Upside Down Moonlight [Entertainment]

Chapter 24

The lights suddenly went out.

Ji Chongzhou stood by the bed, his hard voice knocking on the night: "I don't want to watch."

Zhou Jiayao's hand stopped. In fact, the darkness that flowed down for a moment made him feel safe, and even the trembling calmed down for a moment, but he knew that the calmness he used to avoid was of no avail.

He also knew that it must be his performance that made Ji Chongzhou think that he did not show him out of his own will...

Because of his damn trembling hands, because of the tight words in his stumbling voice, because of the weakness and fear he couldn't hide facing the moment.

The lights in the porch and bathroom were still on, so it was not completely dark in front of him. After his eyes adjusted, he could see Ji Chongzhou biting his lip and hanging his head.

"Angry?" Zhou Jiayao moved over from the side of the bed and shook Ji Chongzhou's hand, "Why did you suddenly turn off the lights, really don't want to watch?"

Ji Chongzhou noticed the wetness in Zhou Jiayao's palm, and said in a low voice, "I don't want you to force it."

Zhou Jiayao's hands tightened. He half-kneeled on the bed, and hugged Ji Chongzhou as if he was lying on top of him. Then he moved, holding Ji Chongzhou's hand, reaching into his clothes, and touching his back.

Ji Chongzhou resisted a little at first, but Zhou Jiayao's voice shook his chest: "Don't watch, let me feel it."

"Oh." With this sound, it sounded like the rising tide of the sea was slowly receding at night, and Ji Chongzhou finally touched the forbidden place.

Zhou Jiayao held his wrist and slowly slid it on the uneven skin.

Ji Chongzhou trembled.

He wanted to pull out his hand, but when he was wrestling with Zhou Jiayao, he suddenly heard the sound of something breaking in his ears.

It's a button.

It fell on the tile floor, bounced twice, and rolled out far away.

Everything returned to calm again.

The hand was finally pulled out, but Ji Chongzhou was annoyed immediately, his action was too easy to be misunderstood, and he became nervous, afraid that Zhou Jiayao might mistake him for fear.

Zhou Jiayao didn't say anything, got up and turned on the light, found the button, and gently placed it on the bedside.

As if nothing happened just now, he said to Ji Chongzhou: "It's getting late, you go to sleep, I'll go take a shower and change clothes."

Three of his black shirt buttons were undone, and one fell off, leaving only two or three buttons loosely buttoned, exposing his pale skin.Scarlet scars loomed in the middle, not clearly visible.

Ji Chongzhou recalled the feelings he touched at that time, and stood by the bed in a daze.

Zhou Jiayao walked into the bathroom, closed the door, and disappeared into the room.

The sound of water sounded.

Ji Chongzhou squatted down and leaned against the bed, holding his head, knowing that he must have misunderstood.

He turned around and pressed his forehead against the edge of the bed, hitting it hard twice.

Ji Chongzhou thought, he was just surprised, sad and a little flustered.He originally thought that the so-called wound was just a partial scar. He guessed a lot when he was thinking wildly. Realized that the area of ​​the injury was too large, at least far beyond the size of his palm.

Maybe... the whole back is covered with scars...

If he was sad because of this, then Zhou Jiayao must be a hundred times, a thousand times as sad as him.Thinking this way, Ji Chongzhou took a deep breath, stood up, and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Knock Knock."

When Ji Chongzhou pronounces, the first and last tones are equally heavy, and his voice is so soft that he seems to be showing off his cuteness.

As soon as the sound of the water in the washbasin stopped, Zhou Jiayao's words from Gujing Wubo came: "What's wrong?"

"Can you open the door?"

Zhou Jiayao never forgets to lock the door when taking a shower.

After a short silence, with a "click", the lock was unscrewed and the door opened generously.Zhou Jiayao's face was dripping wet, and there was still unwashed facial cleanser foam on his temples. Ji Chongzhou subconsciously reached out and wiped it for him.

His hands were hot, showing the coldness on Zhou Jiayao's face even more.

Ji Chongzhou grabbed the back of Zhou Jiayao's head, making him lower his head slightly, and their lips touched.

Zhou Jiayao's lips were also cold.

