While waiting for Yao Yi, Shen Huai rolled down the window and lit a cigarette.
On the phone, Yao Yi said that she was shopping with her friends and wanted to check out the dress. She had lost some weight recently and thought that the dress she had ordered for the engagement party was not ideal.
Shen Huai said, "Come back early after you are done. I want to have a meal with you."
Yao Yi sounded like she was in a good mood. "Okay, I'll buy some groceries on the way."
"I didn't know you could cook."
The other side paused for two seconds. "No matter what, I am a person who is going to get married. I can learn it now."
"Okay, I'll wait for you downstairs."
When Shen Huai finished his second cigarette, Yao Yi came back. She came very quickly and probably didn't go to check out the dress. Shen Huai got out of the car to help her with the ingredients in the trunk. The two of them entered the elevator together and met Yao Yi's neighbor, an old lady with a granddaughter. She couldn't help talking and asked Yao Yi if he was her boyfriend. Although Yao Yi looked very cold, Shen Huai didn't expect her to be so intimate with her neighbor.
"He is my fiancé." Yao Yi said with a smile.
Shen Huai had to smile at the old lady with bright eyes.
He wanted to smoke again.
Yao Yi made four dishes and one soup in a short time. Shen Huai was quite surprised. He sat down to eat for a while and praised Yao Yi. However, Yao Yi put down the tableware and stopped to stare at him.
"Shen Huai, do you want to break the engagement?"
Shen Huai choked on the water in his throat and almost spat it out. After coughing, he had to admit, "Is it very obvious?"
Yao Yi looked at him for a while, stood up and took the plate away. She divided it into two trips and poured it all into the trash can. Shen Huai didn't stop her. He sat there and watched her pour it.
"Good. You shouldn't feed a scumbag like me."
Yao Yi turned around and glared at him. "Try talking nonsense again."
Shen Huai shut his mouth.
Yao Yi sat down opposite him. The table that had been warm and sumptuous a moment ago was now bare. It was just a negotiation table. Yao Yi didn't make any unnecessary movements. "Why?"
"Someone I was dating before told me not to get engaged."
"That actor?"
"Yes, you know."
"Of course I know. You didn't plan to hide it from me, did you?"
Shen Huai smiled sheepishly.
"You have feelings?"
"Sort of."
"You really are a scum."
Shen Huai did not intend to refute, and Yao Yi also understood that this was not the main point for both of them.
"The contract has been signed, and the press conference has been held. At this time, you're breaking off the engagement? Shen Huai, you're not such a tasteless person, are you?"
"Of course not. This is what I want to talk to you about."
Yao Yi and Shen Huai had a business marriage. Before Shen Huai proposed, the two families had been in contact for a year with the purpose of cooperation. After Shen Huai proposed, a series of strategic cooperation came to fruition. And breaking off the engagement was a more serious matter than tearing up the contract in black and white. Not only the Yao family, but also Shen Ke, Shen Huai's scary sister, could swallow him alive.
Therefore, Shen Huai couldn't go too far, at least not on the surface.
Shen Huai took a deep breath.
He would ask Xiaoyu to nourish him later.
***
After coming out of Yao Yi's house, Shen Huai received a call from Ren Xuanyu. He was a little awkward. After all, he had just shown his cards to his ex-fiancée. In the end, Yao Yi said to him in a slightly lonely manner, "Forget it. Anyway, you don't even know that I can cook." This made him feel a little bad.
"Why did you end filming so early today?" Shen Huai asked casually. It was only noon, and Ren Xuanyu usually had to film until night, so he didn't have time to call him in the middle.
"Oh." Ren Xuanyu hesitated. "I didn't disturb you, did I?"
"No." Shen Huai sat in the car and looked at his watch. There was enough time for a phone call.
Ren Xuanyu didn't answer. In a few short seconds, the two of them listened to each other's breathing. They didn't know what to say, but they suddenly felt that this was better than anything else.
"I miss you a little." Ren Xuanyu said.
Shen Huai could not help but smile. He heard that his voice was steady and doting, but also had a hint of joy.
"Didn't we just meet yesterday?"
Yes, he had a showdown with Yao Yi the second day he came back. He didn't leave any way out for himself.
Ren Xuanyu didn't say anything. Shen Huai looked out of the window. "I'm downstairs at Yao Yi's house now."
"You went to see her?"
"Yes."
He deliberately teased Ren Xuanyu. Ren Xuanyu didn't know what was on his mind. He paused for a long time before he spoke.
"Shen Huai, I'm serious."
Shen Huai heard the seriousness in his voice. He pursed his lips. "Ren Xuanyu, I haven't been in a relationship for a long time."
The two of them called each other's full names, like some kind of incantation that was difficult to detect. The clock seemed to have slowed down.
Shen Huai leaned forward and put his arm on the steering wheel. There was a cat in front of the car, sitting on the edge of the lawn and licking its paws. Shen Huai looked at the cat and suddenly felt that something was coming to him. It was fresh and subtle, something that had always existed in the world, but he had never noticed it.
"Let's be in a relationship."
He was no longer the master of flirting. He was no longer a master of power. He was no longer a player in the game. The shell wrapped by power and money was broken easily. It didn't hurt at all. Instead, it made him breathe freely, as if he had opened the window one morning and smelled the fragrance of flowers.
Ren Xuanyu was the flower outside his window.
