[R18] These men are poisonous – “These Men Are Poisonous” Chapter 62 [English]

Chapter 62 Face

Because of the heavy workload and tight time, everyone in the crew, including Qiu Yibai and Gao Xia, ate the same boxed lunch together at the filming location every day.

However, with Qiu Yibai in charge, the standards for the three meals a day are still very high. The meals are extremely sumptuous and come with a variety of desserts and drinks.

Xiao Lin had something to take off today, and it was Gao Xia’s assistant Han Chuan who brought Zuo Ning dinner. In addition to the lunch box, he also brought a box of pure milk.

When Qiu Yibai saw it, he immediately said, “She doesn’t want to drink milk. Give her orange juice instead.”

Zuo Ning paused and suddenly reached out to take it: “It’s okay, I want to try it.”

I put a straw in and took a sip. Although it wasn’t as sweet as that night, it was completely acceptable. It was indeed very different from the horrible thing in my memory.

She couldn’t help but laugh. She didn’t know what she was afraid of all these years. She actually got to the point where hearing the word “milk” would make her feel sick. But in fact, isn’t that just like this?

“Don’t drink on an empty stomach, eat first, and wait at least an hour after eating before drinking.”

After listening to Qiu Yibai’s instructions, Zuo Ning was stunned and suddenly said: “Qiu Yibai, actually… I am the same as you.”

Qiu Yibai didn’t understand what she said and raised his eyes to look at her.

Zuo Ning smiled and said, “I am also a person who subconsciously avoids things when I encounter them, but I am worse than you. You are just hesitant about big things, which is normal. But for me, even if it is just a small thing, as long as I can avoid it, I am often unwilling to face it. But I am good at pretending. Not only can I deceive others, but sometimes I can also deceive myself.”

Qiu Yibai was silent for a moment: “What happened to you these past few days? What happened that night? You were drunk, and I saw that Wen Kaian sent you back.”

Zuo Ning shook his head: “It’s nothing. It’s just these days, Qian Ya, Mian Mian, Tong Xin, and Wen Kaian, including you, all of you have felt something different.”

Speaking of this, she suddenly looked at Qiu Yibai seriously: “You said you should work hard to be the best Qiu Yibai. I think I should also work hard and continue to try to be the best Zuo Ning and face those things that I have never dared to face.”

After dinner, the others quickly got back to work. Zuo Ning sat aside and opened WeChat. The interface showed the chat history with Wen Kaian three days ago.

The day after he was drunk, he added her on WeChat and sent her a form, saying that he wanted to see a psychiatrist, asking her to sort out her thoughts and list the things she was afraid of facing, and he would accompany her to overcome them little by little.

Although she was very drunk that night, many memories afterwards were clear, including the ridiculous passionate kiss between the two, as well as her various deviant words and behaviors.

She was ashamed and regretful, but what made her most unforgettable were the words Wen Kaian said at that time.

What’s the use of being afraid?Didn’t everything that was supposed to come still come?The reason why she couldn’t cross it and why she failed again and again was because she never had enough courage to face it and chose to escape again and again.

The form sent by Wen Kaian was divided into five rows according to the difficulty of the task, and each row was divided into five columns according to the order of execution, with a total of twenty-five spaces.

Zuo Ning thought for a while and filled it out directly on his phone, starting from the most difficult one to the front. After only filling in the last three lines, she suddenly laughed.

In the last line, she fills in the following: Zheng Chenghua, Zuo Shuyuan, life experience, nude photos, family.

Compared with these five items, the previous ones are nothing and not worth mentioning at all.

With a move of her finger, she deleted the third line she just filled in, leaving a total of ten tasks in the fourth and fifth lines.

Then I sent a message back to Wen Kaian: I decided to give it a try, but I have to skip the first fifteen and start directly from the sixteenth.

Wen Kaian: Are you sure?

Zuo Ning: A trivial matter like drinking milk is too trivial compared to a hell-level mission. There is no need to waste energy.

Wen Kaian: How much time do you give yourself to complete your sixteenth task?I will strictly supervise it.

Zuo Ning exited the WeChat interface, found a contact named Hu Yueting from his address book, and sent a text message: Don’t you want to see me? When are you free?

Not even a minute passed before the reply arrived: Any time, I’m taking a break these days.

Zuo Ning answered: Eleven o’clock in the evening, Huayi Hotel 4212, I’ll wait for you.

Then, she sent a message back to Wen Kai’an: It must be completed before twelve o’clock tonight.

Wen Kaian: Okay, my sixteenth mission has also started and can be completed tonight.

Because the actors have excellent professional skills, as long as there are no emergencies, the filming process will usually go smoothly. But this night, the crew only finished work at ten o’clock.

Zuo Ning sat on the sofa, holding the corners of his clothes with both hands, waiting quietly.

At eleven o’clock, the guest arrived on time. She was a tall woman wearing a gray hoodie and a mask, covering herself tightly. However, when she entered the room and took off her arms, she revealed an extremely beautiful face.

Zuo Ning, who had always been a little uneasy, calmed down the moment he saw her, and laughed softly: “It’s really wronging you to let a big star come to see me secretly.”

Hu Yueting also laughed, but the corners of her mouth were full of bitterness: “Ning Ning, I didn’t expect that you would be willing to see me.”

“It’s nothing, I just suddenly figured it out. Why are you holding on to something that has already passed?” Zuo Ning walked to the side and bent down. He took out a burgundy box from the zipper pocket on the inside of the suitcase on the ground and handed it to Hu Yueting, “This may be what you want.”

With trembling hands, she took the box and opened it slowly. When she saw the contents inside, tears rolled down Hu Yueting’s beautiful face: “This is…”

Zuo Ning sat down on the sofa and smiled slightly: “Ten years ago, my eldest brother planned to propose to you with a diamond ring.”

Hu Yueting covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from crying. After a long time, she said in a hoarse voice: “I don’t know… I don’t know he will…”

“I wonder if he would want to propose to you?” Zuo Ning smiled self-deprecatingly, “He has only loved you as the only woman in his life. Unfortunately, before he even proposed marriage, he encountered a financial crisis. The company’s situation was not good, and you… left him resolutely because of this.”

Hu Yueting collapsed on the ground and cried silently for a long time before looking up at Zuo Ning: “So, after all these years, you still hate me. No matter how many times I called you before, you still don’t want to see me. I know that I deserve it…”

Zuo Ning murmured: “At that time, I was still young and my family was everything to me. You treated my elder brother like that, which broke his heart. I really wanted to kill you. But after so many years, I don’t want to hate anymore. It’s really tiring to waste my feelings on hating someone. What’s more, from your point of view, you just made your own choice, didn’t you?”

After that, she turned on her phone again and sent a text message to Hu Yueting: “This is the address of the cemetery. Not only is the eldest brother there, but they are also there. Haven’t you always wanted to see them? Go, maybe they also want to see you. After all… they used to treat you as a family member.”

“Then…can you still treat me as family now?”

Zuo Ning paused and shrugged helplessly: “I no longer have any family members. Those who are related by blood but don’t recognize me are all in prison. Those who are not related by blood and still treat me well are all… dead.”

Meeting Hu Yueting’s disappointed gaze, she said slowly: “However, maybe we can try to be friends. After all, we can be considered acquaintances who have known each other for many years; after all, we all still miss the same person.”

After Hu Yueting left, Zuo Ning huddled into the sofa and stared at the ceiling with empty eyes. After a long time, he suddenly laughed softly, took his cell phone and sent a message to Wen Kaian: Mission accomplished, it was indeed not as difficult as imagined.