Chapter 36: Good Brother Sun Honglei

At 7:00 PM, at a restaurant near the Tao Jingying Academy, twenty or thirty people surrounded three round tables, eating, drinking, and chatting happily.

Everyone talked about the interesting things during filming, the anxiety before the screening, and the excitement and joy after success.

Although Sun Honglei was already 25, influenced by the environment, he felt he was several years younger, as if he had returned to his youth. After drinking some wine, his spirits were also lifted.

"What's that compared to me? When I filmed that rape scene, my heart was truly uncomfortable..."

After Sun Honglei blurted it out, he realized and looked at Jiang Qinqin. After all, Jiang Qinqin's cold, unapproachable expression after filming that scene was still fresh in everyone's memory.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Jiang Qinqin smiled openly:

"Honglei, isn't that all your own fault? Big and burly, you didn't even dare to tear a woman's clothes after filming for half a day. You grew so fierce for nothing!"

Seeing this, Sun Honglei knew that Jiang Qinqin didn't mind mentioning this again, and he grinned and laughed again:

"Heh! I'm a good young man who respects women!"

"Qinqin, I really didn't do much to you, but instead, the red marks you scratched on my face took several days to disappear!"

"It sounds like you were the one who was wronged~" Jiang Qinqin directly retorted with a smile, having a bit of a spicy girl style.

"That's not it!"

When Wu Yuchen heard this, he directly picked up his wine glass, stood up, and said with a smile:

"Let me say a word. You two were both wronged in that scene. It's my fault!"

Seeing this, Sun Honglei also immediately stood up with his wine glass:

"Wu Dao, we are joking here, don't take it seriously!"

Wu Yuchen waved his hand:

"I'm sincere. Our film's success couldn't have happened without your two wonderful performances. I must thank you on behalf of the crew!"

"If I did anything wrong, don't take it to heart. I won't say much more, it's all in the wine!"

After Wu Yuchen finished speaking, he drank the wine in his hand directly.

Sun Honglei naturally followed immediately, drank it down, and then patted his chest to Wu Yuchen:

"Wu Dao, I've been in Beijing for a few months, and you are one of the few people who can look up to me and make me admire you!"

"If you have anything in the future, just call me, I definitely won't have any objections!"

After finishing, Sun Honglei drank another glass of wine, looking like a bold Northeastern man.

Jiang Qinqin, who had just been bickering with Sun Honglei, also drank the wine, but at this moment, seeing Wu Yuchen look over, she quieted down and didn't know what to say, just smiled at him with a blushing face.

Wu Yuchen just thought she was still embarrassed about the previous dispute, but seeing her smile, he felt relieved. It seemed she no longer took the previous matter to heart. It's good to be able to resolve the past.

Sun Honglei's words just now also opened a prelude, and the whole crew began to toast Wu Yuchen in turn.

There was no utilitarianism. After all, Wu Yuchen was still far from graduation. They were simply conquered by his ability and charm, and felt proud to be able to participate in this project production with him and film such a good film.

Fortunately, they were all simple students, not as foul as the workplace drinking culture, forcing him to finish it. No one minded when Wu Yuchen tasted it or even switched to drinks later.

The meal lasted until 10:00 PM before breaking up. If it weren't for the dormitory manager auntie locking the door, many people wouldn't have wanted to go back.

After walking out of the hotel, being blown by a small breeze, Wu Yuchen felt much clearer.

Originally, he wanted to go back with Fatty Wu and Chen Er, but suddenly he heard a soft voice behind him:

"Wu Yuchen, can you see me back?"

Wu Yuchen turned around and saw Jiang Qinqin standing behind him, not knowing when.

"Ah? No problem!"

Wu Yuchen was stunned for a moment, then agreed readily. It was late at night, so he should see her back.

Sun Honglei stood on the side of the road, watching Wu Yuchen accompany Jiang Qinqin into the school gate, laughed, and then poked Duan Long next to him with his elbow.

"Hey, Duan Long, learn from him!"

"Ah?" Duan Long had also drunk a lot today and was a bit confused.

Sun Honglei signaled him to look over there and said:

"Look, see that?"

"Jiang Qinqin, a girl, took the initiative!"

Duan Long also saw it now, rubbed his eyes, and asked suspiciously: "Wasn't she at odds with Wu Dao before?"

"Hehe, you don't understand women, do you~"

"Hurry up!"

Duan Long's eyes flickered, and he muttered: "What does this have to do with me?"

"Hey, Duan Long, don't treat me like a blind man. Tell me honestly, do you like your class monitor?"

"I don't! Don't talk nonsense!"

Duan Long seemed to have his secret revealed, shivered, and immediately denied it anxiously.

"What are you pretending for in front of me? I can tell at a glance by the way you stare at your class monitor."

"I..." Duan Long wanted to defend himself, but couldn't say anything, so he could only hang his head and stay silent.

Because of his education and status, Sun Honglei felt inferior, and Duan Long felt inferior because of his own conditions. After knowing each other through filming, the two became good friends.

When they first met, Sun Honglei called Duan Long "Senior Brother" every time, but now he had become a confidant and good brother.

"Don't play dumb, if you like her, just chase her!"

Duan Long remained silent. After a while, he said bitterly: "I'm not worthy of her."

Sun Honglei frowned and asked:

"What's not worthy?"

"You're a big man, you're not ugly, what are you cowardly for?!"

Perhaps because he had drunk wine, after his thoughts were exposed, Duan Long also said the suppressed words in his heart:

"I'm just a country bumpkin from the frontier!"

"When I arrived in Beijing, I couldn't bear to buy a piece of clothing. I didn't even know to spit out the pit when eating cherries, and my speech had a smell of mutton."

"Do you know how others praise me? They all say I'm suitable for the rural route in the future!"

"I have nothing! How can I be worthy of her?!"

After Duan Long finished speaking, he clenched his fists and breathed heavily.

After Sun Honglei heard this, he was also a bit silent. Then he took two cigarettes out of his pocket, handed one to Duan Long, and helped him light it. He also put one in his own mouth, took a puff, exhaled a long puff of smoke, and said earnestly:

"Duan Long, I'm a few years older than you, so I'm an experienced person."

"You have hands and feet, a strong body, and you have a great youth, what's there to be inferior about?"

"What the hell is money? It's just a bastard. Isn't it enough to earn it if it's gone!"

Then he took another puff of smoke:

"I'm telling you, Duan Long, I'm only telling you this because I treat you as my own brother. A good girl won't wait for you in place. If you keep holding it in your heart and don't say it, you'll regret it in the future!"

Duan Long sat on the curb, lowering his head, puffing smoke, staring at the pair of broken shoes on his feet, silent.

On the other side, on the Tao Jingying Academy campus, Wu Yuchen and Jiang Qinqin walked side by side, their figures casting long shadows under the dim streetlights. The night wind blew gently, brushing Jiang Qinqin's long hair and stirring an inexplicable emotion in Wu Yuchen's heart.

He wasn't a fool; he could feel that Jiang Qinqin was not right tonight.

Wu Yuchen looked at Jiang Qinqin from the corner of his eye. Her long hair was tucked to one side, her head was slightly lowered, and the yellow light hit her face, appearing exceptionally soft. He didn't know if it was because of the wine, but there were red flushes on her white and tender cheeks.

The person hadn't changed; she was still very beautiful. But it was this atmosphere, how did it suddenly make him feel ambiguous? ===== CHAPTER 37 =====