She adjusted the hem of her dress and sat down like a lady.

He turned his head to glance at Sheng Yuan who was sitting in the middle seat, then looked away.

Looking straight ahead, with her head held high and her chest puffed out, the female star showed confidence and managed her facial expressions properly to avoid losing her composure when the director unconsciously swept the camera over her.

The camera does run to this side.

However, Ling Lan's smile lasted less than a second.

It was so fast that the image on the big screen didn't even appear and the camera just passed over her.

Finally stopped at the side.

Ling Lan's smile froze when she saw the person appear on the big screen.

The girl leaned leisurely on the back of the chair, the petal shoulder straps outlined her superior shoulder line and her slender collarbone like jade.

The camera stayed on her face without her noticing or caring at all.

In full view of everyone, with his head lowered and eyes drooped, his long eyelashes casting a silhouette, he was openly playing with his cell phone.

The director was ashamed: "..."

Tsk, is this another Waterloo?

The actor just now refused to smile any longer. Just in those few seconds, the number of online viewers in the live broadcast room skyrocketed.

Now it’s Sheng Yuan.

Hey girl, why don't you interact with the camera, just wave your hand or something.

But the audience still buys it this way.

Look at the comments from the audience in the live broadcast room, they are so enthusiastic, they keep calling her "pretty sister".

The little girl is quite popular recently.

* There was no other reason why Sheng Yuan agreed to change seats.

From this position, she can see the baby more clearly, so she is happy to do it.

It's just a seat, no big deal.

After a while.

Jiang Mingxin came back after answering the phone, followed by Xu Lizhi who had finished the interview.

Ling Lan's obviously eager voice rang out: "Brother, sit over here."

Jiang Mingxin only asked in confusion: "Huh? Why is Sheng Yuan sitting there?"

Ling Lan smiled very naturally and replied, "It was me and Sheng Yuan. We changed seats."

"Oh, I see."

Jiang Mingxin nodded, said nothing else, and prepared to sit down.

The man with silver-grey eyes behind him did not follow.

He walked past the seat with the words "Xu Lizhi" written on it, which was the seat next to where Ling Lan was sitting now, and ignored Ling Lan as he walked in.

Then he turned around and looked at a young male actor from the crew who also came to attend the ceremony.

"You sit outside."

Xu Lizhi had a good position, and the young actor was almost flattered. He mistakenly thought that it was his senior who gave him the opportunity, and quickly said a few good words.

The actor sat down and turned sideways modestly and politely: "Hello, Teacher Ling Lan."

"Um."

Ling Lan's facial expression was somewhat unnatural, and she responded indifferently to the greeting from her junior.

* After Xu Lizhi sat down, he opened his mouth several times to talk to the person next to him who was fiddling with his phone with his eyes lowered.

But I don’t know whether I felt it was abrupt or I didn’t express myself well, so I finally stopped.

This cramped look.

There is no trace of the arrogance that he had in the past, when he tapped the table with his finger and said sarcastically, "It's a waste of my time to argue with people who have no sense of time."

at last.

He pursed his lips and turned his silver-gray eyes to the side with a serious look.

He called out clearly: "Sheng Yuan."

She seemed to have just realized that there was someone sitting in the seat next to her.

I looked up and saw it was him, but I didn't feel any surprise.

The beautiful almond-shaped eyes looked over calmly.

Sheng Yuan didn't say anything, waiting for Xu Lizhi's next words.

Xu Lizhi paused: "...Thank you for what happened before."

He was referring to the car accident.

It seemed that he had never said thank you to her in person.

"Um."

Sheng Yuan nodded as a response, then continued to pick up the phone.

This brief conversation should end here.

But Xu Lizhi didn't move.

He stared at Sheng Yuan's profile for a long time.

Then he frowned slightly and asked tentatively: "...Sheng Yuan, do you really not remember me?"

* “…”

"Why are his eyes this color?"

"Is it a monster?"

"It must be a monster. Normal people don't have eyes like this."

"Monster monster, then we have to destroy him quickly!"

"Kill the monsters! Kill the monsters!"

“…”

A few ignorant children, united against a common enemy, thought they were messengers of justice maintaining world peace.

He raised the mud in his hand high and threw it at a little boy with silver-gray pupils.

Pieces of mud kept being thrown at the little boy, and the gentleman's suspenders shirt on the boy became dirty. But despite this, the first thing he thought of was to bend down and protect the camera in his arms.

