Chapter 106 Cherish life
Sunset, seaside.

Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou were wearing tie-dyed clothes in Dali style, walking hand in hand, leading the white horses.

The two looked into each other's eyes, filled with tenderness and affection.

A few people not far away couldn't help but smile knowingly as they watched the romantic scene of the two people on the monitor screen.

"Close-up, and a close-up of their faces."

"Yes, that's it, perfect." Sunzi praised with satisfaction, "This is the picture I want."

Barley at the side couldn't help but sigh: "The description I imagined and wrote is still a little lacking."

"If I had seen this picture in advance, I would have been able to write it more vividly."

Sunzi smiled and said, "A script is not a novel. All you need to do is write out the scenes and characters. The rest depends on the director's camera language and the actors' understanding and interpretation."

Barley shrugged, "So I'm still used to writing novels."

"I already have the prototypes for the hero and heroine of my next novel. I will definitely be able to write the love story more delicately and naturally this time."

Barley's eyes glowed as he found the material and inspiration for the characters.

Sunzi smiled and said, "That's great. When the book is published, please let me know. I will read it."

Barley scratched his head sheepishly, "I don't know if I can write it well yet."

"You can do it. You need to be more confident, Barley." Sunzi encouraged.

These days, Sunzi also discovered that Damai is a bit introverted and lacks self-confidence.

Barley pursed his lips and nodded.

Without much small talk, Sunzi directed the photographer to take a few shots and shouted, "OK, click!"

Hearing the sound of Sunzi, Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou led the horses back.

"By the way, what did you say to Teacher Hu just now? Why did I see Teacher Hu hurried out with a guitar on his back?" Xu Hongdou asked curiously.

Chen Mo smiled and said, "Nothing, a friend's bar is short of a resident singer, so I asked Lao Hu to help fill in."

Xu Hongdou raised her eyebrows when she heard this, "Did you find this specifically for Teacher Hu?"

Chen Mo did not deny it. "Sure, my wife, I can't hide this from you. It seems that I won't be able to hide my private money in the future."

Xu Hongdou rolled her eyes and said, "I've been here for so long, but I haven't heard you tell me that you have any friends here."

"You have a friend who suddenly appeared and opened a bar in the ancient city. Is it such a coincidence?"

Chen Mo smiled, "Well, then you are really wrong."

"It's true that I was helping Lao Hu, but the bar was really opened by a friend of mine."

Xu Hongdou was surprised when she heard this: "Then why didn't I see you go to see it when I went to the ancient city the last few times?"

Chen Mo explained: "My friend runs a chain of bars and is not here."

"When I was visiting the ancient city last time, I vaguely saw a familiar sign, so I called to ask about it. I didn't expect it was actually opened by him, so I recommended Lao Hu to go there."

"Does Teacher Hu know?"

"I don't know now, but if the old Hu people go there, I think we can guess it."

Chen Mo didn't want to hide it, but he couldn't.

Hu Youyu has been singing in the bar for so long, the situation will be clear once you go in.

Xu Hongdou nodded. "When people are confused and in pain, they will only have wild thoughts and consume their energy. Teacher Hu likes singing, and if she does something she likes, she will probably get over it."

Chen Mo smiled and said, "That's it. If you have something to do, you won't be daydreaming all day long."

As they talked, they walked back to the surveillance camera.

"How is it? Is it okay?" Xu Hongdou asked.

Sunzi gave a thumbs up, "Very good, especially the way you look at each other, it's so touching."

Barley kept nodding beside him, looking like he was eating candy.

Xu Hongdou's ears turned red at the description of "sunzi". "It's not that exaggerated."

"If you don't believe me, just watch for yourselves." Sunzi showed the footage to the two of them.

Chen Mo took a look and commented: "From an emotional point of view, it is indeed better than the MV we shot."

Xu Hongdou thought for a moment and said, "Because our love for each other that time was just an act, so now it can be considered as acting in our true colors."

