Living With Your Memories Chapter 1

Oliver Yuan was squatting in the emergency lane on the highway, cigarette in hand, squinting his eyes as he looked at his phone. A young director from the program team was contacting him on the phone, sending him a bunch of program schedules and details to be finalized.

Oliver Yuan typed something and sent it over, interrupting the other party's endless stream of messages: Please wait a moment.

The young director opposite: What’s wrong, Teacher Yuan?

Oliver Yuan: Who asked you to contact me? Did Leo Geng not terminate the contract with you?

Young director: ...Teacher Yuan, I don’t quite understand what you mean.

Oliver Yuan: Is Lucas Fang still going to be on this show? Have you confirmed this with him?

The person on the other end was stunned by his question and didn't even dare to reply. He probably went to ask his boss.

Oliver Yuan held the phone tightly, frowning. Cigarette ash fell on his pants, he lowered his head to blow it away, and casually reached out to brush off the remaining traces.

This program was signed more than a year ago. It was a package deal between him and Lucas Fang, a love travel program. After such a long time, he had forgotten about it. Lucas Fang didn't like participating in variety shows, so he signed this one reluctantly. Oliver Yuan thought he must have turned it down long ago. Now he suddenly received the news from this young director, and he was a little confused.

After a while, the young director replied to the message and said that it had been confirmed and there were no problems with Teacher Fang.

Oliver Yuan stood up. His legs felt a little numb after squatting for so long. He stomped his legs lightly and called Lucas Fang's assistant Mia Xiao.

The call was answered quickly, and he called out, "Brother Ye?"

Oliver Yuan agreed, and then asked him directly: "You didn't promote that program?"

"Which one?" Mia Xiao reacted and asked him, "Are you talking about "In Time"?

Oliver Yuan said "hmm".

"No, did they contact you? I was planning to talk to you about this in the next two days, Brother Ye." Mia Xiao said on the phone.

Oliver Yuan asked again: "Is Lucas Fang still going? His schedule is so tight this year, doesn't he have to keep filming?"

Mia Xiao said, "I have coordinated with the crew and the time is available. What's the matter, Brother Ye? Is there something going on over there? If you don't want to go, we can discuss it again and ask Brother Geng to see if it can be postponed."

Oliver Yuan paused, put one hand in his pocket, lowered his head and remained silent for a while, then said: "It's already signed, let's go."

He had originally planned to go to a neighboring city to meet some friends today. Halfway down the highway, he felt the car was getting heavier. He pulled over and saw that both front tires were flat. He probably couldn't drive any further. If the tires weren't punctured on purpose, then this was just bad luck. After Oliver Yuan hung up the phone, he sat on the railing by the highway, waiting for someone to deliver the tires.

The wind was a bit strong that day, and my face felt a little dry after being blown for a long time.

When he arrived, everyone in the room had already finished two rounds of drinks. Seeing him push the door open, Ethan Ning, who was closest to the door, came over and put his arm around his shoulders, squeezing him: "Hey, Master, we haven't finished yet, are you here too early?"

Oliver Yuan raised his eyebrows and turned to leave: "So what? I'll go out and come back later?"

The people in the room laughed and scolded him. Lu Ning dragged him over to sit down. He couldn't escape the punishment of drinking a few glasses of wine so late at night.

The people in this room were all long-time friends, some of them were Oliver Yuan's high school classmates, and they all had a good relationship. These people often got together, but Oliver Yuan rarely came out to meet them. With his bad personality, it took a lot of effort to get him out to meet once.

During the meal, Oliver Yuan smoked a cigarette and watched them chatting. The people here were all well-known figures, and there was even a well-known entertainment host. Oliver Yuan and him knew each other the earliest. He was his childhood friend, and the two knew each other since they were young.

The host was Liam Guan, who was a gentleman in public, but a drunkard behind closed doors. When a group of people drank, they talked without restraint, and soon they started to talk dirty. Someone asked, "Zhou, I heard that the actress who just won the Best Actress award is determined to marry you. What's the matter? Are you willing to do it? They said that people have come to your house?"

Liam Guan cursed, "Get lost."

"Why are you leaving? Tell us what you are talking about."

Liam Guan shook his head and said in a serious tone: "Don't be mean, it's just hearsay."

The old man was the most vulgar when he was drunk. He pestered Liam Guan to ask about the secrets and gossips in the circle. Liam Guan was an entertainment program host, and his social circle was too wide. What did he not know? But Liam Guan rarely mentioned it to others, and never talked about it at the drinking table. You could hardly hear any secrets or gossips from him. So he was very popular in that circle and had a lot of popularity.

Oliver Yuan leaned back in his chair, pointed at those people, and said, "You guys are too idle."

Liam Guan made eye contact with him, laughed and said, "Who said it wasn't true? Brother Ye is protecting me."

