A heartbeat, a lifetime

Chapter 15 Maze (1)
I can feel the marker brushing across my face quietly, with a rough but gentle touch.

The surgeon's fingertips lightly paused on my cheek, and his voice was low: "Miss Bai, before anesthesia, let me ask you one last time—are you really going to do this?"

I closed my eyes, recalling the scene when I stumbled into this famous plastic surgery hospital the day before yesterday.

I said, "Doctor, where can my face move?"

"Most people will tell me clearly what they are not satisfied with, and we can find ways to improve it."

I thought about it and said, "The chin and the eyes."

The doctor looked at me carefully and asked with a smile, "Miss Bai, how do you want to adjust?"

I raised the corners of my lips: "Bone grinding? Injection? Opening the corners of the eyes...anything is fine."

The doctor looked at me like he was looking at a lunatic, and said mildly: "Girl, do you know that many people come to me to be a celebrity's jaw or eyes."

I vaguely knew what he was going to say, bit my lip, and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, my face was as pale as a wandering spirit.

"...Qin Mou is the most designated template. In fact, her jaw and eyes conform to the golden ratio." The doctor adjusted his glasses, "Miss Bai, your jaw and eyes are almost exactly the same as hers, they are quite perfect .”

"No, I don't want to picture her." I raised my voice unconsciously. "Doctor, I don't want such jaws and eyes."

So I lay here, quietly, waiting for someone to cut my skin with a scalpel, grind away part of the bone, and open the corner of my eye deeply.

I don't care if it's unnatural, I don't care if it's prettier, I just want to - not like her.

"Okay, you will be anesthetized right away." The doctor said with a smile.Someone covered my mouth and nose with something like a large piece of cotton cloth, and after a while, I felt a little drowsy.

very nice……

The moment the body relaxed, there was a loud bang——

I exhausted the remaining strength in my body, looked sideways in that direction, and a figure was walking towards me quickly.

An invisible hand suddenly grabbed my heart, and I suddenly felt hard to breathe.

"Sir, this is the operating room...you can't come in casually..."

Someone seems to be stopping him... I thought drowsily, let him out!

"Bai Xi, do you want to have plastic surgery?" The man bent down and grabbed my jaw forcefully. Although my consciousness was beginning to be a little blurred, I could still feel the huge force.

I was forced to meet his cold gaze. His anger had obviously reached the limit of explosion, but even so, his eyes were still as calm as a pool of ancient water.

Fear, regret, resignation... I don't know how to control these emotions, I can only let tears fall down my cheeks without any scruples.

"You know what I value most is your face, right?" He suddenly leaned closer, the tip of his nose almost touching mine, and said in a calm tone, "You want to destroy it?"

My breathing became short of breath.

"Bai Xi, believe it or not?! No matter how much you spoil this face, I have the ability to make it back to its original shape." He said in a voice that only I could hear, "Want to suffer more? You can try."

He shook my face away, turned and left without saying another word.

The doctor watched helplessly and smiled wryly, "Miss Bai..."

Someone turned off the light in the operating room, the darkness was like a huge mountain, I thought I was really dying, I couldn't breathe, I wanted to vomit.

"Miss Bai? Bai Xi?" I vaguely heard someone calling my name.

I think he's going to ask me if I'm going to have surgery... I give up, I won't.

Shen Qinjun has already found out, and I know he's not threatening me... Even if I completely ruin my face, he will repair it for me one by one.

I really give up.

At the moment when the last trace of consciousness disappeared, I suddenly thought, it would be great if everything could be restarted.

I'm giving up those absurd fascinations and affections.

And now, I'm to blame.

……

The nightmare was so real that when I woke up, my body was still shaking.

I lay upright on the bed for a while before getting up with difficulty.The bus was almost overcrowded again, and I finally arrived at the unit. I found Lulu and the others surrounded by the computer, not knowing what happened.

"What's the matter?" I squeezed in while gulping down my coffee.

"Look, look! Qin Mou's pornographic photos!"

"Wow! What a good figure!"

My gaze was fixed on the screen, and suddenly, I couldn't say a word——

In the photo, it was really Qin Mou, with half-faded clothes and a snowy complexion, revealing the bright spring on his chest.

Have you been photographed?
She will also publish this kind of news, could it be to promote the movie?

I went back to my desk and started working on the report, when suddenly I heard a beep on my phone and a text message came in.Um?5 yuan was transferred into the account?
No quarterly bonus!
Who transferred this money to me?

Could it be that Shen Qinjun was afraid that I would really quit, so he hurriedly gave me some bonuses?
Thinking of this, I remembered the dream last night again, and I broke out in a cold sweat.

Forget it, forget it, it’s a big deal not to touch it when it hits my card, and return it intact when the time comes.Thinking of this, I went to the restaurant to eat with Lulu and the others.

Lunch break is the happiest time of the day for me.Hesitating between Indian curry fried rice and shrimp wonton, this kind of entanglement is the happiest thing.I was at the end of the line, and when I heard my colleagues discussing today's gossip headlines, I suddenly realized that the crowd behind me gave way.

