Category: Perfection (Page 4 of 11)

　　It was a clear gesture by Wen Jiaying to drown his sorrows in wine. Wen Lin had known him for so long, and this was the first time he had seen him like that. Suddenly he stopped singing, put down the guitar and walked down from the stage to sit next to Wen Jianing, and asked, “What’s wrong?”

　　Wen Lin stopped, and the band in the bar began to play soothing music.

　　The bartender at the bar was helping him make the wine at the same time.

　　Wen Jianing stretched out his hand and raked his hair, and said, “I’m okay, don’t worry.”

　　Even though Wen Jianing said that there was no need to worry, how could Wen Lin not worry about it? When he saw that the second glass of wine was sent to their table, Wen Lin brought it to the side and said to Wen Jianing, “You tell me first, what’s going on?”

　　In fact, there was no need for him to say anything. Li Rong had already guessed what the reason was when Wen Jianing appeared here alone, without Lu Jinlang by his side. As soon as he came over, he started drinking wine straight without saying a word. It was obvious that the two had a fight.

　　But he saw Wen Lin’s worried face, Li Rong didn’t say anything. He picked up his own glass next to him and took a sip.

　　Wen Jianing shook his head. There was nothing to say about his fight with Lu Jinlang, and it was impossible to find someone to talk to about the problem between him and Lu Jinlang.

　　It was better not to say anything.

　　He grabbed Wen Lin’s hand and said, “Will you drink with me? If I get drunk, open a room for me later, and just throw me on the bed and leave me alone.”

　　Wen Lin hesitated and looked at Li Rong.

　　Li Rong smiled and said, “Leave him alone, he looks like he needs to let off some steam.”

　　Some time ago, when Wen Lin was in the lowest mood, he also used to drink so much. Everyone knew that drinking alcohol was bad and incorrect, and when you woke up the next morning with alcohol and headache, your mood would drop to the bottom again. However, because of his experience, Wen Lin knew that sometimes there were situations where others just couldn’t just enlighten them. Perhaps at this time, what he need from a friend the most was just company.

　　Speaking of companionship, as he sang in Lanlu during this time, Li Rong was the one who accompanied him the most.

　　From the first time when Wen Lin was singing in the bar by himself, Li Rong suddenly opened the door and came in. He hesitated for a moment but didn’t stop. Li Rong would sit down quietly next to him and listen to him singing. As long as he came over, he would always meet Li Rong from time to time.

　　When his movie was finished, Li Rong called him specifically and asked him if he would come to Lanlu, and drove to pick him up personally. From then on, whenever he was around, he could always see Li Rong.

　　Wen Lin liked it when Li Rong sat quietly below while he sang. He liked to sing, but he was not so arrogant that he did not need an audience, otherwise he would not have participated in the singing competition. When it was no longer convenient for him to perform outside, a relatively closed small space like Lanlu provided him with a stage. It was a lucky thing to have an audience who could enjoy his songs quietly.

　　However, Wen Jianing that was next to Wen Lin who had said he wanted to get drunk, was a little sober. How dare he get drunk outside by himself? Even with a reliable friend like Wen Lin, he still had secrets that he didn’t dare to let the other party know. He was afraid that things would get out of control when he was drunk.

　　Wen Jianing who snatched the glass from Wen Lin suddenly felt a little sad. He never thought he could not live without Lu Jinlang, but at least for now, since he left his side, it was undeniable that it would have a big impact on his life. Unless one day he can find someone to replace Lu Jinlang, but how is that possible?

　　Wen Jianing rubbed the rim of the wine glass with his fingers, and then gently put it down.

　　Wen Lin kept looking at him, somewhat puzzled.

　　Wen Jianing smiled at him and said, “Will you accompany me to sing? Just that one song just now.”

　　Wen Lin nodded.

　　Two people walked onto the small stage, Wen Jianing sat in front of the microphone, and Wen Lin took the guitar and sat beside him.

　　It was still the same song as the one just now, Wen Jianing Wen Jianing reached out and held the microphone stand. Wen Jianing’s voice was soft, and his voice was completely different from Wen Lin’s. The emotion he carried in the way he sang was obviously different, this song has some more special meaning to him.

　　In the end, he didn’t get drunk that night. However, Wen Jianing was a little dizzy because of the first glass of wine when he came in. He went to the front desk staff and asked them to open the small room where he had stayed with Lu Jinlang.

　　The staff felt awkward and said that the room had already been reserved.

　　In the end, Li Rong called someone and persuaded them to change rooms before letting Wen Jianing stay there that night.

　　Wen Jianing slept until the next morning. After he woke up, he lay lazily in bed and didn’t want to go anywhere. After all, there was no one at home if he went back anyway, so he might as well stay here.

　　Wen Lin usually didn’t spend the night in the Lanlu very often. However, last night because he was worried about Wen Jianing who stayed, he stayed in the small room next to him.

　　Early in the morning, Wen Jianing opened the door and saw Wen Lin appear at the gate of his yard. Wen Lin smiled and said to him, “Let’s have breakfast together.”

　　Wen Jianing also smiled and said, “Okay.”

　　The two of them stayed in the Lanlu all day and didn’t leave. After they eat the meal in the morning, they went out to climb the mountain. After they climbed to the top of the mountain, they were sweating and went down the mountain for lunch. In the afternoon, he stayed in the Lanlu and Wen Jianing taught Wen Lin to play snooker.

　　Because there were not many people in the afternoon, there were only two of them in the billiard room.

　　Wen Lin’s skills were not so bad, and Wen Jianing was not in a hurry. He was just slowly spending time playing with him. While he was holding the cue and watching Wen Lin play, he asked, “What’s the matter between you and Li Rong…?”

　　Wen Lin’s movements were obviously sluggish, but he said, “He often comes to listen to me sing.”

　　”Just listening to you sing?” Wen Jianing asked.

　　Wen Lin stood up straight and looked at Wen Jianing, then nodded, “Just listening to me sing.”

　　”Wen Lin,” Wen Jianing hesitated when he said these words, “Maybe you are not happy to hear it, but you should know what kind of person Li Rong is.”

　　Wen Lin was not dumb, he said, “I know. I also know that he is Yongfei jie’s boyfriend.”

　　What exactly did Li Rong want, he never told Wen Lin. At first, Wen Lin felt that it was a bit awkward to be alone with him, but after a long time, he didn’t seem to mind it anymore. He also needed someone to listen to him sing.

　　”No matter what his purpose was,” Wen Lin said, “I have my own bottom line. “

　　Wen Jianing suddenly asked him, “You don’t like men, do you?”

　　Wen Lin was stunned by the question for a moment, and then said, “No, I don’t like men.”

　　Wen Jianing nodded in relief. He didn’t continue the topic.

　　The two of them played in the billiards room until dinner, then he continued to sing with Wen Lin.

　　It was Thursday when Wen Jianing came back yesterday, and today was already Friday.

　　Because it was the weekend, many more guests came to Lanlu in the evening. Wen Lin and Wen Jianing stayed there all day, so when they went to the bar it was still early and they were the only two people there, but after half an hour or so, other customers came in one after another.

　　No matter who came, this small stage was open for anyone to sing.

　　It was just that Wen Lin was ashamed to dominate the stage all the time.

　　He stepped down midway, and a middle-aged boss at the next table immediately called the young female singer who came with him to sing a song.

　　Wen Lin went to Wen Jianing and sat down.

　　Wen Jianing handed him a glass of water and said, “Take a break.”

　　Wen Lin had just reached out to take the glass of water when the door of the bar was suddenly pushed open from the outside. It was opened by a man who acted like a big shot and didn’t care about the gaze of others.

　　As he entered, he took a quick glance and saw Wen Jianing, and instantly his eyes lit up as he walked towards the table, and said loudly as he walked, “Oh, who is this? When you become a big star, you no longer recognize your old friends, huh?”

　　Many people looked over for a while, and Wen Jianing had to stand up to shake Yang Wenchong’s hand.

　　However, Yang Wenchong still had the nerve to hug his back and patted him, and then smiled smugly. He originally came with his female companion, but at this time the companion was left behind him. It was only when Wen Jianing reminded him that he remembered to call the young model over and sit down.

　　Wen Jianing had never seen Yang Wenchong with the same person, it was always a woman he didn’t know every time.

　　In comparison, Li Rong, who could find a fixed girlfriend, could probably be regarded as faithful.

　　Wen Lin and Yang Wenchong had met, but they were not close with one another.

　　Wen Jianing introduced them and they shook hands. Then Yang Wenchong focused on Wen Jianing. He sat down next to Wen Jianing, put one hand on Wen Jianing’s shoulder, and said, “Baby, come on, let’s play.”

　　Yang Wenchong had average playing skills, but he was very addicted to snooker.

　　Wen Jianing shook his head.

　　Yang Wenchong shook his shoulder, “Come on, come on.”

　　Wen Lin frowned slightly and felt that Yang Wenchong did not respect Wen Jianing too much.

　　But Wen Jianing didn’t seem to care, and continued to reject Yang Wenchong, “I played all afternoon, and my hands were sore, so I won’t play.”

　　”Your hands are sore? I’ll rub it for you if you’re sore,” Yang Wenchong said as he grabbed Wen Jianing’s arm and started massaging it, while still saying, “If it is not enough, I’ll find a dozen chicks to help you massage it to ensure you are comfortable!”

　　Wen Jianing said with a smile, “That’s not necessary…”

　　Before he finished his words, he heard someone say, “You better let him go.”

　　Several people turned their heads to look at the same time and saw that the person who came was Li Rong. Li Rong walked towards this side and said, “Otherwise, Lu Jinlang will not let you go.”

　　Yang Wenchong said indifferently, “It’s not like Lu Jinlang is here.”

　　Li Rong raised an arm, turned sideways and pointed to the door of the bar.

　　Then Wen Jianing saw Lu Jinlang come in.

　　Lu Jinlang had been watching Wen Jianing’s past movies at home since last night. He watched ‘Duel’ once, and then asked Lu Yunan to find him other movies starring Wen Jianing in the past. He watched them at home all day today.

　　He had never tried to observe a person so carefully. But when he took a closer look, he would find that Wen Jianing and his beloved Ke Xinhang did overlap. Because no matter how good a person’s acting skills were, it was difficult to avoid some of the same emotional expressions when they played different roles, such as small movements when embarrassed, and the curvature of the corners of their mouth when they were happy.

　　He also went online to find some interviews that Wen Jianing attended, which were closer to how Wen Jianing himself was than in his movie roles. Lu Jinlang hadn’t noticed or thought about it in the past, but when he saw it seriously, he would find that they might really be the same person.

　　He had known Wen Jianing for so long but he knew very little about Wen Jianing. Because he was not interested, he didn’t understand.

　　The reason he actually show up at night was actually because Li Rong had called him.

　　He didn’t want to meet Wen Jianing so quickly, because in a sense, not meeting was also to avoid arguments that would hurt each other’s feelings. But he came anyway because Li Rong told him that Wen Jianing was drinking too much.

　　Lu Jinlang suddenly worried about Wen Jianing’s physical condition. If he really wanted to drink, then it should be when he was by his side.

　　As soon as he walked in, Lu Jinlang saw that Yang Wenchong was making a move on Wen Jianing. He certainly wouldn’t be angry with Yang Wenchong, so he just give him a look.

　　Yang Wenchong withdrew his hand quickly and gave up his place to Lu Jinlang.

　　Lanlu was a place where insiders and big bosses were mingling, no one would be surprised by the appearance of a big star. But with Lu Jinlang’s status, young newcomers in the entertainment industry couldn’t help but secretly look at him.

　　Just like the young female singer who was pushed onto the stage to sing just now. After she saw Lu Jinlang coming in, she stopped unconsciously, and after a while, she snapped out of it and started singing again.

　　Lu Jinlang sat down beside Wen Jianing.

　　Although Wen Jianing didn’t avoid him, there was no eye contact between them.

　　Li Rong looked at them and pretty much knew the situation by heart.

　　However, Yang Wenchong didn’t notice it. He raised his arm and bumped Lu Jinlang, and said, “Ask your wife to accompany me to play snooker.” He knew that Lu Jinlang and Wen Jianing’s relationship was serious, so he deliberately used the words ‘wife’.

　　Wen Jianing glanced at him coldly. Lu Jinlang did not speak and raised his hand to call the waiter over.

　　Yang Wenchong was still oblivious and when he saw Wen Jianing refused to agree, he pulled Lu Jinlang and asked him how he was doing lately.

　　Lu Jinlang hadn’t been with these friends for a long time since he started filming. He ordered a drink, and when the waiter brought the drink, he smoothly changed the wine in front of Wen Jianing.

　　Yang Wenchong noticed it, and suddenly started clamouring, “What kind of drink is that? You might as well go back to your mother for milk!” He raised his hand to the waiter and ordered two bottles of wine. Since he didn’t play with him, at least everyone had to drink happily.

　　Wen Jianing felt a little uncomfortable, but he could feel that Lu Jinlang was still defending him. But he knew that Lu Jinlang didn’t want to see him, although he wasn’t sure why Lu Jinlang didn’t want to see him. Was it because he thought he was old? Did Lu Jinlang think he didn’t look as good looking as Ke Xinhang? Regardless of the reason, since he didn’t like it all, what was the point of such hypocritical behaviour? It just made him more uncomfortable.

　　He asked for a cigarette from Yang Wenchong and took a deep breath after lighting it. He then slightly raised his head to exhale the smoke.

　　He was Wen Jianing and he was proud of himself. He was not inferior to Lu Jinlang, and he wouldn’t beg for him.

　　Lu Jinlang watched a lot of his movies in the past two days, and at this time he couldn’t help comparing him with the previous Wen Jianing. If there were not so many people here, he might want to reach out and touch him lightly.

　　When he saw that the atmosphere was somewhat awkward, Li Rong naturally shifted the topic to Yang Wenchong.

　　Yang Wenchong then began to look at Wen Lin again. He wondered if Li Rong was interested in Wen Lin, but he didn’t dare to ask. Because Li Rong was still polite to Wen Lin after all, it seemed that he hadn’t started anything yet. Yang Wenchong was afraid that his nonsense would disturb Li Rong’s situation, and Li Rong would not let him off easily afterwards.

　　Li Rong casually chatted with him, and suddenly his sight drifted to several people who had just entered the bar.

　　These people also attracted Wen Jianing’s attention, because the person walking in the front was Guan Xiaotian and his girlfriend Le Shu, the one who came in behind them was an actor named Tang Yanzhong, and the other was Yuan Qian.

　　Guan Xiaotian and Yuan Qian were not close with each other. The fact they would come together was probably because of Tang Yanzhong’s relationship. Tang Yanzhong had slowly approached Guan Xiaotian in the past two years after Wen Jianing’s accident.

　　Yuan Qian also saw Li Rong at first sight after coming in, and her face immediately turned sour. She turned away and walked towards the opposite corner with Tang Yanzhong and the others.

　　”Why is it so crowded today?” Li Rong asked casually.

　　Yang Wenchong looked at him, “There’s a festival, don’t you know?”

　　Li Rong asked him, “What festival?”

　　”It’s the Qixi festival!” Yang Wenchong said. He leaned back, smiled and raised his hand to touch the woman next to him, “That’s why I take my little baby out to have fun.”

　　Wen Jianing was stunned to realize that today was the Qixi festival day. If it hadn’t been for the cold war with Lu Jinlang, maybe he would not forget this festival, and they would spend a sweet night together. 

　　The young female singer that was singing on stage went down.

　　Li Rong asked Wen Lin, “Not going to sing a song?”

　　Wen Lin shook his head, “Forget it, there are so many people.”

　　Li Rong said, “It is precisely because of so many people that you two should sing some songs for everyone to listen to.”

　　Wen Lin still shook his head, but Guan Xiaotian, who was sitting at the table opposite them, suddenly stood up and walked towards the top of the stage.

　　Wen Jianing turned his head and looked in the direction of Guan Xiaotian unconsciously.

　　Lu Jinlang then remembered that in the past, Guan Xiaotian and Wen Jianing had a good relationship. When they occasionally met at entertainment venues, Wen Jianing was always with Guan Xiaotian and the others.

　　Guan Xiaotian was an actor, not a singer. It was strange for him to take up the microphone and came on stage. As soon as he came on stage, he told the band that he would sing “You Will Marry Me Today”.

　　As he stood in front of the microphone, Guan Xiaotian said softly, “This song is for my girlfriend Le Shu.”

　　After he finished speaking, the band began to play music.

　　Wen Jianing looked in the direction of Le Shu. He saw Le Shu smiling and looked at Guan Xiaotian with happiness.

　　Guan Xiaotian’s singing was not very pleasant, and he kept going out of tune. But on such a day like today, a touching song full of love dedicated to his lover still aroused the enthusiasm of everyone in the bar.

　　Many people even applauded him spontaneously.

　　Halfway through the song, when he started to enter the interlude, Guan Xiaotian suddenly said, “I am standing here today and want to say to my girlfriend, Le Shu, would you marry me?”

　　The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became enthusiastic, it was full of applause and whistles. Le Shu stood up, her face was incredibly surprised and happy, and she even began to cry.

　　”Say yes! Say yes!” someone clapped their hands and shouted for her.

　　Le Shu was not a member of the show business industry, and she was a little shy and nervous in this situation. She opened her mouth several times to say yes, but she was too embarrassed to make a sound.

　　Guan Xiaotian smiled and raised his hand, and said, “My friends, can you help me?”

　　Wen Jianing stood up all at once.

　　Everyone at the table looked at him oddly.

　　Lu Jinlang reacted fast and stood up and took his arm.

　　Wen Jianing turned to look at him, a little puzzled.

　　Lu Jinlang asked him, “Are you feeling unwell?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “I…”

　　Before he finished speaking, Tang Yanzhong, who was with Guan Xiaotian and the others, stood up, walked over and pushed Le Shu onto the stage with a smile.

　　Le Shu smiled shyly, but did not resist, and was pushed onto the stage by Tang Yanzhong. She then stood in front of Guan Xiaotian.

　　Guan Xiaotian knelt on one knee, took out a ring box from his pocket, and opened the flannel cover. Inside was a shiny diamond ring. He solemnly said, “Marry me, Le Shu.”

　　Le Shu covered her mouth with one hand, and she was so excited that tears were falling. She nodded vigorously and extended one hand to Guan Xiaotian so that he could put the ring on her hand.

　　Then Guan Xiaotian stood up and spun her around.

　　The atmosphere in the whole bar had reached a climax, and Wen Jianing was also a little emotional. Guan Xiaotian had been a friend of his for many years, and he had been in love with Le Shu for a long time. During the most difficult time, Guan Xiaotian complained to him and felt that he couldn’t keep on going. At that time, he advised Guan Xiaotian not to give up, so that he could have what he have today.

　　Lu Jinlang clutched Wen Jianing’s arm tightly so as not to let him pass.

　　Wen Jianing looked at Lu Jinlang, and his eyes filled with puzzlement.

　　Lu Jinlang said to him, “Don’t go there, it’s not appropriate.”

