Chapter 75: Looking Back at the Past

When it got completely dark, Zhou Ziheng held his hand tightly and walked out of the mint-colored aquarium that once belonged only to them.

The outside of the culvert seemed to be a different world. People came and went, rubbing shoulders. Both of them wore masks and hid in the busy crowd.

"Ask a question." Zhou Ziheng raised his hand and smiled like a child. Xia Xiqing turned to look at him, "Why?"

Zhou Ziheng's eyes were illuminated by the lights on the side of the road, flickering, with fireflies in the head, "What can I do during the probationary period?"

The roadside began to become bustling, Xia Xiqing broke free from his hand, half lowered his head and looked at his completely soaked shoes, "I haven't made up my mind yet."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was slightly bumped, "It's okay to hold hands."

Xia Xiqing put his left hand on his right wrist, rubbed the palm of his hand that was reddened by him, and said in a slow tone, wanting to say but not wanting to say, "...Yes."

Just finished speaking, was bumped again.

Xia Xiqing frowned and raised his head, looking at Zhou Ziheng's deep eyes, those eyes that looked like a crescent moon when he smiled.

"What about kissing?"

His voice was half warm and soft, as if seductively walking through his heart step by step.

"It's okay to kiss."

Xia Xiqing stood aside a little, deliberately making a disgusting tone, "I see you, you really want to be in the headlines of gossip."

"That's right." Zhou Ziheng quickly walked two steps to the front of Xia Xiqing, turned to face him, and walked backwards step by step, without looking anywhere else, only staring at Xia Xiqing's beautiful peach blossom eyes, "I can't wait to let it go. The whole world knows that I finally talk about..."

"Be careful."

A eldest sister who was pushing a cart in the back to catch the night market almost collided with Zhou Ziheng's back. Xia Xiqing's eyes were quick and he grabbed Zhou Ziheng's arm and pulled him towards him.

The chests of the two were pressed together, Xia Xiqing raised his head and rubbed the tip of his nose against Zhou Ziheng's chin, afraid that he would not be able to stand still, so he reached out and wrapped his arms around his waist.

"...I'm in love." Zhou Ziheng said the last three words in a daze, and lowered his eyebrows to look at him.

The lights around them gradually came on, and the moment when the two were touching each other, in slow motion, frame by frame outlines the shape of a hug.

"I want to kiss you." Zhou Ziheng whispered in front of him, the eldest sister who was almost hit by him before was not ready to give up easily, and she was quite addicted.

"Ouch, you can't watch it, such a big person still walks backwards and hits my car. Let's see what to do."

The eldest sister scolded and pushed the car away. Xia Xiqing also recovered, let go of her hand and pushed him away, dragging him to her left, "Look at the road."

"I want to kiss you." Zhou Ziheng came over and repeated it with a smile.

here we go again.

When he got a little sweetness, he started to sway without restraint, which is completely Zhou Ziheng's style.

If you don't give him some color, you really treat him like some innocent little angel.

Xia Xiqing raised his eyes, from his pupils down, his eyes were sticky, stared at the lips under the black mask for a while, then raised his eyes again, fixedly looking at Zhou Ziheng's deep pupils, the ends of the trembling eyelashes were all amorous.

After the teasing was over, Xia Xiqing chuckled lightly and walked forward with both hands in his trouser pockets. Zhou Ziheng, who had lost half of his soul at the sight of him, stood there.

Those eyes are so seductive.

Zhou Ziheng sighed ten thousand times is not enough.

After regaining his senses, Zhou Ziheng rushed a few steps in a panic, "Hey, wait for me."

"No wait, what do you eat with such long legs?"

"To chase after you."

"Nerve."

Zhou Ziheng sent a message to Xiao Luo and asked him to deal with Director Kun and Jiang Yin, and he shut down the computer neatly.

The two of them avoided the killing banquet like this, but they couldn't stop eating. Xia Xiqing led Zhou Ziheng to a nearby hot-boiled beef noodle. Zhou Ziheng grew up in Beijing and didn't eat much authentic rice noodles, let alone this. A special kind of blanched beef noodle.

"Boss, two bowls of wide noodles, one bowl should not be spicy." Xia Xiqing turned to look at Zhou Ziheng, "What do you eat, beef? Loin?"

"Beef." Zhou Ziheng looked at the plate of beautifully cut meat, touched Xia Xiqing's elbow, and asked in a low voice, "What is the waist flower?"

Xia Xiqing glanced at him with a wicked smile, "You don't even know that, Young Master Zhou." After speaking, he poked Zhou Ziheng's waist with his finger, put it in his ear, and said grimly, " kidney."

Zhou Ziheng immediately covered his waist.

