After walking out of the restaurant and getting into the car, Lu Hao silently lit a cigarette.

I don't know why, but at this moment I suddenly thought of the clichéd saying "Don't despise the young because they are poor"...

As expected, although the destinies of different people are completely different, their states of mind at certain points in time can be subtly similar.

Of course, DreamWorks is not poor.

It's already very strong.

It's just...

Not strong enough.

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Shi Lei's application was approved, and now he is the male lead of "Wolf Warrior 1". Naturally, he can no longer be his driver and bodyguard in the short term.

Lu Hao didn't hire a new one and just enjoyed driving alone.

After getting in the car, he smoked another cigarette silently and couldn't help but call Chu Wen, wanting to chat with her.

The phone beeped twice, then hung up.

——"I'm in class, I'll get back to you later."

oh.

She is now a new teacher at the Imperial Capital Film Academy.

Since finishing filming "Soulmate", Chu Wen has not filmed any new dramas for the time being, wanting to take a good rest for a while. After the big hit of "Partners of Caida", she became a specially appointed teacher of her alma mater.

Every day I go to class, chat with students, go home after class to walk the dog, and think about the story or the character...

Extremely comfortable.

She herself seemed to enjoy this state as well.

Chu Wen is now successful and has a happy life and family. She has everything she needs.

Lu Hao watched her grow little by little from a literary and artistic angry young woman covered in thorns to the gentle and calm woman she is today. Thinking about it, he felt a sense of accomplishment.

However, occasionally, Lu Hao would feel a little uncomfortable.

For example, now.

When two people get along for a long time, regardless of whether they get tired of each other or not, the sense of boundaries will always become blurred, and they will accommodate each other less and less.

If it were in the past, Chu Wen would definitely call back immediately and ask what happened, whether she was in a good mood, etc.

And now...

Just like the song goes, every minute at the beginning is always wonderful.

Thinking about these things a little hypocritically, Lu Hao couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

That's pretty much what life is like.

So he took out his cell phone again and called Zhou Xiaomeng.

Beep, beep, beep...

The phone rang for about ten seconds. Just when Lu Hao was about to lose his patience and was about to hang up, it suddenly connected.

"Hello? What's up?"

Zhou Xiaomeng's voice was a little hurried, and he was breathing heavily, as if he was doing strenuous exercise.

Lu Hao: ???

"What are you doing?"

"I was just attending an open class, sitting in the front row, when I saw my phone vibrate, so I quickly ran out to answer it. What happened?"

Look.

Right.

Lu Hao took a deep breath, was silent for a moment, and said softly: "It's nothing, I just want to chat with you."

"Okay, where are you? I'll come find you!"

Zhou Xiaomeng seemed very cheerful. This was the first time Lu Hao had contacted her since they had gone to eat crayfish together after Lu Hao delivered his anniversary speech in the school auditorium.

However, Lu Hao is a public figure now, so it is definitely not allowed for him to come to the school to find me, so I took the initiative to find him.

This is safer.

Going...where to?

Lu Hao hesitated for a moment and said, "Where do you want to go?"

Zhou Xiaomeng thought about it for a moment and then said shyly, "Go see the red leaves?"

Nearly a hundred kilometers west of the imperial capital, almost to the tenth ring road, there is an extremely quiet place with mountains covered with red leaves, as bright as fire. Now is late autumn, which is a good time.

Of course, what is even more memorable is...

That was the first place Lu Hao and she went out to play after arriving in Beijing.

At that time, they were both poor students with little money. Lu Hao clearly remembered that in order to save taxi fare, the two of them walked nearly ten kilometers along the winding mountain road to the bus station.

In the end, Zhou Xiaomeng could no longer walk, and Lu Hao carried her for a while.

In the end, I still missed the last bus.

I reluctantly spent several hundred dollars to stay in a hotel at the foot of the mountain that night.

At this moment, hearing her words, Lu Hao's heart was slightly moved. Many thoughts turned over in his mind, but he still said softly: "Okay."

"Well, you and the driver?"

"No, it's just me. Go to the alley behind the school and I'll pick you up."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Hao stepped on the accelerator and the car sped away. About half an hour later, they arrived at the agreed place.

Zhou Xiaomeng was still dressed simply, wearing wide-leg jeans, a loose long sweater, a white hat, and a bag.

Seeing the car coming and slowly stopping, she immediately looked around like a spy making a contact. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she ran over, opened the door and got in.

"Why are you so nervous?"

Lu Hao couldn't help but smile and asked.

"Of course I'm nervous! What if someone secretly photographs you and spreads rumors about you? You don't know how Weibo is blowing up right now, with people saying your entertainment industry is a mess."

Zhou Xiaomeng said it unintentionally.

Lu Hao was listening attentively, but suddenly, he didn't know what to say.

After saying this, Zhou Xiaomeng seemed to realize something and was stunned. She moved her lips and wanted to say something else, but she couldn't say it at all.

Your circle is so chaotic!

Is it messy?

Of course it’s messy.

But am I not also a part of it now?

I know Lu Hao...

But I just can't help it, like a moth to a flame.

"Let's go see the red leaves."

Lu Hao glanced at her, held the steering wheel firmly, and drove at lightning speed, crossing the overpass and heading straight onto the highway.

More than ten minutes had passed since the previous topic. Zhou Xiaomeng forced herself to forget it and asked softly, "What's wrong with you today? You seem a little weird. Have you been under too much pressure recently?"

"I guess so."

"It's not really stressful, actually. I have so much going on, so I just need a little time to relax."

Lu Hao said casually.

"oh."

Zhou Xiaomeng didn't know how to comfort him. She kept saying the same things over and over again, which was actually useless. After thinking about it, she could only pick out some interesting things in life to talk about.

"You know, there's a song that's been popular in our dormitory lately called 'Learn to Meow'. It's really funny. I'll play it for you."

Turn on the phone and the cute and soft voice will flow out.

Lu Hao: ...

This song was produced by the music studio of DreamWorks' Wolf Pack Project. It was a gift package for beginners given by Lu Hao in the early stages of the project, and he asked the person in charge, Jiang Qinbing, to find a suitable female internet celebrity to sing it.

At that time, he was given three songs, all of which were popular online songs, "Once Upon a Time", "Learn to Meow", and "Wild Wolf Disco", but Lu Hao did not sign his name on any of them.

Except for Jiang Qinbing and a few senior executives in the music studio, no one knew that he wrote this song.

Ordinary listeners naturally know even less.

This kind of song is a typical example of a song being more popular than the singer.

Now, has it started to catch fire?

Thinking about this, Lu Hao couldn't help but laugh and complain.

“This song is so stupid.”

"Yeah, yeah, but it just sounds inexplicably nice, doesn't it?"

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