Chapter 50: The Sound of Silence

A melodious melody sounded in the warehouse.

Gong Huilan did not play perfunctory because of the cheapness of the piano and the simplicity of the house, but this time she was more serious and played her own "To Alice" with heart

On the sofa, Li Mengmeng and Cheng Ran listened quietly, Cheng Ran listened to Gong Huilan's piano very carefully, but until Gong Huilan closed the lid, Cheng Ran only had two words in his mind.

Good.

He thought it was good, and it was a good conversation.

In terms of proficiency alone, Gong Huilan is no worse than herself, and she even faintly presses the process.

"Okay! Mom... My sister is playing so well!"

As a daughter, Li Mengmeng naturally praised her mother for the first time, and Cheng Ran, who was contemplative on the side, subconsciously applauded with Li Mengmeng.

"How?"

Gong Huilan was dressed in a slender pale cyan long-distance run, sat in front of the piano and turned to ask Cheng Ran.

What do you think?

Cheng Ran racked his brains to think about adjectives, and only held back two words in the middle of the sound.

"Sounds good. ”

As a science student, he really couldn't find any beautiful adjectives to praise Gong Huilan's piano sound.

"Does it just sound good?"

Gong Huilan looked at Cheng Ran with her eyes slightly down, she was a little disappointed, no matter how she played this song and how she practiced, she could never reach the kind of state she wanted.

Especially the recording of the original song that Li Qiuxue gave her to play Cheng Ran, she could clearly feel that what she played was too different from what Cheng Ran played.

No matter how much I practice imitating, I always only have the form, not the intention.

"It's very nice, I think it's good. ”

Cheng Ran looked at Gong Huilan as if she was not very happy, and hurriedly added.

"Yes, sister, I also think you play very well, similar to what Cheng Ran played before. ”

Li Mengmeng knelt on the sofa and held the backrest, not understanding why her mother always felt that she didn't play well, she thought it was good anyway.

"Ah Ran, how did you think of playing "To Alice", I feel like you haven't played it in the past few days, and your skills have dropped a little bit. ”

Zhang Qiang walked in with a cigarette in his mouth and a large and small plastic bag.

He heard the sound of the piano coming from the warehouse, he didn't know that Gong Huilan could play the piano, and there were original tapes about Cheng Ran playing various piano pieces in the villa before, and Zhang Qiang liked to take it out and listen to it when he was in a bad mood.

Over time, he gradually noticed that Cheng Ran's playing piano music was different from others.

Affection!

Every piano piece of Cheng Ran carries a unique emotion in it.

The piano is just a musical instrument, a tool, and the sound of the piano is the voice that carries the player's heart, if the player does not play with emotion, it is not essentially different from the robot playing, and the sound of the beautiful piano is also a fixed and characterless note.

This is also a condition that an excellent performer must have, and he must be as close to the original author as possible in terms of mentality, in order to truly play the unique charm of piano music.

Obviously, Zhang Qiang didn't hear the piano, the kind of piano sound full of emotion in the piano just now.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Cheng Ran glared at Zhang Qiang and motioned for him to take a closer look at who was talking in front of the piano.

Zhang Qiang looked at Gong Huilan sitting in front of the piano with a calm face, and his face suddenly became defeated, he put down the tea and vegetables he had just bought, and said nervously with Li Mengmeng's white eyes.

"What, Ah Ran and the friends you mentioned before will arrive in Hengcheng this afternoon, so I'll pick them up first, maybe I won't come back at noon." ”

Zhang Qiang hurriedly ran outside without saying a word, he was afraid that if he continued to stay, he might not see the sun tomorrow.

joking that he had just mocked a wave of Gong Huilan.

Gong Huilan!

Li Cangtian's wife!

The biological mother of her own top boss!

Zhang Qiang took a deep breath with all his might, wondering if it was too late for him to confess to his family that he would go abroad.

………………

"He drank too much last night, and he probably hasn't woken up yet. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more embarrassing, Cheng Ran coughed dryly twice and lifted the fat man to defend.

"It's my sister, what is the name of a dead fat man, what music does he know. ”

Li Mengmeng climbed off the sofa and hugged her mother Gong Huilan's neck and comforted.

"It's okay, after he said that, I vaguely caught something. ”

Gong Huilan didn't care, and continued to ponder where her problem appeared with a subtle smile.

"Well, I'll play it for you. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was so stiff, Cheng Ran said stubbornly, anyway, there is no photographer here, and there is no one, as far as the sisters of the Li family are concerned, it should not be a big problem to play "To Alice" by themselves.

"Okay!, Mom... Sister, hurry up and let Cheng Ran play it for you. ”

Hearing that Cheng Ran was going to play the piano, Li Mengmeng applauded excitedly, and hurriedly pulled her mother up to the piano and let Cheng Ran play.

"You kid!"

Gong Huilan glanced at Li Mengmeng a little speechlessly, Li Mengmeng stuck out her tongue, didn't dare to look directly at her mother's eyes, and looked at Cheng Ran excitedly, this was the first time she watched Cheng Ran play the piano live.