　　It was indeed inappropriate. If Wen Jianing had been in his usual self, he might not want to go there. But he had two drinks today, and now he was in such a situation that he admitted he somewhat felt deviant to Lu Jinlang’s words. He said, “You don’t want me to contact my past friends, do you? You want me to be your little lover Ke Xinhang instead of being Wen Jianing all my life?”

　　The surrounding area was very noisy, and Wen Jianing’s voice was only loud enough for the two of them to hear clearly.

　　But when the people at this table saw his expression, it was obvious that the two of them were arguing.

　　Lu Jinlang said softly, “I didn’t mean that.”

　　Wen Jianing raised his arm and shook away Lu Jinlang’s hand, which was holding him.

　　His movement was strong, and it looks like the two people were about to fight. The others had felt the tension between them and were watching them. When they saw this situation, Wen Lin and Yang Wenchong quickly stood up and pulled them apart.

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　　Because the director was in a bad state, the shooting ended early that day.

　　When they were returning to the hotel, Lu Jinlang did not leave with Wen Jianing. After all it’s not like they are not always together, because they still want to avoid suspicion. But today Wen Jianing left with Wen Tinghuan in advance, and he was obviously avoiding Lu Jinlang.

　　Wen Jianing felt it was too much for him. He knew that Lu Jinlang would not accept it, and he didn’t think it was Lu Jinlang’s fault, but he didn’t understand what he had done wrong. None of this was what he wanted, and he even wasn’t the one who initiated the relationship he started with Lu Jinlang in the beginning.

　　Lu Jinlang’s obvious resistance made him feel hurt.

　　Wen Tinghuan was driving, and Wen Jianing sat in the passenger seat. He was depressed and didn’t want to say a word, and he didn’t even bother to conceal it.

　　When she saw Wen Jianing looking out the window with one hand on his head, Wen Tinghuan asked, “What? Did you have a fight with Director Lu?”

　　Wen Jianing’s depressed mood was too obvious.

　　Jian Jun who was sitting in the back seat heard the words and looked over in the direction of Wen Jianing silently.

　　Wen Jianing didn’t say anything. They didn’t quarrel. It might be better if they have a good quarrel instead. Then he could release all those messy moods, and he could also ask Lu Jinlang why he couldn’t accept the fact that he was Wen Jianing.

　　In the evening, Wen Jianing moved from Lu Jinlang’s room back to his own room next door.

　　When Lu Jinlang came back, the room was empty. Wen Jianing even packed up his belongings.

　　He walked to the bed and sat down. Suddenly he remembered that the last time they separated, Wen Jianing also packed up his things and moved out when he was away.

　　It was honestly a very unpleasant feeling as if a piece of his heart had been left empty.

　　Whether it was this time or that time, Wen Jianing didn’t go far. As long as he went to look for him, he could take him back. But as long as he hadn’t straightened out his mind, even if he got Wen Jianing back, there was no point.

　　Lu Jinlang didn’t turn on the light and stayed in the dark silently.

　　All day today, Lu Jinlang had repeatedly thought of the Wen Jianing he knew in the past. Although they didn’t meet many times, he still had a clear impression of the other party in his memory. There was no way he could overlap the two of them, and at the same time, he didn’t know if he should overlap the two. If one day in his heart, the two of them become one person, would it be because his current feelings had the upper hand, and made him fall in love with Wen Jianing?

　　Wen Jianing and Lu Jinlang were in a cold war. Other film crews might not be able to detect it, but how could they hide it from Wen Tinghuan?

　　Lu Yunan finished the matters that Lu Jinlang asked, and hurried back. He was stopped by Wen Tinghuan on the set and she asked him, “Do you know what happened to Xinhang and Director Lu?” Wen Jianing had a lot of emotional issues before but he never refused to communicate with Wen Tinghuan. But this time, no matter what Wen Tinghuan asked, Wen Jianing refused to say anything. Until now, Wen Tinghuan only knew that the two of them had a disagreement.

　　Lu Yunan actually didn’t know everything, but he could somewhat guess from what Lu Jinlang asked him about. As for the bizarre matter of Wen Jianing being reborn into Ke Xinhang’s body, Lu Yunan could not even think of it, so he felt more confused than Wen Tinghuan.

　　”I don’t know,” he said to Wen Tinghuan blankly.

　　Wen Tinghuan didn’t believe it at all, “You don’t know? I don’t believe it. Lu Jinlang takes you by his side anytime and anywhere. Why don’t you know why the two of them quarrelled?”

　　Lu Yunan felt that he was innocent. Lu Jinlang and Wen Jianing always quarrel behind closed doors. How could he know?

　　Wen Tinghuan didn’t give up and said, “If you don’t know, you can ask, right!”

　　The relationship between Lu Yunan and Lu Jinlang was not like Wen Tinghuan and Wen Jianing. He was just a pure life assistant. Lu Jinlang’s work was handled by a special agent, and he had never tried to interfere with Lu Jinlang’s private life. Now Wen Tinghuan forced him to question Lu Jinlang. He had no choice but to say, “You should ask Xinhang.”

　　Wen Tinghuan wanted to cry, “I already asked. He refused to say anything. If he is willing to talk, do you think I will ask you?”

　　There was no answer.

　　Wen Jianing and Lu Jinlang had no answers themselves, how could other people know what was going on?

　　Soon, nearly half a month of shooting in the local area came to an end.

　　Today was the last scene. After the filming, they would stop working and head to the next location.

　　This scene was actually the scene that Lu Jinlang asked Jian Jun to perform during his audition. He and Wen Jianing were on the hillside. Wen Jianing leaned on his shoulder and fell asleep.

　　Jian Jun’s second performance of this scene was of course different from the first time. Although he was a newcomer, he was not the same as Wen Jianing and the others. He was a real graduate of the film and television school, and when it comes to acting experience, he was no less than them.

　　He still remembered when he kissed Wen Jianing’s forehead because he hadn’t read the script and didn’t know the relationship between the so-called father and son. But this time, he had read the script from beginning to end and had communicated with Lu Jinlang many times. He knew that Lu Jinlang wanted a more introverted father who didn’t know how to express his feelings.

　　Yuan Qishi’s son had been separated from him since he was a child, and the number of times the father and son met was very limited. In the last moments of his life, he borrowed the body of his nephew and accompanied his son for some precious period of time.

　　Jian Jun weaved grasshoppers with grass in his hand. Wen Jianing yawned, leaned his head on his shoulder and closed his eyes. Jian Jun’s movements didn’t stop, as he was still weaving grass.

　　This part of the story actually happened at the end of the movie. That night, Yuan Xu found his cousin Yuan Sheng coming to bid him farewell, and then his father Yuan Qishi took his last breath.

　　The weaved grasshoppers in Jian Jun’s hands trembled slightly. On his shoulder, Wen Jianing’s breathing became even and he seemed to have fallen asleep. He finished weaving this little thing, stopped, and turned his head to look at Wen Jianing.

　　According to the script, he only needs to look at Wen Jianing for a long time, then slowly turn his eyes away, and then the camera turns to the air along with his eye movement.

　　But Jian Jun lowered his head again and kissed Jian Jianing’s forehead. The movements were very light and light, full of nostalgia.

　　Lu Jinlang didn’t call to stop. He looked at the scene and was stunned. He recovered and found that he had broken a signing pen in his hand.

　　Wen Jianing also knew that Jian Jun’s scene was wrong, but the director didn’t call to stop, so he didn’t open his eyes, and continued to act.

　　Later, Lu Jinlang asked him to do it again.

　　Jian Jun seemed a little embarrassed. He explained to Lu Jinlang, “I just think we will be parting soon at that time. Even the most introverted person will still be unable to control their emotions.”

　　Lu Jinlang nodded and said nothing.

　　The scene was completely shot the second time according to Lu Jinlang’s script, without the kiss.

　　Both shots were kept, and the decision was left at the time of editing.

　　When Lu Jinlang called for the end of the day, everyone was a bit excited to be packing up and leaving this time.

　　The last filming location was at school. Lu Jinlang and the others had to return first, and the remaining camera equipment and props would be delivered slowly.

　　Wen Tinghuan had been out for a long time and felt happy at the thought of going home. She ran to Wen Jianing and asked him, “Are you going with us or going back with Director Lu?”

　　Wen Jianing turned his head and glanced at Lu Jinlang and saw that he was talking to Lu Yunan, so he said to Wen Tinghuan, “I’ll go back with you.”

　　Wen Tinghuan looked at him.

　　Wen Jianing said, “Since you know what the situation is, there is no need to ask me all the time.”

　　Lu Jinlang finished explaining to Lu Yunan at this time. He turned his head and saw Wen Jianing had gotten in Wen Tinghuan’s car, so he said to Lu Yunan, “Let’s go too.”

　　Because it was late, they did not drive back on the same day, but stayed at the hotel for one night and set off the next morning.

　　During this period, they had to wait for camera equipment and props, so they were able to have a short two-day break before the final shoot when they got back.

　　In the morning, Lu Yunan helped Lu Jinlang take his luggage down the elevator from upstairs. As soon as the elevator door opened, they saw Wen Jianing, Jian Jun and Wen Tinghuan standing in the lobby waiting to check out.

　　After the check-out procedure was over, Jian Jun reached out to help carry Wen Jianing’s suitcase beside his leg.

　　Wen Jianing said immediately, “No, I can do it myself.”

　　”It’s okay,” said Jian Jun while pulling the suitcase with one hand and walking forward together.

　　Wen Jianing quickly followed.

　　Lu Jinlang didn’t say anything and handed Lu Yunan the room card to let him check out.

　　After driving back that day, Lu Jinlang did not go back to Wen Jianing’s house but went straight back to his villa. He didn’t intend to move the things he left in Wen Jianing for the time being. They didn’t break up. He just needed a short time to calm down.

　　However, Wen Jianing didn’t know if Lu Jinlang planned to return. He was thinking over and over again, could this mean he and Lu Jinlang had come to an end? Was this really a knot in Lu Jinlang’s heart that would never be opened?

　　Wen Jianing turned on all the lights at home and packed up all of Lu Jinlang’s things. He couldn’t bear to see them and didn’t feel good when he saw them.

　　When he was about to clean up, he suddenly got angry and threw everything on the ground. He watched them scattered on the ground, then stepped back and leaned against the wall to breathe.

　　After a while, Wen Jianing took out his cell phone and called Wen Lin. He wanted to find someone to drink with him. It was better to talk with someone than to think at home alone.

　　The call to Wen Lin was quickly connected, and the surroundings around him seemed to be quiet. Wen Lin asked him softly, “Xinhang? Are you back?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Where are you? Can you have some drinks with me?”

　　Wen Lin was never someone who could say no to people, especially Wen Jianing. He immediately replied, “Okay, I am in the Lanlu now, are you going to come over?”

　　”Lanlu?” Wen Jianing didn’t respond to why Wen Lin was in the Lanlu, and he didn’t have the time to think carefully. He just replied, “Okay, wait for me, I’ll come over right away.”

　　Wen Jianing was depressed and didn’t know how to vent, while Lu Jinlang also lost his temper for the first time.

　　Lu Jinlang was sitting on the sofa watching TV with a water glass in his hand and casually turned to the Starlight channel which was surprisingly replaying the talent show ‘The Voice of Soul’ that year. What was being shown on TV was the refined version, which had been edited again, and what Lu Jinlang saw happened to be the part in which Wen Jianing sang a love song to him

　　What a superb acting!

　　What was he thinking at that time? Was he impressed? He started paying attention to him, right? When in fact, all of that was just an act by a great actor.

　　Lu Jinlang grabbed the water glass and threw it toward the TV. But the house was so big that the water cup didn’t hit the TV screen, but landed on the front of the TV cabinet, spilling water from the cup all over the floor.

　　He sat in a daze for a while, went to the bathroom, took a mop, and dried the water on the floor. At this moment, he suddenly squatted down again, opened the drawer under the TV cabinet, took out the DVD of ‘Duel’ and put it into the DVD player to start playing.

　　He wanted to take a closer look at Wen Jianing, to see if he was really his Xinhang.

　　Wen Jianing drove to the Lanlu.

　　The film that Wen Lin participated in had ended. It was originally a small budget movie with few outdoor scenes and everything was almost completely shot in the studio. Although the filming was over, Wen Lin did not completely separate himself from the role.

　　At the end of the filming of this movie, the director realized that Wen Lin’s state was not right, and had been persuading him to understand that it was just a movie and not to be stuck in it forever.

　　The psychiatrist introduced by Lu Jinlang was actually very useful. After Wen Lin went to talk to him a few times, he was obviously not so depressed anymore.

　　The reason why he was in the Lanlu at this time was because after Wen Jianing brought him here last time, he fell in love with that small music bar in the Lanlu. Recently, whenever he was free, he liked to bring his guitar to play and sing on the small stage. Even without an audience, he could sing all night.

　　When Wen Jianing heard Wen Lin say he was singing, he thought it would be a good outlet for him to let off steam. If music could calm him down, then he just had to immerse himself in the music.

　　It was just that Wen Jianing didn’t expect that when he opened the door of the bar and went in, it was not Wen Lin alone that he saw. In the bar, Wen Lin also had a quiet audience, and it was actually Li Rong.

　　Wen Jianing was a little surprised.

　　Li Rong stood up generously and greeted him, “Xinhang, when did you come back?”

　　They all knew that he and Lu Jinlang were filming in other places.

　　”Li Rong?” Wen Jianing stood there.

　　Li Rong smiled and said, “Lu Jinlang didn’t come back with you?”

　　As soon as he heard Lu Jinlang’s name, Wen Jianing was silent for a few seconds and did not answer. Instead, he asked, “Why are you here?”

　　Li Rong said, “Listening to the song.”

　　Wen Jianing suddenly remembered that Li Rong had asked him about Wen Lin last time, and he couldn’t help but become wary again.

　　Li Rong chuckled, he stepped back and invited Wen Jianing to come and sit next to him, “Let’s listen to the song together?”

　　Wen Jianing went over and sat down beside him and ordered himself a glass of wine.

　　Wen Lin stopped when he saw Wen Jianing coming in. At this time Wen Lin sat down and said, “Let me sing you a song.”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Okay.”

　　Wen Lin plucked the guitar strings with his fingers, and a string of soothing tunes came out.

　　Wen Jianing still remembered this song. It was the love song he once sang to Lu Jinlang during the singing competition. Now when it was sung from Wen Lin’s mouth, it sounded totally different. Moreover, the arrangement changed slightly when it was played and sung by Wen Lin.

　　The waiter brought the wine up and placed it in front of Wen Jianing.

　　Wen Jianing listened to the lyrics that seemed to be whispered in Wen Lin’s mouth. He reached out to pick up the glass, took a sip, and then drank it up.

　　Li Rong was taken aback by him, and he didn’t even have time to reach out to stop him.

　　And after Wen Jianing put down the wine glass, he shouted in the direction of the bar, “One more glass!”

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It was quite heartbreaking that he was afraid that to accept Ke Xinhang is Wen Jianing because he thinks it will mean he is falling out of love with Ke Xinhang and were falling in love with Wen Jianing because he still differentiate both as two different person

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　　It was a silent night in the dark streets of a strange city.

　　Wen Jianing and Lu Jinlang parked their car on the side of the road and stared at each other in silence. If it wasn’t because of Xie Ruoming’s phone call tonight, Wen Jianing might be making love with Lu Jinlang on the big bed in the hotel room. After that, he would rest his head on Lu Jinlang’s shoulder and sleep quietly.

　　After such a long time had passed since he wanted to confess his identity to Lu Jinlang last time, Wen Jianing kept thinking about whether he should not be hasty and whether he should consider the possible consequences. He was greedy for Lu Jinlang’s warmth, and he was also afraid that a momentary impulse would have an unpredictable impact on their relationship.

　　But the reason why an impulse was called impulse was that it was unpredictable.

　　The first time he almost said it was because of impulse, and this time it was still because of impulse, and there was no second phone call to suddenly interrupt the conversation between them.

　　The windows of the car were closed, and Lu Jinlang’s breath tinged with alcohol. He said, “What are you talking about?”

　　The words had already been said. Of course, Wen Jianing had no room for regret. So he once again solemnly said to Lu Jinlang, “I said, I am Wen Jianing.”

　　Lu Jinlang stretched out his hand, gently placed it on Wen Jianing’s shoulder, and said, “Stop it. Let’s go back and have a rest.”

　　Wen Jianing asked him, “Do you think I’m not thinking straight?”

　　Lu Jinlang did not deny, but said, “You need to rest now.”

　　Wen Jianing shook his head, “No, I don’t need to rest. I told you that I am not Ke Xinhang. The soul in this body does not belong to his original owner.”

　　The two of them had known each other for so long, and their time together was not too short. Lu Jinlang couldn’t think why he could say such a thing except for the sudden insanity of the other party.

　　He stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, and said, “Wen Jianing has been dead for a long time.”

　　Wen Jianing opened his mouth and gave an accurate time. It was the second day of the Academy Award ceremony and the exact time of his death. “I drank too much wine that night and couldn’t wake up. When I woke up again. I’m already in the body now.”

　　”What is this?” Lu Jinlang suddenly became a little unhappy, “A fantasy story?”

　　Wen Jianing looked at him in a daze, “I’d like to know too, maybe it is.”

　　Lu Jinlang tugged at his clothes with annoyance. He realized that he didn’t like hearing these words. He said, “What exactly are you trying to prove?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “To prove who I am. The day I woke up was my funeral. I went to the cemetery and saw you. I’m not lying. I’m not getting crazy. I’m telling the truth.”

　　But Lu Jinlang felt that he couldn’t accept these truths. He said, “We’ll move out after we go back. Whether we move back to the original apartment or my villa, we can’t live in that house anyway. Now, you are caught in a delusion.”

　　”This is not a delusion!” Wen Jianing suddenly felt powerless, because no matter how he explained it, the person he loved was unwilling to believe him. He even grabbed a handful of his own hair and tried to think about what else he could say to prove himself to Lu Jinlang.

　　But Lu Jinlang obviously didn’t want to continue listening. He reached out and hugged Wen Jianing and said, “Will you go back to the hotel first?”

　　Wen Jianing didn’t go against him this time. It was not appropriate for them to quarrel here. Even though there were no reporters at all, as long as a passer-by took a photo with their mobile phone, they would be in trouble.

　　On the drive back to the hotel, both of them were silent.

　　Lu Jinlang opened the car window, and the cool night breeze quickly dissipated his alcohol. His thoughts became clearer and clearer, but at the same time, they became more and more chaotic. He began to wonder if Wen Jianing’s words were true or false. He looked out of the car window in a daze.

　　The car had reached the hotel, Wen Jianing parked the car in the hotel parking lot and took the elevator upstairs with Lu Jinlang. There was a monitor in the elevator, so the two kept their distance and did not say a word.

　　After swiping the card to enter the room, the moment Wen Jianing reached out to lock the door, he repeated, “Whether you believe it or not, I am Wen Jianing.”

　　Lu Jinlang walked to the bed and sat down and began to change shoes. He looked up at Wen Jianing and said, “You need to rest.”

　　Wen Jianing summoned up all his courage by saying these words, he couldn’t back down again at this time, he stood in front of Lu Jinlang, “Why won’t you listen to me?”

　　Lu Jinlang had changed into slippers, so he raised his head to look at him, and said, “What do you want me to hear? Listen to how you come back to life by inhabiting a corpse?”

