The boy in the video stepped back step by step and retreated into the elevator. The elevator door closed. After a while, Liang Sizhe, who was standing in the same place, raised his hand and pressed the elevator and stepped in.

Cao Ye looked at the gray-white picture on the projection screen and whispered in a daze: "So he chased after him later."

"Yes," Xu Yunchu also looked at the surveillance screen and recalled, "The birthday party that night was held by the company. Many people were invited, not only Sizhe's friends in the circle, but also many media reporters. He didn't say hello. Half of the birthday party suddenly disappeared. No one knew what he did. It turned out to be looking for you..." All Liang Sizhe's abnormal behavior back then were explained, and Xu Yunchu smiled bitterly, "The media that arrived that night were very dissatisfied later, so after the press conference the next day, several media teamed up to accuse him of being a big shot. He had never explained these things. It was also... Who did he explain to such a private relationship?"

Cao Ye recalled himself that night five years ago. He ran out of the hotel and was about to meet a green light. After crossing the road, he ran for a while and turned a corner at the first intersection. The lights on the road were too bright, illuminating his fragility and vulnerability so that he had nowhere to hide, so he quickly turned into the path, found a tree that could cover himself, and squatted down and stayed there for a long time.

What are you doing when you chase me out? Cao Ye looked at Liang Sizhe on the projection and thought, on the night when I convinced myself to part ways with you from now on, would you hesitate to reject Cao Xiuyuan and think about walking a little longer with me?

"Finished," Xu Yunchu stepped on the stool, holding the CD he had just taken off the shelf in his hand. "I remember that the complete video of the press conference was placed here. If it weren't for the CD that the agency's logo was printed on it, it would be really hard to find." She got off the stool, took off the seal of the agency with her fingernails, and handed it to Cao Ye, "I haven't even opened the seal of the bid. It seems that he has never seen it after he took it back."

Cao Ye took the CD over: "You haven't told me what it is like to hit a reporter."

"Beat the reporter..." Xu Yunchu recalled, "I didn't plan the press conference back then, but it was decided by Sizhe and Teacher Zheng Yin. The decision was very sudden, and neither of them notified me. Zheng Yin contacted the venue and the media alone. It was only a few hours before the press conference the next day that Sizhe told me about this matter. I went to the scene and saw the agreement that Zheng Yin prepared for the reporter in advance before guessing the purpose of the press conference."

"What purpose?" Cao Ye frowned slightly.

"At that time, many media wanted to attract attention by exposing your privacy, so they made a deal with the media to exchange your privacy with Sizhe's privacy..."

Cao Ye was almost shocked and said incredible: "Trade?"

"It's hard to believe it. I went to the scene that morning. My first reaction was also a bit ridiculous, but that's the truth. At that time, the two of you who were closest to director Cao Xiuyuan were you. Sizhe was a public figure and was the focus of media attention. He took the initiative to expose himself, and the media agreed. After all, exposing such things as Director Cao's family will indeed bring attention, but it will also attract criticism. Sizhe took the initiative to hold a press conference. While there is attention, no one will scold the media. People are still afraid of being scolded these days."

Cao Ye couldn't speak for a moment. After the breakup happened, he began to avoid paying attention to Liang Sizhe's news. He vaguely knew that Liang Sizhe held a press conference and even beat the reporters, which almost attracted boycott from the entire media industry. However, he did not expect that the press conference would be traced back to the source and actually started because of him.

"You watch the live video," Xu Yunchu said, "The truth about the attack on the reporter is all inside. At that time, we all thought that he had done the matter to repay Director Cao's kindness. The reporter also guessed whether there was really something between him and Director Cao, so that he could save his reputation and protect the privacy of Director Cao's family. Now, when you think about it, you can understand it all..." Xu Yunchu bent down and picked up Xiao Xiaobai's nest from the ground. "This person is really, he has such a big secret, but no one knows when he plans to hide..." She said, shook her head, "I'll just ask the driver to come and pick me up. You can stay and watch the video of the press conference.

Before Cao Ye could recover from the great shock, he responded hastily. It was not until the sound of closing the door came downstairs that he came to his senses and walked over to put the CD in the projector.

The noisy background sounds in the video, and Cao Ye looked up at Liang Sizhe sitting in the round light on the projection screen.

Liang Sizhe sat on the high stool, slightly facing the diagonal shot. Cao Ye suddenly remembered the night before Yinsi Street split that year. Liang Sizhe also bent his legs and sat on the wooden stool, blew a clear whistle to him in the quiet night.

