Wen Yu held his phone in his arms, as if he were crazy, staring at the comments online. He wrapped himself in a blanket, as if this could isolate the online abuse.
He didn’t know how he fell asleep, when he woke up, his eyes were red, and because of the anxiety, few pimples appeared on his forehead.
He still had to record the program today, he couldn’t be in this state.
Wen Yu walked into the washroom and stared at the mirror, he looked very haggard, the dark circles under his eyes was too obvious, he washed his face, trying to forget yesterday’s events.
Agent Wang Man hadn’t called him yet, Wen Yu squeezed his cell phone and dialed the number.
“Hey, Sister Man. I’m ……”
“The company has decided to terminate your contract, come over today to sign the termination contract.”
With a clunk, the phone fell into the wash basin.
He picked up the phone in a panic, Wang Man had already hung up, Wen Yu frantically called her again, but she didn’t pick and directly rejected the call.
“Will not, will not.”
He had millions of fans, he was the company’s most popular artist, the company wouldn’t give up on him.
Wen Yu forced himself to calm down, and called his assistant. “I’m going to record a variety show in the afternoon, come early ……”
“Wen, Brother Wen, didn’t Sister Man tell you? The program team said, said you don’t have to go.”
Wen Yu pinched his cell phone, the veins on his wrist rippled, no, it shouldn’t be like this.
How could the Wen family be so heartless, it must be Wen Zheng, Wen Zheng hated him since he was a child, it must be Wen Zheng who did this.
Wen Yu panicked and found Ji Yuan’s cell phone number from his contacts. In the past, Wen Huaizhe refused to keep him, and he cried in front of Ji Yuan a few times, and Ji Yuan softened his heart and made him agree.
Ji Yuan was just angry, he could explain, Wen Yu had never been so flustered, even called a few times, Ji Yuan didn’t answer …… Li Xiao, and Li Xiao.
He still had Li Xiao’s weakness in his hand, he’d call Li Xiao now.
Lu Wenxing woke up at eight o’clock in the morning, when he watched the movie with Gu Yanshen last night, he was full of thoughts about how to cut into the conversation so that it wouldn’t be abrupt.
“We can watch this, right?”
Lu Wenxing didn’t even pay attention to what movie Gu Yanshen was playing and said ‘yes’.
Only when the movie started did he realize that it was a rom-com, two big men, watching a rom-com in a hotel, it was as if something was strange?
So much so that Lu Wenshing became more and more skeptical of Gu Yanshen’s s.exuality, the two chatted about some movie related topics, and some other topics, but Lu Wenxing couldn’t remember, and didn’t know how he fell asleep.
When he woke up, he was lying in bed covered with a blanket.
Gu Yanshen sent him a WeChat message at seven in the morning, a simple sentence.
–There’s a schedule in the afternoon, I’m leaving first.
–Eat breakfast.
Lu Wenxing sent him an emoticon, Gu Yanshen didn’t reply, he should be on the airplane.
He planned to have breakfast before returning to C City, and while drinking coffee and checking Weibo, Lu Wenxing clicked on the hot search list only to realize that the wind had changed.
#Wen Yu, roll out of the entertainment industry
When he saw the topic that was topped as number one, Lu Wenshing froze for a while until he saw the blogger breaking the news, and only then did Lu Wenxing determine that the student who was almost toppled was him.
The student who intended to replace him turned out to be the one Wen Yu found?
Lu Wenxing was a bit surprised, but not too surprised. Upon careful consideration, he realized that something was wrong. He didn’t know Wen Yu during his high school years, but Wen Yu didn’t want him to enter University C, which meant that Wen Yu already knew of his existence a long time ago.
No wonder, every time he came into contact with Wen Yu, he wasn’t too comfortable, even though the artists in the same company said that Wen Yu was good-tempered and a gentleman, Wen Yu just gave him a very strange feeling.
During the recording of the variety show, Lu Wenxing also purposely kept his distance from Wen Yu, but Wen Yu tried to get close to him several times. Since he knew he was a child of the Wen family, why did Wen Yu hide it from his mom and dad, because he didn’t want him to return to the Wen family?
But why?
Moreover, how did Wen Yu know about his identity, and when did he know? How long had he been paying attention to him?