"Sister Lan, in fact, I really don't play well, you should just watch a joke. ”

In order to prevent the overturn, Cheng Ran gave Gong Huilan and Li Mengmeng a preventive shot in advance, he is really not very familiar with the piano, if you let him solve an equation for the Li sisters on the spot, Cheng Ran can still get nine out of ten, but you said that let him sell himself in front of a person like Gong Huilan, who is obviously a piano master, Cheng Ran is still a little weak in his heart.

"Alright, I'm really angry that you kid is being modest. ”

Looking at Cheng Ran's serious appearance, Gong Huilan was angry and funny, this kid didn't know what was going on, he was too modest.

Cheng Ran scratched his head and sat in front of the piano, and couldn't help muttering in his heart why every time he told the truth, no one believed it, but he bragged and believed it very seriously.

Cheng Ran slowly rubbed his fingers together and closed his eyes gently, and the best time he played "To Alice" so far was at the orientation party at Kyoto University.

That time Cheng Ran played "To Alice" for the first time in such a grand scene, perhaps it was the tension at that time that promoted Cheng Ran's extraordinary performance, but more importantly, he faintly felt the original author's mentality that time.

Because of low self-esteem, he didn't dare to say his feelings directly, so he could only convey his feelings with a light and fluttering score, and Cheng Ran couldn't understand this story when he saw it.

But it wasn't until I realized that I was a licking dog that I slowly understood the mentality of the original author.

Once again, the light sound of the piano sounded in the warehouse.

Cheng Ran's piano sound was very slow, at least much slower than Gong Huilan's.

But as an audience, Li Mengmeng felt that Cheng Ran didn't feel like he was playing the piano, but more like telling a story.

Yes, telling stories, Li Mengmeng doesn't know why there is such a big gap between Cheng Ran's piano sound and her mother's piano sound, one is music that makes people feel good, and the other is like telling a story.

It's just that this story is not Cheng Ran, but the self who was once obsessed.

…………

"It's not bad to play. ”

Cheng Ran looked at Gong Huilan apologetically, when he played, he played several wrong notes because of distraction, although it had little impact on the whole, but it was not as complete and beautiful as Gong Huilan's playing.

"This kid. ”

Gong Huilan shook her head slightly, and somewhat understood why Li Qiuxue and Li Mengmeng respected Cheng Ran so much.

Humble, versatile, polite, ignorant of big, not proud.

Before coming, Gong Huilan didn't believe that there were really people in this world who could create such shocking music in their twenties.

But today she believes it, she admits that Cheng Ran is a genius, and it is such a genius character who can really play "To Alice" perfectly.

As for the mispronunciation of those ones?

Gong Huilan estimated that it was very likely that Cheng Ran deliberately made a mistake for the sake of his own face.

Look, I always play the wrong notes, so you're actually pretty good.

Gong Huilan saw through Cheng Ran's little tricks, so it was naturally impossible to say it.

This kid just has a good heart.

………………

"Why??"

"What's wrong with Meng Meng?"

Gong Huilan looked at Li Mengmeng, whose eyes were ruddy, and found that something was wrong.

"I... Why did he play such a sad tune? ”

Li Mengmeng was a little broken and fell into her mother's arms, and said in a choked voice.

"This ...... What's going on?"

Cheng Ran looked at Li Mengmeng, who was crying in Gong Huilan's arms, and asked in wonder.

You haven't done anything wrong, have you?

Isn't it just playing a tune!

Is this crying?

Gong Huilan also looked at Cheng Ran with a somewhat solemn face, and then reacted.

Indeed, how old is Cheng Ran now?

Twenty-five only.

Twenty-five can compose this kind of music, what an unforgettable experience.

"It's okay! I'm fine!"

Li Mengmeng, who was hiding in her mother's arms, said in a muffled voice, but it was obvious that her voice had a hoarseness that could only be found when she had cried.

Cheng Ran looked at Li Mengmeng and Gong Huilan in a dilemma, and suddenly he was a little envious of the fat man who ran out.

This is obviously his home, why does he have a feeling of turning around and running.

"Uh... Or I'll play a tune for you. ”

After waiting for a long time, seeing that Li Mengmeng's mood still seemed to be unstable, Cheng Ran had no choice but to sit on the piano bench.

"What?"

Li Mengmeng clenched her fists with both hands to wipe away her tears, and looked at Cheng Ran with red eyes.

"You're going to play that tune?"

Gong Huilan was interested, given the shock of the last song "To Alice", she was very curious about what Cheng Ran's real strength was.

"Hmm...... One of the tunes I just remembered was called "The Sound of Silence." ”

"The Sound of Silence?"

Gong Huilan looked at Cheng Ran with some doubts, in her impression, there was no "Sound of Silence" in the internationally famous piano music.

Don't!

Gong Huilan suddenly remembered a possibility.

Through her daughter, she learned that Cheng Ran had composed music on the spot several times, and even her eldest son Li Junshou mentioned it once.

Although it is an improvisational composition, each piece has the strength to win the piano world, especially "To Alice", which is very popular in the circle of noblewomen she knows.

Cheng Ran looked at Gong Huilan's expression and smiled bitterly, he could have publicly said that he would not compose piano music.

But there are only two people here............

"Can you two keep it a secret for me? I was ......... at Mars's concert before?"

"Yes, yes!"

Li Mengmeng nodded excitedly, and Gong Huilan also nodded lightly to understand what Cheng Ran meant.

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