self-awareness

A few days after the "College Student Awards Ceremony", Chengxing held a celebration banquet as usual to celebrate the achievements of its artists who won almost all the awards at the ceremony. Except for those who had jobs that day, almost all the artists and staff of the company All present.

Gu Biao impassionedly expressed his vision for the future of Chengxing at the celebration banquet, and the employees were greatly encouraged. After a few rounds of drinking, everyone drank.

After the celebratory feast was over, someone took the lead to go to the ktv booth again, and the location was in "Jingfu".

The convoy of a group of people traveled through the night for a while, and finally stopped in front of an inconspicuous middle-rise building. Ye Tang got out of the car, followed the company's people into the building, and the leader hugged him at the front desk on the first floor. Name and box number, and a waiter led him into the elevator.

When the elevator door opened again, the style of the building had changed drastically, facing a huge dance floor, psychedelic lights, luxurious decoration, deafening sound waves, and a group of men and women dancing wildly on the dance floor, it was like a dreamy scene .

This is Jing Mansion, a hidden gathering place located in a busy city.Ye Tang is familiar with this place because it is a gathering place where artists from the capital often come and go.When he was Li Mingchuan's assistant, he also accompanied Li Mingchuan to visit several times. There were private gatherings and work contacts here.

Cheng Xing booked a few VIP luxury rooms, Ye Tang was pushed into a room, and without exception, he saw Li Mingchuan sitting in the middle of the sofa, with people sitting on both sides.

Li Mingchuan was the protagonist of this celebration banquet, and Ye Tang's arrival was purely to make up for it.Ye Tang wisely sat in the vacant seat near the door, and watched as a few people frantically planned and advertised their tricks in the middle of the venue.

Many people in the arena were inquiring about the details of "Liao Zhan's elbow hitting the little fresh meat". Various versions of this story have now been passed on to the miraculous.

This incident is undoubtedly the biggest hotspot of this awards ceremony. It has been nearly a week since the incident, and the discussion has not stopped and continued to ferment.

"I heard from Liao Zhan's assistant that Liao Zhan's recent activities have been cancelled, probably because he was pushed too hard by the reporters!" said the person next to Ye Tang.

Someone next to him answered: "I also heard that Xiao Xianrou deliberately took the opportunity to hype this time, what's his name? He Yang? You said before this, who knew who he was, and now it's all over the place Already!"

"Hype, absolutely hype!"

"He's on fire, Liao Zhan is miserable! I think their company has been in trouble for a while haha!"

But the topic didn't last long. Someone with a wink caught a glimpse of Li Mingchuan sitting beside him and said nothing. Thinking that Li Mingchuan had a close relationship with the protagonist of this incident, he quickly changed the subject.

Soon someone arched: "Ye Tang, sing a song!"

Ye Tang smiled and waved his hands to evade, but a few people went crazy but took the lead in booing, shouting: "Ye Tang! Ye Tang! Ye Tang!"

Someone put the microphone into his hand and shouted: "Just this one, those flowers, Hackberry's, the tune is very simple, can you sing?"

"Ye Tang sing one! Sing one!" Everyone booed.

Ye Tang was pushed and shoved by several people to the corner of the venue where there was Li Mai. Everyone pushed him on the high stool, as if he would not stop until he sang.

Ye Tang had no choice but to perfunctorily hum along with the music:

"That laughter reminds me of my flowers

Open quietly for me in every corner of my life

I thought I'd be by his side forever

Today we have left in the vast sea of ​​people

They are all old

where are they

We went to the end of the world like this..."

It was strange to say that the originally noisy private room gradually quieted down after Ye Tang's singing sounded.

The quiet and gentle tune seemed to evoke some nostalgic feelings. Ye Tang sang quietly, and the pleasant voice lingered in the air like gurgling water. It seemed that all the glitz and restlessness had disappeared, leaving only the most authentic emotion.

"La... miss her

lah...is she still driving?

la... go!

They have been blown away by the wind and scattered in the sky..."

Li Mingchuan looked at Ye Tang who was singing softly, the light and shadow reflected on his clean face, but his thoughts drifted far away.

He thought of the boy in the white shirt walking under the shade of the trees in the playground. The sun's mottled light and shadow passed through the gaps in the branches and leaves, and hit the boy's young face. When the breeze blows, the boy's bangs will be blown. His shirt was swollen by the breeze, as if his whole body was filled with a pleasant and refreshing breath.

