I make a thriller, it's God chasing and feeding

Chapter 172 [Quite handsome, Director Lu]

'Marriage is a grave. '

'I'm not going to have kids. '

'It's good to be alone. '

...Thoughts like this may be something that most people have had at one time or another.

It may be due to social pressure, it may be seeing a disobedient child on the road, or it may be after a quarrel with a lover.

But there are not many people who can actually implement these ideas to the end.

The chances of your middle-aged self being hit by a bullet fired by your childhood self are too high.

When you meet the right person, your once firm ideas become fragile;

I feel that other people’s children are noisy, but if they are my own children, I can be very tolerant;

After the breakup, I took a nap alone in the room on the day off, but when I woke up in a daze, I found that the sky outside the window was getting dark, and the room was silent and empty. The idea of ​​​​finding a companion again directly defeated the previous one. idea;

People can change.

Even the ideas you have in middle age may be overturned by your old self.

Because of living environment, interpersonal relationships, physical condition...

"Uncle Lu believes that there is an underworld in this world?"

In the monotonous and clean room, Liang Le sat on the bed and looked at Lu Zhengyi on the chair next to him.

Although he has not returned to school yet, he has been discharged and returned home.

Physically, I'm recovering well.

"Yeah, sorry, I asked a stupid question."

But after asking, Liang Le refused again, "I feel very childish when I say that."

His tone was full of embarrassment.

"Maybe."

Liang Le turned his head, "Eh?"

"In this world, anything can happen."

Lu Zhengyi looked at him casually, "It's like the weather forecast said it will rain tomorrow, but it turns out it will be sunny tomorrow."

"After being complained many times, they changed their statement and began to add a probability to the forecast, what percentage of the probability of rainfall is there."

"So don't talk about the underworld. If you tell me that tomorrow is actually the end of the world, I will say that it might happen."

Liang Le asked in a daze, "What if tomorrow is really the end of the world?"

He felt that Director Lu's words were not to deal with him, a child, or to conform to a child's innocent fantasy.

But really answering the question.

"Then let's see if there is any way to stop it."

Lu Zhengyi replied, "If there is really no other way, then just live the last day well."

It really sounds like what adults say to children.

But from what he said, Liang Le felt an inexplicable sense of trust.

"Actually... it's not a big deal, it's just that I dreamed about my mother." Liang Le unconsciously told Lu Zhengyi what he was hiding in his heart, "She was very different from before. She suddenly ran to my bedside. , told me that I should live a good life alone in the future, and then left."

"Obviously it was just a simple sentence, but it was a little different from when she was alive. She had never spoken to me like this before."

"Actually, I know that she always regards me as a burden, as the product of her mistakes with that man, and as the trouble left by that man."

When he said this, he couldn't help but his eyes turned red, "I understand, she had a hard time. But I also had a hard time, and I didn't want to come to this home and become a burden to her."

"Well, if she left indifferently like before, without even looking at her, I wouldn't have any idea. But why did she say that to me? Could it be that after she died, she would Have you really seen my son?"

The tone suddenly increased as he spoke.

Tears and snot overflowed unconsciously.

Liang Le lowered his head and sat on the bed.

He must have been holding these words back for a long time.

Perhaps Lu Zhengyi was the first person who could listen to him.

In fact, the relationship between this child and Liang Meijuan may not be that bad.

But in her eyes, her relationship with her children was not good.

But in Liang Le's eyes, he was just following his mother's wishes, staying away from her sight, staying at school obediently, and not becoming a trouble to her.

Lu Zhengyi didn't try to comfort him.

He just sat by the bed, listening silently, handing over tissues from time to time.

"The plane to Beidu will take off in 10 minutes. Passengers who need to board the plane please go..."

During lunch time, Lu Zhengyi left Liang Le's home.

Before leaving, he left a message with the female nanny in a timely manner, hoping to enter the room later to save some face for a boy who was in the growing stage.

After all, this nanny may sound quite old from a professional perspective.

But in fact, she is just a woman in her 20s.

She just chose to be in this profession.

For a child who is just about to become an adult, it is a good time to save face, especially in front of a big sister in her 20s.

Jiangcheng’s airport,
When a well-behaved woman walked out of the airport with impatient steps, Lu Zhengyi was already inside the airport.

"Meow meow meow."

While preparing to register, Lu Zhengyi chatted with Xiao Zhongyong on his shoulder, "Is it troublesome? Are you okay?"

"Happiness, sadness, pain, joy...these are all part of life."

"And when Teacher Liang just left, weren't you also very reluctant to leave?"

Xiao Zhongyong shouted nervously, "Meow!"

"Okay, you didn't."

Lu Zhengyi smiled and replied, "But speaking of it, you don't seem to be close to the new Wang Xiaoxu."

