Faced with Allen's eagerness, Hugo couldn't help but choke. He didn't understand the situation of the role of Melvin himself, and he didn't know how to explain it to Allen. Hugo tried to organize his own language and explain the whole situation clearly: In fact, for Hugo, an investor who is willing to cooperate 100% is naturally the most perfect choice, but the premise is that he himself first clarifies his thoughts.

Hugo's pause was seen in Allen's eyes. He interpreted Hugo's hesitation. It was like an arrow that penetrated his heart without any barrier and almost took away his breath. This made Allen's mood, which finally calmed down, panicked again, "Hugo, sorry, I'm really sorry, I made a wrong decision before, but I really didn't expect anything to happen... What happened that night was just an accident. I drank too much, so my behavior was a bit out of control, and things completely deviated from the track, but... But that was really not my intention. I just hoped to be your friend. Really, just a friend, this was enough for me... I never had any extravagance and no intention..."

Hugo was still thinking, but was caught off guard by Allen's sudden collapse. He looked at Allen's almost disintegrating Alan in front of him with a dumbfounded look, "Alan, I don't mean that... Allen..." Hugo tried to interrupt Allen and explain his intention, but Allen grabbed his hair in annoyance and couldn't listen at all.

"I'm sorry, I mean, sorry... I'm not a pervert, I'm not a lunatic, I'm not a pervert..." Allen bit his teeth tightly, but his body still trembled slightly uncontrollably.

He liked Hugo, yes, he really liked Hugo, but he also knew that Hugo just treated him as a friend and had no other intentions, so he never thought of anything happening. He even strictly abides by that boundary line and does not want to cross it. He just hopes to be Hugo's friend and waits by his side quietly.

But the impulse that night ruined everything, and it was him who personally ruined all this and destroyed this friendship. In the past year, he hoped that time could go back countless times, before all the chaos that night happened, and before the friendship between him and Hugo was still not destroyed. He swore that he would not do anything out of style, but just quietly sticking to the position of his friend, which was enough, and for him, it was enough.

Allen lowered his head. He was afraid to see Hugo's expression at this time. He was afraid to see the expression of disgust, rejection, and contempt. He was afraid that he would be exposed to the sun. He was afraid that he would wander alone in the empty torrent of time... Just one look, a simple look, can completely destroy him.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." He really just wanted to be friends, just being friends, that's enough.

Hugo looked at Alan in front of him and was dumbfounded. For the first time, he saw a soul falling apart in front of him, completely disintegrating into countless pieces. The despair tear him to pieces little by little, as if the next second it would dissipate in the scorching summer sunshine with the sea breeze. He could even clearly feel Alan's pain, which hits his face and shakes his heart.

Originally, Hugo thought that night was just an accident. Although he and Allen had never talked to each other since then, this did not affect his perception of Allen. Because in Hollywood, there are countless homosexuals around Hugo, and he has received many confessions from both sides and secretly. Although Hugo has never been interested, it does not mean that Hugo will discriminate against these people. In Hugo's opinion, they are actually the same as all ordinary people, but some people love the opposite sex, and that's all.

Although it was a little embarrassed, it did not mean anything to reject it. It was just an embarrassment caused by a friend's confession. Just like if Sandra Bullock suddenly confessed to Hugo today, he would be surprised. This is also the reason why Hugo was unable to confess his inner thoughts to Charlizet for a long time, because once the relationship between friends is broken by love and loses the original balance, the situation will become subtle.

Just because of this, it has nothing to do with the fact that "Allen is a man".

Hugo was thinking about how to talk about this with Allen, but he did not expect that the night would hit Allen so hard that he would even defeat him. It is hard to imagine that this was the elegant, calm, and calm Allen Strello that Hugo had known before.

