed, there's nothing to do but chat, are you also taking this flight to Sanya?"
Xiao Yi said: "No, I'm on the next flight, to Wuhan."
"Oh——" The elder sister nodded, and said again, "I'm going to Sanya to visit my husband and son, what about you?"
"I'm going home." Xiao Yi smiled saying, "I just resigned, I'm preparing to go home and accompany my parents."
"Working in Beijing is quite tough." The elder sister laughed.
Xiao Yi found that ever since he was accosted, the entire surroundings went silent, everyone stopped talking, they were all ears, listening to their conversation.
Xiao Yi: "......."
The elder sister turned on her phone, went on Weibo for a while, then abruptly asked: "Are you married?"
"No." Xiao Yi thought You wouldn't be trying to match make me right..... Xiao Yi was stuck between laughter and tears, then the elder sister started talking about an entirely different topic, she said she and her husband had a business, her husband was doing wholesale manufacturing in Sanya, so the elder sister opened a shop in Beijing, selling clothes. Xiao Yi nodded and said: "Is your child studying in Sanya?"
The elder sister made a sound of agreement, and said: "After a few years we plan to bring him to Beijing to study, then take the college examinations back in Sanya. Are you from Hubei? The syllabus in Huanggang is not bad."
Xiao Yi smiled and chatted with her for a while, then the elder sister asked again: "What's your occupation?"
Xiao Yi did not dare to say he was Luzhou's assistant, so he answered: "Music production, writing songs."
"Wow." The elder sister smiled saying, "Do you sing? You must be a famous celebrity."
"There are no opportunities." Xiao Yi said with a smile, "The industry is not prosperous, if not I wouldn't be heading home."
"Not bad." The elder sister said, "Don't give up on your dreams."
In his heart, Xiao Yi sighed again, and said: "Your dream was related to fashion?"
"My dream is to earn money." The elder sister said, "Earn lots and lots of money!"
Xiao Yi: "......."
The elder sister laughed: "As long as you persevere to your dreams, you'll definitely succeed!"
Xiao Yi thought, well, even though her words did not quite fit the positive energy that fans generally love to give, they did seem to make sense.
A broadcast sounded, allowing people to start boarding so everyone stood up, all holding onto their phones, taking photos of Xiao Yi from all angles.
Some pretended to take selfies of their hair, and some had expressions of being a spy, holding their phones at waist level to secretly take photos. There was even a couple who was traveling to Sanya, the man said to his wife: "You come take a look and see why this button cannot be pressed."
"Why can't it be pressed?" The man's wife whispered, "How about you try to raise the camera?"
There was a "kacha" sound and a flash, a picture was taken while he was facing Xiao Yi, that wife said: "Isn't it alright now?"
"Okay okay, let's go." The couple got up to join the queue.
Xiao Yi: "......."
The elder sister said: "It's destiny that we meet, come, let's take a picture together."
Xiao Yi: "......."
The elder sister raised her phone, smiled, while Xiao Yi's face was stiff, and they took a picture together. He was thinking What is this all about ahhhhhhh!
Everyone boarded the plane, in a flash they all left, leaving Xiao Yi sitting by himself feeling inexplicable, he couldn't react just yet.
There was no one near the boarding gate, the service staff had also left. It was raining heavily outside. That rainy night, Xiao Yi sat quietly, waiting for the 11:30pm flight. The ghastly glow of the lights twinkled in the rainy night, penetrating the long night and refracted in the pouring rain, as if a scene near the end of a movie.
Only Xiao Yi himself was the audience, he sat in the first row, looking up at the glass wall that seemed like a huge movie screen, the only shot was that endless rainy night.
"I want to ask the sky, where could you be......" Xiao Yi stared blankly at the rain.
"I want to ask myself, I——"
"I was smart in the beginning, I was smart at the end, that smartness almost ruined me, I——"
"I want to ask the sky, ask the earth——" Xiao Yi slightly raised his eyebrows, singing with a smile, "It's just superstition, let's ask fate, to give up everything, to abandon all, let me drift into the silent night, empty——"`
Luzhou was totally drenched, he walked along the passageway, and stood behind Xiao Yi.