That night, Liang Sizhe's side face was outlined very gently by the moonlight, but now facing the media and the cameras around him, Liang Sizhe seemed alert and sharp.

"Liang Sizhe, it is said that before you starred in "Thirteen Days", your parents drove and killed someone. Is that true?"

"After so many years of happening, have you ever visited the family of the deceased?"

"Someone at your school before revealed that you were the violin chief of the school orchestra, so why do you still have to use hand substitutes when filming "Thirteen Days"?"

Damn, Cao Ye clenched his fingers and pinched his joints hard. You investigated the changes he had encountered so clearly. How could you bear to ask such a question and cut open the scar that he had healed in blood?

He looked at Liang Sizhe's hands holding each other together. His right hand was repeatedly bending the joint of his left hand, and the left hand that could no longer pluck the strings. His movements looked very hard, as if he wanted to break his left hand.

Liang Sizhe endured these problems, but when the reporter was about to upload the video, he got up and jumped off the stage, and ended up beating people.

So it was because Liang Sizhe blocked the upcoming storm and hail in this press conference.

Why don’t you say anything? Liang Sizhe... Yes, you don’t have the chance to say anything. Cao Ye thought.

After he broke up with Liang Sizhe, speculation about the relationship between Liang Sizhe and Cao Xiuyuan was pushed to a climax. He was upset and decided to part ways with Liang Sizhe in the future. He no longer paid attention to his news. In this way, he completely blocked Liang Sizhe's mobile phone number and quickly abandoned the number.

After that day, Li You proposed to return to the United States. Cao Ye was in a daze in the overwhelming public opinion about Cao Xiuyuan. The only reason left told him that Li You could not continue to stay in the country and was affected by public opinion. So he quickly contacted the hospital and airport with his command uncle and returned to the United States with Li You.

Through the endless Pacific Ocean, the news about Cao Xiuyuan and Liang Sizhe can only be scattered. If he doesn't pay special attention, he can think that nothing has happened.

"There are so many things you don't know." He suddenly remembered that Liang Sizhe said this three months ago. At that time, he seemed to mention it casually, but he didn't expect it to be true.

——How many truths does he have hidden in these careless chats?

The truth that had been frozen was surging and broke through the ice, and the words Liang Sizhe had said rang out one after another in Cao Ye's ears.

"Cao Ye, I'll use your cousin to catch you."

"I'm a bad guy, and I'm just supposed to do anything."

"Has the sum been successfully considered?"

"What should you do if you want me? If I go further, you will take ten steps back..."

"For example... the son of actor Liang Sizhe and Cao Xiuyuan fell off the cliff late at night, suspected of committing suicide."

...

Those things he wants to avoid, don’t know how to respond, and never dares to think deeper, at this moment, every word points to a clearer thought: Liang Sizhe likes you, he has liked you for many years.

This unrevealed relationship that had been buried for many years was suddenly revealed, which caught Cao Ye off guard.

How should we face it? How should we respond? Or should we continue to hide and pretend that nothing had happened? Our heart seemed to be in a mess, filled with swelling emotions, so that he could not understand his thoughts rationally and soberly.

Cao Ye looked at the collection shelf in the screening hall with a blank look, which was specially placed on it with works by Liang Sizhe himself. He had never watched Liang Sizhe's films in recent years. Every time someone asked him to watch Liang Sizhe's films, he would feel inexplicable fear and retreat from his heart. He seemed to dare not face Liang Sizhe in the camera. What are you afraid of Cao Ye?

Cao Ye thought he should go out for some breathing. The screening room was too boring. His mind was filled with various thoughts at the moment. They were in a mess, which made his brain heat up and he couldn't calm down.

He went downstairs and walked out of Liang Sizhe's house.

As night falls, light rain falls outside. Autumn is already coming, and the raindrops fall on their faces with a little chill.

Cao Ye opened the car door and sat in, started the car, he opened the window and let the raindrops float in. He wanted to calm himself down as soon as possible.

He drove aimlessly, and his mind was full of Liang Sizhe - he leaned against the tree trunk and exhaled white smoke in the night; Xiao Xiaobai was about to leave half a month ago, and he was wearing a hood and mask, with his eyes red; he insisted on pulling his fingerprints while recording; the day after the filming of "The Darkest Choice", Liang Sizhe bit the smoke and bowed, and leaned closer to him to borrow the fire... He still remembers Liang Sizhe's long, slightly trembling eyelashes, covering them like thin cicada wings. At that moment, he seemed to hear the cicadas on Yinsi Street ten years ago.

