Reunion [entertainment circle]

Xu Cheng arrived before evening, and the car was parked behind the downstairs of the hotel. It was probably because there were too many people on the set, and it was inconvenient for him to show his face, so he just called Ji Ran to come down. Xia Mo was worried, so he just went down with him, watching him Ji Ran got into the car before turning around and going upstairs again.

Xu Cheng glanced at the back of the person who walked away, and asked Ji Ran: "He wants to see you off after just a few steps?"

"...He was worried about what happened yesterday, so he followed me every step of the way."

"Performing well."

This sentence can be regarded as Xu Cheng's high evaluation of people.

******

An hour after Ji Ran came back, Xia Mo opened the door and saw the smiling person standing outside, he was displeased immediately: "Didn't you call me when you finished talking and I'll pick you up?"

"I'm not a three-year-old child, can I still get lost after just a few steps?" Ji Ran stretched out his hand and pushed him: "Go change clothes and go out with me."

"Where to go?"

"My godfather invites you to dinner."

Xia Mo was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but looking at Ji Ran's appearance, it didn't seem like he was joking: "...He invited me to dinner?"

"Ah, meet the parents."

Although full of doubts, Xia Mo changed his clothes and followed Ji Ran downstairs again. While waiting for the elevator, he couldn't help asking him: "What did he tell you?"

Ji Ran murmured: "What else can it be? Teach me. He called me to teach me a lesson yesterday because he got sick from filming. Later, this kind of thing happened again. He said that if there is another time, this scene will be better." Just stop taking pictures, and tie me up and tie me back."

Xia Mo frowned slightly: "Why did he invite me to dinner?"

"Speaking of meeting the parents," Ji Ran blinked at him, then stretched out his hands and pulled Xia Mo's face vigorously, reminding him: "When I see my godfather in a while, don't put on such an iceberg face again." If your godfather doesn't like it, you should smile anyway, and show some respect to my godfather, he is my elder and your elder."

The word "elder" made Xia Mo feel a little awkward, but he didn't refute what Ji Ran said. Of course, it was impossible to greet him with a smile as he asked. He just maintained the proper politeness and politeness to Xu Cheng. The attitude is obviously vigilant and suspicious.

Xu Cheng didn't mind, the three of them sat down in the restaurant box, he pushed the menu in front of Xia Mo, and motioned him to order, Xia Mo didn't refuse, and quickly ordered four or five dishes, all of which Ji Ran liked to eat , Xu Cheng looked at it and smiled, without saying anything, while waiting for the dishes to be served, he asked him: "I heard Say said that you don't agree to avoid suspicion in front of the media, keep a low profile and keep a distance from Xiao Ran?"

Xia Mo glanced at Ji Ran, and answered him calmly: "There is no need for this. The matter between me and Xiao Ran does not need to be based on other people's faces."

Xu Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Then what if what happened yesterday happened again?"

"I will protect him."

"You can't follow him every step of the way."

"I will send bodyguards to follow, and as long as I am free, I will accompany him," Xia Mo said and looked at Xu Cheng suspiciously: "Do you know about me and Xiao Ran?"

Seeing the undisguised hostility in his eyes, Xu Cheng smiled and said, "Did Xiao Ran tell me that you still have a fiancee?"

"It's already broken up," Xia Mo answered him patiently, "I won't marry her."

"Can your parents agree?"

"It's not something they can handle," Xia Mo said, then glanced at Ji Ran who was looking down at his phone as if he didn't hear what they were saying, and said slowly: "I'm serious about Xiao Ran, I like him, Now that I’m with him, I won’t be entangled with others.”

Ji Ran finally raised his head to look at him, the two looked at each other, Xia Mo saw the smile in his eyes, and the expression on his face softened a lot, if he wasn't worried about Xu Chengzai, he would really I want to reach out and hug him for a kiss.

Xu Cheng, whose sense of existence was ignored all of a sudden, was very helpless, coughed lightly, and reminded them: "No matter what, keep a low profile, Xiao Ran still has to hang out in this circle, too much negative news is not a good thing."

Xia Mo hesitated for a moment, and said: "I heard that Xiao Ran's economic contract is about to expire, I want to sign him to Yaoxing next..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Ran stretched out his foot and kicked him under the table. Xia Mo turned his head away in surprise, Ji Ran shook his head lightly as if to tell him not to say this, and when Xu Cheng heard this, he really felt a little dissatisfied I was happy, and said with a calm face: "This is not good, no matter how much you pay Boss Xia, we will not sell Xiao Ran."

Xia Mo wanted to say more, but Ji Ran's hand was already on the back of his hand, and he said to Xu Cheng with a preemptive smile, "Xiao Mo is joking, godfather, don't take it seriously."

Xu Cheng asked him, "Are you protecting him like this?"

"Xiao Mo is very nice, godfather, don't misunderstand him."

Xu Cheng felt a little helpless and funny, but he didn't make things difficult for Xia Mo anymore.

******

Except for Xia Mo who was awkward during the meal, the other two ate very comfortably. In the end, almost Ji Ran was talking to Xu Cheng about his filming experience and interesting things in the filming crew for more than a month. Xia Mo basically interjected. He stopped talking, and could only sit by himself and sulking. When Xu Cheng finally left, he patted Xu Cheng on the shoulder with a smile, and said in an elder's tone: "You performed well, and you must continue to work hard."

Xia Mo was puzzled, and saw that Xu Cheng had already gotten into the car and left, and Ji Ran pulled the person who was still stupidly stunned: "Let's go, go back."

After entering the door of the hotel room, Xia Mo came back from his trance and asked Ji Ran: "Why can't you mention your new employer? Don't you want to come to Yaoxing?"

"... At least you should ask for my opinion first." Ji Ran was a little speechless at his self-assertion.

