Thousands of stars

Chapter 9 So far away
As soon as work was over the next day, Li Yaofan sent LK to pick me up on the set. For some reason, I always felt that LK looked at me a little coldly today, as if deliberately keeping a distance from me.

I didn't care, I was only thinking about how to face Li Yaofan later.

Ever since I read the report yesterday, I have never been able to calm down. I really want to know whether Li Yaofan approached me for some ulterior purpose, or if it was really like what the gossip said, he treated me I have no more love.If it's just the former, I can boldly accompany him to the end, but if it's the latter... I can't guarantee whether I will be shaken, let alone imagine what will happen in the future.

The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became, until LK's voice interrupted my thinking: "Here we are, Miss Shen, please get out of the car."

"Didn't you say to go to the prom?" I looked at the boutique in front of me, and found that my brain seemed to be short-circuited.

"Mr. Li, please ask Miss Shen to choose a dress that fits."

It was only then that I realized that the way I was dressed at the moment was not suitable for going to a dance party. In the final analysis, it was because I had been out of this circle for too long, so long that I had forgotten even the most basic common sense.

I got out of the car with LK and walked into the store only to find out that it is a fashion brand under Yafan Group - XXIU
Since Li Yaofan took over the group, he has always set his sights on some unexpected projects, such as this brand called XXIU, which used to be just a tailor shop facing bankruptcy. Although this shop has a century-old history of hand-made clothes, due to The impact of foreign brands and the lack of funds are precarious.

After Yafan Group acquired it, in addition to giving it a foreign name, it also adhered to the concept of handmade clothing and incorporated many foreign fashion elements, and finally built it into a unique luxury brand.

Now XXIU has branches all over the world, attracting those ladies who are obsessed with Chinese style to spend money in it. Everyone thinks that this is an old brand with a history of a hundred years, who will pay attention to it. It was originally just a dilapidated tailor shop ?
Although Li Yaofan asked LK to bring me here, he probably just wanted to show off his excellent investment vision in front of me, but I have to admit that the clothes in this store are indeed very tasteful.

"Miss Shen, this red dress will definitely make you the queen of the prom tonight, and the white dress just now is more sweet and quiet. I don't know which style you like?" The store manager offered me professional advice.

I looked back at LK and asked, "Which one do you think is better?"

"Mr. Li's confession is entirely up to Ms. Shen's own opinion." This guy is really a thousand miles away tonight.

I turned around with some displeasure, pointed to a yellow dress next to me, and said, "Just that one."

The store manager was a little surprised, and reminded: "Miss Shen, you have never tried this."

"You don't need to try it on, just wear it and go." I waved my hand, looking at all the dresses here, this one is the shortest, for a down-and-out daughter with an average appearance, but with two visible legs all over her body, Is there any reason for me not to choose it?
"Miss Shen, I'm afraid this one is a bit shorter?" After I finished my makeup and came out in that dress, LK, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't help but speak.

"Hey, do you have any objections? Didn't your boss Li tell you?" I gave him a blank look, and walked out of the store without saying a word.

Facts have proved that the short skirt I chose is still very lethal. When I walked out of the store, many men and women on the street cast strange glances at me. I guess they must have it in their hearts. Guess who my godfather is.

And when I appeared at the ball in this short skirt, it attracted more than just eyes.

"This beautiful lady, can I ask you to dance?" A wretched middle-aged man walked towards me, his eyes never left my legs, I think he probably didn't even see what I look like .

After a while, several men in suits and leather shoes left their beautiful partners and walked towards me.

I ignored them and looked around, trying to find Li Yaofan.At this moment, the guy I was looking for suddenly wrapped my waist from behind.

"I'm sorry, she already has a dance partner." This sounded intimate tone made all the men whose eyes rested on my lap change their faces.

"I said how could such a beautiful woman with such an outstanding temperament turn out to be your dance partner, Mr. Li? I really don't know Taishan!" The wretched man who asked me to dance just now has now turned into a pug.

