Ye Fei boarded a plane to the northwest the next morning. The peak travel season during the summer vacation had passed, so even though he bought the ticket at the last minute, he was lucky enough to get a first-class seat.
He didn't bring much stuff with him, and after putting away his luggage, he was about to sit down, but he inadvertently lowered his eyes and was stunned.
He saw a familiar computer bag.
The dark blue leather material and silver-plated buckle are exactly the same as the one Yan Xiao usually holds in his hand.
Ye Fei's heart began to beat fast. He slowly raised his head and a handsome but unfamiliar face came into view.
"Passenger, passenger?" The sweet-looking stewardess walked up to him and reminded him, "Would you please go to your seat and sit down first?"
Ye Fei suddenly came back to her senses and smiled at the stewardess: "Sorry."
He is good-looking and even more attractive when he smiles. The stewardess' cheeks flushed a little. She smiled back and, with her good professionalism, she resisted the urge to stay a little longer and went to the boarding gate to wait for other people to board the plane.
Ye Fei fastened her seat belt, thought for a moment, took out her cell phone and opened Yan Xiao's WeChat.
Yan Xiao’s profile picture is a photo of himself. He was wearing a neatly dressed black suit, with his hair combed neatly, and looked as serious as in his ID photo.
Ye Fei smiled unconsciously, but the smile was fleeting and soon disappeared. He moved his fingertips and long-pressed the profile picture to save it.
There was a rustling sound beside her. It should be the passenger sitting next to her arriving. Ye Fei was flipping through the chat history with Yan Xiao without looking up.
"Hello." A male voice sounded in my ears.
It took Ye Fei a few seconds to realize that he was being talked to. He turned his head and was stunned for a moment. The man sitting next to him happened to be the man who used the same computer bag as Yan Xiao.
"Are you also going to the northwest?" The man, dressed very decently in a fitted white shirt, introduced himself to Ye Fei, "My name is Feng Gaoyi."
Ye Fei said "yes" and nodded at him politely, but did not intend to exchange names.
Feng Gaoyi didn't care. He sat with his legs wide open, his eyes wandering on Ye Fei's face, trying to find a topic to talk about: "Domestic flights are not good. Unlike international flights, the distance between seats is very large. It's not comfortable to sit in, so I always buy first class when I travel."
He paused and asked again: "Are you on a business trip or traveling?"
Ye Fei felt annoyed by his gaze and said perfunctorily, "I'm on a business trip."
Feng Gaoyi didn't seem to notice his indifference. He smiled and continued, "What a coincidence. I'm on a business trip as well. A hospital in the northwest invited me to come and see patients and give lectures to their doctors."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and moved the Hermès computer bag towards Ye Fei: "Look, you brought the computer with you."
Ye Fei sneered and looked away.
Yan Xiao always sits upright and never shows off with luxury goods. Ye Fei was sure that he couldn't even recognize the brand of his own computer bag, he just bought it for his assistant to use.
The whole person is down-to-earth and real. Ye Fei doesn't need to look at him through any filters. He is already impeccable.
Ye Fei couldn't help but click on the photo again, staring at it for a while, and the expression on her face softened a lot.
Feng Gaoyi mistakenly thought that it was his financial resources that impressed Ye Fei, and continued: "You know, we doctors are very busy. We have been focusing on our careers over the years and have neglected personal issues. I now hope to find someone to settle down with."
He paused, staring at Ye Fei with burning eyes, implying something: "It would be nice to go out with your boyfriend, sit side by side, and chat."
Ye Fei had been ignoring him, intending to make him give up, but he didn't expect this guy to be so aggressive and start teasing him.
Ye Fei raised her head, raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Really?" Then she asked him, "Which hospital are you from?"
Feng Gaoyi was almost dying of laughter, and after a long while he finally gave the name of a Grade A hospital.
Ye Fei squinted lazily: "I'm familiar with this hospital--"
Feng Gaoyi's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to say something, he heard Ye Fei say, "My father and my brother were killed by your hospital."