　　Wen Jianing looked at him and reached out to hold his head.

　　If the person sitting here today was Wen Cuilan, he could find 1001 reasons to make Wen Cuilan believe him. But the person sitting here was Lu Jinlang. What Lu Jinlang knew of Wen Jianing was something that could also be learned by others from various sources. It seemed that no matter what he said, there was no way to convince Lu Jinlang.

　　The only time the two of them were together was probably during the filming of ‘Duel’. But because of the nature of their work, there was no private contact.

　　After a short silence, Wen Jianing said, “I came out to act when I was less than 20 years old, and I started from minor roles. The first drama I acted in was a martial arts movie. I accidentally fell on my back by the prop rock on the scene. Several days…” He began to talk in detail about his experience since his debut.

　　Lu Jinlang didn’t say a word. He sat by the bed and listened.

　　Wen Jianing talked about it for a long time, some of the experiences were very detailed, and some of them passed by.

　　”The first time I saw you were actually at a dinner party. You may not remember it. At that time, you were not very famous. I was dragged to accompany you, but they were very polite to you.”

　　This was a small detail. Wen Jianing didn’t know if Lu Jinlang remembered it. If he remembered the first time they met, he should know that he didn’t lie. Because this kind of dinner party had never been reported, people outside couldn’t know about the situation.

　　Lu Jinlang still did not speak, he became more silent.

　　Wen Jianing later talked about a lot of details about the filming of ‘Duel’. In the end, he said, “I have a birthmark on the base of my thigh. It was not very large and not obvious, but my mother knew it. She’s still here. You can call her if you have any questions. I can also give you her phone number in Canada.”

　　Lu Jinlang looked at Wen Jianing and immediately took out his cell phone, but he didn’t call Wen Cuilan. He called Lu Yunan and said, “Yunan, help me check a few things.” Then he gave instructions one by one, all related to the things Wen Jianing told him just now.

　　Then he hung up the phone and said to Wen Jianing, “Since you said I must check, then I will check immediately.”

　　It was impossible for Lu Yunan to get the news right away, not to mention that it was already so late, and it was time to go to bed.

　　For the first time. The two people were lying on the same bed, but they didn’t touch each other at all.

　　Wen Jianing turned over and turned his back to Lu Jinlang. He opened his eyes and looked at the darkness in front of him. He knew that Lu Jinlang was upset, but he didn’t even know why Lu Jinlang was upset.

　　Was Lu Jinlang upset because he himself didn’t understand what this sudden anger was all about? Was it because the person around him lied to him? Because he was not Ke Xinhang? Or because he insisted on saying that he is Wen Jianing?

　　In fact, at this time, if Wen Jianing was really just Ke Xinhang, he might turn around and hugged the lover who was twelve years older than him, acting like a baby so that he would not be upset, but unfortunately, he was not. Although everything seemed to be heading in a bad direction, he didn’t intend to stop there. This opportunity to summon up courage might not be there next time.

　　That night, Wen Jianing suffered from insomnia for a long time. As for whether Lu Jinlang was well asleep, he didn’t know. It was almost in the middle of the night that he could not bear the tiredness and fell asleep, but he was constantly dreaming in his sleep. He dreamed that he was arguing with Lu Jinlang. Later, Lu Jinlang said: Since you are Wen Jianing, let’s break up. Then he woke up and found that it was still dark. He slept for less than four hours.

　　After he opened his eyes for a while, Wen Jianing pretended to be asleep again, rolled over inadvertently, leaned gently against Lu Jinlang’s side, and touched Lu Jinlang’s shoulder with his forehead.

　　After a while, Lu Jinlang raised his hand to embrace him, but Wen Jianing didn’t know whether he was asleep or awake.

　　Later, he seemed to fall asleep in a daze. When he woke up, Wen Jianing saw that Lu Jinlang was already sitting on the bed and was talking on the phone.

　　When he saw him open his eyes, Lu Jinlang got out of bed with his mobile phone and walked towards the balcony.

　　During the phone call, Lu Jinlang only gave a soft “um” twice.

　　Wen Jianing sat up, and leaned his back against the head of the bed.

　　After a while, Lu Jinlang walked in from the balcony. With the cool air in the morning, he walked to the bed and sat down, gently touched Wen Jianing’s face, and said, “You’ve woken up?”

　　Wen Jianing was puzzled. He raised his hand and put it on the back of Lu Jinlang’s hand and said, “Is that Yunan on the phone?”

　　Lu Jinlang did not answer him, but said, “Do you want to take a bath? I’m ready to go down for breakfast.”

　　Wen Jianing grabbed Lu Jinlang’s hand tightly, “Is that Yunan? What did he say?”

　　Lu Jinlang’s face sank slightly.

　　Wen Jianing saw his expression and suddenly realized that he was trying to avoid it. He realized in a daze. Lu Jinlang didn’t know it, but he was trying to deny it because who he liked was not the mature man who was two years older than him, but who he liked was the young, beautiful and youthful newcomers in the entertainment industry.

　　The young man who had just entered the entertainment industry was clear and pure, just like Yan Ruowei at the beginning. The longer he was in this business, the more things he was contaminated with, and it would make Lu Jinlang gradually lose interest, just like the Yan Ruowei he saw later.

　　Regardless of the reason, at one point, Wen Jianing was definitely not a person Lu Jinlang would like.

　　Wen Jianing was restraining himself from getting angry, but he grabbed Lu Jinlang’s hand tighter and tighter, and finally threw it away forcefully, saying, “You don’t have to escape reality. What did Yunan tell you just now? You believed me now, didn’t you?”

　　Lu Jinlang looked at him in silence, and then said after a while, “I hope I don’t have to believe it.”

　　Lu Yunan was very reliable. He didn’t sleep all night and drove back to help Lu Jinlang find out a lot of news he wanted to know, and even went to the Red Forest Bar where Ke Xinhang was once performed. There, he heard the same message from many people who had been with Ke Xinhang before, that was, before he participated in the competition, his personality suddenly changed a lot.

　　In the past, Ke Xinhang was a bit cold and arrogant, introverted, preferred to sing and play the guitar, and liked to sing original songs written by himself and unpopular English songs. He was completely different from Ke Xinhang they saw on TV now. Including the competition, his personality has completely.

　　Lu Yunan also asked Su Shan, the boss of Red Forest. Su Shan didn’t say anything, but Lu Yunan tentatively asked if Ke Xinhang was no longer the Ke Xinhang of the past. Su Shan just raised his head and looked at him deeply, without denying anything.

　　There was still nothing to prove that Ke Xinhang next to Lu Jinlang was actually Wen Jianing, but at this point, Lu Jinlang was more convinced than he was not. It came down to the fact that he knew his lover well and he didn’t think he was crazy or lying.

　　Wen Jianing felt a little hurt because Lu Jinlang was unwilling to accept it. He found that he was thinking everything would go easily. He originally thought that when the two of them were together because he was himself from beginning to end. Lu Jinlang would not resist and could accept it more easily.

　　They didn’t argue, they didn’t know what to argue for.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “It’s time to get up, there is still shooting today.”

　　So Wen Jianing got up and went to the bathroom.

　　When he stood in front of the mirror, he thought maybe it would be easier for Lu Jinlang to accept him if he was disfigured instead.

　　Today’s filming went very poorly. The reason was that the director was in a bad state. He stared at Wen Jianing several times in a daze as if he had forgotten what he was doing.

　　And Lu Jinlang seemed to be looking at another Wen Jianing through another Wen Jianing. There might be some ambiguity in saying this, but he couldn’t help but recall the Wen Jianing he knew in the past.

　　The two of them had known each other for a long time. They had developed in this industry and had friends of their own, but they have little exchange with each other. Occasionally when they saw each other, they nodded and shook hands, and acted like an old friend to the world outside. But when there were only two of them in private, the atmosphere was cold and there was nothing to say.

　　Lu Jinlang couldn’t accept it, and Wen Jianing could feel it. However, he didn’t understand it at all.

　　The original Wen Jianing was handsome and elegant and was outstanding as a man. And Lu Jinlang, who loved men by nature, certainly did have a favourable impression on men like him. But as an adult, Lu Jinlang knew how to control feelings. There was not so much love at first sight in this world, and no matter how good and beautiful a man was, as long as Lu Jinlang judged it as impossible, he wouldn’t have even more thoughts, because it was meaningless.

　　He liked newcomers who were new to the entertainment industry. It was one thing to be pure and simple. But it was more important to him that he could measure all the things that could happen instead of finding himself involved in an intractable situation.

　　In the past, Wen Jianing was someone that Lu Jinlang had never thought of and that there would never be a beginning between them. This had nothing to do with whether Wen Jianing was older than Lu Jinlang or whether he had been contaminated with the vulgarity of the entertainment industry.

　　However, now the two of them had stopped talking to each other, so Wen Jianing would not know what Lu Jinlang thought was. Wen Jianing just think based on what he saw and what he heard.

　　What made it hard for Lu Jinlang to accept was that he thought Wen Jianing and Ke Xinhang were two people. What the other party said now was equivalent to telling him once and for all that I am not the one you originally loved, but it was another person.

　　Even if he knew and accepted Ke Xinhang’s body that had always been Wen Jianing’s soul, as long as he thought of Wen Jianing, he still felt that he was another person, and he could not think of them as the same person.

　　It was not that he didn’t love him anymore, he just feels angry and resistant. If he said it at the beginning, or never said it, things might not be this way now.

　　Lu Jinlang was indeed a mature and stable man, but no one was invincible in the face of emotions.

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I just can’t with double negative…..

The biggest reason why Lu Jinlang (in my understanding) doesn’t want to be entangled with Wen Jianing is simply that he doesn’t want any trouble. The more established someone is, the more attention they’ll attract, and that means that when something happened, the bigger the trouble he is going to face, he was afraid that he can’t handle things if he got together with someone who is already established. I guess that’s why for him newcomer with no reputation like Ke Xinhang is a safer choice.

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　　Zheng Xin efficiently replaced Wen Lin’s assistant agent. This time it was a young man named Tang Shao who had just entered the company and studied under Zheng Xin. He was very enthusiastic about his work and attached great importance to Wen Lin’s affairs, perhaps because had been instructed by Zheng Xin.

　　The first time Wen Lin went to see a psychologist, Wen Jianing accompanied him. While Wen Lin was talking to the doctor alone, Wen Jianing and Tang Shao were waiting in the lounge outside.

　　Tang Shao had a jumpy personality, and he couldn’t sit still. He soon got up and told Wen Jianing that he was going out for a stroll.

　　Wen Jianing nodded and stayed alone to wait.

　　This lounge was originally small in size, but because there was a full-length glass mirror on the side, it looked as if the room was twice as large.

　　Wen Jianing sat on the sofa, facing the full-length glass mirror. Reflected in the mirror was a beautiful young man. Because of his profession, he looked exceptionally well-dressed and stylish, with a pair of big black-rimmed glasses on his face.

　　He sat in a casual posture, with his back leaning on the back of the sofa chair. His legs were naturally apart, and his body was slightly tilted with one arm leaning against the arm of the sofa.

　　But he suddenly thought that if it was Ke Xinhang, he probably shouldn’t be in such a posture. He straightened his back, with his legs close together, and his hands on his knees, looking a little restrained. The black-rimmed glasses on his face were also removed, and his bangs slightly covered his eyes. Because he was not confident, he liked to block the view when communicating with others.

　　He often looked in the mirror, but he didn’t have many opportunities to look in the mirror in a small space like this. No one talked to him, no one distracted his thoughts, he opened his mouth and said to the person in the mirror, “Are you Ke Xinhang?”

　　The words spoken were particularly loud in a closed room.

　　Wen Jianing suddenly came back to his senses, raised his hand and put his glasses back on. He was thinking about what he had just said, why did he say that?

　　He accompanied Wen Lin to see the doctor once, and then entrusted it to Tang Shao, while he set out to prepare for the movie’s location shooting.

　　The movie’s location had already been explored by Lu Jinlang. It was in a secluded village in the north, while the other location was in a university. This was supposed to be the first scene of the film, but it will be shot at the end.

　　In order to facilitate shooting, the crew simply rented a small yard in the neighbourhood to store the camera equipment and costume props. The rest of the crew usually goes back to the nearest five-star hotel in the city.

　　Wen Jianing had his own room, but most of the time he stayed in Lu Jinlang’s room.

　　The first part of the scene at the first location was shot in the evening. Wen Jianing had to climb out of the fence of a house’s yard. Jian Jun waited for him outside and reached out to pick him up.

　　Because it was summer in the movie, Wen Jianing wore a cartoon T-shirt with knee-length shorts underneath, and his legs dangling on the wall.

　　Jian Jun stretched out his hand and told him to jump.

　　He shook his head.

　　Jian Jun smiled, “It’s okay, you can jump.” The smile was gentle and kind.

　　Wen Jianing looked at him, took a deep breath and jumped into Jian Jun’s arms.

　　Jian Jun couldn’t stand firm, and he fell to the ground. Wen Jianing lifted his head from his shoulder and brushed his cheek against the side of his face. His skin was smooth and soft. Jian Jun was still in a daze when Wen Jianing had stood up and reached out to pull him to his feet.

　　Under the light, Wen Jianing was gasping slightly, and his lips were bright red. Jian Jun looked at it and turned away from him.

　　Jian Jun knew that he was not a homosexual. He hadn’t had any thoughts about men since he was a child, and he had a girlfriend in college, although they broke up later. But he just couldn’t help feeling strange to Wen Jianing. If he had to investigate this feeling, it was because Wen Jianing made him feel a sense of gender ambiguity. This feeling was not because of Wen Jianing’s speech and manners, but from the physical contact between two people, and there was a lot of physical contact in this movie.

　　Jian Jun felt that he was being distracted, but this kind of distraction did not make him happy, because it affected his acting.

　　Jian Jun was still a little absent-minded until he was eating a box lunch at noon the next day.

　　Wen Tinghuan didn’t know what he was thinking, and said to him, “If there is any problem with acting, just ask Xinhang. He is your senior and he will teach you.”

　　Now Wen Tinghuan and Jian Jun are close, Wen Tinghuan found that Jian Jun was an obedient child. Wen Tinghuan slowly started to like him and really wanted to help him.

　　Jian Jun actually had some confusion in his head, and he couldn’t figure out his thoughts. As a result, he went to Wen Jianing’s room that night. He knocked on the door outside, but there was no movement in the room.

　　When he gave up and turned to leave, he saw that the door of the next room opened, and Lu Jinlang and Wen Jianing came out one after another.

　　Wen Jianing saw Jian Jun standing at his door, so he asked, “Is there something wrong?”

　　Jian Jun was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, “Are you guys going out?”

　　Wen Jianing was wearing a coat, and it seemed that the two of them were going to go out.

　　Lu Jinlang nodded, “A friend made an appointment to meet up.”

　　Since this was the case, Jian Jun was embarrassed to say anything more. He said to Wen Jianing, “It’s okay, let’s talk about it tomorrow when shooting.”

　　Wen Jianing responded okay.

　　When he saw Jian Jun leaving, Lu Jinlang said to Wen Jianing, “Do you think he will be too deep in the play?”

　　Wen Jianing glanced at him strangely, “I don’t think so. What’s there for him to get too deep into?”

　　Lu Jinlang smiled, “Just asking.”

　　They went out so late. In fact, Lu Jinlang accepted an invitation from an old friend. That person was the director who made the movie ‘Duel’ and his name was Xie Ruoming.

　　Had it not been for Xie Ruoming’s movie, Wen Jianing would not have won the Best Actor Award. He had always been very grateful to Xie Ruoming. At that time, he came to the stage to accept the award. The first one on his thank-you list was Xie Ruoming.

　　Xie Ruoming had good personal relationships with him and Lu Jinlang, but he and Lu Jinlang were not close.

　　Wen Jianing still remembered he would occasionally have supper with Xie Ruoming in the evening. Xie Ruoming would mention Lu Jinlang, saying that he and Lu Jinlang were worthy of socializing, and he thought they would become friends through this drama.

　　But after all, they didn’t become friends at that time. When he thought about it now, there was probably still a somewhat competitive mindset at work. He always competed with Lu Jinlang, and Lu Jinlang probably also had this mentality in it, so the relationship between the two could be described as ordinary, but maybe not even ordinary friends.

　　If Wen Jianing hadn’t become like this, there would be a huge gap between Lu Jinlang’s status and status, probably Lu Jinlang would never have had this kind of thoughts about him.

　　Tonight, Xie Ruoming originally contacted Lu Jinlang alone.

　　Xie Ruoming, who was also in this city, heard that Lu Jinlang was filming here, so he called him to go out for a drink. The address was in a famous local music bar. There used to be a resident singer in the bar and now she had become a top-line female singer in the country. The bar then had become so famous that many tourists from outside the city liked to come and sit in the bar and have a drink.

　　Wen Jianing was brought by Lu Jinlang together. Lu Jinlang had always been happy to support him in his career. He would definitely not let Wen Jianing miss this opportunity to meet with a big director and established personal relationships.

　　Although Xie Ruoming himself was well-known in the circle, he was rarely on camera. If he was alone, he would definitely be sitting in the bar lobby watching the singer’s performance. Today, considering it would inconvenience Lu Jinlang, he specially asked for a relatively hidden small private room. The private room was not completely separated from the outside. Although it was partitioned so that people passing by couldn’t see it clearly, they could also hear the performance of the singer outside as they sat in the private room. If he chose the right angle, he could still see the direction of the stage.

　　Lu Jinlang and Wen Jianing entered one after another, one wearing sunglasses and the other wearing a cap, neither of them was recognized.

　　Xie Ruoming first saw Lu Jinlang, stood up and shook hands with him, then smiled and invited him to sit down. Then Wen Jianing entered the private room.

　　”This is…” Xie Ruoming didn’t recognize Wen Jianing at first.

　　But even if he could recognize him, he was not familiar with Wen Jianing. Maybe he wouldn’t even call the name Ke Xinhang correctly. He spent most of these years with his wife and daughter in New Zealand. He didn’t pay much attention to the domestic entertainment industry, nor was he interested in watching hot news online. His biggest hobbies were painting and travelling.

　　So he didn’t even know the relationship between Lu Jinlang and the young man in front of him.

　　Lu Jinlang took the initiative to introduce Xie Ruoming, “This is Ke Xinhang, the actor in the movie I direct now.”

　　Xie Ruoming quickly reached out to shake hands with Wen Jianing, and at the same time, he was looking at Wen Jianing. He seemed a little surprised that Lu Jinlang would choose such a beautiful actor.

　　Sometimes when a director chose an actor, he cared more about the character than the appearance. The reason was that a too beautiful actor was easy to be regarded as a vase and that their appearance would distract the audience’s attention. So the audience would not pay attention to the actors’ acting skills.

　　Wen Jianing was a little excited when he saw Xie Ruoming, but he concealed it well. He shook Xie Ruoming’s hand hard, and said, “Hello, Director Xie.”

　　Xie Ruoming was a gentle person. Although he initially expected today’s gathering as a private gathering between him and Lu Jinlang and didn’t understand the purpose of bringing an outsider, since everyone had already arrived, Xie Ruoming also gladly accepted and invited the two people to sit down and ask them what they drink.

