On the other side, there was a magician standing on a high platform. After the fireworks, it was his turn to perform. He shouted loudly for all the children to come to his place to participate in the activity.

Xiaomi was also attracted, and after seeking Shang Lu's consent, he ran in the direction of the magician.

Countless children gathered around the magician and watched the paper cranes flying out of his sleeves. The scene was very beautiful.

He showed off his empty hat, which he then filled with candies and scattered to the onlookers below.

There was laughter and laughter everywhere.

Shang Lu's right hand was still tightly clasped with Chi Yan's.

Shang Lu originally felt cold, but now he felt that the palms of his hands were warm and even started to sweat.

She knew very well that it was not the body temperature, but the tension.

What did Chi Yan mean by what he just said?

Saying such words again and again made her unable to ignore them anymore.

She asked: "Are we going to be together no matter what the holiday is?"

Chi Yan said with a smile in his voice: "Yes, Valentine's Day too."

These words were completely equivalent to a confession.

Shang Lu pursed his lips, feeling the cold wind still blowing on his face, but every part of his body, including his soul, seemed to be heating up.

She did not agree directly, but asked: "When did it start?"

Chi Yan replied calmly: "In high school, when we ran away together and went home, I felt that there was no more interesting girl in the world than you, so I I can't help but keep paying attention to you. I not only want to be friends with you, but also love you at first sight."

Although his tone of voice was calm, if Shang Lu looked up at this moment, he could see that the roots of his ears were so red that they were almost bleeding.

It's just that Shang Lu's ears were probably redder than Chi Yan's at the moment, and her face was heating up, so she didn't have the courage to look up at all.

Shang Lu took a deep breath, tried to sound calm, and said, "You never told me."

"I used to think that the best time has not come yet." Chi Yan replied like this, and then said: "But I feel like if I don't tell you that I like you, if you hear it from someone else in the future, I may not be willing to accept it for the rest of my life."

This other person naturally refers to his sudden mother.

So I couldn't help but write blessings related only to her in the red cloth bag. This love could no longer be hidden.

He lowered his head and looked at Shang Lu and said: "Shang Lu, I like you. I don't want to be your friend anymore. I want to be the most special existence beside you."

Perhaps this is what Shang Lu has been quietly waiting for for a long time in his heart . She confessed her love, but when Chi Yan actually said these words, she felt a little numb.

Chi Yan really likes her.

If you don't want to be friends, then you want to be lovers.

If they become lovers, they should get married.

This made Shang Lu feel extremely frightened.

She might become a wife, a mother, part of a family.

Facing Chi Ban, she couldn't refuse and didn't know how to agree.

Chi Yan saw her fear and put his hand on her eyes, blocking her sight.

This is a silent understanding between the two people that allows her to briefly "escape" from the world in front of her.

In the darkness, surrounded by the cheers and laughter of countless people, Shang Lu thought for a long time.

She said: "Chi Yan, I should like you."

Such words made the smile on Chi Yan's face completely stiff, and then she lowered her eyelashes and turned her eyes red.

For Shang Lu, she is a smart person. When the layer of window paper is pierced, she can naturally understand her own thoughts.

Habitually staying with Chi Yan, feeling at ease around him, liking to eat the food he cooked, and feeling missing after not seeing each other for too long is a different attitude from treating others, which is enough proof.

She could see it clearly and became even more confused because of it.

She likes Chi Yan, and Chi Yan also likes her.

Will Chi Banyan always like her?

She didn't want to worry about gains and losses, so her wish was that she would always be herself.

She hopes to live for herself forever.

But it was obvious that Chi Yan had already occupied an important position in her life.

She was afraid that if she entered into a relationship with Chi Yan, she would become more dependent on him and lose herself.

Even before they were together, she already had these worries, which were so trivial and nagging that she felt hypocritical.

His voice became gentler and he asked: "Shang Lu, tell me, what are you afraid of?"

Shang Lu spoke very slowly. She paused for a moment after every word, half thinking and half continuing: "Chi Yan, I like you, but I'm afraid of the future, especially the possibility of having children when we form a family."

She was afraid that a new nightmare would arise, and the word family was equivalent to the source of all suffering.

When Chi Yan heard this answer, his tone was obviously high with a smile, and he sounded very good: "I didn't expect that you have already thought about things after marriage. It's not bad. If you want, we can get the certificate first. Last time I I also said that one Xiaomi is enough for the child. I can get a sterilization."

Shang Lu shook his head slightly and said, "What I mean is that I will never have children in this life. I can't be a good mother, and I can't be a good mother." Good wife, I want to be myself forever."

Chi Yan's voice still sounded careless: "It doesn't matter, it's okay not to get married, then we will always be in love."

It's hard not to be touched by such words.

