I heard that you are handsome, but unfortunately I am blind

Chapter 66

This night, some people slept peacefully, while others stayed up all night.

Early the next morning, after Lin Xiao had breakfast, he greeted his master and wife, and came to the massage shop early to open for business.

Before nine o'clock, the first guest came to the door.

Lin Xiao put the sterilized white cloth towel into the cupboard, turned around and smiled at the door: "Hello, are you going for a massage? Do you have any appointment information?"

Unexpectedly, the visitor looked him up and down from head to toe, and suddenly asked with a smile: "No, no——I just want to ask, are you...'the popular star's million-dollar masseuse'?" ?”

It was a little girl's voice. Lin Xiao was taken aback when she heard the words, and then her face suddenly changed.

At this moment, all kinds of unimaginable thoughts were spinning rapidly in his mind. Although he couldn't grasp any obvious clues in a very short few seconds, he was driven by the first instinct between flashes and flints. , Lin Xiao still instinctively denied: "No, it's not... I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Oh, I made a mistake? I can't..." The girl with a young voice sighed as if lost, and then said in frustration: "I'm sorry, goodbye."

After speaking, he opened the door and went out.

Lin Xiao stood in the middle of the hall, and when he heard the sound of closing the door, his heart jumped wildly.

Why would someone come to ask such a question?

Did he expose some important information, or did Brother Chi give some signal?

And...Even so, Brother Chi would never disclose the address of his massage shop to any strangers. So, how did she find her according to the picture?

Lin Xiao returned to the sofa in a state of complete bewilderment, took out the phone from his pocket, thought for a while, and dialed Fang Chi's number.

The earpiece was placed next to the ear, and after a while, it was taken off after the call was cut off.

The voice prompt said that the other party has turned off the phone.

Lin Xiao put the phone aside, rubbed his face that was slightly numb due to high tension, and forced himself to calm down.

Brother Chi will not shut down the phone for no reason. If so, there is only one possibility, that is, he is on the plane at this time.

Lin Xiao took a deep breath and said to himself, don't panic, it might just be an unfortunate accident.

But soon, this fluke mentality was completely shattered by the reality.

In the morning, a dozen or so people came to the store for no reason and asked the same question. Lin Xiao denied them one by one with a straight face, but it was clear that the situation was not as simple as he thought.

In the afternoon, a large number of entertainment reporters suddenly flocked to the entrance of the massage shop, holding mobile phones and micro-camera equipment, and kept saying that they wanted to interview the private masseur who had a "very personal relationship" with calm captain Fang Chi.

Lin Youyu and his wife rushed to the store. The old man was standing in front of the hall with a cane in his hand. Any unsightly reporter would knock on him if he dared to come in. The lady blocked the glass door, facing Rows of cameras raised their voices and shouted: "What are you doing! How dare you break into other people's homes in broad daylight?! Is there no law? I told you that we have called the police, and the comrades from the police station will be here soon. See if you still Squeeze, squeeze!"

Lin Xiao was held by Lin Youyu's big hand, and tried to rush to the door countless times, but was held down every time before he took a step.

In the end, it was really the police from the police station who arrived in time to temporarily solve the difficult situation.

The parties were silent, and the Yuji paparazzi did not find any valuable information. Moreover, this kind of surprise interview was neither compliant nor reasonable. Once the police came, they could only disperse.

With such a sudden accident, the massage shop must not be able to operate normally right now. After the family of three left, they closed the shop door, supported each other silently, and walked back to the small courtyard from the back door.

And it wasn't until this time that Lin Xiao figured out what happened from the mouths of the individual reporters who surrounded him just now.

It was his weibo that caused the trouble.

After all the calculations, I still overlooked one of the most critical information when posting on Weibo.

At that time, he was brushing the hot topic about the calm New York concert, and this Weibo was successfully sent under the same topic.

In an instant, he fell off the horse.

And it was also this accident that made him truly understand how violent the entertainment industry's living environment is, and how bloody the operations of netizens' skinning are.

Although there have been many speculations about Fang Chi's "mysterious masseur" on the Internet before, Captain Fang has always protected Lin Xiao very well. Except for the accidental leak of his voice in the live broadcast, there is no such thing on the Internet. any personal information about himself.

However, it was just such a Weibo post with a topic that exposed him, this small massage shop, and even the master and wife to the public.

The netizen who is so free and hurts clicked into his personal homepage through this Weibo, and basically confirmed his identity through his Weibo nickname and follower list.In addition, a "technical guy" cracked the IPs of the few microblogs posted by his account, and found that the trajectory of this account completely coincided with the location of Calm's previous tour.

