Chapter 19 The Eve of the Stage
Chapter 19 The Eve of the Stage
"Put on a mask and play someone else."
"Crack."
The door closed, and the room returned to silence.
Chu Yufan took off the blanket covering his head, and slowly sat up from the bed.
Just now when he heard the doorbell, his mind suddenly cleared up, and then he saw Zhou Siqi running downstairs with a frightened expression on his face.
The sudden drop in room temperature allowed him to finally get rid of the heat in his body, but the voice of a strange woman suddenly sounded downstairs, which shocked him greatly.
He heard Zhou Siqi whispering to that woman, who seemed to be acquaintances.
Looking down at his disheveled virtue, he wished he could just faint.
Suddenly the woman's voice appeared on the stairs under his feet, Chu Yufan immediately picked up the blanket and wrapped himself into a mummy from head to toe, he couldn't think of any better way.
As a result, the woman didn't go upstairs, and after talking to Zhou Siqi for a few words, both of them left.
After waiting for a few minutes and making sure that there was no one in the room, Chu Yufan sat up.
In the mirror at the height of a person next to the closet, a pale face was reflected, and on the snow-white skin, the chest was red like a boiled shrimp.
No wonder Zhou Siqi looked like he saw a ghost just before he ran downstairs.
He listened for a while, and after confirming that the two who had left hadn't come back, he picked up his clothes and walked downstairs to the bathroom.
After I rinsed from head to toe, I hesitated, picked up the shampoo and body wash on the shelf under the shower, and washed myself again.
He remembered that Zhou Siqi asked him if he wanted to take a bath when he entered the door, probably because he felt that his body smelled too bad.
Lifting his arm and smelling it carefully, there was no peculiar smell, Chu Yufan heaved a sigh of relief, wrapped his head in a towel and walked out of the bathroom.
He picked up the glass water bottle on the table, poured a large glass of water, and poured it down with a gulp, finally washing away the trace of alcohol.
It seems that it is safer for him to stay away from alcohol in the future.
He remembered hearing the woman downstairs mention "...that girl three years ago..."
And Zhou Siqi has been persistent, asking him about the piano melody he played, and just now, when he slipped out that he came to this world for the first time three years ago, Zhou Siqi looked like he was struck dead by lightning.
Chu Yufan's eyes were erratic, but his brain was running at high speed, connecting these seemingly irrelevant fragments.
oh.oh?oh!
He was shocked, Zhou Siqi couldn't have been there when he was playing the piano in the window that night!
Didn't he see himself coming in through the window and regard himself as a monster?
The bottom of the glass water bottle on the table cracked open, and the water leaked across the table, dripping down the corner of the table.
Chu Yufan really wanted to slap himself.
Why did he forget that he, a reborn future person, does not belong to this world in the first place, and it is impossible for anyone to accept his true self.
Zhou Siqi probably found some clues, so wait until he finds the evidence and arrests him.
Chu Yufan gasped, quickly packed up his belongings, put on his shoes, and decided to leave quickly before making further plans.If it doesn't work, just wander the earth!
While reaching for the doorknob, there was the sound of the fingerprint lock being unlocked.
Zhou Siqi pushed open the door and met Chu Yufan who looked flustered.
Uh.
A capitalized ~易~ is placed between the two of them.
Zhou Siqi forced a smile, "You woke up so soon?"
What I was thinking in my heart was, damn it, he wouldn't have woken up just now, was frightened by my appearance of an X-worm with his head on his head, and then waited for my chance to go out and escape secretly.
The corner of Chu Yufan's mouth twitched, "You're back so soon?" His long eyelashes flickered in a panic.
The master is back, and it seems too blunt to run now.
In Zhou Siqi's eyes, Chu Yufan looked like a thief calling out to be a thief.
He stiffly raised the packing box in his hand, "Do you want to eat something, let's go back to the dormitory."
In the packing box were sandwiches that Vivian bought for "a certain friend".
Just now when he and Vivian went downstairs, Vivian patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Buy me a cup of coffee, and I'll go back. I'll treat you to dinner next time. If you want, I can bring you with me." friend."