"You don't have to force yourself to say you love me again, anyways my soul has fallen, slowly piecing together, slowly piecing together, piecing together one that is not the true me—— Oh——"
Xiao Yi's singing stopped, from the reflection of the huge glass wall, he saw that Luzhou was standing behind him.
In the world of thoughts, in that moment, piano keys seem to emit a treble, even if the lyrics did not continue, with the flowing rain the nocturne still played on.
The whole world was stretched to an infinite wideness.
The upright rain, the giant screen in the glass wall.
Under the dim lights, there was only a tiny Xiao Yi, and Luzhou who was standing behind his seat.
Xiao Yi immediately got up, blankly staring at Luzhou. There was blame and anger in Luzhou's eyes, then gradually calmed down.
"Why did you not switch on your phone?" Luzhou said.
"My phone was....stolen." Xiao Yi anxiously said, "Sorry, you....."
Luzhou spoke again: "I'm not going to talk about anything else, you don't even want to work? Not being my assistant, you will just give up your career in Beijing and run home to hide?"
Xiao Yi: "Yeah.....Yes."
"Still agree!" Luzhou was almost driven mad from anger, and shouted, "Are you a man!"
Xiao Yi immediately corrected himself: "No no, it's not like that.....I just feel.....like by offending you I can't continue to stay in the industry anyways....."
Luzhou stood in front of Xiao Yi, looking like a drowned rat. He took a deep breath. In the end he did not lose his temper, and was between laughter and tears when he said: "Do I seem like such a petty person!"
Xiao Yi said: "No no, you....don't be angry."
Luzhou: "How can I not get angry! You are making me so mad I am almost going to have a heart attack!"
Xiao Yi stepped forward to give Luzhou pats on the back, Luzhou was almost speechless.
In the thunderstorm, Xiao Yi went to return his ticket, and followed Luzhou back home.
Outside, the rain was very heavy, Xiao Yi and Luzhou was drenched with rain as they ran to the car park. There was no more space in the car park, so Luzhou could only park at an open space. Entering the car,
the two of them were in a wretched state, Luzhou took off his shirt and turned on the heater, while Xiao Yi got in the driver's seat.
Xiao Yi thought, does this mean he was forgiven? Today Luzhou sat in the backseat, he rarely did, and did not speak. In the next moment, he picked up a call and said: "I found him."
"Already deleted!" Luzhou unhappily continued.
Deleted? Xiao Yi was puzzled.
"Let's talk later." Luzhou hung up the call.
Xiao Yi: "Zhou Ge, how did you know I was at the airport?"
"Do you even need to ask?" said Luzhou, "Tonight there is only one flight to Wuhan."
Really? Xiao Yi thought, there were so many other flights, and furthermore Beijing had 3 airport terminals, how did Luzhou know which he was at? He carefully got on the highway, and did not dare to question on.
Once they reached home, Luzhou did not say anything, Xiao Yi also did not dare to ask. At night he went on qq [1], and received a message from Duma.
Duma: 【Why did you not on your phone?】
Xiao Yi: 【Lost it.】
Duma: 【Are you and Luzhou dating? Why are you guys loving so desperately. 】
Xiao Yi: "........"
Xiao Yi thought, if they were really in a relationship, things wouldn't be like this now, and with a helpless expression he replied Duma.
Xiao Yi: 【Maybe, I love him, but he doesn't love me!】
Duma: 【You need to distance yourself a bit, don't stay by his side anymore, do you know gossip is a fearful thing? If this goes on it will ruin him, and ruin you too.】
Xiao Yi: 【There's nothing between us, you are crazy!】
Duma: 【The whole world knows, you two will definitely be in the headlines tomorrow. Luzhou offended so many people, so quite a few of them are trying to sabotage him.】
Xiao Yi: 【Wh.....What?!】
Duma: 【Li Changzheng wants you to go to his company, change your job for a while and let's discuss everything else later. Stop being with Luzhou anymore.】
Xiao Yi: 【What are you all talking about!】
"Hey!" Luzhou's irritable voice shouted again from next door.
Xiao Yi had no choice but to quickly go and serve Luzhou, he closed his qq. Just then, the phone downstairs rang, Xiao Yi went down to pick it up, it was Dumei.
"What are the two of you actually fighting about?" Dumei said.