That is to say, before posting this Weibo that "a single stone stirs up waves", wherever the calm band was, Fang Chi would be there, and—where Fang Chi was, the owner of this account would be there.

The truth is like a mountain, "the popular star's million-dollar masseur" is the "personal masseur" of calm Fang Chi, and he was directly stamped by netizens like this.

Next, when Master Xiaolin was sleeping unconsciously last night, someone deciphered the static IP sent by this Weibo, and directly narrowed the target to the old city area of ​​the city. After some "in-depth digging", the good person directly posted the mobile phone number Lin Xiao used when registering Weibo on the Internet.

For a time, the situation of public opinion changed color.

However, it was not calm's group fans, let alone Fang Chi's only fans, who took action first, but some illegitimate fans and paparazzi media who heard the news.

Only then did the scenes of being directly approached by strangers at the door of the massage parlor early in the morning, and the scene of entertainment reporters swarming in.

In the main room, Lin Xiao sat on the ponytail, leaning his head against the wall, his brows tightened, and he didn't say a word.

Sitting next to him, master and wife both had expressions that were hesitant to speak.

After a long time, Lin Xiao took a deep breath, rubbed his face, and said softly, "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry."

After saying this, I felt funny and powerless again.

It seems that he has been apologizing for this period of time, because his own affairs always make his relatives worry and anxious.

But in fact, what did he do wrong?

Lin Xiao took out his mobile phone, clicked on Weibo, and cleared all the content posted by the account of "The Popular Celebrity's Million Masseur". Then, according to the voice prompt, he chose to cancel the account.

Putting down the phone, Lin Youyu sighed heavily, and asked in a deep voice, "...Xiaoer, what's going on?"

Lin Xiao was silent for a moment, and explained the cause and effect of the actual situation in detail.

Although Lin Youyu and his wife don't understand some too professional operations, they can still understand the general meaning.

When Lin Xiao finished speaking, Lin Youyu was stunned for a while, and then he threw the crutch in his hand heavily on the ground, and said in a hateful voice: "What's the matter! Is there any law for the king! These people have nothing to do Did someone else hire a masseuse? Who did they hire? They have a dime relationship with them?! How dare they come directly to their door after posting other people’s information online?! What kind of group is this? I don't know bastard!"

The teacher's wife is also very angry. In addition to anger and distress, Lin Xiao has been quiet and calm since she was a child. How has she experienced such messy things? Fang Chi is still abroad at this time, and she and her wife are even more confused about these things. Akatsuki didn't even have anyone around to discuss things with.

Mistress caressed Master Lin's back, fearing that his wife would be really angry, so she hesitated and asked, "Then... what should I do now?"

Yes, what should we do now?

Lin Xiao opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, the cell phone in his hand rang again.

The voice of the automatic number reporting is an unknown number, and the place of ownership is far away from them. You don’t need to pick it up. It’s not an illegitimate fan who is secretly inquiring, or you want to dig for information, or even ask for an offer directly. , Buy Lin Xiao the reporter who broke the news.

Lin Xiao hung up in a second, struggled a bit, and turned off the phone directly.

Just at that time, Director Zhang of the police station in the jurisdiction and the neighbor's aunt from the next yard walked into the courtyard. When they arrived in the main room, before Director Zhang could speak, the aunt hurriedly asked, "Old Lin, what's going on with your family? Did you offend someone outside? I just came back from the supermarket and passed by the door of your store in Qianshangjie. Good guy, several people gathered around the stone table, Old Li, who was playing chess at the stone table, and they kept asking where you lived. where!"

Lin Youyu was stunned for a moment, and asked at the same time as Lin Xiao: "Our family?!"

"It's nothing!" The aunt slapped her thigh anxiously, and said, "I'm just walking around in front of your massage shop. You have to ask where the person who opened this shop lives! When I passed by, he asked me where I came from." !"

Lin Xiao was so flustered that her mouth was trembling: "Then...then you..."

"How can I say that!" Auntie has been an old neighbor for many years, and Lin Xiao's family is in a special situation. The surrounding neighbors have helped them with daily chores for so many years, and the three members of the old Lin family are kind and friendly. , usually someone in the family has a neck and head discomfort, as long as they go to the store, whether it is Lin Xiao or Lin Youyu, they will give them a massage enthusiastically. A little ailment is more effective than taking medicine, and they never accept it Money, the old city street has a lot of people, not to mention that the neighbors have already developed feelings for so many years.

The aunt said: "I asked them what they were doing, but they didn't say anything. They just asked if they knew where your family lived. I was in a hurry, so I ran to the police station with a vegetable basket and told Director Zhang about the situation. No—the leader just came to my door directly."