　　Lu Jinlang glanced at the wine list and said to Wen Jianing, “You’d better not drink. You haven’t eaten much for dinner.”

　　Wen Jianing nodded and ordered a non-alcoholic drink.

　　Xie Ruoming looked at the two of them and understood a little bit in his heart. In the past, Lu Jinlang had never deliberately concealed his sexual orientation in front of Xie Ruoming. But this was the first time he showed up in front of him with someone.

　　The bar environment was not noisy, but soon a singer began to sing English songs with soft tunes. The lighting was also soft and warm, haloed with golden circles of light. This environment was very suitable for chatting. Obviously, Xie Ruoming invited Lu Jinlang out to chat. Two old friends met by chance in a different place.

　　Wen Jianing didn’t speak much. If he was the person he was, he would have a lot to talk to Xie Ruoming, but this kind of an occasion was obviously not suitable, and Xie Ruoming might not have anything to say to him.

　　In the beginning, what both of them talked about the most was the movie Lu Jinlang was shooting now.

　　Xie Ruoming was curious why Lu Jinlang became interested in making movies.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “If you act a lot, you can’t help but want to make a work by yourself, without being influenced by others, it is a complete expression of the work in your head.”

　　Xie Ruoming smiled and raised his glass, “For the desire to create.”

　　Lu Jinlang clinked with his wine glass.

　　Xie Ruoming looked at Wen Jianing again and asked Lu Jinlang, “Is this the actor you personally selected?”

　　Lu Jinlang nodded, “The best newcomer at the Academy Awards this year.”

　　”Oh!” Xie Ruoming suddenly recalled, “It was you, I thought I had seen you somewhere and couldn’t remember about it for a while.”

　　Xie Ruoming was still paying attention to such large-scale awards as the Academy Award, but he hadn’t watched the film ‘Springtime Dream’ directed by Cao Songquan, so Wen Jianing didn’t leave any deep impression on him.

　　Now that Lu Jinlang took the initiative to mention it, he also remembered.

　　Xie Ruoming instantly changed his outlook on Wen Jianing. At first, he thought that the young man in front of him was just a newcomer Lu Jinlang deliberately selected for the movie. He even had a little doubt when he discovered the subtle relationship between the two people, but now he heard that the other party was the best newcomer at the Academy Award, he immediately began to believe in Lu Jinlang’s choice. Because the professional judges of the Academy Awards would not award such a gold medal to an actor with only a good-looking face, he must have his own excellence.

　　At this time, Xie Ruoming even felt that he should go and watch ‘Springtime Dream’.

　　He had a few words with Wen Jianing, and the atmosphere became more harmonious and natural.

　　After talking for about half an hour, Xie Ruoming mentioned a name while drinking the wine in the glass in front of him, “It’s a pity what happened to Wen Jianing.”

　　After finishing the filming of ‘Duel’ that year, Xie Ruoming went back to New Zealand and had not produced any new works over the years.

　　Wen Jianing died unexpectedly at the Academy Awards. Although he was nominated, he was absent from the award ceremony because his wife was sick and hospitalized. He didn’t have a chance to come back until Wen Jianing was buried.

　　It was the first time Xie Ruoming mentioned him since they sat down and talked to Lu Jinlang about Wen Jianing.

　　Lu Jinlang reacted plainly to this as always, but the person he was talking about looked at the glass in front of him, looking a little startled.

　　People like to say “It’s a pity about Wen Jianing”, but in fact, even if there was no Wen Jianing, the world would still go on, and batches of newcomers would emerge in the entertainment circle. A memorial activity was specially prepared for him in the second year, but perhaps the next time someone would think of Wen Jianing’s death would be the tenth anniversary. Or would it be the fiftieth anniversary next time? No, probably not many people would recognize him in fifty years.

　　When Xie Ruoming and Lu Jinlang talked about Wen Jianing, Lu Jinlang always said Wen Jianing was a good actor, but that was all. Xie Ruoming tried to get them to understand each other better, but he didn’t succeed. By now, Wen Jianing was no longer there. Xie Ruoming mentioned him again, and all that was left was just a sigh.

　　However, as soon as Xie Ruoming mentioned the name Wen Jianing, Lu Jinlang turned his head and looked at the person next to him. He seemed to be a little baffled as he pressed his finger against the edge of the wine glass.

　　Xie Ruoming hadn’t found anyone to say these words for many years. Now that he saw Lu Jinlang, he couldn’t stop saying, “At the filming time, he was always so serious, and he also enjoyed acting. If he is still alive, he probably can achieve more than that.”

　　How much more can he achieve? If Wen Jianing was not dead, ‘October Fireworks’ will be his movie, and although he might not have had the chance to win another Academy Award, Lu Jinlang’s international award might have been his.

　　No one knew if Lu Jinlang was willing to admit it or not, but now he just hummed and said softly, “He should have a better future.”

　　Xie Ruoming kept on lamenting.

　　Wen Jianing sat aside and listened in silence. His fingers kept rubbing the rim of the cup. He wanted to hear more from Xie Ruoming, because he hadn’t remembered the past for so long that it was slowly starting to fade away.

　　Suddenly, Lu Jinlang stretched out his hand to hold his hand, and at the right moment, changed the subject, and asked Xie Ruoming, “Do you have any plans next?”

　　Since Xie Ruoming had returned to China, he probably had new ideas. He had rested for so long, and it was time to plan a new movie.

　　When he heard Lu Jinlang’s question, Xie Ruoming smiled and asked him, “What? Do you have any plans?”

　　Lu Jinlang was very picky about the movie now, as long as he said he wanted to rest, no one could force him out to shoot, but he was still a little interested in Xie Ruoming’s movies.

　　”I have a long post-production after the filming of this movie,” Lu Jinlang explained.

　　Xie Ruoming waved his hand, “It’s not urgent, the preliminary preparations are still very long. I just have a preliminary idea, and I haven’t found a suitable person to write the script.”

　　Lu Jinlang picked up the wine glass and touched him, “Remember to notify me when the time comes.”

　　Xie Ruoming said, “Definitely.”

　　Wen Jianing knew that Lu Jinlang had shifted the topic to Xie Ruoming just now, and Xie Ruoming himself could not continue to talk to Lu Jinlang about Wen Jianing endlessly. His mood was a bit depressed for a moment.

　　Lu Jinlang, who was holding Wen Jianing’s hand, might feel it.

　　After chatting with Xie Ruoming for the night, Lu Jinlang saw that it was already late, so he left with Wen Jianing, as they had a filming task tomorrow morning.

　　Lu Jinlang drove the car when he came out. He didn’t ask Lu Yunan to come with him. When he went back, he switched to Wen Jianing who didn’t drink.

　　On the way, Wen Jianing looked a little quiet.

　　Lu Jinlang stretched out his hand, gently stroked his head, and asked, “What’s wrong?”

　　Wen Jianing looked a little puzzled. He glanced at him and said, “Nothing.”

　　After drinking some wine, Lu Jinlang was a little emotional, and said to him, “Are you uncomfortable to hear director Xie mentioning Wen Jianing today?”

　　”Why should I feel uncomfortable?” Wen Jianing asked him.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Because you used to admire him so much, now you feel bad?”

　　Wen Jianing shook his head, “No, I’m not. Then what about you, what do you think of him?”

　　Lu Jinlang was silent for a while, and said to Wen Jianing, “You asked me this question in the past.”

　　Wen Jianing said softly, “Really? When?”

　　Lu Jinlang raked his hair with his fingers, and let the hair slide out between his fingers. He then said, “More than once, why did you mention him again and again?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Because I don’t want to forget him.”

　　”Xinhang,” Lu Jinlang called his name. He had always been gentle, but the influence of alcohol must have wiped it out. He said, “I don’t think Wen Jianing is an obstacle between us now.”

　　Wen Jianing didn’t drink, but at that moment, he felt like some alcohol was rushing to his head. Those words made him have the urge to say, “You’re wrong, he will always be there, for life.”

　　Lu Jinlang withdrew his hand.

　　Wen Jianing stopped the car on the side of the road and said to Lu Jinlang, “Because I am Wen Jianing.”

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　　As soon as Ke Xinfan came into the private room, he sat down on the chair next to the dinner table. He grimaced and seemed to be in some pain. It was not because of the injury on his face, but because the wound from the surgery on his body had not yet healed but he had been kicked again.

　　Wen Jianing asked softly, “Are you okay?”

　　Ke Xinfan did not answer him but looked at Boss Yuan coldly, then laughed and said, “What a big show, huh?”

　　Boss Yuan Yuan smiled very kindly, “Your brother came forward and said he wanted to help you pay back.”

　　Ke Xinfan sneered, “You didn’t tell him why I owe you money?”

　　The accident at the construction site of Ke Xinfan was originally an accident, and it was supposed to be over after it was dealt with. However, after the incident, Boss Yuan was inciting workers to cause trouble. It was nothing more than some personal feasts between the two people.

　　Lu Jinlang had already investigated the cause and effect of the incident, but they had no better way other than helping to settle Ke Xinfan’s problem with money.

　　So at this time, Lu Jinlang said, “What happened and the reason to cause it are no longer important. Now we should just sit down just to solve this matter completely.”

　　Ke Xinfan reached out and pressed his forehead.

　　Boss Yuan smiled and said to Lu Jinlang, “The experience of a big star is really different.”

　　As the intermediary, Li Rong also said at this time, “Boss Yuan, we won’t talk nonsense. This person is the Film Emperor, can we still ask for your help?”

　　Boss Yuan heard the words, pretending to be surprised and said, “Indeed, I almost forgot, he is the Film Emperor. I will have to ask my wife for an autograph later.”

　　Lu Jinlang responded calmly, “No problem, Boss Yuan, don’t worry.”

　　Boss Yuan took a cigarette and said, “According to the amount and compensation in the contract, it was originally seven million. But the compensation for delaying the payment until today, and the fact that I spent a lot of money hiring people to look for him everywhere. Well, for Boss Li’s sake, it will only be eight million in total, and the rest is free. “

　　Ke Xinfan looked like he was about to flip out when Wen Jianing kicked him from below.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “No problem.”

　　Boss Yuan clapped his hands and said, “Splendid! I like dealing with straightforward people the most!”

　　Ke Xinfan wanted to speak again, but Wen Jianing kicked him again, and at the same time he said loudly, “Boss Yuan, we will pay you the money, but since the debt between you and Ke Xinfan has been written off. You can’t trouble him in the future.”

　　Boss Yuan said, “Of course, we are businessmen, the most important thing is integrity.”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “There is no rush, I will let my lawyer talk to Boss Yuan in detail, including the post-processing of the breach of contract. What does Boss Yuan think?”

　　After all, it was a matter of millions. Lu Jinlang couldn’t be so casual. Boss Yuan also nodded, “Of course, it’s better to be careful.”

　　Li Rong said, “Boss Yuan, I’ll be his guarantee, please don’t worry.”

　　Boss Yuan smiled and patted Li Rong on the shoulder, “Brother, you are the one who said it, what can I worry about.”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Then if Ke Xinfan stays here temporarily, will Boss Yuan be okay?”

　　Boss Yuan said, “No problem, as long as he doesn’t provoke me in the future, I promise not to touch him.”

　　Lu Jinlang nodded, “Thank you, Boss Yuan.”

　　Boss Yuan raised his wine glass and said, “What are you saying thanks for? It must be fate for everyone to sit at a table and eat together. Come and have a drink. Later, I can ask King Lu to give me an autograph, right?”

　　That being said, Boss Yuan didn’t ask for Lu Jinlang’s signature until he left.

　　After he took the people away, Ke Xinfan cursed, “Old bastard!”

　　Wen Jianing looked at him quietly.

　　Ke Xinfan said, “Do you know how he screwed me?”

　　Wen Jianing said to him, “I know, I also know how you injured his son.”

　　Ke Xinfan heard this and did not speak anymore.

　　Lu Jinlang stretched out his hand to hold Wen Jianing’s back, “Forget it, let’s not talk about it once the matter is resolved.”

　　The atmosphere was a bit awkward. There were Lu Jinxin and Li Rong here and it wasn’t good for Wen Jianing since he had something to say to Ke Xinfan.

　　Lu Jinxin checked the time, stood up and said, “Since it’s solved, it’s fine. I should pick up Tongtong when it’s almost time.”

　　Wen Jianing said to Lu Jinxin, “Thank you, second brother.”

　　Lu Jinxin had a ghostly expression on his face, “What do you call me?”

　　”Second brother,” Wen Jianing said, “Or should I still call you Mr. Lu?”

　　Lu Jinxin glanced at Lu Jinlang. When he saw that Lu Jinlang was smiling at Wen Jianing, he waved his hand and said, “Whatever you want.”

　　When Li Rong stood up, he said, “What movie is Wen Lin making recently?”

　　Wen Jianing looked at him and suddenly looked wary.

　　Li Rong smiled, “Why are you looking at me like this?”

　　Wen Jianing asked him, “Why are you asking about Wen Lin?”

　　Li Rong said, “I’m just asking. Why do you need to be so agitated?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Yongfei jie must be upset that you asked about another man or woman.”

　　”Even men?” Li Rong asked, but it seemed to be just a casual question. Wen Jianing didn’t say anything, and Li Rong didn’t continue to ask questions and left with Lu Jinxin.

　　When only Wen Jianing, Lu Jinlang and Ke Xinfan were left in the private room, Wen Jianing said to Ke Xinfan, “You’re already a few decades old, can’t you do things with a bit of discretion?”

　　Ke Xinfan leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair, “I said you don’t have to worry about it.”

　　”And watch you die?” Wen Jianing asked.

　　Ke Xinfan sneered, “That person named Yuan is not so bold yet.”

　　”Then what if he is?” Wen Jianing made the most terrible assumption.

　　Ke Xinfan looked at him, “So what if I die?”

　　Wen Jianing stood up all of a sudden. He felt that he couldn’t tell whether he was serious or acting. At this moment, he completely substituted himself into Ke Xinhang’s emotions. He yelled and asked, “Did you think about how it is for others? Have you thought about it for those who worry about you? Have you thought about how it is for your brother?”

　　Ke Xinfan tilted his head to look at him without speaking.

　　At this time, Lu Jinlang’s cell phone rang. It was from Lu Yunan saying that he would park the car in the parking lot at the side entrance and wait for them.

　　So Lu Jinlang stood up, gently pulled Wen Jianing’s wrist, and said, “If you still have something to say, let’s go back and talk about it.”

　　Wen Jianing turned to look at him and nodded.

　　After they got in the car, Lu Jinlang deliberately sat in the front row and gave up the space in the back seat to the two brothers.

　　Ke Xinfan took out a cigarette and wanted to smoke, but Wen Jianing said, “Could you please stop smoking? Can’t you even consider such small things for others?”

　　Ke Xinfan twisted the cigarette with his fingers, and then put it away. He suddenly said, “Do you remember when you were in junior high school?”

　　Wen Jianing said coldly, “I don’t remember.”

　　Ke Xinfan said on his own, “You have a bad temper since you were young, and your energy has been kind of sinister—”

　　”Isn’t you who is sinister?” Wen Jianing interrupted him coldly.

　　Lu Jinlang, who was sitting in the front row, laughed. He said to Wen Jianing, “Let your big brother continue”

　　Wen Jianing stopped talking, so Ke Xinfan continued, “At the start of junior high school, you were not getting along with the people in your class and I went to help you settle some things. I would go out to play with my friends, and you would follow me behind. You wouldn’t leave no matter how much I yell at you …”

　　”What you said was unpleasant to hear, wasn’t it?” Wen Jianing said.

　　Ke Xinfan did not deny it. At that time he was also just an adolescent, at the most rebellious age. It was later that he began to understand how difficult his brother’s disability was to talk about, and he couldn’t even be a complete man. In addition, Ke Xinhang’s personality was not likeable, and Ke Xinfan also began to dislike this younger brother at that time. If Ke Xinhang wanted to follow him when he went out with his friends, he would privately say some nasty things to Ke Xinhang, or even some insulting words, and when he saw Ke Xinhang hating him with tears in his eyes, he couldn’t help feeling guilty.

　　The relationship between the two brothers was very complex, and they were not without affection, but there are also a lot of hurt feelings between them. Even now, Ke Xinfan still hadn’t changed the habit of being nasty. It was just that his younger brother would no longer look at him with that kind of grievance and hatred. He found that his younger brother didn’t care about his malicious words anymore.

　　In fact, this might be a good thing. It indicated that his younger brother had grown up, his heart was stronger, there were other people to rely on, and he no longer needed him.

　　The atmosphere in the car was quiet for a while.

　　Then Ke Xinfan raised his hand and touched Wen’s hand, which he dodged. Ke Xinfan stretched out his hand again, grabbed his arm, and then pulled Wen Jianing in his arms.

　　Wen Jianing struggled at first, but Ke Xinfan held him tightly. He couldn’t break away, so he relaxed and let him hold him.

　　Ke Xinfan said, “I’m sorry.”

　　Lu Jinlang turned his head and glanced at them.

　　Wen Jianing was a little dazed.

　　Ke Xinfan still hugged him tightly, “Seeing that you are living well now, your big brother is relieved. I will definitely pay you back the money, don’t worry.”

　　Wen Jianing took a deep breath and said, “You don’t need to pay back the money.” After a while, he reached out and hugged Ke Xinfan and called “Big Brother”.

　　It was not the first time that he called Ke Xinfan big brother, but only this time, he seemed to really feel that the man in front of him was his brother. He always felt that he could not distinguish between delusion and reality.

　　That night, Ke Xinfan stayed in Wen Jianing’s villa for the night.

　　Wen Jianing helped him arrange a guest room on the first floor, and Ke Xinfan lay in bed early to rest.

　　Early the next morning, Wen Jianing hadn’t woken up yet. Lu Jinlang went downstairs and saw Ke Xinfan squatting in the doorway to smoke, with his small travel bag beside him. This bag was taken away by the group when Ke Xinfan was taken away, and now it was sent back with him.

　　Lu Jinlang asked him, “Are you leaving?”

　　Ke Xinfan turned his head and glanced at Lu Jinlang, “My little brother hasn’t gotten up yet?”

　　Lu Jinlang responded, “He’s still sleeping.”

　　Ke Xinfan smiled when he heard the words, “Look how spoiled he is with you.”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Sleeping means that he is in a relaxed mood and there is no pressure. It is a good thing.”

　　Ke Xinfan finished smoking a cigarette. He originally wanted to press it out on the door, but he hesitated to put it out, stood up and threw it into the trash can in the living room. He clapped his hands and said to Lu Jinlang, “I’m leaving.”

　　Lu Jinlang asked him, “Where are you going?”

　　Ke Xinfan replied, “I’m going to correct my wrong. I will ask him to give back the eight million.”

　　Lu Jinlang disagreed. “Have you thought about the possible consequences of provoking him again?”

　　Ke Xinfan glanced at him, “I won’t be so impulsive, this time I will take my time and have fun with him.”

　　Lu Jinlang did not speak.

　　Ke Xinfan said to him, “You don’t have to care about me. Even if I die this time, it’s not your business.”

