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Some time ago, Liu Ruoying, a "milk tea" who has not been seen for a long time, was a guest of her mentor Zhang Aijia's program "Remembering Youth".
And in the show, from the perspective of a mature woman, she interpreted her youth and marriage and love time.
Over the years, Rene Liu has been living a quiet and good life, there are not many works, and rarely appear in front of the audience, and the girl who once boldly said love seems to have compromised with life.
In this regard, Rene Liu also made an explanation:
"I talk less and less about love, not because I don't think love exists, but because I'm there when you're happy, I'm there when you're upset, I'm there when you want to lose your temper, and let him know I'm here." 」
Sure enough, she was still the milk tea that was "crazy for love"...
Born for love, be obsessed with love
Rene Liu was from a prominent family, her grandfather Liu Yongyao was a Kuomintang army general, her father was a naval captain, and her mother was a Korean overseas Chinese, and she was the second oldest of the three children in the family.
Her childhood was both unfortunate and fortunate.
When she was two years old, her parents chose to divorce because of their disagreement, and she was fostered in a relative's house.
From a young age, under the fence, not only did he not get the love of his parents, but he was often beaten and scolded by relatives.
Later, the grandparents were distressed about their granddaughter, so they took her home to raise her, and her father was busy with work and had a new family, and of course the grandparents were fully responsible for the discipline.
Rene Liu family portrait
In the third grade of elementary school, my grandmother thought, "If one day your husband doesn't want you, you still have a skill to support yourself and support your children." For this reason, Liu Ruoying was strictly required to learn the piano.
At that time, Liu Ruoying, who was still young and ignorant, was already about to start making plans for the second half of her life.
At the age of 16, Rene Liu went to the United States alone to study music, and from an early age, she began a difficult road to study.
Rene Liu's grandmother
When she grew up, Rene Liu did not resent the departure of her parents, mentioning in the article "My Father and Mother":
"Two people were united by love, had a pair of daughters, and then got to know more and had to break up, they didn't have much resentment, and the children didn't have resentment.
They each try to love others, but they always love their children, and the children love them. ”
Perhaps it is the independent and fearless character, the fate of being born for love, and it is also doomed that Liu Ruoying will be obsessed with love all her life.
At the age of 18, the young Rene Liu met the first Bole in her life - Chen Sheng.
Chen Shengxicai will not hesitate to help Liu Ruoying in his career.
In 1995, Zhang Aijia wanted to shoot "Little Girl Fishing", and Chen Sheng pushed Rene Liu and helped her win the "Queen of Cinema" laurels at the 40th Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
Stills from "Little Girl Fishing"
He also personally created her first album in her life, including the popular song "Crazy for Love".
Girls who grow up with missing father's love will spend their whole lives to make up for the lost love.
Sure enough, Rene Liu fell in love with the master Chen Sheng, who personally created her.
She would often ask Master to come out to dinner and talk, and every time she would order him a cup of milk tea.
Chen Sheng, who fell in love with drinking milk tea, said:
"Rene Liu is like a cup of milk tea. Although there is no nobility and elegance of red wine, and there is no delicacy and modernity of coffee, it has its own warmth and aroma. ”
Since then, "milk tea" has become Rene Liu's nickname.
Because she can't love and doesn't know how to love, she seems contradictory and reckless in the handling of feelings.
Knowing that Chen Sheng already has a family, Liu Ruoying will send An express mail to Chen Sheng when he is drunk and tell him:
"Maybe I'll never be able to be with you, but my heart will always follow you..."
She will not shy away from expressing her love for her master on variety shows, sending albums to Chen Sheng, even if Chen Sheng refuses:
"The album is exchanged for the singer's life, how can it be easily sent to others."
This kind of behavior, like a moth to a fire, ran to the faint light of the fire, but because it did not find the right direction, recklessly broke into it, but burned itself.
Let go of all regrets and complete yourself
Although this man could not give Rene Liu the future she wanted, he still gave her the courage to overcome everything, just like the song sings:
"Leave me, don't be sorry,
Because I love you, I can have courage.
To face every day without you,
Even if it's just hugging the back. ”
Since then, Rene Liu's life has officially begun.
In 1996, Chen Sheng took the initiative to terminate his contract with Rene Liu, and Zhang Aijia became her new agent.
In 1998, 29-year-old Rene Liu starred in the film "Marriage Notice" directed by Chen Guofu, which won the Special Commendation Award of the 35th Golden Horse Awards and the Best Actress of the 44th Asia Pacific Film Festival.
Stills from "Marriage Notice"
In the same year, Chen Sheng once again created a new album for Rene Liu, "I Love You Very Much", which was shortlisted for the top 60 annual golden songs.
In 1999, "Later" turned out to be a must-have track for our KTV.
In 2001, the gentle Rene Liu, self-destructive image starred in the "marriage maniac" in "Pink Girl", and the response was enthusiastic.