This is a gift from his father and he likes it very much.

I saw the beautiful garden outside the window in the inner room and wanted to preserve this scenery, so I came out excitedly with my camera, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

He ran all the way to the back of the garden, but was not let go.

Several children of the same age seemed to have found something newer than toys, and they were having a lot of fun playing hide-and-seek.

"Hey, why doesn't he beg for mercy?"

"Hey! If you beg for mercy, we can consider not destroying you."

The little boy still just held his camera without saying a word, his silver-gray eyes revealing a childish stubbornness.

Then, when he was backing up, he tripped and fell to the ground, with the camera rolling out of his arms.

He hurried to answer it.

The camera beeps twice.

Finally, it rolled and stopped in front of a pair of small white leather shoes.

He looked up and met a pair of delicate almond-shaped eyes.

He was a little stunned, thinking that these eyes were so beautiful, like the most beautiful and shining gem on his mother's favorite necklace.

But the owner of the almond-shaped eyes just looked down at him coldly.

Then he stepped over the camera and passed him.

He looked at the children and said coldly, "Get out."

For some reason, the children who had been so arrogant just now immediately scattered like mice seeing a cat and disappeared without a trace.

He thought she had helped him drive them away.

For some unknown reason, he subconsciously picked up the camera on the ground.

Using the photography techniques his father taught him, he slowly aimed the camera at the profile of the owner of the pair of almond-shaped eyes.

With a "click".

Took the first photo with this camera.

But she didn't look at him again. She squatted in front of the wilted flowers, frowned and called out, "Uncle housekeeper."

A middle-aged man with a kind face immediately ran out, "Miss."

She felt wronged and distressed: "Flowers."

"It's okay, miss. I'll help you revive it." The housekeeper smiled gently to comfort him, and then saw him standing next to him in a mess, and said, "Whose young master is this? Why is he here?"

He was asked to leave by the servant who was ordered to do so.

When about to turn the corner.

He politely asked the servant curiously what kind of flower that was.

The servant replied: "Rose."

Then he added, "It's our eldest lady's favorite flower."

After returning home, he couldn't wait to ask his father to teach him how to develop the only photo in the camera.

Then.

It was tucked inside his favorite fairy tale book.

“…”

* "Remember."

Sheng Yuan answered.

Xu Lizhi's frown relaxed for two seconds.

Then, Sheng Yuan calmly said his name, "Xu Lizhi."

“…”

There was nothing strange in her eyes.

She doesn't remember at all.

Xu Lizhi's silver-gray eyes, which had lit up slightly, dimmed again.

But he had forgotten that too.

This was a little hard for Xu Lizhi to accept.

The fairy tale book was lost and found, and the photo fell out from the interlayer.

When he saw the photo, he remembered everything that happened in his childhood.

That feeling.

It was like a long-sealed memory was clearly awakened again in my mind.

My favorite fairy tale book and the photo inside it.

How could he forget...

* Final three-minute countdown to the start of the awards ceremony.

I have to say, the director is really good at making things happen.

Director Jiang’s “Glory Family” has been very popular recently. He glanced at the audience and saw Sheng Yuan and Xu Lizhi sitting in the same row.

In the drama, there are quite a lot of fans supporting the male lead Shi Jue and the fifth female lead Song Yunan.

The main reason was that after Song Yunan passed away, Shi Jue personally attended the funeral, bent down and gently placed a white chrysanthemum on her.

Although Shi Jue didn't leave a word.

But this scene was shot in a very meaningful way.

The audience speculated what kind of feelings Shi Jue had for Song Yunan, whether he had liked her in the past, or was it just pity.

Obviously, there are more viewers who support the former.

There is nothing more fun than shipping a couple.

And then the next second.

On the big screen, Sheng Yuan and Xu Lizhi appeared side by side.

There are only these two people on the huge screen.

The guests at the scene saw this and cast a teasing smile towards Sheng Yuan and Xu Lizhi from time to time.

The barrage area in the live broadcast room is even more lively.

Fans of Shi Jue and Song Yunan were very excited.

And then not long after.

Then I realized something was wrong.

On the big screen, Xu Lizhi saw the camera sweeping over and raised his hand to say hello.

But Sheng Yuan, this girl just sat there, not interacting at all with the people next to her, and just lowered her head to play with her phone.

I know. I know that Sheng Yuan and Xu Lizhi had just finished filming a movie on the same crew.