　　Lu Jinlang was silent for a while, and said to him, “I won’t interfere with you anymore, take care of your own affairs.”

　　Ke Xinfan nodded, and said to Lu Jinlang, “Thank you, little brother.” After that, he smiled to himself, “I shouldn’t call you little brother. What should I call you?” He seemed to find it interesting, and he kept smiling. Ke Xinfan reached out and opened the door and walked outside.

　　Standing at the door, Ke Xinfan waved to Lu Jinlang, then raised his hand and closed the door.

　　Lu Jinlang turned around and saw Wen Jianing standing on the stairs wearing pyjamas and slippers, looking in the direction of the door.

　　”He’s gone,” Lu Jinlang said as he walked up the stairs.

　　Wen Jianing nodded, “I heard what he said.”

　　Lu Jinlang walked up to the stairs in front of him before he stopped, and said, “You said those things to him last night. To be honest, I was quite nervous. You weren’t afraid of angering him and him using your affairs as a threat?”

　　Wen Jianing asked, “Do you think he will?”

　　Lu Jinlang answered him seriously, “I don’t think he would.”

　　Wen Jianing gave a soft “um”, “I don’t think so too.”

　　In fact, Ke Xinfan had come back for so long and said a lot of ugly things, but he really never threatened him with this incident. Probably he didn’t intend to involve him from the beginning.

　　Lu Jinlang smiled, “He went back to find trouble with Boss Yuan, aren’t you worried?”

　　”He is a grown-up. He will take the consequences for what he does. I won’t care about him anymore.”

　　”That’s what I told him,” Lu Jinlang said, stretching out his hands to Wen Jianing.

　　Wen Jianing hugged him.

　　Lu Jinlang hugged Wen Jianing’s waist with both hands. He picked him up and walked towards the second floor. At the same time, he said, “I remember something that I almost forgot to tell you.”

　　Wen Jianing hugged his head and asked, “What is it?”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “I told you about the psychologist I introduced to Wen Lin last time. Yesterday, Yunan made a call to ask about the situation. He said that Wen Lin had never seen him at all and that no one had called and contacted him for Wen Lin.

　　”Huh?” Wen Jianing struggled to let him put himself down, “No contact at all?”

　　Lu Jinlang nodded, “Who did you tell to call? Ask again.”

　　Wen Jianing frowned, “Zhu Zexin said that he contacted him, and he didn’t make an appointment?”

　　Lu Jinlang put his hands in his pockets, “Then you better ask him again.”

　　Wen Jianing suddenly became a little angry, and said, “No need to ask, I’ll go to Zheng Xin.”

　　On the same day, Wen Jianing took the time to go to the company. He was now busy acting outside and seldom had time to come back to the company. In the past two years, Lei Xing had developed very well and recruited many young artists after them.

　　Among them, there were some newly recruited in the past two days, and they didn’t even think they would meet Wen Jianing. At this time, they hid from a distance and watched Wen Jianing secretly.

　　Wen Jianing went directly to Zheng Xin’s office and told Zheng Xin about the matter.

　　Zheng Xin was quite calm. He deliberately defended Zhu Zexin and said, “Maybe Wen Lin’s situation is not as serious as you thought, or xiao Zhu is too busy and forgot about this matter.”

　　Wen Jianing suddenly became a little unhappy, and asked Zheng Xin, “Have you seen Wen Lin recently?”

　　Like Wen Jianing, Wen Lin was busy filming outside, and Zheng Xin naturally hadn’t seen him for a long time, so Zheng Xin didn’t say anything.

　　Wen Jianing was still very polite to Zheng Xin. He said, “Wen Lin is really in a bad state. I’m afraid he will have depression.”

　　Zheng Xin frowned slightly.

　　Wen Jianing said, “Zhu Zexin is too late. I can do things like contacting a psychologist, but I can’t accompany Wen Lin and supervise him to see a doctor at all times.”

　　Zheng Xin nodded, “I understand.”

　　Later, Wen Tinghuan called Wen Jianing that afternoon, saying that she had heard that Zheng Xin called Zhu Zexin back and scolded him, and then changed someone on Wen Lin’s side.

　　Wen Jianing was a little surprised that Zheng Xin acted so decisively.

　　Wen Tinghuan hesitated a little on the other end of the phone as if she had something to say.

　　Wen Jianing said to her, “Just say what you want.”

　　Wen Tinghuan was still Zheng Xin’s student, and so was Zhu Zexin. To put it bluntly, they were all of the same faction. There were some things that Zheng Xin would tell them in private, but not necessarily to Wen Jianing and Wen Lin.

　　After hesitating, Wen Tinghuan said directly to Wen Jianing, “Zheng laoshi once said that you have a backup, even stronger than Yi Nan. He told us not to offend anyone, especially you.”

　　Wen Jianing heard Wen Tinghuan say this and glanced at Lu Jinlang who was watching TV next to him. Zheng Xin’s words were correct, at least in Lei Xing, his backup was the most powerful.

　　Wen Tinghuan continued, “So when you go to him, he must do something to show you. It’s just…”

　　Wen Jianing said, “You can just say what you want, and stop pretending to hesitate.”

　　Wen Ting laughed happily, but also sighed, “Based on Zheng laoshi’s character, no matter how strict he is on the surface, he doesn’t want to offend Zhu Zexin in private. But he doesn’t want to offend you more.”

　　Wen Jianing whispered, “It doesn’t matter, since I went to find him, he should bear these consequences.”

　　Wen Tinghuan said, “I would rather offend a gentleman than offend a villain. What could I say about Zhu Zexin? Anyway, you should be careful about him in the future, be more polite on the surface, and don’t make too many problems.”

　　Wen Jianing said to Wen Tinghuan, “I know, I have a backup, you don’t have to worry about me.”

　　When he hung up, Lu Jinlang put his hand on his shoulder and asked, “What are you talking about?”

　　Wen Jianing turned to look at him and smiled, “They said I have a backup at the company, so they better not mess with me.”

　　Lu Jinlang raised his hand and pointed at himself.

　　Wen Jianing couldn’t help but laugh.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “I have provided you with such a solid and powerful backup, are you not going to thank me for it?”

　　Wen Jianing stood up and straddled his lap, cupped his face, kissed his lips, and asked, “Is this enough?”

　　Lu Jinlang did not respond, and said, “You blocked me from watching TV.”

　　Wen Jianing immediately got up, but Lu Jinlang grabbed his arm and rolled over on the sofa, “But the TV is not as good as you.” Then he kissed him.

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　　Early in the morning, Wen Jianing drove to pick up Ke Xinfan.

　　Ke Xinfan was holding a small travel bag in his hand, and when he approached and saw Lu Jinlang sitting in the passenger seat, he opened the rear door and sat in.

　　The first sentence he got in the car was, “You’re going back to meet your parents, aren’t you?”

　　Wen Jianing did not want to talk to him and started the car.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Yes, that was the intention. You don’t think it’s appropriate?”

　　Ke Xinfan looked at him. He was very angry when he just learned about Lu Jinlang and his brother. Although he was not in this circle, everyone knew how messy the entertainment industry was.

　　He thought his brother was in unspoken rules. Although his younger brother was a degenerate who couldn’t do it with women, it didn’t mean that he could watch his younger brother let other men do him.

       But now, Ke Xinfan knew that he had probably made a mistake. He felt that the two of them seemed to be together seriously, rather than the unspoken rules he had thought.

　　He lit a cigarette for himself, then remembered something, and handed it to Lu Jinlang, “Do you smoke?”

　　Lu Jinlang refused, “No, thank you. But your wound has not healed, so it’s better to smoke less.”

　　Ke Xinfan didn’t say anything, took a deep breath of the cigarette in his hand, and then exhaled a white mist.

　　Wen Jianing opened the car sunroof silently.

       “Where are you going?” Wen Jianing asked Ke Xinfan. He noticed the travel bag he was carrying.

　　Ke Xinfan said, “You don’t want to see me, can’t I go out and work in a different place?”

　　Wen Jianing felt a little strange because Ke Xinfan had been back for so long and didn’t actually do anything. He was beaten up and admitted to the hospital by Lu Jinlang in confusion. If he had to say something, it was more like Ke Xinfan just came to see him and antagonized him with some ugly words along the way. Wen Jianing himself was not a petty character, and Ke Xinfan had calmed down. He felt that Ke Xinfan was not so hateful.

　　He drove halfway and was replaced by Lu Jinlang.

　　Wen Jianing took the phone to watch the navigation.

　　Ke Xinfan said, “Have you been back to see our parents in a few years?”

　　Wen Jianing said sarcastically, “Have you seen our parents in a few years?”

　　Ke Xinfan fell silent.

　　Wen Jianing said slowly,  “There are many changes around, and after one or two years, I couldn’t find a way back.”

　　Because he was not familiar with the road, it took a total of nearly two hours to reach the cemetery on the outskirts of the county.

　　When he got out of the car, the wind was a bit cold, and Lu Jinlang helped Wen Jianing to button up the front of his neck.

　　Wen Jianing didn’t say anything, Ke Xinfan went to the shop on the roadside to buy a bunch of flowers, and walked up the hillside with flowers in his arms. Wen Jianing and Lu Jinlang then followed him up.

　　Because it was not a special occasion, there were only very few people who came to the cemetery to pray. At first, Lu Jinlang wore a hat and pressed it down very low. Later, when there was no one around, he took it off.

　　Wen Jianing followed Ke Xinfan not far behind. He didn’t even know where the tombs of the Ke family’s parents were.

　　Ke Xinfan was also a little at a loss, and he only remembered the approximate location. After looking around for a while, he found the tomb and placed the flower in front of the tombstone.

　　The tombstone was a two-person tomb. Wen Jianing looked at the two people in the photo, but he felt like he was looking at complete strangers. There was no way to feel sad. Of course, he could act very sad and in grief, but he didn’t think it was necessary because he didn’t know who he was performing for.

　　In the end, he just squatted down to his parents like he came to visit his friends and offered incense to the two old people piously.

　　In Lu Jinlang’s view, he just felt that there was something wrong with Wen Jianing’s state. He didn’t know how the Ke family had felt towards each other in the past. According to his understanding, probably because of physical reasons, there was always an emotional distance between their family.

　　After paying homage to his parents, Ke Xinfan stood up and smoked a cigarette, and said, “I should go.”

　　”Where are you going?” Wen Jianing asked.

　　Ke Xinfan said, “What’s your business? You don’t welcome me anyway.”

　　Wen Jianing calmly said to him, “If you don’t treat me with this kind of resistance, I think we can communicate more smoothly.”

　　”Oh?” Ke Xinfan said, “Who’s resisting who? Aren’t you afraid that I will expose your affairs, and afraid that I will use you as an ATM to threaten you to get money?”

　　What he said was the truth, and Wen Jianing did not refute it.

　　Ke Xinfan continued, “Why? Have you thought about killing me and burying me? So no one will know your secret anymore?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “You think too much.”　

　　Ke Xinfan waved his hand indifferently, picked up his travel bag, and said, “Don’t rush to kill your big brother. It doesn’t sound like that one day you two break up. But you still have to beware of him taking your secrets around and talking nonsense. At that time, you can still find your big brother to come back and help you kill someone.”

　　This time Lu Jinlang said, “You think too much, I don’t need an ATM.”

　　Ke Xinfan smiled and stretched out his hand, making a posture of shooting Lu Jinlang in the chest, then stepped back and said, “Take care of my little brother.”

　　After he said that, Ke Xinfan turned and left.

　　Wen Jianing watched Ke Xinfan walk away and stood still for a while.

　　Lu Jinlang said to him, “Let’s go too, maybe he really just wants to come back and see you.”

　　They went back to the parking lot, and Wen Jianing and Lu Jinlang drove down the mountain. On the side of the road just not far from the gate of the cemetery, they saw Ke Xinfan standing on the side of the road waiting for a bus.

　　Wen Jianing drove the car to Ke Xinfan’s side. Before he reached his side, he suddenly saw a van stopping next to Ke Xinfan.

　　Ke Xinfan stood by the window and talked to the van driver. He turned around and looked towards Wen Jianing and their car.

　　Wen Jianing thought it might be some unlicensed car.

　　At this time, the van door suddenly opened, and someone pulled Ke Xinfan into the van from the inside. They then closed the door and started driving out frantically.

　　Wen Jianing was taken aback, he didn’t stop the car, and he subconsciously chased him out.

　　Lu Jinlang frowned slightly and said to him, “Don’t be too anxious, be careful.”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Who is that?”

　　Lu Jinlang thought for a while, “Didn’t Wen Tinghuan say that he owes money to someone outside? It could be that someone is looking for him.”

　　Wen Jianing felt that the possibility was very high, and said to Lu Jinlang, “Let’s call the police.”

　　This road was a winding mountain road. Although it was not very steep, it was also curved and he did not dare to drive too fast. The van in front seemed to run wildly. Wen Jianing chased after it carefully, but he was also afraid that the van might overturn if it drove too fast.

　　Lu Jinlang took out his cell phone and was about to call the police.

　　Wen Jianing’s phone rang at this moment. He glanced at the screen display, and it turned out to be Ke Xinfan’s number.

　　Lu Jinlang stretched out his hand to answer the phone, and said “Hello”.

　　It was not Ke Xinfan’s voice over the phone, but a young man who yelled angrily, “Don’t chase!”

　　Lu Jinlang asked him, “Who are you?”

　　The man didn’t answer, but shouted, “I told you not to fvcking chase! Do you not understand?”

　　Lu Jinlang calmed down a lot, and continued to ask, “Who the hell are you people? I’m calling the police!”

　　”fvck!” the person on the phone said, “Don’t you dare to call the police, or whether you believe it or not I will kill Ke Xinfan!” As he said, he seemed to be beating Ke Xinfan. Lu Jinlang and Wen Jianing could hear Ke Xinfan’s muffled sound.

　　The person who answered the phone handed the phone to Ke Xinfan and said, “Tell them to stop chasing, or we will kill you!”

　　Ke Xinfan gasped, and said to Wen Jianing and the others, “Stop chasing, it’s me who owes money. It’s okay. Just leave me alone.”

　　Lu Jinlang heard the words and said, “How much money do you owe, tell them, I will help you pay it back.”

　　Ke Xinfan hadn’t spoken yet, but the phone was stolen again. The person who called just now said, “Stop first and don’t chase again. I’ll contact you!”

　　Lu Jinlang was also worried that something would happen if Wen Jianing kept pursuing this way, so he said, “Okay, contact me.” Then he said to Wen Jianing, “Let’s stop first.”

　　Wen Jianing stepped on the brake, and at the same time, the phone was also hung up.

　　Because he was concentrating too hard, he was now panting a little.

　　Lu Jinlang put a hand on his shoulder and calmed him, “Relax, they just want money. If they kill him, they will get no money. It’s not worthwhile.”

　　Wen Jianing also understood this. There was no real relationship between him and Ke Xinfan. He chased him out on an impulse just now, probably because the words Ke Xinfan left before touched him.

　　Lu Jinlang began to make a few calls one after another. He looked for someone to check the license plate of the van, track Ke Xinfan’s cell phone, and then to find out who Ke Xinfan owed money to. He didn’t plan to negotiate with these little guys, but he had to talk directly to the boss behind them.

　　When Lu Jinlang hung up, Wen Jianing looked at him and was silent for a while, then suddenly said, “Is it possible that Ke Xinfan colluded with someone to blackmail my money?”

　　Lu Jinlang was a little surprised, “Why do you think so?”

　　Why did he think so? Because he was not Ke Xinfan’s real brother. He calmed down and began to think about countless possibilities. He had no evidence, but he just felt that this was also a possibility.

　　Lu Jinlang said to him, “You seem to be in a bad mood these past few days. Have you been affected by Wen Lin?”

　　Wen Jianing shook his head.

　　Lu Jinlang changed positions with him and drove by himself. It was still early at this time, so he planned to go back first.

　　Wen Jianing said to him suddenly, “If I am not Ke Xinhang, what would you think of me?”

　　Lu Jinlang glanced at him, “Then who are you?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “I am a dead person, who suddenly returned to life by borrowing the corpse of Ke Xinhang. I am not Ke Xinhang himself.”

　　Lu Jinlang smiled when he heard the words, raised his right hand and touched his head, “Don’t let your imagination run wild, your brother will be fine.”

　　The other party that says they will contact them has not called again.

　　That night, Wen Jianing lit a cigarette on the balcony a little irritably.

　　Lu Jinlang walked out to see him, and said to him, “Don’t worry, things are progressing, and the other party hasn’t contacted us for a while. I guess they are still undecided about what to do.”

　　Wen Jianing turned to look at Lu Jinlang, leaning back against the fence on the balcony, and said, “I’m not in a hurry.”

　　Lu Jinlang walked to him, “Is there something you want to tell me?”

　　Wen Jianing pressed the cigarette butt out, hesitated for a moment, and said again, “I am not Ke Xinhang.”

　　Lu Jinlang asked him, “Don’t you want to save Ke Xinfan?”

　　Wen Jianing was silent for a moment and shook his head, “No, I want to save Ke Xinfan, but it has nothing to do with what I am telling you now.”

　　Lu Jinlang didn’t speak at all, waiting for Wen Jianing to continue talking.

　　Wen Jianing thought about how to word it, and said, “From the first time we met, what you saw was not Ke Xinhang.”

　　Lu Jinlang stretched out his hand on the railing, “So what? Since it was you who I saw at the beginning, why does not being Ke Xinhang matter to you?”

　　Wen Jianing thought that Lu Jinlang probably still didn’t believe it. He said, “So I don’t have any memory of Ke Xinhang in the past. When I first saw his body in this state, I was also desperate.”

　　Lu Jinlang stretched out his hand and touched his face, “Why did you choose to tell me at this time?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Today, we went to see Ke Xinhang’s parents, and I became more and more afraid of not finding my existence. What if one day I forget who I am?”

　　Lu Jinlang asked softly, “Then who are you?”

　　Wen Jianing looked at him and was about to talk when the phone he placed in the room suddenly rang.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Answer the phone first.”

　　The call really came from the person during the day, and he asked Lu Jinlang to take 10 million in cash to redeem Ke Xinfan.

　　Lu Jinlang asked him, “He owes you 10 million?”

　　”Yes,” the man said, “That much. You can transfer the money or you can let the man die.”

　　Lu Jinlang refused to take his threats and said calmly, “Sure, if you kill the man, you can’t get a penny and you will go to jail. Just think about it yourself.”

　　The man was a little flustered, “Then what do you propose?”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Who is your boss? I want to see your boss. It is reasonable to pay off debts. We could have sat down and had a good talk, but if you had to kidnap and kill, you could run out of business soon.”

　　They seemed to have discussed it and hung up.

　　After ending the call, Lu Jinlang turned to look at Wen Jianing.

　　Wen Jianing shrugged, “Wait until this matter is over.”

　　Lu Jinlang walked over and hugged him lightly, and said, “Would you like to see a psychiatrist with Wen Lin?”

　　Wen Jianing smiled, “I’m really fine.”

