Second floor, Du Yuanzhe's bedroom
[If you talk less, you will still crave the closeness of your lover. ]
These words seemed to have been repeated, and kept playing in Du Yuanzhe's mind.
Late at night, when Du Yuanzhe was alone in his room, he suddenly remembered that he and Xia Ningmi were not just living together, but were boyfriend and girlfriend.
In other words, he is Xia Ningmi's lover.
Thinking of this, and then thinking back to Xia Ningmi's words, I felt that they were full of deep meaning.
Maybe Xia Ningmi really didn't regard him as a friend, but as... a lover.
Du Yuanzhe thought with absolute rationality. He felt that Xia Ningmi would not say this for no reason. In addition to what happened before, he had reason to believe that Xia Ningmi just liked him.
Although it may be hard to believe, it is the truth!
Three o'clock in the morning
Du Yuanzhe blinked his eyes. He was still unusually energetic and not sleepy at all. He took out his cell phone and looked through his address book.
Select the first number from your most recent call to make a call.
Toot--
"Hello, the number you dialed is currently unavailable..."
No one answered!
Du Yuanzhe frowned: "At the most critical moment, Xiaopang is always unreliable, I still have to look for Brother Liu."
After beeping for nearly half a minute, the call was connected.
Liu Xu said in a low voice: "You'd better be busy."
Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "Brother Liu, this is business, absolutely business."
"say."
“I have insomnia.”
"...Du Yuanzhe!"
Liu Xu gnashed his teeth in anger: "What does your insomnia have to do with me?"
Du Yuanzhe argued with him: "Of course it is related. I can't rest well because of insomnia. If I don't rest well, I will be tired. If this state continues until the day I join the crew, I will definitely not be able to shoot the movie well. If I don't shoot the movie well, Director Zhu will think that you are fooling him and my acting skills are not that good. Then..."
"Enough!" Liu Xu took a deep breath and said, "What do you want to do?"
"My friend asked me a question, and I couldn't figure it out, so I couldn't sleep. You just need to answer this question."
Liu Xu has given up struggling: "Go ahead."
"My friend, for some reason, agreed with a girl to be each other's boyfriend. Today, the girl told him that she wanted to get closer to her lover. My friend asked me if the girl liked him and wanted to make it real."
Liu Xu was shocked: "Who are you dating?"
How come the progress is so fast? Weren’t you still confused before?
Du Yuanzhe denied: "It's not me, it's my friend, answer quickly."
Liu Xu was too lazy to complain about his lies which were full of loopholes. He thought for a while and said, "If your...friend's subjective judgment was not involved, the girl would definitely like you...friend."
Du Yuanzhe laughed: "I told you, this is definitely not me...ah, my friend, you are just being sentimental."
Liu Xu reminded: "I warn you, you can fall in love, but keep it a secret. You are not yet..."
"I've already told you that he's my friend. How come Liu is so young and has such poor hearing? It must be because he stayed up late. I've already told you that staying up late is harmful to your health. Why don't you take a rest? I need to go to sleep."
beep--
Liu Xu held the phone tightly, veins popping out on his forehead.
A thing that crosses the river and then destroys the bridge!
From now on I will turn off my phone when I go to sleep. If I answer your call again, I will be an idiot.
After hearing Liu Xu's answer, Du Yuanzhe was sure that he was not being overly sentimental and fell asleep soon after.
The next day, Du Yuanzhe got up in high spirits.
Today is the eve of the Chinese New Year, and basically all workers have already had their day off. Xia Ningmi did not go to the company either, and was reading financial news in the living room.
Du Yuanzhe saw that she was about to speak when her cell phone rang.
It was Chen Rongshan who called to urge Du Yuanzhe to go home for the New Year. They were in the same city, but her youngest son insisted on waiting until the eve of the Chinese New Year to come home. This made Chen Rongshan very unhappy, so she called so early to urge him.
Du Yuanzhe looked at Xia Ningmi and said, "Mom, don't worry, I'm getting ready to go home."
Du Yongliang's voice came from the other end of the phone, asking, "When did you start reading financial news?"
Xia Ning turned her head to look at him. She didn't expect the sound of the TV to come over.
Du Yuanzhe smiled awkwardly: "When I turned on the TV, I didn't expect it would be financial news."