Don’t know.

I thought it was just a coincidence, two artists I had never met before, had their seat numbers connected by arrangement by the organizer.

They clearly appeared on the same big screen.

But unfortunately, the atmosphere between the two of them was extremely cold.

This coldness seemed to be one-sided on Sheng Yuan's part, as if a huge dividing line had been drawn between her and Xu Lizhi.

A big screen.

The living world is separated and split into two.

The Shi Song CP survived less than two minutes in the live broadcast room and disbanded on the spot.

Still shipping them? What are you shipping them for? You're really imagining too much. There's no possibility for these two to be together, in or out of the drama.

Someone also posted a link to Director Jiang’s interview video.

——In the video, Director Jiang was asked about the complicated relationship between Song Yunan and Shi Jue in the play.

Director Jiang: "It's very complicated, but there is absolutely no love between a man and a woman."

The live broadcast room barrage area mocked——

[Thinking too much and thinking about everything will only hurt you. 】

* Ling Lan was fully prepared to go on stage.

But when the award ceremony began, the music started and the lights dimmed.

The host on the stage announced the Best Actress award loudly while leaving the audience in suspense.

But the name that was read out was that of another female artist.

Ling Lan sat in her seat in a daze in disbelief, but as a shortlisted artist who was not selected, she still had to put on a good show.

She smiled a heartfelt blessing, raised her hand, applauded and sang for the female artist.

Before the show started, her words to Sheng Yuan, "stay closer to the exit," became so ridiculous.

She was indeed sitting near the exit.

However, there is no need to get up and go out.

Ling Lan's nails dug into her flesh.

“…”

The award ceremony was very tightly scheduled.

The female artist's part ended and it was immediately the male artist's turn.

The most anticipated trophy at the annual Lily Awards ceremony is the Best Actor trophy.

Speaking of this.

The discussion started in the live broadcast room.

[If the actor hadn't retired, the trophy would have been his.]

[Unfortunately, it’s a bye. ]

“…”

* The award ceremony, which lasted about an hour and a half, ended.

When the show is over.

Jiang Mingxin found Sheng Yuan meaningfully.

"Come on, little girl. I think you'll have a good chance of being able to stand on top by this time next year."

"You still have a long way to go in the future."

When these words come from someone else, they are at most meant as encouragement or praise.

But since Director Jiang said it himself, there is a bit more certainty.

Sheng Yuan smiled and said nothing.

Next year...?

* [Then Sister Sheng Yuan, I’ll leave Brother Yan to you.] — Assistant Xiao Zhou.

In the elevator leading to the underground parking lot.

Zhang Bai carried the cat bag: "The person is in the car."

As soon as the elevator opened, Sheng Yuan walked out, lifting her skirt.

Zhang Bai prompted: "On the right."

The nanny car was parked in a hidden corner of the parking lot.

Sheng Yuan walked over and opened the car door.

Shi Yan was sitting in the last row. He had already changed out of his dark suit.

Sweatshirt, trousers, baseball cap, and a mask hanging on one ear.

With cold brows and sharp and upright facial lines, he sat there quietly.

Seeing Sheng Yuan, his black eyes looked over.

Somehow, it seems, a little bit - unhappy? * Zhang Bai sat in the passenger seat with the cat, and then told the driver to drive.

The car drove out of the underground parking lot.

There is more space in the back seat of the nanny car.

Sheng Yuan gathered the hem of her skirt and just sat down.

"Tired?"

Sheng Yuan looked at Shi Yan with a smile, "Not bad."

Shi Yan nodded.

Then.

A bony hand grasped Sheng Yuan's wrist, tightened it, and pulled it in the opposite direction. Her head gently rested on the chest of the owner of the hand.

Being embraced in a clean and cool embrace.

"Then get some sleep."

The low-pitched, slightly cold male voice comes from above your head.

Sheng Yuan was a little confused.

She just said it seemed like she wasn't tired.

“…”

Sheng Yuan blinked.

She moved her head slightly, and put her forehead against Shi Yan's neck. When she looked up, she could see his cold white neck at the collar of his sweatshirt.

"Um, Shi Yan..."

His warm, dry palms tightened.

He said sullenly, "Go to sleep and don't talk."

Sheng Yuan: I’m not tired.

Shi Yan: You are tired.

Sheng Yuan: Okay, I’m tired.

At that time, I felt at ease hugging my wife Yan.

(End of this chapter)