Shen Huai came back to his senses. He really liked it. His mind was full of emotions. He felt sour and sweet in his heart. He waited for Ren Xuanyu to reply, but after waiting for a long time, there was still no sound. Shen Huai thought that the phone had been disconnected. He moved the phone away and looked at it. It was clearly still on.
"Hello, where are you?"
The other side hung up with a click.
Shen Huai was stunned. He suddenly sat up straight and accidentally pressed the horn with his elbow. The lazy cat in front of the car was so scared that it jumped up, turned around in the air, and ran away.
Shen Huai's face darkened.
On the other side, Ren Xuanyu was holding the phone. His face was red, and his heart was beating so fast that it was about to burst out of his chest. Pan Qi just came to deliver food to him. When he entered the door, he saw him sitting on the bed as if he was possessed.
"Brother Yu?"
Ren Xuanyu looked over in a daze. Pan Qi felt that his face was twitching. He couldn't stand Ren Xuanyu's retarded expression. It was simply a collapse of his image.
"I," Ren Xuanyu choked and took a breath. "I want to ask for leave."
Pan Qi put down the food. When he heard this, his face twitched even more. "Brother Yu, the news outside is chaotic. If you ask for leave, the director will definitely be unhappy. At that time, the crew will definitely spread bad words about you."
Ren Xuanyu didn't speak. He looked down at the phone and touched it like it was a treasure.
"Is there something urgent?"
"… Nothing."
Pan Qi placed the dinner on the table. "Brother Yu, Sister Ying just told me that you and Yuan Han will be stopped for a day. I guess we will have dinner together in the evening. The injury on your face is not serious. Just put on some powder. You still have to rush."
Ren Xuanyu put down the phone. "I got it."
Pan Qi stole a glance at him and hesitantly broke the chopsticks. "Brother Yu, what happened between you and Yuan Han?"
"Nothing. It won't affect the filming."
"I'm not worried about the filming." Pan Qi muttered. "I'm worried that you will offend someone. After all, he is a senior."
"What are you afraid of?" Ren Xuanyu smiled at Pan Qi. His smile was proud and sweet. "I have a stronger background than him."
***
Ren Xuanyu was too embarrassed to call Shen Huai again. Now, whenever he thought of Shen Huai, he would hear the line "Let's be in love" from a romance movie. Then, as if he had an allergic reaction, his whole body turned red and his heart beat like a drum.
He lay on the bed and flipped through the few photos of Shen Huai on his phone. He flipped through their chat records and started to roll around.
He really wanted to see him.
He felt that he could hold Shen Huai in his arms and say sweet nothings to him for three days, throwing away all the precision he had in the past. But as he rolled around, he stopped holding the quilt.
He knew how to attract Shen Huai. He knew how to smile at Shen Huai, how to blink, how to touch, and even occasionally use the skills of the lines. Obviously, he had received unexpected results.
Ren Xuanyu remembered the first time he met Shen Huai. That person stood in the crowd. Although there was always a smile on his face, he was very arrogant. Few people dared to really get close to him. At that time, Ren Xuanyu took a few more glances at Shen Huai. There was no other reason than that Shen Huai was good-looking and had a frivolous temperament that was not annoying. It was an image that would definitely attract people's attention.
Then, Ren Xuanyu ran into the scene of Shen Huai pressing Yuan Han against the corner of the wall and kissing him. Now that he thought about it, that moment was deeply imprinted on Ren Xuanyu's retina and brain. In fact, it was Shen Huai's slightly moving jaw, lowered eyelashes, and controlling fingers when they kissed.
Ren Xuanyu held the quilt and slightly tightened his legs.
Perhaps, his curiosity about Shen Huai was not only because he was the person Yuan Han loved.
When he thought of Shen Huai, he felt both satisfied and bitter. The worry brought about by his impure intentions made this feeling of his dream come true not completely sweet, but made him addicted.
Ren Xuanyu reached down and held himself, imagining that Shen Huai was accommodating him. In the illusion, when Shen Huai showed him his trademark frivolous smile, Ren Xuanyu dirtied the hotel quilt.
He really wanted to see him.
***
In the evening, Ren Xuanyu arrived at the hotel near the Film City as promised. The director and the assistant director were already there. Ren Xuanyu was in a good mood, so he agreed to whatever they said.
Last night, the physical conflict between Yuan Han and Ren Xuanyu on the set had been filmed. Although it was not clear, it had already caused a heated discussion on the fan sites and Weibo of the two actors. Ren Xuanyu did not care much about it. He had always been calm when it came to dealing with hot gossip. As long as he cooperated with the press release and posted it on Weibo, most people would buy it, except for the anti-fans.
However, this dinner, which was used to make peace and discuss countermeasures, did not go well until nine o 'clock, but Yuan Han did not come.
Ren Xuanyu stood up, and the assistant director hurriedly stood up as well. "Ren Xuanyu, you sit down. I will personally invite Yuan Han. Although he is a senior, this time he did not act properly."
Ren Xuanyu looked puzzled. "I am just going to ask the waiter to serve the dishes."
The assistant director: "…"
Ren Xuanyu: "Brother Han probably won't come. I don't want to go back hungry."
The assistant director: "Then …"
In the end, the crew responded with "false news" and issued a press release. Ren Xuanyu and Yuan Han did not do anything, so this matter was soon replaced by other hot topics.
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