Xiao Zhongyong always went up to fight with an evil ghost that exuded a bad smell, and seemed very reluctant to leave after the ghost left.

But for Wang Xiaoxu, a newcomer who was not rejected by Taoist Guanshan, the little mysterious cat was actually very well-behaved.

"……Meow."

Xiao Zhongyong replied helplessly.

"Ah, are you afraid that if you get too close and someone leaves, you will be sad again?" Lu Zhengyi rubbed his cat's head, "You can't say that, if you choose not to be with other people because you are afraid of parting after getting close, If you get close to someone, it will be very lonely, Ayong."

But very suddenly, Xiao Zhongyong raised the cat's head and avoided his palm, "Meow?"

he asked.

Lu Zhengyi looked stunned.

……

……

"Dad, Mom, can we stop here?"

In a well-behaved community, in a family's home,

A young man with short hair was trying to persuade his parents.

"My brother is dead and there is no way to save him."

"Can you please stop?"

"Our family has had no income for a long time. The people who left are important, but the people who stay have to continue to live!"

When the stern-faced father heard the young man's persuasion, he glared and scolded:
"Asshole! That's your brother!"

"How can you, my younger brother, tolerate being bullied like this?"

"Now that he's gone, I'll help him fight for it!"

As he spoke, his skinny hand clenched into a fist, as if he was taking a hard breath.

Seeing his father's attitude, the young man turned his head and looked at his mother, "Mom..."

Unfortunately, his mother also ignored him.

She was sitting on the sofa, staring expressionlessly at the phone in her hand, wearing reading glasses, and looking at the chat history on it over and over again.

That was something my son told his friends before he was alive!
In the workplace, my son was bullied again and again by his colleagues!

There were no tears on her face. She had finished crying during this period.

"Why, how could this be..."

At the door, Wang Xiaoxu walked through the door in a daze and saw the scene in front of him.

The situation was completely different from what he imagined.

The family has not lived a more stable life because of his compensation. On the contrary, his parents have been obsessed with his leaving.

"But according to their current rhetoric, we can't win if we continue to be in a stalemate!"

The younger brother tried his best to persuade me, "The company passed the responsibility to the department manager, and the department manager said that the work was distributed reasonably, and it was other colleagues who left the work to me."

"They complicate things based on the 'evidence' we provided."

"If this continues, our enemies will change from my brother's company to our colleagues in the same company!"

However, his father was very stubborn, "What do you know? If an accident occurs during the company's stipulated working hours, the company will bear the responsibility. Moreover, Xiaoxu still has such a long overtime hours, which is not in compliance with the regulations!"

"Dad, that's a company!"

The younger brother tried his best to say, "They can hire the best lawyers, and they even have very close ties with some departments."

"If you want more understanding and compensation, they can satisfy it."

"But it's impossible to make their company pay the price!"

Individual strength cannot win the team!
A look of struggle appeared on his father's face, but suddenly he shouted: "...I think you just can't bear to part with that money!"

"What are you talking about, Dad!"

The younger brother's face turned red instantly.

I don't know if it's anger or some other emotion.

"No, this..."

Wang Xiaoxu looked at the quarreling family of three in a daze, feeling very unfamiliar.

Is this the family that I once enjoyed so happily?

'That's not to say, don't use your abilities on ordinary people. '

'It's about being prepared for the consequences of using your abilities. '

'Do you trust them?I don't want to see you on the news one day, that would be very troublesome. '

Wang Xiaoxu stood at the door, Director Lu's words appearing in his mind.

If he wanted to, he could now construct an illusion in front of his family.

He could tell them, "That's it. Once the compensation is paid, this matter will be over."

In this case.

But now...

"mom!"

But suddenly, his brother's voice interrupted Wang Xiaoxu, who was thinking in a daze.

Not far away, the mother, who was sitting on the sofa and staring at her mobile phone, suddenly collapsed while her father and brother were arguing.

……

Beidu,

The weather in October is getting cooler.

Especially when going out at night, you always need to bring an extra loose jacket.

Outside a place similar to a private manor, Lu Zhengyi turned off the car and stopped, then came to the car, leaned against the car and lit a cigarette.

Although he already knew the approximate time of Zhang Xueming's departure, he still chose to arrive early.

Mo about 10 minutes.

The originally quiet lawn gradually began to make some noise.

The guests in the manor began to leave one after another, chatting and saying goodbye as they walked.

And Zhang Xueming is also among them.

From a distance, Lu Zhengyi saw her at a glance.

Compared to Yu's suit and shirt, Zhang Xueming wore a dark red dress today, which perfectly complemented her cold white complexion.

Except for the silver-white earrings, she did not wear any more jewelry.Standing there, although it is not as dazzling as jewels, it is more eye-catching.