At that time, he realized that Vivienne had completely misunderstood, but he didn't know where to start to explain, so he hummed a few times and pretended to be stupid.
In the end, Vivienne bought a glass of Australian white, packed a sandwich for him, stretched out her hand to call a taxi, and told him to go back quickly.
He opened the door and sent Vivian into the car.
"Siqi." Vivian looked at him seriously before getting into the car, her eyes were deep and quiet, "Since you're back, do what you want, my sister supports you."
He was startled.
Turning around and walking back to the apartment, he saw his brother's sleek silver-gray Jaguar in the grass not far away.
The black car window rolled down slowly, and Zhou Siyi's helpless face appeared on the driver's seat. He made a gesture to contact him again, pulled up the car window, and quickly drove out of sight.
He shook his head, this car was bought by his brother because Vivian liked the leopard on the car logo.
Until the two of them divorced, they rarely saw his brother Kai.
When he pushed open the door and met Chu Yufan's dodging eyes, he cried out in his heart.
The little rabbit is obedient, wearing shoes to run.
The two of them had their own ghosts in their hearts, and they returned to the dining table and sat down.
Looking at the water stains on a table, Zhou Siqi couldn't figure it out, so he wiped it casually.
"Would you like a sandwich?" Zhou Siqi opened the lunch box.
Chu Yufan's eyes lit up, then darkened again, with a cautious expression, "Aren't you going to eat?"
Uh.
Why did Zhou Siqi hear a sense of vigilance?
In order to prove his innocence, Zhou Siqi gritted his teeth and ate three sandwiches in a row, and finally Chu Yufan ate one with reluctance. The fidgeting made Zhou Siqi more certain that Chu Yufan must have misunderstood him.
But what can he say?Isn't it embarrassing enough to be misunderstood by the same sex about your sexual orientation?
Zhou Siqi changed his clothes, then took out another jacket and handed it to Chu Yufan, Chu Yufan thought of his jacket that was left in the bathroom that smelled of alcohol, and tremblingly stretched out his hand to take it.
The trembling fingertips hit Zhou Siqi again.
The two returned to the dormitory silently, without saying a word all the way.
"Yeah." Zhou Siqi was at the door of the dormitory, seeing that the distance between Chu Yufan and himself was more than one meter, and couldn't help but speak.
"Huh?" Chu Yufan jumped out half a meter, returning to the state where they just met.
"You can't drink, don't drink so much next time!" Zhou Siqi shook his face angrily, took a long leg, and left.
Chu Yufan froze in place, thinking of Zhou Siqi paying the bill for the next table at the barbecue restaurant, his head tightened.It's over, and the debt owed is snowballing more and more.
Fortunately, Tang Xiaozhou, a chatterbox in the dormitory, was present. Seeing that the two of them had returned and were busy discussing preparations for the stage, both of them were secretly relieved.
Lying on the bed at night, Zhou Siqi and Chu Yufan made wishes to the moon outside the window at the same time.
Hope to forget what happened today!
The next day, the four of them had breakfast together in the restaurant.
"Do you know the audience's reaction after the first episode?" Tang Xiaozhou couldn't stop chewing food.
Zhou Siqi put on a "please tell me" look.
Chu Yufan bowed his head and remained silent.
They were sitting in two opposite positions.
Ren Yubo frowned. He felt that the relationship between the two was weird, and they deliberately avoided each other's eyes.
"I've heard that everyone is guessing who that handsome young man is. Meng Youzhe is currently the number one guesser."
Tang Xiaozhou clicked his tongue in disdain. Yesterday, the program team made a special trip to make up shots for Meng, and it seemed that they planned to take advantage of the popularity.
"Cough, cough, cough." Chu Yufan choked on the food in his mouth, and reached for the water glass next to him.
Zhou Siqi mentioned the hot search of "grass mud horse" to him.
Zhou Siqi pretended not to see it.
Ren Yubo was OS in his heart, and he guessed right, the two were definitely at odds.
