Hugo jumped quickly, dodged Charlize's pillow attack, trotted all the way to the phone with a smile, and then picked up the phone, "Good evening, may I ask who is talking on the phone?" Because of the consideration that Charlize's mother Gerda might call, now Hugo and they all use this anonymous way to answer the phone, directly asking who the other party is.

There was silence on the phone, as if Hugo were talking to the air. This made Hugo glance at the receiver curiously, then put it to his ear again, and asked again, "Who is talking on the phone?" ”

There was no busy sound in the earpiece, just silence, which is a typical situation with a bad signal, the other party may be roaring, but it can't be transmitted at all, so Hugo has no sound here. Generally, in this case, you have to hang up the phone and dial again, and there will be no problem.

Hugo felt a little strange that such things are more likely to happen on mobile phones, because of the distribution of signal towers, the signal is strong and weak, so it will always be unreceivable. However, because the landline phone is wired, the signal will be relatively stable.

Hugo recalled that this situation always happened at home from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, so he looked back at Charlize, "Is the phone signal at home still bad recently?" ”

Charlize looked at Hugo suspiciously, "No, the phone signal has always been good." After the words came out, she also reacted, "Another phone call without sound?" Hugo nodded, and Charlize said puzzledly, "I haven't received a phone call without sound at home for a long time, so it's better to call after you hang up with the other party, and see if the other party can hear it." ”

Hugo didn't think much about it, and said into the receiver, "Hello, who is talking on the phone?" I can't hear it here, I'll hang up the phone, and then you can call again. After saying that, Hugo waited for a while, but there was still no sound, and he was about to hang up the phone, but at this moment, a shallow wind came from the receiver.

Hugo stopped when he took the earpiece off his ear, wondering if he had heard it wrong or if he had heard something strange, because the sound of the wind sounded like a signal and the sound of breathing...... The sound of breathing? The sound of breathing! An incredible idea popped into Hugo's mind.

Hugo held the receiver and didn't hang up, and looked back at Charlize again, "Do you remember when you started receiving calls with such a bad signal?" ”

Charlize didn't think much about it, scratched his head and thought, "Uh...... I'm not sure, it seems like it's around Christmas? Still is...... Oh, by the way, didn't you start promoting Schindler during Halloween, I think it was that part, and it was very frequent, I and I received it many times, didn't you get it too? ”

"Yes, yes......" Hugo murmured in a low voice, "Schindler's propaganda period ......" The corners of his mouth tugged at the corner of a little smile, bitter and helpless.

Hugo's memories also returned, and the silent phone calls that followed should have started during the "" publicity period, and were frequent for several months after that. Hugo once doubted that Joseph had called, but the problem was that Charlize and both had received a lot, so he rejected the idea, because there was no suitable object of suspicion, and he could only blame it on the signal.

And then to ...... It's May, or after April, it's gone. Ah, by the way, it was after the Oscars ended, anyway, it was probably a month or two, and it didn't show up after that. Charlize was still trying to recall the situation, because the three roommates living together were her most leisurely, and she was at home most of the time, so she also knew best, "What's wrong, it happened again today?" Damn, I have to call customer service to complain, every time there is a problem with the phone signal, then what are we doing with the landline, now the signal is worse than bricks, bricks even if the signal is not good, intermittently can still be heard......"

Charlize's words rang in Hugo's ears, but his thoughts were already drifting away. From the beginning of the "" to the end of the Oscars. Doesn't this awaken any memory?

Hugo remembered James Franco, and it was during the "" propaganda that Lena fell into a state of anxiety, and was finally discovered by James, thus revealing the truth; And Oscar...... Hugo thanked his father Adam when he took the stage to receive his little golden man, and soon after that, James had a showdown with Lena, and then the "Road of Glory" tour began, and James told Hugo all the truth.

A qiē clue is connected.

Although this is just Hugo's vague conjecture, maybe it was a signal problem at all, maybe it was Gerda on the other end of the phone, maybe it was the wrong call, maybe Lena didn't know their phone number at all; But at this moment, Hugo had no way to calm down his boiling thoughts, he felt ridiculous, he felt ridiculous, he felt bitter.

