“Hmm!”
The dazzling sunlight sneaked in through the gaps in the curtains, slid across the floor, touched the bed, crawled over the soft and fluffy quilt, gently kissed the collarbone, chin, and nose bridge of the owner of the house, and finally jumped on the eyelids.
The dazzling sunlight flickered before my eyes. So annoying!
The sleeping person closed his eyes unhappily. The thick eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings, forming two fan-shaped shadows under the eyelids. He groped for the quilt and pulled it up, then curled up into a ball in the quilt, turned over and continued to sleep. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door in the quiet room, followed by the sound of "ding dong ding dong" of the doorbell.
How come this is a two-pronged approach!
"Woo!" Tao Mu unconsciously let out a puppy cry from his throat and opened his eyes dazedly. The ceiling above his head and the slightly unfamiliar furnishings in the room made him confused for a moment. Then consciousness returned, Tao Mu sat with the quilt, and the memory of last night slowly came back.
The doorbell rang several times. Tao Mu came to his senses and slowly got up and went to open the door.
Song Daozhen rolled wonton wrappers in the kitchen early in the morning, and personally wrapped more than fifty wontons with green onion and pork fillings, which Tao Mu loved the most. Then he ran two miles for a walk carrying a bag of seaweed, a bag of pickled mustard tuber, a handful of coriander and a bag of dried shrimps. Looking at Tao Mu who was sleeping soundly with red marks on half of his face, he couldn't help but mutter: "Why haven't you gotten up yet? Didn't you have to report to school this morning? It's already past seven o'clock, why haven't you gotten up yet. Did you stay up late playing on the computer last night? You said it's a good thing I came by. Otherwise, no one would wake you up even if you slept too late. You kids, ah, what kind of night owls are you learning to be! You don't sleep at night and don't get up in the morning every day. Don't you know that going to bed and getting up early is good for your health! If you stay up late like this every day, you will ruin your health sooner or later..."
Tao Mu listened to Uncle Song's nagging, stretched out his hand to scratch his messy hair, narrowed his big eyes, leaned outside the kitchen, and defended softly: "...I'm not playing on the computer. I was doing business...The opening time of the M country stock market and the international oil futures market is at that time, what can I do? I can't let such a big organization change it for me? Just to make me go to bed early and get up early? It's impossible!"
"Don't talk nonsense to me!" Song Daozhen glared at Tao Mu unhappily, then went straight into the kitchen with the ingredients. Seeing Tao Mu staring blankly, sticking to him like a little tail. She was quite happy in her heart, but she put on a stern face and lectured him, "Go wash your face quickly. Hurry up and stop dawdling. The wontons will clump together if they are cooked."
Tao Mu hummed softly, sniffed hard, and asked their old man: "Didn't you bring me two shortbreads? I want to eat the shortbread you made. I want the ones with salt and pepper, and the ones with mung bean and white sugar are also good."
"There's still a lot to do. If you want to eat, cook it yourself. Didn't I teach you?" Song Daozhen snorted. Speaking of this, I thought of Tao Mu's insistence on applying for the Film and Television Academy, and I was immediately furious: "... You don't want to learn a good skill, but you have to study this crappy major. You say there are so many people in China, how many can become stars? Besides, is it a long-term solution to make a living by relying on your face? I think you have learned bad things from the people in "Ye Se". You just want to get something for nothing every day..."
Tao Mu hugged his head and went into the bathroom. After washing up, I suddenly woke up.
"Hey, old man, how did you get here from the restaurant alone?"
"Just ride your bike along the main road. Just think of it as a stroll!" Song Daozhen said as he quickly started the fire and put the wontons into the water. After a while, white warm air wafted out from the kitchen, and the small house of less than 40 square meters was immediately filled with the delicious aroma of wontons.
Tao Mu was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat: "You rode here like this? This won't do! It's so scary with all the cars coming and going! Don't do this again in the future. It's too dangerous——"
Tao Mu was just about to say that I would wait until I got a driver's license and bought a car, and then pick you up later. Old man Song glared at Tao Mu stubbornly, and asked stiffly: "Why, do you dislike me? Don't want me to come over?"
"How could that be possible!" Tao Mu slipped into the kitchen, stood behind the old man with a grin, and pinched his shoulders: "I'm just worried about your safety! Wait for me to get a driver's license and then buy a car. Then I'll pick you up every day."
"That sounds nice. But when you go to college, meet new friends, and have fun like crazy, will you still remember me?" Song Daozhen snorted again, feeling more and more sad the more he spoke.
