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Chapter 124 Lies
It's only six o'clock when get home.
It's just that in the deep winter, the sun disappeared early, and it was as dark as the night.
After a simple dinner, they leaned on the bed together, each with something on their minds, but they didn't mention it, they stuck together very quietly, feeling each other's heartbeat and breathing.
Snowflakes fell outside the window, and I remembered that on the way back, the car radio said that the city’s biggest snowfall in the past 60 years was about to come, but the two cuddled together, and it seemed that they could barely create a small world.The warmth is overwhelmed.
Sheng Min didn't know when Li Xuan woke up, it was only five o'clock when he woke up, and there was no one around him.
Putting on his coat and walking out of the bedroom, seeing the light in the study room, Li Xuan frowned slightly, looking at the computer with a focused expression.
"Are you up?" It took about a quarter of an hour before he noticed Sheng Min by the door.
"Eat something?"
"Not hungry yet." Li Xuan said, "Why don't you sleep for a while?"
"If you wake up, you won't be able to sleep." Sheng Min smiled, seeing Li Xuan stretching out his hand to him, he walked over to hold it.
"So cold?" Li Xuan pulled him to sit on his lap, and turned up the temperature of the air conditioner.
The fluorescent light from the computer screen dimly illuminated Li Xuan's well-defined jawline, and the insignificant fragility of yesterday seemed to have disappeared overnight.On the contrary, Sheng Min couldn't help but feel sore in his heart, and pressed his forehead against Li Xuan's shoulder to cover up his gaffe.
"What's wrong?" Li Xuan touched his back, "Cold?"
"No." Sheng Min shook his head, sat up straight, turned his head to look at Li Xuan's computer, he couldn't understand the rows of codes, pinched Li Xuan's fingers with lowered eyes, and said softly, "Do you need money?"
Li Xuan smiled, Sheng Min looked up at him, pretending to be angry: "Why? It's not shameful to use my money."
"Raise a little boy, you?"
"That's right." Sheng Min said in a relaxed tone, "Not happy?"
"Very happy." Li Xuan smiled, and said, "Not yet."
"How long is it for now?"
"Two or three weeks." Li Xuan held his finger instead and said casually.
Sheng Min stepped back a little, put his palm on Li Xuan's shoulder to look into those black and white eyes, he didn't know how Li Xuan's two or three weeks were calculated, was it just the company's daily expenses?What about the relationship?What about the compensation to the partner?...But he felt that it was too cruel to ask these questions now, so he hugged him again and put his ear next to him: "You have to tell me, Li Xuan. I will help you find a way, and I will give you whatever you want.”
Warm breath fell on the side of Li Xuan's neck, Li Xuan stroked his hair: "I know."
After dawn, Li Xuan went to the company, but didn't come back at night, and worked overtime all night, and the same happened the next day.
The company's affairs are not going well. Although Sheng Min doesn't know the progress, almost a week has passed, and "One Corner" has not been restored to the shelves of major software platforms, but it is something that can be seen without asking.
The heavy snowfall in the weather forecast came a few days later than the broadcast, and the wind and snow were surprisingly heavy. Perhaps the flowers in the vase were caught in the snow on the way, and they were put in the bottle, one cold and one hot, but for most of the day, they withered.
Sheng Min took out the withered flowers and threw them away, and when the phone rang, he received a text message from Li Xuan, saying that he would not be going home today and asked him to eat by himself and go to bed early.
Below Li Xuan's message, the two most recent ones are from Deng Jing and Zhang Shan.
Standing for too long, the corridor lights went out.Sheng Min lowered his eyes and put away his mobile phone, thought for a while, then went home and put the radish and oxtail soup simmering on the kitchen stove into an insulated box, and drove to the software park.
It was dinner time, and there were not many people in the company. After the executive called, he said politely, "Mr. Li is in a meeting, please wait for him in your office."
She looked at this young man who claimed to be a member of Li Xuan's family with a little curiosity. Most of his face was covered by a hat and a mask, only showing beautiful and inexplicably familiar eyebrows and eyes.
Relatives, brothers?She speculated wildly: "I'll take you there."
"Thank you." Sheng Min shook his head lightly, "You don't need to lead the way, I know which one it is."
Perhaps it was for ventilation, but on such a cold day, half of the windows in the office were left open, and it felt much colder than in the hall when walking in.
The wind blew a corner of the paperweight on the table flying up and down. Sheng Min coughed and went to close the window. The thermos bucket was placed by the table, only to find that several documents had blown onto the carpet.
