half thorns, half joy

Fan Ming, last year's double actor winner, is low-key and unassuming. He is one of the few men in the entertainment circle who has not opened Weibo.

As a businessman, Xiao Zihan has very little contact with actors and stars in the entertainment circle. First, because these people are surrounded by reporters all the year round, they are easily involved in gossip news. Second, the entertainment circle itself is relatively chaotic. Xiao Zihan was too lazy to get involved in those right and wrong.

But the one in front of him was not bad in Xiao Zihan's impression.

Therefore, Xiao Zihan also stretched out his hand and shook Fan Ming's hand, "Mr. Fan, hello."

The two briefly shook hands, and Xiao Zihan noticed that Fan Ming's gaze fell on Xu Yang beside him. Out of politeness, Xiao Zihan introduced them to Fan Ming one by one.

When he heard that Xu Yang was introduced as my cousin, Fan Ming raised his eyebrows and joked with a smile: "Your cousin is very cute."

Xiao Zihan thought it was an ordinary compliment, without thinking too much about it, and added, "It's quite cute."

After all, Fan Ming was not familiar with Xiao Zihan, so a simple exchange of pleasantries like this was already the limit.

Having nothing to talk about, Fan Ming raised the wine glass in his hand and said, "Then I won't bother Mr. Xiao, let's talk."

After Fan Ming left, Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan continued to walk forward, preparing to greet some elders who had already arrived.

No one saw it, the moment Fan Ming passed by Xu Yang, met Xu Yang's eyes, and Fan Ming's finger brushed Xu Yang's palm intentionally.

"Uncle Liu, how are you doing recently?"

"I'm just like that. I drink more medicine than I eat every day, and I'm exhausted." The old man with all white hair and a disfigured figure had a hearty smile and a loud voice, "This is Be your lover."

Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan looked at each other and smiled softly, "Yes."

Tang Xuan stretched out her hand and greeted the old man with a smile, "Hello, Uncle Liu. My name is Tang Xuan. Nice to meet you."

The old man took Tang Xuan's hand with one hand and covered it with the other. He patted it hard and said meaningfully, "Happy, I am happy too, it's not easy, hey, it's not easy for you either. Cherish it."

The old man started from scratch in his early years, starting from selling potato chips at a street stall, and built his own gourmet empire step by step.

Nowadays, many snacks and snacks that young people like are developed and operated by his company.

What is commendable is that the old man was not blinded by money and material desires. Most of the money he earned was donated to educational institutions.It's just a pity that because the body was overdrawn by the hard work in the early years, now I can only rely on high-priced medicines, which is very hard.

Xiao Zihan respects and admires such an old senior who is consistent and lives out his own life from the bottom of his heart.

Hearing the old man's emotion, his heart moved slightly, and he assured the old man: "Uncle Liu, don't worry, we will definitely cherish it, and you should also take good care of your body."

"Hey, I'm in my seventies and eighties. If God tells me to go, I can't force me to stay." The old man's smile was a little desolate, but he was quite open-minded. He turned to Xu Yang and asked Xiao Zihan: "This one kid?"

Xiao Zihan introduced: "Uncle Liu, this is my cousin named Xu Yang, who just came back from studying design abroad."

"Study design, very good."

It stands to reason that at this time, Xu Yang should take the initiative to ask the old man.But to everyone's surprise, Xu Yang stood there blankly without raising his head, wondering what he was thinking.

"Xu Yang!" Xiao Zihan raised his voice slightly.

"Ah?" Xu Yang reacted, looked at Xiao Zihan, then quickly glanced at the others, and understood his situation, "Sorry Brother Zihan, I was thinking about something just now, and I was a little fascinated for a while, so I didn't hear you guys calls me."

Xiao Zihan was slightly displeased that Xu Yang could be so inattentive at this moment of greeting the elders.

Seeing this, Tang Xuan quickly smoothed things over with a smile and said, "There are a lot of designers here today. Xu Yang himself is a design student. He must be nervous and overwhelmed right now."

"Hey." Xu Yang scratched his head childishly.

Xiao Zihan then continued: "Xu Yang, this is Uncle Liu, hello to Uncle Liu."

"Hello, Uncle Liu." Xu Yang stretched out his hand and stuck out his tongue, "Uncle Liu, I lost my mind just now, so you won't blame me."

The old man was an old man with a very friendly personality. It was not easy to say such things to Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan sincerely, so he was naturally not a put on airs character.

Seeing Xu Yang's pitiful expression, he patted Xu Yang's shoulder with his big hand, and said kindly: "There is nothing to blame you for this, old man, I am not very interesting, and what I say is just talking, so there is no need to listen carefully Young people should focus on the things they are interested in.”

"Thank you Uncle Liu." Xu Yang's ears turned red.

The old man smiled kindly, and stopped talking, turned to Xiao Zihan, and said: "Okay, Zihan, you can go and do your work too, I will go back after a round, this noisy person, after staying for a long time, my ears are buzzing hum."

"Okay. Uncle Liu, please be careful on the way back. If there is anything you can use me for, just ask."

"It's better for the old man not to trouble you young people..."

After the old man left, Xu Yang continued to follow Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan a little behind, greeting the celebrities present.

With the lesson just now, even though Xu Yang was full of troubles this time, he still cheered up and greeted them one by one.

But obviously, he was still a little absent-minded.

When the greetings were almost over, Tang Xuan saw that Xu Yang was worried, so she asked, "Xiaoyang, is it because Liu Yixin hasn't come yet? You are in a bad mood."

"Huh?" Liu Yixin didn't come, he had forgotten the name.Xu Yang shook his head, "No, I just saw a few design friends I knew before, so I was thinking about when to go and say hello to them."

"So that's how it is." Tang Xuan said hastily, "Then you go, you don't need to stay with us anymore. There are quite a lot of designers here, and your brother and I don't know each other. You should go and chat with your friends. Better."

Xu Yang nodded obediently, "Thank you sister-in-law."

Xiao Zihan also said: "Well, let's go. Meet us when it's over, or you can go back by yourself, just remember to report that you are safe."

"Yeah. I know."

Xu Yang bid farewell to Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan, then turned his head and walked towards the other side of the banquet hall. Every step he took, he felt his heart beat faster.

In the palm of his hand was a note that was already wet with sweat.

In fact, the nervousness and bewilderment just now were all lies. The reason why Xu Yang frequently deserted and couldn't concentrate was because of this note.

The note was stuffed into his hand by Fan Ming when he passed by him.

Xu Yang was excited, and opened it before going to greet the old man surnamed Liu.

Then, I started to wander.

The reason is related to the content on the note.

Xu Yang walked all the way to the corridor leading from the banquet hall to the lounge, and turned his head to look in Xiao Zihan's direction. Seeing that Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan were chatting with other people again and not looking at his room, he pursed his lips. Strides into the hallway.

Enter the corridor all the way to the end, turn right, Xu Yang is standing in front of the second room with a wooden sign with bamboo characters on the door frame.

He took a deep breath and spread out the crumpled and disfigured note.

I saw only one sentence written on the note.

"At the end of the corridor, turn right to the second room, Zhu, come here and fuck you."