Xia Xiqing also deliberately said it vividly, "Take out the fresh kidney and cut it in half, cut out the white tendon in the middle, use a sharp knife, one knife and one blade into thin slices, put it in the boiling soup and rinse it twice, it is crisp and tender, which is very good. eat."

Hearing that, Zhou Ziheng couldn't help shaking, "I want beef, beef."

"Okay." The boss quickly took out the white and soft rice noodles from the broth and put them into a bowl, scooped out the beef soup, marinade, diced green onion and radish, and blanched the fresh beef slices on the noodles and handed it to Zhou Ziheng . He also made another serving and poured a tablespoon of spicy brine for Xia Xiqing.

The air conditioner was turned on in the store, and the two of them sat facing each other with a bowl of noodles, and they were very comfortable eating.

"My favorite breakfast when I was in school was beef noodles, blanched or braised beef." Xia Xiqing felt that it was not spicy enough, so he scooped another spoonful of chili oil into a bowl and stirred it up. The whole bowl was glowing red, making Zhou Ziheng feel terrified.

"Don't you feel bad for your stomach after eating so spicy this early in the morning?" Zhou Ziheng picked up a chopstick powder and put it in his mouth. It was tender and smooth, and it was delicious.

"It's okay," Xia Xiqing scooped a spoonful of sour cowpeas and put it in Zhou Ziheng's bowl, "We have a lot of breakfast here, and it's not the same for 30 days a month, hot dry noodles, three fresh bean skins, roasted plums, and noodles. , eggnog, too many to count."

"Then you have to invite them all over again." Zhou Ziheng took a sip of the soup from the bowl and smiled at him, like a large dog, clingy and obedient, "Otherwise I will stay in Wuhan and not leave."

"Then don't go, just stay here."

After leaving the noodle shop, the two of them ate some snacks along the night market. Both their phones were turned off, and no one paid any attention to them, so they quietly pressed down on the road.

Xia Xiqing has never really been in love with anyone in the past, although he can't say it...

He glanced at Zhou Ziheng beside him.

But he was indeed his first love.

"I don't want to go back to the hotel." Zhou Ziheng held a bunch of water chestnuts in his hand, biting the next one and eating it with a crisp sound.

Xia Xiqing recalled the previous scandal, "There should be a lot of reporters at the entrance of the hotel now."

Zhou Ziheng didn't know why, so he turned his head to look at him, "Why?"

"You don't know?" Xia Xi gave him a innocent look, "Now that the scandal between you and Song Nian is spreading all over the Internet, why don't you know?"

"I was filming all afternoon, and I didn't have my cell phone with me. Later, after I got my cell phone, I kept calling and contacting you." Zhou Ziheng ate the last water chestnut and continued vaguely, "I turned it off later. Now, where do I go to know about the scandal."

Xia Xiqing glanced at him angrily, "Then you know now? Zhou Ziheng's first scandal since his debut."

Zhou Ziheng threw the lottery in his hand into a trash can not far away, and put it on Xia Xiqing's arm shamelessly, "Isn't my first scandal with you?"

"Fuck off."

"Don't get out." Zhou Ziheng put an arm around Xia Xiqing's shoulder, "All the girls who study in the country have to testify to me, and the only person I've had an scandal with is Xia Xiqing."

Sticky. Xia Xiqing glared at him and said nothing. Zhou Ziheng touched Xia Xiqing's face with his hand and sighed, "I don't want to go back, I don't want to mess with those people."

The alley is coming to an end.

Zhou Ziheng quietly took his hand, "I've been in this circle since I was a child, and I've acted in a lot of dramas over the years. People always say that I became famous when I was young, which saved me a lot of time compared to others."

"You've also lost a lot of time." Xia Xiqing's voice softened unconsciously, thinking of the projector in Zhou Ziheng's bedroom, and of that obedient and soft Zhou Ziheng, very cute. Such a small child plays various roles in the entertainment industry, but fortunately he did not lose himself.

And purer and better than anyone else.

"Time is very precious, one-dimensional, one-way, and it will never come back." Zhou Ziheng put his fingers between Xia Xiqing's and held it firmly, "But if you are here."

"I just wanted to waste time with you."

Xia Xiqing's heart was beating wildly.

"No." Zhou Ziheng suddenly turned to look at Xia Xiqing.

"I want to waste everything with you."

The dim and old street lamps hit the ground, and the two people's shadows were long, entwined and cuddled with each other. Xia Xiqing looked down and was silent for a long time, as if hesitating for something.

Zhou Ziheng opened his mouth first, "Are you going back? Are you tired?"

"I'll take you somewhere." Xia Xiqing grabbed him and said suddenly.