There was an awkward silence.
During the more than three hours of the flight, Feng Gaoyi was as quiet as a chicken and never spoke again.
The filming location of the "Time and Space Rescue" crew was very remote. After Ye Fei got off the plane, he chartered a car and drove for nearly five hours. We spent a lot of money to order a lot of food from the only nearby county town, and finally arrived at our destination in the evening.
The actors welcomed his arrival with great enthusiasm because they were so close to the desert and were afraid something might go wrong. The crew has been filming in a closed environment and is not allowed to go out easily.
No matter how delicious the crew's boxed lunches were, they got tired of eating the same old things over and over again. The things Ye Fei brought were just enough to satisfy their cravings.
However, Song Wen did not join these people in grabbing food. Instead, he pulled Ye Fei aside and reported the budget overrun to him.
He is a very serious person. Ye Fei helped him when he was at his lowest point. Therefore, Song Wen has been very tense, fearing that he would disappoint Ye Fei's trust, and he wants to do his best in everything.
The two talked until late at night, until the assistant director came over and tactfully reminded him that Ye Fei might be very tired after a day of running around. Only then did Song Wen come to his senses and let him go back to rest.
Ye Fei felt unwell when he woke up the next day. He came from a humid place and couldn't adapt to the northwest climate for a while. Not only does my skin become dry and flaky, but I also have a cough.
"It's always like this. You can't adapt to the local climate." Song Wen had a lot of experience with this. He took a bag of Sterculia lychnophora and prepared to make some for Ye Fei to drink. "When I first came here, I drank it for half a month before I got better."
Ye Fei thanked Song Wen, poked the bag with her hand, and said with a smile: "This is the first time I drink this stuff."
He picked up the cup and tasted it. It wasn't bitter, just a little astringent. "You've worked hard."
"It's my duty." Song Wen waved his hand, talked to Ye Fei for a while, then ran to the monitor and prepared to start the first shooting of the day.
Ye Fei rejected the assistant arranged for him by Song Wen and sat alone outside the venue. He seemed to be watching the actors filming seriously, but in fact, all he was thinking about was Yan Xiao.
He had miscalculated. The distance did not stop this uncontrollable emotion. Instead, it made him miss her even more because they were so far apart.
Ye Fei felt empty inside and urgently needed to do something to keep herself busy so as to forget about Yan Xiao.
He thought about it, raised his phone, took a photo of the cup of Sterculia lychnophora, posted it to his Moments, and posted a status:
[Ni Feige: I live on this [Picture]]
Then he sent the picture to the group chat with Gu Ruijia and others.
This group was newly created by Gu Ruijia, and Yan Xiao is not included. Because the topics they usually talked about were too vulgar, Yan Xiao always felt uncomfortable.
[Brother Ni Fei: I’m not used to the local climate, so Song Wen made me some Stir-fried Dahlia. 】
[Gu Ruijia, one hundred and eighty minutes: Hahahahahahahahahahaha it's a pleasure to hear and see. You insisted to go, you deserve it. 】
[Sun Qiong is very rich: The busy Ye Fei drinks Pangdahai in the northwest, while I can only drink red wine in the air-conditioned room. Hey, this is the difference. 】
[Zhou Family Favorites: Are you still individuals? Ye Fei is so miserable... Sorry, I can’t continue making up stories, hahahaha, you can also add some wolfberries. 】
Ye Fei smiled and wanted to argue with them as usual, but she found that she didn't even have the desire to type, as if she had lost all her energy and strength overnight.
He was in a daze for a while, turned off his phone, and was about to go back to his room and lie down. The screen suddenly lit up, and a WeChat message popped up -
[Yan Xiao: Ye Fei, what’s wrong with you? 】
Ye Fei reacted greatly and stood up, staring at the screen without blinking. After a long while, my intense heartbeat finally calmed down. Before I could decide whether to reply or not, Yan Xiao called.
Ye Fei took a deep breath, pressed the answer button, and tried to act casually: "Boss Yan, is there anything?"