"You are joking, who stipulates that the dance partner is fixed? How about we dance one?" I winked at him.

The arms around my waist tightened a bit.

"No, no, I...I'm a little uncomfortable, let's go first!" The guy's face turned pale, he couldn't care less about looking at my legs, and he ran away for his life.

The rest of them also made excuses and left quickly.

Looking at their backs with their tails crossed, I was suddenly in a surprisingly good mood, but Li Yaofan didn't want me to feel better.

"Do you miss this feeling of being the center of attention?" he whispered in my ear.

I gritted my teeth, turned around, and met his gaze provocatively: "Yes, I really want to thank you for letting me relive this feeling again."

His face was a little displeased, but his arms were still around my waist: "Then how are you going to thank me?"

"Promise with your body." I replied quickly.

"Really?" He moved closer, his breath hitting my face, with some kind of danger signal.

I put my hand on his chest and gently pushed it away: "You won't be in a hurry to thank you for being here, will you?"

"If you want." His hand suddenly took my hand on his chest, and wrapped my waist with the other hand, looking at me affectionately.

This posture is too intimate, and this scene seems familiar. I looked into his eyes, as if time went back to the birthday party many, many years ago.

He said that we would just dance the prepared song and sneak out together after the dance, and then the music started, just like this song that is playing at this moment
"Por Una Cabeza"

This tango music, which is favored by countless Hollywood film directors, is also one of the few dance music I have learned, and I am the best at dancing it.

I always remember the line in the movie - there is no wrong step in tango, unlike life, it is simple so it is great.

When I was young, I thought it was about tango, but I found out later that it was really about life.

After the dance that day, Li Yaofan and I sneaked out without our parents noticing. We went crazy in the bar until the early hours of the morning, and then walked into a nearby hotel hugging each other.

"After today, I will be yours. If you dare to look at other women, you will die!"

"I won't go to see other women even if I'm dead, right?"

"You are not allowed to say that you are not dead!"

"fool……"

At that time, I thought that happiness was within easy reach, but later I discovered that life is not as easy as I thought.

Take one step, and there is no return.

"You won't forget how to dance, right?" Li Yaofan made a gesture of invitation to me when the music sounded.

Although I didn't want to relive old dreams with him here, when the music of "Por Una Cabeza" sounded, I still reached out my hand subconsciously.

I think this is probably the so-called conditioned reflex. I don't need to recall the dance steps I learned at the beginning, the music will automatically bring me back to the dance in my memory.

The nostalgic lighting and the elegant and lazy melody of the violin are perfectly integrated. The sometimes soothing and sometimes jumping melody requires both the cooperation of the two people's movements and the tacit understanding of the soul.

"You danced well." Li Yaofan whispered against my face.

"You too." I danced back to him.

"I haven't danced for so long, I thought you forgot."

"I thought so too." I asked back, "but you haven't forgotten, have you?"

"Maybe I'm practicing hard?" He held my hand tightly, and quickly pushed me away and pulled me back to the side as the melody jumped. The inertia made our faces stick together, just like the intimacy in memory seamless.

My heart shrank, and I pretended to be calm and asked: "Practice, with Luo Wei?"

"Are you jealous?" He asked with a smile.

"I'm not going to be jealous of someone who looks like me."

"Are you hinting at me?"

"It depends on your understanding." I lightly stepped on the familiar pace, followed the melody, turned around, and was pulled back into his arms again.

"Don't take yourself too seriously," he said nonchalantly.

"It's better than some people fooling themselves."

"You think I still have feelings for you?" he asked.

I glanced at him: "I don't know, that's why I'm curious."

The smile on his face finally disappeared, and he asked seriously: "Aren't you afraid of being disappointed when you know the answer?"

"Do you think I'm not disappointed enough?" I asked.

"I'm more disappointed than you." He stopped and looked at me lingeringly.

I was startled, then laughed: "You're right, the only thing left between us is our disappointment with each other..."