Director Zhang, who hadn't had a chance to speak, answered at this time: "Master Lin, look at this matter... What's going on here?"

Having said that, Director Zhang actually already had some guesses in his heart. The people who gathered in front of Master Lin’s massage shop in the afternoon were obviously a group of reporters, and if they wanted to talk about what this family could do, they would have to cooperate with the reporters. The only thing on the top is the non-disclosure contract that Lin Xiao signed with the star a few months ago.

Sure enough, the aunt next door was present, and Master Lin just sighed weakly when he heard the words, but did not answer directly.

Director Zhang's guess was confirmed at this moment.

After all, it is a family matter, and as a third-party witness at that time, he witnessed the entire contract signing process. Director Zhang couldn't say anything at this time, but asked: "Then what are you going to do in this situation? Our area There is only such a big place in total, if it is not guaranteed, someone will say something wrong one day, and then..."

At this moment, Lin Xiao who had been silent all this time suddenly said, "Parents...how about you go back first..."

Before he could finish speaking, Master Lin patted the back of his hand and interrupted, "What do you mean we should go first? If we want to go back, we have to go together as a family. Do you want your mother and us to throw you at home to hide in peace? How is it possible, silly son!"

Lin Xiao's throat was sore, and he resisted and said, "But this matter...you can't let me suffer with you."

The mistress suddenly snorted on the top of Lin Xiao's head, just like he used to do when he was very young, and sighed, "Then you are sheltering yourself from the limelight at home, and you can't see or go out, so you are not suffering? Besides, For so many years, your dad and I have always thought that we can go back to our hometown for a while, and this time it is a coincidence, and ah——you are not with us, our family is not together, we both feel guilty."

Lin Xiao raised his hand slowly, pulled the teacher's hand from the top of his head, and held it in the palm of his hand. After holding it for a long time, he couldn't speak.

Lin Youyu patted his wife's back, and the teacher understood, she squeezed Lin Xiaolin's hand hard, and then went back to the room to pack her things in silence.

The elders are like this, they have experienced many storms and waves, they can always have a sense of detached indifference and fearlessness at critical moments, facing all kinds of variables in life, soldiers will block the water and come to the soil.

Lin Youyu put on a cheerful smile and said to Director Zhang: "Leader, the old blind man wants to ask the government for help!"

Director Zhang immediately said: "You are always welcome, just say it."

Lin Youyu pondered for a moment, and said: "Now you understand the situation, huh...it's a troublesome matter, wait for two days...the one who comes back, there must be no trouble, but these few days—— can you please The leader sent us a car to take our family back to our hometown for two days, so let’s consider it as a temporary shelter from outsiders.”

"That's no problem!" Director Zhang said, "Where is your hometown? I will drive you there myself!"

It is said that it is my hometown, but it is actually in a neighboring city more than 200 kilometers away from the local area. It takes about two hours to drive away. Moreover, due to special reasons for Master Lin himself when he was young, he was considered to be married to his wife’s house. It is also the old house where my wife lived with her parents in a neighboring city and town before she got married.

After Master's parents passed away, the worries over there were gone, and the old couple moved to this city to settle down. Although they lived in the old city area, thanks to Master Lin's good craftsmanship, they earned more money than they did in their hometown. Quite a few, and two years later, they found Lin Xiao at the entrance of the eye hospital. The family of three lived in this small courtyard for almost 20 years.

At this precarious time, Lin Xiao didn't know what he could do, so he could only go back to the room silently and help his wife pack up the belongings she took with her.

There are not many things to bring, two luggage rolls, a few changes of clothes, and a small bag of toiletries are enough.

After packing up the things, Director Zhang drove out his private car and helped them load the things into the trunk. After that, he traveled all the way, taking advantage of the dusk, to send the family of three to the neighboring city.

Along the way, Master and Mistress seemed to have calmed down, chatting with Director Zhang, with a bit of excitement and anticipation for "revisiting the homeland" in their words.

Lin Xiao sat in the co-pilot, listening to their conversation, but felt sore in his heart.

Not counting the long journey, when they arrived at the old house of Shi Niang's family, the time for the news broadcast was not over.

Not caring about chatting, declined director Zhang's kindness to stay and help, and the family began to clean up the house simply.

This old house has been unoccupied for a long time, and it is conceivable that the dust has fallen to the ground. Although Lin Youyu and his wife have lived here for many years, it is the first time for Lin Xiao to step into this dilapidated house. He couldn't see the gate of the courtyard. In a new and unfamiliar environment, he must be hindered everywhere.

