glass fish tank

Chapter 52

After "Sleeping with the Enemy" became popular, coupled with Yang Liu's plan, a carnival of "discover those Mu Ning you have never seen before" was set off on the Internet.The combination of Mu Ning and Fan Chengxi was turned out to be a source of happiness, and the hidden confrontation between the two on stage and behind the scenes was also talked about.In addition, during the years of Mu Ning's silence after taking the Best Actor, in order to maintain his exposure, and he was by Zhuang Yao's side, there was always one movie a year.There are also various interviews over the past ten years, variety shows during the movie promotion period, etc. His past is like a treasure mine, providing inexhaustible materials for the majority of netizens.

Of course, Mu Ning also fantasized about the day when he would return to the public eye, maybe it was because of a movie, maybe it was because of a hit TV series, but he never thought that it would be because of a phenomenon-level variety show and his past sand sculpture jokes and emoticons.Although he didn't say anything, he accepted the rules of the game long ago, but he still suffered some blows in his heart. Sometimes he cooperated with Yang Liu's plan and posted a few clever Weibo circles to get a wave of favors.

After Zhuang Yao left that day, Mu Ning never saw him again.I haven't heard about him from various sources.What happened that night, Mu Ning didn't say anything to anyone.He could understand why Zhuang Yao became angry from embarrassment, such a conceited man, was bitten by a pet who always obeyed, and his skin would peel off even if he was not dead.At that time, he himself was also drunk and dizzy, thinking of himself who was unable to move when he was manipulated by Zhuang Yao in the past, stepping on Zhuang Yao's minefield, and felt a vague pleasure of deliberate revenge in his heart.It was only after he woke up that he felt scared. If Zhuang Yao hadn't stopped at that time, what would he have done?

Naturally, Lin Jiayang was not told about this matter.It wasn't for anything else. After that day, they had originally made an appointment to meet again, but because of Lin Jiayang's busy schedule, they couldn't make it.Nowadays, people are separated by a layer of veil called social network. The tone and expression can no longer buffer verbal conflicts, but can easily add fuel to the fire.The two had a small quarrel over this matter.Mu Ning quickly felt annoyed and apologized intentionally.After all, the matter of the work schedule is not under Lin Jiayang's control, and he has not been able to hold back his face.Sure enough, he couldn't treat Lin Jiayang like he used to show weakness in front of Zhuang Yao, he no longer had that courage.

There is a cold war here, but there is good news on Anna's side.The transgender person Mu Ning had been looking for finally found a place.

The transgender person I found was male-to-female, named Zhu Sha. Her mother passed away in her early years. Although her father never remarried, her financial conditions were not good. spend.Zhu Sha felt that she was put into the wrong body when she was very young, hated a certain organ of her body, and was always unhappy.Finally, after several years of hormone therapy, she had sex reassignment surgery three years ago, and she broke with her father.The 30-year-old Zhu Sha has not gone to school for a few days. A large number of hormone drugs and expensive surgical care fees have kept her financial situation at the poverty line.In addition, the gender on the ID card cannot be changed, so she is unlikely to find a stable job, and most of the time she works part-time to make ends meet.

After the operation, she also dated a few boyfriends. Even though Zhu Sha is a very good-natured and gentle woman, they will be concerned after they learn the truth, and they always find some reason to break up.

"So, Anna lied to you that you can make a lot of money with me?" Munning half-jokingly said.

"How did you lie to me?" Zhu Sha cast a reproachful glance at Mu Ning, "The first month's salary has been charged to my card, at least there will be no need to worry about buying medicines for the next six months."

Mu Ning lit another cigarette, took a few deep breaths, and said, "Hey, you guys are having a hard time."

Zhu Sha just smiled, "At least it's not easy to be happy."

"Well, I have worked hard for you during this time."