Oliver Yuan waved to Liam Guan and said, "Come, Zhou, sit here. Let's see who can be more shameless."

Liam Guan came over with his own glass, smiling, and pushed Ethan Ning away from his original position, squeezing in next to Oliver Yuan. He clinked his glass against Oliver Yuan's, and the two drank a glass of wine.

The table was full of friends and brothers, but they were also divided into insiders and outsiders. There were a few people in the room who were closer to Oliver Yuan, including Ethan Ning and Liam Guan. Liam Guan's family and Oliver Yuan's family had been close since they were young. Oliver Yuan was a naughty kid when he was young, and Liam Guan was protected by him since he was young. Later, when they grew up, no one needed to protect each other anymore. Everyone's status and position changed, but the friendship from childhood to adulthood was there, and this would not change. Liam Guan often said "Brother Ye, protect me" as a joke.

Liam Guan was the host of the grand wedding of Oliver Yuan and Lucas Fang that year. Everyone thought Liam Guan went there for Lucas Fang, after all, half of the circle went there, indeed for Lucas Fang and his father who was very influential in the circle. But Liam Guan was not the only one, the one getting married was his brother, and he went there for Oliver Yuan.

Oliver Yuan is 33 years old this year, and he is no longer the naughty boy he used to be. But when he sat here, his extremely short hair was just a layer of stubble on his scalp, he held a cigarette in his mouth, raised his chin slightly, and glared at people from under his thin eyelids. His cool face had a few scars left by his childhood mischief, and he was clearly still the same naughty boy he used to be.

After two more rounds of drinking, everyone was a little too drunk.

Liam Guan also made an exception and smoked a cigarette. He usually didn't smoke or drink because he was afraid of hurting his throat, so he only indulged himself occasionally when he was with everyone. He took a puff of the cigarette, turned his head to look at Oliver Yuan, and called out, "Brother."

"Hmm?" Oliver Yuan looked over and waited for him to speak with his eyebrows half raised.

Liam Guan looked at him and said, "I heard...you are going to be on our show?"

Oliver Yuan didn't react much, just said "Ah." Then he asked casually, "Is it from your station?"

Liam Guan frowned and said, "It doesn't matter which station it is. Have you made up your mind?"

Oliver Yuan turned his gaze back and watched a group of people drinking noisily. Everyone was busy with their own things, and no one could hear their whispered conversation. It was as if they were separated by a barrier, which was quite interesting. Oliver Yuan laughed and said, "What's the big deal? A show."

"BullSh!t." Liam Guan took another puff of his cigarette, his expression not looking good, "Just write your stuff, why are you getting involved in this circle? If you go on the show, you'll have one foot in the circle, but with your personality, are you waiting to be scolded?"

Oliver Yuan's eyes were slightly red from drinking. He sneered and said, "It doesn't matter. I can't see it."

"What's wrong with you?" Liam Guan said, a little disappointed. "You literary people look down on these things the most. Didn't you also criticize them before? Why do you have to suffer all this trouble? I think you are an idiot."

Oliver Yuan has always been very stubborn, like a stubborn donkey, and has a bad temper. No matter what Liam Guan said that day, he just looked like he didn't care, and even had a slight smile on his face, and didn't change his mind.

Later, Liam Guan drank another glass with him. He took a big gulp of the wine. I don't know if it was because of the alcohol, but Liam Guan's eyes turned red. He lowered his voice and pointed at Oliver Yuan and said: "...You are still pretending to be a fart in front of me!"

Oliver Yuan looked over.

Liam Guan rubbed his face vigorously, then stared at Oliver Yuan and said, "I Fcuking heard about it a long time ago, but I didn't come to ask you. Do you really think I don't know? You Fcuking broke up with Lucas Fang a long time ago!"

The smile on Oliver Yuan's face gradually disappeared. He looked straight at Liam Guan and asked in a calm voice after a long while: "Where did you get the news?"

Liam Guan sneered and looked at Oliver Yuan as if he was a fool: "There are no secrets in this circle. Who can you hide from? You are so stupid that you went on that stupid show with him and pretended to be a couple on the show? You still say I love you and you love me? If I don't strip you down to your pants, I will be naive!"

Oliver Yuan didn't say anything for a long time, just turned his head and lit a cigarette in silence. He had been addicted to smoking recently. People who quit smoking and then picked it up again have a much stronger addiction than before.

"Brother Ye." Liam Guan called him.

The wilderness agreed.

Liam Guan asked directly this time, throwing a sentence directly in front of Oliver Yuan: "Are you really getting divorced? When?"

Oliver Yuan put down the lighter, and the small metal object hit the glass table with a crisp sound. Oliver Yuan nodded and said, "Ah, divorced."

He raised his hand and took off the cigarette in his mouth. Smoke filled his eyes. Oliver Yuan had no expression and only said, "More than a year."