Lu Wenxing recalled when he was recording the variety show, Wen Yu said that his brother had come to pick him up, and at that time, Lu Wenxing followed them out of the courtyard.
Wen Yu asked him why he wasn’t in the house, Lu Wenxing just thought he asked casually, but now he was sure that he was worried about him meeting with Wen Zheng.
And ……
The hot searches about him were always quickly gone, it wasn’t suppressed by other hot searches, it should be Wen Yu’s deliberate action.
Wen Yu didn’t want him to go back to Wen family, or Wen Yu was afraid of him going back to Wen family?
Fear?
Associated with this word, Lu Wenxing felt that there must be something else that was left out. He quickly finished his breakfast and headed back to C City.
It was the weekend, and both his parents and Wen Zheng were at home.
When Lu Wenxing returned, the three were chatting about something in the living room, “Xingxing is back.”
The auntie at home happened to walk down from upstairs and saw Lu Wenxing at a glance, “Did you have fun?”
“Yes.”
Lu Wenxing put his luggage down, Wen Zheng was a bit surprised to see him back so early, “Mom said you’d sleep until noon before getting up.”
“I slept early last night and got up early today.”
“Wen Yu’s hot search is ……”
“It’s me.”
Wen Zheng poured a glass of water for Lu Wenxing, “Yesterday you were playing outside, mom said not to disturb your fun so she didn’t tell you.”
“Xingxing, did anything else come up besides that whole bail out of U of C thing?”
“No.”
That was the only thing that made Lu Wenxing waste a lot of time before contacting the teacher at University C. He didn’t encounter any major events before or after that.
“I can’t figure out why he was trying to stop me from returning to the Wen family.”
Wen Huaizhe and Ji Yuan were also discussing this matter last night, and they couldn’t think of a reason for Wen Yu to stop Lu Wenxing from returning home. It might go back to something that happened when Lu Wenxing was a child, perhaps related to him being lost, but Lu Wenxing couldn’t remember.
Wen Huaizhe once sensed that something was wrong, when Xingxing was two years old, he could already recite their cell phone number and home address, safety education had never been left behind. He didn’t believe that he was mischievous and snuck out, there must have been someone who took him.
Because of the origin of the rich family, the child’s safety would always be paid more attention, especially in the case of the ki-dnapping of Wen Yu, they had specifically given Xingxing a safety education class, but also brought a bodyguard to accompany him to practice to deal with a variety of emergencies.
Xingxing had been a good boy since he was a child, it was unlikely that he would just follow a stranger away, a five year old child wasn’t that easy to be tricked away. But him being snatched from the kindergarten was overruled, the target was too big, the teacher on duty would have noticed.
Then there was only the possibility that someone posing as a parent picked him up. Xingxing must have known this person, and that was why he took the initiative to follow them.
“I can’t think of it.”
“It’s okay, we won’t think about it if we can’t think about it.”
Ji Yuan was heartbroken that Lu Wenxing almost drowned, she guessed that his inability to remember his childhood should be related to him falling into the water. Moreover, s child’s physical condition was poor, and when encountering danger, it was normal for them to subconsciously avoid experiences that made them afraid after waking up.
This wasn’t considered amnesia, it could only be forgetting bad things.
–Buzz.
It was at this time that Lu Wenxing’s cell phone rang.
The caller was Cheng Xuan.
He and Cheng Xuan had an appointment to meet last week, and considering that Cheng Xuan wasn’t too comfortable with unfamiliar environments and strangers, Lu Wenxing asked him if he would like to come over to his home to play.
“I’m at home, come over.”
“That kid you were talking about?”
Wen Zheng heard Lu Wenxing mention Cheng Xuan, and when he invited Cheng Xuan to play at home, Lu Wenxing first talked to the people at home.
“That kid is afraid of meeting strangers right? Then later, your father and I, and Xiao Zheng will go back to our rooms first. You can take him to familiarize him with the house.”
“It’s actually not that serious.”
Lu Wenshing thought back to his first meeting with Cheng Xian, he just didn’t like talking to strangers, and would subconsciously hide himself in crowded places, and it wasn’t so bad that he couldn’t meet strangers, otherwise they wouldn’t have been able to make friends.
Half an hour later, Cheng Xuan was safely delivered to the gate of the Wen family by the bodyguard and driver.
Lu Wenxing went out to the gate to pick him up.
