It was already past eleven o'clock when we returned from the villa. There was only a lonely moon in the night sky. Perhaps because of the bad weather, the light of the stars was blocked.
The moon, with only a missing corner, looked lonely in the dark sky. He Zhijin watched Jing Zuohuai leave until he disappeared from the road before turning back.
The chirping of cicadas is very disturbing in summer, but now it adds some liveliness.
He Zhijin walked towards the apartment building with his back to the moonlight. The moonlight and the lights stretched and shortened his shadow infinitely. Besides the chirping of cicadas, the rustling of leaves in the wind only added to his loneliness.
However, he himself likes this atmosphere very much and has an inexplicable sense of belonging.
There was a familiar figure at the bottom of the apartment building. It was rare to see Qiu Chi leaning against the wall with a cigarette in his mouth, waiting for him.
"Why aren't you sleeping?" He Zhijin spoke, frowning as he tried to put out his cigarette, but found several cigarette butts scattered on the ground.
As the lead singer of the team, Qiu Chi usually pays great attention to his voice. He doesn't eat spicy food, drink alcohol or smoke. But today he was very abnormal.
"Look at you flirting with a kid." Qiu Chi smiled. His smile was very gentle, especially his eyes, the upturned corners of his eyes looked like a fox's.
Especially when they smile, they look the same the most.
Seeing that he was silent, he wanted to tease this serious captain. He had a bad idea, "You've been getting too close to kids lately. You even kept looking at them during the live broadcast today. Captain, you've changed~"
"You're trying to make yourself feel better by teasing me. Is that working for you?"
Qiu Chi ignored him and calmly finished the cigarette in his hand. He seemed to be worried, his whole demeanor seemed to have changed, even his usual smile was gone, and now he could sense a coldness from him.
He Zhijin seemed to know what he was going to say, leaning against the pillar opposite him, waiting for him to speak.
The little light in his hand went out, and he threw the cigarette butt to the ground, stepped on it, and slowly crushed it.
After a long while, he finally spoke, "Something is wrong with the company recently."
Cigarette butts were scattered on the ground. Qiu Chi bent down and patted his trouser legs. The early summer night was still a little chilly. The breeze blew the ends of his hair, and he ran his cool hands through his hair.
"I understand the workload lately, and it's not like we haven't experienced being so busy we only get two or three hours of rest each day. When we first formed the group, we participated in many shows to increase our exposure. Later, the miscellaneous activities became less frequent because we've become more stable. But now, do you find it strange?"
Qiu Chi said, looking at the moon and sighing, "Nowadays, they take any job, good or bad. The boy group should develop steadily, but now it's almost like they want to break us up."
Yes, things have been really out of character lately. The five of them rarely get together due to work, and this shouldn't be the case.
"I asked Brother Zhe, and he said it was the company's arrangement, hoping to increase our exposure." Qiu Chi sneered.
"That kind of talk is only good enough to fool Fan Li, Siyuan, and the others. I don't believe it. Don't you think this is like they're trying to squeeze out all our value before disbanding us? So they can make one last buck."
Zhe Ge is their agent. He's a smooth-talking guy who always makes plans ahead of time for any upcoming events. He's been arranging work for them constantly lately, and they've rarely even seen each other, which is quite unusual.
He Zhijin looked at him and felt his pocket to take out a cigarette, but there was nothing in his pocket, empty.
Qiu Chi looked at his expression, remaining calm. He chuckled self-deprecatingly, took a cigarette from his pack, handed it to him, and put it in his mouth. "I knew you must know something. Tell me, what are the company's plans? Are they going to bury us or terminate our contract?"
"I don't know." He Zhijin lit the cigarette and took a deep breath. The nicotine surged in his lungs for a while before he slowly exhaled. "Brother Zhe didn't talk to me about anything other than work. I really don't know how the company arranged it."
Qiu Chi felt a little depressed. He closed his sore eyes and relaxed for a moment. He said helplessly and melancholy, "Captain, you still like to deceive yourself."
Qiu Chi met He Zhijin when he first entered Chiyang. They practiced dancing and learned vocal music together, and they often interacted when they had the idea of forming a group.
It can be said that they understand each other very well.
He knew He Zhijin very well. As long as one party didn't say it out loud, even if it was excessive, he wouldn't tear the rotten membrane called a certain relationship.
"I indirectly mentioned the signing to Brother Zhe, and he just said to wait and tell us later." Qiu Chi finished the cigarette in his hand and wanted to light another one, but was stopped by He Zhijin.
Well, I smoked a little too much. "Do you know when I asked him?"
He Zhijin nodded slightly. He could guess that it had probably been a long time.
As expected, nothing could be hidden from him. He sighed, "Two months ago, there were less than ten months left in our contract. Captain, even if you don't want to admit it, the facts are already in front of you. What are your plans?"
He didn't know that he had become accustomed to going with the flow in this circle, and his dream seemed to have gone further and further off track.
But he is still on the stage, and that is enough.
As the night grew later, the cicadas' chirping became much quieter than at the beginning, as if they were tired. Qiu Chi confessed to him, "Several companies have approached me, wanting me to work for them.
The resources and treatment here are no worse than here, and can even be said to be much better than now."
"So what do you think?" He Zhijin asked him. He knew the secret deep in his heart. Qiu Chi had confided it to him once when he was drunk.
He couldn't understand it before, but now that he has something to rely on, everything becomes clear.
He laughed at himself and stretched out his hand towards the dark sky, as if wanting to touch the bright moon. The moon shone with a silvery light, and he did not dare to offend.
Reluctantly, he retracted his hand and said, "Wait until the last moment and let the company decide."
He Zhijin finished smoking the last bit and patted him on the shoulder.
"What else can I do?" He lowered his head resignedly. "If I leave, that little idiot will be so sad. Besides, he can't handle it on his own."
"Do they all know?"
Qiu Chi shook his head. "Bu Wei and Si Yuan should have noticed something was wrong. The only optimist left now is that fool Fan Li." When Qiu Chi mentioned him, his eyes were full of smiles.
This was his special tenderness towards him. "I really don't know how this idiot grew up like this. He's heartless, but he has fewer worries."
"Go back, they'll get suspicious." He Zhijin patted his shoulder, "It's okay, I'm here for you."
Yes, and then there's himself! The worst-case scenario is that his contract isn't renewed, but he can handle that.
He is the captain, he will take good care of them.
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