The time jumped back ten minutes ago, when Wen Liang had just answered the unknown phone call.
"Hey, is this classmate Wen?"
An unfamiliar middle-aged male voice came from the other end of the phone.
"It's me, you?"
"Hello Xiao Wen, I'm Mr. He, the driver. When will it be more appropriate for me to pick you up today?"
Hearing the naturalness and enthusiasm in the other person's words, she paused for a moment, analyzing the meaning in her mind, and asked tentatively:
"Is it... the family dinner arranged by Mr. He?"
The other party smiled and said: "Yes, Mr. He told you before, right? And didn't Tian Tian's mother see you yesterday? She said you were available, and then Mr. He gave me your phone number and asked me to Contact you directly, don’t let Tianran know, give him a surprise.”
Wen Liang was stunned. Yesterday? I flew to the capital yesterday and didn't see He Tianran's mother.
She said cautiously: "I...I know about the family banquet, but...but I haven't seen auntie. I came to the capital yesterday."
There was an "ah" sound on the phone, and it was obvious that the couple was confused. Is the person they were going to pick up the same person?
"Xiao Wen, you...are you Xiao He's girlfriend?"
"it's me……"
Both inside and outside the phone were silent for a while, and Wen Liang's heartstrings suddenly tightened. She was looking forward to meeting He Tianran's family, but it just wasn't a good time right now. The crew had already started filming. Ordinary crew members can still ask for leave, but the Winter Olympics project is of great significance. If the other party wants to meet within these two days, Wen Liang can only regretfully refuse. Although it is inappropriate to choose another date, the reason is also reasonable. Passed.
However, the situation now seems to be more complicated than she thought, and when she thought of the photos Sheng Qidong sent her, Wen Liang's heart beat wildly, and she was speechless for a moment.
As He Panshan's driver for many years, he quickly clarified some relationships through a few conversations. He still smiled on the phone and said:
"Okay, then Xiao Wen, when will you come back from the capital? I will convey it to Mr. He later."
"...I...I'll be there in about two days."
"Well, okay, let's do this for now, Xiao Wen, you get busy first."
"Okay, thank you."
After hanging up the phone, Wen Liang felt stars popping up in his eyes. Who else could He Tianran's girlfriend be besides herself? Who did his mother meet yesterday? Why did he go to see Cao Aiqing? Will he take Cao Aiqing to meet his parents tonight?
The answers to all questions seem self-evident.
Thinking of this, Wen Liang's body trembled slightly. After autumn entered Zhangjiakou, it snowed several times in a row, causing the temperature to drop sharply. Today's lowest temperature was only minus one degree. White breath came out of the girl's mouth, and she stood there at a loss.
After a few minutes, she shook her head and put away some distracting thoughts. She believed in He Tianran, and she knew that she should not think about these things before getting an accurate answer from him.
So, she dialed He Tianran's number. There were a few beeps from the receiver, and soon the other end was connected.
"Hey, Liang."
He Tianran's deep voice came, which made Wen Liang feel mixed in her heart, because she now knew that her boyfriend's tone of voice usually only appeared when he was pretending.
"natural……"
"What's wrong?"
"..."
The questions that worried Wen Liang a second ago were stuck in his mouth this second. What should he say?
Are you with Cao Aiqing now?
This is actually easy to verify. As long as you send the photos taken by Sheng Qidong and let your boyfriend explain clearly, or directly switch to video chat now, everything will be revealed, but what is the use of this?
What should you do next?
He asked angrily, why did he go to see Cao Aiqing behind his back again?
Or, why didn't you tell yourself about the gathering with your family today?
In fact, Wen Liang could figure this out for herself. Although she repeatedly asked He Tianran to stop provoking Cao Aiqing, if the boy really turned a blind eye to the crimes he had committed before and treated him indifferently from now on, then he would really It's not He Tianran anymore.
As for the family dinner, this is his family matter. Although he wants to help him reconcile with his family, others have to be willing, right?
He was so active, but he was riding a tiger with difficulty, and now that he didn't tell himself, didn't it mean that he had concerns?
If this happens every time I leave him, what can I do in the future?
If Sheng Qidong hadn't accidentally bumped into him and Cao Aiqing, he wouldn't have even known about it.
"It's nothing...just...I miss you...I just sent you a WeChat message and you didn't reply to me, so I called and asked what you were doing..."
Wen Liang asked while trying to keep a normal tone.
"Really? Ah, I was busy just now. I haven't looked at my phone. Now... I'm eating out now. How about it? Is the food good for your crew over there? Did the filming go well?"
"It went very well. I just finished shooting and haven't eaten yet... I guess I'll have to wait a while..."
"Oh, are you still shooting in the afternoon? Is it cold over there? Have you brought enough clothes?"
"..."
He Tianran asked warmly, but there was nothing right or wrong in his words.
