TLC: OnlyForNovels
The filming ended late in the evening.
Liang Muqiu followed them all day but at night, he had nothing to do.
After a few days of tempering, the aptitudes of the two young actors had become somewhat apparent. Although it was difficult to tell how far they would go in the future, they still passed the skill level needed for the film and one could see a bit of spirit surrounding them.
Currently, the assistant director was working on the scene with the two actors where Xu Jie was walking out of the campus with Chen Mingsheng on his back.
Liang Muqiu looked at the two actors who were tired and covered in dust and smiled at Cen Nan. “It seems that Xu Jie and Chen Mingsheng aren’t as skilled as you, you wouldn’t have been this embarrassing after a fight.”
Hearing this, Liu Fengtao raised his head to look at Cen Nan, who had a cold and gentle face, in surprise, “Did Brother Cen get into fights before? That can’t be ah, he looks like a good student at first glance, not mischievous like us.”
Liang Muqiu sneered.
Being a good student wasn’t false, but having blackened hands wasn’t false either.
“Haven’t you heard of the saying ‘White face but black heart’? That’s him,” Liang Muqiu said. “He used to practise Sanda, and he has been in more fights than you’ve played basketball matches.”
It’s just that he didn’t know it at first.
One time, Cen Nan had a conflict with the vocational high school next door because he helped a little girl. He beat up five people in a row and even had a cut on his face.
However, it wasn’t someone else who struck him, it was he himself that accidentally rubbed against the stone wall.
When he saw it, he thought that Cen Nan had suffered some serious injury and he felt heartbroken. Cen Nan took advantage of that so he kissed Cen Nan when he asked for a kiss and touched him when he wanted to touch.
After a careful examination, he realised that this person had no broken skin on him.
Wasted his tenderness.
Liu Fengtao looked at Cen Nan strangely, and muttered, “You can’t judge a person by their appearance.”
Cen Nan had a dull look as Liang Muqiu acted out a play by himself.
Liang Muqiu and Liu Fengtao discussed tomorrow’s studio arrangement for a while before he left the studio with Cen Nan.
Because Cen Nan wouldn’t be on the set tomorrow, he greeted the few people he met the past few days and didn’t forget to invite the whole crew to a meal before leaving.
As for Wen Yang, he didn’t go so far as to withhold his share. He shot the other with an icy look before he left. Thinking that this person would work with Liang Muqiu for a month, he was overwhelmed with jealousy.
But he couldn’t let Liang Muqiu know so he quickly withdrew his gaze.
Liu Fengtao smiled and patted him on the shoulder. “Good bye brother. You’re welcome to visit again. If you’re here, the quality of our meals will get better.”
Cen Nan also smiled, “I’ll be sure to come back.”
After leaving the set, Cen Nan and Liang Muqiu didn’t go to any specially reserved restaurant and found a seaside stall by the sea.
Although it was close to the sea, it wasn’t a developed tourist spot and was mostly frequented by locals.
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The boss of the stall brought the grilled squid to the table. Seeing Cen Nan taking care of Liang Muqiu so meticulously, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled kindly and made his own judgement, “Are you two brothers? ”
Liang Muqiu and Cen Nan were both startled.
Cen Nan glanced at Liang Muqiu, but laughed, confirming the boss’s words, “Correct. Make a guess, which one of us is the elder brother?”
Without hesitation, the boss said, “It must be you ah. Your brother looks tender at first glance.”
After that, the boss went to serve the other tables.
Cen Nan retracted his gaze and said to Liang Muqiu who was facing him, “Did you hear that Didi? He said we are a couple.”
Simply shameless.
Liang Muqiu stopped eating the shrimp and kicked him from under the table.
After dinner, they didn’t return to the hotel, but instead walked on the beach in the dark.
Now it was still dinner time and there was no one on the beach. The sand here wasn’t soft, but was mixed with rough glass and stones. In the dark, you couldn’t see whether the sea water was clear. You could only smell the salty and humid sea breeze blowing into your face and was a little cold near the end of summer.
Liang Muqiu kept his head down and walked without speaking, looking as if he was searching for pearls in the sand.
Ever since he finished eating, he hadn’t been in a good mood.
Cen Nan would be leaving tomorrow, which meant they wouldn’t see each other for a month.
Speaking of, this was the first time that Cen Nan had been separated from him for so long since their reunion.
When he went to Yunzhou before for a business trip, Cen Nan stayed in Bincheng to wait for him. He didn’t feel any discomfort, treating it like every other business trip.
But tomorrow, it was Cen Nan who was leaving him.
Just like seven years ago.
Liang Muqiu stopped and stared at the waves in the distance. On the quiet beach, the sound of the waves was particularly obvious.
He asked Cen Nan, “What time is your flight tomorrow?”
“Eleven fifteen.”
Liang Muqiu stopped talking and kicked the stones under his feet.
Although it was dim on the beach, there were still a few street lamps. Cen Nan could clearly see the displeasure on Liang Muqiu’s face and his pursed lips through the dim yellow light.
He didn’t know what Liang Muqiu was thinking, he merely thought that Liang Muqiu didn’t want him to leave.