　　There was no news from the kidnappers, but Lu Jinlang asked Lu Yunan to arrange for some people to go to the city where Ke Xinfan worked before. They found out that Ke Xinfan was forced to stop working because the construction site accident was not handled well. He owed a lot of money, so he packed up his things and ran away. Although the amount owed was less than 10 million, it was still some million. However, according to Lu Yunan, there seemed to be something fishy in the middle, and Ke Xinfan might have been cheated.

　　Lu Jinlang couldn’t solve it on his own, so he asked Lu Jinxin to help him come forward and ask the boss to come out for a talk.

　　After two or three days, Lu Jinxin called Lu Jinlang to come out for dinner and brought Wen Jianing with him.

　　The place to eat that day was in a private room in a large hotel restaurant. Wen Jianing went with Lu Jinlang, only to realize that it was not just Lu Jinxin, but there was also Li Rong.

　　Li Rong threw a cigarette at Lu Jinlang, but Lu Jinlang didn’t smoke it.

　　Li Rong said, “I know that Boss Yuan, and I have dealt with him in the past. Their way is not very clean.”

　　Lu Jinlang nodded.

　　Wen Jianing frowned, “Triads?”

　　Lu Jinxin said, “It’s inevitable in business. Everybody, be polite and talk properly.”

　　Wen Jianing saw Lu Jinxin and suddenly asked, “How is Tongtong?”

　　Lu Jinxin was taken aback by his question and said, “He’s okay. He was in kindergarten recently and the court has already given the sentence. The custody right belongs to me.”

　　”Well,” Wen Jianing replied, “Bring him over to play when you have time. I miss him a lot.”

　　Lu Jinxin looked at him for a while, and reluctantly said, “He misses you, too.” After that, he added, “My mother misses you too, so you should come to our house when you have time.”

　　Lu Jinlang looked at him coldly.

　　Lu Jinxin said, “Why are you looking like that? What did I say wrong?”

　　Li Rong interrupted them, “If you guys want to talk about family affairs, you can go back and talk slowly. Let’s settle today’s matter first.”

　　Lu Jinxin nodded, “Sit down first.”

　　A few of them sat down in the private room first, and Boss Yuan was the last to arrive.

　　Boss Yuan Yuan was a bald and potbellied middle-aged man. He looked round and kind, but Wen Jianing knew that he must not be as simple as he looked.

　　As soon as he walked in, he greeted Li Rong and Lu Jinxin enthusiastically, and then pointed to Lu Jinlang and Wen Jianing and said, “Big stars!” It was as if everyone had been a long-lost friend.

　　It was not the first time Wen Jianing had dealt with this kind of person. Although he found it difficult, he was not at a loss. Besides, there was Lu Jinlang and the others by his side.

　　After Boss Yuan sat down, he did not mention anything about Ke Xinfan but talked and laughed with them. Until the wine was poured, he suddenly said to Wen Jianing, “I heard that Ke Xinfan is your brother?”

　　Wen Jianing replied, “Yes.”

　　Boss Yuan said, “Oh, I had a misunderstanding with your brother in the business. He owed me money and ran away as soon as he had a chance. I have been looking for him for a long time.”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “In this case, Boss Yuan, why don’t you invite Ke Xinfan out to sit down and solve the problem? There is nothing in this world that can be solved better than money.”

　　Boss Yuan laughed when Lu Jinlang said this. He shook his head and asked, “What is the relationship between Mr. Lu and Mr. Ke? I know you are all big stars. I’ve only seen you guys on TV before. “

　　Lu Jinlang replied, “I am the director of the movie he is shooting. My actor can’t feel at ease filming because of his brother’s affairs. Boss Yuan, how can I feel relaxed?”

　　Boss Yuan just laughed when he heard that. He didn’t know whether Boss Yuan believed him or not.

　　Li Rong interrupted at this time, “Boss Yuan, you heard my brothers say that the problem of money is the best problem to solve, so let’s clear the problem while we are at it.”

　　Boss Yuan nodded with a smile, “Okay, then it’s easy to do, I will invite Mr. Ke out to speak.” Although everyone knew what happened, he still said, “I don’t know what’s going on a few days ago. He bumped into the hands of my men. Everyone knew he still owed me money, so they detained him…” After he said that, Boss Yuan made a phone call.

　　After a while, they saw two people bring in Ke Xinfan, who had a blue nose and a swollen face.

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　　After he took Wen Lin out for a small gathering that day, Wen Jianing was busy with filming for a short time and never saw Wen Lin again. He once called and asked. Wen Lin said that everything’s fine and told Wen Jianing not to worry about him.

　　At this time, Ke Xinfan was also discharged from the hospital.

　　On the day he was discharged from the hospital, Wen Jianing drove to pick him up.

　　Ke Xinfan took out his cigarette and started smoking as soon as he got in the car.

　　Wen Jianing opened the window and silently expressed his unwelcome attitude toward him smoking.

　　But Ke Xinfan looked indifferent  and asked him, “When will we go back?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Anytime.”

　　Ke Xinfan was silent for a moment, and said, “Then let’s go as soon as possible, can we go back tomorrow?”

　　Wen Jianing glanced at him, “I’ll arrange it.”

　　In ‘Bitter Summer’, Wen Jianing’s scene in the studio was almost ready to be wrapped up, and the next step was to prepare for the shooting of the outdoor scenes. Recently, Lu Jinlang had slowed down his progress, and he was more often studying shooting techniques and constantly making comparisons and self-improvements.

　　If Ke Xinfan wanted to go back at this time, Wen Jianing could spare time. But when he asked Lu Jinlang for a leave, Lu Jinlang offered to accompany him back.

　　Wen Jianing was a little surprised, “You are free?”

　　Lu Jinlang was originally looking at the computer, and raised his head to look at him, “You don’t want me to go?”

　　Wen Jianing walked to him and stretched out his hand, put his hands on his shoulders, and smiled, “Why do you think so?”

　　Lu Jinlang reached out and took off his glasses, “I can feel it from your tone and expression.”

　　Wen Jianing lowered his head, pressed his face against his cheek, and said softly, “You weren’t looking at me just now, yet you can feel it from my expression?”

        Lu Jinlang raised his hand to touch his face, and said, “Don’t you know that there is something called telepathy?”

　　Wen Jianing couldn’t help but smile.

　　Lu Jinlang took him by the hand and pulled him in front of him. Wen Jianing sat on his side and was held in his arms.

　　Wen Jianing put his hands around his shoulders, and turned his head to look at the web page Lu Jinlang was browsing. He thought he was watching entertainment news, but found out that he was reading a filming diary of a well-known director.

　　Wen Jianing pulled the mouse, and asked, “Is there anything you can learn?”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “You can always learn something if you look and read more.”

　　Wen Jianing turned back to look at him for a moment, leaned over and kissed his lips. He had just taken a shower himself, but Lu Jinlang had not yet had time to take a shower. After a deep and emotional kiss, Wen Jianing said to him, “Would you like to take a bath first?”

　　“Yes,” Lu Jinlang said, retracting the hand that had been inserted into Wen Jianing’s pajamas, and while standing up, he carried Wen Jianing directly.

　　Wen Jianing quickly grabbed his shoulders, “What are you doing?”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Let’s take shower together.”

　　Wen Jianing said, “I have already taken a shower.”

　　Lu Jinlang smiled, “It doesn’t matter, you can shower again with me.”

　　He took Wen Jianing into the bathroom, sat on the edge of the bathtub, reached out to turn on the faucet, and poured water into the bathtub.

　　”You are going to take a bath?” Wen Jianing asked him.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “It’s rare to have you with me. I’m going to enjoy it slowly.”

　　Wen Jianing leaned his head on the bathroom tile and looked at him with a smile.

　　While waiting for the water to fill the tub, Lu Jinlang put one hand on his back and asked, “It seems that I rarely hear what you say about your family in advance.”

　　Wen Jianing sighed, “My parents are actually very good to me, but the memories of the past are unhappy memories.”

　　Ke Xinhang’s diary rarely records happy things.

　　If Wen Jianing himself had grown up in that environment, he would certainly not have his current character. If he hadn’t met Lu Jinlang, perhaps over time, he would have been gradually influenced by Ke Xinhang’s sensitivity and helplessness and moved towards another extreme.

　　Until now, no one knew what happened to Ke Xinhang that night that Wen Jianing could enter his body. Wen Jianing sometimes wondered if he could not bear the pressure and chose to commit suicide.

　　Lu Jinlang moved the palm of his hand to his shoulder, squeezed it hard, and asked him, “What are you thinking about?”

　　Wen Jianing suddenly came back to his senses, shook his head, and then noticed that the water in the bathtub was almost filled up, and said to Lu Jinlang, “You can go in.”

　　Lu Jinlang began to take off his clothes unhurriedly.

　　His figure was very good, his muscles were firm and tight without exaggeration, and he looked slender and well-proportioned.

　　Wen Jianing leaned his head against the wall and looked at him, and recalled when he began to feel the attraction of the man’s body to him.

　　Lu Jinlang stepped into the bathtub and sat down.

　　The water in the bathtub overflowed all of a sudden. Wen Jianing had originally rolled up his trousers and sat beside the bathtub. At this time, the water overflowed and wet the trousers.

　　Lu Jinlang said to him, “Take off your pants.”

　　Wen Jianing hesitated for a moment, but he took out his legs and took off his pyjamas before turning around and putting his legs into the bathtub.

　　Since Lu Jinlang replaced his boxer briefs in the past, he no longer insisted on covering up. In fact, he was very grateful to Lu Jinlang. It was precisely because of Lu Jinlang’s attitude that now he gradually forgot his physical condition and felt that he was no different from ordinary people.

　　Lu Jinlang leaned back comfortably. He leaned back on the side of the bathtub, and said, “Unfortunately, it is not very convenient to go out. Otherwise, I can follow you to see the place where you lived before and the school where you studied.”

　　Wen Jianing looked at him and said, “No, I don’t have much memory.”

　　”No memory?” Lu Jinlang felt a little strange about his words.

　　Sometimes the older people were, the more they would miss things from their childhood. Maybe not everything and every scene were memorable, but there shouldn’t be nothing to remember.

　　Wen Jianing said, “Really, I have very few memories of Ke Xinhang.”

　　Lu Jinlang looked at him silently.

　　Wen Jianing took a deep breath and said, “I have committed suicide, but I haven’t died. Since I woke up that day, I have selectively forgotten a lot of things to let myself—” He said this, and suddenly stopped. Originally, he wanted to say that he wanted to separate the past memory from the present. But somehow, he suddenly had a strange and terrible idea at one point, which made him confused for a short time.

　　In Lu Jinlang’s view, Wen Jianing’s face turned pale for an instant. He sat up, reached out to hold his calf, and asked, “What’s the matter?”

　　The touch of Lu Jinlang’s palm called back Wen Jianing’s to the present. He shook his head. He wanted to say nothing, but in the end he couldn’t help asking, “Does Wen Jianing really exist in this world?”

　　When Lu Jinlang heard him mentioning Wen Jianing, Lu Jinlang was actually unhappy, but seeing Wen Jianing’s dreadful face, he didn’t want to irritate him, he calmly replied, “Yes, I know him, and I have seen him.”

　　Wen Jianing nodded.

　　At that moment, he just suddenly wondered whether he was just a split personality from Ke Xinhang himself. The perception of his identity was actually given to him by Ke Xinhang, and he was not Wen Jianing, but he was Ke Xinhang. He just split himself and imprisoned a personality.

　　This thought made him a little horrified for a moment, as if all the unexplainable parts were explained. But the only thing he could rest assured of was that the memory of Wen Jianing he had was something that Ke Xinhang didn’t know, and couldn’t be given to him.

　　Wen Jianing was the real person in the world, and it was not the fantasy and split personality of Ke Xinhang.

　　”Xinhang?” Lu Jinlang still felt that he didn’t look very good.

　　Wen Jianing swallowed the name, and suddenly wanted Lu Jinlang to call him Wen Jianing. He didn’t know what had happened. After spending so much time together, it was the first time he had this idea.

　　Lu Jinlang got up and stood in front of Wen Jianing, stretched out his hand to pinch his chin to let him look at him, and said again, “Xinhang, what’s wrong with you?”

　　Wen Jianing suddenly reached out and hugged his shoulders, and covered Lu Jinlang’s mouth with his own lips.

　　There were some things he couldn’t say, and things he didn’t want to listen to at this time. He kissed Lu Jinlang hard, his pyjamas were all soaked and were all wet.

　　Lu Jinlang stretched out his hand to hold him, turned and leaned him against the wall. His head tilted back to slightly distance from him.

　　Wen Jianing tried to get over and kiss him again, but Lu Jinlang still stayed behind.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “What’s the matter with you? You were fine just now.”

　　Wen Jianing pursed his lips and said, “I’m fvck deprived.”

　　Lu Jinlang was startled and suddenly felt a little bit dumbfounded. Of course, he knew that the person in front of him was deliberately saying this to tease him, and he had to admit that this sentence was very powerful.

　　Wen Jianing raised his legs around Lu Jinlang’s waist, deliberately stuck them on, and said, “How do you want it?”

　　Lu Jinlang was a little helpless, so he could only kiss him as he approached and said, “It’s up to you, you can tell me when you want to.”

　　As soon as he kissed him, Wen Jianing immediately deepened the kiss.

　　Both of them had no room to think, and fell into a passionate love making. The bathroom was filled with mist, and the water in the bathtub was churn and splashed out a lot.

　　Until sometime later, Lu Jinlang refilled the hot water in the bathtub again and soaked in with Wen Jianing.

　　Wen Jianing fell asleep in the bathtub because he was too exhausted, and he didn’t have time to think about the past.

　　Lu Jinlang rearranged the work for the next two days that day. At dawn, he got up to make breakfast. When it was almost time, he called Wen Jianing up and said to him, “Let’s go and set off today.”

　　Wen Jianing rubbed his sore forehead, stretched out his hand on the bedside to touch his mobile phone, and then called Ke Xinfan, “We will go back today.”

　　Ke Xinhang’s hometown was actually in a nearby suburban county and only more than an hour’s drive from the city. They could go back and forth on the same day.

　　At first, Lu Jinlang planned to let Lu Yunan drive his nanny car, but Wen Jianing said that it was unnecessary. They could just drive in his car, and it would not be troublesome for Yunan.

　　Before departure, Wen Jianing specially searched the cemetery address in the north of the county where Ke Xinhang’s parents were buried.

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And the others inside are BG, but I won’t write about BG in detail. Whether there is a second CP or not, it won’t take up a lot of space

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       Because they didn’t make any prior reservation, Wen Jianing could not book the private room where he ate with Lu Jinlang last time. Instead, he changed to a slightly smaller private room next to it, but the surroundings were also very good. When he opened the window, he could see the mountains and trees in the distance, and the fresh cold air in the mountains came to his face.

　　Wen Jianing felt that if Wen Lin could live here for a month or two, he would probably forget all of his messy and complicated thoughts. But it was a pity that Wen Lin had no time at all.

　　When the meal was ordered, Yi Nan had not yet arrived.

　　Wen Jianing and Wen Lin stood by the window looking out at the scenery. Wen Jianing asked him, “How is it? Do you feel better?”

　　Wen Lin smiled and turned to look at him, “I know you are worried about me. Don’t worry, I’m fine.”

　　Wen Jianing put a hand on his shoulder, tightened it, and said, “Usually if you have nothing to do, go out and walk more, don’t think about acting. You must remember that when the director calls stop, you really should stop.”

       Wen Lin nodded, “I know.”

　　Yi Nan came late.

　　As soon as he came in, Wen Jianing pointed at him and said, “You are late, so you will be fined three cups.”

　　Yi Nan looked at him, “Why?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Who told you to be late? Stop talking nonsense, are you afraid? That’s not so promising.”

　　Yi Nan knew that Wen Jianing was trying to provoke him, but he just couldn’t listen to these words. So he sat down and took up the wine glass and drank three glasses in one breath.

　　Wen Lin was worried that he would get drunk all at once.

　　Wen Jianing held Wen Lin, “Don’t worry about him, wait for him to drink.”

　　The dishes were sent in one after another, and the three people chatted while eating.

　　Yi Nan talked a lot, he went out to study this time, and he had a lot of ideas about acting. As for his future goal, although he couldn’t say that he had been very firm about his future goals, he gradually was able to make them clear.

　　The three of them all made their debut in singing competitions, but now they were all on the path of acting.

       Zheng Xin once said frankly to Wen Lin, “You have to have a good position first. If you only sing well and don’t have a good position in acting, the company will not train you as it is now. It’s more likely that you’ll be like many young people who come out of singing talent shows, touring the country while they’re getting the most attention, in a position to put out one or two singles, and without acting their career may be almost over. “

　　They were all telling Wen Lin that he had no choice but to become popular first, and he could sing or act or do whatever he wanted. At that time even if he wanted to sing, there would be audiences to buy it.

　　It was precisely because Wen Lin believed their words that he could concentrate on this path to the present.

　　However, he somewhat felt depressed now. Although while sitting here, he could talk and laugh with Wen Jianing and Yi Nan, once he calmed down, he could immediately sink into a gloomy abyss, as if he had fallen into a dark and bottomless abyss.

　　Yi Nan, on the other hand, was in a good mood. He had finally found a direction for the future, and by now he had drank two more glasses. So he grabbed Wen Jianing and talked endlessly, hoping to share all the ideas he had just developed.

　　At the end of a meal, Yi Nan fell on his back on the wooden floor, stretched out his arms and took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and said, “I just want to prove to my dad and them that I can do it. “

　　Wen Jianing stretched out his hand and patted him lightly, and said, “Of course you can.”

　　As soon as he said that, the door of the room suddenly opened from the outside.

　　Several people turned their heads in surprise, only to see that the person who opened the door of their private room turned out to be Cao Songquan. He hurriedly walked in and closed the door and said to Wen Jianing, “It really is you, great!”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Director Cao?”

　　Cao Songquan took off his shoes and stepped over to sit down next to them. He looked around the young people in the room and made a pleading gesture and said, “Please, please, just say I’m here to eat with you.”

　　After he finished speaking, Wen Jianing and the others heard noisy voices from the private room next door. One of the women had the loudest voice, shouting, “Where is that son of a bitch Cao Songquan?”

　　The room was silent for a while, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

　　Cao Songquan wiped his sweat, and said with a wry smile, “My wife.”

　　Wen Lin and Yi Nan were not familiar with Cao Songquan, and they didn’t know what to say for a while, so they can only smile at him awkwardly.

　　Wen Jianing said, “She is so loud, don’t you want to go and have a look? Won’t it be even more confusing when she comes over and finds you?”

　　Cao Songquan reacted at once and stood up and walked towards the door, but apparently he felt very guilty, and his steps were not steady. He came to open the door, poked his head out, and said to his wife, “Wife, why are you here?”

　　After all, he was a director. Cao Songquan’s acting skills were not ordinary. He made a full expression of surprise.

　　His wife didn’t buy it. As soon as she saw him, she walked over and pushed him away and looked into the private room. To her surprise, there was not a single woman in the private room, only three young men.

　　Despite this, his wife repeatedly observed the three people in the room with suspicion on her face, especially after staring at Wen Jianing’s face for a long time. She remembered that this young man was in her husband’s movie.

　　Wen Jianing was very calm, stood up and said, “Mrs. Cao? What a coincidence? Come in and sit down together.”

