leaning on bamboo at sunset

Four years later.

"Dingling." Qi Mu woke up from a hangover with a splitting headache, he fumbled for the phone in a daze, his voice was hoarse, "Huh?"

Qiao Jin's voice came from the receiver: "Aren't you awake yet? What time is it!"

With a sore throat, Qi Mu called her: "Mom."

Qiao Jin said: "Drunk again? You've only been back for a few days, have you rested?"

Qi Mu squeezed the space between his eyebrows, and said, "I haven't been back for several years, how can I escape?"

Qiao Jin paused, and sent him two words: "It deserves it."

Qi Mu smiled and lit a cigarette: "I won't go back tonight either, Fang Junqi is back."

Qiao Jin responded, "Be as virtuous as your father!"

Qi Mu coaxed her: "I will definitely go home tomorrow."

"I don't want to come back." Qiao Jin said, "I'm too lazy to look at you."

Qi Mu said: "I'm also giving you and Comrade Dashan an opportunity to create a two-person world. You must accompany him well. I've kidnapped you for so long, and he'll swallow my heart alive."

At this time, Qi Dashan's voice came over: "Small!"

Qi Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Yes."

Qi Dashan: "Don't come back, Dad will buy you a new house tomorrow, and it's time for you to cleanse and leave the house."

Before Qi Mu could speak, Qiao Jin had already slapped Da Shan and said angrily, "I think it's time for you to leave the house!"

Qi Mu stopped bothering them, and hung up the phone with a smile on his face.

In the past few years, he has been in France, and his parents have almost settled in Paris.Qiao Jin is very familiar with it and is used to staying there, but Qi Dashan can't do it. It's not a matter of getting used to it, but because the company's affairs can't be left behind, and the headquarters can't be moved to Paris.

The three of them are not separated, but his contact with the country is pitiful.

Four years ago, he would never have imagined that he would be outside for so many years without coming back even once.

It's not that I don't want to come back, it's that I dare not.

The absurd things I did when I was young, this little time can't erase it.

Qi Muguang got off the bed and stood in front of the French windows - outside was a slightly unfamiliar high-rise building, and there might be people he was familiar with in the busy traffic.

Qi Mu frowned, and pinched his cigarette.

There is a magazine next to the ashtray, and the man on the cover has a face that can make thousands of women scream.

——The young successor of the Yin family, with an astonishing appearance and a jaw-dropping education.

In the end, he did not go to Tsinghua University, but applied to Yale and stayed in the United States.

Yin Xiuzhu returned to China half a year earlier than him, and now he has become a well-known celebrity, and even appeared in a financial magazine.It's no wonder, it's only been a few years?He is still preparing for the graduation exhibition, and Yin Xiuzhu has already received his Ph.D. He is simply not human.

But he has always been excellent, without him dragging him down, he would not have known how many levels he had skipped.

Qi Mu smiled and lit another cigarette.

Not long after, his phone rang again——

Qi Mu directly pressed the speakerphone, there was a lot of chatter over the microphone, and Xu Xiaoming's voice was also a little hoarse: "Brother Mu, are you awake?"

Qi Mu said: "Just woke up."

Xu Xiaoming groaned and said, "It's been a long time since I drank so much, my head is about to explode."

Qi Mu asked him: "Do you still have a job?"

Xu Xiaoming cried and said, "There is an announcement... Ah, I really want to strike."

Qi Mu pursed his lips and smiled: "Be careful of being chased and beaten by your fans."

Xu Xiaoming pursed his lips and said: "It's better to kill me, I want to die a long time ago!"

Qi Mu said with a smile: "Then the Chinese film industry is about to lose a star?"

Xu Xiaoming said: "The front waves of the Yangtze River push the back waves, I'm about to be shot to death on the beach right now!"

Qi Mu had a few words with him, and then Xu Xiaoming said: "Dr. Fang is back tonight, let's continue."

Qi Mu said: "It mainly depends on you, I can't drink anymore."

Xu Xiaoming said sourly: "Dr. Fang likes me as a young actor? I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany him even if I want to."

Qi Mu smiled, and after a while he pretended to casually say, "Is Yin Xiuzhu coming tonight?"