How many times, when Li Mingchuan saw that figure, he felt the urge to go forward. He didn't need to talk about anything, he didn't need to have any purpose, just walking by his side like this would be a wonderful thing.

However, he never put this idea into practice.

There are always groups of good buddies by his side. They have different views on that person from him, and they even take pleasure in humiliating that person. In the end, he never took that step.

The name Ye Tang became a taboo attraction, he wanted to get closer, but in the end he chose to keep a safe distance.

He watched his good buddies throw the boy's beloved camera down the stairs with laughter and smash it to pieces, and watched the same group of people tear up the man's textbooks and homework, throwing crumbs all over the place , At that time, what did the boy's eyes look like?

There was never any fear, not even anger, in those good-looking eyes, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, and after a farce, he never showed the humiliating expression that those who targeted him wanted to see.

He would always meet that gaze unexpectedly, that person just looked at him quietly, as if full of many stories, but never revealed anything.

"Some stories haven't been told yet, so forget it.

Those feelings have been difficult to distinguish between true and false in the years

Now the grass is overgrown and there are no flowers here

Fortunately, I used to have your spring and autumn, winter and summer..."

Li Mingchuan was surprised to find that many of his memories of middle school were blurred, but only for Ye Tang, every relevant picture was so clear, which is so strange.

"La... miss her

lah...is she still driving?

la... go!

They have been blown away by the wind and scattered in the sky

They are all old

where are they

We went to the end of the world like this..."

Everyone started humming along scatteredly, and finally developed into a chorus. Those who drank too much, those who were emotional, those who were joking, and those who were lonely. Everyone seemed to heal themselves, following Ye Tang's voice , and sang the song together.

The guitar and flute accompaniment fades out softly, the last note hanging in the air with a lingering reverberation.

Ye Tang opened his eyes, but met the eyes of the man sitting on the sofa again unexpectedly.

This time, Li Mingchuan didn't look away, as if he wanted to get some answer from the man, he stared deeply at him.

The boy in the memory, the man in the dream, gradually overlapped with the person in front of him, every vivid expression, every inadvertent look at each other, layer upon layer, actually created a stormy sea in his heart.

Only then did he realize that when he was young, he longed to be close to Ye Tang.

This discovery surprised him. He never thought that he would regard Ye Tang as a special existence. Ye Tang seemed to have been in his life all the time, like a decoration blended into the background. How could he become the protagonist under the spotlight? ?

Could this be the reason why Ye Tang frequently appeared in his dreams during this period of time?Is this what his subconscious mind was trying to tell him?

But why now?Knowing this, what can he do?What else can he do?

Once the thinking is cleared up, many things that happened in the past will become reasonable. He was young and ignorant, and he never explored where his conflicted feelings towards Ye Tang came from when he was young. Now that he recalls that period of the past , He actually felt that it was his eternal regret that he was not able to walk to the boy's side at that time.

Memories of the past surged up like a tide, and Li Mingchuan felt astonished that he seemed to have discovered some shocking secret, like a seed buried deep in the ground, which has taken root without knowing it, and now it is about to break through the ground and see the sun.

Ye Tang got off the high stool, and the people present applauded respectfully.He didn't return to his seat, but went straight out of the box.

Li Mingchuan didn't know what illness he was suffering from, but when he saw Ye Tang leaving the room, he became anxious and got up and chased him out.

With Ye Tang's back close at hand, Li Mingchuan stretched out his hand, as if he didn't want to miss the opportunity he had when he was young, and grabbed him fiercely.

Ye Tang took only a few steps in the corridor when someone grabbed his arm from behind and turned around with a domineering force.

Li Mingchuan: "..."

"Ah!" The waiter passing by to deliver the wine was taken aback, almost knocked over the wine glass on the tray by Ye Tang who suddenly turned around.

"Sir, are you okay?" The waiter asked nervously, every guest here is a VIP, it's a small matter to overturn the wine, if you offend the guests, it will be bad.

Ye Tang looked at the hand grasping his wrist inexplicably, then at the unpredictable Li Mingchuan, and finally said to the waiter: "It's okay, I'm sorry I bumped into you."

The waiter hurriedly replied, "No, no," and then left in seconds.

Li Mingchuan never let go of Ye Tang's hand, and even his breathing was a little unsteady.

Ye Tang looked at Li Mingchuan's bright black eyes, and there seemed to be inexplicable emotions surging in them, and asked strangely, "Mingchuan, what's the matter?"