"You don't want to come?"

"My current brokerage company is pretty good, and my godfather is also very protective of me. Why go to Yaoxing?" Seeing that Xia Mo's face darkened as soon as he said his words, Ji Ran hurriedly explained helplessly: "Godfather doesn't know how to do it." Don't worry about letting me go to other places, in fact, it doesn't matter if I go to Yaoxing or not..."

"What is the relationship between you and your godfather?"

After some contact just now, Xia Mo is almost sure that there is no ambiguous relationship between Ji Ran and Xu Cheng as he originally thought. He is very happy about this, but he always feels that Ji Ran has many things to hide from him. Always being ambiguous or just joking to change the topic will inevitably make him feel angry from time to time.

"It's godfather..."

When Ji Ran was talking, he was joking and not serious. Xia Mo shook off the hand that was sticking up to hold his arm, and walked past him with a sullen face, intending to go into the bathroom. He stopped the person by his waist, and looked at him suspiciously: "Xiao Mo, what's wrong with you?"

Xia Mo looked away: "It's okay, I'm going to take a bath."

"...are you angry?"

Xia Mo, who didn't want to say anything at first, lost his temper when he asked him such a question. He looked at him impatiently and asked, "Do you think I shouldn't be angry?"

"Why are you so angry...?"

Seeing Ji Ran's innocent eyes, Xia Mo really wanted to slap him to death and was reluctant to do it: "How many things are you hiding from me? What is the relationship between you and your so-called godfather? Can you stop talking like this all the time? The preface doesn't match the postscript? When will I hear the truth from your mouth? I'm just angry, right? "

"...Because of this?"

"You think it's a trivial matter?"

Seeing Ji Ran's confused look, Xia Mo became more angry and didn't bother to talk anymore. He tore away his hand that was still hanging on his body, and just about to leave, Ji Ran rushed forward and hugged him tightly: " Don't be angry, don't be angry, you just want to know about my godfather, I'll just tell you."

Ji Ran held back the person who wanted to leave, and said anxiously: "He is my uncle, dear uncle."

Xia Mo was taken aback when he heard the words, stopped his movements, and looked at him in surprise: "Uncle?"

Ji Ran nodded: "I don't mean that I don't want people to know my relationship with him and my family background, I just don't want to get into trouble."

Pulling him into the sofa and sitting down, Ji Ran opened his notebook and typed a few words into the search box to show him: "Do you know this? ... One of the three major commercial banks in Spain, my family opened it."

"your home?!"

Of course this commercial bank, Xia Mo, knows about it. Although their family moved to the United States several years ago, they also have some industries in Spain, and they also have a cooperative relationship with this bank. Xia Mo only knows that there is a certain person behind it. It is a big European consortium, but now Ji Ran actually told him that it belonged to his family, no wonder he was so surprised.

"My grandfather immigrated to Spain with his father decades ago. Later, due to some reasons, my great-grandfather passed away. My grandfather and my grandfather's sister were adopted. The person who adopted them was the founder of this bank. People, he has no children under his knees, and he raised my grandfather as his own son and heir. My grandfather's sister also married a British nobleman. The scandal object that was scribbled in the newspaper when I went to Shanghai last time was actually my aunt's grandson. My cousin, when we were young, we often played together during the holidays."

Ji Ran kept staring into Xia Mo's eyes when he was talking, vaguely hoping that he would think of something after listening to what he said. Their family and Xia's family are actually neighbors. He has known Xia Mo since he returned to Spain with his parents. He was only seven years old at that time, and he was inseparable from Xia Mo almost every day in his childhood. Xia Mo actually knew his cousin, but unfortunately, when Xia Mo heard what he said, nothing but surprise appeared in his eyes. There are no other emotions.

Ji Ran was a little disappointed, and continued: "I know that there are very few people in our family whose surname is Ji. My grandfather changed his Spanish surname after he was adopted, and Ji Ran is only my Chinese name, so the gossip media in China have always I didn’t dig out my background. Xu Cheng is my uncle. His original name was Ji Xucheng. About 20 years ago, he fell in love with a boy and severed his relationship with my grandfather. He was kicked out of the house and ran back here alone. To start a business, I ran away from home seven years ago and came here to join him."

"……runaway?"

"Well," Ji Ran nodded, and then smiled wryly: "It's the same reason as uncle, I fell in love with a man and was discovered by my family."

"...Is that the first love you mentioned?" Xia Mo felt a little uncomfortable asking this question. After all, he still minded the man Ji Ran still thinks about.

"Yeah," Ji Ran said, curling his lips again, and looked at Xia Mo: "Don't mention him, do you know who my godfather's lover is?"

Seeing Xia Mo's confused face, Ji Ran smiled, stuck it to his ear, announced the name, and said: "So, don't be jealous of my godfather, they have been together for almost 20 years and have a son Okay, besides, the godfather is my uncle, look at your attitude towards people before."

"..."

Xia Mo suddenly felt a little guilty. He knew that this "elder" was an elder who really needed to please. Why would he treat Xu Cheng with such an attitude just now...

But then again, although the matter between Xu Cheng and actor Zheng Zixing is very low-key and secretive, there are still some rumors in the circle. He has heard of it, but he didn't expect it to be true.

Thinking about Ji Ran's background, then what he said before that the money seeker is mainly to support him can't be taken seriously at all. Xia Mo looked up at Ji Ran and asked him: "Why are you with me?" Together?"

"what why?"

"You don't really need me at all, do you? I can't help you much at all."

"Who said, you are very useful, okay?" Ji Ran smiled, and put his arms around his neck: "Xiao Mo, have more confidence in yourself. I fell in love with you at first sight before I wrapped you around you."

Xia Mo was stunned... Love at first sight?