Under the moonlight, two adults squatted on the beach playing with sand. The accompanying bodyguards stood quietly away and did not disturb their employers who were reminiscing about their childhood.
Yan Ting used to think that the castle built by Li Zhao was ugly, but after he started building it himself, he found that the sand seemed to have ideas of its own, clumping together and then loosening up.
"Should we add some water?" Li Zhao suggested seriously, "I think the viscosity will be stronger after adding water."
Yan Ting turned to look at the bodyguards. A few minutes later, the bodyguards brought a complete set of sand toys for the two of them and a bucket of water.
In the end, the two discovered that adding too much water to the sand did not improve the appearance of their castle, except for making their hands dirtier.
Building a castle is not easy, Zhao Zhao sighed.
"We don't have enough experience, so it's fine as long as the intention is there." It was Li Zhao who finally broke the deadlock, "It's the experience that matters, not the result."
Yan Ting, who was building a castle seriously, looked at Li Zhao whose hands were full of sand. He then looked at his own hands and saw that they were not much clean either, so he simply followed Li Zhao's example and sat down cross-legged on the beach.
Li Zhao looked at the ugly castle they had built and couldn't help laughing. He dragged Yan Ting's hand and washed it in the bucket together.
"Wipe it." Yan Ting took the towel handed to him by the bodyguard, lowered his head, held Li Zhao's hand, and began to wipe it gently.
"I'm so old now..." Li Zhao muttered. In fact, no one had ever wiped his hands so carefully since he was a child. When he entered the welfare home, he was already ten years old and was able to take care of himself in daily life. The uncles and aunts in the home also tried their best to teach him how to take care of himself.
This is not bad for them, but for their own good.
A child who is not spoiled by his parents and who does not have strong self-care ability will live a muddled and hopeless life.
Yan Ting looked up at him and said, "What's so great about that? Freshmen are still kids."
"A child this big, is he a giant baby?" Li Zhao smiled and asked Yan Ting to wipe his hands, and then he lay lazily on the beach, "Tingting, thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?" Yan Ting wiped his hands randomly. His upbringing prevented him from lying on the ground freely like Li Zhao. He bent his legs and looked down at Li Zhao.
"Actually, I wanted to recite a long thank you essay with you, but after seeing you, I don't want to recite it anymore." Li Zhao put his hands behind his head, "You definitely don't want to listen either."
Yan Ting looked at him tenderly, his eyes lit by the moonlight.
"For a long time, I wanted to find my parents." Listening to the roaring waves, Li Zhao's heart was extremely calm. "This thought became even stronger after Sister Xia married Brother Zhou and Brother Xiaojun got together with Sister Linlin."
At this point, he chuckled and said, "Maybe I really don't have good luck with my parents, so even though I became a popular artist, they didn't come to me."
"Since I've lived with you, I've gained the warmth that I never had before." Speaking of this, Li Zhao smiled with his eyes curved. He sat up and leaned closer to Yan Ting: "Tingting, are you actually the long-legged angel God gave me?"
Yan Ting's expression moved slightly. The boy in front of him was in the prime of youth and always full of vigor. He said that he was the angel of his life.
Only he knew that the person who was saved was not Li Zhao.
But himself.
He greedily enjoyed the closeness, the trust, and everything he brought without reservation.
"No." Yan Ting reached out and brushed away the sand stuck on Li Zhao's hair. "God saw that I was having a boring life alone, so he made you appear by my side."
"The first time I saw you wasn't in a hotel."
Li Zhao was surprised: "Not in the hotel?"
"When I saw you, you shared your midnight snack with a homeless old man. I was sitting in the car and saw you finish the remaining half of the snack. You ate it with great relish." Yan Ting hesitated for a moment, "You were just sitting alone under the street light, looking a little pitiful."
"When did that happen?" Li Zhao couldn't recall, and looked at Yan Ting with sudden realization, "No wonder you dared to follow me when I thought I was helping you in the hotel."
"If I hadn't gone with you that night, how could I have...become your friend?"
Let him see the colors in life?
"Is it because my eating manner is so terrible that it scared you, so you have a special impression of me?"
Li Zhao knew his own problem. He ate very fast when he was hungry. This was a habit he developed since childhood and it was very difficult to change it.
"Because you eat very seriously and deliciously." That night, just when he didn't even want to swallow the nutritional tablets and asked the driver to stop the car on the side of the road, he saw Li Zhao carrying a bag of packed midnight snacks with a very cheerful step.