"Shen Qianxing!" He suddenly called my name, his voice slightly out of control.

I raised my head and met his gaze, the music was still going on, but suddenly became harsh for some reason, the time seemed extremely long at this moment, and I was waiting for his final answer.

But he let me down again.

"Let LK take you to change a skirt, this one is not suitable for you." After he finished speaking, before the music stopped, he turned and left.

I stood there motionless, watching his leaving back. At that moment, many people stopped dancing and gave me sympathetic or mocking eyes.

I ignored them, lowered my head and smiled bitterly, as if the lyrics of "Por Una Cabeza" sounded in my ears, translated into Chinese is:

Just one step away, just one step away,
If she is forgotten,

How can I feel alive?
What does it matter if you die a thousand times?
Why are you still nostalgic for meaningless life?
Maybe my heart died ten years ago, that's why I don't feel the original heartbreak now, the music will end, the song will always end, and the only thing left in the end is a sense of loss.But why, this kind of loss is more breathless than heartache?

The distance between us is only one step away, which is the cape and the end of the world.

I don't remember how I got out of the hotel, I just remember walking down the street, aimless, lost, like stepping on a huge pile of cotton that was full of emptiness.

For some reason, I really wanted to cry, but LK followed me every step of the way.This made me have to stop and look back at him: "You go, let me be quiet."

"I can totally treat myself as air," he said.

"But I want to cry, can you promise not to tell your boss?" I said.

He was stunned for a moment, and then said, "As long as Mr. Li doesn't ask, I promise I won't tell him."

"Don't worry, he definitely won't ask." I lowered my head, depressed, and felt something was suppressed in my chest. I clearly wanted to cry, but I couldn't.

"Or, I can lend you my shoulder temporarily." LK said to me suddenly.

I looked up at him blankly, even the man in front of me who has always refused to be thousands of miles away was willing to comfort me, why did Li Yaofan turn away so easily after digging out the memories buried in my heart cruelly?

Tears could no longer be restrained from pouring out of my eyes, I buried my face in LK's shoulder, and wept aloud on the corner of the street where no one was at night.

Just let me indulge in this moment, let all the madness vent in this moment of ignorance, only this night is my death sacrifice.

I want to pay homage to the past me with the tears at this moment. She has long died, but she is unwilling to be lonely, but no matter how eager her soul is, it cannot erase one fact:
People cannot be resurrected from the dead.

"Finished crying?" LK probably didn't expect me to recover so quickly, and his expression was a little surprised.

"Do you really think that I will cry on your shoulders forever?" I wiped the tears on my face with my hands, sniffed my nose, and smiled, "I'm not as fragile as you think."

"You are indeed much stronger than I imagined." He said this out of nowhere.

I didn't expect this guy to be able to praise others, which made me somewhat flattered, and I said, "Why are you so weird today? It was cold for a while, and it was hot for a while, and now you still care about me! Don't you fall in love with me, do you?" "

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in women." He said lightly.

"That's good, I'm not interested in you either..." I breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly realized something, and asked in surprise, "What did you just say? Say it again!"

"I said I'm not interested in women," he repeated.

This time I finally heard clearly, I opened my mouth wide and stared at him in disbelief: "You... you can't be... that one?"

"Which one?"

"That!" I was impatient, and blurted out, "GAY? Are you GAY?!" Because I was too excited, passers-by all cast strange glances at us. I quickly covered my mouth and looked at us in embarrassment. He glanced at LK.

"I do like men, you don't need to make a fuss." He answered me calmly, as if it was a normal thing.

"I'm sorry, it's the first time I saw a live GAY, it's a little hard to get used to, you know." I apologized for my fuss, and recalled the few encounters with LK. The more I think about it, the more I feel something is wrong.

This guy is usually not very friendly to me, and he was even more icy when he came to pick me up today. It wasn't until now that I had a falling out with Li Yaofan that he finally showed his unknown side. What does this mean?