Yan Xiao said "hmm" and asked him, "What's wrong with you?"
Ye Fei's mind wasn't working very well at the moment, and it took her a few seconds to understand what Yan Xiao meant. He smiled and said, "Nothing serious, just a little uncomfortable with the local climate."
"Not used to the local climate?" Yan Xiao repeated.
Ye Fei explained to him: "I went to the northwest for something."
"Well," Yan Xiao paused for a moment before slowly saying, "I don't know."
Ye Fei was silent, he didn't know how to respond. Fortunately, Yan Xiao did not continue the topic and only asked him: "What are the symptoms?"
Ye Fei said: "It's just a little cough, it's okay, it's normal."
Yan Xiao said: "Okay."
Ye Fei faintly heard the sound of flipping pages on the other end of the phone, but did not ask.
The two were silent for a moment, and the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Ye Fei felt a little stuffy in his chest, without any warning or reason. He closed his eyes and wanted to say goodbye to Yan Xiao, but his throat suddenly felt itchy and he started coughing uncontrollably.
It would be fine if I didn’t cough, but now I can’t stop coughing. Ye Fei swallowed hard twice, finally getting a moment to catch his breath, squeezed out the two words "hang up", and hung up the phone.
Song Wen happened to come to him, and seeing this, he patted him on the back and said, "Hurry up and go to a place where the wind is sheltered."
After Ye Fei recovered, he told her the purpose: "Boss Ye, you finally came here, how about we have a meal together tonight?"
"No need," Ye Fei drank a mouthful of Sterculia lychnophora to moisten her throat and refused, "You guys can just shoot as normal and get together after the filming is finished."
Song Wen thought about it and agreed: "Okay."
"The Rescue" was to be released during the Spring Festival, but it was delayed a lot due to weather reasons. We have been rushing to complete the release these days, and it is really not cost-effective to set aside an entire night for it.
Even though we are not having a meal together, it still means we need it. On this day, the crew's dishes were much richer. The actors looked very satisfied while eating, and they wished Ye Fei could stay in the crew permanently.
At night, Ye Fei didn't want to be alone and think about random things, so he ran to the set. The temperature difference between day and night in the Gobi Desert is so large that day and night are like two different seasons. Ye Fei, wrapped in a loose coat, sat in a chair and watched the actors filming.
Maybe it was because Ye Fei was present, the third male lead, who was still a newcomer, was nervous and kept making mistakes. Song Wen explained the play to him in a gentle voice at first, but later, seeing that he was becoming more and more distracted, he became so angry that he started yelling at him.
Seeing the third male student hunching his shoulders, he was almost becoming autistic after being scolded. Ye Fei stood up and was about to give some advice when the floor manager suddenly called him from behind: "Boss Ye! Boss Ye!"
Ye Fei turned around: "What——"
Ye Fei's voice stopped abruptly. He stared blankly ahead, almost thinking that he was hallucinating.
There were slight wrinkles on Yan Xiao's suit and his hair was a little messy, as if he had been on a long journey. She was walking towards him step by step, holding a bag in her hand.
"Mr. Yan is here to see you, hahaha." The stagehand said with a smile, then tactfully left the stage, leaving the space to the two of them.
Ye Fei's breathing stopped. He opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word. It was not until Yan Xiao stopped in front of him that he could barely find his voice.
"Why are you here?"
Yan Xiao said calmly: "I'm on a business trip, and I brought you some medicine."
He opened the bag, took out the medicine inside, and introduced them to Ye Fei one by one. Finally, he said, "I have asked the doctor and he said they are all OK."
More than 2,800 kilometers, from southeast to northwest, for a bag of medicine.
Maybe it was too cold, Ye Fei's voice was shaking: "Tell the truth."
It was a cool night in the Gobi Desert, and the starry sky was pouring down from above and landing on Yan Xiao.
He was silent for a long time, and then said, "I will not feel at ease unless I see you with my own eyes."
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