Taking advantage of the popularity of "Sleeping with the Enemy" has not yet faded, "Black Rose" was quickly put on file by the TV station purchased at the beginning, so the publicity plan was launched almost immediately, and Mu Ning rushed to the release of three different cities within five days meeting.Zhu Sha has replaced Amy as Mu Ning's life assistant. She doesn't need to teach anything. Mu Ning doesn't really want to become a woman, but he will let Zhu Sha take him to understand the current situation in the circle when he has time. , it is more convenient for them to use the fragmented time to chat and gain an in-depth understanding of the state of mind and expectations of transgender people.As for Miss Zhao Amy, she was promoted smoothly and became an executive broker under Anna. ——It sounds like she has become a lot taller, but in fact, she is still just an errand boy, but her immediate superior has become Anna, and Mu Ning is her entertainer.

Even so, Amy Zhao, who has always said "My dream is to become a big manager like Sister Anna!", is still in pain and happiness.

"That's great." When Mu Ning and Zhu Sha chatted about Amy, they always left such comments.

"Are you very emotional?" Zhu Sha asked him once: "Amy seems to be very happy and excited too. But no matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary promotion."

Mu Ning pondered for a while and then replied: "I'm very emotional. Amy has wanted to do this since the first day she joined the company. But she has to start as an assistant. Being an assistant is actually very hard and tiring. Follow me to do hard work. What. There are very few people who can persevere. In the past six months, her hard work has finally paid off. I feel that everyone is working hard for their dreams, but I... "

Zhu Sha was listening quietly, but suddenly saw Mu Ning put on a serious face, put his hand on the chair, and lowered his voice: "Zhu Sha, do you have any dreams?"

Zhu Sha was teased by him and burst out laughing, thinking for a moment: "Well, if there is one, I probably have a complete family of my own. Also, I hope people can accept us."

About two days ago, Zhu Sha took Mu Ning to the place she shared with her friends before meeting Anna.The old residential building was about tens of square meters, and the corridor exuded a damp and old smell.In the room, radiators are hung mottled on the wall, bunk and low beds are placed in random places, and sundries grow tenaciously like weeds in the gaps of every piece of furniture and furnishings.In this small house, more than a dozen people lived densely.There are cheap cosmetics on the table they share, and clothes and shoes are piled up in one place.It's really not a good place to live.But most of them have meager wages and poor lives. They do not have enough enlightened parents or good economic conditions.More families just generally think "my son/daughter is sick".This is a fringe group. Even if the society has seen it, some people have been known and accepted, but most people still find it unreasonable when they hear it. The man on the street; the woman who feels she is a man but has breasts and no penis and lives in pain.

They don't have outstanding talents, and they have no way to gain the confidence to hold their heads high.They are dim and small dust in this huge society.Even their dreams are simple - they want to have a family, they want to open a small shop of their own, they want to find a good job... Even so, they are still the bravest of the group, because they Choose to be yourself.That day, Mu Ning stood in the damp and narrow rented house that seemed to have been moldy for decades, but he felt that there were stars in their eyes.The whole house is lit up by it.

"That's great." Mu Ning sighed, it seemed to be comforting and sure: "It will definitely come true."

Zhu Sha saw that he was looking forward to it, but didn't say anything, and asked, "Don't you have a dream? Although it's naive to talk about it when you're old, but I think even grandparents in their seventies and eighties actually have dreams. —maybe even ones that haven’t been done in decades.”

Mu Ning didn't know the answer.

Because his dreams always seem to change with his circumstances.

In the beginning in the group, he just wanted to be the most popular person, overshadowing Fan Chengxi's limelight.When he met Zhuang Yao later, he wanted to be the one and only Zhuang Yao's favorite person.Afterwards, he didn't even know what he wanted, he just lived a whole life, one day at a time.The only moment of hot blood is like the petals of dandelions, which bloom enthusiastically when they are in full bloom, but when a gust of wind blows by unexpectedly, they dissipate until there are no more dandelion petals in the world.

"It seems that there really isn't one." Mu Ning chose to be honest.

Zhu Sha smiled and said, "Well, then I think that maybe looking for dreams is also a part of life."

After returning home, Mu Ning was still thinking about Zhu Sha's words.He sat on the sofa, habitually immersed in the darkness.Aside from the torrent of bits behind the screen of the mobile phone, the noisy internet world is dead silent.He pondered quietly, as earnestly and confusedly as if a primary school student had completed an assignment: What is my dream?

