Day 39
The night is as cool as water.
The black nanny car was parked in the quiet underground parking lot. The fire suddenly lit up, but it was just a star and soon dimmed, as if covered by a moth.
Lonely green, lines of paint spread into the distance on the white wall, bringing with them the pungent smell of the ground.
The black hair fell on the leather pillow, and the eyes were as indifferent as a butterfly with its wings burned, without any pain, leaving only the final tenderness for the camera.
Li Pengcheng put out his cigarette outside the car, and the light on the screen in his hand dimmed.
Then there was the rustling sound of people getting into the car. Li Pengcheng's leather jacket was of very poor quality. He was short of money recently, and his wife was reluctant to see his good clothes being wasted, so she always asked him to wear cheap old clothes first.
It was a long sigh. If the person sitting behind him wasn't Fu Xunyan, it would have sounded like a death sentence.
"So Ori also means to surrender?"
Li Pengcheng remained silent, watching the young man sticking his head out of the car through the rearview mirror. He had a tough heart, but in the night breeze, he looked particularly melancholy and fragile.
Li Pengcheng whispered, "It's not that absolute. I just suggest you keep him calm. Gu Tingchuan is quite good at keeping secrets. Before he blew himself up, we didn't realize he had so many connections back home."
Huh. Fu Xunyan inserted his fingers into his hair, and the contrast between black and white was dizzying.
Li Pengcheng started the car, and the tires left marks on the ground, crushing the dust and the corpses of young insects, speeding up their decomposition process.
"I won't agree to that."
His voice changes a lot, but the alienation that permeates the deepest layer remains unchanged. Due to his bad mood, the clarity is replaced by a coldness, and a little lowness emanates like the base note of perfume.
"I am ambitious, but I am not willing to pay such a price."
Li Pengcheng didn't understand. After thinking for a while, he tried to talk to Fu Xunyan about this matter in the most gentle tone.
"But... you have to understand the rules of this circle. If you're too rigid, you'll break easily. I've been around for so long, and I've never seen anyone who didn't go along with the corrupt have a good ending."
"This is not illegal or criminal in nature, and it doesn't even harm others. It just... requires you to pay a small price."
"There's a lot of room for maneuver here. You don't have to have a deep relationship with him. Just agree to play with him for a few months. When he gets tired of you, he'll naturally let you go and find someone new."
"He got happiness and you got resources. What's wrong with that? You're still too young to refuse now..."
"I'm not here to ask you to lecture me, Brother Li." Fu Xunyan showed his edge in front of Li Pengcheng for the first time. His gaze was colder than the night outside the window.
"If it was a month ago, I would force myself to listen to you and wouldn't stop you even if I wanted to vomit. But things are different now, aren't they? You need me to make money for you, so you'd better not try to cross my bottom line."
Last episode, Li Pengcheng was not very devoted to Fu Xunyan and Jiang Han. Although he is very capable, he is not really a good person. He is a person who puts profit above all else.
Because of this, Fu Xunyan and Jiang Han were once sacrificed; but also because of this, Fu Xunyan is very easy to control in this life.
So he took him away, willing to let him continue to be his agent.
Fu Xunyan stared at the person in the driver's seat. "There are many ways to make money. Without Gu Tingchuan's resources, will I be destitute? Since I haven't reached the end of my rope, I don't want to trade my freedom and happiness for them."
“When there are many roads ahead of me, I won’t choose the one that looks brighter and let myself be tortured by the mud; I will choose the road that cannot see the distance but at least makes me happy now.”
Li Pengcheng wanted to scold him, wanted to scold him to wake him up, but when he saw that face, he was speechless again.
There was always such a magic in that young man's face that when confronted with him, people couldn't bear to say anything harsh.
Under the light, the porcelain-white color looks like jade, shattering at the slightest touch. Those who know the art will choose to admire it from a distance, while only the adventurous will try to touch it.
But Li Pengcheng's reason held him back, preventing him from sacrificing the wealth that was within his reach for the sake of innocence and integrity.
"Okay." Li Pengcheng suppressed his anger. "Then tell me, how should we respond to Gu Tingchuan's criticism? Wasn't it obvious from his last words that he wasn't going to be kind?"
"Okay, I understand you don't covet his resources, but can you accept being harassed because of this? Or even ruining your entire career?"
Temptation can be resisted because it only prevents you from getting what you don’t have; but threats are different, they make you lose what you already have.
This is Li Pengcheng's doubt. At the same time, he does not think that Fu Xunyan is ready to face the latter. He thinks that Fu Xunyan is just blinded by his passion.
"Brother Li."
There was a hint of doubt in the young man's eyes, pure and innocent, as if he had not experienced the previous disagreement. His gaze on Li Pengcheng was as light as moonlight.
"Why?"
What why?
"When you think about me, you seem to have suddenly lost the ability you should have."
"After I firmly disagreed with Gu Tingchuan, you should have provided me with a solution, right? Why did you completely ignore this premise and continue to persuade me to accept it?"
Li Pengcheng was hit hard and subconsciously stepped on the brakes.
The nanny car suddenly stopped in the middle of an empty and deserted road, and the inertia caused by the emergency brake almost caused the two of them to crash into the vehicle in front.
Li Pengcheng's hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly that his veins bulged. His eyes were open and his mouth was slightly open, as if he had been suddenly awakened.
The lonely car stopped on the road, letting the moonlight shine on it.
After a long while, Li Pengcheng whispered, "You're right."
The vehicle started again, but Li Pengcheng didn't say anything more.
He is reflecting.
In Baoyin's power struggle, he was actually on the verge of defeat. It was Fu Xunyan who created the opportunity to take him away, avoiding the obvious outcome of failure.
