In front of the North Gate

Lou Huaiyu stepped off the stage with three bows in the almost ear-piercing applause of the audience.

The applause below gradually weakened, and Lou Huaiyu felt the cold belatedly. His hands were almost turning into ice cubes, and he couldn't help hissing.

"It's cold?" Hu Haitian asked out of breath.

Zhou Liang was the first to say "nonsense", and he was also rubbing his arms: "I'm going to die of cold in two pieces, hurry up, look for clothes, look for clothes."

There is no shelter behind the stage, basically there are air leaks from all sides, and actors of many plays change clothes here, and the lighting is not good, so it will be difficult to find clothes for a while.

Zhou Liang scolded after searching for a while but couldn't find it. He couldn't hold it any longer, and said tremblingly, "I can't find it. I'll run back first, hiss—come over later."

Lou Huaiyu stepped off the stage and was blown by the cold wind. She was also shaking from the cold, turning over and nodding.

Only Hu Haitian was the quickest to find it, because his clothes were animal fur coats that he had when he was in Niutoushan, which was more conspicuous. As soon as Zhou Liang left with his front feet, he found them with his back feet.

"You should put on my clothes first." Hu Haitian walked over with the clothes, "My clothes are thicker than yours."

Lou Huaiyu gasped, looked at the thick overcoat a few times, but couldn't resist the temptation of warmth, so she nodded.

There was a pile of invisible coats piled up under his feet, and his limbs were frozen stiff. When he was striding, he tripped over something.

Lou Huaiyu screamed, and threw his body forward uncontrollably, the cold wind blew on his face, the soft touch of the animal skin also rubbed against his face, and then hit a stiff chest that was not warm.

Hu Haitian supported him: "Be careful."

Lou Huaiyu's face hurt from hitting the ground, and after a while he wanted to back away, but Hu Haitian had already thrown the animal skin on him.

Lou Huaiyu is small, but the animal skin is large enough to surround two people who are close together.

"Warm up for a while first." Hu Haitian said.

Hu Haitian's body also trembled a little, Lou Huaiyu was embarrassed to enjoy this warmth to himself, so he didn't refuse.

The host on the stage has already started speaking.

Lou Huaiyu participated in the rehearsal, knowing that the host will speak a long paragraph here, talk about their drama, arouse the emotions of the audience, and introduce her team.

The animal fur coat was very thick, but the wind at night was really cold. The two of them were trembling and gasping, shaking while listening to the host's sonorous words.

It was only when the host said, "We will not be like any previous regime," that Lou Huaiyu felt a little warmer. His hands were no longer stiff and unable to move, and his body no longer trembled uncontrollably.

Then he called Brother Hu: "I'm getting warmer now, let's go out and find some clothes."

I don't know if Hu Haitian was paying attention to the stage so he didn't hear it. After Lou Huaiyu said it for a while, Hu Haitian moved.

But instead of opening his clothes, he slowly raised his hand to hold Lou Huaiyu's waist.

Hu Haitian called him: "Xiaoyu—"

Before Lou Huaiyu could raise his head, he heard Shi Jichang's voice not far away, which seemed to be colder than the night breeze.

"What are you doing?" Shi Jichang asked.

Lou Huaiyu quickly got out of the animal fur coat that almost covered half of his head.

"Why are you here!" Lou Huaiyu shouted in surprise.

Tonight, Ji Chang is half of the protagonist, always surrounded by a large crowd, Lou Huaiyu couldn't even say a word to him before going on stage.

Shi Jichang didn't answer him, paused for a while, and then walked over.

Lou Huaiyu took the initiative to open the clothes.

I don't know why, the moment he opened it, Shi Jichang seemed to slow down, but he didn't stop, and walked up to them.

The night wind was really cold, without the package of the coat, Lou Huaiyu couldn't help shaking again, and told Shi Jichang: "I can't find any clothes, so I borrow Brother Hu's clothes to hide."

When he got closer, Lou Huaiyu saw clearly that Ji Chang's expression was not good, as if he was angry with someone.

Shi Jichang quickly grabbed him, without saying a word, he took off his coat and covered Lou Huaiyu's body.

Lou Huaiyu struggled a bit at first, but was held down by Shi Jichang with one hand. Shi Jichang said don't look for it, and went back to get the clothes.

After finishing speaking, he dragged Lou Huaiyu away without looking back.

He pulled the ground very hard, and his palm, which was much warmer than Lou Huaiyu's, was attached to his wrist, pulling Lou Huaiyu almost in a circle, almost twisting his neck. He wanted to turn around and talk to Brother Hu before he had time to trot. for a while.

Lou Huaiyu noticed that Shi Jichang was not very happy, but wasn't sure why.

They walked fast all the way, Lou Huaiyu trotted and followed to the backyard, Shi Jichang slowed down little by little.

Everyone went to the theater tonight, there was almost no one in the back yard, and there was no place with lights like the front yard, except for the little light of the stars, it was dark everywhere.

And when the two of them passed through a long corridor in the courtyard, it was even darker.