This brat only called him once in more than two months after going to H Town. There was no more news after that. It's a good thing he even got a landline phone, but all he receives every day are calls for takeout delivery.
"No." Tao Mu smiled and hugged their old man's thin body, coaxing him patiently: "I will pick you up at least twice a week in the future. Let you check whether my visitor has cleaned the house. I will go back to the orphanage to visit Dean Tao on weekends. Then I will make delicious food for you and let you taste my cooking skills."
"That sounds nice." Song Daozhen said this, but he felt quite pleased in his heart. As the saying goes, old children, old children, no matter whether they are old or young, they have to be coaxed like this.
"That won't work either." Song Daozhen waved his hand, signaling Tao Mu to take out the cooked wontons. He started nagging again: "You trade stocks every day. You stay up until midnight every night, and you are so sleepy during the day, how can you drive? I say you'd better be quiet, don't make any money, and then get into an accident due to fatigue driving. Although the traffic inside and outside the Second Ring Road and the Third Ring Road is as congested as a parking lot every day, you can't ruin other people's cars like this. If you really scratch and rub a lot, let alone how much money you will have to pay, people who don't know will think you didn't enjoy Children's Day and ran to the main road to have a hysterical fit. Oh, you are playing bumper cars here!"
"You'd better stop embarrassing the people of our capital!"
Look at what you said, there's no need to go home and get it now.
Tao Mu served the old man a bowl of wontons and said with a smile: "I said, old man——"
Before he could finish his words, the doorbell rang again.
Tao Mu put down the soup spoon and went to open the door. This time, the ones who came up were Liu Yao and Mengqi. He was also holding three bowls of century egg and lean meat porridge and two bags of buns. It was obviously bought at the breakfast shop at the entrance of the community.
"Oh, old man, you're here early! If we had known you were coming, we would have given you a ride. There are so many cars coming and going, and we might bump into you again." Liu Yao said exactly the same thing as Tao Mu when he spoke.
Song Daozhen had just finished insulting Tao Mu, and now he was not going to give in to Boss Liu. He snorted coldly, "No need. I can just take a bike ride as a walk, it's good for stretching my muscles. No need to trouble anyone. My old bones are not ready for that."
"That's not what I meant. Why do you always argue when you speak, old man?" Liu Yao said, his eyes swept across the two steaming bowls of wontons on the small dining table, and he immediately felt a little salivating.
Speaking of the old man surnamed Song, he has a very bad temper. But her cooking skills are really impeccable. The fragrance is really good.
Tao Mu smiled, went to the kitchen and got two bowls, and served a bowl of wontons to his brother Yao and brother Xiao Qi respectively: "Wontons with buns, just right."
The old man snorted. I thought to myself that my wontons were just perfect. Now there are two more people. But it must be served with steamed buns!
But how can steamed buns and wontons go well together? These two things obviously don't go together! If the old man himself were to say, wontons and shortbread are a perfect match. It’s just a makeshift meal with steamed buns at best!
He is indeed a nightclub owner and can’t even eat.
The four of them got together for breakfast. During the meal, the old man thought of something and told Tao Mu: "When are you free? Let's go to the vegetable market. This house has just been renovated. We didn't buy anything at home. The kitchen is empty. Let's go to the market and get a bag of rice, a bag of noodles, and some chicken, duck, fish and meat. I'll make you some buns, wontons, dumplings, etc. at home, and you can eat when you're hungry."
In fact, Song Daozhen originally wanted to do it in his own small restaurant. But he is old and can't move. Besides, it’s not convenient. It’s better to make it here and put it directly in the refrigerator. Tao Mu eats whatever he wants.
Liu Yao listened to Song Daozhen's words and swallowed subconsciously. He took over the conversation: "This is rice and noodles, both are heavy things. It's not convenient for you, an old man and a child, to move them. How about this, Meng Qi and I will drive you there and pick you up later. I will also find two guys to carry the things upstairs for you."
Song Daozhen originally wanted to say that I also have a clerk in the store, but he doesn’t have a car. Besides, there is Tao Mu!
The brat was looking at him eagerly, and it was obvious that he really wanted his brother Yao and brother Xiao Qi to go to the vegetable market together.
I don’t know what bad habits he learned in H Town! This time he seems to be even more clingy! Not only is she clingy, but she has also learned to act like a spoiled brat. He always looks at you eagerly and coaxes you in a soft voice, and you can't disagree!
"If you want to go, go!" Song Daozhen snorted, "Someone is doing free labor, why wouldn't I want to do it?"