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "You were acting that time, but I wasn't. I have always played my true self."

"Huh?!" Xu Hongdou raised her eyebrows. "So I'm just acting, and you're the only one who's affectionate?"

Chen Mo accepted it calmly and nodded, "That was indeed the case during that period of time."

Xu Hongdou was so angry that she laughed at Chen Mo's shamelessness.

After hearing what the two of them said, Da Mai asked curiously, "Brother Mo, was it you who liked Hongdou first?"

Chen Mo nodded, "I fell in love with her at first sight, of course I liked her first."

Xu Hongdou couldn't help but find it funny. She discovered that Chen Mo liked to tamper with the history of their relationship and move the time when he started to like her forward.

Da Mai took out a notebook and said, "Can you tell me how you met? I want to accumulate some love materials for couples."

Chen Mo's eyes revealed that he was recalling his memories. "That's a story. It all started when I fell in love with Hongdou at first sight and began to pursue her."

Xu Hongdou rolled her eyes and interrupted, "Da Mai, don't listen to his nonsense. He's talking nonsense."

Chen Mo was unhappy, "Hey, what's the nonsense? Was it me who pursued you?"

Xu Hongdou admitted, "This is true."

Chen Mo said: "Doesn't that prove that I liked you first?"

Xu Hongdou corrected him, "Liking is something that comes later, not when filming the MV, and certainly not love at first sight."

Chen Mo said seriously: "It was love at first sight, but I hid it well at that time and you didn't find out."

In response, Xu Hongdou only replied with two words, "Haha."

"You"

Chen Mo saw that his explanation was not making sense, so he turned to look at Da Mai, "Da Mai, listen to me, the person involved has the right to speak, whether I fell in love at first sight or not, only I know."

Xu Hongdou nodded and agreed, "You're the only one who knows, so you just made it up."

Chen Mo retorted: "I am stating the facts."

Xu Hongdou also looked at Damai, "Damai, ignore him. His description is purely fictitious."

Chen Mo sternly declared: "I am just describing the original beauty of love."

"Men's words are deceiving." Xu Hongdou curled her lips.

"Who did I lie to? I only lied to you." Chen Mo's eyes widened.

"Huh? What did you lie to me about?" Xu Hongdou raised her eyebrows.

"I didn't lie to you." Chen Mo changed his tone.

"You just said you lied to me."

"I spoke too quickly and said the wrong thing."

"Did you let something slip?"

"That was just a figure of speech, a counter-evidence."

"It's become a trope again? Haha, man."

Da Mai turned his head back and forth, watching the two people speaking one by one, and said, "Can you speak slower? I can't remember it anymore."

After hearing what Da Mai said, Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou stopped.

"Why do you remember this?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

Da Mai said seriously: "Bickering and quarreling between lovers is also an indispensable part of the interaction in the cultivation of their relationship."

The two were speechless after being interrupted. Damai, who was holding a pen and paper and looking like he was taking notes seriously, lost the mood to argue anymore.

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Da Mai, don't record these negative influences. I'd better tell you about the origin of our beautiful love."

Barley nodded, "You go ahead."

Chen Mo's eyes revealed memories, and he said softly: "At the beginning, just because I took one more look at her in the crowd, I could never forget her face."

"Without any precautions or hesitation, she just appeared in my world."

"I fell in love with her and decided to go home with her, giving up everything I had, everything I had, it didn't matter."

Barley was deeply touched and wrote down the story quickly.

I just feel that Chen Mo is worthy of being a music composer. These few words sound like lyrics, full of rhythm and rhyme, and I feel like they can be sung directly.

After Barley finished writing, he looked up and asked, "And then?"

"Then I began my long journey of pursuit. With my perseverance and sincere attitude, Hongdou was deeply moved and agreed to my confession."

Listening to Chen Mo's "affectionate" words flattering her, Xu Hongdou couldn't stand it anymore and turned away, "I'm leaving."

"Hey, hey, wait for me."