Fu Xunyan's value allowed him to successfully connect with Ou Rui, but the Baoyin incident left him with a trauma. Li Pengcheng became a little timid, and his plan was no longer as straightforward as before, but seemed conservative.
But can't Fu Xunyan really give him confidence?
No, Fu Xunyan's performance gave him enough confidence. As a qualified agent, he should not be afraid of failure.
Li Pengcheng wanted to apologize, but he was not used to saying that kind of words, so he opened his mouth and then closed it.
"Let's contact Ms. Lin. I'm an ambassador after all, and it wouldn't be good for them if a scandal broke out."
"Will they agree to help?"
Fu Xunyan recalled Lin Weiwei's tough stance on the plagiarism incident that day, and answered firmly.
"Tell Brother Cong about this, too, if Lin Weiwei can't help."
He thought that he was actually a very snobbish person sometimes, and he had already thought of a way out before going to the appointment.
Sneer.
**
Fu Xunyan distributed the smuggled snacks to the people in the dormitory. They were going to record the second public performance song selection tomorrow. Several people wanted to eat but didn't dare to, for fear of getting edema the next day. So they had no choice but to hide all the food.
"Are you okay? It seems like a lot has happened to you this week." Da Pei wiped the water droplets from his hair and sat next to Fu Xunyan.
"I originally thought you were unhappy because of the second, but after you went out tonight, I felt that the low pressure on you was even worse. So what happened? Do you need our help?"
Fu Xunyan tilted his head and looked at Da Pei's sharp brows and bright eyes beside him.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Are you moved by me?" Da Pei put his arm around the shoulders of the man next to him, and suddenly realized how thin he was.
Although Fu Xunyan has nice thin muscles, it does not prevent his bones from protruding in other parts of his body.
Fu Xunyan is still not mature enough.
He only lived to be 27 years old. Although what happened to him far exceeded the experience of an average 27-year-old, he still "died" at the age of 27.
I have never experienced marriage or family, never suffered the torment of a midlife crisis, and never felt the loneliness of old age.
The pain of losing his loved ones came too early, and he was not able to fully appreciate the philosophy of life from it.
He has always been the butterfly flying through the forest, a proof and a composition of decadence, but he himself is not decadent.
The boy's eyelashes trembled slightly, outlining a fragile arc.
He wanted to talk, but it was uncomfortable to have such a huge secret shared by only himself.
It is also helpless to predict what will happen in the future. For example, he knows that their performance will not be popular. If he has the ability to change it, he will certainly want a happy ending and create a wonderful stage for every friend.
But he couldn't, he was still inadequate.
"Click"
Fu Xunyan was frightened and looked up.
Da Pei took out a Polaroid camera from somewhere and started waiting excitedly for the photos to come out.
"You have no idea how good you looked just now! Wow, this is a photo card made exclusively for Dalbae, it's going to fetch four figures when you debut!"
"Ahhhh, Brother Dapei, you cheated. You didn't even share this business opportunity with us!" Chen Chi eavesdropped for a while and noticed the sudden change in the atmosphere. He immediately chose to join in and rushed over to snatch the photo from Dapei's hand.
"Let me see, let me see, I want to see Brother Fu's amazing face!"
As a result, a whiter hand passed through and accurately snatched away Da Peiju's tall photo. Bai Wenji, who rarely played with them, pushed his glasses and studied them for a moment, then looked at Fu Xunyan, who had returned to normal.
"It's very nice. I suggest scanning it into a digital version and printing two more copies."
Fu Xunyan took it and in the blurry photo, the young man had drooping eyebrows, the collar of his white shirt loosely slipped down to his collarbone, and the pleats of his clothes piled up in a lazy arc at his waist.
His jawline was immersed in the soft light, and the shadow cast by his eyelashes was like the ink marks of meticulous brushwork.
It has a sense of story.
There was a lot of noise in the room, and Da Pei seemed to have forgotten the question he had just asked. But except for Fu Xunyan, the constant glances between the three people clearly proved that this matter had not been forgotten.
It's just that someone quickly understood Fu Xunyan's difficulties and gave him a temporary way to escape.
This is their gentleness.
Fu Xunyan went out and returned to the dormitory an hour later with traces of gym exercise on his body. He quickly finished washing up.
Late at night, when everyone was in bed and the cameras had stopped working, he finally spoke in the silence.
"Actually, it's because..."
"Oh shit!" There was a loud noise above his head, and Da Pei sat up straight. Chen Chi quickly turned on the light, and Bai Wenji put on his glasses again.
Fu Xunyan blocked the sudden light on his face, feeling neither amused nor helpless. He knew they would react strongly, so he hesitated whether to say it or not.
"This is too disgusting!" Chen Chi said angrily, "Then what are you going to do, brother?"
Bai Wenji crossed his arms, his expression colder than ever before, "Did your agent or the company force you to do anything?"
"Actually, it's almost done." Fu Xunyan did not hide his personal relationship with Cong He. "This is the temporary arrangement. I plan to ask Brother Cong and Designer Lin for help."
"After the company knew that I firmly disagreed, they should have contacted the production team to come up with the next plan."
The three of them were silent. They also wanted to help, but no one could.
Chen Chi came from a well-off family, but his parents were just ordinary medical professionals. Bai Wenji's family was somewhat well-known in the entertainment industry, but it was a niche circle, so this influence was of little help.
As for Dal-bae...
Young people in their twenties, without the abnormal fantasy halo fabricated in novels, are so weak and powerless. Apart from their sincere hearts, they lack the energy to fight against the world.
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