Xu Xiaoming said: "Where can I get Mr. Yin? He is a very busy person right now."

"Oh." Qi Mu couldn't tell what mood he was in, but he felt very dull in his mouth, and wanted to light another cigarette.

Xu Xiaoming said again: "Why don't you give him a call, and he will definitely come if you just ask."

Qi Mu shook his head and said, "Forget it, if you're busy, don't bother me."

Xu Xiaoming sighed and said, "You said how good you two used to be, and you agreed to take the Tsinghua University exam together, why did you go abroad in such a daze."

Qi Mu's heart twitched, and he couldn't even hold the phone steady: "I can't say for sure what happened when I was young."

"Yes." Xu Xiaoming sighed, "Who would have thought that my brother Mu would become a well-known painter, and Fatty Fang would become a famous scholar..."

Qi Mu smiled and said, "How can you be better than you? Best Actor Xu."

Xu Xiaoming said: "Don't mention my pheasant award, it's not embarrassing enough!"

Qi Mu smiled: "So what? Big box office sales are strength."

"That's true." Xu Xiaoming said happily, "Brother is fire!"

After talking for a while, Xu Xiaoming said again: "How long will you stay this time? Old Wei will leave after the wedding?"

After all, Qi Mu pinched his cigarette. He found out that since returning to China, he couldn't suppress the bitter taste in his mouth no matter how much he smoked. He said, "No hurry, I plan to stay for a while."

Xu Xiaoming said cheerfully: "That's a good relationship. It's been a while since we brothers had fun."

Yes, it's been too long, Qi Mu almost forgot how they went to school together, finished school together, ate together, did homework together, and skipped classes to play basketball together.

If the meaning of growing up is to get rid of the past, then he would rather not grow up.

Before hanging up the phone, Xu Xiaoming said: "Go to sleep a little longer, I'll pick you up right after I finish work."

Qi Mu said, "No need, I'll just call a driver."

Xu Xiaoming said: "Can the driver have a brother? Wait, I will show you my latest trot."

Qi Mu was in a better mood: "Okay, I'll contact you when the time comes." He didn't have a domestic driver's license, and he didn't have time to change it when he came back, so he couldn't drive by himself.

Qi Mu wanted to sleep a little longer, but he couldn't fall asleep anyway. He took the pencil from the hotel and scribbled on the paper.

After he realized what he had drawn.

Yin Xiuzhu's youthful face was already vivid on the paper.

Qi Mu sneered, and wanted to tear it up and throw it away, but when he saw the person in the painting, he couldn't bear to touch it again.

That's all... Qi Mu put the small portrait together with the magazine into the drawer.

In the afternoon Xu Xiaoming came to pick him up on time, but he regretted it as soon as he went downstairs.

Today's Xu Xiaoji is not what it used to be, how can he show his face?

Even though the service staff in this hotel are of high quality, seeing the movie king Xu's eyes shining, he wished to resign and come up to ask for an autograph.

Qi Mu walked with him, and as expected, he heard the click of the camera.

Qi Mu looked at him: "You can't pretend a little."

Xu Xiaoming pointed to his sunglasses: "Is this not enough?"

Qi Mu: "..." You fucking might as well not wear it!

After getting out of the hotel, seeing the crowded parking lot, Qi Mu wanted to move the car out to make room, Qi Mu said, "What should I do?"

Xu Xiaoming: "...Run!"

Qi Mu: "I'm a fucking fucking dog!"

Xu Xiaoming's mouth remained the same: "Brother Mu, you have quite a strong taste."

Qi Mu cursed in French, and Xu Xiaoming said again: "Brother Mu, speak human language."

Qi Mu: "..." He's wrong, it's better to grow up, at least he's been far away from Xu Xiaoji these few years, and he hasn't been tormented by him!

The two of them hid in Tibet, fighting wits and courage with the fans, and finally squeezed into the elevator, unexpectedly bumping into someone head-on.

Xu Xiaoming's sunglasses were all off: "Yin Xiuzhu?"

Qi Mu was panting slightly from running, his head buzzed when he heard the name, he suddenly raised his head, and met Yin Xiuzhu's gaze.

The reunion after a long absence turned out to be in such an embarrassing situation.