Seeing this, Chen Mo hurried over and said, "Da Mai, I'll tell you next time when I have time." "Oh, okay." Da Mai responded.

Xu Hongdou glanced at Chen Mo who was catching up with her, "Why don't you continue making up your story?"

Chen Mo defended himself: "What do you mean by making it up? I just used some appropriate artistic rhetoric based on the facts."

"Hehe." Xu Hongdou.

Chen Mo smacked his lips, "Your tone is really infuriating."

"hehe."

"."Chen Mo.

Da Mai looked at the two people as they walked away bickering, smiled knowingly, and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Why, the people are gone and there is no more material?"

Sunzi came over with a smile. While the others were chatting, she went to pack up the equipment.

"No, I've found what I want." Barley shook his head.

She didn't want to know the exact events that happened between Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou, but she wanted to establish a sense of characterization and set the tone by understanding how the two of them got along.

The moon hangs over the treetops, and it's late at night.

In the windy courtyard, Chen Mo and Hu Youyu were drinking.

After Hu Youyu went back to singing in the bar for a few days, he managed to regain his former spirit.

"Thank you." Hu Youyu held out the beer in his hand and said softly
"No big deal." Chen Mo also picked up the beer and clinked it with Hu Youyu.

Sometimes men don't need to say too much, they understand each other.

Hu Youyu went to the bar that day, and as soon as he entered, he knew what was going on.

That bar is big and there are several resident singers every night. How could it be possible that they just happened to be short of someone and needed him to help?

After learning about the situation, Hu Youyu did not reject Chen Mo's kindness.

Only after leaving school did I realize how rare it is to have a friend who is willing to help you when you are in trouble.

After taking a sip of wine and exhaling a breath of turbid air, Hu Youyu calmly said:

"When I was in college, I liked music. After graduation, I didn't look for a job, so I started playing in a band. After a few years, I didn't make any progress and was still lazy."

"As a result, my dad got so angry at me that he had a stroke and now he can't walk properly."

"I still don't have the face to go back." Hu Youyu smiled self-deprecatingly.

Only then did Chen Mo understand why Hu Youyu suddenly became so depressed.

Logically speaking, even if the two bars where he sang closed down, Hu Youyu has been around for so long and his talent is not bad, so it should not be difficult for him to find a new one.

I guess I was just pretending to be busy before and deliberately avoided thinking about some things.

Now that the two bars where I sang have closed down, I suddenly have a lot of free time. Things that I didn’t think about before are all of a sudden coming to my mind.

Thinking about the guilt towards my parents, I doubted the meaning of my persistence and was confused about whether I should continue.

Chen Mo patted Hu Youyu on the shoulder and said, "Master Ma has experienced so many ups and downs in his life. He is ten years older than us, but he still wants to start over again. We are just starting over."

Hu Youyu thought about it and nodded, "That's right. People have to struggle to survive. What else can they do if they don't struggle? Meditation?"

Chen Mo shrugged, "You have to toss after sitting."

Hearing this, Hu Youyu couldn't help but laugh, "What do you think Master Ma would say if he were here now?"

Chen Mo thought about it, and imitated Master Ma's tone, raising his glass and saying: "Let's drink today and worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes."

"Haha, that's right. Come on, let's drink." Hu Youyu laughed and picked up the wine.

They both drank from their cups, and the wine helped them forget their worries.

In the evening, the sunset is bright.

In the small courtyard, Xu Hongdou, Chen Nanxing and Damai were busy in the kitchen.

Chen Mo just woke up and came out of the room, went downstairs and went to the kitchen.

"Oh, you're awake?" Chen Nanxing noticed Chen Mo.

Chen Mo rubbed his forehead, sat down and nodded.

Seeing this, Xu Hongdou made a cup of honey water with warm water and gave it to Chen Mo, saying, "Drink more next time."

Chen Mo smiled awkwardly, "I don't want to drink anymore."

Last night he and Hu Youyu drank until the early morning, and he seemed to have lost his memory after drinking so much.