I felt as if I had discovered some terrible secret, and cautiously probed: "You like men, but you probably don't like Li Yaofan?"

"Why not?" He curled his lips and looked at me provocatively.

At that moment, I petrified.

Oh buy Karma!Jesus, Buddha, Confucius...Who will tell me it's not true? I actually cried bitterly on the shoulder of my love rival. Is there anything more embarrassing than this in this world?
A dance plunged Li Yaofan and I into a cold war, and the publicity of the media made our conflicts known to all.

When the news reached the crew, even though I didn't care about it, it still inevitably affected everyone's emotions.

Although Director Wang didn't say anything on the surface, he was almost bald with worry. I think he must be very worried that the conflict between me and Li Yaofan would affect the investment of Yafan Group in the film.The assistant director's performance was even more obvious. He looked at me these days, as if he wanted to strip me naked and pack it up and send it to Li Yaofan.In addition, the attitude of the rest of the crew towards me has also become cautious, trying not to mention Li Yaofan, as if they are afraid of touching my pain.

This situation lasted for several days, and I was almost suffocated when I was fine, as if I was really abandoned miserably, and I was about to step into the ranks of resentful women from now on.

In fact, I was really sad that night, and the tears and snot were real, but as a person who has experienced the storm, my ability to resist stress and blows is still very good.Especially when I learned about LK's unusual sexual orientation, my interest in dealing with him and Li Yaofan far outweighed Li Yaofan's blow to me.

In the eyes of a second-handed young woman, the best way to retaliate against her ex-boyfriend is not to prevent him from finding a girlfriend, but to introduce him to a boyfriend.

Although I have a strong desire to match Li Yaofan and LK, my life is far away from the development track of Danmei novels, and has entered the classic mode of Dog Blood Qiong Yao drama.

A group of photos of Li Yaofan having a late-night private meeting with a nightclub girl suddenly made headlines on the entertainment pages of major websites. out of his car.

The report even dug out the identity of the heroine of the photo. It turned out to be a female lead singer of a band who sang in a bar. Her name was Xibei. She was only 17 years old this year. She was dressed very differently. She looked like a very rebellious girl at first glance. .

"He can do it at the age of 17? I really misjudged him!" After reading the whole report, Sister Le finally sighed unbearably.

I didn't say anything, I just stared at the picture of Xibei in a daze. Even with smoky makeup on, I could still see that this girl had a good foundation, with deep features and a straight nose, which was completely different from my appearance.

Is Li Yaofan telling me the answer that day with actions?I couldn't help a wry smile.

"Don't take yourself too seriously."

"You think I still have feelings for you?"

"I'm more disappointed than you."

What he said that night is still imprinted in my mind sentence by sentence, and I finally understand what it means to be self-indulgent.People really can't take themselves too seriously, especially for a down-and-out daughter like me who has passed away, even if he puts on an expensive dress, returns to the stage of high society, and dances a perfect tango with the prince, It is impossible to become a princess again.

Thinking of this, I made a decision. I want to go home and face the wall. In addition to throwing away all the random thoughts these days, the more important thing is of course to avoid continuing to face the strange eyes of the crew.As soon as this report comes out, the atmosphere of the crew will definitely become more depressed. I don't want to be depressed to death.

The process of asking for leave was very smooth. I didn't give a reason at all, and the director approved my request, and kindly asked: "Is three days enough? Do you want to take a few more days?"

He must have thought I was abandoned and miserable right now.

In order to match his sympathy, I pretended to be painful but strong, and shook my head: "I appreciate your kindness, Director Wang, and three days of rest are enough for me."

"Well, if it's not enough, tell me again. I've experienced this kind of thing too, and I understand how you feel right now." Director Wang patted me on the shoulder, his expression looked as if he had been abandoned by Li Yaofan.

I suppressed a smile, nodded heavily, and left the crew under the sympathetic gazes of all my colleagues.

I went back to the apartment where I lived before.

