Overwhelmed

It's rare to wake up early today, and it's not yet the time when Ah Qing comes to wake me up every day.

I sat on the bed with the quilt in my arms, watched the floating dust flying quietly in the sun, and was rarely stunned for a while.

Thoughts involuntarily flew to the peach blossom forest in the previous two nights.

I was really a little drunk that night, and I just heard about the past of Big Brother Bai, and suddenly saw the Lord the next moment, so I had no time to sort out the surging emotions, so I indulged myself and really kissed Big Brother Bai .

Although it was just a very shallow kiss that had nothing to do with desire, I knew that after that night, some kind of irreversible change had indeed taken place between me and Brother Bai.

I don't know if this change is good or bad, but Brother Bai's reaction at that time still impresses me so far—he just turned his head slightly to avoid my gaze, but his voice was a bit dull, "Mingyuan, you're drunk."

My heart suddenly turned cold. Even though my mind was not clear at that time, the feeling of heartache still remained in my heart, which made me feel at a loss.

So these two days I didn't have the courage to contact Big Brother Bai at all. I locked myself in the studio and painted for two days before I calmed down a bit.

"Knock knock..." There were a few light knocks at the door, and Ah Qing quickly opened the door and walked in. Seeing that I was already up, she raised her eyebrows in surprise and told me that breakfast was ready.

I nodded without energy, then got out of bed to clean myself up, and then went downstairs to have breakfast.

A while ago, due to filming and illness, I was delayed for more than half a month. Today is the day to go to school again, but I am not going to learn acting. In the past few days, I have told Wan Qi to go through the transfer procedures for me.

Starting today, I am a student majoring in Diyao oil painting.

Because of this incident, I made a special phone call with my eldest brother.

Everyone knows that I don't have acting talent, and being an actor is really tiring. It really takes ten years of hard work in one minute on stage and off stage. The few simple scenes in "Ups and Downs" tortured me to the point of exhaustion. So now that the shooting task is basically completed, I don't plan to continue to toss myself.

Being an actor is nothing more than fame and fortune or something more noble, for dreams and the pursuit of art.

For me, the Lu family has already stood at the top of the pyramid, and the faces of the people behind the "confession door" really made me feel disheartened and disliked this circle.

Although Big Brother and Wan Qi have helped me deal with it very well, Tang Yuan's fans did have many attempts to intimidate and attack me during this period, including even Di Yao's students.

Although they have been hiding it from me without any trace, I actually know it very well in my heart, I just don't say it.

Artists have no right to privacy, and this kind of life is not what I want, so I have no nostalgia for the entertainment industry.

So when my elder brother asked me what my plans were for the future, I simply said I didn’t know, and wanted to hear my elder brother’s advice.

I remember that I grew up in Europe before returning to China with my eldest brother, so I thought for a moment in my heart, should I go back there to see, after all, my parents are there too.

The elder brother didn't seem to want me to go back, he just said that this matter will be discussed after he comes back. During this time, I can find some interesting things to do first.

Although I was a little puzzled, I still seriously considered my elder brother's suggestion.

Although Emperor Yao is called the Academy of Film, it is actually a comprehensive art university. In addition to training actors, it is also famous for majors in music, art, dance, painting, etc., and even courses such as antique appreciation, piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting are also well-known. In the column, the teaching level is extremely high.

When I reported on the oil painting major, the students were very surprised. The teacher knew about my transfer to the department early in the morning, so he just introduced me to the students and continued the class.

Because of the "Confession Gate" and being stationed in the crew of "Ups and Downs", Diyao's students are no strangers to me. When they first saw me appearing here, many students were surprised, but I didn't intend to explain too much. Anyway, it was just for Kill time.

After the teacher on the stage briefly explained the things to be drawn in this class, he let us go out to collect pictures freely.

Because Wan Qi had other things to do, she didn't come to study with me this time, but because I knew there were bodyguards in the dark all the time, I didn't think it mattered, just as painting also needs to be clean.

When I was walking out with a portfolio, painting tools and a bucket of water, a petite figure rushed over from the door, took the bucket from my hand, and smiled flatteringly at me, "Mingyuan~."

I continued to walk out without stopping, smiled and gave the girl a glance, "Are you sober?"

Xiaoxiao hugged my arm with a grin, wrinkled her nose and complained, "You don't even know, my brother has locked me up at home for the past two days, and has been watching me silently, almost scaring me to death!"

"It's right!" I snorted coldly.

Xiao Xiao suddenly cried, "Would you like to be like this! Why don't I just drink some wine, one or two won't give me good looks!"