A drop of water that fell from his hair was caught by Ji Chongzhou's mouth. Ji Chongzhou lightened his hand, opened the distance slightly, looked into Zhou Jiayao's eyes and said, "Brother, I'm not afraid."

"Ah."

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Zhou Jiayao came out of the shower, the lights in the room were still bright, Ji Chongzhou sat cross-legged on the bed, hugging a pillow in his arms, his eyes were empty, and he was in a daze.

"Sleepy?" Zhou Jiayao sat beside him, his voice slightly hoarse.

Ji Chongzhou came back to his senses and shook his head.

Seeing Zhou Jiayao, Ji Chongzhou's gaze lowered unconsciously, seeing his unbuttoned pajamas for the first time in so many years.

He stretched out his finger and pointed, raised his eyes and said, "Did you forget to button the button?"

I know it's impossible, but I just want to ask.

Zhou Jiayao said, "It's not that I forgot."

really.

Zhou Jiayao had a little smile in his eyes: "You want to be honest, but I actually thought so too. I didn't feel forced just now, but as soon as the good atmosphere was interrupted by you, I... lost my courage a little."

He spoke the next few words with difficulty.

Ji Chongzhou's eyes widened slightly.

He felt that Zhou Jiayao was completely incompatible with words like "lose courage". Zhou Jiayao was cold and powerful, and seemed to always be calm and unhurried.Ji Chongzhou knew in the past that maybe he was a bit blind in his judgment, but after actually verifying from these small things, he didn't feel that the gods had collapsed, but it made his heart feel sore.

"I'm sorry." Ji Chongzhou whispered.

Zhou Jiayao patted his head and said in a low voice, "It's not your fault."

After speaking, he took off his pajamas.

The black silk slid down from his arms like water, Zhou Jiayao's chest was exposed to Ji Chongzhou's eyes, he turned slowly, and showed him his back.

Ji Chongzhou was speechless for a long time.

When he was about to speak, he opened his mouth and found that his throat was so hoarse that he could only utter a meaningless "ah" and couldn't continue. Tears welled up from his eyes. Before he realized it, his cheeks were already wet, and the tears condensed Dripping down his chin, he choked out a sob that eventually turned into an uncontrollable cry.

Zhou Jiayao was frightened by his reaction, quickly put on his clothes, hugged him, and patted him on the back: "Okay, okay, don't be afraid, Chongzhou."

Ji Chongzhou wiped his face indiscriminately, and said intermittently: "I, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm afraid, I just feel, feel, it hurts..."

He hugged Zhou Jiayao tightly, cried for a while, and after he calmed down, he slowly asked, "How could it be like this?"

After a moment of silence, Zhou Jiayao said softly, "Ah, this is a long story."

"I can listen to it one night." Ji Chongzhou paused, "Of course, if you don't want to talk, it doesn't matter."

Zhou Jiayao glanced at the time, and there were 3 minutes left to cross zero.

He got up and turned off the lights, leaving only one night light, the light was faint and gleaming, the air conditioner was blowing cool air, the temperature was suitable, and the atmosphere was just right.

Zhou Jiayao said: "Lie down, close your eyes, and I will simply say."

Ji Chongzhou huddled under the thin quilt, revealing his big eyes, and said, "It seems like I'm listening to a bedtime story."

"Shut up," Zhou Jiayao suddenly returned to his usual lazy and indifferent indifference, covering Ji Chongzhou's eyes with his hand, and said, "Just listen to it as a bedtime story."

Ji Chongzhou nodded, his eyelashes swept across Zhou Jiayao's palm and closed.He told himself in his heart that he must keep his spirits up.

"I have a brother who is four years younger than me."

Ji Chongzhou suddenly said: "What brother, is it a brother like me, or a cousin..."

"Brother." Zhou Jiayao interrupted him, "Don't interrupt, just listen, not talk. Although you call me brother, you are not my brother, do you understand?"

Ji Chongzhou had just been given a gag order, so he could only nod.

But I was a little secretly upset, why is he not a younger brother now? In so many production crews before, everyone asked him "Is Xia Tian your brother?" He always said yes, the staff chatted with Zhou Jiayao and talked about his pronoun "your younger brother" Zhou Jiayao No objection, why not now?

Ji Chongzhou was a little sour and a little disappointed.