In fact, Wen Liang really hoped that He Tianran would confess to her directly, saying that he was having dinner with his ex-girlfriend now, instead of the dull conversation like this, like a rusty dull knife, with indescribable pain. Bit by bit, it keeps tugging in my heart.
The port city and the capital are two thousand two hundred kilometers apart. If Wen Liang were by He Tianran's side, even if she was in the port city, she would be able to come up with many ways to solve the current difficulties, but... now she is thousands of miles away. She, she can't do anything except one thing...
The mountains in the distance are covered with snow, and the ice and snow on the ground have not yet melted. People on the busy set are coming and going, leaving rows of footwells on the ground. Not far away, a few helpers from the lighting team gathered together to smoke a few. Mouth smoke.
In the smoke, their eyes occasionally glanced at the young and beautiful actress standing outside the nanny's car, talking on the phone, and then they said something unknown and immediately started laughing again.
Wen Liang walked a little further alone and out of their sight. She leaned her back against the wall and finally said:
"...Natural, I love you."
She whispered into the phone. The girl turned her uneasiness and love at this moment into such simple five words, as if she wanted to convey all her feelings thousands of miles away through those invisible radio signals like love. lover.
That's all she can do now.
However, He Tianran didn't seem to notice anything was wrong. He laughed a few times, and the laughter came through the phone:
"Haha, what's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly become so pretentious after being away for a day? This is not like you."
"I love you...do you love me? Naturally..."
"...Of course...of course!"
Wen Liang said it again, and He Tianran also gave a positive answer, but he did not declare that he loved himself.
Is it because you can't say it in front of Cao Aiqing?
Are you afraid that when you say the word "love", you will embarrass the other girl in front of you?
After hanging up the phone, a chill swept over me, and my warm back slid down the wall.
The girl who thought she had found love was squatting on the spot with her arms folded. She had indeed asked the most important question she should ask, but there was only helplessness and confusion in her eyes at this time.
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"Click!"
At nine-thirty in the evening, in a large green-screen studio somewhere in the suburbs of Beijing, following the director's roar, all the actors who had been smiling just now stopped in an instant. Not only them, but also the expressions of the staff present revealed that Tired.
Today's shooting was not particularly smooth. Due to the transition and weather, some shots had to be readjusted. In addition, the actors were not very good. A long shot of a group portrait had to be shot back and forth many times, which delayed nearly half of the time. Hours.
"Wen Liang, come here."
Outside the studio, Director Chen stood up from the director's chair and shouted, Wen Liang heard the sound and walked over quickly.
"director……"
"Come take pictures and play the replay just now."
Seeing the little girl approaching, Director Chen couldn't vent the anger he was holding in his heart. This was not just directed at Wen Liang. There was an interaction between her and Sui Chulang in the camera. It was very simple. It was just a meeting between athletes. They smile and say hello to each other, because this shot will be used as a creative transition in the later stage and will definitely be used in the finished film, so it is very important.
At the beginning, Sui Chulang's performance was a little awkward, but he quickly adjusted back, and gradually, the director discovered that Wen Liang's state was not right either.
In fact, the girl has obviously been out of shape since noon, but fortunately, there is no need to bring any emotion to those few shots. It will be enough to take two or three more shots, but the one shot now is different...
"Wen Liang, look at it, why is your smile so weird? You are not ugly, you are very beautiful. It's okay if you smile freely. You don't have to carry any baggage, okay?"
The director pointed at the material he had just shot. In the monitor, Wen Liang's eyes were full of depression, so the smile he showed at this moment was indeed a bit forced. Compared with the one in the morning, it was completely different. It didn't look like he was actively preparing for war at all. An athlete who maintains good condition is like a defeated general who is timid before competing.
Wen Liang looked at his performance with a blank expression. Actors are like this. They need to maintain emotions or mobilize emotions at all times. In special circumstances, in the morning you are the protagonist of a wedding with a happy face, but in the afternoon it is a funeral. Playing a drama requires crying until you are in a dark place.
Of course you can take some time to adjust, but it's not a special situation now. Films such as promotional videos and advertisements are paid based on the day. Now there are dozens of people in the entire studio waiting for you to adjust yourself, and you will be happy. Is it difficult to pass the scene with a smile?
"Sorry director, I understand."
Wen Liang bowed and admitted his mistake. Li Lan on the side smiled and smoothed things over: "That makeup teacher, please spend a few minutes to touch up the actor's makeup. Everyone should also take a five-minute break."
Several makeup artists on standby were fixing the looks of the actors in front of the camera. Li Lan took the opportunity to pull Wen Liang aside and said during the break:
"Xiao Wen, if you really can't laugh, just think of something pleasant."
Wen Liang nodded and said in a low voice: "I know Sister Lan, it's my fault for wasting everyone's time."