My face suddenly changed, and after a moment of silence, I whispered to her, "Stop making such jokes in the future, you know very well that I have nothing to do with your brother."

Xiaoxiao glanced at me unexpectedly, then seemed to remember something, and asked me cautiously, "...you and my brother, did something happen?"

Thinking of the secret that the girl revealed after drinking that night, and the kiss under the moonlight, I felt a little sad for a while.

Xiao Xiao suddenly said thoughtfully, "Did something really happen? I just said that my brother seems to be a little bit out of order these past two days, and his mind is always distracted... Although he looks the same as usual, tsk tsk. "

I raised my eyebrows unexpectedly.

Xiao Xiao looked at me with a smirk on her face, "So, what happened? Did you throw my brother down?"

I glanced at her helplessly, thought for a while, and asked her, "Are you actually not drunk at all that night?"

Xiaoxiao blinked her eyes and looked at me innocently.

I was even more sure of the guess in my heart, and couldn't help but sneer, "No one can say something so clearly after being drunk, you girl, if you want to tell me that, you don't have to get yourself drunk on purpose, so that we all get drunk. So worried."

Xiao Xiao was silent for a while, finally sighed, rubbed her hair and said, "Ah... I know I can't hide it from you, but it's not deliberate... It's just that those things have been piled up in my heart for too long, and I can't find them all the time. Some people said that he yelled out that night with the help of alcohol!"

The melancholy on her face made me feel a little distressed, I stretched out my hand to rub her hair, and saw her usual cheerful smile again, "But that's all in the past, you see I'm not very well now!"

Looking at her like this, I couldn't help but raise the corners of my lips. This girl has such a helpless ability, which made me suddenly understand what Big Brother Bai said about Xiao Xiao earlier.

"What you said to me should be more than that simple?" After pondering for a while, I couldn't help asking her.

Xiaoxiao looked at me with a smile, "Mingyuan is so smart, he should be able to guess it!"

I stared at her for a while, and felt the firmness and persistence in her eyes, and finally sighed, "Why me? Your brother can obviously find someone better."

It seems that I have not misunderstood all this time, Xiaoxiao is indeed matching me and Brother Bai, after that night, I am more sure about this matter.

Xiaoxiao thought for a while, "Mingyuan, you know, my brother actually doesn't pay the slightest attention to anyone other than me. When he was a child, he wanted to protect me from harm, so he kept me under his nose all the time. But I have grown up now, and I have the ability to protect myself, and my world has become very open. I have many things I like, friends I like, and things I like to do, but my brother is still stuck in the past... he I'm still the only one in my life."

"That's not right," she said softly.

I looked at her silently and didn't make a sound.

She glanced at me and continued, "When I met you, I found that you are a very serious person. I have never seen such a hard-hearted person like you, and I really hated you at the beginning."

"Why?" I finally couldn't help asking, that's what she said that night.

"Because just looking at you, you can tell that you are the type that you are used to since you were a child. It makes people like us who have an unfortunate childhood very uncomfortable." Xiao Xiao puffed her cheeks.

I looked at her in embarrassment, and saw that her face gradually softened, and she said to me with a smile, "But only people like you can let us understand what happiness is like. The first time I see I thought so when you were there."

"I... don't quite understand." I looked at her blankly.

Xiao Xiao smiled, "Ming Yuan, do you really think that my brother is so special to you just because you are my friend?"

"Otherwise, why else?" Brother Bai treated me no differently from others at the beginning, until he joked that he was going to marry me, then he gradually changed his attitude. Although it was not obvious, I was still aware of it.

All this is because of the small, I have always been very clear.

Xiao Xiao couldn't help but let out a big sigh, "Do you really think that I have only had you as my friend for so many years? Why didn't my brother treat Huo Shu like this? I just planted a cause, how to do it specifically, In fact, it all depends on what my brother thinks. There are so many possibilities to separate us, but my brother chose the most ambiguous one. And... he can even be so distracted in front of me these days. , doesn't this mean that he has begun to care about your performance?"

"You have to know, before I met you, my brother has never been like this!" Xiao Xiao raised a finger, squinted his eyes and said seriously, "So, you must be responsible to my brother!"

I twitched the corner of my mouth, and finally couldn't help complaining, "Let me be responsible for what I do? Besides, even if I really want to be responsible, you must be willing to do it!"

Xiao Xiao suddenly smiled like a flower, "You finally admit that you have plans for my brother~!"

I couldn't help but rolled my eyes, and said, "Yeah, yeah, your brother is so lively and sweet, and he still hangs around in front of me. If I don't have any plans for him, doesn't it mean that he Very unattractive!"

