On the rooftop, He Tianran held chopsticks in one hand as a baton and waved it back and forth, while making gestures of retracting and opening with the other hand, he sang in the lead:
"To all your worries -"
He raised the chopsticks in his hand, raised his other hand, spread his fingers, and a group of little girls suddenly sang in unison:
"Bye Bye!"
Then he sang the next line freely:
"Say to all the joy——"
"Hi Hi!"
Everyone was happy in this noisy scene. Only the protagonist of this birthday, Wen Liang, died alone. This kind of unexpected surprise in public without saying hello in advance would really make contemporary young people go straight to the center of the earth. !
However, Wen Liang is also an actor after all, and she is not afraid of acting in public. This kind of thing is a bit embarrassing, but it does not make her lose the most basic expression management. After sorting out her emotions a little, she accepted everyone's birthday wishes with a smile. , but she clenched her cheeks tightly, waiting for He Tianran to sit down again after finishing his performance.
During this period, Wen Liang asked the young girl next to him:
“Is this your company culture?”
Xiaotu clapped her hands along with Ge'er and whispered:
"It's okay, but when our company's employees celebrate their birthdays, Director He will send a big red envelope privately, and then directly give him a day's birthday leave. For things like this where everyone celebrates a birthday together, he will ask for advice first and never force it. ."
Never force yourself?
Well, it seems that I don’t even have the chance to choose to die in public...
After singing the song, He Tianran finally stopped contentedly.
"Thank you, Director He, this is truly an unforgettable birthday for me!"
Wen Liang gritted his teeth, but the smile on his face remained intact.
He Tianran waved his hand, "Haha, what Teacher Wen said, didn't we all catch up? It's a coincidence, and it's fate."
Yesterday I was criticized, and today there is another scandal. Even if I know that Wen Liang may not be responsible for it, who is He Tianran? After the incision, my stomach was full of bad water. Didn't you say on the set yesterday that I couldn't act? Then I will show it to you today. It doesn’t matter whether it is your Wenliang’s birthday today, but buying a cake and singing a birthday song is all that matters anyway.
As for the drama, if you want to act it out, act it out in full, so that you little bitch won't tell the truth.
He Tianran felt happy when he saw Wen Liang's expression. There was no grudge between the two of them. Once the cake was eaten, all the unhappiness was over.
Don't tell me, Wen Liang's gloomy mood has indeed improved a lot after such a fuss.
Everyone divided the cake. He Tianran never liked cream, so he put it aside first and took the lead in taking a piece of tripe and rinsing it.
Wen Liang lowered his head and glanced at his dipping sauce. It wasn't that bad to be forced to listen to the birthday song just now. Now he almost couldn't stand it. His eyes widened and he couldn't help but ask:
"Director He, do you eat Chongqing hot pot with sesame sauce?"
He Tianran said haha:
"Haidilao has been expelled from the entire hot pot world. You can eat it in any way. What's wrong with dipping it in sesame sauce? Just think of me as a northerner."
Yao Qingtao interjected at this time:
"I heard that Ah Liang is from Chongqing? He seems to be very particular about this."
"Yes, Director He's way of eating is simply treasonous in our hometown. If he goes to eat at the hot pot restaurant over there, he will be kicked out."
Wen Liang watched He Tianran blanch the tripe from the bottom of the red soup pot, then put it into a dipping bowl, dipped it in a circle of sesame sauce, put it in his mouth and chewed it deliciously. He felt uncomfortable all over and almost didn't spit it out. One sentence, "You can't eat red soup, please go and eat the bottom of the pot of clear soup, okay?"
"Is it so serious?" He Tianran said vaguely while eating.
Wen Liang frowned and pushed his dipping bowl over.
"You try mine, I haven't tried it yet, it's a very authentic Chongqing hot pot dipping sauce."
He Tianran lowered his head and saw that her bowl contained only sesame oil, minced garlic, spicy millet, and some sesame seeds and green onions, and nothing else.
"Is this... delicious?"
"Of course, let's try it, it's a classic style."
Wen Liang blinked and encouraged.
Others were pushing their bowls over, and He Tianran also wanted to try the authentic way of eating Chongqing people, so he stretched out his chopsticks to pick out a piece of hot duck intestine from the bottom of the pot where the red oil was boiling, and put it into a bowl with warm water. After mixing it up and picking it up again, the duck intestines were dripping with sesame oil and steaming. It looked appetizing. He blew on it first, and then sucked it into his mouth.
The first feeling on the tip of the tongue is the hotness of the hot pot, and as the teeth chew, it is the crispiness of the duck intestines, especially the sesame oil dipped in the water. Although it makes the ingredients more fragrant, it also amplifies other flavors, especially the A pungent taste——
hot!
Wen Liang scooped a spoonful of cake into her mouth and tasted it carefully. She looked at He Tianran's expression, her eyebrows raised, like a little devil who had succeeded in a prank.