Du Yongliang suddenly realized: "I told you, if you really paid attention to financial news, you wouldn't be unable to work a single day in the company."
Chen Rongshan shouted, "Stop watching TV and come back quickly."
"I see."
After hanging up the phone, Du Yuanzhe looked at Xia Ningmi again, not knowing what to say.
[I just confirmed that Xia Ningmi likes me, so it’s not easy to invite her to go home with me for the New Year]
Xia Ningmi looked stunned.
How could Du Yuanzhe be sure of something that she was not even sure of?
[Alas, this is the first time a girl likes me, and I don’t know what to say. What if I say something wrong and hurt her feelings?]
[For her self-esteem, I must pretend that I don’t know. It’s so difficult to keep a secret between two people.]
[Since I came to this world, my goal has been to focus on my career. I have not thought about relationships. If I tell her the truth, will it hurt her?]
Xia Ning frowned, suppressing the urge to beat him up, and said, "Why don't you leave quickly? What are you doing standing here? Are you acting like a pillar?"
Du Yuanzhe was startled by her sudden voice and coughed: "I'll leave now."
[What's wrong with her? Is it one of those days every month when girls have it? Should I make her some brown sugar water before I leave?]
"Get out of here!"
[Forget it, these few days for girls are too terrible, I still want to live]
Du Yuanzhe finished cleaning up in less than ten minutes.
"Well, I'm leaving now. Call me if you have anything."
"Get lost!"
Du Yuanzhe opened the door and left quickly.
Xia Ningmi loosened her clenched fists.
......
Du Family Old House
When Chen Rongshan saw Du Yuanzhe coming back, she immediately said, "Come on, Yuanzhe, come and help mom put up the Spring Festival couplets. Your dad is too old to do it anymore."
Du Yongliang said with a frown, "Why can't I stick to it? It's obviously you who dislike me."
Chen Rongshan pouted: "You'd better take a rest. If you fall, your bones might be broken. I'll have to take care of you then. Don't cause trouble for me."
Du Yongliang was not convinced: "I am in good health, stop cursing me here."
"Okay, just think of it as me cursing you, Yuanzhe will help mom."
Du Yuanzhe stretched out his arms to Du Yongliang and walked to Chen Rongshan's side.
"Here, put this on the left side of the door."
Du Yuanzhe stood on a chair and reached out to stick the Spring Festival couplets at the location designated by Chen Rongsan.
"Just a little to the left, just a little, that's it."
Du Yuanwen and his wife saw this scene as soon as they came back.
Du Yuanwen laughed and said, "Wasn't this always Dad's job in previous years?"
Chen Rongshan handed another Spring Festival couplet to Du Yuanzhe and said, "Your father is old and you are not at home. I can only ask Yuanzhe for help. Yuanzhe is still reliable."
At this point, she couldn't help but complain: "Look at you, this year is New Year's Eve, everyone else is on holiday, but you are the only one who went to the company today."
Du Yuanwen smiled bitterly: "I don't want to either. There was a mistake in a document yesterday. I went to the company today to deal with this matter. I came back immediately after finishing it."
Zhao Zhimeng also said, "Mom, Yuanwen didn't do it on purpose."
Chen Rongshan snorted: "You two have always been in the same boat, both of you are workaholics."
After saying that, he looked up at Du Yuanzhe and said, "Yuanzhe, you can't do this in the future."
After Du Yuanzhe finished pasting the couplet, he looked at Du Yuanwen, who was so scared that he dared not talk back, and smiled saccharinely, "Don't worry, mom. I definitely won't do that."
Du Yuanwen raised his eyebrows: "Yes, Yuanzhe is very filial. He just wants to join the crew to film on the second day of the Chinese New Year."
"What!"
Chen Rongshan's eyes widened and she asked loudly, "Joining the group in the second year of junior high school?"
Du Yuanzhe thought to himself, "That mother, listen to my explanation."
"Explain what you want to say. Just tell me whether this is true or not."
"It's true, but..."
Chen Rongshan's face immediately changed color and she cried, "Oh, why is my life so miserable? I gave birth to two sons, each one is more away from home than the other. They have to go back to work right after the Chinese New Year and don't even think about spending more time with mom."