“Xingxing, your home’s yard is so beautiful, and you even have a pond of fish.”
“Then I’ll move two chairs out and we’ll sit here and chat?”
“Hehehe, I want to visit your house.” Cheng Xuan finished looking into the house, “Are uncle and aunt at home? You also have a brother right?”
“Yes, do you want to see them?”
“Yes.” Cheng Xuan looked in a good mood, “My sister said that when you go to someone’s house you should visit the elders of the family first, it’s called politeness. But actually, I haven’t been to anyone’s house since I was a kid.”
Lu Wenxing was slightly surprised, he thought that Cheng Xuan’s social fear came from growing up, could a small child also have social fear?
“Do you get nervous?”
Cheng Xuan nodded with a serious face as he took a deep breath. “I just take three deep breaths when I’m nervous.”
Lu Wenshing looked at him with amusement and accompanied him in the doorway to take deep breaths, “Is it done?”
“…… No.”
Lu Wenxing: “……”
“Actually, it doesn’t matter if you don’t see them.”
“No no no, I’m visiting my friend’s house for the first time, I can’t be rude.” Cheng Xuan said seriously, “Do it again, it’s definitely okay.”
Lu Wenxing waited patiently for him, “No need to be nervous, my parents are very nice, my brother is also very nice.”
“I know, Xingxing, you’re so good, your family must be as good as you.” Cheng Xuan lowered his head, “It’s me who’s too useless.”
“Who said that.” Lu Wenxing rubbed his head, “Didn’t you start writing a new novel, look I wouldn’t be able to make up a story, you’re great.”
Cheng Xuan was a little embarrassed by the compliment, “I’m ready, let’s go in.”
“Okay.”
Lu Wenxing led Cheng Xuan inside, Cheng Xuan’s two hands were tangled together nervously, he couldn’t ignore the strangers because they were members of Xingxing’s family, in the absence of any contact, it still made him very nervous.
“Mom and Dad, Cheng Xuan is here.”
Hearing Lu Wenxing’s voice, Ji Yuan was the first to come out, she didn’t go downstairs, she just stood on the second floor and greeted Cheng Xuan.
“Hello.”
Cheng Xuan immediately straightened his body, “A, auntie good day.”
After saying that, Cheng Xuan even bowed.
“This child.” Ji Yuan smiled, “Auntie is just upstairs, don’t be nervous.”
This was the first time Lu Wenxing had brought a friend home, and Wen Huaizhe was eager to meet him, so he and Wen Zheng walked out together.
Lu Wenxing introduced him, “The one on the left is my father, the one on the right is my brother.”
“Cheng Xuan, hello.”
“Uncle, good day.”
Not as nervous as the first time, and not stuttering, Cheng Xuan encouraged himself in his heart, then his eyes fell on Wen Zheng, his heart beat faster and faster, Wen Zheng was a mixed race looker, his face looked cold and hard, and when he didn’t speak, he was intimidating.
“Brother, brother good day.” Cheng Xuan stumbled over a greeting.
“Uh-huh.” Wen Zheng responded with a cold voice, then he was hit by Ji Yuan, ” Say hello to your brother’s friend.”
Wen Zheng: “……”
Looking at his expressionless look, Cheng Xuan straightened up and his feet went weak, he waved his hand in panic, “No, no need.”
“I brought gifts for uncle and aunt, and …… brot, brother.” Cheng Xuan put the things on the table, “Excuse me.”
This was what his sister taught him to say when Cheng Xuan arrived.
“Child, you’re too polite.” Ji Yuan smiled, “It’s the first time that Xingxing has brought a friend home, we welcome it.”
Cheng Xuan’s eyes glowed slightly, “Really? I’m the first friend that Xingxing brought home?”
Cheng Xuan knew that Lu Wenxing was sociable and must have many friends around him, but hearing that he was the first to be invited home made him extremely happy.
He didn’t know about the news on the internet yet, he was engrossed in writing storylines these days, and his sister was worried that he was suffocating at home alone, which was why she encouraged him to come out and play with Lu Wenxing.
Lu Wenxing took Cheng Xuan around the house, and Cheng Xuan wasn’t so nervous after the initial contact, Wen Huaizhe and Ji Yuan also sat in the living room from downstairs to watch TV, Lu Wenxing sat beside Cheng Xuan and chatted with him, and the atmosphere was quite pleasant.
