Chapter 141

  Escaping abroad is indeed a good choice.

  After the incident, within 24 hours is probably when the gossip people's enthusiasm is most high. During this time, their various behaviors can basically fully prove the basic scientific theory that human brain holes are diverse - if you don't want to be heartbroken, you can only turn off your phone and computer, not listen, not look, not care... And in today's well-developed communication era, it is actually very difficult to do this. So, during this time, if you can spend it on a plane that is completely isolated from communication and the outside world, forcibly cut off from the world, that would be... the best thing ever.

  So naturally, Jiang Chuan made the decision on his own and directly took his passport to buy a ticket without any objection.

  He was even more moved that Jiang Chuan didn't forget to bring his family along - this could be considered a heroic act of fleeing with the whole family.

  "When did my family members... get their visas?"

  "Earlier," Jiang Chuan said, "it was just said that it would be convenient for your family to visit you when you were outside filming 'Leviathan', but I didn't expect it to be used so soon."

  Silently gave Jiang Chuan a big thumbs up——

  Indeed, abroad, at least there won't be hundreds or thousands of people squatting and waiting outside their own homes every day to get a possibly meaningless interview; or those reporters just want to take a photo of a rising star coming out and making themselves look miserable and pale. With the star's ugly face being squeezed by reporters, accompanied by a few sighs in the article "Why did the promising star fall to this point today", listing how difficult it was for him to gain what honors before he succeeded and now fell, and finally concluding with "abnormal sexual orientation is harmful" - both filling up the page and attracting eyeballs, promotion and salary increase are just around the corner.

  As for what the star himself thinks, that's not the point.

  It's not that journalists have no integrity just because of this, as everyone needs to make a living and feed their families, they will do so with a clear conscience: however, this does not mean that they are willing to be the stepping stone for others' career advancement.

  Spent the next dozen hours or so on the plane in a state of anxious speculation, during which I also dozed off for a bit and had some very weird dreams.

  For example, he turned back into a hamster Ah Fei and jumped from the 40th floor or so high up in the air flying around before finally falling into Jiang Chuan's arms standing at the bottom of the building, snuggled up in his handsome master's warm embrace shivering with fear. As soon as he looked up, he saw that Xiao Hei had transformed into Hades and was standing not far away, his hands inserted into his pockets coldly staring at Jian Ran, then smiled and said to him: "Fatty, I've always said humans are the most unreliable creatures, your fans die for you, you're going to be banned."

  He was shocked by Xi De's words, and suddenly he heard the voice of CCTV News Broadcast coming from behind him. He turned his head to see a host in formal attire sitting in the live broadcast room. The news didn't start with national affairs, but instead opened up a "Celebrity Coming Out" special report on him. The news detailed the harm caused by celebrities coming out, and at the end of the report, the TV screen showed a photo of the jumper, completely mangled flesh without any mosaic, a truly shocking scene.

  He stared at the TV with a pair of green bean eyes, his whole body stiff. Suddenly, Jiang Chuan, who was holding him, stretched out a finger and scratched the hamster's chin, saying in a gentle and smiling voice: "It was me who pushed him down, sorry."

  ……

  Then he was suddenly awakened with a start.

  When he woke up, his whole body was covered in cold sweat, and the back of his shirt was soaked with sweat. As he saw the dim light inside the plane, heard people talking or watching videos to pass the time at night, the young man with black hair sat in his seat for about 30 seconds before letting out a long sigh.

  It's just a dream after all.

  It's absurd to think about it carefully, Xinhua News doesn't care about the private affairs of celebrities, and even if they did report it, they wouldn't openly show bloody photos without even censoring them... Upon careful consideration, those bloody scenes seem familiar, like they're from some foreign horror movie he recently watched... In fact, what happened to that guy who jumped off the building in the end wasn't seen at all.

  It's even more absurd to say that Jiang Chuan pushed that person down from the building - Zhen Ran knew it was because Jiang Chuan was eager for him to come out of the closet and make some moves, leaving behind some aftereffects. He had previously expressed his understanding of such behavior and didn't take it too seriously, but Meng Jing this little demon just had a knack for digging up people's deepest memories and infinitely amplifying some emotions to form some exaggerated and illogical pictures...

  Jin Yan rubbed his eyes and looked at the time to find that the plane had been flying for almost eight hours. It wouldn't be long before they landed... As soon as he thought about facing the world that had changed dramatically after landing, Jin Yan's stomach contracted violently. He subconsciously turned his head to look for Jiang Chuan sitting next to him. The man was covered with a blanket provided by the plane and looked quite tired. At this time, he was dozing off with his eyes closed, and his long and thick eyelashes were trembling slightly, just like a butterfly shaking its wings lightly... The plane encountered some turbulence, and the blanket that was originally covering Jiang Chuan's shoulders fell down several times. Jin Yan thought for a moment and reached out to pull the blanket back up for him. Unexpectedly, this action woke Jiang Chuan up, who slowly opened his eyes.