Du Yongliang also frowned: "Yuanzhe, what's wrong with you? How can you go to work during the New Year's Day?"
Du Yuanzhe glared at Du Yuanwen fiercely and explained in a low voice: "I have no choice. I am here to save the show. The crew has been waiting for me. The director is very considerate of me for joining the crew on the second day of the Chinese New Year. The other actors did not have any holidays at all and spent the New Year on the crew."
Chen Rongshan's eyes were red. "I don't care about others. I just want my son to stay at home for a few more days during the Chinese New Year. If you can't say it, I can go and talk to your director. At worst, I can invest in them."
"Mom!"
Du Yuanzhe sighed and said seriously, "Everyone else can do it, why should I be treated specially? If this gets out, people will definitely say that I am not famous at all, but I have learned to act like a big shot."
Chen Rongshan had a stern face and said nothing.
Du Yuanzhe slowed down his tone and said, "I haven't finished what I said before. Although I joined the crew on the second day of the Chinese New Year, the filming location is in Yancheng. I will go to film during the day and go home after the filming at night. I can still accompany you."
Chen Rongshan was stunned: "Really?"
"Of course it's true. I can fool anyone but you."
Chen Rongshan's expression eased: "That's about right."
After finally coaxing Chen Rongshan, Du Yuanzhe still hadn't forgotten the culprit, and pretended to be wronged and said, "Mom, my eldest brother must know that I was filming in Yancheng, but he deliberately didn't tell you, just to make you sad."
Du Yuanwen, who was originally watching the excitement, suddenly froze in expression.
Chen Rongshan immediately looked at Du Yuanwen and gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, you unfilial son deliberately misled your mother, I can't forgive you."
As he spoke he was about to hit him.
Du Yuanwen quickly dodged: "Mom, I didn't mean that, you misunderstood... Mom, hit me gently, I am flesh, not iron~"
看着杜元聞被陳蓉珊打得滿地亂跑，杜元哲得意一笑，心裏舒服了。
趙之夢突然出聲道：“元哲，我聽說你之前在雲岸會館為了一個女明星和蔣澈霖起了沖突？”
杜元哲嘴角的笑容消失，僵硬地轉過頭，雙手合十道：“大嫂，求放過。”
趙之夢冷哼一聲：“你剛才可沒放過你大哥。”
誰的老公誰心疼。
杜元哲立刻道：“我錯了，我一會兒就讓大哥打回來。”
趙之夢：“你倒是能屈能伸啊。”
“俗話說長兄如父，大哥教訓我那都是應該的。”
趙之夢被逗笑了：“得了，別說俏皮話了，我還想讓媽過個好年呢，沒打算告訴媽。”
杜元哲松了口氣。
“不過，你趕緊和那個女人斷了，你又不是不知道媽對娛樂圈的态度，如果被她知道，你就別想安生了。”
杜元哲苦笑：“大嫂你誤會了，那是我朋友，她和蔣澈霖是一對，我又不傻哪裏會和蔣澈霖搶女人，他們之前是鬧矛盾了，我才幫了下忙。”
趙之夢狐疑地看他：“真的？”
杜元哲舉手發誓：“絕對是真的，我那天管閑事其實是想看蔣澈霖吃癟。”
趙之夢白他一眼：“看來你們被蔣澈霖壓得太狠了，這麽想看他出醜。”
杜元哲知道趙之夢是信了他，放松道：“大嫂你也知道蔣澈霖，他要只是有能力就算了，可他太目中無人了，每次見他都一副你們都是垃圾的樣子，誰受得了？”
趙之夢噗嗤笑了：“你要是真不服氣，就多努力追上他啊，幹脆進公司來幫你哥，你們兄弟同心，其利斷金。”
杜元哲擺手：“還是算了，我也就能在娛樂圈混混。”
......