Tao Mu laughed immediately: "Then wait for me to report to school, and then we'll go to the vegetable market."
Liu Yao and Meng Qi got up early just to send Tao Mu to school. When these two grown men went home yesterday, they thought about how hard it was for the kid to get into college, and when he reported to college, he wished his entire family of six would be with him. What about dad, mom, grandparents, great-grandma, and great-uncle? The only missing one is the third aunt, fourth aunt, and second uncle!
Although Xiao Mu has no parents, he cannot be vague about such matters. So Liu Yao and Meng Qi got up early and rushed here just to support Tao Mu.
Song Daozhen thought so too.
And it's not just these three guys who have this idea. After they finished their breakfast, they patiently watched Tao Mu spend more than an hour tidying himself up. When they strolled to the entrance of Beijing Film Academy, they saw Dean Tao leading little Feng Yuan, Da Mao and Xiao Pang, and their parents all squatting at the entrance of Beijing Film Academy.
Seeing Tao Mu coming over, a large group of people gathered around him: "Why did you come out just now? You weren't very active in reporting. This is Beijing Film Academy! There are countless handsome men and beautiful women, and there are endless celebrities in Beijing Film Academy. Don't you want to see your celebrity classmates?"
Tao Mu looked at Da Mao and Xiao Pang in surprise: "Why are you here?"
Then he greeted their parents: "Hello, uncle and aunt."
"Xiao Mu is getting more and more handsome." The uncles and aunts looked at Tao Mu's increasingly handsome face and increasingly refined dress, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Like a big star."
This is more than just a compliment. Tao Mu is reborn, and his fashion concept and dressing style will naturally be influenced by the fashion trends ten years later. Moreover, he had been in the entertainment industry in his previous life, and at least he had made it to the top of the pyramid. She has her own agency team and makeup team, and after returning to the Shen family, she also specially learned the etiquette of the upper class. Therefore, their dress is more refined, their conversation is more elegant, and their manners are more perfect.
Coupled with the invisible but tangible temperament accumulated over the past ten years, Tao Mu stands out from his peers. Just standing there with a gentle smile on her face could make people around her look over involuntarily. It seems like his whole body is glowing.
Some media reporters who were stationed at the entrance of Beijing Film Academy came over with cameras and microphones, wanting to interview Tao Mu.
Tao Mu avoided it with little interest.
Mr. Wang, the coal boss, was always thinking about another thing: "Xiao Mu, when are you free, come and talk to your uncle." He mainly wanted to ask Tao Mu whether it was reliable to short international oil futures! If he is really reliable, he will get the money!
Tao Mu immediately smiled and said, "No problem."
Boss Wang was still a little worried: "Xiao Mu, how confident do you think you are—"
Before he finished speaking, Damao impatiently tugged at his father and said, "Oh, it's just a trivial matter. Are you done yet? Go in and report quickly. Don't worry, I still want to see the big star."
Besides big stars, there are also pretty girls with good looks. Damao applied for the architecture department of a local polytechnic university in the college entrance examination, so you can imagine the quality and quantity of the girls there. Xiaopang's situation is basically the same as Damao's. The two brothers are counting on developing their first love in Tao Mu's university!
Tao Mu smiled when he heard that, and his two childhood friends wanted to carry him all the way to school.
Xiao Fengyuan was standing at the back. He was so anxious because he had to support Dean Tao. He could only stare at the backs of Tao Mu and the other two, groaning and complaining, "Push, push what! One, one, not, steady at all. Give, give it to Brother Mumumu. Shame on you!"
Dean Tao smiled and rubbed Feng Yuan's stubborn hair: "Why don't you go over too."
Feng Yuan thought about it and shook his head: "No, no. I have to accompany the dean." There are too many people in the school, and they are crowded together. And then bump into their dean.
On the other side, Da Mao and Xiao Pang were looking at the bustling Beijing Film Academy classmates around them, and their eyes were almost not enough. It truly is Beijing Film Academy, the cradle of Chinese actors. This student is just very good-looking. The man has regular features and a handsome appearance. Not to mention the girls, some are the first love goddess with long flowing hair, some are neat and heroic with short hair, some are gentle and charming, some are beautiful and moving, some are lively and pretty, some are charming... Pick any one of them and put them in other schools and they will be the school beauties.
"No! No! I'm going to die! Brother Mu, I'll come to your school to see you every week from now on, okay? I hope you can introduce me to a girl someday!"
Compared to Damao's confidence, Xiaopang was worried: "What should I do? I think these girls may not like me. Do you think I should lose weight?"