After all, I had never heard of Zhou Jiayao having a younger brother before.

"His name is Zhou Jiahui. My mother usually calls him Xiaohui, and I call him Yaoyao. I used to call him by his full name, but later I also called him Xiaohui." Zhou Jiayao took his hand away and saw Ji Chongzhou's eyes closed and his lips curved , "We had a very good relationship when we were young. He was a very cute and sensible child. It can be said that he completely inherited the advantages of my parents' character. At least on the surface. He is very pleasing, and my mother especially likes him, so later My mother had a conflict with my father, and when she wanted to take a child away, she took Xiaohui away. That year Xiaohui was six years old and I was ten."

"The conflict between my mother and my father, how should I put it, is the sum of many factors. My mother's family is very good at making money, and flowers are blooming all over the country. My father's family is more political. Later, my father came out to do business and did well. That’s right, catching up with the real estate trend, doing well in Qingzhou When I was about eight or nine years old, I heard them quarreling, and my mother said hoarsely that she was doing everything for the children, otherwise she would definitely cheat—yes, my mother I caught my dad cheating. The days after that were as usual, and at one point I suspected that the quarrel was my dream."

"Until a few years later, my mother calmly told my father that she had met a new lover, and she didn't plan to divorce—because of interests, they never thought of divorce—but wanted to live with him. My dad was silent for a long time, and said, okay. My mom said she couldn't give up her child, so she was going to take one away. My dad asked her which one she wanted to take away. My mom started talking a lot at this time, saying that I am too old Sensible and obedient, saying that my brother is too young to leave my mother... I said a lot, the meaning behind the words is that everyone can hear it, my mother just wants to take my brother away, and she said so many reasons, just to persuade, to convince my father, Convince me, convince herself. Then my dad laughed and said, let's Xiaohui."

Zhou Jiayao felt that Ji Chongzhou's breathing became more and more even.

He put his palm on the quilt covered by Ji Chongzhou, and patted it lightly, as if he was really telling a bedtime story to lull him to sleep.

"It was a long time later that I found out that they went to Wuxu City, which is not too far from Qingzhou, but my mother never contacted us after she left. To be precise, it was me."

"After my mother left, my father started to travel frequently. There was only a nanny at home. The driver picked me up and dropped me off from school, and I had enough pocket money...but the days suddenly became very empty. Then one day, it was not the driver who came to pick me up, but the driver. My uncle, he asked me if I wanted to try acting. At that time, my uncle was just about to enter the film industry, invested in a film, told a story in a mountain village, and needed young actors. I went."

"The crew was very lively, the adults were very nice and took good care of me. There was a scene that impressed me deeply. It was a night scene. I was the protagonist of that scene. At that time, all the lights were on me, and everyone was looking at me. , the cameras were all on me, the radio was on top of my head, I could see the country dust and the mosquitoes flying, and when I said my lines, everyone held their breath."

"I fell in love with the profession of an actor. It's very vulgar, so vulgar." Zhou Jiayao said.

He knows that some people think his love is out of noble artistic feelings, but he himself knows what he thinks.His talent in acting has made many people think that he is loving and energetic, and has a bright future. He once thought so, of course he loves acting and movies, but the original essence was just to escape the worldly life and feel the attention of the public.

And when you've gone far enough on a road, it's hard to let go of it.

If Zhou Jiayao is lucky, then he will be an actor, and he will still be full of enthusiasm and charm when he is in his seventies and eighties.

But he was unlucky.

"Later, through my uncle's relationship and because of my good talent, I was favored by some famous directors and screenwriters. I acted in some movies and even had the opportunity to choose a script. At the age of 13, I acted in " "Scorching Sun", this film was exhibited at the Ferietta Film Festival the following year, and won seven nominations. In the end, I won the award, the best actor. "Scorching Sun" later won many domestic awards, and my Golden Butterfly was also at that time Take it."

Ji Chongzhou thought, it's amazing.This is the gap between geniuses and ordinary people.

"There is no difference in the limelight, that's how I felt at the time. I was very happy at that time and continued to choose new movies to act in. "Star Shadow Crashing" was filmed at that time. Then my mother took Xiaohui home. That year I 17 years old, Xiaohui 13 years old."