He reached out and touched the top of Liang Muqiu’s soft hair, “Are you reluctant to let me leave?”
Liang Muqiu still didn’t speak and looked up at him. Under the dim yellow street lamp, a pair of beautiful black and white eyes curved up slightly, clear and misty.
In fact, Cen Nan didn’t want to leave either.
After seven years of separation, he had a more severe sequelae than Liang Muqiu.
He thought about Ren Qihan’s irritable face, but he threw it away after only two seconds.
“Are you going to see me off?” He said, “If you really don’t want me to leave, I can stay for a few more days.”
However, Liang Muqiu shook his head.
He waved Cen Nan’s hand away.
“I don’t want to take you to the airport,” he said, looking into Cen Nan’s eyes. “I already did that seven years ago, and then you never came back.”
He didn’t want to turn over old accounts with Cen Nan.
He had also been very carefree these days. It was like getting a holiday, temporarily forgetting the separation of several years, when he and Cen Nan returned to the past.
But Cen Nan was leaving soon.
His nightmares of the past few years resurfaced again. Even if he wanted to pretend he didn’t care, he couldn’t do it.
Back then, he sent Cen Nan to the airport full of reluctance. When he left, Cen Nan said that he would come back to see him during the summer vacation. He was unwilling, but still agreed.
That was the first time Cen Nan had gone far away from him.
Four months.
He thought it was unimaginable and didn’t know how to endure it.
He didn’t expect it to last seven years.
Liang Muqiu’s nose was a little sour. He turned his eyes and looked at the wave line not far away.
He wanted to say it as casually as possible but his voice was still trembling slightly. “I haven’t been to the airport for a long time, I always took the high-speed rail when I needed to travel. As soon as I enter the airport, I remember you bidding me goodbye. You turned your back and walked away, I always thought you would return, but you never did.”
“It’s the same now,” he said. “I always think that if I drop you off at the airport, you’ll never come back.”
Liang Muqiu blinked, his eyes sore.
He thought that maybe this was how they were meant to be—a broken mirror being put back together.
The mirror would shine as brilliant as before, with carvings of dragons and phoenixes, and they both still had each other in their hearts.
However, the cracks from the past would forever remain.
No ingenious craftsman could make it truly intact.
He looked up at Cen Nan again. He couldn’t tell whether it was the pain or the exhaustion, he didn’t want to be trapped in the past, but he didn’t know how he could let go.
There was no smile on Cen Nan’s face. On this unfamiliar beach, under the street lights, Cen Nan’s face was filled with indescribable sorrow and grief, his eyes looking like the calm before a storm.
Liang Muqiu sighed and wiped his face. He didn’t know what to say.
Cen Nan stretched out his hand and took him into his arms, but he didn’t resist.
Cen Nan’s embrace was very warm. On this cool beach, he was pressed against Cen Nan’s chest and could clearly feel the warmth and heartbeat from Cen Nan’s chest.
“I’m sorry,” Cen Nan kissed the top of his hair, “I’m sorry.”
In truth, apologies didn’t change anything.
But at this moment, apart from his apology, he had nothing else to offer Liang Muqiu.
The pain of a long separation can only be healed by time in the end, but no one knew how long it would take.
He thought it over and said cautiously, “Do you want me to stay? Actually, if I don’t go back to the office, Ren Qihan can’t do anything to me.”
He wasn’t lying.
He was Ren Qihan’s partner and it was his responsibility to be diligent, but no one could do anything if he became stubborn. After all, half of the starting capital of the law firm was his.
Liang Muqiu was still immersed in his emotions, but he was a little speechless when he heard this.
He raised his head and looked at Cen Nan faintly.
He didn’t expect that the person who made a clear distinction between work and private would now lose his head and stop working.
He didn’t know whether he should feel his charm had improved, or whether he should say that Cen Nan had become a fool now.
“You’re sick,” he scolded impolitely, his eyes cold, “I’m not only working this time, I’ll travel more often in the future. Are you going to resign to be my personal assistant?”
He thought about it and added, “I won’t pay you even if you want to be.”
Cen Nan laughed.
“It’s okay,” he kissed Liang Muqiu’s forehead. “I don’t want the salary.”
Once a person has been pushed to a cliff and encountered a near-death experience, they become more accepting.
If he were truly struggling now and couldn’t give Liang Muqiu a good life, he would be more driven to succeed.
However, his current assets were probably more than enough to support his Qiuqiu.
“Then I don’t want it either.” Liang Muqiu pushed him away.
His tears had stopped, but there was still a tear stain left and the sea breeze still hurt a little.
He said to Cen Nan, “Let’s go, even if we don’t have today, there will be times when we need to separate sooner or later. If I can’t even get over this and am still hypocritical, then there’s no point in us being together. I’m not that fragile yet.”
Author’s note:
Broken mirrors couldn’t be restored to their pristine condition, but roses can be planted in between the cracks.
Translator’s note:
I came here thinking that LMQ is graceful and calm but he’s literally the softest bunny I’ve seen lmao but the author’s words are really nice
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