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There is an inconspicuous restaurant in the north of this small northwest town. The dark green tiled walls in the 80s are paired with creamy yellow glass windows, and it is full of fireworks.

Parking the car at the door of the store, Xiaoye looked around the surrounding environment, and asked with some uncertainty: "Brother Ning, are you sure it's here?"

Ning Jue looked at the busy proprietress in the store, opened the car door and got out of the car, and said to Xiaoye: "You go back first."

When Ning Jue walked into the shop alone, He Dingxi had already been waiting for a long time.

"Coming?" He Dingxi greeted Ning Jue when he saw Ning Jue open the floral curtain and come in, "Come and sit."

Ning Jue put down the heavy door curtain, looked around the cubicle in wonder, and came to the table and asked, "Why are you the only one, and the others?"

"Aren't you proud enough to have me as your companion?" He Dingxi stood up, skillfully put all the cups, plates, and chopsticks on the table into a stainless steel basin, and immediately put on a big hat Come over: "Teacher Ning Jue is such a big show."

Ning Jue noticed that there were several drinks that he had never seen before on the table, as well as some various snacks, obviously not what this small shop serves.

So he asked He Dingxi: "What are these?"

"I just queued up to buy it." He Dingxi peeled off a plastic bag and pushed it in front of Ning Jue: "They are all famous local snacks, try them."

He Dingxi was queuing up with the aunts and aunts in front of the small stall, this scene seemed unimaginable to Ning Jue.At this time, the proprietress rushed in with a hot copper pot. She swiftly put the copper pot on the table, chatted with He Dingxi loudly, and entered the back kitchen like a breeze.

"You and the proprietress are old acquaintances?" Ning Jue took off his coat and hung it aside, and sat down at the table.

He Dingxi did not answer Ning Jue's question, but said: "My puberty came relatively late, and I only started to rebel in my junior year." As he spoke, he poured a plate full of sheep and scorpions on the table into the steaming In the copper pot, I stirred it with serving chopsticks: "That year, I launched a TV series that I signed a long time ago. I wandered around by myself for three months, and the agency company lost a lot of money."

Ning Jue stared at the movements of He Dingxi's hands with downcast eyes, and said with a smile: "How stupid were you back then, no one recognized you along the way?"

"I don't have such a big face." He Dingxi glanced at Ning Jue, and added a few slices of white radish to the pot: "Besides, when it comes to the northwestern border, who knows who you are."

After listening, Ning Jue asked with great interest, "What happened next?"

"Then one day I came up with a whim and wanted to stay here for a while." He Dingxi put a piece of boiled mutton into Ning Jue's bowl: "So I took the bus to sketch in the grottoes during the day, and came to the proprietress's house every night. help in the shop."

"I didn't expect you to be quite romantic before." Ning Jue unceremoniously took a bite of He Dingxi's blanched mutton. The mutton tasted fresh and sweet, and the heat was just right.

"But the proprietress still doesn't know what I do." He Dingxi single-handedly opened two bottles of local beer and put them on the table, then said: "I thought I just went to a big city to work."

Ning Jue picked up the bottle and touched He Dingxi lightly, then raised his head and took a sip, and asked, "Is that period of low tide for you?"

"Of course not." He Dingxi used chopsticks to pick out an ear-soaked oil cake from the bag and put it in the bowl in front of Ning Jue, saying: "When I was really low, I could only chat with fans on Weibo every day. day."

Hearing what He Dingxi said, Ning Jue pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, the expression on his face was a little blurred in the dense water vapor: "I really can't tell, what happened later?"

"Later." He Dingxi said with some self-mockery: "Later that fan changed hands and sold the content of our chat to a marketing account."

At that time, He Dingxi had been in the industry for many years, and he would no longer confide in anyone.Maybe it was because the fan appeared at the right time, or for some other reason, in short, this person who had never met before gained He Dingxi's trust inexplicably.

Where did this trust come from? He Dingxi himself couldn't explain clearly, until later he saw his chat records pushed on various platforms across the Internet.

The hot pot in the middle of the table boiled "gulu gulu", Ning Jue seemed not interested in this topic.He didn't ask any more questions, then picked up the oil cake in the bowl, bowed his head and took a bite.

This pastry looks plain, but it is crispy, sweet but not greasy.