Suddenly, Hugo realized that although he had many homosexuals around him and the entire entertainment industry was the highest proportion of all walks of life, he had never really understood their pain and darkness. Even in the future when homosexual rights were generally protected, they were still a vulnerable group in society. Just like black people, although race, racial discrimination has been eliminated for nearly half a century, but even in 2014, the unfair treatment blacks received in American society is still unimaginable, let alone Asians, Latinos and other minorities.

Hugo created the role of neighbor in "Fine and Perfection", which is a homosexual. But now it seems that Hugo still lacks in shaping the character because he has never really understood their current situation in 1997.

However, it was obviously not the time to think about the script. Hugo coughed twice, but found that Allen didn't notice him at all. Hugo hesitated, patted Allen on the shoulder, and then spoke, "Allen, we are friends, we have always been friends." Allen raised his head with surprise and looked at Hugo in surprise, "I mean it is."

Alan saw sincerity in Hugo's eyes, "Then..." What happened to the past year?

Hugo pulled the corner of his mouth a little embarrassedly, "I just confessed to me because a friend suddenly confessed to me, and I don't know what to do." Hugo shrugged and explained, "You know, a real friend suddenly expressed his affection to me, but in fact I didn't plan to respond. This requires careful treatment. Otherwise, there is a very likely way to continue to be friends. The embarrassment and awkwardness are difficult to eliminate. I was just looking for a suitable solution, but... there was too much that night and I couldn't handle it at all, right? So, I think I should have missed the opportunity."

Alan misunderstood Hugo's avoidance.

Allen widened his eyes and looked at Hugo in surprise, "So, you mean...you don't mind...uh, I...I'm gay."

Hugo burst out laughing, "No, of course I don't mind. Many of my friends are homosexual, not just work partners, but also many friends, all of them." Rick Rosen's assistant Jim Snow, Hugo's exclusive makeup artist Troy Cole, etc. are all homosexual.

Allen couldn't believe that his emotional collapse at this moment would definitely not be weaker than before, "But... But you rejected the invitation to "Save Private Ryan" before, and now you rejected the request for cooperation in the script... Isn't this because..."

Hugo widened his eyes in surprise, "So, 'Save Private Ryan', do you have an investment?" Allen's head stiffly pointed, but Hugo laughed helplessly, "I reject the role of James Ryan only for the company's strategic considerations, and I must also concentrate on my own script."

"Then..." Allen said hesitantly again.

"'Fine and perfect'?" Hugo asked loudly, and Allen nodded again, "I just had some questions about the role. During the process of creating the script, I always created the goal of playing Melvin, but after the script was created, I found that the role of Melvin became real, which was not very consistent with my image. So, I am not sure whether I can play Melvin. Of course, this is just my current doubt and nothing has been decided. If possible, I still hope to play my own script. Melvin has great challenges and I don't want to miss it."

All the chaotic thoughts in Allen's mind were connected, "So you mean, you need time to think about it...this is the literal meaning? Not rejection?" Hugo held back his smile and shook his head, "So you mean, the bloody reactions of those soap operas I just had... are all my own random thoughts? Have you never thought I was a pervert?" Hugo bit his lower lip and shook his head again.

Previously, Allen was just stubborn and completely blinded by emotions. Now that Hugo explained clearly, everything became clear. Only then did Allen realize that after he got his own mistake, he put himself in a mess. Allen pointed his chin in a depressed manner, "Very good, I ruined all the images I have worked hard to build in front of the most perfect man in the world. Very good! Excellent work!"

Looking at Allen's self-sarcasm, Hugo finally couldn't help laughing, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt the more funny he felt, and he couldn't stop.

After regaining his calmness, Allen obviously became calm and just treated himself as a thick-skinned wall. He stood by his side with a calm face, but his hot cheeks revealed his inner embarrassment, "So... there is no problem between us?"

Hugo shook his head with a smile, "No, I think there should be no problem between us."

"So...friend?" Allen looked at the relieved smile on the corner of Hugo's mouth, and his tense mood couldn't help but relax, and the haze between his eyebrows dissipated bit by bit.
Chapter completed!