After sharing the midnight snack with the homeless old man, it was obviously not enough for him to eat, so he buried his head in the food and ate it very seriously, not wanting to waste even a bit.
The orange light from the street lamp shone on him, adding a touch of warmth to him.
It's a fresh, vibrant smell.
Somehow, he remembered his appearance like this.
"Man is like iron and food is like steel. If you don't eat, you will be hungry." Li Zhao laughed. "When I first saw you, I was thinking, how can such a good-looking and unique boy let a greasy old man bully you?"
"As a result, you kept it a secret from me for half a year." Li Zhao shook his head and sighed, "But if you had told me the truth directly at the time, or if I had found out that the two bodyguards were your men, we would never have been friends later."
Just like a poor student would not think of making friends with a top student, people subconsciously create circles for themselves.
Perhaps Yan Ting occasionally recalled that he met a young man who was a big eater on the roadside one night. He would occasionally mention to his friends that some people are not only rich but also good-looking.
But they will never meet again.
"That's the biggest lie I've ever told in my life."
"Do you want me to thank you for this lie?" Li Zhao deliberately rolled his eyes at him.
Yan Ting remained silent, but his expression showed that he had no regrets.
Perhaps stimulated by Yan Ting's true identity, Song Yu couldn't sleep. He tossed and turned in bed for a long time, and finally put on his clothes and prepared to walk around the island.
He had not walked far when he saw two people sitting side by side on the beach. They looked somewhat familiar.
Song Yu was just about to go over to join in the fun when someone pulled him back from behind.
Looking back, it was Liu Fen, the top actress of Strawberry Entertainment: "Sister Liu."
Liu Fen had long hair draped over her shoulders and wore a long skirt that looked like flames: "What are you going to do?"
This guy is indeed not as likable as Zhao Zhao. Zhao Zhao always calls her Sister Fenfen.
"I saw that the person in front of me seemed to be Li Zhao, so I wanted to join in the fun." Song Yu was still looking over there.
"Why are you joining in the fun? They are just chatting happily. Why are you acting as a night light?" Liu Fen raised her eyebrows. "You are in your twenties, and you are still so ignorant?"
Song Yu: “???”
You people from Strawberry Entertainment, please don't go too far. He tolerated Li Zhao because he owed Li Zhao a favor and felt guilty about it, but he didn't owe anyone else anything.
"You can go for a stroll over there if you have nothing to do." Although Mr. Sun did not tell her explicitly who was organizing the graduation banquet for Li Zhao, she had already roughly guessed it.
At the Cang Huan annual meeting, Qin Xiao took such good care of Li Zhao because he was the big boss of Cang Huan. It is no wonder that Lu Renyi would write a short essay overnight to praise Li Zhao. He lost several endorsements and was still speaking up for Li Zhao on Weibo some time ago.
Song Yu reacted and realized that the man sitting with Li Zhao was that gentleman?
He secretly thanked his luck that Liu Fen stopped him, otherwise if he went over now, he would be courting death.
Seeing that Song Yu understood, Liu Fen smiled and said, "Not going?"
Song Yu shook his head.
"It seems you're not that stupid yet." Liu Fen lit a lady's cigarette, put it between her lips, took a puff and slowly exhaled the smoke, "No matter what you saw, don't go out and talk nonsense, it's not good for you."
"I know." Song Yu followed Liu Fen and walked in another direction.
"It seems that you also know the importance of this matter." Liu Fen gathered her hair and said, "This gentleman thinks highly of Zhao Zhao. When you go back, remove all the information that should be removed and don't cause trouble for yourself."
Song Yu's lips moved, and he was silent for a long time: "Did Li Zhao...voluntarily?"
Liu Fen chuckled, she put out her cigarette and threw it into the trash can beside her: "What do you think?"
"Given Li Zhao's personality...it should be voluntary." Song Yu was still worried: "But..."
"Hush." Liu Fen put her index finger to her lips. "Sometimes friends always give some self-righteous suggestions, but love is like wearing shoes. Only you know whether it fits your feet. Before the person involved raises it, others dare not give too much advice."
Song Yu stared at Liu Fen for a while: "You seem to... like Li Zhao very much."
Liu Fen is smooth-talking and seems nice to everyone, but she has never been sincere. The extent to which she was concerned about Li Zhao could not be simply explained by being tactful.
"Who doesn't like cute and good-looking boys?" Liu Fen looked at Song Yu, "Of course, you won't have this experience."