　　Mrs. Cao watched for a long time and said, “No need, you guys take your time to eat.”

　　Cao Songquan heard the words, and quickly walked outside with his wife’s waist in one hand, and whispered to her for a long time, that it was nothing more than work and social engagement, and that she had misunderstood something.

　　After coaxing for a long time, Mrs. Cao turned and left, followed by a group of waiters chasing her in, who then respectfully sent her away.

　　Cao Songquan clutched his chest and felt like he had lost all his soul. He returned to Wen Jianing to sit down, put his shoulders on his shoulders, and said, “Oh, I’m scared to death.”

　　Wen Jianing looked at the three pairs of bowls and chopsticks placed on the table and thought that fortunately Mrs. Cao did not come in, otherwise he would really not be able to explain.

　　Cao Songquan obviously didn’t think that far, and said to Wen Jianing, “Fortunately, I heard that you are here, otherwise I don’t know where to hide.”

　　Wen Jianing and Cao Songquan were already close with each other, and at this moment he said, “Director Cao, you’d better restrain yourself.”

　　It was not that he had no feelings for his wife, otherwise, he wouldn’t have to be so afraid of being caught, but since the feelings were still there, he was reluctant to divorce his wife, and insisted on going behind her for ten years. Wen Jianing didn’t understand why he did that or if he regarded hide-and-seek with his wife as an exciting and stimulating thing.

　　Cao Songquan said, “You don’t understand, boy…” He stopped again, looked at Wen Lin and Yi Nan, and reached out to shake hands with them, “Hello, hello.”

　　Wen Jianing introduced them to each other one by one.

　　In fact, they have heard of each other, but this was the first time that they just sit down and eat together.

　　Cao Songquan managed to dodge his wife, and after a while brought in a beautiful young girl. He was currently preparing a new drama. This girl played a very important supporting role in his movie. It was just the two of them who came out for dinner tonight.

　　Wen Jianing ran into Cao Songquan and immediately wanted to help Yi Nan and Wen Lin to get closer to him. After all, he was a well-known director and had a wide network of people in this circle. It was exactly what Yi Nan and the others need.

　　So Wen Jianing deliberately kept Cao Songquan for a while to chat with him.

　　Wen Jianing asked Cao Songquan, “Didn’t you promise to make a movie for me?”

　　Cao Songquan said, “I remember, but didn’t Lu Jinlang get to you first? When you finish filming this movie, keep your schedule open. My next movie will definitely be tailored for you.”

　　Wen Jianing smiled and didn’t take it too seriously.

　　But today they did Cao Songquan a big favour, so Cao Songquan said that he covered all the entertainment bills after dinner.

　　Originally, Wen Jianing thought this was for Wen Lin to come out to relax, and it might not be a good thing to have many people and a lively environment. However, as long as he watched Wen Lin and did not let him drink, it shouldn’t be a problem, so he accepted Cao Songquan’s invitation.

　　There was a bar in Lanlu that was very famous because there was a small stage in the middle of the bar, equipped with the top audio equipment and professional bands. If you were lucky, you could see many famous singers. Even divas like Xu Rujing and Wang Mei have sung here with friends.

　　When they went over, there were already people in the bar, which was not surprising. However, when they opened the door and went in, they discovered that the person who was singing turned out to be Jiang Yongfei.

　　Jiang Yongfei, who belonged to the same company as Wen Jianing and the others have very little relationship with them. Jiang Yongfei, who had always been called Lei Xing’s first sister, clearly felt the threat from Wen Jianing.

　　As soon as she saw someone push the door in, the singing stopped immediately, and the band stopped accompaniment a moment later.

　　The first person to come in was Cao Songquan. After she saw him, Jiang Yongfei tilted her head and smiled, looking cutely. But then she saw Wen Jianing and the others who came in right after him, and her smile became a little awkward.

　　Jiang Yongfei was actually relatively peaceful. When she met Wen Jianing at the company, she would greet him with a smile, but that kind of friendliness was only on the surface. Before cooperating with Yi Nan on singles, Jiang Yongfei once expressed her dissatisfaction with the company in private because she felt that the company wanted to use her popularity to promote Yi Nan.

　　The reason why she smiled awkwardly at this time was because before Wen Jianing and the others came in, there was only one audience in this bar enjoying Jiang Yongfei’s performance, and that was Li Rong.

　　Li Rong had been quiet after he broke up with Yuan Qian, and there was no news from him. Of course, he and Yan Ruowei did not take each other seriously. No one really knew when he got involved with Jiang Yongfei.

　　When he saw Cao Songquan and the others coming in, Li Rong took the initiative to stand up and shook hands with Cao Songquan, and then greeted Wen Jianing and the others.

　　Everyone went over and sat down together. Cao Songquan saw Jiang Yongfei still on the stage and said, “We are so lucky, the little goddess will perform live, so many people can’t expect it.”

　　Jiang Yongfei had a sweet smile on her face, but in her heart, she wasn’t too happy to sing anymore. She and Li Rong were having fun, and she didn’t want to accompany many people, not to mention there were still some infamous little actors below.

　　However, when Li Rong saw her stop, he said, “Go on, that song just now sounds pretty good.”

　　Jiang Yongfei put a hand on her lips and coughed twice as if her throat was uncomfortable.

　　Wen Jianing took the initiative to help her out, and said, “Is Fei jie’s throat uncomfortable? Let me take you a glass of water.”

　　Jiang Yongfei immediately went down the steps. She stood up and walked down the stage and said, “I’ll take a rest first.”

　　Cao Songquan was a little disappointed, but he quickly remembered something and turned to Wen Jianing and said, “Aren’t you making your debut in a singing competition? Don’t you plan to sing a song?”

　　Wen Jianing stood up graciously upon hearing the words, walked towards the stage and said, “I heard that the audio equipment here is world-class, I want to give it a try.”

　　He sat on the stool behind the microphone, adjusted the height of the microphone, and then said the name of a song to the band. The song he chose was a popular song recently.

　　Cao Songquan was looking forward to Wen Jianing’s singing at first, but when he really started to sing, Cao Songquan was slightly disappointed because Wen Jianing’s singing was not as amazing as his acting.

　　In the past competitions, every song was carefully selected and carefully considered before performing on stage. At that time, he had been practising vocalization. Of course, it was not the same as now. Nowadays Wen Jianing neglected to practice, and it had been a long time since he sang a song in such a serious way. It sounds better than ordinary people but worse than professional singers.

　　Nevertheless, after he finished singing, he heard everyone’s encouraging applause.

　　Only when he stepped down, did Cao Songquan say to him, “You depend on Lu Jinlang for your ranking, right?”

　　Wen Jianing smiled upon hearing this and did not deny it.

　　After he got down, he suddenly thought that Wen Lin should go up and sing two songs to relieve the pressure. After sitting down, he bumped Wen Lin with his shoulder and said, “Go up and sing some songs.”

　　Wen Lin was a little shy, shook his head and said, “Forget it.”

　　”Go ahead,” Wen Jianing said to him, “The audio is very good, you don’t want to try it?”

　　This was a big temptation for someone who liked to sing.

　　Wen Lin raised his head to look at the stage.

　　Wen Jianing then said, “I’ll help you borrow a guitar. Go sing the two original songs you’ve sung before. They’re very nice and amazing.”

　　With that said, he stood up and walked towards the band.

　　Wen Lin could not refuse any more and stand up.

　　He took the electric guitar Wen Jianing borrowed from the band. Wen Lin sat on the bench on the stage and tuned the tuning.

　　Cao Songquan whistled.

　　However, after the soothing music flowed from Wen Lin’s fingertips, Cao Songquan soon quieted down. Wenlin’s music was as gentle and pure as himself.

　　Wen Jianing hadn’t heard it for a long time, but every time he listened to Wen Lin singing, it reminded him of Ke Xinhang.

　　The clean and crisp singing sounded as Wen Lin came closer to the microphone, and a dim yellow light hit his face. He looked gentle and glowing.

　　Compared with Wen Jianing’s casual singing, his singing was more serious and persistent.

　　Cao Songquan folded his arms in front of his chest, nodding to the beat of the music.

　　Li Rong propped his chin with one hand, and carefully looked at Wen Lin from top to bottom. He had actually seen Wen Lin more than once, but this was the first time the other party attracted his attention.

　　In terms of appearance, Wen Lin was not as good as Wen Jianing, but he naturally has a simple and pure complexion.

　　Wen Lin sang two songs. The second song was a love song. His voice trembled a little when he sang the last emotional piece, but he sang it successfully. After it was over, he sat on the stage without moving for a long time, and when he calmed down, he stood up, bowed, and walked down.

　　He sat down next to Wen Jianing and reached out to pick up the wine on the table to drink, but Wen Jianing stopped him.

　　Wen Jianing looked at Yi Nan.

　　Yi Nan had been with them for so long today, and he could see that Wen Lin’s mood was not right, so he changed the wine in Wen Lin’s hand into a drink.

　　Wen Lin didn’t force it, just smiled and said, “Thank you.”

　　No one went up to sing again, and the band began to play soothing music.

　　Jiang Yongfei pulled Li Rong lightly and tried to invite him to leave.

　　Li Rong smiled at her and said in an irrefutable tone, “Sit back.”

　　Wen Lin had sung two songs and really felt that he had vented a little. He yearns for this kind of performance on the stage, which was different from singing alone at home. He hoped that his songs could be heard and appreciated.

　　But now he couldn’t even go to a bar to sing, because he chose this road that he didn’t know whether it was right or wrong.

　　Wen Lin kept looking at the small stage in front of him as Wen Jianing spoke to him.

　　Yi Nan noticed and said, “You can often come to sing in the future.”

　　Wen Jianing heard the words and said, “Yes, you can come whenever you want.”

　　Wen Lin nodded.

　　That night, they spent the night in Lanlu. It was still a kind of small courtyard-like accommodation, but they opened three single rooms.

　　After lying in bed, Wen Jianing and Lu Jinlang talked on the phone. He didn’t know how much this would improve Wen Lin’s mental condition, but if it could play a role, even if just a little bit, at least he could do something instead of watching Wen Lin sank deeper and deeper.

　　Lu Jinlang said to him, “Take a good rest and shoot tomorrow.”

　　”Well,” Wen Jianing said softly, “Good night, see you tomorrow.”

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　　The atmosphere inside Lu Jinfeng’s study on the second floor was not as relaxed as downstairs. 

　　Lu Jinfeng and Lu Jinlang sat face to face. With a sullen face, Lu Jinfeng said, “What do you mean? Why are you deliberately telling mom? You want to piss her off?”

　　Lu Jinlang heard the words and said softly, “Eldest brother, you underestimate mom’s character, she may not be very angry.”

　　After all, Lu Jinlang was Yu He’s youngest child. In fact, she doted on the child a little too much. They relied on Lu Jinfeng, the eldest brother, to keep him in check since childhood.

　　The old lady was shocked, but he couldn’t tell how angry she was.

　　Lu Jinfeng sighed heavily, “Jin Lang, aren’t you 34 this year?”

　　Lu Jinlang nodded.

       Lu Jinfeng said, “I just want to see how long you can still play. I thought you would be sensible and sober when you were older, but now you do this kind of thing to me?”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “It’s because I’m getting older that I have become more and more aware of what I want.” When he said that, he was silent for a moment, “Actually, I was not serious with him at the beginning. As you said, I’m going to have enough fun and get married to a woman. But I found that I couldn’t do it at all. I was serious about him.”

　　Lu Jinfeng stared at him, “Two men? Have you ever thought that you won’t even have children together? How long can this kind of relationship last?”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Second brother and the second sister in law have a child, but how long have they held on?”

　　Lu Jinfeng was silent upon hearing this.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Eldest brother, let me ask you. If you and sister in law didn’t have any children, would you choose to divorce her?”

　　Lu Jinfeng said in a deep voice, “Of course not.” He and Kang Huanxian had been married for so many years. His wife had suffered with him, bringing up two younger brothers and a mother at that time, and Kang Huanxian never complained. Whether there were children or not, it was impossible to affect the relationship between the two of them.

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Yes, what is the difference between me and Xinhang? It doesn’t matter whether it is a male or a female, whether we are married or whether we have children. If you don’t love one another, you can still divorce even if you have a child. As long as your feelings are still there, why can’t you live a lifetime without children?”

　　Lu Jinfeng said, “Don’t tell me those fallacies, isn’t Ke Xinhang still very young?”

　　”He is twelve years younger than me,” Lu Jinlang said softly.

　　Lu Jinfeng looked at him, “He is still so young, and you want to stay with him for the rest of your life? Are you sure that he is willing to stay with you for the rest of your life? In ten years, when you are in your forties, he is only in his early thirties. He can turn around at any time, then what are you gonna do?”

　　Lu Jinlang was silent for a moment, and said, “He won’t.”

　　His tone was too determined, and Lu Jinfeng couldn’t help being startled slightly, and said, “He won’t? Why do you say he won’t?”

　　Lu Jinlang told him, “Because he is the person I like, I believe in my own eyes. Will sister in law have a change of heart? You also believe it is impossible, right? Love is not just a fairy tale. Why did mother and father marry back then? Has her heart changed since Dad passed away after so many years? You and sister in law have been supporting each other until now, and you still don’t know anything about feelings between two people in a relationship? Who are you to question our relationship?”

　　Outside the room, the old lady of the Lu family kept her ears to the door to eavesdrop. When she heard this, her nose was stuffy and her eyes were a little teary.

　　She sucked her nose hard.

　　Lu Jinxin couldn’t see it anymore, stretched out her hand and said, “Mom, what are you eavesdropping on!”

　　The old lady waved her hand to prevent Lu Jinxin from touching her, and accidentally bumped her elbow on the door.

　　”Who is that?” Lu Jinfeng was a little angry, and shouted, “Come in!”

　　Lu Jinlang stood up, walked over and opened the door.

　　The old lady hurriedly hid behind Lu Jinxin.

　　Lu Jinfeng was about to get angry, and Lu Jinxin said, “It’s Mother who is eavesdropping outside.”

　　The old lady slapped her second son hard, “Bad boy!”

　　Originally, Lu Jinfeng didn’t want his mother to know and planned to solve the matter by himself, but Lu Jinlang had already confessed in front of his mother so he had nothing to hide, so he said, “Come in and sit down.”

　　Kang Huanxian poked her head in through the door and smiled gently, “I’ll bring the fruit in for you.”

　　The whole family was so peaceful that Lu Jinfeng didn’t have the heart to lose his temper. He waved his hand and said, “Whatever.”

　　The old lady started to sigh as soon as she sat in.

　　Lu Jinfeng knew that she had something to say, so he said, “Just say anything you want.”

　　The old lady glanced at her eldest son and then at her third son, and said, “Although it’s not right for a man to be with a man, I also think you shouldn’t question people’s feelings casually. Who says it’s impossible to last for a lifetime?”

　　Lu Jinxin couldn’t help laughing when he heard his mother say this.

　　Lu Jinfeng glared at him, “Don’t laugh!” Sometimes he couldn’t restrain his anger when facing this younger brother.

　　But as for their mother, the brothers all knew that the old lady was not quite right in her mind. She had been living in a fantasy for a lifetime, kind and straightforward, easy to believe in others, and thought that love was the best feeling in the world. But because of this, she was able to live happily, and the Lu family brothers did not intend to persuade or change her.

　　But at the moment, it was obvious that after listening to Lu Jinlang say a few words of true love, the old lady’s heart was a little compromised. Lu Jinfeng didn’t intend to let them mess around, and said, “I don’t care whether they are sincere or not. I don’t agree with this matter.”

　　Lu Jinlang knew that Lu Jinfeng was not that easy to persuade. He wanted to take his time and was not in a hurry.

　　The old lady still frowned and sighed again.

　　Kang Huanxian came into the study with the fruit plate and put it on the table for Lu Jinfeng and the others. Just when she heard the old lady sigh, she asked, “Mother in law, why are you sighing? The TV series is about to begin today, are you not going to watch it?”

　　The old lady struggled for a long time, and finally said what she had been holding back all night, “I still prefer Xiao Zongyan, third child. Even if you don’t have a relationship, you still can invite that kid for dinner. I want to see him.”

　　”Mom!” Lu Jinfeng thought it was ridiculous. He wasted his saliva and said so many objections to Lu Jinlang. But then, the old lady at home wanted to invite him here.

　　Lu Jinxin said, “Mom, you are not sick, right?”

　　Lu Jinfeng scolded him, “How can you talk to mom like that?”

　　Lu Jinxin crossed his mouth and signalled that he had shut up.

　　Lu Jinlang stood up and said to his mother, “You can see him anytime you want, and he should also want to see you.”

　　The old lady glanced at her eldest son and nodded secretly to Lu Jinlang.

　　On the Lu family’s side, the whole family was buzzing with activity. Wen Jianing drove to see Ke Xinfan by himself after finishing work.

　　Ke Xinfan was not in the ward when he arrived but went to smoke on the balcony outside the corridor.

　　Wen Jianing had only intended to say hello to him.

　　Ke Xinfan said, “Are you alone today? Where is Lu Jinlang?”

　　These days, as long as Lu Jinlang was free, he would come with him. They came to see Ke Xinfan almost every day.

　　Ke Xinfan actually felt a little strange, “Don’t you hate me? Why do you still rush to see me like this every day?”

　　Wen Jianing told him, “I don’t hate you too much. It’s you who has never said any good words since you came back. What do you want me to do to you?”

　　Ke Xinfan sighed with a cigarette in his mouth.

　　Wen Jianing asked him, “When will you be discharged from the hospital?”

　　Ke Xinfan said, “The doctor checked me in the ward this morning and said I would be discharged next week.”

　　”That’s good,” Wen Jianing said, “Next week we will make some time to go back to our hometown and pay respects to… Our mom and dad.”

　　He left Ke Xinfan, and Wen Jianing went to pick Wen Lin up from the set.

　　Because he called Wen Lin suddenly, when Wen Jianing arrived, the shooting here was not over yet.

　　The abused scenes had basically all been filmed. Now, the ongoing scene was that after the teenager played by Wen Lin was found by his biological mother, he still fell into a boundless nightmare.

　　He fell asleep at night and was awakened by nightmares. His mother came to his room and turned on the light to comfort him.

　　When he was held in his arms by the actor who played his biological mother, he started crying. The cry was very heartbreaking, and the tears couldn’t stop flowing down.

　　Because of the themes of the movie, the crew had always had a dull atmosphere. Even if a scene was over, almost no one spoke loudly, and each prepared for the next work in an orderly manner.

　　The director then said that they could call it a day.

　　Wen Lin stood up from the bed and stood there for a while.

　　Wen Jianing could feel that Wen Lin’s mental state had not improved at all. He stepped forward and said to him, “You alright? Can we go now?”

　　Wen Lin suddenly snapped back to his consciousness and said, “Oh, Xinhang, you are here.”

　　Wen Jianing patted him on the shoulder, “Go change your clothes, we will have dinner together tonight.”

　　Wen Lin nodded, “Okay.”

　　While Wen Lin went to change his clothes, Wen Jianing approached Zhu Zexin and asked him if Wen Lin had not seen a psychiatrist.

