I don't have ulterior motives

Chapter 10

Jin Bei felt a little strange.They were standing not far from the entrance and exit of the stage. Originally, Shu Lin'an was standing on his right side, almost shoulder to shoulder with him.But not long after the power outage, he suddenly felt someone passing behind him, and the cloak on his back was gently rubbed.

He instinctively moved to the right without bumping into anyone.

"Lin'an?"

no respond.

After changing the costumes, the actors did not bring their mobile phones with them.Judging from the voice from the front desk, there was also a power outage in the auditorium.

Zhou Jing turned on the flashlight of her phone.Jin Bei looked around under the cold white light, but he didn't see Shu Lin'an.

"It's okay, the performance should be suspended too." Zhao Zichen said, "We just have to wait—Jin Bei? Where are you going?"

Jin Bei pushed him away and ran towards the backstage exit, ignoring his shouts.

Outside the exit is a dark corridor. There is a fork in the middle of the corridor leading to the auditorium, and the end is the side door of the auditorium.Jin Bei regretted that he didn't get his phone in the backstage first, it was darker here than in the backstage, only the door at the end was a little white light.

Shu Lin'an must be here, he thought.He passed behind him just now, and there was no one in the background, so he could only reach the exit corridor.

Jin Bei moved forward slowly, his eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, and then he saw a figure sitting by the wall in front of him.

He walked over carefully, knelt down, and recognized the white dress.

"Lin'an?" He put his hand on the other's shoulder.The other party buried his head in the crook of his arms, heard the voice and struggled for a moment, then slowly raised his head, glanced at him, and did not speak.

Jin Bei squatted quietly in front of him, with his hands on his shoulders.

After a while he heard the person in front of him say, "Excuse me, I'm not feeling well..."

"Hmm. Is it better?"

The other party hesitated for a moment, and replied, "Yes."

For some reason, Jin Bei remembered that during the rehearsal at noon that day, Shu Lin'an said that it was too dark here.

Jin Bei stood up, Shu Linan followed his movements and raised his head quickly, Jin Bei stretched out his hand to pull him up.

"I want to go back—" Shu Linan said softly, but just after he said two words, Jin Bei grabbed his hand.

"Come with me."

He walked toward a point of white light at the end of the corridor.

Shu Lin'an followed Jin Bei, and the white light at the end of the corridor got closer and closer until it illuminated the walls on both sides, showing a half-open door, and Jin Bei didn't let go of him.

Then they walk out that door.

Outside the auditorium was bright sunshine and a cloudless blue sky.The afternoon light was oncoming, casting their shadows on the red brick wall behind them.

Jin Bei looked at him and let go of his hand.

Almost all the teachers and students of the school were in the auditorium, and there was no one outside.A small path under the steps leads to the courtyard behind the campus. In the courtyard, sweet-scented osmanthus trees are blooming, and the fragrance lingers around them.

Shu Lin'an looked at the sky, turned to Jin Bei and asked, "Is it okay?"

"The performance is suspended, just wait for the call to come back."

Shu Linan nodded.

Jin Bei looked at his profile, Shu Linan frowned slightly, maybe he didn't notice it himself.Jin Bei moved his hand, then retracted it.

He took a step forward, stood in front of Shu Linan, put one hand behind his ear, as if to make him listen carefully, then moved to Shu Linan's other ear, silent for a moment, and said, "Come on."

Shu Lin'an stood in a daze, his chin rubbing against the stiff hair roots on the back of Jin Bei's neck.He thought to himself, he used such an ambiguous posture, so he just said such a sentence?

The lights in the hallway came on.The two turned back and entered the corridor.There is no one in there, only medieval-style tin chandeliers hanging one by one, which looks a bit like an old castle in a script.Shu Lin'an noticed Jin Bei's gaze and said, "It's quite appropriate to act here."

"Yes." Jin Bei suddenly wanted to hear Shu Linan play the piano here.

No, he would rather hear Shu Lin'an playing the piano outside the door, in the courtyard, under the sunshine and flowering trees.

"Where did you go?" Zhao Zichen yelled as soon as he returned.

Before Jin Bei could answer, Zhou Jing said, "Let's go to the opposite scene."

Qian Xinxin waved to them: "Keep going!"

Under the lights, the actors in all kinds of exaggerated costumes smiled brightly.Shu Lin'an followed Jin Bei and felt as if he had entered a dream.

The performance on the stage is not much different from the past, but it is more like a dream.

……

"Because I want to complete your piano sound."

"But--"

The Demon King turned his head and left.

At the end of the story, the demon king wearing a black cloak walks towards the empty valley surrounded by white mist.The prince in a white dress walked to the other side, and then his figure was covered by white mist.Obviously they are going in different directions, but it makes people think that they will end up the same way in the end.

A girl sitting in the second row wiped away tears emotionally: "Is it the effect of the white mist?"

The person next to her said, "It should be."

Jin Bei walked to the edge of the stage and was about to go behind the curtain.He suddenly remembered Wei Yiyu's earnest evaluation. After watching their rehearsal, he felt that the devil should be added to this scene and said: Let's meet again on the other side, my prince.

At that time, the rest of the crew gave him a blank look.

At this moment, Jin Bei couldn't help feeling that this guy's evaluation was a little bit appropriate.