As for Zhang Xueming, in addition to some people from Light and Shadow Media, it was obvious from her position that there were representatives from at least three companies. Of course, there might also be representatives from the theaters talking to her.

However, most of the things that should be discussed have already been discussed at the reception.

Now it's time to say goodbye.

But among them, there seemed to be a few people who didn't want to say goodbye so quickly. When Zhang Xueming waved to the others and came this way, they took steps to follow.

Lu Zhengyi didn't say much, but held the unfinished cigarette between his fingers in his mouth.

Zhang Xueming, who was also walking towards the original one, walked over and took off his coat as he walked.

Zhang Xueming, who was originally walking this way, was stunned and stopped at a loss.

"Sorry, I thought it would be longer and had a cigarette."

Lu Zhengyi walked to her side, shook his coat twice to get rid of the smoke on it, and then covered her body.

Zhang Xueming's slender figure originally looked a bit petite when covered by this coat against the dark red long skirt.

"...Ah, it's okay."

Zhang Xueming looked at Lu Zhengyi blankly.

She didn't know if it was because she had been looking at it for so long or something else.

The fierceness that I saw in this guy before was gone now.

On the contrary, I feel a little handsome.

The man in front of him was not wearing the simple and convenient large vest of the past, but a long and loose T-shirt.

and also……

She tightened her jacket.

"He's quite handsome, Director Lu."

Zhang Xueming pursed her lips and smiled, "I thought you would just find a place to hang out after getting off the plane and come over to pick me up."

But now it seems that Lu Zhengyi has gone home, took a shower and changed clothes.

"Mr. Zhang, since I said I would pick you up, I must not embarrass you."

Lu Zhengyi took out the cigarette from his mouth, stubbed it out and threw it into the trash can.

Then, while helping Zhang Xueming open the door, he nodded to the men who had stopped in the distance.

And what he got was, of course, stiff smiles.

"Strange, I suddenly had the illusion that I had become the black boss's woman."

After Zhang Xueming got on the car, she looked helplessly through the front window at the men standing upright, as if they were in military training in school.

"Eh?"

Lu Zhengyi got into the car, started the car, and asked, "From now on, do I want the crew to call you eldest sister?"

"Please don't do that."

Zhang Xueming refused directly.

"Let's get down to business. Talks about the theater screening of The First Commandment are going very well."

She introduced softly, "I predict that the box office of this film will be at least... [-] million."

"Of course, that's at least."

"Based on the current reputation of your crew, there may be more. After all, the three films have not disappointed the audience."

Lu Zhengyi drove the car and said "Hmm" casually.

"Why do you feel that you are not very interested?" Zhang Xueming looked at him doubtfully, "I thought you would be very happy when you heard that the theater chain had already negotiated something. After all, the more theater chains we cooperate with, , the higher the profit of the film.”

"As long as I can continue to make another movie, I can afford to pay my employees, and I don't really care about whether I make more or less." Lu Zhengyi explained, "I may care more about the audience's feedback than money."

When he first started, he was very concerned about money.

After all, at that time, there was no name and no one, so he was not sure whether the movie was good or whether it could make back the money.

At that time, he wished he could break a penny into two and spend it.

But things are different now. Based on the income from these few movies, the production costs of two or three movies in the future can be basically ignored and are completely sufficient to cover them.

And if he really valued money, he wouldn't have licensed the online theater sales of Curse and Two Eyes to Light and Shadow.

Zhang Xueming's expression paused for a moment, then nodded with understanding, "Yes, after all, if people like you really want money, there are actually many more convenient ways to get it."

At least, based on her ability to get in touch with some people on Lu Zhengyi's crew, she could think of many more convenient ways to make money.

Some of them are not even considered to be making money, but just taking money directly.

"I'm so envious."

Her tone was a little sour.

It's so tiring to run a company by yourself and make money, but it turns out that Lu Zhengyi just... doesn't care and has no interest in money.

The happiest time for people is probably when they are filming on the set.

"Envy?"

Lu Zhengyi smiled, "If you want, I can help you get it, as much as you want."

His tone was very casual.

But the car became quiet because of his words.

After a long time, Zhang Xueming spoke again, "Are you testing me?"

"You are all going to be my wife." Lu Zhengyi looked straight ahead and drove the car steadily, "If you want, I can get you some. It's nothing. To me, it's nothing. Something particularly difficult.”

"Only if you want."

"As far as I'm concerned, I think when reading a book, you can't just read the beginning and the ending. The process is also very important."

And the same goes for making money.

"...Understood, I quite enjoyed the process."

Zhang Xueming only said this.

She didn't continue on this topic, nor did she emphasize that she wouldn't let him do this.

"Last night, I confessed to my parents that we planned to get married."

Zhang Xueming changed the topic casually.

"Eh?"

Lu Zhengyi, whose thoughts were still stuck on the previous topic, was suddenly choked by this sentence.