　　Zhu Zexin said, “The doctor is too busy, and the appointments have been filled recently. I will do it as soon as possible in two days.”

　　Wen Jianing said to him, “Wen Lin’s mental state is too unstable, please contact him as soon as possible. If you really can’t get in touch, just call me and I will help you to contact him.”

　　Zhu Zexin seemed to be in a hurry, and said, “I know. Then I will leave first. Will you send Wen Lin back?”

　　Wen Jianing nodded.

　　When Zhu Zexin left, Wen Lin also changed his clothes and took off his makeup.

　　He had lost a lot of weight recently, and his face looked pale, which was very suitable for his role. He looked like a sick and beautiful young man.

　　Wen Jianing went over to pat him on his shoulders.

　　He smiled and asked, “Where to go? What to eat?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “What do you want to eat?”

　　Wen Lin tilted his head and thought for a while.

　　Wen Jianing was making plans quickly. He wanted to take Wen Lin to a warm and bright place that could make people feel happy. But they were destined to not be able to go to public places, so at this time he thought of Lanlu.

　　The small courtyard where he stayed with Lu Jinlang in Lanlu and the elegant private room of Japanese decoration all made Wen Jianing feel comfortable.

　　And since it was on the outskirts of the city, it would take less than an hour to walk around the city directly, so it was better to stay one night and get to the studio in time tomorrow morning.

　　When he saw that Wen Lin hadn’t made a decision for a long time, he said first, “Let’s go to Lanlu, the environment over there is good.”

　　Wen Lin immediately agreed upon hearing this, “Okay, let’s go there.”

　　Wen Jianing drove off, and when he got in the car, he called Lu Jinlang and said that he would not go back to sleep tonight.

　　At this time, Lu Jinlang just came out of Lu Jinfeng’s study, stood in the corridor and stopped, and said, “Why? Are you going to spend the night with Wen Lin?”

　　Wen Jianing didn’t say anything like wanting to make Wen Lin open up in front of Wen Lin. He just said to Lu Jinlang, “Yes, can I sleep with Wen Lin tonight?”

　　Lu Jinlang smiled, “You didn’t ask me before you made a decision?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “I’m asking for your permission now, Boss Lu.”

　　Lu Jinlang said softly, “Have fun, let him relax, and don’t sleep too late.”

　　When the two of them were talking on the phone, the old lady Lu got close to Lu Jinlang and suddenly grabbed Lu Jinlang’s arm and said, “Are you talking to that kid?”

　　”Mom?” Lu Jinlang turned his head in surprise.

　　Wen Jianing was also surprised on the phone and suddenly became nervous.

　　The old lady said to Lu Jinlang, “Oh, tell him it’s me, it’s xiao He, does he remember me?”

　　Lu Jinlang hadn’t spoken yet, but Wen Jianing had already heard the conversation on the other side of the phone. He said to Lu Jinlang, “You tell Aunt Lu, I still remember her.”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “You have to call her xiao He, or she will be unhappy.”

　　Wen Jianing held back a smile and called out, “Xiao He.”

　　Lu Jinlang put the phone to the ear of the old lady and asked her, “Do you hear it?”

　　The old lady nodded repeatedly.

　　Lu Jinlang then said to Wen Jianing, “Okay, I’ll hang up. Drive safely.”

　　Wen Jianing gave an “um” and then hung up the phone.

　　Wen Lin was listening to him talking on the phone. At this moment, he smiled and said, “I never thought that you and Lu Jinlang would become like this.”

　　Wen Jianing thought of the old lady Lu, still couldn’t help smiling, and turned his head to look at Wen Lin, “What do we look like now?”

　　Wen Lin thought for a while but didn’t know how to describe it, so he said, “Looks very happy.”

　　Wen Jianing then said to him, “Then get a girlfriend.” He felt that Wen Lin’s mental condition might be improved if he could find someone to communicate with and share with him.

　　Wen Lin didn’t say anything. He raised his head and took a deep breath. He felt depressed and low, and even he seemed to have trouble breathing.

　　”Let’s talk about it later,” Wen Lin said later.

　　Wen Jianing did not press him again, but later called Yi Nan and said, “Are you free to eat together? It’s been a long time since you were in Asia.”

　　Yi Nan recently accompanied his mother Yun Shuying on a trip around the country, where he took a semester of acting courses, and just returned from abroad. Next, the company still picked up a TV series for him and packaged it according to how it was previously. They believe it would be another hit.

　　Before the TV series started filming, he had been at home all the time.

　　Yi Nan hesitated when Wen Jianing said to go to Lanlu, “So far?”

　　Wen Jianing said, “Will you come? Let’s sleep together tonight.”

　　Yi Nan was taken aback, and then a little annoyed, “Who wants to sleep with you? Pervert!”

　　Wen Jianing laughed happily when Yi Nan said this to him.

　　Yi Nan said before hanging up, “Wait for me, I will be there soon.”

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Yi Nan is really like a tsundere （○´艸｀）
And just a food for thoughts, there is a reason why some family is obsessed with having a kid and think that in any situation, it’s way better to have a child. It is because they feel the need to continue blood and family name. It’s illogical I know, but it’s a principle that they held high no matter how illogical it sounds to other people

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       After a short two-day break, Wen Jianing and Lu Jinlang returned to the set to continue filming.

       Because of Lu Jinlang’s careful requirements, the progress of the filming was not too fast, but generally speaking, it went smoothly. He was very satisfied with Jian Jun, who was scouted by himself.

　　Wen Jianing could also feel Jian Jun’s potential, who sometimes had some interesting ideas about acting.

　　It was like the scene they filmed today. As Yuan Xu’s father was dying, Yuan Sheng suddenly appeared to say goodbye to Yuan Xu.

　　The performance scene was in the small courtyard of Yuan’s family. At this time, Yuan Xu had not felt sad about his father’s imminent death. He squatted numbly on the steps of the small courtyard.

       At this time, Jian Jun, who played Yuan Sheng, walked in.

       According to the script and the director’s request, Jian Jun came to say goodbye to Wen Jianing. Wen Jianing was baffled because he didn’t know what was going on. Jian Jun shook his hand, blessed his future life, and then turned and left.

       At the time of the official shooting, Jian Jun was very emotional. Some of his actions were not planned initially but were completely the result of being emotional. He put his hand on the back of Wen Jianing’s neck, put his head on his shoulder, hugged him hard, then let go, and then smiled at him and said, “Don’t be angry with your mother, she worked so hard to raise you until you are this big. Please be considerate of her. In the future, the family should get along and live a good life.”

　　Wen Jianing looked a little startled at his expression, and asked, “Sheng ge, what’s the matter with you?”

　　Jian Jun smiled, waved to him, and then turned to leave.

　　Although they hadn’t performed this scene even once, Lu Jinlang agreed with Jian Jun’s emotional performance. During the break, he asked Jian Jun what he thought of the scene.

　　Because Lu Jinlang and Wen Jianing were both out today, Tongtong could not stay at home alone, so they brought him to the set.

　　During the shooting, Tong Tong was handed over to Lu Yunan.

　　But as soon as Lu Yunan didn’t pay attention, Tongtong went to touch the filming equipment on the set.

　　Wen Jianing picked up Tongtong from behind, put him on a high stool next to him, and said helplessly, “Don’t be naughty, have you forgotten about your head being stuck last time?”

　　Tongtong opened his mouth as if he had really forgotten.

　　Wen Jianing saw both his palms were covered in dust, so he took a tissue to wipe his hands carefully.

　　Jian Jun was talking to Lu Jinlang, but at this moment, he looked in Wen Jianing’s direction in a daze.

　　Lu Jinlang lowered his head to write and draw on the script, and suddenly realized that he had not received Jian Jun’s response, so he raised his head to look at him, followed his gaze, and saw Wen Jianing helping Tongtong wipe his hands.

　　He turned the pen in his hand, Lu Jinlang said to Jian Jun, “Jian Jun, any more ideas?”

　　Jian Jun suddenly came back to his senses when he heard his name, shook his head, and said, “No, nothing.”

　　Lu Jinlang then said, “Well, we’ll go first according to your idea later.”

　　Jian Jun nodded.

　　Wen Jianing wiped Tong Tong’s hands clean, picked him up from the stool, and led him to Lu Yunan.

　　At this time, Wen Tinghuan hurriedly walked by Wen Jianing from a distance, looked down at Tongtong, and then said to Wen Jianing, “Did you take this child out two days ago and get photographed?”

　　Wen Jianing glanced at her strangely, “Yes, what’s the matter?”

　　Wen Tinghuan said, “Have a look on the Internet.”

　　He was photographed by the paparazzi that day when he took Tongtong out on the street. After the photo was posted on the Internet, there was not much response, after all, it was just a trivial piece of news. But he didn’t expect that after just two days, some netizens found an old photo of Lu Jinlang. The photo was taken about half a year ago. It was a photo of Lu Jinlang walking out of a restaurant holding Tongtong in his arms. These gossip websites were not so polite to Lu Jinlang. They wrote the words “illegal son” directly in the title, followed by a big question mark. Although the content of the news was vague, it deliberately pointed to the suspicious identity of the child.

　　Netizens who were good at digging up stuff took this photo at this time, and also deliberately enlarged Tongtong’s face for comparison, and concluded that they were the same person.

　　So there are a lot of speculations circulating around.

　　The most common speculation was that Lu Jinlang was Wen Jianing’s sponsor. Wen Jianing had been highly praised since his debut because of Lu Jinlang’s influence. Now he was the main actor in a movie which also happens to be directed by Lu Jinlang.

　　A well-known blogger on Weibo put the two photos together and wrote: This was clearly a family of three!

　　This Weibo post had caused a lot of reposts, but everyone was just taking it as a joke, and no one took it seriously.

　　Wen Jianing saw the news, raised his head and said to Wen Tinghuan, “This kind of gossip will soon subside as long as you don’t pay attention to it.”

　　The internet nowadays was too vast, countless information floods people’s eyes every day. Today’s headlines were likely to be thrown out of people’s minds because of a bigger news tomorrow, not to mention these meaningless speculations.

　　But these things that Wen Jianing didn’t pay attention to were noticed by others.

　　Lu Jinlang was explaining to the assistant director. When he was about to continue shooting, Lu Yunan brought his mobile phone over. The muted mobile phone screen was flashing, showing it was Lu Jinfeng’s call.

　　After answering the phone, Lu Jinlang heard his eldest brother ask, “Is Tongtong with you?”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “Yes.”

　　Lu Jinfeng said, “Bring Tongtong here tonight, and you will also go home for dinner.”

　　Lu Jinlang glanced in the direction of Wen Jianing and Tongtong, and replied, “Okay, I understand.”

　　After he hung up the phone, he stood up and walked in Wen Jianing’s direction. He didn’t know that such a piece of news had been circulating on the Internet. He just listened to Lu Jinfeng’s tone and felt that there was probably something he wanted to say.

　　Walking to Wen Jianing, he said, “My eldest brother told me to go back for dinner tonight.”

　　Wen Jianing felt something amiss, and asked, “Is something wrong?”

　　Lu Jinlang said, “I don’t know yet, he suddenly asked me to take Tongtong back.”

　　Wen Tinghuan let out a soft ‘Ah’, “You have not seen the pictures on the internet?”

　　”What picture?” Lu Jinlang asked.

　　Wen Jianing handed him his cell phone.

　　Lu Jinlang saw the two photos, flipped through the online comments, and exhaled, “I see.”

　　He thought that Lu Jinfeng must have seen it, or his mother or his sister-in-law saw it, and then told Lu Jinfeng.

　　A few days ago, Lu Jinfeng followed the top leaders of the city out of town to go on a trip. He just came back in less than a week. But even when he came back, he was so busy that he worked overtime until late at night.

　　Both Lu Jinlang and Lu Jinxin were brought up by Lu Jinfeng, but after their two younger brothers became adults, and their respective businesses expanded, Lu Jinfeng didn’t care much about them anymore.

　　For Lu Jinfeng, time was very precious, especially during dinner time every day. This was not a special day of the festival. If he was gathering the family for dinner, in Lu Jinlang’s opinion, Lu Jinfeng must have something important to say.

　　After they finished work early in the afternoon, Lu Jinlang drove back with Tongtong and asked Lu Yunan to drive Wen Jianing.

　　Wen Jianing declined. He planned to go to Wen Lin for dinner while he had time.

　　Lu Jinlang nodded and told him to be careful on the road and not to drink if he was driving.

　　Wen Jianing held Lu Jinlang’s hand when no one was seeing him around.

　　The old house of the Lu family had been around for some years. It was bought when Lu Jinlang’s father was still alive. The villa in the suburbs was now in the city centre, but the surrounding environment was very quiet.

　　The old lady Lu was used to living here for decades, and she refused to move anywhere. Usually, Lu Jinfeng and his wife live with the old lady. They also have a daughter, who was now studying abroad.

　　Lu Jinlang parked the car on the lawn outside the house and helped Tong Tong open the car door and untie his seat belt. The little guy was excited to call his grandma and ran into the house.

　　Tongtong just ran to the door and saw Lu Jinfeng standing by the door, so he braked sharply and ran back towards Lu Jinlang. Lu Jinfeng has a serious personality, and everyone in the Lu family was a little afraid of him.

　　Lu Jinlang picked up Tongtong, greet his eldest brother, and walked inside.

　　Lu Jinfeng’s time was precious, and he didn’t like to beat around the bush. He stood at the door and let Tongtong come in first, but left Lu Jinlang behind and asked straightforwardly, “What’s the matter with Ke Xinhang?”

　　Lu Jinlang didn’t intend to hide it from him. Sooner or later, he had to confess this matter. Since Lu Jinfeng asked, he saved him from looking for another opportunity, so he said straightforwardly, “My lover.”

　　Lu Jinfeng was a little surprised. He had suspected it because he had heard some rumours about Lu Jinlang’s sexual orientation. When he saw the news, his first reaction was to call Lu Jinxin and ask him how his son ran to others. At that time, Lu Jinxin said vaguely that it was not because of Lu Jinlang’s relationship, so Lu Jinfeng felt something was wrong.

　　But Lu Jinlang was too frank, and he didn’t have a chance to say what he was prepared to ask, he was taken aback for a while before he said, “Are you kidding?”

　　Lu Jinlang smiled, “I’m not kidding. Eldest brother, I plan to take him home someday.”

　　Lu Jinfeng’s face didn’t look good, “Are you crazy?”

　　At that moment, the person who helped Lu Jinlang shifted Lu Jinfeng’s anger suddenly appeared. Lu Jinxin stopped the car and walked over. He saw his eldest brother and third brother standing at the door talking from a distance, so he waved and said hello.

　　Lu Jinfeng was also angry at Lu Jinxin, and yelled, “Is that how you take care of your son? Throwing him to Lu Jinlang? How did you become a father?”

　　Lu Jinxin stopped, reached out to scratch his head, took out a cigarette from his pocket and wanted to smoke.

　　Lu Jinfeng said, “Why are you smoking? We are going to eat soon.”

　　As soon as he finished speaking, his wife Kang Huanxian cautiously said behind him, “The food’s ready. Jinlang and Jinxin, let’s come in first.”

　　Lu Jinfeng lowered his voice and said to Lu Jinlang, “Come to my study after dinner.”

　　At dinner, the whole family was quiet.

　　But everyone could tell that Lu Jinfeng was in a bad mood.

　　The old lady Lu took a sip of the soup with a spoon. After putting down the spoon, she suddenly said to Lu Jinxin, “Look at you, upsetting your eldest brother. You are already an adult.”

　　She thought that Lu Jinfeng was upset because it was because of Lu Jinxin’s divorce and that he didn’t take care of Tongtong.

　　Lu Jinxin was unhappy when he was wronged, so he put his chopsticks on the table and said, “Why is it my fault? It’s obviously the third child’s fault.”

　　The old lady Lu said, “What do you mean by the third? The third is the most obedient, so he won’t cause trouble.”

　　Kang Huanxian was the first in her family to see the news on the Internet. She knew that the reason Lu Jinfeng was unhappy today was that he saw those two photos, so at this time she dissuaded the old lady Lu and told her to stop talking and kept putting vegetables in her bowl.

　　Lu Jinlang put down the dishes and suddenly said to the old lady, “Mom, I’m in a relationship.”

　　The old Lu was instantly elated, and she asked with a smile on her face, “When did it happen? Have you got a girlfriend?”

　　Before Lu Jinfeng had time to stop Lu Jinlang, he continued, “Not a girlfriend, but a boyfriend.”

　　The old lady Lu was still smiling when her eyes widened in surprise, her expression was a bit distorted, and she asked, “What? Boyfriend? Who is whose boyfriend?”

　　Lu Jinfeng growled, “Enough! Shut up!”

　　Lu Jinlang continued, “I said my lover is a man.”

　　The old lady frowned tightly this time, with a complicated expression on her face. It was obviously too sudden that she couldn’t react properly, and she said in a daze, “A man…”

　　Lu Jinfeng put the chopsticks down again, stood up and said to Lu Jinlang, “Come upstairs and talk to me!”

　　Tongtong was taken aback and leaned toward the old lady Lu.

　　The old lady hugged him quickly.

　　Lu Jinlang stood up obediently and followed Lu Jinfeng up to the second floor.

　　The old lady hugged her grandson tightly, and she struggled for a long time and said, “How do you find a man to fall in love with? Look, this time, you will make your eldest brother angry.”

　　Lu Jinxin said in the news, “Mom, your focus is wrong.”

　　The old lady looked at him, “Why is my focus wrong?”

　　Lu Jinxin said, “It doesn’t matter whether the eldest brother is angry or not, the important thing is that the third child is really playing with a man now and wants to live with him for a lifetime.”

　　The old lady wrinkled her face into a ball, “So, this means he can’t have a child.”

　　Lu Jinxin didn’t speak.

　　After a while, she said again, “The third child is stubborn and determined, once he made up his mind, your eldest brother won’t be able to convince him. What should we do?”

　　Lu Jinxin said, “How do I know?”

　　The old lady glared at him, “Stop eating, go up and take a look. Don’t make a noise.”

　　Lu Jinxin helplessly put down his food, stood up and walked towards the stairs.

　　The old lady stretched out her hand and touched Tongtong’s head. After a while, she asked Kang Huanxian, “Sister in law, do you know who it is?”

　　Kang Huanxian only saw the photo today. Although Lu Jinlang didn’t say it clearly, she guessed it in her heart, so she whispered, “It seems that we have seen him at Jinlang’s house before. Mom, young man you like who played the lord.”

　　The old lady was taken aback for a moment, then opened her eyes wide and said, “Xiao Zongyan?”

　　Kang Huanxian nodded.

　　The old lady continued “Aiya, Aiya” several times, and she suddenly fell silent, and she didn’t move for a long time.

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I am reducing the update pace because I want to organize my life. I have been spending so much of my time doing the TLs for the past few weeks. I hope you guys are not mad and willing to wait patiently for each update ( ＾◡＾)っ ♡
I’m sorry I seemed to messed up a lot of pingback and also double paragraph, ika is reviewing my past chapters for a smoother experience in reading (a.k.a no double paragraph….) and hopefully by reducing upload rate I have more time to double check everything before I posted the TLs

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