If it was really Lena, if these calls were from Lena, Hugo would not be moved, he would only feel that Lena was pathetic, because she was regretting her decision, she was suffering from her conscience, she gave up Hugo and chose a happy family life, and let Adam's persuasion and Lancaster's persistence become a joke, then she should continue to persevere, otherwise it will only make Adam and Lancaster more pitiful, and it will also make her more pathetic.

So, Hugo put the earpiece back to his ear.

"Hey......" Hugo whispered, but the turbulence in his heart almost overwhelmed him, he thought he could say cruel words with a hard heart, because he and Lena didn't have any feelings at all, and he didn't want to have any nostalgia for Lena, but when the words came to his mouth, they were so bitter that his nose became extremely sour, "I don't know who you are, and I don't want to know." ”

Hugo took a deep breath hard, trying to calm himself down, but his voice was still trembling slightly, it was really too difficult, a hundred times more difficult than he imagined, "I'm very happy and happy now, I'm all very good, and my father is all good." At first, there were some difficulties, and I couldn't accept it...... Accept the facts, so Dad took the blame on him and made himself the object of my hatred, so, I left him, hated him, cursed him. It wasn't until I found out the truth, that my father had been trying to protect me, and that the person who said he loved me had left me, but the person who didn't say anything had always guarded me, so I ......"

Speaking of this, Hugo's voice couldn't help but choke a little, and the warmth in his eyes made him breathe heavily, so that the blurred water and light in his vision were retracted, "So, I'm fine, Dad is also very good, and we will continue to be happy in the future." ”

"I'm not curious about your life, and I don't care about yours. You don't need to feel guilty, you don't need to worry about me, because these are unnecessary, you won't stop turning without my world, and I will only be better without your world. Hugo took two deep breaths again, gritted his teeth and insisted, "I want you to be happy, sincerely, because you are happy, your choice is meaningful, if you regret it, or you are unlucky, not only will you become pathetic, those who are abandoned by you will seem even more pathetic, I don't want to be like this." So, don't regret it. ”

"If you are happy now, then continue to be happy; If you are not happy now, then please become happy......" long silence, long ...... Hugo seemed to be able to hear the sound of gentle breathing coming from the earpiece, trembling slightly, which made the bitter smile on the corner of Hugo's mouth outline again, "Also, don't try to contact me again, let alone try to contact Dad, otherwise, you will regret it, I will make you regret it!" Believe me. ”

Silence, or silence.

Hugo's hand holding the earpiece began to clench, his knuckles began to glow white because he was too hard, and he only gritted his teeth to keep the tremor in his heart from leaking out. Charlize sat on the couch, all words were cut off, and she just looked at Hugo quietly, vaguely, she seemed to understand what was happening, but ...... She didn't want it to be what was going on in her heart.

The hall was filled with silence, as if there had been silence for a century, and there was no sound. Hugo just stood there holding the earpiece, wanting to say something more, and seemed to be waiting for something, but after all, he didn't say anything, just took the earpiece away and hung up the phone.

Hugo clenched his fists so hard that his whole body began to tremble slightly, and before he knew it, tears overflowed from his eyes and slid down his cheeks, but he never wanted to blink, nor did he want to wipe his tears, because he didn't want to be weak. Tears slipped down one by one, bloomed in the air and became flowers, and finally fell to the ground and fell apart.

Charlize looked at Hugo's back, the broad shoulders became stiff because of excessive tightness, through the T-shirt, you can see the stubborn shoulder line quietly spreading in the night, the slightly trembling muscles seem to be venting the inner unwillingness and fear, but Hugo's back is strong and straight, revealing absolutely uncompromising perseverance, as if no storm can knock him down.

But looking at such a back, Charlize sensed Hugo's unprecedented vulnerability, even if she couldn't see Hugo's expression at all.

Charlize didn't say anything, she sat quietly in place, listening to the rain outside the window, she didn't need to speak, she just needed to be here with Hugo, let him know that he was not alone. That's enough.

James Franco stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at his mother, who was still holding the earpiece in her hand, tears streaming down her face, her eyes full of pain at the moment.