Zhou Ziheng didn't ask any more questions, so he followed Xia Xiqing back to the empty studio to get the car. There was almost no one in the crew, and he was probably still eating. Xia Xiqing opened the car door and entered the driver's seat, "Get in the car."

The black car slipped into the traffic like a fish, hiding the two people's thoughts and secrets in the bustling city.

This is Zhou Ziheng's car. Xia Xiqing drove it for the first time. His palms were sweaty and sticky. While waiting for the red light, he reached out to the storage box on the side of the steering wheel, trying to find out if there were any wet tissues or the like.

"Hey, don't pull it away."

It was too late, Xia Xiqing had already opened the lid, and there were a lot of cutely packaged candies inside, so much that they overflowed, just like popcorn that just popped.

The cart full of candies fell, and the two of them were startled, looked at each other again, and laughed.

This little storage box is completely my heart. There are so many bits and pieces of sweetness that it overflows at the touch of a touch, and it can't hold it.

The scenery outside the car window changed, from a remote bush to a tall building, and then to a deep and quiet lake. The stars were crumpled and sprinkled on the lake, sparkling. Zhou Ziheng was tired all day, crying and laughing, and fell asleep.

This is a group of villas built on the lake. It is very quiet. Xia Xiqing drove his car through the gate and was stopped by the security guard. He took off his mask and looked at it. A security guard in his 40s came out. He first squinted. He glanced at Xia Xiqing in the driver's seat, and saw him leaning over the window of the driver's seat. He smiled and called Uncle Lin, and the other party recognized him.

"Isn't this Xi Qing? It's been so many years since I saw you."

Xia Xiqing had a smile on his lips. Seeing the other party let him go, he only exchanged a word or two before driving into the community.

In the dream, he felt that someone was patting his face lightly. Zhou Ziheng grabbed the hand and followed his fingers to touch the callus left by the painting on his hand.

Xia Xiqing watched as he closed his eyes, grabbed his hand, put his hand on his mouth, kissed him again, pinched his chin viciously, and shook it twice, "I'm still sleeping, then I'll rape and then kill."

"Come here, you can't ask for it." Zhou Ziheng spread his hands, his eyes still closed, "It just happened to fulfill my dream of a car shock."

Xia Xiqing rolled his eyes, pushed Zhou Ziheng's face, and unfastened his seatbelt, "I thought I was shameless, but I didn't expect you to be so young. Get out of the car!"

Hearing what he said, Zhou Ziheng rubbed his eyes and got out of the car, standing beside the car and stretched his waist. Looking around, saw a three-storey single-family villa in front of me.

"I thought you eloped with me." Zhou Ziheng looked at the villa and saw that the pale yellow walls didn't look like new, "Could it be that you bought me a house? You want to take care of me."

"Thinking beautifully." Xia Xiqing took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, looked for the street lights, and walked towards the gate of the villa holding one of them. Zhou Ziheng took it seriously only now, it turned out that this villa really belonged to him, "Where is this?"

Xia Xiqing lowered his head and inserted the key into the lock, turned it twice, and pushed the door open. It was dark inside, and he couldn't see anything. His footsteps stopped at the edge, motionless.

"What's wrong?"

"This is my former home." Xia Xiqing lowered his head and smiled bitterly, "No, it's where I lived when I was a child." He took a deep breath, not realizing that his fingers were shaking.

Zhou Ziheng was stunned.

It turned out that the "one place" that Xia Xiqing said lightly was his former home. where he used to live.

It is also the place where he was tortured.

He couldn't help but think of the drunk Xia Xiqing crying silently in his arms that night.

"You said you don't want to go to the hotel. This house is decent enough to make do with one night. Anyway, no one has lived there for more than ten years. I don't know if there is any electricity." He took a step, reached out and touched it, found the switch of the light, and with a snap, the crystal chandelier in the lobby turned on.

"The light is still good, that's fine." Xia Xiqing walked in two steps, and found that Zhou Ziheng hadn't followed. He looked back and remembered that he hadn't told Zhou Ziheng about his family background, and he may have thought he was not good enough until now. It's a small painter, Xia Xiqing explained with a smile, "I forgot to tell you that my family is in the real estate business, Media Asia Group, you should know. At first, I made a home here, and then when the business became big, I went to Beijing……"

After speaking for a long time, Zhou Ziheng suddenly held his hand, Xia Xiqing was stunned, and looked up at him.

"Your hands are so cold." Zhou Ziheng rubbed his frozen palm, his deep eyebrows and eyes were full of tenderness, he took a step closer, hugged Xia Xiqing in his arms, and kissed his ear.

"Thank you."

Thanks for your trust.