He bent down to pick it up, and was about to press it again with a paperweight, when he suddenly saw the words on the top page, and his hands froze.
It was a lawyer's letter from the partner, requesting compensation for the loss caused by the game being taken off the shelves.The amount is not exaggerated, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the lion opened his mouth.
Scrolling down is the same, there are several pages in a row, as if they have made an appointment.
Sheng Min bit his lower lip, suddenly Li Xuan's voice came from outside the door, he didn't know who to arrange the work for, and the tone was serious that he was not familiar with.
He hurriedly put the letter back to its original place, and as soon as he reached the door, it was pushed away from the outside.
Seeing him, Li Xuan's slightly tired and stern expression was replaced by a faint smile, he locked the door behind his back, and kissed the side of his face: "Family?"
"Otherwise what shall I say?"
Li Xuan rubbed his hair: "What happened?"
"It's nothing, just look at you." Sheng Min pointed to the thermos bucket on the table, "Have you eaten yet? I brought you soup."
"That's just right, I planned to go." Li Xuan said this, but he didn't know whether it was true or not, "Have you eaten yet?"
"have eaten."
Seeing Li Xuan walking to the table, Sheng Min must have noticed the document, and pressed down to the bottom without showing his face, before sitting down and picking up the chopsticks.Can't help frowning secretly, pulled a chair and sat beside Li Xuan.
Li Xuan fed him a spoonful, Sheng Min drank it and shook his head: "I won't eat it, slow down, it's hot."
While drinking the soup, Li Xuan turned on the computer, and the schedule was densely piled up on the screen.
Qi Boyuan was not there, and he had more meetings than before. He was talking when he heard a knock on the door. The two looked at each other, and Sheng Min got up and went to the lounge inside.
The person who came was Chu Tianheng, and at first he was talking about game updates. There were too many technical terms, and Sheng Min couldn't understand.In the backstage, players kept asking for refunds, their attitudes were arrogant and bad, and they couldn't help feeling tense.Li Xuan probably didn't expect him to talk about this matter. Chu Tianheng just started, but before he finished speaking, he interrupted him, saying that he went to the conference room to talk about pulling people away, so Sheng Min couldn't answer no matter what.Know.
He pursed his lips and sat down on the edge of the bed a little tiredly. He suddenly felt that something was wrong when his palm was touching the bed. He didn't turn on the light and didn't pay attention. Now he looked down and found that the bed was covered with an autumn blanket, bareYes, it is so neat that there is no trace of wrinkle, as if no one has been lying down for a long time, and there is no quilt on the bed.
It can be seen what kind of life Li Xuan has been living recently, and it is rare to feel fully.
This trip really came at the right time, Sheng Min lowered his eyes.There was no good news at all, so it couldn't be due to luck. It could only be that there was bad news everywhere in the company during this period, and it was all right when one stepped on it.
He sighed and covered his eyes wearily.In a minute or two or less, Li Xuan came back.
"Going away?" Sheng Min asked nonchalantly.
"Well, I went downstairs to eat, come out." Li Xuan joked, "It's like having an affair."
Sheng Min was still a little absent-minded, and said casually, "Would you like to try?"
Li Xuan was stunned, and smiled: "I am very willing to be with you. I am afraid that you will be thin-skinned, so let's forget it today."
Sheng Min came back to his senses, and smiled cooperatively, allowing him to lead him out, and sat back at the table, but did not speak.
Li Xuan took two sips of soup and knew that he might have heard something, and after a while he said without thinking, "It's all small things, we can handle them."
A refund is a trivial matter, but so is a lawyer's letter?Is there a big deal?Or did he make up his mind to resist it all by himself, so the size doesn't matter?Sheng Min looked at his obviously thin face, but his expression was still determined.Li Xuan always has a confident attitude, making it hard to tell whether there is an abyss or a smooth road ahead of him.My heart was sour and angry, and finally it turned into pain, dense and dense, like a needle prick.
Li Xuan avoided his eyes, lowered his head, took a sip of the soup, and changed the subject: "The bird shells you use to boil the bottom? It's very fresh."
"Steamed all afternoon." Sheng Min said.
"Didn't you go to the theater today?" Li Xuanshun asked, but did not hear Sheng Min's answer, and raised his eyes vigilantly, "What's wrong?"
Sheng Min lowered his eyes and recalled inappropriately that the black sweater that Li Xuan was wearing today seemed to have appeared in a secretly photographed photo.
He remembered what Yin Qianfeng said that day after Zhang Shan left.