He Tianran took a mouthful of duck intestines and didn't scream or make any fuss. He just looked around silently for a moment, with a kind of anxiety in his eyes. He scratched the back of his neck, as if he was looking for something...
"Hey, Liang, please pass me your juice."
At this time, Teacher A Liu, who was enjoying his meal on the other side of the dining table, spoke.
"OK."
Just when He Tianran's eyes lit up when he saw the juice on the table, Wen Liang picked it up and, as if he didn't notice the embarrassment of the people around him, stood up and handed it to A Liu.
He Tianran watched helplessly as the juice was taken away. At this moment, his lips could not help but open slightly, sucking in cool air.
Wen Liang sat down again, looked at his expression, and smiled knowingly:
"How about Director He, my dipping sauce is okay~"
"Hi~hehe, that's so awesome!"
He Tianran couldn't eat spicy food, mainly because he didn't have this eating habit. The taste buds in his mouth were really unbearable after a spicy bite. He simply stood up, walked nearby and got himself a bottle of cold beer, bit open the lid with his teeth, and said At the beginning, I drank several mouthfuls of "dong dong dong".
Don't tell me, after these few sips of wine, the spiciness in my mouth is diluted. This feeling is inexplicably refreshing. I just want to take another sip...
Wen Liang snickered secretly. She found that He Tianran was quite a face-loving person. He didn't say anything if he wasn't used to eating spicy food. When he got spicy, he refused to express his stance and secretly solved the problem by himself.
In fact, these two people's secret antagonism has always been seen by A Liu, Yao Qingtao, Xiao Zhu Xiaochen and other colleagues. They are not blind, not to mention that one of them has a birthday today and the other is the boss. This is the time. He was the centerpiece of the dinner party, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately asked for juice just now, waiting to see He Tianran eat up.
At this time, Yao Qingtao spoke:
"By the way, yesterday I heard Director Yu say, Ah Liang, you and our natural brother are classmates in high school?"
Well, no matter which pot was left untouched, the topic that troubled He Tianran the most was finally brought up.
Now, except for He Tianran, all the employees present here are female. The three female screenwriters in the conference room just now were enough for him to drink a pot. Now that such gossip is brought up, how can it be repaid?
He Tianran felt that the eyes of these girls suddenly lit up, making him feel like a sheep caught in a pack of wolves.
"Really? Ah Liang, do you and Director He still have this kind of fate? Didn't anything happen when you were in high school?"
A Liu took the lead and didn't even have time to pay attention to the cooked shrimps in the pot.
"Then Sister Taozi and I were classmates when we were in college. You didn't see what happened to us."
Before Wen Liang could speak, He Tianran tried to change the topic.
Unexpectedly, Yao Qingtao was very generous and did not hesitate to betray himself, adding fuel to the fire and saying:
"Director He, please don't drag me into trouble. Do you still remember that time when we were librarians together? I wanted to have something happen with you, but you clearly rejected me. I was sad for a while. ."
"Wow~~~"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the house was shocked. A group of girls showed expressions of excitement but trying to suppress it. What day is it today? Why is this hot pot so delicious...
"Ah? Is there such a thing? Then Sister Taozi, how can you still work with Director He now?"
Wen Liang asked jokingly.
"I can't help it, it's too much. I originally went to the customer department of Shanhai Group after graduation. Later, He Tianran started his own business. His father knew that I was a classmate of him, so he transferred me to serve him."
Yao Qingtao's exaggerated explanation made He Tianran unbearable:
"What, what? You obviously knew that I was going to open a film and television company, and you, a star-chasing girl, wanted to do it, so you came to me to discuss it. That's why I asked my dad to transfer you here. You can't taint someone's innocence for no reason. What does it mean to serve me..."
"Then I leave tomorrow?"
Yao Qingtao raised his eyebrows, and He Tianran quickly raised his glass.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."
Everyone laughed when they saw He Tianran's humble appearance. He raised his wine glass and the wine spilled slightly. He was stunned...
Good guy, the wine in this glass has never been so full...
He squinted at Wen Liang, who looked at him innocently.
There's no other way. Since it's been raised, all we can do is drink it clean.
"Actually, I only found out about the fact that we are high school classmates when you were filming "A Thousand Knots of Hearts" last year. Wasn't Director He's family background going viral on the Internet at that time? All the information was leaked out. I was shocked. Seeing that he went to Gangcheng Middle School in high school, I suddenly remembered, ah, I did have a classmate named He Tianran when I was in high school."
Wen Liang explained in a leisurely manner, and brought the topic to her and He Tianran again.
This was indeed the process of her knowing that He Tianran was her classmate, but it was not the process of the two getting to know each other. He Tianran was originally thinking about why she didn't tell her about that trip, but then she thought about it, even if she did, she If you don't admit it, it would be in vain if you said it, so it is better to say something that is within the scope of everyone's knowledge.