Until a sudden doorbell interrupted him - to be honest, I don't know how long it has been ringing.Mu Ning hurriedly got up and opened the door, before he could clearly see who was coming, he was hugged by a figure who was wrapped in a strong smell of perfume and the smell of tobacco under it.

"I just came back from Guangzhou... Let's not quarrel! I will definitely accompany you often in the future!" The boy's nasal voice sounded extremely wronged: "Are you okay? Don't quarrel. I am really sad these days!"

Mu Ning's heart softened.No one would be able to stand this coquettish way like a big golden retriever.What's more, he has always been someone else giving him a step, and he can't wait to take ten steps down.Quickly said: "Okay, I'm also wrong about this matter."

Lin Jiayang hugged him like a fool and did not let go.

"Let go, let's go into the house. It's very cold in the corridor." Mu Ning said.

Lin Jiayang still didn't let go, but hugged him tighter: "No, let me hug him for a while."

The two lingered at the door for a long time before they stumbled into the house, and finally reconciled as before.

Downstairs of Mu Ning's house, there is an SUV parked in the distance opposite the unit door. If you are interested, you will find that this black mid-end sedan has been parked at the door of this unit for a long time, many times.This is a very good community, with an average price of 12 yuan per flat, and the smallest apartment has three bedrooms and two living rooms.There are quite a few celebrities living here, and most of the vehicles that come in and out are expensive brand-name cars. This car, which is so poor that it is even a bit eye-catching, can come and go freely in this community, thanks to the four large characters placed on the front windshield of the car: "HTC Property".

After Bai Xiaotan sneaked into the car, he couldn't wait to snatch Chen Shuang's camera and began to look through the photos in the memory card.However, all he could see was the back of Lin Jiayang walking into the door of the unit.

"It's really hard to shoot." Chen Shuang opened the mouth first, defending himself: "This Lin Jiayang is really good at counter-reconnaissance. He followed for many days, but he didn't find anything. Today he finally came here."

Bai Xiaotan still flicked through the camera's preview without giving up, as if he wanted to find out what weapon could give Mu Ning a fatal blow.

"Didn't you get the kissing photo of the two of them two days ago? Adding this, it's the same if you write it with embellishments." Chen Shuang suggested.

"What do you know?" Bai Xiaotan gave him a gouged look: "The photo was taken in a bar, and there were so many people present, they all knew it was just a game. Using that photo as the main evidence, it was taken away by the public relations in minutes Yes. There must be a blockbuster that makes those people afraid to make a fuss and dare not speak out. The one you filmed today will not work. This Lin Jiayang is downstairs, and fans want to say whichever neighborhood is which, You can call it his own home, and there is no Mu Ning by your side!"

"You mean a group photo of the two of them? But they almost never appear together." Chen Shuang was in trouble.

"Wait well, this matter cannot be rushed."

Chen Shuang nodded, with lingering fears in his heart, squatting for a long time made him very bored, he just wanted to find someone to talk to: "But there are so many stars in this community, last time I saw Lin Xi who was popular for a while, and Yu Chengsu, Zheng Duan’s former teammate. Also, I’ve seen the boss of Juheng, what’s his name, Zhuang or something.”

When Bai Xiaotan heard this, he suddenly raised his voice, "What?! You said that Zhuang Yao has been here?"

"Ah, yes..." Chen Shuang was taken aback by him, and he hesitated to add the details: "Once Mu Ning was so drunk that he brought him back. I came here just two days ago, and got off at the Smoked a few cigarettes near the front, then got in the car and left. I don’t know what’s wrong.”

Bai Xiaotan soon realized that Zhuang Yao must have come to look for Mu Ning, and his heart was filled with jealousy—after all, if it wasn't for this Mu Ning, how could he have fallen to this point?But Mu Ning and Lin Jiayang are fighting fiercely now, I am afraid that Zhuang Yao will lose interest, so Mu Ning dares to do so.So they really have nothing to do with each other now?In this way, maybe I still have room to change in front of Zhuang Yao.

Bai Xiaotan suddenly felt that this idea was not impossible, so he laughed to himself.