I'm off powder

It takes about fifteen hours to fly directly from Shanghai to New York.

Zhao Zhao sat on the left of Shen Huai, and Gu Yucong on the right.

People who have nothing on their minds sleep peacefully the whole time, but Shen Huai does not.

Gu Yucong got on the plane and briefly told him about Gu Hanshi's illness and his treatment in Boston this year.

Going to Southern California for further studies was a pretense, used to deceive everyone, but unexpectedly, he himself believed it.

They were sitting in first class, which was much more comfortable than the economy class, but Shen Huai still couldn't sleep.

Sleepy but awake, closing his eyes, his mind is full of Gu Hanshi's face.

It was a face I hadn't remembered for so long.

When he met Gu Hanshi for the last time, he was not in a good state. Looking back now, it seems that there were early signs.

But after that kind of thing was exposed, it was impossible for anyone to take it calmly.

Presumably he just fell ill again because he couldn't bear it.

Shen Huai spent more than ten hours thinking wildly, and occasionally fell asleep and was awakened by scattered dreams within half an hour.

They were all nightmares, when it was him and Gu Han in the dream, even if they were charming, a ghost would appear in the middle and devour them.

Because Gu Yucong and Zhao Zhao slept well all the way, they were refreshed when they got off the plane.

Gu Yucong said that someone came to pick him up and asked where they were going, so he could drop them off.

As a child, he always takes other people's feelings as his own.

Shen Huai declined with a smile, saying that they already had an arrangement.

In fact, they came this time for business, to meet a mysterious well-known photographer in the industry.

Xingying has been invited for a long time, and there has been no follow-up. One time, Zhang Yue overheard Shen Huai mentioning that they had met at an international event. Shen Huai tried to contact him, but he didn't expect that someone would want to meet him.

Shen Huai happened to want to go abroad to relax for a while, so he dropped by.

Before parting, Gu Yucong and Shen Huai said they had something to contact on WeChat.

In fact, when he asked Shen Huai if he wanted to see Gu Han, Shen Huai had already refused, but Gu Yucong still held some hope in his heart.

The second day Shen Huai arrived in New York, Gu Yucong sent him a WeChat message.

"I've decided to leave for Boston the day after tomorrow. My girlfriend's brother will take us there by car. You can think about it again. Nine o'clock, in front of NYU."

Gu Yucong thought carefully and even sent a position.

Shen Huai stared at the WeChat chat interface in a daze, Zhao Zhao called him several times before responding.

"what?"

"Brother Huai, I just said that I have an appointment with a college classmate the day after tomorrow. If it's okay, I..."

"It's okay, you go."

It's the day after tomorrow.

If Zhao Zhao is not around, no one will follow, even if he follows Gu Yucong to find Gu Han, no one will know.

As soon as this idea came into his head, he was startled.

They were no longer that kind of relationship, but he still wanted to be sneaky like before.

Still thinking about going to see Gu Hanshi.

He sneered in his heart and thought to himself: Shen Huai, are you an idiot?Do people rarely see you?

But just after asking, another voice sounded in my heart: But you don't care if he is rare, do you?

You have never had any dignity in front of him.

It's not that he doesn't give it to you, it's that you don't want it.

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8: 58.

"Brother, will the friend you mentioned really come? It's already past the scheduled time, this...or you can ask him again."

Wu Tao is the younger brother of Gu Yucong's girlfriend Xiaomin. He studied in New York in high school. Now he is holding the steering wheel, feeling bored.

After all, they have been waiting here since eight o'clock.

Xiaomin nodded Wu Tao's forehead: "Why are you in a hurry, isn't it still nine o'clock? There is nothing urgent, why wait a little longer?"

"Wait until [-]:[-], it's fine if you don't come again." Gu Yucong was also a little anxious, but he had said that before, so he was embarrassed to ask again.

"Eh? That's not...that's not..."

Xiaomin's voice became a little excited and began to speak incoherently. Gu Yucong had a premonition and suddenly raised his head to see Shen Huai walking towards him step by step.

Gu Yucong opened the car door, sat in and moved a seat for him, and said to Xiaomin on the side, "Why don't you take the co-pilot?"

With Xiaomin's stunned and nympho look like this, he really couldn't let her sit in the back row with Shen Huai.

"Ah, good." Xiaomin reluctantly moved her eyes away from Shen Huai, and sat in the co-pilot.

Shen Huai smiled apologetically at her, and said to Gu Yucong, "Actually, I'm fine as a co-pilot."