Shang Lu raised his hand, and she took off Chi Yan's hand that was covering her eyes, while Chi Yan held her hand instead.

She whispered: "Chi Yan, I think you should be with the best person."

He should be matched with a better person.

The moment she said the words, she began to regret it again.

Why did it start again? It was the same last time.

Every time she faced love, she was so helpless, constantly denying herself, and responding in the worst possible way.

The moment he said these words, something seemed different this time.

Because there was another voice screaming at Chi Yan in her heart.

Can you deny what she said?

Please continue to choose her firmly.

"But in my opinion, you are the best person in the world. I just want to be the most suitable person for you." Chi Yan lowered his head, put his hands on her shoulders, looked into her eyes and made a promise : "Whether it's love or marriage, you can always be yourself, and I can be a banquet that only belongs to Shang Lu."

Shang Lu was stunned.

She was sure that this time it was her own heartbeat.

She was obviously moved, but she still did not agree. Instead, she said: "Chi Yan, give me some time, I will think about it again, and you will think about it again. When I come back next time, if you haven't changed your mind, I will give it to you." Answer. "

She likes late dinners, but doesn't want to make impulsive decisions.

The most important thing is to give Chi Yan... time to regret.

Chi Yan said: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

Fireworks sounded for the second time.

Chi Yan reached out to touch her head and asked, "Can I get a hug in advance?"

Before Shang Lu could answer, he reached out and took her into his arms, hugging her tightly.

It is warmth and peace of mind.

I want to stay in this moment forever.

Shang Lu raised his hand and gently hugged Chi Yan back.

She said hoarsely: "Chi Yan, I have always felt very lucky to have met you."

In fact, it was not just Chi Yan, but also everyone who stayed in her life now.

She felt a lot of love, and after being chosen again and again, she began to want to go for love.

When she comes back, if Chi Yan doesn't regret what she said today, she will agree to be with him.

Even if he doesn't know the outcome, as long as he is firm enough when falling in love.

Then she also wants to never look back.

Regardless of the future, just embrace him like this at this moment.

*

And the other side.

The magician sprinkles candies everywhere, and any part of his body can magically produce countless candies.

Xiaomi is a very flexible child. She worked hard to grab the most candies and filled two pockets.

Because this candy is Shang Lu’s favorite brand, he also has some at home.

Under the envious eyes of the children around him who didn't grab too many candies, Xiaomi proudly raised his chin, ready to go back and give all these to Shang Lu.

And then—

uh.

Xiaomi looked away and did not go to look for Shang Lu. Instead, he gave the candy in his hand to the children next to him.

The children were very happy, but also very strange, and asked: "Sister, why did you give all these candies to us?"

It was obviously hard to get so many, and the other children took the candies and went back to look for them. Parents, this sister is the only one who distributes candies to the other children who didn’t get the candies.

Xiaomi: "..."

Don't ask, asking is just for wedding candy.

*

The trip to the amusement park is over.

That night, Shang Lu also felt very tired. He took a hot bath when he got home and went to bed.

The mattress was really good. She slept peacefully and saw Chi Yan in her dream.

In the dream, it was still in front of the clock tower of the amusement park.

After the fireworks went off, he held her hand, hugged her, and then...

ahhhh!

Shang Lu bent over and buried his face on the quilt.

Crazy?

Does she miss spring so much in the middle of winter?

Shang Lu shook his head vigorously to drive these messy thoughts out of his mind, and then got up to change clothes.

In two hours, Song Zeqian's car will pick her up, and then they will go to the village he arranged.

All their actors now have a group, and Song Zeqian even arranged a route based on the location of each person's home, accurate to every minute.

In other words, if she was late and wasted time, Song Zeqian would kill her, right? Definitely.

Shang Lu was still a little nervous about leaving her home to live in the countryside for half a month. She had never stayed in such an environment for a long time, not to mention Song Zeqian's requirements must be very strict.

But this is also a new opportunity and challenge.

Shang Lu is looking forward to seeing his progress in the half-month acting training class taught by Song Zeqian.

As for "Little Nasty", naturally all of them except Ye Lu have asked for leave. Although I don't know why the program team hasn't issued a notice to stop recording, it doesn't matter anymore.

Let Ye Lu alone carry the entire program!

Shang Lu changed his clothes and carried two suitcases to the living room. He already saw Xiaomi sitting at the dining table eating breakfast.

After she finished her breakfast, Zhi Ban sent her back to school.

Seeing Chi Yan coming out of the kitchen carrying the last stack of desserts, Shang Lu suddenly didn't know what to say to him.

Maybe it's because of yesterday's confession, or maybe it's because of that dream.

"Why are you in a daze? It won't taste good when it's cold." Chi Yan's voice was as casual as ever, as if nothing had happened, as if everything that happened last night was also a dream.