Da Mao, who has a mine in his family, took a look at the round features on Xiao Pang's round face and commented sincerely: "I think girls don't like you just because you are fat. It's because you are not handsome."
If you are handsome, even a fat man can find a girlfriend.
Xiaopang's expression changed when he was shocked, and Elizabeth's face suddenly turned into a cantaloupe!
Is it so discouraging? He's turned against me!
Tao Mu couldn't help laughing, and just as he was about to speak, several sophomore sisters in charge of welcoming the new students came over. With sparkling eyes, he asked, "Classmate, are you here to report as well?"
"Classmate, are you from the acting department?"
"What's your name, classmate?"
"Classmate, let me accompany you to report. I'm from the student union. If you follow me, you don't have to wait in line."
"classmate……"
The big hairy and the little fat guy who were originally on both sides of Tao Mu were suddenly pushed away by a group of girls. The two of them looked at the pretty senior sisters who surrounded Tao Mu and chattered around him, and they suddenly felt like having a myocardial infarction.
What does it mean to be so frustrated by comparing yourself with others? This is a ready-made comparison scene! Aren’t these girls of mine too superficial? How could I be so easily captured by Brother Mu's face? Can't you patiently and carefully observe their beautiful inner beauty?
Although I am fat (ugly), I am gentle (rich)!
Unlike the myocardial infarction of Big Mao and Little Fatty, Liu Yao, Meng Qi, Old Man Song and Dean Tao looked at their children with pride when they were surrounded by a group of female classmates. Xiao Fengyuan, standing nearby, said proudly, "No, you are worthy of being my brother Mu, Mu. You are just so likable."
Tao Mu was surrounded by a group of enthusiastic senior schoolmates, and it was hard to refuse their kindness. The end result was that he, who arrived quite late, actually got the dormitory key faster than those students who reported in early in the morning.
Xiao Fengyuan, Damao and Xiaopang helped Tao Mu carry the bedding, washbasin, thermos and other things issued by the school all the way into the 301 dormitory. There is already a classmate in the room.
When their big family came in, the small dormitory was immediately filled with a huge group of people. The three people who were cleaning were shocked.
"Hello, my name is Tao Mu. We will be roommates for the next four years, so please take care of me." In front of outsiders, Tao Mu is always the one who takes the initiative to say hello.
"Hello, uncle and aunt."
"Hey, hey, hello to you too, classmate." Mother Chu, who was making the upper bunk for her son, smiled a little stiffly. The reason is nothing else but Tao Mu's aura is too strong - let's not talk about anything else for now. Just that look, that temperament, that mannerisms, the way she could walk on the red carpet in sportswear and carrying a thermos, really made the two parents breathless.
Standing in the middle of the floor, Mr. Chu, who was wiping the bookshelf and desk with a rag, pointed at his son and said, "This is my son Chu Suian. Xiaoan, come and say hello to him!"
"Hello." The handsome boy, who was 1.8 meters tall, with delicate eyebrows and eyes, and a melancholy of literary youth, smiled shyly at Tao Mu: "I am Chu Suian. I am from Shanghai."
The future Golden Lily Emperor! Chu Suian, who is praised by the media as a model of an economical man and the good family man that most people want to marry!
Tao Mu's mouth curled up into a perfect arc. It seemed that he was lucky. "I am a native of Beijing. My home is nearby. When everyone is settled, I will treat you to delicious food. I don't know if you can get used to the shabu-shabu mutton in Old Yanjing."
Chu Suian smiled shyly: "I especially like this." After a pause, he felt that it was not very polite to say this, so he smiled shyly at Tao Mu again and thanked him in a low voice.
Tao Mu curved his eyebrows and waved his hand carelessly: "You're welcome." Of course he knew that Chu Suian liked this. This kid told the reporter in person during a media interview in his previous life. Moreover, in the years when Chu Suian settled in the capital, he was indeed photographed by media reporters many times, eating mutton hotpot with friends.
Feeling Tao Mu's enthusiasm, Chu Suian smiled shyly again. He's actually not very good at chatting. When he came here to study, his parents were worried about how their son, who had a stubborn personality, would communicate with his classmates. But now that they saw Tao Mu, the old couple felt more relieved.
No matter what the other two roommates in the dormitory are like, at least Tao Mu is very easy-going and easy to communicate with.
Mother Chu looked at the long group of people behind Tao Mu with some curiosity, and asked hesitantly: "Student Tao Mu, are these all your family members?"