Xiao Xiao looked at me with a look of "it should be so", "Since you have said so, then use the same energy you used to stalk Tang Yuan in the past, and try to get my brother!"

囧rz...

"Brother Bai is really your own brother!"

Now that the united front has been reached, Xiaoxiao naturally knows all about Brother Bai's various interests and hobbies.

"Don't look at my brother who always looks calm and calm. In fact, that person is lazy and lazy. He doesn't go out because there are too few things that can arouse his interest and he has no friends, so he has been staying at home. Do you know Time can take him out for a stroll."

After thinking about Brother Bai's reclusiveness, I nodded and couldn't help but add, "Your brother is still very picky about food, and he doesn't seem to like things with a strong smell, and he doesn't eat animal offal and blood, which taste very bland. .”

Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, "That's right, but in fact he likes fresh seafood, let alone beef and mutton."

"Yeah." I simply opened the drawing board and wrote down one by one on it.

Xiao Xiao continued to babble with me.

When the sun was about to set, Xiaoxiao finally explained that it was almost done, and the painting I painted for several hours was finally completed smoothly.

Looking at the large peach blossom forest in full bloom in the night on the drawing board, and a slender figure hidden in the depths of the peach forest, I couldn't help but raise the corners of my lips.

Xiaoxiao tsk-tsk praised a few times, then turned her eyes and said, "Give this painting to me."

I glanced at her unexpectedly, and although I felt that the girl's expression was a bit strange, I still nodded.

"After it's done, I'll have someone fix it and send it to you." And I have to show the teacher a look at the job.

Xiao Xiao nodded with a smile.

So two days later, I walked into the gate of Bai's house with the finally inlaid painting.

Because I had greeted Xiaoxiao beforehand, she and Big Brother Bai were both there at this time.

When seeing me, Xiaoxiao rushed over as always.

In fact, sometimes I really doubt whether this girl thinks of herself as a woman. Although she knows that the object of my plans is her brother, I am still a man anyway...

For some reason, I suddenly understood Brother Bai's feeling of being an older brother.

After rubbing the girl's hair, I handed the painting to her, and then looked up at Brother Bai, whom I hadn't seen for several days.

His expression was as soft as ever, but his face seemed a little pale, and there was even a faint blue shadow appearing in his eyes.

I couldn't help frowning, didn't he sleep well recently?

"Brother ~ look, look, this is Mingyuan's painting~!" After we sat down on the sofa, we showed the painting to Big Brother Bai like a treasure.

Brother Bai smiled dotingly, nodded to her, and said softly, "It's very beautiful."

"I think so too," Xiaoxiao happily held the painting, rolled her eyes, and asked, "Do you like that brother?"

Brother Bai paused with his hand holding the teacup. I felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange. Just as I was about to say something, Brother Bai nodded slightly and said "I like it" lightly.

My heart beat suddenly faster, even though I knew he was talking about painting and nothing else, I couldn't help but feel a little heartbeat.

I frowned slightly, although I was sure that I did have a crush on this person, but...his influence on me seemed to be greater than I imagined.

"Since you like it, brother, I'll pass it on to you. I believe Mingyuan won't mind, right?" Xiaoxiao said cheerfully.

I looked at Xiaoxiao in surprise, she blinked at me slyly, I finally chuckled lightly, nodded and said, "Since it has been given to you, it is natural to do as you like."

Xiao Xiao laughed a few times, then suddenly stood up holding the painting, "Then I'll hang this painting in your room first~ Such a beautiful painting, every day looking at it will make you feel better! "

After finishing speaking, I ignored the reactions of Brother Bai and I, and ran upstairs excitedly.

There was a moment of silence in the living room.

I picked up the teacup and took a sip. The unique fragrance of soothing tea slowly soothed my tense nerves and gradually relaxed me.

God knows how much courage I mustered up today to meet this man.

Leaning on the sofa, squinting my eyes and carefully tracing the face of Big Brother Bai with my eyes, I gradually discovered that this man really seems to be like a novel, becoming easily distracted.

Just like now, even though we are sitting face to face, his expression is still gentle, but his eyes seem to be always on a certain point on the ground, and there is a rare bit of confusion in his eyes.

This was simply impossible before, at least since I knew him, he has always behaved impeccably.

It's really the first time for her to appear slightly dazed and impolite in front of people like today.

Inexplicably makes me feel kind of cute.

Before today, I never felt the word cute fit this elegant man.

Helplessly stroking his forehead, I think it's not normal for me to have such thoughts...

"How's your body?" With a wry smile still hanging on the corner of his lips, he heard the man across from him ask softly.