However, before he left, he hugged Shang Lu again, reached out and pressed her head against his chest, and said with a smile: "Remember our agreement, I will confess my love again next time we meet.

" The deer responded softly.

Xiaomi at the door was carrying a schoolbag, shook his head, took out a candy from his pocket, opened it and stuffed it into his mouth.

She is not a fifth grade kid anymore, she knows everything!

Oh, my lord.

*

In half an hour, Song Zeqian's car arrived downstairs at Shang Lu's house, but Shang Lu had been waiting downstairs ten minutes in advance.

This behavior made Song Zeqian very satisfied, and he stepped on Lin Yanyan, who was wearing exquisite makeup: "You are two minutes late."

Lin Yanyan had been afraid to speak just now. When she saw Shang Lu coming, she explained: "An old man suddenly fell to the ground, and I called an ambulance for help."

This reason was acceptable to Song Zeqian, and he stopped talking to Lin Yanyan. The criticism was just: "Don't let it happen again."

The one who lived farthest away was Xu Ze, and the group went to pick him up, which meant that everyone was here.

"Although I have posted the rules in the group, I still emphasize them again. From now on, each of us has an identity." Song Zeqian pointed at Xu Ze: "The second son of the village chief's family ran away from home five years ago to start a business. ."

Xu Ze nodded.

He looked at Lin Yanyan: "The second son is looking for a naughty girlfriend outside."

Lin Yanyan: "?"

Why?

Song Zeqian looked at Meng Li and Shang Lu again: "The two students supported by his second son outside will come back with him to celebrate the New Year."

Finally, Song Zeqian looked at Jiang Jing: "You are my assistant, I am here to prepare for investment and construction "

There will be no training in the first week. The only thing you have to do is to integrate into the village as much as possible and let the people here accept and believe in your identity."

Simply put, let them use this week to go. Experience the character's life in the countryside for more than ten years.

This village is the same as the one they went to before. It is mainly filled with old people and children. There are not many young people. The network and signal are not very good. There are not many people who even have TVs and smart phones. Although they are celebrities, they are not recognized The possibility of coming out is not high.

The village chief's family, the only ones who knew the situation, would also help cover them.

But after Song Zeqian said this, he looked at them with some disgust: "I always feel that you will reveal your secrets like this."

No matter how you look at it, you are incompatible with this village.

Lin Yanyan snorted coldly and said proudly: "Is it my fault that I'm beautiful?"

She wore exquisite makeup, but because of her identity, she had a girlfriend from the city, and because she was in the script, She is also pretty, which makes her a bit out of the ordinary in the village, but it is quite reasonable.

Lin Yanyan's personality was a bit special compared to others, so Song Zeqian didn't care about her much.

Shang Lu was the complete opposite. He was wearing a light-colored horn-buttoned coat with a bare face. He even tied himself into a pair of ponytails while they were talking. He used a slightly darker powder puff to apply makeup on his face. Looks more like a student.

She lowered her head timidly, and in an instant, people could believe that she was just an ordinary, prettier student.

They quickly arrived at the village chief's house by car. The arrival of so many people also attracted people nearby to watch.

The village chief's son was coming back. This news had spread throughout the village, and countless villagers came to watch the excitement.

It’s been five years since we last met, and most of the villagers can’t quite remember what the village chief’s second son looks like, not to mention that this person doesn’t even exist here.

But the village chief appeared quickly, hugged Xu Ze, and said repeatedly: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back."

Lin Yanyan also took the initiative to introduce herself at Song Zeqian's signal.

Next, it was Song Zeqian's turn to introduce himself, and Xu Ze was asked to introduce other people to the village chief.

In fact, this paragraph is a bit blunt, but the villagers who were kept in the dark could not see it. They only thought it was a touching scene of "a son returning home to be filial to his parents."

Song Zeqian's purpose is also very simple, just to spread the word from ten to ten, and soon all the villagers will know their "false identity". Another uncle

took Xu Ze's arm: "I hugged you when you were three years old! Do you remember?"

Xu Ze: "..."

He could only answer bravely: "I have a bit of an impression."

He immediately smiled brightly and praised Xu for being sensible.

Shang Lu resisted the urge to laugh out loud, lowered his head and continued to pretend to be a shy and well-behaved persona.

The others were not much better, each and every one of them was suppressing a smile.

After hearing about Song Zeqian's identity, some people wanted to take the initiative to talk to him and see if they could find jobs for their children who were working outside.

At this moment, their "characters" have been introduced, and the village chief also helped to stop other enthusiastic villagers, greeted everyone into the house, and said words of thanks under the blessings of other villagers, his eyes were a little red, as if Really waiting for his son.

Lin Yanyan looked at the village chief strangely and whispered: "He looks so pitiful. Why doesn't his son come back?"