A short whistle sound suddenly sounded behind him, and the car behind him was urging him to pass the traffic light. Cao Ye came to his senses. He suddenly didn't know where he should go. He instinctively drove forward and realized that he had just stopped in the lane turning left.

His brain seemed to suddenly wake up, and Cao Ye realized that he drove the car to Yinsi again.

Since returning to China three years ago, he has always come to Yinsi unconsciously. He woke up after being drunk, and nine times he found himself back to Yinsi again.

The car stopped on the street of Yinsi, and Cao Ye sat in the car and looked at the street. It was no longer the Yinsi he used to be. It was secluded and clean, with less fireworks than ten years ago.

This was once Lao Du Noodle Restaurant. He and Liang Sizhe often sat in open-air stalls to eat noodles. Further ahead was a breakfast stall. Liang Sizhe got up early and often brought Xiaolongbao back to the blue banquet. Further ahead was a stir-fry restaurant. Liuganjian and dry pot cabbage tasted very authentic. When they didn't know what to eat, they ordered these two dishes. Further ahead was a fruit stall. In summer, the boss cut watermelon and often asked them to eat a few pieces. Opposite the fruit stall was the blue banquet with a deserted daytime and a crowded nighttime.

At that time, the streets were filled with the atmosphere of the city, and there was an unforgettable smell of oil smoke from morning to night. The ground was filled with aged oil and dirt, and the blue banquet was even more tainted. At night, the big-bellied guests and the singer with heavy makeup appeared in pairs.

Looking back on the past, Yin Si seemed to be the dirtiest and pickled place he had been to date, and there was nothing worth nostalgic about.

But now he was standing on this street. When he thought of Yin Si ten years ago, he seemed to see the silver-white moonlight spread all over the floor after the rain, and Liang Sizhe sitting on a wooden stool and whistling.

He still remembers that melody.

His heart began to beat rapidly, pounding back and forth vigorously in his chest.

His feelings that had been covered with for many years seemed to be pried a corner, and then roared out without saying a word.

Cao Ye suddenly realized that he seemed to be not just trying to return to Yin Si ten years ago.

The fifteen-year-old boy only knew that his heart was beating very fast, but he didn't know that it was a heartbeat;

I only knew that my heart skipped a beat at that moment, but I didn't understand that it was throbbing.

But when Cao Ye looked at this street, he seemed to suddenly wake up. He liked Liang Sizhe. He started from a young man who was unconscious. His first heart-warming was because of Liang Sizhe.

At first he didn't know that it was like, but later he was afraid to admit that it was like. Subconsciously, he equated homosexuality with Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin, and the beginning of the collapse of his small world, so he hated what happened between them, and then angrily aroused his feelings for Liang Sizhe.

No wonder I feel inexplicably upset when I think of Liang Sizhe, no wonder I feel inexplicably fearful when I open Liang Sizhe's film.

He kept resisting thinking deeper, because he subconsciously knew how much he liked Liang Sizhe. He was hiding. He was afraid to admit that he liked Liang Sizhe, because that would make him the same as Cao Xiuyuan, and make him the person he hates the most.

Damn, Cao Ye suddenly clenched his fist and smashed the steering wheel. How many years have he been thinking about Liang Sizhe? When did he think about Liang Sizhe?

What are he doing for years? He thought he could stay away from Cao Xiuyuan and had nothing to do with him, but he talked about one girl after another over the years. Didn’t he happen to become another Cao Xiuyuan? It’s ridiculous.

He suddenly wanted to see Liang Sizhe. Although he didn't know what to say or what would happen when he met, he still felt uncomfortable when he saw Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin.

He could not imagine that he would have an intimate relationship with his same sex, just like Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin back then, which made him feel scared.

But even so, he still wanted to see Liang Sizhe. He hadn't seen him for half a month, and he missed Liang Sizhe very much.

He has been avoiding his true thoughts, but the fact is that every day he opens his eyes, he will think of Liang Sizhe, wanting to know what he is doing, which scene he has filmed, and whether he will take the initiative to think of himself.

Cao Ye turned the steering wheel, turned the front of the car and drove out of Yinsi. He wanted to drive to the airport to meet Liang Sizhe.
Chapter completed!