The little protagonist in the TV show was stealing snacks, Ji Yuan couldn’t help but think of the scene when Xingxing was a child and stole cakes.
At two years old, he moved his own chair to open the refrigerator, hid in the kitchen to eat cupcakes, was found with cake that hadn’t been swallowed, with widened eyes, he covered his mouth, and slurred out. “Xingxing didn’t eat the cupcake.”
Lu Wenxing remembered little about his childhood, not to mention he was only two years old then, listening to Ji Yuan, Cheng Xuan smiled, “I want to see Xingxing as a child, he must have been very cute.”
“You want to see when he was little? Auntie can show you the photos.”
Wen Zheng carried out the photo albums, Ji Yuan handed one to Cheng Xuan.
“This one is a photo of Xingxing when he was two years old.”
Cheng Xuan looked at the childishly adorable Wenxing in the photo and the smile at the corner of his mouth widened.
“Xingxing was really cute when he was little.”
Lu Wenxing looked at Cheng Xuan, “You are also cute now.”
“This is the entry photo taken when he went to kindergarten.”
Lu Wenxing was wearing a yellow garden uniform, with a little yellow hat, carrying a little yellow duck book bag, smiling happily at the camera.
Cheng Xuan’s eyes remained on this photo for a long time.
Lu Wenxing asked suspiciously, “What’s wrong?”
Cheng Xuan shook his head and continued to flip back again, a photo of Lu Wenxing holding an award certificate.
The awards were all photographed clearly, and Cheng Xuan subconsciously read it out.
“Congratulations to the children of Wen Chi ……,” Cheng Xuan’s brows furrowed slightly, “Wen …… Chi?”
Lu Wenshing thought Cheng Xuan was struggling with the name issue and explained to him, “Wen Chi is me, that was my name when I was a child.”
Cheng Xuan’s fingers shook and the album fell to the ground.
Lu Wenshing bent down to pick it up, only to raise his eyes and realize that Cheng Xuan’s reaction wasn’t right, his entire body was shaking and his face instantly turned pale.
“Cheng Xuan, where are you uncomfortable?” Lu Wenxing instantly tensed up.
Ji Yuan was also startled by Cheng Xuan, “Cheng Xuan, what’s wrong with you?”
–Zee.
A sharp sound came from the TV, the rattle of tires rubbing against the ground when braking sharply.
“Don’t, don’t.”
Cheng Xuan pushed Lu Wenxing away, clutching his head and burrowing under the table in one go, “Don’t.”
Wen Huaizhe and Ji Yuan took a big step back, Cheng Xuan was knocking his head against the corner of the table, “What’s going on?”
Lu Wenxing didn’t know and reacted quickly, “Mom, call the family doctor. Brother, I’ll call his sister, answer it.”
After handing his cell phone to Wen Zheng, he slowly approached Cheng Xian. Cheng Xuan’s head had already reddened a large portion, but he didn’t seem to feel any pain.
“Cheng Xuan, I’m Xingxing, don’t be afraid.”
Lu Wenshing didn’t dare to get too close and was afraid that Cheng Xuan would knock his head and bleed, he stretched out a hand to block the table leg.
Cheng Xuan looked like he didn’t see Lu Wenshing, knocking on the back of Lu Wenxing’s hand one by one.
“Xingxing.” Ji Yuan exclaimed.
A large area of the back of Lu Wenxing’s hand was red, fortunately Cheng Xuan didn’t change to another place to knock because his hand covered the table leg, seeing that he wouldn’t hurt himself, Lu Wenxing was relieved.
“What’s going on? It was fine just now.”
Wen Huaizhe frowned, “The doctor will be here soon, let’s back away a bit and not scare him.”
Lu Wenxing was torn between whether to open his mouth or not, Cheng Xuan didn’t notice his presence, that was why he was allowed to stay by his side, if he opened his mouth rashly, he didn’t know if Cheng Xuan would be so scared that he would hide somewhere else.
“Don’t, don’t.”
Cheng Xuan hugged his head and continued to knock into Lu Wenxing’s hands.
The TV show continued, and the sound of the car engine starting was particularly loud.
Cheng Xuan’s entire body froze, his eyes were wide open, and the next second he suddenly screamed out.
“Brother Wen Chi, run.”