Although Li Yaofan has already told me with his actions, I was completely self-indulgent before.But before he explicitly asked me to leave, the agreement between us was still valid, which also meant that I could still go back to the apartment he bought for me from the original landlord.

I think being able to continue using this place as a shelter should be the best thing that happened to me after reuniting with Li Yaofan.Besides, my life sucks!

As it turns out, bad things are never the last.

When I was at home reflecting on the experience of the past few days, regretting my impulsiveness, and planning to face the wall and think about my mistakes, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Who is the one?I was very afraid that it was a reporter who came and peeked out through the cat's eyes.

I almost screamed out when I saw this, the unkempt and extremely down-and-out guy outside the door was none other than Xia Sijie? !
Ever since Li Yaofan opened his mouth last time and said he wanted to make him disappear, Xia Sijie really disappeared from my field of vision as if he had evaporated from the world.

I thought he was murdered to silence him, but the current situation looks like he was hunted down, he was sold to a brothel, raped a thousand times and then escaped!

After a short period of astonishment, I finally couldn't help but ask, "Can you make it worse?"

Xia Sijie gave me a pitiful look, then shook his head: "It's gone, it's gone."

"What did you say? Your virginity is gone?"

"It's worse than losing my virginity!" He said with a sad face, "I was kicked out by my father!"

When he said this, I finally understood why he looked so bleak. Being kicked out by a rich father is indeed worse than being spoiled a thousand times.

I asked: "What's going on? Didn't you go to divorce?"

"Yeah! You went out that morning, and I was at home thinking about the plan to divorce. Suddenly, a group of men in black rushed in and took me home. I was really angry at that time. I didn't comb my hair. How could they Can you take me out to meet people? So on impulse, I confessed to my dad that I was going to divorce. And then, you know..." After Xia Sijie finished speaking, he gave me a very pitiful look.

I suddenly had a headache, and asked bluntly: "Even so, why did you come to me?"

"I've been kicked out!" he exclaimed in a fuss.

"Then you can go to a hotel?" I said.

"I don't have the money to stay in a hotel. My dad confiscated my car, credit cards, and wallet. Even my game console and watch were confiscated by the bodyguards. Do you know how miserable I am now? I don't even have water. I have no money to drink!" The more he talked, the more miserable he was, and he was about to cry.

I think I'm about to cry too, because he cried out of anger.

I said, "Aren't you the most handsome racing driver in the world? Where's your prize money?"

"The bonus was spent before returning to China, and I really want to use my face to swipe the card..." He sniffed and continued, "But when I told the taxi driver just now, he called me crazy and said he would send me off. When I went to the police station, I ran away and even forgot the Wangwang gift bag I stole from home in the car!"

At that moment, I felt like a mess in the wind.

"Take off your shoes, take things into the room, be careful not to stain my carpet!" I said as I closed the door, turned around and found that the guy had already been lying on my sofa without taking off his shoes, and those His carry-on luggage was piled up at the door in a mess.

"Xia Sijie!" I yelled angrily, "Get up!"

"No!" He hugged the back of the sofa tightly and cried, "I'm almost exhausted from being chased by taxi drivers, I'm so hungry, I want to sleep, I want to eat, don't let me move anymore I'm going to die if I move again!"

God, this guy is treating my place like a hotel!Although I can't throw him out just because of this, I will never accept his tricks.I said with a dark face, "If you don't move now, I'll beat you to the point of quadriplegia, and you won't be able to move for the rest of your life."

"Sister Qianxing!" He finally let go of the back of the sofa, turned his head and looked at me pitifully, "How can you be so nice to your old friend?"

"I count to three, one, two, three!"

He finally sat up from the sofa reluctantly, and moved the luggage into the guest room unwillingly, muttering in his mouth while moving: "Move as soon as you move... so fierce... old witch... can't marry go out……"

At that moment, I really wanted to look up to the sky and scream: God!Come on, Daolei, kill this young master!

(End of this chapter)