It's like someone cut through the wind and waves, and stopped at my place.

I turned around and saw a face that I didn't want to see at the moment, and I just felt the skin on the face tightened.

"Mr. Shen, how about you go first?" I squeezed out a smile.

"No, just wait here." He was calm, as if nothing happened last night.

I turned around stiffly, and at the same time, I found that the surroundings quickly quieted down. This feeling was like a noisy self-study class in high school.

Why bother to make everyone uncomfortable?I cursed, and slowly, patiently waited for the surroundings to heat up again.

Sure enough, after the commotion passed, the employees still came in waves, and did not notice the existence of the boss anymore.

The business of Indian curry rice is still booming, and a few comments floated over from a distance: "You really deserve to be my goddess, thin and fat..."

Uh, I don't want to look back at Shen Qinjun's expression, I just want to buy some food and disappear.

However, those few people became more and more excited as they talked, and it was really too much to pass on a sentence or two.I stood on tiptoe calmly. I was still a male colleague in the same department. They were all nice people. Maybe I was usually an otaku. No wonder I was so excited.

Shen Qinjun won't vent his anger, right?I thought anxiously, took out my phone, and wrote a text message.

I watched the news.This is a great opportunity to comfort her and prove your persistence.

There was a beep behind him.I know he's reading his text messages and looking at the menu as if nothing happened.

The phone vibrated, I lowered my head a little guilty, and quickly turned on: Just take care of yourself.

It's really a hot face sticking to a cold buttocks, and one's nose is ashamed.

I stuffed my phone back boredly, and made up my mind to wait for Yuntun wholeheartedly.

Unexpectedly, there was another vibration. I resisted the desire to turn around and clicked to open it.

I have delivered the key to you by express, and it is up to you whether you want to stay or not.Forgot to say yesterday, happy birthday.

I was stunned for a moment, just as the waiter handed me a steaming bowl of fresh shrimp and wonton noodles, the white mist steamed up, as if my eyes were dazzled, I blinked hard, and brought the bowl of noodles, almost in despair escape.

Sure enough, I received the courier in the afternoon. I signed the bill absent-mindedly, but didn't even look at it, and stuffed the key into the drawer.In fact, he really doesn’t need to be like this. What I want is not 5 yuan, nor is it this expensive single apartment. Just a steaming “Happy Birthday” is enough.

However, it's really greedy.

In this world, true intentions are much more precious and rare than dazzling material temptations.

I understand somewhat what Director An meant when he said "Love is deep and lifeless".

So affectionate that you are willing to lose your life, this kind of heart, let alone whether anyone is willing to give it—even if there is, can you afford it?
I sighed for a while, continued to work hard, and picked up the phone.

Seeing that the number was unfamiliar, I thought it was a customer, so I picked it up with a serious yet polite attitude: "Hello, Bai Xi."

"Miss Bai, I'm Li Xin, Qin Mou's manager, do you have time to meet after get off work?"

My brain froze for a moment, "Huh?"

"I sent the time and place to your mobile phone, and I want to talk to you face to face about something."

I am quite easy to talk to strangers, so I nodded and said, "Okay."

Before leaving get off work, the boss assigned a lot of homework, I picked up some important ones and did some, and copied the rest to a USB flash drive, planning to go home and work overtime after the meeting.In this way, when we arrived at the restaurant, we were still late.

And because it was a rainy day, my whole body was wet, and as soon as I entered the well-heated room, I felt a damp musty smell all over my body.I saw Li Xin in the private room holding a cigarette between his fingertips and tapping on the table with his other hand. I thought I was a little impatient waiting.

I coughed, but she didn't raise her head immediately, she took a cigarette slowly, and then looked at me, "Miss Bai."

"Sorry, I'm late." I greeted.

She really has the face of an agent, with slender eyebrows and eyes, and always has a smile on her face, but it is very shallow. When she speaks, it will make people feel invisible pressure, "I know, 35 minutes."

I was startled, and the smile on my lips faded, "I'm sorry, it's really hard to get a taxi after get off work."

"Now that I have a boyfriend, does Ms. Bai still need to take a taxi?" She said in a tone that made me feel very uncomfortable.

My expression remained the same, I took a sip of hot tea, suppressed my anger and said, "Miss Li, you must be busy dealing with the news today, right? I'm sorry for making you wait so long."

Li Xin's calm expression finally showed some cracks, "I don't know if Mr. Shen knows you have such a side."

I was completely baffled, "What's the matter with Shen Qinjun?"

"Bai Xi, Qin Mou won't let me come to you, but I really can't swallow it." Her expression had turned completely cold, "Do you know how much effort she put in to receive comfort in this scene? "

I was a little confused, but I still listened patiently to her.

"Mr. Shen, you have already got it, why do you still do it? Is it because you don't feel safe?" She sneered, "I'm afraid that it's Yiyi who he likes?"