貼完春聯，過年的感覺越來越真是，只可惜市裏禁止燃放煙花爆竹，要不然會更有感覺。
今天所有人都不用上班，陳蓉珊大手一揮道：“我們來打麻将。”
打麻将是杜家的傳統項目，一到過年，陳蓉珊就讓杜家父子三人陪她打麻将，還曾經說她之所以生兩個孩子就是為了湊齊一桌麻将。
自從趙之夢加進來後，他們就有一個人可以休息，趙之夢平日裏忙，也就過年能和婆婆交流感情，所以從不會缺席過年的麻将桌。
杜家三父子都想缺席，但很明顯兒子幹不過老子，杜永椋開口道：“你們打，我就算了。”
杜元哲兄弟對視一眼，無奈地坐上麻将桌。
陳蓉珊對麻将有狂熱的愛好，這一打就停不下來，如果不是杜元哲兩兄弟強烈反對，他們估計得打一個通宵。
第二天就是除夕，大年三十連店鋪都關了門，街上冷冷清清地沒幾個人。
因為初二進組，杜元哲早就給小胖放了假，他現在正在老家過年。
劉旭定居煙城，再加上父母已經不在，過年依舊在煙城過。
杜元哲今天吃過早飯就開車出門閑逛，開着開着就來到了花湖公寓。
他看着熟悉的小區門口：“我怎麽來這裏了？不過來都來了，不上去看看說不過去。”
杜元哲把車開進停車場，然後坐電梯上樓，
夏凝覓今天沒有辦公，她給自己放了一天假，但在家裏轉了一圈她也不知道自己該做什麽。
她把手機解鎖又鎖上然後又解鎖，這麽來回折騰也不知道自己該怎麽解悶。
除了工作，她沒有什麽業餘愛好，即便是打游戲也是和杜元哲打，她提不起和別人打游戲的興趣。
她走進了那間家庭影院多次，但每次待不到一分鐘就出來，看着大屏幕沒有一點打開的想法。
最後，夏凝覓選擇進健身房跑步，這是她唯一能消磨時間的方法。
杜元哲進門後見客廳裏沒人，還以為夏凝覓在房間裏，正要上樓餘光瞥見健身房的門開着。
他腳步一頓，轉身往健身房方向走，剛走到門口就看到正在跑步機上跑步的夏凝覓。
她穿着一身淡紫色運動裝，整個人以勻速的步伐跑着，她似乎在發呆，連杜元哲來了都沒發現。
杜元哲走過去關掉跑步機，認真看着她道：“我們出去玩吧。”
夏凝覓一時沒有回神。
杜元哲重複道：“出去玩吧，我們！”
夏凝覓眼神終于聚焦：“去哪裏玩？”
杜元哲搖頭：“不知道，但即便是開着車亂逛也比待在家裏強。”
方才那一刻，他從夏凝覓身上感受到濃濃的孤獨，讓他生出帶她出去玩的沖動。
夏凝覓走下跑步機：“我去換衣服。”
等夏凝覓上樓，杜元哲立刻給劉旭打電話：“劉哥，今天可以去哪裏玩？”
劉旭搖頭：“所有的商場和游樂園都關門了，沒地方玩。”
杜元哲有些着急：“你仔細想想。”
“你不在家好好待着，瞎跑什麽？”
“我有非常重要的事，你就告訴我哪裏可以玩？”
劉旭想了想道：“市內肯定沒地方，你可以去郊外露營或者放煙花玩。”
“放煙花？”杜元哲眼睛一亮：“劉哥，你知道現在哪裏可以買到煙花嗎？”
劉旭很無奈：“大少爺，這種事你該比我清楚。”
杜元哲疑惑：“我不清楚啊。”
“你不清楚就問問你那個圈子的朋友。”
劉旭說完就挂了電話。
杜元哲得了提醒，又給路軒打電話：“我想要煙花，你有沒有辦法現在就弄到？”
路軒得意道：“巧了不是，我正好有不少，你想要多少？”
杜元哲毫不猶豫道：“都給我弄來。”
“你倒是真不客氣，”路軒也不吝啬，答應道：“都給你也行，你改天得教我幾招裝逼的手段。”
“沒問題，你讓人把煙花送來花湖公寓，我在這裏等着。”
“行，一會兒就到，你等着接收。”
等夏凝覓換好衣服下樓，杜元哲興奮道：“我已經想好去哪兒......”