"No. [-] in the school!" Qian Xinxin held up the trophy and shouted towards the sky.

With superb acting skills, attractive appearance and weird plot, Class 1 of the second year of senior high school lived up to expectations and won the No.[-] performance in the opening ceremony of the art festival.The cast and crew planned to have dinner that evening to pay off so many days of rehearsals.

There were not many restaurants near the school, so a dozen people chose a cafeteria, chatting with each other looking for food with their plates.

"Do you like dessert?" Jin Bei looked at the plate in front of Shu Linan and asked.

"Ah."

One of my favorite foods.Inexplicably, Jin Bei made a V in his heart.

He rested his chin on his hand and laughed: "Making desserts is probably the thing I'm best at besides playing basketball." Maybe besides helping Police Officer Liao solve the case.

"Really?" Shu Linan took a bite of the mango cake and looked at him with wide eyes.

"Yeah, um, do you remember the rum cake for Xia Ruoxing's birthday?"

With the cake stuffed in his mouth, Shu Lin'an nodded.

"I did it." Jin Bei's tone was very proud, and Wei Yi next to him sounded like a kindergarten kid saying that I got a little red flower today.

Shu Lin'an swallowed the cake: "It's so powerful. It would be great if I could do it too."

"If you want to eat, I will make it for you."

Wei Yi, who was eating chicken wings, raised his head upon hearing this, and looked at Jin Bei in surprise.Jin Bei didn't notice him at all, and looked at Shu Lin'an happily with his hands on his chin.

"Specially?" Wei Yi faintly felt that the atmosphere was not suitable for interruption, but he couldn't help but make a sound.

Jin Bei didn't turn his head: "Of course chefs like people who appreciate their works. This is the story of Boya Ziqi, do you understand?"

Wei Yi looked at Jin Bei's focused expression, and muttered in a low voice, "It's quite deep in the drama."

Jin Bei was slightly taken aback.

Are you in the play?

After the festival ended, life temporarily returned to calm.On peaceful days, Jin Bei often talks to himself with his chin in front of the gourmet app at home.

"I don't like too sweet... I like a little astringent..."

"Rum, chocolate, coffee should all be fine..."

"Matcha? Matcha is probably good too. Does he like coffee or tea?"

It seems that I have never seen it...

However, the peaceful days lasted for a week before being broken.

Wednesday evening, Casanova restaurant.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, while there were not many customers, Jin Bei praised the boss in the kitchen: "The last time my classmates came, they said that this restaurant tastes very good, and the decoration is also tasteful."

"Of course. Are you proud to be part of the restaurant?"

"Yes. So I wonder if I can use the kitchen of the restaurant to invite my classmates to have a meal, and help you promote it by the way."

"No problem, the rental fee is [-] per night, including ingredients."

"Why don't you go grab it!"

"I've already given you a [-]% discount. Isn't it very attractive to experience the beauty of making dinner by yourself at a Michelin three-star restaurant, especially for those who like it..."

"Where does City G have three Michelin stars!"

"As a Michelin three-star chef in Italy, the restaurants I open are of course... well, let's go and serve."

"A restaurant whose employees even have to be chefs and waiters, don't you feel ashamed to say that!"

"The work of the employees has nothing to do with the level of the restaurant. The one with only one boss may be the choice of a minority of nobles..."

Pushing the dining car, Jin Bei walked to the front hall with a dark face, and saw an unexpected person on the seat.

He squinted at the two of them, put the plate in front of them, and smiled kindly and politely at Liao Fangyuan: "Officer, are you bringing your girlfriend to dinner?"

Before Liao Fangyuan could speak, the woman with black shawl and curly hair laughed first, and said softly, "You should first ask the person in the anti-drug team if he agrees."

Jin Bei felt that her voice was a bit familiar, but her words made Jin Bei more interested.He searched and recalled the members of the anti-drug team in his mind, and felt that he didn't seem to have seen a girl under the age of 30 in it.

So he cast doubtful but polite eyes on Liao Fangyuan.

Liao Fangyuan said lightly, "What girlfriend, you don't know each other if you change your hairstyle?"

Jin Bei once again turned his gaze to the woman opposite Liao Fangyuan. She was wearing delicate makeup and a long black dress, with a teasing smile in her eyes.

"Damn! Lan Hua! How did you become such a ghost!"

Jin Bei felt that his cognition had been refreshed. Is this the vicious woman with messy short hair who can go to work in slippers without makeup all the year round!

Maybe now.

"How do you talk, it's a ghost like before."

"You still know..."

"The most important thing about being a policeman is to dress appropriately wherever you go." Lan Hua said with a serious face.

"So the police station is that kind of place in your eyes..." Jin Bei sighed deeply for the city bureau.

"Speaking of which, why did you come here?" Jin Bei asked.

Liao Fangyuan sighed: "If you lose the bet, please eat."

"I just said, it doesn't look like your salary..."

Liao Fangyuan gave him a blank look: "The invitation to dinner is also a matter of business. The Xia family's case is not over yet."

The author has something to say:

Jin Bei: Do you remember the rum cake for Xia Ruoxing's birthday?

Shu Lin'an: No... I don't remember.

Jin Bei: Q^Q

Shu Lin'an: ...Remember, it's delicious. (chirp -3-)

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