Seeing that Ning Jue likes to eat, He Dingxi couldn't help but put another one into his bowl, and said casually, "You became famous when you debuted, and your journey went smoothly. You must have never experienced the trough in your life."

Ning Jue paused for a moment before raising his head: "Of course."

He Dingxi was curious for a while, but it was not easy to pry into other people's privacy, so he avoided the important and said lightly: "Then how did you get out?"

"Me." Ning Jue put down his chopsticks, smiled and said to He Dingxi, "Probably because of chasing stars."

"Oh?" He Dingxi was a little curious for a while: "Who are you chasing?"

Ning Jue said, "Guess?"

He Dingxi mentioned several people's names one after another, but he didn't guess the correct answer. Instead, he brought up some anecdotes in the circle, and the two of them naturally covered this topic.Maybe it's because Ning Jue consciously eats people and has a short mouth, or maybe the atmosphere tonight is too peaceful.He Dingxi and Ning Jue got along very well, and neither of them took the lead in making trouble.

After drinking and eating, they were not in a hurry to leave. The proprietress half-closed the shutter door and closed it early. The three of them sat in the lobby and chatted for half the night while listening to the noisy TV.

It was past eleven o'clock in the evening when the two came out of the small restaurant.

Ning Jue was brought by Xiaoye's car, but He Dingxi's car was parked in front of the store.It's just that he rarely drank some wine and couldn't drive, so the two simply took advantage of the night and walked back to the hotel.

The folk customs of the small town in the northwest are simple and honest, no one knows anyone under the dim light, and it is very clean along the way.

Halfway through the walk, He Dingxi remembered what happened during the day, and asked Ning Jue, "I heard that your company issued three statements in a row today?"

The night in early spring was still a bit chilly, Ning Jue zipped up his coat to the top, and said casually: "The statement issued by our company can be lined up all the way to Hengdian from here."

He Dingxi looked ahead and asked: "Anyway, we're a colleague, do you need me to do something for you?"

"You?" Ning Jue cast a glance at He Dingxi, and said jokingly, "It would be nice if you didn't follow behind and stab the knife."

He Dingxi shrugged, deeply convinced.This time Ning Jue's unwarranted rumors will stir up troubles all over the city. Although their team is not the instigator, they have indeed stirred up troubles.

Not long after walking, the two came to a small square.At this time, the night was deep, and there were no citizens active in the small square, only an unidentifiable statue stood there alone.

Ning Jue asked suddenly: "Isn't it to take some photos for business today, where is your person?"

"I forgot to notify them." He Ding appeared to be suddenly enlightened in his suit, and his acting skills were a little exaggerated.

Under Ning Jue's questioning eyes, He Dingxi took Ning Jue to stand in front of the sculpture, and took out his mobile phone from his pocket.

He held Ning Jue's shoulders with one hand, raised the phone in front of the two of them with the other, and said with his big white teeth: "Teacher Ning Jue will just make it up, come one, two, three..."

A gust of wind blew by, and the moment the shutter sounded, Ning Jue raised the corners of his mouth, and a smile lit up at the end of his eyes.

He Dingxi didn't post this photo on social platforms until the scenes of the two were completed one after another.

Fans filled their brains with countless touching images of the two of them parting. In fact, there was not even a formal farewell between He Dingxi and Ning Jue.

When Ning Jue was finalized, He Dingxi was participating in an event outside the city, and when he came back, Ning Jue had already left the group and joined the variety show seamlessly.

Ning Jue answered several questions about He Dingxi in the interview. He Dingxi had seen Ning Jue singing and dancing on TV.The interaction between the Weibo accounts managed by the staff is still lively, and the names of the two people always appear together in the fan-black battle.

It's just that He Dingxi and Ning Jue no longer interact in private.

In the middle of the year, Ning Jue and He Dingxi attended many events together. Ning Jue watched He Dingxi walk up the red carpet with his beautiful female companion from a distance, but he still didn't come forward to say hello.

He Dingxi asked Xiao Keran to have dinner several times, and during the dinner, He Dingxi heard a few words about Ning Jue from Xiao Keran.After sending Xiao Keran home, He Dingxi sat alone in the car, thinking of calling Ning Jue.

But in the end no action was taken.

The connection between people is always invisibly diluted.Whether it's hypocrisy or playful, it's somewhat boring to mention it after time has passed.