Master and wife originally wanted to let him rest, but at this time, Lin Xiao couldn't be free. It seemed that he must do something, or do something more desperately, in order to make up for the guilt that was about to spill out of his heart.

He asked his mistress to take him around the courtyard and the east and west houses a few times, and found out the layout of the courtyard and houses of this old house, only to find that it is not too big to go in and out of the small courtyard of his home.

A small courtyard, a main building facing south, entering the door of the main room, the east room and the west room are on the left and right, this configuration is exactly the same as my own home.

So, Lin Xiao rushed to the yard with his mistress and carried back a large basin of water with a large iron basin, soaked the cloth, rolled and tore off the dusty kang leather, spread it on the floor of the main room, and wiped it clean with water. ——No matter what, at least the place where master and wife sleep tonight must be settled first.

There was a smear on his thin white fingers, and he couldn't see it, so he knelt on the ground and wiped it over and over again until his wife wiped the cabinet and window sill in the house, and when she went out, she exclaimed: "Son, that's enough! The old leather makes you polish it like a new one!"

Only then did Lin Xiao raise his head, and smiled at his wife with his smudged face.

The east room, the west room, and the most important stove - the biggest difference between the old house and the home is that there is no wing room, so cooking is also done on the old stove in the main room.

After the old house was cleaned up and the things brought from home were laid out, it was already past twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.

The faucet in the courtyard has water coming out all the year round. My wife boiled three iron buckets full of hot water with a clean large stove, scooped it into the washbasin, and asked Lin Xiao to go back to the room to wash and scrub it by herself. The village committee asked to see if there was anyone in the village who could repair solar water heaters. At least for the past few days, the family of three needed to bathe and wash in the simple shed built in the small courtyard.

After scrubbing and cleaning, Lin Xiao lay on an unfamiliar single hard board bed. Although the mattress and quilt brought from home were the mattresses and quilts brought from home, her heart was still empty and she couldn't realize it.

But too tired.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that this day was physically and mentally exhausted.

Even though his mind was restless, he still couldn't resist the fatigue and sleepiness. Lin Xiao opened his eyes and let go for 2 minutes, then closed his eyelids heavily.

At the same time, Fang Chi's return plane had been flying for nearly eight hours through thick and floating clouds.

In the first-class cabin, calm and several people lay on their backs in their respective seats, seemingly closing their eyes and resting their minds, adjusting their tired souls after the concert.

They took the same flight back from New York, but Jing Han didn't go with them.

As early as the corridor was about to tell the truth about the termination of the contract and the group, two hours later, Jing Han took his assistant on the return flight, which was nearly ten hours earlier than their departure.

And the company has already known Jing Han's plan in advance through Zhang Yuan's report. It is estimated that once they land, or if they don't land at all, as long as Jing Han formally proposes to the company to terminate the contract, a draft breach of contract compensation agreement will be completed. It can be thrown directly in front of Jing Han.

Fang Chi was wearing noise-canceling headphones, covered with the thin blanket that Xiao You took from the stewardess, and frowned unconsciously.

Even if it's first class, the long-distance flight will definitely not be very comfortable. In addition to the team members leaving the team, in the past two days, Captain Fang has barely slept for an hour.

There are too many problems in his mind to think about and solve, and the things to plan are one after another. Under the high-intensity mental work, even if he is extremely exhausted after the concert, it is impossible for him to fall asleep.

Just like Qian Song questioned Jing Han, he left, so what should calm do next?

Will we wait for new members to join us, or will we... just go solo?

It is estimated that both situations may occur.

Although the calm band is very popular now, as independent artists, the commercial value of each of them cannot be underestimated, especially Qian Song and himself. Personal work invitations can circle around the "Mood" entertainment company building two times. week.

Moreover, there have been precedents of band members leaving the group and new members filling their seats in the circle before, but the lessons learned without exception are "the clothes are not as good as the old ones", fans and fans are already familiar with or have recognized the original If the band configuration is suddenly changed now, if the fans don't adapt well and don't buy it, or if they habitually put the new player and the left one together to compare each other, whether it's for calm or for the new members It is a threshold that cannot be crossed.

Therefore, if the company finally decides that Calm will go solo... and change their band contract to a personal contract, this possibility is not impossible, at present, it seems to be very large.

So, in this case, how should he choose?

Should I walk with these brothers for a while, or just cut off the water with a knife, and just make a difference?

No matter what the choice is, there is no win-win situation, only helplessness.

Just like what Jing Han said last night in New York——

When you have to make a choice, it may be the last chance left to you by fate.

And the road ahead is bleak, and it seems that it is time to stop.