I froze for a moment, then chuckled and put my hands down, "It doesn't seem like this is the first time you've asked me that."

Brother Bai was also taken aback for a moment, the corners of his lips raised slightly, but he turned his head slightly, not looking at me, "It's true that your body is always in trouble."

I looked at him innocently, "I didn't mean it either."

Brother Bai smiled and said nothing.

I stared at him for a while, and finally couldn't help but whispered, "I thought you didn't want to see me again."

Brother Bai paused for a moment, then finally turned his head, his eyes gradually fell on my face.

I looked at him seriously, "I don't regret what happened that night."

Brother Bai remained silent, but the smile on his lips gradually faded.

I lowered my eyes, "You know what I'm talking about...Actually, before today, I have been hesitating, because I know that you approached me because of Xiaoxiao, and you have always hated me..."

In fact, Brother Bai should have been almost paranoid about little protection, but after learning what kind of life they lived in the past, I think it is understandable.

For him, Xiaoxiao is an inviolable pure land, so anyone who wants to break into their world will be rejected by him.

"No."

I froze for a moment, and looked up.

Brother Bai repeated in a low voice, "Really not."

...don't hate me?

The corners of my lips couldn't help but rise, I got up and moved closer to Big Brother Bai, noticing that he moved slightly, as if he wanted to step back, I immediately pressed his hand to keep him from moving.

Brother Bai's eyes faintly showed some helplessness, and he said in a low voice, "Mingyuan, what exactly do you want to do?"

I looked at him with a smile, and there was obvious happiness in my voice, and I leaned into his ear and said, "Haven't you found out yet? I'm chasing you..."

After speaking, he deliberately blew in his ear.

Brother Bai stepped back abruptly, and I was taken by him so that I couldn't stabilize my figure. My vision blurred, and when I came back to my senses, I realized that Brother Bai was pressed on the sofa by me. With a somewhat annoyed look on his face, he looked at me helplessly and laughed non-stop on him.

"Get up first..." Brother Bai pushed my shoulder.

"I'm sorry," I smiled and leaned on him, looked at his face, well, it's good, I'm not really angry, I can continue to flirt, and said with a smile, "Brother Bai, your face is very red now ~"

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

I chuckled lightly, put my fingers on his chest, and continued to laugh, "The heart beats fast too."

Brother Bai still looked at me silently, with a complicated expression on his face.

I snorted softly, raised my eyebrows and said to him, "When you approached me back then, you should have been prepared to face this situation."

He frowned slightly, but after a while, he revealed that gentle expression again, and said softly to me, "Mingyuan, don't mess around."

But I heard a bit of coldness from it.

I know he is really a little angry.

However, Xiao Xiaoming clearly said that Big Brother Bai hardly has the emotions of a normal person when facing other people, but why do I always feel that this person is quite normal?

Reluctantly getting up from him, I caught sight of Big Brother Bai's slightly messy hair and clothes out of the corner of my eyes. I slightly bent the corners of my eyes, feeling that I liked his current appearance better than his usual impeccable appearance.

These words slipped out of the lips naturally, "I really like your current appearance better, it feels very real."

He paused slightly with his hands tidying up his cuffs, and I raised my lips, "Since you don't hate me, then there is a possibility that you like me, and you can't stop me from liking you, so, do you want to take a gamble?"

Brother Bai squinted his eyes and looked at me for a while, then raised his eyebrows slightly, "What bet?"

"I bet that there will be a day when I will be in your heart."

"If I win, we will be together; if I lose..." I paused, "If I lose, I will completely give up on you. Xiaoxiao and I are still friends, and will only be friends forever."

When the words fell, my heart was beating wildly.

I feel like I'm doing something crazy. What he's most worried about is Xiaoxiao, but I'm betting on the person he cares about the most.

You can't blame me for being mean, it's because although the man in front of you looks gentle, he is very stubborn inside.

Moreover, Xiaoxiao should also like to hear about it...

Brother Bai frowned slightly, as if he was dissatisfied with this, and fell silent for a while.

I looked at the coldness in his brows and eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in my heart. I didn't know whether it was right or wrong for me to force him like this. Although, I don't think this person is innocent. After all, if he didn't provoke him deliberately Me, I might not like him either.

Silence spread between us, I watched his cold expression, my heart sank gradually.

When he was about to give up, the unique gentle voice of the person in front of him suddenly broke into his ears, "...I promise you."

After taking a deep breath, I realized that I had been holding my breath. When I heard his voice, my spirit relaxed, and my palms were covered in cold sweat.

He actually agreed.

I thought in a daze.

This has to be the bravest thing I've ever done in my life.