"Sorry sorry....." Xiao Yi said.
Dumei: "Come to the company tomorrow, Xiao Yi, are you still resigning?"
Xiao Yi replied: "I'm not resigning anymore..... sorry, President Du, it's all my fault."
Dumei seemed to be a little angry, but she still had it controlled, and said: "I don't blame you, initially I had thought you wanted to take a break, since you're back get along well, don't fight again. You call Lee Ye now, do you have her number?"
"I lost my phone." Xiao Yi honestly said.
"No wonder I couldn't reach you at all." Dumei recited a number, saying: "Give her an apology, just say you're sorry for giving her trouble, she got her acquaintances to help you two out."
Xiao Yi thought, huh? Got her acquaintances to help out? Was it to help find him? He immediately replied: "I will I will."
Luzhou called out for so long and yet he did not see Xiao Yi. He came downstairs, his bare feet slipped for a second, and gave Xiao Yi a scare.
"What are you doing?" asked Luzhou.
"President Du called, we have to go to the company tomorrow." Xiao Yi said.
Luzhou did not scold him, he gave an um sound. Xiao Yi was afraid he would fall, Luzhou remained silent, he went to the sofa, sat down, and switched on the tv to watch. Xiao Yi signaled for him to lower the volume, and gave Lee Ye a call.
"Hello." Lee Ye's cheery voice said.
Xiao Yi hurriedly said: "Sister Lee hello, I am very sorry to have caused you so much trouble."
"No worries." Lee Ye readily said, "It's no trouble, sister is currently supervising on her son's homework, how is it, are you back? It's good if you're back."
Xiao Yi said: "I'm back."
Lee Ye said: "Let sister ask you something, don't be annoyed okay."
Xiao Yi: "I won't I won't."
Lee Ye said: "You and Luzhou, who is gong and who is shou [2] ? "
Xiao Yi: "......."
Lee Ye was laughing out loud over the phone, saying: "You should be shou right, you better not ruin my CP, or else I will turn your fans into antis!"
Xiao Yi's entire face was red, and he gave a glance to Luzhou who was beside him. Luzhou was puzzled, his brain was full of question marks as he looked at Xiao Yi. Xiao Yi waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing much.
Lee Ye continued to say: "You two like each other, this is nothing new, it is a frequent thing in the entertainment industry, when you have someone to support one another, it's a kind of happiness, isn't it? No matter if you are gay or straight, love is still love, it is beautiful, sister can understand."
Xiao Yi was immediately embarrassed: "Sister Lee......"
Lee Ye said again: "But in this industry the waters are deep, if you two are together, you will receive a lot of criticism from others. I just feel, dating, as long as both parties are in love it'll be fine, there's no need to seek the opinions of outsiders, and there's no need to bother about other people's views. Be low profile in the future, just try to be a little low profile, in this way it will benefit both yours and Luzhou's development."
Xiao Yi looked at Luzhou. Luzhou did not hear what Lee Ye had said, still watching the tv. At that moment, after Lee Ye's words, Xiao Yi's heart suddenly shook, he couldn't tell, did he really feel so? Why..... he was in love with Luzhou.
I.....fell in love with him? Xiao Yi thought.
Luzhou: "?"
Luzhou stared at Xiao Yi. Xiao Yi almost hung up the call, and had the impulse to rush up and hug him.
Through the phone, Lee Ye said again: "If you come out of the closet, it will affect both your careers. Sister knows you don't care, this is nothing to the music industry, but in the entertainment industry, the offers that Luzhou gets will be limited."
"Al...alright." Xiao Yi answered, "I know."
Xiao Yi thought, no matter what he couldn't let the world think that they were a couple, so even if he likes Luzhou, he had to endure.
After Xiao Yi finished speaking to Lee Ye, he wanted to go back upstairs, but Luzhou stared at Xiao Yi with a strange expression and said: "What did she say?"
"President Du told me to give her a call to thank her......" Xiao Yi's mind was all messed up, "I am also unsure why I have to find her..."
Luzhou answered: "It's not weird, isn't her relationship with Li Changzheng very good?"
"Is that so?" Xiao Yi was a bit incoherent by now. Luzhou said again: "Previously when we went to Qin Palace, wasn't it her team who tagged along?"
