Returning to Dongming City again, Jian Xiwen felt as if he had passed away.When he left, he was a top-ranking person who was burdened with huge scandals and pressure from public opinion; when he came back, he became an ordinary person who decided to start from scratch.

He was wandering and helpless like an ordinary person.

The month in the mountains helped him accumulate courage, not much, enough to return to Dongming City to face the reality, but not enough to deal with all the problems.

Fortunately, he still has Ren He and Qiao Lan.

Qiao Lan helped him take back all the new media accounts and helped him deal with the house that he never wanted to go back to.Except for some clothes, other big items were discarded.Moving these things would definitely attract the attention of the media, and Jian Xiwen didn't want them to know where his new residence was.

After returning from the mountains, he has been living in Ren He's new home.

At first, he didn't want to go back to that house, but later he bought a new residence. Ren He also said that his home was close to the Conservatory of Music, and it was convenient to live here for classes, so he stayed there all the time.

On the first day back, Ren He settled down with Jian Xiwen and went out. There were some tasks that had been accumulated for a month and he needed to solve them.

Qiao Lan helped Jian Xiwen sort out the daily necessities and sent them over, and the two chatted about the current situation.Jian Xiwen's endorsement and filming contracts were all signed by Li Feng, and Li Feng was coordinating the termination of the contract, and Jian Xiwen didn't care about it.The lawyer talked for a month, and the liquidated damages would be quite a lot, but Jian Xiwen could still afford it.He didn't use his parents' money to sell his two remaining properties, and he was able to scrape together, leaving a few million deposits.

Qiao Lan said: "Brother Mao knew that I was still in touch with you, and asked me to tell you that the remaining money can still buy a small house, so don't waste it. You don't know how to invest, so don't fall into other people's money." When you invest indiscriminately, you lose all your last bit of money.”

"Don't buy a house yet." Jian Xiwen said while tidying up the closet, "Keep it in storage."

Qiao Lan persuaded: "Buy a house first, the value of the money will also depreciate, I think it is better to buy house insurance."

Jian Xiwen hung up her clothes, turned around and looked at Qiao Lan with serious eyes.

"I want to save that money and make music."

Qiao Lan was in a hurry: "Making music doesn't make money. What if the money is lost? It's not my crow's mouth, you have to leave yourself a way out!"

"Do you know how much a potato shredded burrito is?" Jane Xiwen asked suddenly.

Qiao Lan was stunned: "burrito?"

Jian Xiwen gestured: "It's such a big one, one yuan and five."

"Huh?" Jolan's head was full of question marks, "What's the matter with the burritos? Did we mention the burritos just now?"

"With the rest of my savings, I can still buy millions of potato shredded burritos, millions, not hundreds!" Jian Xiwen said, "This is a lot of money, not 'a little money'. I You can do many, many things with this money, don’t worry.”

"But you used to earn millions and tens of millions from a single play..." Qiao Lan's voice became smaller and smaller afterward, afraid of making Jian Xiwen sad.

Jian Xiwen leaned against the wardrobe and sighed: "That's why I lost my perception of money."

Qiao Lan was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Jian Xiwen thought for a while, and slowly said: "When Ren He took me to the town to go to the market, I found out that 100 yuan can buy a lot of things. A potato shredded burrito is only 20 yuan, a bowl of tofu curd is only [-] yuan, [-] yuan. You can buy a piece of clothing with [-] yuan. Isn’t this common sense that children know? But I seem to have forgotten it, as if I have lost the ability to perceive money, life, and reality.”

Qiao Lan couldn't understand it a bit, but somehow felt that it made sense.

"Even if I fail completely in the end, I can still be a music teacher, and I can go to a training institution to teach children how to play the guitar. If not, I will go to Ren He's gym to work, and I can still be a receptionist and a clerk, right? I I'm not dead at all, I'm better than most."

Ren He didn't say a single truth, and he didn't comfort Jian Xiwen with the inspirational quote "Chicken Soup for Life".He just accompanied Jian Xiwen to live on the mountain for a while.

But Jian Xiwen felt as if he suddenly understood a lot.

Ren He said that if you think too much about simple things, they become complicated.

Don't think about the entertainment industry, don't think about popularity, profit, traffic, fans, click-through rate, think about what you want to do and what you can do.

Things become easier.

That night, Ren He came back very late.Jian Xiwen waited for him so much that he accidentally fell asleep on the sofa in the living room.

Ren He didn't wake him up, and carried him back to the room directly.

When she was gently placed on the bed, Jian Xiwen woke up and asked in a daze, "What time is it? Why are you so late?"

Ren He kissed his face and said, "I have some work to do, go to sleep, I'll take a shower."

Jian Xiwen lost most of her sleepiness, her nose became sour, and her eyes turned red.Ren He noticed it immediately, and looked anxious: "What's wrong, Xixi?"