"Farewell." Gu Yucong spread his hands, "In fact, she is usually a pretty normal girl, but you don't know, she has been your fan for several years. I am afraid that she will plot against you."

Xiaomin was unhappy when she heard this, and turned her head to stare at him: "Gu Yucong! You're done!"

"Sister." Wu Tao next to her sighed and stopped her, "Your god is here, restrain yourself."

Shen Huai laughed again, and greeted Wu Tao: "Hi, I'm Shen Huai."

Wu Tao also smiled: "Hello, handsome guy. Don't worry, my driving skills are very good, and I will definitely bring you there safely."

Facing Shen Huai, a big man, compared to Xiaomin, Wu Tao was much calmer.

Their siblings knew a little bit about Gu Hanshi's situation, but Gu Yucong never mentioned anything about the matter between Shen Huai and Gu Hanshi, so he didn't know anything about it, and it was assumed that Shen Huai stopped by to visit.

——It’s just that it’s a little strange to have to think about it for so long while visiting.

Because of the company of this pair of siblings, there was no embarrassment at all along the way.

Previously, Gu Yucong was worried that he and Shen Huai would have nothing to talk about except Gu Hanshi, but he didn't expect that Xiaomin could talk to him for half an hour even about a movie about Shen Huai.

When it was an hour before the destination, Xiaomin finally said that she was tired, her voice weakened, and she fell asleep in a daze.

The cabin finally returned to silence.

Gu Yucong lowered his head and played with his mobile phone, while Shen Huai looked out the window for a while, feeling a little uneasy.

It turns out that the ancient saying "near the hometown is more timid" is justified. Even though he met an old friend, even though it was only a year apart, he was not less timid.

He thought for a while, lowered his voice and asked Gu Yucong: "Have you talked to him yet?"

Gu Yucong raised his head, looked at him, and didn't realize what he was talking about for a while: "Huh?"

"It's just... I want to come together."

Wu Tao, who was driving, looked in the rearview mirror, but couldn't hear their words clearly.

"said."

"Oh."

Shen Huai felt a little relieved when he heard this answer.

This way Gu Hanshi won't be too surprised, that's fine.

"How did he react?"

"Actually, there are less than ten people who know him around him who know about it." Gu Yucong showed embarrassment, "My brother doesn't really want others to know."

Shen Huai nodded: "It's understandable."

Yes, I am someone else.

"He said you?"

"Yeah." Gu Yucong hesitated for a while, but still told him, "My brother has been in the nursing home for a long time, no one is used to him, and he doesn't need to look at people and socialize, so this year he has a bad temper, not as good as before, If you say something wrong at that time, you should bear it more."

Shen Huai was slightly surprised.

He has almost never seen Gu Han lose control, and it is rare to lose his temper.

In my impression, the only time Le Shaokai caught Gu Yucong...

The name flashed through my mind.

It was someone he hated so much at that time, but those photos and images are still deep in his memory.

After that incident, Le Shaokai did not appear in the news related to the entertainment industry again. There were rumors that Le's had touched a gray area and had been targeted, so he kept a low profile this year.

He really wanted to know what was going on between them right now.

How are they doing now?

Shen Huai thought about whether to ask Gu Yucong, but after thinking for a while, he gave up.

He still wants to maintain some dignity in front of others.

At least still proud.

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Since becoming friends with Seven, Seven often chats with Gu Han on WeChat.

It's not really a chat in the strict sense.

Seven seldom talks, the sentences are usually very short, and his thinking jumps quickly, asking any strange questions.

Sometimes it’s about how to make tomato scrambled eggs, sometimes he asks whether domestic traffic jams are really serious, and sometimes he asks why the character in one of his movies ended like that in the end.

But no matter what you ask, it rarely involves personal matters.

Also because of this reason, Gu Hanshi seldom felt able to chat with him, but gradually became acquainted with him.

Seven asked him early in the morning: "When will your brother come?"

"afternoon."

The six words "the other party is typing" were displayed for a long time, and then suddenly disappeared. After a few seconds, Seven finally sent out the sentence: "Can I come together? Maybe as a friend."

They communicate in English, and at this moment Seven suddenly switches to Chinese. It should be very difficult to type these words, and it is a bit awkward to read.

But Gu Hanshi basically understood what he meant.

He hesitated.

After a few minutes, Seven sent again: "It doesn't matter if you don't."

It's English again.

Gu Hanshi sighed, and replied, "My ex-boyfriend wants to come together."