Song Yu:
Attack someone's appearance when you disagree with something?
There is no good thing about Strawberry Entertainment.
The next morning, Li Zhao went to the restaurant to eat and saw Song Yu looking at him with a conflicted look from a distance.
"What's wrong?" He walked closer and asked Song Yu.
"Well, I respect your emotional choice." Song Yu looked up at the sky and the ground but didn't look at Li Zhao. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. If you need anything in the future, you can tell me. I can help with some trivial matters. If you want to fight with a big company like Cang Huan, don't tell me. I can't help."
Li Zhao: “…”
Then you know your limits.
"What emotional choice?" Li Zhao grasped the key point of the topic.
"You don't have to hide it from me. I saw it all last night." Song Yu held it in for a few seconds and whispered, "I wish you happiness."
"Thanks."
Song Yu looked at Li Zhao in confusion. This voice... didn't sound like Li Zhao's?
He looked back and was so frightened that he almost couldn't hold back the expression on his face. Why was Yan Ting here? Did he hear everything he just said?
Seeing Yan Ting's gentle expression, Song Yu quickly waved his hand: "You're welcome, you're welcome, it's my duty." After saying that, he scurried out like a mouse.
Dad, Mom, I'm scared!
What the hell?
Li Zhao watched Song Yu run away like a thief, then turned to look at Yan Ting.
"Let's go and have breakfast." Yan Ting took Li Zhao's hand as usual, "After dinner, I'll take you to change clothes."
Seeing the two holding hands again, Li Zhao suspected that Yan Ting had completely fallen into the state of a silly father congratulating his son.
Although, although I feel a little embarrassed, but... I am still quite happy.
When the guests saw Yan Ting and Li Zhao coming hand in hand, they all greeted them with a smile, and no one looked uneasy. Everyone sat together and chatted happily while eating. Only Liu Fen took a few photos of the delicious food but did not pick up her chopsticks.
In order to look good in front of the camera, Liu Fen strictly controlled her diet during filming and would never allow her figure to change in the slightest.
She glanced at Li Zhao who was eating with relish and sighed softly, saying, "This is fate."
Some people never gain weight no matter how much they eat. God seems to be treating them well.
The graduation banquet was held in a lively manner. Yan Ting stood beside Li Zhao as a family member throughout the whole process. Everyone present could see Yan Ting's protection and care for Li Zhao.
The guests gave Li Zhao the gifts they had prepared long ago. Song Yu was the most simple and directly gave Li Zhao a check for a considerable amount of money.
"I don't know what you like, so use the money to buy it yourself." Song Yu paused and said, "Congratulations on being admitted to Jingshi University. I wish you a bright future."
"Thank you." Li Zhao did not refuse the check.
Seeing Li Zhao accept the check, Song Yu's guilt finally disappeared. He glanced at Yan Ting who was standing next to Li Zhao and said in a low voice, "I also wish you and Mr. Yan a long and happy life together."
After saying this, without waiting for Li Zhao's reaction, he turned and walked into the crowd of guests.
Li Zhao looked at Yan Ting, then at Song Yu, who still had a blessing smile on her face, and felt as if he had ruined Yan Ting's reputation.
After seeing Yan Ting's attitude towards Li Zhao, Mr. Chen from Ziqie Entertainment couldn't help but feel fortunate again that he had the nerve to come and congratulate Li Zhao this time, otherwise he wouldn't have known how important Li Zhao was in Yan Ting's heart.
The Xu family always seems to have infatuated people.
A hundred years ago, Miss Xu remained unmarried for the rest of her life because of her deceased lover. Her love story moved countless people. Unexpectedly, another Xu Yanting appeared among the younger generation.
From the attitude of the staff on the island towards Li Zhao, it can be seen that Li Zhao's status is equivalent to another owner of the island and he has absolute power on the island.
He actually didn't quite understand. What was so good about men? Girls were cute and charming. Why did Xu Yanting fall in love with a man?
After the graduation banquet, the guests left first and a special plane was arranged on the island to escort them.
As soon as they left the airport, Liu Fen, Lu Hao and other big names were surrounded by reporters who had been waiting for a long time.
"Teacher Liu, I heard that you are going to attend a wealthy family's wedding this time. Is that true?"
"Teacher Lu, Teacher Lu, can you give us a brief introduction to the identity of the owner of the island?"
"Teacher Liu, Teacher Lu, there are rumors that you two went to the island to get married. Is that true?"