When this broken family was reunited, Zhou Jiayao could keenly feel that everyone had changed, but he didn't realize at that time that the one who changed the most was his pale and thin brother. The agile eyes were gone, replaced by timid dimness.

He also found that his mother didn't like his brother so much.

My mother is old, and tiredness overflows from every pore of her body uncontrollably.

"I welcome them back home. I think my family is complete. When I was young, I called my younger brother Zhou Jiahui. He was too young at that time. I don't know if he remembers it. But after he came back, in order to get closer to each other. , and I felt that I was an adult at that time, and my younger brother was still a child, so I called him Xiaohui just like my mother."

"He still has those good qualities. In a sense, he is good, well-behaved, sensible, and serious. We got along again and got acquainted quickly. He seems to be in poor health, and his speech is always weak. After returning to Qingzhou When I transferred to Qingzhou, I once said that someone seemed to be bullying him at school. I said that if someone bullies you, you must fight back. My experience was formed in the film crew. I told him about the things in the crew, he was very interested, so I would talk more, but then I took on a new movie, taking care of my studies and career, so I couldn’t take care of him when I was busy.”

"After two years of being raised at home, his body gradually improved, his face became fleshy, and his eyes brightened up again. It happened on the second day of my 20th birthday, December No. 15, when I just met with Tong Ni finished filming "Sweet" and was watching a new script at home. The air conditioner was on in my room and it was a bit hot. I was wearing a white vest..."

Zhou Jiayao's voice suddenly became rough.

He closed his eyes, stopped patting the quilt, and continued: "Xiaohui suddenly opened the door and came in, saying, brother, I forgot to give you a gift yesterday."

·

"Brother, I have a birthday present, I forgot to give it to you yesterday."

Zhou Jiahui walked into Zhou Jiayao's bedroom, imitating the sound of "thump, thud, thump", took out the hands behind his back, and handed the gift box to Zhou Jiayao.

At that time, Zhou Jiayao already had long legs and long hands, out of the category of a teenager, and looked like a real adult.He was wearing a tank top, with a thin layer of muscle, and he was the most beautiful figure.He stretched out his hand, and found a gift box, which was heavy. He raised his eyebrows and asked Zhou Jiahui what it was. Zhou Jiahui said, "Open it yourself, there are other things."

He ran to get it outside the door, and finally put the things in order.

What he handed to Zhou Jiayao was a bottle of red wine, and what he took from outside the door were a tripod and a camera.He deftly pointed the camera at Zhou Jiayao and pressed the video button.

Zhou Jiayao had nothing to hide, smiled at the camera, pointed at it and said, "Is this also a gift?"

Zhou Jiahui laughed and nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"

Zhou Jiahui, 17 years old, has grown to 1.8 meters in height, but looks like a child, and his smile is full of innocence and ignorance.After nodding, he remembered again: "I haven't got the cup yet!"

I ran downstairs to the kitchen to find two goblets. There was fine snow outside, and the two drank red wine in the room with the air conditioner on.

At some point, Zhou Jiahui's eyes fell on the script, and he asked cautiously, "Brother, can I have a look?"

Zhou Jiayao said, "Of course."

He handed the stack of papers to his brother.

While Zhou Jiahui was watching, Zhou Jiayao felt a little sleepy.He yawned, turned over on the bed, took out his mobile phone to play a small game, played for a while, and jumped out of the text message. He was chatting with the person who sent the text message. While typing, he suddenly felt his back was wet, and the smell of red wine was overwhelming. Slow rooms are.

"Uh... has the red wine been spilled?" He wanted to turn around, but he felt a strong force on the back of his neck.

Zhou Jiayao was stunned for a moment, but before he realized he was about to struggle, a strong burning pain shot up from his back.

"Xiaohui!" His voice cracked, and when he finally saw his younger brother clearly, the fire had already engulfed the bed.

Zhou Jiahui threw most of the burnt script and the metal lighter in his palm into the fire, and watched Zhou Jiayao struggling and howling in the fire with a blank expression, flapping the flames on his body. He walked behind the camera, moved the camera, and looked at the Allow his brother.

A bewitched smile slowly appeared on his face.

"Brother, your acting is really good," he admired, "It's really good."

