Summer at Blyken Tree Farm is quiet. Although the fire warning level has been raised considerably, the summer is still very calm. The wind blowing from the Bracken Mountains blows down the canyon, bringing a little coolness to the residents of the Bracken Tree Farm. Lin Yilong returned to his previous routine and will not leave the Bracken Yard except for his normal date with Katie on Saturday.

On his 33rd birthday, Lin Yilong spent it in Wales. The reason why he said Wales instead of home is that he made an exception to Swansea for breakfast with Katie, returned home before lunch to have Chinese food with Nadia and Vera of the Big Yaon sisters and Tatiana and Natalia of the Little Yaon sisters and shared a birthday cake, and in the afternoon went to his parents for some English tea. There were many birthday celebrations and gifts—Katie gave him a pair of sterling silver cufflinks with the words "Irish Love" engraved in small letters, a Suzuki scooter from the Yeon sisters, a Van der Hagen shaving suit for Lin Yilong's father and mother who bought him a Van der Hagen shaving suit with "concern", which made Lin Yilong, who was already accustomed to Gillette products, accept difficulties, and, most importantly, the daughters' first kiss.

In mid-June, Lin Yilong and Yeon sisters took advantage of the "overseas shopping business" Lin father and Lin mother and Ye Ang and his wife to return to the Bracken Forest Farm to spend the summer on the eve of the summer discount in the store, entrusted their two children to them, and went to London for two days and three nights of "childless urban weekend life" - they went to the nearby Regent's Garden to listen to Wagner's "Parsifal" and Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", two operas, and the ballet "Don Quixote".

"Parsifal" and "The Marriage of Figaro" are both in German, and the Sisters of Yeon listen to it with relish, but Lin Yilong can't, so he can only buy the halftime booklet to find out what the singers are listening to. As for the ballet, Lin Yilong didn't understand it very well, and the audience actually saw the beauty of the dance on stage.

As a result, when the curtain of "Don Quixote" was raised, Lin Yilong found that it was none other than Amy who played the heroine Titch.

As an affiliated school of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Ballet's apprenticeship policy has not changed, so even if you are just a student, you can perform on stage, and if you are good enough, you can even become a soloist instead of a backing dancer. When she was in Xiangjiang before, Amy had talked to Lin Yilong about this incident, and Lin Yilong only verbally congratulated her, but left Amy behind because she was busy rebuilding matters related to 'tax avoidance'. Fate is so magical, so that Lin Yilong saw Amy stand on the stage of Regent's Garden as a solo dancer for the first time.

Because he bought box tickets with Sister Yeang, Lin Yilong brought a few pairs of binoculars for Sister Yeang to watch the performance, and looked at the stage intently.

"By the way, I remember Vera once considered becoming a ballerina?" Lin Yilong suddenly asked.

"Yes, at that time in kindergarten, my mother took us to the 'Children's Palace', I just started to learn ballet, and then I was fired by the coach because I was too tall. Vera whispered, "The reason given to me is strange, if I go on stage in the future, I can't find a backup dancer who matches my body." So, it's not a good thing to be too tall, especially not for ballerina. ”

"Wait, look at that girl. Lin Yilong pointed to Amy, who was performing, "Isn't she also very tall?"

"It looks like you're about the same height as Yilong. Vera just glanced at Amy and roughly estimated the dancer's height, "It's not quite like me." ”

"This ......" Lin Yilong can't explain this trend in his aesthetics - that is, starting from Katie, most of his partners around him are taller than his height, and the Nadia/Vera sisters are even five centimeters taller than him, and the gap is even more eye-catching after wearing high heels, so he smiled, "Let's not talk about our height first, it hurts my self-esteem too much." ”

Vera stuck out her tongue mischievously and continued to watch the ballet with her sister and her lover.

During the intermission, Lin Yilong made a phone call to the flower shop on the pretext of going to the toilet and ordered a bouquet of white lilies for Amy. That's all he could do, and after the closing, he returned to his apartment on Riverside Street with the Yeon sisters for the last night of the weekend.

The next day, the sisters returned to Wales by train, and Lin Yilong stayed in London on the grounds that the "Farmers' Club" was a summer meeting. Originally, the sisters wanted to continue to stay with him in London for a while, but considering that Katie, who often accompanied Lin Yilong to social occasions, was also "staying" in Wales, they wanted to go back to take care of Natasha and Tanica, so they said goodbye to Lin Yilong on the platform of Paddington Station.

Lin Yilong called Amy on his way back to his apartment on Riverside Street.

According to the arrangement of this season's Regent's Garden, there will be six performances of Don Quixote, with a total of four different soloists, and Amy will not continue to play the lead role on stage after the first performance, but will arrange for more experienced dancers to take on the role. Amy's debut last night was well received, and Lin Yilong celebrated Amy with gifts.

Amy had been celebrating until 2 a.m. after the show last night, and she had managed to get an apprenticeship with the theatre for the previous three backing dances, and if there were no major performances in the following year, a career in the ballet would be a sure thing.

Even though her luggage and most of her personal belongings have been moved to her apartment on Riverside Street, Amy still commutes normally and lives in the Victoria Ballet School dormitory. Every weekend, under the pretext of personal training, she brings her change of clothes here for machine washing and enjoying her own whirlpool.

"This flower is so beautiful. Amy praised that the first time she appeared on stage as an official soloist, she received flowers from Lin Yilong, which made her feel very happy.

"I watched your performance in the box, and even though I'm not a ballet critic, you danced really well. Lin Yilong smiled pleasantly, "Keep working hard." ”

The two meet in a restaurant in Bloomsbury, not far from Regent's Gardens, and Amy's final schedule at school is only two weeks before her graduation show.

"Brother Yilong. Amy said with some embarrassment, "I've invited tickets to my parents for this year's graduation show, but I still hope to come to my graduation show, can you fulfill my last wish as a girl?"

"Yes. Lin Yilong replied in a deep voice.