Lou Huaiyu is not afraid of the dark, but being almost completely invisible like this still makes him a little uneasy.

Shi Jichang was too quiet along the way, he could only hear his panting, and feel the moderate strength on his wrist.

Lou Huaiyu stretched out his other hand and touched the back of Shi Jichang's cold hand.

"Are you cold, clothes—"

"Lou Huaiyu." Shi Jichang interrupted him, and he also stopped, asking abruptly and inexplicably, "Are you happy with the performance?"

Shi Jichang's tone was not good, Lou Huaiyu couldn't see his expression, but could only feel that he was holding her harder.

Lou Huaiyu didn't know what was irritating about this question, so he had to answer him honestly: "Happy."

"...After the performance, when I saw someone crying in the audience, I felt that I was useful. I felt..." Lou Huaiyu paused, and his voice became softer, "I feel that I have found my own meaning."

In fact, Lou Huai has always felt that it is a bit embarrassing for him to say such words. He feels that he does not understand anything and is not worthy of speaking, so he dare not say it when he thinks about it, and just keeps it in his heart.

But the road happened to be so dark, and the other party happened to be Shi Jichang, so Lou Huaiyu couldn't help but say it.

After he finished speaking, his face became slightly hot, but he also waited expectantly for Shi Jichang's response.

But Shi Jichang only held him for a while, and then let him go.

"Really?" Shi Jichang simply asked in a very unfamiliar tone.

Before Lou Huaiyu understood, he had started walking again.

The only touch and connection on Lou Huaiyu's wrist disappeared.

The wind from all sides was pressing towards him, and the darkness and cold seemed to swallow him up immediately.

Lou Huaiyu felt panic before losing, and couldn't help running two steps forward to catch up.

"Shi Jichang." He called softly.

The warm, soft skin swept over his palm, but it didn't stop.

Lou Huaiyu was stunned.

Shi Jichang ignored him, did not reach out to grab him, and walked forward without stopping.

The short corridor was soon finished, and the world became a little brighter again, but Lou Huaiyu felt that his mood had turned gloomy.

Shi Jichang didn't look like the Shi Jichang he knew anymore.

The Shi Jichang he knew would open his arms below to catch him when climbing over the wall, instead of leading the way with him quietly and indifferently, making Lou Huaiyu feel that even if he fell, Shi Jichang would not look back.

"Shi Jichang." Lou Huaiyu called again in a low voice, "What's wrong with you?"

Shi Jichang didn't speak, and didn't even say a word to him in a simple breath.

Lou Huaiyu felt his heart tighten.

"Shi Jichang," he called again quickly, "I'm a little scared, I'm afraid of falling."

This time, when Ji Chang moved, he stopped and said in a very flat tone: "Then you go ahead, I'll watch you."

After finishing speaking, Shi Jichang took the initiative to walk behind Lou Huaiyu.

It always gets dark very early in Pingcheng, and when he is free, Shi Jichang will eat with Lou Huaiyu from dawn until dark, and then send him back.

Therefore, Lou Huaiyu and Shi Jichang walked this kind of night road many times.

This is the first time, Lou Huaiyu wants to finish this road quickly.

When Shi Jichang walked behind him, it didn't make Lou Huaiyu any less afraid.

He couldn't see Shi Jichang anymore, he just felt that the panic was getting stronger and stronger, which made his heart beat faster involuntarily.

He couldn't help but think about whether he did something wrong or said something wrong, which made Shi Jichang unhappy.

Is it a show?

Or what he just said made Shi Jichang feel ignorant instead?

Lou Huaiyu didn't expect that, he remembered that Shi Jichang was fine yesterday, so he led him back first, asked him if he wanted a haircut, and asked him if the purple rice cake was delicious.

But today, he had almost no contact with Shi Jichang, and after thinking about it one by one, he couldn't figure out what went wrong.

The more Lou Huaiyu thought about it, the more confused he became, and his nose and eye sockets began to feel a little sour.

When I came to a fork in the road, I didn't pay attention and took a step in the wrong direction.

Shi Jichang stretched out his hand to pull him.

This was almost a subconscious behavior, and when he was about to touch it, Shi Jichang realized that he was angry, so his movements were slow, and he could barely touch Lou Huaiyu's fingertips.

And Lou Huaiyu wandered out of the sky, was touched in vain, as if frightened, he withdrew his hand back.

Both of them paused.

Lou Huaiyu turned around slowly, he was walking in front, his cheeks and nose were very red from the wind, because he wanted to cry, so he only glanced at Shi Jichang, and quickly lowered his head.

Looks like you're being shy.

But Shi Jichang thought of the picture of Lou Huaiyu clinging to Hu Haitian today. When he opened his clothes, Hu Haitian's hand was still ambiguously on Lou Huaiyu's waist.

Lou Huaiyu wore so little today, no one knew how long they had been hugging like this, and no one knew whether they were just hugging.

Shi Jichang was thinking all the way, he couldn't control himself, the strange malice almost surrounded him.

He heard himself asking bitterly: "Lou Huaiyu, why are you shy?"