The story told by Zhou Zhiping dates back to eleven years ago, when Bai Xianxian's mother Luo Yumei took their sisters to remarry.
Luo Yumei's second husband is named Ren Demin. His ex-wife died of illness a few years ago, and she lives with her son Ren Dong.
He opened an electric vehicle repair shop. At that time, few people in the entire county had cars, but electric vehicles were very popular and were almost a must-have means of transportation for every household.
The car is on the road every day, and it is inevitable that it will have problems of one kind or another, and the battery needs to be replaced as it gets older. Therefore, although Ren Demin has a hard time making money, his income is relatively good, at least among his neighbors, it is relatively high.
Since the death of his wife, relatives and friends have introduced partners to Ren Demin, but he always felt that his son was still young and was afraid that his stepmother would treat him badly, so he never married again.
Ren Dong was also very successful and was admitted to the city's high school. Because he was far from home, he could only live on campus and go home once a month.
Ren Demin was the only one left at home, and Ren Dong persuaded him to find a companion instead of always being alone, so he began to think about it.
Later, I met Luo Yumei through someone else's introduction. The two of them liked each other very much, and they soon decided to get married.
After Luo Yumei married Ren Demin, she moved into the Ren family with her two daughters. First, the Ren family had a separate courtyard, and there were many rooms in the main room and wing rooms, which were fully suitable for living. Second, her original small apartment
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Ren Demin made it clear that the money he earned was enough to support the three of them. Whether it was renting or selling, no matter how much money he made, he would keep it for his two daughters.
Luo Yumei was grateful for her husband's kindness to her, and she completely loved Ren Dong as her own child, even treating him better than her two daughters.
Every time he goes home, he will cook a table of his favorite dishes, and he will bring a lot of food and drink with him when he goes back to school, for fear that he will be wronged outside.
Zhou Zhiping's family is in the same school as Ren Dong's, and they are in different classes. In addition to the two of them, there are also several people from Lingxian County in the school. We often meet at the bus station to ride together in the car.
One weekend, Ren Dong brought a lot of things with him when he returned to school. Ren Demin was busy with work in his shop. Luo Yumei wanted to take Ren Dong to the bus station, and Bai Xianxian took the initiative to take over the job.
That was the first time Zhou Zhiping saw Bai Xianxian. Under the afternoon sun, the girl in a white dress was like a magnolia in bud, simple yet beautiful.
Seventeen-year-old Zhou Zhiping had never been attracted to any girl, but at this moment, this girl who was three or four years younger than him, and whose eyebrows had not yet fully grown, fell into his eyes and entered his heart.
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But as he was still young, he didn't show anything. He only occasionally found opportunities to go to Bai Xianxian's school, look at it from a distance, and take photos.
Time passed by unconsciously, and he graduated from high school in the blink of an eye. Although Zhou Zhiping was not very smart, he was willing to work hard and was admitted to a pretty good university.
Because the sisters went to their uncle's house in a neighboring province to stay with their sick grandmother during the holidays, and he never saw Bai Xianxian until they left Ling County when school started.
Ren Dong went to school in a different city from Zhou Zhiping, and their personalities were completely different, so they gradually lost contact.
Zhou Zhiping studied hard and worked hard, and the little girl was buried in his memory. He thought that when he established a foothold in Liancheng, he might be able to go back to find her.
He never expected that they would meet again on the set. The girl in the white dress had grown up and became even more beautiful.
The role played by Bai Xianxian that time was very small, with only a few scenes, and each scene only had two or three lines at most.
Zhou Zhiping just watched her from a distance. The August sun was like fire, the air was filled with heat waves, and even the sound of the cicadas on the trees became weak. The little girl stood in the shade of the tree, thinking over and over about her role.
The girl wearing a white shirt and jeans gradually overlapped with the image in his mind.
He inquired about her situation privately and found out that she signed with Tianshi Culture because she made her debut through a talent show and was not a major, and her current development was not good.
At that time, he had been Di Xu's assistant for almost two years. He knew that he was a very principled person in his work, so he did not recommend Bai Xianxian rashly. He just said casually when watching the sample film that this little girl is very serious.
, he saw her practicing her two or three lines over and over again in the corner.
Di Xu likes people who work seriously, and because of Zhou Zhiping's words, he paid attention to Bai Xianxian.
Later, I planned to film "I Always Secretly Like You", which is a romantic drama from campus to city. The heroine has to go through the two student years of high school and college, and then to the urban white-collar life.
This is the growth process of a girl from innocence and ignorance to independence and self-reliance. Di Xu was not satisfied with several actresses who came to audition, so he thought of Bai Xianxian, who was elegant, beautiful, and yet tough.
The filming of the new drama has started, giving Zhou Zhiping and Bai Xianxian more opportunities to get in touch.
But Bai Xianxian didn't recognize him at all. She occasionally mentioned her hometown, and knowing that they were both from Ling County, she just said in surprise, it turns out we are still fellow villagers!
Disappointed, Zhou Zhiping felt that it would be a good thing to appear in front of her as a complete stranger. He could reshape his image and make her feel that he was a mature, stable man who could be relied on.
However, facts do not always develop according to people's imagination.
With the release of the new drama, Bai Xianxian quickly became famous, various titles fell on her head one after another, and she became a hot star.
Life is not an idol drama. The gap between ordinary people and big stars is difficult to bridge, not to mention that he is just a small assistant beside Di Xu.
By the time Zhou Zhiping realized the gap between the two, it was already too late.
He knew all about the various situations in the entertainment industry. He didn't want to cause trouble to her, so he retreated to the corner again and paid attention to her silently.
He was happy when he saw her succeed, and sad when he saw her frustrated. He was happy when she was happy, and sad when she was sad.
I just hope that I can give her an arm to rely on at any time when she needs it.
Zhou Zhiping felt disgusted when he discovered that Di Xu had developed special feelings for Bai Xianxian.
If a married man has inappropriate thoughts about a girl who is ten years younger than him, he thinks that he is playing with her feelings.
Bai Xianxian did not betray herself in order to get more opportunities like some female artists. Even in the face of Di Xu's fierce pursuit, she still maintained a normal distance from him.
Zhou Zhiping felt very happy about this. The girl he had chosen was beautiful, pure and self-loving.
But people always change. They experience joy, anger, sorrow, and taste the ups and downs. Although time is silent, it can make a person undergo earth-shaking changes.