Tao Mu smiled brightly: "Oh~ These are my grandparents, these are my two older brothers, this is my younger brother, these two are my childhood friends and their parents. They are all here to see me off."
When Song Daozhen heard Tao Mu calling him grandpa when introducing him to outsiders, he immediately puffed out his chest with joy. Dean Tao also looked at Tao Mu with a loving face.
The educational environment in the orphanage is not as good as that of ordinary families, and only a handful of children can be admitted to university. More people leave school after completing nine years of compulsory education and try to work to support themselves. Therefore, Dean Tao has rarely sent his children to college over the years. Now that she sees Tao Mu is so successful, she is also happy for the child.
In contrast, Liu Yao frowned somewhat unhappily—not very satisfied with Tao Mu's introduction. He felt that he should play the role of a father. Why did the little brat introduce him as his brother to outsiders! Even that bad-tempered and stubborn old man has become a grandfather. Even if he can't be a father, he should at least be a godfather, right?
While no one was paying attention, Meng Qi pinched Boss Liu's palm with a smile, and glanced at Old Man Song again. It’s better to introduce him like this, so that Brother Yao, who is a big shot in the underworld, won’t be suppressed by the old man for the rest of his life without any reason. Liu Yao thought so too, but when he turned around and thought about it - damn, I'm not even an uncle, but I've been reduced to the grandson level by these brats!
Who is grandpa? Whose grandson is this! Is there such a seniority-based system? So no matter how I rank, I'll always be a generation behind and one head lower?
Boss Liu glared at her, and was about to explode. Meng Qi from their family pinched his palm several times when no one was paying attention, and he was immediately calmed down.
Little Feng Yuan supported Dean Tao and laughed secretly. He also felt that he was his brother Mu's younger brother, closer than his own brother. Now that it has been officially stamped, I couldn’t be more satisfied.
Mother Chu sighed with envy, "It's good to be a local family. You can bring so many people with you when you send your children to register. Unlike Sui'an in our family, his father and I traveled a long way to accompany him here, and his grandparents were all very anxious at home. Also, do you think this southerner can get used to the food and environment in the north? In my opinion, he should have applied for the Shanghai Theater Academy. Aren't they all studying acting? How big of a difference can there be? There are many stars from the Shanghai Theater Academy--"
"Mom!" Chu Suian interrupted Mother Chu unhappily, and subconsciously said in Shanghai dialect: "If you don't know, don't say it. I want to be an actor, not a star. So..."
Chu Suian didn't finish his words before he realized that it was impolite to speak his hometown dialect in front of outsiders. Subconsciously, he turned back: "Anyway, I'm just going to take the Beijing Film Academy entrance exam."
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. Oh, this child has grown up and doesn't like to listen to adults nagging." Mother Chu looked at the ladies and complained with a smile.
"That's right!" Da Mao and Xiao Pang's mother also agreed. So several middle-aged women gathered together to chat about family matters.
Tao Mu went to bed and made the bedding. He is a man who is used to working, and his movements are quick and handsome. He quickly tidied up his bed and cabinets. Chu Suian looked at Tao Mu eagerly, thinking about how to come up and talk to him. Suddenly I heard a commotion outside—the other two roommates were coming over.
"Oh my god, I'm so tired! I'm sweating all over - why are there so many people here!"
As the outsiders were talking in a startled voice, a boy who was over 1.9 meters tall with thick eyebrows and big eyes came in: "Is this 301?"
"Yes." Tao Mu looked at someone who had a comedic buff as soon as he appeared on the stage, and introduced himself with a smile: "I'm Tao Mu."
"I'm Du Kang. It's the Du Kang that Cao Cao wrote about, how can I relieve my worries? Only good wine can relieve my worries." The tall guy pointed at himself and said, "I'm from the Northeast. This is also our roommate, his name is Wen Bao."
As Du Kang spoke, he pulled out from behind him a boy who was about 1.75 meters tall, with delicate features and a pair of smiling eyes.
The boy smiled at everyone, and smiled as contentedly as an old cat that stole the stars: "Hello everyone, I'm Wen Bao. I'm from Yanjing. Well, it's noon now, how about I treat everyone to a meal? How about our old Yanjing specialty, shabu-shabu mutton?"
Tao Mu was immediately happy. Including him, among the four people in this dormitory, there is one who won the Golden Lily Award for Best Actor, one who won the Golden Crow Award for Best Actor, one who won both the Golden Chime and Golden Crow Award for Best Actor plus the Golden Lily Award for Best Actor, and one who won the Golden Elephant Award for Best Director.
——It’s quite complete.
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