Chen Mo asked tentatively: "How did I get back to my room last night?"

Xu Hongdou glanced at him and said, "He crawled back."

"Uh" Chen Mo was speechless.

"It was Hongdou who came out to help you back home. You were almost asleep in the yard." Damai said.

She stayed up late to write a manuscript and was still awake at the time. When she heard the noise, she came out to see what was going on.

Chen Mo looked at Xu Hongdou and asked, "Why haven't you slept yet so late?"

Xu Hongdou said unhappily, "I'm afraid you'll freeze to death outside."

Chen Mo smiled and said, "Not really, not really. This is not the north, there is no snow."

"Not really. Just drink a little more next time." Xu Hongdou said calmly.

"There won't be a next time." Chen Mo immediately promised.

Chen Mo knew that with his weight, if he was really drunk, it would not be easy for Xu Hongdou to help him back.

Xu Hongdou ignored him. She came out to check on Chen Mo last night because she was worried that he hadn't returned to his room so late.

Unexpectedly, Chen Mo was so drunk that he fell asleep directly on the stone table in the courtyard. If she hadn't come out, Chen Mo would have had to spend the night outside.

With the temperature here at night, I'll definitely catch a cold when I wake up today.

"What about Lao Hu?" Chen Mo thought.

"Here." Hu Youyu rubbed his head and came down from the second floor.

"How did you get home last night?" Chen Mo asked. He remembered that Hu Youyu should have been drunk as well.

"I don't know." Hu Youyu shook his head. He couldn't remember clearly.

"Teacher Hu crawled back by himself." Damai said.

"Ah?" Hu Youyu looked incredulous.

Da Mai explained, "I came down to help you last night, but you said you could do it on your own and didn't need my help. Then you crawled back to the room using your hands and feet, and I had to open the door for you."

"Thank you then." Hu Youyu choked and said after a long while.

"You're welcome." Da Mai said with a smile.

Da Mai still finds it funny when he thinks about the way Hu Youyu crawled on the ground last night.

Hu Youyu sighed and covered his face, thinking of his lifelong reputation.

Chen Mo couldn't help but feel lucky: "It's still good to have a wife."

Xu Hongdou glanced at Chen Mo and snorted.

"What are you doing? It smells quite nice?" Chen Mo smelled something.

"Didn't it rain a few days ago? Aunt Agui went up the mountain to pick mushrooms and sent some over this morning. We'll eat mushrooms tonight." Chen Nanxing said.

"Mushrooms? They have to be cooked, otherwise it's very dangerous." Chen Mo warned.

Every year in Yunnan, many people go to the hospital because of eating mushrooms.

If you go to a mushroom hotpot restaurant, some restaurants will wait until the mushrooms are cooked before giving customers bowls and chopsticks.

Moreover, the store will serve some soup as a sample before the customers eat, to avoid any ambiguity.

Therefore, Chen Mo thinks that it is safer for outsiders to eat mushrooms in stores, but he is not confident about making them at home.

"Don't worry, Aunt Agui has picked them out, so they're not poisonous." Chen Nanxing said with a smile.

"It will have to be cooked longer, and they may not be able to pick them out carefully. Aunt Agui and the others know them themselves, and they can find those that were not picked out when they are cooking. We don't know them." Chen Mo said seriously.

"It's better to cook it for 30 minutes to be safe, so that there won't be any green ginseng left in it."

Chen Nanxing also felt that it made sense. Taste was not as important as safety. "Okay, I'll listen to you."

"I didn't expect you to cherish your life so much." Hu Youyu looked at Chen Mo and smiled.

"Of course, I'm rich and pretty, and I have a beautiful wife who I haven't married yet, so I have to cherish my life." Chen Mo said as a matter of course.

Xu Hongdou rolled her eyes when she heard that.

Hu Youyu was speechless. What he said was impossible to refute.

Come to think of it, if he had Chen Mo's condition, he would also have to cherish his life.

(End of this chapter)