Tang Xiaozhou interjected a piece of gossip along the way, "Meng Youzhe seems to have been exposed to some black material. It is said that the company has been suppressing it, and I don't know what it is."
The few people on the opposite side lack interest and don't want to continue discussing this person.
"By the way, the stage will be divided into sessions to shoot rehearsal clips, we will be separated, oh, no, you two will be together." Tang Xiaozhou envied Zhou Siqi and Chu Yufan's group again, there were only three people in total, two seeded contestants, No matter how bad Chu Yufan is, he can still get a few more chances for reshoots.
Where is it like my group, everyone squeezed their heads to grab the camera.
"Oh, there's still a mask. You have to check with the director team today, don't forget." Tang Xiaozhou kindly reminded.
When Chu Yufan went to Zhou Siqi's apartment to sober up yesterday afternoon, the program team informed the contestants to choose a mask for the stage performance.
Of course, everyone didn't want to repeat the same thing as others, and rushed to the props group. The scene was comparable to the grand occasion of aunts scrambling for vegetables in the supermarket.
Chu Yufan swallowed the last mouthful of food, nodded to Tang Xiaozhou, picked up the empty plate, got up and left, without even looking at Zhou Siqi before leaving.
"Did you two quarrel?" Tang Xiaozhou's big round eyes flashed and flickered to Zhou Siqi's face.
"Cough, cough, cough." Now it was Zhou Siqi's turn to choke on the rice.
After leaving the restaurant, Chu Yufan went to the director team, but the assistant director in charge heard that he was looking for a mask, so he asked him to go directly to the warehouse of the prop team.
"Be careful, don't touch anything."
Chu Yufan nodded, put the key in his pocket, and walked towards the warehouse with his head down.
The female director sighed behind him, it's a pity that this child is so good-looking and talented.
It's a pity that it's never the contestants who manipulate the show, but "that invisible hand."
There are two investors, one is the financial backer behind Zhou Siqi, and the other wants to support Meng Youzhe.
Whoever can maximize the interests of the management has more shots, and editing is just a tool for the management.
Each talent show has a maximum of two popular people, and the spots are all taken up.
Chu Yufan opened the door with a key, carefully stepped over some huge equipment, and walked to a row of shelves. There were some masks with players' names on them, and some unselected ones were piled up on the ground.
He squatted on the ground, excitedly picked up the masks and looked at them carefully.
When Zhou Siqi walked into the warehouse, he looked at Chu Yufan holding a mask in one hand and hesitated.
After seeing the two masks in his hand clearly, Zhou Siqi was sweating profusely.
One is a fox mask with protruding eyeballs, sharp mouth and sharp teeth, white eyebrows and white beard, and the other is a ghost mask with two horns on its head, red face and distorted face.
If Zhou Siqi remembered correctly, it was an oni mask from a Japanese Noh performance.
The kind that scares a child into bedwetting at night.
"Uh." Zhou Siqi couldn't help but said, "Fox, okay, just a little."
Although the white fox mask was also weird, it was better than that red ghost.
Chu Yufan raised his head, stood up slowly, put down one of the masks, pasted a sticker with his name on the other mask, and put it on the shelf.
Zhou Siqi was sweating profusely, he chose the red ghost.
Is this deliberately twisting with yourself?
Zhou Siqi was short of breath, and felt that it was too embarrassing for him to take the initiative to show his favor just now, so he simply picked up the white fox mask that Chu Yufan had thrown on the ground, brushed the stickers on the mask, and placed it beside Chu Yufan's mask carelessly.
Arrogantly walked away.
Chu Yufan felt that he didn't look like he wanted to arrest him, so he patted the dust on his hands, and immediately felt relieved.
Zhou Siqi is indeed a bit special. It would be great if he didn't hate himself.
In the evening, the person in charge of the props team came to check the masks. When he saw two masks with the names of Zhou Siqi and Chu Yufan attached to them, he couldn't help scratching the hair on his forehead that was not rich.
Who turned out the props used for tricks?
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