Thinking about it this way, the girl Wen Liang is still a bit measured. At least she didn't take advantage of the crowds to talk about topics that made her feel that she had nothing to say, and she didn't know how to answer it.
"You just know? So you were strangers to each other in high school?"
A Liu found it unbelievable. In her opinion, the two people here are undoubtedly excellent. A director and an actor are a perfect match. It’s not that they have to force themselves to be the boss, but since they knew each other when they were students, they should have experienced some interesting experiences. The right thing to do.
"I was just a passerby, but classmate Wen Liang was not." He Tianran recalled with a smile: "Wen Liang was already quite famous in our school at that time. Wherever he went, he was surrounded by stars holding the moon in his arms and cheering behind him. As for me, I wake up late, and I was very frustrated when I was in high school. I was a homebody and an introvert, and didn’t like to communicate with others, so I often made people laugh. It wasn’t until I went to college that my personality improved a little.”
"Director He, you are so good at playing, but you also have times when you are introverted? Don't lie!"
A Liu joked that among their group of friends, it was completely impossible for He Tianran to be associated with terms such as introvert and otaku.
"I lied that I was a puppy, okay!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I still don't believe it. You must have been a big star when you were in high school! Tell me, Liang~"
Wen Liang was pouring water into the bowl when he heard A Liu calling him, and he suddenly came back to his senses.
"Ah... yes, Director He was quite low-key when he was in high school. He was inconspicuous and spoke very little. At that time, no one knew that he was a prince. Because I was an art candidate, I spent most of my time there Training class, high school, I really didn’t have anything to do with him, but... I remember that his most glorious deeds seemed to be his senior year in high school. His grades improved very quickly, and in the end he was admitted to the University of Hong Kong in the college entrance examination. He was the kind of person who worked hard quietly at that time People."
He Tianran was also moved when he heard this:
"That's right, Teacher A Liu, if you insist that there is a story between us... After the college entrance examination, on our school's honor wall, Class 2, Grade 3, my photo was posted together with that of classmate Wen Liang. This It’s the closest we’ve ever been in our entire high school years.”
After that, he picked up a piece of meat and ate it happily.
Wen Liang listened quietly. The reason why she was distracted just now was because she realized that He Tianran didn't seem to object to the fact that they knew each other. He could even help her find the culprit of the scandal today, and now she can They openly admitted their former classmate relationship.
All this undoubtedly proves that he has not been affected by some of his past gossips and has deliberately kept a distance from himself.
The topics were rotating during the meal, and everyone was in a lively atmosphere. Wen Liang simply stopped thinking about this issue. Although it was regrettable, but thinking about it, if He Tianran didn't say it himself, or really didn't remember, then it would be useless to think about it.
"Hey, Teacher Wenliang, can't you eat spicy food?"
Beside him, Xiaotu suddenly asked.
"ah?"
Wen Liang didn't know why, and when she looked down at her bowl following the other person's gaze, she found that she had filled the bowl with half a bowl of water at some point, and she was holding a piece of beef between her chopsticks, slowly Rinse the red oil chili on the surface...
Yao Qingtao, A Liu and others also acted warmly and teased He Tianran:
"Director He, please return the dipping water to others to keep it warm. Haven't you seen that others are starting to use mineral water as dipping sauce?"
He Tianran was startled, and then he realized that he had already eaten several chopsticks of the dipping sauce that he had brought with him.
He was also confused. The dipping sauce was already very spicy. There was no reason why he couldn't notice it and could continue to eat it...
"Hey, look at me, I was just chatting and forgot about it. I'm going to get another dipping water for Classmate Wen."
He Tianran slapped his forehead, stood up, and blurted out:
"Spicy sesame oil, mashed garlic, millet, just these three, you don't need to add the others, right?"
"..."
This scene suddenly made Wen Liang feel so familiar...
The neon lights of the city's night scene hit the faces of everyone on the rooftop. The changing of cups and cups was still going on, but at this moment, everyone's faces changed...
A Liu became his best friend Sheng Qidong, Yao Qingtao became Li Wang, then Cai Jueming, Hu Yue, and... Gu Ling, who had changed her name to Gu Qiaoman.
Everyone who had gone their separate ways seemed to be reunited, with smiles on everyone's faces and joking with each other, as if they were back in college.
The only thing that hasn't changed is He Tianran in front of him. He opened his mouth as if he was saying something to himself...
"Wenliang... Wenliang?"
As the voice gradually grew louder in her ears, Wen Liang came back to her senses again.
"ah?"
Seeing her state, He Tianran comforted her and said:
"Oh, don't worry too much about your management secretly filming you. Just eat well. Your health is important. I'll get you some water."
The other party thought that today's events made him worried, so he was distracted.
Wen Liang looked at everyone present again. Everyone was back to normal. Where were the faces of his friends in his memory...
Her eyes slowly dropped to the piece of meat soaked in water in her bowl.
When had I ever had the habit of eating hot pot and drinking water again?
(End of chapter)