"Oh right." Xiao Yi hastily said.
Luzhou continued: "She wants to cooperate with Dumei, accordingly to what you should.....where are you going?!"
Xiao Yi said: "I'm going to find a document to send to President Du."
Xiao Yi headed to the second floor, as if he was running away for his life, when he reached his room and sat down, he exhaled tiredly.
Is it really so? Xiao Yi did not ever think that he would turn gay..... bisexual. This was actually not important, his classmates from the music production course back in the past were mostly gay. But....the one he liked, it was actually Luzhou.
Xiao Yi opened his laptop, he briefly watched a previous video he had made for his girlfriend. He was no longer upset over the breakup, at first he thought it was because he was already indifferent, could it be because he was with Luzhou, so he stopped thinking about the past sadness?
He opened the folder for Luzhou, and saw a video of them inside.
Luzhou frequently dangled in front of the camera with a bored expression. Even though he wasn't doing anything much, Xiao Yi still wanted to film him, he felt the way he walked, drank water, sat, or casually stood, all were very handsome, making others feel like they couldn't help but to pounce on him.
"What are you recording all day long!" The Luzhou in the video impatiently said.
They were strolling in the flower market in Jingshan, when Luzhou said again: "Film film film, are there so many things to film."
Xiao Yi's voice sounded: "Turn your face around?"
Luzhou pointed a middle finger towards the phone camera.
When Xiao Yi saw this part of the video, he laughed.
The camera lens contained words, they contained emotions. Director Guo would often tell him, when you watched dramas and movies, everyone who stood behind the camera, they all had emotions to pour out, the camera was only a medium, but the one who really stood behind the camera, was the director.
Whatever the director liked, and disliked, whether it was warm or intense, through the lens, the audience could experience. A director with feelings is a good director.
Xiao Yi clicked to open another video, there was a period of about 10 seconds of silence, and the shot only had Luzhou who was walking on the road. Xiao Yi was holding onto the phone, capturing his back view, it was just walking, nothing special happened.
At this moment, Xiao Yi could clearly feel, the person who stood behind this lens, was filming the one he loved. There was no conversation, no movements, he only wanted to quietly look at him, and film his every action. And that person, it was Xiao Yi himself, he was filming Luzhou, it seemed as if the camera brought out a tangible love.
Everything still remained beautiful, even if he didn't notice his actions.
The Luzhou in the video turned around, saw Xiao Yi filming him, and only pointed towards the roadside and said: "What's that stall selling?"
The camera then swung in that direction, and with Luzhou he went to the stall to look. He first filmed the stall for a while, then filmed Luzhou's face, Luzhou was holding a little toy and swinging it in front of the camera.
Xiao Yi laughed as he finished watching the video. He shut his laptop, sat at the table, and zoned out for a while.
Outside the window the heavy rain subsided to a light drizzle, flying across the endless dark night. Spring was almost over, everything was blooming, and summer was about to arrive.
Early afternoon the next day, when Xiao Yi went to the company, he finally knew what happened yesterday.
Xiao Yi's worldview totally collapsed, and he was speechless for half a day. Turns out when Luzhou couldn't reach him yesterday, he first went to find Duma, and also called Li Changzheng's company to look for him. Li Changzheng's company was in confusion. In the end Luzhou was fed up, and posted on Weibo.
If you find this person please contact me, there is remuneration.
Under that sentence Xiao Yi's picture was attached.
4pm that afternoon, Weibo was turned upside down, there were 300 000 reposts in less than 2 hours. Xiao Yi had just shortly reached the airport, and was already spotted by a traveler who immediately contacted Luzhou. Luzhou asked her not to alert Xiao Yi, and to temporarily hold him up.
Xiao Yi's phone was stolen, so naturally he could not go on WeChat, or qq, and couldn't access the internet either. He was in a low mood, and had basically no thoughts about the outside world. In a short time, the news went sensational in the entire circle of WeChat friends, various production crews, and tv companies were all talking about this matter.
Everyone unanimously thought Luzhou was dating Xiao Yi. Dumei called Luzhou nonstop, asking him to delete that Weibo post. Many spectators thought it wasn't a big deal, and after celebrities forwarded the post, the congratulations flowed in.