"……Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the bathroom."

"..." Li Mingchuan let go of Ye Tang's wrist, cleared his throat and said, "I'll go too."

"Uh, well, it seems to be over there."

There used to be a bathroom in their room, but Ye Tang just wanted to go out for a walk and get some air. It was a surprise that Li Mingchuan would come out with him.

However, Li Mingchuan's heart was filled with a deep sense of unease. He was taken aback by his actions just now. For a while, he was a little confused about his thoughts on Ye Tang. He actually started to worry. For Ye Tang, he Made a bad judgment, a bad decision.

The two pushed open the door of the bathroom with their own minds - if it is awkward for two grown men to go to the bathroom together, then bumping into someone in the bathroom who happens to be playing wild games can be said to raise this level of embarrassment to another level .

When Li Mingchuan and Ye Tang stepped into the bathroom, they heard ambiguous * * * in a cubicle.

"Uh... ah..."

"Hmm... Huha... Huha..."

The door of the compartment was slammed and squeaked, and the sound of the gun's impact was also heard endlessly. Listening to the movement, it seemed like two men.

Li Mingchuan's mind was full of black lines, and he was about to say something, but the door of another compartment was pushed open with a "clang".

He Yang came out quietly, and walked towards the sink with a gloomy expression.

Ye Tang: "..."

Li Mingchuan: "..."

He Yang: "You two want to pursue excitement, and don't think about hygiene? I didn't smoke you just now, did I?"

The movement in the cubicle stopped for a while, and an unbearable voice cursed: "I hate your mother!"

He Yang chuckled, then turned around, looked at the two people at the door, "What a coincidence, we met here."

Li Mingchuan was obviously uncomfortable, and motioned for a few people to go out to talk. When he arrived in the corridor, he introduced: "He Yang, this is Ye Tang, Ye Tang, this is He Yang."

He Yanghao looked at Ye Tang without hesitation, "So you are Ye Tang."

He Yang himself looked more refined than on the screen, Ye Tang didn't quite understand the meaning of this ceramic doll-looking person's words, so he just greeted him politely.

Li Mingchuan hesitated to speak to Ye Tang several times, but in the end he didn't say anything, didn't use the bathroom, and led He Yang away.

The boss of Jingfu was a very popular rock singer when he was young, and he had a lot of contacts in the entertainment industry. When Jingfu first opened for business, several big brothers in the circle often came to join him. , Jing Mansion is well-known and has become a high-end meeting place for entertainers in the entertainment industry. It is very common to meet celebrities here, so Ye Tang didn't think it was strange to meet He Yang.

However, Ye Tang's "encounter" that night was far more than that.On the way back to the private room, he ushered in another "unexpected encounter".

"Ye Tang! What a coincidence!" Tan Chen greeted warmly.

Ye Tang felt that the person in front of him was very familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he met him or what his name was.

"I'm Tan Chen! You don't even remember your old classmates!" Tan Chen said exaggeratedly, pointing at his face.

It was only then that Ye Tang remembered that when he was in middle school, Li Mingchuan was always surrounded by such a number one person, no wonder he looked familiar.

There was another tall and handsome man standing beside Tan Chen, who interjected at the right time: "Tan Chen, why don't you introduce your friend to me?"

There was a hint of hesitation in Tan Chen's eyes, but he finally introduced: "Ye Tang, this is my friend Qin Yan. Qin Yan is... one of the shareholders of Jingfu." Tan Chen said vaguely.

Qin Yan stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Ye, I've always been a fan of your movie. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Thank you." Ye Tang shook hands with Qin Yan, but he didn't take Qin Yan's words too seriously. When he was away from home these days, no one would know how to say a few nice words, and he was not so naive as to believe everything.

"There are still people waiting at my side, so let's not talk much for now." Ye Tang said.

Tan Chen was also considerate, "Everyone from your company is here, I just met Chuan'er, hurry up, don't delay your business, contact me later."

Ye Tang naturally didn't take the phrase "return to contact" seriously. Tan Chen has always been Li Mingchuan's friend, but he has no friendship with him. Although he is an old classmate, he is not in regular contact. There was a fight when he was young and ignorant, and after that, Li Mingchuan's gang of youngsters almost disowned him.

Ye Tangquan thought this was an acquaintance who was acting on the spot, but forgot about it afterwards.

After returning to the private room, I saw that Li Mingchuan's seat was empty. After asking, I found out that the protagonist of the celebration banquet had already left early.