In fact, when Gu Yucong told him that he met Shen Huai by chance and told Shen Huai about himself, he was really surprised and angry.

But when I think about it the other way around, it’s actually nothing, the relationship between them is over, it’s just that they meet again, they won’t die, and they won’t come back from the ashes.

Why make it so hypocritical.

But he still prepared seriously.

I changed into clean casual clothes and took care of myself a little.

When you see an old lover, you can't be too cold.

Especially Shen Huai is so handsome, he can't be too bad.

After knowing that he is a domestic star, Seven searched his information, and naturally saw the news about him and Le Shaokai at that time. He once carefully mentioned that Gu Hanshi only said that he had a complicated relationship with that person, not him. as imagined.

"I actually had a boyfriend at the time."

Looks like a story about a cheating scumbag.

Seven didn't make any judgments, and didn't delve into it, just said, "It's pretty good, there are people I love, or have loved."

Seven: "Gu, are you afraid?"

Gu Hanshi: "I'm afraid. I'm afraid that you will see us make an embarrassing scene."

Seven: "That's okay, I thought you were afraid he would be jealous."

Seven seldom jokes, but occasionally there are bad jokes, which are not intentional.

Gu Hanshi looked at the line and couldn't help but smile: "Actually, it's all over. It's okay, come on, Dr. Simon has greeted the restaurant, give us an extra meal, let's have dinner together."

It is not very convenient for them to go out, and the procedures are particularly cumbersome, especially since Seven has unsolved cases on his back.

The restaurant in the sanatorium was very good, he thought, and it was still good enough to entertain a few people.

After all, he is a patient, they can all understand, and they won't ask too much.

Seven came to the room to look for him after lunch, was taken aback when he saw his appearance, and said in awkward Chinese, "Gu, you look good today."

"To praise a man is to praise him for being handsome. Handsome, you know?" Gu Hanshi smiled and looked at his watch, "They are probably coming soon."

Seven was a little embarrassed, and looked much more nervous than Gu Hanshi.

Gu Hanshi teased him with a smile: "You're not my boyfriend, why panic?"

Unexpectedly, Seven said solemnly: "Gu, you are my first friend. Of course I must take your family seriously."

Most of the time, he looked indifferent and indifferent, so when Gu Hanshi heard that sentence, he was slightly surprised, and besides, he was a little moved.

He doesn't have many friends in his life, so he especially cherishes the hard-won friendship.

The two usually chat through the screen, and there are not many opportunities to talk face to face. Now they just waited and chatted all over the place.

Seven took the initiative to mention his family. Both his parents died and he had no relatives. He was sent to an orphanage since he was a child. Later, because of his cleverness, he was adopted by an American couple.

"They look good, but they're really bad." Seven's Chinese vocabulary is limited, but when talking to Gu Hanshi, he stubbornly gave up English, "I changed a few later, and I still can't stay. In comparison, I'm still more suitable here."

Half an hour passed while he was talking, and just when he was about to talk about his affairs at Penn University, Gu Yucong came with Shen Huai.

"elder brother."

Gu Yucong called him, and Gu Hanshi and Seven who were sitting on the edge of the bed facing the floor-to-ceiling windows turned their heads at the same time.

At the door, Gu Yucong looked at him with a smile, and a little behind stood Shen Huai and the Xiaomin siblings whom he didn't know.

Shen Huai's expression was very subtle.

First, he frowned slightly, and then squinted his eyes again when he saw Seven next to him.

Gu Hanshi turned around and stood up, also smiling: "You brat."

Then nodded to Shen Huai: "Long time no see, Shen Huai."

Shen Huai was still waiting for him to say something, but unexpectedly he turned to Xiaomin and the others: "It's Xiaomin and Xiaotao, right? I always heard Gu Yucong mentioning you, so I finally saw you. Thank you, Xiaotao drove over."

Hypocritical courtesy.

Shen Huai sneered in his heart, and planned to use sharper words to describe him, but when he approached, he looked carefully, and lost his words and sense of propriety again.

Gu Hanshi became so thin.

It hurts to watch.

He felt that his whole heart was twisted, and his stomach hurt; this kind of pain made him forget the momentary pain caused by Gu Han's intentional or unintentional ignorance of him.

I also forgot the jealousy when I saw the strange man next to me.

At this moment, he was just thinking: He doesn't hate him, as long as the person in front of him can be healthy, he can do whatever he wants in this life, even if he pokes a hole in the sky, he is willing to clean up the mess for him.

Although it was a crushing defeat, it was also willing.