Jian Xiwen got up and hugged Ren He tightly, leaned her face on his shoulder, choked with sobs: "I'm really self-willed, knowing that you are busy, I still let you stay with me on the mountain for so long..."

Ren He patted him on the back and said in a low voice: "You are not self-willed, you just encountered some uncomfortable things. You didn't ask me to accompany you, but I wanted to accompany you, Xixi."

Jian Xiwen smelled the scent of the forest after the rain, which was reassuring and intoxicating.He took a deep breath of the mixed smell of forest, grass, water vapor, and soil in the air, his chest was throbbing, and his heart was beating fast.

Ren He stopped patting his back gently, stroked his back slowly, and finally rested his warm palm on the back of his neck.

The breathing of both of them became thicker.

Ren He rubbed the glands on the back of Jian Xiwen's neck heavily with his thumbs.The glands are very fragile and soft, and after being rubbed a few times, they become red and swollen.

Jian Xiwen could feel the agitation of the glands and the surge of pheromone, which was about to be released.

It was at this time that Ren He kissed him.

Drive straight in, unscrupulous, repeatedly licking and sucking the moist mucous membrane.

Jian Xiwen softened, and the surging rose fragrance gushed out, filling the living room.

Ren He picked up Jian Xiwen, kicked open the bedroom door, and walked in, and then the door was slammed shut.

The next day, Ren He accompanied him to the school to complete the formalities for class resumption.Soon, he was back at school.

In the beginning, Jian Xiwen was still worried, wondering what to do in the future, wondering if she could really sing, and if she could write songs.Later, he didn't have time to think about these things. There were not many classes in four classes a week, but he still had to do his homework and make up the homework for the first half of the semester. When he was busy, he didn't remember those things on the Internet.

On the first day he went to class, Ren He was waiting for him outside, and Zhang Yongyuan accompanied him into the classroom.He was wearing a mask at the beginning and sat in the last row of the classroom, and no one noticed.When the teacher called "Jian Xiwen" by name and he called out, the whole class turned to look at him in unison.

"Why? I moved the podium to the back?!" The teacher picked up the textbook and slapped the podium, "Here is the blackboard! Here!"

Everyone quickly turned back.

Fortunately, Zhang Yongyuan was with him.

Zhang Yongyuan found a book and secretly played with the mobile phone in two classes. When the class was over, he was refreshed and said, "I have never played with the mobile phone in class without any burden!"

In the first week, Zhang Yongyuan specially transferred classes and asked for leave, and came to accompany Jian Xiwen back to the Conservatory of Music to attend classes.But Zhang Yongyuan couldn't accompany Jian Xiwen every time.Ren He also thought about applying to the teacher, so he said that he was Jian Xiwen's bodyguard and would accompany Jian Xiwen to class.

After the first week of class, Jian Xiwen thought about it for himself, and told Zhang Yongyuan and Ren He that he was alive and could go to class by himself.He is just an ordinary student, he goes to class normally and won't attract attention.He is not the only star in the school, everyone's curiosity will disappear after two days, if Ren He goes in with him, he will be ridiculed by the crowd for bringing bodyguards.

Ren He agreed, but still insisted on taking him to and from get out of class.

About two weeks later, the media received rumors that Jian Xiwen had returned to school.All of a sudden, the reporters rushed out and stood outside the school waiting to take pictures of Jian Xiwen.But Jian Xiwen's car got a pass and drove directly into the school, and drove home directly after class.The reporters stayed on guard for half a month, not even knowing which car Jian Xiwen owned, let alone taking pictures of Jian Xiwen, so they all dispersed.

The matter of Jian Xiwen returning to school to attend classes caused a brief disturbance on the Internet.But there are no promoters, no hot spots to buy, no fans to scan data, and new traffic dominates the hot searches, new stars occupy the headlines, and new protagonists participate in new idol dramas.Everyone had new topics, new idols, and new dramas. Gradually, everything about Jian Xiwen fell silent.

After no reporter wasted time tracking down Jian Xiwen, Jian Xiwen asked Ren He to contact Shao Chengyi.

He wanted to visit Shao Chengru's parents and apologize in person.Shao Chengru's parents rejected Jian Xiwen. They didn't need to apologize, they just wanted the murderer to be punished by law.

Jian Xiwen didn't force it, but proposed to pay homage to Shao Chengru.Shao Chengru's parents hesitated for a long time and agreed.

The day Jian Xiwen went to the cemetery, the weather was fine, with blue sky, white clouds and clear sky.

Ren He accompanied him, and Shao Chengyi and Shao Chengru's parents also came.

Shao Chengru's parents are in their early fifties. Due to the loss of their beloved daughter, they are haggard and old, and their hair is almost completely white.The two stood quietly by the side, without uttering any words of accusation.

Jian Xi put a bouquet of flowers on the document and bowed three times.

When he got up again, his eyes were red.

Jian Xiwen hardly dared to look into the eyes of the two old people, and said softly, "I'm sorry... I know you don't need me to say sorry, but..."