·

"I woke up in the hospital with deep burns, the worst being my back, and injuries to my arms and legs, but it was better than that, thankfully I was alive and the wounds miraculously did not affect me In other words, as long as my body recovers well, I can continue to act."

"Unfortunately……"

Zhou Jiayao found that Ji Chongzhou opened his eyes again, they were red, and seemed to cry again.He stopped patting the quilt and covered his eyes with his palms.Ji Chongzhou reached out from under the quilt to grab his hand, and they held each other together, as if they were drawing each other's strength.

"Unfortunately," Zhou Jiayao continued, "I found that I could no longer face the camera."

Zhou Jiahui's words were like a spell, combined with the dark camera lens, he was in pain whenever he thought about it.

His recovery was not bad until one day, when he went for a walk in a green courtyard of the hospital, he suddenly found a little nurse taking a picture of him with his mobile phone.

Zhou Jiayao's mind went blank for a moment, and the stress disorder broke out at an unimaginable speed, and he fell to the ground, convulsing continuously.

"I stayed in the hospital for about half a year. It didn't need to be so long, but after that time, I don't know why, the wound kept getting worse. In the end, I didn't recover well. The scar in the most serious place was scary. I know it's scary. , even I feel terrible."

"After returning home, I found that my parents had redecorated my room. It looked brand new without leaving any traces. Xiaohui was not at home. This was the first time in half a year that I asked Zhou Jiahui where he was. My mother didn't answer. , but her expression looked very sad. My dad said that I was not the only one who was sent to the hospital that day. Xiaohui was also burned, but the degree was milder than mine. Crazy--my mother couldn't hear the word 'crazy', cut off my father's words, and told me that Xiaohui was sick, schizophrenic, and what else, and said a lot, just like the day she decided to take her brother away Not like me, in order to convince my dad, me, and herself. She said that Xiaohui was sick, and he didn't mean it."

"Later, my parents and I went to see him in Qingzhou Fifth Hospital, which is the psychiatric hospital. He cried and apologized to me, crying almost to the point of death. Said, he wanted to say a few words to me alone, when his parents left, he stopped crying, with a smile on his face, sincere and innocent, and asked me, brother, did I perform well?"

Ji Chongzhou's breathing trembled.

"I went to see him twice later, but his condition has not improved. I talked to his primary doctor. The doctor said that he has serious psychological trauma, but I still don't know what happened to him. .Before I met you, I went to see him for the last time. He had been taking medicine for several years, and he was already a little sick, but the doctor told me, don’t be fooled, he is still very aggressive.”

Except when Zhou Jiayao and his younger brother met directly when they went with their parents for the first time, he did not appear in front of Zhou Jiahui the next few times, because the doctor said that Zhou Jiahui's strongest desire to attack was generated when he met him.

"Later, I met you."

Zhou Jiayao also turned off the last night light, lay down, embraced Ji Chongzhou, kissed the tears off his face, and whispered: "The story is over, go to sleep."

Ji Chongzhou sobbed softly, and he murmured: "When you started talking, I was a little angry, why did you come out with a real brother, I called you brother for several years, and you suddenly said that you don't count?" Brother? Now I know..."

Zhou Jiayao adjusted his sleeping position and stretched out one arm under Ji Chongzhou's head to support him. He seemed to quickly withdraw from the emotions of the past, and said narrowly, "What do you know?"

"Understood... If you treat me as a younger brother, things will be bad."

"Then do you know what I think of you?"

Ji Chongzhou was stunned, he hesitated, several words came to his lips, boyfriend, lover, partner?Suddenly his brain twitched, and he blurted out, "Wife?"

He bit his lip immediately after speaking.

It’s all because Ning You said something about Nisu that day. He didn’t know what it meant, so he secretly searched and found that some fans called him brother brother and husband, while Nisu fans called him sister sister wife. Ji Chongzhou was unbelievable for a while, how could this happen? Well, the group of photos he took for Miyou Fashion are so handsome and manly, how could he be called sister, sister, wife?

Zhou Jiayao laughed, kissed him, and coaxed, "It's past one o'clock, go to sleep, good boy."

After a pause, he kissed again: "Good night, wife."

Ji Chongzhou was dazed and dizzy, thinking, um, it's not impossible.