Li Lan thought it was the first time the little girl had appeared on camera in many years, and it was such an important promotional film, so she was inevitably nervous. She comforted her by saying:
"Directors have such a temper. After all, they have to be responsible for the entire crew. Sometimes they speak a little too harshly. Don't take it seriously. Who said you have a weird smile? You're so pretty."
It's okay not to say this, but once I say it, it really brings tears to Wen Liang's eyes.
Thinking of something pleasant?
This afternoon, Sheng Qidong called herself and said that He Tianran and Cao Aiqing left hand in hand happily after dinner. This best friend was very angry with her fierce words, but due to the unknown situation, Wen Wen Liang didn't tell her anything, so she and Li Wang didn't dare to act rashly.
It’s almost ten o’clock in the evening. The family dinner should be over, right?
In other words, He Tianran and Cao Aiqing are currently chatting happily with He Panshan and Aunt He about their past?
Wen Liang quickly diverted her thoughts and didn't dare to think about it anymore. The more she thought about it, the sadder she felt. She kept telling herself over and over in her heart that she should laugh, laugh, laugh when filming later.
"I understand Sister Lan, I'm fine!"
Wen Liang forced a smile.
Li Lan looked at the girl and saw that there must be something on her mind, but if the other party didn't say anything, she couldn't comfort herself. She could only take out a mobile phone and said:
"I heard the phone in your bag was vibrating just now. I brought it to you. Maybe it's urgent. Do you want to call me back?"
Wen Liang took it and looked at it, and his heart trembled. He saw thirty-five missed calls on it, all of which were called by He Tianran one after another in the past half hour.
Her fingers hesitated, considering whether to call back, and the thirty-sixth call just happened to follow!
The girl pressed it directly, but another one came immediately. She had no choice but to answer the call and put the phone close to her ear.
"……Hello?"
"Wow, you finally answered the phone. Have you finished filming? Where is your hotel? I'm in the capital!"
On the phone, my boyfriend said this cheerfully.
Wen Liang's mind went blank for a moment, and there was a "buzzing" in her ears. The girl felt numb all over her body, and her heart beat rapidly. The depression in her eyes was gradually replaced by flashes of light, and her ears were clear. There was no music, but at this moment, it was like hearing an exciting drumbeat.
ten minutes later.
"Click!"
All the actors looked at the director, confused.
"Then what... Xiao Wen, this time is very good... cough, it's just that you smile a little more restrained. We are not filming a love at first sight romance movie, there is no need to be so... cough... and Sui Chulang , you should give the reaction you should give, others are saying hello to you, what are you doing in a daze! Are you fascinated by it? Come on, let me protect you again, very good, keep it up."
Everyone burst into laughter. It seemed that today's shooting was coming to an end.
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…
Time returns to noon.
Cao Aiqing frowned as she watched He Tianran hang up the phone. Although she said she wanted to see how He Tianran lied to the people he loved, when all this really happened in front of her eyes, she felt a little more concerned about it. Unspeakable disgust and rejection.
"Is this the love you want to save even if you travel through time and space?"
Cao Aiqing's words were asking He Tianran, but at the same time, he also seemed to be asking himself.
The boy did not answer the question directly. Instead, he continued what she had just said and sighed:
"Ai Qing, I found that people who are a little older, or people who are smart, precocious, and have more experience, like to watch the joys, anger, sorrows and joys of the world with cold eyes, and then blame their own past on others, so as to This is to prove that the development of some things in life really has a trace. If it succeeds, it will be a true insight into destiny. If it fails, it will be a stupid maverick. This includes my father and mother. , including me before and you now."
"He Tianran, are you laughing at yourself or bragging? Are you any different now?"
Cao Aiqing asked coldly, He Tianran shook his head:
"I'm no different. I'm just a mortal, an ordinary person. If I really want to say I'm lucky, it might be that I've walked a greener road more than others. In this period of time where immaturity is allowed, I have more success. We have all experienced so many opportunities to be stupid, and we should know how to be naive and try not to be insensitive; to be childish, don’t always think about being mature.”
After hearing his speech, Cao Aiqing couldn't help but ask: "What do you want to do?"
He Tianran smiled, very cheerfully, and he said as he should:
"The thirty-one-year-old He Tianran would choose to hide everything. If he went home with you in the evening, what would he say to his parents when he saw her, or how would he coax his girlfriend back when she came back, the plans in his heart would have already been rattling; and you ask you What does the eighteen-year-old He Tianran in front of him want to do? Of course he just wants to do what he should do when he was eighteen! Ai Qing, can you give my mother a message? "
"What?"