"Are you really going back to school?" Shao Chengru's mother asked suddenly.

Jian Xiwen was taken aback for a moment before answering "yes".

Shao Chengru's mother looked at Jian Xiwen carefully, and said, "You look just like what Ruru said, so pretty. Ruru's father and I don't watch TV very much, and we didn't know you at first, because Ruru likes you. I just found out about you. Ruru always praises you in front of us..."

Shao Chengru's mother paused for a while, as if she was recalling Shao Chengru's appearance of chasing stars in the past, she smiled lightly.

"She said that you are very handsome, good at dancing and singing, and that you can play the piano and various musical instruments since you were young. You are very good. She said that you can also film..."

Tears welled up in Jian Xiwen's eyes.

"After the murderer was caught, the TV was full of news about you. They said a lot of bad things about you. Her father and I thought it was true and were very angry. Some people said that Ru Ru was a fool, so she went to chase stars and This kind of thing will happen.” Shao Chengru’s mother’s tears kept falling, “We feel uncomfortable, angry, and helpless. We didn’t realize that we misunderstood you until we received this letter from your friend last week. "

"We brought the letter today and burned it for Ruru to let her know that she didn't like the wrong person."

"She's just a little girl, watching TV, so what if she likes celebrities? You have to be a celebrity, work hard, and let those people see how powerful the people we Ruru like are!"

Shao Chengru's mother cried so much that she could only rest under the shade of a tree first supported by her husband and Shao Chengyi.

Jian Xiwen took the letter from Shao Chengru's mother, feeling puzzled.Looking down, the handwriting on the letter was neat and sharp, it was Ren He's handwriting.

Ren He said softly: "I asked Shao Chengyi to check the murderer's account for me, and I took your account password with Qiao Lan, and found the private message from that year. I know you can't do what you said, but I'm afraid Shao Chengru The family misunderstood you..."

The letter was very short, explaining that Jian Xiwen was not the person that the news said, and that what the murderer told the reporter was all slander and rumors, and then attached the content of Jian Xiwen's private letter with the other party.

Jian Xiwen had long forgotten the content of these private messages. He didn't expect that there was another person who was afraid that he would be misunderstood by others, so he specially printed out the screenshots of these chats to clarify.

The private messages are full of long content from the other party, all about how much I like Jian Xiwen, how many votes I have voted for Jian Xiwen, and Jian Xiwen's replies are all thank you for your support.The other party sent more and more private messages, and the tone became more and more excited. Jian Xiwen also replied several times, hoping that the other party would spend some time and energy on his own life and not pay too much attention to him.Later, the other party sent the medical certificate of his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in the hospital, saying that he became like this because he was too obsessed with Jian Xiwen. Jian Xiwen replied that he hoped that he would see a doctor for treatment. I have too many private messages and I can’t see it. Close the private message and no longer reply.

Since then, Jian Xiwen never replied to him again.

Jian Xiwen's eyes were blurred with tears, Ren He took the letter in his hand, and Shao Chengyi handed over the lighter.

When the letter was burned to ashes, Jian Xiwen also wiped away her tears.

Shao Chengru's parents cleaned Shao Chengru's tomb, and the couple slowly went down the mountain with their arms.

Ren He, Jian Xiwen and Shao Chengyi followed behind.

The last time Jian Xiwen saw Shao Chengyi was also the first time. Shao Chengyi's hostility was all over him. Now that he saw him again, the naked disgust of that time was gone.

Shao Chengyi was dressed in casual clothes and had an unshaven beard.Because he privately participated in the investigation of the case that he should not be involved in, and because he failed to control the situation when arresting the prisoner, it had an extremely bad social impact on the victim Jian Xiwen. Shao Chengyi was suspended for inspection and has been at home for two months.

Shao Chengyi already knew about the relationship between Ren He and Jian Xiwen, but he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Shao Chengyi followed Ren He and Jian Xiwen to the parking lot and waved his hands: "I'll take my uncle and aunt back."

Ren He nodded.

"Ren He, I—" Shao Chengyi hesitated to speak, then turned his head to look at Jian Xiwen, took a deep puff on his cigarette and said, "Jian Xiwen, I'm sorry for making the situation like this."

Jian Xiwen's career was also almost ruined.

Jian Xiwen didn't expect Shao Chengyi to apologize to him, so he didn't know what to say for a while.

Say it's okay?It doesn’t matter if he’s not real. Every day when I go to school, I still feel like I’m on the battlefield. I’m afraid that there will be reporters waiting outside to take pictures of him, and I’m afraid that my classmates will come over and talk to him.

Say I don't accept your apology?But if it wasn't for him, Shao Chengru would still be alive and well, and her parents would still be happy.

Jian Xiwen remained silent.

Shao Chengyi waved his hand, turned and left.

Ren He touched Jian Xiwen's head and said softly, "Go home, Xixi."

Well, go home.

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