  Those azure eyes still had the remnants of sleep that hadn't dissipated in time, and they gazed at Jian Ran with a hint of confusion. Jiang Chuan rubbed his eyes and sat up, his voice husky from just waking up: "How are we on a plane? Where are we headed?"

  Jian Ran: "......"

  The two of them stared at each other for a moment, and after a few seconds, Jiang Chuan blinked his eyes as if he had reacted to the fact that he had asked a very stupid question. At the same time, he found that the black-haired young man sitting next to him suddenly burst out laughing, turning his head and shaking his shoulders violently. He frowned in dissatisfaction and muttered: "What are you laughing at? You were even more foolish than me when you just woke up."

  "It's okay, at least I won't have an expression like I've been abducted by aliens."

  The young man with black hair had a slight smile on his lips, and his eyes were filled with unstoppable laughter, both of them curved into beautiful crescent shapes - except that the faint blue color under his eyes was too eye-catching. In such a desperate situation, ordinary people would probably be hiding somewhere crying loudly, how strong must one's heart be to laugh out loud like this... Jiang Chuan stared at him for a while, with various thoughts in his mind, but on the surface, he didn't reveal anything, and lazily yawned, stretched out his hand to pinch the smiling face in front of him, then stood up and turned around to go to the bathroom.

  Looking at the man's back, he carefully picked up the blanket that had been thrown on the seat and folded it casually. As he put the blanket back, he suddenly found that his heart had inexplicably calmed down at this moment - in fact, from start to finish, Jiang Chuan seemed to have said nothing comforting or expressed gratitude or remorse for outing him and putting him in this awkward situation.

  He is just by his side.

  He slowly let out a breath, turned his head to look out the window, and saw only a dark expanse, with occasional wisps of cloud drifting across the glass - the outside world was in turmoil, but it seemed to have nothing to do with him at all.

  He suddenly felt he probably had the courage to face all of this.

  "What's that? Is there a bird outside?"

  Feeling a touch on one side of his cheek, Jian Ran turned his head to look at the man who had returned without him noticing - the latter was now standing in place, lowering his head and looking at himself very seriously. Jian Ran smiled again: "You must have been sleeping stupidly, where did this bird come from in such a high place?"

  Jiang Chuan pinched the earlobe of the young man with black hair and said without thinking, "What if it's a very fierce bird?"

  Jin Yan smiled and pushed away his hand, indicating refusal to lower IQ with him. The latter pursed his lips and sat back down beside him, separated by a chair, but insisted on putting his arm around the person's waist. Jin Yan also leaned in, resting his head on Jiang Chuan's shoulder, discussing what to eat after landing.

  The surroundings were quiet, which was in line with the best derailment environment he had imagined for a long time: there was someone by his side, who came out of the closet for him, and then became the strongest reliance for him to face everything.

  No, wait, it should be even better than that.

  ……

  Because of the hasty departure, even Yan himself received temporary notice, at this time, it is likely that no domestic media knew where Yan was going, so after getting off the plane, except for the ubiquitous black-clad men, there were no "welcoming" reporters or fans, which made Yan feel a little relieved.

  When he leaned against the back seat of the sedan, resting his head on Jiang Chuan's shoulder and closing his eyes to rest, the two mobile phones in front of Fang Yu rang continuously with great force. During this time, Fang Yu even restarted his phone once. He opened his eyes calmly and looked at him through the rearview mirror for a moment. The agent Mr. sighed and said: "The first time I received a text message, my phone was dead, and the inbox was filled to capacity."

  Heh heh, dryly smiled: "Luo Cheng probably already has a kitchen knife in hand standing at my doorstep, only to find that the only ones who can be hacked by him are a bunch of reporters looking for me."

  "I don't know if I should be moved by your sense of humor," Fang Yu glanced at Jiang Chuan behind him, "but it's clear that before Brother Chuan brought you out, he conscientiously informed our poor boss first - the team chasing you doesn't have a person named Luo Cheng, but Wang Mo and Lisha, those relatives of yours, are anxious, calling your phone saying it's turned off, afraid you'd think of something..."

  Upon hearing this, Jin Yan had already prepared himself for his phone to be turned on and then shut down.

  On the bus, I checked that my family's flight would be delayed by about two hours, and I slightly put my mind at ease. When I arrived at the hotel, I slowly opened my phone, and as expected, various text messages, WeChat friend circle notifications, and missed call notifications flooded in, causing my phone to ring and vibrate non-stop for five minutes.

  After washing up and changing into a set of clean clothes, he leaned against the bed and picked up his phone. It was the first time he had logged onto the internet in over ten hours. He quickly scanned through the various WeChat messages, when suddenly, among the numerous anxious inquiries from Wang Mo, one question caught his eye: "Can you get in touch with Jiang Luochen now?"

  Serious and slightly frowning.

  At this time, the hotel room door was knocked from outside, and Jin Ran's heart skipped a beat as if he had anticipated something. He hastily ran to open the door without even putting on his slippers. Standing outside the door was Fang Yu. In the instant when the door opened, they exchanged a fearful glance, then Fang Yu said——

  The police found Jiang Luocheng's mobile phone on the rooftop.