Zhang Xinran was the very first to congratulate, after forwarding the post she said: Congratulations to you, you've finally found true love, the times I saw you when you two met, I knew I could only withdraw, there was no other option.
That only flipped the net upside down once more, the forums started guessing, some said Luzhou played with guys, some said he engaged in unspoken rules. After that, they started to dig Xiao Yi's identity, and finally dug out that he was the composer of the drama theme song, dug out that he was from Hubei, dug out the matter of Luzhou going to Jingshan for new year's previously - that it was to meet the parents, dug out that the two of them went to the hot springs together, dug out...... Anyways, eighteen generations of ancestors were dug out. Even Xiao Yi's ex girlfriend's husband had a few thousand new followers on Weibo. Then, they began to analyze the song lyrics, and with no exceptions, everyone thought the relationship between them was abnormal.
What followed after was that someone revealed they saw Xiao Yi kneeling down for Luzhou by the roadside that morning.
It was not until after Luzhou found Xiao Yi that he deleted that Weibo post. However, too many people had already saved screenshots, in order for Luzhou to find his lover, this was equivalent to coming out of the closet.
Xiao Yi: "......."
Dumei said: "Lee Ye said to depend on her, she will contact the media about the headlines today. Let's see the situation, and hope it will not become a big trouble."
Xiao Yi simply could not put his current mood into words, and yet Luzhou was at the side lecturing: "Look at you, how big is this trouble you've caused?"
"Sorry sorry." Xiao Yi said.
Dumei: "......."
Lin Yao: "......."
Luzhou obviously created this trouble, yet in the end Xiao Yi was the one apologizing. Dumei spoke again: "We will talk again once the headlines are out, Lee Ye greeted me yesterday, there is a new drama starting in August, since she helped the both of you out, when the time comes that you have to work together with Li Changzheng, you have to show her some courtesy."
Luzhou wanted to change stances, he thought about it, then said: "Let's see."
Dumei said: "If she can settle this, it happens to be a joint hype for you both, by that time the topics will be trending."
Xiao Yi was swiping the phone, hating that he could not find a hole to worm into. Maybe even his parents have seen this, there were many people across the horizon that were still hyping this, still sending congratulations. However, a majority were taking pleasure in the situation, mocking Luzhou, and even saying that he was a cheating scum who cheated on Zhang Xinran previously.
Sigh.....
As Xiao Yi was swiping, today's headlines came out.
【Luzhou Snatches Idol Singer-Song Writer, Sleek Rat And Flying Cat Is Starting Production, Hoping to Gather The Drama Emperor And Movie Emperor】
Xiao Yi: "..................."
【One Song Caused Li Changzheng And Luzhou To Gather And Chase, Luzhou Successfully Poached The Composer Talent】
【The Huge Production Of Sleek Rat And Flying Cat Will Commence Soon, The Rat Cat Battle Of The Century】
The headlines' content was about Li Changzheng preparing to invest in a record production company, at the same time it was expecting to cooperate with Luzhou's economic company, he intends to recruit music talents for his own use, and Luzhou left his own song writer, for the sake of pulling Xiao Yi to his own company, he mobilized his fans, and went on Weibo to find him.
In a few short sentences, after causing another round of digging on the two big drama and movie emperors, it was revealed that a large-scale historical drama filming will take place in August, Luzhou will act as Bai Yutang (Sleek Rat) and Li Changzheng will act as Zhan Zhao (Flying Cat), the new music composer Xiao Yi will be composing the main theme songs for both famous male gods.
At the end of the news was a poll: Which CP do you support? Listed below that was the prior Luzhou x Wu Henggu pairing which had been famous early on, Luzhou x Li Changzheng, Li Changzheng x Xiao Yi..... even Luzhou x Xiao Yi this option, there were about 2000 votes. Among all, the Luzhou x Li Changzheng votes exploded.
Not even in his dreams did Xiao Yi think his name could one day be dragged under the spotlight together with the two male gods..... and it's even for group CP ! ! ! !
Dumei immediately set out to prepare a manuscript, and Luzhou said: "Did I agree to act!'
Dumei stared at Luzhou, and Luzhou could only stop speaking.