"Who is so imaginative?" Liu Fen took off her sunglasses and smiled at the camera: "Don't think too much, we are just attending a graduation party for a friend's child."
The graduation banquet was held on a private island. What kind of family is this?
Is there a mine at home or something?
Some reporters didn't believe it, but they soon discovered that the bosses of Ziqie Entertainment and Strawberry Entertainment also came out with the big names in the entertainment industry.
A brave reporter approached Mr. Sun, hoping to get some useful information: "Mr. Sun, are you coming back together?"
"Oh, the host is so hospitable that he sent us on a private jet. Of course we will come back together." Mr. Sun laughed. "But this friend is a low-key person, so please be kind and don't ask me for the host's information. I'm afraid I will be blocked next time."
The reporters smiled in a friendly manner, and no one asked for the owner's information. Even the boss of Strawberry Entertainment is afraid of being blacklisted, and they don’t want to bring bad luck upon themselves.
Everyone went back and wrote some reports, which were nothing more than which big names in the circle had good relationships with the real big guys.
Some people also sighed that Song Yu is indeed a rich second-generation, as he can be seen in such occasions. Some black fans deliberately pretended to be fish fans to provoke pear fans, saying that it was no use no matter how popular their Li Zhao was, because they would never be able to go to a place like this in their lifetime.
Before the pear fans could scold him, the fish fans pressed these black-skinned people to the ground and rubbed them.
Let others once again witness the true friendship in the entertainment industry.
In order to avoid criticism from the outside world about Li Zhao, the news that Li Zhao was the host of the graduation banquet was not revealed. The main creative team of "Seven Boyfriends" guessed something, but no one dared to speak carelessly.
For a while, no one involved Li Zhao in the sensational topic of the luxurious private island.
Li Zhao, Yan Ting, Sister Xia and others did not leave the island immediately, but decided to stay on the island for a few more days.
Wearing beach pants and a sun hat, Li Zhao took Yan Ting to catch crabs by the rocks. Unfortunately, he was unlucky. After searching for a long time, he only caught two small crabs.
"You are so small and can't be eaten, so I'd better let you go back to find your parents." Li Zhao poured the crabs in the bucket into the sea. Just as he was about to ask Yan Ting to take a picture of him, he suddenly slipped and fell towards him with his head raised.
The beach is full of reefs, if you fall down you will definitely get bruised all over!
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Li Zhao fell down, but it didn't hurt.
One hand was around his waist, holding him tightly. The sea water flowed over the top of his feet, making him feel a little itchy.
"Tingting, are you okay?" Li Zhao then remembered that Yan Ting was right behind him, and if he fell down the first person he would hit would not be the stone, but Yan Ting.
"It's okay." Yan Ting reached out and pressed the hat that was tilted on Li Zhao's forehead: "The reef is a bit slippery, don't fall down."
Li Zhao saw a few drops of sea water sliding down Yan Ting's cheeks, and when he reached out to touch his hat, it was as if he was pampering an ignorant child.
He stared at Yan Ting blankly and wanted to reach out and wipe the sea water off his face.
"Are you scared?" Seeing Li Zhao staring at him motionlessly, Yan Ting simply exerted force and carried him from the rocks to the beach, then turned around to pick up the bucket that had fallen into the rocks.
Li Zhao looked at Yan Ting's bent back, grabbed the sand on the ground and squeezed it, then turned his head and looked into the distance.
Sister Xia and Brother Ming walked hand in hand on the beach, Brother Xiaojun and Sister Linlin hugged each other and took selfies, both exuding the sour smell of love.
"What are you looking at?" Yan Ting was beside him, and the corners of their clothes touched each other.
Li Zhao looked back at Yan Ting. If he and Ting Ting held hands, walked on the waves, or took a walk...
Stop imagining this!
Li Zhao shook his head: "I just think they have a very good relationship."
"Don't envy them." Yan Ting casually flipped the sand and found a shell. "We have a good relationship too."
Li Zhao: “…”
Li Zhao, you need to stay calm and don't think too much about Song Yu's nonsense!
"Tired?" Yan Ting gave Li Zhao a gentle smile, "Lean on my shoulder and rest for a while?"
This smile...
This was the second time Tingting smiled in front of him.
Who can withstand it?
Who can? !
Li Zhao felt that he had a very bad conscience and was about to die.
The author has something to say: Baby Zhao Zhao squatted in a small corner of the kindergarten, questioning his own humanity and conscience.
Baby Tingting found him with a small schoolbag on his back and took his hand.
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