杜元哲呆住了。
【天上的仙子都不會有她好看】
夏凝覓長發披肩，皮膚白皙，身上穿着高腰長褲和黑色保暖，外面罩着一件駝色大衣。
其實就是很普通的穿着，但他還是第一次見她穿日常穿搭，哪怕臉上不施粉黛，夏凝覓依舊美得驚心動魄。
她臉上沒有任何表情，站在樓梯上居高臨下看着杜元哲，就是一個冷豔霸氣的女神。
杜元哲心跳不由得加快，連忙收回視線，幹咳道：“現在市裏的店鋪都關門了，我們可以去郊外放煙花，我已經讓人來送煙花，等人到了我們就走。”
夏凝覓點頭。
杜元哲瞄了她一眼，不自然道：“那個，衣服很好看。”
【人更好看】
夏凝覓沒看他，輕輕抿嘴，對現在兩人之間的氛圍有些不适應。
路軒動作确實迅速，很快就告訴杜元哲煙花到了。
杜元哲道：“煙花到了，我們走吧。”
兩人一同出門，直接下樓來到停車場，杜元哲解鎖車門，搶先一步把副駕駛打開。
夏凝覓習慣性走向後座的腳步一頓，愣了下坐在副駕駛。
杜元哲關上車門，從車頭繞過去打開車門坐上駕駛座啓動車子。
路軒的人就等在小區門口，見杜元哲落下車窗，立刻迎上來道：“二少，我來給您送煙花，您把後車廂打開，我幫您把煙花裝上。”
杜元哲點頭：“多謝你了。”
“二少客氣，都是我應該做的。”
那人也不多說話，開始搬煙花，心裏卻是暗暗羨慕，不愧是杜家二少，身邊的女人就是漂亮，他自認也算是見識不少，但從來沒見過這麽漂亮的女人，哪怕那些女明星都比不上。
唯一不好的就是，人似乎冷了點，臉上一點表情都沒有。
或許，杜二少就喜歡這個調調？
等搬完煙花，杜元哲開車帶着夏凝覓直奔郊外，在煙城外東南方向有一座小山丘，正好用來放煙花。
開了多半個小時的車，兩人才到達。
杜元哲率先下車，看看周圍道：“在這裏放煙花怎麽樣？”
夏凝覓擡頭看着明亮的天空，突然意識到一件事，道：“煙花能白天放嗎？”
杜元哲一愣，喃喃道：“肯定能放，不過也就聽個響。”
【我怎麽能這麽蠢，大白天帶人來放煙花】
【不過夏凝覓怎麽現在才提醒我】
夏凝覓能說什麽，說她從杜元哲邀請她出門時腦子就一團漿糊，剛剛才稍微清醒一些？
兩個人站在小山丘旁，留也不是走也不是。
杜元哲一臉尴尬，自己把人帶出來，本打算好好玩玩，結果白折騰。
“要不我們先回去，等晚上再來？”
夏凝覓問他：“你晚上不得陪家人嗎？”
“我可以吃完飯出來，反正待在家裏也得陪我媽麻将，我昨天打了一天，今天不想再打了。”
“你媽喜歡打麻将？”
杜元哲點頭：“超級喜歡，打麻将是我們家過年的必備節目，一打就是好幾天，我大嫂嫁給我哥前根本不會打麻将，這幾年硬生生被我媽練出來了。”
Unable to set off the fireworks, the two had to go back. The round trip wasted more than an hour, which really proved what Du Yuanzhe said before - driving around leisurely.
As soon as he returned to Huahu Apartment, Chen Rongshan called him and asked him to come back for dinner.
Xia Ningmi said, "You go ahead, I'll go upstairs by myself."
Du Yuanzhe suddenly remembered something: "There was no takeout during the Chinese New Year, how did you eat?"
Xia Ningmi said, "I have ordered meals for these few days in advance, and they will be delivered even during the Chinese New Year."
As long as you pay enough, there will always be merchants willing to take New Year orders.
Du Yuanzhe was relieved: "Then I'll leave."
Xia Ningmi unbuckled her seat belt and was about to get out of the car when Du Yuanzhe said, "...If you're bored, how about playing games together after dinner?"
Xia Ning looked back at him and nodded, "Okay."
Du Yuanzhe watched her walk into the community before driving away.
Xia Ning paused and then continued walking forward.
He really softens easily.
Maybe it's true as he said, she will meet someone who will respond to her as long as she speaks out.
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