'You don't need to talk, you don't need to explain, I already knew.Isn't it because you have a boyfriend?Deng Jing had already seen it and told me.Don't be angry with him, he treats you as a friend, he is afraid that I will find out and embarrass you in the future, he just came here to intercede, and he didn't seem to intercede, I didn't say anything, but he beat me up first.'
'Do you still need him to talk?I don't mind at all, what kind of evidence are a few photos, that you have sex?So what if it is captured, you will hold a press conference tomorrow to make it public, I will still use you without blinking my eyes.'
‘There are not so many restrictions in the drama circle and there are not so many people watching. If you act well and suit, this role is yours.The contract is here, we can sign it if you want, I won’t listen to what Mr. Zhang said, so I’ll ask you what you think...’
How to think, what can he think now.
He wanted Li Xuan to be happy, even a little bit.Stop being tortured by life, be able to eat well and sleep peacefully.
Perhaps, just need a sum of money.
"I haven't been to the theater for the past few days." Sheng Min said unhurriedly, "I wasn't selected for "The Mountain", so Deng Jing was decided to act."
"When did it happen?" Li Xuan's hands froze, he put down the spoon, and frowned.
"You drink your soup." Sheng Min smiled, "It's been a few days, and seeing that you're busy, I didn't tell you."
He saw Li Xuan's distressed and undeserved grievances in his eyes, so he leaned over and slowly held Li Xuan's face: "I'm fine, just try it, I was a little disappointed when I first found out., It doesn’t matter after a few days.”
Sheng Min could see that Li Xuan wanted to ask something more, but he didn't dare to speak rashly, as if he was afraid of touching his heartache.This made it easier for Sheng Min to continue telling this lie.
"In the past few days, I've also been thinking that maybe I don't have to act in a drama. The rehearsals a while ago were quite enjoyable. But if you take this as a career, there will definitely be troubles that you didn't expect..."
"I just want to act in something I like. I don't have no autonomy at all now. It's the same to continue to sign agencies, make movies and TV shows, and choose scripts well."
Speaking like this, Sheng Min felt that he was about to be persuaded, he thought, he didn't have that much trouble, and if he could solve Li Xuan's troubles, it would be enough to cover everything.
"Continue to sign the agency? Now this one?" Li Xuan held his hand on his cheek and asked cautiously, "Do you want to renew the contract?"
The tone and expression were obviously not in favor, Sheng Min hurriedly said: "It's not confirmed yet, the company has been contacting me, I have seen the terms of the offer, it is actually very generous. Although the cooperation in the past few years has not always been pleasant, it is alsoThere is not much friction, knowing the basics, changing a house may not be better than the present. I miss the old, you know, I don’t like to change.”
Li Xuan fell silent.
Their hands were still close together, but Sheng Min suddenly couldn't feel the temperature in them. At this silent moment, he asked himself in his heart, is this okay?is this correct?
He has acted and read so many books about love, and every screenwriter is a master of emotion. He uses the mouths of the people in the play to tell some big truths, saying that love must be honest and true.
But when he looked at Li Xuan, he thought of the numbers on the lawyer's letters and the information from the backstage. Maybe this was just the worst appearance, or maybe the actual thing was not that bad.But how long has Li Xuan not rested? Sheng Min couldn't turn a blind eye to the pressure behind those sleepless nights.
A deep sense of powerlessness enveloped him.He doesn't want to cheat and doesn't like it. Everyone knows that this is wrong and shouldn't do it, but he is trapped in it, blinded by love and pain, and he can't see the second way at all.
"Is there any trouble in terminating the contract?" Li Xuan asked suddenly.
"No." Sheng Min smiled and shook his head.At least it wasn't a lie, he thought.It's really not troublesome, it's a decision he has to make."Since dramas can no longer be performed here, we have to think about the way forward. It is impossible not to work in the future."
"Let's take it easy." Li Xuan looked at him for a while, "I don't mean to interfere with your work, I don't want you to regret. This drama is useless to you, and there is another one.Not just this one, we can afford to wait."
Of course he can afford to wait, what about Li Xuan?
I couldn't help feeling a little sour in my nostrils, and threw myself into Li Xuan's arms and hugged him. Li Xuan thought he was being coquettish, and gently stroked his back: "Sheng Min, I hope you will be more free, happy, and do whatever you want."Do things freely. Don't be scruples, don't you still have me?"
Why don't I hope so.Sheng Min pursed her lips, not revealing her lack of composure.
"Okay." He quietly wrapped his arms around Li Xuan's waist.
Where would he have any regrets? What he did now was to choose to make himself happy.