"Really……"

But soon, he accepted this fact.

After all, with Zhang Xueming's 'work efficiency', since various contracts have been roughly finalized, it is only a matter of time to tell both parents.

"They plan to meet you."

Zhang Xueming continued, "As for the reason why I got married, my father roughly guessed the reason, but I had no intention of hiding it from them."

"I have already told them about the contract issue."

"Honestly, they were not enthusiastic about the idea of ​​us having a contractual relationship."

Lu Zhengyi nodded and replied:
"Of course, it's time to meet formally."

"As for the issue of not being good-looking, maybe it's because the era is different."

“Compared to the previous generation, people of our generation will find it very troublesome if we don’t formulate more contract restrictions in addition to the constraints of marriage laws.”

After all, this is an era when everyone emphasizes that they are independent individuals.

In the past, even if there were conflicts at work or at home, couples would quarrel at most, and then they would tolerate each other, change each other, and slowly get along to form a real family.

But now, everyone is 'awakening', and as long as they find that their personalities and outlooks are incompatible, they will get divorced at the slightest disagreement.

There is a lack of patience to get along with each other and tolerate each other.

Rather than forming a family, it is more like a relationship between two people living together in a house.

"how about you?"

Zhang Xueming asked, "Do they have time?"

She was referring to when Lu Zhengyi told his parents.

She occasionally asked about her future husband's family.

She also knew that the two of them would not be at home for a long time.

"My mom will be home soon, and maybe my dad will be home too."

Lu Zhengyi suggested, "When the time comes, come and meet with me."

"But before that, you may have to accompany me to buy something for the two elders. When I called them last time, I told them that I wanted to buy them gifts, but I don't have much vision when it comes to market selection."

"Besides, what do uncle and aunt like? If I want to formally meet with uncle and aunt, I need to prepare something in advance."

Compared with Yu Lu Zhengyi, who is not familiar with his parents, he has to call and ask them what they like.

Zhang Xueming's family relationship should be relatively stable.

"My father likes cooking, and my mother likes beauty."

Zhang Xueming said distressedly, "But these two hobbies are not suitable as meet-and-greet gifts. They are more suitable to buy some small gifts and give them to them privately."

"So as a meeting gift, it's still cigarettes and a bar."

"These things are relatively common."

After saying that, she paused and said, "Anyway, let's make an appointment."

"Whether it's preparing gifts or arranging meetings, it takes time."

Time is something both of them lack.

"Then... wait until the post-processing of my new film is completed and it is submitted for review?"

Lu Zhengyi hesitated, "I should be relatively free at this time."

Zhang Xueming nodded, "Okay, then at this time."

During the editing period of the film, Lu Zhengyi, as the director, needs to keep an eye on it at all times.

And I need to arrange publicity work on my side.

When the movie comes out later, I will be even busier.

The period of time during which the application is submitted for review should be the best option. There should be at least half a month to arrange.

"Speaking of which, what kind of people are your parents?"

"My father is quite easy-going, but he always likes to appoint incompetent relatives to work in the company, which makes me very distressed. As for my mother, she also likes my aunt to hang out with her. As I said before, she is like the mascot. Vice President.”

"...It's so rude to say so, Xueming."

"how about you?"

"My parents, um... they should be quite serious people."

"Why do you feel like you don't know your parents well? I've only heard that you don't get along with your parents, but I've rarely heard that you don't know your parents well. It turns out that I just thought that they were just busy. It turns out that they are already so busy. Is it to the extent..."

……

The two chatted all the way.

Compared with the previous conversations on mobile phones and videos, most of them were mainly about work and only a few were about life.

After they met, they stopped talking about work.

In other words, he was squeezed out by Lu Zhengyi's saying "money is not important" from the beginning.

They talked about each other's parents, and the topic extended from their parents to their childhood lives.

"Want to come in and sit?"

He sent Zhang Xueming to the community, got off the car and walked with her for a while. Lu Zhengyi didn't stop until he was some distance away from the door of his house.

"No, let's wait until we meet officially." Lu Zhengyi waved his hand, "From tomorrow on, I will complete the post-editing work here in Beidu. If you need me to pick you up, you can call me."

"It's better to wait until you're not particularly busy."

Zhang Xueming replied with a smile, "It's not like I'm a kid in school anymore. I still have to pick him up and drop him off."

But when she said this, she looked at Lu Zhengyi with some regret.

During the chat in the car, she could probably guess why Lu Zhengyi had so many considerations about marriage.

In a marriage that is not thought through clearly, the ones who are most hurt are definitely not the couple, but the children.

In addition, perhaps the matter of Teacher Liang also affected Lu Zhengyi's consideration of marriage.

Although, she is not Teacher Liang.

Lu Zhengyi is not that irresponsible man.

(End of this chapter)