He Tianran stood up, clasped his fingers together, knocked on the table, and said loudly:
"Tell her, if she wants to see me, I have to go see her, and don't point fingers at my life. What have I been doing all these years? I'm not her pawn who can regain her dignity in front of He Panshan. The problem between the two of them, how old are they? They have to solve it on their own. Pull me, pull you, what's the big deal? She loves this family and can't come back. Anyway, I don't want to go back. We, a family of three, want to See you well when we meet.”
The corner of Cao Aiqing's mouth curled up, "There are too many words to remember."
He Tianran was not shy and said calmly: "That's simple. Since we can't see each other today, just reply with four words - I have something to do, just wait."
Cao Aiqing looked sideways and said, "You weren't so decisive when you called Wen Liang just now. What's the difference between that and concealing it?"
"This is not a concealment, this is a surprise. Tsk, you girl is really...cowardly by nature, and you don't know how to be romantic."
"What did you say, He Tianran?" Cao Aiqing looked angry.
He Tianran did not dare to continue, he said carelessly: "Aren't you sorry that Wen Liang is not here, and the kind of Shura field you expected was shattered? Okay, I will fulfill your wish now, I will fly to the capital this afternoon , please bring her back to you, and I will watch you two fight with each other another day to see what tricks you can come up with."
Cao Aiqing was stunned. She really didn't expect that He Tianran could still have such a mentality.
"Oh, this is what you said, do you like it?"
"no."
He Tianran, who was still gaining momentum just now, suddenly fell silent for a moment. Then he looked directly at Cao Aiqing and said seriously:
"Ai Qing, I still have the same attitude as before. I don't want to see this happen, but more than this, what I want to do now is to pick up and recover the dignity you lost in love bit by bit. Come, make amends..."
After He Tianran said these words, he walked to another table of men and women. He said a few words to the two of them, then turned his head and took a deep look at Cao Aiqing. The girl deliberately did not look directly at him, but just looked at him from the corner of her eye. , caught a glimpse of his back as he walked away.
Once upon a time, I had witnessed the image of He Tianran as he is today.
A gentle voice sounded in her heart——
"He came for himself on the playground that day, and he hasn't changed."
But at this moment, only the back is left.
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10:42 p.m.
Wen Liang, who was sitting on the return bus, had never been so eager and eager.
She kept checking with He Tianran on her mobile phone again and again whether the other party had really come to the capital. The answer she got was also confirmed by her boyfriend again and again. Texts alone were not enough. He also sent voice messages, photos, and messages. It wasn't until they shared each other's positions like last time that the girl finally confirmed that he was really here, and the distance between the two was getting closer and closer.
In the girl's heart, another warm current spread throughout her body.
Not long after, the bus arrived at the door of the hotel. As soon as it stopped and opened the door, Wen Liang rushed out immediately. She looked around hurriedly, looking for that familiar figure.
"Hey, here it is."
Behind the girl, the voice sounded that made her extremely worried and worrying about gains and losses all day long.
She slowly turned her head and finally saw him who had traveled thousands of miles to come here with a tired look on his face.
Afterwards, the grievances and uneasiness of Wen Liang's day finally found the outlet to vent. Once she twisted, her eyes finally couldn't hold back the tears. She rushed over, ignoring the surprised looks of the crew members, and stood in the cold wind. In the film, a man and a woman hug each other tightly, their love is wanton and public, turning into a romance in itself.
"Ugh...I will never film again. If you don't behave when I film, something will happen to you..."
Wen Liang in his arms was too excited and talked nonsense. He Tianran couldn't stop laughing. He patted Wen Liang's head and said: "Hahahaha, what are you talking about? If you don't film, how can you do it? I'm still waiting for you. Take care of me."
"I said I missed you, but you pretended not to see it. I said I loved you, but you didn't respond well. I hung up the phone and didn't know what to do..."
Wen Liang raised her head, and although she was crying, she still asked stubbornly. It seemed that she was really angry about the phone call at noon.
"I love you..." He Tianran said softly. He was probably being stared at by people who got out of the car. Everyone stopped and watched the excitement, which made him a little embarrassed. But at this moment, he still had to bite the bullet and said: " You have to say this kind of thing in person to be sincere, right?"
Wen Liangfang was delighted. Just when she was about to say something, Director Chen suddenly spoke and dispersed the crowd.
"Let's go, let's go. Young people are very angry. How can you compare with others? Others are hugging others, so why are you holding them? Go back and hug the quilt. Work will start at six o'clock tomorrow. Don't delay."
The crowd dispersed, and only then did Wen Liang realize that He Tianran, who was wearing a single coat, was trembling slightly.
I saw him smiling bitterly and saying:
"Let's go in quickly. It's really cold here. I came in a hurry and didn't bring thick clothes..."
Wen Liang sniffed a few times, cried and laughed again and plunged into He Tianran's arms. He rubbed his little face against the sound of the urn and shouted:
"You deserve it! I'm going to freeze you to death, freeze you to death!"
BGM: Here We Are Again
(End of chapter)