Gu Manzhen, who stubbornly played the 2004 drama "Half Life", she interpreted it with her heart and substituted herself into the role, which is unforgettable.
Drama "Half Life" Gu Manzhen
The most famous scene occurred in 2006's "No Thief in the World", and the silent performance of eating roast duck was called "crying drama textbook".
There is no line, but it can make the audience empathize with it.
Stills from "No Thief under Heaven"
Luo Dayou once said to her: "In this industry, if you want to survive, you must be irreplaceable." ”
The development of film and television songs and unique attitudes has made Rene Liu indeed an irreplaceable presence in the entertainment industry.
Her love life didn't seem to go well all the time.
In 2002, at the concert, Rene Liu once again asked for a hug in front of everyone in front of Chen Sheng.
As soon as this request was uttered, the whole audience was "shocked" and silent.
But Chen Sheng did not hug, but patted her head with his hand.
At that moment, Liu Ruoying understood that her relationship with Chen Sheng was no longer possible.
True love is not blind possession, completely letting go, perfecting him and perfecting himself.
In the middle, after several periods of relationships that ended without illness, many people were worried about her feelings for the rest of her life.
17 years ago, her mentor Zhang Aijia deliberately looked for "trouble" with Liu Ruoying, criticizing her for singing and acting without feelings and without "love", and asked her to fall in love.
Rene Liu was not in any hurry, and was still happy to live her career tirelessly.
As she grew older and fans felt that she should not love anymore, she once again declared to the world:
"I'm desperate for love!".
Stills from "Love in the City"
Age is never the shackles of love, and only with people who share the same heart can we have true happiness.
Treat feelings, she loves is love, when she meets the person she likes, she dares to boldly express her love in front of the public;
And in the face of a wrong relationship, even if she stops the loss, even if she is alone now, she can live beautifully.
Later, we all learned to love
Just when everyone was sure that Milk Tea would choose to be alone for the rest of her life, in 2011 she announced a surprising news to the world
- Registered marriage with Beijing businessman Zhong Shi.
In 2015, her status escalated and she gave birth to a son who became a mother.
Some people say that this is Rene Liu's compromise on marriage.
However, Rene Liu said that marriage is not a compromise, as you grow older and mature, you know more and more what kind of home you want.
She never gave up on love, just didn't want to settle down.
From the age of ignorance to the age of standing, love has never faded, but has become more intense.
Finally, at the age of 42, I met the most suitable and worthy man in my life.
She published a book called "I Dare to Be Alone in Your Arms," in which she recorded her married life:
The couple went out together, went to different movie theaters, and watched different movies.
Go home together, one to the left and one to the right after entering the house. Two people have their own separate bedroom and study, shared kitchen and dining room.
It began to be talked about by the outside world, and the rumors of "separation" with her husband lasted for 10 years.
In fact, the two just found the most comfortable way to get along, tolerant and respectful of each other's living habits.
But still living under the same roof gives each other the opportunity to be independent and interdependent.
After marriage, there is no high-profile show of love, no street quarrels, and every day we talk about only the trivialities of life.
After becoming a mother, like most mothers, I have a lot of situations with my baby, and I hope that I can sleep well.
As the child grows older, the interaction with the child is also very interesting.
The most recent high-profile one was on the day of the 10th anniversary, when the husband posted a beautiful photo of Liu Ruoying and generously confessed.
In the photo, she still looks like she has been quiet for years.
Perhaps after experiencing a lot, she clearly knows that if a person wants to live happily in marriage, he must first make himself happy, and love himself in order to better love others.
The lack of love in childhood was finally satisfied in her happy and comfortable married life.
The best ending turned out to be their own well-being
I know that there is a question: Liu Ruoying is not very pretty, and her singing skills and acting skills are not top-notch, why do so many people like her?
"Because of hard work and seriousness", "because of singing youth", "because she is funny"...
If I had to answer, I would say:
Because she has lived for herself all her life.
After getting married, Rene Liu did not completely give up her career.
She planned her own concert at the age of 47, this time she put on a suit, combed her big back, and incarnated as "Liu Ruonan", singing Song Dongye, Mayday, Zhang Zhenyue, Xu Wei and Park Shu.
She is not the girl who sang "Crazy for Love", but a big woman who exudes infinite power from the inside out.
At this year's online concert Chinese New Year's Eve, Rene Liu recreated the two songs "When Love Is Near" and "Love You Very Much" in the name of "Love".
Changing the usual style of music, the affectionate melody has become brisk and free.
After 6 years of silence, she appeared in front of the world with her new album "Each Is Well", this time she is good to return to the past.
Looking back at Rene Liu's works since her debut, we will find that she is constantly growing, from hot love, to love and not to be able to, and then to the current release and letting go.
No matter how many years have passed, the style has changed again and again, but she is still the most gentle bard who can awaken the memories of the youth of countless viewers.
"At first I didn't know what the song liked, but when I listened to it, I was already a person in the song."
Click "like", Rene Liu, thank you for singing my youth, so many years.