Shang Lu shook his head at Lin Yanyan: "Don't care about other people's private affairs. , Do our own thing."

Whether it is an unfilial son or an unkind father, it is not their turn to intervene.

"Ouch." Lin Yanyan responded obediently. She always listened to Shang Lu's words the most.

The village chief only had his eldest son, daughter-in-law, and grandson at home. He told them that the rooms on the first floor had been sorted out and they could choose as they pleased.

Their family lives on the second floor. As for the village chief's wife, who has some mental problems, she lives on the third floor all year round to recuperate and never comes down. If they hear strange noises, they don't have to be afraid.

Shang Lu: "..."

This sounds a little strange.

But after all, they came here to hone their acting skills, and it was Song Zeqian's choice, so Shang Lu restrained himself from thinking too much and carried his suitcase to the room.

The village chief's house is very large, and the self-built house is considered luxurious in the whole village. It can even be called a "small villa".

The number of rooms on the first floor was enough for each of them. Shang Lu packed up their things, and Song Zeqian took away all their electronic equipment.

From now on, they are isolated from the rest of the world and the only thing they have to do is blend in with the villagers.

The village chief provided them with simple meals to catch the wind and wash away the dust. After lunch, there was free time. Simply put, he asked them to find the villagers and start integrating here.

Although Xu Ze is taciturn, because of his "unique" status, other villagers surrounded him and asked him questions as soon as he went out, so he didn't need to take the initiative to socialize.

Shang Lu still "repeated his old tricks" and walked around the entrance of the village and saw two little girls playing shuttlecock.

They came here to integrate into rural life, but her role was that of the youngest sister. The older brothers and sisters were good enough, so they only spent a short period of childhood in the countryside, and then went to high school after middle school. What she wanted to learn was what the childhood of these children was like. What kind of.

So Shang Lu stood on the roadside and watched the two children playing.

At this moment, she saw Mengli hurriedly walking past not far away, seemingly still holding his arm.

Shang Lu stopped him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Meng Li's arms already had red marks from scratches, which were obviously itchy due to mosquito bites.

Shang Lu took out mosquito repellent water and anti-itch ointment from his canvas bag and handed them to him.

Meng Li naturally wanted to refuse. His relationship with Shang Lu was not that of a friend, so it was not appropriate to take her things like this.

But -

my arms were so itchy.

Shang Lu also looked at him with a smile: "I have prepared a lot, take it, let's work together and have a happy cooperation."

For Shang Lu, if Meng Li cannot study well due to physical reasons, then the biggest impact will be with him. I have the most opponents.

Shang Lu took the initiative to "show goodwill", which surprised Meng Li.

He originally thought that his attitude towards Shang Lu would make her resentful, but later he actually heard that it was Shang Lu who recommended him to Song Zeqian.

Shouldn't she... hate him?

Meng Li hesitated for a long time, and finally took what Shang Lu handed him and said, "I owe you two favors."

Meng Li asked, "What are you still doing here?"

Shang Lu pointed at the two The little girl: "Of course I play with them."

Soon, Shang Lu took the initiative to step forward and once again conquered the two little girls with his excellent shuttlecock kicking skills. In an instant, he had two "little sisters". The whole village is invincible.

Mengli watched from the side and fell silent.

Is this how Shang Lu learns?

How strange.

But he hesitated and turned to look at the little boys playing marbles not far away.

Otherwise...he would try it too?

In the end, it ended with Mongli's tragic defeat. He became the younger brother of those little boys and was forced to play the game of kicking stones with them.

Meng Li: "..."

Shang Lu's method is indeed unreliable.

Everyone "wandered" around the village separately for a day, and returned to the village chief's house for dinner in the evening.

The village chief's eldest son seemed to have a bad temper. He didn't talk to them much and just walked upstairs with a bowl of rice.

That's right, it's rice in a basin with soup in it, some cabbage randomly placed on top, and not even a piece of meat.

Lin Yanyan remembered seeing a video on the Internet where dogs in rural areas seemed to be making rice with leftovers, so she asked curiously: "Does your family have a dog? Where is it?"

The expression of the village chief's eldest son was slightly stiff. , or the village chief came to explain to them: "No, this is my wife's dinner." Mengli was very surprised. He was always so outspoken that it could be said that he was not polite: "You actually give people such a thing

to eat?"

It became awkward in an instant.

The village chief's daughter-in-law quickly stood up and explained. She smiled softly: "Mom's teeth are not very good, so she can only eat soup and rice."

Shang Lu glanced at Song Zeqian, his face had a coldness that he tried hard to hide, but he was so nervous The tense corners of his lips still revealed his mood at the moment.

Shang Lu's brain started spinning rapidly.

There must be something wrong here.

What was Song Zeqian's purpose in choosing this family?