"Wait, can you tell me first what I did?" I had to cut her off.

"Do you not admit it?" She took out the conspicuous platinum bag and took out a document bag.First, there were stacks of photos of Qin Mou being secretly taken. I had already seen these at the company this morning, so I hurriedly turned to the next few sheets of paper.

There is a string of numbers on it, just one glance, and my scalp tingles—maybe others don't know what these numbers represent, but I don't know why.

Each photo records various parameters of the camera at the time of shooting. Each photographer has different shooting methods and different shooting environments, so the settings of various parameters are naturally different.I am familiar with those numbers and visual diagrams, which are the numbers I set for my camera after a long time of debugging.

Looking at those photos again, I suddenly remembered that Qin Mou was wearing this dress at Mai Zhendong's art exhibition that day.As for the background of the photo, it is also so familiar, it seems to be in the women's bathroom.

My heart sank, and I happened to turn to the last one, which was a remittance certificate from the bank.

It's that money... a total of [-] yuan, which was transferred to my account, in black and white, showing that it came from ×× Magazine.

"You mean that I secretly took photos and sold them to magazines?" I just found it incredible.

"Isn't it?" She pinched the pile of evidence and squinted her eyes coldly.

"If you want to frame someone, you really have to do a full set." I stood up abruptly, "I didn't do these things, believe it or not."

"Framed?" Li Xin was obviously irritated by me. She patted the table and stood up, "Qin Mou is no longer promising, and she won't be jealous with you. She has been preparing for this scene for a year and a half. Now the news As soon as it came out, An Dao was full of displeasure, and had already decided to change, could she be so stupid?!"

I didn't bother to tell her, and I was going to leave after I took my bag, but I heard her chase me and say: "If she can't get the show, don't think about it."

"Miss Li, why do you want me to be sad?" I stood at the door, deliberately making my voice look calm, "As you said, so what if I did it? Go find my boyfriend .Anyway, he is Qin Mou's ex-boyfriend, so he won't stand by and watch."

I purposely procrastinated the word "boyfriend" for a very long time, but I didn't expect the door behind me to click, and someone happened to come in.

And Li Xin was probably really annoyed by this sentence. He raised his hand and poured the cup of tea in his hand. Before I could react, the person behind me pulled me back. There were a few drops on the man's chest, and even on my face.

The tea has been cold for a long time, so it's nothing - but I can see who is coming, and I can't wait to get into the hole right now.

Shen Qinjun looked at me with a half-smile, apparently heard what I said.My "boyfriend" just stood aside and said to Li Xin indifferently: "Why do you lose your temper and can't talk properly?"

Li Xin was also taken aback, "Mr. Shen, why are you here?"

"Didn't you just ask me to come at this time?" He sarcastically hooked the corners of his lips. "Otherwise, we would have missed this good show."

I was startled when I heard this, and immediately reacted.People in the entertainment industry are really like Gongdou opera, they are really calculating every step of the way.

"Mr. Shen." Li Xin didn't seem to understand, "Director An called today, saying that she released such misleading and self-hyped news, which doesn't match the image of the movie."

"Have you decided to change?" Shen Qinjun interrupted her and asked simply.

"That's what it means." Li Xin gave me a hard look.

"Since the contract hasn't been terminated, why are you so worried?" He pondered for a moment, then his tone suddenly became gentle, "What about her?"

"Hiding at home for a day and not coming out."

"It's not a big deal for you to persuade her." Shen Qinjuan understated, and then glanced at me again, "Also, what are you asking Bai Xi to do about the affairs in your circle?"

"It's her—" Li Xin took a breath, "Didn't you read the information I sent you?"

He stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his eyebrows, "Oh, just flip through it casually."

Li Xin looked forward to it.

"Do you think my girlfriend will secretly take pictures for 5 yuan?" He pursed his lips and smiled, adding.

Although I'm not his girlfriend, this sentence sounds like a human speech.

Li Xin's face turns blue and turns pale, but he can't speak anymore. Finally, he took the bag and said, "I see, I'll go find her first—I'm afraid she won't think about it, and won't eat for another day."

I clearly saw Shen Qinjun frowning, and then calmly stretched it out, and stepped aside, "I won't see you off."

Li Xin came to our side, probably still not reconciled, stopped, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Very accommodating of her."

"The purpose of tolerance is not to make her feel confident." Shen Qinjuan's tone was very calm, but it made Li Xin dare not say a word, and left in a hurry.

There were only the two of us in the box.

Shen Qinjun randomly pulled out a chair and sat down, took the wet wipes on the table, briefly wiped the clothes on his chest, and then asked me: "Have you eaten?"

"not yet."

He pressed the beeper, called the waiter, ordered a few dishes, and then just sat there without saying a word.

"What are you going to do?" I couldn't help but asked, "If Director An and Qin Mou terminate the contract."

He fiddled with the small porcelain cup with his fingertips, and after a while, he asked without answering, "What is the most missing thing in filmmaking?"

(End of this chapter)